The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-28 00:00:00

I urtt Vitition

6UN OFFICE, Seven o'

LATEST PRICES OF SHARES,
IN BANKS, ASSURA
ES' SNCE, AND OUTER COM-
PANITOCK.
From the Giicial List, -

PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.

LONDON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28.
JOINT-STOCE BANKS.

' Dividend J Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum' Share
'
---
X a. d. A s. d.
ustralasia .......... 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
.3rltshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Ceylon ••••..- • • • • • . 61. par cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
!:lolonial.. ........... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Gloucestershire .. •• • • 151 per cent. - - -
lonian .............. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22 ii
Ditto ..............- - 13 0 0 -
London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Provincialof Ireland- 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New. •••• • • . . 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
Rational of Ireland • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Nat. Provncial of En. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New. -
South
,Australia ••• • • • - - 22 10 0 -
Union of Australia •• - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto •- 10 0
- 2 -
Union of London. •. • . 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Union of Madrid .• •• . - 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
,
C.A.NALLS.
- .
i Dividend
Names of
..- ,
2 Dividend' Names of
. Price. per Price.
Companies. ' A
1 er Companies.
Cl 2 Anpnum.' a Annum.
-. - -.
£1 £
Aihtn& Oldh 97'51.55. pc' 70 Macclesfield. 100 - 15
Barnsley •• • .1160: 121. ' 180 Neath •.• • • • 100 201. 340
3rknk&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 200
Birmingham 35' 41. 80 Peak Forest. 78, 31. 40
Coventry ..-1100 ' 251. - regent's .. • • 331 11. 43. 18%
Derby - • ... !109, 6/. 63 Rochdale ..• • 851 41. 54
£ r re&Chs!l33' 41. 51 Somrset Coal 150' 71. 10s. 130
Ere, ash -.. 100 321. - Do.LkEdSt 121 61. p. e. _
GrandJunctn ,100 5/. 80 Stffrd &Wore 140, 281. 275
Grand Surrey 100. - 30 Shrewsbury.. 1251 15/, -
Lirand Unlonlloo 11. 10s. 21% Stourbridge.. 145; 201. 305
Grantham • .115(1 121. - Severn and
flaunt & Avui 39, 7s. 6d. 5 Wye Rail. j 26 11. Bs. 30
Leeds& Livrplloo 341. 1505 Warwick& "/j
, 51. 65
Leicester .... 1140, 19/. 75 Birming. 'OO
Leicatr &Ntlii 83 41. 36 Warwick&l
Lotighborogh ' 142 701. 530 Napton. . 1 - 46
Monmouthsh! 100 81. - Worcstr &1 78 2/. 39
Mntgenarysla 100 Si. - Birnling.
MaltuMwbry 100 10/. - Wilt, & Brks . 67! 11. 11

rrasusArircE cOMPELNIES.
Dividend Amount •
Name of Company. per of- Pahl. Price.
Annum. Share.
- ---
X s. d. r.£ s. el.
Albion ...... •• -.. • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75
Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17
Ditt f Marine. ••• • • • 6/. per cent, 100 00i 5 0 0 5%
Atlas .
British Commercial •• 7s. per share 50 00 , 50 0 6%
Clericl,3led.& Gen. Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0I 10 0 0 2034
31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
13s. 50 0 0 1 5 0 0 11
eagle ••• • • • ...... •• • • 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 634
Eng.& Scot. Law •• -5/. per cent. 50 0 0 i 212 6 -
European Life ••• • -5% per cent. 20 0 0 ' All paid. -
FamilyEndowmrt Soc. 41. & bs. 400 j 4 0 0 -
Freemasons' -
Globe ..... .... • • - 120
Guardian .. .•-• . - - 51. per cent. ;100 0 0 36 10 0 4134
Imperial Fire .. •••• • • 12 per cent. 1500 0 0 ', 50 0 0 211
imperial Life •••• •• • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14%
indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 , 513 1 -
Law Fire ••••••• • • • • • - 100 00!2 10 0 3
Law 1 ife•• •• •• •• •• -1/. ss. 100 0 0I 10 0 0 45
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
e..-;ndc n Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 1330
Landon Ship •.••• • • • 10e. 25 0012 10 0 13%
Marine .•••.•• • • • • • • - 100 0 0I 15 0 0 -
Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 1%1. per ct . 50 001 2 0 0 234
National Lean Fund• • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2lO 0 -
National Life.... ••••• -SI. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 -
Palladium Life. ..... .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 , 2 0 0
- - 37
Pti,caix ..... ..... .... 3/. IN et. & be. - 1 - _
Pi otector Life •• •• ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 i 1 0 0 -
Provident Life •••• • • .. 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Rock Life .. .. •••• • • • • 4s. 5 0 0 I 0 10 0 4%
Royal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock. - -
21tin Fire ..... • . • • • • • 6/. los. - - -
Ditto Life . • • • • • • -
, - -
Universal Life.... -• . 10 NI. pr cnt. 100 0 0 ' 810 0 -
Victoria Life • - - i 4 0 0 3%
LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount '
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
,--------
X s. d. £ s. d
Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company SI. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 201
Caledonian Bank
City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11%
Clydesdale Bank •• • •
Commercial Bank -•• 71. per cent. 560 0 0 100 0 0 160
Eastern Bank.. •• -
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 0 0 0 5 0 0 51 181
Exehangeßnk of Scot 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 49
Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 70 0 834
National Bank. ....
North of Scotlandßank 71. per cent. 20 0 0 50 0 .5
North Briiish Bank - - 50 0 0 10 0 0 5
P.oyal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 14G
Union Bank of Scotland Si. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 84 34
Western Bank.. •••• • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70
Aber leen Fi -e and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 818.6 d.
B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 011 0 . 9s.
British Ciar,ntee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 12s.
Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22%
Church of Eng.and Ins. - 50 0 0 20 0 2
City of Glasgow Life.. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 8s
Edinburgh Life Incur. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 i 17%
East of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 0 I 12s.
Eng. e 4 Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 i 2%
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 ! 11%
Incur. Co. of Scetlni• • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 ; 7
Life Issoc. of Scotland 51. per cant. 10 0 0 1 0 0111 Sc
Mercantile Life .. • • - 10 0 0 010 0 t Bs.
National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 245.
North British Insur 534 Lpr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 , 23
North & West of Scot. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 i 11, la
Scottish Life and .;uar. - 20 0 0 011 0 34
Scot. Mac. and Gen. Life 51. per cent. 1 0 0 015 0 13s. 6d
Scottish Union Insrnce. 61i1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 ; 1/. 2s
Stan lard Life -•• .. . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 , 9
United Dep.' Assurance Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 12s.
DOCZ.B.
• Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
.• -
Xs. d. £ a. d.
Commercial •.-.. .. '.. 41. per cent. Stock. - 70
East and West India ... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 119
East Country ••.• • ... N. per sh. 100 0 0 - 20
Land^n ••• - 98
Ditto 80nd5.... • ... 4/. per cent. - - -
St• Katharine ........5 per cent. Stock. - 8134
Ditto Bonds •• • • - 454/. pr coal. - - -
Southampton •• • • .... 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 j 25
WATER-WOMBS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. • per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X s. d. £ s. d.
Birmingham. •••• • • • • 18s. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
East London..• •••• • • • I 81. 100 0 0 - 170
Grand Junction ••• • .. 2/. 10s. 41 13 4 - 82
31. 100 0 0 - 84
New Rivr Lndn Brdge 21. 10s. - - 55
Vauxhall •• - ........ 100 0 0 - 104
West Middlesex • . . 51.15a.prent. 63 12 9 - 118

GAS-MIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES.

Dividend Amount
per of

Paid. Price.

}lame of Company.

Annum. Share.

X. s. d.
40 0 0

A. B. d.
18 0 0 1714
19 0 0' 24

British • • • • • • .. •. • • • •

Ditto Provincial • • • -
Bristol .• • •• • • • • • • • •
Brighton • • • • .. • • • • • •
City of London .. • • • •
Continental Consolidat.

11. Bs. ;20 0 0
101. per cent. 20 0 0
5/. per cent. 20 0 0
101. 100 0 0
925. pr share 41) 0 0
85s. pr share 10 0 0
15s. pr share 50 0 0
61. per cent. 50 0 0
61. per cent. 40 0 0
/. pr cent. 50 0 0
61. per cent. 50 0 0
5/. per cent. 50 0 0
51. and bns. 1100 0 0
4%1. pr cent! 50 0 0
Si. 5O 0 0
12s. 50 0 0

100 0 0 1190
39 5 0 54
37 10 0 51%
50 0 0 38
50 0 0 78%
40 0 0 64
50 0 0 40
50 0 0 ' 48
45 0 0 35
90 0 0 80
50 0 0 17

Ditto, New
H.quitable ..... •
Imperial • • .... • • • • • •
Independent ..... .
London• • .... • • • • • • • •

Phcentx . •• .. • • • • • • • •
Ratelift •• •• . .. •• • • • •
-United General • • • • • •
Westminster Chartered
Ditto, New . • • • - • ..

10 0 0

Charles Paulett Rotton, vice R. J. Hay, promoted.
John Morris Savage, vice Macdougall, promoted.
Dashwood Jonas, vice Spurway, promoted.
Thomas Edmond Byrne, vice Young, promoted,
Dated 18th December, 1847.
Corps of Royal Engineers.
Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants.
Howard Craufurd Elphinstone.
Charles Edward Cumberland.
Alexander Stephen Creyke, vice Phillpotts,,promoted.
William Coles Phillpotts, vice J. H. Smitb-, promoted.
Henry Sandeman, vice Crease, promoted.
Amelius Beaneback Fyers, vice Belson, promoted.
Joseph Wallis O'Bryen Hoare, vice Hutchinson, pro-

moted.
Lionel Charles Barber, vice Grain, promoted.
James Grantham, vice A. P. Smith, promoted.
Glastonbury Neville, vice Lochner, promoted.
James Ponsonby Cox, vice Revenhill, promoted.
Henay George Savage, vice Siborne, promoted.
George ReidLempriere, vice Akers, promoted.
Dated 18th December, 1847.
BANKRUPTS.
Susannah Milton, clothier, Hounslow, Middlesex, to
surrender Jan. 6, at eleven, and Feb. 10. at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee,
Birchin-lane ; Jenkinson and-Co., Lombard street.
Richard Miller Shorter, corn dealer, Camomile-street,
City, Jan. 6, at twelve, and Feb 10, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing-
hall street; Randall, Tokenhouse-yard.
William Lee, fruiterer, Wooburn-Green, Bucking-
, hamshire, Jan. 7, at twelve, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Caunan, officibi assignee,
Birchin-lane; Smith, Golden square.
Robert Hayward, brewer, Landport, Southampton,
Jan. 7, at half-past one, and Feb. 8. at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Low,
Chancery lane, London; Paffard, Portsea.
William James Townshend, cork manufacturer, Well-
close-square, Middlesex, Jan. 3, at half-past two, and
and Feb. 14, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City; '
Laurence and Plews, Old Jewry- chambers.
Thomas Joshua Fenton, wine-merchant, Falcon
Square, City, Jan. 7, at ona, and Feb. 10, at eleven, at
tho Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole-
man-street-buildings ; Drake, Bouverie-street, Fleet-
-street.
John Smith Dialing, joiner, Scarborough, Yorkshire,
Jan. 6, and Feb. 10, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Wigglesworth
and Co., Gray's-Inn, London ; Cronhelm, Leeds.
Thomas Chatto, linen draper, Morpeth, Northumber-
land, Jan. 13, at eleven, and Feb. 10, at half-past twelve,
at the Newcastle. upon-Tyne District Court. Baker,
official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne; Woodman,
Morpeth ; Crosby and Compton, Church-court, Old
Jewry, London.
Edward Norris, commission agent, Manchester, Jan.
8 and 28, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulk-
ner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford row, London; Cat-
terall, Preston.
Edward Snow, draper, Nottingham, Jan. 7, and Feb.
11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Bowley, Not-
tingham.
Charles Norton, miller, Ellesmere, Salop, Jan. 11, at
eleven, and Feb. 22, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Tyrer, Liverpool; Hodgson, Birmingham.
Edward Evans, shopkeeper, Wrexham, Denbighshire,
Jan. 14, and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Liverpool District
Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Philpot,
Montague-street; Hughes, Wrexham; Evans and Sons,
Liverpool.

BARBADOES RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)
The first general meeting of the shareholders in the
Barbadoes Railway Company was held this after-
noon, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ;
Mr. James Heywood (in the absence, through ill-
ness, of Sir Robert Schomburgk, president of the com-
pany), in the chair.
The report stated that the company was established
in June, 1845, when 8,682 shares were allotted in
this country, and about 1,514 in Barbadoes. Upon
7,902 of the 8,682, a deposit of 1/. per share was paid,
and a similar deposit was paid upon 1,012 of the 1,514
shares distributed in Barbadoes. The total receipts
amounted to 9,0391. 12s. 9d., and the expenditure to
8,2161. 9s. 6d., of which was 1,585/. for engineering,
3731. for law expenses at home, and 339/. for law
expenses in Barbadoes. The directors had every
confidence in the value of the undertaking, which
could be carried out for 200,0001., being 100,0001.
less than the original estimate, but in the present
state of the money market the directors thought
it advisable to suspend their operations for a
few months, which they were entitled to do under
the provisions of their Act. It was, however, for the
shareholders to decide what course should be adopted,
and in order that the feeling of the general body
might be ascertained, it was proposed to call in the
scrip for registration immediately.
Eventually a committee of inquiry was appointed,
and the meeting adjourned until the 15th of February.

COURSE OF EXCH
Asnstertiash .......... 12
Diva.), at sight ...... 12 Z
it Jtte rdam .... ••.. •• 12 7%
latwerp .............. 26 30
Uniburgh ......M.B. 14 1
:Worm .. •• •••• •.
Paris, 3 (lays' sight ..•• 25 85
Ditto, •• ••..•• 26 20
Marseilles • • • • 26 30
26 30
Frankfort on Maine.... 124%
Petersburgh, Sil. Rble

11,-.lln- .. •• • • ••••• •• 7

Vienna, effec. fio ••• • •• 10 23
Trieste, ditto.... • ..... 10 23
Sladlid .• .. ...... .... 46_

48%
Barcelona.• • •-• . • • ....
Savina•• •• •• •• •• • • •• ••

GE.—(THIS DAY.)
Gibraltar ..
Leghorn .............. 31 50
Genoa .. • • • • .. 26 30
Milan .. • • .. • • • • • •
Verdce • •
Naples •• •• 31
Palermo, per o 2 118
Lisbon.. .. 503 i
Oporto .. .. • • .. 5014
Rio Janeiro • • ...... • . 23%
Buenos Ayres —
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia .. • • ....

PRIM; OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold la bars...£3 17 9
New Dollars •.. . . • 0 4 *6
Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Silver lu bars ...... •• 0 4 11%

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of Dec. 28.)
SUGAR.—The arrival,' of colonial this year have been
34,000, and of Foreign 29,000 tons mere than in the
previous one, of the former the stock is 23,700, and of
the latter 6,500 greater. Of all kinds the quantity
taken for home consumption exceeds that of 1846
up to this time by 11,700, whilst there is an excess
in the export deliveries of 14,200 tons. Prices
exhibit the following decline:—West India 9s to 10s,
Bengal and Madras 103 to 12s, Mauritius 9s to
I Is, Foreign East India 3s to Bs, and Foreign 5s
to 8s per cwt., whilst the losses that merchants are yet
sustaining upon the importation are heavy. On Wed-
nesday and Thursday last a good demand was experi-
enced for West India, stiffer rates were paid for the 950
hhds and tierces that found buyers, brown realized 33s
to 34s 6d, yellow 35s to 455, and grey 34s to 39s per
cwt. The market has been closed since Thursday, and
will remain so until Tuesday next.
REFINED.—The town and country demand has been
active for all descriptions of Refined goods since we last
wrote, and quotations may be considered fully equal to
those previously current, and in some cases above. For
Wet Lumps there is an extensive demand, priers
are firm at 51s to 51s 6d for low and middling, and
It 52s to 63s per cwt for good and fine quality.
There is a difference of not more than 19s per cwt
between the value of standard lumps and fair workine.
Sugars. Pieces bane been much inquired after—com
mon at 35s to 375, middling 38s to 40s, good 41s to 435,
and fine at 44s to 475. There is, however, still a plen-
tiful supply. Bastards have not improved in value, but
they are in brisker demand. Treac!e is not offered at
any further reduction, the dealings, however, have
been of a limited nature in all kinds, whilst the supply
is plentiful, and the consumption is small. There aro
-etlers of Boiled from West India Molasses at 16s 6d to
17s 6d, Patent 18s to 20s, and of Golden Syrup at 22s
to 23s 6d. Bonded Crushed Sugar is wanted for ex•
portation, but for immediate delievery, however,
not much is to be obtained, whilst the re-
finers evince firmness, and are getting 30s to 31s for
first and 29s 6d for second sort, upon which terms
several contracts were likewise concluded for forward
delivery. Purchases to a fair extent were made in Wet
Lumps at 28s to 295, and the stock is yet small. In
Ditch Crushed Sugar several sales have been made, but
at moderate rates. Belgian has been in demand to a fair
extent from 25s 6d to 29s for common to fine quality.
The demand for loaves made here under bond has been
good for exportation, and prices tend upwards, the supplies
being small, whilst there are several orders uuexecuted.
MAIIRITIM—There is firmness on the part of holders,
and they have refrained from submitting any to public
competition. On the part of grocers and refiners more
disposition has been shown to do business, and they have
taken several parcels by private treaty. Prices com-
pared with those of this day week show a small advance.
There are, however, further arrivals of the new crop,
and the stock is much larger than it was at this time in
1846; prices are, however, considerably under those of
that period for every kind.
Easi. INDIA.—The low rates that prevail for Penang
Sugar cause buyers to be more inclined to make pur-
chases, and on the part of holders less desire is shown to
sell, whereas none has been submitted to public com-
petition. Privately the parcels sold were at prices rather
above those previously current, brown selling at 25 to 30s,
aral yellow 30s to 38s. In Bengal the operations are
upon a more extended scale, whilst the supply is less
plentiful; prices are on the advance. For Madras the
demand is more active, holders are less inclined to sell
and offered none at public sale, privately several parcels,
however, have been disposed of.
FOREIGN. —There is no inclination on the part of
holders of Foreign Sugar to submit to any further de-
cline in the value, and they have refrain( d from submitting
any to public sale whilst there is only a moderate quan-
tity on offer in the private market. The export orders
concluded are, however, trifling, and the demand has
been limited from our refiners working under bond.
The sales worth noticing are only 3,000 chests of Bahia
at 155 Gd to .17s for lowa dmiddling brown, and at 19s
for common white. The market is however, not ex-
pected to continue long in its present' quiet state.
COFFEE.—The home trade_ are little inclined to operate
in any kind of West India by private treaty, although
oarweer rates. None has
holders are willing to
lowere thanbe by 5s to
been offered at auction. PrFees
home
terse
small,stor
ar dt sorts.
9, for inferior, and lOs to 20s for
obnothahe
;teltthaoufgalhl tthoeokqupalancteityinofthEsaystallunedoiaf
e
and shipping kinds, a further diminution having occurred
in the demand for :all purposes. Native Ceylon is little
required, and prices are further depressed. None has
been brought to public sale. the sales made in Planta-
tion are trifling, notwithstanding the low rates which
holders are willing to take for all kinds. Mocha

is little required, and can be obtained upon
lower terms. Buyers of East India kinds have
been induced to operate rather more freely
in consequence of holders submitting to easier rates
privately. At auction 110 bags Singapore for cash on
the 29th instant at 25s to 25s 6d for sound. Of Foreign
Coffee none has been submitted to public sale, and pri-
vately the dealings have been of a limited nature ; al-
though sellers are willing to make a slight concession in
the value.
TEA.—Holders of Black and Green sorts manifest
more firmness, and offer a less quantity for sale. In
Black the purchases made have been upon a more ex-
tended scale, and the rates obtained are rather above
those previously quoted. Green is not risen in value;
there is, however, a more active demand, and the
quantity passing for sale is not so large as of late,
whereas merchants are less inclined to realize. In
In Scented Teas the operations are upon a more ex-
tended scale, prices cannot bo quoted higher, and
there yea a plentiful supply. Orange Pekoe of
low and middling buality is only worth 7d to
ls, good to fine scented is 2d to is 6d, black
leaf 9d to is Bd, and flowery is to 3s 6d per lb.
There has been no arrival since this day week, whereas
duty was paid 510,9601bs at this port during the past
week. None has been submitted to public competition.
SPlcEs.—Prices have suffered no further depression
for Pimento ; and privately the sales made have been to
a small extent only. Although holders of Nutmegs are
willing to accept previous reduced rates, yet the
sales which have been concluded by private treaty
have been of a limited nature by exporters and the
home trade ; the finest brown cannot be quoted
above 3s 10d, limed ditto 3s. Mace sells slowly upon
previous reduced terms. On the part of holders of Black
Pepper there ;is firmness, and they supply the market
sparingly, all descriptions have been sought after by
shippers, and the home trade, whilst previous rates are
obtained for the parcels sold by private treaty. Bt auc-
tion 1,146 bags of Sumatra were sold good clean black
2P to 21d, grey 2,1 d to 2P white is wanted, supply small
and the parcels sold were at 4d to 4dl for low and mid,
and at 5d to 74d for grod and fine quality. Pod is
little required, and 170 bags of fine at auction were taken
in at 51 per cwt for fine bright. In Ginger the sales
made are small by exporters as well as home consumers.
Cassia Lignea is not much wanted, and the supply is
small, still former rates are not to be obtained.
SPIRITS.— Jamaica Rum is offered rather under pre
vious rates, still the purchases made have been limited in
all kinds by exporters and .the home trade, there is a
plentiful supply. Leeward Island is little wanted;
holders are willing sellers, and accept is Sid to is 7d
for proof strength, whilst there is a fair quan-
tity on offer. Calcutta sels slowly at ls 6d to
15 6p; Mauritius 1s 5d to is sid and Penang is 6d
proof strength. Demerara met with little attention.
Rum is much cheaper than last year, although the de-
liveries continue to be satisfactory, but the stock is
heavier. Previous improved rates are well supported
for Brendy, the deliveries are exceeding the arrivals.
Holders evince firmness, and a good business has been
concluded in all sorts.
INDIGO.—For all descriptions of East India the home
and export hand has been good, whilst further purchases
have been made by speculators, and the rates paid ex-
hibit an advance on those of the last quarterly sale of
2d to 4d per lb, and the market is but scantily supplied.
That the upward tendency will continue appears to be
the general impression.
OILS. —The arrivals of Fish Oils have been to a smal
extent only since this day week, whereas the deliveries
are satisfactory, and are likely to continue so, as prices
rule moderate. In Cod a good business
has been conducted at 251 to 251 lOs pep tun,
at which holders are firm. Of S:al many
parcels I.ave been disposed of at enhanced prices.
For Southern the tendency of prices is upwards, the
supply being small and demand active for all kinds.
The market is in a tranquil state for Sperm, and there
are willing sellers. For Linseed Oil reduced rates
having been taken, oc.asi, ned the home trade to pur-
chase largely, and caused the export demand to be good.
For forward delivery several purchases have been made at
23s 6d to 24s ; the consumption is on the increase, and
the supply is less plentiful. In Rapeseed Oil the deli-
series are upon a more extended scale, and in
consequence of the limited supply buyers are corn-
died to pay stiffer rates. On the part of holders
of Olive there is a desire shown to sell, although
the consumption is better than of late whereas
there is not a large stock, and the arrivals that are
expected for some weeks arc of little moment.
The market is iu a quiet state for Palm; there is a
desire on the part of the holders to sell, as the stock is
on the increase, f rid 27s to 29s per cwt is the value of
fine quality. Cocoa Nut is little required, and although
the stock is small, yet holders are willing sellers.
TALLOW.—The demand has increased for Russian on
the spot, and reduced rates have been accepted. Soap
makers and chandlers operated with reluctance, and 46s
to 46s 6d are the prices taken for fine P.Y. Candle, and
at which holders are desirous to sell, as arrivals are on
a more extended scale. For delivery in spring months
the operations are to a small extent only. Home made
met with a slow sale.

DR. HAMPDEN'S APPOINTMENT

ADDRESS TO DR. HAMPDEN.

The following address, signed by between 600 and
700 of the clergy and laity, was yesterday presented
to the Rev. Dr. Hampden, at Christchurch, Oxford,
by a deputation of clergymen from London, accom•
pulled by the Rev. Dr. Jeune, master of Pembroke
College, Ox ord

"TO THE RET. RENN DICKSON HAMPDEN, D.D REGIUS
PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY IN TIIE UNIVERSITY OF
OXFORD.

;leVerend Sir,—We, the undersigned clergy and
laity of the Church of England, beg to offer to you
our sincere respects and good wishes, in the prospect
of your advancement to the see of Hereford.
" Called by his late Majesty to fill the dignified and
important office of Regius Professor of Divinity in the
University of Oxford, in trying times of the Church,
and under circumstances of singular perplexity, you
have, in our opinion, discharged the duties of that
office in a manner which has completely justified the
confidence then reposed in you.
"The public announcement of your religious views,
which you made when entering upon your office, and
the sermons which you have preached before the
University as Regius Professor, and subsequently
published, as well as your other official acts, have, in
our judgment, fully evidenced the soundness of your
theological opinions, and your high claiM to the pro-
fessorial chair. _ _

" We possess the fullest confidence that, under the
weightier responsibility of the episcopal office, you
will maintain the genuine principles of the Church
of England, and exert your utmost energies to pro-
mote the cause of scriptural religion in this realm.
" Whilst we thus rely on your integrity and zeal,
we cannot but feel how weak are the purposes of man
without Divine guidance and support. We, there-
fore, join with you in prayer, that you may be
enabled to evince your fitness for the episcopal office,
by the efficiency of your endeavours to advance the
spiritual welfare of your diocese and of the universal
Church of Christ."

To this address Dr. Hampden returned the follow-
ing answer :
"My Lords and Gentlemen,—Your address is
peculiarly gratifying to me at this moment of so
much anxiety and trouble.
"Pray, then, accept my heartfelt thanks for this
kind and welcome expression of your feelings.
" I am far, however, from regarding this address
as a mere matter of personal concern to myself. The
cause in which you are engaged is a much greater one
than anything simply relating to an individual. Con-
gratulations are much more due to you, my Lords
and Gentlemen, for your strenuous support of our
true Protestant Church, the doctrines and principles
of which, as faithfully handed down to us by our
Reformers, and maintained by our standard divines,
I have in my place, as a minister and teacher of the
Church, earnestly endeavoured to set forth and incul-
cate.

" I heartily join with you in prayer that the hearts
and hands of all may be strengthened by the Holy
Spirit to the defence of that pure faith which we
possess through the teaching of our own apostolic and
scriptural Church. And I venture to hope that the
benefit of such prayer will not be withheld, and that
He who gives the will and the hearty desire to pray,
will both bless your exertions for the truth, and my
humble endeavours to serve Him truly in the high
office in His Church to which He has called me.
" I have the honour to remain, with the greatest
respect, my Lords and Gentlemen, your very faithful
humble servant, " H. D. HAMPDEN.
" Christ Church, Dec. 27, 1847."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
SOUTHWARK.

William Perryman, a well-dressed young man,
was brought before Mr. Seeker, charged with steal-
ing a leg of pork, a piece of beef, and other articles,
the property of Mr. Gould, Brunswick-street, Black-
friars.
Sergeant Derrig, Ii division, said that on the
morning of Christmas-day, between one and two
o'clock, as he was passing in front of the complai-
nant's house, he turned his lantern down the area and
saw the prisoner concealed underneath a large meat
safe. He knocked at the door, and having roused the
family they proceeded into the area, and found the
prisoner there, and on examining the meat safe dis-
covered that it had been forced open, and the pri-
soner busily engaged in replacing the articles which
he had previously taken out of it. When accounting
for his being found in such a situation, he said he was
quite incapable of accounting for the circumstance of
his getting down the area otherwise than by suppos-
ing at the time that he was getting over the railir.gs
of his own house instead of those of the complainant's
house. 1.3 nfortanately for the prisoner, however,
when taken to the station-house he was recognised as
an old offender, he having been tried, and convicted,
and sentenced to transportation, which was subse-
quently commuted to five years' imprisonment on
board the hulks. Since his liberation he had also
been in custody with an accomplice, for robbing a
man of 13/., but owing to some defect in the evidence
was discharged, and had been at large since that
period until he was taken on the present occasion in
the act of plundering the meat safe.
He was committed.
Two men of respectable appearance, named Robert

Lewis, described as a tailor and draper, and Robert
Mills Worst, an Excise-officer, were charged with
stealing a half-crown at the London-bridge Tevt,rn.
Henry Williams, a waiter, stated that on Friday
night the prisoners called for a pint of porter, and,
having paid for it, they stood before the bar drink*
it. While there another customer called for some-
thing else, and at the moment witness threw down a
half-crown piece on a sideboard near the spot where
the prisoners stood, intending to hand it over to the
barman to give change. Witness turned round for
an instant, and found that the half-crown was whipped
up, and no other persons being within reach of the
coin but the prisoners, he charged them with stealing
it, and gave them into custody. He added that he
saw a half-crown piece in Lewis's hand at the mo-
ment he missed the coin he had placed on the side-
board.
Lewis denied the charge, and said that when he
was accused of stealing the halfcrown, he put his
hand in his waistcoat pocket and drew out the coin,
which the witness claimed as the one he had pre-
viously laid on the sideboard. He (prisoner) was in
business and respectable, and it was not probable he
or his friend, who also held a respectable situation,
could be guilty of such an Act.
Worst also denied the charge, and said that he
knew nothing whatever about it; that all he knew
was that he went in with Mr. Lewis to take a draught
of porter, and that before they had finished it they
were both given into custody for stealing the half-
crown, and that they had been locked up since Friday
night.
The waiter having persisted that nobody but the
prisoners could have taken the half-crown,
Mr. SEMLER said, that if that was the case, he
should adjudge the prisoners to find bail to appear at
this Court on the sth of January, and that the waiter
might indict them if he thought proper.
LAMBETH.

John Tarnell and Mary, his wife, were placed at
the bar before Mr. Elliott, on a charge of working an
illicit still.

Mr. John Lewin, an officer of Excise, deposed that
on Friday evening last he went to a house occupied
by the prisoners, in Mortram-street, Old Kent-road,
and found the prisoners employed in working a still,
which had then a fire under it. The place was fitted
up with all the necessary apparatus for carrying on an
illicit distillation, with a quantity of wash, and seven
gallons of spirits, two of which were in bladders ready
to be carried out.
Mr. John Bradnell, a second officer of Excise,
corroborated the evidence of the last witness.

The prisoners said nothing in defence, and
Mr. ELLIOTT convicted the husband in the penalty
(the lowest the law permits) of 301., and in default
of payment to three months' imprisonment.
Eliza Done, Eliza Lewis, Margaret Wall, and
Sarah Cross, inmates of Marlborough-house, Peckham,
were charged with creating Is considerable disturb-
ance in that establishment on Christmas evening.
John Attery, the gate-porter of Marlborough-
house, deposed that on Saturday evening he was sent
for to go to No. 32 Ward, and on proeeding there
he found the prisoners, who had got over the palings
which separates the males from the females, seated
there with the male paupers, and singing as loud as
they could. He requested they would at once leave
and proceed to their proper place, but they refused
to do so, and it required the exertion of himself and
four policemen to remove them. The prisoner Dove,
he said, used violent threats towards him, and she as
well as Cross had been before in prison.
Mr. ELLIOTT ordered the prisoner Dove to find bail,
and discharged the others, but the latter prisoners in-
sisted that all were equally guilty, and should be
punished alike, and actually went so far as to refuse
to leave their companion, but clung to her in the dock.
They were with some difficulty removed, and cau-
tioned as to their future conduct, and their companion
was sent to prison.
George Wilson, Cold Harbour-lane, Camberwell, a
man of gentlemanly appearance, was convicted in a
penalty of 3/. or one month's imprisonment, for as-
saulting a little girl of 12 years of age.
THAMES.

James Johnson, alias Robinson, and Thomas Lick-
fold, were charged with being on the river on Christ-
mas morning, at half-past three o'clock, with the in-
tention of committing felony.
For some time past numerous robberies have been
committed on board ships in the river, between
sunset and sunrise, by a class of thieves called " tier
rangers," who have carried off money, watches, and
clothes, to a large amount, from cabins and state-
rooms, while the masters and mates have been asleep.
Many of those thieves have been brought to justice
through the vigilance of the' Thames police, and
either convicted at the Old Bailey Sessions, or sum-
marily punished by the magistrates. The depreda-
tions, however, have not entirely abated, and the
river police have kept a sharp look out. On Christ-
mas morning, Inspector Hambrook and the crew of
his galley were rowing past the ship Anna, lying in
Mill.stairs tier, Bermondsey, and saw a strange boat
alongside, which excited the suspicions of the in-
spector. He hailed the vessel, but no answer was
returned. He then went on board, and after
searching for a long time, he found the pri-
soners concealed under a long-boat on the quarter-
deck of the ship. He asked them what they did
there, to which they replied that they had given
some of the crew of the Anna a cast from the shore
to the vessel in a boat. The master, mate, and all
bands were fast asleep in their berths, and, on being
aroused, denied all knowledge of the prisoners, whose
intentions were evident. They had come on board
for the purpose of stealing the clothes and money
belonging to the master and mate, and they would
have obtained a rich booty if they had not been so
opportunely detected. The cabin and state-room of
the ship alongside the Anna was plundered on the
preceding night, and the thieves contrived to carry
away the clothes, money, and valuables belonging to
the mate without disturbing him. The boat found
alongside the Anna belonged to a waterman named
Banks, of Mill-stairs. It was removed from its
moorings at the stairs, and the padlock which fastened
the oars broken. The prisoners, who are good
swimmers, made a desperate resistance, and endea-
voured to overturn the Thames police galley, but
were overpowered and fastened to the bottom of the
boat.

Inspector Hambrook, in answer to questions by
the Magistrate, said that Johnson was convicted on
the 2d of May, 1844, at the Central Criminal Court,
and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and
hard labour. On the 4th of May, 1845, he was
again convicted of felony at the same place, and re-
ceived a similar sentence. The same, prisoner had
been twice convicted of " tier ranging by the Ma-
gistrates, and on each occasion sentenced to three
months' imprisonment and hard labour.
Potter, 212 K, knew Lickfold to be a notorious
thief, and he had been frequently in custody for
felony. Witness knew the prisoner to be a returned
conviet, and gave the date of his first conviction.
Mr. Yanni.iir said if the prisoners had committed
the robbery contemplated by them, there was no
doubt they would have been transported for a long
term. He had no doubt they were on board the Anna
for the purpose of committing felony, and that they
were most dangerous thieves. He sentenced them,
as,rogues and vagabonds, to three months' imprison-
ment and hard labour in the House of Correction at
Brixton.
Fanny Smith, Harriet Downie, and Charles Winter
were charged with hocussing William Edwards, a
sailor, and robbing him of seven sovereigns.
The prosecutor, who came home about three weeks
ago, in the Canton, from Quebec, summoned the
master of that vessel on Friday for his wages, and
they were ordered to be paid by Mr. Ballantine, the
magistrate. •The prisoner Winter became acquainted
with Edwards, and knowing that he was likely to
obtain his wages, stuck very close to him all last
week, and when the wages were ordered by Mr. Bal-
lantine, followed him from the court to the offices of
Messrs. Stainbank, the ship-brokers, in the City,
where the sum ordered was paid. The sailor, after
paying the solicitor's charges and meeting other
claims upon him, had eight sovereigns left, and he
changed one and gave Winter half a sovereign to pur-
chase a Christmas goose for his dinner. Edwards
than tied up the remainder of his money with his re-
gister ticket and certificate of service and discharge,
in a corner of his handkerchief, which he deposited
in his bosom, in Winter's presence. The prisoner
then said he could take him to his house and intro-
duce him to some very nice girls, and persuaded Ed-
wards to accompany him to an infamous house in St.
George's in the East, where he found the two women.
After having drank something the prisoners began
pulling him about, and unfastening his clothes, and
removing his money from his handkerchief; but al-
though he knew they were robbing.him, he had not
sufficient strength to make any resistance, and suf-
fered himself to be plundered. The prisoners di-
rectly afterwards left the room. Edwards staggered
out of the house, and proceeded to the station-house
in King David-lane, close by, and made his loss
known to Potter, a police constable, 211 K, who exa-
mined his handkerchief, and found his register ticket
was gone, and in place of the gold two penny pieces
were substituted. Potter apprehended the two fe-
males the same evening. Winter was apprehended
on the same night. He tendered to Potter a half-
sovereign, which he said Edwards had given him for
the trouble he had taken with him.
After some further proceedings, Mr. Yardley com-
mitted the prisoners for trial.

ME SEWERS COMMISSIONERS.--TVVO of the Chair-
men of the old Sewers Commissioners for the Metropolis
(one of whom is an Alderman of London) have refused
to hand over their accounts and their cash in hand to the
new Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, whose ap
pointment has superseded all the others. A meeting of
the Central Commission will be held at Gwydyr House
on Tuesday, when it will be decided what steps shall be
taken for the transfer of all documents and powers from
those bodies which have actually ceased to exist as Com-
missioners.—Observer.

LAW OF LUNACY.
TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE GREY,
PT., M.P.. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR

THE HOME DEPARTMENT.

Sir,—l have the honour of calling your attention
to the case of a Mr. Owen, a chemist, residing in
Marchmont-street, Brunswick •square, which has
excited considerable attention in his neighbourhood,
owing to his having been forcibly seized in his shop,
by order of his brother, about the Bth of December,
handcuffed, thrust into a cabriolet, and driven off to
Mr. Warburton's asylum, Bethnal-green, from
whence he was fortunately delivered by the unusual
and public-spirited exertions of one of his neighbours,
who having employed a solicitor, and formed a com-
mittee of his neighbours, procured eleven affidavits to
his sanity, and having obtained a writ of habeas ear-
-1 pus—before one of the judges—procured his release.
I saw Mr. Owen last night, who appears to be a
highly respectable, sensible, and quiet man, and he
informed me that the doctors of the asylum, Mr.
Warburton and Mr. Phillips, honourably acknow-
ledged to him that they saw no symptoms of de-
rangement in him, but that he could only be liberated
in due course of law, as they were bound to detain
him upon the order of his brother, and upon the cer-
tificates to his insanity which his brother had pro-
cured against him. In consequence also of his
brother's orders, Mr. Owen was not allowed the use
of pen or paper, or permitted to see his friends who
went to call upon him at the asylum.
A stronger instance of the impropriety of allowing
the liberty of the subject to be thus jeopardised upon
the authority of a relation, in some cases of a stranger,
backed by the certificate of two medical men, with-
out the previous examination of the party at least by
a magistrate and a clergyman, if not before a jury,
an impropriety which the members of the Alleged
Lunatic Friends Society have individually or collec-
tively been remonstrating against for two years, can-
not be submitted to yonr attention, nor can it fail of
impressing upon your mind, that the existence of such
a society is not unnecessary, and that their objects
are entitled to respect.
I beg leave, at the same time, to direct your atten-
tion to the second annual report of the Commissioners of
Lunacy, and their last half-yearly report to the Lord
Chancellor, printed Dec. 15, 1847, by order of the
House of Commons, wherein the amount of the visits
of the Commissioners to asylums is stated. It is there
shown that Dr. Turner visited 167 asylums, saw 8,270
patients, and travelled 3,877 miles, and Mr. W. G.
Campbell visited 165 asylums, saw 9,939 patients,
and travelled 2,798 miles, during the six months
ending August 4, 1847. The committee of the
alleged Lunatic Friends' Society have had several
complaints made to them, by persons who have suf-
fered in asylums, of the present system of inspection
by the Commissioners resulting practically in a mere
show. One gentlemen informs them, that on his
preparing to make his complaints to them, they told
him they were very much pressed for time ; they
begged him to postpone his complaints to another
opportunity, and at last one of them left the room,
leaving the other to collect what he could of the
applicant's case in a short conversation with him. It
is not surprising that this should be the case, when
the amount of the visits made and of the patients
inspected by a Commissioner in six months is consi-
dered, and that besides this they have to inspect the
wards, the books, and provisions of each asylum, if
they thoroughly discharge their duty, and to make
their reports to, and to discharge the other duties of,
the board of which they are members. When, how-
ever, to these considerations is added the reflection
that the Commissioners acknowledge that in some
cases they can with difficulty procure the regular
visits required by law from the magistrates who are
appointed to visit the asylums in the country, the jus-
tice of the representations of the Committee of the
Alleged Lunatic Friends' Society, that a complete
rcform is required in the present system of inspecting
asylums, must be sadmitted. The importance also of,
and the necessity for, a frequent inspection of asylums
must forcibly strike you, Sir, as daring the present
year no less than three coroners' inquests have been
holden on the bodies of patients who were found after
death to have had their ribs broken on both sides of
their bodies, through the violence of their attendants.
One of these cases- occurred in the asylum at Lincoln,
the other two in a private asylum.
I feel called upc m to lay these facts and these obser-
vations before you, in order to make you aware of
the nature of the system against which the society I
have the honour of belonging to is complaining.
I have the honour to remain, Sir,
Your obedient humble servant,
JOHN PERCEVAL.
Campden Cottage, Kensington,
December- 24, 1847.

DEATH of a VETERAN REFORMER.
One of our old friends has departed, and few re-
main that can telL the tale he once did. We allude
to Mr. William LArig, late printer in this city, who
died at Dunoon on Tuesday last, in the 76th year of
his age. Mr. La ng was gifted with strong natural
powers, which w, era governed with unbending integ-
rity. Me was all his life long warmly attached to
Liberal principles, not by violence or revolution, but
to constitutional reform, comprehending civil and
religious liberty, 1 mder proper safeguards. Thirty
or forty years ago., it was dangerous in this city to
moot even the rincist moderate principles of reform.
A remarkable prcal if of this is to be found in the
case of Mr. Lang, which may well startle the youth-
ful advocates and printers of the present day, and
demonstrate the a stonishing change which has taken
place in public of Alaion, from the Government itself
downwards. In tb e year 1816, as we well remember;
Mr. Lang, then a most peaceable and respectable
master printer in 'Glasgow, was taken up, along with
his brother-in-le,w, the venerable Mr. Turner, of
Thrushgrove, who still survives, on the charge of
high treason. Tlho se were the days of Sidmouth and
Castlereagh. Th me were the days of Richmond the
spy. The high t r43ason consisted in this, that Mr.
Turner gifted his g round for a meeting of peaceable
reformers, and tht tt Mr. Lang printed the calm and
dignified resolution i:; adopted thereat. But Mr. Lang,
though dead, yet slo eaketh, and we quote the follow-
ing account of this interesting matter, as delivered by
him at the annive ri ;ary of the Thrushgrove reform
meeting, 29th Oct4A )er, 1831—Mr. Wallace, of Kelly,
and the late Sir Jul al Maxwell in the chair :

" Mr. Lang, in returning thanks for the honour
of his healtk beiia drank, said, that the present
was a compensatioix for all his sufferings. He alluded
to the origin of th(9. Thrushgrove meeting, and sail
their object was to g ive the citizens an opportunity of
speaking their sen ments legally. At that time, if
five met together, 1;13 ere was no security that one of
them, at least wry not a spy. They had asked,
from the Dean olf Guild, the Merchants' Hall to
meet in. He said h e had to consult his council, and
the answer was, i.t could not be granted. They
asked the Trades' °Hall, but it was also refused,
though let to amaii salamander.—(Great laughter.)
They next wanted. to get the court of the Eagle
Inn, which was : granted, and the meeting was
advertised; but n morning they received notice
that the factor of ti le landlord would not allow them
to meet in it. I 'll ey ultimately met in the open
air, expressed their sentiments, and sent them to the
Prince Regent, si,g ned by from twenty to thirty
thousand people. During the meeting, the 42d
Regiment stood ur: ler arms in the barracks, with
eighteen rounds of ball cartridge, and the cavalry
were under arms in another quarter ; but they
risked the meeting.), because they knew the people
would be quiet; :at id when the meeting was over
they retired as qui e tly as from a church. Meetings
followed in all dire etions, and even in America the
Thrushgrove meet ng was noticed. Sir Philip
Francis, the reps r teds author of "Junius," had
written to them, applauding their intrepidity.
He then detailed tl circumstances of his imprison-
ment. On a Sacra ment Sabbath morning, at two
o'clock, while he asi id Mrs. Lang had just retired
from the bedside of a sick child, and were scarcely
in bed, a loud kno( ing was heard at his door. On
asking who was tla ere, he was told it was police-
officers. On open a ig the door, he found three or
four soldiers with (U -awn bayonets, an officer carry-
ing a torch, and a band of officers behind. He
asked their object, s. nd was told it was to search for
papers. They then t searched his drawers, his pockets,
and his pocket-bo o k; and when towels had been
filled with paper , tablecloths had to be re-
sorted to. They next proceeded to the parlour
and examined his I )ooks. One man, after spelling
the title of one, rt ade out Age of Reason,' and
took possession of i 1 ;. Another spelled 'Apology for
Bible.' The leade r said they would have nothing to
do with that ; bu t he (Mr. Lang) insisted there
should be no selec ti on, as Tom and the Bishop always
went together. I I aving given them both the bane
and the antidote, lae offered them the Bible, teL
them it was ther m ost radical book extant; but they
refused it. They • then went to his office and took
every paper fron 3. his desk, along with his books of
business, and le tt, rs from Lord Folkestone, Major
Cartwright, and , :Lord Castlereagh. Of the latter
he said, if the ire was treason in his possession,
it was in the ,t letter ; it related to an altera-
tion in the militia laws, which his Lordship
was to bring it i a Bill to effect. lie was then taken
to the police-ofi ice, and put into the prison room with
other prisoners, and kept there till twelve o'clock at
night, when he was sent to Brtclewell, guarded by
military, where he was kept till Friday ; and, after
a long course of ° suffering, ultimatelyz dismissed with-
out trial, apologu or compensation."
Would such th ings be permitted now ? Truly we
live in a world of progres3ion, and this good and
amiable man, afb rising to high posts of honour in
thii city, which d ,]iterated the stain of the accusation
of high treason,. a nd made him speak of it often with
the smile of it inocence and proud congratulation,
closed his ey last in a mature age, and in the
blessed hop a 6,1 t he would secure an inheritance,