The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-16 00:00:00

STATISTICS OF STEAM-BOATS. FMII records furnishel by the Admiralty, a French writer has made up the following table of the number of British steam-ships, the casualities encountered by, and the less of life sustair.esi through them since 1817. The rapid increase in this mode of ccmrnutiicatiOn, smce 1320, is without parallel in this or perhaps in any other country, in the adoption of any system ot* t{avelling, and its convenience to the population can scarcely be estimated. 7he loss of life ascribed by the French statist to the steaming is in part chargeable en sailing ; for the vessels were lost in swims which probably 'night have destroyed sailing vessels in circumstances : In 15417 there were 14 stearmvessels running ; one took dre arid was blind ; the beams of another exploded ; nine persons perished in this year. 1.415-19 steamers ; ne accident. IS I 9- , 24 steamers ; on accident. 18_0-34 steamers ; one burnt ; nobody suffered. 1821-59 steamers ; rao accident. 18t2-65 dtearners; no accident. 1E423-101 steacnvas; no accident. 18-'24-116 steamers ; the boilers of two exploded ; deaths three. 1625-1311 steamers ; one wrecked ; two (the Corset and the Ayr) came in collision, and sixty-two persons :ost their lives ; the boilers of another exploded. 186---230 steamers ; one burnt ; explosion on another ; six autreters this year. 16'2.7-255 steamers; one wrecked ; explosion on another ; two liras lost. 1828-274 steamers ; two wrecked ; one burnt ; explosion oil two ; one life lost. 1829-289 steamers; three wreeked ; explosion of one; six ilites lost. I d3u-2DB steamers ; three wrecked ; explosion of one. The Forty totally lost, but the number of persons on board n•A precisely know, The other accidents did not occasion a death. 1831-314 steamers; two wrecked; two col,isions; one burnt; one hundred and nineteen persons perished on the ILothsay Castle, near Beauresris.* IE3O-352 steamers; no accident. 1 834-357 steamers, um wrecked, one burnt, and seventy-three , deekt , , withuut includin the Erin, which was lost, vessel and all cen boas* t 1854-430 steamers; two wrecked, one burnt, and one explo_ &n. The Superb foss, with all on board, in the North Sea, num ber of sutkrers unknown. The other casualties caused no loss of life 4 V835—,-503 steamers; three wrecked, two came into collision, f oe explosion of bolters ; thirtmen lives lost. 11038—iiifll steamers ; two wrecked, four collisions, two burnt, one explosion . ; ■o life lost. 1837-707 steamers ; var wrecked, four run against each other, three took tire OA Intent, ime explosion; total victims, twontymine. 18.35--766 stoners ; sMne ; " ewrecked , two collisions, six cxplo. * inns ; one hundred ands thirty-two lives lost. The Frenoti statist charges the entire of life against steaming ; but in this be is evide n tl y wron g. The entire ' ntireenumber of lives lost from British steamers si nce 1817 is ascertained en t g o be 456, an d sup . e and r crew were posed on vessels where the number of the pa unknowe, 120—in all, *ti. Although this numlb'e great, yet it must be remembered that the number o d r ears very ,by steamers, sinoe the year 1817, including „ c p h as t s ! n gers number of her crew, have been very probably equal to the entire British population at the present year. It is very evident that stearn.boat travelling in this country is r of only cheap a n d capae ditious, but comparatively safe. We believe that there has rie; be an instance of the loss of life in connexion with the vessels belonging to the Aberdeen and Leith Steam Shipping Company since their commencement. All these considerations are crumbs of comfort to the people of this part of the world. who are likely Dot to enjoy the advantages of railways her some ten years to come. --46erdeen Banner. ' The litothsay Castle aas lost, among many sailing vessels, in a very severe storm on the "English coast. The loss is attributed by the Government Commissioners, who inquired into the causes of the wreck of the steamers, to the drunkenness of the master and mate, g With the insufficiency of the vessel. + The Eco, and the greater portion of the steamers lost this Y ear ' we re wrecked from causes common to every description of vessels. It is underr.ood that the loss of the Superb arose from a similar cause. 11. The Forfarshire is includat in the loss cf this year, and, along With the Northern Yacht, was wrecked, not from any reason con nected with the steaming department, but from stress of weather. Whether sailing vessels m similar circu mstar.ces woeld have may be doubtf u l. soa thered the storm, • ERRAT L •. 1.-111 an art i cle in ThefSun yester pondeace b etween Mr. Duncombe and day on the corr es Mr. Coates, for " Mr.Tooke the Treasurer" read " Mr. east's, the Secretary. EVENING EDITION! In 2 vol•. post Svo., with Portrait, 215., JAMES SNIITH'S COMIC MISCELLA NIES, Editel by HORAOE SMITH, Esq. SECOND EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS, Is now ready at all the Boll:sellers'. " One of the most amusing books that hare seen the light since the famous " Rejected Addresses themselves."—Globo. Henry Glburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, in 3 Vols., demo Svo., wlth a Portrait, from an Original, MEMOIRS OF THE Right Hon. WARREN HASTINGS LATE-GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA. INCLUDING his JOURNALS and LETTERS, NOW FIRST PUBLISHED, from the ORIGINALS in POS SESSION of the FAMILY. By the IV. G. R. GLEIG. Author of " The Life of Sir Thomas Munro," " Traditions of Chelsea College," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. Now ready, in 1 vols., tiro., with a Portrait from am Original Pietrire, T HE LIFE, JOURNALS, AND CORRE SPONDENCE of SAMUEL PEPYS, Esq., F.R.S. 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The Publication of t o Evening Edition et THE SUN com menced at 20 minutes after Three. ,A. • . ~.11 ~t ~. 4,- -- .., .47._, . Zin gun. LONDON: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1840. The Times observed, very properly, yesterday, that " where downright oppression exists, without justice religion appears a mockery to the poor." " It would be wicked," it added, " at any time, but is sheer madness in these days of Chartism and Socialism, for anv man to think that he can with impunity suck from the toils of a large population a monstrous heap of wealth-- , -and enjoy that wealth in peace and security, while he leaves those whose labours have accumulated it, in utter ignorance of their own obligations, though not in quite such utter ignorance as iron-masters and mill-owners might wish, of their own power." We rejoice again to see such language in the Times ; but which should not be applied exclu sively to iron-masters and mill-owners. There are other persons to whom it is more ap plicable. Our Contemporary quotes a passage from a sermon of the Bishop of LLANDAFF, in which that ecclesiastic makes it a special reproach to the iron -masters, " that myriads have been collected and settled within the compass of a few years, in the neighbourhood of Merthyr Tydvil, for the benefit of individuals who derive enormous wealth from their labour." This ecclesiastic and the Time-s, as the organ of the priests and the land lords, condemn the iron-masters and the mill owners for not having provided the people, who hare contributed to their wealth, with churches and chapels. Something may be said in favour of the iron-masters and the mill-owners which cannot be said in favour of the endowed clergy and the land ' owners, and that something we shall endeavour to say. The iron-masters and the mill-owners do not make the laws. The Bishops and the landlords are the law makers, and for all the evils which the laws cause or neglect to cure, the iron-masters and mill-owners are not respon sible. Now the Bishops and the landlords pass and maintain, not one, but many laws, and notably the Corn-law, which, by restricting compe tition for labour—by lessening the quantity of food offered to the labourer in return for his work, and by subjecting him to a host of onerous restrictions which the capitalist escapes from, degrade and debase the labourer. For the general degradation and poverty of the labouring classes, which place them at the mercy of mill-owners, the Legislature, - not the iron-masters, are to blame. The Bishop says that " myriads have been col lected within a few years in those spots." Where did the myriads come from ? They were drafted from the possessions of the landowners and of the Church, and have been carefully provided for, well and well paid, and work found for them, and nursed into a large and prosperous commu nity by the despised mill-owners and iron•masters. Their plans, their ingenuity, their inventions, esta blished or extended a novel species of industry in Wales, and, but for them, that great community would have had no existence whatever. Can the Bishops, one of whom launches a sneer against the manufacturers, or can the receivers of rent, say they have ever done so much for the public welfare ? We have it admitted by the Times that in this new community " wages are good, and that moral and religious culture is almost the only thing which is deficient." The iron-masters, therefore, pay their men well—can that be said of the landowners, including the Bishops ? From nine to twelve shil lings a week is the utmost their half-starved labourers receive. If we take Ireland as the ex ample, there the lumber -fed labourers, who till the soil for the landlords and the endowed priests, get about half the wages of the serfs in England. Many of the Irish have, we believe, found employ ment at Merthyr Tydvil and its neighbourhood, and have preferred the rewards of the iron-mas ters, though wanting religious culture, to the stavation of the landlords with it. In fact, the mines and furnaces of Tydvil have been in part supplied with labourers from the agricul tural districts ; and that the people leave the latter for the former, is an unanswerable proof that there the wages are higher. If men could get more by workui g on the Bis.!:ops' lands, they would crowd thither, instead of crowding to Merthyr Tydvil. `'But th ere i s no mora l or ie li g i ous cu l ture. " Who say s so ? A priest ur two, who are despised as workers of iniquity, who have made the people irreligious by practisin g scandalous injustice in the name of religion. The people of Merthyr Tydvil may nut be priest-ridden ; nobody will believe that their moral and religious cultur e does not surpass that of the followers whom mad THONI found within the shadow of Canterbury Cathedral, acid living destitute of church or chapel, school or book, on the lands of the Chapter of Canterbury. Talk of " sucking wealth from the toils of a large population," and negleetin g their culture i—can there be any more monstrous example THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16.1810. of it than the clergy of Canterbury, including the Archbishop, " sucking their monstrous heap of wealth" from the rustics of Kent,—sucking it on pretence of teaching them, receiving it as the pay ment for the performance of the duty of teaching, and leaving them in the darkest ignorance, and the prey of a most debasing, man-worshipping super stition ? Between the iron-masters and the mill-owners, and the clergy and the landowners, there is an es sential difference. The former are under no obli gation whatever to their labourers but honestly to pay them their wages, as they are determined by competition with the landlords' labourers ; and it is admitted that they nay their wcrkwen well. They undertake the work, and they give to men, who would have nothing but for them, the share in wages which they agree to receive. The endowed priesthood and the landlords, however, receive their incomes—we will not except the land lords, for service was originally attached to the possession of land—for the perform ance of certain duties to the community, such as teaching and defending it. But they grossly and scandalously neglect them, and their most impu dently reproach the mill-owners and iron-masters with not doing what the priest and the landowners are paid, by their endowments, their possessions, and privileges, to perform. We maintain that when the iron-masters and mill-owners, who stand in the relation of buyers to the labourers, have paid them the price of their labour, they have done all which the labourers have a right to exrct, except showing them those com mon civilities, courtesies, and kindnesses, which are always due from one man to another. The mas ters, or buyers of labour, have no more business to attend to the moral culture of the sellers of labour than the latter have to attend to the moral and re ligious culture of the masters. That is :he duty of the priest, the duty of the landlord, the duty of the Legislature, and it is sheer impudence to shove it off on those who buy and pay for labour. But certainly the landlords and priests are amongst the most impudent men that ever lived. They suck out a monstrous heap of wealth from the toils of a large population, they suck it out on condition of performing certain duties, which they never per form. They expect, without performing those duties, to enjoy that wealth in peace and secu rity—they expect it, too, while they not merely leave the people ignorant of their moral obligations, but daily and hourly set the whole community the wicked example of perverting the law, intended as a protection against wrong, into a means of rob bery ; aud after thus leaving undone those things which they ought to have done, and having done those things which they should have left undone, they have, in their own persons, and by the mouth of their organ, the most monstrous, the unheard of impudence, to reproach mill-owners and iron masters with not doing their duty, and providing for the moral and religious culture of the people. What they aim at by this impudence is to frighten or beguile the iron-masters and mill-owners to build churches, and endow more parsons, but we hope, with the case of THom's followers, gathered from the lands of the Chapter of Canterbury, fresh in recollection, (a complete proof that the parsons are inefficient teachers) , that the iron-masters and mill-owners will not be cheated out of their money and their senses. We copy from the Gazette of last night another despatch from Sir ROBERT STuPFORD, chiefly concerning the second explosion at Acre, but also referring to the conquest of that place. We missed from the first despatch the language in which it is usual to speak of the exertions of the officers and men under an Admiral's command. That is now supplied. The Gallant Officer also recommends his flag-lieutenant, and the senior officers of the respective classes, for promotion, which has been well deserved ; and his recommendation will, we hope, be complied with. We also copy from the Gazette some despatches from Admiral ELLIOT and Sir JAMES GORDON BREMER, giving an account of the capture of Chusan, and of the proceedings of her MAJES TY'S ships employed in the Chinese expedition. Most of the particulars mentioned have already been made known by private letters, and official communications to the Government of India ; but our readers will be pleased to learn, from Ad miral ELLIOT'S despatch, that a profound impression has already been made on the Chinese, who have begun to treat our officers as on an equal footing with the servants of the Celestial Empire. It may be hoped from this that the objects of the expedition will be obtained without any necessity to shed blood. The great advantage of seizing Chusan, which has been treated by some of our Tory Contemporaries as a slight and inefficient measure, will be apparent from the possession of it enabling the Admiral to stop the " enormous trade" which is carried on by the rivers and ports which he has placed under blockade. The Globe of last night, in noticing tl►e pro ceedings of the Chartists at some public meetings, enumerates several places where they have failed, but forgets to mention Edinburgh, where they suc ceeded. It includes Glasgow also amongst the places where they failed, when, according to the accounts we have seen and quoted, they were the most numerous, and the address was declared to be carried by the partiality of the chairman. To dis. guise or pervert the truth on this subject can only deceive those who ought to be well-informed. That the Chartists tried their strength at the county meeting at Northampton, and at Lne public meetings at Brighton and Bristol, where the object for which the meetings were called was one of pure loyalty, is an evidence not of their weakness, but their au dacity. They were numerous, or they could not for a moment hare commanded the attention of these public meetings. Had they been only a few they would at once have been put down. Those who are taught to believe by such re!narks as those of the Globe, that Chartism is either weak or wan ing, will very likely rue the day when they gave ear to such partial representations. We have received the whole of the Paris Jour nals of Monday. Thu remains of NAPOLEON had ascended the Seine as far as Argentenil, where it was to be removed from the small iron steamer Dorade, on board a larger boat, which was to con vey it to Courbevoie, where the coffin would firs t touch the soil of France. The ConsOutionnel affirms that all the accounts received from the line traversed by ths Imperial convoy, attest the reli gious enthusiasm of the population respecting the memory of the Great Emperor. The banks of the Seine were crowded with thousands of citizens, testifying by tliti• acclamations and their tears their veneration for the remains of the personified mili tary glory of France. Women and children threw , themselves on their knees as the boat passed, and wept as they gazed upon the coffin of him whom France loved so well. From this imposing scene the Constitutionnel turns to the sublime solitude of the hero's grave at St. Helena, in order to have a hit at England, and concludes by an attempt to demonstrate that the acclamations and tears of French citizens on receiving the remains of NA POLEON are so many national protestations against the dastardly policy of M. GUIZOT. Unfortu nately for the Constitutionnel, all authentic accounts received from the banks of the Seine represent the mass of thr prople as indifferent to the p ; convoy" except as a mere s?ectacle, for gotten almost as scon as witnessed. " No where," says a Correspondent of the Chronicle, who accompanied the cortege from Havre, " did ex- eitement or enthusiasm savour of the dangerous or the extravagant. The Norman peasant never loved the conscription, and none of his class evinced a desire to see NAPOLEON'S spirit or regime revive. As to the population showing any consciousness of what had taken place in the Mediterranean by di_ rection of the Allies, not one seemed aware of the fact, which, according to the Paris journalists, filled the mind of the French. The presence of NAPOLEON'S remains excited reminiscences of Austerl;tz, but of nothing later. The French pea sant and the French citizen ale not so unreasonable as the journalist who demands that France shall be ever the France of NAPOLEON, " going forth con. quering and to conquer." This we believe to be true, not only of the dwellers on the banks of the Seine, but of nine-tenths of the whole industrious population of France. Expectations were generally entertained that no oncute would disgrace the French capital on the arrival of NAPOLEON'S remains, and that a sense of dignity and decency would prevent the populeee from offering any insult to such strangers as would unite with them in offering a tribute of respect to the ashes of the illustrious dead. A testy and rash expression uttered by M. THIERS in one of the Bureaux of the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, is made the handle for a severe attack upon him by the Journal des Debuts. In answer to some demand by a Member of the Committee fcr information relative to his Adminis tration, the ex-Minister said hastily, and in ill humour—" I declare that I know no reason why I should make myself useful to a Government by whom I have been treated with such indignity." " Let us inquire," sarcastically observes the jour nal des Debats. "In 1830, M. THIERS had a history of the French Revolution, a remarkable work, without doubt, but which was filled with false and dangerous principles of Government. Three months after the Revolution of July, M. THIERS was appointed Under Secretary of State. Some time after he abandoned M. LA WITTE, who, without question, did treat him with indignity. On the 11th of October, 1832, M. THIERS was named Minister of Commerce. In the month of January following, he was appointed Minister of Interior. A vote of the Chambers hurled him out of the office, and in twenty days after he was nomina ted Minister of Foreign Affairs. He retired from office voluntarily. On the Ist of March, 1840, he accepted anew the Presidency of the Council and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and on the 29th of October he again voluntarily retired from office. Such has been the career of a man who knows no reason why he should make himself useful to a Government which he regards as having treated him unworthily. The Government found him a Jour nalist and it made him a Minister and entrusted him with the management of the affairs of a great nation ; and now he discovers that he doe not owe it the obligation of ordinary civility." These remarks will be gall and wormwood to the ex-President of the Council. Thirty-two statues of French Kings and heroes were drawn up on either side of the colossal bronze statue of NAPOLEON, by Bosto, which exhibits the Eclipser of Kings in his imperial robes. The line begins on one side with CLovis, and ends with Marshal LoBAu, and on the other with . CHARLEMAGNE, and closes with Marshal MAC- N DONALD. The Monitear Parisienne contains the following lines on the mission of Baron Moonier : .• Several journals announce, after some London papers. that the mission of Baron Mounier has failed. ' .. We think that this expression does not properly elm racterise the result of the journey of Baron lounier. The Hon. Peer had no definite object to attain—no parti ' , I though we were the first to announce hi, departure for London, we carefully abstained from repeating, as some of l our Contemporaries have done, the reports of various kinds j to which his departure gave rise. ' Baron Nlounier was sent to London merely to explore the grounds (sonder le terrain) to obtain, and then to transmit to the Government an e::act knowledge of the sentiments which prevail at this moment among the in fluential men on the other side of the channel. Baron Mounier is particularly acquainted with some of them, especially the Duke of Wellington. It is apparent that this proceeding, being confined to mere observation, was of a nature t o f a il or to succeed, at least if an immediate result, was meant to be spoken of. If Baron Nlounier brings back fro m London to the Go vernment precise and accurate ideas of the state of peoples' minds on political matters, the object of his mission will be accomplished, and the expression which has been used will be incorrect. Success or failure in this matter depends on the advantage which the Government may derive from the further conduct of its diplomacy from the communications which have been made." All Ibis is doubtless very true, but Baron Mounier did failure, but th e 4 acts speak for obtaining some result ; . .t ii leave hi s wishh om t e w 0 themselves. Baron Mounier left London on the 10ili to visit the Duke of Wellington a t Strathfieldsay.—Le Commerce. iiptihtoenut the e re MUNICH, DEC. S.—The Austrian General Baron Von Boss has arrived here. DRESDEN, DEC. 5. —Tbe P•ussian General Von Gra xnann passed through Dregden yesterday, on his retort, from Vienna is Berlin. The Grand .Duchess Helen and her three daughters having passed a few days here, set out yesterday for St. Petersburgh. BO URSE.—Pa.ais, Most: AY, Dxc. 14. ' . 'r" Highest L0w.. , 1 1.554 Price Price. p r i, frier French .t. per Cents in 25 ... 111 50 ... 11l 25 ... - ti 59 4 per Cents 95 .. y a ... 9,4 .. 1:8 3 per Cents 77 23 _ ii 45 77 15 ... 77 4) iii.tuk 04 r ranee I,,tlitt.. sank!,(ltitf. ',hares 51.7 50 ...5::00 -... , - ;•ti .. 5195 ... 51 ' 1 ki,,,,051, Sank ~.. per Ci..nts tri ... 8 ... 9$ .. 93 New Loan 8, miaA .1 ctive Passive s'4 ... 5.4 ~. 5 5 ... 5 % P ucci:duet, 3 per Cent, 22% ... 4 4 .., :2 ... :'2 t v •t e - i..,i ,n i lta I❑ l t l'O ... 1 0 1 25 ... 101 ... WI 25 995 k ... 119% „. 99% ... SYAIi v e - "les. L.B it AIL"' A 3(l ' o 3 11 A . 11 3% ' 50 ... 300 ••• 30 ' 50 1 a1e.;~, Strasburg to Bale LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(TI4Is DAY. LONDON, DEC. 16.—i‘ ind this day at noon, mode rate breeze at North. DEAL, Nov. 15.—Wind E. by S., fresh breeze. RANISGATE, Nov. 15.—The Galway Lass has been placed in the dry dock to-day for temporary repair. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 15.—Wind E , light.—Arrived the Suviab, from Mobile ; and Victory, Jarves, Newfoundland. Sailed Maypo, Mann, for Lima ; Dee, Pale, Africa; Gos sitner, Browne, New Orleans. The Messenger, Taylor, hence to St. John's, New Brunswick, got on shore on Point Escumiaac, 25th October, and was condemned. The Caledonia, HuxtabieJrom Quebec to this port, was totally wrecked near Arichal, 13th ult.—erew saved. The Mont rose, front Quebec to this port was wrecked at Point Ebert. 12th ult—crew and cargo saved, but two passengers drowned. The Chester, hence to Savannah, was spoken 12th inst. off Csstletown, and with loss of fore-top and top mast, and main-cap and topmast sprung, bearing up to Cork HARWICH, DEC. 15.—The Sophie, Stronibeck, from Giff... t, Harfleur, on shore at Hanfl 'et Water, has been got off, and towed into the harbour full of aster. Atmtiokol'on, Dnc. 15.—A ship's long-boat marker! " 'frevie, Sunderland," with several pieces of wreck washed on shore _yesterday. HULL, DEC. 15.—The Cane Grove, Stow, arr:v. , d here yesterday trJin Rigs, was in Helleaund, (lour days con.ing across) and left about 200 sail in the different harbours. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 15 —Wind E. N. E.—Arrived the Johannus, Clockgeter, from Baltimore ; Daniel, M'Cul turn, Mai seines for Yarmouth, with loss of bulwarks and about 10 toils of cargo (oil cake) thrown overboard during a gale on the 7th inst. in lon. 9. FALMOUTH, DEC. 14.—Wind N. E. to E. N. E , strong breezes.—The Lady Rolle, Powell, from Wales to Ply mouth, in coming in here last night missed stays and went on shore under Pendarvis Castle, but is expected off. The Madswiel, Stang, from Philadelphia to Hamhurl.ll, which put in here on the Bth inst. with damage, is dis charging BRISTOL DEC. 15 —Sailed the Minerva, Furlong, for Jamaica. The Thomas, from Newport to Chepstow, touched on the Spit Sand yesterday, became leaky, and was bzached below Porthead, where she fills with the tide. CARDIFF, DEC. 14.—The Ulida, Lucas Reales, which sailed hence the 12th instant, for Rotterdam, has been towed into Barry harbour with four feet water in her hold, and it is expected must discharge. PENZANCE, DEC. 4.—The Alrrt, Helyer, from Cardiff to Bridpsrt, has put in here with quarter stove and less of bulwarks, stancheons, &c., having been run foul of off the Lizard this morning by a brig, name unknown. Sournwol.n, DEC. 15.—A small piece of the stern of a vessel, marked 2-2 in yellow letters on a black ground, a handspike, marked " Heba, Whitby,' and a studdin sail boom, marked " Mary, N 5.," have been washed on i shore. GREECE. STEAM NAVIGATION. ATHENS, Nov. 21 I must once more call attention to the extraordinary m i sman agement of the English packet arrangements between England, the lonian Islands, and Greece. The Greek mails of the 31st of October, con veyed to Mal ta b y toe Or i enta l steamer, w h ic h reached thatisland on or about the 11th inst., only arrived here this rooming, instead of the 15th, as they should have done, and were conveyed from Malta to Patras by her Maj eaty , i ( steamer Mcegera, instead of the contract steamer City of Dublin, that vessel having be.en disabled during her vary first voyage on this st ation. The observations made at Patrai respecting the latter vessid e precisely what might had been expected from Erf coasting steamer employed i u carrying pigs. It is said that she is abominably filthy, and that sha has no proper accommoda tion for passengers, who have to eat, sleep, and dress in the same cabin. Besides which she is not the class vessel, and does not possess the power that is so desirab:e to enure punctuality. which t .s ii v as been agreed Nawi re a e li d t u b p i On c b o t ? t i l i i d e e E i n n g g li t s h la e P e o l' s ° t r - o m ffi ° c% A s 7. ti pay for the service in question to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, is surely not as it should be, so far as the interest of the public service is concerned. They are not only entitled to have their correspondence conveyed with despatch, but also to proper personal accommodation on b oar d, a s e a ch indivi dual pays eight pounds passage money between Malt a and Patras. If the Directors do not know what kind of ac •:om modation is required, let them send some agent to in poet the Austrian Lloyd's Company's vessel, the Mahnioudie, where also will be seen what is meant be cleanliness. It is really the more necessary to eel public attention, and, if possible, that of the London Directors themselves, or, at all events, the Post.offic e authorities, to the present Beta, as the commencement of operations under the new contract decidedly is going from bad to worse. At present we have a pretty good s prinkling of Eneli , h trayellers here. Among the number are Captain and Mrs. Brook, the Rev. Mr, Daniel, the Rev. Mr. Stanley, and ti Rev. Mr. Claik. Mr. Marvel's yacht Gitana is gone down to Malta with some of his friends, and returns here for tho owner. Viscount Canning and family are daily expected in his yacht Gondola. A curious incident has taken place in Greece lately. A Miss Skene, daughter of a Scotch gentieman who resides a t Athens, having married a Greek, No doubtscb,eenbaptisedt baei, it cording to the rites of the Greek h Young lady changed her religion from convict ion, b ut is - no less a fact that had she not done so her husband would Lave been excommunicated by the Synod.—lllorningPost. DISTRESS IN BETIINAL-GREEN. — There are at present above 700 inmates in the workhouse of Bethnal green, and about 1,400 out-door applicants, being a much larger number than for many years past, and they are in creasing daily. The greatest distress exists among the silk-weavers, as nut one-third of them arc in employment. IMPORTANT TO MARINERS. The following letter has been received from Mr. Hop kins, commander of the ship Seringapatam : " Madras Roads (no date). " On the outward voyage of the Seringapata, to Ma dras, nearly on the meridian of Greenwich, th latitude 39 S , we fell in with a great number of ic,:heigs, sonic or them very large and dangerous; the ship was at one time completely surrounded by them ; one was al le-at 100 feet high, and large in circumference ; tt she had struck one during the night nothing could have saved her. " The ice was in large solid blocks, and sho was going at the rate of 12 miles an hour at the time, with a strong N. W. wind. There is every reason to beikve what Captain Hors burgh mentions in his East India Directory,' that greater caution is necessary than hitherto supposed ; for it seems very probable that some missing ships have been lost by striking against the icebergs in the night, during tempes. tuous weather.' " I shall feel obliged by your giving this publicity, as it will caution all commanders of vessels running in these la titudes to keep a good look out; as I am certain, had we struck one of the icebergs, the Seringapatam would hava buen amongst the missing ships. (Signed) " W. S. HOPKINS, Commander of the Seringapatam." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.—The sales to day were to a fair amount; the prices on the whole were steady. About 4,000 bags have been taken by the trade. LIVERPOuL SHARE MARKET, Dac. 15.—Eastern Coun ties, debs 41. 41. 11.. 6d. ; Glasgow and , 29i; Great Western 861 ; Half shares, 494 ; London and Birming ham 321. shares, ; Brighton United Company, 30k ; South Western, b 44 ; Manchester and Leeds Half shares, 28 ; Midland Counties, 75. Extract of a lettor from New York, Dec. 1, at the North and South America❑ Coil;le-Louse: " Ali Is quiet all over the country now. Congress meets next Monday, when Van Buren will deliver a curious message, being his last, on Tuesday. This Session pro. bebly the Bankrupt Law will be passed. The new Ad ministration will have great difficulty in regulating the finances of the country ; they will have to redeem 10,000,000 dollars of treasury notes, and with a deficient revenue they will have to create a national dcht of 20,000,000 dollars. John Sargent, of Pennsylvania, and John Davis, of Mas sachussets, will probably be Secretaries of State. Ail is quiet in Canada. The Governor better. Mexico all in confusion. Texas prosperous. The Quebec papers con tain no news. We have received Montreal papers to the 26th of November : Snow fall in great abundance yesterday. COMMERCIAL.—The wind, which has been so long un favoulizbic for vessels downwards with produce, having at length changed, a considerable number of boats have arrived with cargoes, and more are at hand. The ships remaining in port will now be able to fill up and take their departure. AIoNE v.—The batiks are still sparing in their discounts, and will probably continue so till the close of the naviga tion. What has added not a little to the inconvenience suffered by the mercantile community, has been the ces sation on part of the ageocy of the Commercial Bank of Upper Canada to redeem the notes of that institution here. We have received Halifax papers to the Ist of De cember. LATE GALE.—We regret to learn that the lato Kai es have proved very destructive to the fishermen along our shores. The loss between this place and Ketch Harbour is estimated at from 7001. to 800/. The number of nets carried away is one hundred and thirty.five. All the fish houses en the north and south side of the ba), wan their contents, have been swept away. ST. JOHN'S, NEW BRUNSNNICK, NOV, 11, —Tue princi pal business of the Cason is now drawing er to a close, and although the river still remains open, y, t the supplies for the country are mostly all purchaiA. Tue market is now bare of many articles that are much required. Flour is scarce, and prices are firm for all descriptions of pibvisiuw. West India produce remains as it had been throughout the summer; speculations have, however, been made to a con siderable extent in the articles of sugar and molasses, but holders evince a desire to sell. Our timber market is lik?wise goad, and prices are rather looking up. THIL FUNDS. Co:.sols, which left off yesterday at 854 opened at the same quotation this morning, with little doing to the pre sent tinie; Reduced 88 ; 1 89 ; Exchequer Bills 1 3 prem. ; Bank Stock 1564 157 k ; India Stuck for the opening, 238 240 In the Foreign Market Spanish Active left off yes. terday at at present . a shade better, 234 24 ; Deferred ; Passive 51 6 ; Portuguese kit off 32:1. 3.31, at present lower, 32i 33i; Three per Cents. 211 ; Colombian kit off 251 1, receded to 23 24i owing to disturbances in some of the States ; Mexican also lower, kit off 28 ) 1 29, at present 271 281, owing to the unsettled state of that country. Brazilian 71 72 ; Dutch Two. and-a-Half per Cents. as they left off, 514 ; Five per Cents. 971 984-. SHARES.—Great Western 22 23 prem ; London and Brighton 9 81 discount; Black wall 44 31 discount ; Birmingham 81. 83 prem. ; Southampton 53 54 per share ; Cr;,,yclon nothing; dune ; Greenwich 7f ,per share ; Manchester and Birmingham 14 12 discount. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. KAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto . s iew Ditto Fifths London and South Western Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares .. 65 ~ 40 .. 4 .... 9h to -- -38 i 53 ... .. to —: ~ 70 ~ 25 GE—(YESTERDAY). Gibraltar 4B Leghorn . Genoa Milan Venice 47 Naples 394 Palermo, per oz 1214 Lisbon s2i Oporto 53 Rio Janeiro 2ti& Bahia Buenos Ayres New York, '2l days' sight 46i Philadelphia PRICE OF BULLION, PER oz. Portugal Gold Coin £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, bars 317 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10g . Silver in Bars 0 5 o's HALF-PAST ONE. We have received Prince Edward's Leland Papers to the 95th November. The Weather.—We had a sharp frost on Saturday night an4l Sunday, and sine, a heavy fall of snow, which still i e s on the ground from 12 to 18 inches in depth. COURSE OF EXCHAr Amsterdam CF. 12 . 4 Liitte, at sight Itkitterdaru 2U. 12 6 Antwerp .............. 12 5 Hamburg... 11.13 l3 101 Altona 'aris, 3 days' sight 25 40 Ditto, 3 months ... 25 65 Marseilles Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine l49i Petersburg, 3 Us 37 Berlin Vienna, effec.fl. 3 M lO 4 Trieste, ditto lO 6 •%fahid Cadiz 3si Barcelona ............ 35i Seville ........... 354 Accounts from Frankfort of the B , :h inst. state that Aug tria is going to contract for a new loan, being deficient in its; Budget, and its armament ircomplete. M. de Hollo w 72th,. Ivho upeningly approved the Treaty of the 15th r , Jolly, insists upon retiring from the Cabinet. It is asawi:ed th.;it the new loan will be 25,000 Actions of the flank of' Viienna, which is about 100,000,000 millions of fraaei. Consols may be quoted at prfscot ctt th, opening price o!'' this morLing, 88i for the 15th of Januar:, they have )et n none at 88,i. It is not expeated that any tmaincEs of • cons.lquence Kill take place until efter Christmas. Re duced, SS :i ; Exchequer lower. 1 2 prem. ; India Bondi, 12 discount ; Bank Stock, 1561, rather lower. in the Foreign Market, Span;sh Active, 231; Por lugue,se, lower, 33 32i- -4-; Three per Cents., 211; Co. lornbiau, also lower, 24+ ; Mexican, 28 ; Dutch Two-and. Hell per Cents., 51k. Scarcely anything doing in the Share,fth Market : South Western, 53: It is: :reported that the British Queen . has arriv da ed. We 'vu Jan papers as yet, she. will only brine; one y later from New York. INDIA 1-10TIS-(TITTS DAY) A Couti, ot toe Propmitois of imila Stock WAS held to-day in Leadenhall-street, W. B. Barley, tLc Chair. The minutes of the last Court having been read, The CHAEZNIAN informed the Court that the dividend 77arrants would be ready for delivery on the 6th January Nxt. A report from the Committee on Bye-laws was read, recommending the substitution of a declination for an oath in the elections for the Directorship. It does not ap ply to Directors or officers of the Company, who must still take the ()Atli upon entering office. The CHAIRMAN moved that the proposed bye-law be one of the bye-laws of the Court. Mr. MARMOT was most happy that such a step bad been taken, and hoped it would pass unanimously. Mr. WEEDING was sorry that the hope , : of the Honour able Gentleman must he disappointed ; fur he felt it his duty to oppose the motion, and move an amendment upon it. He thought it very necessary and becoming in mil bodies to do away with unnecessary oaths; but in the case undcr consideration he thought it mast important that the utmost solemnity should accompany so solemn an act as en trusting the government and welfare of millions to cry fellow. men. He moved that it was inexpedient for the Court to give its sanction to the proposed Bye-law. Mr.- M. MARTIN seconded the amendment, because this was not an age when it was proper to dispensa with reli gious forms in temporal affairs. Mr. TWINING, the Chairman of the Committee of Bye-laws, was sorry to differ with his friend Mr. Weed ing, but he could assure the Court that the resolution pro posod to the Court had not been come to by the Commit tee on Bye- laws on light grounds. The majority of that Committee were firmly of opinion that the proposed change might be made without any of the evil effects predicted by his Hon. Friend. He did not think that any one pio prietor of India Stock would make a declaration more lightly than he would take an oath. Mr. FIELDER supported the motion and was left speaking. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY,) EVENING EDITION Mr RA t,I.ANTINF,—.I) ; iI rt. to i 11,4 Mr. BALLANTINE—Did you thrcaLa tc punish him bo fore ho said anything? Witness-1 cannot say which was first. There was no thrvat. Re-examined—l asked him how he came to use a trades man's name Tike that. lie said he did the whole of it himself, witnesses names and all. ;Cos:-examined—He is no relative of mine. I did not tell him I would be his friend at that conversation. I did not make him any promise, nor did I say anything to in duce him to malse that con:sssion. He told me he was the only person that executed the power. I 'nave knawn him from infancy: I never gave him any authority to use my name Daniel Forrestcr—l am an officer. I took the prisoner into custody. I went to Wandsworth to inquire for the witnesses, but no such persons could be found there. I was present during the conversa tion alluded to by last witness. Prisoner was very anxious to talk. I condoned biro not to say any thing'' , as it might be used against him ; he said he lie.d tendon to defraud Mr. Dick, as he intended to replace it in five years, with interest. Some conversation then took. place between the prisoner and Mr. Dick, who asked pri soner why he had not told hina when he saw him in 1440 ' vember, as he might then have stood his friend, but it wag now too late. Mr. Phillip:, the collector of the rates for Wandsworth , proved that there were n such mars residing at place as John Turner and Th Smith, a.e . pretended witnesses to the power, who were represented as living there. Mr. BALLANTINE, for the prisoner, took various tech•- nical objections to the indictment, the whole of whichr however, were overruled by the Court. Mr. BALLANTINE then addressed the Jury, and said that he was sure, in a case of this importance, they would 00 consider the objections he had urged as a waste of tune. emit Had he been aware of the conversation deposed to by Mr. Dick, he should not have cross-examined Mr. 'Who': iA the manner he had done; but imagining his to be the only evidence connecting the prisoner with the transaction, ho felt it his duty to endeavour to ascertain the character of that gentleman. He should not now, however. indulge ill any observations on that gentleman, who would leave the Court without the least imputation upon him. Sir F. POLLOCK here produced the depositions, from / which it appeared that the conversation alluded to appeared ' on them. BALLANTINE was not aware of it; it did not 1 1/' pear on his copy. He felt it was exceedingly difficult W overcome the force of the evidence, but if they could take a favourable view of the case for the prisoner, he trusted they would do so. Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up the evidence, and The JURY without retiring, found the prisoner Guilty. Mr. Justice PATTCSON, in passing sentence said, thee offence was one of a very serious d escr iption, on which the Court could not lightly p ass over ; ti l , 9 !" . tence therefore on him was, that he be transported ue• youd the seas, for the term of his natural life. ROBBERY OF A HAWKER. —Abraham Mitt helsost, a Po lish Jew, was indicted for stealing a quantity and also twelve sovereigns, the property of Joseph M e t" ander, in the dweliin ,, house of William Davenpo,,t, Met parish of St. Botolph7 Bishopsgate. The prosecutor s° eri the prisoner were lodging in the house of Dave spor t the sth of November last. The prosecutor is a Il ce r i ge- , hawker, and on going to bed in the evening isC he locked the articles in question in his I, ;gon er placed the key under his pillow. The F r • - tt i o g o f jewellery nd slept in the same room with him. o °,. g n e c i bie up in the morning he missed his key. He '„„ s tiost box locked ; he broke it open, and the property i° "- prt was gone. On the 7th N ov emb er , th e isomer Sal l for bonded at Hull, on 'zeard a steam-p ac ket, about tlir d 03 Hart l ;:irgn, and various a r ti c l es o f j ewe ll e ry wer e hou :,, i d as' I him, which the prosecutor swor e to a s his pro.,)ertY, - having been in his box on the evening in que• The prisoner, who was inorant of the ng lish "u n guage, and who had the evide g nce explained to E hies bused i interpreter, said in his defen ce th a t the art.cles Pro at at were his property, and that h e had purcha sed tile Birmingham. , : olr. Justic e u ATTESON said that it was a question f ir the . I Jury to decide wheth e r the re was sufficient evidee . " if „ identify the sovereigns as .he pr o perty of Alexander h t. so, the offence would be one of greater mag-uitude ..n oz,herwisr, inasmuch as it would then amo unt to sic g above the value of 51. in a dwelling-house. in The Jury found the prisoner gu ilty of stealing dwelling-house above the value of 51., and he was: sea° tented to transportation for ten years. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) A CAUTION TO SLIDERS ON THE FOOTWAY PA V/RMINIT.••••• Thomas Birkenshaw, a youtn of respectable AppearEOCes was charged with sliding on the footway pavement last night in Leicester-square. The police constable who took the defencient into cus tody, said that the force had been Jrdert d by the Co to rvallis- - sioners to apprehend every person found cu omitting offence. Mr. DYER said he was extremely glad t'o hear it, atrii it was the determination of his brother Magistrate a nd hm self, to severely punish every person v on vieted of offence. Ha should therefore fine the etefendent 403., in' in default commit him for one month. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.), CORN EXCHANGE. There are few arrivals of Corn since Monday. The sharp weather keeps the market firm for every article, but higher prices than Monday's have not been obtained. There wss more done than of late in the Flour trade. NEWGATE AND LEADENHAL.L. There was a very good supply of Poultry and Game: trade was very dull, and prices the same as last l uoted. Eggs l e l a o t f w s a a s le n , ot an in d rsautchherablouwndear.nceT;owstnilaindthted.ountri killed dull r bought moderately at the following prices :—Beef, ss. to ss. 2d. ; Mutton, 3s. Gd to 53. 4rl. ; Veal, 4s. to 511 ° 6d; and Pork, 3s. to 53. per stone of Sibs. COLONIAL MARKET. The operations in produce we re on a sma ll : ma le, by private treaty, both for home us e and ex p ort. TI i o p ublic sales were unimportant, and prices had a downw srd ten• dency for nearly all article s . The arrivals w e re evil* only to a small extent. TEA MARKET. Prices had a downward tendency for Free Trade, And the market was in a dull state. The Gov, influent trade bought e spatches from China we of a favourable maw and 'boll that the dislike the Chinese entertain towards •the Engli.e6 is diminishing, and at the places taken by tyar forces th inhabitants are following their pursuits wit). confidence . Coinpany's Congon nominal at 2s. per Ih. TALLOW MARKET, There was a good demand for Ruasivn, and prices were firm at 475. 9d. to 465. on the spot, and 4135. 6d. for delivery' in Spring months. The stock A is It.LrßKTr;er than last year. FRUIT M.S.T. The arrivals were considerable, rand theeinao d for botist Raisins and Currants g ood ; but. priees oat he *necline. SPIRIT MARKET. The demand for Rum was limited, but prix ?, have suf fered no further depression. Brandy in lintited request only, bat prices were steady, LOZON V. FRYSE.-JUDGMENT. The Loan CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning in this case, in which the only question was whether, under the statute of the 45th of Edward 111 , timber, growing from the stools of trees that had been cut down, and of more than twenty years growth, were liable to the payment of tithes. For 450 years that species of timber had been held to be exempt under that statute, but some years ago Sir Thomas Plumer and the Barons of the Exchequer hating laid down a different doctrine, some doubt was entertained as to the point. His Lordship, after going at considerable length through all the authorities, stated his opinion to be that the species of timber in question was not ►iable to the payment of tithes, and therefore the bill must be dismissed. but without costs. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) This being the third seal, the Court took motions. CRAWFORD V. --- In this case, in which the name of the defendant was not mentioned, there being a charge of gross fraud against him, Mr. Pemberton moved for and obtained a special in ju,ction restraining the East India Company from paying him an annuity of 1,000/. a year, which it was alleged by the plaintiffs, Messrs. Crawford, Colum, and Co., he had agreed to assign to them in consideration of certain ad vances made to them by that house. CRIMINAL COURT-THIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON. ) FORGERY OF A POWER OF ATTOUNEY.-71ion1as PU grid aged 22, gated in the; calendar to be a cabinet maker, was charged with feloniously forging and uttering two powers of attorney, with intent to defraud the Go vernor and Company of the Bank of England. There was another count charging him with intent to def; slid one Matthew Dick. Sir F. PoLLocK and Mr. BULLOCK appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. BALLANTINE defended the prisoner. Sir F. POLLOCE, who stated that the prosecution was instituted by the Bank of Et,gland, opened the case, and called the following witnesses ; Drinkwater exa,nined by Mr. BULLOCK —ls a clerk in the Three-and-a. Half per Cent. office at the Bank ; produces one of the ledgers of the office. Mr. 13t.i.ocK—Look at the 21st of September last, and see if any st,ck stands in the name of Dick. Mr. BALLANTINS objected to the question, inasmuch as there was no evidence to shuw that the witness was its a condition to know anything on the subject. By Sir F. Put.Locx—The book is a public book of the hank of England, containing the names of persons holding stock under the letter D. The entry was not in witness's handwriting. By Mr. BALLANTINS—The book was taken this morn ing from the safe. The clerk who made the entry is now at the Bask. Mr. BALLANTINE objected to the witness stating anything from the book, which he apprehended was given hint to refresh his memory. Sir F. PoLtocic said the book was put in in evidence as a substantive record of the Bank of England. Mr. BALLANTINE could not then object to its reception. Witness.—There stands, on the 21st of September, 100/. New 3i per Cent. Stock, in the name of Matthew Dick. I produce a power of attorney for th• transfer of the said stock, given to William Pilgrim ; it concludes with a demand, signed by the said \V. Pilgrim, to act thereon. I witnessed the signature. There was a trans fcr made upon that demand to act at the same time. I produce the transfer-book. The transfer was made on the 21st of September, at the same time with the demand to account. I attested the transfer—it purports to be made by J. W. Pilgrim, as attorney. The paper now produced contains the instructions for that power of at torney Cross-examined—The Bank requires that the person producing a power of attorney should be identified as the person in whose favour the power is made. This is ordi narily done by the stock-broker, wit° is, generally speaking, known at the Bank. James Railton examined by Sir F. Pont-lex-1 am a stock-broker, carrying on business in Threadneedle-street. I know the prisoner ; became acquainted with him in July last. The prisoner was sent to me by Mr. M. Dick and a friend of his. I bad ne previous acquaintance with him. He came to me at my office. He came alone. He said he came from Mr. Shed, of Manchester-square, a friend of Mr. Dick's. I had known Mr. Dick for two or three years. Prisoner told me his name was \Villtam Pit g, ire. I afterwards transacted business for him as William Pilgrim. lie came again in September last, and produced a flute purportieg to be written by Mr. Dick. The note is now produced. (The note was then put in and read ; it purported to be from Mr. Dick, and requested Mr. Rail tan to effect a sale of Long Annuities to raise 1001 , or if they should be closed, asking a loan of 100/, at 5 per cent., to be repaid on the writer's return from Scotland, where he was about to proceed). Thomas E:ilin Tomlies—l am clerk to Messrs. Fresh fiel r, the solicitors to the Bank. I served the notice pro duced on the prisoner on the 14th of this month. Matthew Dick—The prisoner at the bar never brought me any letter in the month of September last, purporting to come from Mr. Railton, the stock-broker. Mr. Railton recalled —The substance of the note was that Mr. Dick must get his money in the regular way by the sale of stock. On the following day, 18th Septem ber, the prisoner brought another letter. The letter was real, stating that the writer entrusted the whole to Nit-. Pilgrim, and did nut think there would be much berm in his personating him; but if so a power must be procured. This was signed M. Dick.) The first note related to the Long Annuities ; that Stock was closed at the thrive In consequence of the last note I prepared in. structions for a power of attorney for the trans fer of the stock. The inetructions produced are those I prepared. On sending them into the bank, I procured the power produced, and delivered it to the prisoner in an unexecuted state. Oe the following day, the 19th, he came again, bringing it back with the name of Matthew Dick written opposite the seal, and the names of two persons as witnesses. I told hire it appeared to be right, and if it was passed at the Bank. I would transfer the stock on the Monday. I took it to the bank and placed it in the proper box. I wen: on the Monday to inquire at the bank. It was not allowed at first. I produced those two notes as to the handwriting of Mr. Dick, and the power was allowed. I was present when the prisoner claimed to act, and saw him write the signature, William Pilgrim, to the de mand to act. On the power being passed I effected a sale of the stock to Mr. Clement Smith. The transfer is now produced. I saw the prisoner sign the name of Win. Pilgrim to it. I was the witness to his iden tity. I effected the transfer, and paid over to the prisoner 961. Bs. 6d., the net proceeds thereof. Some time after that Mr. Dick called upon me in De cember. Some explanation then took place, which led to a discovery. We went to the Bank. Prisoner eama to me on 7th December to effect a sale of 10/. Long Annui ties in the name of Mr. Dick. I gave him into custody of Forrester the officer. Cross.exarained.—l have acted as stockbroker in Mr. Dick's affairs. I knew pretty well what stock Mr. Dick posEessed previously to Pilgrim coming to nee. Mr. Dick lived in Trafalgar square ; I live at Islington. I acted for Mr. Dick in the month cf August last. lam not certain whether I had seen his handwriting before prisoner came to me ; certainly not a dozen times ; perhaps half a dozen ; I may have seen it; I certainly have seen it. I have been in business since M.. 1 last. lam not a member of the Stock Exchange. I was not licensed when I effected those transfers, nor was I aware it was necessary. I be lieve it was optional. Mr. BALLANTINE—DO you know any respectable man who acts without a license? Mr. Justice PATTKSON—I do several. Sir F. P, LLOCK—There is no doubt in the profession that the stock-broker need not take cu! a licence from tha city, as the public fuf di are slot goods, wares, or mer chandise, over which the city hes control. Witness re-examined.—l never correTonded with Mr. Dick, or received letters front him. I was thought suffi ciently acquainted with Mr. Dick's handwriting to know those notes to be genuine, and I tack them to be so. Matthew Dick—l live at 19, Catherine-street, Pimli e?. I hai some money in the per Cent. Annuities pro v:ous to Sept. last. I never authorised the sale of it I know notnirg of the power of attorney produced. I never signed it. Neithe of the notes produced are in my handwriting. I know the prisoner—his name is Thomas Pilgrim. I know his handwriting. The name of Mathew Dick in the power I swear is his handwriting. Both the loiters are in his writing. I never had any conversation with him about them. I know nothing of the persons who have signed as witnesses to that power. The prisoner told me he executed the whole himself. He told me at the Mansion-house previous to the examination. By Mr. BALLANTINE—He said this before the officers in the room . Mr. BALLANTINE—Did sou threaten to punch him ? Witness—To be sure I did. IREL AND. to RUMOURED FATAL DiJEL.-We are extremely happl, be able to contradict the very dis , ,ressing rue flour w loc", was afloat on Saturday, in consequence of 7a paragr a P i t which appeared in a Morning Contemporary,. namely, ( h i Mr. Dillon Browne, the patriotic Representati we for Mayer had been killed in a due! by Col. Fitzgerald,, of Turloug b Park, in that county. No duel has been fo,a+glit Py those gentlemen—Colonel Fitzgerald having be en arrosted on Thursday near Holtymount, the place fix.€ d upon for the meeting.— Pilot. MAYo.—Ttps election will take place. on Wednesday next (this day), Mr. Kirwan, the Conservativti date, it is believed ha., resigned all pretensions to the re presentation, and that consequently Mr. Blake will be' elected without opposition. The constabulary fi as all the out-posts of the county hare been ordered to I iroceea to Castlehar, and to remain there during the ei eetion , which, together with those from the neighbouring et tunties, will term a comb;iiked force amounting to two hund This morning, between nine and ten o' ci oCkr a serious accident occurred fronting the residence of Mr• Matthews, boot, maker, in the Seven Dials, to Mr. Thu r iares Smith, wine cooper, residing at No. 38, King-street. DO' ry-lane, who fell on a small pica. of ice one the foot l , sv c f ment, and sustained a compound fracture in two plat es ° the leg. He was conveyed on the Police stretcht . r Charing-cress Hospital. GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD.—This mis or,n ing at seven o'clock the various trains travelling ore, the Great Western Railroad commenced conveying passe 3 P I'S and coaches from the terminus, at Paddington, to We p Wi ll Basset, a distance from London of 80 miles: at th e s ame time the station at Shrivenharn will also be opened. The part now to be completed does not exceed 30 miles to Brit tol, the whole of which is in a very forward state, and war. it is expected, be opened in the early part of the en, mutt; spring. SERIOUS ACCIDENTS THROUGH MAK ISa SLIDEs ON TILE FOOTWAY PAVEMENTS —This mon 11 ogl between ten and eleven o'clock, a gentleman nae sec' Fashion, residing in Grafton-street -west, Fitzroy stFre rer slipped down through stepping on a slide on the fouta , ad pavement in Percy-street, Tottenham Court.roed, fell with such violence un his back that he sustai at ° severe cencussiee u; the brain, an d was o bli ge d t o t 4 re moved home in a hackney coach. T HE MURDER AT ASHTON-UNDER-I 1 . 5 —The inquest upon the h,ody of Benjamin Coops r i the unfortunate man who war, ao brutally murdered at isbO r '" under- Lyne, on Fridas evening last, tuult place os j . Mon' county Coroners, and a highly respectable day, before 'rxially Rutter, Esq., one of the Swan Inn. After the production of a great deal of e vi ' dente, the Coroner suwested that, as there were 1 :0 ur per netted with the murder, it would be well, as tb ri sons in custody on suspici'Ar of being . in some sk :a y "" jury, to be no d.u.ibt that it was a decided case of wilful rn , ac ler ' adjourn the inquest, to give the police time to me frostier inquiries. It is expected that other parties v I- .1 yet be taken, as it is known have that several strange SAI erii been in the town during the past week. The is quest vias adjourned till Thursday. Uh I'll ER OPENING OF THE GKEA I. W RAILWA v.-On Monday last Li o. „ t. ,„Colu l ' he Sir Frederick Smith, accompanied by Mr. .Laint4.. of Board of Trade, made a formal inspectior A ven" i e f miles of new line on the Great Western Rs A" from Faringdon-road to Wootton Basset la Ad. We una cr a stand that the report of Sir Frederick is f avo arable, Beek. that the opening will take place early in ' he uing w e . e ca _ thus completing eighty miles of the re .ilway , inim uni • could tion towards 13ath.—Reillvey Times of Sat arch ,Y. 41IE V A n D The follol portior, of thi r enve, which is h aPPily tin ipprove, Who sh Reve a l Wh en , NOW Cr Shall in And clic Illustrio Thy me Or in tk A new Bab e of Wide ti May ne Estran 4 But Vi And Tr 411 . PI I)., ,,,tia. 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