The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-20 00:00:00

FOREIGN MAILS.

ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 4.—The St. Petersburg Com-
mercial Jourual contains an article written by Mr. Harter,
Consul at Warsaw; in which it is shown that those Eu-
ropean States; which desire to maintain and to improve
theirmanufacturing industry, have no interest in wishing
for the reduction or the abolition of the duty on corn in
England.
ROM TUE MAINE, DECEMBER s.—lt is but too
certain that the atf+ir of the fortresses in Upper.
Germany has coM"',to a pause. . In order to find
out how we are to build ,according to the most in
genious theories the best possible fortresseS, the execu-
tion will be delayed till the French come over the Rhine
to give us another lesson, and teach us what we ought to
have done. Meantime, the fortifications of Paris proceed
rapidly, and we have only to wait till the iron railway
from Strasburg to Paris is finished to go in a feW 'hours
to Paris, and see how such works are rapidly executed.
HANOVER, DEC. 10.—The Privr'Cabinet Counsellor
Von Lutckeu, was attacked on Wjdnesday evenineby
an unknown person, and severely wounded orr the head
by a blow with a stone. Mr. Lutcken, though wounded,
ran after the man, and called after his assailant, who was
stopped by a servant of Count llarderiburg, but contrived
to escape, and has not yet been taken. Mr. Laitcken was
conveyed to the Royal Palace, and immediately at-
tended by two surgeons. His wound, it seems, is not
dangerous. _

BRUSSELS, DEC. 16.—T0-day being the King's birth-
day, was celebrated in the usual manner, by the dis-
playing of the national colours on the public buildings.
BRUSSELS, DEC. 17.—Sir George Seymour, the Eng-
lish Minister at this Court, had a private audience of
their Majesties on the 15th, to deliver the letters an-
nouncing the birth of the Prince of Wales. Their Ma-
jesties will set out on the 18th for Mons, to be present
at the ceremony of opening the iron railway to the fron-
tiers of France, which is to take place on Monday, 20th.
THE HAGUE, DEC. 17.—His Highness the reigning
Duke of Saxe Meiningen and her Highness the Duchess
Ida of Saxe Weimar and suite, arrived at Cologne on the
15th, in the evening, on their return from London.
ST. PETERSBURGH, DEC. 6.—The Nerva being almost
wholly free from ice, Isaac's bridge was again laid down
yesterday (Sunday), but flakes of ice again coming down,
the bridge was taken up at a late hour in the evening.

DUTCH FUN DS.—Awirriatoam,Dosuce.3.l7.
ti
mil
Actual 11:At, 2)4 per Cent
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent.
Amoi t Syndic,•434 per cent £o34 111
Ditto, ditto, 334 per cent 75% 76th
Commercial Company, 4' per cent 154% 15514
Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent.
Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 97 % 9;34
Exchange on London, One month l'3 10
Two months
Hamburgh, One month 35 el
Two months 35 50
Dutch Papers, Dec. 18.
BELGIAN I. UNDS-13ausend, DEC. 17.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent lOl%
Loan ef Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 92
-----. 3per Cent.

-., - -- ir %
------- (1340) iol h
Loan of City, N 32, 4 per Cent .........
Soeie ty of COMM. me, .15-;, per Cent —
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ............. :44
National Society.
Ekchange on London (short) —
--Brussels Papers, Dec. 17.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Die. 9.
Firdperectits.Metelliques
Fonr per Cents. 99%
Three 14 r Cents.
Bank Mmes.... .. . •••••••••••••••• ................... Oa 111 l6lO
..Allgerrieine Zeitung. Dec. 13.
HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, DEC. 11 _ _

Bills. Money
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares 1625 1025
Anglo.ltussi•an Loan 1(8 int+
Russian s,per Cent.lst series, Curtificate
Inscriptinn,'lst Series . lOl% —.
Russian 5, per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th
SerieS 98%
Ditto in Certificates
New 4 per Cent. (1840) 86% 86%
batch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 50% 50%
'DM° ' • 5 per Cent
Polish Bonds
New ficket
nil%
'Analo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent................... 77% 77
Nmivegiari lAan, 1834, 4 per Cent.... ll'-'% 102%
Spanish, New 5 per Cents IS ~i 18
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HAMBURG, Dec. 17.-13 7.—Two months, 13 5I(.
RIGA, DEC. 29. —Three Months, 38%.
Elitism's, Dec, 11.— Three maths. 8. 19 )2.

CORONER'S INQuEst.-Late on Saturday night
an inquest was held at the King's Arms Tavern, Holborn-
hill, before Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, on v:.•,,v of the
body of Mr. Ezra Hodgkins, aged 59, formerly an opu-
lent innkeeper and coach-master, who committed suicide
. under circumstances of a most afflicting nature. Thomas
Showle, porter to Mr: Parker, proprietor of the King's
Arms, proved discovering the deceased about 11 o'clock
on Friday morning suspended by a rope to a horse rack
in one of the stables in the yard of the inn ; he imme-
diately cut him down. Mr. Parker, the proprietor of the
inn, said he had known the deceased a great number of
years ; he was formerly an innkeeper and coachmaster
in wealthy circumstances, but of late years had been so
far reduced as to be compelled to drive coaches and do
whatever jobs he could obtain. The change in his cir-
cumstances was mainly attributable to the long coaches
being taken off the roads in consequence of the railways ;
he was a sober, respectable rr an. Mr. George Butcher,
of the Bell, Holborn-hill, said he had known the deceased
for a length of time ; saw him last on Friday morning,
he had been so unfortunate as not to be
cwaible,abuhte thatdt witness that he had got a badge to drive a
able to take home daily sufficient money to his employer,
who in consequence dismissed him ; he was very dejected
at the time and wept bitterly. The Jury after com-
menting upon the melancholy nature of the case, re-
burned a verdict ,of " Temporary mental derangement."
The Agrain Gazette states from Bahia that a
Russian ship of war. had passed by that place on her
way to Silistria, to take soundings and observations for a
created the Viscount
chartT ohef ticheinngloouft hso thevrf
e den
hanaue
sb
Beaumont a Knight of the Polar Star, for his 1
work
Vassyedois depuis Charles XII.
work
deed
Les

MORNING SIN

COURT CIRCULAR. And
WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—The Queen and of
Albert, her Royal Highness the' ;;
Dtlcliesge
Kent, and the Royal Suite, attended D'lld
Service this morning in the private Chap!'
the Castle. The Rev. Lord W. Russell official:el;
assisted by the Hon. and Rev. E. S. I(ePPe
At the conclusion of the Service, her Maie",ty
and the Prince, and part of the Royal Suite, re
ceived the Holy Sacrament.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert enjoyed, tilna
usual walk in the forenoon, both yesterdaY
to-day.
at
His Royal Highness Prince Albert abet ~,,,4
Norfolk farm yesterday, attended by the Tu.
of Warwick, Sir Edward-Bowater. Colonel ~
buthnot, and Mr. George Edward :Aison. •
Count Ravenslow, the Earl of Aberdeen, al
tire Spanish Minister took their departure fr°o
the Castle yesterday.
Sir James Clark arrived last night at the 61541.
tie, and returned. to London this morning.
1.1,1
,e Their Royal Highnesses the D 11" lithe
- Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and
• Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by
Lady Augusta Somerset, arrived at theirrear,
dente at Kew on Saturday, from honourinf; 'at
Earl and Countess Delawarre with a Visit'
their seat, Buckhurst Park Sussex. n Sa'
The Danish Minister arrived in town ?,lor
turday from a visit to her Majesty at Wul—
Castle.
rater,
Captain Polhill and Mr. B. Disraeli had
views with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office
Saturday.
„gpied
The Turkish Charge d'Affaires, accellir.- ter"
by Mr. Salanae, her Majesty's Oriental 101 or,
preter, had an interview with Sir Robert ree.pg,
Saturday at his official residence in vow
street. 01l
Windsor
Saturday Earl of • Aberdeen arrived in tensor
Saturday from a visit to tier Majesty at in
Castle.
Despatches were received yesterday at thee%
lonial-office from the Governor of Van Die°
Land and of the Cape of Good Hope. o f het
The Lords of the Judicial Committee too
Majesty's. Most Honourable Privy Council' 58
Saturday in the Council Chamber. Royal
Lord Campbell, on the part of their 14°.--Royal
gave , judgment on an appeal from the ,`,",--re-
Court of Jeitey ."Brottard. v. Dumaresq, •
versing the Judgment appealed' against. art of
Lord Brougham gave judgment, on ther,P„-rt of
their Lordships, on an appeal from the "fsbid
First Instance of Civil Jurisdiction in the, Batty
of Trinidad, " Sir George Fitzgerald,loll,loeut
v. Rundell and Bigge, ' affirming the ju"
of the Court below, with costs.. • f the
The Quoen's Advocate, on the part °pr.'
respondent, made an application to their
litive
ships to dismiss an appeal from the Prenrt., r;
Court, " Sir Robert Wilmot Horton, "'bow.'"
C. F. Wilmot, E. N. Wilmot, and J. 13°
The Court granted the application. e2ll,
The Queen's Advocate then opened arlAgeyoy
from the Prerogative Court, " Deare v.
and had not concluded when the Court 1.05e*
ROCHDACEN ,EW TORY,

TRATES.
e inW
It appears that soon after the' resent MinistrY'r-es,tor
power, some consultations of the Rochdale 117 'o' air
place, as to the best means of obtaining additiods lair
trates of their own political opinions, and as to thed the
persons to be recommended to the Chancellor " soon
Duchy of Lancaster for that purpose; and it veil rties;
became apparent, that they were divided into two pa,er
one composed of Mr. C. Royds, with one or two "11,„.retit,
on of that gentleman; the other comprisino. the
bulk of the Tory party, with whom (s;lnu:rel#
scarcely need tell our readers) Mr. ROPIS .05
means a favourite. After some preliminary cli,sll, (15:0113
and consultations, a meeting of the party was. '", con'
a list of names was pretty unanimously agreed LIP° 'it.
taining, if we are correctly informed, those of 1W:1' :All%
.
wisle, Mr. Dearden (the Lord- of the mituor i_7f,
pie
James Fenton, and Mr. Roby. These flames svere to
believe, forwarded by the Chairman of the meetrgh
beSir situoltirtttel Peelto, who in
ipnroreppelry'adnethsior
the Chancellor of the Duch f -
3), rom 0. won
doubt, the recommendation of the meet'll4' cause
receive due attention. Owing to soule sotn,°
which we do not exactlunderstand. Sir
y
little delay took place in complying - .110)."5
31r.
slot,
Robert's request ; and, in the meantime,
and his three or four friends, who bad been onitheo of
forwarded to the Chancellor ofthe agel'er
Duchy „al, • t
names, wnich they had privately agreed iirh,tt
reicltyth(altvethbreoYrlustweac;
Chancellor Lord Granville Somerset, wh° -yore' ~
probably heard of the list that hati been laid be
,ith
Robert Peel, and concluded that it was identical
one forwarded forwarded to him by Mr. Royds, proccede.,L
nO furti.,4;
have, without delay, and with little or
quiry, to make an appointment of MagistratOlufr°l
The parties so appointed are we understand, ATilif
y 1 a
wisle (whose name, almost as 'a
matter of colir,sT si3
both lists) ; the Rev. George Cottoti,,
',J eurateao,
the churches ; and a Mr. Butterworth,' better 6 sV
Rochdale as Capt. Butterworth.
610442
As soon as these appointments
,were mad 4 "T„h"
the members of the COnservative party 'n-11("T:for
they excited the strongest feelings of
choler Guardian. .

NOTICE TO 'MARINERS. 10
.Her Majesty's ship Howe, in Malta 1111
The black buoy on C4leN'lr.:M3c°(;:islBl4oall., off 111..60.50311e1l
end •of Corfu, -which bore S.W.. by 5.,-•serrej
from the red one, has 'disiippeared; which 'l'"°f-0.',. clear;
as a guide:of cunSiderable'importande to vt4,ilest.he Plan"
ing the shoal when passingtb the northvvarT:f Corfu'
of Paxo, and steering for the south chanr;e:; %.dnairal•
(Signed) FRANCIS MASON, .hat

are happy to'hear, d
theWolde-established firm of dectoonr,gfeY;B3ll.lltedh-°.C.r--°1;b:-11111-11k:
erg, Petersfield, will shortly resume burin
"
shire
ANTIQUITIESIndependent.
tc,._awhlnedecse.itseptnre, At !ile'
IN THE TEMPLE', f .--,1
ptir end of
ofvfcbotuthittie
of
fh hall
the
areK o
ights considerableTem p l a tern.s. ar
gio i
LI
j';,
Gothic arch, of the same style of architecture -..0. c"
teeryT,emanpdleinChthuercahp,afrotmrnlens
archesy
d isfit.); inor bothe(i
lv i
(rho rooms
thick
iareck coating
are
"whitewash. In th
ghromned vaulted ceiling of great beauty, The but lire
elegantly lastr and se
tsadl
barous '
rooms ' some old walls Of immense thickness, " sea
i .e, b
mains of an •
. ,
soMe elegantainteGO l'• arches esponn'°' d ill
t lie corr
_, ,aile .
the Milne- above'
t s ; but they are now, alas' s"' d stair
darknesS, Choked with modern brick partitions an cant'
cases, and soiled with the damp dust of loanY -
and,,,,,c
ties.--Addiso ' • •
/i s History of the Knights Tenzpg"-' I.
OP
MISLE
misletoe is in great request, to- decorate the r°°l-ritf °'
give license to romps and gallantry. The siogli % istgi
the growth and form of the misletoe brought ,z,,,stiaolt.
man centuries
repute among the Druids, for the purpose of 'Jtnaelr./
caennpit
hriiensg
oafftetrhwisarcls sort
st 0 propagate
astid et.) thiseell aaprrlsao °pnupft 1 n.nePdl:tibilfirlb eeettgal;;',:e°el in-l'i
n111:1 ti
se.ebb: s.
ileriers':
superstition, and its use •has thence been., c°llt '•
eetty.?
so
fr omd i ffi
thee :.15' i :' tdsi
11- of
,h 1
rush
statetheseed
people when once it is fairly rooted. It was long otter ,i,
to be impossible
,ver, i
thrush ,which , ich feeds on• the berries. Lately, 101r-I,' nis°l
has been, successfully 'propagated by causing the ,'ro, ca i.
berries, w •
Inch are very viscid, to adhere to the '4 hers'
t le
such • •fi tut-trees as have b
ncrenis. ,
i to
~,,r. f
been most co q
tea
il,t))/1'
growth. Upon the bark of these the seeds i ./. AA
urinate and take root.' 3LI °l'l
When Parliament assembles on the 04 II
r the 5 d'
February, it '
of the country. This week has added anothererabar
,!,
list of great meetings to declare the advano of ninou'
rassment, if not of ruin, among all classes in thee -vorb''
factoring districts. The whole West Riding 0. ' tejioto
shire has just made such a declaration. However eness
; sato if
these reports•
maybe
in the detail, from the'rcrnai the
and the triteness 4 the subject, as well as jttenli°l-i
gloomy character, they merit the profoundest a
~et, o
as emanating from such wide and important trending
country. District after district, each cotilPre to
Ole
,a•
great counties, has avowed itself unable to coPe 'top.° -
burden that oppresses it. If the reader were
..... 000 „
blank map of the United Kingdom, and io colet..o the ii'
parts which have thus spoken in one tint—saY iorti°ll.'l
appropriate hue of black—he would find a larg° Pd thal 'I,
of the country clothed in the shade of trouble; l'ttil caul'''';
the most important and wealthy portion. , ~.)I,,Lislei I,'
prises the iron district of Western Scotland, 'Alt" villekil9
and other trading places ; the iron district of A 4,41
Liverpool and Manchester, and the districts e 11,100,1,1
to them in Lancashire and North Cheshirei drobtotf•A
Riding of Yorkshire ; Derby Leicester, -Nlll'4ll
and their surrounding districts.' . nts
J.Qll3'
1
The accou tat?i
wide region
are all alike ; they represent such a s
,:p. 1
things
as, when it is permanent, is called the clectte ,
rep el
nations—their
retrograde condition. Nowthese, .
_. jp.
sentations cannot be neglected in the ensuigSessitoeu 00,1
theyare denied, proof must be brought against tae ad, i
cumulatednatte evidence in support of them. If they, ar gip "I
i d, it becomes those whomake the admission to ,are
whether they pronounce _ ,__, and a
_.
the evil be hopetes, • e 01
openly to resignthe todecline. and trill,
empire to its
~ if 04
whether it ••is to be remedied. In the last ells'', doe
„,t pro ea
will not accept the remedies offered, 04 n3--',,,r ei "--
other d'
reme les of their own. No.one will irctlf,--
think of prolonging paseive negleet.--S ectutor-,191,7,- ,r
P ' • "il tto
A vessel was seized a few daTs ago to 18'1 of
under circumstances which do creditto the-vigilance 0
t as
the officers concerned in it. She had cleareArt..-„al•ti,
coasting vessel, having at the time o'6 Ida ""1,01
which b
y the Customs' Acts she ought 'not'forlfave. %ft
it"'
•
without giving bond for their due delivery in a dif•
port. It was suspected that her destination was fio'
whe ori
.oiod,
ferent from what her clearance indicated, and
the point of starting, Messrs. Forsyth and Holmes, l her
ing waiters, boarded and seized her. On searching,illa
she was found to be nearly full of machinery. ;in
vessel has been condemned, and the machinery is pc)
the Queen's stores ....Observer. Ar
The three sons of General Raindre, of the' ,..,
.
tillery, have all served., ;in Jtfrica, and lia%•e becPrn6 Ysi
ot
tims to their duty. ' 'file eldest lost a lei at the' Sili,ds ~,
Constantina; the second was killed beforerblidali, t0r•,..„.4,,,,i(
the end of 1839, and the yonngest died lately in t!,,Aigt, 1,-,J
pital of a disease caught in the last camp:lig". II; iltr,li
of them had attained more than their thirtieth yea X./4:1
each had reached the rank of Captain.

MORN LNG- SUN

BRIGHTON AND CROYDON
RAILROAD.

-------- --- -
(From the Brighton Herald.)
4 The hue between Croydon and London is still blocked
hY a considerable distance near New Cross, by a great
*414 Of
earth which slipped down owing to the vast
(14,,intitYof rain that has fallen this autumn, and causes
11,11'', to the trains of from twenty minutes to half an
are
re the passengers and the whole of the luggage
of eaoved; the former have to walk about half a quarter
heett mile from one train to another ; but as planking has
the° carefully put down, and an awning erected to protect
`n 11'061.16 rain, it is attended with little inconvenience
pad we
the delay. The luggage is conveyed in trucks,
pa,,,,,ive must •do the superintendents, and others en-
p-wt in the service, the justice to say, that they bestow
t?e treatest attention and care in the transit of
The kasengers, and in the conveyance of the goods.
fat: line from New Cross to Brighton is perfectly
AM it is impossible for men to be more careful
to; and
'present
engineers. They are cautious almost
for at dines teroceed more slowl than
4124 seem 'there is anhyy ocpcasion for. Still thy is is
6Z1131% if error it be, on the right side The Brighton
it 44511 of the road is decidedly the best, the Croydon
tkij°,ll next, and the Greenwich the worst. This is
Ar. Recounted for : the rails on the Brighton portion
much heavier than anywhere else, and this makes
the travelling both safer arid easier ; so much so, that
(I,,,Passeuger can immediately discover, in coming up or
when he is on the Croydon or on the Brighton
The) the facility of the motion.,
The)
works at the London Terminus are now in a state
kreat forwardness. The parapet is nearly complete
per,lhe arches, we believe, are built ; the road in most
tre`4,is ready for the rails ; and in some places the rails
trai,la'ready laid down. In a short time, we imagine, the
will not go on the Greenwich line at all.
tio,tl Public of Brighton are, however, getting impa-
tile or a better road to the terminus at this end. All
we
(toads leading to it are now in a wretched state, and
ito ° hope that before long something will be done to
Prove the entrance from the terminus into the town.
tsatlireetors of the Brighton line have been derisively
wint; w,hy they do not shut up the line during the
They who ask the question are no
otowid'4 to Brighton. If the road were closed, it
of during the winter cause the' loss of thousands
Mato
the ponds to the town; to say nothing of the loss to
Pt, r°Prietors of the line. At .this inclement season
443 would not. come to Brighton by coach, but by
!Iretillie; though attended with:some inconvenience, hun-
,3) Of Persons do come who would otherwise remain
ide,,eclou or at their homes elsewhere. As a winter re-
tliotiele, there is no place like Brighton.... Whilscalmost
rap° er towns. are surrounded by water and unwholesome
tapo,4B, Brighton is dry, and free of •all miasmatic
4,t1 t%; rhS o destructive to human life in other localities.
Ale ' s
are thetDirectors to shut up the line for ?
Peose'righton portion, by the great labour and ex-
Postibie°nVtantly incurred in keeping it in the best state.
'e,, is 'firm and safe, whilst it is the Croydon line
4tiii„"vnich has been formed for some years, that has been
thek`,red—not unsafe—but impassible at one spot, because
trt„u, owing to incessant rains, has slid down upon it.
446:,LI„Rigliton line is to be closed because there are some
littitt "es with the earthworks, nearly every line in the
d•ltli ought to be closed for the same reason; for simi-
the bl.uleulties are attendant upon them all. Instead of.
thoy Ireetors being attacked for keeping the line open,
'44 4re entitled to the thanks of the people of Brighton,
(It. the
hs public generally. They have done all that
°lley, or skill, could do, to make the line efficient,
Stte,,'4 accOmplished their object in spite of pne of the
seasons—,sO injurious to earth-works, especially,
litotic,;es, in the memory of man. As far as the mere ques-
Itr-'eeunomy is concerned,it is' probable that they would
weep laved money if they had closed the line to the
Row', Injury of the town ; but the Directors, to their
el., have studied, more the- interest of the, town and
trot e
fPublic generally, than their own pockets, or those
entitlthe Shareholders, and are, therefore, we repeat,
!)er,4ew to the thanks of the public for their untiring
,blcletueraneethose who would cover them with
,140,V fur not closing it, prove themselves by so doing
Nee, lue enemies of the to and the malignant
to the Brighton Railroa wn
d.

Ar, COURT OF ALDERMEN.
14,, -Gen was held on Friday, at which some interest-
kit "'4tters were discussed.
4'°EaTolis's ATTACK UPON THE COURT OF AL-
DERMEN.
WOODTHORPE, the Clerk of the Court of
• Council, had read the official account of the
Aleings of that Court
nthZ„lnan COPELAND rose' to call the attention of his
4• ;",t° the statement represented to have been made
4A• ltf 41Iderton relative to the application by the Court
predt,r,Ten of some of the Corporation funds. It ap-
Art he said, that Mr. Anderton had accused
etmhe-
tre:,.„lsl Aldermen of having voted to distressed Ind.
:,` their body and the widows and children of is-
Ntts;',Aldermen a sum of money very far exceeding
4c4,411ieh was specified in the printed account, which
litieatelY detailed the various items granted and
theh
hlerks for which they were granted. Instead of
3'dnoiol., which that gentleman declared had been
_
,I,:eql,t:te-4st year, thewhole amount did not exceed
e,t'tleat 4,4,1 the claims had been most deliberately in-
t-41,$:etu:Tistrrtd::. tat wa? added other grants made
Isouniwere worn out in the service of
,414,4414,1 cs of L(smd'on, and whose claims no one pos-
t ‘,,k10, 'l. Particle of feeling could for a moment deny.
The total amount of the grants made,
,tirikas nut exceed 9,489/. 16s. After some further:
61441,4° concluded b-y
moving that the resolution
the Court of Common Council on the subject
-,'4ft_brktets of 'money voted by the Court.of Aldermen
Al erred to a Committee.
h"errnan wn.soN soccmded the It appeared
Volt.'lb that the Court of Common Volition was endea-
-410 to get all the power vested; in the Court of
into their own hands,fuaillthsough thetlhaet,orrptnoesr-
W k7Z the authority over thet before
(Hear, hear.) He
citlk'tellthrlti‘tllratthnerp9tossOsbsadantliaat the members,of the Court
men :11,.1111(1.CoM3cil should accuse the -Court of Alder-
'4ol r exercising an undoubted right, particularly as
k
s.eaution and economy had, been._ exhibited in dis-
ttapix' g the charities, under which: head ranked all the
'4:voted by the Court of Aldermen.
motion was unanimously agreed to.
`sir r, DEATH or SERGEANT ARABIN.
,7.141,'• S. HUNTER suggested the propriety of adopting
Commission
th,,-,t're for supplying the vacancy.
Central Criminal Court, occasioinnetdheb the death
tiirieant Arabin. In consequence of the. vast increase
N'a-j`ness sari the Central Criminal Court, inconveedniesnecre_
'•readj sen froni the illness of the Learn
the
"li3t;',, arid it became necessary, not only toeii supplye.ndge
q'tlin deficiency there, but to fill up the o, ce J
4th: oheriffs' Court. The former particularly pressed,
4kl tlext Session commenced on the 3d of January,
t4ettie therefore was of oinion that the Court ought, to
Nevtneild to Government the nomination of the,seneinorhl .
Cri°f: the City to sit as a Commissioner in the C
iLAId rrninal Court.
ve-tPazi PA THER said, that he had taken thet
1,1114 tli,:` speakingIiEB
II
to° two of the Judges on the.subje
r'tle,,,"" Lordships were' of opinion that the senior City
t„ Aft,; ()oat to be put in the Conimissi.on.
1"1:oe:ttt lengthened discussion, in which Alderman T.
eet ie the Recordet, e , and ()tilers Spoke,
• ,
• •
'ln was negatived.
THE NEW POOR LAW.
I,l•Prite;ril'i an FAREBROTHER rose to complain of a breach
Aid ,iege
°I, in opinion, no ordinary kind. He
,oupo his
rk). former day received -a notification from the
e, to Parringdon Without Ward,' that a petition
41vise l'l3resented against him, in consequence of the_
ford heich had thought proper to adopt in adjudi-
het. at
the Justice-room et- Guildhall in the ease of
()kill: '3 who had-been brought before him for miscon-
-041.3' 44 union workhouse. He had -been given, to
the same authority, that a copy of the
•et 1 heen forwarded to Sir James Graham, the
oc)theri °I State for the Home Department,. and that
titerf°lV had been transmitted to the Commissioners
hCe‘V ~-,thar-law. These petitions contained,: he was
`4ll,,e,o4`thLtiforrned the opinions of the Guardians of the
th union; and he hoped that Sir James Duke,
Pre%:l,,P‘edged himself to present them, would not let
"*J-A`,l4 °PPortunity pass.—(Hear, hear.) . h
rZe -4dEs puke said, that the petition had been wit
_-
tiotk--to' 04,1 °f course the matter wa. s completely. at an end.
414 Tuel,al of conversation followed, which. led t.c.
. subject dropped, and the Court adjourneu.

WOOLLEN TRADE.
1,4 (From the Leeds Mercury.)
at:
_4,418 tu present. has been a flat week in
la.ati or Wool Market; as is usually the case at tii.
tne Year. Prices mai be quoted the same, as,
Ilti
'Week
'Wett. has not at all improved in Leeds Cloth Halls
t Nay „' • the quantity of goods sold both on Sa-
h-I**6 -44-1 Tuesda) was exceedingly small, and price.Subsiy.
I,lls t,.,‘ Petnunera.tive. The same dull state pfb .n
7.44%-stB_,in the warehouses. The recent failuresnal -
41 in Glasgow have considerably damped
e scarce] ever knew so little doing. b7the
°P a tneyre desponding tone entertained by
pa—RVEL:C-rtedi, in the Woollen Trade than at the present
4Oeiiit,''lo Most cautious and best-informed are almost
•411#4 at the failures which are taking place, not
Lo foresee when the present state of things
}it.4„e to an end.
roi4 liat ;P°llb; vEC. 16.—The demand for pieces to-day
and the amount of business done is very li-
Pitea applies alike to fancy as well as plain fabrics.
"'tit totaat without change. We have no improve-
vNiti4u Lotice in Yarn since our last report. Spinners
IVItS 4„tt) run their machinery short. hours,. which pre-
J,,aeetiniulation of stocks: in prices no variation.
.ule last week a less amount of business has b?en
'butStitt
14 Wool, even in coarse and middle c.onabing
101a„prices are the higher qualities are
eet(4ll)°ses, is very A- Colonial
muchd Wool,
epressed.both for worsted and
e -‘v
. .

1,„.4..01„,,t0... ,
-qa,t Cpl !l AND. BRIGHTON RAILWAY AND
1.1,4 ai-ILQ--In. consequence of the late
.heavy
Ice lin4l„--11Y timid persons are fearful of travelling by
-,1 thp; ; °II which account the demand for inside places
:Nell ,s- coaches
.bas increased so much, that
2tshse
tkeh, roprietors have raised the fares to .
Plilthe call; 10s. above the charge for first-class carriages
Vees in aY• Even at this high charge all the rside
.
tvtl.t as ihetne coaches are booked full a week in advance ,
lth Y bet few outsides, and frequently come down
111'°Fit(;brIl):. `ooe
.or two passengers, they cannot be very
1,,,e
,concerns.
fitarl:a uPderstand that S. C. ligrry, Esq., has
.
°lc;- "43 a can V I t to fill the •vacancy in the wanner
it t a a e
1' y. 1
14)4 (,- ~ ,I)..Qatlers, which is likely to arise by the eleva-
ip,aliirlr. Ryland to the Bench, a uccessor of the
4 tild '-'ergeaut Arabin, whose deaths was announced
aY's Sun.

ACCIDENT ON
_THE CROYDON

RAILWAY.

One of those alarming accidents took place last
, Friday evening, on the Croydon Railway, at the Syden-
, ham station, by which, though no lives were lost, we
, regret to say that eight or • nine persons were injured,
some very severely.
The following may be relied on as a correct statement
of the facts of the case :—The down-train from London
to Croydon, consisting of seven carriages and the en-
gine, started at half-past five o'clock on Friday evening,
and after passing the land-slip on the line near the New
Cross station (where the passengers are obliged to
walk for about a quarter of a mile), it proceeded
in safety as far as the Sydenham station. The
Sydenham passengers having alighted there, the
train was about to start again, when another
engine, without a train, which had been employed
on the line for the removal of the fallen earth, ran
into the back of the train, breaking the two last carriages,
and a truck which was attached to the train. The crash
was dreadful, and was heard distinctly at a distance of
several hundred yards from the place where the collision
took placb ; this, with the screams of the affrighted
female passengers, eaused a general belief that many
snore had been injured than proved to be the case. Upon
extricating the people from the 'shattered carriages, it
was found that four or five passengers, as well as three
or four railway labourers who were returning home
after their day's work, had been bruised or wounded.
The princtipal sufferers were a Mrs. Jackson, of Croy-
don, who had her face severely cut and some of her •
teeth knocked out by being violently dashed against the
back of a seat in the carriage ; a man named Best, who
it is said has had three of his ribs broken, and had
received some internal contusions, and a Mr.
Coulson, who was cut very severely upon the temple.
The engine ' which caused this serious accident
was one which had been lent by the Brighton Railway
Company, and the driver of it, whose name is Goldsmith,
is the man who drove one of the engines at the time of
the melancholly collison of the trains on the Brighton
Railway last summer, by which several lives were lost.
It may be remembered that Goldsmith on that occasion
was found lying under the tender, covered with sand and
water, and that his evidence was obliged to be taken
while lying in his bed, suffering under the severe injuries
he had received. On Friday night it was asserted that
the accident waacaused by his being drunk at the time ;
he was, therefore; instantly taken into custody by the
Railway police; and kept at Sydenham until the follow-
ing morning, , when he was removed 'to Croydon, and
brought before the sitting magistrates there. It was
then found that Sydenham, where the accident occur-
red, being in the parish of Lewisham, the case should
be sent to the Greenwich magistrates ; accord-
ingly the prisoner was removed there, and brought
before Mr. Grove, at the police-office, charged by Mr.
Rallett, the superintendent of the London and Brighton
Railway, with being drunk, and for wilfully running
into the carriage train. This witness deposed that he
was on the engine of the Croydon train at the time when
it stopped at Sydenham station; that he felt a sudden
concussion, and got down to discover what had caused it,
when he saw that another engine , without arty person on
it, had run into the last carriages of the train. In a few
seconds, the prisoner, who was the driver of the engine
that had done the damage, came up; in witness's, opinion
he was drunk.
James Davenport, the railway constable who took the
prisoner into custody, was questioned as to the prisoner's
being drunk, but he could not say positively that he
was so.
The prisoner in his defence denied that he was drunk,
and • asserted that he could not. see the red light in the
back of the last carriage, in consequence of a man named
Adams, who was standing up in the truck; attached to
the carriage, and whose person interposed between him
and the light.
Adams, a labourer on the line, who had heen sent
with the truck from the Dartmouth Arms station, swore
that he was sitting and not standing when the collision
took place, and that the red lamp was three feet at least
above his head.
Mr. Seaman, the Superintendent at the Dartmouth
station, deposed that he attached the truck to the passen-
ger train at that place. Ho directed Adams to go with
the truck, for the purpose of detaching it speedily at an
intermediate station. At the time the train started from
the Dartmouth Arms station, Adams was sitting in the
truck, and the red signal light was quite correct, and per-
fectly visible. As soon as deponent heard of the accident
he proceeded to Sydenham, and had the disabled engine
and carriages removed from the line.
Mr. Gregory, the engineer of the Croydon Railway,
stated the number of persons who had been hurt by the
accident. The Company, he added, had given every
assistance in their power to the sufferers.
Mr. GROVE, at the conclusion of the evidence, said,
that in justice to all parties he would give no decision on
the case until Thursday, in order to obtain further evi-
dence respecting the signal light, as it was upon the fact
of the light being visible or not to the prisorer that the
case principally turned ; in the meantime, he. would
admit him to bail.
The prisoner was then held to bail, himself in 201.,
and two sureties in 101. each, to appear before the Ma-
gistrates on next Thursday.