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The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-09

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Srit.—The conversion of the Three-and-a-Half per Cent.
Consols is now generally rumoured. The high rate of funded
stock, the low rate of interest, and the large amount of
specie in the Bank, seem to invite the attempt. The con-
version, nevertheless, may not be so easy of accomplishment
as some people imagine. Cheap money may lead to redun-
dancy, and to a general advance of prices. The question,
therefore. may be demanded.—Can Ministers, aided by the
Bank, effect so desirable a measure ? The following reasoning
may, perhaps, throw some light on so intricate a subject.
The present market price of dollar silver is 4s. 90. per or.,
and its par price, estimated at 16 to 1 and compared with
gold at 31. 17s. 101,V., may be said to be 4s. 101 d. 6'25 per
oz. On this calculation, silver will be foe.nd to be 11.75.
per centurn cheap, r than standard gold. Hence gold, the
dearer metal, remains in the coffers of the Bank, while silver
the cheaper article, is exported.
We will now presume, that during the process of conver-
sion, the market price of silver advances from 4s. 9gd. to :is.
per uz. thereby making gold '2l. 14s. 6d. per centum cheaper
than silver. The change in the relative value of the metals
would then cause gold to be demanded at the Bank, while
silver, as an article of export, would be neglected. Any ad-
vance in the market price of silver, therefore, will be the
chief difficulty the Directors will have to contend against.
Again, should the market price of silver, during the pro-
cess of conversion remain, even for the short period of three
months at 59. pr oz., might not such a demand for gold at
the Bank be established, as to compel the Directors to put on
the screw; and would not the application of this pinching
instrument raise the rate of interest, depress the value of
Consols, and even render the conversion exceedingly hazardous ?
Should the above remarks be worthy of notice you are at
liberty to publish them. Your's, &c.,
Manchester, Gth Jan., 1640.

LUZITANO.

ASSIZES :Ind QUARTER SESSIONS

TO THE EIJITOR OF THE SUN,
Sia,—By Act of Parliament, quarter sessions might be so
fixed as to be held a short period before the spring, summer,
and winter assizes, and would be extremely convenient not only
to judges of assize but to the public, and a saving of cost to
counties. For instance, instead of the sessions been held in
January, April, July, and October, they might he held in No-
vember, February, May, and August. These periods would hap-
pen before the three assizes, and be convenient for counsel;
the quarter sessions circuits having finished, they could join
the judges the first commission day on the assize circuits.
PUBLIC GOOD.

We regret to learn that Lieutenant-General Sir
Hudson Lowe, Colonel of the 50th Regiment, is suffering from
the effects of a severe attack of paralysis, and that his state of
health is such as to cause serious apprehension of the result to
his family and friends.— United Service Gazette.
London, England, 1844-01-09

AUSTRAL ASIAN, COLONIAL, :Ind GENE.
RAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COM.
PA NY, 126, Bishopsgate-street, Corner of Cornhill.
Capital 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares.
DIRECTORS.
Edward Barnard, Esq. F.H. S. I Gideon Colquhoun, Esq.
Hobert Brooks, Esq. Charles E. Mangles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq. Riebnrd Onslow, Esq.
I John henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq.

BANKERS—Union Bank of London.

COLONIAL 13ANK E S—The Bank of Australasia (Incorporated
by Royal Charter, 1835), No. 2, Moorgate-street.
Sor.tcrroas—Messrs. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Co.
PnYsiciA N—Dr. Fraser, 62;Guildford-strert, Russell-square.
SEC ItETA RY—Eivrant Ryley, Esq.

ASSURANCES may be effected with this Company at un-
usually favourable rates, affording every variety of accommoda-
tion to the assured. Participation in profits, ascending and
descending scales of premium, permission to retain one-third
of the premium, which is charged as a debt against the policy,
tables for the assurance of a sum payable in the event of death
to the executors of the assured, or to himself upon the attain-
ment of the ages of 45, 50, or GO.
TO EMIGRANTS, TO THE AUSTRALASIAN
COLONIES in particular, who are assured for the whole
term of life, this Company offers the • dvantages of permission
to proceed to, to reside in, and to return from those colonies
without extra premium; and to pay their premiums there.

LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
No. 3, Charlotte row, Mansion-house, and 55, Chancery-lane.

TRUSTEES.
K. Kingsford, Esq. I B. Iffill, Esq.

1 J. Bidden, Esq.

PIRECTORS.
KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman.
BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Alexander Anderson, Esq. I James Hartley, Esq.
John Atkins, Esq. John .M‘Guffie, Esq.
James Bidden, Esq. I John Maclean Lee, Esq.
Captain F. Brandreth J. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq.

AUDITORS.
H. H. Cannan, Esq. Robert E. Alison, Esq.
Medical Adviser—Marshall Hall, M.D., F. R.S., L. and E.

Solicitors—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer.

THIS wp-hoolicyar,eubnloeusnsdthbeyy
COMPANY
theirde IS T -
deed
d of
constitution
no not
to
dispute
any
can prove that it was obtained by fraudulent misrepresenta-
tations ; and numerous cases have shown how worthless may be
a policy obtained from the most influential office, which is un-
restrained by this equitable principle, which removes all anxiety
as to future dispute or litigation, and enhances immeasurably
the value of the policies as documents of security.
THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who give to the
assured on the mutual principle the whole of the mutual accu-
mulations, and also guarantee the sums assured.
THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who bind them-
selves to pay the sums in the policies, although the debts for
which they were effected shall have been liquidated before the
claims arise.

THIS IS ALMOST THE ONLY COMPANY who
grant in favour of creditors whole-world policies, whereby the
debt is secured, although the debtor should go beyond the
limits of Europe.
London, England, 1844-01-09

C OURT-PASHIO NAB LE.

Her Maje;t;;;Yhis Royal Highness Prince Albert
will take their departure from Windsor Castle this
afternoon, immediately after an early luncheon, for
Claremont, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the
Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal. Only a
limited portion of the members of the Royal Household
will proceed to Claremont in attendance upon the Queen
and the Prince.

Viscount Melbourne left South-street, yesterday, for
Brccket Hall, Herts, where his Lordship is expected to
remain till Easter.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert has lately pre-
sented 201. to St. George's Hospital, in addition to a
former donation of 25/., given about eighteen months

since.

The new British and Foreign Institute is to be honoured
at its opening with the presence of Prince Albert, who
has consented to become its patron. The opening will
r.ow be deferred till the return to town of the Noble
President, the Earl of Devon, which is expected to be
about the meeting of Parliament.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and
the youthful Princess Mary and suite are expected to
arrive at Dover, from Germany, on Saturday, and the
Duke of Cambridge will proceed thither to meet them
on landing.
London, England, 1844-01-09

LAW AND POLICE.

At the Surrey sessions Henry Cox, aged 18, Acquilla
Hopkins, aged 23, William Woolridge, aged 19, were in-
dicted for robbing George Sligo and llannah Sligo, his
daughter, on the Queen's highway, at Chertsey, on the
morning of the 24th of December, and forcibly taking
from the person of the former a knife, a tobacco-box,
and ten-pence in copper. The jury returned a verdict
of guilty against Hopkins and Woolridge, and acquitted
Cox. The prisoners were then sentenced to ten years'
transportation.
Joseph Brown, a cab-driver, was charged :at Marl-
borough-street with having caused shocking injuries to
two horses, by driving in a reckless manner along Pic-
cadilly, while in a state of intoxication. On the charges
being proved, Mr. Maltby said, lenity in this case would
be wholly misplaced. He should, in the first place,
inflict a fine of 101. for the public offence, order the de-
fendant to pay 31., the amount of the damage done to
Petty's horse ; and, in addition, prevent him from again
endangering the safety of the public by at once revoking
his license.

At Union-hall Jane Brown, the young woman charged
with deserting her infant, and leaving it exposed in a
basket at the gate of Kensington workhouse, was corn-
mitted for two months to the House of Correction.

William Stokes, a labourer ; Henry Cock, a carpenter;
and Thomas Gay, a baker ; were brought before Mr.
Broderip, at the Thames Police-office, on a variety of
charges of drunkenness, and with assaulting two police-
ment in the execution of their duty, and rescuing a pri-
soner from their custody. Thore was a more serious
charge against Cock for stabbing Watkins, a police-con-
stable, K 310. Much conflicting evidence was given,
when the magistrate ordered Cock to find bail, himself
in 601. and two sureties of 301. each, for assaulting and
wounding Watkins ; and the other prisoners to find sure-
ties each in 201., and two housekeepers in 10/. each, to
answer the charge of assaulting Sullivan.
London, England, 1844-01-09

PUBLICATIONS.

THE': EMANCIPATION. OF INDUSTRY.
This Day Are .Publl4lo,
TRACTS "ON TIIF, EMANCrPATION OF,
• • INDUSTRY.'.

NO. I.—l. PROPOSITIONS CONCERNING the CAUSE and
REMEDY of the PRESENT DISTRESS.-9.
PRINCIPLES
of a SOCIETY for the EMANCIPATION of INDUSTRY.—
3. REMARKS on Sir ROBERT PEEL'S LE'T'TER to the
CHAMBER of COMMERCE, BIRMINGHAM. Price One
Penny, or ss. per 100.
NO. 11.—The CASE of the INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES BRIEFLY
STATED. Price One Penny, or ss. per 100.
NOS. 111. and IV.—NOT OVER-PRODUCTION,
but IMPER-
FECT DISTRIBUTION, the CAUSE of the DISTRESS.
No. 111., Price One Penny,or bs. per Igo; N 4.3. IV,I Mee TWO..
pence, or 10s. per 100.
" SOmething is wrong in the channel of distribution."—Morn.
QUESTION of DEPRECIATION
ing Post. Also,
THE MINISTER MISTAKEN 4 or, THE
ERRONEOUSLY
STATED by Mr. HUSKISSON. Pride One Shilling.
~Our forefathers, who sought comfort in proverbs, used to say,
M
when the people's tale of hricksi s doubled,oses is at Land."—
Niebuhr.
THE MONETARY POLICY of ENGLAND
and AMERICA. Price One Shilling.
" It is necessary your gold should be coined,and have the King's
stamp upon i ,to secore men to receiving it, that there is so much
gold in each piece. But it is not necessary that it should have a
fixed value set an it by public authority."....Leeke.
THE NATION in a DILEMMA ; •rIVHICH
SHALL WE ALTER? THE CURRENCY OR THE
MODE OF 1' IXATION ? By the Author of " The Currency
Question in a Nutshell." Price Fourpence.
NO TRUST NO TRADE.—THE CAUSE of
NA TIONAL DISTRESS POINTED OUT.
and a
PROMPT and EFFECTUAL REMEDY SUGGESTED. Price

Twopence.
CURRENCY EXPLAINBD;
in Refutation of the Last Fallacy of the " Times." Nov.
9, 1843. By VERUS. Price One Shilling.
London : Samuel Clarke, 19, Pall-Mall East, and to be bad (by
order) of any Bookseller in town or country.

Nex week will be published, in 3 vols., post 810.,
H E II E it E T I C.
Translated from the Russian.
By THOMAS B. SHAW, of Cambridge,
Adjunct Professor of English Literature in the Imperial
Lyceum of Tsarskoe Selo.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.
London, England, 1844-01-09

its powers. IVhilst ;he Opposition are making cate- 5
chisms, the Ministers are making laws. Already
have they promulgated the law which re-organises
the ayuntamientos, or municipalities. This law, with
the exception of one provision relating to the nomina
tion of Alealdes by the Crown, is the same as that
which was enacted by the Cortes in 1840, and in
favour of which th? Progressist party voted. The
Government is also preparing a law on the provincial
deputations, another on the creation of a Council of
State, and again ano;her on the electoral system. We
simply note the ahoy? facts, without speaking of them
with enthusiasm. Ve are not in any way disposed to
make light of constitutional regulations. We admit
and appreciate the good intentions of the Spanish
Ministry ; but to alempt to do well for a country
without the concurrence of its representatives must
ever appear to us to be playing a hazardous game
in a constitutional State. We do not wish
to discourage M. GONZALES BRAVO. We ac-
knowledge the weight of the reasons by which he
justifies the suspension of the Cortes. In the state
of excitation created by the debates on the conduct of
M. OLozAGA, into which the public mind was thrown,
all serious discussions of affairs of State by the Con-
gress was almost impossible. The Opposition had
adopted a system calculated entirely to fetter the ac-
tion of the Administration, and sacrifice to the in-
terests of party the general interests of the country,
which imperiously demanded fundamentallaws. The
constitutional Government is, truly, not on a bed of
roses—it is a Government of debate and contestation,
We are apprehensive the party7-' Young Spain'—
which is in the actual possession of power, may prove

itself to be too young, and that to make experiments
of such a serious nature it would, perhaps, have been
more desirable that the Monarchy should have been
surrounded by men of riper years, and enjoying a
less disreputable authority. We are aware that
Spain is a country of exception. We wish, and are
willing to hope, that the policy of force majeure now
being followed by the Ministry, may have a happy
issue, and •be absolved by a bill of indemnity. But
we cannot help regretting that these happy results
should have been obtained only by exceptional mea-
sures, having need of absolution."

BOURSE—PA
RIS, SATURDAY, JAN. 6.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. 124 40... 124 40... 124 15... 124 15
Four per Cents 105 25 .. 105 25... 105 25 .. 105 25
Threes. B2 70... 82 70... 82 50.. 82 50
Bank of France. 3205 ...3210 ...3205 —.3207 50
-Lalfitte Bank 5,000 f 5075 ...5075 ...5075 ...5075
Belgian Fives, 1840 108% 108% ... 108% ... 108%
1842 10 109 ••• 109 ... 109
;Dutch 2% per Cents 55% 55% 55* ... 55%
Spanish Active . ..... 29% 29% ... 29% ... 29%
Passive ... 5t ... 5%
Portuguese Fives ... 44% 44% ... 44% ... 44%
Neapolitan
Boman ...... ............ 104% 104% .. 104% ... 104%
London, England, 1844-01-09

The Loan MAYon said that the petition should be submitted
to the next Court of Aldermen, and undergo due consideration,
and that notice should be sent round to all parties.
Mr. WELLS said he believed that he was a corporator, and
that he was entitled to look at certain documents in the Town
Clerk's office, which he considered to be necessary to the sup-
port of his case.
Alderman FAREBROTHER said that Court could give no per-
mission of the kind. It was a Court of Grand Wardmote, ap-
pointed for a specific purpose.
Mr. WELLS said it was quite impossible for him to proceed
with his petition without the documents he was desirous of
perusing.
Alderman FAREBROTHER—Mr. Wells knows very well that
he must apply to the Court of Common Council on that subject.
Mr. WELLS—I am. rather shy.
Alderman FAREBROTHER—That is a very new failing with
you, Mr. Wells.—(Laughter. )
The Loan MAYOR stated that all the presentments should
obtain the most mature consideration.—Adjourned.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 8.
IN RE THOMAS TULL.

The insolvent in this case had been an officer in the Excise,
and on that account received a pension of 75.. per annum.
The amount of the opposing creditor's debt wag originally
51. 7s. 9d., but when sued, the insolvent defended the action,
and this caused law costs to the amount of 191. to be incurred.
He now refused to allocate any portion of his pension for the
payment of his debts.
The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said he thought this
was a case which merited the reprehension of the Court, and he
should therefore order him to be imprisoned for five months
from the date of his vesting order.
London, England, 1844-01-09

NEW MUSIC.
NEW SONGS BY BEULER.

Here are two songs, written and set to music
by Mr. Beuler, the author of the very popular
one of "The man that could'nt get warm," which
made such a stir at the Brill dinner in reference
to Sir Robert Peel. The first, entitled " John's
party, unknown to his wife," a domestic drama,
contains much truth. The next, " The English
Jacks," is a song on the various applications of
the word "Jack," similar to the old story of the
word " Box," but they are more numerous, and
the author has evinced considerable tact in their
introduction andin telling the story. The follow-
ing we give as a skcimen :
Some roguWyou to Port Jackson send,
And some you give Jack Ketch's end ;
On Jacks you saw your vood, I think,
And Jacks-of-all-trades " Jacky " drink.
You play at bowls and get the knack .
Of bowling nearest to the lack :
If boot e'er pinch you like a rack,
To take it off you get a Jack.
Then there are animals you call,
Jackdaw, Jackass, and the Jackal—
Jack-all, I say, I tell no crac,
In Angland ev'ry thing is Jack !
Oui, Oui, Oni, Oui, &c.

Mr. Beuler has composed a sprightly melody to
his words, and has shown himself no mean artist
as a caricaturist, in the illustrations on the title-
page.
London, England, 1844-01-09

THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE.
Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 voh.
WHIT EFRIA RS;
THE DAYS OF CHARLES THE SECOND.
" Whitefriars is the work of no common hand. It is full of
talent."—John
" A work of talent and imagination ; full of interest and re-
plete with scenes of great power. Charles 11., Rochester,
Buckingham, Nell Gwynne, Colonel Blood, Titus 0 tes, Claude
Duval, and many other etS:ebritits figure in every page."—Court
Journal.
denry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Alarlborough• street.

MR. GLEIG'S NEW WORK.
Now ready, m 2 vols., post Bvo.,
rr lIE LIGHT DRAGOON.
TILL By the Author of
he Subaltern," " The Hussar," " The Chelsea Pen-
sioners," &c.
" The whole work is a moving partoradtref incident, and
no one can read it without the deepe.t inte st. It is a most
faithful picture of a soldier's life."—WeeklyVironiele.
" We point attention to these volumes as a necessary adjunct
to every military library, and as among the most entertaining:
books of miscellaneous reading th:.t can possibly be taken up.
—Naval and Military Gazette.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street.

MARY 110WFTT'S NEW WORK.
Square 12m0., los. 6,1., in fancy binding, with gilt edges,
THE CHILD'S PICTURE and \TERSE 1300 K:
commonly call. 1 " Otto Speckter's Fable-book."
Translated by MARY IIOWIT With French and Ger-
man, on correspondin!; pages, and Illustrated with One Hun-
iired Engravings on V by G. F. Sargent.
On Friday next, 2 foolscap Svo.,
JACK of the :BILL. By WILLIAM HOWITT.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Lotigmans:_

-WORTHY OF REMARKI.--The fact that
many of the principal Hospitals in the Kingdom, among
which it is sufficient to name Guy's, St. George's, and the
Westminster, in the Metropolis; and the Manchester, Bristol,
and Brighton Infirmaries, have adopted 13ETTS'S PATENT
'MANDY, in preference to Foreign, affords a sufficient gua-
rantee to the consumer: of Brandy of the extreme purity of
the article, the connoisseur being, at the same time, baffled in
his attempt to distinguish between its flavour and that of fine
Cognac. Price, pale or coloured, in quantities not less than
Two Gallons, Eighteen Shillings per Gallon, at the Distillery,
No. 7, Smithfield Bats, leading to St. John-street.

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rpm; NEXT insmniunol.,l of MONEY
DIVIDP.:NDS, A UT :.0111SED and GUARANTEED
by HIS MAJESTY ilio EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains
MONEY DIVIDEND'S ;f
£5O £6O £7O £6O
£9O £lOO £llO £l2O
£l5O £2OO £4OO £6OO
£BOO .El,OOO £1,500 ' £5,000
and .E 23,000 sterling..
Antountinc. to,giaher to £70,170 sterling.
Direet for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH-
OUT DELAY, to
HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH,
Cr. to HEINE B ROTHERS, at LUBECK.
London, England, 1844-01-09

RAILWAY SHARES.

Versailles, L. 14... ..:.i8Y10.,,i83 75... 178 75... 182 50
Rouen
Rouen t• Havre t;6o ... 660 ... 645 ... 652 50
Orleans.
Strasburg to (Sale 213 75... 213 75... 213 75... 213 75
Avignon to Marseilles 672 50... 672 50... 660 ... 667 50
RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.
Versailles, L. 13 lBO ... 183 75... 180 ... 183 75
Rouen
Rouen to Havre , 642 50... 655 ... 642 50 .. 655
Orleans . 845 ... 845 ... 835 ... 845
Strasburg to Bale 213 75... 213 75... 213 75... 2:3 75
Avignon to Marseilles 675 ... 675 ... 657 50 .. 668 75

SUMMARY OF iv:

AND

Vubitt eptittoit.

" Who runs may read."

X' fjpNLEIGT.T.

On Thursday evening tlieWiTg;.ric Queen of the Frettch
received M. Guizot, General Count I3audrand, and M. Chasse-
loup-Labat.
The draft of the Address of the Chamber of Peers by the
Duke de Broglie, was read on Friday in the bureau of the
Chamber of Peers. This day it was to be read at the public
sitting. " Two phrases," says the Patrie, " one in the first,
and the other in the last, paragraph, appear to refer to the
journey of the Legitimists to London. Ooe was rather vague,
the other more explicit. The Address does not say a single
word in allusion to the right of search."
Maria Stella, Countess of Newburg, who assumed herself,
under the influence of di lusion, to be the daughter of the Duke
of Orleans, father of his present Majesty, Louis Philippe, pre.
tending that at her birth she was exchanged for the King, died
a few days ago at her apartment in the Rue de Rivoli.
At his Majesty's reception, on Wednesday evening, Colonel
Dyce Sombre, late Deputv-GovertiGr of Sirdhanah, in the East
Indies, in t-ie territories of her late Highness the I3eguin
Sombre, had the honour of being presented to the King, and
was most graciously received.
The following Members of the House of Commons are now
in Paris—H. Baring, M.P., Marlborough; D. Darner, Port-
arlington ; C. R. Fox, Tower Itam!e;s ; Q. Dick, Maldun ;
J. Bowes, Durham; Lord 11. Vane, ditto; 11. llroadwood,
Bridgewater •' C. Cochrane, Bi idport ; H. Smythe, Canter.
bury • J. Duff, Banff; E. Stanley, Cumberland; and J.
Matheson, Ashburton.
A letter from Hanover of the 27th ult., states, that the
Master of the Hounds had been murdered, whilst hunting in
one of the forests of the Crown. The crime is supposed to
have been committed by poachers.
The statue of Moliere is to be brought from the foundry
and placed on the Rah instant. The following inscription had
been placed over the niche, in letters of bronze—" To
Moliere !" but it has been changed into " To Moliere ! born
at Paris, .lan. 16, 1622 ; deceased Feb. 17, 1673. National
Subscription ;" which is cut in the marble.
London, England, 1844-01-09

XTENSIVE SALE.
tl .4 The SPLENDID STOCK of FANCY JEWEL-
LERY, GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, SILVER
PLATED GOODS, TORTOISESHELL WORK-
BOXES, and TEA CADDIES, and a great varie'y o 'otner
Fancy Articles, are now SELLING OFF at a heavy sacrifice,
by Messrs. HORTON and CO., of 36, Ludgate-street, oppo-
site Messrs. Everington and Co's., in consequence of Mr.
Horton retiring from the retail business.
It is seldom ibe public have an opportunity like the present
of purchasing, at little more than one-half to two-thirds the
usual charge, the variety of genuine articles now offered for sale—
Comprising Glentlemen's and Ladies' Gold and Silver Watches,
of workmanship the first class of excellence, Gold Neck and
Guard Chains, Seals and• Keys, Fancy and Mourning Brooches,
Rings, Pins, arid Ear-rings, Pencil Cases, Silver Card Cases,
Scent and Snuff Boxes. also Silver Plated Tea and Coffee Sets,
Candlesticks, Cruet Frames, Dish Covers, Corner Dishes,
Waiters, Ice Paih, Better Coolers, Bread Baskets, &c., all
warranted the best Sheffield make, Table and Dessert Forks
and Spoons, Soup Ladles, Grape Scissors, Asparagus Tongs,
Nutcracks, Dessert Knives and Forks in Case, Jet Necklaces,
and numerous other Fancy Articles, all at a considerable
sacrifice.
London, England, 1844-01-09

11 E WEATII ER.-SUN OFFICE, JAN. 9.

r:1 EIZKOMETEIt, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 42; Noon, 35.
BAROMETER, 30.4.—W1ND, S. to S.E.

NoTE.—Tlie nu,nber 32 on the Thermometer denotes
ne freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers
air is usnally placed opposite 30, and rain at. 29.

‘t' ATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
touring 7 minutes atter 4.1 Evening ... 26 minutes after 4.
London, England, 1844-01-09

IN RE THOMAS HOLFORD.

- This day was. appointed for -the choice of assignees under
the fat against the bankrupt, who had been a linendraper and
hosier in Regent-street. The particulars of the, case appeared
in The Sun on:the 15th of December, when he was last before
the Court.

After the admission of a few proofs in which there appeared
on points of general interest, Mr. Isaac Salomon was appointed
assigate.
London, England, 1844-01-09

AT.IDITORS.

H. H. Carman' Esq. I Robert E. Alison, Esq.
Medical A di? iser-1.11 arshall Hall, .111 . D., F. R. S. L. and E.

.- -
Solicitors—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer.

THIS IS THE. ONLY COMPANY who arc bound by
their deed of constitution not to dispute any policy, unless they
can prove that it was "obtained by fraudulent misrepresents-
tations ; and numerous case s have shown how worthless may be
a policy obtained from the most influential office, which is un-
restrained by this equitable principle, which removes all anxiety
as to future dispute or litigation, and enhances immeasurably
the value of the policies as document's of security.
THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who give to the
assured on the mutual principle the whole of the mutual accu
'-
mulations and also guarantee the sums assured.
THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who bind them-
selves to pay the sums in the policies, although the debts for
which they were -effected shall have been liquidated before 'the
claims arise.
THIS IS ALMOST. THE"ONLY COMPANY who
grant in favour of creditors whole-world Policies, whereby the
debt is secured, although the debtor should go beyond the
limits of Europe.
London, England, 1844-01-09

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)

IN, RE HENRY TURNER.

In this matter the bankrupt had carried on business as a
shipping agent, and had also been engaged extensively as a
stockbroker, and in speculations upon 'Change. The whole
amount of his debts and liabilities exceeded 40,000/., out of
which nearly 7,000/. was contracted on account of his brother,
and his available assets, according to his schedule, appeared to
be about 13,000/.

Several creditors appeared to oppose the application made by
the bankrupt this day to be discharged,• on the grounds that he
had not truly accounted in his schedule for the proceeds of a
cargo which he had been instructed by Mr. Wells, the principal
creditor, to ship fur New York., The value of this cargo, it
was elicited by the evidence of the opposing creditor, was up-
wards of 4,000/. and on account of which he only rendered a
sum of 2,50 W. It was therefore contended, on the part of
Mr. Wells, that the bankrupt had been guilty of fraudulent
conduct, and was, consequently, not entitled to pass his final
examination.

Other auditors also opposed, but the nature of their opposition
was of ti'e usual character in such cases.

The further hearing of the case was adjourned to the 7th of
February, in,order that evidence might be adduced with re-
spect to the manner in which the bankrupt htd acted, in his
capacity of consignee of the property entrusted to him by Mr.
Wells.
London, England, 1844-01-09

Cm e.ti-int *VIII.

LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1844.

A Tory Contemporary of this morning, con-
spicuous by his old-fashioned, politics, and the
twaddling, old-fashioned manner in which he
enunciates them, is more than usually lugubrious
at thought of the cruel sufferings which hence-
tbrth must be the inevitable lot of the agricul-
turists. He has discovered that they are all
doomed to• death, and is only doubtful on the
point whether their dissolution will be a sudden
or a protracted one."Tice tariff," he says,
"dooms the British termer to a slow death—to a
death of gradual poverty, saddened by blasted
hopes. The sentence of the League, on the
other hand, is prompts the guillotine. Let the
agriculturists of England choose between these
forms of execution." Cheering remarks these, to
open a new year with, and every way calculated
to infuse balm into the heart of the farmer !
But let him take heart; he will neither
be slowly put to death by the tariff, nor guillo-
tined by the League ; but, on the contrary, de-
spite the operation of these dreaded influences,
lie will find I,:msell at the close of the ycarjust
as far removed from dissolution as he was at the
commencement. The Poses croakings are worth
no sane man's consideration for a single instant.
They are the mere frantic outbursts of dispirited
Monopoly, which, because its own doom is irre-
vocably sealed, takes for granted that the doom
of the British farmer is sealed also. Our dis-
quieted Contemporary- indulged in precisely the
same triste spirit when the great question of iu.
form was in agitation, and never ft,,:ed to predict,
London, England, 1844-01-09

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EN ENI NG, JANUARX 9, 1844.

LT T-‘,sTrimPLLIG-TiI_,NCE.

BANKRUPTCV.-(THIS DAY.)
IN RE HENRY TURNER.
In this matter the bankrupt had carried on business as a
shipping agent, and had also been engaged extensively as a
stockbroker, and in speculations upon 'Change. The whole
amount of his debts and liabilities exceeded 40,0001., out of
which nearly 7,0001. was contracted on account of his brother,
and his available assets, according to his schedule, appeared to
be about 13,0001.
Several creditors appeared to oppose the application made by
the bankrupt this day to be discharged, on the grounds that he
had not truly accounted in his schedule for the proceeds of a
cargo which he had been instructed by Mr. Wells, the principal
creditor, to ship fi,r New York. The value of this cargo, it
was elicited by the evidence of the opposing creditor, was up-
wards of 4,0001., and on account of which he only rendered a
sum of 2,5001. It was therefore contended, on the part of
Mr. Wells, that the bankrupt had been guilty of fraudulent
conduct, and was, consequently, not entitled to pass his final
examination.
Other auditors also opposed; but the nature of their opposition
was of the usual character in such cases.
The further hearing of the case was adjourned to the 7th of
February, in order that evidence might be adduced with re-
spect to the manner in which the bankrupt had acted, in his
capacity of consignee of the property entrusted to him by Mr.
London, England, 1844-01-09

TITT 77 WITT 170 r
'OO-11

RE-EXAMINATION of BARBER and

FLETCHER.
MANSION-HOUSE :THIS DAY).

The re-examination of the prisoners Barber and

Yetcher, who were remanded on Monday week last on
,so charges of forgery, was resumed this day. The

prisoners, it will be remembered, have been frequently
remanded on the charge of uttering a forged will, pur-
porting to be the will of Anne Slack, and when they
were last being brought up they were charged, in addi-
tion, with uttering a forged will, purporting to be the
will of Mary Hunt; they were on that occasion remanded

on both these charges.
Mr. Clarkson attended to conduct the prosecution,
Mr. Chambers appeared for Barber, and Mr. Ballantyne

for Fletcher.

At eleven o'clock the Lord Mayor to3k his seat upon
the bench. His Lordship was supported by Mr. Alder-

man Humphery. Shortly afterwards the prisoners W.
H. Barber, and Joseph Fletcher were brought up in the
custody of Forester, the officer, and placed in the dock.

Mr. Clarkson then called
Mr. Alfred Dunn, who deposed—l am supervisor of
births and deaths at the Belgrave district. I produce
the register of the death of Ann Slack. I received it

from Mr. Chappell, the superintendent registrar.
Mr. W. Price Jordan —I am a surgeon, and reside at 9,
Lower Belgrave.street. I am registrar of births and deaths
for the Belgrave district. On the 25th February last I
was called on to register the death of Ann Slack. As
far as I can possibly recollect Fletcher is the man who
called on me. I believe him to be the man. He stated
that he came to register a death—the death of Ann
Slack. I asked when? He said on the 17th February.
I asked where ? He said in South-terrace, No. S. On his
London, England, 1844-01-09

Nex week will be published, in 3 vole., post film,
HERE TIC.
Translated from the Russian.
By THOMAS B. SHAW, of Cambridge, •
Adjunct Professor of English Literature in the Imperial•
Lyceum of Tsarskoe Selo.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.
MR. VAN BUTCHELL'S NEW WORK.
London, England, 1844-01-09

IN RE THOMAS HotronD7

This day was'. appointed for the choice of assignees under
the fat against the bankrupt, who had been a linendraper and
hosier in Regent-street. The particulars of the case appeared
in The Sun on the 15th of December, when he was last before
the Court.
After the admission of a few proofs in which there appeared
no points of general interest, Mr. Isaac Salomon was appointed
assigace.
London, England, 1844-01-09

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inherent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and pre-
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BRIGHTON.

WEDNESDAY.—The General Steam Navigation Com-
pany's packet the Magnet, Captain Cheesman, arrived
this morning, from Dieppe, with about fifty passengers,
including Viscount Cantalupe, and a courier from Paris
with dispatches from the French Government for his
Majesty Louis Philippe, at Windsor. The courrier left
Paris yesterday, at two o'clock, and will return by the
packet to Dieppe this evening, with dispatches from the
King.
Sivori, Dohler, Piatti, and the remainder of the party
travelling through the provinces, gave a concert here
last night, to a thin audience. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Kean's performance at the theatre, in The Lady of Lyons,
doubtless had an effect upon the receipts, the theatre
being well attended. Piatti never performed here before.
He is a splendid player on the violencello, and the
audience were liberal in their applause. Sivori, as usual,
enchanted his hearers with one of his concertos, and
Dohler was greatly admired. Mr. and Mrs. Kean
appear at the theatre this evening, in Richard the Third.
They aro engaged for this week only, and after their
benefit, next Monday evening, will proceed to Dublin to
fulfil an engagement. Sivori and his party gave :a
concert this morning, at Worthing.'
The town continues full of visitors, the latest arrivals
comprising the Earl of Bosse, Sir Thomas Baring, Lady
Arabella Baring, the Countess of Effingham, Major
Cholmondeley, Sir James Clark Jervoise, Mr. and Mrs.
Gladstone and family, Mr. and Lady Goding, &c.
We are sorry to hear that the Hon. C. A. Murray,
Master of the Household, is still confined to his room by
severe indisposition.
London, England, 1844-10-10

PUBLICATIONS.

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in No. 3, must be sent to the Publishers by the 15th instant. 3,000
bills required.

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Dublin : W. Curry and Co.
London, England, 1844-10-10

New Scenes of the Circle.

To concluac with the French Equestrian Military Spectacle of the
LION OF THE DESERT, or, THE FRENCH IN MOROCCO.
Ahdallah, the Outcast Arab, Mr. Carter.
Acting and staire,o mager, Mr. W. D Broadfoot.
Box.otilce open from Eleven till Five. Lessens in the Art of Riding
ly Mr. R. Smith.
London, England, 1844-10-10

Z.ANV AND POLICA.

At the Middlesex Sessions, a number of appeals of
licensed victuallers against convictions of magistrates
of different police-courts, under the provisions of the
Metropolitan Pollee Act, 2d and 3d Victoria, cap. 47,
sec. 44, were decided. After hearing counsel, the chair.
man said the bench were of opinion that licensed
victuallers did not come within the operation of the Act,
and all the convictions were quashed.
William Barrett, one of the City toll-takers, was
brought in custody before Mr. Alderman Copeland, at
Guildhall, charged with assaulting Thomas Elliot, a
porter, by striking him with the leg of a bedstead. Th•
assault had been committed in consequence of some
dispute about paying toll, the defendant refusing to give
change for a shilling. Mr. Alderman Copeland said this
insolent conduct of the toll takers in refusing to give change
was not new. He should endeavour to cure the annoyance
by sending this case to trial, and ordering the City So-
licitor to prosecute. The defendant was ordered to find
bail.

At Queen-square Sarah Baker, a miserable-looking
woman, who appeared to be upwards of seventy years of
age, was charged with stealing a half-quartern loaf from
the shop of Mrs. Wallace, a baker, No. 5, Camera-street,
Chelsea, and committed for trial.
At the same Court Ann Wallis, a very genteel-look-
ing female, between thirty and forty years of age, who
refused to give her address, was committed for shop
lifting.
London, England, 1844-10-10

on the part of Reform householders. There were only
two objections to householders. The Reformers objected
to 468 freemen. Mr. Berry, solicitor, apFared to sup-
port the Reform claims and objections. The interests of
the old freemen were entrusted to Mr. Phillips. Six
Reform and five Tory claims were allowed. Of the 468
objections to freemen, eight were withdrawn, not being
signed or served, eight attended, and had their removals
corrected, and 452 were struck off.
Considerable excitement was occasioned at Greenwich
on Wednesday, by the announcement that the long-pend-
ing lawsuits between Sir Richard Dobson, Knight, and
Mr. Sutton, on the one side, and the poor watermen of
Greenwich on the other, had been finally decided by Sir
John Bailey, Bart., to whom they were referred at Maid-
stone Assizes, in March last, in favour of the watermen.
The clay for the laying of the first stone of the Birken-
head Docks is now definitively fixed, we understand, for
Wednesday, the 23d instant, when Sir Philip De M. G.
Egerton, M.P. for South Cheshire, will officiate on the
occasion.

The approaching investiture of the King of the French
with the insignia of the Most Noble Order of the
Garter is fixed to take place at Windsor Castle on Fri-
day, the 11th of October. The present King is the
eighth monarch of that country who has received this
distinguished order.
It is generally expected that, on the appointment of a
new commissioner in bankruptcy, consequent upon a
vacancy at the Leeds District Court, by the removal of
Mr. Commissioner West to Exeter, that his successor
will be fixed at Sheffield.

Richard in Palestine, a new opera in three acts, was
performed for the first time at the Academie Royale de
Musique of Paris on last Monday night. From the
brief mention of it made by the journals of next day, it
would appear to have met with no great success. The
libretto, ‘‘hich is by M. P. Foucher, is founded on Sir
Walter Scott's novel. The music is by M. A. Adam.
London, England, 1844-10-10

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE and a full Bench of
Magistrates.)
This day being appointed for the trial of felonies or
misdemeanor, the Court sat at an earlier hour than usual.
The calendar, although numerically heavy, was not
marked by any crimes of a serious nature. The number
of names which appeared on the calendar was 64, of
which 55 were for felonies, and the remainder on charges
of misdemeanor.

The grand jury having been sworn,
The ASSISTANT JUDGE, in addressing the jury upon
the usual topics, alluded to the recent junction of the
criminal jurisdiction of the Westminster and Clerken-
well districts, by which a large saving to the county
would be effected. Westminster was without a corpo-
ration, and, comparatively speaking, not a very populous
district, and, therefore, he thought, and he was sure the
gentlemen of the grand jary would agree with him that
the Government had acted wisely in effecting this change
with respect to the nature of the cases which would come
before them, they were of ordinary nature, and required
no comment.
Margaret Devine, aged ten .years, and Anne Dobbetts,
aged thirteen, who were convicted, at a former sessions,
fur stripping children,. were both sentenced to nine
months' imprisonment, with hard labour, in the West-
minster Bridewell.
A fine powerful-looking young man named Timothy
Little, was found guilty of stealing a pair of scissors of
the value of 2d. lie pleaded distress as the incitement
London, England, 1844-10-10

VICTORIA THEATRE.

We are always pleased when we see at those thea-
tres,' which are usually attended by the middle and
working classes, the regular drama performed instead
of those wretched, tawdry productions called melo-
drames, the only tendency of which is to corrupt the
taste of the people ; and when we observe with what
applause the tragic and comic muse are received at
the minor theatres, it is.surprising that the managers
of these theatres do not see that they would add con-
siderably to their profits and respectability while they
cultivated the public mind. True, the performance
of such a niece as Jonathan Bradford does not require
so great an outlay, in the engagement of actors, as
the tragedy of Othello, but, though the former may
fill the theatre as well as the latter (which may give
it a preference in the manager's eyes, who onlylooks to
his profits), yet, in the end, the regular drama is more
advantageous, for by it you improve the theatrical
taste of the public, and consequently add to the num-
ber of play-goers, while you bring to the theatre a
large class who otherwise would not be paid
to sit in it. On Tuesday evening the tragedy of
Othello was performed at this theatre to a crowded
house. Mr. Graham sustained the character of
Othello; Miss Vincent, Desdemona ; Mrs. West,
Emilia; and Mr. Dale, lago. The tragedy was well
cast, and very respectably played. About three
years ago we saw Mr. Graham as Othello at the Sur-
rey Theatre, and his conception of the character, as well
as his acting, is very much improved ; his voice has also
lost a disagreeable huskiness which it formerly had.
His speech before the Duke and Senators was fault-
less, and certainly above par. There are very few
actors of the present day who more truthfully can
exemplify

" What damned minutes tell he o'er
Who dotes, yet doubts; suspects, yet strongly loves."
During the performance of the tragedy, all the above-
flatbed idttirg received considerable applause—Mr.
Graham and Mrs. West particularly ; and it was
very pleasing to those who desire to see the plays of
Shalcspeare read by the people, to observe how highly
the tragedy of Othello was appreciated by the fre-
quenters of the " Victoria."

MRS.
lTa
tRi
nOgL L
librariesoPßi
the circulating patrons of
Trollope is again about to grat!fy theiF tastes by the
publication of a new work of lietio.n, which will appear,
sNwEillivheNarc::•Bitt.TleTabsi!re that Mrs.
we understand, immediatel. This celebrated novelist
hr
hitherto employed her pen rather in satirising
.the
follies and lashing the vices of society, than in depicting
those scenes of domestic affection, and pourtraying those
more kindly feelings of the human heart,which generally
form the subject of the novel writer's powers ; but we
hear that in the case of the forthcoming work she has
chosen a theme, and adopted a style of treatment, which
will deeply excite the b3mpathies of all her readers—ot
the fair sex in particular. "Young Luve" is the attrac-
two title of Mrs, Trollope's new a i pro_uct_oll.
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