The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-18 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER, lB, 1849.

but home dealers have been the principal operators,
whilst better sorts are in request ; 400 puncheons have
been sold at 2s 6d to 3s 7d for 30 to 38 per cent over
proof, with small parcels of superior sorts at
3s 8d to 4s. per gallon. Of flue the supply is small, and
likely so to remio. For Brandy trade is more active
and holders are less disposed to realize. The value
of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1848 is
4f 6d to 4s 7d, 1847 ditto 5s 2d to 5s 4d, inferior 2s Sd
to 4s 21, and Bordeaux at 2a 41 to 2s 8d per gallon.
Geneva has been selling at Is 9d to is 101 for shipping
sorts, and fine at 25 3d to 3a. There is a good trade
doing in British made Spirits at 93 7d to 9s 81, and
Gin at 8s 3d to 8s 91 for 17 and 221 per cent under
proof.
SPICES.—To-day Nutmegs sold freely, and at auction
15 pkgs soil at full rates—mid and good mid brown
2s 81 to 2s 11d, inferior 2a 4d to 2s 71. 20 pkgs Alm],
went at rather lower prices—good 2s 6.1 to 2s 8,1, and
mid 2s 4d to 2s 61. Cassia, Lignea maintained the
late figures ; 143 chests finding buyers—first
and second pile at 1003 6d to 101 s, mouldy 803
to 975, mouldy and broken 775. 54 cases Cloves sold at
to 7-43-d for good hold Bourbon. 44 bags Malabar
Pepp.:,r at 311 for half heavy. 643 bags white ditto went
a little lower—mid and good mid 41 to sd, and one lot
bid. 1224 bags 612 pockets East India Cringer all told
—shipping Bengal 19s 6d to 21s 61, damaged 14s to 19s
per cwt.
RICE.—To-clay East India Rice was dealt in with
more freedom; the public sales of 1,893 bags went at
rather higher rates, middling and good middling white
Bengal realized 93 61 to 10s, ordinary and low middling
9s to 9 6d, damaged is 6,1 to 9,, and ordinary sound
dusty Bombay 8s 61. Of Tapioca 4CO brls were only
in part sold at 51 to 61 for good and fine white, which
are rather lower rates. 134 packages Arrowtoot
went f,,r East India at 51 to 51d, Rio 51, and West
India at is 2,0 to 2s Id per lb, and a parcel of Tous lc
Blois at 51.

num—To day the dried Fruit market presented a
dull aspect. At public sale 700 j kgs Eleme Raisins
were mostly taken in at 48s to 523, damaged 43a to 455;
99 do Carabourne, and 278 do red Smyrna withdrawn;
30 do black taken in at 355; 17,000 do Turkey Figs a
small part only only sold at 37s to 545; and few lots
fin; 70s; 1620 drums Sultana Raisins taken in at 68s;
20 cks Dates 653 to 703, and some prunes at 22s to 25.
per cwt. for old.
TaLLow.—There is still much firmness in the market
for Russian, and Operations have been upon a larger
scale by dealers as well as speculators, whilst for
fine P. Y. Candle on the spot prices ruled at 38,
61 to 39s per cwt, and there are not free.
sellers. For delivery in three first months of
next year many contracts havo been concluded et
39s 3d to 395 6d. In home melted operations are upon
a lar:er scale at 38s to 38s 6d Nett Cash, whilst for
&livery there arc not sellers at these rates. O'her sorts
have been sold readily at better prices, and the supply is
not so largo as of late. At public sale 170 cks Petersburg
szild at 371 Gd to 38s, very ord 33s 3d, 55 cks Soap Tallow
31s 9d to 32s 91 for low qual,ty, 150 Skins Gala:z 335
to 393, ord 37s to 37s 6d, 950 pkg 3 South American good
and fine 351 to 36s 63, low and ord 33s 3d to 34s 9.1, and
300 cks Sydney 34a to 383 0 per cwt. For auction
1,830 pkgs are declared.
Oma.—Operations in Seal have been limited, and a
greater desire has been evinced to sell pale at 381 to 391,
straw and tinged 341 to 371, yellow and brown 301 o 33/.
Cod is offered at 30110, to 314 still few purchases have
be en made. Southern has:been dealt in with caution, and
can b- obtained at 301 to 341 for low to fine. The
market for Oils is not expected to remain long in a quiet
sate, as dt Everies are good, and arrivals rnoderatt.. Sperm
met with greater attention, and higher Wes prevail as
supply is small; sales of good and tine B kb have beer
made at 82/ to 841, best American 81/ 103 to 821, and
Ilaadmatter, 851 to 884 there is also a further increase
in consumption, For Olive the market is in a firm po-
sition, and a good trade has been done; Gallipoli a'
44/ to 451, Spanish and Sicily 431 to 441, and other
sorts 421 to 42/ 103 per tun. RA. further inerea,e
has taken place in home trade deliveries. In thi
Linseed Oil market more activity has existed, and there
are not sellers at former rates. Sales to a fair extent
have been made at 285 3d to 28s 61 per cwt on the spot,
but home dealers are chief buyers. A good business has
been done for delivery at 283 91 to 29a.

['HE LONDON GAZETTE,

(THIS EVENING.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEC. 18.

Orders for the Court's change of mourning on Sunda)
the 611 o' January, 1850, for her late Majesty the Queen
Dowager, viz.:—The ladies to w ear black silk, fringed
or plain linen or muslin, white gloves, black or white
shoes, fans, and tippets, white necklaces and earrings; no
diamonds. The gentlemen to wear black, full-trimmed,
fringed cr plain linen, black swords and buckles. The
Court to change the Mourning further on Sunday the
13th of January, 1850; viz. :—The Ladies to wear black
silk or velvet-coloured ribbons, fans and tippets. The
Gentlemen to continue in black, and to wear coloured
swords and buckles. And on Sunday, the 20:11 of
January, 1850, the Court to go out of Mourning.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DE of 18.
It is the intention of the Queen and that of Col Royal
Family to continue their mourning for her late Majesty
the Queen Dowager until the 13th of March, 1850,
charging to half-mourning upon the 13th of February,
1850.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 7.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Merritt
Shujar, of Portsmouth, in the county of Southampton.
Crept, to be a Matter Extraordinary in the High Cour
of Chancery.

WIHTEHALL, DEC. 13.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed George William
Nalder, of Long Ashton, near Bristol, in the county of
Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the
High Court of Chancery.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Fielding,
of Dovo in the county of Kent, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in th© High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.

Ed ward Whalley, cloth orker, Kingsgate street, High
Holborn, to surrender Dec. 31, at half-past twelve, and
Feb. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee, Coleman-street; Shaw and Nowstead,
Ely- place.
Francis Golding, grocer, Parade, Tunbridge Wells,
Kant, Dec. 29, at twelve, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild-
hall Chambers, Basinghall-street; Melton, Carey-street,
Lincoln's Inn; Hewitt, Tonhridge Wells.
John George Briggs, innkeeper, Leicester, Jan. 4 and
25, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court,
Nottingham, Bittleston, official assignee,; Nottingham;
Gregory, Leicester.
Henry Hepworth, linendraper, Selby, Yorkshire, Jan.
1 and 22, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope,
official assignee, Leeds ; Rade and Clarke, Leeds. ;
Hadgson, Selby.
William Henry Malpas, innkeeper, Nottingham, Jan,
11 and Feb. 8, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Nottingham. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham;
Bowley, Nottingham.
Joseph Rephael, jeweller, Liverpool, Jan. 2 and 28, at
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove,
official assignee, Liverpool; Pemberton, Liverpool.
Robert Gibbs, corn dealer, Birmingham, Dec. 31, and
Jan. 28, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Benson,
Birmingham; Wright,/ Birmingham.
Ma'thew Flaig and John Alexander, watch makers
Bath, Jan. 3d and 31st, at twelve, at the Bristo! District
Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Hellings, Bath.
Frederick King, auctioneer, Oxford, Dec. 29, at
eleven, and Jan. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghaa-street;
Pownall and Cross, Staple-inn, Holborn.
Thomas Maas, boiler and gasometer manufacturer,
Brierly-hill, 'Staff,rdshire, Dec. 27 and Jan. 22, at
twelve, at the Birmingham District :Court. Valpy,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteratn, Knight,
and Emmett, Birmingham.

THE POST- OFFICE SUNDAY DUTIES.—The whole
of the district surveyors to the General Post-office in
the country have been summoned to St. Martin's le-
Grand, and have been closeted with Mr. Rowland Hill
several times for hours together. The Precise object of
the consultations has not transpired; but it is understood
they have reference to the best and most satisfactory
plan for abolishing the blank day circulation of letters
and relieving the provincial forwarding offices from
Sunday labour. The district surveyors, seven in number,
are very superior officers of the Post-office department
and their official residences being in distant parts of the
country, they are never all summoned to meet in London
but for some important purpose. The official residences
of the surveyors are at Ipswich, Derby, Gloucester,
Dorking, Penritb, Exeter, and Oswestry.
DESTRUCTION OF THE WAREHOUSES OF MESSRS.
WARD, AT BELPER.—A terrific fire broke out on Sun-
day night, on the extensive premises of Messrs. Ward,
hosiers. The fire was discovered at nine o'clock, and
immediate information was given to the police. A mes-
senger was instantly: dispatched to Derby, and the fire
engines arrived from that town at the place of confla-
gration in an incredibly short space of time. At twelve
o'clock the fire was at its height, and the firemen di-
rected the whole of their efforts to protect the adjacent
premises. At three o'clock yesterday (Monday) morning
the force of the flames had abated, and all tears for the
safety of the surrounding buildings were now dissipated.
The premises, however, of Messrs. Ward are a complete
wreck. The amount of damage is immense. Messrs.
Ward have usually employed upwards of 2,000 hands,
the whole of whom from this serious disaster will bo
thrown out of employment. It is doubtless one of the
worst calamities that could have happened to the town
of Belper, a place of about 10,000 inhabitants, and the
suffering which will be entailed upon the lower
orders residing there is immense. It has not yet been
ascertained how the fire originated.
GLASGOW, DEC. 15.—Cotton—In the early part or
the week the market exhibited a better feeling, and
prices, in some instances, advanced 1-1. per lb. Since
then, however, things have become dull and quiet,
and this advance has been lost. The market closes
to-day very tamely. A good business has been done
in goods and yarns at firm prices, and as stocks are
light a very healthy feeling prevails in the trade. Pig
Iron—Our pig iron market has teen rather inactive
during the week, and the business done chiefly on three
months' open delivery, for which 475. were paid. To-
day mixed numbers are offering at 465. 6d. cash ; and
475. three months' open. Buyers, to a small extent, at
6d. less.
THE CHOLERA IN LONDON AND PA RlP.—From
the official returns just published it appears that the
number of deaths in Paris from this epidemic amounted
to 10,950, or, inclusive of those which took pl,ce in the
civil and mintary hospitals, to '/),000. The most fatal
month was Jura, when 5,760 perishorl. In London the
most fatal month was September, when 6,644 tell victims.
Mr. Garcia is appointed Solicitor. General at
Trinidad.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, Dcc. 17.

MATHEWS V. THE EARL OF CARLISLE AND OTHERS.

The argument in this part heard appeal from the
Vice Chancellor of England was then proceeded with,
to obtain the dissolution of an injuction which had
been granted by his Honour, restraining the Earl of
Carlisle, as chief graveller of the Forest of Dean,
and the deputy gravellers, from granting a " gale "
to any person but the plaintiff. The injunction was
granted ex parte during the long vacation, and on
mwien having been made some days ago in the Court
below for its dissolution, the Vice Chancellor, upon
hearing the argument, was of opinion that the injunc•
tion should not be dissolved, and hence the present
appeal.
The Solicitor-General, Mr. Bethel, Mr. Roll, Mr.
Mslins, Mr. Bazelgate, and Mr. Malik, appeared for
the different parties.
On the conclusion of the argument,
His LORDSIIIP said he did not see that there was
any necessity for the continuance of the injunction.
The plaintiff contended that he had preferable claims
to the other parties in the cause ; but his Lordship
said he could not decide between the parties in the
present state of the litigation, although he was ready
to do so if the parties concurred. Under the circum-
stances he was of opinion that the injunction should
be dissolved, and the appeal allowed.

VIt;E•CHANCE'LLORS' COURT, Pcc. 17.

(Before the VICE- CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
Honour resumed his sittings to-day.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. GRAINGER.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL applied in this case to
hare t'e costs of the parties paid out of the estate.
It will be recollected that a short time ago the clailn
of Christ's Hospital to certain property in the posses-
sion of the Corporation of Reading, was, after a
lengthened argument, decided in favour of Christ's
Hospital, and which decision was confirmed by the
Lord Chancellor upon the hearing of the appeal. The
information had, however, been originally filed a
number of years since, although the case has only been
recently disposed of.
The application of the Solicitor-General having
been opposed by Mr. STUART on the part of Christ's
Hospital,
His HoNoun said he did not think he should make
any crder about the costs ; and certainly, as far as
Christ's Hospital was concerned, he thought it should
not be caled on to pay..

(Before-Sir J. IVJGRAm
THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT V. MORRIS

llis IloNouß gave judgment in this case, which
was heard upon petition last term. The plaintiff
was owner of a colliery in the basin of the Tavey,
and the bill was filed to restrain the defendants from
making a drift from an aojoining colliery, whereby
the water would be let in from the latter into the
former, so as to injure the plaintiff's mine. At the
originsd hearing it was directed that the }AI should
be retained, with liberty to the plaintiff to brill; an
action, which was accordingly brought, but a verdict
was found for the defendant. A new trial was asked
for, on the ground that the real question had not been
tried. The bill had prayed for protection for a pros-
pective injury ; but upon the issue left to the jury,
they found that rao damage had been commi:ted. His
Honour dismissed the petition, with costs, with liberty
to apply to the Lord Chancellor for such order as he
may choose to make, without re-hearing the cause, or
re-hearing it if necessary.

or, at all events, a considerable part of it, was taken to
different places, and only a portion of it had come into
the possession of the prosecutor. The evidence against
Thomas M'Carthy and Grout was to the effect that
they were present when some of the goods were re-
moved, and that the bill of sale was shown to the
latter ; but as regarded the other defendants, there
did not appear to be a tittle of evidence to show any
illegal conduct on their part, the lad being merely
proved to have been in his father's house when some
furniture was taken away, and the other defen-
dant, Grady, who was a servant in the public-house,
appearing merely to have acted
-under the orders of his
master. In the course of the case it transpired that,
in addition to the bill of sale, the prosecutor was still
in possession of the lease, which was represented to
be worth more than the amount that had been ad-

vanced to the defendant Thomas Al‘Carthy, and also
the licences of the house, and it likewise appeared
that although the whole of the property was charged
in the indictment to have been removed, in point of
fact a considerable portion of it still remained upon
the premises, and that not more than 401. or JO/.
worth were out of the possession of the prosecutor ;
and it was also shown that an action for trespass had
been threatened against the prosecutor, arising out of
his proceedings in venturing upon the premises of
the defendant Thomas M'Carthy.
The COMMON SERGEANT, at the close of the case
for the prosecution, said there was not the least
evidence against the defendants George M`Carthy
and Grady that would support a charge of conspiracy,
and therefore they need not be called upon to answer
the charge.
Mr. BALLANTINE, in the course of his address to
the jury for the defendant Grout, characterised the
prosecution as one of a most abominable character,
and said that it had evidently been instituted for
vindictive purposes. He submitted that there was
not the slightest evidence against the lad George
M`Carthy or the man Grady, and yet they had been
included in the indictment evidently with nu other
purpose than to disgrace and degrade them, and pre-
vent them from giving evidence which might have
been material to the other parties included in the
charge.
The COMMON SERGEANT, in summing up the case
to the jury, said it always appeared to him that
charges of con piracy ought to be watched very nar-
rowly, because they spread a very large net to catch
any one in ; and a charge of conspiracy was frequently
resorted to when parties found they could not succeed in
a civil action. It was doubly necessary to watch such
cases narrowly, when it appeared that those who
instituted the prosecution went up to the grand jury
room and obtained a bill upon ex parte evidence, and
in the absence of the parties accused. He considered
this the greatest calamity connected with the grand
jury system, and he was of opinion that it was much
more satisfactory for charges to be made publicly be-
fore a magistrate, as this gave the party accused an
opportunity of knowing what he was charged with,
and of answering the charge. In this case it appeared
to him that there was no evidence vrhatevel against
the defendants George M`Carthy and Grady, and the
only question the jury had to decide was, whether
the evidence satisfied them, under the circumstances
as they had been detailed in the course of the case,
that the other two defendants had conspired together
with the object imputed to them by the indictment.
The jury immediately returned a verdict of Not
guilty.
Alfred Lipseembe, 17, was charged with stealing
27 sovereigns, the moneys of Cornelius Phillips.
Mr. Clarkson prosecuted.
It appeared that the prisoner had formerly been in
the service of the prosecutor, who is an upholsterer
at Islington, but had recently been discharged. On
the evening of the day mentioned in the indictment
Mrs. Phillips, the wife of the prosecutor, hearing a
noise in the bedroom, went there, accompanied by her
servant maid, and on the latter looking under the bed,
the prisoner was discovered concealed. An alarm
was given, and he rushed out and made his escape,
and it was soon afterwards ascertained that an escru-
toire in the bed room had been broken open, and the
amount mentioned stolen therefrom. The prisoner
was taken into custody the same night, but none of
the money was recovered.
The prisoner, in his defence, asserted that the
witnesses were mistaken as to his identity, and de-
clared that he was innocent of the offence with which
he was charged.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and he was
sentenced to he kept to hard labour for one year.
Samuel Marlow Phellp, 29, a young man of gentle-
manly appearance, pleaded guilty to a charge of em-
bezzling money belonging to his employers.
Mr. BODKIN, who appeared for the prosecution,
said he was instructed to recommend the prisoner to
the merciful consideration of the Court.
Mr. CLARKSON, who was instructed to defend the
prisoner, said that as he observed by the indictment
there was a charge against him of having been pre-
viously convicted of felony, he thought it his duty to
inform the Court that fifteen years ago he was so
convicted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment.
Since-that period he had been abroad, and, ho was
informed, had entirely retrieved his character by his
good conduct, and he had served with honour for some
time in the American army. He had returned to
this country and obtained respectable employment,
but having recently married, a temporary pressure,
arising from that change in his position, had induced
him to make use of his employer's money in the hope
that he would have been enabled to replace it ; in
which, however, he was disappointed. Under these
circumstances he trusted the Court would think it
was a case in which the prisoner might have anoth( r
chance afforded him of becoming a respectable mem-
ber of society.
The COMMON SERGEANT said the sentence he was
about to pass was a very lenient one, considering the
character of the offence, and he hoped it might satisfy
the justice of the case without operating as a bad
example. The prisoner bad been recommended to
mercy by the prosecutor, and he appeared to have
borne a good character for a long period, and under
these circumstances, he should only sentence him to
be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for four
months.

RUNAWAY BANKRUPTS.—Tvro gross instances of
bankrupts absconding from their creditors, carrying
with them valuable property and large sums of money,
have just been brought to light in the London Court of
Bankruptcy. In one case, that of Noah Pattenden, of
Oxford, woollen-draper, the bankrupt, after obtaining
good: of the wholesale London warehousemen to the
value of between 5,0001. and 6,000/., and disposing of
them by forced stiles by public auction, absconded, taking
with him nearly 2,000/ in money. It is believed he has
gone to Australia, and since his flight kr. Archibald
Harvey, a warehouseman, of Bow-churchyard, states
that ho has discovered that the bankrupt had committed
a number of forgeries. Mr. Cooper, the messenger in
Mr. Comei,sioner Shepherd's court, has succeeded in
obtaining for the creditors the bankrupt's stock in
trade, valued at cost price at 687/., and some furniture,
plate, &c., worth about 2001. In the other case, that of
Charles Cotton Butterfield, of the Peterafield Bank, it
has been ascertained within the last few days that the
bankrupt took with him notes and gold exceeding 3,0001.
Previously to his departure from this country he bad
violated, in more than one instance, the sacred ties of
hospitality and friendship as regarded the wife and
daughter of a neighbour. He was last seen at Paris,
and is now in Italy. Mr. James Johnstone, the mes-
senger, upon completing his information, will proceed to
the continent for the purpose of recovering the property
and person of the bankrupt, who was proclaimed an
outlaw some time since. tie is the son of Admiral
Butterfield, and h is deserted his wife and family.
ANCIENT BRITISH VILLAGE.—Some very interest
ing remains of an ancient British village have been dis-
covered by a Mr. H. Harrod, the indefatigable secretary
of the Norfolk and Norwich Archasological Society, on
the crest of a range of hills at.Weybourne, near Holt.
They consist of a collection of pits, of the uniform depth
of four and diameter of eight feet, amounting in number
to some hundreds, and extending upwards of a quarter
of a mile. At a short distance from the village are the
remains of sepulchral tumuli, probably the burial-place
of the aboriginal tribe.—Busy Post.
A VESSEL WRECKED AND ,DESERTED.—At an
early hour on Saturday week a sheep named the Andrew
White, of Sunderland, laden with timber, was drifted on
a reef of rocks on the Claddah strand. A great many
idles tales are in circulation respecting the fate of the
crew, some of which are most horrifying to relate; but
nothing certain can be ascertained on that point yet, as it
is not known where the vessel is from, nor whither she
is bound. There can be no doubt, however, that the
crew must have either perished, or, having lost all hope
of saving the ship, taken to the boats, and got to land on
some other part of the western coast. There was no one
on board to tell the tale of woe. At the time she was
-boarded there was nothing in her except a few biscuits,
nor anything of value except the cargo, so that there can
be but little doubt that she was plundered on sea, espe-
cially as she was seen by the coast guards on Friday off
Mutton Island, with two fishing boats in pursuit of her.
—Mona's Herald,
A Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday
was published last night, containing the Earl Marshal's
account of the ceremonial observed at the funeral of the
Queen Dowager. This document is, of course, in exact
accordance with the programme of the ceremonial before
issued by the same high officer, which we published on
Wednesday last, and with our account of the mournful
proceedings of Thursday. It may be noticed, as a matter
of precedent, that the document commences by stating
that " Her late Most Excellent Majesty the Queen
Dowager, having desired that the interment of her re-
mains might take place in a most private manner, and
without any state, the Queen was pleased to sanction a
departure from the usual ceremony observed in the fune-
rals of the Kings and Queens of the realm."
THE PLEA OF NOT GUILTY.—A memorial, signed
by several chairmen of quarter sessions, high sheriffs,
justices of the peace, and a considerable number of
chaplains of gaols, mayors, clerics of the peace, lawyers,
and others, praying that the present mode of arraigning
prisons rs by flaking them, ", How say yon, guilty or not
guilty," may he discontinued, to that the suion3 evils
attet,dLnt on this form io Opt. pr,sef'dik)gs troy
be avoided, was on the 11,h inst. fon% ardett by Loiti
Ashley to the Secretary of State, the signatures having
been collected by the Rev. W. C. Oslom, chaplain of the
Bath Gaol, author of a pamphlet on the ;subject.