The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-13 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

Consols for the Account opened this morning at 881 1;
Three per Cents. Reduced are 88i ; and Exchequer
Nils, 10 12 premium.

Spanish Active Stock remains steady at 238 24 ; Pas-
sive, 5-4- k ; Deferred, 118 128 ; Portuguese Five per
Cents. are 331 • ditto Threes, 19,3 20 ; Mexican Bonds,
261. Very little business has been done up to the pre-
sent time.

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Eastern Counties
Ditto Debentures...... ...... 8/. 6s. Bd. 101. Is. Id to
Great Western
Ditto New ..... 50
Ditto Fifths
London and Brighton 5O ...... 36ii*... to
London and Birmingham .. 9O
Ditto New...... 2 ..... 251, to
Midland Counties
North Midland
Ditto Thirds
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London Joint Stock ...
National Provincial of England... 35
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 11.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 971, Grand Canal Stock ...
Ditto Reduced ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent...
Ditto New 1830......... 98A Ditto 4 per cent ...
3i per Cent. Debs. 110/1 Royal Canal Stock 28%
HALF-PAST ONE.
The transactions in the English Funds have been very
limited ;, the market is, however, firm. Consols for the
Account are 884 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 8841 ;
Three-and-Half per Cents. Reduced, 98i ; Exchequer
Bills, 10 12 prem.
In the Foreign market what little business has been
done has been entirely confined to Spanish Active Stock,
which are not so good as in the early part of the Morn-
ing ; the last price at which business was done was 234,
and the highest price they have reached is 24. The Pas-
sive Stock is quoted 5111 ; Deferred, 11.4- 12i ; Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51i. In the other Securi-
ties we notice no variation from former quotations.
But little doing in the Share Market. Great Western
were last done at 84 ; Ditto New, 60 ; Ditto Fifths, 9i ;
London and Brighton, 361 ; Midland, 84.

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, 88k ; Mexican, 26 26/ ; Spanish, 231 24.
QUARTER TO THREE.
Recent advices from Batavia state that there was almost
a famine in what at Molucca are termed the South West
Islands. In one small locality no less than 237 persons
died of want. The Governor of Molucca had sent rice
shipments to the amount of 30,000 livres for their relief.
It is said that the Prussian► Government has offered its
mediation between France and Belgium, for the esta-
blishment of a commercial treaty, This is not at all
likely, however, unless Prussia has interested views of
its own.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, DEC. 13.—Wind this day at noon S.W.
DEAL, DEC. 11, Wind W. to N.W., , fresh ; 12,
W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Bengal, Garden, Batavia ; Kin-
nair, Lidderdale, Sydney, New South Wales ; Freedom,
St. John's, New Brunswick ; North Briton, Montreal ;
Freden, Newcastle, for Odessa. Arrd. from the River,
Socrates, for Van Diemen's Land ; Courier, Cape of
Good Hope ; Ludlow, Antigua ; Argo, Trieste. Sailed,
Quebec, New York.

OFF MARGATE, DEC. 12.—Lord Stanley, Benson, St.
John's, New Brunwick.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 11.—Wind W.N.W. 12. W., mo-
derate.—Arrd. Undaunted, Valparaiso, sailed August
27; Thos. Carty, Halifax; Lady Worsley, Aldebaran and
Concord, Quebec, the latter with part of cargo thrown
overboard; Carrib, Faulkner, Sierra Leone; Brutus,
Bonny, sailed Oct. 2; Devon, Calcutta, sailed July 29,
and from St. Helena. Oct. 26 ; Empress, Savanilla, sailed
Oct. 20 ; Susan, Ferris, Dalhousie; Lady Flora Hastings,
Quebec. It blew a heavy gale from W. to W.N.W. last
night, but it is more moderate to-day at W.N.W.
DOVER, DEC. 1 I.—Arrd. Prince Albert, from London
for Buenos Ayres, with trifling damage ; John and He-
lena, Hamburgh,for Porto Rico.

WIKITSTABITE.DEC. 12.—Four bales of cotton, marked
F x C—D X, apparently a long time in the water,
have been landed here.

PLYMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind S.W., strong breezes.
Arrd. Delia, Quebec.

SWANSEA, I)Ec. 12.—Arrd. Hinda, Valparaiso.
KINGROAD, DEC. 12.—Arrd. Briton, Quebec.
PADSTOW, DEC. 10.—Arrd. the Glenliervie, from Que-
bec, with loss of bulwarks, &c. Some wreck, consisting of
cabin work, &c., also an oar, marked " William Madron,"
have been picked up a few miles west of this place.
SHEERNESS, DEC. 11.—The John, from St. Peters-
burgh to London, got on Shoeburyness last night, but
was towed off, and proceeded up the river with a steam-
tug this morning ; she has apparently received no other
damage than being somewhat strained.
KIRKWALL, DEC. 4.—The St. Alixey, Winshure, from
St. Petersburgh to Newry, was wrecked last night on
the island of Copulshaig ; part of the cargo (tallow) is
floating out; crew saved.
PORT ASKAIG, SOUND OF ISLAY, DEC. 7.—The
Perthshire, Risk, from St. John's, New Brunswick, to
Greenock, got on shore on the north side of this Island
4th inst., but was assisted otf yesterday, leaky and strained.
CowEs, DEC. 11.—Arrd. Columbus, Egholm, Buenos
Ayres. The Henrietta, Longford, from Liverpool to
India, has been towed into Portsmouth, with loss of
fore and main-masts, and bowsprit.
BIDEFORD, DEC. 11.--The Agatha, fleekema, from
Havannali, was brought in here to-day, with rudder
damaged and loss of sails, &c.

PORSTMOUTH, DEC. 12.—Wind W.N.W. strong.—
Arrd. Henrietta, Liverpool fur Calcutta, with loss of
foremast, head of, mainmast, bowsprit, &c. during a gale
3d inst., in lung._ 14. Sld. her Majesty's ship Viper, Rio.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind N.W. to W.S.W., fresh
breezes.—Arrd. Azores packet, Peters, London for St.
Michael's; Royal William (steamer), London ; Manney,
Stuart, Liverpool for Oporto, with loss of jibboom, bul-
warks, catheads, &c., having been in contact, 7th inst.,
with the Vigilant. from Liverpool to Ostend, which lost
bowsprit. Sld. Magnet packet, Madeira. Arrd. off, the
Brothers, Currie, Monte Video.
CORK, DEC. 9.—Arrd. Pons Alie, St. John's, N. 8.,
with loss of bulwarks, &c. Arrd. off, Albion, Metcalf;
Tatmagouche.

SUNDERLAND, DEC. 10.—The Cato of Dundee, from
Dundee, was totally wrecked a few miles to the north-
ward last night, crew sared.

•
POOLE, DEC. 12.—The William and Fanny, from
Swanage to Weymouth, in running by this harbour
having sprung a leak, sunk in the Hook, crew saved.
Arrd. Velocity, Wells, from Newfoundland.

LLANMADOK, DEC. 11.—The Lynch, Davis parted
her moorings last night, and came on 4hore, crew saved.
BERWICK. DEC. 10.—Ann Winter from Glasgow to
Newcastle, got on Garwick Land bridge, 9th inst., but
got off after throwing part of her cargo overboard, and
proceeded.

PORT TALBOT, DEC. 11.—Five pieccs of American
timber have been picked up near the Nash.
CORK, DEC. 10.—Off port, a large vessel, supposed
the St. Patrick from Quebec.
YARMOUTH, DEC. 12.—Mary Ferler from Boston to
London, is coming into the harbour leaky, having been
in contact in the roads with the Tempestuous of Sun-
derland. Put back, Tantivy, Collings, Venice, with
damage.

THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—On reading your impartial Journal of the 9th
inst. I find you have made some remarks respecting the
subscriptions for the poor Spitalfields weavers, and in it
you have stated, in reference to a munificent subscription
of a Judge of the land, that a clergyman of the establish-
ment liberally subscribed 2001. Judge ye what I mean
when I say, that instead of being of the establishment,
he is of the denomination of Baptist Dissenters.
The insertion of the above remarks, if worthy of your
notice, will oblige yours,
A CONSTANT READER.
Norwich, 11th December, 1841.
[We attributed the munificent subscription to a Cler-
gyman, not to a Judge.]—ED. Sun.

WHOLESALE ROBBERY OF NEWSPAPERS.
This morning a young man was taken to Guildhall
Police Court, on a charge or stealing five quires and
eighteen Weeny Dispatch Newspapers from out of a
cart belonging to Mr. Edmonds, a newsman. Similar
robberies are not unfrequent, but they are seldom r
com-
mitted to so large an extent at one time. In the present
instance the priscizrywfarsomseetnhebycaSrpt rwinigthau.Casitym- policeissing
two quires
officer, coming
eighteen on his shoulder, which quantity
from the cart; three quires more were discovered to have
been left by the prisoner just previously at a coffee-
house in Smithfield-bars. His case was ordered to stand
over until the arrival of additional evidence. The pri-
soner was formerly in the employ of a news firm in
the
E A :AiOtnnGgelesCrs Angers, says PHENOMENON.
st:h3oe' sw
eaxNtraanoit.edsinparayperg,
genealogical
phenomenon GENEALOGICAL
is
now
phenomenon of a child, two years old, who has got
nine ascendants all livin
vs. iz., a father, mother, two
grandfathers, two grandg ;others, h
e r s Thea great-grandfather.
jointres t - ga rgaens d
ofaft hteeharae
family, including sl.
randm9t
and two great-grandmothers.
e child, amount to 530 years.

EVENING SUN

LAW IN TELLIGENC.-g
CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS lAA-Y).
ALLEN V. MACPHERSON AND OTHERS.
His Lordship was oecupied during the morning
hearing the further arguments in this appeal, whi°ll,
been already before the Court on Saturday.

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ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY)
ALLEN AND OTHERS V. BONE AND MIXERS. ~.0
This was a motion to dismiss the bill that had T.,,
filed in this suit with costs, on the ground tbat it !"„
been filed without the knowledge and consent of the
plaintiffs. The case was partly heard on Saturday. ~„,,
The bill was filed on Feb. 23, 1841, by Messrs. }du
and Andrew, in the names of the plaintiffs, to reVL l-
possession of certain property devised to RichardS
mas, by the will of a gentleman named Bridge, 1'9;1,.
one-fourth of the residue of his property, and consists
klelen.,':
of several dilapidated cottages, situated at St.
Lancashire. This share of the property had been al_.°l`s,
gaged by Thomas for 501., to a gentleman named Jig
who died on the sth December, 1830, having by his;ed,
bequeathed his property to his wife, who als° three
having by her will, made in 1838, bequeathed it to %ors.
of the plaintiffs, and appointed them her tote° bill
The mortgage not having been redeemed, a ings
for forelosure and sale was filed ill the 1140ty
of plaintiffs against no less than tn bet
defendants. The answer had been put i ~ebi
various proceedings were taken in the suit, whe've
costs had been incurred to the amount of 126/. 9s. suit,
plaintiffs now denied that they had authorised the ots,
and prayed that the bill might be dismissed with is the
to be paid by the plaintiffs, and for a reference the
Master to tax the costs of the defendants respeetl: 0,
which had not been already taxed, and that s,as
Hulme and Andrew, the solicitors, by whom the billit be
filed without the authority of the plaintiffs, tnigti Lively
ordered to pay the same to the defendants resPee-:peort
Mr. Pemberton and Mr. Cochrane appeared in silo
of the motion, and Mr. Kindersley and in,
against it. nos
The case had not been concluded when we Went ter
.......
VICE-CHANCERY.-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY-)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLA-24-,')
FLETCHER V. NORTHCOTE. 00111.
The arguments in this case were brought to itAc to to
sion this morning ; and the report was erleer,,,e's„seer
referred back to the Master in the matter of -' '
... ...
tions allowed. ,tv'
(Before Vice-Chancellor Wron.ael-) ,'.
MEUX V. BELL. Si Ifetlrl
This was a bill of interpleader filed by r,i, bee°
Meux and his partners. The case has eke, a".csote
heard before the Vice-Chancellor of England, fret Lion is
awpapseatlheedtittoletLordo a
bCoontdt e
securingnliarn . The clue'JortlØl
ditiswpuaste3lo. 0,00
the sum of 8,000/. before her marriage. The tibur weAj
of the lady, for whose benefit it was execute"'•the-r h°"l''
of Mr. Bell the sum of 7,0001. upon the security of ones
Mr. Jordan become embarrassed in his eircumonies
and absconded, and Mr. Bell sought to obtaiiinninhani„
of the 7,0001. by means of the bond. Ler° `',.-ttlill "'
directed an inquiry before the Master, to ssceithereea'
was entitled to the bond, and the money seen- in our
on the 23d of July, 1835; and the eeol°o' cour
proe
~ the ,
Master's office were read at great length t-crectioP.
The cause came before the Court on further ut ess.,
The case was proceeding when we went to Pr
cs A.Y.)
BANKRUPTCY—(THIS I''" BlirTils'
IN THE MATTER OF WM. HITCHCOCK, A I°SnlLii /Cl° f
The adjourned examination of this bankrer,, draPe•
our readers will recollect carried on business as ;oil;
in „exciteßegent-seret, resumed to-day. The .e,ong t'-
tion appears to a great deal of intere.stteanelee.:
creditors, as long before the hour aprin t e%ce',l
o'clock) the Commissioner's room was crowded 'el:01:0310)8Jc-
Shortly alter eleven o'clock Mr. Commissioner
took his seat, and the examination was then Pr.,
.63
with by Mr. Ashurst, in the following man slings
Have an other facts relatin to your axB-00cat:,
t o
you transactionssinee with
your Messrs.l
as t
examination
?G_lttneene th 0t I 0::
sider of importance. bace orl
Then may the Court consider that You hictS
stated the substance—in fact, the whole of. the
an d yOar
conversations between them, or either of thely,
0'
self ?—I think not
Will you state,. then, what matter of substaece °l/
era° t
have not yet stated 7—The whole of the,eenvet,:tree '
which took place in the drawing-room in Itege,n gise);
between myself and Mr. Cook, I think has not
..inus-0 I 14'
You mean you have not given it ?—I Pr.esw-svikae..-.
no right to ask fur the evidence I have g 11,00007,1
spect to the meeting, but I forget whether lf en ; if
sation with respect to the goods was here gIY
fte
have not given it, I will give it now.
Mr. ASHURST—If you well tell me wilit,2l°6oeate
going to state, I will tell you whether it is De-et al le
The Bankrupt—When Mr. Cook and I_,lnaboat 70
drawing-room we had a conversation, net °l4„, opts
goods, but also about a plan for getting tue-goarlv
addition to the conversation about Buzzacot's
told them of a plan for getting them out. b resPeetfirt
Will you adhere to what you stated ii,t. Ito plao: o
that on a former examination ?—I said that t.:l that 'lid
getting them out was working very well, an' „nt; ii„-,4
few days I hoped to have completed the aai%rothe'o.
that was, Mr. Buzzacet's security and ivy "-., tl'e'
moiety of 7,000/. would make u the deficieneY -1) ,
debt of 19,0001. Mr. Cook then cautioned ine.,,,iil the
Tell me what Mr. Cook said ?—Mr. Cook ,7,fidea'h,
he understood sufficiently, and they had every C1;10 ea.
in me to complete the arrangement. This is "
stance of the interview.
rl be
°al
Mr. ASHURST—The whole?—The whole, 0•°-
f 0
left me. • a jo sae
Have you now stated all the converse° waste; ot.,
relating to the arrangement, which you„ tier of th
971,
with you and Cook and Gladstone, and it and °°t 000
I mean those two gentlemen in partienleA tbst Or
other member of the firm?—l think se ; member
r
to me to be important. othe sr-
Had you any communication w.t
sehjec_,, To.
; h oil t of the
of that firm except those two on the -•0. ; y 5 awn, ,9 Ye g'
rangesoutt of which you have been sPe AncruSb. u. 01
This interview witn Mr. Cook was tihilatbyfr,o.uC:tereflacieid,
Then is the Court to understand
Mr. Gladstone were informed by you that any other? I
to remove and conceal your stock frail' tir to th
tors, that you might hand that stock eve.-.
must have a distinct answer to that better
qilestlu'ou had
to
Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD—I thlaYhink ittslrt j
ask what passed—get what he said. That the Can
altogether the thing to ask a witness NO lc or
to understand.
Mr. ASHURST—What did you saY Jr. Cc'yoot
to
_once,' 08
Mr. Gladstone about your intention to c. , becs
o Nothinb, .05,
goods and hand them over to them; :: direct te•
I was desired not to do so. Nothing in 71 ~,510
In what way, then, did they understan`f better '-
Mr. Commissioner Houtovp—You had
iy°'
him state in direct terms what he did sat.
_, din,- icos
Mr. AsnunsT—What did you
indirectly, upon the subject? I said as t .se Ow'
about 19,000/.—at all events we would agi icuip, 0,4
Of c 3 113
should be the sum for the purpose 0
~,eO3,
~,,,te
say to thetveir debttto
that I would return to them, or send to L" / i:.bie
amounting to eight hundred pounds.
~ to acing'
them a second letter in lieu of the formeirced ers
them to prove or recover against Steels altd to 1;013
them a bill of exchange about 2031. I agirthst I°o4' ag,
writing off the account 2,000/. to leases, en "A reco,oolo
assist them in proving under my estate, sn'they %jot
7,070/., being a moiety of 15,1401., that _"
0'1,0013
be entitled to 3,5004 from my partne,:i
at f 05001,
they would leave a balance of 3,5704 that
ofii gei
get Mr. Buzzacot to be security to the el / ive'.lo, er
against loss, and with the remaining 3,07°' io°
them out. This is the substance of the exP ig
het
of the arrangement.
0 t c;
me° to g
Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD—DO you, g°cl
was your direct communication to conceal OO.l
them out of the amount 7 Witness—Yes• ato the di'
Mr. AsuunsT—Was that communicate,,„dstoeo..
Witness—l never told Messrs. Cook and 11..,''0.0 ea
reedy, but many winks and nods passed that "
l, e
toe
r
stood between them. tr.,,,n
Is that the only way you communicated -7 wife
tion to conceal goods ? I think not.
~ juli ytal
Did you say anything more than that Ist'
of
stated to them, or rather of them ? Yes'
State what ?- I don't recollect. 6011°60°110r
Then, will you swear that having ne,rd gate sotir
stating anything else, you, nevertheless,T . which_
.00.
thing else ?—Yes : A great deal was salnt_eolleetior
fled my mind then, but what it was I don't I` Af ~i
„ after -„r.
.13.-„'
Then this statement was made by Y°"'s" ?--lkl" Is'
zacot's proposed security was spoken 0' t o,t an)
zacot s security was proposed many 6105'71°
, el
ast
titular time. jeter,
Will you swear that you did not write $ the 20t,11.0,5i
August 19th, appointing an interview tore sitap'„esh. to
Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD—The is na I.l'
will be to put the letter into his band ; lt.n„,. it hinlihtit
ask him about any document without sh°,..wtiteiv.)---Isf,
%Hy
rUi Rt i SnTg.
?Lgilitngis, witness the
IrfectlY rel. or
to explain why 1 wrote it. am Pe letter is ° ,
the ~ po,
yoMurrimAnds
portance for my assignees to have. 0 it rani
alndthlink
letter,
art'
g,,.
Mr. ASHURST—I shall put in this
be supposed there is any suppresSibn on WY not/ 0,,
The letter was then read, which was
oil lee'lc' Pe
i°
" Gentlemen, to-morrow, Friday ,at three
,f.ii. hoe l„03
obedient
~19 th servant,Augus
pose, if convenient to you, to meet you at )"110ngeli)',oer
before, when I shall be prepared to make atiojelh,k
Gen „co
for the liuidation of our debt.—I am,
Y 6 i WM. lIITCs.
dPr
1841." art' 11
Mr. ASHURST—Now, having,
the concealment of your goods, tell me whenditoreloi
our ere e 0 4
commenced to conceal goods from y to IDs °`
as You state, you ,
have not stated that, if you will refer
040190
or, ?
nation. I have not said that I concealed g 0-
edit 1'
creditors. vour e owe I
Have you not concealed goods from .1
se of C .4, ,
Did you not remove goods for the purr
_Anotiv.e at
ment from your creditors . ,
do
for the Pl' :AO
sent out goods, as I had a right to , nes r
9 No but' in e'E 00' it,
f the debt of
That request was to get them out o
without loss, and they left it to me.
........„9,
r
complying with Messrs. Cook nnd GlaasLe IFs
Mr. AsgunsT—That is your answer ? J-`
4011
NT that will do. d to , ,r,
Anything more?--e, ut goo s inlel
Now, did not you yourself take 0 ..conces yoo
ealed it° re t`
and were not these and' other goods cone
_ken the
tbei
house at Weston-green for the
creditors under this fiat ? They were taken
le
to ,s-iea .
the time being, without it being de
de 1 dstones.• ad
should be taken to Messrs. Cook and G a
coed vchoe
(We shall give the conclusion in our Se ....
purpose ot . 0
..ir

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THE PASSENGERS BY THEJOHN 11".011 nj
The steam-boat, Clarion, was off New Orleoll!..01 alls
13th ult. ; having on board the unfortunate for tile
steerage passengers who embarked at LiYerPTed OOP
port, in the ship John Taylor, which was Lim
south side of Cuba.—Liverpool Letter..