The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-14 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

UNION- HALL.
A man named Mycrs was charged with shooting his
neighbour's cat, a fine animal of the real tortoieshell breed.
The complainant's wife came forward, and with loud sobs
and the tears flowing from her eyes bewailed the loss of her
mouser, saying that it was one of the most affectionate
animals in the creation, and that she would rather have suf-
fered the loss of 50/. than to hare been deprived of it by
the cruel manner in which its death was effected. She then
entered into a detail of her favourite's good qualities, and
said that in fact nothing would recompense her for its loss.
Defendant—All Mrs. Davis wants is to see me hartged
for killing her cat, but I trust that she will be disappointed
in her hopes. He then complained of the annoyances to
which he and his family had long been subjected by the wan-
dering freaks of this cat.
The MAGISTRATE said that it did not appear that the
animal had committed such injury as to justify its having
met with a violent death at the hands of the defendant.
Mrs. Davis (sobbing)—The wretch ought to be served
in the same way that he served my cat. No money or im-
prisonment inflicted on him will satisfy me for my loss. Oh,
my dear cat.—(Laughter.)
The defendant said that ever since the cat had been put
out of the way in the manner described neither he or his fa-
mily had a moment's peace, Mrs. Davis being in the constant
habit of kicking up such rows about it, and threatening to
serve them all out in the same way.
Mrs. Davis again began to expatiate on the docility and
honesty of her cat, and to inveigh bitterly against its de-
stroyer, when the Magistrate decided the case by inflicting
a fine of 10s. and costs on the defendant.

MADAME MALIBRAN'S MOTHER.—Madame
Garcia, the aged mother of the late Madame Malibran de
Beriot, arrived here on Thursday, from Brussels, the ob-
ject of her long journey being to endeavour to obtain the
disinterment of the remains of her lamented daughter. She
left De Beriot (with whom she has resided since his mar-
riage with Malibran, and whom she represents as the most
affectionate of men) in an alarming state of illness, which
has reduced him nearly to the condition of a skeleton. He
suffers seriously from a violent cough, accompanied by spit-
ting of blood. His distress of mind is described as intense,
and would seem to have been greatly aggravated by the op-
position rendered to the claims he has made for the disin-
terment of his wife's ashes. A day or two before Madame
Garcia quitted Brussels, his continuedindisposition of body,
and rapidly increased depression of mind, induced her to
determine upon the painful journey to England, in the hope
that her influence, as the mother of the deceased Malibran,
the still near relative of De Beriot, and the grandmother of
his motherless child, might lead to the accomplishment of
his ardent wishes.—Manchester Times.

Richard Westall, the Royal Academician, died last
Sunday week, in one of the suburban villages on the banks
of the Thames. For half a century this artist has occupied
a large portion of public attention. He was the first who
made finished pictures in water-colours of historical and poe-
tical subjects. " Sappho in the Lesbian Shades chaunting
the Hymn of Love ;" " Tuba!, the First Voice of the Lyre ;"
" The Boar that killed Adonis brought to Venus ;" " The
Storm in Harvest ;" " The Marriage Procession (from the
Shield of Achilles)," and many others, must be in the recol-
lection of persons old enough to have visited the exhibitions
of the Royal Academy thirty or forty years ago. These
were followed by a complete series of pictures in water-co-
lours, for the works of Milton, published by Alderman Boy-
'dell. But his exertions were not confined to water colours ;
he painted many large pictures, one of which, for the Shak-
speare Gallery, " Cardinal Wolsey seeking refuge in the
Abbey of Leicester," is in the recollection of every body,
from the curious and elaborate engraving of Robert Thew.
For many years Mr. Westall has been employed to illus-
trate books. All the standard works in literature, as well
as many ephemeral publications, have received embellish-
ment at his bands. His last occupation was to give lessons
in drawing and painting to the Princess Victoria ; and how
effective have been those lessons the very beautiful drawings
of his royal pupil abundantly prove. Mr. Westall was a
poet as well as a painter. A volume of poems, published
some 30 years ago, show that his attainments in literature
were above the ordinary stamp. Will it be believed that
this distinguished. artist in his old age has been reduced to
penury and distress ? We have heard, and we have no
reason to doubt the fact, that he was obliged, a few days
before his death, to petition the Royal Academy for the
supplies necessary to secure to his last moments the common
comforts of which his frame, enfeebled by age and disease,
stood in so great need. The case of Richard Westall will
be recorded as another melancholy instance of the improvi-
dence of genius ! _ _

Monday morning last, as Samuel Barker, the sexton
and grave-digger of Dedham, had nearly finished digging a
grave ten feet deep, a groat quantity of earth from each
side of the grave suddenly caved in and completely buried
him. The accident was discovered by a man named Hitch-
cock, who about eight o'clock, was passing through the
churchyard on his way home to breakfast, when curiority
led him to go and look at the grave ; he then discovered
that the earth had fallen in as above described. On a sud-
den he heard a groan as if coming from a distance, and a
few seconds the groan was repeated. He immediately sus•
pected it to proceed from under the loose earth, and sup-
posing the grave-digger might have been accidentally bu-
ried, he called out, " Sam, are you there ?" when he dis-
tinctly heard another groan that satisfied him that his sus-
picions were not ill-founded. He immediately raninto the
street, and gave the alarm, and in a very short time a con-
siderable number of the inhabitants were at the spot, and
every exertion was used to clear the loose earth out of the
grave, but it was nearly twenty minutes before the body of
the unfortunate man was extricated. It was found in a
stooping position, and lifeless.
The melancholy circum-
stance has created a great sensation in the neighbourhood.
Barker was 45 years of age ; he has left a widow and five
children to bewail their untimely loss.—
Chelmsford Chron.
Last Thursday evening, between 11 and 12 o'clock,
the schooner Egton, Captain De La Farrelle, from New-
cHasetrlme,itlaagdeenanwdithociozaablse,tbhocttlaesst,le&.
c" ran ashore between the
It appears that, owing
to the darkness of the night, the master mistook the bear-
ing of some of the lights on the north pier, which made him
believe he was to the southward of the Oyster Rocks, at
the entrance of the Small Roads, and consequently sup-
posad he was steering straight for those roads, when the
vessel grounded, as above mentioned. As soon as the tide
would permit, Capt. Sinclair, of the Royal Artillery, who
is stationed at the Castle, sent a party of his men to give
all the assistance in their power. In the course of the
night about twenty tons of coals were thrown overboard, in
the hope that, by thus easing the vessel, she would float off
the next tide. On Friday, however, it was found necessary
to take out about thirty tons more ; and even then, it was
not till Saturday, at one o'clock in the afternoon, that, with
great exertions she was floated off from her very perilous
situation, and safely brought into the harbour.—Jersey Argus.
As Mr. Nogg Was going to Glastonbury on Tues-
day week, during the heavy gale, he saw the mill of Mr.
William Jones, miller and farmer, tottering, and afterwards
fall with a dreadful crash. He instantly jumped off his
horse, and ran to the ruins, where he found Mr. and Mrs.
Jones struggling amongst the broken timber and rubbish.
Mr. Mogg extricated them, but Mr. Jones was so dread-
fully injured that he almost instantly expired. Mrs. Jones
although much hurt, is likely to recover. On Thursday
an inquest was held on the body of the unfortunate man,
and a verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned.
An Inquest was held at Brighton on Friday week,
on the body of Sarah May, a fine young woman, who met
met her death under the following distressing circumstances.
She had been in the habit of attending a chapel of the per-
suasion of the late Rev. E. Irving, and had become ac-
quainted with several individuals belonging to that estab-
lishment. These gloomy fanatics so wrought on the poor
girl's mind, that she became deranged, and, during the
paroxysms of her disorder, would rave in the unknown
tongue. Miss Ravenscroft, a lady in whose service she
lived as lady's maid, thinking a change of scene would do
her good, sent her to the house of one of the elders,wb.ere,.
instead of getting better, she grew worse, and, on Wednes-
day morning became so violent as to require. several persons
to hold her, in which dreadful state she expired. The Jury,
returned as their verdict, " Died by the visitation of God,"
but expressed their regret and surprise that no medical aid.
had been resorted to.

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• PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock. -
3 per Cent. Red. 58 7% , Ditto Ron& 8 10 8 pm.
3 per Cent. Cons - !South Sea Stock ........ ..- .....
SSX
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:”‘ per Cent. --101d Annnities .....................
Ditto Red 96%% New Ditto .......................... --
New 3V, per Cent .-- ' 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1'751...
New sper Cent -
--- Exch. Bills, .£l,OOO .........
Bank LongAnnuitiestoexpireV-) 14 pin.
Ditt0...............
Jan. 5, ISCO 14% Ditto Small ............... .. 13 16 pm.
Oct. 10, 18Lo l4 9.16 IDitto C0mmercia1............ 6 pm.
Jan. '. 1860 ---1 Ditto Advertised .......... .. 11 pm.
Jan. 5, £BBO -- Bank Stock for Acc0unt........ 9101,4
April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Acc0unt.........
Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for Account..
Omni= pin.

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
Austrian Bonds
Belvian Bonds
Ditto Account . .. .......
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto Account
Therms Ayres Bonds

THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Peruvian Bonds
Ditto Account
Portuguese Bonds
Ditto Account
Ditto New Bonds 445, 4 3y,
Ditto Account 44 3% 43%
Ditto, 3 per cent ..... 2sy 9 73'
pn.4 .4
issian Bonds
Russian Bonds, 1922

Ditto Account
Chillian Bonds
Ditto Account
Columbian Bonds
Ditto Account
Columbian Bonds, l 4 -2!•4
Et

Ditto Account ....... ••••
Dini.,Jl Bonds

Ditto Account ..................
Greek Bonds ..............»••••••••
Ditto Bonds, 19•25 .............
Ditto Account . .................
Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent....
Ditto Account ..................
22
Ditto, 6 per cent. .
Ditto Account ...............

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Ditto Account
Ditto Metallic..... .........
Spanish Bonds
Ditto Account

Ditto Bonds, 1834...20% 20 1,4 ,i 4 20
Ditto Account 00% DA 20
French, 5 per cent........ —f- —C.
4 per cent. —f. —c.
...._f. —c.
2 per cent.
-- Exchange -1. -c.
Dutch, 2y per cent.
Ditto Account 53
Ditto, 5 per cent loo3o' '';
Ditto Account —

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PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.
United Mexican (issued at 2/, pm.)
Birmingham and Derby Railway Company 5 7% 8
Cheltenham, Oxford, and Tring Railway
Eastern Counties Railway 2 2
(treat Western Railway Company no 44
31-3rizhton Railway Company 5 8 734 B'4
Brighton (Cundy's) 3 44
London and Blackwall Railway
London and Greenwich Railway Company 2O 21iP-1
.i.pinion and Southampton Railway Company
London Grand Junction Railway
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company
Manchester South Union Railway Company 2 414 4
North Midland Railway Company lO 16
South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 2 21:;_
Witish North American Bank
London and Westminster Bald- on 20,34
rko-Ancial Bank of Ireland 25 41

COURSE OF EXCEL,
Amsterdam C.F. 12 '7
13ztto, at sight 4
Eon-calm 0 U l2 7
Atqwerp..,
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Altona

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Paris, 11 tlays' sight 2560
Ditto ........ ............. 2Us 26 0
Marpiljes.
Frankfort off Maine, Ex. M 153
Pet ers bu tgh i ruble 3 Us. 10 0
Berlin
Vienna, etTective fl ...... 2 51 lO 15
U'rie,te ditto lO 16
'Madrid sy,
C.uli7 37
11;ibr:a
Barcelona 96
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i N GE YESTERDAY.
Leghorn 47,4
Genoa t26 5
Milan 11
Venice
Naple^ 4O
Palermo per or. 121
Lisbon 51.
Oporto r 4 4"2
Rio Janeiro "4
Bahia ... i.. 6
Euenos Ayres -
Dublin, :21 days' sight 1
Cork 1 y,

PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 0
Foreign Gold, in bar 5...... 17 0
New Doubloons
New Dollars ........... 0 0 0
Silver. bars. standard 0 3 0

MAILS.
Arrived. Due Arrivel. D,[! Arrived. Due
0 America. 0 I France 0 0 Lisbon.-- ...... 0i)
(1 llrazil
0 liacnosAyres... 0 0 Hamburg I 0 Mexteo 0
t Carthagenl OI 0 1101120.1
1 Dublin...
0 !-'lander3 - .... 0

MOH WATER AT LONDON MUDGE TO-MORROW.
.... I.7minutes after 7. I Evening 54 minutes after 7.

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ITAMBURGII, Nov. 15, 15:-.;6.
0 UR Friends, and all those who may have to write
to ul. are requested to be particular in directing,
HEINE BROTHERS, in lIAMBURGH,
and to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage
nulv, but several inclosures would by far increase the same. . TLs
10/:, 20/., or 50/., for instance, if remitted in One Dank of En,--
lant,i Note would only cause double Postage, but 10!. remitted in
two Dotes, would be liable to a much higher charge. It is there-
fore most advisable, for any Person having to remit Money to Ham-
burgh, to forward the amount. in Ono Note; or having to receive
Money from Hamburgh, to receive the same in One Note. when-
ever possible. Of course remittances from Hamburgh to England,
surpassing the usual amount of One Bank of England Note, may
raiser be made in ii'dis of P: change, on London.
To save expenses that may as well be avoided, we request oul•
C'orrespondent3 not to overlook these particulars.
HEINE, BROTHERS.

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECENIBEII 14, 1836

It may perhaps be in the recollection of our readers
that an Association, the object of which was to procure
an alteration oldie currency, was formed last year, un-
der the deceitful title of the Agricultural Society of
England. The pretence held out to the public by
the originators of the plot, who were owners of land,
%vac's relief to the Agriculturists—the realitll, relief to
the landowners by a depreciation of the circulating
medium. They very prudently calculated that if they
could by any means contrive to raise a sixpence to the
nominal value of a shilling, it would take only half the
quantity of money to pay the interest of the mortgages
on their estates. Beyond this selfish consideration
their short-sighted views never strayed. The ruin that
their heartless project would have entailed upon an-
nuitants and all others who depend upon a fixed amount
of income, was a matter of no moment to them.
They banded themselves together for this purpose,
and in order to give a false colour to their design
forced the farmers into it by establishing branch So-
cieties all over the country, and then came before
Parliament as the agricultural interest borne down with
distress, and suing for relief.
A Committee was appointed at their solicitation to
enquire into the state of agriculture with a view to its
relief, and every one knows the result. So com-
pletely were their assertions disproved by the evidence,
that they dared not even venture on a report, for
fear, they said, that it would injure the agri-
cultural interest. The publication of the truth
would injure the agricultural interest ! ! It would no
doubt have blown up the fraudulent schemes of the
landholders more completely than the voluminous
evidence which but few can have time or opportunity
to read, and therefore it was shirked.
The Annual Meeting—as they call it—of the
Society was, it seems, held yesterday at the Crown and
Anchor, and a Report of a Committee was read by
Mr. MONTGOMERY MARTIN, the purport of which
appears to be to excite an alarm about the repeal of
the Corn Laws, in consequence of a declaration on
the subject imputed to Sir HENRY PARNELL in
lately made by
a speech him at Dundee. They
pretend that Sir HENRY stated on that occasion, that
the Government granted the Parliamentary Committee
last year, with a view to an abolition of the Corn-laws.
It is quite clear, even if Sir HENRY had not contra-
dicted
it, that no one connected with the Government
could have made such an assertion ; because it is well
known that the Government were
.reluctantly goaded
into the investigation, by the agitation and clamour got
up by the agricultural people throughout the country.
But, nevertheless, the rumour, false as it was, answered
the purpose of a peg to hang one or two of the silliest
speeches we have seen in print for many a day.
The present high price of agricultural produce
seems to have sadly gravelled each and all of the
speakers. They, however, got over the difficulty
which this uybrtunate circumstance places in the
way of Parliamentary relief, by unanimously agreeing
that high prices shall be but temporary, and that
Parliament must be called upon to grant them permanent
relief—equally modest and wise !
Mr. SPOONER, the banker and currency-monger,
moved that the annual meeting should take place in
future in March, instead of December, the former pe-
riod being more favourable for agitation. The Speaker
then attacked Mr. LEFEVRE for letting out the secret
of agricultural humbug in his excellent pamphlet. Mr.
WILKs uttered a few truisms, and Mr. Itictimtns,
M.P., made a capital speech in favour of the abrogation
.of the Corn Laws. The Hon. Gentleman candidly con-
fessed that the object of the Society was nothing else
thark the repeal of Peel's Act. The confession is
rather tardy, but it will do good.

A vary interesting correspondence has lately passed be-
tween Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTII and Sir HUSSEY
VIVIAN, Master-General of the Ordnance. Our
readers arc aware that Sir WILLIAM, though at pre-
sent the Representative of East Cornwall, has signi-
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