The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-04 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET.

The supply and quality of the Cattle was good gene-
rally, and trade steady. The demand for Mutton was
depressed, and prices 4d. per stone lower. In Veal there
was an improvement, there being but few Calves in the
market. There was but little demand for Pork. Beasts,
2,866; Sheep, 24,150; Pigs, 439; Calves, 40. Beef,
3s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 3s BJ. to 4s. Bd. ; Veal,
4s. Bd. to si. Bd. ; Pork, 3s. Bi. to ss.
PROVISION MARKET.

The demand for butter was steady, and prices very firm
prime Irish, 1095., and the finest Dutch, 1205, per cwt.
Blum dull, but firm in price ; the best 50s. to 525. per
cwt. Lard very firm and looking up.
HOP MARKET.

The demand was only for small parcels, but prices did
not give way. The supply was small.
TEA MARKET.

The demand was steady with a buoyant Market, and few
parcels could be obtained at 21. 2d. per lb. for cash. The
stock is more than equal to fifteen months' consumption,
but the holders rely upon the intercourse with China
being cut oil during another tea season.
TALLOW MARKET.

The demand for Russian Tallow was dull, and prices
had a downward tendency ; 475. 61. was the quotation for
P. Y. Candle on the spot. The stock is much large.
than last year.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—WC have
had a quilt market to-day, but prices arc steady ; sales
3,000 bags, comprising:3o Egyptians 10/d. a told. ; 20
Maranhams, 8/d. ;80 Babias, 81d. to Bi-d. ; and 200 Surats
‘1,1.1.. to sd.

Accounts from Madrid, of the 221 December, state
that the Portuguese Cortes were to be convoked early in
January.
We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester-
day's date.
BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, JAN. I.—Business was less
animated in the National Fund?, but the prices in general
were firm. In Ardoin's Spanish a good deal was done ;
they openeal at 224, and remained at 224 3-16th i;
Russian Lcan Four per Cents., 864.

PRIVY COUNCIL-(THIS DAY).

IN RE WOOD OF GLOUCESTER.
The arguments in this case, which were appointed
for this day, have been postponed till February.

CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

The January Sessions of the above Court commenced
this day, at the Court House in the Old Bailey, before the
Right Hon. the Lori Mayor, the Recorder, the Sheriffs,
Alderman Sir George Carroll, the Under Sheriffs, and
the usual civic authorities. The Grand Jury having been
sworn,

The RECORDER proceeded to address them ; after stat-
ing that although the calendar contained a smaller number
of offences than usual, yet that some of them were of a
serious character, he proceeded to draw attention to one
case, in which a party was accused of the offence of ex-
torting money by threatening to accuse the prosecutor of
an attempt to commit an infamous crime. Now, on read-
ing over the depositions, it appeared to him that the
prosecutor had given the party accused the money
more with a view of obtaining his conviction than
through actual fear of his threats—it did not appear
that the money had been actually extorted by fear,
bat it had been parted with under an apprehension that
the character of the party would be affected by the accu-
,tations threatened to be brought against him, but that it
had been given in concert with the officer purel.y with a
view of apprehending and convicting the party ; therefore
he was of opinion that the case did not fall under the pro-
visions of the statute of 1 Victoria, cap. 8, sec. 4; but by
the Act 7 and 8 Geo. IV., cap. 29, a party sending
threatening letters accusing any party of the commission
of an infamous abominable offence was liable to punish-
ment as guilty of felony ; and to constitute the offence
under the provision of the Act of Geo. IV. it was sufficient
to prove that threatening letters had been sent—in that the
offence consisted, and it was not necessary to constitute the
offence that money should have been actually extorted. It
therefore the letters set forth in the depositions, and which
would be produced before them, could be clearly proved to
be the handwriting of the party accused, and it should be
Shown to their satisfaction that he was the party sending
such letters, then he would advise them to put the case
into the course of further investigation before Petty Jury.
There were other cases of serious offences in the calendar,
but as none of them involved any question of law, he did
not consider himself called upon to detain them longer
from the performance of those important duties which
devolved upon them.
The Grand Jur) then retired.
The calendar contains the names of 138 prisoners.

LLO YD'S SHIPPIN G.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, JAN. 4.—lt blew a most violent gale yesterday
morning, with heavy rain and hail, accompanied with much
lightning and heavy thunder. The storm at about 7A. U.
was at its height, but at half-past seven it suddenty lulled,
Ind gave place t• fine clear weather, with the sun shining
in great splendour. At ten, dark heavy clouds with rain
rolled from the West, and with a moderate gale, and again

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cleared up at noon, and at 4 P. sr. the wind chopped round
to the northward, and it turned immediately to a sharp
frost, and continued throughout the night. Wind this day
at noon, moderate breezes, from N. N. W. to S.W., and a
hard frost.

DIAL, JAN. 3.—Wind N.W., moderate.—Arrived the
Globe, Barlow, from Singapore; Havannah, Grierson,
Havannah ; New City of Cork, Barrett, Trinidad; Ann
11 Kenzie, Simpson, North America ; Indus, Jobline,
Quebec; Pliceoix,Batavia; George Fyfe, Pike, Singapore;
Roberts, Eider, Calcutta ; Liverpool, Potter, Para ; Sir
John Franklin, Benthwick, R,o Janiero; New Times,
Africa ; Catherine Boland, Wylie, do. ; John Forrest, Ja-
maica; Huzza, Hull, Prince Edward's Island; Jane,
Nicholson, Quebec; Dart, Airth, Madeira; Apollo,
Quebec; Is..bella, do.; England, do. ; Queen, do. ;
Brown, Johns, do. ; Mariner, Honduras; Joseph Wheeler,
Jamaica; Stafbrd, (barque) Mauritius; Toronto, Mon-
treal. Sailed the outward bound. A vessel, apparently
a schooner, bottom up, one bright and one white mast
alongside, with several small spars, was passed on the 21
ult. in lat. 45, lon. 39, by the Vigilant, Liverpool, arrived
acre. The Queen arrived, hero from Quebec, encoun-
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tered a hurricane on the 15th of November, and lost sails,
&c. The Indus, arrived here from Quebec, passed a brig
water logged, on the 23J ult., but could render no assist-
ance. Arrived the Vigilant, Spence, Dalhousie.
MARGATE, JAN. 3,—Off port the Sir William Collings,
Avery, from Monte Video; Orbit, Robinson, Quebe ;
Resulution, Carter, ditto.
Cowes, JAN. 2.—Arrived the Albion, Harrison, from
St. John's, New Brunswick ; William and Alfred, Cal-
derwell, Havannah ; Theodore Kerner, Bringsman, Ba-
tavia; Margaret, Prest, Porto Rico. The Hamburg h
schooner Eleanor, in ballast, was run down off the Wight
on the 31st ultimo, by the Prince Albert.
FALMOUTH, JAN. I.—Wind N. W., fresh breezes. 2.
N. to N. W., ditto,—Arrived the Pigeon packet, from the
West Indies—left St. Thomas's 23d November, Porto
Rico 24th, and Cape Hayti 27th. Off port, the Ann and
Margaret, Romilly, Camp' o
BRISTOL, JAN.:,.—It blew a very heavy gale last night
from W. to N. W.—Ariived the William the Fourth, from
Newfoundland ; Mary, Honduras ; Ajaz, Mirimachi ;
Alexander Thompson, Calcutta.
SWANSEA, JAN. I.—Arrived Andria, Hillstrom, from
Valparaiso ; Mary Ray, Norman, Cuba ; %mote, Jackson,
d tto.
CLYDE, JAN. I.—Arrived the Merlin, Thompson, from
Calcutta ; Sarah Bauford, Evans, St. John's, N. B. ;
Belle Barbara, Baron, Ilalifax.
RAMSGATE, JAN. 3.—The Sarah Elizabeth, Davison,
from Sydney to London, has been supplied with two an-
chors and chains, and is now riding in the Downs. It has
blown a strong breeze all day from S. W. to N.E., with
heavy squalls.
WHITSTABLE, JAN. 3.—A schooner, name unknown, is
on shore on the Nic Sand, and expected to be got off on
the flood, and brought in here. It has blown a gale this
morning at S. W., but since veered to N. by W. 4P. M
[Vowing bard.
SHEERNESS, JAN. 3.—A ship, supposed an American
liner, is on shore on the Nore Sand. Assistance has
been sent.
YARMOUTH, JAN. 3.—lt blew a gale at W. early this
morning, and at daylight the Lavinia, of Guernsey, was
on the Cross Sand. She has since been gut off, with loss
of rudder and leaky.
DARTMOUTH, JAN. 2.—The Dcveron, of Glasgow,
timber laden was fallen in with, abandoned, and loss
of rudder, in lat. 45, long. 43, by the Eleanor, Bruel, of
Newcastle, from Saguenay. The mate and three of the
crew of the latter were put on board, and brought her in
here to-day. Arrived the Hannah, late Tucker, Laguina,
with damage, and must discharge.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 3.—The Zephyr, of Newcastle,
from Quebec, waterlogged and abandoned, was passed on
the 18th ult. in lat. 45, long. 30, by the Evergreen,
tinny, arrived here.
POOLE, JAN. 2.—Arrived the Love and Unity, New-
foundland ; George, ditto. The Helene, Breckwaldt,
was run down on the 31st ult., by the Prince Albert—
crew saved.
Gummy, DEC. 31.—The Veritas, Peck, which ar-
rived here on the 28th inst., from London, was discovered
to be on fire the following morning. The cabin, deck,
stern, and several timbers were burnt. The masts were
cut away. The mate was burnt to death. The Julia,
Hankin,....which sailed hence on the 28th inst., has put
back with loss of topmasts. Arrived the Dolphin, Dupre,
Newfoundland.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 3. —Wind W. N. W., strong breeze.—

Arrived the Steadfast, 'falloch, from Quebec Eleanore,
Bruce, Llguna. Off port the Pomona.
NEw YORK.—The Quentin, Leitch, from Quebec,
wss tallen in with the 27th ult., abandoned, loss of rudder,
and three feet water in her hold, by the Eleanor, ar-
rived here.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 3.—Wind W. N. W., fresh.—Arrived
the Pilgrim, from Sydney, Naw South Wales. Jaw. 2.
—The Hankinson and Robert were wrecked at Bruen pre-
vicas to 28th ult., the former going in and the latter on
the Bar going out. A barge and a brig were sceu on
shore on Goose Island 30th November, caused by the ice.
A timber-laden ship, burnt to the water's edge, was passed
the sth ult., lat. 45, lon. 30, by the Chevalier, Knight,
arrived here. The Diligent, from Cuba to London, was
run on shore, in a sinking state, at St. Michael's the 18:h
ult., and it was expected would become a total wreck.
Arrived the Calcutta, Gibson, front Bombay ; Blakely,
Snipe, china; Wm. Ackers, field, Porto Cabello ;
Oporto, Pearce, Tobasco and Nassau Union, M‘lntyre,
Demersra •' James Hunt,
.St,:wart, Berbice ; Zorilda,
Jamaica • Providence, Nicol, Nassau ; Bowditch, Crewel!,
New Orleans ; Hope, ditto: Nicholas, Biddle ; Mobile,
Monticello, Lawton, Savannah; Triumph, Armstrong,
Boston.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITII.-The Exile, from Corunna to
Plymouth, with mainsail split, lat. 49, lon. 8, by the Ariel,
arrived at Falmouth. Tyne, London to Honduras, Nov.
10, lat. 17, lon. 68; Isaac Newton, Liverpool to New
Orleans, 20th, lat. 26, 33 ; Hope, Quebec to Glou-
cester, 251 h ult., lat. 50, lon. 10, by the Helen, Hamil-
ton, arrived at. Liverpool. Nicholas Biddle, Mobile to
Liverpool, 19th ult., lat. 45, lon. 28, by the Diadem, Mit-
chell, arrived at Liverpool. Acadia, Liverpool to Halifax
and Boston, 9th ult., lat. 50, lon. 21 ; Prince Albert,
bound to Cork, 25th ult. ; Emerald, 29th, off Cork, by
the Ganges, Blyth, arrived at Cork. Fame, Boston to
Smyrna, Oct. 21, lat. 42, lon. 53, by the Eupheinia,
Cooper, arrivod at Newfoundland. Olivia, Oct. 16,1 at.
16 N., and Lach, London to Mauritius, by the Roberts,
Elder, arrived at St. Helena.

DEATH OE LADY HERVEY BATHURST.-
We ha-:e to record, after a short illness, the demise of the
above highly respected lady, which took place en Wednes-
day last at Clarendon Park, Wilts. Her late Ladyship,
who was eldest daughter and co-heiress of the late Mr.
Walter Smythe, was born 10th June, 1810, and married
14th May, 1832, Sir Frederick Hutchinson Harvey Ba.
thurit, Bart., by whom she leaves issue a son and a daughter.
Sir Frederick, it is ❑eedless to say, is inconsolable at his
domestic bereavement.

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FIRE IN BLOOMSBURY.—FATAL ACCI-
DENT.—At 12 o'clock on Saturday night a fire broke out
in the upper part of the house of Mr. llibon, tobacconist,
No. 50, Museum-stieet, Bloomsbury. Shortly after 12
o'clock the whole contents of the upper floors were des-
troyed. The fire originated in the attics, occupied by a
person named Martin, a bookbinder, whose property is all
consumed. A fatal accident happened to the tire-et:cape-
man, under the the following circumstances:—lt appeared
that after the fire was extinguished the unfortunate man
ascended to the upper part of the house, and afterwards
dropped himself into the canvas, but whether from its
thin texture or want of proper fastening to the wooden
frame. or from some other circumstance, the unfortunate
man was precipitated to the pavement, and the back part
of his head completely smashed. Ile was conveyed to
the North London Hospital, but death terminated his suf-
ferings aboug two o'clock yesterday mornin4,
The G elle! al Steam Navigation Company's
vessel the Lord Melville, Phillips, from Scheveningen, ar-
rival off the Custom House at I I o'clock, on Saturday,
with the Dutch mail,

LITERATURE.

THE KNIGHTAGE OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND IRELAND.
Churton, London.
This will be found a very useful companion to
the " Peerage and Baronetage." It is beautifully
printed, and contains a number of elegant cuts,
illustrative of the different orders, banners, crosses,
&c., carried by the knights, together with a short
biographical account of each. The following is a
specimen :
°TWAY, VICE-ADMIRAL SIR ROBERT WALLER,
BART., was Lieutenant of the Impregnable in Howe's
action ; captured when commanding the Thorn sloop,
after a well contested engagement, in which he was
wounded, by the Courier, French corvette of superior
force ; served in the West Indies, and in the expedi-
tion to Copenhagen. This gallant officer is stated to
have been more than a hundred times in action. He is
second son of the late Cooke Otway, Esq., of Castle
Otway, county Tipperary, was born in 17712, and
married in Isol, Clementine, daughter and c::)-heir of
Admiral Holloway, by whom he has several children.
Arms —Arg. a pile sa. a chev. countercharged.