The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-22 00:00:00

RECALL

SIR ROBERT PEEL.

The following appeared in our Third Edition

Saturday Evening :
The formation of a Ministry by Lord JOHN RUE,
SELL is, for the present, at an end, and the Cour
Newsman will announce the departure of the mem.
bers of the might-hare-been Cabinet, for their country.
seats, instead of chronicling their arrival in Downing.
street.

With them will go the tribe of sucking statesmen,
and expectant placemen, who have haunted BROOKES'
and the Reform Club for some days past, full of
pleasing visions of power and of self-importance.
The break-down of the Whigs, in attempting to
form a Government, will, we hope, prove a lesson
to the narrow-minded aristocrats of the LANS-
DOWNE class, that they cannot move without the aid
of the true Liberals and free-traders.
The desire to extend the basis of the Administra-
tion, and to give Mr. COBDEN a place in it, or rather
to OYFER him one, with some minor disputes about
particular offices, have been the rocks upon which
the wreck took place.
Lord JOHN has done his duty in all, save in dis-
carding his ancient drags. The Whiggism of 1830
will not do in 1845.

The people have gained by the last ten days.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL may lead the van, but he must
not put his heavy artillery in the front.
Sir ROBERT PEEL may try to govern—he can
only do so by adopting free-trade measures.
The QUEEN has been throughout in favour of the
people and of popular measures ; her words and
actions have been most cheering, and it is gratifying
to know that a Liberal Administration would have
found a firm friend in her MAJESTY.

(PROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

Sir ROBERT PERI. received this morning a coin-
munication from Lord JOlll4 RUSSELL, and imme-
diately summoned together to his residence all the
Ministers in town.

After the meeting, messengers were dispatched to
such members of the Cabinet as are out of town, re-
quiring their immediate return to the metropolis.

As soon as Sir ROBERT PEEL returns from Windsor
Castle, it is expected a Cabinet Council will be held.

Lord JOHN RussßLL's throwing up of his commis-
sion after he had accepted it has given rise to many
rumours ; and we are free to confess that, looking to
the reputation of the leaders of the Liberal party, as
well as to the great public interests at stake, we
should have been better pleased if, on Thursday last,
Lord J. RUSSELL had declined, when he accepted,
the task of forming an Administration.
We believe we may state confidently that Lord
J. RUSSELL'S refusal to proceed has not been
caused by any disagreement on the question of the
corn-laws. We have learnt on excellent authority,
that on Friday a distinct proposal was made to Mr.
COBDEN tO join the new Administration. We do
not believe that Mr. COBDEN would have accepted
office, and we are sure that the position of greatest
usefulness and honour for him is the independent
position. He named his own proper function at the
Covent-garden meeting of Wednesday—" Watchman
while there were any bad characters abroad." But
it was right that the offer should have been made; and
we derive this consolation at:least, from the events of last
week, that the union of the aristocratic members of the
Liberal party and Mr. COBDEN'S free-trade hosts w;11
be greatly strengthened by what has happe.:ed.
When conjecturing, on Saturday, the cause of Lord
JOAN RUSSELL'S renewed hesitation, we expressed
doubts respecting the policy of Lord LANSDO NNE,
which we are glad to learn are not well founded. We
are assured that Lord LANSDOWNE has shown no
timidity on the question of the corn-laws, but that the
weight of his influence has been zealously used for the
formation of a Ministry on the broad priLciple de-
clared in Lord J. RUSSELL'S letter, of total and imme-
diate repeal.
A rumour that the Liberal Cabinet broke up in
consequence of a difference about the Irish Church,
we believe to be hardly worthy of notice. Repeal
the corn-laws, and the Irish Church would take care
of itself. Sir R. PEEL'S resignation would have ren-
dered it as imperative upon him hereafter to support
a Liberal Ministry in settling the Irish Church ques-
tion, as to support them at starting in repeal of the
corn-laws. On the Irish Church question also has he
abandoned, as Minister, the policy of his party. An
ingenuous and manly course on the corn-laws, which
Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S acceptance of the Premiership
prepared us to expect, should have guaranteed an in-
genuous and manly course also on the question of the
Irish Church.
We come, then, to the cause of the sudden termina-
tion of the Chesham-place conferences ; and, we fear,
there is no reasonable doubt of its being an objection

urged at the eleventh hour, and then persisted in by
Lord GEE v,to Lord PALMERSTON ft 3 Foreign Secretary,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL would not give the Foreign Se-
cretaryship to any one else ; Lord GREY would not be
a member of the Government if Lord PALMERSTON
were Foreign Secretary ; Lord PALMERSTON placed
himself at Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S disposal, to be or not
to be Foreign Secretary, but if he were not Foreign
Secretary, he should decline any other office, and out
of office would cordially support Lord JOHN Rus-

SELL'S Aministration. Such is said to have been the

triangular duel which arose on Friday afternoon, after
everything was supposed to be settled. It is clear
that Lord J. RUSSELL, who has always supported
Lord PALmERsToN's foreign policy, could not avail
himself of the latter generous offer, and so sanction
what he would think an unjust imputation. On the
other hand, having from the beginning looked upon
his task as an arduous one—seeing difficulties before
him, which to be overcome must be met by union and
the absorption of all differences in the one great ques-
tion of corn law repeal, he was not prepared to pro-
ceed, if deserted by Lord GREY. Whatever differences
of opinion there may be as to the result, all must be
agreed that Lord J. RUSSELL has acted a generous
and disinterested part. He did not snatch at office
greedily ; he accepted it only after having well
weighed all the difficulties, and his means of meeting
them ; and one new difficulty afterwards arising,

which under other circumstances would have been of

little account, he has felt that he could not longer

keep her MAJESTY and the country in suspense, and
has immediately resigned his charge. After

this the most unscrupulous libeller will hardly '
dare to charge Lord Jorm RUSSELL and his
friends with greediness for office. Two un-
forseen events of the last week would have
influenced appetite for power, if such had been their
ruling motive. Lord METCALFE'S return from Canada
placed the Governoraneralship of that province, and
Lord WHARNCLIFFPr death the Lord-Lieutenancy
of the West Riding, at their disposal. These two
great bits of patronage were in their hands, and are
now in Sir ROBERT PEEL'S.

As to Lord GREY and the part which he has taken,
it wonld be unfair to prejudge him, before the meet-
ing of Parliament has given him the opportunity of
making the explanations which will be looked for.
But we cannot help observing, that the objection
with which Lord GREY has thwarted his political
friends might have been made sooner, and seems not
to have been made till after Lord JOHN RUSSELL had
undertaken to form a Ministry ; and that the objec-
tion to Lord PALMERSTON'S foreign policy has come
from one who was for a very short time a mem-
ber of Lord MELBOURNE'S Cabinet, and ceased
to belong to it in 1839, before the most critical
period of Lord PALMERSTON'S administration of
foreign affairs. Of all those assembled at Chesham-
place, Lord GREY had probably had the fewest oppor-
tunities of studying Lord PALMERSTON'S policy. Nor
can we forget that Lord GREY, who, after having, of
all the leading Whig politicians, been the most pro-
minent advocate of free trade, has now upset a free-
trade Ministry, left MELBOURNE'S Cabinet in 1839,
complaining of its tendencies to Radicalism, after
much flirting with Lord MELBOURNE'S Radical
supporters.
We believe that the cause of free trade will gain,
and not suffer, by Sir ROBERT P➢EL'S return to
power. But we do not affect to rejoice at the manner
in which his return to power has been effected ; and
we deeply regret the part which Lord GREY is repre-
sented to have acted.

The speech delivered by the Queen of SPAIN, on
the 15th, to the Cortes cannot fail to excite surprise
and satisfaction among a numerous class of readers.
It contains much good sense, some plain truths, not
usually found in Spanish harangues, and a tolerably
fair account of the state of the nation at the present
time. Though we deprecated at first the violent
measures of NARVAEZ, and still retain the same
opinion regarding the unconstitutional manner in
which he expelled ESPARTERO from the kingdom,
we are ready to admit that his measures latterly
have been of a very different description, and
that for many years Spain has not exhibited
such fair prospects of a steady and regular Govern-
ment as at the present time. It certainly appeared a
perfect anomaly that a ruler, like the late REGENT,
who conducted himself generally according to the
principles of the constitution, should have been so
utterly deserted, not by the army only (for that cir-
cumstance might have been accounted for), but by the
whole nation. No town of any note raised its voice
in his favour, and the last which he visited while in
power (Seville), made such a resistance to
his authority that he was forced to use
towards it a degree of severity that lowered
him greatly in public estimation. Since that period
his name has been forgotten, and no party of the
slightest weight has displayed any attempts to restore
the constitutional REGENT. Whether this is owing to
the inaptitude of the people for representative govern-
ment, and their national predilection for old institu-
tions- and despotic government, we cannot say, but
one fact is evident to all the world, that, since the
death of FERDINAND, Spain has not enjoyed such
tranquillity as under the dominion of a SOVE-
REIGN who has not yet reached her sixteenth year.
We merely state facts, without attempting to ac-
count for them. And the country is not only tranquil,
but to all appearances prosperous. The finances are
placed in some order. New taxes have been imposed,
and submitted to. The national credit is rising.
Treaties of reconciliation, peace, and friendship have
been entered into with the republics of Chili and
Venezuela, with a view to establish relations of
amity and commerce with other countries. The
old haughty bigotry and vain pretensions of
the mother country have disappeared, and, fol-
lowing the example of England, Spain has
resolved to make the most of revolutions which it
could neither control nor prevent. Much, however, yet
remains to be done in that long distracted country
to restore order, and compensate for the dilapidations
which have been going on for centuries. But we do
not despair of the people, nor of a thorough regenera-
tion of their habits and system of government. They
have many good qualities; they have performed a dis-
tinguished part in the affairs of the world, and we
trust that in due time reforms will be introduced,
which will not only be useful to the Spanish nation, as
regards trade and commerce, but extend their influence
to all the neighbouring States.

It may be necessary, for the safety of the lives and
property committed to their charge, that captains of
merchant-vessels when at sea should be: entrusted
with despotic powers over their passengers and crow;
it may be necessary that the mutiny-laws should be
so stringent as to punish with death any attempt to
resist the most tyrannical abuse of this power;
but it is also necessary that the man to whom this
power is entrusted should be held responsible to the
law for the exercise of it the instant he sets foot on
shore, and that the administrators of the law should,
in every case in which that power has been abused,
make such an example of the evil-doer as shall
operate as "a great discouragement" to those who
may be inclined to tread in his footsteps. We are
led to make these observations in consequence of the
conviction of Captain GORDON, of the barque Nea-
thesis, at the Old Bailey, for an assault on WILLIAM
SCOTT, an apprentice boy on board that vessel, during
the voyage, for which he was sentenced to pay a fine
of 10/. We intend not to reflect upon Captain
GORDON, whose case was one that, in the opinion of
Mr. Commissioner Bunnocx, did not call for any
great extent of punishment, and who, according to
the admission of even the counsel fcr the prosecution,
left the Court with an untarnished character.
It is against the system which entrusts power
in the hands of men who have never
been trained by a strict moral discipline to the
proper exercise of it, that we protest. That
the boy SCOTT was flogged most severely, both by
the captain and the mate, there can be no doubt ; and
that, as was contended for on the part of the defence,
this cruel torture was merely " the ordinary treat-
ment" of boys, who, like SCOTT, fall asleep on watch,
there can be as little doubt. But what shall we say
of the system—the atrocious system--which, as " or-
dinary treatment," subjects young lads to the inflic-
tion of these tortures ? And it is from amotg these
very lads, thus brutalised by repeated floggings, that
the captains of our merchant-ships are chosen. Can we
wonder at the perpetration of those atrocities on board
ship, with the relation of which the public is every
now and then horrified? The slave entrusted with
despotic power always becomes the most cruel and
remorseless of tyrants. Now, what is the remedy for
this state of things ? Clearly to secure the services
of a better educated and superior class of men as
captains of merchant-vessels. This the Legislature
can, and ought to do, by enacting that no man shall
be appointed to the command of a merchant-ship with-
out having previously obtained a license, such license to
be obtainable only after having passed a satisfactory
examination in navigation and seamanship, and having
produced testimonials proving good moral character,
command of temper, and fitness for the exercise of
authority. If it is necessary that the Legislature
should entrust captains of merchant-ships with des-
potic command, it is their duty to see that none are
appointed to that office but those who can safely be
entrusted with its exercise.

We have received Madrid journals of the 13th and
14th, and also the QUEEN'S Speech addressed to the
Cortes at the opening a the session, on the 15th inst.
This document is drawn up with considerable skill,
and with little of that extravagant language for which
the Spaniards are distinguished. It refers to the
peaceable state of the country in these words :—" At
home in the Peninsula, order and respect for the laws
have been maintained, so that every attempt at trea-
son has been defeated 'oy the vigilance and firmness
of the authorities, at well as by the fidelity of the
army, the subordination and discipline of which might
serve as a model for the world ; and, in fine, in the
excellent spirit of the people—tired and worn out by
revolt, and anxious to enjoy fully the benefit of peace,

under the shade of the Throne, and under the pro-
tection of our national institutions." It also adverts_
with satisfaction to the state of the finances, the ad-
ministration of justice, and the reforms in the de-
partment of public instruction. 'We have given the
speech at length in another part of the paper. The
Gazette publishes instructions of the Minister of
Finance, relative to the mode of valuing the terri-
torial produce, in order to assess in a more equitable
manner the tax on property in 1846. The appraisers
are to be appointed by the municipalities.

On the lath the Three per Cents. closed at 37 at
60 days; and the Five per Cents. at 241 at GO days.

Accounts from Paris announce a considerable rise
in every kind of security on Friday. On Saturday
there was a slight decline, but still the market had a
firm appearance. The articles in the papers relate
chiefly to the proposed reductions in the tariff on iron
and cotton. We have already quoted from the Presse
articles against the scheme, and we subjoin an outline
of one from another Opposition paper, of a quite dif-
ferent character. The Courrier Francais contends
that there is a vast superiority in iron vessels over
those of wood, and that if the mercantile navy of
France is to be restricted to timber, whilst her neigh-
bours use iron, it must be beaten in the race of com-
petition. Assuming then that there is this superiority
in iron over wood for vessels, the writer asks how it
could be possible for the shipowners in France to con-
tend with those of England, if they were compelled to
purchase iron at the present dear rate in France.
Igi The number of vessels to be built ron,' accord-
ing to the statement made by the tster of Com-
merce, would, it seems, amount eventually to 4,779,
representing a total tonnage of 532,357. The iron
required for this would amount to 239,056 tons. Now,
the price of sheet-iron in England, says the Courrier,
is at this moment 292 f., whereas in France it is 460 f.,
showing a difference of 168 f. per ton. Multiplying
by this difference the number of tons that would be
required for the change of system in the mercantile
navy, the amount would be 40,320,000 f. If there-
fore, the ship-owners, in order to keep pace with
those in England, substitute iron for wood, they will,
if compelled to purchase the iron from the French
ironmasters, have to pay to them a tax of more than
forty millions, and, consequently, having to pay at a
much higher rate than the English for their ships,
they must, in order to cover themselves, demand a
higher rate of freight. Under these circumstances
the Courrier says—" 'We hope that for once our great
ironmasters will show themselves bons princes,
and royally consent to sacrifice their privi-
leges in favour of the mercantile navy.
France expects this from their patriotism."
The intelligence from Algiers is still very unfavour-
able. No progress is made in subduing the revolt,
and symptoms of discontent have shown themselves
in the provinces. The French colonists are also be-
ginning to rebel against the despotism of Marshal
BUGEAUD. Relative to the expedition to Madagascar,
the Constitutionnel says :
" The expedition against Madagascar appears ad-
journed. Orders had been given to the Maritime Pre-
fect of Brest to have the vessels ready to sail in the be-
ginning of January, but now the time spoken of is the
end of February, a period at which the Chambers will
have said what they think of the project. The real
cause of this postponement is the Ministerial crisis in
England. The following are said to have been the ar-
rangements :—Fifteen hundred men were to have been
furnished by the English, and as many by us. Ours
were taken from the infantry and marines, and a com-
pany of engineers was added to them. Genera Duvivier
is at present engaged in inspecting them. The French
contingent was to be raised to 1,800 men ; for it was
supposed that, after a voyage of three or four months,
all the troops would not be equally fit for active service.
Besides, allowance was made for the sickness that was to
be expected in a new climate."
The following are miscellaneous extracts from the
different papers :

" A treaty of commerce, it is said, was signed on
Dec. 3, at Naples, with the United States. The Ameri-
can cotton, it is said, is not to pay more than ten ducats
entrance duty, in place of twenty, so that it is placed
on the same footing as that of the East Indies or
Egypt. The wines of Naples and Sicily aro to be ad-
mitted into the Union on paying the same duties as the
wines of other nations.
" Accounts have been received from Otaheite to the
middle of August. Admiral Seymour had arrived at
Papeiti in the Collingwood, and saluted the flag of the
Protectorate.

" As we have announced, the Triton man-of-war pro-
ceeds to the Levant, and the Neptune to Madagascar.
By the removal of these ships, the evolution squadron is
considerably reduced, but it will be re-organised, it is
thought, before the spring. The three-decker the So-
vereign, and the Hercule, of 100 guns, are destined, it
is said, to form part of it. In fine, the report has circu-
lated, but we mention it with all fitting reserve, that Ad-
mifal de Mackau intends coming to take the command
in person, in place of Admiral Parseval Deschiines, whose
period of command is near its close. It is supposed that
several steam-frigates will be attached next summer to
this squadron, which may be called on to fulfil an im-
portant mission on the coasts of Africa.
" The Emperor of Russia left Palermo on the sth in
a steamer for Naples, accompanied by Counts Nesselrode
and Orloff.

--------
" A letter from Rome on the 6th, in the Augsburg
Gazette, states that some of the refugees from Rimini,
in the states of Tuscany, have been detected in a con-
spiracy to seduce a battalion of the line, and enter with
it into the Roman States. Twenty soldiers who had
been seduced by the conspirators have fled, to avoid
punishment."
Oa the Paris Bourse the market was not quite so firm on
aents. leaving off at 81f. 50c.,
pSraitcuersdaryeceadsed,thoeie pTrhecreeed-ipnger-dc y, and towards the close
and the Five-per-Cents. at 117 f. 80c. The market closed as
follows:—Three-per-Cents., for cash, 81f. 50c., for account,
81f. 50c.; Five per-Cents., for cash, 117 f, 80c., for account,
117 f. 80c.; Bank of France Shares, 3,350 f. ; Neapolitan,
101 f. 40c. ; Spanish Threes, 37.
The Share Market, without being weak, had given way a
little, Paris and Orleans leaving off at 1,1751. ; Paris and
I:ouen, 967 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 897 f. 50c. ; Viezron, 655 f. ; Stras-
bourg and Basle, 238 f. 75c. ; Northern, 715 f. ; Bordeaux,
627 f. 50c.

The following are the last quotations we have re
ceived for the other lines :

anf.nse°rocn. premium ;
), 6f. 50c. ;
ditPtoari(scaainodioi:Tf.on;sußniaoinlr,oald6f(;Lcaliflitttote()G,
ditto (Lapinsonniere), 6f. 50c.; Sud Est, 4f. ; Messageries,
Strasbourg Paris and
lf. ; Tiara
sbAotrudg°i(nba4nl'n e; roßne)c, e2vfe.
and Nantes (Mackenzie), br. 50c.; ditto (Drouillard), ,If.
usrosc-.G; ednietrtao.u63, e
otfe.
t;_),
50e.; ditto (O'Neill), 51.; ditto (Lefevre), sf. -
; Lyons and
Arigl.on (Talabot), 61. 50c. ; ditto (Lecointe), If. ; ditto
(Compagnie Meridionale), 501.; Bordeaux and Cette (Mac-
kenzie), 500 E ; ditto (Espeleta), 4f: 00C.; Creil and St.
Quentin, par ; Charleroi (Kysaens), 495 f. The Lyons
Definitive Shares sold at 901. premium; the Strasbourg;ditto, 251.; Tours an:l Nantes, 551.
Lroxs, DEC. 17.—Marseilles and ATignon, 846 f. 25c.;
Paris and OrL3ans, 1,140 f.; Paris and Rouen, 925 f.; Orleans
and Vierzon, 30f.

BI;INESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCPIANGE, DEC 20.
Anglo-Belgian — Madrid aid Valencia... 1
Barbadoes
Boulogne and Amiens.. Naunar and Liege ......
Bordeaux &Mediterran North Jamaica .....
Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans aid Vierzon
Do. & Cetto (Espeleta) Orleans and Bordeaux lOLA
Do. (Mackenzie's) .. OverYssel ....... ........
Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris& Lyons (Lalitte) 214
cilia Coast
Central of Sputa .. Ditto (Caloa's)....
Ceylon .
,d

Demerara

Dendre Valley ......
Dutch:Rhenish ......
Dieppe Sr Paris Janet.
Dijon and Malhowe ...
East Indian ....-

Fampenx & Hazebreuk
Grt Northern of France
Constituted 13%
De. Pepin le Hallexr —
Great Paris and Lyons 214
Great Western Bengal
Great Western Canada
Jamaica S. Mid. Junction

Do. North Midland
Do. Extension
Jersey
Loavaia aid Jornappe —
Lyons and Avignon —
Luxerabctrg

(Paris an,

IParis and Rotten
Paris and Strasburg
(Ganneron's) -
Do. (Compe de L'Est)
Do. (Av

,yma.
Paris aad St. Quentin. __
Rouen and Havre._
Royal Nortl of Spain.
Sambre aid liaise .... 43/,
Strasburg aiti Bale .... 9
Tsurnay,Jurbiss, Lan-
den, and Hasselt
Tours and Nantes

(Mackenzie's)
De. ( Lefebvre's) —
Do. (O'Neill's)
Trinidad
Verona and Ancona —
West Flanders

E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY VIrtNIVG, .162E1611/nIER, 22 1845.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.'
CITY, QUARTER ?O TRIME.
There was a quiet Market for Cotton at Liverpool on Sa-
turday. Sales 3,000 bales without change inpriCgs•
A considerable degree of excitement continues to i.:9wit-
nessed in all circles here at the new turn that has taken
place in the Ministerial appointments. It will be seen below
that the quotations of the public securities have advanced
upon the probable return of Sir Robert Peel to power; and
all that is now most ardently desired is that the "Great ques-
tion of the corn-laws may be settled with the earliest pos-
sible speed. Trade and commerce must languish until the
real intentions of the Government upon the matter has been
arranged.
The advices by the West India steamer, partly delivered
on Saturday afternoon, bring satisfactory intelligence, in the
main, respecting the condition of the principal Islands. Slowly
it is true, but in a manner that promises an increase
hereafter, immigration was progressing (rem more
than one quarter. Sierra Leone continues to fur-
nish occasional supplies of labour, and the Hill Coolies
are a resource to be depended upon, although it is com-
plained that their introduction was rather an expensive
affair, and that several merchants had obtained Madeira
labourers, quite as efficient, on more reasonable terms, and by
virtue of private engagements. The weather in Jamaica was
moister, and therefore better for the ensuing crop.
As yet there are no advices of the receipt of the American
President's speech. The heads of this document are under-
stood to have been in the possession of a select few here, but
as to the document itself all parties interested must await
the arrival of the next packet, as no doubt it will be received
by one of the liners.
Consols for the Account have advanced from 92% to
93%, and the market is now extremely firm. The last price
on Saturday afternoon was 92%, the opening value to-day
was 93%. Now a few sales have made at 9314; Reduced
Three per Cents. have risen from 92% to 93%; and the
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. from 94% to 9534%. The
advance in Exchequer-bills has been but trithng. Bank
Stock has risen from 200 to 202.
The Foreign Funds are also firm to-day. Spanish at 28%;
the Three per Cents. at 3914, the French Three per Cents. at
81f. 50c. ; the Buenos Ayres, at 40% and the Mexican Five
per Cents. at 301/2 %.
There is a slight tendency in the Railway Shares to ad-
vance to-day ; but very little business is in progress.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 202
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9314%
New 314 per Cent. Annuities ....
Long Annuities Expire sthJan. 1860 lO 7-16
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bill& 13,4 d. I%d.
1,000/.
500/.
Ditto Small — .. 21 pm.
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent...
Ditto for the Account. 40%
Granada, 1 per Cent. . . 2ll/
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. 301/
Ditto for the Account . 30%%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 42
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 —
Ditto for the Account 28%
Ditto 3 per Cent...
Ditto for the Account. 39%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 3 per Cent. Blf. 50c.
Exchange.
Dutch 214 per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 93% 94
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE
O'CLOCK. _ _

RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Aberdeen
Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin... 2%.....
Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% to
Aylesbury and Thame ... 1%......
Belfast & County Down
Bideford and Tavistock .. ... 1%.....
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 124
Ditto New Shares
Birmingham and Oxford
Junction
Birmingham and Leicester
Direct
Boston, Stamford, and Birm. 22s .. ... •-._
Bridgewater and Minehead... 425......
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New
Bristol and Gloucester
Bristol and Liverpool Junct. 2% — to
Buckinghamshire... 42s. ...... par
Caledonian
Ditto Extension
Cambrian Gram: Junction ... 425. — to
Cambridge and Lincoln ..„„ 11/2 3%. ... to
Ditto, New
Cambridge and Oxford l% - to
Canterbury and Dover Oil—. ...... to
Central Kent 2% to
Chelmsford and Bury ..
Chester and Holyhead
Chester and Manchester
Cheltenham and Oxford ...... 2
Clydesdale Junction-- ...... 5
Cork,Blackrock,andPassages 225. . .... to

Cork andKillarney t
• . .... to
Cork and Waterford
Cornwall ...
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.,
and Leicester II,E —
Dartmoutb,Torbay,& Exeter 425.
Derb7, Gainsboro', and Great
Grimsby l% .... ..--
Derby, Uttexeter, and Staird 2 %...... --to
Direct Manch. (Remington's) 23/4 to
Ditto (Rackstrick's)
rirect Northern ... .........
.... _...

Direct Norwich
Dublin and Armagh l% to
Dublin and Belfast Junction 5
Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine 2%
Dublin and Galway 4
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Dudley, Madely, SE Broseley
Dundalk andEnniskillen ......
Eastern Counties
Do. New 6/. 16s 64 6 p to 6% p
Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 6/.13s 4d .. to
Ditto, ditto, No. 2. ...41. 13s. 4d — ...... to
East Dereham and Norwich 1
Ely and Huntingdon

Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2%...... .. .. to
Essex and Suffolk ... 1% — t•
Exeter,Dorchester,and Wey-
mouth 42s. ...... ...... to
Exeter, 'Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to
Eastern Union

Ditto U Shares 2l,‘ ,„..
Ditto Extension
Ditto Ipswich and Bury... 1 3 — . •••• t•
Ditto Extension to Norwich 21
Ditto Cambridge and Ely 2% to
East Lincolnshire l4 — . ..... to
East and West of England... 1% — ...... to
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O .. ... 70 ..... to
Ditto % Shares ... 5 ...... 13
Ditto New 4 Shares 7% l2 ...... to
Edinburgh and Northern...... PA — to
Edinburgh and Perth
Gloucester, Aberystwith, and
Central of Wales
Goole and Doncaster 42s.
Grand Junction 100

Ditto I,h Shares
Ditto Quarter Shares...... 25
...... to
GrndUnion(Notting.&Lynn) 1% 1%%14 to
Great Eastern and Western.. 21,1
GreatGrimsbyandSheffield... 5
Great South and W.(lrish) ... 15

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Ditto Extension
Great Munster 21,4 —
Great North of Scotland ...... 21/2 — to
Great North of England...... 100 207
Ditto New
Ditto New
Great Western BO
Ditto. Half Shares ... ..... . 50

Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto Fifths

Guildford, Fareham, Portms.
Harwich
Hull and Selby 5O

Ditto Qltartr6 ...... ...... 12% — ...... to
Ditto, 'Half Shares
Inverness and Elgin
Ipswich,- Norwich, and -Yar-
mouth . -
Irish North Midland-. .... ...... 1w....... ...
Isle of Axh ohne 2.5;, —
Killarney Junctirms .. Ili —
Kendal and Windermere lll — to
Lancaster and Car1i51e......... SO ...... 43
Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 2%...... --
Leeds and Carlisle ... 2% — to
Leeds and West Riding June. IN - ...... to
Leicester and Birmingham... 225. -
Leicester and Bedford 22s. —
Leicester and Tamworth 425.......
Liverpool and Manchester... 100
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarters ... . 25
Liverpool and Leeds Direct... 2% 2% to
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction
London and Birmingham ...100 215
Ditto Thirds
Ditto 4 Shares
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Extension
London & Blackwall... 161. 13s. 41...... 8%...... to
Do. Newl% ..... to
Do. Extension 8
London and Brighton
Ditto CollsolitlatedBths 40
Ditto, Sixths l% . ...
London and C: ' - - id.

Jroydonlss. 974.- to
Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. Ba. 20%
to
London, Cheltenham, Oxford,
Gloucester, and Hereford... 1
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference lBll7s 2d...
London, Hounslow, &Western 2 . .... ..- to
London and South Western.. 41% — to
Do. New consolidated Bths.. 20
Ditto New
Do. New 6 — to
London and South Essex...... 234 — to
London and Y0rk....... 2% 3%34% t 45
London and Windsor ......... 1
Lon.,Warwck, Kidderminster 2% ......
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% — to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 5
Londonderry and Enniskillen 5 — to
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham
Manchester and Leeds 76 .....123
Ditto Half Shares - 34
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths . . . ... .. ... 41 — to
Manchester and Birmingham 40
Ditto Quarters
Ditto New Quarters
Do. Continuation & Welsh
Junction l% to
Manch, Baxt3n, & Matlock 425. •••• • 13% p to
Manchehter Birmingham,and
Mould Junction
Manchester & Rugby Direct 428.
Manehester and Southampton 2
Midland 100 - -.145 ••• . to
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New
Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... •• —••-•• to -"-
Midland and Eastern Counties 25i....•
Midld. Great Western (Irish) 29 — to
Do. Extension (No. 1) .. 234
Newcastle & Darl i ngton Stine. 25
Ditto New Brandling - -

Newcastle and Berwick
Newcastle and Carlisle
Newport and Abergavenny. . 21/2 to
New Ross and Carlow 225.
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 21/2 ...... to
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 2% ...... to
,N-orfolk Extension — — to
Nort'i: British .. .. ...
Ditto lio!f Shares
Do. Extension to Carlisle... 11/4
Do. Extens. to Dalkeith ... 25 -
Ditto ditto ..... 5
North Devon'
North of Norfolk
Northern and Eastern 45
Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 35.. —

Ditto Quarter Shares

New -
Ditto _L 1 .
.. to
North Kent & Direct Dover 21/2 2
North Staffordshire............ 425.
North Wales 3l/2 •
North and South \Vales and
.. .

Worcester
r:orth. & South. Connecting 2% •••
Norwich and Brandon . It; ~.„, .. ,
Ditto New
Northampton, Banbury, and
Cheltenham
Nottingham and Boston 1 Y 4 l% ....
Not t ing.,Erewsh.Val.,& Man c. 1, .....
Nottingham and Mansfield... .•••• •• •
Oxford, Gosport, Portsmouth,
and Southampton 42s.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton
Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1% — ....
Berth and Inverness
Pillorow Atmospheric
Portsmouth Direct
Preston and Wyre
Ditto, Half Shares
Reading, Guildford, & Reigate 425.
Richmond
Rugby, Derby, & Manchester 2% — ....
Rugby and Huntingdon
Rugby, Leamington, anu
Warwick
Rugby, Warwick, and Wor-
cester
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland ... 5
Sheffield and Manchester ...100

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Ditto 14 Shares 8
Shrewsburyand Birmingham 2% — ....,
Shropshire Mineral
Shropshire Union . 42s. ... ..
Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2% ,-- ....
Shrewsbury, rvolverhampton,
and S. Staffordsh. Junction 2% — ....
Sligo and Shannon - ..
Somersetehire Midland
South Devon
Soutk Midland 42s.
South and Midlands Junction 425.
South Staffordshire Junction 21,4
••••1
SouthlEastern and Dover ... 33%
Ditto, New, No. 1
Ditto, New, N 0.2
Ditto, New, No. 3
Ditto New, No. 4. 2% 2%....
Southampton, Macchester,
and Oxford Junction.
St. Alban s, Hatfield, and

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Staines and Richmold....
Staffordshire and Shropshire 234 —
South Wales
Taw Vale Extension
Tean and Dove Valley ••••
Trent ............ 2
Trent Val. k Holyhead Jane. 25N —
Tring, Reading,& Basingstoke 51;4 -
tilverstone and Furness
Vale of Neath
Warwick and Cheltenham ...
Warwick and Worcester 42s.
Waterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limerick
Waterford, Wexford, WI eklw,
and Dublin
Waterford, Wexford, aid
Valentia
Waveney Valley
Welch Midland 2l .....
West Cornwall 2

West Yorkshire
West London, Old Shares
West End & South. Counties 11/2 ..._
Wexford and Carlow
Wisbeach and St. Ives
Wilts, Somerset, & Sthamptn 1%...
Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth
Worcester, Hereford, Ross,
and Gloucester
Worcester,Tinbury,'& Ludlow 23/4
Wrster, Shrews. & Crewe Un. 1%
Worcester and South Wales.. 425.
Worcestor,Warwick, & Rugby 42e
Yarmouth and Norwich ...... 20

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Ditto, New
York and Carlisle 284 — ....
York and Lancaster .. 24i — ••••
York and Nerth Midland .. 50
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto. Scarboro' Branch
Ditto, Selby
Ditto. Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo-Belgian
Barbadoes
Boulogne and Amiens 8 - •••.
Bordeaux and Mediteranean 2 - "air
Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette
(Mackenzie's)
Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette
(Espelete's) - ••••
Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders - ••••
Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coact I
Central of Spain ... 2 ....
Ceylon .... ss. - ....
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Dijon and Mulhouse
Dutch Rhenish i
East Indian
Eastern Belgian Junction 2 4.'z
Fampoux and Hazebrouk..... 2 •••••
Great Northern of France

Constituted
Great Paris and Lyons 2
Great Western Bengal ss. - -
Great Western Canada
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1
Jamaica North Midland 1
Ditto Extension
Jersey
Louvain and Jemeppe 4
Lyons and Avignon
Luxembourg
Madrid and Valentia
Mauritius 1
Nam= and Liege........, 4
North Jamaica 1
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6
Over Yssel 413 s 44..... 2 dis...
Paris and Lyons(Laffitte) ... 2
Parisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 3 ... ••
Paris and Lyons (Calon's)... 2 . ... DA
Paris and Lyons (Sud Est)... 2
Paris and Orleans... ......... ... 20 .....
Paris and Rouen .
Paris& Strasburg(Gannern's) 2
Do. (Comps de L'Est) 2 - ,
Ditto (Aymards) 214
Paris and St. Quentin ...... ... 2
Rouen and Havre
Royal North of Spain 2
Sambre and Meuse ' 6
Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14
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St. Laurence and Atlantic....
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Do. (O'Neilrs.) ........ 2
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Verona and Ancona .....
West Flanders 4
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LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.\
LONDON, DEC. 22.—Wind this day at noon S.S.W.,
fresh gale, with snow.
DEAL, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Inchinnan, Hyslop, Bombay ;
George, Pernambuco ; Johan Fredrick, Peterson, Batavia for
Copenhagen ; Duke of Clarence, Leverton, Honduras ; Good
Luck, Honduras. 21st, Palmyra, Campbell, China; Mar-
mion, Baillie, Madras; Bolivar, Fenwick, Bombay; Emerald,
Paves-,y Antigua; Burnhopeside, Llrly, Montreal; Enchan-
tress, Phillipp, Quebec, Arrd. from the River for, 20th, May-
flower, Headley, Hobart Town; Mayflower, M'Geldowney,
Mauritius. 21st, Simon Taylor, Brown, Calcutta; Clefton
Cox, Madras ; Navarino, Dalston, St. Helena ; Brunswick
Cappelle, Aden; Eleanore and Henriette, Deneke, Porto
Rico ; Maria and Elizabeth, Batavia. Arrd. from the River
and sailed for, 21st. Royal Saxon, Charlesworth, Sydney;
London, Gibson, Sydney; John Grey, M‘Donald, Calcutta;
Charles Jones, Clarkson, Calcutta; Mary Rundle, Sierra
Leone; Rapid, Dunbar, Bahia; Juno, Bonhoff, Pernambuco;
Tancred Smith, Barbadoes ; Catherine Greene, Dyer, St.
Kitt's. Sld. 21, Henry Woolley, Calcutta; John Oldham,
Cavery, Bombay; William and Alfred, Laurence, Antigua;
Caleb Ango, Whittle, Hondurus ; Denmark, Frost, Mobile.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 21.—S1d. Port Fleetwood, Ludler,
Cape of Good Hope ; Quebec, Williams, New York.
YARMOUTH, DEC. 21.—SId. Fattel Raznek, Aden.
DUBLIN, DEC. 20.—Letherland, Freeman, Quebec.
CORK, DEC. 18.—Arrd. Maria Spear, New York; Boadicea,
Newfoundland, and sailed for London. 19. Hyram, Wm.
Taylor Walker, New York. Sailed, 19th, Sappheras, Mobile.
HULL, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Pilot, Hall, St. Andrew's; Gillman,
Dyedal, Queboc.

RAMSGATE, DEC. 21.—The Woodman, Good, from Bombay
to Hull, went on shore on the Knock last night, and it is
feared will be totally lost—blowing heavy.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 21.—The wind shifted suddenly at 3
A. Iv. from the northward, and has blowna heavy gale ever
since from N. to N.N.W., and continues.

CORK, DEC. 18.—It blew a heavy gale N.E. during the
night. The vessels in harbour rode it out safely.
SUNDERLAND, DEC. 19.—The Dawsons, Thompson. from
St. Peteuburgh, arrived here yesterday, is rather leaky,
having grounded in entering.

IMPORTANT TO MARINERS.—DISCOVERY OF AN
ISLAND, &c.
"Adelaide, July 25, 1845.
" Sir,—l have the honour to enclose a sketch of the coast
of part of Nuyt's Archipelago, furnished me by Captain
Irving, of the schooner Sisters, which shows a considerable
variation from Flinders' chart of 1802, doubtlessly caused by
the haze he met with marked on the map. The dotted line
shows the coast as it exists. Streaky Bay is much deeper,
while there is not nearly so deep a bay between Cape Bauer
and Point Westall as Flinders has marked. There, however,
exists a bay, named ' Trial Bay,' not laid down by Flinders,
in which the Elizabeth and Rebecca, of Hobart Town, was
wrecked, as advised on the 16th May last.
" Captain Irving also reports having discovered an island,
about three miles in length, lat. 34. 47. S., and lon. 139. 39.
E., not laid down in any chart.
" I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
(Signed) "LLOYD'S AGENT.
" William Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's."

Dispatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands, and from the Governor of Gibraltar, were
received yesterday at the Colonial-office.

CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR. sat to-day in the Old Ha%
Lincoln's Inn, for the purpose of hearing unopposed
lunatic petitions.

.I.IIDMIENTEL
His LORDSHIP on taking his seat ,stated, that as there
were several cases in which ho had to give judg'
ment, it was his intention to dispose of all those cases
early in the next term
IN THE MATTER OF DYCE sonnall.
This case came before the Court upon the petition Of
the trustees of the marriage settlement of Mrs. Dye*
Sombre, praying. that they might be at liberty to sell
certain new s ha ?.,s in the Great Western RailwayCoEoPseP
and also in the LNildon and Birmingham Railway CeBe
pany. I appeared that part of the property of the lu•
nt,t:c, under the marriage settlement, had been inv e,!cuci
in railway sheres, and among the companies ir
ivh"
that property was invested were the London and B"
im;ham :anti the Great Western Railenss. New sharel
hadbt9n allotted in each of timF,o Companies to the
trustees of the lunatic's marriage settlement—in the
Erincr 77 share, And in the lattor 080 shares. Mr!'
Dyce Sombre had advanced to the trustees tee
those
sum sufficient to pay the deposits on
shares, and m t,
they might now be sold et 1,
premium, Which would realise 4,366/., the presen
petition had been presented 'or the leave of the Court to
sell them, and to repay to Mrs. Dyce Sombre the amount
she had advanced.
The LORD CHANCELLOR made the order, obsery e
wing
that it was a profitable transaction for tLe estate of tu
lunatic.

MATTHEWS V. BRISK.
His LORDSHIP stated that he had read the correAr%
dente in the ease, and tbst after that perusal be did.l
see any reason to alter the judgment he gale
turday.

WRIT OF NE EXICAT REGNO.
Mr. JAMES PARKER applied to his Lord:liiP to bear;
on An early day, an application for a writ of ne exes
rev() against a person he did not name. A writ °f
ellor of
exeat regno had been issued, but the Vice-Chang
England, upon an application made to him for tbst
pose on Saturday, discharged the writ, and it therefore:
became necessary to make an application for anon',if
writ to his Lordship. The Learned Counsel trustet!o
it was convenient, that his Lordship would bear the

tion to-morrow.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—I cannot hear it to-tnorroirt
as I shall be out of town.
Mr. J. PARKER trusted his Lordship would natal) 111°
early day, as the matter was of great iwportunce.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he should be in towilLi
Tuesday week, for the prorogation of Parliament, I"iii
he would hear the motion on that day, at his h"se
George-street, at eleven o'clock.
His LORDSHIP, after disposing of all the nOPPI4
lunatic petitions in his paper, rose shortly before
o'clock. _ .

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAl*l
(Before the VICE- CHANCELLnIt of ENGLAND' I ~,ok
His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England
motions to-day.
HILL V. BEGBIE.
This case came before the Court upon motion fairior .11
receiver of the real and personal property- of as eae°:tr
old lady deceased, named Senhouse. Fron3
ments of the Learned Counsel who made the aPP the
it appeared that Mr. Hill, the plaintiff, who ":0
proprietor of the Ship Hotel, at Charing-croso, "f
up-
creditor of the late Mrs. Senhouse to the extent(ledll
wards of 7001., that he had brought ga„ °be
against her for the amount, and that helat'dietl-
had obtained judgment against her Mrs. Senhouse
By her v7ill she left several legacies to the defer:o7o,
who, it appeared, was her domes tic and only
ear aestbe
and to satisfy those legacies it would require nwlyhos
whose property left by Mrs. Senhouse, and
Pared A tot
estate the defendant had administered. It apPearr,„ase
Mrs. Senhouse lived some time since in a freehola
PiCB
of her's at Esher, hut, in consequence of her "ship
alarmed, she quitted it and went to live in the ions
Hotel. where she died. At her decease the defatulder
took possession of the whose of her property, ,Ind t,/, for
these circumstances the preset application was made
a receivier. ,I, ts•
The VICE-CHANCELLOR rens& the niodoe,
wi
EXCHEQUER.—. 4 ILES DAlr',l
(Sittings at Nisi Prius in London,
BARON and a special Jury.)
HEATH v. DURRANT. and
The Court met at the usual hour this morning
,s
by 01'
b, fore the Loa]) 01
resumed the hearing of this part-heard case. h
out of a disputed policy of insurance e—cet'd.nt, an
plaintiff, an Afric:ot merchant, with the dei:dus
id
underwriter at Lloyd's, upon a quantity
rfonte Video
in 1841, in a Brazilian vessel bound Ll'c'rti Maria
the Ira a
for the coast of Afeica, called e, as well
Aldine. The vessel in the course of he'. "Yslogop-of-war
Portuguese.
as her cargo, was captured by a horities st
and subsequently condemned by the all' d
tb
Lisbon as a vessel intended for the slave-trams'' a° Lod
defence set up wag, that the goods were no,t
tuosa
ins
against such an event. • le
n/A4
The whole t • day was occupied with o°lloo
proving the capture and condemnation of the Vi"
Maria _,1401
Aldina oy the Purtu“uese Government and
tribunals as a slave-trader.

CithilsilcitloluNA, L CO UR T.—( T HIS 10` 'III
T (Before Mr. Commissioner Br:m.oos.) tt•
which was adjourned from Saturday efe_.o
ing till this morning, met at ten o'clock for the PurPu.
of passing sentence on Capt. Gordon.
s 0
nlttrwill
sbeforremunemmbeercriefduitihyatfltehgegicehgarga
andaft-
wards pouring vitriol on his back. The jury utterly.
disbelieved that part of the charge which referred
of
the
e blies,: ns t the yerri•
vitriol, and were further of opinion that part f W..
flogging the boy received was a well-merited punishment;
but the additional dozen which were inflicted after soul_
time had elapsed from the commission of the offence_l
thewere unnecessary, and they therefore convicted 'hitn._il_'
second count of the indictment, which charged ta
assault.t the
casemeMn tr,vr.
and
Commissioner mo
thereforei
thatss i o n
de i rds Be
notnnt
aecl c f
himos
re e
anym seemed
extent
thinky
o f tpbtair-iisobi
a fine 01 '
to the Queen:
quitep
r eT shs
eecdlCounsel
tphfioenrivetenhrayt
hprosecutionCapt.
regarneddeneddevifinftneceetdhbeostgebli i
him by the boy Scott.

BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAT:)hisn-
A ragged old man, who gets a scanty living re;„"it
self, his wife, and several children, by selling,l%-os•
the street, was charged by policeman E 129, wit' 14
ing an obstruction in the carriage-way in Holborn, for
standing there with his basket and exposing
fru
sale. r 0
The policeman stated that he saw the prisone jog
Holborn last evenitg- selling fruit, and " after Warn
him several times" took him into custody. footwill ?
Mr. HALL asked wi,`'ness if it was on the
Witness replied that
he was not causing any it was not.
obstrilctllsi;
Mr. HALL—Then
The Chief Clerk observed that the charge "I
" Mr. obstrßALLucti the carriae-way"
ng
g said, that he was. very unwilling e'
tu!h did
any person for selling fruit in the street when Li, re-
not interfere with the passengers, as they boar, rto
source but to get an honest living in that manner,' or
live by theft. It appeared that the Prie"ne- us ob-
in fact doing no harm, for he could create uo serio
struetion in the carriAge-way. bad
The policeman said that several of the inhabit°3"
made complaints to him ten
Air. HALL said, that he made it a rule not nbo,i)i
stateinenls of " oomph-611;s of inhabitants." „ts on
tants came to this court ;.9 make their ststeLne'-t
oath, he (Mr. Ball) would be. able to judge el' all our
Juries they rcally sustained, but in making their by
rt
plaints to the police, they were ge,zierally influe-c.-sener
mean and selfish motives, as such
took away a great part of their trade Re sir
,d re,
should therefore discharge the prisoner and woui
any
commend him to be very careful to avoid ererthirtiu-
obsTtrhuction, and then no one could interfere wst basket
The prisoner was according discharged, d
an
returned to him. p&sons as the P"gajo

CLERKENWELL.—(TRIS DA-Yrjetl
In The Sun of Saturday as, case of a boY,Tber
Franks, appeared. The ca>e was remanded for Juli
inquiry. It will be recollected the prisoner sillk ,ass
father sent him out to beg. It turned out that such tb°
inisottertnhoeofna,ctis
aMvrerFyrarneksps„,:tit.t_,boieapp red in Court toot
the prisoner had gone out to begrEweiuth. hiiisepderernalies d
ion
no,v;
in truth, the boy had run away, and he did not lc
where he was. The prisoner vi as consequently' 14 to
charged. It is only right, in justice to Mr. Franks'
make this statement.

MARLBRO'-STREET.(THISDA '„;,/§
John Morgan, a young man decently dressed,
charged with the following daring robbery :
and
William Wallis, shopman to Messrs. Hodges veo,
Scott, of No. 2, New Bond-street, hosiers and 0....
stated that on Saturday evening, as he was sitting at er::
in the parlour, behind the shop, he heard the door op
and on rising up saw a man he believed to be theyierli
soner, standing in the shop behind a screen on wri,
goods are placed for show. The man had in his hanti_i
pile of pieces of silk handkerchiefs, about eighteen incefe
in height, which he had taken from a sideboard in "'of
shop. As witness was going into the shop the
handkerchiefs broke in the centre, and fell strewed tir"
the floor. The man ran into the street, and witness par.;
sued him, calling " Stop thief." The man turned
Stafford-street, and witness lost sight of him for a le:
seconds. On reaching Dover-street, he found the Pr'
Boner in custody.
Mr. MALTBY—You believe the prisoner to be the Per
son you saw in your employer's shop ? bu
Witness—l do. I have not the slightest doubt
that he is the same man. The pile contained 20 or 2.1
pieces of handkerchiefs, of the vale of from 251 to 301;
James Simmons, police constable No. 115 of th
division, stated, that while on duty in Dover-street, rir
heard the cry of " Stop thief," and saw the prisene
come running out of Stafford-street. On reachillg ,16
dark part of the street, the prisoner crossed the wil.„"
and walked leisurely in an opposite direction to thnt
which he had been running. Witness took
"
custody, when he said ho had heard the cry of
thief," and was running after the thief. No person r&1
from Stafford-street before him.
The prisoner said be was quite innocent - he wasil:
respectable man, and the police knew nothing against
character.
He was remanded until Wednesday next.

Lady Granville Somerset and family are at Niel:,
and, owing to the delicate health of her eldest daughters m"
Ladyehip deem net return till the spring.