The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-15 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION MONEY MARKET. and CITY NE W S. (MONDAY EVENING.) CHRONICLE.—We learn that the notes of the Bank of Walsall, in South Staffordshire, have been refused to day by their London correspondent. The late manager of this establishment was pros;:euted by the Directors for ap propriating funds of tb: d establishment to hie own uses. The action was un:.accessful, on the ground that, being a shareholder an , ... 1 partner in the concern, he could not com mit an av of felony against himself. This result led to an a' , - ''4ration of the law affecting joint-stock banks last "..esion, making it criminal for shareholders of such es tablishments to embezzle the money of any bank in which they were partners. In the Canon Register of the 14th of July last, there is a table giving the export of tea and silk shipped from the anchorages of Hongkong, Toonkoo, and Kapsalyrnoon, to various ports in Great Britain since July, 1839, to July, 1840. The total results are:— Black Tea. Green .... 19,465,15:3 6,.. , 03,302 26,295 ; 491 lb s. Teas taken to Singapore and Rhio, for transhipment to Great Bri tain, per Ann M'Kern, Acbar, Montezuma, Lintin, Tartar, Pa trivia, about i , 000,000 29,295,491 lbs. yea. Any; Silk ..... 2,630 bales. POST,-.The following is an extract of a circular received in the City this morning, from the Straits of India, by the Oriental steamer : The circumstance of the blockade not extending to the trade with Canton by the Macao passage has induced come Traction to ship cotton and Straits produce, under the impression that this trade will be allowed to continue un interrupted both by the Chinese and English. Some are of opinion, however, that these lenient measures at the outset are only to continue until it is known what re ception the demand from the British Government meets with at Pekin, and, if unfavourable, that the strongest measures practicabl e by the present force will be adopted bolt at Canton and along the whole coast. It is more than probable that the Emperor will order the barba riane to return to their country under threats of total an nihilation, and that nothing will be obtained by nego tiatioe ; bat whether Chusan will be taken posses sion of, and trade allqwed to go on there and at Macao, until the differe"es arc finally arrange], it is quite impos sible to say. n odouLt one of the steamers would be de slutch',...4 for Calcutta with intelligence of the result of the " e "aiand made at Pekin. Before that is known no idea can tee formed as to the measures likely to follow ; and, under present advice., it see., to be generally thought UDS , .lie to ship anything but opium for China. Some private letters state that the orders to the blockading squadron are to in:Aetain a strict blockade of the Bogue except fiThing boats and opium smugglers, from which it would appear the opium trade is not to be interfered with." Cape of Good Hope letters and papers to the 10th of October have come to hand. They communicate nothing new, and are, in fact, no more than three days later. A letter addressed by Mr. ArthurAndcnon to the Direc tors of the projected East Indian Steam Navigation Com pany has been published. After explaining that the pre prietors of the Peninsular line of steam-vessels have esta blished, under a contract with her Majesty's Government for the mail service, a profitable intercouse with Spain and Por tugal, it proceeds to state that they have conclude], in conjunction with the proprietors of the steam-ship; Oriental and Great Liverpool, a contract for the transmis sion of mails between England and Alexandria (via Gib. raltar and Malta), Greece, and the lonian Islands ; and that the vessels and properties, with their double line of snail arrangements, have formed a union for the purpose of opening other lines of communication, particularly with British India; the object of.the writer being to show that a further amalgamation of interests, comprehending those of the East India Steam Navigation Company, long since set on foot by a number of influential gentlemen, is de sirable. The benefits held out to the Directors of this Company, as an inducement to themselves and their co. proprie tovz 'co fall into the measure, are principally these : 1. A Royal charter of incorporation for the enlargement of the basis anti operations of the two united Companies has been obtained from the Crown. 2. Under this charter, besides the other advantages it confers, the liability of shareholders is limited to the amount cf their subscriptions. 3. A contract has been made with Government, fur six years certain, for the conveyance of the East India mails and despatches between England and Alex andria, &e., for which the. Company are to receive the consideration of 2030001., on a graduated scale of pay ment, the first year's portion being 37,0001 , and which, added to the sum receivable for the Peninsular mail ser- vice, 29,600/., makes a total of 66,6f0/ , commences the Ist of September. 4. The prosperity that has attended the exertions of the Peninsular Company, and the increase of traffic to be expected from the present extension of the line. es. The satisfactory arrangements made for securing the vessels of that Company, as also the new ships Orien tal and Great Liverpool, to nhich are to be added the Montrose and Lotus, an iron steamer intended for plying on the Nile. 6. The management is under the direction of parties possessing, from long practical experience, a competent knowleege of steam navigation. After some delay in replying to the overtures of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, the cause of which is explained by Mr. M‘Killop, negotiations between the par ties have at length been entered upon. A result favour able to the proposition is probable, as the objects of the East Indian Steam Navigation Company appear to have been very much superseded through the greater activity of their rivals, by whom everythihg has been placed in a state of forwardness curiously in contrast with the little they have themselves as yet effected. The Oriental and Great Liverpool steamers are already mining between England and Alexandria. The Precur. sor, of 1,600 tons burden and 500 horse power, intended to ply on the line between Calcutta, Madras, Ceylon, and Su.; is building ; while the Hindustan and Bentinck, ves sels of similar tonnage, arc, it seem; on the point of being put, in hand. it is considered that the whole of the machinery of this extensive project will be in motion, providing a monthly corunmnient;n l,etween England and her Asiatic depen tereirs, in little more than a twelvemonth. " Such," says 11r. Anderson, with pardonable triumph, " is the progress made in a few months by a few individuals in an under taking which has btaed the enterprise of the wealthy and influential merchants and others identified with that im portant empire." Mr. Anderson's idea is that the Peninsular Company should work the passage as far as Alexandria, leaving the East India interest, or Company, to work, in concert with them, the distance between Suez and India ; or that the subscribers to the elder Association should perform a junc tion with the Peninsular and Oriental Company, by be coming shareholders of the same, and appointing persons iu their confidence Directors, to represent them in its ma nagement ; the latter mode of proceeding being, as he conceives, for the reasons given, the more eligible, pre senting, es it does, greater facilities for the speedy con summation of tho " conprchensiva system" called L: by M. )I'Kit:op's party, TIMES —The arrival of the lelian letters to-day by the wily of Fahnouth has increased the dissatisfaction of the merchants, on account of the delay experienced, as they now snd that the letters were actually directed via Marseilles, and that, in spite of this direction, and contrary to the wish it expre.:3cd, the sea route has been preferred. answer received by the East Chi .a ei,ti,tl to a Icttur add , e , sed by the m to the 13,7.. beet', that that dep.:dr:lent, tntm stat d entit cly cxt.ii,.- rat,: , l of the aff,ir, since it h7s nothing to do v:ith the tr-n;:y.'s - ,ioa of letters beyond provilng a F.ea conveyance. Altogether. there seems to be a want 'of system in the P'• u ode of conveyance, since n.)t only on this occasion have letters maiked " vie Marseilles come by way of Falmouth, but the very reverse happened last mil, when letters addressed " via Falmouth" came by the wry of Marseilles. Of course, it fillews, as no eh are in the blame i, admitted at the Admiralty, that the agents of the I ) 6st-ofrie:" must be called to account for this great derciict'on of duty and di , ..obedicnce of clear and manifest in -auctions, which exceeds any case of the kind that has ever yet occurred. As if to aggravate the mischief es much as possible, it appears that besides this preference of the sea to the land route, another delay was caused thiough the Oriental not being allowed land her mail:. at touthampton, whence if thty had been sent up by the railway, the merchants would have bad them on Saturday mot:Ili:lg. Thus there are two distinct causes of delay, which d eman d a sat i s f actory exp l anat i on, t h oug h t h e want of Permission to land the mails at Southampton is much in ferior an importance to the other. SUN. —The Market for the public securities WAS dc• pressed all day. There appeared to be a feeling of anxiety on the subject of the funeral ceremony at Paris to• morrow, when it is feared occasion may be taken to create disturbance:. The large number of troops likely t o be present i s , however, guarantee for the mainte nance of peace. Consols closed at 88:1 89 ; Ezeheque. Bills at 3s. to Is. premium ; Bank Stock at 156 A ; and the Reduced Three-and-a-Half par Cents. at 9* to Active 7 Bands dropped from 24 t o 23 The Foreign Market was inanimate. Spanish ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. f rom 38 to 331 ;anti the Three -1 per Cents. from 21i 1 to 21i. The se stocks were de pressed in addition to the causes acting upon the other securities, by the accounts of the serious misunderstand ing between the Courts of Lisbon and i Madrid, on t h e subject of the Douro navigat.ori,wl . h I?weve r it is supposed will, in the end, be amicably adjusted. Th e South Amer'ean Republican fonds .lower.s f vet 7at2B., lembian of 1824, at 25.1 ; Mexican o i s _ to 29 ; and Chilian at 36 to 57 ; Brazil sock on the contrary, improved from 71 to 72 ; Dutch ntt a-Hilf per Cents. realised 51 i to ;and the ,Five I r Cents. 9g to The Railway Shares were, in a'e 'v secs, a trifle lower, b u t no genera l depression occurred in prices. There was a fair average business done. Great Western Share s were quoted 00 to 9') the Now 10 to 91, the "' 2 Birmingham 82, the Now 25, the Manchester and Leeds 8, the New 5, and the South Western 13.- to 1.1 pre mint". Brighto n were 9to 92, Blackwall North Midland 23, the New •), Lastern Counties 14-a, and the Birtningharn and Derby - 0 61 discount. Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares were lit premium. It could _appear that the Emperor of the Celestial E m pi re has faithful allies, though not formidab!e ones, in a quarter least expected. One of these is the King of Siam, who annually sends tribute or homage to Pekin, and who has shown himself desirous to follotv the ex ample of his Imperial Master, by exerting himself also in repressing the opium traffic. The King is reported, indeed, to have said that he would extirpate every Eng lishman i n his dominions the moment he received infor capture of a single Chi nese j unk. The. maticis of the TilE SUN, LON ON, TUESDAY, DECEMBEIt 15, 1840 Chinese edicts are regularly forwarded to his Majesty by order of the Court of Pekin ; and as groat tytannY has recently been exercised towards the British, they labour under much apprehension, and were anxiously expecting some ship of war to protect them in case of need. As to commerce, the King was ruining it by his monopolies and exactions. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS: FROM THE MORNING PAPER 23 O THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) We elsewhere insert what may he termed an issue between Thomas Duncombe, Esq,, for Finsbury, and William Tooke, Esq., Treasurer to the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The proceedings open by a letter from Mr. Duncombe to the Committee of the Society, dated July 8, 1840, in which a charge is brought against Mr. Tooke, that he had used the influ- once he possessed as their Treasurer to induce their tradesmen to Pledge themselves in writing to give him"their ac::tve anal zealous support" at the next election fr :". cnc borough of Finsbury, contrary not only to t'•!ir previous course of voting, but to their declared wi: Hs and intentions. To this letter the Secretary of 1 Socicty,on the 9th July, 1840, returns for answer tl. •, as the aliczations are wholly unsupported by any sta • ilient of particular facts, the Committee cannot enterti. • the cliarp. On the same day Mr. Dancornbe appli• by letter, to the S:cretary to be ialormcd whetht.. upon the charge being communicated to Mr. Took; is admitted or denied its truth. The S:cretary decline stating what passed at any meeting of the Committee unkss directed by the Committee. On the same day Mr. Duncombe replied to the letter of the Secretary, stating that he was prep tred to go into the case and bring proof in support of the charges whenever the C.:ininittee should appoint a day. The Secretary answers that there ould not be an ordinary meeting of the General Committee before the second Wednes day in August ; and that he could only summon an ex traordinary mPetin.; by desire of the Chairman, Vice- Chairman, or Treasurer. Mr. Duacornbc requested the Secretary to apply to the Treasurer for his sanction to call, without loss of time, a special General Meeting. On July 14 the Secretary informs Mr. Duncombe that he had laid his note of the I lth before the Treasurer, who declined to call a special meeting unless there should have been previously sent to him a statement of the particular facts upon tyli;eli the charge is founded. Mr. Duncombe then calls upon the Secretary to apply to the Chairman or Vice-Chairman to sanction the sum moning a special meeting. On the 16th of July the Secretary answers that the Chairman of the Society con curs in opinion with Mr. Tooke, but as Mr. Tooke had ai aived the objection, the Chairman had requested Mr. Duckworth, Mr. George C. Lewis, and the Hon. J. Wrottesley, to form a Sub-Committee to investigate the charge, and that the Sub-Committee had been sum moned for the `t Ist July. On the _oth July, Mr. Dun combe attended with his proofs, but Mr. Tooke, though be had received notice, was not present. Mr. Duncombe then stated that he was desirous to• submit his proofs, as he had understood that Mr. Tooke had solemnly denied, at a meeting of the General Committee, that there was' any truth in the charges. We have now the examination of Mr. Leighton, of the firm of Leighton and Eelcs, bookbinders, and Mr. Leighton, jun , and Mr. Coates, Secretary of the Society, in corroboration. The Sub-Committee would seem to have wished to fight shy after hearing this evidence. On the nth of Au gust they came to a resolution (communicated to M r. Dun cembe) stating that no officer of the Society ought to use his influence, as such officer, for any matter threign to the objects of the Society. But Mr. Duncombe was not to be so got rid of. He called upon the Committee either to sanction or condemn the conduct of the Trea surer with reference to the particular case brought for ward. After a long interval, on the 10th of Decem• her comes a letter of the Secretary to Mr. Duncombe, informing him, by direction of the Committee, " that the Committee regret that in two cases the in fluence of the Society has been used in a matter foreign to the objects of the Society—that the Society was in no way cognizant of such use of its influence, and has expressed an opinion upon the subject which it hopes will preclude the recurrence of such an event." Here the matter rests. But Mr. Tooke cannot, we should suppose, after this, rest the Treasurer of the Society. Having denied, in the first instance, that there was any foundation for the charges against him, it would have been but decently respectful to the Society, having been made acquainted with the day when the proof would be brought forward, to have attended. This, however, is between him and the Society. Our business is to point attention to the denial of Mr.Tooke, and to the opinion of the Committee, that that which Mr. Tooke had so denied was fully established. (From the Morning Herald.) The inhabitants of London, and indeed all people who take an interest in whatever tends to promote the health and beauty of the metropolis, have reason to feel indebted to - A those members of the Common Council who opposed the report of the City Lands Committee, which was brought up by the Chairman on Thursday, and which recommended the erection of buildings on the vacant ground at the west end of Cheapside—a recommendation which would have had the effect, as was stated in our Report, of preventing the execution of a plan for the opening a complete view of the magnificent cathedral of St. Paul from St. Martin's-le-Grand. Mr. R. L. Jones, the Chairman of the London-bridge Committee, who had twice be fore defeated a similar design, had the merit of lead ing the opposition to the revived proposal on Thurs day, and succeeded, for the third time, in crushing the anti-improvement project. We trust it has got its final overthrow, and that it will never again be heard of, except in terms of deserved reprobation ; for in this case we cannot admit the applicability or policy of the maxim—de mortuis nil nisi bonum. Truly• did Mr. Jones observe, that " every one who approached the neighbourhood of St. Paul's admitted that it was dis graceful to the metropolis that so noble au edifice should be so completely enclosed that its proportions could not be properly seen." Mr. Richard Taylor, also, in sup porting the amendment to the motion for agreeing to the Report, expressed a hope that " the beautiful pro portions of St. Paul's would be thrown open to the public." A similar view of the subject was taken by Mr. Anderton. Mr. Hunter appositely remarked, that " as they were improving the cast end of Cheapside by buildings a Royal Exchange, they ought to improve the west end, by throwing open one of the finest buildings in the country." Alderman Thomas Wood said, "It was the universal complaint that no opportunity was afforded of taking a proper view of one of the finest build ings in the country." Mr. Bedlord expressed similar sen timents. Now, let us here stop to remark upon the great incongruity, if not absurdity, of erecting, at vast ex panse, such an edifice as St. Paul's, and other great works of architectural art that might be mentioned, and then blocking them out of view. Some time ago a great deal was said in Parliament about the ad vantage that public taste would derive front throwing open SA lot Pout's, and othyr cathedral, to the pe o ple in g,ineral, at other than the times of Divine set vice, niAlout ex?.cting any fee for admission. But while a struggle was made for getting the public a cheap gratification of their curiosity by a daily sight of the architectural and monumental attractions of the interior, not a word was said as to the necessity of first rendering visible to the public eye the beauties of th e exterior of seme of those noble edifices, which, in the case of St. Pours in particular, must be taken on trust, or, like the doctrines oldie (hint d tract , tarn, on the au thority of tradition. Admirers, as we are, of our own an cient style of architecture, which sonic call the Anglo- Norman, and some the Gothic, and for the preservation of which in its original purity and grandeur we have had to fight many a hard battle, as in the instances of York Minster, the Ladyc Gavel, St. Aibouh; Abbey Church, &c., we feel no less iatere,.ted on a chaif of those splendid works in which the genius of such men as Sir Christopher Wren and inigo Jones may be said to have transplanted the principles along with the high sentiment of Greek and Roman art to the soil of Eng land. First of all works of its kind in England, and second to only one other in Earope, is the cathedral of St. Paul's ; yet its interior, we are sorry to say, is in a state of neglect almost verging on decry, Lot very cre ditable to its ecclesiastical guardians ; while its &ti mes external proportions are bricked out of sight, with a peiaz-taking essit!uity to conceal them from the pus. is maze, %Illicit must induee the curious foreigner to pose that the tr;tion, after having expended the wee of a province in constructing such a building, beets_ ashamed to let it be seen. However, thanks to ame liberal taste in the Common Council (we use the woi " liberal" in its true sense), this reproach of a callus dra!, built upon a hill, and yet unseen, is likely t. be taken away. When the plan of Mr. It. L Jones is reali,ed, the view front St. Martin's-le- Grand will challenge competition with any view of the saute extent in any capital of Europe. But, as part of the ground is Crown property, it will be necessary that Government should he 'aimed with ' a stella r feeling as to the velue of such an impros c went ;• and we hope that on the part of Government and th e beauty niggard lut economy will stand in the way of proper execution of a plan which would add se nn mean to exlN:Tiirnsato s:trittoyn of the metropolis, while it has also the score of pub!ie convenience. urged dsseilot suppofted the amendment Peter Laurie, that in this discussion Sir of Mr. Jones, ,el , y st the advatitages derivable to public health front in the vicinity pointed out, e •t improvements, bath and wherever else they arc p ra cticable. lie said that “ eessy opportunity shouldshouldseized for giving free air to the City, which was in in lanes unit alleys gre itly to instanced til several pre judice fs.ltuhte uphemth.„ Il e disposition to build tali houses in narro w streets, stye ot.tls, to the almost total ex clusion of li g ht and a building par ti c ularly observable in some metr o p o li tan suburb called New Zealand, of the geography o f which we confess our profound ignorance, while ase rnit that a name of such classical orig l i , i i i ic is appropriately Zealandaepipronriately I gieen to so tasteful a local it y . order of architecture, we suppose, s "neat as imported." Sir Peter did justice to the memory of George IV., ' whose taste for improvement created " a new city" at the west end of the town. George IV. was in that respect a most judicious " Reformer" and a great pot:- lie benefactor. All the enlightened public will assent to what fell from Sir Peter Laurie, when he said, " now the City ought to follow the example of George TV., who had caused such improvements in Regent- Aireet and the Strand, and other parts of the west end of the town ; as were alone sufficient to establish a claim to the gtatitude of posterity." Let the Corporation of London bring out• to public view the splendid propor tions of St. Paul's Cathedral, as the hand of improve ment at the west-end brought from darkness into light the beautiful church of St. Martin-in•the-Fields, with its unrivalled portico ; and they, too, will have set a noble example to some other Corporations, and have esta blished a claim on the gratitude of posterity. (From tie Morning Advertiser.) Napier is truly a glorious fellow : one about wirim, to use a trite and expressive phrase, "there is no mis tai;e," and who will admit of no mistake about others. His correspondence with Mehemet Ali shows him to be as able and energetic in diplomacy, as he has always, and more particularly on recent occasions, proved himself in arms. In opening the negotiation, the Gal lant Commodore stated the simple facts of the case, without any disguise or equivocation, and briefly direct lag Mehemet Ali's attention to the impressive lesson taught by events in Syria, where, in a month's time, six thousand Turks and a handful of marines have taken Saida and Beyrout, defeated the Egyptian army in three different actions, have taken ten thousand prisoners and deserters, have caused all the seaports to be evacuated, all the passes of the Taurus, and the mountains of Lebanon, and this against an army of 30,000 risen. Three weeks afterwards Acre fell into the hands of the Allied fleet after three hours' bombard ment. And then he puts the following important query :—" It his highness wishes to continue hostili ties, he will permit me to ask him whether he is sure in Etypt ?" To the letter, from which we make these ex traets, Boghos Bey, on the part of Mehemet Ali, re plied in the most conciliatory terms, from which it would appear that Mehemet Ali was from the first ready to restore the Turkish Let, which, as stated, he per• miffed to remain at Alexandria only at the solicitation of the Turkish Rear-Admiral, who was the treasonable in strument of its desertion ; that his Highness had only re fused to solicit from the Sublime Porte the faculty to to that first concession the life government of Syria, and that because the Viceroy had the conviction that Syria in his hands might still offer great resources to Cie empire." We shall not, however, go farther in making extracts from the highly interesting correspond ence, which will be found elsewhere. It is a splendid exhibition of British power and of British diplomacy. Naph:r is a genuine British seaman. His negotiations are conclusions, and not protocols—he makes treaties at t'ae mouth of the gun, and not in the shape of words —what he determines he accomplishes, and with the snaviter it: mod() as well as the fbrtilcr in rc. Commo dore Napier has, in fact, exhibited talents of no ordi nary description—as a naval officer he has apparently no equal in the present day—by land he has shown the best qualities of a General—prudence and foresight— and as a diplomatist he has brought that to a conclusion in forty-eight hours' time which it might have cost very able statesmen to settle in as many months. Com modore Napier has received, as he justly deserves, a high mark of her Majesty's approbation ; but something more remains to be done, and that something ought to be done immediately. Commodore Napier ought to be an Admiral of the Fleet, and the grateful hearts of Englishmen, always inclined to do honour to those who do honour to them, will not be satisfied until this additional mark of Royal favour has been bestowed on im. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) Our readers will find in another part of our this day's publication copies of the correspondence between Mehemet Ali and Commodore Napier, which led to the convention concluded so speedily and satisfactorily. The partisans of the wily Pacha amongst our conti nental neighbours complained of the brusque style in which he must have ban pressed by the Commodore, to bring him to terms so swiftly, in spite of his well cultivated talents for evasion. The perusal of the cor respondence will show that the " right hand" of the Paella had not " forgot its cunning," but it will also show the successful manner—which indeed has been illustrated throughout the course of the recent tran sations—in which those who know their own mind, and know their own force, may defeat doublings. All who have followed Mehemet Ali throughout his career must have observed with admiration his perfection of arti fice, at every point of contact into which he has come with Europeans. He has succeeded so completely in throwing dust in the eyes of a large part of our coun trymen, that, to judge by the language of some journal ists, they believe him to this day the most unaggressive and ill-used of Moslemins, whom Europe attacked while he was attacking nobody. This sort of im pression was favoured by extreme tact in the Dacha's treatment of foreigners. A correspondent of ours ob serves, " Examine for one moment his conduct towards foreigners, and . especially towards, Englishmen—and it has been one round of caressing, and fawning, and treat ing. And why all this? Let Pr. Ruppcli, supported by M. Felix Mengin and M. Jomard, tell us. The first of these, in his ' Voyage in Abyssinia,' observes that— ' It is easy to recognise his cunning policy. All strangers of rank and influence, particularly Englishmen, are treated during their residence in Egypt with marked attention, and sometimes feasted and lodged with a luxury border ing on prodigality. Again—' Moreover, rarely is an oppor tunity lost of begging travellers, in whatever they might write respecting Egypt, to represent the Government in the most favourable possible light,' &c. Thus the de ceptions practised on authors and travellers have con tinued to lull Europeans as to the real objects of Egyptian policy, but the veil is now withdrawn ; and the shock of our broadsides must have read a -lesson in the lEsst which will not be much of a de ception, nor will it be easily forgotten." While Mehemet Ali was taking pains to persuede Euro peans of his wisdom and justice, he was actively pursuing a policy essentially of aggression and disturb ance. He was encouraging (the fact has been stated with censure in the French Chambers) the other Pachas to join him in proclaiming their independence. He was retaining, and incorporating with his own, the fleet of the Turkish empire, in the teeth of the remonstrances of all Europe, leagued to protect that empire. After this, it is vain to talk of him, as some of our colleagues of the press persist in doing, as more sinned against than sinning, and as injured without provocation. (From the Courier.) We should be sorry to eliellenge dishonest motives for change of political opinion on all occasi.ans, but we mty not forget that new convictions, when honest, are of slow growth, and when once adopted , a lter a painful process of deep reflection, are usually avowed with re- . luetance, advocated with a becoming temperance of in inner, with a retiring modesty of demea nour, and a kind and courteous charity for former associates. Mr. Milner aharnlonment in one day of all the previous opt nioy,s and political courses of his life, his instantaneous in oculation with a creed so diametrically o pposed to every former principle, his coarse and reckless career of per &Alai vituperation of ancient and more consistent friend,,, present the very opposite appearances of all that should signalise an honest, even if' infirm, purpose., and stamp him it once as a renegade, politically without honour as without principle. Like all renegades, he would he the most rancorous and ruthless persecutor of all holding by the filth he has abjured, and were autos da fc in flisilion now Mr. Gibson would be just the incendiary apstate to fire the pile, and consummate his treachery by burning those whom he bad before betrayed. This disL:reditXc person figures upon the scene again, we perceive, on ece,ision of a dinner in Manchester, appa r•ntly iu honour of Sir Tnonnis Potter, late nai Ala- : or of that large and intelligent community, which, such, repudiates corporation honours. At this din ner Mr. Gisborne, formerly one of the M.P.s for Der byshire, but now one of O'Connell's nominees, sang the funereal ho%ours of his Ministerial patrons with grace equally dismal and ludicrous. From the joking indul gences so wautoned in it may be taken for granted, we presume, that as all the Gisbortics are provided for, the Whig jester has no longer a motive to restrain the saes uf an unbridled tongue. (From the Standard.) Mr. Gibson tiny gory in the title of RAT. There is no accounting fur tastes ; we remember a person of some not very savoury notoriety, who meat to sty that au hour which he spent upon the pulory was " the proudest hour of his life ;" but whatever may be Mr. GUrhorne's fancy, the prejudice—if we must c all it so—of the EngliAr people is rather against the practice of ratting, and with good re:son. The poli tical rat, said the late Mr. Hazlitt, must give,up either hie integrity or the authority of his judgment ; must eeufess, to speak in plainer language than Mr. Ilaz htt'::, that he is either knave or fool, or, as corn ntoe'y happens, a compound of both. It is quite true that a man may vote different ways, and even pursue different lines of politics at different times, wJtiout any imputation upon either his honesty or his sense ; but then he is bound to show that his change of conduct necessarily attend s upon a change o f external circumstances independent of his power — just as a u , .an can give a reason fur going differently habited in winter and summer, on a dry day or a rainy day. Mr. Gibson's ratting was, however, too sudden aryl too siolent to allow of any excuse of this kind ; and in truth he does not attempt any. is he then dishooest or silly ?—we do not say that he is Ro in n: tis h g i his conduct as patronage e n i ; t g b ; ( k i t r i : ,., but o eperrctsauilni:pytitolinereariissinntg.aluiitilg upon rei hs a o j 5 by no means clear that a professional gentleman ratting to the party d has not had an eye to profit, even though that p'trty's tenure of place might seem short, more particularly if he had felt his wa y with the party in reversion, and f oun d t h at t h ey did not rate his pretensions as high as he might ho dis posed to rate them himself. But Mr. Gibson is a lawyer, and he knows that there are many corrupt mo tives besides the hope of profit. Such are malice, an insolent presumption, and even wanton impertinence. Acquitting the ex-Member of corruption of every kind, however, one must, according to Mr. Ilazlitt's doc trine, convict him of gross folly. LAW INTELLIGE N CE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dr c. 14. (London Sittings at Nisi Prius.) MORRISON D SALMON. The plaintiffs are the successors of the late James Morrison, the " Ilygeist," and this action was brought against the defendant, formerly an agent for the sale of Morison's Pills, or Universal Medicine, to recover damages, avowedly nominal, for the fraudulent use of their name, in the sale of an imitation of their medicine. Mr. Sergeant STORKS, in a lively speech, which ex cited much laughter, stated tlee ease fur the plaintiffs, and called several witnesses to prove that they had found, by several years' experience, the genuine medi cine of the plaintiffs to be the very best in the world, and the better the more of it was taken, and that having bought the defendant's substitute, being mislead by the labels on his pills, they considered themselves injured in health by the deception. Mr. ERLE for the defendent argued that the adver tisements of the latter, and the labels upon his pill boxes, were a sufficient intimation to the public, that Sa!mon's " Original Alorril:on's Pill=," were different from, tied superior to the medicine sold by the plaintiffs at the British College of Health. The Learned Gen . tle.nan, with whom was Mr. Wightman, called several witnesses to prove that the defendant's pills were made aecording to the original recipe, and were better than those now mat:unto:tired by the plaintiffs. The case having occupied nearly !even hours, the Jury found for the plaintiff One Farthing damages. The Learned JUDGE said that as the action was brought to prove a right, and not to recover damages —the plaintiffs having rather proved that they suff.:red no damage, inasmuch as they sold cartloads of pills daily, and had found no dimintr ion of their sale through the defendant's conduct,—ho should certify fur costs in their favour. The verdict, he said, set tled the question of' right, and the defendant could not continue to use Morrison's nem, which, his Lordship considered, to be all that the action was intended to prevent. pension of the ladies '? itnesS,--No. I took them into custody at the desire of Mr. Farqdhat, vihn Wished that every thing that could be done consistently shotild be done for their comfort. I remained in the house accordingly. John Jetting, messenger to Mr. Farquhar, stated that be accompanied Forrester by the directions of his employer. He had some conversation with the ladies. 110 tnadz an observation relative to Captain Wallace leaving Tredegar-square, when Mrs. Mary Wallace said, " I am Mrs. Michael Wallace,'' although the two Misses Wallace had denied that she was at all related to them, and declared that she was a mere acquaintance. The three females said that the statement as to their drnial was false. • The witness said he was upon his oath, and he solemnly swore it was true. He asked how stood the rent of the house, to which Mrs. Mary Wallace replied, that all was paid, and that she had receipts in her fires• sing-case up stairs, and she pointed with her finger up stairs. Witness at that moment observed Miss Cathe rine Wallace shake her bead, and Mrs. Mary Wallace then said, " Yes, up stairs, in my bedroom at Tredegar- square." Mr. James Phillips, solicitor to the General Mari time Insurance Company, produced the papers marked by Forrester A, B, and C. The paper A was a broker's account of the sale of stock, to the amount of 51.;91. 4s. 2d., in the name of Catherine Wallace, and the par: B was an exactly similar account, in the name of Janet Wallace. The dates of the papers was the 28th of November, and the first examination at the Mansion-house, on the subject of the loss of the Dryad, was the 27th of November. Mr. Bodkin—Have you reason to believe, from the inquiries you have made, and the information you have received, that, if time be given, you will be enabled to prove that these two females, the sisters of Wallace, are implicated in the transactions which we are now inves tigating ? Mr. Phillips—l have. Mr. Bodkin—Have you traced that a large sum of money has been paid to the British Linen Company, to he paid to Euphemia Wallace ? Mr. Phillips—l have. It has been transmitted through the house of Smith, Payne, and Smith to the British Linen Company, the Edinburgh bank. I dispatched a messenger to Scot land on Saturday. Mr. Bodkin—Have you, from your inquiries, been led to believe that the two sisters present assisted in the escape of Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace, on the night of the 27th of November ? Mr. Phillips—Yes. Mr. Humphreys—Pray, was any warrant issued for the apprehension of Michael Shaw Stuart Wallace? Mr. Phillips—No, I am not aware that there was ; but a reward was offered for his apprehension on Satur• day last. Mr. Humphreys--Then, on the 27th November there was no warrant against Michael Shaw Stewart Wel lace, nor charge against him ? ss. 4 /slr. Phillips said that Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace was implicated in the charge made at the Mansion•house incidentally on the 27th November, but it was felt upon that occasion that it was quite enough to deal particu larly with the prisoners then brought up. The officers had instructions to take Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace into custody on the 28;1 of November, but not, he be lieved on the 27th. Mr. Humphreys—Did you not apply on the 4th of December for summonses to those two ladies, the sisters of Wallace, to attend the Mansion-house ? Mr. Phillips—l caused a number of summonses to be ap plied for to be filled up as they might be required. I never saw these summonses to the ladies. Mr. Humphreys—When did you ascertain that the stock referred to was sold out? Mr. Phillips—Several days ago . Mr. Humphreys—Before the 4th of December? Mr. Phillips—l think it was several days before that date. I lament very much to see these ladies accused, and it was .with the utmost reluctance I assented to the necessity. Mr. Humphreys—l do not charge you by implication or otherwise, with having done anything whatever which yon did not consider it to be your duty to do. Did you order them into custody? Mr. Phillips—Mr. Farqu har consulted me on the subject., and we felt it to be necessary to have them apprehended. Mr. Clarkson—And you believe that you will be able to connect them with this transaction of the Dryad ? Mr. Phillips—l am assured we shall. Mr. Humphreys then made a speech in defence of his clients, and called on the Lord Mayor to discharge them. Mr. Andrew Wallace, the father of the two females, here stood forward and begged to he heard. After some conversation between the Counsel and the Lord Mayor, he was sworn, and stated that the money 'NOS their own, and that they were not part proprietors of the D ryad. The LORD MAYOR said that the statement of Mr. Phillips certainly settled the question as regarded the ►detention of the prisoners. His object was to obtain the best means of ascertaining the true state of the case, and he determined to require very heavy Vail. His Lordship then consulted with Mr. Hoblcr, and said that he should require for each prisoner two sureties in .5001. each. Mr. Andrew - Wallace said that he would willingly lodge the whole amount as security in the hands of the Lord Mayor. Mr. Clarkson—As your Lordship seems determined to take bail, I hope you will see that it be adapted to the serious nature of the charge. The sum of 8,0001. has been obtained by this transaction. Mr. Humphrey—Mr. Wallace, the father of the young ladies, offers the whole amount as security. Mr. Bodkin—Yes, yes, it is easy enough to advance that sum. The LORD MAYOR said that it was not usual for a Magistrate to accept bail of a pecuniary kind, and that of course the Solicitor would take care that the sureties were respectable. The case was then postponed till the next exami nation of Patrick J. S. Wallace and James Stott. BOW. STREET. Mr. Henry Hetherington, the bookseller in the Strand, appeared yesterday before Mr. Hall, upon an information, granted at the instance of Mr. clerk in the Superintendent President's department in the General Post-office, to show cause why he unlaw fully refused to pay the sum of 2d., being justly due and owing to her Majesty, as postage of a letter re ceived by him. Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the Post-office, stated, that the proceedings were taken under the Ist Vic., chap. 36, which authorised the amount of postage to be recovered before a Magistrate, having jurisdiction where the offence shall be committed. About three weeks back, a letter, addressed to the defendant, was delivered to him by the letter-carrier of the district in which he re sides, which he broke open, and then refused to pay for it, in consequence of which, he (Mr. P.) wrote to him upon the schject. but he received no answer. Under the provisions of the 3d and 4th Vic., chap. 96, a rate was charged on letters not pre-paid, and the person re ceiving them became liable for the postage. It was, therefore, his duty to contend that the defendant, by breaking open the letter in question, incurred a right of ownership, and consequently rendered himself liable to the demand made upon bias. William Goodwin, letter carrier in the district in which the defendant resides, proved that about three weeks back he had a letter to deliver, which was ad dressed to Mr. Hetherington, the postage charged on which was twopence. He presented it to bhn in person at his house, 126, Strand, at the same time demanding the postage, but the, defendant, upon taking it in his hand, said—" If the letter relates to my business I'd pay for it, and if it does not I will not pay you." He then broke it open, and when witness saw that it was not anonymous, he slid he would require the postage marked upon it ; but the defendant said that it was auonymous, as he had no knowledge of the person who wrote it, adding, that. if Mr. Renshaw, or ;my other neighbour had written it, he would nut re fuse to pay the postage, for it could not, in such case, be considered anonymous. Witness then took the letter back to the Post-office, and reported what had occurred. He had since made a demand for the postage, but it was refused. Delenlant—llid I not also say that if the latter came front any person I knew, I would have no objec tion to pay for it ? NVitna,s —Yes ; I think you sail so. Tbc defendant said he could not know what the pur port of the letter might have been without breaking it ovn ; and, having done so, be found it totally useles, to him for the purposes of his business, but that it came. f ', mu Germany, and from a rrson be had no know ledge of. As Mr. Peacock bad mentioned the Acts of Parliament respecting the regulation of the General p, s t, be would be glad t. to know if his property h•ip pen to suffer any injury, would the Post-office autho rities see him justified. Mr. IlAut. said that had nothing to do with the q uestion before him, and there was no use in mixing up a s ubject that had no connection with the case. Mr. Peacock offered to give every information in his pwer whenever the defendant could spare time to call upon him. The defendant submitted that the letter in question was to all intents and purposes anonymous, as it neither related to his business or to anything that he hsd the most remote notion of. Mr. HA LL inquired what the subject of it might be ? 'Fte defendant said that it related to a lottery in Ger- many. Mr. HALL—I received another of the same kind— ( A laugh)—relating to the sale of some estates in Hungary. Mr. Peacock—l also got one on the same subject. Mr. HALL said there was no doubt of the defendant's liability, for suppose he happened to meet a person at the house of a friend with whom he had no acquaintance, and that he thought proper to write to him in a few d.ivs after for the loan of 501, he would of course con. sider such a proceeding most unwarrantable arid would refuse it, but he would nevertheless be obliged to pay the postage ; or another might know the defendant to be a public man, and make a demand on him on that score ; in such cane it was impossible to draw a line, and it :is to protect the public that the Pent-office Act was passed. CENTRAL URIMINAL COURT. The second sessions of the above Court for the pre sent Mayoralty commenced yesterday before :he Right lion. the Lord Kiyor, the Recorder, Mr. Sergeant Arabic), the Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, and others of the C.ty authorities. The RECORDER having briefly addressed the Grand Jury, they retired to their room. The several panels of the petty jurors were then sworn. One person, summoned from Essex, claimed an ex emption. RECORDER-Why do you object to serve on the jury? Applicant—Why (scratching his.head), because Ibeno " scholard." I can't either read or write. RECORDER—I. don't know that that is any legs' ground of an exemption from serving on a jury. What business are you ? Applicant—l be a cowkeeper.— (Llughter.) RECORDER—WeII, you are able to keep a score, an't you ? Applicant—Oh, ces, Ibe able to keep more nor a score, I've got twenty-one cows.—(Roars of laughter.) RECORDER—I didn't mean your number of cows ; what I meant was, that you were able to keep your milk score ? Applicant—Oh !-I knows what you mean. I've nothing to do with that. I only looks after the cows.—( Laughter.) RECORDER.--Well, as you state your own qualifica tions to serve the office of juror so lowly, wo will see what can be done for you. The applicant was then told that he must remain in Court, but that his services would not be required unless it was found to be absolutely necessary. IVilliani Stewartson, 17, was indicted for stealing a 5/. Wink of England note, several sovereigns, and a quantity of silver, the prqperty of Edward Stewart son, his father. Th e prosecutor stated that the prisoner was his sob, and lived wi h hint at his residence, St. An drew's-bill, Doctors'-commons. The prisoner slept in the same room with him, and on the 3d December, in the morning, he found the prisoner had left his house, and that he had taken his keys from his trowsers pocket and opened his bureau, and that the money men tioned ill the indictment had been stolen. A tired Shepherd deposed that he knew the prisoner, and on the night of the sth December, he met him at the Surrey Theatre, and followed him out, and asked him how his father was, and he replied that he was very . . veil. Witness then told him that he had heard of the robbery, and that his father was behind him with an officer, and the prisoner replied that he did not care either for his father or the officer. The officer then seized him, when he immediately drew a pistol from his pocket and attempted to fire it off, but it was taken from him, and another, found to be loaded. Oa his being searched another loaded pistol was found in his possession. The prisoner, on his being taken to the station-house, admitted that he had taken the money from kis father. Henry lose, a policeman, proved that he took charge of the prisoner, and, at the corner of Farring don-stract, he slipped from him, and ran away. He WilS pursued and stopped, and witness had hold of his collar, when he immediately pulled a pistol from his pocket, and held it towards witness, and said, " Now," and pulled the trigger. Th e pistol missed fire, and witness secured him ; and, on searchi ng hi m , h e t one d . another lo a d e d pi s t o l, a fl as k money, si at, and a nu m b er o f p ercuss i o n r t u h i r i e o e f so g v u e n r p e o ig w n d s e i r n , caps. Both the pisto ls were load ed up to the muzzle. Pearce, th e s h opman t o a gon e sold the pi s t o l s p ro d uce d t o th e nu:k r e h r o , m p a r s o v l- e l d o l t l i o m w t a h y prisoner for 21. 165. The prisoner, in his defence, denied the robbery. The RECORDER, havi n g sum med up the evidence, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty , They at the same tune espressed their opin i o n t hat it was very wrong of the witness Pearce to sel l p isto ls to such a boy as the pris r o h n e RerwEitchooßuptEiß toldi inquiring who th ey were for.e pri soner t h at h e h a d b een r nquirn convicted of a most heinous crime, and he was well aware that it was not the first time that he had made his appearance in a Court of Justice, and that he had already suffered a year's imprisonment upon a conviction for felony, the charge being brought against him by his own father, who was on the present occasion compelled r.g,in to come forward to prosecut e hi m . There was no hope of his reformation in this country, and he had set so terrible an example of early depravity, that he could not come to the conclusion that any part of the full period or transportation awarded by the Legi.lature ought to be reduced. 'rile prisoner was then ordered to be transported for 15 years. In the course of the day, upon the application of Mr. Molphin, the rccognizances of the Earl of Cardigan an,l Captain Douglas, and their sureties, were respited until the next Session. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Tile Loss OF TUE DRYAD.--YeStenitty Janet and Catherine Wallace, the sisters of Patrick S. S. Wal lace, who is now in custody on the charge of having, in confederacy with others, occasioned the destruction of the Dryad, and Mary IVallace, the wife of Michael See.v Stewart Wallace, who has absconded, and for the apprehension of whom a reward has been offered, were brought before the Lord Mayor in the custody of Jahn Forrester th e o ffi cer. Mr. Cl ar k son and M r. B o dki n , th e barristers, and Mr. Phiflips, the solic t i h t7 de , appeared rentv. upon the part of the Insuranc e Companies, and Mr. Humphreys, the for Mr. Clarkson stated that the three females at the bar had been taken into custody on S tturday evening, and d th en the, with every possible indulgence. t ' i nca by the officer, who had instructions to tie t th en appeared that o n t h e day P atr i c k W a ll a ce was fi rst ek cx uni"ea' certain bank stock, which stood in the name s of Janet and Catherin e Wallace, the sisters of Patri c k W:tilace and of Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace, who had absconded, was sold out ; and it would be shown that ryas, upon hieing sold out, forwarded to the Briti s h Li nen C ompan y at Edinbu rg h, to the produce of the issu rs.unce:' ' e s s ' c o ff ck, ee t‘evlcl % d h u p on e Pa D , i)y liepherni a Wallace, a third sister of the e e e e idiell charged. It would be also shown that on the tight on which Michael Shaw Ste wart W 311 1" ab t:tre se eieled, the two sisters, who were present, assisted npeaici the s u e r: v l a fi r s a tgottlit of ds,a t t i l i t e l iinioeuffsee.ctiogrhheisLee Le a rned escape, Counsel said he would call Mr. Phillips, the solicitor, to sweer that important evidence affecting the two sisters was expected. With respect to the wife of Michael Stewart Wallace, whatever part she might have acted, as she was so cennected with that person, there was no elijection to let her depart, but it would be desirable to 1 - ,now where she could be found. The two sisters be should wish to have remit:l4d until the day ap pointed for the examination of their brother, when he should show that they w ere d ee ply implicated in the trensactious relating to the Dryad, or the prosecutors would be responsible for their detention. Joint Forrester stated that he was sent by Mr. Far quhar, the solicitor to the Neptune Insurance Offieei, to the house No. 40, in Windsor-terrace , City-roe( , to take the two Misses Wallace into c ustody on Satur day evening. When he was let in, he asked whether Mrs. Wallace, the mother of the young ladies, was at home, and upon walking into the front parlour, he ob served Mrs. Mary \Vallee° go down stairs. He to; her not to run away, and she directly retu.-fled. He then saw the elder Mrs. Wallace, and said that he wanted to look for some papers. While he was search. log for the rapers, the two Misses Wallace. who !r d e not at home when he entered, arrived, and accompamei him over the house during the two hours he was search into the drawer s and boxes. He told the young ladies that he was under the necessity of taking them into custody, and a scene of great affliction took place be tween them all. Ho found the papers marked A and B in a drawer, said to belong to Miss Janet Wallace, and the paper marked C, in a cellaret. Mr. Humphreys—Had you a warrant for the appre- EVE'NiNG IGEN CE., The defendant considered that the Post-office auth( - SPORTING ii....__ rities ought to look upon the letter in question as tinenyrnous, but as such was not the case he was willing TATTERSA.LL'S—YESTEKDAY. to abide by the decision of the Court, with the deter- An improvement will ba fonnd in the first favour ite for urination in futute to refuse such letters. the Derby •; the first bet laid a g -ainst bins was 15 to'. 1 - , in Mr. Peacock said he was at liberty to refuse every scar, - s, after which a point icy was offzre3, and t'lls;,Vre letter that might be directed to him, provided he did net believe, would have been taken in two or three „qur,rters at first open it, for then be rendered himself liable to what- the close. Marshal Soult was back, - 'd at 18 to 1, and Ce:''''' ronation at 18 and 20 to 1, the sma tter odds being, the ever amount of postage might be stamped upon it. Mr. HALL then ordered the defendant to pay the Sum to I horse *( liel ' i last ( ffered R dph was taken in conjunction with a .100 of :?.d., with the amount of costs incurred. 'f received as his preseat laying price—we question Brace) at 20 to I', which must. be The defendant having paid the amount withdrew. more Viould have been laid. Mr. Grevilfe's two, sing and as a " lot," were backed to Some amount, sin having a very rising leak-33 and 30 to I were taken eagerly. Mongolian was aiso in force at an A d va nce of sever,' points, and the fifties to one aga inst the Du k e of Wellington were taken repeatedly, but without imyrts ovingrs his position. It we add that some of the ex treme oaidq were in considerable favour at the prices stated a ga inst . their names, we shall have noticed all that wa s worthy ol mention in a long and tolerably busy afternoon. DlifillY. 1-1 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Rosalie colt—taken , 18 to I agst Mr. Scott's Marshal Soult---tak.en - 18 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation 20 to 1 apt Colonel Peel's Crinieleou 20 to 1 agit Mr. Thorniull's Ering, , , 20 to 1 ar , t :,.•rd Alb: inarle's Ralph 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Prince Caradoc—taken 20 to 1 a d st Duke of Rutland's Sir Haus—take n er to 30 o 1 arst Mr. E. Buckley's Gilbert, Beoth T ! ,m--taken 3 0 to I a : • ,t Mr. Gri-ville's Palremon.—taken t ake n 33 1-.) 1 agst, :,' G. fleatlicote's 111011gOliall- AO to 1 agst Mr; Wrt ford's Wahab—,aken Mo. . , ° 40 to 1 agst Col. Anion's Doke o f \Veilington-7 50 to 1 agst Gen. Yates'. Sla:sow—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Jack Shepherd—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's two,,..taken. 2000 to 35 agst The Nob—taken 1000 to 10 agst Ben Brace—taken . • 1000 to 10 agst Clarendon—taken 1100 to 10 agst Sir Hercules colt—taken • 4 400 to 10 each agst Wahab and Pa l ae mon in one bet -t. 200 even between Simoon and Sato-BE—taken 10011 to 50 ag-t Ralph and Ben Brace—token 500 even between Cameleon and Ralph—taken 500 even between Cameleon and Fringo—taken 14 to 1 Prince Caradoc and Gilbert apt brother Tom—taken. IV RSH IP- STREET. INFANT FELONS. —l4; lizabah Allen, a little girl only nine years old, and Edward and Thomas Jones, aged respectively eleven and thirteen years, all of whom were in a wretchedly ragged state, and bl;rimmed with dirt, were charged with having been concerned in stealing a piece of beef from the shop of Mr. Ciift, a butetwr, in Holy well-lane, Shereditch. A lad named Cotton was called into the witness-box to speak to the circumstances of the robbery, when the following colloquy took place :--- MAGISTRATE—How old are you ? Witness-15. You can read, I suppose ?—Nu I eri:P't- . Why don't your motherteach you ?—Cos sti.:carn't too. Nor your hither ?—No, he carn't read nnythcr. Do you ever go to church ?—No. Were 3.0 u ever there ?—I don't know as•l ever Was. What do you do with yourself on Sunday ?-4.i'etchcs beer and baccy for father, and sleeps about. Mat becomes of wicked people when they die ? They buries 'rm. Did no one ever tell you that they are punished in another world ?—\Vitness (with an incredulous grin)— Never heered o' sit ch. Mr. BROUGHTON ordered the boy to stand down, and he desired the officer to censure the parents severely for having allowed him to remain in such a shocking state of ignorance. The policemen then stated the charge against the prisoners, and alter some evidence they were all dis charged. GENERAL POST-OFFICE.-REGISTRATION or LETTERS.—The Post-office authorities have issued a notice, ktat.ng that henceforth the fee for registerint , let ters containing property or otherwise, for any part of th? United Kingdom, will be Is. The registration of letters for foreign parts will not, however, guarantee their secu rity beyond the port of dispatch, excepting to France and letters passing through France. The charge for register ing letters to France will be Is., and the payment of the British rate and twice the foreign rate of postage. But for letters passing through that country there will only be charged the registration le' in addition to the British and foreign rates, the French authorities being answerable for all letters as long as they rennin in that territory. - - THE MARKETS-YESTERD PR 1, E t...F n.:, E A 0. '[lie liighes ro e , f .., i .he M. Luaf. G.. d Brom stay be had at 71id. - PRI, El OF SEEDS . • Per Cwt. Per Quarter _ s stis 70. New E,.glsli IL,. 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Linsed Oil ....... , .................................. • ........ 1 4 1 2 Lins e ed Oil Cake at the Mill (pel 1000) ...... .. ...... .. 7 0 Rape ake, per to - . ..................... '''' lb • ' .............. ‘I2 • r ., 19 0 PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, Sze. Pe r ...'` . 0 'Town Tallow £•, 11 6 Melting Stuft' .•••• ••• ...., 12 0 Yellow Russ,,, 2 10 , Ditto Rough ................ ~, 0 .. !; 5 . 7s 6tl to 10 11 , -. White ........ ~.. ~. Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs ................. ' PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Sibs, ‘,.. iid Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ........... . ''' COAL MARKET Ihips arrived since last market..ctay, lg. s. d. Adair's Buddle's West Hartley 2O 0 Carr's Hartley Derwent Main l3 6 Garestiekl 1.1 lywell Ma n 2l I 1 eaze's Main Ord's ltedhugh l7 7 Pontop Windsor liussell's High Main Townley 21 0 We s t Hartley 20 3 Wyla;r: ....... ............... Nails E d ECWie.,C min° 3 3 Walls End Brown's W a lls End .;osfortli Walls e n d Heaton ........ ••23 3 Walls End Killingworth W. E. Braddyll'shielloll 24 ii :24 Pi W a lls End Hetton The following memorandum has been issued by the Admiralty:—" Admiralty, 9th Nov. 1840.—The Lords Commission( rs of the Admiralty are pleased to direct, that Mates and Naval Instructors being now Warrant Officers, shall not be subject to the restrictions imposed by the Act of the 11th Georga 4th, chap. 20, in respect to letters of attorney and wills of Petty Officers, and that they shall not be subject to the examination of the Irspector of Sea men's Wills ; but that any parson may be deputed by them, whether in the Unied Kingdom or abroad, under letters of attorney, to receive the prize money to which they may be entitled. This order is not, however, to of the validity of any will according to the provisions of the said Act, or of any prize order which is or may be exe cuted or given by acy Mate or Naval Instructor, before the Ist of July, 1841." s. Walls End Lambton .•.... ..`24 9 W. E. North Helton Lyons 21 6 0 W a lls End PeMrton....... be Walls End Stewart's ......... 25 ~ Walls End Hartlepool ....... 24 1; WallilEnd Kelloe ..... ......... .1•11 v ennant's Hartlepool ... '. ..... I,* ti Walls End Clarence Hetton '2 9 Walls End Coundon .......... f.,1 Walls End Cornforth ......... 22 GO Walls End Evenwood ....... '2l . wait, EnditichardsOn's Tee3V2 6 Walls End South Durham... '2 3 ... Walls End St. Helen's Tees . \Nail:: End S e ymour Toes... 01:4 ' , Walls End Tees ................. A 91 A Walls End Tees }let_ .... ' Howard's Nether ton blMn.., 19 ‘', Wellwood .......................... 16 ''' - - HUMANITY OF FRENCH SEAMEN.—The British Consul at Havre has addressed a handsome letter of thanks to Calatain Stoddart, of the Ville de Lyon, New York packet, for his generous conduct in 'saving, as we have mentioned, the crew of the Britannia, of Carlisle, and bringing them into Havre. The Consul adds, that he has acquainted Lord Palmerston with the circumstances at tending the saving of the crew, and with the liberality of Captain Stoddart in declining any remuneration for the subsistence of the eleven persons of Whiim it was composed. The captain of the Britannia and the crew have returned to England after warmly thanking their benefactors THE FAST DAY..- At a meeting of the Town Council yesterday, called for other business, a letter was read from a victual-dealer, inquiring whether the meal market would be epen on Tuesday. The Lord Provost and some other members wished to have it shut, but the majority of the Council were of an opposite opinion, and business will of course go on there as usual. The Court of Session is also to meet on Tuesday, but only fur a limited period, to carry forward routine duties. Some of the Dissenters have also resolved to open shop as usual. So far from condemning, we honour them for testifying openly in this way against the assumption of a . power by the Church Courts which they -have no right to possess; but, judging from what happened on a former occasion, we suspect few will join them. Most of the Dissenters, and a large proportion of 'lto Churchmen, will as usual make the day a holiday, and devote it to amusement. The working classes wig love one day's wages. and many of them will spend as much more in drinking. Such will be the upshot of the solemn fast and day of thanksgiving I Since the above waa written we learn that the resolution adopted at a large and respect- ' able meeting of Dissenters, held in the Temperance Hotel on Tuesday last, to follow their lawful employment, by keeping open their places of business on Tuesday next, the 15th current, has been already agreed to by upwards of five hundred shopkeepers.—Scotsman, Dec. 12. ONE OF THE CREW OF THE ROYAL GEORGE. —lt may not be generally known to our readers, that the old man who at,ends the gate leading into the Park, oppo site Vanburgln fields, is a survivor of the crew of the Royal George. the vessel that went down many years since at Spithead. The old veteran, whose name is Webb, has attained the great age of 105 years; he has been at the above gate 35 years, and in answer to our inquiries whether he found his post a profitable one, shook his gray locks and answered, that some days he does not take a penny. He likewise states that himself and his wife frequently dine upon potatoes. We shall be much gratified if this short notice should call the attention of the charitable to the helpless condition of the poor old man.—Greenwich Gazette. MAN.—Man is but a reed, and the weakest in nature; but then he is a reed that thinks. It does not need the universe to crush hiM : a breath - of air, a drop of water, will kill him. But if even the material universe should overwhelm him, man Would be more noble than that which destroys him, because he knows that he dies, while the universe knows nothing of the advantage which it has over him. Our true dignity, then, consists in thought. From thence we must derive our elevation, not from space or duration. Let us endeavour to think well : this is the principle of morals.—Pascel. FIRST LovE.----David Crockett, when quite a youth, fell in love with a beautiful Quaker girl, and he thus fereibly, graphically, and poetically, describes the off ct on an ardent and susceptible mind, produced by first love :—I found myself over bead and heels in love with this - girl ; and I thought that if all die hills there were pure chink, and all belonged to me, I would give them if I could just talk to her as I wanted to; but I was afraid to begin ; for, when I would think of saying anything to her, my heart would begin to flutter like a duck in a puddle; ' and, if I tried to outdo it, and speak, it would get right smack up my throat, and choke me like a cold potato." NA PO I, EO N.--:Wilen Napoleon Bonaparte first . at'peared above the horizon, in the stormy night of the Revolution, it was as the friendly star which lights the tempest-cost mariners to :safety. While this new luminary ascended rapidly and increased in brightness, the admiring world was ie doubt whether it betokened good or evil ; but when it culminated to its zenith, it appeared a baneful me , teor, casting, a disastrous twilight on the surrounding gloom, and portending despotism to France, and subjuga tion to the rest of Europe ; until, descending yet more ra pidly than it rose, it left a long tract of glory in the heavens, which the world, now relieved from its fears, has not yet ' ecaotil to regard with wonder, curiosity, and delight.— ' t'ucker's Life of Thomas Jefferson. ROGUES ARE ABROAD. LOOK OUT.— ' Several letters have been received in this town from parties ' professing to reside in London, convei ing orders for the purchase of goods, produce, &c , to be supplied from this pert o the Isle of Man, Jersey - , or 11,iint,urgh,. and it is to be feared that seine of our toivrisnien may have teen caught in this trap. Any description of goods or produce is suited to the taste of the writers of the tellers : for in , stance, one house is requested to send soap and glass bottles ; another, tin plates ; a third, eufT.'e, turpentine, and flour ; and so on; taking in the whole catalogue of ' eointneree and trade. Now, what appears very remark able in tiiii case is, tl,at similar letters are written from Liverpool, by a firm of precisely the altos style, to various per!s of the kingdom with similar orders, but often more ,xtengve, as they include Yorlshir , ., Lancashire, as well as other manufactured articles suited t i every market in • the world. As there is no such firm known in Liverpool as the one assumed for this splendid plan of operation, there is some suspicion that all is not right so that there alto are hoeotnett with the favour, of such correspondente may be on tie it guerd.—Froai a C erespowlent o: the Liverpool Albion, TROOPS FOR INDIA.—We stated that in con sequence of the representations made to Go. e. nment by Sir T. Willshire, 2,500 men:tvo . i'd be iminedi.ately sent out to India. By dint of great exertion the reinforcement is made up to 3,000 men, viz., 22i1 Foot, about 1.000; reinforcement tor corps in India, 2,000. These will cmuvrk from Gravesend about the first week in January, direct for Bombay. The previsional bat talion at Chesty-m have upwards of 1,600 men ready for embarkation,' and the recruits for the Ea , t India Company are literally pouring into their depot at the rate of 80 and 90 per week. As the East Indic Directors have represented that they cannot do with less than 10 000 additional troops, we apprehend that there is but little chance of the 16th and 6th regi ments being relieved for some time to come. These regiments of Infantry, and the 4th and 16th Dragoons:, ' are first on the.roster fur relief. The 16th Foot has been on service in Ceylon and the East ladies more than twenty-one years, viz., since August, 1819 the 6th Foot at. the Cape and in the Indie nrarly nine- ; twenty years ; the 4 h and 16th Drsgoons nearly teen )e ire, —Naval and Military Gazette. CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME.— The impo rtal . t feature in the theatrical sea=son, " the new Christmas Pan tomime," is at the present moment, the all-engro sing subject at Covent-garden Theatre, where everything now is bustle and aexietv, front the capering and Clow a n to the the ancar ll pte peetere, scene painters, property men, mimic corps. L. is to be entitled the Castle if Otranto; or, Harlequin and the Giant Helmet. No expense is being spared in its pr,duction, i•ind amongst the attraction: will be a panorama on an unusually exten:eve scale by the Messrs. Griev..s. Payt.e is to be the hero Man'red;.. I RP Morelli, Pantaloon ; Smith, Harlequin a and lg i v t aY' C 'ss Palo e ir, en ; i‘° bro t he l r, Columbine. SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE KVES, with Ivory Handles , 14s. p er dozen ; Dessert Kni Nl ves:4 11s.; Carvers, 51. 6d. per pair ; Table Knives, with white b one handles, ,Bs. Bd. per dozen , Dessert, (is. Bd. ; Carvers, 3s. per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-urns, 4 quarts, 275. ; new shapes , 394. ; Papier Macho Tea-trays, gothic shape, 60s ; the set of full sizes. ( atalogucs, containing the pi-ice of every article. n furnish ing ironmongery and cutlerv, gratis. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street. Established 1820. 818 TIIS. On the 11th inst., at Ael,vorth Lodge., the lady of John Gully, Esq., of a son. On the IRh inst., the wifii of J. H. Jacob, Esq., of the Close, Salisbury, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., the wife of Mr. Alegi',7y, Trinity-square, Newington, Surrey, ol a son. On the 13th inst. , a t Poplar House, West-end, Hampstead, Mrs. G. Wainwright , of a daughter. On the 14th inst. , the lady of T. G. Smith, Esq., Montagu street, Russell -square, of a daughter. • MARRIED. On the 14th inst., at St. George's., Bloomsbury, Mr. Frederick Keene, second son of Mrs. Hunt, of the Savoy p a l ace , savoy-street, Strand, to Emma, daughter of the late Mr. U. Birch, of Long-ac: e. On the 30th of July, at Bolano, Mexico, C. R. Butter, ESC', sor b , sue to Maria del Rufugio, daughter of Don Pedro Rodriguez. On the 12 th inst., at St. Jame s's Church, Piccadilly, Mr. R Howell, of Gracechurch-street, to Miss Elizabeth Rai' neld,on, of Suffolk-street, Pall Mall-east. On the 12th inst., at 13rompton Church, Stephen Dig.by, e ldest scm of the late Admiral - Robert Murray', to Georgiana Francesca, d.'.uglite,- of J. G. Brett, Esq., Glove House, Old • B ron )pton. 00 the 12th inst. , at Torr, Devon, Lionel Oliver Bigg, E°9', of Clifton, Ci!oucestershire, to Eliza, widow of the late J. 13 ' Brown, Esq., of Torquay, Devon, and daughter of the late A. Hogue, Esq., formerly of Calcutta. DIHD. 'On the Ist of October last, at Tangatoor, in the East I ndies Captati G. W. Moore, 3d Madras Light Infantry, aged 34. On the iith inst., Mr. C. Warneford, of Brighton, I.urgenn• On the 9th inst., Mr. J. Barnard, of Park-street, Islington. On the 11th inst., in Doddington-grove, Louisa, eldest daughter of R. E. Sims, Esq., aged 31. 0,1 tie 11th inst., at Cumberland - terrace , Regent's-park, J. _Rowney, h;sq., f. rmerly of Lisbon. On the 12th inst., at Charles-street , St. James's, Captain 6- Hon. James :74tuart, late of the 85th Light Infantry, third sun of the Right Hon. the Earl of Moray, K. T. On the 12th inst ' . at Wrotham, Kent, Harrie t, the wire a the Rev. G. Moore, Rector of that parish. On the 13th inst., - .Mr. W. H. Hudson, Ha market.y On the 13th inst., at Deptford Barracks, C. Ferivricle Esq., Lieutenant of the 61st Regiment. Le.nl,:n Printed and Publisl,ed I,v M1,11.1) 0 G. Na. 112 at The Si.. Of:lice, ; ‘..0. 1 Stra , d, In the county of Aliddleiex.—Tuesday , December 15, '&4O, From Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen-watersr Herts, to Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 39, Albermarle-• street, Piccadilly, and 76, King William-street, Bank of England.--., Gentlemen, having been deaf for many years, I was induced from rec ommendation to try your. I fell sible Voice Conductors, and I have g reat pleasure in t you that they enable me to hear p ersons in compile,' an 6 at a place of worship most distinctly; and in consequence ofthe great advantage which I have derived, I have roomr mended many persons to you, and their repo rt is simila to mine—most favorable. The S p ectacles and Hand4lass which you have sent me are very excellent, and shit ray sight precisely, and surpass anything of the kind I have ever tried; the transparency of which is so brilliant, that. although I have passed my 86th year the 22d of May last, yet they enable me to read, &c. by candle-light with, the greatest ease and comfort to myself.—Gentlemen, r return you my best thanks, and remain your most obedient servant, HENRY COVIPER.-22d of June, 1839."—1n con sequence of Mr. Henry Cowper receiving applications frarn all quarters to know whether the above letter is authentic or not, he has addressed a letter to the Standard , which was inserted in that paper on the 6th of April last, stating that it was so, and that in consequence of his etc treme age and increasing infirmity, he re ue ier, qsted he neigi' not be troubled with any further inquiries.— No cone with persons of the same name. FIELD SPORTS FOR DECEMBER.OII the 10th of this month red grouse and black game are pro thet by legal enactments from further molestation ; but t pursuit of these beautiful birds (owing to their exces sive wildness after the first few weeks of the season) gene rally ceases at a much earlier period, and a successful pur suit can only be conducted at the expense of great labour and fatigue. Considerable havoc is made amongst moor game during the snow in January and February, and the bill legalising the sale of game having opened a ready market to the poacher, the legal termination of the seasore has become a dead-letter. They arc far more plentiful in the markets in the months just mentioned theism August or September. Though inhabiting.a more mountainous, and consequently, for the most part, colder climate that the partridge or pheasant, they breed much earlier in the ing and young ones are occasionally seen as early as spr , the beginning of May. Partri,dges will be almost unap-t proachable even in the best-preseryed grounds. Pheaaan shooting in this month in its zenith. Woodcocks and snipes ought to be plentiful lead in excellent ecutption. Tean wild ducks, and their web-footed fraternity Woe the more northern regions, will occasionally present theDISCITCS..:: the pursuit of these birds the patent wire cartridr 1.. mexoosetpvtaiolunabolie trout tiasint ,Anllowfrereshfu.sweaateir3afiits.h, wlnitrhivt:res where salmon spawn, the trout will bite very greedily at d i" pilte salmon roe, and in such rivers are at this period in excel lent condition. Salmon spawn this month. December is the best month in the year for hunting. The fences are no longer blind, as is often the case in the preceding month. The operations of the hounds are seldom inter rupted by frost ; and though, owing to the variableness of the weather and the shortness of the day-light, the scent is occasionally bad, better runs, generally speaking, with lei and hare hap yen in December than earlier or later in the season. Hares will be in excellent wind, and the same re mark wiil apply to foxes. EXPORT OF MANUFACTURED GOODS TO THE UNITED STATES. .The exi,ort of manufactured goods to the principal ports in the United States is now more extensive than it has been at any period for the last twelve motelis, The New spcket ship England, whit+ sailed u n Wednesday, for York, and packet-ship Garrick, which sailed yesterday for the same port, had freights amounting to nearly 1,300/. each. The Susquehann a, which sailtd on Wednesday for Philadelphia, had a fall f r ei, , ht • while the traders to Boston and Baltimore fill well.—Liverpool Albion. - ..--7--ing addt BA: of Gre corn TIO pose of C Corn densi This press , strue on p 1 to in( mere gent off th er sis the ri .streni with tion requh Th at the are fr •the E Theoi fessor Aft .Inn VI the lit busing eentin It system of con offer -a Wine. ▪ The thi Niv e tr , !tit h i motion attye it PORT % I LI "n for LEI ahot WC The Cho (origi TUit Thei Mode out ac take Diree Pupil Passes Far Itettov 112 th lAA 1 . 1 1143 IO 'APE 141 ki t , tt k oi A U -A toter poi] to to oar