The Sun. — London, England, 1840-02-18 00:00:00

1 116 4 , 44 A11) /-1/ • • ?! ffk,? 6 . 4 „, bcf • to should commit these persons in close custody, and I.VIN na person should be allowed to speak to them. Mr. LAN% said that he was disappointed in hearing the sentence of the Noble Lerd. He thought he was about to renew the peire forte et dire. The Noble Lord's ap petite for punishment must be of an unbounded stomach, if he wished to go further. Did it become the dignity of the House to act with intemperance and irritation cha racteristic of an individual's stormy passions —( Hear, hear)—considering the proceedings were in vindication of a power which many believed to be unfounded, and which had already been, and was now, vindicated by the con tinual retentian of the imprison( d moiety of the Sheriffs of Middlesex?—( Hear, and a laugh.) If the House was dis posed to stamp its proceedings with the character of re veoge—not of a just vindication of its privileges—it would take the course suggested by the Noble Lord. Mr. O'CONNELL said he certainly hoped the House would proceed with calmness, of which, by the bye, the Learned Recorder had given somewhat a bad specimen. —( Hear, hear, and loud laughter.) The Noble Lord bed not suggested anything revengeful.—( Hear, hear.) Whether the Noble Lord's proposition was prudent or not he would give no opinion, as it was not now before them ; hut this ho would say, that it was their duty to take every step necessary to support the privilege contended for.— ( Hear, hear, bear.) If this person, Stockdale, persisted in bringing forward his action, the House should prevent him by withdrawing him from his attorney, unless there was no other and better course to pursue. But he thought there was. Mr. Howard could•not be carrying these actions on by himself, being in prison ; they were carried on by a clerk of his named Pearce. Now why should the She riffs have been punished for what, after all, was but a mis taken sense of duty ; and this clerk be allowed to treat the privilege of the House with deliberate Ind wilful contempt!? Sir E. SUGDEN said he wished to ask the Noble Lord whether or not the words in the first Resolution were in tended to include the Jury. The Noble Lord said, No ; and the Noble Lord would now see the effect of refusing to give the Gentlemen who voted in the minority on this ques tion the slightest intimation of the course he intended to pursue. He now came with his Resolution drawn, which was read from the chair, and they were compelled to ascer tain the meaning of those complicated terms from a single reading. He believed that in the 'Words "other persons" were included the Juries. but trio Noble Lord prevented him from having the means of forming an opinion, and he was called upon to vote for a Resolution the terms of which be could not understand. He congratulated the Noble Lord ( Howick) upon his proposition. A resolution based upon it would be an appropiiate following up of the met - sures pursued. The Hon. Member for Dublin said they should pursue every course which would enable them to carry their point. To he sure Cromwell's Parliament was of the same opinion, and inflicted torture to secure their privileges. They dared not do this in the present day, tut he saw Hon. Gentlemen who wore prepared to do all they could do—they only wanted the power—(llcar, bear)—and therefore the Noble Lord proposed solitary confinement. The Noble Lord would not believe that the great body of the people were against him, and the House had loudly cheered when the petition from Leicester was presented. A strong feeling was excited in the country on the subject, whit h he thought should induce the Noble Lord to pause in the course he was par suing. Mr. INGHAM thought the House should not adopt the proposition of the Noble Lord, otherwise it would be in valved in another contest. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had been accused by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Ripon with not listening to the voice of reason, because he had not adopted the suggestion which had come from the other side of the House. In the course that he had adopted he had acted upon the highest authority, and with a desire to preserve the privileges of the House of Commons.—( Hear, hear.) With regard to a want of courtesy on his part, or not having stated what his resolutions were, he thought he might return that charge upon the Hon. Members opposite, who had said that those who were only anxious to pre serve the privileges of the House of Commons had acted with tyranny.—( Hear, bear.) And as to the proposition of his Noble Friend the Member for Northumberland ho thought no very fair construction had been put upon it by Members on the other side of the House.—( dear, hear.) His Noble Friend's object was to show that by severity of punishment they might deter others from acting as Mr. Howard had done.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") He was of the opinion of the Hon. and learned Member for Dublin, that any servants or clerks of Mr. Howard's who should be employed on such occasions, were fairly liable to the displeasure of the House; and that an intimation to them to that effect would be better than if it were addressed to Mr. Howard. Ile should refer to the main object of those proceedings ; the main object they had in view, was to maintain the power of publication for useful purposes—the object they bad in view, was to maintain the power of ordering the , publication of that information which should be useful to the country and the Constitution, and which would be published not for private objects, nor for the gratification of private malignity, but for the purpose of giving infor mation which might be useful to the country in general, and which might improve our leg'slation and our govern ment.—(Hear, hear.) Their right to that power had been diiputed, but he had an authority which he found in the newspapers of the day, but which had a high name affixed to it—it was an opinion of Lord Denman, in a case of Lord Beresford against Easthope and Black, and which be wished to refer to. Lord Denman is reported to have said, that " No question had been made at the bar, and that none could now be made any where, that free discus sion ought to be encouraged ; and that the facts in which all were concerned should be communicated to all." An account, for instance, of the proceedings of that day would he held by all Courts not to be actionable, though it might reflect severely on the character of individuals. It should appear to be a bona fide report of the proceedings which had taken place. That principle was founded on the advantages the public derived from the publication of such proceedings—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear,")—and, from the importance and interest which belonged to them. Nobody, on the other hand, could publish, on his own ac count, any reflection on the private character of indi viduals, without being able to substantiate the state ments ho had made.—(Loud cries of " Hear, bear.") Now that was precisely what he (Lord John Russell) was contending for. The quotation he had given was, accord ing to the Newspapers, part of a judgment delivered by Lord Denman no longer ago than Saturday last. What the House of Commons had to complain of was the Courts of • Law took it for granted that the House of Commons had been engaged in a series of libels for the sake of publishing libellous matter. The House of Com mons had no interest but to make public certain proceedings of theirs. They had no animosity against individuals to gratify—thsy bad no desire to make a gain or profit by the sale of such publications. They had merely contended that the House of Commons should be allowed to publish its proceedings, and that what they thought to he a privileged publication should be' held to be so by the Courts of Law. The charge brought against them was the same as if they should say that the Courts of Law had made statements reflecting on individuals, and that slander against private persons should not issue from the Bench. The Judges, in the course of their duties, are often obliged to say that, which reflects mast severely on the cha racter of individuals, and they now actcd as if they should say--.. True it is that continually happens, but it is done in the course of our judicial duties, but it is not done for the sake of reflecting en any individual, or for the purpose of injuring private character, and we therefore think that the Judges arc commendable for pursuing the course they have taken." The House of Commons said that the same respect ought to be paid by the Judges to one of the high Courts of the land—to the House of Commons of the empire—and that they ought not to have taken it for granted - —they ought not to have wantonly believed that it could have been the object of the House of Commons to publish private libels.--( Hear, hear.) He had said this because Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite had again raised the question; and it appeared to him that the opinion which had been delivered by Lord Denman was applicable to the present case. But there was another thing which he observed Right Honourable Gentlemen opposite talk of—they had talked of the enormities committed in former times by Houses of Commons, and the extreme lengths to which they had gone, and of the sort of tyranny which had been often exercised by the House. He could not bear those statements made with respect to their ances tors in the House of Commons without stating his opinion as being generally in favour of the course the House of Commons had taken on the occasions referred to. The contest in these times was whether liberty of speech should be punished or not, and Members of the House of Com mons had in the times referred to of James the First, it being sought after in the House of Commons itself by Charles the Second, for the purpose of doing away with freedom of debate. At that time the House of Commons had gone to greater lengths than it,had ever done before. He alluded to the time of Charles ll. ' when it had been the object o f th e C rown to suppress freedom of speech. He believed the Speaker Williams, and those who had acted with him on that occasion, deserved the gratitude of the country--( Hear, hear)—for the stand they had made in exercising their authority. The contest had not then been carried on against individuals, but it was a contest for liberty against slavery, acd he wits surprised that those men should now be stigmatized for the course they had followed, as if the present House of Comm should deny the services of men who had obtained for t h ethteicnans. privilege of speaking their minds, and of exercising th e: rights they possessed as people of England.-- the free representatives of the ( Hear.) He had thought it n d e he r essary to say thus much because, although they lived in n• h ei z i d t ti s m u e ch s, and though he did not apprehend that they contend against, yet if they tried in that d We g u e s e r s to depreciate former Houses of Commons, or to c on those who 'had contended for their days, he knew not what new authority they might other whether it might he some tribunal up, or • oligarchy set privileges in a slur er oligarchy which they might inflict on the nation ; but he was sure they would destroy all the value and dignity of the House of Commons, and with it the best interests of the country. Sir E. SUGDEN here made some observations which did not reach us. Lord ELIOT said .he did not think that the corn. merit of the Noble Lord on the opinion delivered by Lord Justice Denman, was applicable in the present instance, inasmuch as they had allowed judgment to go by default, and the Court might otherwise have held the publication not to have been libellous. He concurred in the senti ments expressed by the Noble Lord with regard to the proceedings of the Parliament of Charles the First, and be felt some little vanity from the circumstance of an an. cestor of his being one of those engaged in the struggles of those times.—( Hear.) Ha did not, however, think that any intent to invade the liberties of the country could now proceed froin the Crown, but that they were in greater danger from the usurpations of the House of Commons. Mr. MATTHIAS ATTWOOD made some observa tions which were very indistinctly heard in the gallery. We understood him to say that the House was commit ting itself by the course it was pursuinz. The motion of LORD JOHN RUSSELL was then put and carried. Mr. O'CONNELL wished to know what was to be done in the other actions. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that before be an swered that question, he sbould•find it necessary to call in one of the Messrs. Hansard, on whom the action had been served by . the Clerk of Mr. Howard. Ho would move, therefore, that Mr. Hansard should be called in and examines'. 4r. Hansard was then brought to the bar and examined. By the AT TORNEY -GENERAL—Was it OD OU the summons had been served in the fifth action brought by Stockdalc v. Hansard ?—Yes. Was notice of the inquiry served on 3ou in the actions? —lt was. When was it served? last. '-0a the afternoon of Wednesday By whom ?—lt was a person who called himself Pearce, a clerk of Mr. Howard. Is that all you know of him ?—I questioned him whe ther the document was in continuation of an action of which we had already received notice. What answer did he give ?—He replied that it was. Were you srved with notice of the five actions ?—I was. When were you served ?—Last week. Where were you then?—ln a public-house. By whom were you sz..rvt.d ?—I believe by a son of Mr. Howard. Was it the same person who served you in each of the actions 7—lt was. Did he say who be was ?-11e said he was a son of Mr. Howard. By Mr. LAW.—Have you discontinued the sale of the papers on which the action was brought.—Yes, the copies are out of print. In point of fact, are they out of print ?—They are not. Have you received any advice from any one not to sell them as usual ?—I have not. You have not been directed to withhold the sale of that publication ?—No. By Mr. HUME.—Are not you aware that orders have ken given by the Secaker that,whenever the number of papers in your hands are below fifty, you are to stop the sale, and retain them for the Menthols of the House ?—I am aware of it. By Mr. LAW.—Had you any communication with Mr. Parke on the propriety of discontinuing the sale ?—I had not. When was the last copy sold ?—I cannot say without a reference to cur books. Is it to be understood that the partners had no such communicetion ?—I believe so. The witness was then ordered to withdraw. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL wished to make a motion, that Mr. Pearce and Mr. Howard, jun., should attend at the House to-morrow. Mr. LAW said that he hoped the Attorney-General would not press his motion, as ho was sure he would have trouble enough without adding, to the number of. those he had to.eontend with. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he had no hosti lity to Mr. Howard, and he regretted that he should base suffered any inconvenience in the case. But it was his desire that all vexatious actions should be discontinued, and it would be quite in vain to prevent Mr. Howard from proceeding in the case if they allowed his clerks to act for him. He also wished to-deter others from following the example of those they had already punished. Mr. SHAW wished to ask the Learned Attorney- Ge neral if he believed the course he was pursuing would be effectual, and if he thought that, though every clerk in Mr. Howard's office, or every servant in his house, should be seized on, that there would not be hundreds of other attorneys ready to act as he had done? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL-1 will answer the question of the Learned Recorder by putting two questions to him in return. Does he believe that we have any pri. vileges ? D .09 he believe that we have any means of maintaining them 7—( Hear.) Mr. F. SHAW said to that he would shortly reply that he believed the House had privileges, and means of supporting- them. But he believed that they should be supported by submitting the point to a Court of Law, and then appealing on writ of error to the House of Lords. (Ironical cries of " Hear, hear.") Sir E. SUGDEN could not vote against the present motion, though he should against any commitment. He begged his Learned Friend not to divide. Mr. LAW said he would accede to the sug gestion, though be did not think it best to catch the par ties first and indulge them with the slender hope of es caping afterwards.—( Hear, and laughter.) Lord HOWICK said he did not withdraw the opinion he had before expreacd, that the severity of that punish ment should be increased, which had been meted out to the parties who had brought their action, and who had nut only been betrayed into the contempt of the privi leges of the House, but had deliberately and wilfully per sisted in it—who had not, as in the cases of the Sheriffs, been induced to act as they had done from a sense of duty, but had acted so from personal motives of profit alone. They had yet sustained no punishment at all, but mere confinement of the person. They might be restricted from seeing their friends, except with the order of the House—they might be kept in dose confinement.—( Hear, hear.) It might perhaps be said that this would be con trary to the Prisons Act. He denied this. The parties 'were not at present even under the common rules appli cable to general misdemeanours:—(Hear, hear.) If the House had in former times hesitated in exercising the powers it possessed, where would be the privileges it now enjoyed for the benefit of the people ?—( Hear, hear.) Still, as the only effectual course would be to prevent the carrying on of the actions, he should concur in the present proposal. Colonel SIBTHORP said he had proposed the health of the Sheriffs at a public dinner, •' with three times three and loud cheers." Such was the feeling of disgust created by the course pursued by the Liberal party.—(Laughter.) Liberal I—(exclaimed the Gallant Colonel.with ineffable disdain, and amidst great merriment.) Mr. GODSON submitted, that unless the Sheriff were discharged, be could not form an opinion as a free agent, whether he would act in conformity with the privilege. The motion was then carried. FIRST FRUITS AND TENTHS. -- Oa the Order of the Day for the Committee of Supply, Mr. BAINES said he rose to call the attention of the house to a subj -et of deep interest and importance, for it affected the vital interests of a class of men who must have necessarily a great inflaence on the welfare of the country, he meant the clergy of the Established Church. And he sincerely trusted that those who wished well to the Church, would join with him and support a motion which had for its object to establish a competent provision for the poor clergy—better than they now possessed—out cf the revenues of v. Church, m)re amply endowed than any other in the wothi, and to be bestowed, he would add, on the most laborious and most devoted of its mi nisters. Oa a former occasion, when he brought this sub ject forward, he had the gratification of finding himself supported by a majority of two to one. The subject was now moll better understood than it had formerly and therefore he would not trouble the I - louse with what he might call the historical part ofthe question. tic mig,ht. how ever, be allowed to state thus much, that the Fist Fruits and Tenths be] formed an impost, existing from the earliest period in this country, he believed, from the very form ition of parishes, for at least six hundred years down to the present time. The first. fruits and tenths •had for merly been under the See of Rome, but at the Refor mation they were appropriated to the State ; and under Henry the Eighth a valuation had bccn framed of the livings and benefices; a document was now to be found in the Rernernbuncer's.office, tailed "Liicr Regis," in which all the liVings Were rated according to their then existing value. Au Act was also passed, providing that any person withholding the first fruits or the tenths should be consi. dercd an intruder into his livin - 7, and fined doable the amount so withdrawn. From that time • the amounts were levied with much strictness till the time of Queen Anne, with the intervention of a short period under Philip and Mary ; and Queen El'zaheth re-enacted the Act rendering it penal for the clergy to withhold the first fruits or the tenths when due. In the reign of Queen Anne, her Majesty, under the very legitimate idluenee of Bishop Burnett, resolved to appropriate the first fruits and tenths—alienating them from the State revenue —t o the better maintenance of the poor clergy ; and an Act passed to regulate their appropriation. tier Majesty sent a mes. sage to Parliament, announcirg her gracious intention; and so much importance was then atteched to the mea-- sure, that many similar documents expressive of the na tional gratitude were presented, and amongst others an address, expressed in the most glowing lanontage,.from the Convocations of Canterbury and York, under the authority of the Archbishops, Bishops, and Clergy. To show what was the importance of the trust, it was only necessary to state who were the trustees employed to carry her Ma jesty's benevolent intentions into effect—they were the ' Bench of Bishops, the 'Speaker' of the House of Commons, the members of the Privy Council, the Lords Liutenants of all counties of England and Wales, the Deans and Chapters, the Chancellors and Vice- Cancellors of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, and a large number of other fnnetiotaries not necessary to enumerate. But instead of the vast revenues which were expected to pass through the hands of such trustees, the last report showed the following-- Receipts from the Bishops, Dignitaries, and Beneficed Clergy in England and Wales, in the year 1833, paid into Queen Anne's Bounty Fund, and charged upon the said Fund as salaries, &c. £13,179 As First RECEIP CS. t Fruit s and Tenths..... Paid for S a l ar i es b I SBURSEMENTS. Taxes ~. P'ees, Re n t s o f Offi ces , an d ........ 6,346 To beLm clistribute,l am cu £8,233 gst the poor clergy, amountingbers to Intween .even a n d e i g h t thousand, being about twenty shillings each, if diviLd amongst the whole. Suppoved case of a Living, returned in the c. Libcr 12 , 113" at 500/. a year, but reduced to 100/ The account would stand thus at the end of An incupab,:ney of tcn UNITED STATES. STEAM ENGINES AND STEAM NAVIGATION IN THE UNITED. STATES OF AMERICA. I have brfcre me a voluminens Congressional Rego ton the subject of American steam power, which is filled with fac:s, statistics, and calculations of the highest interest to the promoters of sciecce and rapidity of travelling. The first steam-boat succe•asfully used in the United States, was ct,nstructed by Robert Fulton, in 1807. It plied on the North (lludson) River, with an engine of only 18-horse power, and made the passage between Al bany and New York (from 150 to 155 miles) in thirty three hours. Ilem enE,ine was manufactured in. England by Boulton and Watt. From that time to the bt.ginning of 1539, nearly 1.30 steam-boats have been built in this country. Of theso there are— Lost by reeijents . Worn cut years : Ten ycari" income, at 1001. a year Payment for first fruits ----for tenths, being 501. a year 450 Total amount, for ten years, for maintenance of bishop or rector, being 51. a year 5O He proceeded next to show how great was the difference between ,he real first fruits and tenths, and the sum ac tually paid into Queen Ann's Bounty Fund, and he in stanced the living of Lambeth as an example. This ree tory was returned in the " Liber Regis," on which the first fruits and tenths were paid, as of the value of 391 a year, the tenths being 3/ 4s. yearly ; bat the actual value, as returned to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners by the present rector, b .ing 2 2771., the arricut,t stood thus : R..al amount of first fruits ------------ of tenths.. Now running BOO Of 253 accidents authentically reported, the patticu. lan arc— Lives lost Names of killed known Wounded 443 Besides the above, acre have been killed up to the end of Is3B, by locomotives and standing engines, 37 ; wonnded by ditto, 98. The los; of property by all the above accidents, is °JAl matcd at 6,000 000 dollars. Number of steam-boats in the United States BOO Number of Locomotives• 350 Number of Stationary Engines £4,320 0 Sum paid as first fruits £32 0 --- as tenths: £3 4s. FC 9= 28 16 60 16 Difference in one living, during an incumbency of ten years, to the disadvantage of the poor --- clergy X4.959 4 This was by no means a singular or an exaggerated case, they were extremely numerous, as he should show in the observations that he should have to address to the House. That IT as occasioned by the first fruits and tenths being paid upon the valuation of Henry the Eighth, which was not above the one-twentieth of the present value. That valuation bad continued to be acted upon for so long a period in consequence of the interpretation put upon a clause in the Act of Queen Anne, which enacted that the payment should be made at the same rate and in the same proportion "as heretofore." But he contended, and he could prove, that by " rates and proportions" was not meant value, and an Act was passed in the lst of George 1., en abling the Bishops to revalue the livings, that the ben!fit of the improved value should go to the poor clergy. That Act bad been disregarded. It was clear to demonstration that the Act of Anne could not mean that the valuation of Henry the Eighth should be unalterable. If so, a living that was reduced in value five times its original amount must pay upon that original amount as well as one that was advanced in value. The Hon. Member for Cam bridge had stated last Session that it would be injustice to the clergy to compel them to pay mere than the original valuation required. But it was the opinion of Lord Eldon, on the other hand, that the Act of Queen Anne did not exclude a new valuation. The Hon. Member was proceed.. ing to quote the opinion of an eminent lawyer lately de ce ised ( Mr. Agar) when Total number of steam-engines The aggregate tonnage of the steamboats of the United States is 153,660, to which a trifling addition should be made for a few returns not officially received. In 183 S there were used of the United States steam b)ats On the Eastern rivers and coasts of Atlantic and G If of Mcxico 351 On the Lakes ••• 64 On the Western Riveis (Mississippi Valley) 285 Tho above as per return 7OO The remaining 100 are classed : Eastern Rivers, &c Wes:ern ditto 800 Of these there are said to be : High pressure 473 Low pressure .. Not known 3B —BOO The high-pressure engines are chiefly used on the western rivers, and popular opinion ascribes the nume rous and dreadful accidents that have occurred to that circumstance, in conjunction with the daring and reckless character of some of the Westarn captains, pilots, and en gineers. Very few accidents by explosion have occurred in the Eastern State•. Horse-power of United States steam-boats . 57,019 H. rse-power of locomotives and railroad engines in the United S ates - 6,980 Horse...power of standing engines in the United States The accidents by steam.-boats are thus classed : By explosion By fii e 2B •••• By shipwreck and collisions 25 By snags and sawyers (sunk , :n trees in the Mis,is sippi and other rivers) Causes not returned will account for the balance. Chronicle. An }lox. MEstarta said that as this was an important question, it ought not to be discussed in so thin a House ; he would therefore move that the House be counted. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and there being but thirty.six Members present, the Speaker left the Chair, and the House adjourned till Two o'Clock to morrow (this day). THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY. FEERARV 18, 1840 POLICE INTELLIGENCE, MANSION-HOUSE. A young woman, named Ann Coned!, was brought be fore the LORD MAYOR, in consequence of Laving le: n found in the streets in a state of destitution. Mr. D. W. Harvey, the City Police Commissioner, at tended on the occasion, for the purpose of coming to en understanding with the Magistracy and the Bjards of Guardians of the City of London, on a subject of consider able importance as regards the disposal of poor persons found in a helpless condition in the streets. Inspector M'Laren stated that the poor girl was brought to Lim at the station-house at three o'clock on Sunday morning, in a state of destitution. According to the directions given to him by the City Commissioner, he im ineiiately sent her, accompanied by a policeman, to the Relieving Officer of the City, who refused to give her relief, and she was consequently brought back to the sta. ti in-house, where she remained until the time arrived for bringing her before his Lordship. The LORD Mavoa—lt is not to be expected that the Relieving Officer, whose time is occupied during the whole day with cases of distress, should sit up all night. The COMMISSONER said it was an important question of law and of humanity, whether a person found in an evi dently destitute condition, and against whom there was no charge of any kind, should he taken to the Compter, or to a place appointed for the distribution of parochial relief. He found upon entering upon his office that an order had been issued by the late Lord Mayor, that no case of des titutiOn should be taken to the Relieving Officer after 1 1 o'clock at night, but that all cases of the kind after that hoer should be brought to the station-house. Now be had issued directions to the police to quite an opposite effect, for he considered it alike contrary to law and to humanity to send a person who was merely destitute to a place app o i nte d f or t h ose w h o were charged with criminal offences. In the present case the Relieving Officer bad refused to give assistance, and it was of great imp o r tance , t h at t h e quest i on s h ould be finally settled and perfectly understood. The case had nothing extraordinary about it, and it was not brought forward in the shape of a complaint against the Relieving Officer, but solely for the :purpose of ultimate arrangement. A case of a serious hind might have occurred, however, such as that of Caroline Owen, who had been refused ae sistance by the Relieving Officer of the Borough on Friday, although in an advanced state of pregnancy, and had been taken to the Compter, where her child might have been born in a cradle of crime in the very teeth of the law, and of common humanity. In the case be just alluded to, he had directed a policeman to insist that the Relieving Officer should do his duty, and take care of the woman, and upon all occasions he should pursue the same course. At the same time that he had given such directions to the police, he had ordered that a person found a second time in the streets in a state of destitution, should be treated as a vagrant. The LORD MAYOR--Your object, then, is to have a re lieving officer stay up all night, in order to be ready to re lieve any case of destitution? The oomairsstowan—Certainly. Of course it cannot be expected that the relieving officer of the day could per form the night duty; but the law must be obeyed what. ever the additional number of relieving officers may be. Mr. THWAITES, the relieving officer, said it was certainly most important that the question should be set at rest ; and he was glad that the Commissioner had come forward, and to prevent all future liability to mistake, it was a matter of great public notoriety that . the last Lord Mayor had directed the policemen to take any destitute persons they might find after eleven o'clock at night to the station. house, and not to the relieving over seer, and that n egulation led to groat benefit, for the cases were necessarily brought before the magistrate. The late Lord Mayor proceeded resolutely to work against the in jurious system adopted by other Unions, of sending the pour, like flacks of sheep, to the city of London—a system, of the nature of which some idea might be formed, when be said that upwards of 2,000 persons, who had no con nexion whatever with the City, had received relief from the City of London Union in one year. Of late, the numbf r of casual poor found in the City was quite inconsiderable, but the evil would probably be still in existence if it bad not been for the exposures which bad been made before the Lord Mayor. He begged to say that the project of taking destitute Tenons found after eleven o'clock at night in the streets appeared to him to be excel lent. In the case of Caroline Owen, whose case had appeared in the papers of Saturday, be had himself taken that female to the Borough Union, the relieving officer of which peremptorily refused to admit her. He, however, followed the matter up, and having represented the cue to Mr. leiiiher, an overseer of well-known humanity, the poor woman was relieved aad protected by his instru mentality. _ The LORD MAYOR admitted that the utility of pubEe representations of what took place in all matters connected with the poor was indisputable. Mr. HOBLER did not know what would become of the poor if it were not for the benevolent press of the country. The Commi3sioncr said that he could not for a moment think of punishing 'poor persons by sending them to a prison. - Mr. TIMAITES —lf Caroline Owen had not been per teeted by the police she might have perished in the streets. Tim COMMISSIONER—It is to prevent such occurrences I come here. That pov e rty i s no cr i me i s my point, ai.d I shall 'not countenance the punishment of it. Ile Guardians must get persons to do the night business. Mr. TIIWAITES_ The Guardians have deprived the overseers of the lamp they used to burn, upon the ground that, as there was no night business, there was no necessity for light. There is another thing to be said as to the accommodation of destitute persons who are found at late hours: we have no workhouse or poorhouse nearer than Peckham in which they can be placed. The COMMISSIONER—There are places to be found in the City with great ease, in which the few who the re lieving overseer says are in the habit of now needing relief at night can be accommodated. They cannot go to the station-house. There should be an arrangement be tween the two City Unions on the subject. The Guard ians of one of them complain to me that, as they have a rece;ving-house for the poor, they are overwhelmed by ap plications, on account of the fact that the sister union has no house of the kind. All I can say is, that mere po verty ought not to be dealt with as crime, and certainly shall not by me. Mr. H end, of Cheapside, and Mr. Greenlaw, two of the Guardians, here stood fol'ward and stated that they were satisfied that the Commissioner had taken a most correct view of the question, and that they would at the next meet ing represent the matter to the Board of Guardians, and arvoseate the appointment of a night overseer, as it was quite impossible that the two day overseers, who had the business of 93 parishes to attend to, could perform night duty also. They also said they would recommend that a house should be opened for the relief of the casual poor at night. The LORD MAYOR said the Commissioners expressed themselves satisfied at the very prompt manner in which the Guardians had stated their willingness to accom plish the desired object. Mr. BAND said that he might perhaps on this occasion be permitted to call the Lord Mayor's attention to a calamity which had befallen a poor family on the wedding day of her Majesty. As a poor fellow named Spencer, 'Wm had a wife and three children, was employed in plastering a house in the Poultry, on that day of public rejoicing, his foot slipped, and he fell from the top to the pavement, and was killed up,:n the spot. The widow, who had now not only to provide for her three children, but was in a state of pregnancy, was a women to the excellence of whose cha racter numbers could testify, and she thought that if the Lord Mayor would interest himself for her she might get on without taking parochial relief. The LORD MAYOR, with gi eat good nature, said, that be should feel much pleasure in receiving contributions for the poor family, and he had no doubt that if the case met the eye of the Queen, her Most Gracious Majesty would feel for the poor widow. • BOW-STI?BET. William Green, George Smith, Anne Wallace, and Mary Wallace, inhabitants of Rat's Castle, St. Giles's, were charged by Serjear.t Pocock with coining. The prisone!s- were apprehended on Saturday, and as the officers entered they found the gthset on the fire with a quantity of metal in it, preparatory to its being made to represent the current coin of the realm ; and alth oug h they also discovered seve ra l art i c l es which induced them to conclude that the prisoners carried on a flourishing trade, they failed in finding any mould to work the metal in. Mr. Powell, the solicitor of the Mint, and Mr. Field, the examiner of coins, were in attendance; but, as the case stood, they were usable to offer any evidence, and the prisoners were ordered to be discharged. ll'm. Bailer, an errand boy aged 16, was charged with st , .aling a shilling under the following eircurnstance3. Mr. Rawlis, a currier, 133 Drury Lane, in whose service the prisoner was, stated that his family was in the habit of subscribing to the relief of a poor relation who resided in Camden-town, which was usually sent to her by the hands of the prisoner every week. About three weeks back, on receiving her allowance, she was surprised to find, that three of the shillings were counterfeit, and on her men tioning the circumstance to witness, he marked all the sil ver he had to send, in the presence of his brother, which he delivered to the prisoner. On receiving the money last Saturday, she saw, as it bad been agreed upon, that four of the shillings had been marked, but the remaining one, which was a counterfeit, had not been marked, and upon information being given to witness, he searched the prisoner, and found the marked shilling in his pocket. He was then questioned how he came by such a quantity of base coin, and he acknowledged that he had not Qnly been guilty of substituting the three counterfeit shillings, but also the one in question, all of which he had purchased, with several others, from the prisoners who had just been discharged. Mr. Powell requested that the prisoner might be re manded to a future day. Mr. flat.r. said that the case was quite clear, as far as the evidence went, and as he should be sent before a Jury, he would order the prisoner to be remanded for a week. Mr. Field remarked that the counterfeit shillings which were found upon the first prisoners had been cast in the same description of mould as those which had been passed by the prisoner charged with the robbery. Count Sebastiani reached Paris on Thursday afternoon ; it is said he is likely to get the Marshal's baton ren dered vacant by the death of Marshal Maisons SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The only striking alteration in the betting was in the rela tive positions of the two favourites for the 2,000 Guinea Stakes and Derby ; Angeliea is now, indisputably, first favourite for both, the difference being even greater for the race at New market than for that at Epsom. The quotations below will explain the extent of the change quite as satisfactorily as if we were to write a column on the subject. If we are enabled (speaking of the Derby) to recognize a first, it is not by any means so easy to say which, out of three, is second favourite, their prices being respectively 15 to 1. We confess ourselves fairly at fault on this head, and shall not hesitate to leave those interested to make their own selection. Bokhara was backed at the old quotation, and was not so much in favour as of late. We saw one or two bets on Tduley Ishmael and Warden at the odds stated underneath, but they were not generally in demand. St. Andrew and Gambia were backed at Thursday's prices. Amongst the outsiders, illo nops, Chameau, and Defendant were most m estimation, the first two at 40 to I—taken, and the latter, first at 50 and afterwards at 40 to 1, the higher of the two figures taken freely ; at that quotation Glenerchy was also / backed for a trifle i his party however, is uncommonly select. Notbine fresh on the Oaks, and no fluctuation in the Two Thousand Guinea Stakes beyond what we have already inti mated. LATEST ODDS. TWo TnotrsAND GvINEAs sTAXES. 4 to I agst Angelica—taken, and afterwards offered 5 to 1 agst Confederate—taken, and afterwards offered 11 to 2 agst Ottoman—take 7 to 1 7 1 to 1 agst Muley Ishmael 7 to 1 each apt Ottoman and Muley Ishmael laid in one bet THE DERBY. 14 to 1 agst Angelica—taken lb to 1 agst Confederate—taken, and afterwards offered 15 to 1 aget Theon—taken, and afterwards offered 15 to 1 agst Launcelot 18 to 1 agst Bokhara—taken, and afterwards offered 20 to 1 aget Muley Ishmael—taken 21 to 1 agst St. Andrew—taken 24 to 1 agst Ottoman—taken 25 to 1 agst Gambia—taken 20 to 1 agst Wardan—taken 40 to I agst INlonops—taken freely 40 to 1 agst Chameau—taken 40 to I agst attendant 1000 to 10 agst Brother to ikhlbourne—taken 3000 to 30 agst Morgan Rattler —taken 2000 to 10 agst Black Bess—taken 1000 to 25 each, agst Monops, Chameau, and Prince Albert laid in one bet 500 even between Muley Ishmael and Ottoman—taken 550 to 500 on Theon agst Bokhara—taken 500 on Bokhara agst Lord Jersey's Lot—taken THE 0_11:-S. 3 to 1 agst Crucifix 14 to 1 agst Black Bess---talen 18 to 1 agst Pocaliontas—taken 25 to 1 agst Diploma—taken CAPT. CISAMIER'S NEW NAVTICAL 110. MANCE, " THE Serrnar.",--We arc pleasad to sae that this new tale of one of our most popular national novelists has met with deserved success. A second edition has just appeared with the incrersed attraction of a Portrait of the Author, engraved by Freeman, and Illustrations by Phi; of which it is sufficient to observe that they are in this very clever artist's best style- - the one depictin ,, Carlos and the Pirates gambling in the vaults of the church at La Guayra, is as full of mingled humour and of poga r th' s hi mself. Capt. Chamier has al p greatlyto his rep u t at i on b y the production of " The many which contains ma n y f eatures of novelty that will ex chSitotderiretot6dorr:e as ards it a great dcgree of interest. Though essentially a tale of the sea, it is busied in an equal measure about the shore and its doings, furnishing materials for a very i varied and ex citing course of adventures by fl oo d and field, n which a wide range of characters are brought before us, with . that truth of outline and strength of colouring which invariably mark the productions of this clever writer. MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF TILE QUEENS OF ENG LAND.— The first volumes of this important work has at length made its appearance. 'The entire series to be com pleted in four or five volumes, will include the life of every Queen of England from the time of William the Conqueror to our own day. Thework commences with Matilda of Flanders, Queen of the above-named monarch; and the other lives in clecti in the present volume are those of Matilda of Scotland, fi rs t Q seen of Henry I, ; Adelicia of Lorraine, second Queen •f Henry I. ; Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of Stephen • and Eleano •of Aquitaine, Queen of H enry 11 . T he materials fur th( se Memoirs have evidently been collected with infini'e taste and judgment ; and we can only add that they promise to form one of the most useful, agreeable, and essential additions to our historical library that we have had for many years. The work is published at an extremely low p r i ce ( Bs. 6ti, for a closely printed octavo), with the laudable view of bringing it within the reach of that universal taste to which it appeals.—Nava ar d Military Gazette. MILITARY TORTURE IN THE NINETEETH CENTURY.—A feW days since, a poor soldier, named Thomas Green (aged about 24), of the 20th regiment, stationed in Stockport, was tr ied by a court-martial on a charge of stealing a pair of shoes. This Offence would probably have been punished by ordinary law by seven days' imprisonment, but the sentence of the court-martial mostly partakes of the cruelty of the war system, and sets at defiance that good old axiom of the laws of England, that " No freeman shall be anywise hurt or injured, mails by the legal judgie , rit of his peers, or by the law of the land." And Judge Blackstone says, " Military law is no law at all." So says also Sir Matthew 'rale. Now what do our readers think was the punishment awarded by this military court, held in Stockport barracks, for stealing the pair of shoes. Why the priioner was adjudged to receive ILO lashes with the cat-o'-nine-tails on his naked body ! and this inhuman sentence was actually inflicted as far as 100 lashes, when the young man was unable to endure fur ther torture; and his life being in danger, he was taken down, and now continues ver y ill. , Surely the public will, in good earnest, lend their aid te abolish these barbarities, so entirely unsuited to the age in which we live, and epposed to the best feelings of our nature. Flogging has been abolished in the West Indies, and is now only to be found in the army and navy.— Stockport Chronicle, Feb. 7. An English merchant brig, the Recovery, laden with wool, h as b een wrecked eff the island of Trielan, near Brest. The vessel is entirely broken up; the crew have been all saved ; part of the cargo has floated ashore. Her Britannic Majesty's clatter Devon sailed from Brest on the 11th inst., with the crew of the above vessel and of the Liffey on board, for England. RUMOURED WAR WITII AMERICA. —We are enabled, upon authority above all exception, to set at rest the extraordinary anxiety which has been excited by the ap pearance of what purported to be an extract from a recent pro clamation of Sir John Harvey, the Governor of New Bruns wick. We have before us a letter dated Quebec, January the 16th, 1840, and addressed to the head of an eminent Canada house in the City, containing the following perfectly satisfac tory solution of the difficulty, which the Colonial Secretary was totally unable to give :—" I mentioned in my last letter a memorandum published by Sir John Harvey, which looked _ very warlike, a n d bl ame d hi m very mach for publishing it; but it now app ears th a t i t i s a ll a mistake of Mr. Kemble's ( the editor of the Quebec Mercury), and that these observations wi re made three years ago at a public dinner, and some offi eicus person ha s now f or t h e fi rst time published them. The Maineae3 have no money, and must remain quiet, whether t'ney will or not, which is all the better for all parties ; and there is every reason to hope that all matters in dispute between the parties will be:settled amicably. "._Standard. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF HAREWOOD.—. We regret to anncunce this event, which took place at Hare wocd House, Yorls'iire, on Saturday last. The deceased lady was the eldest daughter of the late Sir John aunders Se tright. Part., and was married to the Earl of Harewood on the CAI of Se, Lumber, 1794. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 15.—. At a congregation on Wed nesday last the following degrees were conferred:— MASTERS OF AltTS.—Clement James Drage, Emma nuel college ; Charles Sanderson, St John's college ; Alexander Armand, Jesus college. BACHELOR or ARTS.—F.tzhenry William Ellis, Tri nity college. At the same congregation the following graces passed the Senate:— To sanction a petition to the Chancellor for the pur pose of obt4 ling for Mr. Pepys, of St. John's college, degree of Doctor iu Divinity by Royal Mandate, At a congregation 3 esterday the following grace passed the Senate . To present an Address to her Majesty the Queen upon her . Mjesty's Marriage. Notice has been girien, that there will be a congregation on Monday next, the 17th instant, at eleven o'clock, when the following grace will be offered to the Senate : To petition the Commons House of Parliament in fa vour of Church Extension in England and Wales. The Ray. Robert Callyer, M. A , of Trinity College, in thii University, has been instituted to the Rectory of Gist, ham, in the county of Suffolk, on the presentation of the Quet•n. The Rev. John Dunningham, M. A., of Si.. Peter's Ccl lego, in thin University, has been licensed by the Lord Bis'eop of London, to the Head Mastership of the Free Grammar School, Colchester, on the nomination of the Town Council. The Rev. Thomas Cornfield Haddon. LL.B., of St. Juhn's college, in this University, has been licensed to the perpetual curacy of Tunstali, in the gift of the Lord Bishop of Norwich._ The Rev. A. D. Power, M. A., of Catharine Hall, in this University, curate of Keswick, Cumberland, has been 14, ppointed Clerical Principal of the Norwich Diocesan Training Institution. The Rev. George Thomas Turner, M.A., formerly of Jesus College, in this University, has been instituted to the Rectory of Monewden; Suffolk. on the presentation of Andrew Archdeckne, of Glevering-hall, in the said county, Esq. THE PHRENOLOGICAL HAIR- DRESSER. PARIS POLICE CORRECTIONELLE.—Augustizz Cha tillard is accused of not observing the laws of meum and team, and of having established as a rule of conduct the " appropriation clause." He is a juvenile, decked out •fasSionablv, with an air distingue ; his hair, artistically arranged, floats gracefully over his forehead. His delicate hand, encased in a gent jaunt', swishes a gold. mounted cane ; you would imagine that this elegant had made the clubs and salons of Paris the theatre of his depreda tions ; -but, being modestly disposed, he was content to extract some napkins, three bottles of Eau de Cologne, two pots of pom.atum, a pair of razors:, and a moustache comb, from the shop of an humble hairdresser. The coiffeur commenced his address to the bench as follows : Messieurs—You are perhaps aware that I am in an humble profession. But this is the result of accident. Ida not hold my proper position in society. Instead of a comb I ought to wield a pen ; but reverses of for tune— President—We wish to hear no information as to your reverses. Fig-aro—Perhaps not ; only I wish to inform you that it was owing to my studies that I succeeded in seizing the robber flagranle delicto. lam a profound phrenologist, and take great delight in that truly— President—Val you at once enter into the details of the robbery ? Figaro—l creep on insensibly to my subject. This gentleman has confided the external arrangement of his head to me. Perhaps some may accuse me of abusing the confidence he reposed in me by minutely inspecting the organs of his head. Imagine my horror at finding two frightful protuberances immediately under the ears. Consort the savans, Messieurs, and they will inform you, that within these p-otuberancrs lurk the organs of abstraction, which the vulgar herd denominate thievish disposition. But to my tale. This miscreant arrived at my shop on the 12th instant. I dressed his hair after the most approved fashion. Ile tendered me five francs. I retired to my Lick shop in search of some change, but, remembering the awful protu berances on the encephalus, I tack the precaution of leaving my eyes behind it.. Messieurs, 'twas wed I did so ; my customer pocketed several articles, and retired. I, however, marked the path he took, followed him, and, on passing by the g.iardhouse, I collared him. 'Twerc vain to tell all that - followed. On his person were found the articles abovir. alluded to. M. Chatillard, during this eloquent address, continued inspecting the coiffeur ti; rough his lorgnon, which seemed to have the property• of representing the bather in a most despicable light., if we may judge from M. Chatillard's countenance. He declined to make any reply or defence, and was acec rdingly condemned to be locked up for six calendar months. DREADFUL ACCIDENT BY 111ACHINERY.— Yesterday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, as a man named Alexander Leslie was oiling the engine at the Obserrer office, where he was employed as a stoker, his foot slipped, and in order to save himself he put , out his hand, which caught in the engine, and his arm we a severed off above the wrist. He instantly ran into the machine-room and exclaimed. " Look at my arm." He was convey( dto Charing-cross Hospital. The unfortunate man has a large family. EFFECTS OF THE WEATHER.---On Tuesday, the 4th instant, the barom ',ter of Francis Bowcher Wright, Esq., of Hinton Blewitt, :enters*, indicated a depression lower than has been observed ley him at any period wit bin the last twenty-two years , _ the qu iAsilver haiing fallen to 2 7 . 91 . In corroboration cf this rerna A - able fact, the barometers of two neighbour s were referred to ky that gentleman, and found to correspond with his own. -- RUSSIA AT THE PO:RTE.—Mr. Bell has ar rived in Constantinople from -Cireassia. An incident of a curious kind occurred a few days after his return. One of his servants, a Pole, was arrested at his hotel by order of M. de Boutenieff, the Russian Ambasss dor. Mr. Bell, who was absent when his servant was carrier I off, lost no time in protest ing egainst this arbitrary act. His protestation ass not with. out effect. The Pole was instan, tiv set at liberty. M. de Boutenieff even wrote an apo'togy to A tiir. Bell, declaring thati t was all a mistake, he having tsAken th 4 Pule for another. THE MARKETS. ." BREAD. le Metropvlis is 1024 d. for the .11b; PRICE or The highest price of Bread in th Lcaf. tiood Bread 'illy he had at SEEDS. Per Quarter, St. Fein -s. 411: 6C 4 Rye Grays -t. 4Cs. 444 faeey Grass .. s, - s Linseed, for feeding-s. 4ss. 521 Ditto, for sowing -s. 545. st's Ditto, for crushing -3. 42 4 . 4Cs Canary -5 70s. SOS Hemp -s. S3s 4ea Per Bushel. White 2.1u.tard...1 Is. (V. 14,. rd. Brown Ditto 154. Ost, 19.. l d Tares Ss. Gd 7. 6d. tet) 23i. 3 il. Foreign 20:. tail/. IF HOPS. ... 0 N. 0/. Vs. to .... 41 les. 52. 151. to ~... Si. 19s. Ol ' Os to ... 3/. 10.1. 41. 10s. to .. St. 10s, 01. Os to 3.f. Os. 01. Os to 01. Os. 31. So. to 01. Os. L. 155. to .PRICES OF LEATHER Per lb. d. tc d Per H.. 41. to d. CropHides,3o to -10Ib. each 11 13i florae llides, Gorman... 12 ig --4 o 50 l2 16 -- Spaiitsh ... !3 24 _____so 60 l3 13 Calf Ski ns3o to 401Koloz) 15 21 Bull Hides ..., Butts, V triol ... .... ---- Englsh ... 15 24 ----- 70 1)1) - Foreign ... ...... .. I 1 18 Seal Skins, large ll 13 I nreign (]ides ........... 10 1-2 --- small 2O 2 2 I Dressing Hides ... ... 11 14 Kips ...- .... 16 20 Bas' i 5.. . :. 13 17 15.... Be,, Saddlers' Hides... .15 !fit Bellies Horse Hides, English ... It 1 , Shaul ers Call Skins, if rounded 2d. to 4d. por b. snore. PRICE OF OIL. RapeOil,brown, pc ton, :35/. Os.-Rell - ed, 3(1.1as -I.lrseel , il, 22/. Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (11)00), 141. (4.-Ra:re 1 ake. per 1,0E41/. riticg.oF TALLOW, SOAP, elc. per 11:21b. Town Tallow sss. Od. Y e ll. w Soap .. .. -a. Yellow Russia sos. fxi. Mottled -s. White Soap Ditto ..... Melting Stuff .... 174. Oil. ;ood Dregs., D.tto Rough PRICE (IF RAW FAT, per stone of Slb. - Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow 51elters) 3s. Id. PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of good Storer andles in the Retail Shops is as follows :•••• Candles, p-r dozen, Os. Od. ; inferior, 71. od. ; Monlds, Its, lid. Sixpence per dozen discount for cash, PRICES O Per Cwt. New English fled CIOTC gds Old Ditto Ditto New Foreign Ditto —s. 565. Ns. Old Ditto Ditto s New White Clover 701. Old Ditto Ditto —B —s.l Ne Trefoil .—s. ISL li.tto —3. i'2;. 2'2s. Pranlitun —f.2.5. 13" s Carraway 523. 53t. F..reign Ditto —3. 565. Ltls Coriander —s 204. F's Rapeseed, English tine per L2l PRICES 0 Fsrnhain Pockets (per cwt.).... East Kdni Pockets._ Ditto Bags Mid Kent Pockets Ditts: Bags Sussex Yearlings Old Olds COAL Bell, Robson & Co. H art l ey 18, 6 Buddies' West Hartley 2O Holywell Main 2O r Original Wlndsqr's Pontnp 10 I Ord's Redhugh Scut Ililartley ...... 19 Tanfield Moor 2l 6 Townley l7 0 Wylarn. Walls End Gosforth Walis End Newmarch l9 C Walls End Pe cy Benshain 20 0 Walls End Belmont Walls Endßraddyll'siletton ‘2ll Walls End Hetton ...... 24 9 Ships arrived sinec [ARKET. 01. Gs. 61 Or. 41 4s. 15 , 1•1.. 4.. Oa. 3 ss. 31. 104. 21 lOs. M. NI. 0.1. ed. Walls End Pe m b er t on Walls End Russell's lietton 24 9 Walls End Stewart's 24 0 Walls End Hartlepool 24 9 Walls End.Kelloe 24 9 !Walls End •arrington Tees 19 0 N• 1 .•::11s End Corntorth 22 A Wa Is End Richardson's Tees 2 0 P. atl: End Seymour Tees .21 6 Walls End South Durham 22 0 Walls End St. Helen's Tees.2l 3 W.tlls End Tees Hetton Walls End West fees l9 8 Klythe. •10 9 Howard's Netherton Main 18 0 last market.d4y, 91. • COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. f Beans. Pease. rer Quarter. Hexham M Irpeth Penrith Winchester ..... Per B.lshel. Carmarthen... CJwbridge- S mamma Per Roll. Barnardcas tic Durham Richmond Stockton S. 41 ,s. to s. s. to 8. 1 1. to * s. to S. G 3 - 33 24 - Ml 63 32 38 2" 34 42 58 34 36 2U : +fe6 - 59 - 40 - 27 - 66 - li3 - 25 66 83 34 45 23 27 s.d. 6.41. s. d. s. d. s. d . s.d. 00 9 0 0 0 40' 0 0 44 0 0 9 S 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 9 10 0 II 0 00 5 6 0 0 401 84 9 3 4 8 5 2 2 8 34' IT 6 166 80 931 7 0 88 90 12 01 1:1 0 17 0 7 0 801 6 0 8 10 9 1311 120 19 0 7 0 9015 0 80 90 li it; 9 11(i 90 9 1.1! 6 0 S 0 7 6 (1 rAKEFIELD CORN MARKET-Feb. 14. I, Norfolk and Suffolk -a. fOs. to 654. fine 78s. Lin. and Cam. -s. Ills. to (ids. fine 6°i. Yorkshire -a. 50s. to 82s. fine &Si. - 'White ~ - Foreign, Tied -8. 60s. to 655. fine 761- - White -a. to 745. nne 78s. Liarl,y, Norfolk and Suffolk Lincolnshire Yorkshire Wald - Foreign -tr. to 3Cs. fine 33.. Beans, New 0:d 42s to 465. fine 484. O. ate, Potato 42.. to 411 s. fine 48s. -a. to 325. fin e 3(s Poland -s. -s. to Zi2s. fine Ma, Teriezland and Small s -s. to 13s. fine 304 - &Ming l3l. to 1 4i. per Stone. Shell alt ing M 465. fine 52x. per Loa. Rapeseed 8 53 56 42 45 s. (1. 00 00 56 00 50 5 56 60 36 41 135 s. d. 00 00 00 • 0 00 00 00 00 Ni'deat, Red, 76 8 86 V 0 V 0 90 00 f 0 ~..f. 06. - per Last. NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE, —Feb. 13. Vs. White. Wheat, Northumberland Ns RE . Vs. 716 74%1 Norfolk and Suffolk... ......... Os 7h.: ..... iss. 76.. ---- Berwick and Sc o t c h 6le. . 64:. ..... —1 68s. Foreign 651. i 15...... (Ds. 765. Rye, Norfolk And Sudolk 4oe 4N . - —s, —.s, - Foreign 32a. &3s. —s. —s. 4 Barley, Malting, Norfolk a nd Suffolk— 3'ie. 41a ...... —6. —l. ' 21 Grinding and Feeding : 126. 34s Nall', Norfolk and Suffolk 633 716 —s —6 Beans, Small '36s. 40s S. --8. , 45 ---•-••• .. Tick 42.. 445. —s. —s. 7.. Pease, White 426. 435. • ... —6. —6., Gray —s fl —s a Cats, Northumberland, Potatoe ..... .... 306. 311 —s. —.-f. Feed 10s. 3ls —s. .—s. 518. 535. --s. —s. - Foreign Flour (per sack) SCOTCH M Wheat. RKETS. Bar:ey. Oats. Beans. I Oatmeal. kbcrdeen Berwick Coldstream Cupar (Fife) Dunbar Elgin Inverness t o 40 40 43 7C to 80 27 to 10 21 to 27 —to 39 59 90 '29 15 12 33 35 46 50 24 26 17 18 30 - Pi 65 26 31 18 22 2 :1 26 —..-. 48 CS 20 49 23 27 .40 63 61 35 37 53 32 43 51 40 42 42 •-• 65 72 30 36 24 25 32 3.3 32 46 23 26 10 23 at 34 -...-- 62 67 36 33 45 18 43 ..... 60 ^4 20 40 25 35 41 44 Inc of the measure varies throughout the country. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—Fe), 12. Wneat. Barley. Oats, Yeast. Beans. 7:4.6d. 42s W. 325. CA. 4:s. Od. 45s Od. 64 0 38 0 26 t) 42 0 42 0 52 0 28 0 29 0 38 0 32 U serage price of Wheat 2/. li. led. PRICES OP PROVISIONS. C. .......... Os. 63. to Os. 81.; Freshßutter, lb. 5.1C.1. to Is. Od. ........ 0 5 9 5 'Salt Ditt0............. 010 - 011 ....... 0 8 1 0 Ditto, per ets t... 84 0 1)6 0 P0r.c...=......... 0 5 0 7 Eggs, per dos... 0 0 li - 10 Limo, per qr. ....... 0 0 0 0 OatStrawiktd.)...l9 6 14 5 Taliow, cwt....... 40 0 42 0 Wheat Ditto... 86, 10 6 Quartern Loaf .... 0 9 oil Barley Ditto .... 7 6 0 6 Potatoes, 141 h. —... 0 3,4 0 0 Hay, per5t....... 1 2 1 4 EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET,—Feb, 11. :Per 2ack of 2001 b. Imp, Per Stone 01 1 itb. lmn. First Oatmeal £2 2 0 First Oatmeal .4) o 4 Second ditto~,_ R.irleyinear 1 1:3 0 Barlcyi.xeal ........ .........„.... 0 1 la reascuseal . 110 0 Peasmeal . ..... S ....... ... 0 1 Pot Barley from 325. t o 55 5. per sack. GLASGOW CORN MA RKET.—Frh. 13. Wheat, pet 240:1). S. I. a. 3. Oats, per 26410, s. d, s. d. British, old ES oto4o 0 Irish ... ......... . ........ 21 O 1023 0 . new .. .. 260 350 British .................. 21 0 24 0 Canada, free • 0 - 0 Elcans, 141 21:0114 Irish .... 24 6 25 0 Barley, 'bar :32010. Scottish ........ English 35 0 26 0 Pease, Scottish ..... 24 0 95 0 S :offish '27 0 31 0 I Oatmeal, per 14010.... 20 0 220 Irish • HA DDING fON CORN MA RKET.—Feb. 14. Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Pease. I First 793 Cd 40. 6:1 31s 84 44. 0,4 Second fls I.ld 37s 6d 27a fd 40s Od Third Ms Od 34a 01 24s Od 36s Od Average DA I,KEITH CORN MARKET.--Feb. !3 liel-o Fiirhaldj Perth TII9 3 First Sscond , Third 8.-,e', per lb. AI llttlni Veal .. - First Second Th int Wheat Barley. Oats. 646 tm 40s 15d 20s 8d 6ds Od sss ed 95$ Od 38s al 40< Od I?. 61 40,0,1 31- OA Beans. .4 is Od 38s Od Offs Od Re2rts. 42 Od 4O Od 34 , Od MUSICAL BOXES.--A few Boxes, of various sorts and sizes, slightly damaged, are offered for sale, at Twelve Shillings each. The list la f tunes of new perfect Musical Boxes is published, and may be had gratis, on appli, a - tion, or will be sent in answer to a paid letter. The prices vary from One to Twenty-five Guineas. T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Silversmith, &c., 47, Cornhill (Seven doors frets Gracechursh-street), London. N.B. A Pamphlet, containing a detailed Lis t •' the Icieel of Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &e., may be hail gratis, or will be forwarded post free, in answer to a post-paii application. SILVER PLATE of LONDON MANUFAC TURE.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Working Gold smiths, 14, Cornhill, Lond on , opp3s i te the Bank of England. The best wrought SILVER SPO ONS and FORKS, Fiddle Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce ; the King's Pattern, 7s. 4d. per ounce. The following are the weights recommended, but the artcles may be had lighter or heavier at the same price per ounee. Os. s. d. S. s. d. 12 Ficille Pattern Silver Table Spoons 50 at 7 2... 111 IS 0 12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 2... 7 3 4 12 d ttu - Table Forks 3O 7 2... 10 1S 0 12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 L... 7 S 4 2 ditto Gravy Spoons lO 7 2... 311 0 1 ditto Soup Ladle lO 7 IL.. 311 * 4 ditto Sauce ditto lO 7 P... 316 al 4 ditto. Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0 1 ditto Fish Slice 12 ditto Tea Spoons IU 7 8 8 1 pair ditt o Sugar Tongs (strong) _ 316 0 0 12 King's l'atei.i Silver Table Sp , ons 4* at 13 4 7 4... 14 15 12 ditto D essert ditt , ` , 6 7 4... a 12 ditto Tab'e Forks .. 4O 7 4.., 14 Is 13 4 12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 i 4.. 010 6 2 ditto Gravy Spoons ;2 7 4... 4 8 fa' 4 1 ditto Soup Ladle ............ l2 7 4._ 42 0 ditto Sau'e ditto..... l2 7 10... 414 0 4 ditto Salt Spoons (strong gilt) ................ 2 0 1 ditto Fish Slice ....•. .. . $ 0 12 ditto Tea Spoens .............. 11 710 1 2 0 1 Nil' ditto Sugar Tongs.. N.B. A Price Current, Stamped as a Newspaper, oontain ing drawings, and every infor mation relative to the purchase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be had on application, er - will be sent into the countnr, free of postage in answer tea paid letter. 7,.............„.,......._,.,_„,...,,,,,...---....______ TR S. On the 12th i nst., at } le adington Rectory, Wilts, the wife of the Rev. G. Majendie, of a son. On the 13th inst., in Charterhouse-square, Mrs. Complin, of a son. On the 10th inst., at St. George's, Hanorer-square, E. P. Woolrich, Esq., of Quebec, Canada, and Southim, Warwick shire, t o H arriet, relict of the late Lieutena n t-C o l one l Leslie Walker, of the 54th Regiment, C. 8., K. H., &c. On the 13th inst., at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, Richard Henry Ford, Esq., of the Inner Temple, barrister-at law, to Frances Sophia, eldest daughter of Lambert Hotchkie, Esq., of the former place. Dig!). On the 12th inst., at Woolwich, Charles hfaeleod, the your•gest son of Captain Burke Cuppage, Royal Artillery, aged 2. On the Bth of October last, at Bombay, Wailiam Brost'ley Cadogm Graham, Esq., M.D., second son of Alexander Graham Esq., of Ballagan, Stirlingshire. - On the Mai of January, ai Sheen Vale, Mortlake, Surrey Miss Barbara Morley, aged 93. London: Printed and Published by 111U111)0 YOUN No. 112, Strand, at TJie SIM Office, No. 112, Strand, in the county of Aliddletex.—Tuesday, February IS, l e4o. .