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London, England, 1841-12-16 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dec, 15.

IN RE THE REV. WILLIAM JOHN ST. AUDYN.
The insolvent in this case, who had been frequently
before the Court on his application to be discharged,
again came up in custody of the Warden of the Queen's
Bench.

It may be -recollected from the previous report of the
examination in The Sun, that he had been the Rector of
Stoke-Damarel, in Devonshire, and was the son of Sir John
St. Aubyn. By his ecclesiastical emoluments he derived
upwards of 1,8001., and had in right of his wife's jointure
800/ a year ; yet during a few years he managed to incur
debts to the amount of 22,0001., and upon proceedings
being instituted in the Ecclesiastical Court his living was
sequestrated and a curate appointed to do the duties of
the parish, which yielded 1,8001. per annum, for an annual
salary of 100/, while 2001. arising from surplice fees was
allowed for the yearly support of the insolvent, and the
balance made available to his creditors.
After a lengthened examination the Learned Commis-
sioner ordered the applicant to be discharged.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT•

OLD COURT.

Mary Casey, aged 21, was convicted of unlawfully ut-
tering coin, well knowing the same to be counterfeit,
after a previous conviction for a like offence.
The LEARNED JUDGE, in passing sentence, said it was
necessary to make an example of the prisoner, as no
sooner was she released from prison than she commenced
her old-practices. The sentence was that she be trans-
ported for ten years.
Frederick Edwards, aged 16, was indicted for cutting
and wounding John Day, on Sunday last.
The prisoner, with the prosecutor, were in a public-
house together, and a quarrel arose, when the prisoner
committed the offence of which ho stood charged. The
prisoner was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment.
Richard B. Hibbert was indicted for stealing and se-
creting the will of Dorothy Hibbert, deceased, for a
fraudulent purpose. The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
C. Phillips for the defence.
Mr. PHILLIPS objected to the indictment, and re-
ferred to the statute regulating wills, which came into
operation on the Ist of Jan., 1838, whereby it was pro-,
vided that every will should be signed by the party
making,that will, to be in the presence of and attested by
two witnesses, in the presence of each. Mr. Phillips
submitted that the will in question was neither signed
ner attested on the date when it was made, consequently
it could be no offence under the statute to secrete such
a will ; and he therefore submitted that the objection
was fatal to the case.

The LEARNED JUDGES consulted for a short time,
and then said that, under the circumstances, the offence
was not one which could be submitted to inquiry. The
Court had no jurisdiction.
Mr. William Croft, a respectable tradesman, was in-
dicted for a felonious assault upon Sarah Deborah Stevens.
Mr. Ryland, at the request of the Court, read the
depositions ; and Messrs. Clarkson and Charnock ap-
peared for the prisoner.

- When the prosecutrix was called, she requested that
she might be allowed to retract a portion of what she had
sworn before the Magistrates.
The COURT told her that was not the proper time, and
when she came to the part of the evidence she wishei to
correct, she might do so.
She was then sworn, and according to her evidence the
defendant went to her lodging for a newspaper, and
there being no one else in the house he took the oppor-
tunity of committing the offence, to which she swore
positively.
Upon her being cross-examined, she admitted that she
had sworn before the Magistrate that she was married
to the person named Stevens whom she was living with,
but she now admitted that this was false, and that Ste-
vens was already married, and that sho was aware of
that fact at the time; and sho assumed the name of his
real wife when she was at the police office. She also
said that she had been accused of pawning a blanket,
and that on another occasion she was locked up all night
in the station-house, and she said that the reason was
because she refused to give a policeman some drink. She
also said that Stevens told her to swear that she was his
wife, to the Magistrate, in order that the prisoner might
be brought to justice. She said that her real name was
Sarah Harman.

Mr. Baron ALDERSON said this put an end to the case.
The indictment charged her name to be Stevens.
Mr. CLARKSON wished to put another question to the
itness, and he asked her whether, as she and Stevens
were going to the police-office, she did not hear him ask
if the prisoner were to come forward and make an offer
to settle the matter, what they should do ?--The witness
swore that she did not hear anything of the kind.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON expressed his opinion that the
case was very properly at an end, and he did not think
the parties would venture to prefer another indietment.
The Jury immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Mr. CLARKSON said that he felt called upon to state,
that if the case had gone on, he was in a position to have
shown that the whole transaction was a gross conspiracy
to extort money.

The defendant was immediately discharged.
Frederick Andrews, 16, was indicted fur feloniously
cuffing and wounding Thomas 'Husband,. with intent to
maim and disable, or to do him some grievous bodily
harm.

ft appeared from the evidence that the prisoner and
the prosecutor had a dispute, and the prosecutor struck
the prisoner on the head. Some further angry alterca-
tion took place, and subsequently they scuffled together,
and the prosecutor received a wound on the leg from a
knife which the prisoner had in his hand.
The prisoner admitted that ha inflicted the wound,
and said that he should not have done it if the prose-
cutor had not struck him.

The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of the felony, but
at the same time recommended him to mercy on account
of the provocation he had received.
Baron ALDERSON said it was a very proper verdict.
He did not like to see Juries, where parties were charged
with using a knife in this way, return verdicts of assault
against them upon slight grounds, and he was sorry to
find by the newspapers that this was a practice prevail-
ing to some extent.
The Learned JUDGE, in passing sentence upon the
prismier, observed that it was to the advantage of all that
the laws hould be fearlessly administered, and that Juries
should always return verdicts in accordance with the evi-
dence, no matter what the result might be. He regretted
to find that offences of this description were very nnich
on the increase, and he feared this might in some ineastir
be attributed to Juries returning verdicts of assault ouYy.
in such cases. Taking into consideration the CircuM"--.
stances of the C 1132, and the recommendation of .the Jury,
he should only pass the same sentence upon the prisoner
that ho should have done if he had only been convicted
of an assault—that sentence was that he be imprisoned
and kept to hard labour for nine calendar months.
roar young men, named Wm. Lie, Win. Way, Thomai
No.-ton, and Henry Saunders, were indicted for attempt-
ing to rescue a prisoner from the custody of the police;
and they were also charged with assaulting the con-
stables in the execution of their duty.
Mr. Payne and Mr. Ballantine appeared for two of
the defendants.

When the case was called on, Mr. Baron Alderson in-
quired whether any counsel were retained on behalf of
the Commissioners of Police to conduct the prosecution,
and on an answer being given in the negative, he said
that counsel ought to have been employed in a case pro-
secuted by such a body as the Metropolitan Police. Wit-
nesses were then examined, but it is needless to give the
evidence, as it has appeared in the police reports.
The Jury found the defendants guilty of assaulting the
officers in the execution of their duty.
Mr. Baron Al4tasoN-sentenced Saunders to be im-
prisoned for six, tee fur four, Way fur three, and
Norton for two months in the House of Correction, and
there to be kept to hard labour.
This case concluded the business of the session, which
has thus only lastcd three days. The Grand Jury were
discharged-on Tuesday, a circumstance that has never
before taken place since the establiSlitneqof the Central
Criminal Court. The next session will commence on
the 3d January.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
William Sutherland, the master of a fishing-vessel,
appeared before the LORD MAYOR, .upon an information
preferred against him by Mr. Thomas King, the Secre-
tary to the Marine Society, for having violated the 33d
of George 11., cap. 27, which enacts that the master of
any fishing-ship, &c., shall, within three days after ar-
rival at the Nore, with any fish, truly report the time of
arrival to the clerk in the Coast-office, London. The
penalty annexed to the violation of the Act, in every in-
stance,is the serious one of 3CI, without mitigation.
Mr. Young, the solicitor to the Marine Society, stated
that the Secretary had proceeded against the defendant
at the desire of the Society, for the purpose of giving an
effectual check to the practice which had for some time
existed of evading the payment of .the fees established by
Act of Parliament, for the admirable purpose of defray-
ing the expenses incurred by apprenticing the boys un-
der the care of the Institution, in various ways, to the
sea service. The fees, of course, reverted to the hands
of the masters or owners of the vessel, subjected to the
provisions of the Act, to whom the boys of
the Marine Society are bound, and the advantages
derivable from the system, were public and extensive.
The defendant, against whom there wore two cases ca-
pable of being established at once, had prudently deter-
mined to plead guilty ;
and, although it was out of the
power of the Magistrate to remit or even mitigate the
Enplea of ignorance of the law, and the posi-
tieveaasit therance of future observance of it, would no doubt
produce a favourable effect upon the Directors of the
Marine Society.
The LOAD MAYOR said it was most important that the
fishing vessels, which became liable to the operation of
the Act, should be strictly obliged to comply with its
provisions.. He knew that, in consequence of the lax
manner in which the duties of the persons appointed to
see that regular reports were made, had been performed,
the mass of proprietors of vessels contrived to evade
the payment of the fees.
Mr. Nobler then read the first information, and asked
the defendant whether he pleaded guilty
or not guilty-
guilty
The defendant said that he was from ignorance.
He begged that the Lord Mayor would understand that
he could not read.
The Secretary stated-that the defendant and the owner
of the vessel had been supplied with copies of the ex-
tracts of the mulations,.of the Act of Parliament.
The Lot Mar
he satisfied with one conriction ?
°A-71AUppose the Marine Society will

Mr. Young—Certainly. It is now your Lordship's duty
to inflict the penalty of 501. I am, however, at liberty to
tell the defendant that if, with the assistance of Mr.
Goldham, the clerk of Billingsgate Market, he will draw up
and present a memorial to the Marine Society, express-
ing his determination never to violate the Act again, due
attention would be paid to the application.
The LORD MAYOR then fined the defendant 501. His
Lordship observed that from the nature of his business
he was necessarily conversant with the advantages de-
rivable from the Marine Society, and he should rigidly
enforce the penalties in every case that might hencefor-
ward be proved before him.
Richard Bevill, a little fellow, who appeared to be 18
or 19 years of age, was brought before his Lordship
upon the following extraordinary charge :—Mr. Holman,
No. 14, Poultry, tailor, stated that the prisoner came to
him as a customer, and said that he had been just left a
fortune of 250,0007. by an uncle, and that he wanted
clothes to the amount of about 501., which he accord-
ingly ordered.
The LORD MAYOR—You did not know anything about
him ? Mr. Holman—Nothing.
LORD MAYOR—And did you believe him ? Mr. Hol-
man—l scarcely believed him.
LORD MAYOR—CouId you believe anything of the
kind ? Mr. Holman—l asked him for a deposit, and he
told me that he would leave 101. or 121. with me. After
some further conversation, he asked me whether I could
recommend him to a haberdasher, as he wanted some
articles of hosiery.

The LORD MAYOR—And did you recommend him ?
Mr. Holman-1 did. I took him to Mr. Hancock's, the
hosier, in the Poultry, and he gave an order thero also.
Mr. Hancock said that the prisoner, upon being intro-
duced by Mr. Holman, stated that his uncle had be-
queathed him the large sum of 250,0001., and had left
sixteen other near relatives without a penny. The young
gentleman then looked out various articles to the amount
of about 601, amongst which were three dozens of the
best Irish linen shirts, and numbers of silk and satin
scarfs and hose. As suspicions were entertained of his

character, he was closely watched. Indeed, it was be-
lieved that the prisoner's object was to get what he could
off the counter. Upon being questioned about the pay-
ment, he stated that lie was to receive 500/. next day.
Chaney, the street-keeper of the district, stated that
the complainants gave him instructions about the pri-
soner, whose object was supposed to be plunder, and
whom he, therefore, took into custody.
The LORD MAYoß—What have you to say in answer
to this strange accusation, prisonor ? Prisoner—l am
very sorry for what I have done, my Lord. I acknow-
ledge that it was a very foolish and unsteady act.
Mr. Hancock—We had him taken into custody because
we apprehended he might have committed depredations.
The Loth) MAYOR—Prisoner, it looks as if you in-
tended to plunder these people.
Prisoner—l can take my oath I had no notion of the
kind, but it was foolish entirely. I can produce most
respectable friends.

The LORD MAYOR—Very well, do so. I shall remand
you till to-morrow.—The prisoner was then remanded.
GUILDHALL.

A diminutive lad, named George Withers, about 12
years of age, who had been an errand boy in the service
of Messrs. Spottiswoode, the printers, was charged with
robbing his employers.
William Wild said the prisoner had been for some
time employed with the Messrs. Spottiswoode, and seve-
ral books having been missed, an inquiry was instituted,
when it was found that the prisoner had sold a number
of books to other persons employed on the premises.
The witness produced a number of books, which he de-
scribed as office copies, or works kept for reference, and
which had been taken from a rOwn to which alone the
prisoner had access.
The prisoner having refused to say anything in his de-
fence, was remanded until this day week, and ordered to
be kept solitary.
Three young paupers, named Owen, Murphy, and
Roehuch, were charged by Alexander Lamb, the master
of the West Londm Union, with refusing to work at the
wheel.

In reply to the Bench the complainant said the wheel
was used to grind flour, and he did not require the pau-
pers to work more than six hours a day.
The prisoners in their defence said they refused to
work unless they got some slight increase in their allow-
ance of food, as all they LOW got was twelve ounces of
bread daily with a small quantity of gruel, and they
found their strength quite inadequate to hard labour, like
that required at the wheel.
_ . _

The sitting ALDERMAN ordered them to be disc barged

IMPORTANT MEETING AT LEEDS
OF,ANTI-CORN-LAW DEPUTIES FROM THE
WEST RIDING.
A numerous and highly-respectable meeting was
held on Monday last, in the Music Hall, Leeds, of de-
putations from the various Anti-Corn-law Associations
of the West Riding, to make arrangements for the col-
lection and publication of statistical reports relative to
the state of trade in that district as effected by the
Corn and other Monopoly-laws ; and to determine upon
the course of proceedings to be adopted previous to the
meeting of Parliament. The gentlemen who attended
as Delegates are almost all extensively engaged in ma-
nufacturing and commercial pursuits, and therefore well
qualified to speak as to the present and past condition
of trade in their respective localities ;
.and the state-
ments made were such as to convince every,one:of the
deep injury inflicted on our trade . thiv,opetiation of
the Corn-laws, and all commercial restrictions. Amongst
the gentlemen present, we noticed W. Aldhm,
Esq., M.P., Joseph Holdsworth, Esq.; M.P., Edward
Baines, Esq., Hamer Stansfield, Esq., T. Piint, Esq.,
&c., of Leeds ; Jonathan Ackroyd, Esq., John Bald-
win, Esq., of Halifax ; J. Batley, Esq., W. Willans,
Esq., of Huddersfield ; R. Milligan, Esq. ; W. Mur•
gatroyd, Esq., H. Forbes, Esq., of Bradford, &c., &e.
The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by James
Marshall, Esq., one of the most extensive flax-spinners
in this or any other country. He commenced by stat-
ing, that the present important meeting had been con-
vened for the purpose of joint discussion and inquiry as
to the actual effects of the Corn-laws upon the various
iseportant branches of trade in the West Riding, and
of enabling them at once to adopt the most active and
energetic measures for obtaining the repeal of those op-
pressive statutes. The circumstances of national dis-
tress, under which they were met together, called
upon them for the exertion of their best judgment in a
serious, earnest, and dispassionate inquiry into the
cause of those evils ; and no less called upon them for
the adoption of prompt and vigorous plans to obtain
their immediate and entire removal.—(Cheers.) Their
first great business would be to hear from eye-witnesses
as complete a statement as possible of the condition of
the population ; and also to express those general
principles, by reason of which they thought that the
oppressive taxes amounted to an infraction of the in-
alienable and constitutional rights of the people.
Mr. T. PUNT, of Leeds, moved the first resolu-
tion, in a very spirited and eloquent speech. The re-
solution was in these terms :
" That the Corn and Provision-laws are unjust and
unconstitutional in princip!e, and in their effects pro-
ductive of deep injury to the community ;—that they
deprive the industrious classes of the free use of their
labour and capit_►l, and thereby directly invade the
rights of property as well as the sacred and inalien-
able right of the workman to the fruits of his honest
industry ;—that these laws arc a tax upon the nation,
not for the common benefit, but for the benefit of one
class only, and in their operation inflict a far larger
amount of evil on the people at large than they confer
benefit on the protected and privileged class ;—that
thus they violate the spirit of the British Constitution,
which rests upon the principle that Government exists
for the benefit of the whole people, and which no less
forbids the taxing of the whole for the exclusive advan-
tage of one class, than it does the abolition of the
great safeguards of public liberty—the trial by jury,
the liberty of the press, and the right of meeting and
petition. That on these grounds this meeting regards
the Corn and Provision-laws as equally unconstitu-
tional, unjust, and injurious ; and as tending, if perti-
naciously maintained, to destroy the attachment and al-
legiance of the people to the Government."
Mr. Plint said, said, that it devolved upon him to
make the first statement to this meeting. He would,
first of ad, give them a few plain and undeniable facts,
relative to the state of trade, and the condition of the
working population, in the town of Leeds. The first
subject on which he would touch was the amount of
insolvencies of this town, since 1838, to the present
time. Thera had been, during this period, twenty-nine
houses engaged in the woollen trade (he referred to the
town of Leeds, not the clothiers in the surrounding
villages), twenty-nine houses that had become insol-
vent, whose united liabilities amounted to 515,5001.
There had been cloth finishers connected with the trade
who had failed, and their liabilities amounted to
38,100/. In the woollen trade, therefore, there had
be.n thirty-nine failures, to the amount of 553,6001.
Of flax and tow spinners, during the same time, there
had failed eighteen firms. He had not been able to
ascertain their liabilities, but the amount of capital
employed in them was 217,800/. ; and it was found,
almost invariably, that the liabilities were more than
the capital employed. In one instance, he knew that,
where the capital was 40,000/. the liabilities were
70,0001. Of machine makers, sixteen firms had failed,
with a capital of 47,000/. With regard to the wool-
staplers, it appeared that, whilst from 1834 to 1837
there had been but three failures, from 1838 to 1841
sixteen houses had failed, or gone out of trade, with a
capital of 174,6004 Of stuff merchants, and worsted
spinners and manufacturers, there had been nine
houses failed, whose liabilities amounted to 457,8001.
The total amount, therefore, of bad debts, he calcu-
lated at no less a sum than 1,451,400/. He would ask
whether, taking the whole of the period from 1819 to
1837, there had been anything like this amount of
failure?—(Hear, hear.) And what had been the divi-
dends paid on this enormous amount ? He spoke
within bounds when he said, that, taking one with an-
other, there had not been more paid than 6a. Bd. in the
pound. In the calculation he had presented to them
he had thrown entirely out of the account the insol-
vencies in all the surrounding villages. If he were to
add these to what he had already given them,
they would, he was convinced, amount to not
less than two millions, or 500,000/. during each
of the four years to which he had referred.—(Cries
of " Hear, hear.") Mr..Plint then alluded to the
amount of employment in the woollen trade of the
town. There had not been, during the last twelve
months, more than one-half employment. It would be
within the recollection of all, that, from 1833 to 1836, '

! all the machinery had been fully employed, and, in
many cases, working over-hours. Now they were not
working more than three short days in the week, and a
great number of hinds had been thrown entirely out of
employment.—(Hear.) With regard to the deteriora-
tion in the value of mill property, he had three very
important facts to state. In a valuation of the pro-
perty of the town, recently laid before the Town Coun-
cil, it was shown so clearly that no one could dispute it,
that mill property had depreciated in value, during
the last few years, not less than 25 to 30 per
cent. Next in the Registration Court, at Brad-
ford, a few months ago, a great many rotes had
been struck off the Pudsey list, on the ground
that mill property in that village had so much
lowered that they would not give the owners a vote ; so
that the tendency of the Corn-laws had been, not only
to deprive men of their property, but to rob them also
of their political rights. And, thirdly, all would know
the ruinous price at which machinery had been sold of
late, when, in consequence of failures, it had bean brought
under the hammer. They would bear him out in the
assertion, that it had not realized more than one-third of
its value.—(Cheers.) He would next allude to the con-
dition of the people, as shown by the number of uninha-
bited houses as compared with 1831. In the West
Riding, in 1831, there had been 12,147 houses unoccu-
pied; in 1841, 18,870—an increase of 50 or 55 per
cent. Another important fact was, that the rate of
mortality had been going on increasing during the
last ten, and especially the last two years. In 1780,
it had been 1 in 40 ; in 1801, 1 in 48 ; in 1831, 1
in 58 ; whilst in 1841, it was 1 in 45.—(Hear, hear,
and cheers.) Mr. Plint next entered into some highly-
important statements relative to the consumption of
butchers' meat in Leeds. The information was derived
from a gentleman thoroughly acquainted with the
sulsject, and went to prove, that, whilst the prices had
risen something like 40 per cent., the consumption had
decreased from 2,450 head of cattle weekly, to 1,8001
Mr Plint next brought forward a great quantity of
facts relative to the failures amongst the retail dealers
in Leeds, and calculations as to the diminished amount
of wages paid by the manufacturers and others. He
referred to the causes of the prevalent distress alleged
by different parties, and traced the distress to its
grand source, the operation of commercial restrictions,
and the monopoly of food ; and concluded by an do-
quent appeal to his audience, to join energetically in the
demand for the total abolition of these iniquitous and
oppressive laws. Mr. Plint was loudly cheered on re-
suming his seat.
Mr. BATLEY, of Huddersfield, seconded the resolu-
tion, and gave some interesting statements as to the
condition of trade in that town.
HENRY FORBES, Eeq., of Bradford, proposed the
second resolution :
" That all restrictive and prohibitory duties, inter-
fering with the free interchange of commodities, and
not levied solely for the purposes of revenue, are in prin-
ciple unjust, and in their effects ultimately prejudicial
to all classes of the community. That this meeting,
therefore, claims as a right the removal of all prohibi-
tions or restrictions on the importation of corn and pro-
visions ; and at the same time is willing and desirous
that the duties intended for the protection of British
enAufactures should be repealed ; and that the just,
wise, and peaceful principles of free trade should govern
the entire commercial legislation of the empire."
He stated that, for four years past, trade had gradually
been getting worse in that town. Thirty failures had
occurred in three years in one street and its immediate
neighbourhood, all connected ;with their staple trade.
Mill property had deteriorated fully 35 per cent. The
rents of cottage property had lowered from 71. to Si.,
and many proprietors would not get any rent at all. A
great reduction had taken place in wages ; in the comb-
ing of English wool 16 to 25 per cent., and of foreign
wool as much as from 30 to 50 per cent. _ Three-
fourths of the combers were on short work, and did not
earn more than half the wages they did three years ago.
JONATHAN ACEROYD, Esq., of Halifax, seconded
the resolution, and gave a statement of the condition of
that town, which, although not suffering so much as
some others, was yet gradually declining.
-- CLAY, Esq., of Raistrick, proposed the third
resolution, and gave a very appalling picture of the dis-
tress existing in his neighbourhood. The resolution
was as follows :
" That it has been proved before this meeting, that
an appalling amount of embarrassment and ruin among
the manufacturers and merchants, and of privation
and suffering among the working classes, has existed
for some years throughout the West Riding ;—that
the demand for manufactured goods, both for the
foreign and home markets, has seriously declined ;
that several of our most valuable foreign markets
are in part lost, owing to the high duties imposed in
these countries on British manufactures, in retaliation
for our restrictions on their corn, timber, and other
products, and owing also to the rapid progress of
foreign manufactures, which are obviously promoted
by the :English Corn-laws ;—that the home demand
for manufactured goods of every kind has been
greatly reduced, in consequence of the high price of the
chief necessary of life, which has nearly absorbed the
means of the humbler classes ;—that from the same

cause the consumption of butchers' meat, groceries,
awl most of the comforts of life, has fallen off to such
an extent in this district, as to involve the retail dealers
in embarrassment, and to reduce great numbers of them
to insolvency ;—that many manufacturing establishments
have been closed with an almost entire loss of the capital
invested therein, throwing thousands of workmen out of
employ ;—and that, in the opinion of this meeting, the
main cause of these accumulated evils is to be found in
the inhuman and anti-commercial restrictions on the
importation of food."

Mr. NUSSEY, of Batley, seconded the resolution,
which was supported by W. ACIEOYD, Esq., of Otley.
Mr. AARON PEASE, of Clayton West, moved the
fourth resolution

" That this meeting pledges itself to use every con-
stitutional means for obtaining the repeal of the Corn
and Provision-laws, and earnestly recommends the adop-
tion of the most active and energetic measures through.
out the West Riding for the promotion of this just
object, especially the holding of public meetings ;—the
preparation of petitions to the Legislature from every
town, village, congregation, and workshop ;—the sign-
ing of memorials to ber Majesty the Queen, by females,
praying her Majesty to use all her constitutional in-
fluence for the repeal of the taxes on her people's food
—the collection of information, showing the sufferings
inflicted by those taxes on the community, and the dis-
tribution of tracts, calculated to spread sound principles
and to correct error on this great national question."
Mr. PEASE gave some interesting details as to the
condition of the villages in the neighbourhood of Hud-
dersfield, whew) the manufacture of fancy goods is
carried on.

This resolution was seconded by Mr. TINKER, 01
Holrofirth, and supported by Mr. ALEXANDER, 0
Barnsley.

The fifth rosraution was proposed by Mr. AKED, of
Luddenden Foca, and seconded by Mr. METCALFE, 0
Skipton. It was as follows :

That it is .highly desirable that the facts illustra-
tive of the condition of trade and of the population
should be col!.ec ted by local Committees, and arranged
in such a form that they may be laid before Govern-
ment and Parliament ;—that this important duty is
hereby recomr3e nded to be entrusted in each town to a
small Cornrnitt lof well-informed and judicious persons ;
—that, when th a facts shall have been collected and
arranged, the members of the local Committees, or de-
puties from thoni, shall meet in Leeds, not later •than
Wednesday the. 12th of January, to collate the infor-
mation, and de :icle upon the manner in whi^h it shall
be laid before t be Government and the Legislature."
Tne chair wrs then taken by Edward Bakes, Esq.;
when Mr. Josh ma Bower proposed, and Mr. Kelsail
seconded, a vote ,of thanks to the Chairman, which was
carried unapimutioly.
The. delegates dine 3 together subsequently in the
Picture-room of the Music Hall, when W. Aldem,
jun., Esq., M.P.. ior Leeds, presided.

DEATH OF PHILIP COURTNAY, ESQ:, BAR-
RISTER-AT-LAW, :FROM HAVING TAKEN AN OVER-DOSE
OF MORPHIA.--- Te regret to record the demise of this
highly respectable gentleman, which took place at the
Adelphi Hotel, Li.v erpool, on the night of Friday last,
under cireumstanc;:‘,s of a peculiarly distressing charac-
ter. It appears fro in the evidence adduced upon the in-
quest that Mr. C c ,urtnay, who had been a barrister-at-
law on this circuit, and lately the representative in Par-
liament for Bridg, 31,vater, had contracted the dangerous
habit of taking m licines without consulting a profes-
sional adviser for ,7e rtain pains and ailments under which
he occasionally laho ured, and that laudanum or some
preparation of opium i was his favourite dose. Having re-
cently come back ft em Ireland, where he had been en-
gaged in the transo >c tion of some family business, he was
staying at the Ade 11 )hi for a few days, prior to his return
to London, where resided. Having purchased a phial
of solution of ac e tate morphia from Mr. Rawle, of
Church-street, and ta second phial of solution of muriate
of morphia from 1`.;1 srs. Butler and ColquhDun, of Castle-
street, the whole, o I The greater portion of both of which,
it would seem, he I ;wallowed on the night of Thursday
last, for some pairs under which lie probably laboured
at the time ; the C or ,sequence was that death ensued on
the following eveni The deceased was in his 56th or
That
57th year. A Cor; ma or's Jury,
without a moment's hesi-
tation, returned a"
;rdict to the effect, That the de-
ceased, intending to take a certain quantity of the medi-
cine, took an over-dog e, which caused his death."--Liver-
pool Mail
Some men are lilt e musical glasses—to produce
the finest tones you
or ast keep them wet.—Coleridge.
TRADE OF Du
-isiEBARTON AND NEIGHBOUR-
HooD.—This ancien county town is suffering severely
preosefn2tc 0 vjapenters and joiners being out of
depressed state of the shipping
from the
trade, upwardsemployment. But D !unbar ton is not alone in this respect.
Greenock and other ports on the Clyde presenting a si-
milar decline in shi p-building. The Dumbarton Crown
Glass and Bottle Works, however, forms an ex-
ception, the propric ;tort; preceding steadily in the in-
crease of their man ufact ure, thereby affording a portion
of the population of. the . town a handsome remuneration
for their labour. "gre ha., re nothing favourable to note
regarding the printing in the Vale of Leven, as many
hands still go iclAe.—Edintri irgh Chronicle.

MORNING SUN

THE MARKETS —YESTEROAIti
CORN EXCHANGE.
The arrivals of Barley and Oats have been gu--- -
week, but small of other Grain. Wheat firm at g°,11_,..,
day's prices. Barley still dull. Beans and Pease alas,
met a limited demand. Oats extremely heavy 011 s,l
and Monday's terms were hardly supported. Flour
last stated.
NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL.
Meat of all descriptions in good supply, but the de"
mand was limiter]; the best sorts advanced full 2d. pet
stone. Game and Poultry in good supply, the demsou
dull, and prices on the decline. Ducks, 2s. to 25.. 6di 5
Wild Ducks, 2s. to 2s. 6d.; Hares, os. 6d. to 35.; Gee
ss. 6d. to Bs. ; Chickens, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; Fowls, 23. 6a
to 4s. 6d. ; Pigeons, 6d. to 9d. ; Rabbits, Is. to Is. 6d't,
Turkeys, ss. to 9s. 6d ; Teal and Snipes, Is. ; Widge°l42,_
Is. to Is. 6d. each; Eggs in demand, at previous quotas
COLONIAL MARKET.
There was but a moderate business transacted, and
prices little variation took place. The imports
front most parts. Raw Sugar moved off slowly at the form
value. Brown West India 58s. to Os. and yellow 635. to 73s'
per cwt. Coffee not cheaper, but there were few bill. est
at 665. to 765., for good and fine and fine ordinary. .0" ra
Itplia Cocoa sells slowly at 365. to 475. per cwt. I: ed,
met with little attention, prices were barely Maintain •
sellers of proof Leewards ls. 10d. per gallon.
TEA MARKET. •
Prices of Free Trade were sustained, and a fair bo
were fair_
ness was done. Company's Congou Is. 9fd. to Is. 900'
per lb. ; the lowest rate for ordinary Congou
Is. 9d. per lb. . _

MARKET.
Prices of P. Y.TALLOW Candle steady, with a fair demand' (31
the spot, and for delivery up to the end of the year, $
48s. to 48s. 6d.

METAL MARKET.
In Speller large sales were made at 401. to 40/. 105 per
ton. Iron met with a fair sale.

1.4. •
f 0 9
Walls-End Stewart's ......
South-Pelton ..... .•••••••__lo. 0
Walls End Bentlel:l.oart'P2o
Walls End Caradoc••••••• .... 40 •
6
W ••
••
alls End Cassop ......
Walls End Kelloe ..••••••"'.. 20
19 .
Tennant's Hartlelool••••''' 19 •
Walls End Adel,ide.•••••;; 16
Walls End Brown's Dean 1/
Walls Et d Evenwood ••""• 11
Wllls End Gordon Gordon.. ••_•:" 19 ~
Walls End South Purli'''" . 16 7-
Walls End Tees Hetton .....
19
Wal s Et. d eeb• ...... 11 6
Walls End West Tees••••"'" 11 ;
‘A, ail:. End West Jell° 90 0
Anthracite........ i/ •
Hartley .... ........ 5
Howard% Nethertonlgs, ••

COAL MARKET.
Ships arrived since last marKet.day. 4L
s. d.
Adair's
Buddle's West Hartley l6 f
Hebburn Main l7 0
Molywell Main l7 I
New Tantield M00r...
Ord's Redheugh l4 4',
Walls;End Clark and Co l5 6
Walls End .4osforth
Walls End Hedlcy l7 11
Walls End Hilda. .....
Walls End Hotspur
Walls End Killingworth
Walls End Newmarch
Walls End N. rintut berland 16 6
Walis End Ramsey
W. E. Braddyll'sfletton
Walls End Belint#oid l6 ,
Walls End 'Leann 2O 61
Walls End Lambton
Walls End Russell's Hetton 20 31

-----
COUNTRY CORN MARKETS.
Peoe'_,..
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans'
........---0.0
,s. to
--_ -
Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. S. to l• di ".
...
Carlisle - 24 - 46 - ..... 49
Hexha - 31 a.
Morpethm 54 64 23 30 2u k,3 59 7: 5 ..• dg
Penrith 64 - 33 - 22 -- 1 .0 0
Sheffield - 67 - 32 - 23 .-- ;I 35, 01.
Winchester 44 66 27 32 20 26 40 ",i. Lug' 0 0
Per Bushel. s. d. s. (1. s. d. B. d, s, d, s. d. s. d. tio r o, 0
Carmarthen '7 0 81 00 40 00 23 56 cs •,,,(' 00
r:owbridge 76 80 00 4f 00 30 50 -o ", •
Swansea ,76 86 40 44 2 6 30 56 " o 100
Per 8011. I it 0 0"o 10°
Barnardcastl 16 4 19 0 8 9 9 6 4 0 7 4 9 6 ,- 69 , id 0
Durham l2 6 18 0 8 0 9 0 5 9 6 9 0 0 LI 09 u„ 10 0
Richmond l2 6 18 6!0 0 II 0 6 0 7410 0 ,", 6S u
Stockton lli 0 19 6 9 0 9 0 6 0 7 0 9 0 I. •
10.
IRISH MARKETS. ~,, DEC. -
JUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the Week Ow.'" rage'
. IL,"
From I-, :.,, 6
456 Wheat,per barrel 2t stone.... 22 0 ~% 5 li 9
273 Bere ~... ..... .... 10 sto.le l5 n 16 11 6
20 0
394 Barley l6 stone...". 16 0 g 11 0
40 Oats )4 story. 10 013 'o' •1 •"„, S
0 Flour, per cwt EI stone.... - 0 - 6 ~
312 °anneal- ~ 8 stone.... ii 0 14 n 0
Sold to Bakers only.
9,121 Cwt. F10ur..... . . .... ...... .. 10 0 25 - sack. 04
Average price..ll- Vrhea.t. and Flour 50. 8(1 Peord 195! od
Fir5t5........... front 20!• oid. to f3§'o,l
Receipts of Flour, 14,3 ;51
Gales of Do. 11,17 Third; .....".
from 10s. 1"".
•••••••
Seconve from les. A,, to )Os

PRIOR or naltAD.
Quarters Loaf 24.ad• 1 Half QUatterll .• •••411 tie z.
CORK MARKETS..—Dee 11. 01 tO L - $
Wheat (per 205t.)17s Od. tc 355. Od.ltiats (per 145 t.... a w"
Barley (per 165t.)10 6 17 3 Illovr (per cwt )..- 80d •
Oatmeal (per ewt.)...........3.. Od to 141
_, tia to 0
Beef, 6d. to 61d.—Mutton 5d.. to 6d.—VewL-..sa.r ID.
Pork, 4d. to sd.—Fresh 'Butter, Ild. w Ir. k.- ai,.,I,
PRICE OF Burma. To the
To the Merchants.
First Quality••• •••••••••• 854. .•••••••-•••••••• • .."::::2,
Second Bl ............ww" .....• ... e"..•
Third ••.. ..... ••••• ....... •73 .. ..........efilkon,-- ~
Fourth ...
•*" 6, e.g."' .. 1
4,
Fifth••••••••••••••••••
....• 4,
Fifth ........... . ........ ......a 52 g 0... 06•••••......" .
..•..» .".
Sixth 42 ............ •-'7l ...
CLO N MELL- AI A RKETS.....Dec• 1 de.
e'er cwt. 5 d„ 24 ..,
• if IC 40 0
New Butter .98 oto 99 0 Hides (ra.)........-7,1 C .... 0
Oatmeal 0 14 6 i1a.C011Pag6........."‘N 9 ,
Rendered Lard 0 52 U Heads....• ..... asaw. 0 0
Per Beg. , 0 ' 0
....
40 0 I Flou r 'rtards•••••• "10 0
38 01--2 10urtda....., 0
0 15 0
Per Barrel. 16 ,
Rapeseed. 2O 0 0 Barley ...........w V
I Bere l3 0 C-uls
_....«..:...wa*".. (d.KILKENNY MARK 1.:10. m.o.' 00.
Wheat,perbarrel)2Bs. Od.to 53e. Od. Beef 'iler U. ••••' 0 5 0 I
Barley 12 0 19 0 &Junco ........."' 0 4 0 f ,
Uats. 14 0 15 0 Pork ...............- 0 6 j 0
Flour (per bag) 25 0 59 0 Vey, ............ -I 0 0 010'
Buttcr(per cwt.) 0 0 98 0 Fresh Butter ••••• ~ 6 .. C."'
Bacon Pigs '45 0 46 0 Salt Ditto ......... y. 9 . ~,,,
Coals 1 0 1 2 Potatoes (per st./ u

Fleur, Second 0
—Household 0

MARK&TS.
AIN. • 131.10
, Barley, Alecklenburgh hio 19 0,6
Magdeburgh.. :AO i4l)
------Holstein 114. t°
- Summer let. id
Oats, Eider
--. Mecklenburg t°
-- Holstein lf, 0,4
E2st ?'rieslatul.;• to
Pease, Mecklenburg 08 10,143 •
Beans ......................« f.-ia
or,
suck Wheat......"' 601 t,
apeaeecl, Hanover ,
fly
Malt ........ . .
Tares 07$
['ON. 641 mi
Marrnham
Bladras ........ ..•••• t 0
3'
Swats .. . ......... g
Domingo • •• ig
5s 1%
FEE. st
•. 1
Domingo• ... 7)i
La Citiayra......•
1 Porto Rico ......
llavannah .....
hpßBea3srilniaaDm„ikebru:hcuwiotenn.t.:wol:roirlien,:........Jl.l 5%
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