The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-06 00:00:00

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to his place of business, he discovered that a lot of , 7.es.ONEY MARKET and CITY N-LO,
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crape lisse, of the value of two pounds, se • missing. ,
FROM THU MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.,,,.
Suspecting the prisoner, he spoke to him on -he subject, ,
CITY, THURSDAY Eves:To
when he (Horden) confessed that he had pawned the !
, jsroT224 ES. —The following is an extract from a e..,
crape for five shillings, at the same time giving up the
Galveston, dated October 1, received in the Cit):iir
ticket and the balance of the money in his possession, :
"yin invasion is expected. Galveston is cntirely*oo
llis object for giving him into custody was, that 'he ,
gait defence, and Texas has tot a single vessel thilt
might be remanded for a few days, as there were a
_men, _
put to .ea against the enemy."
her of other things missing, which might be traced ir, tee rP°r°
: The plan of stamping bunkers' cheques, fortbel3l. 1.1
teem); i rae. be ea
of securingaprolit to the revenue that could not -,, dee
The prisoner said that he had only been in London like the present duty on receipts, has been a goua
abont two months. Six or seven weeks back complainant discusaed in the City among persons connected w-ji
offered, as he was doing nothin ,sob take him at a re- various branches of business. Among the remarl'
duced salary until he could fi tter situation. He on it is one against its adoption, which certainly' 01`.0$
was to receive 12s. per week, but had not been regularly consideration. This is to the effect, that the stamp
paid after the first fortnight, sometimes receiving only the cques would fall unequally on different classes oio
35., 45., or ss. on Saturday evening, and at the present community, and, at the same time, without Or o,
time there was a balance of over 30s. due to him. It like a 'proportion to the income of the paying Zed
was in consequence of being in great distress, owing to By the nature of their business, merchants, mon, of
Mr. Hughes's irregular mode of paying him, that he the Stock Exchange, and others, are constantly arleng,
pawned the crape. cheques in the course of the day, many of which v,,,10
Alderman WOOD wished to know whether the pri- perhapS, but little profit, and these, though theirrie
soner's statement was correct. were small, might be paying at a rate tqual to thilespd,
Mr. liughea said he believed there was about 1/. ss. come-tax on a handsome fin-tune. On the other too
due to him, as he was not always able to pay the whole the wealthy retired persons at the other end of th! 0 oil
amount. lie had heard that morning that Horden had frequently draw but a few large cheques in the 01'%%1,
called last Monday on a customer of hia and obtained the week ; so that, unless something like a grain! se
ten shillings in his (Mr. Hughes's) name. itch in i
scale were adopted, it is contended that these 11
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The prisoner declared that he borrowed the mosey on tire people might be paying pence while the actieaqii
his own account, until he received the balance of his less opulent merchants would be paying pounds. :0
salary, and had given an acknowledgment for it to moreover, apprehended that even if the measure
the party. adopted, ready means would be found to evade it. , le
Alderman WOOD asked the prisoner if he had taken The Government having ceased to make monthfeie
anything else, or had any more tickets of property turns in the Gazette of the average circulation of 130 01
about him ? England by the private and joint-stock banks, iteti
Horden said that he had not, nor would he have taken formerly the custom under the provisions of thel4l),o
the crape had Mr. Hughes paid him regularly. 4 and 5 Victoria, cap. 50 (the Act passed in o_, il
Alderman WOOD said that in this case he should dis- becomes a matter of some importance to ascerwir
charge the prisoner, as it was evident the things were what manner the public are to obtain this necessal lot
taken to obtain necessaries. If ernploi ers wanted good formatiOn. It does not appear very evident that siuo o
servants they must be good masters, for if those em- Act for the regulation of the Bank of England aunoalt
ployed were not supplied the necessary means of exist- banks of issue, which was passed this year, and hi„,eel,
ence, it must be expected that things of this sort would certain returns are ordered to be made has in any
ct;er
take place. In the present instance, Mr. Hughes had superseded the former arrangements; but the fweslll
taken the prisoner into his service at a very low salary office have ever since merely published in the "awl
—too small to expect him to dress in the usual style of the weekly amount of each banker's circulation, an ,
his class, and even that small sum was only given to ceased to render the averages as heretofore. f 010
him a few shillings. at a time. Mr. Hughes could expect We are indebted to the Bankers' Magazine 0, ty
nothing else. month for a reprint, in a more convenient form, fond
Mr. Hughes again asked to have him remanded to see returns contained in the Gazette of the cirenhilgao
if the other things missing could be traced. notes in England for the weeks ending the 19th Groot
Alderman Wools refused to deal with the case, and of October and the 2d and 9th of November ; $ll9OOlO
the prisoner was discharged. as the persons immediately connected with the d... 110
CLERKEIV WELL. banks are concerned in this question, these rett%ppi
Yesterday an elderly woman, named Davis, occupying all that they can require, and are much better rheesti
the upper part of a house in Store-street, Bedford- for reference than the Gazettes themselves ; but ;410
square, appeared to a summons at the instance of Mrs. not sufficient for the wants of the public, as
V 'lO
Fentutn, formerly music-seller of the Strand, to show persons can be expected to take the trouble of ack(liletit/)
cause why she detained a pianoforte. six closely printed pages, containing each four 4,,k10
It appeared that in they ear 1842, Mr. Horncastle. the columns of large amounts, and the aggregate 1100
vocalist, took apartmeat the defendant's, and whilst is nearly 3e,000,000. We therefore insert the r° -'
there, he hired a piano of Mrs. Fentum at 109. per abstract, compiled from these tables :
month. He made some payments, but at the time of his The.four weekly returns above enumerated fit
death, which took place about six weeks ago, he was in- gether the aggregate circulation of the month irtelf
debted to Mrs. Fentum for the hire of the instrument a on the 9th of November, and give an average c
considerable sum of money. She applied for the piano, tion as follows : X. tilt
but the defendant refused to let her have it, on account Private banks
Joint-stock banks
of arrears due to her by Mr. Horncastle for board and 3,22"
lodging, and that her goods were about to be diatrained ----e'
by her landlord. She therefore detained the piano, un-
less Mrs. Fentum paid the arrears of the deceased. So •
licitors attended pro and con, and, argued at great length
upon the case, when it was proposed by the magistrate
that the piano should be produced, but Miss Davis obsti-
nately declined acceding to this, and in order that some
arrangement might be entered into by the parties, the
case was adjourned until yesterday, when the com-
plainant attended with her solicitor, but the defendant
appeared without her legal adviser, and said that since
the adjournment of the case, the landlord had dis-
strained on the piano, and she, consequently, could not
produce it.
Mr. GREENWOOD, under the circumstances, could not
make any order, as the law required him to order the
party having possession of the property to return it, and
the distraint being made, and the piano not being in the
possession of defendant, he must leave the complainant
to the civil remedy by action, or to have another sum-
mons. Ile, however, pronounced it to be a wicked pro-
ceeding, very much like fraud, on the part of Miss Davis,
who ought to pay Mrs. Fentum for the piano.
The case was dismissed.
HAMMERSMITH.
ROBBERIES OF PLATE AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE
Duxes. OF RICHMOND, &c.—A man of respectable ap-
pearance, who gave the name of Benjamin Ewan, was
brought before Mr. G. Clive, charged with having sto-
len a massive silver teapot, the property of his Grace
the Duke of Richmond.

Total circulation of private notes in Eng- 59111
land 7,85
On a comparison with the return for the month ell
the 12th of October, this shows :

A. decrease in the notes of the private soli
banks of
A decrease in the notes of the joint-
111543
stock banks of
Total decrease last month .. 150,4
And as compared with the same period last Y 01950.
Decrease in the notes of the private-banks °
Decrease in the notes of the joint-stock- 95,141
banks

Total decrease as compared with the same 4
36 681 i
1 r
period last year ests%
The. Bankers' Almanack for 1845, gives aLt
the country bank:issues, as allowed by the ';s frA
which is probably more correct than any 1-009/
lished, as they have corrected several slight 9
which appear to have been made in the Gazettes' •
estimate is as follows :
r 4 407,
208 private banks allowed to issue .... X5,1J"'.'446,

72 joint-stock banks allowed to issue 3,4
---
Total 64S,
, be,
From a comparison of this statement with Lt 010,!
monthly average, it appears that the private uns.,o,
about 520,0001., and the joint-stock banks aboutxl
below their allowed issues.. And it may 11.,,,ereadi,4
served, that the last week, ending, the 9th of I'v-oflr
is in both oases lower Shan the above average
`month.. '
SUN.—The Funds maintains steady appeare'rivA
solo have been 1001 to 101 for Money this afternocj "i)
99i to par, ex div., for the opening. Bank Dt.
dune at 208. New Three-and-st-Quarter le'
were 1021 ; and the Three per Cents., 100 t
The Foreign Stocks varied but little after thelfteA
Spanish Five per Cents, were 25 to 244 ; the
Cents., 36i,-1; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cen, bt
The additional transactions in Railway Sligl'olitrAl
been these :—Bristol and Gloucester, 6i ; , Ovi
Valley; 11 f ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 11 to Z'l*)
Western, 69 ; Ditto, Half, 39; Ditto, Fifths, l!'.
pool and Manchester, 113; South-Western, 391 to I ;
Kent, ; Richmond and West-End Junction, ,
South-Eastern, Scrip, 61 ; Boulogne and Ateil e,,%,.4.,
Orleans and Vierzon, 9 ; Orleans and Border, 1!
Paris and Lyons, 1 ; Paris and Orleans, 20+ ~111
and Roluen, 191 ; and Paris and Strasbourg,
mium. Brighton have been 11 to discount.

Inspector Morgan deposed that on the Ist of June
last, he was at the shop of Mr. -Tames Aldous, pawn-
broker, of King-street, Hammersmith, when he saw a
silver teapot, of costly manufacture, which had been
pledged there. Immediately afterwards he saw in the
Government Police Gazette, that on the 25th of May,
there was stolen from the house of the Duke of Rich-
mond, No. 51, Portland-place, a large silver teapot,
which, froth the description he got, ivory handle and
top, crest a lion, he recognised to be the same teapot
he had seen at Mr. Aldoas's. He had since endeavoured
to find the person by whom the teapot had been pledgcd,
but had not succeeded in doing so until that morning,
when being again in Mr. Aldous's shop, he saw the pri-
soner there. He told the prisoner he was the person
he wanted. The prisoner asked him what he wanted
him for, and he told him about the silver teapot. Mr.
Aldous's shopman then brought forward the teapot, and
the prisoner admitted having pledged it, he thought there
could be no harm in his trying to sell it. The prisoner
also said the teapot had been given to him by a Mr.
Hughes, together with other articles, the duplicates re-
lating to which he then held in his hand. Witness, how-
ever, being convinced that the teapot was the property of
the ' hike of Richmond, as it bore his crest, and he had
also seen the fellow to it at his Grace's residence in Port-
laid-place, wished the prisoner to be remanded for a few
days, in order to get time to obtain further evidence.
Mr. CLIVE asked the prisoner if he had anything to
say why he should not be remanded ?—The prisoner ad-
mitted having pledged the teapot, which he said was
given him for that purpose by a Mr. Hughes, a gaming-
house keeper.

GOLDEN RULES for MEN Dl ,R15,),,1
(From Cruikshank's Comic Almanack for 1'',1117.,
1. Always carry a box of lucifers in yo,'!o,' r
It is the Agis of a beggar's life, and shields hl
the invasion of policemen.
the ay

2. Never be lame and blind together in for
town. o,ie infirmity at a time is enough
coldest sympathy. i.ot Otlie)
3. Run sedulously after Quakers and
dife
especially if you have with you at the time a "
a large family. fi
4. Never fail to sing out well in cold wea f o;ti
you have three or four little boys and girls
c(j.c
sizes, to sing with you, all the better. Al"arvoic?
the middle of the street to give effect to your, ofeji
5. You must be " frozen out" regulaq
winter, and mount duty in the streets, with r,
fork, tipped with a cabbage, over your shoulle
6. Your costume in each season must be,'ript
site of that usually worn ; that is to say, utrisOloi
winter, a pair of very thin trousers and a CO ttefiDO
be all you require. Shiver violently and 0211ar'sm I
teeth as often as a person passes you. A stiod"
striped shirt, and canvas trousers, are 0'
ofil
country town.
n't
7. Mind, in your orations, you " have pi,
food for three days," and make a practice °VIIO
up bones, or old crusts, out of the gutter, an 01
ing them, if there is any one looking at you' 0101
8. Never be too modest, if any one !rim el

Mr. CLivs said he must remand the prisoner until
Tuesday next,

Inspector Morgan subsequently informed the worthy
Magistrate that he had, since the examination of the pri-
soner, ascertained that amongst the duplicates found
upon him was one relating to a number of silver dinner
forks, which were stolen on the 12th of February last
from No. 8, Grosvenor-place, the town residence of R.
H. Cox, Esq., of Hillingdon-park, and Craig's-court,
Charing-cross, which additional charge would be brought
against the prisoner at his re-examination.

DESTRUCTION OF THE GRAND
STAND at NEWCASTLE by FIRE.
NE W CASTLE-ON-TYNE, WEDNESDAY.
The inhabitants of this town were thrown into a state
of consiierable excitement last night by a report that the
Grand Stand, at our racecourse, in the occupation of
Captain Fenwick and family, was on fire, and the report
turned out to be well founded.

A special messenger arrived on horseback for the fire-
engines, and no time was lost in conveying them to the
spot. The fire had then made great progress, the grand
staircase having become ignited, and the roof appearing
as about to fall in. There was fortunately a good supply
of water in a pond near, and the engines were soon at
work playing on the destructive element, whilst parties
were engaged in removing the valuable furniture and
other things to the an-a in front. The inmates escaped
through the adjoining fields, and found a temporary
asylum in the mansion-house of Mr. Brandling. They
were chiefly ladies, and such was the rapidity with which
the flames extended after the fire was discovered, that
they had only time to escape in the dress they wore at
the time, without even head covering. By great exer-
tions the fire was at length subdued, but not before very
extensive damage had been done to the building.
From inquiries instituted, it is supposed the fire
originated in one of the upper flues or chimneys, and
thence communicated with the wooden platform erected
al the very top of the building to extend the space
occupied and let to visitors during the races. This
platform was covered with pitch and felt, and burnt with
great fury ; then it reached the grand staircase, the
%thole of which is destroyed, and spread to the apart-
ments right. and left.

°
you, to ask for " an old coat, or a pair 0. -I to et'
Recollect, Holywell-street is. not too proud
chase the most worthless of wearing apparel' rOO
9. Take care, if you are deaf and cleverij
m ''
answer any one. Suffer yourself to be e m
custody rather than notice the impertinent 04
of an officer of the Mendicity Society. Are dip
10. Take care of long crossings, if you e y
lame. It is extremely unpleasant, as well es: 0 '
to carry your crutches and run all of a 511(1°00'
happen to have at your heels a mad bull or
omnibus. belortd
11. Chalk writing is unprofitable, an 3",
the old school. If you are driven to it, "-ifolior
Ji
about spelling incorrectly, and be surept or ivg
" starving." Quiet spots, like Gower-stre,' eV!"
sell-square, are the best markets for this brw;iill
profes,ion. In great thoroughfares you eirell,
your fresco or caligraphy rubbed out by to
feeling passer-by, and be obliged ultimately
your chalks."

Several extensive improvements were determined upon
at the Stand, and this calamity renders it probable that
the old building will be entirely replaced by a new one.

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BIRTHS. , ik, the 7
On the 4th inst., at Thornham Hall, Stlu°'-' Prof
Henniker of a daughter. fd st.
On the 4th inst., at Melehbourne Park, the Lit
of a son. 800,,10111
On the 2d inst., Mrs. Hambleton Custance, a lire, f,
On the 25th ult., at Craigdarroch, Dumfrieszb title 4
of J. G. Jarvis, Esq , late Captaia in the 52d Lig IA
of a daughter. , tile •0
On the 23d ult., at the Archdeaconry, Lienl°'„ poli
Archdeacon Power, of a son. at
low
On the 28th ult., at Lee House, Lanark, ii, di 0
Lockhart, of a son and heir. nr,;. °toll till
On the 30th ult., at York-place, Clifton, eill
of Francis Ward, Esq., of a daughter. ' GOt tsilt
On the sth inst., at Winchester Cottage,,n., I" A
street, Camden-town, the wife of W. Webbe, J"' ri
01$
of a son.
fin*
On the sth inst., at Fairfield, Bow, Mrs.:::__..--'

SUDDEN DEATH.—Many of our City readers will
be shocked and surprised to learn that Mr. F. Soutter,
who for many years carried on the business of a bill and
exchange broker in Adam's-court, Old Broad-street,
was summoned by Divine Providence on Sunday last to
another state of existence. The unfortunate gentleman,
who was seen by one or two of his friends in the City
on the preceding day, apparently in excellent heath
and spirits, entered the shop of a druggist in or near
Holborn on Sunday morning (no doubt feeling ill at the
time), when he almost immediately fell dawn dead. The
immediate cause of this shocking catastrophe is at pre-
sent unknown, but it is presumed that a legal inquiry
will be instituted into the circumstances, although Mr.
Soutter's death was, in all probability, a perfectly natural
one. The deceasedgentleman, whose eccentric manner
and habits rendered him well known throughout the
City, and who was much respected in the various mer-
cantile and monetary circles, was a native of Switzer-
land, and a member of the Swiss Protestant church in
Soho, of which Mr. Audemars is the minister. He has,
we believe, no family ties whatever in this country, but
the Swiss Consul (it is understood) has undertaken the
last melancholy duties of relationship,
THE UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE for December
contains, as usual with this able periodical, many papers
of vast interest both to professional and non-professional
readers. We need only to allude to two of the most re-
markable. These are, the account of the reviews at
Verona, an excellent description of the mancouvres of
the Austrian army—" Notices from Kaffirland," a stirring
narrative of the events that have recently taken place in
the interior of our possessions at the Cape...—. A Pursuit
into the United States after British Deserters charged
with Felony," by Sir J. E. Alexander, an amusing picture
of the Sense of justice and state of feeling of the American
population bordering on Canada—" A Record of Indian
Warfare," by Percy B. St. John, contains an animated
tale of a contest between some settlers in the new Re-
public of Texas, and a tribe of Waeeo Indians;—and
" The Naval Chaplain's Note-Book"—interesting re-
tuiniscenoes of advertures in the East, combined with
some curious particulars of that extraordinary character,
Lady Hester Stanhope.
Mr. Hogg, portrait painter of Lowestoft, was ci.
Thursday found dead in his bed. The deceased feeling
himself unwell, Mrs. Hogg went out for some medicine
INt on her rectp4 §he fcgud hipa

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MARRIED.
Ist' °
On the 28th ult., T. Man Bridge, Esq.,
to Miss Julia Isolda Bissett, of the latter Plac'lleory r
On the 4th inst., at St. Marylebone Churcb, "iejefh,ool'
Harding, Esq., of Solihull, Warwickshire, t:0041,
daughter of the lat. Rev. J. Watson, of Ara"
ton, Hants.

DIED. „ 06'rut of 00
On the 29th ult., at the house of her son, relic-Geo
Mile-end, Mrs. Elizabeth Serjeant, aged 7,,c foe,
per-
Serjeant, of the Foreign NewsPa fegleO to-
Post. office.
.1100c9
On Tuesday, the 26th ult., aged 9 weeks, wiper
toce
the infant son of Mr. Jams Melhuish, of
Blandford• square. De"
On the 21st ult., at Tump, near Plyinouttllne.
Mr. Charles Manuelle, of London, stone-rn"jcyight°°'
On the Ist inst., at West-hill Lodge, dsOo
Adelaide, only daughter of W. Atree, Esq• • e elder pis
On the Ist inst., at Islington, Sarah Caroline' for
re,"
ter of Mr. John Blount Price. 69i) 1.111-
On the 2d inst., in Ebury-street, Chester ogok,
Dowson, Esq., late Captain in the 14th LighthborooPof
On the 4th inst., at Holden House, Lont'istrete° ,f,
Thomas Lotheriugton, Esq., one of the gag the
IP
county, er sta
„ i9b..tof
joOhnnsothneG4rtahnti,nmst..A, a„tatgheedl,7lc.arage, r'ent ,00-00100,
tree boo ,
On the 4th inst., in Westbourns-t,
Susannah, wife of Mr. Chalmers, of her Alai
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