The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-14 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.* .... MONEY MARKET and CITY NEW S. (SATIIaDAY EYENING.) TIMES.—It has been stated that the demand for money has been recently so great, that since the last notice was out for the temporary accommodations at the Bank of England, the applications sent in have been for above 1,500,0001., though it is little more than a fort night ago, and they are expected to continue at the muse rate daring the operation of the notice. It should not be lost sight of here in considering all the circumstances connected with the forthcoming French loan, that the Ministry of M. Guizot are ex pressly charged by the Opposition Journals with ex aggerating the amount of the deficiency in the revenue raised by the late preparations for war, because they are not only opposed to a war, but desire that the scale of preparation hitherto kept up should be laid aside and abaadoned. The arguments, therefore, with which this view of the case is supported, are well worthy of the attention of the English capitalist. In the first line of M. Humann'a table appears the account of the year 1840, showing that the supplementary and extraordinary credits voted last session amounted to 48,001,000 francs, while the credits now required by the Minister of Finance, including those re quired by special laws to make good the damage done by inundations, and to assist the refugees, amount to 192,000,000 f. altogether, exceeding the provizions of the budget by 2ia0,000,000f. Subtracting the -assumed excess of receipt, estimated at about 16,000,000 f., the deficit will remain 2-14,000,000 f. on the account of 1840. The estimate of the year 1841 promis©s still worse results. In the first place, the budget is encum bered with :34,000,000f. of charges, unforeseen dur ing the preceding year, to which are added extra ordinary expenses, valued by M. Humana at 270,000,0001. The budget, as it has been voted, shows an excess of 24,000,000 f. in the receipts ; so that the deficit for 1841 would be 280,000,000 f. The budget for 1842, according to M. Humann, show a deficit of 65,000,000 f. under ordinary circum stances, and of 315,000,0001. supposing, the maritime expenses to be the same as in 1812. Thus the eleficits for the years 1840, 1841, and 1842, amount altogether to 839,000,0001, the fortifications of Paris being set down at 128,000,000 f. The objection ex pressed against M. Hamann by the Opposition jour nals is, that he has shown an evil without providing a remedy, as they consider the alleged addition of 106,000,0001. produced by the annulling of credits net employed in public works, and the reserve of the sinking fund disposable on the 31st December, na un satisfactory, since there still remains a large deficit, and nothing is offered but a genoral promise of economy. Ministers of Finance . , in general, it is said, have shown their shill in dissimulating the expenditure and in creasing the receipts; but M. Humann has taken a contrary course, and instead of raising the spirits of the nation, has done all he can to depress them. It should be remarked that the Opposition journals do not in any specific terms impugn the correctness of M. Humann's statements, but rather have recoursc.to insinuation and general terms of indignation at the'rotasmendation of peace which they convey. CHRONICLE.—TiIe average circulation of the Bank of England has not been so low as the returns shown for 1840 for several years. In December, 1859 (being thu nonnburn back to 1834 inclusive). the circu lation was 16J:12,0001. in Jantmry, 1840, it was only 16,366,000/., and now 16,44(,0001. Tne year 1839, ho:vever, exhibits a much greater de ficiency of bulltou than the present year. The returns or August, September, Oanber, November, and December, of 1839, are ail under the present return in respect of bullion. .The coffers of the Bank were then labouring under the drain produced by the heavy sums required to pay for foreign corn, aad the lowest average was in a:tuber, 1839, when Oh; bullion was returned at only 2,525,000/. From that period it gradually increased. until August last, when it was returned 4,529,000/. In Sapteunner it began again to droop, the amount being only 4.433 0001., OctoLer, 4,145 0001., and November, 3,729,0001. ; the present return being only 3,311,000/. We have reason to believe, howeve-, that the actual amount of bullion iu th.t coffers of the Bank of Eng land is larger at present thin the amount shown by the average returns. But, supposing 3,800,0001. to be near the truth, the gross amount, including the gold in circulation over and besides, prosinits no very satisfac tory picture of the sauoduess of our existing system of currency ; and when the continued unfavourable state of the foreign exchanges, coupled with the various pro joz.ts of foreign loess, i 3 considered, we cannot look with reason for any early relaxation of the restrictive action on the Money Market by the arectors of the Beek of England. Unless, inde,r.d. the balance of trade should turn in our favour, we must rather lay our account with further sates of securi ties by the Bank to counteract the expz.rt of ,the precious metals, which threatens to ensue from the want of a continental demand for our tuanufaittu:vs, and the motratary transactions with loaa u:,:itractors on account of foreign Powers. Belgium and Russia are already ia the market as borrowers.' France is try ing by a make-shitt to put off the evil day by an advance on Treasury bonds born the Bank of Prance ; but that, in subitunce, is nothing more or less than a loan, al though it does not so iratnodiately affect the puke of toe ands as if the Minister had applied at once for a vote of the Chambers to sanction a creation of Rentes for the support of public credit. But the Minister of Fiance must find money to redeem these bonds, and when pay-day conics he will be compelled to do it by a loan after all, or allow the bonds to be thrown on the market by the lenders. It is not likely that the Bank of France will or can allow ten millions sterling of capital to remain locked up for any length of time on the security of these royal bonds, and a loan must be raised by France, therefore, at no very distant period. Austria, too, we believe, has serious thoughts of the same kind. The apprehension of these vast demands for money has had some effect upon the Funds. POST.—The return contained in last night's Ga zelle of the average liabilities and assets at the Bank of England for the three months ending on Tuesday presents the following variations :—The circulation has decreased 352,0001., the difference between 16,798,0001. and 16,416,000/. ; the deposits have decreased 59,000/., the difference between 6,396,000/. and 6,337,0001. The securities have decreased :241,0001., the difference between °2,319,0001. end 22,078,000/. ; the stock of bullion has decreased 218,0001., the difference bet;veen 3,7•29,0001-. and 3,511,0001. From this statement it would seem that the drain upon the Bank for specie has been checked. Its is un derstood, indeed, that the Directors have, by the de cided contraction they have effected in their liabilities, succeeded even in turning the tide a little in their own favour. The demand for money whieh exists on the Continent, and in various other parts of the world, will, however, compel there, in defence of the institution, to persevere in the same rigorous course of policy for some time longer, nail possibly to be still more sparing in their advances to the public. The mass of foreign stock that is just now absorbing capital in so great as to have awakened more than ordinary attention to the evil of the loaning system, and we should suppose a remedy of some kind will be attempted. This is rendered the more necessary since it is now perfectly well known that our corn specula tors are again making large purchases of grain in the northern markets, little or none of which will be paid for otherwise than through the medium of the precious metals. The prices of our manufactures were, perhaps, never so low as they are at the present time, but to the great disappointment of the commercial in terest, the demand for them on the Continental account is almost as limited as eser. The quantities shipping must all events fall very far short of the value that will be required for the payment of the grain imported in the course of the ensuing spring. It is in the mean while hoped by many of those who are inimical to fo reign loans that no extraordinary expedients will be re sorted to f'or the purpose of defeating them ; but, rather, that the powers already possessed by the Bank may be exercised with so muck severity as to intimidate parties who are interesting themselves in them as contractors, 8(e. Others express a wish rather that Government -nab interfere to prevent the mischief that threatens the country, considering that the Bank can go no fur ther than they have done, without great detriment to the public interest, and that their measures for the par pose might, after all, prove abortive. In presence of fresh and obvious causes of embar rassment, the Bank have, as the above average shows, no more in their vaults than three and is half millions of specie, including what .32 distributed among the branches, and we need not say, therefore, that the anx iety to know the course that will be taken in such an emergency is very general. Rega r dl ess o f part i es, may, the Directors cannot be reasop be they who they abiv found fault with should they forth w i th come to the resolution of rejecting all hillssent into them for dis count suspected of being for foreign loan purposes, an d not founded upon sttietly sound mercantile trausne tions, so far as the object can be ascertained. ; n e „ o _ rnodation to the Lombard-street moeey-houses who. ee tend their advances to nil sorts of people should, it is remarked, as a matter 01: cctomon prudence, be in stantly suspended. As respects the subscribe; s to any of the multitude of foreign loans cornion, into existence, we would strongly recommend that, in writing to the contractors !or portions, they should stipulate to take only such as they may be williug to furnisli at the original price at which "Y may, have been negotiated. In the event of this i er enaution being used there may be a chance of their , zuhscriliers) gaining something by the speculation, It money is to be made at all. If so selutery a course is Ps' i 'ted in, the contracting fi::ns will be careful net to ventur e 'Ten fresh enterprises of the sort o'hervise than en somethie, likerational conditions. STATE OF TR ADE.—EuSineS3 remains much in the same state as last reported ; no change in piees, and but littlo demand. Trio ordQr s for spr:ng gonds for ship vine a 7, drlawing to a clone; imvertheless, it ii cunfidenCy expeLttd that the year will. cp:nl%itii a fair avcrage. de mand: - - Lei: ester Me; cur l 1. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS• FROM TES MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Times.) The geographical position of France, joined to her comparative weakness as a maritime Power, evidently confine her means of aggressive warfare to within cer tain limits, or to certain portions of the Continent. Ac cordingly, the whole history of French wars in Europe is a history of struggles for territory or for influence on her own frontier, in Flanders, in Spain, or in the north of Italy : and the gigantic expeditions of the wars of the empire were not dreamed of until this border war fare had ended in the subjection of all the minor adja sent States to France. The expedition to Egypt was, indeed, an exception to the prevailing rule of French policy ; but it was an unwise experiment, which the maritime resources of the country were unable to sup port. We endeavoured to show, some little time ago (see the Times, Oct. 31), that upon a wise principle of mutual security, a number of minor States had been interposed between France and the other great Powers of Europe by the great territorial settlement of 1815 ; and we adverted to the neutrality of those States as the primary guarantee of their existence and of the safety of Europe. Indeed, if Prussia be dis posed to join a species of neutral league with the minor Powers for the simple purpose of maintaining their ter ritory inviolate ; and if she succeed in upholding that pacific policy to which she so long adhered, even after the outbreak of the revolutionary war, it is evident that France can scarcely begin hostilities—still less hos tilities for any purpose of territorial aggrandisement — without committing in limine an enormous outrage on some unoffending neutral country, whose neutrality she has herself sworn tb observe. There is, however, nothing extravagant in the hypothesis that same such outrage would be committed by the men who are ca pable of plunging Europe into war. The French are apt to practice their own proverb, that to make omelettes you must break eggs ; we may add, that to break eggs you may also have to rob nests. The first rumour of war is accompanied by a plan of operations which would strip Belgium of territories recently secured to her, in full neutrality and indepen dence, by France herself, conjointly with all the other Powers ; and we are somewhat startled by a direct avowal on the part of the two ex-Cabinet Ministers, that the first exploit of their fleet would be to wrest from another friendly and neutral Power the Balearic Isles. Even the Journal des Debuts, which usually reprobates such barefaced pretensions in others, dis cusses with perfect calmness the uses of the Belgian territory to one or the other of the contending parties in the event of a war. ‘• If," says that paper, " there is no railroad from Paris to Lille, the Belgian system of railroads must become a powerful instrument of of fensive warlitre, to be used by Germany against us ; with such a railroad the Belgian system of railroads is for us." What becomes of the neutrality and inviola bility of Belgium, which 1:oin the first to the last were made tile fundamental principles of the treaty of separa tion, established by the most pos,itive declarations in the protocol cf the 19th of February, 1831 (Art. 3), and by the treaty of the 18 Articles as well as by the treaty of the 34. Articles, if at the first onset even the roads which the industry and enterprise of the Bel gian Government have multiplied over the territory are to be dealt with as " powurful instruments of offensive warfare for us or against.us,"—mere appendages to the military lines of France or 41 Prussia ? The answer to this question may be very-satisfactorily gathered from Belgium itseP . . We have read with interest an able statement of the neutral policy of Belgium, and of the means she has for defending her neutrality. This docu ment has been republished in the .31oniteur Beige, and it affords abundant evidence that the question Ili-13 al ready excited much patriotic ardour among that people. The neutrality of a country is an excellent gicund of defence, but it requires to be manfully defended. Even the neutrality of Switzerland ws not respected when, from their intestine dissentious, the cantons had ceased to present a unitel barrier to the luvAde.r. In a word, the neutrality of a territory is only secure when much is to be lost or ri,Lvi by a violation of it. What are called the necessities of war overleap restraints of international law and justice ; and there are, it would seem, politicians in a neighbouring coun try whose schemes are to be set in notion by these limiest necessities. Belgium is well supplied with rail roads ; but she is equally well provided with fortresses. The question of national existence for her is whether these railroads and fortresses arc to serve 03" powerful instruments of offensive warfare" to her neighbours, or whether they are to be toe powerful instruments of her own defence. Is thigiuni strong enough to wield these instruments, tnat is, to garrison these great and f-ormidable places ? Tnere are no tees than t.)..2 for tresn's o more or le.)s i np:Alauce bet , veco .Luxein burg and Antwerp ; many of them are of great • and all of them have been put into an mimirable state of defence since 1815—very different from the dismantled condition in . which they were left Flanders was wrested from the house of Aus tria. Garrisoned by an army of at least 50,000 Belgians, there can be no doubt that these positions would be suSiientiv etrote to ,fetsr any enemy trout a wanton 'attack. Iu the M:11(13 of a German Power they open the frontier of Franco and the roast to Paris ; in those of the French they undoubtedly become a puwertui iii stremeut of offensive warfare both by sea and land : in either case Ouse very fortresses, which ought to protect the independence of Befg - ium, Mould become the curtain means of her subjection, and her territory would once more be made the cockpit of Europe. iVhatever sacri fices the defence of these place may demand, they must be made, in the event of a war, or Beigicee will cease to exist ; and the good sense and spirit of the semioafficial document to which we have already referred lead us to expect that they will be made cheerfully. The nationality of Belgium is young i but the people of Flanders have au old character to defend from foreign aggression, and they have nothing to gain by flinging their new institutions under the interested protection of their neighbours. As our attention has been directed to the military preparations an the Belgian frontier, which may be demanded by the present state of things in Europe, we cannot altogether pass over in silence the strong language in which the pacific and ministerial Journal des Debats suggests and encourages a project for re establishing a great naval station at Dunkirk, by way of supplying the French fleet with a fortified har bour in the Channel and in the teeth of England. The position of Dunkirk is such as to render its marine strength a subject of great moment to this country. The sale of the place to Louis XIV. was one of the worst acts of a shameful prio(l of our history ; and during the whole of the war of succes sion the commerce of England and Holland suffered greatly from the Dunkirk privateers. At the peace of Utrecht the demolition of the fortifications was exacted from France at the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle the stipulation, which had been evaded, was peremp torily repeated, though still only partially obeyed. In 1763 Lord Chatham declared that the destruction of the fortifications of Dunkirk was a matter of such pa ramount importance, that an English Minister who should listen to any other terms would deserve to lose his head ; and by the 13th article of the Treaty of Paris it was expressly agreed, that " the cunette, as well as the forts and batteries commanding an entrance towards the sea, should be destroyed," in conformity with the stipulations of former treaties. An English Commis sioner was appointed to see the clause fulfilled, and Dun kirk ceased to he a place of formidable strength, though it was still sufficiently defended to repulse the Duke of York in 1793. The present state of the port may be in ferred from the difficulty which the Veloce steamer had in making good her anchorage in the gale of last August, for the marine resources of the place have not been re stored or improved, and Dunkirk was neglected by Napoleon, who directed his chief attention to Antwerp. As Antwerp is now no longer either a naval arsenal or a French port, Dunkirk might, in case of war, re surne much of its priatine importance, at least as a station for privateers and steamers. The Journal dam Debals urges the Government to take vigorous mea sures to forward these views. If such projects as these have been mooted at a moment of excitement, we would willingly consign them to oblivion, with all the other phantoms of th war fever ; but if the Journal des Debate gravely discusses and recommends such topics, we must take leave to say that the worst way of promoting a good understanding with the English people, who have not the slightest desire to find an enemy in France, is to plant a maritime fortress opposite the Norc. Dunkirk, converted into a strong naval station, would no longer be a position of just and reasonable defence to France, but of obvious and extreme offence *.o England. (From the Morning Adverti.ser.) So deeply is hatred of England incarnated in a cer tain portion of the French press, that it labours to make the return of Napoleon's ashes, with which should be inhumed all national animosities, the occasion to excite some marked expression of vengeful hostility. Fortunately, however, the incendiary press is likely to draw even less profit than the incendiary ex-Minister from its infernal occupation. lie had his profits on the Stock-Exchar: ,, c to console him under his officislale gradation and the contempt of Europe, but his incen diary organs of the French press lose in trade as v; ell as in reputation, an d it a ff or d s a c h eer i ng itni:cation that their inflamma tory sent i ments are but little cheriehcd by the French people,to perceive that as they increase in the iolence of their denunciations they uneunish in circula tion. inc correspondent of a Contemporary writs— " Melancholy as it is to how the doctrines and the grossest falsehood s of the incendiary press arc iist , .:aed to Lay the multitude, it is still a satisfaction to know that, with the re:4ly thinking portion of thc na tion, falsehood aod viol ence do not prevail. The war j an d republican journals do not find agita6on quite so plrftn hie as they hoped. The C'onstitat,Stinnel, in order fall, has I?cc . n con, d -pe:e to adopt more mo tnii e t h C' e o i,i,Lonptcerecoiti a a s v compelled tota ex. resneetahle i t(toloy,paprrtoceesdvi prevent ilneoaetnngaiittlsoaugprer7,eacii7 IS again b eco „,i c pca• naps, is the tMction ; theSationaldoes not thrive viv a nvfoli can i sm, C —rnmcnt does not p tut the laws of reason why the and the L'a pile; le lies ceased ta ox:st. September in !:orce. It 1:0 1 ') , :s for a Ij 1 1, 71 of public HE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1840. reason, and that the agitators will swallow their own spittle and be choked." Though there is now no chance of the Syrian question becoming a cases belli, yet, from the aggressive sentiments expressed and applauded too by many in the Chamber of Deputies, it is desirable that no means should be left untried to convince the war party in France, if they be not altogether insen sible to conviction, that their country, whatever might be the result of an European struggle, must be sure to suffer, in common with others, the losses and horrors in separable from war, under the most favourable contin.; gencies. It is a game at which all parties must lose, for it is not territorial aggrandisement, or the subjection of other nations to the sword, that ca❑ ever compensate for the sacrifice of blood and treasure, and the interrup tion to the progress of the arts of peace, by which war must achieve its triumphs. " Peace bath its triumphs as war bath - ;" but we cannot concur with the poet in the opinion, that " both alike are glorious," or at least if both be glorious, their glories are far different both in character and degree. Which of the European nations, for instance, have gained by wars incidental to the French revolution ? What has been the result to Great Bri tain, the party successful in the struggle? What but an amount of debt which nothing but her incalculable commercial resources could ever have enabled her to maintain, and which has since rested with most per nicious effect on all her commercial efforts. It is folly to expect that territorial aggrandisement by the sword will afford an equivalent for the in terruption of commercial relations. States held in subjection by arms must ultimately prove a sub ject of less rather than of gain to those attempting to pursue a policy of aggression. It is only as a mea sure of defence that an aggressive policy can be regard ed either as just or judicious. A State held by commer cial ties, no matter whether in a dependent or independ ent relation, must prove of mutual advantage ; while one held by military domination must, on the contrary, be a continual source of mutual loss. Great Britain has exp.2rienc..tl the truth of both these positions, more, perhaps, than any other nation, and in no instance more remarkable than in that of her North American colo nies, which have proved infinitely more advantageous to the parent state since they established their independ ence, than when held subject to military despotism. This is a lesson teaching a most instructive moral to all nations, and one which we trust even France will ob serve, however some brigand factionists may goad her to its violation. ( From the Morning Post.) It is very seldom that one finds anything funny in the Morning Chronicle, but there is an article in the last number of that journal on the Carlow election, which, in spite of its assumed gravity, is eminently facetious. It begins with the solemn assertion that the Carlow elec tion was lost through the absence of all agitation. This is admirable. Absence of agitation at an Irish con tested election ! Gentle, peecdable Father Maher, hear how the chosen seat of your labours is spoken of in London ! This sally is copied from the fun of that most facetious rogue Falstaff . ; who declared that he was hoarse through the singing of anthems! But the Car iow election was not " lost "at all. It was the very reverse. It has afforded a most useful lesson to the whole country. Not, as this wag would have us be lieve, because there was no agitation, but because the agitation was frustrated by a better understanding In tween landlord and tenant than has for some time past existed in Carlow. To return, however, to the fun of the article in questioni. The writer affects to lament that every Carlow vote; vas not " excited " into voting against Colonel Bruen, though the consequence would have been that " his and children would be house less and dying of want in. a diph." After this very affectionate and people-loving lamentation he breaks into the following jocose strain of prose and rhyme : " Th?, Vice stupid is a hard one. But the Whigs have ~r-cn peen stylucimprecticable. Satisfied with the ho d4.4glottheirfintiftions, they are but top apt to forget that success depends on a correspondence between the end and means. Now something mere than mere honesty of inten tion is necessary. When the concurrence of the people is requisite to enable men to give effect to their inten tier,s, the means necessary to obtain that concurrence ought to be adopted. The adage says— ' Cats would fain fish eat, Bat do not like to wet their feet.'" Dear disinterested Whip. Yes, truly, they are " satisfied with tiie honesty of their intentions," and therefore do not trouble themselves about appearances which 6trangely enough indicate soyeiling very difFe -rent. 1 3 ,1rhap3 it is to show how it* satisfies them th.it the Whigs are "satisfied withilie'honesty of their intention." What was it made them give up the." ap propriation clause" for Ireland ? FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF SA PtiP.DAY. (Fr.an the Globe.) The organs of the " great national party," who pro, scribe a third of the nation, find that the principle of expelling the PapistS from Ireland has been laid down rather too broadly, and they now try to back out by treat:pl . !: the question as one of good husbandry only. Ti: Post asks—" Da our Liberal Con temporaries mean to allege that when a landlord wishes to substitute good tenants for bad tenants, and has the opportunity, Ise must reject the good tenants ii they happen to be Protestants ?" We do not think that az:y Liberal is likely to make such an allegation, and whenever it is shown that all Protestants arc good and all Papists bad farmers, we will consent to empower the landlords to administer the oaths of abjuration and supremacy to every tenant before he puts his plough into the soil. Had the Orangemen at their public dinners dectaimed against - bad farming, and deprecated the practice of letting land at nominal rents and keeping the tenant poor and in debt, we should have expressed our hearty approbation ; but the Tory press would have left such speeches unpraised, or have given them the same notice that they would to a remark on under -draining, or the comparative merits of long: horns and Alderneys. Sir Arthur Brooke is a witness that Roman Catholics may be good tenants. We ob jected to the principle as originally laid down by the standard, and we still object to allow rural economy to be made a cloak for religious intolerance. The Times tells us that " the baffled destructives are so blinded with their olvn rage that they are wholly unable to com prehend why the Conservative candidate for the county of Carlow should have been the popular one." It is not easy to say what the Times means by " popu lar candidate," but if the reports given in all the papers be correct,, the way in which Colonel Bruen was received on the day of nomination was not that which is usually treated as evidence of popularity in England. i (From the Standard.) The restoration of the remains of Napoleon seems to excite in Paris a ferment of which no other part of France affords any symptom. In the metropolis this rage takes the form of resentment against England. The Courrier Francais says that the funeral of Napoleon will be " a Protestation against England—a cry of ven geance echoed by a million of spectators." By why against England? What part has England acted in the history of Napoleon, after heating him at Waterloo in a fair fight ?—and we suppose Frenchmen are too generous and high-minded to remember that resent fully. Why, when Napoleon fled from that capital penalty which his invasion justly incurred under that same law under which he had unjustly put to death the Duke d'Enghien and'others, England afforded an asy lum to the vanquished man of blood, and was at the expense of maintaining him (a cost 'of 12,0001. a year, besides much annoyance) during six years. In sparing the life of the fugitive, England acted upon the suggestion of her own humanity, and in maintain ing him splendidly, upon the dictate of her own generosity ; but in keeping him a prisoner she acted upon the request of France, and for the sake of the peace of France ; yes, of that same France which condemns up to this moment the whole Napoleon race to exile, and holds Prince Louis safely shut up in the fortress of Ham. Whc the French people reclaimed the ashes of Napoleon, their request was complied with in the most respectful manner, amid a great deal of cant, the hollowness of which those who did not see at the time must sea now ; and there the history ends. Where, then, is the ground of protestations against England and vengeance upon England ? Napoleon was our enemy, and a Litter one--we beat him, pardoned him, and placed him in Elba, on condition that he should not molest the tranquillity of France. He broke the condition, and for the sake of France, which he invaded, we beat him again ; but still generous and merciful, we snatched him from the avenger of blood, and took the trouble to be his keeper, restoring his ashes upon the very first re quest. Let not Frenchmen, then, quarrel with us for their own acts. (From the Courier.) Freethinking education systems act practically, as • we showed yesterday, more as nurseries for the exten sion of crime than the encouragement of virtue ; and exactly in proporticm as the co-operation of :eligious culture is disclaimed as an active agent therein, so is that reverence weakened for law and order which knits society together, and is indeed the cohering principle by which it is maintained in its duly-balanced centre of gravity. Utilitarian theories, by which morality is to be inculcated and enfcrced solely as a matter of cool calculation in the .slape of eventual scilinterest, can never strike deep into the heart, or produce those convictions which, stronger than all human laws, restrain men from the commission of crime, and chain up by an internal agency, of whiJi the worki n gs, though invi ible, are not unaccountable, the will impulses of will and passion in which crime, ever in its cnnimeneing ca reer, originates. Belief in the great truth of a Power — a tribunal of la:;t, resort—of higher and other origin than human laws—and human schemes, presumptuous proportionally with the shallowness of intellect by which engendered, can alone bethe corner -stone on which to build up education, and to construct and perpetuate a social systemwhich shall contain the vital innate prin ciple of fear and reverence, which alone imparts to laws and institutions the character of stability, and imbues the people with leiabcirotspolifif (3cabeictillutlhce a bctsltietne of obedience. . n. These truths are sadly x tneuthshire and of the coal and iron mining districts of South Wales at this moment. I'M2 heartless doct:ines of a low Uuitariadsm it is well known prevail there to an alarming extent, and the inherent vice of their de. structiveness is shown in the rooted hatred of the uu happyi people towards all the classes above them in the Material and social scale. Frost indeed pretended that no invasion of the rights of property was contemplated by the insurrection which found its term as its outbreak at Newport, but there is neither• Magistrate nor man in those regions, with oppoytunities of information as to the direction of popular opinion, who is not satisfied to the contrary upon the most conclusive of all evidence— that is, the familiar tali of the common people among themselves. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEL.A'S BENCH, DEC. P. TALBUTT V. MEGGY AND OTKERs. This was an action brought against the proprietors of the Chelmsford Chronicle newspaper, for a libel upon Edward Talbutt, a clerk in the employment of the East ern Counties Railway Company. Sir F. POLLOCK stated the case. It was an action for a libel published in the Chelmsford Chronicle of the 7th of February last. The article, which came from a cor respondent, stated that a respectable female called a the Romford station of the Eastern Counties Railway on the evening of the 25th ult. (January), and asked for a third class ticket to Ilford. She tendered a half crown, and received a shilling and a second class ticket. On pointing out the mistake, the clerk gave her a third class ticket and 3d. more, end, after having taken her seat, a policeman came and asked for sixpence more. She refused, saying she had already paid threepence too Much. She was then asked to go to the office to the clerk, but refused, and in the meantime the train started. The Learned Counsel observed that there was no member of the bar who more highly valued the extreme importance of the public press in its influence over general and public subjects. Next to the valued institution of trial by jury he estimated the salu tary poll er and control of the public press, but he ut terly denied that in the present case there was any ground for its interference iu the manner in which the defendants had thought proper to refer to it. The Directors called upon the plaintiff to vindicate himself', and having no other means of doing so, and rescuing himself from impending infamy and ruin, he we's com pelled to bring the present action. The defendant had pleaded a justification, that the statement in the paper was substantially true. He knew not what ac count the young woman would give of the matter, but if there had been any overcharge or impropriety of con duct, she had merely to state it on her arrival at the next station, and it would have been entered in the complaint book, and immediately investigated. The plaintiff sought not to recover damages of large amount, all he wanted was the vindication of his character from the dishonest imputation that had been cast upon him, and left the case with cofidence in their hands. The publication having been proved, Mr. Nathaniel Davis proved that the plaintiff was the only clerk at the Romford station on the night of the 25th of January last. He could not be absent from tha station without witness's knowledge. Mr. Talbutt is still in the employment of the Company, and stationed at Romford. . Mr. THESIGEa then addressed the Jury for the de fendants. His Learned Friend had lilinitted that the paper had always been most respectably conducted, and that was merely the truth. He had also said that if there was only some slight acknowledgment of error oe the part of the defendants, that he would be satisfied-- marching out with all the honours of war. The plain tiff had rashly dared to call upon the defendants to justify their statement, and he believed they would be able to do so moat fully and satisfactorily. Consider ing the situation in which the proprietors of these 'E -1 way Companies stood with regard to ~ filbi% e believed it was essential that the ' shout aL e the most vigilant' and jealous sere Mil sir conduct. In that the public was mos deeply interested, inasmuch as . parties had now almest a monopoly of t . i 4 . of e traffic of the cor :try. The person wh; ; 7 . . . a case in quei.tion bcea, through inadvertence .. - I '' : e nedly, imposed upon, was a poor girl, who ha. the means of obtaining redress, and that furnished a. iuditional ground for the interference of the public press. The Directors having applied to the newspaper, the fullest information as to the party making the communication was furnished to them. Oa the 7th of March a paragraph appeared in the same paper stating that they had refused to pahlish the article of the 7th of February until they had ascertained the name of the party by whom the communication had been made ; that they had since received a lett, r from the solicitor of the Company, stating that the Manager had instituted a strict inquiry into the matter, the result of which was that the charge was altogether unfounded. Nova no name having been mentioned in the original article, the only party who could ba aware that Mr. Taibutt was the party referred to were the Directo:s ; they had investigated the matter, pronounced him blameless, anti, as it appeared, had not lost their confi dence in him, as he was still in their employment. There was no ground, 'therefore, for saying that he had sustained any darnaee avhatrver, and under these cir cumstances he tansted,Alie Jury would find a verdict for the defendants. - - Mary Anne Werren.—Ll was a servant in Mr. Pol ly's employment in January last. I went to the Rom ford station at seven o'clock in the evening. I went to the station, and saw a dark, and asked for a third class ticket to Ilford. I gave him a half-crown, and he returned me a shilling and a ticket. I returned it, saying he had made a mistake, He then gave me a third class ticket and threepence more. I went to the train and got in. After being there some time a , po- liceman came and said .the clerk sent him for sixpence more. I said if he wanted sixpence more he must come to me—l had paid threepence too much already. The policeman asked me to go to the office, and a gen tleman said I should not go, let the clerk come to her. The train started as the policeman was return ing. On Sunday (the following morning) I made a complaint at the office, and told my mistress on my re turn on Tuesday. Cross-examined.—lt is eight miles from my mistress's house to the station at Ilford. I walked there. I re turned the first ticket, because I knew by the change he had madea mxisetankcee more. mistake. policeman did not say why he wanted sixpence The reason I did not ask for the threepence, overcharged, was that I was almost too late for the train, and I was in a great burry. Mrs. Mary Polly corroborated the evidence of the last witness. It was she who had addressed the letter to the defendants detailing the circumstances. Lord DENMAN could not help thinking that they were losing a good deal cif time. He did not see how the plaintiff's character ccel'd suffer front the statement. Sir F. POLLOCK had no objection to any course the Court would point out. Mr. TIIESIGER said they were nearly at the end of the case. Lord DENMAN—I don't think you are. On the other hand, one can hardly say that a newspaper would not insert such a communication when it was ascertained to come from a respectable source ; and then, when the manager contradicts the report, and requests the newspaper asked i i a cation, it is hardly fair to bring an action against the newspaper. After some discussion between the Learned Counsel, the case proceeded. of th e po li cemen on d uty at t h e R om f or d T station deposed that he had no rec o ll ec tion of having se money netdo so, and that it i nserts t h at communi cation, from Mary Anne Warr en on the night of the 25th of January. e two guards of the seven o'clock train deposed that they had not asked for any money on the same occasion. 4 h u e or s a i . en 1 A , Jury e, er and Sir Frederick Pollock severally re plied up on t h e evidence. rAlrhre. T returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages OW WITH A WOODEN LEG.—About five months ag o , a cow very heavy in calf, the property of Mr. F. Kear scy, dairyman, Cheltenham, was ga ll op i ng down a hill near l3ednal Wood, when she broke the mas ter sinew of her of Lockhampto n , b e i ng called in to attend her, amputated near fore-leg. Mr. J. Ballinger, farrier, the foot at the fetlock, and supplied a wooden one. About a month after th e f i rst aeciden't, her foot caught in the ground; and her leg was broken short off at the knee. Mr. Ballinger then supplied her with a wooden leg. She has since calved, and has continued to give milk up to the pre sent time. She is now kept in a stable near Mr. Kearsey's house in Cheltenham. General HarrlsOn has been elected President of the United Staten by a yer__yarge majority over Mr. Van Buren. The Mor n i ng Herald states t h a t th e l a tt er was of Great the deadly enemy Britain." Such, however, was not the opinion of cur di p l omat i s ts, who may be pre sumed to snow something of the matter. By them he was c onsidered a fri en d to peace. The new P res id en t i s a plain old soldier, of no particular note, who, living quietly on his farm in Ohio, was cho sen by his party as the man m ost likely to concentrate the greatest amount of support. His popularity is mainly of a n e gative character ; he never having committed himself u p on severa l of the question; of domestic interest that divide the Union. Backed, as he has been, by the. capitalists and mercantile classes, the pry. hey of General Harrison's administration may 63 expected to be decidedly favourahi e to commerce and Public credit. As the inhabitant of a Wester n S ta t e , his Pro.Tariffpredi lection cannot be stroog. Let us h ope t hat o ar Government will take advantaqe of his Pr es id e ncy by proposing new com mercial relations w ith t h e U n it e d States, which shall contemplate a fair and free exchange of British rnaLufactures for Ameri can corn . The exicao Secre tary of State for Foreign Aff a i rs has published a docu ment recommending his countrymen to adopt a monar chial firm of government, Unless it be an absolute monArellY — which is rather difficult to maintain in an i m poverished country, containing a heterogeneous popu lation —we apprehend that th e Kingly' syt t:ip will prove as decided a failure as the Republican. It is, however, hardly possible that any ciiange can be for the worse. In the estimation of the people of Texas, Mexico is as ill adapted to be a Republic as noisy and unrcisoning Ci,e.rtistz are tor the exercise of the suffrage. t:e trz!e of bas never tdcon firm root in America, un;ess when planted by men of British blood, and free institu tioos will not prosper in Mexico unless they are intro . - on the advancing tid e o f Aoglo-Aii.e;iu.n zat i, ;al ,—lltlll Advertiser. POLICE EN 917,.tiLl.GrEZ.';. CE. 4 MANSION-HOUSI3, Wallace and . Stott were again brought up for exami nation, on Saturday, on the charge of having been con cerned with others in the destruction of the ship Dryad, , which was insured for a considerable amount at several offices. Sir Peter Laurie presided. Mr. Clarkson stated, for the prosecution, that since he and his Learn: ?' nd (Mr. Bodkin) had appeared before Sir Pete • in this important case, some 4 important in J. l d reached them connected with the transacts --.. .- tated, from which it appeared to them that , :i i, •.- • • Id the charge of felony be substantiated l'-:i .4 ,7 prisoners, but that other per sons would be i• "N . -- • the guilt. Sir P. LAUR ' the captain of the Dryad known to be dead ? Mr. Clarkson said it was believed that Captain Looze was dead ; but his observations referred to other indivi duals. It appeared that the brother of the prisoner Wallace had, on the night of or after the first examina tion of that individual, suddenly:dismissed his servant, and decamped with what he could readily remove from his house, leaving the door open. Sir PETER LAURIE—Was that brother implicated ? Mr. Clarkson said that there was no doubt of that fact, and he had alluded to the person in his statement as far as he considered himself warranted in alluding to one whom the police were, at the instance of the prosecutors, making every effort to apprehend. Wallace's b rother appeared as part owner of the vessel, and his sudden dis appearance was of itself, at such a time and under such circumstances, presumptive evidence to them that he was concerned in the matters with which the prisoner stood accused. The policeman, upon finding the door open, entered and found the house empty, and at pre- sent was in possession. Sir PETER LAURIE—I saw the name of the person you allude to in the bankrupt list this morning.—Mr. Clarkson stated,that the prosecutors had sent to all the out-ports messengers with instructions, and they trusted that their object would be completely accomplished. They bad succeeded in tracing out one of the seamen, who had been on board when the vessel was lost, but it would be impossible to produce that.important witness at present. It would be therefore necessary to have the case postponed until the 4th of January, as the sea man was in another country, and the prosecutors would have to obtain the assistance of the Government to enable them to bring him forward with all possible ex pedition. He trusted that in this stage of the proceed ings Sir Peter Laurie would not require him to disclose the place in which the seaman was. Sir P. LAURIE said, that there had been produced on the last day of examination evidence enough to induce him to remand the prisoners ; indeed, it appeared to him that there was quite enough proved to justify him in committing them for trial. He had considered all the points of the evidence, and he thought them very strong. He was willin wever, to hear any objections which might he t n Y - s Learned Friend (Mr. Phillips.) Mr. Cla son saidlhat the seaman's wile had been applied to, sd such intognation obtained as would en able them tee'ing forwiresi the witness probably in the time for the quint to which application was male to the Magistrate. Mr. C. Phillips said that he appeared to request that Sir Peter Laurie would take bail for Wallace. Per haps it might turn out that, notwithstanding all that had been said, Sir Peter Laurie might think it neces sary to discharge the prisoners. Mr. Chambers submitted that his client, Stott, had merely acted as a broker in the affair, in which charac ter he had efleeted the insurances. There was nothing in the evidence impricating him in the charge, and he was ready to give bail of the most undeniable respecta biiity. Sir I'. LeuniAald there was no new fact stated_ ss Mr. Chambers to show that bail ought to be taken.fdit Stott. Mr. Hohler, jun., that. prisoner's soricitorehed already pressed the point urged by the Learned Conn:: soh He (Sir P. Laurie) did not think that the Govern ment would be likely to render any assistance as to bringing witnesses-from other countries. Mr. Clarkson said that the Government had been.. memorialised on the subject, and no doubt was enter tained on the matter. Mr. C. Phillips stated that the fact appeared to be that the seaman alluded to was on board a man-of-war, and that Governmeut had been applied to on the sub ject of enabling the prosecutors to bring bins forward, and there could he no doubt as to their willinguess to render every facility. Mr. Clarkson said that it was net his intention to say where this man was, or anything more about him than that he would probably soon appear. He should, however, give intimation that everything should be done to prevent tampering With wisnesses. Au attempt had already been ra ?Ale us regarded one of those who had been examined, and he cautioned those who heard him how they repeated any attempt of the kind. Mr. Chambers agein applied to Sir Peter Laurie to discharge Stott. Sir PETER LAURIE said that it was quite impossi ble that he could take bail in a case of so heavy a na ture. He could not conceive any offence more serious than that with which the prisoners were charged. Stott—l consider, Sir, that lam most cruelly used. There are other brokers in the same situation with re gard to the vessel, and they are at large, and about their business, while lam imprisoned. It is really most cruel treatment. I have hare some of the most respec table men ready to bail me, and you refuse. Sir PETER LAURIE said that the prosecutors ought not to show favour to any, but proceed against all con cerned. Mr. Clarkson said that the prosecutors did not re quire any suggestion on the subject from the prisoner. They were perfectly aware of the nature of the transac tions and all the parties implicated. Stott—l feel, Sir, that lam most cruelly and un justly treated. The prisoners were then remanded till the 4th of Ja nuary. The case, which has made more noise in the City than any accusation which has been brought forward for many years, gathered an immense crowd in the jus tice-room and adjoining halls. John Jennings, 'Valiant Quinlan, William Thornhill, and David Bowen, were brought up for final examina tion, charged with having robbed Mr. Goss, ship chandler, is the Minories, of a hogshead of brandy, and a quantity of tea. Mr. Goss stated that Quinlan and Jennings were in his service, and the other two prisoners were in the ser vice of other merchants. He discovered that Jennings, jointly with Thornhill, had robbed him of a hogshead of brandy some time in October, and shipped it on board the James, Captain Snell, for Barbadoes. It had been in bond in the London Docks in witness's name, and Jennings nod Thornhill signed a bond for exporl,ation, with false addresses. Witness knew nothing at all about it ; Jennings had written it off in the bonded book, witness believed with Quinlan's knowledge. Va rious papers connected with the delivery were produced, which Mr. Goss stated had been filled up by Jennings. Mr. Montefioreeof L e adenhallestrect, prodoeed a bill of lading for a hogshead of brandy, purporting to be shipped by Thornhill. Thornhill had. asked him if he would allow it to be shipped, to his house at Barbadoes ; and stated to him that if he would consent it would put something in his way. Witness said that it was not usual with him to do anything of the kind, but as he knew Thornhill by doing business for the house in which that person was engaged, he would consent. He then lent Thornhill Si. on the bill of lading. Mr. Goss stated that there was no entry of the transaction in his books. In Quinlan's pocket-book was found the bill of parcels in that person's handwriting, and in witness's book were found false entries, in Jen nings's handwriting, accounting for the same. With respect to the tea robbery Mr. Goss stated, that he, found three canisters of tea had been taken from his bonded stock, and shipped on board the same ship. Witness had no orders to ship stores for that vessel. The orders for the delivery, &c,, of the tea were given in and had been filled up by Jennings, and a paper containing an account of the stores furnished by Quinlan to the ship James, was tilso produced. It re ferred to the tea belonging to the prosecutor and in bond. The paper was in the handwriting of Quinlan. Mr. Bodkin, the barrister , and Mr. Hobler, jun., attorney for the prosecutors, stated,' that Jennings had , explained the whole of the transactions which laid open this nefarious system of plunder, in which all the prise ' ncrs were concerned, and they were desirous to receive him as an evidence for the prosecution.—Mr. Clarkson, for Thornhill, and Mr. C. Phillips, for Bowen, objec ted to the proposition to receive as Queen's evidence the testimony of the person who appeared to be the most guilty of all. Mr. nobler, then said that Jennings was the youngest of all the prisoners, and was led into the iniquity by the others. The Loan MAYOR said he could not think of letting ' Jennings escape, but he should discharge Bowen, against whom no evidence whatever had been produced. Jennings, Quinlan, and Thornhill, were then commit ted for trial. GUILDHALL. CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE.—James Whitfield, a de cently dressed, modest-looking lad, aged 18, was brougLt before Mr. Alderman White under the following cir cumstances : Mr. Burton, a surgeon, living at No. 68, Fleet. street, deposed that on Friday evening the youth came to his shop, and in a hurried manner requested to be sewed with a pennyworth of arsenic. Witness questioned him as to the purpose for which he wanted it. He received no answer for some time ; but at length the lad said, the fact was that he was in a state of destitution, and far from home, without the prospect of employment ; hence, to speak truly, he intended to make away with himself. He (Mr. Burton) then administered some substantial refreshment, leaving him with his assistant until he had apprised the police of the fact, and to whose safe keeping he was ultimately transferred. The young man, to questions put by the Alderman stated that he had been in several situations ; but trade being bad in his native place, Keswick, in Cumberland, he bad wandered to London to seek employment, but is efforts had been ineffectual, and his money all gone. Mr, Alilerm,m WT ire complimented Mr. Burton for the step he had taken, and at the sn - r.e time deeply commiserated the situation of the unfortunate prisoner. Thinking that a permanent residence would be better than a casual supply, the officer was directed to take the youth to the Relieving-officer of the West London district, with a request that he might be taken care of until inquiries could be made. The lad appeared very grateful. Within the last few days several persons have been brought to this office on charges of wilfully breaking windows, not, as it appeared, for the purpose of rob bery, but merely that they should enjoy temporary food and shelter in a prison. Of that number were three sturdy and finely-proportioned lads, from sixteen to nineteen years of age, whose names are John Wit. hams, W - 771. Barber, and John Rogerson, all of whom requested to be sent to sea, as they were not allowed to beg, and unable to procure employment. Mr. Alderman WUITE, with.the concurrence of the other Magistrates, agreed to place the lads in the Compter for shelter, and ordered a marine dress to be supplied to them in lieu of their tattered garments ; and, thus equipped, Mr. Scourfield was despatched to the Camperdown, lying off Chatham, with a request that they might be received in the marine service. As far as the City authorities knew they had never com mitted felony. On. Saturday, Scoutfield (the officer of the Corapter), appeared before the Court with his charge, and made his report. He stated that he had taken the three youths to the Camperdown, and was informed by the officer in command that they had one hundred stout efficient boys more than they required already ; and further, that he had lately received orders from the Lords of the Admiralty not to receive any more until further orders. Mr. Alderman WHITE said that it would seem that there was no great prospect of a war, or three such strong youths would not have been rejected. As that was so, the question was, is what manner they should be disposed of i He saw no other way than trans mitting them to the guardians of the Poor-lavv,Union. The poor fellows shivered on hearing this announce ment, and said that they would be glad to serve on board a collier, or any craft, in preference to that alternative. . The ALDERMAN said, that for the present he could not place them in a better asylum, and expressed a hope that by their own good conduct, and the exertions of others, a better situation would be provided for them. EVENING EDITION. FALSE WEIGHTS ND M.Et SUBES. On Saturday a full'beneb of Magistrates assembled at the Board Room of St. Andrew's Workhouse to hear fifteen cases brought forward by Mr. Reeve, the ap pointed Inspector of Weights and Measures for that di vision of the County of Middlesex. When the first case was called on, Mr. M'Gahev, the Vestry Clerk of St. Pancras, said, he objected to the power of the Ma gistrates to interfere, for there was a loci,' Act t)y which the board he represented appointed its own o cers, and among others, that of Inspector of Weights and Measures. Mr. M'WILLIAM, the Chairman-:-Who is your in spector, Mr. M'Gdhey ?—The master of our work house. The CHAIRMAN—It iS in my opinion impossible for the master of a workhouse to perform both duties. Can he, do you think, do so ? Mr. M•Gahey--I Pre" sume so. A MAGlSTRATE—Presume—that will not do Wrr. M'Gahcy.—Well, then, he does do his duty. A MAGISTRATE—I consider that a master of a work house, ought not to hold such a situation. An inspeu" tor ought to be independent of all parties. The four inspectors appointed by tbc county magistrates are gen tlemen of the strictest integrity, and are paid a s alary which will place them above temptation, and enable them to devote the whole of their attention to the 1 01- portent duties of their office. The CHAIRMAN—Mr. Reeve has brought before us 15 poisons charged with fraud. Has Mr. Lee cogni zance of them ? Mr. M'Gahev—l don't know, Sir. The CHAIRMAN—Do you appear for any of the parties, Mr..M'Gahey ?—No ; I did not know any' ,ng about them until this morning. I only represent the parish. The CHAIRNIAN—Can you tall me, Mr. Nl'Gabel, how it happened that these cases have not been noticed by Mr. Lee? Mr. M‘Grahey—No, Sir. The Magistrates said that they could have no objet" Con to adjourn the hearing of the cases, to give Mr. M'Gahey an opportunity to consult the Vestry, or some one else more competent to carry out his opposition. What he had stated had made no impression on them. The summonses were then adjourned for a month. .- THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEE Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease , Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to; • Carlisle Hexham :At 62 32 33 21 31 Morpeth 52 ( G 1.2 28 16 "48 40 44 42 Benrith 5B :36 31 33 Sheffield — 62 3? 47 .74" Winchest r 141 62 29 32 26 29 42 (LI 35 a. I'er Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. a. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s.d s. d t 'Carmarthen n 71 0 0 50 0 0 22' 5 6 00 0 0 o c Cowbri .ge .10 —0 5 0 56 3 0 05 0 5311 - Swansea Per Boil. 6 IV Barnardcastl 1G 0 1 4 98 0 9 3 7 4 8611 0 12 6 . 1) pjo Durham l2 6 6 0 90 7 9 8910013 0 10 0 0 Richmond Stockton 13 6160 9 0 9li 7 0 86 7 6 86 0 WAKEFIELD CORN MAEI' AA 6 , W neat, Red. 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Pease, White 44,. Otis. • ••• .... 5. ....s. - Gray . . —s • .... 4 ....5. O:As, Northumberland, Potatoe ......... 30s. 323"""' ..... ,.....8. ------ Feed 233 :JO ....... ....0.-- 5 .1 ..., .... a. Flour (per sack) ' 498.531 ....... 3. SCOTCH MARKETS Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. , 4.bcrdeen ----- 59 to 60 '2s to 115 to 21 --•' t° -- ~ S,l 31 43 16 0 2 15 24 ~ 4 • 50 24 2fi 17 18 "" '''' 45 65 126 31 13 22 9:1 2 6 48 118 '..X. 4!) 23 27 40 9 2 55 6!) 30 20 28 48 59 50 66 27 10 19 23 32 33 : 36 47 17 21 15 18 31 34 62 67 26 • 93 45 48 60 '"4 30 40 25 33 41 41 ,ire of the measure varies throughout the col HADDINGEON CORN MARKET. Wheat. Barley. Oat s . Pease. 67s Od 33s 113 295. 01 42s 64 1 581 Od 30s Od 24 Od 3 s 7s d s'2s oa 2f3s Od o's t'd Ms Od ,verage ...21. 17s. 11d. 3../2tha. DALKEITH CORN MARKET. Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. Pease. 61s Cu 33s Od P 26s 83 42s 03 60s Od I 2.6 s Od 1 • 22, 0,1 34s Ili 45s Od :Us OA 171 43 29s Od GLASGOW CORN Mt,RKET.—Dee. 9. Wheat, per 24010. s. d. s. o. oau, per 2041 b. rsritish, old "9. oto :35 6 Irs.b --- new Canada, free 0 0 Beans, per 2601 b. Irish - 22 0 28 0 English Barley, par 22010. Scottish English 26 4 23 0 Pease, Scottish ...... S cot ti s h 2l 0 24 6 Oatmeal, pr1401b.... Irish 33 to 35 ri -_ -, ... Zolthtreara . Cupar do. 40 . . Dunbar Elgin la .... so. ...... ...... .... Inverness Kelso Kirkalrly Perth Tin; 43 I ---- ,untry• Bean , . 423 O d ~ 333 Ad 315 Od First Second Tlnrd Be ,no Vs ° d „ 29 Od First Second Third 17 to 201 190 21t. 24 0 25e 23:0 24 6 23 0 236 170 WO 400 W 0 A QUANTITY OF SECOND-HAND SILVER SPOONS and FORKS aro offered for Sale, price from 6s. 3d to 6s. 9d. per ounce, At T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, Silversmith, &c.,` , 17, Cornhill (Soren doors &QS Gracechurch-street), London. SUPERIOR - LONDON-MADE WATCHES —A. B. SAVORY and SONS , Watchmakers, No. 9, Corsi' hill. London (opposite the Bank of England), submit for se' lection a very large STOCK of Highly-finished London-ma de WATCHES, the whole of which being manufactured ode their own inspection, on their own pfemises, they ca n afford to sell at least 25/. per cent. below tins us ual trade prico for an ate tide of the same quality. A printed warranty is given with each Watch. PRICES MOUNTED IN SILVER CASES. , 0 Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, wi th double- . backed engine-turned cases, warranted ...... . ...... E 4 4 Patent detached Lever Watches, capped,jewelled in and double-backed cases, rarranted... . ...... .. 6 .. d• four holes, maintaining power, with seconds hands, 6 Either of the above in silver hunting cases, 10 s. A large variety of second-hand Silver Watahes, which have„_ 2 2s. awl ,, been carefully examined, and can be warranted at £ GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-turnedza is 0 gold case , ., and gold dials, warranted .............. Fine Vertical Watches,jewelled, vial doulole-bac d 12 1 2 0 dials, warrante engine-turned gold eases and gold , i A i n four Ltra Patent holesdetached bl Lever Watches, leiv e " e- .2 dials with dot le -backed gold cases and gala ' 14 14 0 warranted . ......... ViLEIEN. GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR GEi. Patent detached Lever Watches. jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases, war- 4 n 14 s o ranted - Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases and 17 ~,, 0 enamel dials, warranted ........ ... .................... l' Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, douhle-backed gold cases and 0 gold dials, warranted .................................. • 21 0 Either of the Gentlemen's Watcher may be had in gold hunting cases, for Si- 3s. each extra. N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exehange. —.----L-2----__ -------- - PAPIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, 60s. the SET of FULL SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Superior London Table Knives, with ivory handles, 14s. per dozen ; Bras, Poles for Window Curtains, li inch diameter, Is. 3d. per foot I 2 inches, Is. Scl. per foot ; bronzed fenders, 4 feet long, 9s. Catalogues gratis, c ontaining the prices of stoves, fenders, fire irons, kitchen ut ensils, and ever y article in furnishing iron-. mongery. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street. Established 152 0. I,,,anlimm BIRTHS. On the 30th ult. , at Lausanne, the lady of Captain Heusi Carey Elwes, of a son. On the 6th inst., at Bideford, North Devon, the wife of Vi g • Wilcox, Esq., of a son. , On the 10th inst., at Clift on, the wife of the Rev. C. tl' Newcomb, of North Witham, Lincolnshire, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Dub lin, the lad y of Captain G. 1VI`Gall• her Majesty's 84th Reviment, of a daughter. Gray's On the 9th inst. the lady of the Rev. H. S. Hele, of Vicarage, Essex, of a son. On the 10th inst, at Nuneaton, n ear Coventry, the wife of deli R. Whadcock, a poor ribbo n-weaver, was safely vered of, three fine girls, who were baptized by the names of Faith, Hope, and Charity. '[he children are the first issue of the marriage, and, with the mother, are likely to do well. Mrs. C. Wilde, of a On the 10th inst., at College-hill , daughter, On the 12th inst., in Tavistock-sq ua re, the lady of Joseph Williams, Esq., M.D., of a son. ~E sq., of a s • On the 12th inst., at Regent-terrace, City-road, Mrs. A. On the 12th inst., the lady of R. B. Walker, on Morrison, of a daughter. ___ DII?D. On the Ist ult., at the Havanhah, Robert, eldest son d Mr. Rol ,ert Tippler, Great Tower-street. On the 29th ult., at Instow, North Devon, Lieutenan t- Colonel Lang, formerly of Blomheyes, near Exeter, and mall years in the South Devon Militia. C. R o oke, On the 7th inst.; at Clyde, Isle of Wight, G. Eq., late of the 79th Highlanders, eldest son of Major-General Sir H. W. Rooke. 00 the 7th inst., at, Bath, Sir W. Diet, eighth Baronet of Braid, Sc(tld, aged 75. On the 9th an inst., Mr. R. Higgs, of Southampton, aged 5 8 . On the 11th in s t., a t S am ili n g-place, Maria Louisa , relict el th. late Ely Crump, Esq. On the 10th inst., at Carshalton-park, Mrs. R. Grenfell. On the 10th i n st., Emily, the infant daughter of Mr. t; Boyd, of Portland-place, Lower Clapton. On the 11th inst., at Kew green, Francis Bauer, F's4l.' F. R. S. , F. L. S. , aged S 3. On the 11th inst., Mr. J. Tlattiscombe, aged London Printed and Published by No. Strata! The rk,o. Stra"" , ti Itl)n YO U via the county of Iliddletex.—Mon,lay, December 14, 1:t40. MARRIED. l i w t io Rise. e t . h oi tPhe. late A, ii , daug h t er a l n ra On the 10th inst., at Effinham, W. L. Nash, Esq., O f 0 n the Rise, to S..t Union-road, apd l h : Peter's, be, Clapham Leatherhead, to Lucy Rosa Kinlock, second daughter of Cap tain Stringer of Hill Lodge, in the former parish. dEesch.,acost:CElasqph.,aomf u On the 12thl inst., Mr G. Humphreys, stockbroker, to Miss,. Rosetta Elizabe th, eldest da u ghter of Mr. G . Hedger, of Great Sutton-street. ----------"-----. BOW-STREET. Robert James Hall, James Townsend, and Robert Bartlett, three young medical students, were charged with creating a disturbance in the Adelphi Theatre. It appeared that late on Friday evening the defend ants entered the pit of the above theatre in a state of intoxication, and conducted themselves i❑ such an im proper manner, that there was a general cry among the audience of " Turn them out." A policeman was called in, and on his attempting to take Hall into custody, the latter struck him, and Townsend endeavoured to pre vent his being apprehended. Bartlett, who was the most sober of the three, did not interfere after the ar rival of the policeman. The defendants pleaded the usual excuse of having taken too much wine.—(Query, brandy and water ?) Mr. Tw YFORD discharged Bartlett, and fined the other defendants 40s. each, which they immediate!) , paid. Sarah Matthews, charged with stealing a variety of articles of linen and wearing apparel. the property of Sir Joshua Rowe, the particulars of whose case have recently been pablisbed, was brought up for final exami nation. A great number of pawnbrokers were in at tendance, who produced a number of articles that had been pledged with them by the prisoner, and which were identified by Sir Joshua as his property. The prisoner was committed for trial. Q UEEN-SQUARE. On Friday a Iternoou Mrs. Arnold, a widow lady of •I property, applied to the Magistrate for his advice. She ,stated that in June last two persons, one of whom repro • scnted himself to be steward to the Earl of Strathmore, applied to her to take a house which she had to let, fur ,pied, in the King's-road, Chelsea. They stated that it was fol. his Lordship who had just arrived in town, and was then staying at the Hutnmutns, and an arrange ment having been'made to get the house ready as early as possible, they agreed to give the price demanded, 159/. per year. She was so hurried with getting the house decorated and put in proper order for the Noble Eari's reception that she entirely overlooked the neces sity of inquiring at the Hummums, and the steward and the other man, with the wife of the latter, and " a bit of a girl," took possession. His Lordship she had never seen nor heard of, and finding that the house was being much dilapidated, she went to the parties and offered to forgive them the rent if they would vacate possession. One of the gentlemen in reply, told her, " that if she would come down with a good round sum they might be induced to leave the place, but not without." Mr. BURRELL inquired whether she had had any rent ? Mrs. Arnold replied their terms were a: quarter in ad vance. They gave her 251. when they cause in, observ ing that they had no more at the moment, and she had not received any money since. Mr. BURRELL said he could not assist the lady. She must go to a solicitor. Directly after the Magistrate bad taken his seat on Sa turday, a well-dressed woman, who described herself as one of the persons in possession in Mrs. Arnold's house, complained that when she got home late on Friday night she discovered that Mrs. Arnold had affected an entry into the house, and she (the tenant, or late occupier) was obliged to proceed to a friend's in London to sleep. She wished to know whether she was justified in re entering ? Mr. BURRELL said he could give no opinion. She must consult her legal adviser. In a few minutes afterwards Mrs. Arnold again ap peered, and said that, acting by the advice of her soli citor, she had taken possession of her house on the pre vious night.; but within the last half hour the persons to whom she had before alluded had contrived to regain • possession, and were there at that moment. She wished to know whether the Magistrate could not eject them ? Mr. BURRELL agein declined interfering, and recom mended the lady to pay another visit to her attorney. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mr. Wonter, the solic;tor, with Mr. Duckett, pre sented himself before Mr. Dyer, in pursuance of an ar rangement made the previous Saturday to meet a charge preferred against the latter gentleman, for having threatened, as Lord Huntingtower asserted, to give hi:n (Lord Huntmgtower) a b--y good licking. Mr. Wontner told Mr. Dyer he had received an intimation from Lord Huntingtowcr's solicitor that his Lordship could not possibly be in town in time sufficient to meet the charge at the appointed hour, and, as the Magis trate would probably recollect, the intimation given from the Bench last week was, that the warrant would be dis charged if Lord Huntingtower did not comeforward. He had now to beg the Magistrate to release his client from further attendance, as Mr. Duckett had already been put to serious inconvenience in coming more than once to town expressly to meet the charge. Mt. DYER remarked that in cases where persons ob tained warrants for threats of personal violence, they generally followed up the proceedings with vigour ; but Lord Huntingtower, in the present case, not having ap parently put himself to much trouble to appear against Mr. Duckett, it might be fairly presumed his Lordship did not experience any very great bodily fear. The clerk to Lord Huntingtower's solicitor said his Lordship was most anxious to follow up the charge, and he would certainly have been in town that day had inti mation of the arrangement been conveyed to him in proper time. His employer and Lord Huntingtower had been all the week in Hampshire on business. That would account for the absence of his Lordship. Mr. Wontner said the policeman who had the charge of the warrant, would prove that he had been daily at the solicitor's office during the past week, with the intelligence that the case was peremptorily fixed for Saturday. As to the statement of the solicitor having been out of town all the week with his Lordship, he had a gentleman present who would prove that this was not true. A gentleman named Mitchell came forward and de clared he saw and spoke to the solicitor in town on Thursday last. The clerk said the witness was mistaken, for he pledged himself to the fact of the solicitor not being in town on that day. Mr. Mitchell said he not only saw the solicitor in town, but spoke to and shook hands with hi.n. Mr. DYER said, under all circumstances, he should be willing to let the matter stand if Mr. Duckett would pledge his word of honour that he would do no personal violence to Lord llunti►igtowcr. Mr. Duckett said he would willingly comply. He begged further to state that he solemnly denied ever having entertained the idea of beating Lord Hunting tower. . Mr. Wontner then said he had another application to make, regarding an acceptance of Lord Hunting tower's for 150/., which had been obtained from Mr. Duckett, under the pretext of getting it discounted, but which had been kept from Mr. Duckett. The facts were these :—Lord Huntingtowcr gave an acceptance to Mr. Duckett for 1504, for which he had received consideration. Lord Huntingtower's solicitor promised if the bill was left in his hands to get it discounted by three o'clock that day or to return the bill, his Lord ship at the time giving his undertaking to meet the bell when clue. When Mr. Duckett called at the a pp oill nted time, a letter signed Huntingtower was handed to him, authorizing the solicitor to retain possession of the bill. Now, as the bill had been thus in:properly obtaint.d, he ( Mr. Wontner) wished the Magistrate to point o ut the best mode of proceeding to recover it. Mr. DYER said the amount was so inerrnously beyond his jurisdic.ion that he must decline giving an () p inion on the matter. Mr. Wontner said he considered the whole transaction was of the nature of a conspiracy to defraud Mr. Duc kett o f the bill, and he sbould take proceedings accord ingly. Solic;tor's Clerk said the bill was citained, be cause Mr. Duckett had no actual property in it. The parties then retired. tool ea u due i • soft nF 1 114 dra be I coD said Hot th, be I the s 3 :Pro th e Tin nob( Cien ?rev. r. (on dah, taw- Tire to u Cou X6l, vhc cipa