The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-05 00:00:00

tNINC4 EDITION troydon Railviay. It was a moderate•sized stick. I d not ace the assault actually take place. I went with Mr. Wakefield to go to Croydon, and while we were at the station I siw the defendant. I went to look for Mr. Wakefield, to get him out of the way of the de• feadant, aad met him returning from the defendant. He told me ha had knocked him down. He did not say he had struck him when down and laid his check °Pea. The stick was a good-sized canc. That was or., the 22d April, after the service of the writ. Ite-examined.—That meeting appeared to me to he quite accidental. The plaintiff told me it was decidedly ;'!gaiest his wish that Mrs. W. quitted the house. I did nut ;.ollect from Mr. W. that he had the slightest susilickan of there I,e'.ng any guilt on the part of Mrs. « • ak.efiel,l. He sail in consequence of disputes that had arisen between them in the month of February, wife had determined to leave his house. lie had 'strongly protested against any such step—that he had no reason or no cause for his adopting such a course, but that nothin short of personal restraint would have prevented h e r leaving him. He said the disputes arose free ) two, practices his wife had been guilty of—one for frequen%t y go i ng out alone, and the other in sitting con• stint) f at one particular window of his drawing-r Gena ; that, h e had noiated out the impropriety of such con- Which led to irritation and dispute on the part of ; and as he seemed determined to put a stop to site►, practices, she had determined to leave her home. I I earned that the result of the separation for ten days or fortnight was that he had ascertained there was no im- putation on her character or his honour. TI F,. letters were then put in and read by the Under- iV.r. TIIESIGER then rose and addressed the Jury for the defendant. He said the task of his Learned Y:ientl was now done, and after the very power- I A al and impressive spaech on the part of his Learned Friend, containing some of the highest flights of eloquence, but very few facts, and after the evj.lence which he would venture to say had,. exciccd considerable astonishment in the minds of the ; jury, they should now proceed to ascertain what w9'3 the real nature of the case before them, and on w aich their judgment WAS called for by the plaintiff. 'They must understand the position in which the two parties were before them, and which might, he thought, have induced his Learned Friend to spare a great deal of the correspondence which had been used ; because the defendant had not denied that he had transgressed the taws—he had admitted the injury for which the plaintiff sought damages. It was only required of them calrely and temperately, and dispassionately to ascertain treeler the circumstances of the case, what was the fair amount which, in the temper and moderation of the jury should be awarded. He was aware that it was a very delicate and difficult task which the jury had to perform. It was not very easy, as his Learned Friend had said, to estimate the extent of the injury in money. His Learned Friend, however, must not complain of the law (they being the humble mi nisters of it), that it had only provided that re medy for injuries of that description. They must carry out the law as it was, and must furnish the Jury wpth the means of arriving at a satisfac tory conclusion. Oa an occasion like the present, it was the duty of the plaintiff to throw every possible light upon the case, to give them the fullest particulars of his chara c t er an d conuct, and the state of his affec tions towards the unhappy woman. The Jury had a right to expect the utmost good faith and caudoer from the party coining before them, in order to the proper discharge of the difficult task imposed upon them. Cases of the present description were not to be .tiselucted with the dexterity of ordinary actions at Nisi Prins. The plaintiff was bound to lay before the Jury all the circumstances which would enable them to form their judgment, and if they found that there had been an ingenious and dexterous attempt throughout to obscure the truth, to conceal facts which were ad important for their judgment, they fairly and properly had a right to say that the plantiff was not en titled to the indulgence which he:Ad:led through his ad vocate. Let them look at the manner in which the case had been presented to them. He appealed to them with ;great confidence whether the plaintiff had done all they Ltd a right to expect from him. The most important circumstance by which they were to judge the measure of the damages was the real state of affection between the parties. Their own experience would tell them that it was very difficult indeed for a mere strarger to have any certain information on the subject. In the ordi roary intercourse of society there was such a degree of politeness and conventional decency and propriety, that whatever might be the feeling lurking within, it was not displayed in the presence of a third party, Mr. Dahwood and the other respectable gentleman might from time to time have visited the house, and been ;staying under the roof, but then respectable society would check any outbreak of feeling, and intro eatree that polish on the surface that fre quently hid what was falso and hollow below. But there were persons who might have been called by :the plaintiff, who must know many of the particulars which had been studiously concealed from them, and -or6oss. his Learned Friend—and he spoke advisedly— was bound to have presented before them. Why go to these who were merely casual acquaintances? Why, ,when there were relations who were most intimately -painted with all the particulars connected with the f:Taistilc—why were they studiously kept away from the Jury? Why had they not persons connected in relation chip wi • with the parties ? Because it would be impossible to .conceal from them the real state of the case. There ma; a brother, a sister, and a sister-in-law, who must have been in daily and hourly familiarity with the plain tiff and leis wife. And yet they had satisfied themselves ewith calling a few gentlemen and their wives. Their own experience as men of the world, would tell them that it was quite impossible that they could know all the particulars connected with the family. Cases like the ,present depended upon a great variety of particulars. They were anomalous, as his Learned Friend had strikingly and strongly pointed out ; but still they must measure the damages by all the circumstances that surrounded the parties. They must show how far the, husband regarded the treasure he possessed—how far he conducted himself with propriety towards her. They were also to ascertain what was the station of the defendant, as to what means he possessed of paying the penalty as a satisfaction to the husband, which it was their province to award. He would now address himself' to the facts which were not in dispute between them. Here were two persons who had been married for twenty two years—the lady having arrived at the mature age of forty, and having, according to the representations of his Learned Friend, a home of perfect happiness—having a husband dotingly attached to her, dutiful and affectionate children, and all of a sudden, for no earthly reason that had been given, a perfect stranger who never crossed the threshold of the house where she lived, was found to have obtained an influence over her affections ; the result was that a criminal intercouse had taken place between them. That was not in the ordinary course of things. If the lady had all the accomplish ments that had been represerted—if she had all the genius, and information, and warm and strong affec tions which had been stated, one wanted some clue, some explanation of the mystery which had induced her suddenly to abandon all these advantages, and -throw herself into the ems of a perfect strangor. Who could have told them a little more of the history of that family ? who could have opened the door, and let in the daylight? Why his Learned Friend had been too prudent to call the brother, or sister, or brother-in-law, who were the intimate companions and familiar acquaintances of the plaintiff and his wife. She had arrived at that time of life when the passions do not generally master the judgment. She had been described as a person of strong mind, and he might truly appeal to the Jury must there not have been some reason to induce her to break through every restraint—to abandon every advan. Cage, and desert her home of happiness and unite herself with a stranger, under circumstances which she must know would expose uer to the constant scorn and in famy of the world? It was clear that in 1838 some dif ferences had arisen, and his Learned Friend had told them that there was a suspicion in the mind of her husband of some impropriety of conduct. There must have been violent bickerings and heart leurnings between them to have induced her to absent herself from her home for a fortnight. That fatal word " separation" was never uttered until months, nay years, of strife, had been passed between them. That there had been differences between them 'was now clearly in evidence before the Jury, and they must be aware that things had been pushed very far indeed befo re t h at fatal step was resorted to. They were not left to conjecture that, _far they had the evi dence of Mr. Ka o b e l, the plaintiff's attorney, giving an acc ount of the plaintiff's conduct , o and putting' the most conduct favourable gloss upon the plaintiff tand character of his client. Now, what did t hecomplain of ? Why, he complained that his wife went out a great ro de d al h by her :self, and that she also sat at the window ; p l a in of that to her , or did he remon s t rate with e cahmer upon it ? If be had, what, he would ask, must have been the state of the affection of the wife at that time, if she bad not yielded to that remonstrance ? She did not yield, and did not that show in what state their affections were at that time ? for could the Jury believe that, a wife who had an affection for her husband, mould not have withdrawn all cause of dissatisfaction on his part ? But could there be any doubt that dif feiences, disputes, and animosities had taken place be tween the parties which led to a final separation. If any doubt was entertained upon that, it was at once cleared up by the parties themselves who had drawn up papers of separation. Those papers, however, had not been produced, which they ought to have been, for the purpose of showing to the Jury what were the grounds on which the Parties themselves thought they could not live longer e.getlser. The plaintiff was content to leave the Jury ra ignoran ce o f a ll t h a t, i n t h e h opes th a t they would draw inferences in favour of the plaintiff and against the defendant. But then it was said that the defendant bad drawn the wife of the plaintiff into poverty. Now, what was the fact? Why, the plaintiff himself had proposed that his wife should go to Worthing, and that he - "' id allow her the paltry pittance of 1001. a year. The course that had been taken by his friends showed that the object of the plaintiff was to deceive the Jury as to the state of affect ion that existed between this unhappy pair. With resp ect to the defendant, it was most extraordinary that his friends had put no ques tions to the witnesses relative to his age, or any of those circumstances which would throw throw any light upon the matter. As to the lady, she was upwards of 40, and when they found that sho was throwing her hus band off, and becoming, attached to this young man, he thought his friends ought to have given a little more information to the Jury than they had done. He admitted that the intercourse of any person with the wife of another man very highly crimi nal, and the Jury were there to ascertain the amount of that criminality, and the circumstances under which it had taken place. Where a party had deliberately violated hospitality, and seduced the wife of his friend, was a very different case from that where the wife was obliged to leave her home in consequence of frequent quarrels with her hus band, and having left that home, having no friend in the world to look to, clung to a stranger. Now, that was the present case. There was no evidence of any in tercourse between the parties until after she had left her husband's house. That the parties had known each other before then, there could be no doubt but it was clear from the first letter that the defendant was not aware, in the smallest degree, of the circumstances under which the lady had withdrawn from her husband's house. It seemed that for some time the parties had not been in the most happy disposition to wards each other ; that in 1839 they had proceeded far in their differences—the husband had complained of her going out alone, and of her sitting at the window, and, from the whole correspondence, it was not a strained supposition to imagine that on the lady's leaving her husband's house she met the defend ant, and having no place to resort to she went to the de fendant. Such he (Mr. T.) believed to be the correct supposition ; it was borne out by all the letters, and no evidence had been adduced to contradict it. Attempts had been made to connect the defendant with the por trait painted in 1829 ; this was a most unfair course of proceeding ; for what evidence had the plaintiff to show for whom that portrait was painted? Then what else was there in the case ? He had been, like his Learned Friend, in many cases o f this description, but never in the whole course of his practice did he recollect a case in which evidence for the purpose of furnish ing a criterion by which damages were to be estimated was so scanty as in the present. It could not be said that it was the duty of the de fendant to give evidence, because he admitted his fault, he did not deny that he was answerable to the plaintiff for infringing the law, and interfering with his domestic peace ; but the plaintiff was bound to furnish the Jury with all he knew. Now did the Jury believe that they had before them the whole truth of the case, which could alone be furnished within the walls of the house of the plaintiff ? Certainly they could not. Anything that had occurred between the defendant and the lady could not be brought forward, because neither of them could be examined as witnesses. The plaintiff had the means of furnishing the fullest materials, and if he withheld them to what other conclusion could the Jury come, but that there was more in the case than met the ear, and that the wife of the plaintiff never could have conducted herself as had been represented. Here there were twenty-two years of uninterrupted happiness suddenly disturbed, not by the intrusion of a stranger, but in consequence of a wife walking from her husband's house and meet ing that stranger. Now, what could be the cause of that The lady was at an age when she was not likely to be led away by flattery, and if her home was a happy one, she would have counted upon its comforts, and not have deserted them and connected herself with a stranger. The truth was, and he thought the Jury could not hesitate to come to that conclusion, that her home had been made unhappy by the conduct of her husband, and that in 1838 that step was taken which put an end to the confidence of matrimo nial life. Although it might be true that to Mr. Dashwood and others, the plaintiff had not exhibited any violence or oat-breaking, yet that he was violent in his temper, and that serious disputes had taken place, was clear from all that had been adduced. The Jury, he was sure, could have no hesitation in believing that the whole matter had arrived at such a pitch, that nothing would do but separation. The wife found at home coldness, passion, and violence, and was it there fore to be wondered at that she should cling to others, though that connection was not sanctioned by the altar ? The wife had no friend to turn to but this stranger for pro tection from the cruelties of her husband. The did turn to him ; she became guilty and fell, but under circumstances of great palliation. The defendant, as he had before said, knew that he was amenable to the law, and was ready to submit to the verdict of the Jury, but, under all the circumstances, and looking to the brutal attack that had been made upon the defendant by the plaintiff when the writ was served, he (Mr. Thessiger) trusted the Jury would think the justice of the case would be satisfied by a small measure of damages. The UNDER SHERIFF summed up, and The Jury, after retiring for about a quarter of an hour. returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 3001., costs 20s. The following are the letters which were read during the trial : The Chambers, Feb. 7, Friday Nignt. MY BELOVED AIATILDE,—Never did lon any occa sion so long for the hour of meeting, or indulge in such dreams of pleasure as to-day. I called this morning at twelve in king William -street, and there was not any letter ; I therefore concluded nothing new had occur red. I passed at least a dozen times at the hour agreed upon, and yet though I did not see you, I did not con clude that you were unable to come. I waited you be low here from six till half•past seven. I came up and sat till nine. I then began to fear I know not what — to think of retiring to-night without any attempt at find ing what had occurred was impossible. I thought some letter might have since arrived—started off imme diately to the City—and there I find you wrote to-day. There is not any Post-office hour marked on it, so that I cannot tell at what hour it reached ; nor can I ex press, dearest Matilde, how deeply I regret not having received it before Post time this evening. _ Worthing I know really nothing about, but I very soon shall know something. Your letter seems to have been written in the greatest possible haste, and bears all the signs and tokens of extreme emotion and excite ment. I feel happy that you have left, although I could have so much desired that we should have had this evening for converse ; but the scenes in which you have of late played a part, must have been of so harassing a nature that it is quite impossible such a system as yours could have longer borne up against its effects. lam glad, there fore, that you are away from your tormentors. Be lieve me I feel already I shall strongly miss those daily glimpses I have caught of you. That moment was a little epoch in every day. The constant endeavour so to form arrangements that they should not prevent my being there at the appointed time, caused it to be constantly on my mind, and I felt a real and true pleasure when ever circumstances permitted that stolen glance, and disappointment when they did not. I cannot imagine under what circumstances you have gone, darling. What arrangements preceded your de parture? What preparations have been made at Worthing for your reception ? Are you at the house of a friend, or where ? These and a thousand other questions crowd upon me, and I would have you an swer them all this minute were it possible. I feel, how ever, that some such knowledge ought to exist on my part before I make my appearance at Worthing. Had you told me in yonr letter the coach-office in town from which you are going, I should have been able to trace you ; but at the present moment, knowing nothing of Worthing, or any of its inns, I know not what to say. I must wait to-morrow, dearest, before I can say anything about the visit, and how it is to be made, and where I am to see you. It just occurs to me I may have a letter ffrom you to-morrow morning. How anxiously I shall go early to the City. 1 came byre to reside to-day. I am already thinking how it can be arranged that you should, ere long, come and pass a few days with me in this seclusion, but we must be cautious, dearest. You will, of course, now direct the letters to the office, but never allow any one to post them but yourself only. I long to hear from your own dear lips all that has oc curred since we met. I thought once yesterday, when I passed your house, that I was observed very particu larly from your drawing-room, but I suppose it was only apprehension, as my glance was so stolen a one—you will at least be tranvil now, if not happy, but you will also be happy too, I ?rope, ere long. The more I re flect on what has occurred of late, the more certain I am that the course you have now pursued was the only only one left if life was to be preserved, or if it was to have anything left worth the preserving it for. The 7th of February will be an epoch : who can tell what may be its results ? Dearest darling Matilda (I feel happy to have given you a name none other can have ever ad dressed you by), dearest Matilda, I shall say good night to you, reserving the other page for the morrow, when I hope to be able to tell you the coach, the hour, and all that may be necessary. A thousand blessings, and as many kisses, and good night. GULIELNIO. Saturday. I have your letter, my darling Matilda, as the ad dress of this cannot fail to convince you. You cau tion me against going in the neighbourhood of Old 8.- street. Can I have been right, then, in my suspi cions on Thursday? But it is useless to form conjec tures. I will hear all from your own lips. I cannot state at what hour, &c., I shall be in Worthing ; at the latest, however, I purpose leaving town to-morrow morning at nine, by the Worthing coach, though it is possible I may go down to Brighton to-night, and get to Worthing early in the morning. In the former case --viz., that I go at nine to-morrow morning, you may, I suppose, expect a call from me at or about four or five o'clock. I have not yet fixed on the name in which I shall present myself. I think it better not to take my sister's name of Seymour, but a manufactured one. I t is possi ble and most probable I may be announced as e ' re l‘ fo i r r e . , Stciry you t Ye s, I s h a ll use that n ame , an d, h iie." n i ay prepare, darling, for M r . S torv il le ' s t 'VIE SUN, LONI3ON. SA.TURDAY, DECEMPER B. MO. reception. Of course, if Idogo to Brighton to-night, I shall call on you earlier. I have already so arranged matters that I need dot leave till Monday night. I am most impatient to sea you, and until I de, dearest, believe me, as ever, Your's, GULIELMO. March 2d, Monday night. How very abruptly I terminated my letter to day dearest Matilde, but the circumstances were peculiar. I have been throughout the day employed, there was a thread to unravel, and with my present feelings I could not, know a moment's peace until some certainty, or supposed certainty, was established. I worked there fore with the Baron ; the result has been that I hold at present about 50,0001. Spanish Stock. We know from one of the parties interested that the agent employed has arrived to-day in London from Madrid ; that he has brought with him the ratification by the Spanish Government of the new loan, and that the bankers and other capitalists immediately interested here, were to meet this evening to decide as to the mode of its being made public. You know my prudence, dearest, and you may be assured that upon nothing less than what appears certain and indisputa ble, and inallible evidence, would I risk what, if things take a contrary turn, will cause me a most serious embarrassment. I feel certain, I desire to make money for both our sakes. If all comes off as the parties principally interested believe. (I know that one of them holds 700,0001.) 1 shall make every handsome sum,and we shall be immediatelyrelieved from many of those disadvantages to which we are now sub ject. If success crown this grand effort, my Matilde, I shall ascribe the success to you ; should failure, with all its evils, come,, I doubt not I shall find some imp ortant point has escaped my notice and the Baron's, and that to ourselves alone the loss must be attributed. But I have hopes, dearest Matilde, and hopes of no common kind. God grant they may be realised, and our loves .may be thereby simplified. I had not time to answer you to-day about your cousin. I left your letter in the City, but 1 think it was your cousin's you said ; my own Matilde, why ask my opinion on such a trifle. I say so, although it pleases me that you have done so. Write to him, dearest, if you and he be friends ; he must be worthy our friendship, and I would have him think well, and care well, for the being whom I adore. I remember you say of those six or eight lines, " if they be yours." They were an impromptu in the coach that runs between Brighton and London, dearest, and remember this ; all versification, or metre, or poe try, in my letters, if no author's name be attached thereto, is mine, and inspired by you, because I inva riably put the name of the author when I quote, acid state the period and circumstances of the composition of it if it be mine of an earlier date. How pleasing, how delightful, is the confidence we have established with each other. It is one of the fruits of real love, I presume, since it is so great a novelty to me. It soothes and consoles me to a degree no words can express ; in truth I can feel, although I cannot say or write how much I owe to my Matilda. I must tell you that my virtue and resistance, like Bob Acres' valour, is oozing out, and that I am contem plating receiving you in town for a few days. If any doubt and uncertainty should continue, contrary to our expectations, to hang over our speculations, it will be difficult for me to absent myself from London ; and as it is impossible for me to live wits any degree of happi ness much longer without seeing you, and as I know so well I am so necessary to your felicity, I shall be com pelled to make a compact with myself, and solicit as a boon what I before rejected—viz. that you should come up here. You will not, however, expect that in this letter I should fix anything positive about it. But for this be prepared, my Matilde, either I come down to B. or W. at the end of this present week, or you come up to me. Do ydu observe how imperiously I write ? Forgive me, dearest, for it is the result of the confirmed certainty I have under your own sweet hand, that you will abide by any decision I may snake thereanent. I have dined again to-day at my sister's. Her hus band wished to consult me about a speculation into which he and his partner were inclined to enter, and in which they wished me to join. I have, however kuocked down the plan so far as regards myself, and that has determined them to abandon it also. It is very late, darling, indeed ; the clock has just now struck two To-morrow will be a busy day with me, as I must first go to the City, and then to Belgreve square, before twelve, for an interview with Lord C., who has appointed me that hour by letter ; therefore, good night, dearest. Buonas noches filha miva demon cceur—may a rose from the Celestial garden be placed this night upon your heart. Good night. Tuesday, Four. I had not time to read your letter until I reached Belgrave-square, and there I was indebted to it foi. relief and pleasure during the ten minutes I had to wait before his Lordship could receive me. I had a satis factory and confidential chat for an hour and a-half with him, and think some good may come of it. The speculation of Spanish goes on well thus far. I could now realize 4001. upon it, but being in the secret, and having entered with a great expectancy, of course I do not even for a moment think of selling out. 1 have just come from time parties principally concerned, and alt is as right as can be, lam assured. You see I do, indeed, admit you to my confidence. If the people here thought I her.? 50,000/. they would proclaim instant ruin.—God bless, you, darling ; and to-morrow you shall hear again from your GULIELMO. Friday morning, March 13. I have just received your welcome letter, darling Ma tilde, and being alone and unoccupied for a few minutes, avail myself of the opportunity to acknowledge and thank you for it. We were very fortunate, I think, as to the coaches, but hope that we shall not have any fur ther occasion for arranging such long journies for my Matilde. As you had written to your cousin, I presume he re ceived the intelligence as to your departure from town and present address from Broad. street, and of course in any such communication your conduct would be pro nounced most faulty, seeing that those you have left be llied consider themselves free from all blame. You say his letter was a cruel one—l hope he will write no more such, but that if your reply shall not have induced a change in his opinions and feelings, he will abstain from writing altogether ; and this I think most likely to' be the result, or that he will come and visit you ; indeed, my beloved Matilde, it would be folly for us to attempt to conceal from ourselves that our attempts at self-justifica tion with others are almost sure to be unsuccessful ones, for society is a tyrant that punishes not alone for open breaches of its laws an 4 regulations, but for aught that can be termed an m ffort to escape from the influence and trammels of any of them, however odious. What do you mean, darling Matilda, by having written to him and implored him to touch no more on that subject ? What subject ? Has he been told that it is for the sake of other's society that you resolved on such a separation from former ties? and have you admitted that such was the case? But no, this cannot be, and I must misinterpret. You can never give me greater pleasure, my own darling Matilda, than in proving to me that the sweet images with which my love fills your soul are capable of relieving you from the pangs of other's unkindnesses, and relieving you from clouds that, would otherwise oppress you. 'Tis true I think, and feel that I estimate your value rather too highly (rather is a most word when applied to such worship is it not), and that you have too much trust and confidence ; but dearest Matilde if it is for your happiness, as it should seem to be, to think and feel different on this subject, why then I can only beg ou to continue to cherish a love and trust that produces you so good an immediate result. , Thpt you were happy, during the few days you were with me, was so evident, that I scarce needed your as surance to that effect, yet it gives me pleasure to trace the words in your own hand—would our bliss could have been of longer duration. I do not go to Liverpool until Monday night, dearest, My broker had been rather overdoing himself this account, and I do not leave town with any pleasure till my account be satisfactorily arranged, 'as I find he has so much difficulty in carrying over, that I am compelled to close gradually with him, and buy in the other peo ple. Ido not expect that I shall make even 501. on this account, but believe also that I shall not lose a farthing, which is so far satisfactory. And now dearest, good bye. This is a hurried and poor letter, but you will forgive that as well as all faults of your, GULIELMO. March 25th,Wednesday night. It is past midnight, my beloved Matilda, and I have this moment returned from an interview with some gen tlemen connected with a new railroad, to be brought before the public, and to which they have solicited me to become Secretary ; it is a thing I should some time ago have most decidedly and instantly rejected, although they talk of 6001. a-year, but I now feel more disposed to take the matter into consideration, and reflect well before saying " No." I have not now that objection to remain in England for a period that would have formerly much influenced me, and I begin now to feel more anxious for certainties. I could not possibly think of retiring for the night, without some communion with the mistress of my soul. My letters since our happy interview have been brief and hurried, and can have done little more than assure you of the impossibility of my allowing a post to leave London without some greeting for my beloved Matilde. And this, what will this be ? 1 could tell you more, were I with you, by one little pressure of the band, by a few simple (and to other ears, did they hear them, seemingly unmeaning) words, than a dozen letters could make known to you. My heart, Matilde, is in the same place as when at B. You knew then that all its pulsations were yours, and I tell you no w that it beats but for you. I cannot tell you, my own Matilde, how much your letter, which I received this morning, delighted me. I know that your capabilities are great, your imagination is bright ; your powers of description I have often found admirable, your perception of character is quick and searching, and your knowledge of society such as will render your task much easier than it would otherwise be. Many mysteries of the heart have also been of late revealed to you, and you have all such knowledge in freshness and vigour ; in a word, I am sure you will do charmingly, but whether you succeed or not, I shall hail this as a happy omen. lam sure the effort will in terest you, and relieve the todiousness and monotony of your seclusion, and this belief gives me an inexpressible pleasure. You ask me what name I shall bear. Do you re member the reply of the spirit to Manfred when called upon by him to take some visible form ? Well, dearest, I `answer with the spirit. But as a more direct reply I have the same prejudice in favour of Bertram that you have, my Matilda ; for I have never forgotten your re calling that beautiful (though, as then used, inapplicable) passage to my notice ; and on the score of the name not being English, I question whether a Norman name is not as good an English one at any time as an Irish one can be, and Bertram has less pretensions, and would I therefore comport better with my modest character. I long to know what will result from our advertise : at this season of the year particularly, all persons who have the slightest idea or wish of receiving an in mate, read the Times, in the hope of something appear ing ; and many who have never thought of such things before, notice and reply to advertisements of this na ture. Ido hope we shall succeed, that your vision of a coarse, vulgar mailresse de loge will prove to have been a cheating one. And now, my darling Matilda, I am for bed : would I could transport myself at this moment to that in which you repose ! Ho, sweet would then be our good night ! But, as this cannot be, still good night, my beloved Matilde. Thursday, Sept. 4. The inclosure your letter of this morning brought to me, my darling Matilde, is evidently written by a man who feels a deep interest in your welfare, but who does not seem at all to understand your true position and character. I think that you are bound by respect for yourself to write som et h i ng like the inclosed. You must expect that all blame has been laid upon you, because it is evident that none of those who were about you could sympathise with your peculiar men tal conformation ; and although I would not utter a word of accusation or reproach, I would to such a person as the writer of that letter, give sufficient hints to convince him that it required no ordinary degree of misery to nerve me to such a course as I had pur sued ; while, at the same time, I gave no room fot hope of my retracing my steps, since the result has been peace and tranquil happiness, to which I had been a stranger ; and which contrasts so strongly with what I had too long known. I have not time for a word more, darling. Do not write your cousin, however, till you hear from me again. Believe always in my love, as you do in Heaven, and that I am unchangeable, your GULIELAIO. Copy of the inclosure referred to in the foregoing letter : . . " I was of course surprised at receiving another letter from you, and not less so at learning that C— was with you at Exeter. As the privacy of our correspandenee, which I felt it due to myself to impose as a condition of it, seems to weigh upon you, I shall reply as briefly as possible to your kind letter. " You must excuse my discussing the past in any way. You have made yourself acquainted with the leading facts through another channel, but the secrets of the prison-house are ever unknown save to the captive and his gaolers ; I shall not reveal them. My mind is, per haps, too sensitive, but that is not my fault ; but believe me I would not again endure the miseries and insults that have been heaped upon me during the last for all that could be offered me of luxury of the world —nay, more than that all—even of your approval. You are a witness that I have not sought to justify myself at the expense of others, even to the person whose continued esteem I most covet, nor shall I now say more than that there was no choice left to me between madness and the step I have taken—a step at which I myself shuddered, but which, notwith standing all the privations it entails, I would not on any account retrace. The peace of mind I now experience, compensates me for all else, and I feel that it will endure. " As to the infamous author of those letters, whoever he m :y be, I feel no apprehension, and although (if he were indeed, as seems far from impossible, guided by the views you have attributed to him), he may have succeeded in part, here his triumph ends ; nor do I think I need fear any molestation from him ; but if such a thing should hapeen, and I should be obliged to apply for further protection, I should certainly not hesi tate a moment as to accepting your kindly offered aid." March 28th , —Saturday Morning. _ I have your business letter as you call it, de a rest Matilde, and as you have given so much importance to my part of our business a 3 to commence with it, I shall do likewise. Respecting the secretaryship I have had further conversation about it last evening, and was strongly inclined to decide in favour of the post, and now I most unequivocally do so, and send a note to the parties accordingly. You take the same view I do. I can resign it whenever I please, even without entering upon the duties, for these will be scarcely worth mentioning for a long time to come, and at all events it will be a hold by, should everything else go bad, as my late unfortunate speculations. How delightfully do we agree, do we not? Is it. not most pitiful we cannot make a perfect amalgamation ? A tunny phrase is it. not? But it is merely a carrying out of your own idea of getting into one another's souls. - By the bye, let mo tell you at once, the railroad is that of which you will find a long notice among the ad ' vertisements of yesterday, signed " Lumley" (the Opera man), solicitor. It is peculiarly a London railway, and is intended to have a branch in Croydon to join the Brighton terminus there, so as to convey the Brighton passengers wanting to go west to Knightsbridge at once, without imposing on them the necessity of going to London-bridge. I think the railroad will bear the name I proposed for it last night, viz. " The London General Terminus Railway," as it goes to all the railway termi nuses at all parts of London. lam glad you think well of the sketch for W. N. I wrote it hastily at the Baron's, while he was conversing with some one else about ou r unfortunate Spanish. I perceive exactly the difficulty you are in with him, but I think and believe you will get out of it nobly in the way I have suggested—it is absolutely indispensable in such cases to diplomatize. lam sorry if you have written to 8.-street about the " modicum," because I think, one y in your position , all points connected with the money arrange ments mad e b e f ore you l e f t L on d on should be treated through their solicitor—there ought not to be any occasion indeed to treat about them at all. I will not venture to express any opinion regarding the Highgate young ladies —it is too gross. But I have always said that the general expressions about natural ties, and feelings, and affection, were all "hum bug." Do you like this word? It is not elegant, but is expressive, and was a very necessary invention, and an excellent addition to the English language. I perceive that you are, indeed, immensely taken with the Croydon gentleman's letter. I shall see about it forthwith, you may believe, as the sooner we can deter mine on some residence the better. This is not such a letter as you ought to have on Saturday, beloved Matilde, but I have been unable to do more, particularly as,l intended starting off directly for Croydon. If it can be arranged there that you re ceive a letter by to-morrow morning, I will write the result and post it at Croydon. Ever beloved, believe me, faithfully, GULIELMO. COURT oF SEWERS, WEST- MINSTER. A Court of Sewers was held yesterday at twelve Court by o'clock at the Sewers Office for the Liberties of West minster, Greek-street, Soho. EDWARD WILLOUGHBY, Esq., in the Chair. The minutes of the proceedings of the last Court were read. On the Clerk reading that portion of the minutes. which related to the Jury, . Mr. LESLIE objected to its being stated that the jury retired for deliberation. They were ordered out 1 i i f b c C r u t t he for Ch th a e irm p a u n r , po n s o e t foOfrhtehaeriopguripuoase private vdate.e room the evidence on which they were to found their presentm ent. The C • -1141 nuar t said, that the fact was as stated in the minutes. I t did retire to deliberate. The Chair man ewag the organ of the Court. The words "at the rues r the Court" m i g ht be added, if it were deemed req 04 uisit e . Mr. Les li e , if h e did not app rove o f the mi▪ nutes, had better propose an amendment. The CLERK said that the record was made in the usual manner as on all former occasions. Mr. LESLIE moved as an amendment that the words at the request of the Court be added. No one however seconded it, and the amendment consequently fell to the ground! On the m ot i on for the confirmat i on o f t h e m i nu t e s being put, LESLIE again protested against the incorrectne ss of the min u t es , which were however conf i rme d, M r . Les lie's being th e on l y hand held up aga i nst it. Mr. L ESLIE wished to know why i n their minutes the names of the movers and seconders of motions did not appear? He considered it most important that they should be recorded, and asked whether there was any positive law on the subject, or whether the prese nt prac tice was mer e l y authorised ' b custom. The CH AIRMAN said ther e was no positive law on the subject, a n d h e did not see there co uld be any ob jection tw th e names of the movers an d seco nders of mo tions and --endrnents appearing, but he thou g ht no alteration should be made without notice. Summonses were then ordered to issue against several person s who were in arrcar of their rates. Letters w ere read from the S ecre t ar i e s of the Mid dlesex and Charing -cross Hospitals, and various other persons, rel a ti ng to the payment o f t h e ir rates. A warrant the occupiers o f t h e Charing-cross Hospital, for ear of rates. of distress was ordered to issue against sm In the ease;tof the summons against the Duke . of Sussex for th e St. James's P ar k , Payment of rates for a certa in portion of The CLERK, in reply t o Mr. I Les !i e, observed that be knew it had been the intention of the former Court that his motion should remain in abeyance until the de cision of the Kensington case. The CHAIRMAN.—One case will decide the rest. Mr. LESLIE — Will one case decide the rest? The CLERK—If the case of Mr. Ayter and Kensing ton Palace 5e decided against the Commissioners, it will determine the case of St. James's Palace. It was then, as we understood, agreed that the case should be suffered to remain in abeyance. A warrant, on the motion of Capt. PAYNE, was or dered to issue against the proprietor of the chapel is John-street, Adelphi. The Trustee of the Unitarian Chapel in Little Port land-street, said that he would pay the rate under pro test against its legality. Mr. LE BRETON appeared on behalf of the Church wardens of St. Martin's. He had only to say that the Churchwardens did not intend to pay the Sewer-rate for the church, as they were desirous of having the question tried by some superior tribunal, and that therefore they should resist any levy being made, ac cording as they should be advised by counsel. In reply to the Chairman, Mr. Le Breton said that he should oppose the rate on every ground, without confining himself to any ; but he would mention two-Ist, that the church was not liable ; nod, 2dly, that the Church wardens were not tbe persons liable to be rated, inas- much as they were neither owners nor occupiers of the property ; but if any other grounds should arise afterwards, he should certainly take advantage of them. He hoped that one action would be permitted to decide all the cases, so that expense might be saved. He also appeared on behalf of the Church of St. Michael's, Burleigh-street, and objected that there were no such persons as the churchwardens of St. Michael's—it being the opinion of the Bishop of London that it was in fact part of the parish Church of St. Martin ; that question was, however, as yet undecided. Mr. COLLIER appeared on behalf of the churchwar dens of St. Clement's Danes, and submitted that being a parish church, it was not liable to rating. He under- stood that the Commissioners had take; counsel's opi Dion ; now,• he had two propositions to make to the Court—first, that a copy of the opinion and the case on which it was founded, should be given to him to be laid before the parish, and if it were found that the case was fairly and properly stated, and that the opinion was conclusive, he would submit and tell the parish officers that it was his opinion that they ought to pay the rate. If that were refused, then he would ask for a delay until the Ist May, in order that they might not have ten or twelve actions pending at once. The parish would by that time have been enabled to come to consideration on the subject. Mr. FRANCE thought the request so fair, that he, would at once move that the case and opinion be fur nished to the applicant. Mr. LESLIE thought they ought to proceed with great caution. St. Martin's had already peremptorily refused to pay the rates, therefore the acceding to this proposition would not at all affect their position. The solicitor from St. Martin's had fairly told them that he would take every objection, besides no regular notice had been given of the motion. The CHAIRMAN thought the Court ought to take time to consider before it came to any decision on so important a subject. Mr. FRANCE then withdrew his motion. Mr. BUTT, appeared as the solicitor, representing the whole of the parochial property for the parishes of St. George's and St. Giles B!oonlsbury, in all the eight cases, and acting under the advice of counsel, he thought it right to state to the Court that in every case in which they should think proper to distrain he should bring an action. The CHAlRMAN—Workhouse included ? Mr. BUTT—Yes, Sir. We resist all the rates. Mr. ALLEN, who represented St. Ann's parish, said that he attended out of respect to the Court. The Churchwardens had not yet made up their minds, but they seemed inclined to tread in the steps of Mr. Collier. A GENTLEMAN. who attended on behalf of the pa rish of St. Mary-le-Strand, said that the parish was a very small one, and he trusted that some delay would he aff irded them, as they wished to wart to see what was done by the other parishes. Mr. FRANCE said that before they proceeded farther he was desirous of moving that the parties interested should be furnished with every information on the sub ject. Mr. LESLIE—No doubt but they have all seen the opinion. Mr. FRANCE—Why, then, should the Churchwardens of St. Clement Danes make the application they have made through the medium of Mr. Collier ? In answer to questions put to them, seriatim, the so licitors to the different parishes declared that they had not seen the case and opinion in question. The CHAIRMAN sail that if ever there was a case where it was necessary to adhere strictly to their rules it was in the present one, which was of the greatest importance. It would be better not to depart front the rule requiring notice to be given of every motion before it should be brought forward. Mr. FRANCE would give notice of his motion for the next Court. Mr. HAWKE3 moved the adjournment of the further consideration of these cases until the next Court, when they should be specially considered. Mr. MULLINS thought the parties came too late now to appeal against the rate ; they should have entered a plea of traverse. Mr. HAWKES knew of no rule to prevent an adjourn ment. The cases were so important, that they ought to act cautiously. Why should they he in such haste to issue the warrants ? by a little delay they would better their position with the public, as showing that they had no desire to rush into liti gation. He should, therefore, persist in his mo tion for adjourning the further consideration of this question to next Court, and thought it would be better to constitute the next Court a special one for that purpose. The motion having been put from the Chair, there appeared— For Mr. Hawker's motion - - Against it --- - 9 0 Majority in favour of adjourning the question to the next Court Mr. MULLINS thought it right that the parties inte rested should know that all documents belonging to the Court were public documents, and as such they had a right to inspect them. Mr. HAwKEs then moved—That Friday next a spe cial general Court be held, and that Mr. France's mo• tion, of which he had given notice, should on that day have precedence. Mr. LESLIE suggested that the Court should, on that occasion, meet at an earlier hour, so as to give time for a full discussion of this important subject. The officers of some of the parishes had declared their intention of bringing the case before a higher tribunal, so as to have the opinion of the Judges of the land on the point. The Commissioners must enforce this view of the case ; and the only Way of bringing the matter to trial, was by their issuing their warrant of distress. They must enforce the rate. They had been asked if they would take one case, and let the other abide by the decision of that ; it would be folly to have ten actions pending at once, and proba bly by the time fixed for holding the Special Court the parish officers would be prepared, one and all, to fix upon some one case, by the decision of which the others should abide. The parish advisers did not at present appear to be at all agreed on the subject. St. Martin's had paid the rate on the workhouse, and was prepared to pay on the vestry ; while St. George's and St. Giles's, in all eight cases, whether for church or workhouse, were prepared to litigate the question. He thought also that the business should be fully stated in the No tiee-paper, in order that every Commissioner might be fully aware of the importance of the business which was to be brought before the Court. Af er a few words from Mr. Mullins and Captain Payne, the motion of Mr. Hawkes was agreed to, and eleven o'clock precisely fixed as the hour of commencing the proceedings. 'rho Court then proceeded to transact a quantity of routine business, having disposed of which it adjourned. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE DOW NIN G-ST REET, DEC. 4, 1840. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Commodore Charles Nier, Comanion of the Most Honourable Military Order the Bath, to b p e a Knight Commander of the said Order. of Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire. The Right N Hon. J. C. Viscount Redhaven to be De H puty- Li eu tenant ; . lil‘Leod, of M•Leod, Esq., to be ditto ; H. to be ditto ; E. MacPherson , of Glen- Fraen, of Ne wton, Es q ., truirn, Esq., to be ditto, Nov. 12. Inverness-shire Militia—F. Allardyce, Gent., to be Ensign, yi ec W. Walker, resigned, Nov. 20. WHITEHALL, Nov. 27. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Lumb, the younger, of Whitehaven, in the county of Cumberland, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, Nov, 28. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Arthur Tucker, m Chard, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The following places have been duly registered for solemniz ing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of the Gth and 7th William IV. , chap. 85 : Zion Chapel, cloolc, West Riding of Yorkshire. Independent Chapel, Broad Chalke, Wiltshire. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. RICHARD NEARY and BENJAMIN JOSEPH HOGG, fringe-manufacturers, Newgate-street. MARY MORE, florist, Chelsea. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS POWELL, carpenter, Carpenter-street, St. George's, Hanover-square, to surrender, Dec. 11, at eleven, and Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee; Smith, Chancery-lane. THOMAS ASIITON, bill-broker, Berners-stroet, Ox ford-street, Dec. 15, at half-past one, and Jam. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, B a singhall-street, offi cial assignee; Sydney, Liverpool street, Broad-street. JOSEPH BENSON, confectioner, Birmingham, Dec. 18 and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Chaplin, Gray's; lrin-square; Spurrier and Chaplin, Birming ham. EDNI,UND LEAKE , clothier, H o lme, Almondbury, York. shire, Dec. P.), at half-past nine, and Jan. 15, at two, at the George Inn, Huddersfield. Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London; Turner, Huddersfield. WILLIAM STOKER, corn-dealer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dec. 28, at eleven, and Jan. 13, at one, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle. upon-Tyne. Nicholls and Son, Cook's-court, Lincoln's-inn, London ; Kent, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. WILLIAM NICHOLS WRIGHT, tailor, Nottingham, Dec. 14, and Jan. 15, at twelve, at the George the Fourth. Inn, Nottingham. Smith, Nottingham ; G. and C. Rush worth, Staple-inn, Holborn,, London. THOMAS BOOTH, inkeeper, Sand-beds, Yorkshire, Dec. 14, at eleven, and Jan. 15, at ten, at the Shakspeate Tavern, Halifax. Jaques, Battye, and Edwards, Ely-place, London. AIORGAN DAVID MORGAN, grocer, Beaufort Iron Works, Breconshire, Dee. 23 and Jan. 1 5, at eleven, at the Castle Hotel, Brecon. Baker, Abergavenny ; Fennell and Williams, Bedford-row, London. EDWARD MILNES, innkeeper, Bradford, Yorkshire, Dec. 19, at the Court-house, Bradford, and Jan. 15, at ene, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Flower, Bread-street, Cheapside, London ; Bentley, Hall Ings, Bradford. GEORGE FISHER, oil and colourman, Paul-street, Fins bury, Dec. 14, at two, and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Thomas and Young, Tokenhouse-yard. LIONEL WIGG, cattle-dealer, Darsham, Suffolk, Dec. 17, and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Beccles, Suffolk. Read, Halesworth ; Francis and Son, Monument yard, London. ALFRED KNIGHT, worsted-yarn manufacturer, Wood street, Cheapside, Dec. 19, at one, and Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy . Edwards, official assignee, Frede rick's'-place, Old Jewry ; Stephens, Wilkinson, and Satchell, Queen-street, Cheapside. _ SAMUEL SAVAKER, linen-draper, Rathbone-place, , . Oxford -street, Dec. 19, at twelve, and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, of ficial assignee ; Goddard, Wood-street, Cheapside. JOHN FLANIGAN, dealer, Hulme, Manchester, Dec. 22, and Jan. 15, at two, at tie Commiss ioners'-rooms, Man chester. Clarke and Medcalf. Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Higgiabottom, Buckley, and Lord, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lan cashire. GEORGE MATKIN and JOSEPH BUXTON, grocers, Chorlton• upon-Medlock, Dec. 17, and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Hall, Bishop, and Mourilyan, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn, London ; Aspinall, Manchester. . JOHN PORTER, coach-manufacturer, Ordsall. Notting hamshire, Dec. 15, and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, East Retford. Hawkins, Bloxham, and Stocker, Carey street, London ; Mee and Bigsby, East Retford. JOHN BURLINSON, upholsterer, Sunderland, Dec. 15 and Jan. 15, at one, at Honer 's Hotel, Sunderland. Kidson, and Son, Sunderland; Meggison, Pringle, and Manisty, Bed ford. row, London. THOMAS SMITH, tailor, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, Dec. 18 and Jan. 15, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Brittan, Bristol ; Davidson, Bread-street, Cheapside. London. RICHARD BRIANT, builder, Whitchurch, Oxfordshire, Dec. 14 and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the George Inn, Reading, Berks. Weedon, Reading ; Hill, Throgmorton-street,London. JOHN JEFFERSON HARRISON, paper-manufacturer, Gateshead, Durham, Dec. 28, at one, and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Meggison, Pringle, and Manisty, King's-road, Bedford-row, London; Djnkin, Stable, and Armstrong, and Brown, New castle-upon-Tyne. JEREMIAH HORSFALL, cotton-spinner, Farfield, Ad. dingham, Yorkshire, Dec. 19, at the Couit.house, Bradford, and Jan. 15, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Walter and Pemberton, Symond's Inn, Chancery-lane, London ; Tol son, Bradford. JAMES CLACK, Baker, Sekford- street, Clerkenwell, Dec. 19, at two, and Jan. 15, at one at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street, offlical assignee ; Armstrong, Old Jewry. SAMUEL THURSTON, coal-merchant, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, Dec. 22, at one, and Jan. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, official assignee ; Hughes, Castle-street, Holborn. JAMES PARKE and CHARLES KENRICK, tailors and drapers, Liverpool, Dec. 18. and Jan. 15, at one, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool. Norris, Allen, and Simpson, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn, London; Norris, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. E. Glass, wine merchant, Oxford -street, Dec. 14, at ha past twelve. In the Country. A. Gittins and J. Cartwright, ironmongers, Shrewsbury, Dec. 26, at eleven, at the Shire-hall, Shrewsbury—R. Scamp ton, grocer, Coventry, Dec. 31, at one, at the Craven Arms Hotel, Coventry—D. Crow, tanner, Sheffield, Dec. 28, at eleven, at the Town- hall, Sheffield—T. Mathers, news agent, Canterbury, Dec. 28, at twelve, at the Guildhall, Canterbury— W. C. Stafford, printer, Doncaster, Dec. 30, at twelve, at the Guildhall, Doncaster—W. Storey, pawnbroker, Sheffield, Dec. 31, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Sheffield—J. Smith, grocer, Thorne, Yorkshire, Dec. 30, at eleven, at the Guildhall, Don caster—T. Fowler, distiller, Manchester, Jan. 5, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—R. P. and S. Prat, scriveners, Glastonbury, Jan. 4, at one, at the Somerset Hotel, Wells—E. Bach, haberdasher, Birmingham, Dec. 28, at two, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham—H. Mayle, grocer, Bed ford, Dec. 28, at eleven, at the Kings Arms Inn, Bedford— J. Brown, ironmaster, Birmingham, Dec. 30, at two, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham—W. Holdaway, innkeeper, Petersffeld, Southampton, Jan. 4, at one, at the Red Lion Inn, Fareham. CERTIFICATES—DEc. 25. S. Hyde, jun. and J. Lawton, cotton spinners, Itlottram- in- Longdendale, Cheshire —N. P. Wood, banker, Burslem, Staf lordshire—R. P. Styles, chemist, Banbury, Oxfordshire—J. Adams, feather merchant, George-street, Thrawl-street, Spi talfields—W. C. Bell, maltster, Lincoln—A. R. Hickman, victualler, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire—T. K. Vale, linen draper, Bromyard, Hereford. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. and E. Mansell, newspaper agents, Birmingham—M. A. and C. Mansell,boot dealers, Birmingham—l. Bildersee and M. Moses, slipper manufacturers, Gloucester-street, Commer cial-road East—W. W. Barringer and A. Burton, grocers, Brentford—J. Wright, H. Hindley, and J. Hindley, fustian manufacturers, Farnworth, Lancashire—J. B. Bevis and T. Daniell, general agents, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall—T. T. Brown and G. A. Murton, wine merchants, St. Leonard's-on- Sea, Sussex—T. and H. Standen. butchers, Wadhurat, Sussex —J. Browne and S. Sykes, stuff merchants, Leeds—Z. Ed wards, G. H. Pugh, and W. Mills, bleachers, Milt-lane, Deptford (so far as regards Z. Edwards)—J. Heap, W. W. Heap, and T. Pate, cotton spinners, Manchester—J. Wright, T. Millership, and R. Plant, Cleveland Colliery, Wednesfield heath, Staffordshire—G. Gill and J. Hoyle, cotton spinners, Tonge, Manchester—A. Braithwaite and D. Ramsay, commer cial agents, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars—G. Keighley and W. Bamford, worsted spinners, Burnley, Lancashire—J. N. Child and W. Jones, grocers, Dudley, Worcestershire—W. Widnall and B. Summerfield, brewers, Liverpool—J. Wilson and R. M'Lellan, drapers, Hastings—J. Mayer and J. C. Nichols, earthenware manufacturers, Faley Potteries, Stafford shire—W. Jeffreys and D. Davies, woollen drapers, Liverpool —F. R. Hughes and W. S. Corbett, wool brokers, Liverpool— W. Bourne and J. Chatfull, Aldga , e High-street. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. PRICE OF BREAD. The highes" ri, e c f .ire ..1 i , the 51,.trop , Ais is 0340 for the 41 Loaf. G.,. d Bread may be had at 7 3 40. PRIcE3 OF SEEDS. Per Cwt. Per Quarter. New E.tgl sh Re. Clover...sos 80s 1 St. Fein ............... —s 'fis 'Os ...... .. a Old 1 it:. Ditto —s s—s Rye G • ass .................. —s 12s LOs New Foreign Ditto —s Os 755 Pacey Grass —s s_: 01 t Di to Di,to —s __.s —s Linseed, for le.& g ~.—s 48s 51s New White Clover 45s s(a COs Dit o, for sowing ......—s CO , 70s Old Ditty Ditto —is —s —s Ditto, fo r crushi,g .... 42s 46s Now Tre oil —s :Ss 4'2s Hem.; — s s 368 4Ps 2s Old Uitto —s 4205 3tis Canary ..................... .—s Ws i Jr.' folittm —s 48s 7061 Per B-shel. E..glish Carraway —s 50s 53s1White Mustad....!4s Od to Its 0 , Foreign Ditto —s 46s 4.9s,'Brown Ditto ......... Itis Oct to 19s Ca Coriander —8 Ids 16s:Tares .................. 7s 6d tc Ids 0.1 PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per to:: .................................. .. ........................ ,37 ....... .£3 1 1 0 Ditto, refined .............................................. 345 0 0 Linseed Oil Line ed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 10 0 ( 1 ) l 4, 10 .............. Ra i ? , ake, per toe ..................•.... PRICE OF TALLOW , SOAP, Szc. per 1121 b. Town Tallow .. £2 11 6 Melting Stuff .................. 19 0 0 Yellow Russia 12 0 •• White uo C Graves ......................... 0 Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 5 0 PRICE OF RA NV FAT, per stone of 6lbs. rice of Tallow (as stated b y the Tallow Melters) 2s. 10d COAL MARKET Ships arrived since ha t market—aay, 157. s. hi dell, Robson & Co. Hartley 10 0 Middle's West Hartley...... 2 0 0 6 Chester Carr's Ilartley D e rwcnt Main lit 0 I.Llywell sla n 121 0 Ord's Itedhugh Original Windsor's Pontod 19 5 T a ntield Moor , . 2J 9 West Hartley 2l 0 \Vylant ..... lO 3 Walls End Bell and Brown '22 0 Walls E d Itewic.e andC ''s C Walls End Brown's 2...1 6 Walls End Clarke and Co 2l 0, Wells Fnd Heaton Walls End Hotspur Walls End Percy Bensham 'll 3 Walls End Riddell's 22 ii Walls End Todd's Bensham IS 9 W. E. Braddyll'stietton... '24 3 Walls End Haswell Walls End Hetton 24 0 d. Walls End Larnbton 24 6 Walls End Russell's Helton :4 3 W a lls End Stewart's ...... 24 6 Walls End Wham , 23 6 Walls End Hartlepool Walls End Kelloe Tennant's Hartlepool 24 0 W..11s End Adehide 9 Walls End Parrington Tees 21 9 Walls End Brown's Deanery 92 9 Walls End Clarence Helton 21 6 Walls End Evenwood Waila End Seymour Tees 3 Walls End West fietton 22 9 Allerton Main l9 0 Howard's Netherton Main :2O 6 Hartley Llangennech Coal Newton Main Stanley Main 2l 3 Victoria Maili Was End Cliff (From the London New Price Current of December 4.) SUGAR.—The trade has been less disposed to purchase British Plantation Sugar this week. Previous rates have been supported for yellow kinds, but for ordinary and brown descriptions, however, prices have given way 6d to Is per cwt ; low middling grey Berbice with some strength at 745, rather better Demerara, 75s to 765, good colory Tobago anti St. Kitts 803 to 813 ; Jamaica of a better qua. lity 82s. To-day the market was in a dull state, and there was only a limited demand from either grocers or refiners, the sales amounted to only 200, making the total purchases for the week 900 hhds and trcs, and prices is to is 6d lower, excepting for good and fine yellow sorts which have brought prices nearly equal to those of this day week, the supply being short. REFINED.—Prices have been supported for Refined Goods this week. Standard Lumps have realisod 965, low and good brown Lumps 90s to 955. Tatters and Hambro Loaves 983 to 1023. Treacle common at 383 to 38s 6d ; Patent 425, best old make at 43s to 445, golden Syrup 44s Gd to 458. Bastards on the decline. Bonded Crushed Sugar at 32s 9d. Loaves 14 lbs at 37s to 37s dd —lO lbs 38s to 383 Gd, and G lbs 403 6d to 41s per cwt. Treacle for delivery at 14s Gd to 14' 9d. Bastards and Pieces at 17s to 265. Dutch Crushed Sugar at 31s on board at Amsterdam. To-day there was little business done in Refined Goods for home use, and prices are rather easier, Standard Lumps selling at 95s tid. Crushed Sugar dull of sale at 32i 9d per cwt. MAURITIUS.—A good many parcels have been disposed of at presiods rates, fine yellow fetclied 83s 6d to 84s, good 82s to 823 6d, good middling 81s to 813 6d, middling 783 to 80s, low middling 76s to 77s Gd , ordinary dark brown 50; to 525, middling 62s to 653, good 66s to 695, fine 70s to 755. EAST INDlA.—Prices remain firm for white sorts of Bengal, the supply being still short. Manilla at previous rates. Java is held for former prices. Siam at 24s 6d to to 28s for low and good white. This afternoon 200 bags Siam at auction, sold at easy prices, viz. at 205 to 22s for damp yellow, and washed 18s to 19s per cwt. FOREIGN.—Holders of yellow Havannah display firm ness, 24s to 24s Gd for superior colour but not strong. Muscovade at 23; to 24s Gd for low mid and good yellow, one lot sold at 255. In white Havanna' prices are uncer tain. Brazil at 24s 63. Pernams taken in above insrket rates, viz. low to good white at 233 6d to 28s, middling and good brown and yellow 212 to 23s per cwt. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS —For Ruin the demand has been limited, and the to tal sales this week have Got EVENING EDITION, exceeded 250 puns West India. Jamaica and strong Lee ward have maintained former rates, but common kinds must be quoted zd to ld cheaper. Proof Leewards have been disposed of at 2s 10Id ; 3 to 4 per cent. over proof, 2s lld to 3s ; 7 to I over 3s ld to 3s 24 ; 13 t o 15 over 3; 3d to 3s 4d ;25 over 55., very fine, 33 over , 53 ; J a " , maica, 30 per cent over 6s, 32 over 6s 2d, 34 to 36 over 6; 8d to 6s 91, fine end very fine 7s to 7s 2d ; for proof Leewards buyers now offer only 2s 10d. In East India s mall sales have been made at 2s 5d proofs ; at Bristol s ome parcels have been sold for this market at 25 4d est to supply the Government contract. The stock of W India is 2, 291 puns and 539 hhds larger than last year at this time. Brandy is held firmly , b ut the transactions have been limited at the followil rates, viz.:—Cognac first brands of the vintag e fd 1836, 5s Id to 5s 3 d in puns and hhds ; 1837, do has 9. d to 5s ; 1838, do 4 s 9 d to 4 s lld ; 1839, d o 49 7d to it' " . per gallon ; the stock is on the decrease. Geneva b sold steadily for export at is lld to 2s. The demand he 0' been limited for British Corn Spirits at 103 to 103 Id 1 r on- COFFEE.—The demand continues to imp rove fo clean deacriptiens of British Plantation fo r home c sumption ; holders have displayed firmness, a nd ha/ again supplied the market sparingly : th ere has beeper fair demand by private treaty this week , and foul rates have been full Y maintained, many parties will not sell ; unclean Mods 101,, attracted more attention, and the prices of last wee; have been supported. Jamaica fine middling {atone d 1383 6d, middling 1123 to 1163, low middling 1085 to 11'' fine fine ordinaiy 1013 to 105 s, fine ordinary 87s to 9 'i t.c ; good ordinary 77s to 803; Demerara, fine ordinary 55° 88s ; Berbice, unclean fine fine ordinary 793 6d to 8 2 - 9, good ordinary 753. Prices remain high for floe Mochas and the home trade are in want of the article : at auctiou 40 Brazils fetched 1403 per cwt. lend • This afternoon there was no public sale of any - I indeed thereat but by private treaty there was a fair demand for home use, and prices were firm. TEA.—To-day the market presented a quiet aspect for Free Trade Tea, and holders displayed less firmness; the public sales, consisting of 2,255 packages, the biddierg.a were languid, and only 1,580 pkgs found buyers at a, f a duction on the rates of the public sales of Tuesday 01 on on Hyson. -id Twankay, and id on Congos': te: middling strong rather burnt, sold at 2s 1 0 4 di . 2a 111,d, but middling coarse burnt 23 9 ,1, ° de nary 2s sd, but middling rather burnt GuaPovi oi flavour 3a 84 ; Congou, but mid rather full Cj imP u r kind 23 3i-d, but mid rather flat rather Hung Muey ul v° but 23 44, tilt mid rather strong little burn t 2s sd 4ltio 10 mid rather strong old Souchong fl av our 2s l i tt le 2s 51d ; Twankay but mid rather strongmid b u rnt burnt 2s 2i to 2s 1d ; fto leaf 33 6d to 3s d 7d ; Gunpowder mid strongpre 4s 9(1 to 4 d i to fine at 6s 6d ; Hy son Skin, mid fresh little burnt 2 i 5 ' ,d 2s 51d ; Orange Pekoa mid rather strong scented i d to 3s lid per lb. In Company's Congou few sale , Iv a n made, and the market closed with a quiet aspect kinds of Tea. On 'Change buyers would not give - than 23 3d for Company's Congou, cash. to to TaLeow—Prices have declined this week to 4 463 6d for P. Y. C. on the spot, and in one or two insta ne at all the year 45; 6d has been accepted. For delivery 463 a 46s 3d. For spring months there are sellers ~;x 47s 3d per cwt. East India of first quality at 455 Cape, good and fine 46s 6d to 48s; Monte Video, mo 3 il. dling and good 43; 6d to 455, ord and dark 405 6d Pre"dla for This afternoon there was a good demand for P - l l n For on the spot, and prices were firm at 463 9d to delivery all the year several purchases 61, and some business was done for spring troat be k at rely 3d per cwt ; at auction, 238 pipes 23 bhds 63 oat_„ . Monte Video were nearly all sold at 43s to 4653 d per en,, Oit.s. —Holders of common descriptions of Fish Oils were ma 4 d 7 c s' at 4 4 1: have displayed firmness this week. For S3uthern anddSel-1 a brisk demand has prevailed, both for home use an tc 241 !Os for ord and mid quality, goof and fine 24/1 port—the former has been disposed of c urrently at 231 5 1 9 1: 261; the latter at 311 10; to 311 15 3 for pale, 261 to tu 3a.(o' for brown yellow and straw colour. Cod at 28/ per Sperm is held firmly at present rates o f 1061 to 10711 fP first quality. Linseed Oil at 26s 3d to 26s 6d on the spat s : and 27s to 27s 6d for delivery. Rape, 393 to 399 6d ha been paid for large parcels of pale, an d 38s to 38s 6d f or brown. Palm, at 341 103 to 351. For East India Cr: Nut Oil under 40i good quality is not offered. At pu sale 34 cases E. I. Poppy Seed Oil fet ched 42s to 421 flei per cwt. FRUIT.— A parcel of 3,170 boxes arid 380 half-bol es Valencia Raisins, of inferior quality were offered is p ublic sale on Tuesday, and bought in at 35s to 37 s and prisatell other parcels of such quality, of which there is the largeo supply, have been selling at 353; the good qua ever, maintain their prices, being still taken at 4lities, 05.h0w; the demand altogether for Fiuit has much increased tblo a nd Biota week ; a parcel of new Chesme, Carrabourn a, Raisins have ari ived. RICE —The demand for Bengal is improving, and. vately a fair business hay been transacted at previons rates,. good and fine white sorts are wanted at 13 s to 14s, but of such the supply is yet; small ; at auction, 1,151 bags went at 123 61 for middling white, and a few lots ordinal Ye,.l. low at 8; 6d, being above the value. Java has beee much better request, and the large proportio n of 501 bags out of 13,000 offered at public sale were disposed 0 at and since the sale at full prices; good and fine white s fetched lls to 1 0 - 6d, mid and good mid 10 s to 103 6 s low mixed with Paddy 83 6d to 9s 64 per cwt. The arriva - d is of Rice are expected to be small for some time ; t he stack on the deer( ase, and is now 1 25,298 bags, time it was 89,774 bags. The home and export delivaries this year have exceeded those of 1839 by 44,000 bags. The arrivals differ little from those of last year. Carolina has been in fair request for home use at former rates. This afternoon prices were firm for East India, and X fair demand existed privately for both Bengal and Java ; at auction 500 bags Madras sold at the full value, VIZ. at 93 to gs 6d for good bold yellowish white Sew ,Es.—Pimento taken at 3d to 3d for ' middling good middling quality. In Pepper lower bee p accepted, ordinary Sumatra is not to be had ra u t n e d s e b r aye _ id Per lb. Holders of Cassia Lignea display much fir mness 3 last vear at this fair quality 843 has been paid. Ginger is held firm l y . Cloves is 1 d paid for large parcels of Bourbon for ex port ; Beacoolen at 2s 6d a 2s 9d for good bold bright' Mace fetched 43 51 a 7s ld for ord and good bright quality. This afternoon 200 cases Cassia Lignea, and NO bar white Pepper were offered at auction ; the fo rmer sold /1 higher, viz, middling coarse at 833; the latter oaly POO sold at 9d to 91,1 for dark quality. Moeasses —The market for West India has been in 1 dull state, and prices have given way several s hillings' ?°(} puns fair St. Vincent; and St. Kitts have been d is p o sed at 33F, fine sorts are offering at 40s per cwt. COCOA.—Prices remain firm for West India, and goai. demand has existed by private treaty from the home on; ' who have paid 51s to 57s for ord and good red T rinidau tniolanne ith as a b s e l e a n st o y ff e e a r r ed a t a t t h a i u s c t t i i o m n e : th o e f f 's o t r o e c i k g n ig fe r w ath p e ar r o l e els o are to be bad, and prices keep high. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Bean,. 1 Pea_ . % Per Quai ter. s. to s. s•to s. 8. to 3. S. to C. S. Ahingiton L6 I'B 30 10 23 :34 44 52 44 46 Andover 42 68 33 41 tAI 34 _ Banbury 56 30 40 25 32 Basingstoke Nt3 64 '27 39 20 3.1 43 52 42 49 Cirencester 56 6 24 136 20 32 40 42 Coventry — t;t2 35 • '243 35 46 40 -.. Daventry 63 72 SS 44 23 34 130 44 Derby 3 67 ;IS 46 21 32 45 5.3 —...- Ilowd n 72 '24 40 42 H Hung 50 61 32 59 25 33 44 52 39 46 Mahon 6'3 76 35 38 22 33 Maidenhead 5 2 76 35 40 25 34 43 53 42 Nottingham 51 67 30 38 ‘,ll 33 45 51 _- Wantage 63 80 34 40 '26 32 36 46 -- Warwick 31 40 29 08 Winchester 70 36 29 43 40 York — 60 32 46 28 30 0 71) 3 9 5 3 4 0 49, 5 6 6 8 6 6 7 " Per B u ,i, e l 8.8. d. s. d. s.d. s. s.d, s. d. d. m Biringham 7 CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) Wheat. Barley. 1 ti_L____,Lts• (4 , s. (1. to I. d. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s• Truro — 0 78— 0 38— 0 2 ' Helstone St. Austell 0 75 0 36 0 , 2 - Bodmin 0 8 9 0 4 0 — 0 .' :.iskeard 6 6 7 6 3 0 36 0 't 1 Launceston Camelford 6 8 7 8 3 6 4 t. , 2 4 2 9 Penzance 6 6 7 4 4 0 4 4 2 4 3 9 MINING INTELLIGEWCE. Tons.Cwle Quantity of Copper ores sold at Redrut h l a I; week... 2,844 0 v Average Produce ...... ri Quantity of tine Copper 0 Amount of sale. 16.337 .7a. 6d —Average htandard, 1_0!. &Lou- CITY IMPROVENIENTS.—The City authorities have just pulled down three houses at the corner of Cat' eatou-street, opposite Aldermanbury, adding their.site to the street. The pavement is just laid down, and what was a short time ago a narrow and dangerous thorough' fare, is by this judicious alteration rendered convenient sad oacious. ---- - REGISTER STOVES, 8 ft: wide, 245.; Brass Poles for Window Curtains, Is. 3d. per foot. Register stoves, Sd. per inch ; elliptic stoves, 4d. per inch ; register stoves, with bright fronts, bright and black bars, bronz e ed ornamentS• Ioos. ; brass poles for window curta ins, I ch diameter, Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, ls. Bd. ; a 2 inch pole, 3 feet 6 inches long, with ends, rings, and brackets, complete, for 19s. Catalogues gratis, containing the price of every article its ironmongery. RIPPON and BUItTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street. BIRTHS. On the 30th ult., at Highlands, near Reading, the Is ji y of J• Forbes, Esq., o fa daughter. On the 30th ult., the lady of Philip Gould, Esq., of Cliff point, Broughton, near Manchester, of a so-;,. On the 2d inst., Mrs. R. Field, Tibterton-square, Islington, of a son. On the 2d inst., at Ivy-bridge, Devonshire, the wife of C. Clarke, Esq., (late of her Alajesty's 3dßuffs), of a daughtel: On the 2.:1 inst., in Albion-street, Hyd e -park, the lady of r Watford, Esq., of a daughter. On the 2d ult., at Spondee, 0• 11. R. Cox, Esq., of a daughter. 're th e On the 3d inst., at the Chase, near Ross, Herefordshire, Derbyshire, the lady of • lady of George Strong, Esq., M.D., of a daughter. Solly. On the 4th inst., at St. Helen's-place, the lady of S. Esq., of a son. Jarrett , J On the 4th inst., at Albemarle-street, the lady of J. Esq., of Carnerton- court, of 11. daughter. MARRIED. On the 26th ult., at St. George's, Southwark, Mr. T. Fag , of the New Kent-road, to Elizabeth Ann , only daughter of •'• C. Jones, Esq., of Surrey-place, Old Kent-road. At Campbelltown, near Fort George, North Britain • aj Gardner, Esq., loyal Artillery, eldest son of Major-Gene:, the lion. W. H. Gardner, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Colon Sir Alexander Ande son, C. 13. DIED. Oo the 29th ult., at Boddington Manor House, Gloucester- De cßlagdon: C. On the 2d inst., in the Crescent, Greenwich, Mrs. C• Anderson, surviving daughter of the late Colonel Anderson, Itoyal Artillery. On 'the 3d inst„ Mr. E. Wells , of Wandsworth, No, 112, Strand, at The Sun Office , No. 112, London : Printed and Published by MUM ) Stran d , ° the county of Middleiex.—Saturday, Decemb er 5,10 A • G' • Corn of 1, • lion, saner miry, 4- Ari Rich Sir J * Pra Jose] Jam Vitt BA SOLI TI x. tory • Corn bility scrip Caine iteg ( Co re and • has Pend 1 • stree Offer LEN itoub "t eas, Light Light knd t fourt N. 2.5 to KNI tium, stoat and. A Cow Ai I . ti ria,,,, 1 1 0 4ic and ng trit whit mat, Multi who t(itt, baOr hUlt b r at ti —__ of D To and ham half a k i , Peri tnik . ar y . ads the th e ev, lj 1 ~ ti