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London, England, 1842-12-19 00:00:00

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THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.)

BRITISH FUNDS.

flank Stock

tlndia Stock 267k pm

3 per Cent. Red. . 94i Dittr, Bonds .... 46 pm
3 per Ceut. Cons — Ditto Old Annuities ...
3} per Cent.. Red......... 101 Ditto New Annuities...
New 3i per Cent......... '.:x. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 52 pm
141.tw 5 per Cent — Ditto 500/...... 50 pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small
Jan. 186() ... ...... 12 9.16 Bank Stock for Acct.
Oct. 1859 ...... ... -- India Stock for Org...
Jan. 1860 — Consols for Acct.
__ _____ 93

FOREIGN FUNDS.

Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Ditto, New Ditto
Prussian, 5 per cent.
Russian, spm cent —
Dit to, t 1eta11ic..........
Spanish, 5 per cent.
Ditto, Deferred.... .
French, 5 per cent. —f. —e.
Exchange —f —c
'French, 3 per cent
Dutch, 2 per cent. 524
!Ditto, 5 per cent. ..

Austrian, 5 per cent
per cent —
Brazilian Bonds...
Buenos Ayres 6 per cent.
Chillan, 6 per cent. 74i
Colombian, 6 per cent —
Ditto, 16'24
Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent Bo,i
Danish, 3 per :ent
Greek, 1625, 5 per cent —
Mexican, 5 per cent
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1t...437
Peruvian,lB2s,6 per et.

SHARES.

Eastern Counties (23 paid) B,-i
FAlinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...
Great Western, (65 paid)
Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) .. . 8
London ar.d Brighton (50 paid)
London and Birmingham (90) ..... .
London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) .614
Manchester and Leeds, (70 paid)

Ditto New Shares (30 paitl ) :. ......... 32
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid)
Paris and Rouen (20 paid) -
SoutllllEastern and Dover (50 paid) 226
Ditto Scrip (s) tiaid 1

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOITRNAL.G.

FROM TIER E: ENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.

GLOBE.—The obscene bird of the Otarterly pro-
phesies famine from Corn-law repeal. We have said
that there is something so peculiar in this writer's
venom, that it first damages his own party, before it
can so much as reach ours. In effect, what can possi-
bly damage the present Government more than the
truth of the leading statements of the Quarterly arti-
cle, if they were the truth, and the whole truth ? If
it were true that the Anti-Corplaw League were all
this writer de4cribes it— if it were true that the
whole aim of this League, unprovoked by any real
oppression—ungrounded upon any common intereF,i
between employers and workpeeple—if it were true,
e soy, that this League had been contrivint, all
summer and autumn, to conjure lightning 'from a
clear sky—to reduce the wages of their na ids un •
necessarily—to throw their own marl nery out of
gear--,to leave their own fixed caP'..tal profitless—
play this violent anti waosteful raMe de gaiete de
coml.—without pressure on themselves—if the
whole aim of the manufP.:Aurers, combined in the
League, had beer. to force on confusion in their
own district, VI order to reduce wages throhgh
repeal of the Corn-laWs—if such were the sole
motive and e'oject—if such the means of Corn-law
agitation—then what a Government are we living
under, the.t has forborne for so long a period

" To set its armed heel on this reluctant worm !"
If the Quarterly proved all it states against the Anti-
Corn-law League, it would prove too much. It would
afford the most damning proof of imbecility against
the Peel Government. What ! Is it possible that
body should so lung have been suffered to exist, at
once tedious and contemptible—to exist arid pusue its
machinations—to conspire openly, to predict disorder,
and wilfully to accomplish its predictions—to beard
the Cabinet, to importune the Parliament, to make
every town re-echo with its outcries, every press
groan with its manifestoes— a body not less opposite
in interest to the classes it is agitating than to the
class against which it is agitating—for that is the as-
sertion of the Quarterly. We say it is the most
damning impeachment of its party that could possibly
be brought, that such a body as this fancy picture of
the Anti-Corn-law League represents, should have
been suffered to proceed with impunity in such a
coume as this writer ascribes to it. The Quarterly
champion is in this dilemma. Either he has
misrepresented it (which he has)—either the sup-
pression of truth, and the suggestion of untruth,
have been largely practised by him—or else, the
guilt and madness of this monster-136(1y, " with front
of brass, and feet of clay," are eclipsed and lost in
the guilt and madness of a Government which could
suffer it to pursue the ends of rapacity through the
means of turbulence. If the character of the League
has been what he represents it, that character has
blazed on his forehead; these malefactors have
proclaimed their intended crimes on a public stage,
like the chorus of conspirators in Canning's Rovers.
They have all along been notorious enemies of land-
lords, farmers, agricultural labourers, manufacturing
operatives—have represented, in fact, nothing but
their breeches pockets—have aimed at nothing but con-
fiscating the land to grind down wages in the towns.
And before this body—thus baseless, thus isolated—
ungrounded in principle, unbacked by numbers—the
Government—the public force in the hands of the grece
national party has quailed! 11l as we think of the
moral courage of the present Administration—we do
not think so ill of it as to suppose such imbecility
posSible. If the Quarterly tells the truth, however,
such is the inference from that truth against the Go-
vernment. Fortunately another inference may be
drawn from the considerations above suggested—i. e.,
that the Quartcrty does not tell the truth.
STANDARD.—Whatever doubt upon the sub-
ject of the Corn-laws existed last week was the re-
sult of the most impudent fabrication probably ever
printed in a newspaper—the announcement of the
meditated fixed duty in the Globe of the 9th—an an-
nouncement which, as our Gloucestershire friends
have remarked, was artfully reserved for a Friday, in
order that it might find its way into the great majo-
rity of the provincial papers, printed on a Saturday,
hetbre it was possible to contradict it by authority.
The Whig-Radical falsehood has been treated with
great, perhaps with unmerited, lenity by the Con-
servative press ; but it is an insupportable reach of
effrontery to use the consequences of that falsehood
used as ground of accusation against those whom it
• calumniated. If doubts of the intentions of Minis-
ters in reference to the Corn-laws do really exist,
which we believe not to he the case, these
doubts must be ascribed altogether to the lying of
the Whig-Radical press, more especially to the
transcendant lie which we contradicted on Satur-
day. The attempt, however, is made to bolster up
these lies by referring to the tone of the Times
upon the Corn-law question. Why for thirty years,
probably for alonger period, the line taken by the Times
upon this subject has been uniform and consistent,
and notwithstanding the valuable support given to'
Sir Robert I Government on most othere ts-
tions, our respected and powerful Conte-mporarP ques-
tions,
never deviated from its original line upon this. The
opinions of the Times, therefore, upon the Corn-hers
though entitled to all respectful consideration upon
other grounds, can never be aecepted as an exponent
of the intentions of the Government. The degree of
connection subsisting between Sir Robert Peel's Go•
vernment and any portion of the public press, is well
explained in the handsome palinode of the
United Service Gazette of last Saturday, upon
the subject of the "Income-tax." The United
Service Gazette acknowledges that when the measure
to which it refers was introduced, it in common with
the Times, Morning Herald, and Ziorning Post op-
posed the tax, but now it acknowledges that its antici-
pations of the effect of Sir R. Peel's financial measures
was erroneous, and honourably and candidly retracts
them. If we have nothing to retract, either upon the
subject of the Income-tax or the Corn-laws, we hope
our readers will do us the justice to remember
tint it is because we had repeatedly recommended
both the Income-tax and such .a modification
of the Corn-laws as has been effected, long
before Sir Robert Peel's accession to office.
If upon these points the Standard is an exception
to the class of Conservative journals, the Standard
is certainly not less independent than any of them :
but this word for ourselves, by the way. The truth
is, that the present Government has no hackney
newspapers, such as were attached to the last and
to former Government. Sir R. Peel, we are sure,
respects the public press; and that it mayldeserve his
respect, he leaves it in a state of perfect independence
as tar as Government influence is concerned.

'Tim INCOME-Tax.—We have now before us the
k-itter of a Correspondent who appeared to appeal
'against a surcharge of 1001. which, honestly and to
the best of his belief, he declares to have been un-
justly added to his return of his income. In proof of
his assertion he offered to produce the pocket-book in
which alone he kept his memorandums, but the Com-
missioners replied—" They had nothing to do with
that," for they had " information and other -means of
computing." The Government must have put the
spy system very efficiently into force if the Commis-
sioners are enabled to boast of information as to a
man's affairs better than that which he is himself able
to give ; and we should be glad to know what
are the "other means of computing," which are to
be preferred to an individual's own memorandums of
the amount of his own income. It is bad enough to
drive a person to the production of his private ac-
counts before a parcel of Commissioners; but there is
soinctliin,
0 mysteriously annoying in the assertion,
that " other means of computing" are in the hands of
the Government. The inquisition must be complete
indeed, if a man's circumstances are ascertainable by
something beyond even his own private accounts, and
we can have no hesitation in saying that if such is the
fact .the system can only be one involving the betrayal
.4 EwspAinafdence, with its usual accompaniment, of false-
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CORN-LAWS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Siu,—Few Members of the Legislature are perhaps
aware that, with English wheat at 50s. a quarter, a
duty of 4s. a quarter on foreign, with 10s. added for
freight and charges on importation, affords a protec-
tion to the agriculturist of 3Bl per cent.
ss. a quarter, with 10s. charges 421
and 6s. do. 105....

Thus, the price of English wheat being 50s.
The duty .
The charges on importation . ..... 10s.

14s.

--.
It follows that, to enable the foreigner •
to sell in the English market at 505.
a quarter, he must put his wheat on 365;
board ship at foreign port of ship- S
meat at.......

—50 s.
Thus giving a protection to the British agriculturist
of 381 per cent.
In the same way with a duty of ss. as follows :
Price of English wheat as before
Duty
Charges on importation

15s.
By which it follows that, to secure 50s.
in England, wheat must be bought 355.
at foreign ports at

Being a proteetion.of 424 per cent.
The same as to a 6s. duty—
English wheat as before
Duty
Charges on importation

50s.
6s.
10s.

Ifs.

Thus, before the foreigner can afford to
sell wheat in England at 50s. a guar- 345.
ter, the market in his own country
must be down t 0....

-50 s.

Being a prote,ftion of 47 per cent.
The eba:ges of lOs. a quarter comprise the average
expense-_, of bringing wheat from a foreign port to the
port e London or Liverpool, or other sea-ports ; they
have been obtained from various authentic private
F a.nirces, and from printed circulars of authority, and
consist of the following items :
Freight to London or Liverpool per quarter, on an
average of years—
From Dantzic
All other main ports of the (‘- Average ss. 6d.
Baltic .
ite.—The freight from Holland is 3s.
per qr. ; Odessa, Bs. ; Trieste, Os. 6d.;
Marseilles, Os. ; America, 63. to 7s.
The Baltic, however, being regarded as
the granary of Europe, I have adopted
the freight from that quarter.
Marine Insurance, Bd. ; dock and town
dues, 5A.d. .. ls.
Interest for three months, at 5 per cent.
per annum ....... Os. 'lid.
Cartage and porterage, Bd.; storage, two
months, ld .• .
Commission .. .. 2s. Od.

Per quarter..

10s. Od .

The present freights, which are ruinous to the ship-
ping interest, are somewhat lower than the above.

- Thus, as above stated, 45., 55., and 6s. a quarter
duty, with 10s. added for charges on importation, af-
ford respectively, 384 per cent., 421 per cent., and 47
per cent. of protection to the British agriculturist.
And even the simple charges (10s.) a quarter, with-
out any duty, on bringing wheat to this country, af-
ford a protection of 25 per cent., not to mention the
expenses previously incurred .on foreign wheat, of
bringing it, in many cases several hundred miles, from
the place of growth to the sea-port for shipment,
forming, in addition to the above-named 25 per cent.,
a further protection of fully 10 per cent.
Few unprejudiced minds will be disposed to regard
the above scale of protection, whether with the rates
of duty named, or even without duty, as insufficient
to enable the agriculturist of this country, with Bri-
tish skill and perseverance, to compete with any foreign
country. It would, indeed, be a libel to say he were
not. In truth, with an equitable rent, he has nothing
to fear—even from a repeal of the Corn-laws.
Neither can I hesitate to believe that, with the love
of equity and fair dealing which have ever marked
the character of the nobility of this country—which
characterise, as a body, the Government and the Mem-
bers of the Legislature—that when the above facts,
mathematically demonstrated, are placed before them,
they will at once avow the ample sufficiency of the
protection afforded to the agricultural interest by a
duty of 45., Ss., or Gs. per quarter.
Under the existing circumstances of the country,
prudence would seem to suggest to the agricultural
interest that, as a matter of policy, they should endea-
vour, by all the means in their power, to secure in the
ensuing session ..of Parliament a fixed protection to the
extent above stated—since this would in all likelihood
settle the question ; while, on the other hand, longer
to defer it is to lead to the insistance of total repeal.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
E. WARD JACKSON.
Edge Hill, Liverpool, Dec. 13, 1842.

LADY. GRAHAM.—We are happy in being able to
state that Lady Graham is convalescent. The Right
lion. Home Secretary, his lady and family, we un-
derstand, intend spending the Christmas holidays at
Brighton, if her ladyship should recover sufficient
strength to undertake the Journey.
THE EXTRA CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.—In many
country towns requisitions have been got up to the
• chief local authority to sanction the making of next
Monday a holiday for the working classes. In most
of these cases—we might say all of which we have
cognizance—the idea has been gladly acted up to,
and'it is probable that next Monday, will,be a day of
general rejoicing and abstinence from labour. How
will it be in the metropolis ?
THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.—It is stated in quarters
likely to be well informed, that the official returns of
the revenue to the sth of January, 1843, will exhibit
a fearful deficiency—much larger than was shown by
the returns of the preceding quarter.
CAPTAIN BELSTEAD'S EMHEZZLESIENTS.—We un-
derstand that the amount of Captain Belstead's defal-
cation, occasioned by his long continued system of
fraud on the Richmond Savings' Bank, of which he
was secretary, amounts to no less than 1,500/. ; the
whole of which the trustees have determined to make
up. The depositors will therefore sustain no loss. The
system of management appears to have been most
slovenly. Instead of " the manager's book" being an
effective check upon that of the secretary, the for-
mer was copied from the latter—thus preventing the
possibility of detection by the most distant means,
but rather preventing further investigation, if any ap-
parent discrepancy arose upon examining any other
documents or books of account. The King of Hanover,
walvo,
ea
wrsduabsr:scaarkniibdnegtdh,leitphDetbufeko Duke of Cambridge who we believe
to
is, connected with the Bank in some honorary way,
hrmlosesr. 10w.01e.,an alsod
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the trustees, with a generosity which does him great
mightd cov discovery hof the fraud, that
credit, declared, on the
subscription ion tothee aiwnoouulndt makere
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--Evening- Paper.
The three pugilists have been founl guilty, at New
York, of manslaughter in a minordegree, for causing,
in a pitched battle, within the jurisdiction of thal
State, the death of another of the party, named
Coy ;
they had not been sentenced at the time the last ,
steamer, the Acadia, left the New World.
A NEW IDEA.—A wag in this town has set the
brains of the wiseacres to work, by stating, in a very
serious manner, that his Grace the Duke of Bucking-
ham has offered to give 1,0001. to any one who can
find out a new and an original idea in favour of the
Corn-laws. It may appear easy at first sight, but
some of the cleverest of our operative Con-
servatives have given it up. Some have made
an attempt as follows :—" It is ordained that
there should be poverty in the world; the Corn-
laws are the cause of poverty, therefore they
fulfil a great design of Providence ;" another—" If
the poor were well fed, they would wax fat, and
kick, and perhaps upset the Church, and destroy the
Constitution?' Another says that " there is nothing
worse for the health of the people than pampering,
and that coats out of the elbows give healthy ventila-
tion, and pinched diet prolongs life." Another sage
claims the prize for this new idea, that although the
land is enhanced in value in consequence of the
Corn-laws, and although the difference between the
natural and artificial value goes into the pockets of the
landlords, the nation i 3 nothing the poorer, as they
spend all they receive in the country. This deserves
the prize.—Leeds Times:

WANTED A WlFE.—Much merriment was created
at the exhibition of the Society of Artists, Birming-
ham, on Tuesday evening last, by the public and appro-
priate punishment of the author of a most seductive
advertisement, which appeared in the Birmingham
Herald some weeks since, apparently emanating from
:1 young man who professed great anxiety to assume
the cares of matrimonial life, but whose engagements
precluded the possibility of winning the heart of one
of the fair sex by the usual routine cf a.ssiduous and
persevering courtship. A correspondence has since
been carried on by some wag, evidently a champion of
the fair sex; the result of which was an appointment
at the Society. of Artists on the evening in question.
Punctual to his tryst, the enamoured swain made his
appearance in the large room, evidently in a fever of
excitement, closely followed by his gentle corre-
spondent. He had scarcely assumed one of those,
seducing attitudes so peculiarly belonging to himself,
when the following announcement was seen pending
Wanted, a Wife.
from the collar of his Taglioni

My age is 21. lam considered personable. James
Henry Minors.—Address, 104, Herald-office." The
exhibition soon attracted universal attention, and
the unconscious object ofj so much remark
sufficiently demonstrated to all present the
real and stable nature of his attachment.
We question whether Cerito herself would,
in her movement round the room, have created a
greater sensation than did our hero, whose innocent
expression of countenance induced many of the more
antiquated of the single ladies present to sympathise
with him in his peculiarly perplexing predicament,
from which he was at length released by some officious
individual, who evidently had not a capacity to under-
stand a joke.—Birmingham Advertiser.
LAST WORDS OF LORD RUSSELL ON THE SCAF-
FOLD.—" I did believe, and do still, that Popery is
breaking in upon this nation, and those who advance
it will stop at nothing to carry on their designs ; and
I am heartily sorry that so many Protestants give
their helping hand to it."

NATAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 17.—The IVarspite, 53, Cap-
tain Lord John Hay, was paid her advance on Thurs-
day, and sailed to• day for Bermuda.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excelleut,
Cambridge, Royal George, Bellone (Austrian), Sa-
marang, Frolic, Nautilus, Thunderbolt, steam frigate;
Rocket, Volcano, and African, steamers.

At Spithead—Tory, transport.
PROMOTIONS. Commander -- Charles Richards
(1840), of the Cornwallis, to the rank of Captain.
Mate—S. 11. Derriman (1835), Dublin ; John
Seccombe and S. Powell, of the Harlequin (late of
the Cornwallis), to the rank of Lieutenant.
ArrOINTMEN TS.—Commander— G. C. Robinson,
to the Gleaner ; William Maitland, to the Spiteful.
Lieutenants—E. J. Bedford, and Edgar Slade, to
the Gleaner.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 17.
GILL V. WATSON.

On Saturday an action was brought in the Court
of Exchequer, Guildhall, before the Chief Baron, by
Mr. E. Gill, late the owner of the celebrated trotter
Confidence, to recover Si. from Mr. T. Watson, the
landlord of the Saracen's Head, Camomile-street, Bi-
shopsgate-street.
Mr. JERVIS briefly stated the case. He described
the plaintiff as a gentleman of the highest respecta-
bility, carrying on extensive commercial transactions,
but passionately addicted to sporting, and particularly
trotting matches. In the month of October last, he
had the good fortune to be possessed of Confidence, a
trotting horse of great power and speed, in fact, a per-
fect phenomenon, and which had now become the
property of a celebrated sporting Nobleman, Lord
H. Seymour. At that period the plaintiff was
a regular visitant at the tavern kept by the
defendant, which is the resort of gentlemen
of the turf. In the course of conversation one
evening, he spoke of Confidence being capable of
trotting two miles in five minutes and a half ; cer-
tainly a most extraordinary feat. The powers of the
horse were, however, doubted by a gentleman who was
present, named Lyon, when the plaintiff offered to
match the animal for 501. to accomplish the task. The
bet was taken, and Si. each " posted" as a deposit.
The defendant officiated as stakeholder. Mr. Lyon
then proceeded to draw up articles of a match, in
which were stated the locale where it was to take
place, the day, hour of starting, &c. The plaintiff, on
perusing the same, discovered that hiS horse was not
to have the benefit of what is technically termed
a " flying start," that is for the horse to be
put on his speed some distance from the starting-
post, as thereby some time is saved, which
would otherwise be occupied in getting the
horse in a trotting, pace at starting. After a length-
ened discussion, the point was yielded by Mr. Lyon,
who declared his willingness to allow plaintiff a
" flying start." The plaintiff ultimately declined pro-
ceeding further with the match, intimating that he
was of opinion that some advantage had been at-
tempted to be taken of him, and consequently he de-
clared off, at the same time requesting the return of
the 51. he had staked. This was declined by the
defendant, who considered the deposit as forfeited to
Mr. Lyon, and that gentleman having made
good his stake, by placing at the proper time
the balance of 45/., in the hands of the defendant,
he felt no hesitation in paying over to Mr.
Lyon the 5/., which he, the defendant, considered had
been forfeited, but before he gave up the money, he
had an interview with the plaintiff and a friend, when
he urged him, in order to settle the dispute, to ap-
point Tom Spring, the ex-pugilist, or some other
sporting man, as an arbitrator, but this he declined,
and hence arose the present action.
Witnesses were called, when _

Master—W. Mills, from the Styx to the Spiteful.
Acting Master—J. W. Symonds, to the Gleaner.
Second Master—liobert Walker, to the Gleaner ;
A. Betts, to the. Cleopatra; A. J. Halloran, to the
Acheron stain vessfl.

Mates—W. C. Marshall and F. Willoughby, to the
Gorgon ; A. Luckraft, from the Excellent to the Fro-
lic ; C. M. Aynslev, to the Scout.
Midshipmen—T. P. C. Owen, from the St. Vin-
cent, to the Warspite ; P. Saumarez, to the Frolic.
Volunteer Ist Class—A. W. Bedford, to Samarang.
Masters' Assistants—T. Spicer, to the Samarang.
Clerk-in-Charge—Wm. Thomas, to the Gleaner.
First Engineers—John Boswell, to the Virago ;
John Henty, to the Wildfire.
The following Mates passed for Lieutenants at the
Naval College, on Tuesday :—Mr. Edward G. Hpre,
Queen ; Mr. C. J. Stanhope, Warspite ; the Hon. P. F.
Mew, Aigle ; and Mr. g. C. Hobart, Excellent.
Mr. Alfred De Ilochepied Nepean qualified for a
Marine commission.

MORMONISM.—It is understood that there are per-
sons in Kendal so infatuated by the dogmas of Mor-
monism as to refuse medical advice in cases of sick-
ness, but rely for a healing balm in the mummery and
apish antics of their depraved "priesthood." Others
there are, it is said, who refuse to apprentice their sons
because they do not know how soon they may be
called to "the promised land" to bow down to their
pontiff Joe Smith, who of late has been threatening
to take the United States of America by fire and
sword, and who, it would appear, has a numerous and
organised gang of ruffians under his command. This
scoundrel Smith; who is the leader of the sect, was,
along with some other persons, riot long since in-
dicted for murder, arson, and other crimes • and is
now sought for by the authorities of one of the Ame-
rican States on similar accusations.—Lancaster
Guardian.

Lord ABINGEI expressed himself in favour of the
plaintiff, who, he considered, had a right to have had
his money refunded to him on his declining the
match. The agreement, or articles, not having re-
ceived his signature, was not binding, and, conse-
quently, he was entitled to the verdict of the Jury.
Verdict for the plaintiff, 51.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(SATURDAY.)
80117-BFTREET.

James Patterson, of No. 8, Holrwell-street, in the
Strand, was summoned for unlawfully exhibiting cer-
tain blasphemous placards in the windows of his shop,
to the annoyance of the inhabitants and passengers.
Mr. Chambers, the barrister, attended to support
the charge.
The defendant was called, but did not appear; and
after a delay of nearly an hour, a lad named George
Clark came forward, and stated that he was in the
service of the defendant, who was at present out of
town, having gone to visit a person named Holyoake,
who was now confined in Gloucester gaol, and it was
uncertain when he would return.
In answer to questions put to him by. Mr. Cham-
bers, the lad stated that he was fifteen years of age,
and had been in the defendant's service as errand-boy
about five months. The defendant had not slept on
the premises in Holywell-street within the last month,
and the last time witness saw him there was about
half an hour before Mr. Bruce came there and broke
the windows. Witness had put up placards in the
window by the direction of the defendant. They
were brought to the shop ready written by a person
whose name he did not know. Witness knew Mr.
Ryall, who was the Secretary to the Anti-Persecution
Society. He could not tell where he lived. He had
seen Mr. Ryall and several other gentlemen at the
defendant's. One of those persons was then in Court.
The defendant notgdanuteshtaidonswere put to the witness, but he
been at the shop since the ser-
vice of the summons. Witness had put up placards
dincetlhineed wigving
mliowsianny farther information respectingee the visit of Mr. Bruce. A variety
of
the defendant.

THE Moorts.—Grouse, black game, and ptarmi-
gan shooting closed for the season on the 10th inst.
The last few days were so favourable that many
turned out with high hope, to close the season with
eclat, on several neighbouring moors ; from ten to
forty brace were bagged at Flowerdale, on a choice
spot ; sixty-five and eighty-five brace were got in
two weeks lately. Some English sportsmen were
present at battues held recently at Gordon Castle,
Beaufort Castle, Ness Castle, Red Castle, Leys Castle,
and Skibo Castle, where pheasants, hares, rabbits,
woodcock, black game, and roe, were found in such
abundance, as to convince them that a thorough know-
ledge of destroying vermin and rearin-, game has
made many of these preserves to resemble the best
English manors.—lnverness Courier.
Wotton Bassett Christmas fair took place on Tues-
day last, when a fine collection of animals of Wilt-
shire production was exhibited, and the several com-
petitors received their prizes with no small satisfaction
to themselves. The annual dinner was celebrated at
the Angel Inn, but as the bone of political contention
had previously sprung up, the attendance was small ;
the farmers were chap-fallen, and everything went off
amazingly flat. The unfortunate landlord of the inn
was cruelly served ; he had provided for upwards of
100, expecting a good company, but not more than
half that number were present. The cloth having
been cleared, the Chairman proceeded to the discharge
of his onerous duties. He is a good sort of a gentle-
man (Mr. Hayward, of Devizes, Lord Clarendon's
steward), but he had a difficult task to perform. He
wanted to appear the farmers' friend, but he did not
know how. Not a word could be said about politics,
but agriculture and the new t-a-rif-f-e could not pass
unnoticed. The farmers were told some strange
stories about this " crack-jaw" word, which they
would not, or could not, understand. They know
that they are now selling their cattle 20 per cent.
lower than they were twelve months since, and any-
thing like explanation from their friends, the land-
lords, they put down as gammon. As a matter of
course, this dinner being merely local, and in no way
connected with politics, it would have been indecorous
in the extreme to have tested the feelings of the com-
pany by proposing, in connection with the usual loyal
toasts, her Majesty's Ministers.—From a Corre•
spondeni.

Mr. Chambers said lie appeared on the part of the
Government, who felt it their duty to put a stop to
the exhibition of offensive placards, similar to those
which were placed in the defendant's window. Such
papers, so exhibited, were calculated to excite feelings
of disgust and indignation in the minds of all well dis-
posed persons, and tended to corrupt the morals and
ruin the young persons by whom they were principally
read. The Learned Counsel then stated that although
seeh:ci butior actti om
he would merely request that apply
the defendant had not appeared to the summons, still
for a warrant against
h
stanees such a proceeding
mightwas
appearnot
tnhder tht is
harsh,
an r
the Magistrate would issue another summons against
him, commanding his appearance on Saturday next.
Mr. HALL granted the request, and a fresh sum-
mons was issued accordingly. The Court was ex-
tremely crowded during the proceedings.
CLERKENWELL.

On Saturday, as soon as Mr. Greenwood had taken
his seat on the Bench, Mr. Maisey, the superintendent
of the G division, addressed him, stating that one of
an information against Mr.
the Empress of Russia, in
hciosiitnnmspazto thers hiaadndlagded of
St. John-street, which was to be heard on that day.
The same party was convicted for, an offence under
the Police Act within the last month, and his object
in now appearing before the Bench was to request an
immediate return of that conviction to the Session-
house, that he (the superintendent) might be enabled,
on the hearing of the summons on that day, to give
in evidence a record from the Cleric of, the Peace of
such former conviction, in order to swell the amount
of the offence.

CMNESE TROPHIES.—The number of guns taken
by the British forces at Woosung amounted to 172,
mostly made" of copper, and from 12 to 14 feet long.
The value of the copper guns taken at Chinhae
amounted to 10,0001., having been sold for that sum
at Calcutta. All the copper guns taken at "Woosung,
and 34 others mostly 12 and 24 pounders, have been
shipped for Calcutta, but it is not yet known how the
proceeds will be applied, whether deposited in tho
chest that belongs to the consolidated fund, or
awarded to the victorious soldiers and sailors, in the
shape of prize money. In addition to these, an im-
mense quantity of iron guns have been destroyed,
with other warlike instruments, from the three-
pronged toasting-forks, as the Chinese spears are
termed, to the formidable two-handed swords. The
surveying vessels attached to the British fleet pro-
ceeded up the branch of the river on which Woosung
and Chang-hae are situate, upwards of 40 miles
above these important cities, until they were assured
no other batteries or defences existed at that part
of the interior. The country through which this
branch of the river meanders is described as
beautiful, and justly deserving its name of the
Flowery Land. It is described as like running up
he Thames, a well-cultivated plain meeting the eye
on both sides, having rice, corn, vegetables, and fruit
in abundance. The river is admirably adapted for
navigation, the surveying vessels having found 13
fathoms water at the highest part to which they had
proceeded, and where no European had ever been
before. On the banks of the river were observed neat-
looking farm-houses in detached spots, apparently pos-
ri-
ttcshiushedhi
dnl aeafnno drl,yeivesdsei
trre:idlraadddbfi ffuymlel r3ete,
htnhetoNmNtf.
i.r.
tohmin thea
1110 wt h sow
other
sessiiig every comfort, and the whole appearance of
mps
heat ranged from 80 to 82 TjTdephgetroeet tphaertßs
weathersh le.
n it4hteh had become
June
shade,
ence:
thet h
cool breezes at night ; hut after that period it e
rose' to
00 and 102 all day in the shade, and not a breath of
wind at night. In some degree' to compensate for
this evil ice is to be had in plenty, the Chinese pre-
serving it to send out in empty fishing-boats, which
enables them to supply the inhabitants of large cities
at a considerable distance inland with cargoes quite
fresh, and of excellent quality. The lee is kept by
the British for cording the beer, and proves a great
luxury.
THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH.—The present sea-
son, in many things, has been one of the most extra-
ordinary we ever remember; six months of continued
drought formed a new feature in the farmer's calen-
• fdraors, t an,
atd
leastperhaps
ni
gi
ht
tmayao
db added,emorni o thatg, is e thequa
lalbys
re
anrcee
so
late in the season. Flowers are still rife in the open
air, and if the present weather hold a few days longer,
it will be an easy matter to gather a nosegay at Christ-
mas. At Friars' Carse and Forest, on the banks of
the Nith, and adorned in common with Blackwood
with the finest reaches of our river, in its whole course,
the missel thrush has been pouring in profusion his
welcome notes; and altogether, as regards openness,
the weather, were the weary fogs away, is more like
March or April than dreary December. Some, how-
ever, predict a speedy change, and ultimately a spell
of frost, as protracted, to say the least, as the late
blooming and beautiful back - end.—Dumfries Courier.
MYALISM.—The following is from the last Jamaica
papers :—The negroes have set up what they term
" Myalisin,"—a series of religious, maniacal, riotous
dances. These arc interspersed with songs, the most
popular of which is " John baptise in the Riber."
Sixty-four warrants were issued on the 26th of Sep-
'Umber, for the apprehension of as many blacks. In
the parish of St. James, the ramifications of this doc-
trine have extended from the Spring estate to the
Moor Park, embracing a circuit of sixteen planta-
tions. The negroes attack all who attempt to restrain
their antics. At Montego Bay, " Obeaism" has been
incorporated with " Myalism." This is negro witch-
craft engrafted on religious fanaticism.

Mr. GREENWOOD remarked that it was rather
quick work to accomplish all this within. about two
hours, as about the end of that time the charge of
that day would be heard against Mr. Coleman. lie
asked whether it would not be advisable to withdraw
the present information, and prefer another for the
beginning of the week ? Maisey said Yes, and in the
meantime he would procure the proper record.
Mr. GREENWOOD said he would rather the case
stood as it was. Should the defendant be Con-
victed on its merits, he (Mr. Greenwood) would re-
port it to the sessions, and on another occasion it
would answer all purposes ;
but he hoped there
be no occasion for it. would

Mr. Maisey—l shall be most happy to act in the
way your Worship thinks fit.
Mr. GREENWOOD—Then let it remain as it is. If
you were to do otherwise, it would look so much like
making up a case.
In the course of the day Mr. Coleman was called
on his summons, charging him with suffering drunk-
enness and other disorderly conduct in his house.
111 r. Childe, of the firm of Wire and Childe, attended
for the defence, and pleaded not guilty.
William Gray, 12 G, stated that as he was passipg
defendant's house at 25 minutes to three o'clock, on
the morning of Wednesday last, he heard a noise, such
w
as talking loudly, inside. He knocked at the door,
was instantly opened, and on entering he saw
in front of the bar eleven men, ten of whom were
drivers of cabs. Several of them appeared the worse
for liquor, and two, he could positively swear, were
drunk. Defendant was present, and said the cabrneu
had just done their work, and had, as was usnal, come
there to take their supper. He denied that either of
them were inebriated. They (the cabmen) left the
house immediately,
and hooted after witness and his
brother officer as they went along.
Police-constable Moss, 195 G, corroborated this
evidence.

Mr. Childe then addressed the Bench. He observed
that he would not even attempt to deny a single word
the policeman said, but he was anxious particularly to
impress upon the mind of the Magistrate that, if a
conviction took place upon the testimony, his client
would stand in
a most perilous situation—in fact,
would be a ruined man ; and he 'was not the only
person that must suffer, for every one interested in
the building roust share in so serious a loss. If, is
he said before, a conviction took place, the police, as
was their arbitrary conduct on a licensing day, would
appear again against him, stating that his house was
badly conducted, and that two convictions having
taken place, he was unfit to hold a license, an opinion
in which the Magistrates generally coincided. Hence
a sacrifice, too frequently of the most heart-rending
description, reducing many happy homes to scenes of
poverty.,The house of the defendant was not one of the
ordinary description. It is opposite Sadler's 'Wells
theatre, and at the close of each evening's perform-
ance a number of cabs are upon the spot to take up fares.
The cabmen usually return to their yard, which is close
to his client's pretnit es about two o'clock, and invariably
they repair to *Mr. Coleman's to partake of their
supper. He would grant that they were a rough and
noisy lot, but would that justify a licensed victualler
in refusing to serve them? They were a useful class
in their station, and must, at all hours, find accom-
modation somewhere or another, and as they took up
so many persons in front of defendant's house as they
left the theatre, they were entitled to some little
consideration at the hands of his client. Had all the

TIIE SUN, LONDON, IVIONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1842.

cabmen been drunk together disturbing the quietude
of the neighbourhood, and had it been proved that
they had become in that beastly state in the .de-
fendant's house, the case would be widely different,
and his client could find no fault. Nothing of the
sort, however, could be alleged against him, and he
prayed the merciful consideration of the Bench.
Mr. GREENWOOD said he had nothing to do with
the use the police might hereafter make of a con-
viction. He had to judge of the evidence before
him ; and believing that the cabmen were " drunk
and disorderly," he should fine the defendant.
➢lr. Childe—Will you allow me to ask the police.
men another question ?
Mr. GREENWOOD said, Certainly.
Mr. Childe then asked the witnesses whether they
saw the cabmen drinking ? They said they did not.
They heard one of them ask for a quartern of gin,
which the landlord refused them.
Mr. GREENWOOD said that did not alter his view of
the case, and fined defendant 51.