The Sun. — London, England, 1847-12-29 00:00:00

TfIE SUN, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The Dean of Hereford has adopted or acquiesced in a course of proceeding which, to the popular apprehension, will assume the appearance of a compromise,• but the true character of which we leave to the lawyers to decide. In order to the vali dity of the election, it was necessary that it should be -unanimous, as we believe to be generally the case in ecclesiastical elections. The Dean and Mr. Canon Huntingford, when it came to their turn, voted against Dr. Hampden. Thus far 'the Dean fulfilled the pledge in his letter of the 22d instant. On a comparison of the suffrages, however, and on it appearing that all the other members of the Chapter who were present, whatever their rank or right, had voted in the affirmative, and on its being fur ther proposed and carried that the customary documents should be issued, and declaration read, the Dean contented himself with contributing the agency of his office to the prescriptive forms of an unanimous election. This apparent in consistency is familiar enough to all governing mem bers of our ancient collegiate or capitular bodies. The pious spirit which pervades the whole fabric of those institution supposed a perfect and, so to speak, a brotherly unanimity. The founders could not but be aware that differences there would certainly be, and therefore they must have anticipated the course which, in effect, has generally prevailed. The votes are taken preliminary to the form of election, which, either with or without a fresh taking of suf frages, is concluded to be unanimous. Such is the universal understanding, and we have never yet heard of any protest against such formal unanimity. What stage of the proceedings the Dean referred to when he undertook that the election should not be unanimous, is not for us to say. - Nor can we say whether his formal acquiescence in the result has relieved him from the serious consequences which seemed to be entailed by his vote and address during the taking of the suffrages. If an inevitable neces sity has overruled and nullified the Dean's own course—if he was really bound by the majority to yield himself a passive instrument in its hands, then we can only most heartily rejoice that an estimable man should still continue in the enjoyment of his rank and position, and particularly that he should be allowed to complete the cathedral which he has raised almost from its ruins. Dr. Merewether has been charged, like many other people, with disappointed ambition, but no one has ever accused him of a mer cenary object. It is said that he has spent in the restoration of his cathedral the whole of his decanal income. Liberality such as this may be allied with weakness, and even with vice ; but it should procure at least a charitable construction of motives. What ever the legal or the moral character of the course taken by the Dean, that of Lord John Russell is simple enough. The " law,"— the bond,—the pound of flesh, is the substance, and not less the style of his communications. The nearer it is to the heart of the Church the better pleased he appears with his lien. For our part, as there never yet has been the allegation of a departure from the statute in question, and as there never yet has been any legal decision upon it, we are not sure that some second Daniel may not live to discover that Lord John may possibly get an ounce of flesh too little or too much, or may find a drop of blood impair the validity of his process. We are not sure of this. It is rather late in the day to work a prosmunire the first time for three centuries, especially when there is no Henry to quicken the pro cess, overrule objections, and clinch the work well with a fagot or an axe. The Dean had received two contradictory orders ; one to elect a fit man, and the other to elect a very unfit man. There is just a chance that the law might spare him the absurdity of subscribing both to the black and to the white pro position. That the statute of 25 Henry VIII. is " the Magna Charta of Tyranny" is a proposition we feel most reluctant to subscribe. A law cannot be very tyrannical which has been submitted to without a murmur for more than three centuries, the penalties cf which, therefore, it has been found unnecessary to inflict, which has been worked with almost uniform delicacy and discretion, and which has therefore been productive of much eventual good to the Church. The harshness and opprobrium of the statute were rather in the imagi nation of those who wished to expose the fetters and sores of the Church, than in the facts of the case. No one could ever pretend that a comparatively small society of clergymen attached to one church in one town of a diocese had any reasonable right to select a bishop for the whole. Had that been the law it would not have been submitted to for a day. The law, as it has stood from the Reformation, not to go further back, having charged the dean and chapter as to the qualifications of the persons to be elected, re serves the actual nomination or selection to the Crown—the Sovereign being the chief administrative organ of all estates and orders in the realm. We are convinced that, up to this period, no other mode of election would be either beneficial or satisfactory. Where is the ty ranny in this ? There are at least as many men of honour and indepen ience in the clerical as in other professions, but few, if any, have complained that their consciences were enforced to an improper elec tion. The most scrupulous have had reason to feel that the person recommended by the Crown very fairly satisfied the requisites specified in the conge d'aire. In effect there is no part of the royal prero gative which has been so carefully and tenderly admi nistered. Sovereigns and their advisers have prized and feared this precious and awful function. If divines of extraordinary genius, learning, and zeal have been rather admired than loved by politicians, the safer virtues have nowhere shone more conspicuously than cn the episcopal bench. Humble servitors and sis zars, the sons of curates and tradesmen, have been al lowed to win the race from rank and even from party ; and a continuous body of men has been kept up for which neither England nor any other country could find a parallel. There has, therefore, been no tyranny. But while we are forced to disagree with • the Bishop of Exeter in our retrospective view of this statute, we must admit that Lord John Russell's present construction of it favours the Bishop's strik ing definition. The Minister seems resolved to make it the Charter of Tyranny for the future—if he can. CHRONICLE.—The Dean of 'Hereford has made a bad business of it. The election took place yester day, when the numbers were — For Dr. Hampden Against The Dean had just one canon-residentiary to support him. We cannot say that in the conduct of this irritated ecclesiastic during the proceedings of the election, no more than in that remarkable ep;stle which we presented to our readers yesterday, there is anything to be found which can impart dignity to so signal a defeat. Humbly as we rate the judg ment and discretion of the refractory Dean, we should have felt real pleasure in applauding, had it been in our power, the moral courage and fidelity with which Dr. Merewether so handsomely credits himself. The spectacle of a good man struggling at odds with adversity, and fighting the up-hill battle of conscience against principalities and powers, has something in it so ennobling, that it is a thousand pities to be obliged to accept an undignified solution of one of the grandest looking of moral phenomena. However much we might regret the martyrdom which our Dean has had the gallantry to brave, and however widely we might dissent from the martyr's peculiar views of ethical obligation, we could never hesitate about awarding the tribute of our admiration to the meanest soldier in that noble army which embodies the highest of spiritual forces, and marshals itself under the divinest of banners. It is really a heart stirring story, as the Dean tells it, and as the Times indorses it. The holy man has deliberately sacrificed, on the altar of his " most solemn religious responsi bility," all that is vulgarly imagined to be nearest and dearest to the heart of ecclesiastical ambition. He has voluntarily renounced those golden dreams which brightened the existence of the common run of steady-going dignitaries, and which, in his particular case, had, it seems, the extraordinary warranty of a deceased Monarch's " death-bed injunction." Dr. Merewether has had virtue enough to take his name, of his own free will, off the Premier's list of potential prelates. He has sternly refused, at the bidding of conscience, to be any longer one of that privileged and happy class denominated, in the world's dialect, " rising men." As he modestly phrases it, " I preclude thatmyselffropmieEnglish, which ich might otherwise have been m y t. lo" In la Dr. Merewether has felt it hi s duty to cut himself himself f ut f of a mitre. He knows that he has spoiled ruined his previously certraiti bishop, and has totally prospect of having the next see at Lord John Russell's disposal ; but he has done it on principle. We - e are truly sorry to damage this delightful little romance. After the Times has been at the pains of half-canonizi the . martyred Dean, there seems something unfeetgin throwing cold water on so generous an enthusiasm, e only say it is no fault of ours. If our too credulous can lu contemporary will swallow a storyof " noble deeds" and " heroic' self-sacrifice, without informing him self of the facts, and pass a candidate for saintahip without taking the trouble to eliminate the mythical from the historical items of the claim, we can but regret that his amiable temper and lively imagination should lay him open to delusions which a sterner criticism must dispel. It is not without sincere sympathy that we find ourselves obliged to assure our contemporary, that he has got hold of a somewhat shabby sort of martyr, a thoroughly common place hero, a decidedly fictitious saint, and a quite imagir ary specimen of a " real man." The truth of the matter is correctly divined by "A London Incumbent," whose communication will be found in another column. Our correspondent writes conjecturally and inferentially, but we are in a position to speak positively to the same effect. "Blighted hope and disappointed ambition" are at the bottom of the business. When Dr. Merewether so magnanimously offends the Premier, breaks with the 1 Crown, and "precludes himself from that which might otherwise have been his lot," it is simply a case of " sour grapes." We are enabled to state dis tinctly that the Dean of Hereford memorialized the Queen to give him the vacant bishopric—that the Queen referred his suit to the Prime Minister—•and that the Prime Minister's rejection of the decenal soli citation was what first provoked the late obstreberous expression of self-sacrificing heroism. It is no mere conjecture, but an actual fact, that Dean Merewether was a disappointed suitor for promotion before he came out in the character of saint and martyr. Before " precluding himself from that which might otherwise have been his lot," he had done his very best to make sure of that particular " lot" called " bishopric of Hereford," and had most unmistakeably discovered that he was " precluded " already. Before resigning for conscience' sake all prospect of royal patronage and mitred honours, the good man had tried very hard for the particular mitre that lay nearest him, and made a bad business of it. What a comfort to a baffled suitor for a bishopric to have " principle" to fall back upon, and to pick holes in the successful candidate's orthodoxy ! We suppose we need say no more to render Dean Merewether and his " accom plished sacrifice," and his " noble deed," and his " high process of reasoning," and his " real manhood," intelligible to the meanest capacity. The Dean is sulky ; and " virtue" is the safest and most respect able way of " having it out " with the Minister who has been blind to his merits, and the brother clergy man who appears before him in the odious character of a preferred rival. Is it wonderful that our Dean found enough to shock his orthodox mind, when he sat down, fresh from his disappointment, to study the Bampton Lectures ? What a blessed temper he must have been in for calm investigation and fair criti cism ! Only think of a baffled ecclesiastical aspirant, with his wits sharpened by pique and ill-humour, betaking himself to the perusal of a learned and phi losophical treatise by his successful competitor, with the view of ascertaining critically whether the dis pensers of patronage bad not made a monstrous mis take, and chosen the wrong man ! ADVERTISER.—We — publish in another part of our paper an account of the proceedings yesterday at Hereford, in connexion with the appointment of Dr. Hampden to the bishopric of that place. These proceedings will be read with much interest. It will be observed, that with the exception of the Dean of Hereford, and one of the Canons Residentiary, all who voted were in favour of Dr. Hampden. His supporters were fourteen in number. It is right, however, to state that the Dean protested against the entire proceedings, as irregular and illegal. His speech was a virtual repetition of his second letter to Lord J. Russell. A warm altercation took place between the Reverend Gentlemen and several of the supporters of Dr. Hampden, in consequence of the Dean protesting against the reception of the votes of the honorary prebendaries. It was affirmed by these gentlemen, who supported Dr. Hampden, that Dr. Merewether had intimated to them, some times previously, that he would not object to their vating on that occasion. The Rev. Gentl e m an , with out, in so many words, denying what was thus im puted to him, dwelt on the fact, that as they were neither canons residentiary nor canons non-resident, but simply gentlemen on whom an honorary distinc tion had been conferred, their votes could not be re ceived. It remains now to be seen what course Ministers will adopt in their dealings with the refractory Dean. He has set the authority of her Majesty and her Government at defiance, and done everything in his power to defeat their intentions. Will the State tamely submit t 3 be thus bearded by the Church ? Is the latter to be suffered to eat the bread of the State, and yet raise her heel against it ? Is the State to be insulted by an ecclesiastic who is dependent on it for his clerical breath and being ? If the Dean of Hereford be allowed to act as he has done with impunity, we shall soon see the Church riding rough-shod over the State, and treating the latter as her mere creature, made only for the purpose of ministering to her pleasure. It is worthy of observa tion, in connexion with this affair, that one of Lord John Russell's illustrious ancestors, in the seventeenth century, should have co. operated with the patriotic Hampden of that era, in asserting, and suffering for, the cause of religious liberty, and that a Hampden— possibly a descendant of the illustrious Hampden of the period alluded to—should now be allied with the Noble Lord in the present contest between a domi neering priesthood and the great principles of civil and religious liberty. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEc. 27, 1847. Royal Regiment of Artillery. Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants. Charles Edmund Walcott, vice Phillips, promoted. Gilmore Burtchaell, vice Godby, promoted. Gr.mow Davis, vice Greene, promoted. Edgar Grantham Bredin, vice Miller, promoted. William .John Bolton, vice Barry, promoted. George Bruce Traherne, vice Orme, promoted. Samuel George Barchellor, vice Colomb, promoted. Herbert Taylor, Middleton, vice G. W. D. Hay, pro. motel Frederick Close, vice Harding, promoted. James Sinclair, rice Margesson, promoted. Henry Lynch Talbot, vice Stewart, promoted. Willoughby James Wilson, vice Street, promoted. William Henry Randolph Simpson, vice Calvert, pro moted. Levis William Penn, vice Woolsey, promoted. Henry Robe Saunders, vice Drayson, promoted. Edward Geary Snow, vice Elgee, promoted. Richard George Handcock, vice Carthew, promoted. fohn Duft Ramsay, vice Forbes, promoted. William Morris, vice Blair, promoted. John Thnrlow Leathes, vice Martineau, promoted. Henry Renny, vice Hunter, promoted. Charles Pauktt Rotton, vice R. J. Hay, promoted. John Morris Savage, vice Macdougall, promoted. Dashwood Jones, vice Spurway, promoted. Thomas Edmond Byrne, vice Young, promoted, Dated 18th December, 1847. Corps of Royal Engineers. Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants. Howard Cranford Elphinstone. Charles Edward Cumberland. Alexander Stephen Creyke, vice Phillpotts, promoted. William Coles Phillpotts, vice J. H. Smith, promoted. Henry Sandeman, vice Crease, promoted. Amelius Beauclerek Fyers, vice Belson, promoted. Joseph Wallis O'Bryen Hoare, vice Hutchinson, pro moted. Lionel Charles Barber, vice Grain, promoted. James Grantham, vice A. P. Smith, promoted. Glastonbury Neville, vice Lochner, promoted. James Ponsonby Cox, vice Ravenhill, promoted. Henry George Savage, vice Siborne, promoted. Gorge Reid Iztmpriere, vice Akers, promoted. Dated 18th December, 1847. BANKRUPTS. Susannah Milton, clothier, Hounslow, Middlesex, to surrender Jan. 6, at eleven, and Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Krchin-lane; Jenkinson and Co., Lombard street. Richard Miller Shorter, corn dealer, Camomile-street, City, Jan. 6, at twelve, and Feb 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall street; Randall, Tokenhouse-yard. William Lee, fruiterer, Wooburn-Green, Bucking hamshire, Jan. 7, at twelve, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Court of BaLkruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birehin-lane; Smith, Golden-square. Robert Hayward, brewer, Landport, Southampton, Jan. 7, at half- past one, and Feb. 8. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee;. Low, Chancery-lane ; Paffard, Forties. William James Townshend, cork manufacturer, Well close-square, Middlesex, Jan. 3, at half-past two, and Feb. 14, at half- past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City; Laurence and Flews, Old Jewry-chambers. Thomas Joshua Fenton, wine -merchant, Falcon square, City, Jan. 7, at ona, and Feb. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole man-street-buildings ; Drake, Bouverie-street, Fleet street. John Smith Maling, joiner, Scarborough, Yorkshire, Jan. 6, and Feb. 10, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Wigglesworth and Co., Gray's-Inn ; Cronhelm ' Leeds. Thomas Chatto, linen draper, Morpeth, Northumber land, Jan. 13, at eleven, and Feb. 10, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee ' Newcastle upon-Tyne; Woodman, Morpeth ; Crosby and Compton, Church-court, Old Jewry. Edward Norris, commission agent, Manchester, Jan. 8 and 28, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulk ner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London; Cat terall, Preston. _ Edward Snow, draper, Nottingham, Jan. 7, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Bowley, Not tingham. Charles Norton, miller, Ellesmere. Salop, Jan. 11, at eleven, and Feb. 22, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court, Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Tyrer, Liverpool; Hodgson, Birmingham. Edward Evans,. shopkeeper, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Jan. 14, and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Philpot, lloutague-street, London ; Hughes, Wrexham; Evans and Sons, Liverpool. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENI NG, DECEMBER 29, 1847. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. G. Sharp and S. Sharp, Commercial-road, Lambeth, atone mason s and merchants, Jan. 18, at two—E. M. Demaisse and H. T. Wooller, Bucklersbury, merchants, Jan. 18, at half-past one—ll. 1). Walker, Eaton Slcon, Bedfordshire, innkeeper and coach proprietor, Jan. 18, at one—C. Elstone, Guildford, linen draper, Jan. 18, at eleven—C. J. Hamilton, High-street, Islington, book seller, Jan. 19, at half -past twelve —W. 11. Lewis, Lud gate -street, straw bonnet maker, Jan. 20, at eleven— J. Welborne, Albemarle-street, silk mercer and ware houseman, Jan. 20, at twelve. In the Country. D. ITague, iiorsford, Yorkshire, paper manufacturer, J a n. 18, at eleven., at the Court, Leeds—G. S. Coxwell and W. Croger, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant s an d ship and insurance brokers , and commission agents, Jam 25, at twelve, at tho Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-- W. E. Holmes and W. Butcher, Lichfield, coach builder, Jan. 26, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Morris, Walsall, Staffordshire, saddlers' ironmonger, Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Gray, Liverpool, merchant, 3s. 11d., on any Mon day after Dec. 25, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. W. Tench, Winlaton, Durham, grocer and draper, is., on Saturday, Jan. 1, or any subsequent Saturday, be tween the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. G. Prentice, Tollesbury, Essex, fishmonger, 205., on Saturday, Jan. 1, and two following Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J. Stevens, Abchurch-lane, merchant, 2d., on Satur day, Jan. 1, and two following Saturdays, between the hour• of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. R. Horn, Elvet Bridge, Durham, publican and cellar man, ls., on Saturday, Jan. 1, or any subsequent Satur day, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. W. I. Barker, Sunderland, auctioneer and commission agent, 4d., on Saturday, Jan. 1, or any subsequent Satur day, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 11. and E. Hilton, Over Darwen, Lancashire, paper makers, second dividend 1., and first and second divi dend 6d. and 11-32ds of a penny, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, and any subsequent Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and one, at the o ffi ce of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. E. Hilton and N. Walsh, Over Darwen, paper makers, third dividend 15-16ths of a penny, and a first, second, and third dividend of Is. 10d. and 15-16ths of a penny, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, and any subsequent Tuesday, be tween the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Mancheser. W. Townley, Blackburn, cotton spinner, 6s. 3d., on Tuesday, Jan. 4, and every following Tuesday, between the hours of ten and one, at the dace of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. W. Heap, J. Roberts, and W. Roberts, Padiham, Lancashire, cotton spinners, 205., on Tuesday, Jan. 4, and every following Tuesday, between the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Mobson, Manchester. R. Rymer, Manchester, hotel keeper, 45., on Tuesday, Jan. 4, and every following Tuesday, between the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Davies, Liverpool, slater, 10d., on Thursday, Dec. 30, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. G. Roberts, Mold, Flintshire, tailor, 2s. 3d., on Thurs day, Dec. 30, or any subsequent. Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. M. Stark, Gainsborough, bookseller, second dividend 4d., and a first dividend of ss. 6d., on Tuesday. Dec. 29, or any subsequent Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Hull. B. Osborne, Sheffield, table knife manufacturer, 112.3 d. and 1-20th of a penny, on Thursday, Dec. 30, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Leeds. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. H. Knight, Reading, Berkshire, brewers and hop merchants, Jan. 20, at one—C. Smith, Avenue-road, St. John's-wood, builder, Jan. 20, at half past eleven — T. S. Jackson, R. J. Jackson, and J. Hankes, Milk street and Lawrence-lane, City, factors and warehouse men, Jan. 19, at one—T. Sherlock, Lower Rosamond street, Clerkenwell, brush maker, Jan. 21, at eleven — J. W. Welborne, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, silk mercer and warehouseman, Jan. 20, at twelve—S. Duly, Brighton, toyman and tobacconist, Jan. 19, at eleven — J. Venables, jun., Tottenham-court-road, butcher, Jan. 18, at one—Anne B. Graham, Park-street, Grosvenor square, milliner and fancy worker, Jan. 20, at half-past one—W. E. Jefferies, St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill, tavern kesper, Jan. 20, at one—E, May, Oxford-street, ironmonger, Jan. 20, at twelve. In the Country. T. Bowser, Morpeth, Northumberland, linen and woollen draper, Jan. 25, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Newcastle upon Tyne—J. Worthy, Hartlepool, Durham, builder, Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle upon Tyne—W. Alexander, Bath, shirt maker and outfitter, Jan. 18, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—E. Cowcher, Bath, apothecary, Jun. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol —I. Williams, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, grocer, Jan. 27, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Davies, Manchester, plumber and glazier, Jan. 18, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—S. Riley, Chapelfield in Pilking ton and Manchester, cotton manufacturer, Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—J. Rippax, Burnley and Primetbridge, Lancashire, cotton spinner, Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—J. L. Norton, Bir mingham, stationer and print seller, Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—R. Thomas, Bridgewater, Somersetshire, coal merchant, Jan. 25, at one, at the Court, Exeter—lL W. Frampton, Bideford, Devonshire, grocer, Jan. 25, at one, at the Court, Exeter. At the Court of Review, Jan. 18. • T. Wilson, Sheffield, grocer—J. Spence, Liverpool, merchant—F. Shotter, Portsea, grocer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. N. C. Wright and T. J. Hanbury, Finsbury-place South, attorneys—G. Fagg and It W. Sievier, Upper Holloway, carpet manufacturers—M. Taylor and W. Salisbury, Goring, Oxfordshire, millers—L. Samuels, S. P. Samuels, and J. Samuels, Nottingham, lace ma nufacturers (so far as regards J. Samuels)— minds NV inwood and Mary Walker, Kidderminster, milliners— J. B. Minor and 11. J. Barker. salt proprietors—J. B. Minor, H. J. Barker, and T. R. Barker, Winnington, Cheibire, salt proprietors—W. T. Fry and R. M. Ben nett, Charlotte -street, Blackfriars-road, fancy cabinet makers—J. Tweedale and A. De Mierre, King's Lynn, N ,►folk, physicians—J. Smith and J. Joicey, Twizell, Durham, coalowers—J. Smith and J. Wilson, Liverpool, brewers—G. Mayor and C. B. Kelham, Little Distaff lane, wholesale spice dealers—G. Holcroft and D. Bell, Manchester, iron founders—W. Challis and S. Phillips, Cori - dull, tailors—S. Brown and C. Lloyd, Bungay. Beceles, and Lowestoft Gas Company—L Kuhling and F. C. Veltmann, Kingston-upon-Hull, merchants—J. Smith, J. Finer, and J. S. Smith, Upper Thames-street and Corn Exchange, lightermen and corn dealers (so far as regards J. Finer). INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. William Butcher, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, agent. John Turner, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, journeyman cooper. John Row Baxter, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Robert Tuffs, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, baker. Charles Sanders, Honiton, Devonshire, victualler. James Mears, Bath, dealer in cutlery. Richard Tile)', Wellow, Somersetshire, fuller. David Roberts, St. Alban's victualler. John Barnes, Gulyal, Cornwall, innkeeper. Cecilia Frances Chadwick, Redruth, Cornwall, widow. Francis Parrott, R'adford, Nottinghamshire. Daniel llampton, Middleton One Row, Durham. Edwin Dooley, Birmingham, jeweller. Frsncis Benoni Smith, Birmingham, accountant. „ - Edwin Thompson, Birmingham, press tool maker. .. . . Stephen Grigsbey, Maidstone, tin plate-worker. William Hyde, Bath. beer-retailer. John Clare, Bath, lodginghouse-keeper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. R Macdiarmid, Glasgow, commission merchant, to meet within the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow, Dec. 31 and Jan. 21. at one. H. Tod and H. D. Hill, Edinburgh, writers to the signet, to meet within Cay's Rooms, Edinburgh, Jan. 5 and 27, at one. J. Anderson, Edinburgh, tailor and clothier, to meet within Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, Jan 3 and 25, at one. G. Forrest, Lanark, brewer, to meet within the Black Bull Inn, Lanark, Jan. 4 and 25, at two. S. Laing, Edinburgh, manufacturer of kelp, to meet within Cay's Rooms, Edinburgh, Jan. 3 and 31, at two. W. H. Rowan and S. Rowan, Glasgow, ship-builders, to meet within the Star Hotel, Glasgow, Dec. 31 and Jan. 21, at one. A. Porteous, Edinburgh, spirit and ♦ictual dealer, to meet within the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edin burgh, Dec. 31 and Jan. 28, at twelve. A. Mercer, sen., and A. Mercer, jun., Edinburgh and Glasgow, commission agents, to meet within the Sir John Moore Tavern, Glasgow, Jan. 5 and Feb. 2, at two. J. Sloan and R. F. Simpson, Glasgow, merchants, to meet within the Eagle Hotel, Glasgow, Jan. 4 and 25, at one. J. Mackenzie, lately sheriff substitute of the Lewes, to meet within the Caledonian Hotel, Dingwall, Jan. S and 26, at twelve. T. Martin, Kilsyth, manufacturer, to meet within the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow, Jan. 4 and 25, at two. D. Mackenzie, jun., Glasgow, merchant. to meet within Comrie's Hotel, Glasgow, Jan. 3 and 24, at one. D. Robertson, vintner and hotel keeper, to meet within the Salutation Hotel, Perth, Jan. 3 and Feb. 7, at one. CIDER.—In the South Hams, cider making will not conclude until the commencement of January. The quantity that has been made is much larger than was expected. In the parish of Staverton near 1,000 hogs heads have been produced from the orchards on the farm. The price at present is 12s. per hogshead. MATZRIALS FOR AN IRISH SPEECH.—" Saxon— oppression—moral force—dagger—forefathers—revenge —first gem of the sea—trampled upon—oh !—finest peasantry—Cromwell—slaughter— Erin's daughters— blood boil—ah !—cruelty—debt of 80,000,0001.—robbery —sacrilege for 500 years—tyranny—be Irishmen—assert yourselves—pikes—iron bars on the railways—moral force—be patient—repeal —hereditary bondsmen—would you be free ?—pay in your subscriptions."—(Tremendous cheering.) By filling in any ordinary words to make a kind of grammatical sense of the above (though that is not absolutely necessary), an excellent Conciliation-hall speech, or a monster-meeting harangue inculcating peace, quiet, and content, in the true Irish incendiary fashion, may be produced during any month of the year, but if it is in the depth of the winter, the effect, of course, is considerably stronger. N.B.—Patriot's materials made up in the same way, on the shortest notice.-0 uikshank's Comic Almanack, edited by Horace Mayhew. TA KING IT COOLLY !—On Thursday a man, having the appearance of a tradesman, was observed by several individuals in the act of removing the bells from the stair of a newly-finished building in Buccleuch-street. On being interrogated, he said that he was in the em ployment of a respectable bell-hanger, whom he named, and that he had been sent to remove the bells for the purpose of fitting them up with new springs. This story being doubted, inquiry was privately made at the bell-hanger, who had been named, but he knew nothing of the man. Upon this discovery, the man, who gave his name as Macdonald, was immediately taken into custody. The attempt was all the more daring, as it took place in broad daylight, and while a number of workmen were engaged in the inside of the building.— G tun ow Post. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 28.—Admiral Sir Charles Ogle gave his second grand entertainment to upwards of 200 guests, comprising the officers and their ladies of the heads of the Government departments, the ships in commission, the regiments in garrison, and the re sidents of the borough, this evening at the Admiralty house. Rear-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., M.P., accompanied by Lady Emily Dundas and the Hon. Auguatus More ton, passed through Portsmouth yesterday en a visit to Mr. Dixon, at Stanstead-park, whence the First Naval Lord of the Admiralty and Lady Emily will proceed to visit Vice-Admiral Warren. Admiral Dundas visited Sir Charles Ogle on passing through, and made a cursory inspection of one or two objects in the dockyard, remarking, en passant, on the ex pense of the Terrible steam-frigate, which vessel in retarded in her equipments considerably by the want of her gun carriages from Woolwich. The whole of the interval fittings of this vessel have been deranged this refit, and a complete metamorphosis between decks has taken place from Captain Ramsay's cabin funs ard. This, however, is not the caprice of the captain or officers, but is the result of a change of armiment and concomitant circumstances. Some portions of her engine gear are also at Woolwich. The Rolla, 10, Commander Ellicombe, lately from the coast of Africa, was paid off all standing this day. She is now to be attached to the flag ship Victory, as a training-ship for boys, 200 of whom will be placed upon the Victory's books immediately for that purpose. The Rifleman, new screw gun-boat of 200 horse power, after numerous trials under various circum stances of defective machinery, alterations of screw, &c., is at length dispatched to Woolwich, having pro ceeded thither this morning, in charge of the officers and men who brought the Gorgon to this port, to have suitable engines substituted for those she new has. Miller and Ravenhill made the Rifleman's en gines, but, like those of the Amphion, they have never been effective. The Prince Regent, 92, Captain W. F. Martin, picks up men very slowly, although there are hun dreds unemployed at this port. Men seem to have an insurmountable antipathy to heavy ships, especially such as have half-a•dozen prisons on board of them. The Rolla was this day paid off, but out of about 50 disposable seamen, we do not expect ehe will contri bute a man to the Prince Regent's complement. When the Recruit, 12 gun iron-brig, was paid off at this port a couple of months since, the Belleisle, 72, and the Bellerophon, 79, were the only ships in want of men here, and yet, out of 60 blue jackets so paid off from the brig, only one entered for the Belleisle and one for the Bellerophon, all the others entered small vessels commissioned at the eastward and west ward. The only inducement for a sailor to enter a large ship is popular officers ; but where an increase of labour and a decrease of comfort are offered them, their pay being the same as in a small vessel, it is not reasonable to expect large ships to be speedily manned as more favourite craft. The Avon steam. surveying -vessel, Commander Otter, is ordered to convey to Cork one subaltern, two sergeants, two corporals, and twenty-three pri vates ; of this division of Royal Marines, to be placed under the orders of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Ussher, Commander-in-Chief on the Irish station. The Mercury tender returned from Sheerness to day. The Kite steam-vessel, Master Commander Ballis ton, is fitting for towing service at Bermuda. The Firefly steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander Ponsonby, fitting at this port, will be ready to take the second mail to the coast of Africa by the end of next month. The Sharpshooter iron steam-vessel, sister vessel to the Rifleman, was finished this day by Mr. Hay and his employes, under whose hands she has been receiv ing a coat of Hay's adhesive substances on one side, and the composition of a Mr. Chanter on the other, for some time past, and will be ready to go out of dock for trial or commission to-morrow. The Plumper auxiliary screw-brig, building by Mr. Fincham, under one of the new slips, has her first planking on and beams across for laying the decks. She will be complete in about another month. The Arrogant, 46, screw steam-frigate, on the ad • joining slip to the Plumper, has a gang of shipwrights and caulkers employed upon her, making the altera tions in her after run and bilge, alluded to as having been resolved on some time since. The Leander, 50, new frigate, built on the design of Mr. Blake, the late master-shipwright of this esta blishment, is receiving the last offices of the artisans employed upon her (viz., a coat of ordinary colour paint,\, prior to being floated out of dock. The Retribution steam-frigate is in the master rigger's department. She wants only her funnel to render her machinery workable. She is otherwise being brought forward with speed as an available steam-ship. The .Afax steam-guaniship i 3 in the bands of Cap tain Horatio Austen, C. 8., and assistant, resolving upon the establishment of her propelling powers, &c. The Blenheim steam-guardship, Captain Baynes, is in the basin, re-fitting and undergoing sundry al terations and improvements. The Corrnorant and Cuckoo steam vessels are in the engineer-in chief's department, and will be the first steamers whose machinery will be repaired by the new steam establishment at this port, which will colmence. work next spring. Wind N. by E. INlOderrite breezes and hazy wea ther—five o'clock P.M. MURDER OF A CHILD DT ITS MOTHER—Consider able sensation waa occasioned on Thursday last in the neighbourhood of Great Waltham, in this county, by a report that an infant, only 14 days old, had been mur dered at North-end, its mother having cut its threat with a razor, which unhappily proved to be true, for upon some of the neighbours entering the house of Charles Prior, a labouring man, the child was discovered in bed with its mother, weltering in its own blood, the head being almost severed from the body. When found the child was not dead, but expired in a few minutes, and before a surgeon could be called in. From the circum • stances which have transpired there is every reason to believe that the unhappy parent was at the time in a state of temporary derangement, strict orders having been given by her medical attendant, a few days pre viously, that she should not be left alone. An inquest was held at the Butcher's Arms, Black Chapel, on Friday afternoon, before Mr. C. C. Lewis and a respectable jury, at which a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Martha Prior was returned, and the Coroner issued his warrant for her committal. The accused woman, who is vet unfit to lee removed, is under the strict surveillance of the police.—Essex Herald. DEATH or SHERIFF SPEIRS.--It is with feelings of the most poignant sorrow that we record the death of Graham Speirs, Esq., the Sheriff Depute of Edinburgh-- shire, which took place between one and two o'clock on Saturday morning at his house, near Wardie ; the learned gentleman has fallen a victim to the prevailing epidemic. Sheriff Speirs was aged about fifty- three. He entered life as a naval officer, but having quitted the service at the peace, turned his attention to the law, and in 1820 passed as an ad►ocate at the Scottish hr.— /Vora British MaiL THE NEW . COMET. — The Diario di Roma of the 15th of December says—" We announce with pleasure the re-appearance of the comet discovered in this capital on the 3d of October last. Having advanced with great rapidity towards its point of extreme declination in the southern hemisphere, and become invisible to all spec tators, it is once more beginning to make its appearance above our horizon, a few hours before sunrise. On the morning of the 10th we discovered it near the point which our previous calculation had assigned it." The above communication is supplied to the Diario from th• observatory of the Roman College, and may, therefore, be taken as official astronomical information. THE MODEL -LODGER.—He is a quiet gentleman. A smile is permanently settled on his clean face. He wipes his boots on the mat before he walks up stairs. He pays a high rent, and has few friends. He leaves his drawers open. He has a cellar of coals at a time. He takes in a newspaper, and is not in a hurry for it in the morning. He is never out later than ten. He shaves with cold water. He•nover adds up a bill. He is fond of children. He likes to buy them sweetmeats, and to take one: occasionally to the theatre. He never has supper. He never dines at hoipe, ex cepting on a Sunday, and that rarely. The landlady orders then his dinner; it is generally a very large joint, with plenty of vegetables, a very . large pie, and a very large slice of cheese. He never inquires for the joint, or the pie, or anything, the next day. He lends his books cheerfully. He is in doubt about the exact num ber of his shirts. lie rarely rings the bell. He pays for extra without a murmur. Rather likes music. Does not object to a flute and a piano playing different tunes at the same time. Ile is never in arrear with his rent; if it is not paid the very day it becomes due, the reason is because he has paid it the day before. The model lodger is sheepish, rich, and contented.—Punch's Alasanack. MILITARY EMIGRATION TO NEW ZBALAND.— BELFAST, DEC. 24.—The Anne, Government transport ship, with volunteers from the pensioners of the United Kingdom, has been lying for the last two months in the Lough, opposite to Carrickfergus. in consequence of small pox and measles having broken out among the children, but as they have now completely recovered, the vessel sailed on Wednesday for New Zealand. We have never seen a vessel better fitted up for the comfort and accommodation of passengers. We understand that ere long another batch of the enrolled pensioners will be allowed to extend their services to New Zealand. There will shortly be an addition made to the local companies of this district, from the reserve.—Banner of Ulster. [ADYEETISEMENT.]—The pre-eminence of Hollo way's Pills for the Cure of Bad Digestion and Liver and Stomach Complaints.—The superiority of Holloway's Pills are a safe and effectual remedy in all cases where the stomach is deran ge d, t h e di ges tion impaired, or the liver diseased, is universally acknowledged by all classes of society throughout the civilised world. For the cure of those complaints they surpass every other medicine hitherto discovered, they act so directly upon the disease, that sufferers need only to give them a trial to be con vinced of their efficacy, particularly those persons who have had their maladies aggravated by a long residence in India. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Hollo way's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. _ MANSION-HOUSE. The LORD MAYOR said he — hliTeceived several letters complaining of a species of swindling, which not only affected the press, but was accomplished through the instrumentality of that power. His Lordship then read the following : "My Lord,—l hope your Lordship will excuse my taking the liberty of addressing you on the following subject:— _ a . An advertisement, of which I subjoin a copy, made its appearance a few weeks ago in the Notional, a Glas gow paper; and from the statements therein made I was induced to remit the advertiser lOs., being the sum charged by him for a quarter of the Times. In return I only received three papers, the last one about a fortnight since. On the papers having stopped coming I wrote to the individual, stating this to him, and requesting him to see them regularly transmitted, but I have not beard from him, neither have any of the papers made their appearance, and now I have but little doubt that the advertiser is a complete swindler. " I make your Lordship aware of the circumstance so that you may institute such proceedings as you may consider best, either by punishing the fellow, or, if that is impracticable, make the matter public, so that he may in future be preventel from carrying on this ne farions imposition, and imposing on the public. " If your Lordship cause anything to be More in the matter, I hope I may bzi made acquainted with the result. " I remain, my Lord, " Your Lordship's most obedient servant, " THOMAS RODGIE. " Perth, N. 8., Dec. 25. -` 66 ADVERTISEMENT.—' The Times, Herald, or Chronicle posted the evening of the day of publication at 20s. per quarter; sent the evening of the second day at 10s. per quarter. Any of the Sunday papers sent by Monday evening mail at 33. Gd. per quarter. The subscription to be paid in advance. Apply to Mr. —, news agent, Wilmington -square, London, No other papers can be supplied.' " Rhoscrowther Rectory, Pembroke, Dec. 24. " My Lord,—Believing that the best method of COUR teracting the plans of the London swindlers is by re porting them to your Lordship as their proceedings rsay come to light. I take the liberty of troubling you with the following statement:— _ _ " An individual lately advertised, in our local papers describing himself as - of --,Wilmington-square, London, professing to furnish the London papers at re duced prices a day after the date, and especially offering any Sunday paper by Monday's post at 3s. 6d. a quarter payable in advance. " Seving nothing unreasonable in this, I wrote to the above address, ordering the John Bull for a quarter, and asking how the money should be paid. In reply, I duly received a John Bull by the Monday evening's post, with a requt st that I should forward the 3s. 6d. by Post office order on the head office. " This I did, and, as your Lordship probably antici pates, not another John Bull have I had. Of course I wrote about it to Mr. , who duly answered, laid the blame upon his clerk, and promised that he would himself condescend to address and post my paper. But still no more John Bulls. Possibly your Lordship's ex posure of this trick may tend to prevent others from becoming customeia paners by Monday's post of Mr. ---, news agent, --, .. I have the honour to be, my Lord, your obedient servant, " G. A. COCKBURN." The Loan MAYOR said, the practice described in the above correspondence was not confined to the agent in the vicinity of Wilmington-square. He had re ceived several letters charging other persons who called themselves newspaper agents with similar frauds, and he was given to understand that at some of the newspaper offices those persons were well known to be most accomplished impostors. He should be very happy to have the opportunity of pre siding as magistrate if any case of the kind were brought forward. It was odd enough, and it placed the impudence of the impostors in a very strong light, to see that the accused made those the instruments of their fraudulent dealings who were the most power fully qualified to expose and ruin them. The follow ing was, his Lordship said, an illustration of another kind of fraud which had, he believed, been very suc cessful of late:— " Weston-super-Mare, Dec. 1847. "My Lord,---I humbly beg to apologize for the liberty of this address, but request to lay before you a system of fraud which has been resorted to by certain parties styled (here the writer gives the name of a publication and an address in the neighbourhood of Blackfriars bridge), there being no printer's or publisher's name affixed. About two years since a man, going in the name of , visited the various watering-places on the Somorsetshire coast, and prevailed upon many un suspecting parties to subscribe their names to a work which he said he was then getting local information for, named as above, and which was delivered in numbers regularly, monthly, at 33. each; and the better to in duce tradespeople and professional persons to put their names down, he held out the inducement of the ben( fit of having their circulars inserted, but never produced any conditions whatever relative to the publication, which he may since have attached to the list of sub ,cribers. After obtaining the signature, he assured the party that the local description would not exceed one or two numbers at the most, and that each number would contain three most splendid engravings, to be drawn and engraved by first-rate eminent artists, after which some few numbers were left and paid for on delivery, which upon examination were found to be a despicable production, very deficient, and lamentably deficient in the number of pages end the letter-press, and the namt s of the engravers erased, and only two engravings in stead of three, as promised in the address on the cover. In consequence of which defects I told the person on his . . _ . next visit that I should decline taking any more. "I have shown the numbers to a respectable publisher, who assured me that it was a gross imposition upon the public to get rid of an inferior and unsaleable work, and pronounced it worthless. From the time of my taking the first lot of numbers (about two years ago), till the c 27th ult., I have never seen or heard anything of the parties, on which day a man left a parcel at my house, which upon being immediately delivered to me, I read the bill affixed, and found it contained a charge for 23 numbers of the -, 31. 95., and binding 35., making a total of 31. 12s. ; upon which I instantly returned the parcel unopened to the bearer, saying that I should have nothing more to do with the work, which he obstinately refused to accept, but requested me to return it to Mr. -, Paddington, which I did per train on Monday the 29th, and paid the carriage ; and on the following Wed nesday I received a threatening letter in the name of --, and on the 13th inst. was served with a copy of a writ. I beg to state that Mr. -- has selected two per sons only in each place, whom he intends to prosecute, although the list of subscribers contained the names of clergy, lawyers, surgeons, and a barrister and magis trate, residing in this town,but all of whom have rejected the book with disgust. The following are the names of the places he has chosen, viz., Burnham, Clevedon, Wes ton-super-Mare, Yalton, and Bath, which as yet I have heard of, and the inhabitants of which are persons chiefly in the middle ranks of life whom he has chosen out to victimize. "I must again apologize to your Lordship for the lengthened detail of the circumstances attending the glaring imposition intended to be practised upon me, and humbly solicit your advice and protection. "I have the honour to be, my Lord, your most obe dient servant, " W. H. BRICKMAN." The LORD MAYOR said he mentioned the subject of the correspondence for the purpose of giving the respectable press of the metropolis the opportunity of remedying, by their power and skill, an evil which he feared was beyond his reach. If, however, it was in timated to him that he could assist in abating so grievous a nuisance he would proceed at once to act. GUILDHALL. Yesterday, some poor men from u ida Y wn o r o k st s o h gc tie r vo e teyt r ht. e he q em u um e , s pt t uhe clerk Upon the aid of Mr. Alderman Wilson to recover some papers relating to their claim and pedigree which they requiringlodgedhadttt thtehwithrei officep a t ipe h a e irds Heir-at-Law ir b returned -s should without an order from the magistrate. The ALDERMAN inquired what property they had ? The spokesman of the applicants said the Trout beck estate, which was recently inquired into upon a petition of right at Westminster, when after an in vestigation which lasted a week, a verdict for 340,0001. was given in favour of two women ; and the appli cants deemed the recovery of the papers of very great importance to them. Mr. Alderman WILSON said the Act of Parliament forbade him to interfere with papers relating to the title of real estate to such amount. He was limited to the value of 151. He could make no order on the society. The papers were recoverable by action, but in no summary manner. Boxing-day produced rather more than the average number of cases of drunkenness and riotous conduct. In two instances, where the police were roughly handled, the Alderman directed the delinquents should be prosecuted by the City Solicitor. Michael 211‘ Cuddy, John Doran, and Kitty M'Cuddy, were charged with assaulting the police. Mr. Marks, a printer and publisher, in Long-lane, overheard an unusual noise in his shop, and found his wife refusing to give a Christmas-box to Michael M'Cuddy, who was drunk. He was a purchaser of small publications, and, as he would not leave, Mr. Marks used some force, and was assaulted by Michael M'Cuddy. The latter was given into custody. On the way to the station he said something in Irish to his comp an i ons , an d then commenced kicking the constable's shins. The officer procured assistance, and while they were strapping his legs, as he was a determined kicker, he drew a knife with a long blade, and tried to stab one of the policemen. The other prisoners assisted in the attempt to rescue. Upon A h ld e e a r r m in a g n the prisoner isonsearidhanded hadra drawn n a not knife , po w er to sufficiently punish such an aggravated offence, and Mr. he directed the City Solicitor to prosecute the pri soners at the sessions. Robert ° sieY ' a labourer, was also charged with an assault. Robert Douglas, a policeman, was conveying two drunken men to the station, when one of them slipped down, and the prisoner came from amongst the crowd, and gave the officer a heavy kick on his hand, and, as this did not make him let go his prisoner, he deli berately struck the officer a violent blow on the side of the face with some hard substance, which he got rid of and intermingled with the crowd. The officer's face was cut in a jagged manner. It was clearly not a,wound from a knife. He was so much injured he was obliged to let his two prisoners escape, and ano'her officer secured Oxley on the spot. Mr. Alderman WILSON directed the City Solicitor to prosecute this case at the next sessions also. BOW-STREET. Appleton, formerly an assistant to Messrs, Shoolbred and Co. linen drapers, Tottenham court road, WdS char g ed with having embezzled several sums of money collected by him on behalf of his em ployers. The prisoner went into the prosecutors' employ in January last, and soon after that period was sent with goods to different persons, from whom he was authorised to receive payment for articles delivered. In one of the cases proved in evidence the prisoner had received 21. 198. from a lady at 'West Moulsey, in Surrey, although he only accounted for 303. to the cashier of the establishment ; and on another occasion he received lls. from the housekeeper of Lady Wight man, of Eaton-place, Belgrave-square, without ren dering any account whatever of the same to his em ployers. The receipts presented by the prisoner were produced in evidence against him, and also certain letters which he had himself written upon the subject. prisoner was fully committed for trial, and, there being other similar charges against him, Mr, Jardine refused to admit him to bail. WORSHIP-STREET. A thickset young fellow, named Thomas Smith, recognized by the police as an an old acquaintance, was charged with the following aggravated outrage upon an elderly person named Taylor, a copperplate printer, in Britannia-street, City-road. The prosecutor, who exhibited a fearful cut over the left eye, another down the forehead, and whose right eye was almost entirely closed, stated, that having entered the parlour of a neighbouring public house on the preceding evening to peruse the news papers, feeling much fatigued, he dropped asleep, but was shortly afterwards awoke by a man's hand being thrust into his waiscoat pocket, where he had placed his money. The prisoner at the same moment walked quickly across the room to an opposite table, on which he buried his face in his hands, pretending to be sound asleep; but, rapidly as it was done, it was not enough so to escape the witness's observa tion, who raised his head and charged him with the attempted robbery. The prisoner, who affected to be very indignant, instantly got up, and after loading him with the foulest abuse, commenced beating him about the head and face in such a brutal manner that it was only with great difficulty that, upon escaping from him, he could stagger to the front of the bar to seek the protection of the landlord. Before the latter could interfere, however, the prisoner again attacked him, knocked him down with several blows in rapid succ-ssion, and ran out of the house; but information of the outrage having been furnished to the police, he was in a few hours after traced to his lodgings by one of the officers, who burst in his door, which he bad barricaded, and secured him. When called upon for his defence, the prisoner de „r .ttpilioted robb er y was i.hout the slightest foundation, and orignieuu......— drowsine!..s of the prosecutor, whom he had certainly beaten more severely than he intended, but he consi dered himself justified in retaliating under such a serious accusation, and hoped the magistrate would let the case stand over to afford him an opportunity of producing witnesses in refutation, and to depose to the excellence of his character. Mr. HammlLL, therefore, adjourned the case for several hours, at the expiration of which the prisoner was again placed at the bar, but the description of witnesses now in attendance was quite the reverse of those the prisoner had anticipated, for Inspector Pascoe, of the N division, stood forward and recognised him as having been, to his knowledge, for years past, the constant associate of thieves and the very worst characters in that and the adjoining district, while two other officers proved that he had not been long since convicted upon a charge of burglary, and sentenced to six months' hard labour for it : and that he had also been in custody for committing a brutal assault under nearly parallel circumstances, on a previous occasion. It was acknowledged that another person was in the room at the time the alleged robbery was attempted ; and though no suspicion could be enter tained against him, as he was stated to be a friend of the prosecutor, yet as he was not in attendance to formally prove he was not the person who had made the attempt, . . Mr. HAmmiLL determined to deal with the case as one of aggravated assault, and, after commenting upon the prisoner's brutality, sentenced him to pay the hight , st amount of penelty, namely, 51., or, in default, to undergo two months' imprisonment in the House of Correction ; and, as he could not pay the fine, he was carried off in the van. CLERKENWELL. Dennis Brien, a powerful-looking IriShman, was charged with having committed a cowardly and violent assault upon Mr. Edward Cowell, of the Bricklayers' Arms, Whitecross-street, St. Luke's; and also with having brutally assaulted policemen 246, 125, 147, and 31 of the G division, who were all severely injured. It appeared that on Monday night, about half-past 11 o'clock, the prisoner and about a dozen of his com panions were observed walking in Whitecross-street, aryl behaving themselves in a most violent manner, and on their arrival at the house of Mr. Cowell, they entered, and conducted themselves outrageously. The police then interfered, and a dreadful riot ensued. The landlord was attacked, and at length the prisoner struck him a tremendous blow on the eye, upon which he was seized by constable 246 G, who was immediately knocked down, and jumped upon whilst he was on the ground. The prisoner next attacked the other officers with great ferocity, and inflicted serious injuries, they being since under mt dical treat ment, and quite unfit for duty. Inspector Gibbs produced certificates as to the dan gerous state of two of the officers injured. The prisoner was remanded. Another Irishman, a labourer, named Daley, was charged with breaking a plate glass window, the pro perty of Mr. Cooper, of the Pied'Bull, High-street, Islington. It appeared that an immense mob of Irishmen col lected together on Monday evening, and went about demanding Christmas boxes. They besieged Mr. Cooper's house, and conducted themselves like savages, and the prisoner, on being prevented entering the house, wilfully and maliciously broke the plate -glass window, value V. The conduct of the mobe w as so disgraceful and violent, that the police was called upon to interfere, when an attack was made upon them, which led to a desperate conflict, in which both sides suffered severely. The police, in self defence, were obliged to use their staves, and some of them were so dreadfully injured that they are now unfit for duty, and under medical care. The prisoner was ordered to pay the 2/. for the damage dome, or receive a commensurate term of im prisonment. Nearly the whole of the day was occupied in the hearing of charges of drunkenness and assault of little or no interest. TflA,TrEs. A young man named James West, described as a labourer, was charged with feloniously receiving a gold watch and gold chain, the property of Mr. Wm. Hoare, wine cooper, of No. 16, York-street, Philpot street, Commercial-road East. The prisoner's sister, Ann West, was before the same magistrate on Monday charged with stealing the watch and chain,and was remanded. At an early hour on Monday morning, the prosecutor, who fills a respon sible situation in the St. Katharine's Dock, was on his way home, when he was accosted by the woman, who persuaded him to accompany her to her lodgings, at No. 44, Baker-street Stepney. He was in her com pany about ten minutes, when she took the watch out of his pocket, and put out the light. He strug gled with her for some time, and called for as sistance, but no person in the house came to his assistance, and the woman succeeded in getting the chain off his neck, knocked Mm down, and, to prevent his following her, capsized the table and plaeed it in the doorway. She then ran down stairs and succeeded in making her es • cape with the watch and chain. Mr. Hoare called for the police, and two constables came to his assist ance, and liberated him from the house. On the same morning Kelly, an active officer of the H division, No. 119, went to No. 21, John's-place, the resilience of the woman, and was informed tha a t nd sh o: e ap w on as m n a o h t in a g t cha rge , s h e herhomaec. cl l u l a e i n w t a e i d t eldv twith until th h e e rnraettuurreno;f the admitted that she had stolen a watch and chain and given them to her brother to pawn for her. After tha woman was remanded on Monday, Kelly went in search of her brother, and, on the same night, found him at a house of public entertainment in Gray's Inn lane, where upwards of 100 Irish men and women were dancing to the music of the bagpipes. Kelly in cau s i ng J ames West succeeded, by a ruse, to leave the room, and took him into custody. This was no sooner made known to the Irish than a rescue was attempted ; but Kelly had concerted his measures so well that he frustrated their intentions and secured his prisoner, who gave up to him a pawnbroker's duplicate relating to a gold watch and guard, pawned on the same day by the prisoner, with Mr. Sowerby, a pawnbroker, for 3/. The property was produced and identified by the prosecutor. Kelly asked the prisoner what he had done with the money he raised on the watch, and he said he had spent the lot. Kelly found ss. only upon him ; but 2/. 15s. more was afterwards delivered to the officer by the prisoner's mother, which made in all 34, the sum raised on the watch and chain. Mr. YARDLEY remanded the prisoner until this day, when his sister will be brought up with him, and they will then be committed for trial. LAMBETH. Mr. ELLIOTT requested our reporter to acknow ledge the receipt of et 10/. note, No. 22,876, from " P.," and also 51., through the Commissioners of Police, from the Earl of C--. TVESTMINSTER. Thomas Lelford, formerly under-butler in the establishment of the Duke of Gloucester, and late pro prietor of the Lownde's Arms, near Belgrave-square, was finally examined, charged with forging two bills of exchange. Mr. Abel Birch, of No. 5, Middle-row, Knights bridge, furnishing undertaker, stated that the pri soner, who was known to his sons as the former pro prietor of the Lowndes' Arms, came to his house about the 4th of September, and requested to be favoured with cash for a bill for 19/. 15s. 6d , bearing that date, drawn by Thomas Letfor,l, and purporting to be accepted by Mr. Anthony A. Harrison, at three months. As he had known Mr. Harrison as a highly respectable man for upwards of thirty years, he did not for a moment hesitate to cash the bill, which was made payable at the Lord Nelson, King's-road, and gave the prisoner 191. 10s. for it. Prisoner paid him another visit about the Bth of October, with a second bill for 10/. 9s. 61., drawn by Thomas Letford, and purporting to bear the acceptance of Joseph Salo mons, Red Lion, Tottenham-court-road, payable at the Union Bank, Argyle street. Prosecutorobserring that it was accepted by a licensed vietualler, and considering most of them to be " safe " people, also discounted this, but shortly afterwards discovered that he had been defrauded. Mr. Anthony Allenson Harrison, of No. 4, James's cottages, Hammersmith-road, a retired publican, who formerly kept the Lord Nelson named in the first bill, proved that the acceptance to it was a forgery, nor was his name even spelt correctly. He had known the accused for several years, but never had a bill trans action with him. A clerk to the Union Bank said that no person named Joseph Salomons ever had an account there. James W. Jones, 50 B, proved taking the prisoner into custody, and added that there was no such sign as the Red Lion in Tottenham-court-road. The prisoner, who made no defence, was fully committed for trial. STARTLING FACTS. The Lincoln Mercury says :—The practice of taking opium, laudanum, ether, and morphia, has increased, and is increasing, amongst the population of the fens of Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, to a frightful extent. It obtains amongst the aged, the infirm, and the young, and it is confined to neither sex—old men, old women, and young women, are equally its victims. It may be safely averred, that every second customer who visits the druggist's pur chases opium, laudanum, or some opiate or narcotic, whilst every second customer of the grocer is a purchaser of tobacco. It is common to see the man or woman of twenty, thirty, or forty years with cadaverous countenance, tottering frame, and palsied step, daily going for his or her sixpenny worth of poison, and we have heard of yearly bills of 201. in one family for opium and laudanum ! In the town of Wisbeach alone there are 400 . gallons of laudanum sold and swallowed every . ear • eiiiht tually vending two gallons of this quantity ! The apothecary's practice is thus a lucrative one in .the fens. Take away the laudanum and retail trade, and the druggist's occupation is gone—it is the staple of the trade. Added to this frightful consumption. of laudanum, there are 1,128,780 ga ll ons o f b eer, an d 20,500 gallons of ardent spirits, consumed annually in Wisbeach. To manufacture the one and to vend the other there are no fewer than two malsters, twelve brewers, nine wholesale' dealers in ardent spirits, forty-eight innkeepers, and forty-five torn- and-jerries. As if this were not enough to vitiate the appetite, or rather to satisfy the cravings of a vitiated appetite, there is to be added to the catalOgue the ft.ct of there being a hundred and seventy persons retailing to bacco. To counteract all this laudanum, beer, and spirit swallowing, and tobacco inhaling, there are seventy dealers in coffee and tea, with two coffee houses, nicknamed temperance hotels. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. • LIVERPOOL, Dac. 28. STOCK EXCHAIGE.—The sales are—Ambergate and East ern Jnnction, 2 1 , ; ( dis.—East Lancashire, New, a dis.— London and North-Western, New Quarters, 51,4 p.—Maa chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 1 4 dis. —Midland, 109% e.—Ditto, Halves, 17i dis.—North Staf fordshire, 4 die.—North Union (A), 208% c.—Seath.- Eastern and Dover, 30 3 4—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 1% c. dis.- -York, Newcastle, and Berwick_(G. N. E. Purchase), 1% p• MANCHESTEIi, DEC. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire, Preferentiala ( s), dis.- -Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 114 c dis.—Lanceshire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 2% dis.—Ditto( Preston and Wyre), Halves (B), 5-16 p.—Leices ter and Bedford, 4s. 6d. dis.—London. Manchester, and Birmingham, 59 Ditto,Quarters (A), 3:X t p.— Ditto, ditto, (B), 3 3 A p.—Manch ester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Pre ference, 1-16 p.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 4 13-16 North Staffordshire, 1 4 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, dis.—Wharfilale, 2 1-16 die. BIRMINGHAM, Dzc. 23. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—London and North- Western, 149—North Staffordshir,e 60. 3d. dis.— Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 15% dis.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 3 dia.—Shropshire Union, 2A die. LEEDS, Dac. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market continues very flai. The only sales announced to-day has been at the following prices :—East Lancashire. New, 31. 16s. 3d. dis. 7 Laacashire and . Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 61s. dis.— Leeds and Thirek, 16% dis.—North British, Thirds, 4s. dit!.—llitlO, Quarters, 10s. dis.—North Staflordshire, Bs. 9d.— South Yorkshire, Doncaster,, &c. 40s. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwick), 375. p.—York and North Midland, Preference, 5% p.. YORK, Dim. 27. _ _ _ STOCK EXCHANGE.-The salesare- Great Northern, 41. 7s. -North Vritith, Quarters, 41. Bs.-York, Newcastle, acrd Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), 12. EDINBURGH, DEc 27. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Caledenian, New, 21s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, New, 121. 7a. 6d.-Edinburgh and Northern, 15/. 15s.- Ditto. New, 305.-Edinburgh and Perth, Halves, 43.-Great Northern, 41. 55.-North British, 251. 10s.-Ditto, Quarters, it4g. 6d.--Ditto, New Quarter Millis; 355. 6d.-Scottish Centrals, 28/. GLASGOW, Dac. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Glasgow, Silrnar nock, and Ayr, 981.-North British, 24/. 58.-Scottish Ces. - tral, 271. 12s. 6d. THE WAY IN WHICH FRENCH WINE IS MADE."" M. Lalande, secretary of the Free-trade Association of Bordeaux, commun i ca t es i n l ast S aturday ' s Econonii,i the foll ow i ng: —Wi ne i s ma d e i n a very simple and cheap man ner . I s h a ll ment i on t h e s i mplest, whic h by many persons is also considered the best. When the grapes are ripe they are gathered, and placed, either with or without the stalks, in large vats, where they fer ment during a few days—from eight to fifteen. At the end of that period, and when a great fermentation has taken place and ceased, the wine is entirely in the lower part of the vat, the other parts of the grape are at the top of it. The wine is drawn from the vats and placed in casks. There it must be allowed to remain for some time without being disturbed. After three or four months have elapsed, even before very often, immense quantities begin to be consumed by the working classes in our country, and by far the greater proportion of a year's growth is thus consumed during the twelve fol lowing months. But wines, to be consumed by the middle and rich classes, must be kept in cellars for several years (from three to six years) in casks, and re quire no other care than to be drawn once or twice a-year from the casks, in order to separate the wine from the dregs. When by such simple process, and after a certain time, wine has become sufficiently old, it is drawn from the casks and put in bottles. The longer even French wine remains in the bottle, contrary to a common opinion entertained in England, the better it is. Its quality is thereby improved to an extraordinary degree. INloxsy-MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 13 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10iel. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.47 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.65, it follows that gold is 0.70 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advises from Hamburgh the price of gold is 435 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3i. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard golf', gives an exchange of 13.10 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.111, it follows that gold is 0.80 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. IMAMS. On the 26th inst., at Stockwell, Surrey, Mrs. Thomas Liusi herr, of a son. On the 25th inst., at Corston Cottage, near Bath, the lady of Henry Eden Jones, Esq., of a son. On the 26th inst., at Champion•hill, the wife of Thome Hilton Bothamley, Esq., of a daughter. On the 26th inst., Mrs. John E. Cooper, of Great Coram street, of a eon. On 'the 26th inst., at Sydenham, the lady of S. Laing, Esq.. of a son. On the 26th inst., at Blackheath-park, Kent, the wife of Joseph Underwood, Esq., of a daughter. On the 26th inst., in Chester• square, the lady of Henry Ley, Esq., of a son. On the 27th inst., in Grosvenor-square, Mrs. Puller, of • daughter. On the 27th inst., in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, the lady of William Strahan, Esq., of a daughter. did lilt! ED. On the 21st inst., at St. Margaret's, King's Lynn, the Re♦ John Fleming, M.A., to Grace Townshend, eldest daughter of the Rev. J. Bowen, Rector of West Lynn, Norfolk. DIES. On the 22d inst., at Glazenwood House. Essex, Clarissa, second daughter of the Rev. Sir John Page Wood, Bart. On the 23d inst., Mrs. Charlotte Hall, of Hadlow-road, Tunbridge, Kent, widow, aged 73. On the 24th inst., in Ship-street, Brighton, George Demp ster, Dn., aged 37. On the 24th inst., at Berry, near Totness, Devon, Mrs. Louisa, Ogler, aged 95. On the 24th inst., at Granton House, near Edinburgh, G. Speirs, Esq., advocate, Sheriff of Edinburghshire, On the 24th inst., at St. James's Parsonage, Victoria-park, Charles James, son of the Rev. Henry P. Haughton. On the 25th inst., at Leamington, William Gosling, Esq. Oa the 25th inst., Frederick H. Parker, Esq , surgeon, of Portugal-street, Grosvenor-square, aged 48. On the 25th inst., at Woodside, near Lymington, Hants, Abraham Creighton, Esq., late Major in her Majesty's 55th Regiment of Infantry, aged 67. On the 25th inst., at Hertford-street, Mayfair, the Dow ager Lady Beaachamp Proctor, relict of Sir Thomas Beau champ Proctor, Bart., aged 89. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Still Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Bliddlemx, Wednesday, December 29, 1847.