The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING,

for having denounced the Concordat letween this
country and Rome, negotiations for evhich never had
am existence, is remarkable for its puerility. The
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has set this bugbear at
rest. In a letter, under his own hand, addressed to
Archbishop Murray, his Lordship denies that there
was any, the slightest, ground for the story respecting
" a negotiation for a Concordat." The torrent of
obloquy and abuse which Mr. O'Connell poured
forth upon Archbishop Murray, for his sup-
posed privity and assent to this negotiation, is thus
shown to have had no provocation. "There has never
existed," says Lord Heytesbury, " the slightest inten-
tion of entering into any negotiation with the Papal
See upon the subject of a Concordat." Fifty of the
clergy in the diocese of Dublin, of which the (Ca-
tholic) Archbishop Murray is the head, have sub-
scribed an address to him, couched in terms of the
most reverential and affectionate respect, and pro-
mising in all things to be guided and governed by his
advice and authority. These are unmistakeable signs
of repeal declension. If the Government be wise
enough to improve the opportunity, there is hope for
Ireland. But if there be nothing effectual done for
the improvement of the people, and the day of pro-
pitious events be allowed to expire, without remedial
measures for the grievances which have produced re-
peal agitation—then will agitation, under another
name, and in another form, be re-kindled, and the last
error will be worse than the first.

STANDARD.—We never complain of fair war,
how fiercely soever it may be waged, by the press.
Indeed, we conceive a kind of affection for the adversary
who hits hardest, if only his blows are straight, and de-
livered in a manly manner. We should infinitely
prefer shaking hands with John of Tuam to the
touch of Dr. Pusey, Mr. Newman, or Mr. Oakeley.
Nay, even among the Tractarians, we would respect
Mr. 'Ward for that challenge—which Dr. Tait says is
his only offence—had not the challenge been soiled
by his subsequent shabby refusal to acknowledge
his own book containing it. This is, we suppose,
bad taste, because it is not, we believe, the common
taste. However, it is our taste, and we think that
the public interests would gain, as the interests of
truth certainly would, if it were made general.
This, however, by the way. In proportion as we
respect fair war, do we dislike foul blows ; and it is
our business to-day to expose a system of foul
play on the part of the Morning Chronicle, to
which we slightly alluded yesterday, and which
our Contemporary seems resolved to persevere
in. We mean the imputation upon the Foreign
Minister that the Times is his organ. The Morning
Chronicle, in a leading article of this morning, re
peats the foul imputation—foul in every sense—
no less than three or four times in one
short column. If our Contemporary retorts upon
us, that we ascribe its articles on foreign policy,
and similar articles of the Globe, to the
dictation of Lord Palmerston, our answer is,
that the charging any nobleman or gentleman with
writing in the Morning Chronicle or Globe, or dic-
tating an opinion to either of these journals, im-
putes nothing disgraceful, more particularly when
the nobleman or gentleman happens to be
a Whig, whether " juvenile" or mature.
l'he case of the Times is notoriously otherwise ;
crawling through all parties, it has left some of its
slime upon each; and it is a remarkable circumstance
connected with that journal, that whenever any
foul opprobrium is cast upon any party, it
is supplied by the conduct of the Times,
during its connexion with that party in the
course of its tortuous career. The Reform Bill,
say the evicted proprietors of Schedule A., was
carried by brutal violence, because the Reform
journals called for " brick-bats and bludgeons ;"
the Times being the only Reform journal that
ever made the savage and treasonable appeal.
The Whig Ministers, say their sorrowing friends,
were driven from office by a fanatical rage,
excited by the orators of Exeter Hall ; the
Times, the Standard, and the Morning Herald de-
nouncing the Roman Catholic clergy as " sur-
pliced ruffians," a " demon priesthood," &c. &c.,
the truth being that no Exeter Hall orator ever used
such foul and gross language; nor did any journal,
except the Times, ever print such phrases—as, indeed,
we lately had occasion to explain in our own defence.
Thus it happens that the Times leaves its stain
upon every party which it encumbers and soils
with its temporary support. The stain is, how-
ever, a wound when inflicted upon a public man,
and we are sorry to be obliged to declare that we be-
lieve that in this case it is intended to attack the peace
of Europe through the sides of Lord Aberdeen.
The Times is known to be odious—most justly odious
in France—and let Frenchmen be once persuaded
that the Foreign Minister of England entertains as
his organ the journal that for a year has done
little in its foreign department but heap the foulest
insults upon France, her functionaries, fleets, and
armies, and they must regard that Foreign Minister
as an enemy, and even their own ministers as
treacherous servants in keeping on terms of civility
with such a Minister, and vouching for his good in-
tentions. The Times will not disclaim the Foreign-
office organship ; for when did the Times ever sacri-
fice the chance of a shilling upon its day's sale to
any public object ? And, therefore, we, who know
just enough of the Foreign-office to know that it has
no connection direct or indirect with any newspaper,
are therefore under the necessity of exposing the foul
and mischievous misrepresentation. Of course ene-
mies will ascribe the part we take to jealousy, as the
Standard has been so often untruly called "the Go-
vernment organ ;" our reply to such a charge is th
we never, either directly or indirectly, prentended to
the title, and never omitted an opportunity of respect-
fully but explicitly disclaiming it.

THE SHAP WICK MURDERS.
Yesterday (Friday) the Coroner's jury assembled at
Shapwick, to ascertain the cause of the death of James
Dimond, an illegitimate child, aged seven years, of
Sarah Freeman, who died in November, 1843. The body
was exhumed on Saturday last, and a portion of the
contents of the stomach was subjected to analytical
tests by Mr. Herapath, who pronounced it as
his opinion that the child had been poisoned
by arsenic. Evidence was given which incul-
pated Sarah Freeman in administering the poison ;
and a verdict of Wilful Murder against her was re-
turned. Five other sudden deaths of children have, it
is said, lately taken place in one family in this parish,
which Sarah Freeman was in the habit of visiting ;
and it is expected that further exhumations and in-
quiries will in consequence take place.

One hundred and twenty-four gentlemen have given
the requisite notice of intending to apply during the pre-
sent term to be admitted to practise as attorneys in the
Court of Queen's Bench ; and there are no less than
thirty-three notices for re-admission, making a total
of one hundred and fifty-seven.

Mocha, and 553 bags Costa Rica; Ceylon was nearly
all disposed of. Plantation kinds at full rates,
but good ord went again 6d cheaper-Planta-
tion, fine fine ord sold at 68s to 745, low mid
765, fine fine ord 635, fine ord unclean 58s Gd, good ord
545, pea berry 86s 6d, inferior 78s 6d, good ord pale
50s 6d to 51s 6d ; Mocha all sold, in consequence of a
decline in prices of 2s to 3s having been submitted to-
mid clean yellow long berry sold at 65s to 695, good and
fine ord green 59s to 61s 6d, and good ord brown 58s to
59s ; Costa Rica was taken in-low mid at 58s, fine fine
ord 54s to 555, fine ord 51s, and inferior 44s per cwt.
COCOA.-The dullness in the West India market has
increased, and former rates are barely supported ; there
has been scarcely any business doing by private con-
tract, and at public sale 224 packages were all taken
in-Trinidad mixed red at 41s, ord rather mouldy
40s. Foreign is still wanted, and prices rule
high in consequence of the scanty supply at market.
MoL,a.ssEs.-This afternoon there was less demand for
West India Molasses, and 152 puns at auction were only
partly sold at 19s 6d for ordinary, and at 17s per cwt for
very low quality.
TEA.-The market is firm, and importers still refrain
from offering any at public sale, the deliveries have again
exceeded the arrivals, and the stock consequently has
further diminished. Congou has been more inquired
after during the last few days, and a fair business has
been transacted at full prices, common selling at lld
to llid, and good common 114 d to is id per
lb, the market is sparingly supplied with all descriptions.
Pouchong has met with a good sale, but not at higher
rates, common fetching 7d to Bd, and the better sorts
9d to Is 2d per lb ; the lower sorts are most in request.
In Twankay the transactions are upon a more extended
scale, common at is 24d to is 34d per lb. Hyson is
much in request and in consequence of the short supply
prices are fully as high, common fetching 2s 7d to 2s Bd,
mid 2s 9d to 2s 10d, good 2s lid to 3s, and fine
3s 2d to 4s 6d per lb. There are several buyers oc
young Hyson, but there is little in the market. Imperia,
and Gunpowder are little inquired for, but prices do no.
give way. Fine scented Orange Pekoe is fetching 3s 4d
to 3s 5d per lb, and there is still a scarcity of this kind
of Tea. The clearances of Tea for home consumption
from this port are going on at the rate of half a million
pounds weekly. The trade do not hold a large quan-
tity of black or green. The quantity of Tea in specula-
tors' hands is less than for some years at this time.
SPICES.-This afternoon black Pepper met with less
attention, and 1,000 bags of Malabar at auction sold at
a decline on former rates of id per lb-half heavy selling
at 3d to 3id, heavy 50 to 34d, light 2id to 21d, and sea
damaged 21d to 31- Cassia Lignea was in good
demand, and 400 boxes at public sale all sold at
full prices for the low and mid kinds, but good went
Is to 2s per cwt cheaper-good thin sold at 65s 6d, good
mid 60s to 61s 6d, mid 56s 6d to 58s 6d, low mid 54s to
543 Gd, ord coarse 52s to 52s 6d, good ord 53s to 53s 6d,
discoloured 51s to 555, broken ends 53s 6d to 54s 6d,
mouldy 51s to 53s 6d, and broken 48s 6d to 49s per cwt.
Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-The home and ex-
port idemand for Jamaica Rum has been limited this
week ; only small parcels have been sold, at 3s 6d to
3s 8d for common and mid quality, 28 to 30 per cent
over proof. In Leewards there has been very little bust-
nese done, and there are sellers of proof at 2s 3d. Calcutta
Runs, 2s to 2s Id per gall proof, with certificate. Demerara
at 3s Id to 3a 3d for good and fine strong qualities. The
stock of Brandy is still diminishing, and for the best de-
scriptions there has been a good demand since our last
report. Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838,
hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s Id; ditto 1839, hhds ss, puns 4s
10(1 ; ditto 1840, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; ditto,
1841, hhds 4s I Id, puns 4s 9d ; ditto, 1842, hhds 4s Bd,
puns 4s 6d ; ditto, 1843, hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d, common
2s 8d to 2s lid, middling to good middling 3s to 3s 10d,
and Bordeaux 2s 6d to 2s 9d per gallon. Geneva, expo t
at is 10d, and fine for home consumption 2s 4d to 3s 6d.
English Corn Spirits lOs 2d per gallon cash.
RICE.-This afternoon of Madras Rice 1000 bags at
auction were mostly taken in at 6d to is jeer cwt above
the value; good yellow at 10s, yellowish white Bengal
kind at lOs 6d, a few lots of damaged sold at stiff rates
and fetched 8s to 9s 6d per cwt.
SALTPETRE.-This afternoon rough was less wanted,
and 400 bags of Madras at auction were taken in at 25s
to 25s 6d for mid white rather damp 10i per cent refrac-
tion, being the full worth.
CocutNEAL.-An increased desire has been mani-
fested to purchase this at ticle, and prices are still going
up ; indeed there is not sufficient at market to supply
the wants of shiprers or tha home trade. At auction
86 bags of Honduras were nearly all disposed of at
id per lb advance, fine bold silvers at 4s 10d
to 4s I Id, good 4s 8d to 4s 9d, mid 4s 7d, very
low foxey to ordinary 4s 5d to 4s 6d; 18 bags of Granilla
sold at is 9d to 2s 10d for small ordinary and good bold,
and 3 bags of Garblings at is 6d to is 9d per lb. The
ships arrived of late have brought a less quantity of
Cochineal than was expected.
Ous.-Importers of Cod Oil are anxious sellers on
account of the increasing arrivals, and have submitted
to a reduction on previous rates of lOs to 15s; buy ers,
however, are more inclined to do business upon L?o.ese
terms, and at 291 10s to 30/ per tun several parcels 'nave
been disposed of. Seal at 321 10s to 331 for pale; 31 )1 to
311 for yellow, 31/ to 321 for straw, and at 28/ to 29 1 for
brown. Southern 28/ to 33/ per tun for low to fine.
Sperm, British 851 to 881 per tun accepted. Linseed Oi I, on
the spot at 23s 6d to 23s 9d, and for delivery in Ms rch,
April, and May at 24s 3d to 24s 6d. Rape Oil pale
36s to 36s 6d, and brown 35s to 35s 6d per cwt. Of C• 4 ,coa
Nut 159 hhds of Ceylon at public sale were all die.p4 se'l
of, fine at 271 lOs to 28/, and good 271 per tan. Pi ice,
have advanced for African Ground Nut Oil owing to the
scanty supply ; 20 brls at auction fetched 341 IC s to
351 10s per tun. Palm 25s to 26s per cwt paid for
fine quality. Olive 421 to 481 paid for Gallipoli ; 4 I lto
421 for Spanish, 41/. for Sicily, and 391 to 40/per tu:s r for
Barbary and Levant.
This afternoon prices further declined for Sperm Oil -; 150
tuns at auction only partly sold at 80/ to 8415 s foir oil,
and at 8315 s to 84‘ for headmatter. Southern is the a per;
100 tuns at public sale partly sold at 291 15s to 321, and
Elephant at 28/ to 29/ per tun.
TALLow.-This afternoon at public sale 100 casl ks of
St Petersburgh yellow Candle went at 38s 6d to 38 s 9d,
119 casks Soap Tallow at 37s 3d to 37s 6d, 453 pkgs
South American at 35s 6d to 38s 3d, 245 casks New
South Wales 35s to 40s, and 138 casks Ist sort Sil ieria
yellow Candle at 38s 9d per cwt.

STATE OF THE HOSIERY A..ND
LACE TRADES.
The condition of the wrought cotton hose bra: nch is
much as previously reported. The cut-up branch .is also
very dull, and the drawer branch is much the same.
The silk branch is in a languishing state. The lar Abut-
net trade is dull, but we do not hear of those heavy
complaints we did some time since. Great exs rtions
are making on all sides to improve the manufacture as
respects patterns, but not as regards the texture of the
net, in the levers machines, the other three r rinci-
ples of the circular bolt, the tranverse warp, an d the
pusher, in general making traversed nets. Tho latter
principle, we had hoped, would have been ere tl ,is in
full activity, but it appears the heavy cost of apj lying
the jacquard, and the delicate construction of thi ma-
chinery, have prevented the owners from extendix .g the
manufacture. A new, and, as we hope, importat .t ma-
nufacture, is produced from the traverse warp ma-
chine, at Beeston, f6r which Messrs. Nichols, Gold-
smith-street, London, have a patent. The a r tiale in
general use, is made from the weaver's lux )m, and
is termed braiding, of which there are abc .ut 500
weavers employed in England, and about a third . of that
number in France. The French have the mon opol7 of
a similar manufacture at Tarrare, near Lyons, i pith this
exception, that- the French fabric is made all p lain, t.ho
English invented article is part plain and is in open
work. That made on the traverse warp re zchine is
part lace and part plain or linen work. The a' angularity
of this production is, that the linen work, thol igh made
at the same time with the net, is made as 1. log again
(or even more), and is gathered on the edge i into plaits
or puckers, so as to form a puff. The contrasi; between
the net and the linen is darker and more stri 4 ing than
we hive yet seen produced, even by the needle-, and has
a truly elegant and unique appearance. At 3 resent it
is made in stripes, the net being slightly orr tamented,
either with bullet holes or the insertion of tl reads, in
the same manner as traverse warp nets are i a general
o"namented. These puffs can, when require d, be in-
stantly stopped and succeeded by net, and thi .re is rea-
son to think that puffed or embossed patterx is may be
made by the application of the jacquard. cum what
we can learn, the pusher machines are adaptec 1 to make
this article, which it is hoped will be patronis ed by th©
English nobility and gentry in their spring fash ions, and
thus give a new impetus to native industry. T. he article
is perfectly sound and good, and bids defiance to the
ordeal of the wash-tub.—The warp-lace trade- is slowly
improving, but is not much increasing in tly, e extent
of machinery. Every branch and departmu ait seems
upon the increase, but the tatting branch ap p ears the
most stable and flourishing.—Nottingham Revu27.

COAL INARIEET.
Prices per ton at the close of the market :- --13mddle's
West Hartley, 19s 6d; Cart's Hartley, I9s 6d ; CI ,ester
Main, 20s ; Hasting's Hartley, 19s 6d ; Holyv r ell Alain,
20s ; Nelson's West Hartley, 19s 6d ; Old: Po ntop,
17s 6d ; Ord's Redheugh, 188 ; Townley, 19s ; West
Hartley, 19s 6d ; West Wylam, 19s 6d ; W. E.., Gibson,
22s ; W. E., Huston, 20s 6d ; W. E., Killingwol rth, 21s;
W. E., Stewart's, 24s ; W. E., Gordon, 20s ; W. E.,
NVoodefield, 16s ; Hartley, 19s 6d ; Townhii 1 Elgin,
19s; West Hartley Netherton, 19s 6d.—Ships ari ived, 19.
. _
COURSE OF EXCHAN

Amsterdam CF. 12 8
Ditto, at sight _..... 12 6
Rotterdam 2U. 12 8i
Antwerp 26 0
Hamburgh M.B. 13 14
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70
Ditto, 3 months 25 95
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 10
Frankfort on l!rtaine 122
Petersbargh, 3Us 37
Berlin 7

GE.—(YESTE: 8 WAY.)
Gibraltar... ..... ..
Leghorn 3l 0
Genoa 26 0
Milan ...
Venice ..... . 47
Naples . . 39
Palermo, pisr 0z..... . 119
Lisbon ......... .. 53
Oporto. 53
Rio Jane/re—.-- 24
Bahia 24
Buenos .Ayitts. ..... .
NewYork.2:'dyssig ht
Philadelbin . --
PRICKS c.)? RULL'..( .N, Ilia OZ.
Foreign G1)4.1, ba g
...cs 17 9
Portugal Gold C oin 3 17 5
New Doubloons .0 0 0
New Dollars
Silver Po !Um. 0 4 11i

Vienna, effee. fi. 3AL 10 1
Trieste, ditto

Madrid
Cadiz
Bilbao 36

Barcelona .............. 36

Seville —

On Monday morning, at about four o' ci ock, a fire,
entirely the result of accident, broke out at., N( 6, Edgar-
buildings, Bath, the residence of Col. Stru'a, bn t which, by
timely assistance, was confined to the bedroom f that gen-
tlemaN, in whichit originated. We are sorry, /3, -waver, to
b tate that, in addition to the alarm which the acci lent occa-
sioned, the Gallant Colonel suffered personal iarj ury from
the flames, being much scorched on his hands. and face,
as did also his daughter, the Hon. Emily Stru , who, in
her endeavours to extinguish the fire, was very severely
burned on her hands and about her head auci
Devizes Gazette.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOD SE.

Two men, named Reilly and Chowns, were charged
before the Lord Mayor with having conspired together
to defraud the mate of a vessel which had just arrived
from a long voyage. The case, which excited the
greatest interestwas occasionally interrupted by bursts
of laughter.
Mr. E. Morris, the proprietor of the East India
Arms Tavern, in Fenchurch-street, stated that while
he was in the cellar some person had gone up stairs,
accompanied by a sailor, and, another man having
speedily followed, there was reason to apprehend that
all was not right. Something was ordered to drink
by the two first visitors, and the witness soon after-
wards heard the clinking of a lock, and one of those
in the room offered to lay a wager of 201. or 25/.,
upon which an officer was sent for, and the sailor, who
was a jolly, open-hearted fellow, and the two prison-
ers, were suddenly stopped as they were rising to
depart, and informed that they must stay a little for
the sake of justice. It was in fact seen that the two
prisoners had laid a plan for robbing the sailor, and as
an attempt of a similar kind had been made about two
years before in the same house, the witness was de-
termined to make an example of the men at the bar if
possible.
The following particulars were collected from the
impetuous and disjointed statement of the mate :—As
the mate was going along Fenchurch-street, he asked
a man, who happened to be the prisoner Reilly, the
way to the station in the Minories. Reilly said he
was going that way himself, and he would show the
way, but proposed that they should have a dro of
beer together; and together they went into the Last
India Arms, in one of the private rooms of which
they had no sooner sat down, than in walked the
other gentleman, Mr. Chowns, who seemed to be
quite a stranger, began to drink by himself, and pro-
duced a lock, which he said nobody could open. The
mate, who never, he declared, had seen so foolish a
lock in his life, opened it with ease ; and another lock,
equally simple and foolish in appearance having been
exhibited by Mr. Chowns, he offered to open that
with as little difficulty, and then the challenge to bet,
which had been heard by the policeman, was made.
The mate happened to have securities for the money
about him, but no money, otherwise the wager would
have been very probably, as he said himself laid, and
the trick would have succeeded.
Here several flash notes and counterfeit sovereigns,
which were found in the posession of the prisoners,
were produced, as were some marked cards. They
were both known to the police as common cheats,
and one of them had been tried at the Central Criminal
Court.
It was not until the prisoners and the mate were
introduced to the Lord Mayor, that the latter had
any idea into what sort of company he had unluckily
got, and if it had not been for the keenness of the
landlord of the tavern, he would no doubt have had
to lament the incident which introduced him to their
acquaintance, although at that time :he had no cash
in his possession.
The LORD MAYOR—Why, my good fellow, it was
a very fortunate thing for you that ',you escaped so
well out of the clutches of these men.
The mate—l see they are a pair of d—d scoundrels,
but I could have opened twenty such locks, and I'd
lay any money of it. You never saw anything so
foolish. Why, one of these gentlemen offered to lay
me 401.

The LORI) MAYOR—And if you had had the money
you would have betted ? The mate—Yes, I dare
say I should; and I'd have won, too.—(A laugh.)
The policeman here produced the lock which the
mate had opened, and another lock resembling it,
which was made so as not to be capable of being
opened at all. The sleight-of-hand substitution of
one of these locks for the other, was one of the
modes of obtaining plunder ; and in aid of that plan
the counterfeit money and bank-notes were kept in
pocket-books by the prisoners, who were both smartly
dressed, Chowns being attired like a respectable coun-
tryman.
The mate—Why, that gentleman that looks like a
farmer told us, when he joined us, that he was the
gamekeeper to the Earl of Pembroke, and he said he
had come to town to look for two of his master's
hounds, that were locked together with the same sort
of lock, and that wherever the dogs were they must
be together, as nobody else could open the lock.
The Loan MAYOR—Did he say the Earl of Pem-
broke's dogs had been stolen ? The mate—He did
so; and I advised him to go to the police about the
dogs ; and I did think him a great fool, but I find
that I was the fool, after all.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Woolf, for one of the prisoners—But you lost
nothing by the transaction ? The mate—Nothing at
all. I gained by it, for I had some beer and I never
paid for it.—(Laughter.) What an unlucky fellow I
am. Here I come home after being shipwrecked
and being away three years, and the instant I come
ashore I get into the hands of a pair of rascals, and
then I am taken up by the police and brought here to
complain against them, and I want to have nothing at
all to do with them, but to call and see my relations
and be off to sea again. Was there ever so unfortu-
nate a man as I am
The Loan MAYoa said it would be lamentable if
such fellows escaped justice any longer.
Mr. Hobler, who appeared for the second prisoner,
submitted that there was no case against his client
for the Central Criminal Court.

The LORD MAYOR remanded the prisoners, and
stated that he would not take less bail for each of
them than two good securities for 1001. each, and
their own recognisances in 2001. each.
Adolphus Valentine Wyatt, eating-house keeper, of
Silver-street, was committed to Newgate for trial
upon the charge of having committed a felonious as-
sault upon Mary Ann Lee, his servant.