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far from being allowed to do ea, they mem ma even allowed to appear. In this case there was aria theidhat denial of judos ; and it wee distinguished fromEemes where an appearance was allowed. Now, with , ahem of mandamus, one mineral principle was *Piths ethehat aim of the court in netting it mashie piewilif *ode& The court always issued e mandamus. to the *NM ei Wirier courts when they refused to give judgment in MOB OW which they had cognisance. For this positm, *enema a *et of authorities:-4 Barnwell and 17,,,,,, we n, egg ; g a me ease, 11 Coke, 98 ; " x i s ; .„ fisher , 3 Bury..., 1, TbC gentleman also quoted" The King v. the Bishop Of Lincoln," 2nd Term Reports ; and " The King e. the Bishop of Ely," 6 Term Reports, 447, to prove that the mat Might tone ei mandamus to compel • palmate maths tisitpriel power. It was said oa the other sile *alai Church Discipline Act was • bar to the issuing of a meethe mus, because it imposed a penalty if the act required' fir be done was not performed. Lord Denman: Yea need not enter into the dismal. of that point. Mr. Peacock followed on the same/ side, ofdan said that by the canon-law • power had been allowed making caller lions. And the question was, whether that law had bees altered by the statute of Henry VIII., and whether it was compulsory, in all cases, and under all circu mstances . on the archbishop to confirm and consecrate the bishop duly elected by the dean and chapter. The question was, whe ther, by the 7th section of the statute of Ilenry, it was meant that, if the archbishop refused to confirm and consecrate air cording to law—that was to say, if he wilfully and converag refused to con secrate, or if he refused to confirm and mem crate, unless there was a legal and valid objection to lie doing so. He understood it was admitted on the other side that the GUM law was not allowed in violation of, or in pee- Judie* to, the prerogatives of the crown. But in the time when the statute of Henry VIII., chap. 19. was peasedjt was not the prerogative of the crown at all to compel the archbishop to consecrate. It would not then in those days have teas eon- Mary prerogative to the of the crown if the aseh heard the opposers in this case. But thou the 20th c was passed which, itwas contended, compelled the smith to confirm at all events. It was clear that, whatever the law was as to confirmation, it was the tame as regarded canines. tion. The question. was then, did that statute of Henry VIII., chapter 20, intend to compel the archbishop to consecrate the bishop, under all and every circumstance, although he might know that the prion presented to him was not worthy to be consecrated ? He was not now alluding to theobjections in the present ca-c, because he apprehended, whatever might be the nature of the ejections, it wee for 'the archb q uestion ,isho to determine whether they wen good or not. The therefore , wei, ought the oppo sers in the present case to he heard, and if they ought te be heard, would a mandamus go to compel the archbishop, who bad pronounced his decision, not on the moon law, but on a misconstruction of the statute of Henry VIII., to hear them. It was said that every power which belonged to the pope was vested in the sovereign of the country. If a person not of the age of thirty was p resen ted to the archbishop, was he compelled to consecrate ? It was perfectly clear that the king had not the same power as the Pope. Mr. Justice Erie : The same power to dispense. Mr. Peacock apprehended that the King could not dis pense with the age of a bishop, it being enacted by statute that a bishop should be of the age of thirty. Again, was the archbishop bound to consecrate a person a bishop, if he knew hiesho be guilty of a crime—such a crime, for instance, as would beyond all doubt insure his deprivation from the archbishop. If be had been found guilty of the crime of perjury and a person who wished to object came forward with the legal documents which proved it, would the archbishop be bound to consecrate him ? In the cons. cation of bishops one of the questions to the archbishop was," Will you b• faithful in ordaining and in the laying ou of hands." Haring promised to ds that was he to lay his hands on a person whom he might have actually seen com mitting a crime, or whom conviction for committing a crime might be placed before him, or if he did not do' so was he to be subject to a pneotunire. It wee not con sistent with reason that sueh could be the meaning of the statute, and it must follow that its meaning was, that he was to consecrate, unless there should be a valid objection to the' consecration. The proctor made affidavit in the PAS that he was provided with all the necemary documents, but he was stopped by . Lushino, who said that he could not be permitted to Dr bring i n • n libel, not being allowed to appear. Thus a definitive sentence was pronounced, to the effect that the court was prohibited by the statute from delaying or refusing confirmation. The decision, therefore, was not that the objections were not valid, but that the statute precluded them (the court) from entertaining such objections. Suppose, at the consecration under that statute, that the archbishop, is the courts' of his duty, asked if the candidate believed is the Holy Scriptures, and the bishop elect answered " No," would the amhbiehopAte bound, under penalty of a pnetnunire, to proceed with the consecration under such a circumstance ; or, suppose the record of a conviction against the bishop elect were produced to the archbishop at the time of consecration, would it be contended that the ceremony ought to proceed, under the penalty ? He (Mr. Peacock) maintained that it could not. Mr. Justice Coleridge ; Have you made any inquiries with respect to cams of pnennutire, and what the practise has been ? Mr. Peacock had done so, and cited a statute of Henry VIII., whereby the person pleading a papal bull was held to be subject to priemunire, save in certain specified cases. The authority for this was a note in " Bacon's Abridgement." The practice, in cues of priemunire, was to plead to to indictment, which was laid under the statute, as was shown in " Co. myn's Digest " and in " Dyer's Reports." Now, an in. dictotent against the archbishop for not consecrate ng in the owe scummed, would urge that be (the area bisho p had in curred the penalty of pnemunire by refusing to perform that rite ; to which the plea would be, that the bishop elect had declared his disbelief in the Holy Scriptures; and that plea, he (Mr. Peacock) contended, would be • sufficient answer to the indictment. It followed, from various other arguments, that:putting a reasonable construcien on the statute of Henry VIII., the pramounire was not incurred, if • fair and reasonable cause for refusal to confreres were given. If the dean and chapter refused to nominate, the crown might do so, but the crown had so power to confirm or consecrate. That was the office of the archbishop ; the meaning of the statute therefore neceesary implied that the latter had some power of judging of the htnesa of the candidate for confirmation and consecration. On referring to the commission it would be found that the archbishop directed his representatives to confirm only in no far as they found the election good, and it did not command them to confirm, at all events and under all cir cumstances. It had been argued that the remedy in the the present case, was by appeal. But parties who were not allowed to appear could sot appeal; for there could be no ground for such appeal, inasmuch as no decision had been given on the cause. Had such decision bees given, then en appeal might lodge, not to the Court of Queen's Bench, but to the court above ; but the complaint herein was, not that • wrong decision had been come to, but that the parties had not been allowed to appear at all, there fore they sought their remedy by mandamus, in order that by the authority of the Court of Queen's Bench the arch bishop might be compelled to hear and decide on the merits of their oppo-ition. When the archbishop had done so, and given his decision, the Court of Queen's Bench could interfere no further, for the appeal from the archbishop's decisien was to another authority. The ease al ready referred referred to by Dr. Addams, reported by Raymond, was one where a mandamus to the Prerogetive Court was refused, on the ground that the person applying was not solvent. But, at the nine time, it was laid down, that if the Peclesiaatical Court refused to grant letters of administration or probate of a will to proper parties, the court of Queen's Bench could, by mandamus, compel that court to hear the cause, though not to grant probate. The case that had been referred to so often, that of "Lacy v. the Bishop of St. David's," showed that the remedy that existed was by appeal to the court above, and not by mandamus ; and other cases, quoted on the other side, would be found to have precisely the s tine tendency. The comedy asked for in the case under consideration, was not by way of appeal, but for a compulsory order from the court to the archbishop, to hear the parties. Left speaking.—The conclusion of the argumeat will be published in a Second Edition. MADRID, JAI,. 18. In the senate yesterday the report of the mixed committee of both chambers, relative to joint stock com panies, was approved. Then the bill on the jurisdiction of the senate as a lewd tribunal was read for the first time. Nothing of interest occurred in congress. I mentioned in a late letter a document which had been *ailed for in the Chamber of Deputies by Mon, in answer to a 'huge contained in the statement of Pastor Dias, on the aosuaation of Salamanca. It appears from this paper, which aow lies on the table of congress, that ne analogy whatever exists between the pardon granted by Salamanca in the Ali mat affair and the proceedinc of Mon. A tradesman of Alicia, informing against himself, had, it appears, made an application to Mon to be allowed to pass through the custom house some goods arrived for him in the port of Alicant from Marseilles. Pert of the goods, which were prohibited, had been landed and smuggled into the interior ; the rest were spoiling. The affair being referred by the minister to the direction of customs, that office represented the considerable gain which would accrue to the revenue from the admission of the goods, and on the other hand the evil of compromis ing an affair of this kind with smugglers. Mon therefore hatted this order, which is now before the house, to admit the goods at the highest rates of duty upon foreign articles, but to prosecute the smugglers. The news from Catalonia, which still gives notice of bash.fightine, seems to cont radict the positive statements of Pavia, in his despatches, concerning the complete extinc tion of the native.. The troops near Solsona had still work on their bands, and had had several engagements with fragments of rebellious hands between the sth and Bth. On Sunday night General Zambrano, Ferdinand Vll.'s Minister of war and senator, died. The son of the Infanta Luise Teresa and the Duke of Musa was baptised on Saturday. The ceremony took place in the Queen's apartments, where an altar had been pre pared for the occasion. The Queen and King were sponsors, and among the twelve names bestowed on the royally descended infant the leading ones are Francisco de Asis Maria Isabel Fernando. The court mourning for Madame Adelaide was suspended during the festive day, and renewed sm Sunday. l'hs new road from Pamplona to Bayonne being complete, ha diligence. from Madrid will take that line. Beyond yaragon, the roads are so infamous through Arragon and C ' that the diligence. are oto be exchanged kr light cart., that passengers may bole to proceed. SECOND EDITIO DR. HAMPDEN'S CASE. • COURT OF QUEEN'S SENCIL—Tms Ds (Ctettiwered trews ear first aition.j Mr Bechtel appeeirmied that, as far ae the case Mae within the of this gout; tisWd limply upon WA ground thus, whoa Ira lahrior emit had tansed reties aere_y i and mired to btu th ee, this mart hod power to Oral that Moire root to admit the parties to heariag, . It alterable, than would be a want and , eves a Wel &said of NOW% web as could 'not be esti; eipated la s where the rights of the subject as tareadly AR the eppeueats claimed at the Muir ed the wort was to bo heard. They asked fors:V:lh re for soy purer et ; and the court ipia, torted, herniae to = l mo meek justice to be to. Me dints N Oar doessaded. The cue weacmoultmo as interim court hut mieraken the law ; and it wmgaite Nape tent for their lordships to interfere to compel the psthrinuro of their duty by the °Seers or representatives et the sub bishop If, as was Awn in the cues cited, a mandamus would Re in respect to a prohibition to en ecclesiastical ewe" the mere_ of proceeding would be equally. good to eau* the pernurmanee of a duty. His friend (Mr. Weddiaglany bed Toaerday urged that the court would act Usurer* is rumpus to ecclesiastical law ; he admitted that to be se, but the case before the court related wholly to the amstructies of statute law, and therein their lordships bed undoubted jurisdiction. The Queen's Bench was a court of anivensl jurisdiction, in so tar as the construction to be pat upon statnte law was concerned, as a branch of the original court of hearing. It had been treated and con sidered by the great law authorities, Bacon, Coke, Holt, sad others, as having co-extensive authority with the Court of Arches, and over the archbishop. Passing, therefore, over the question of jurisdiction, he would put it to their' lordships . whether the Court of Arches, as a court of home ins, was justified in turning the opponents away, and in re (wing to allow them to appear. It would be necessary le consider the state of the law previous to the statute Henry VIII.. namely, whether the arab bishop was empowered to ace, or whether confirma tion was • mere mockery. The church had always deemed the rite to be absolutely necessary, and it was held to be founded on Scripture, for St. Paul ( Timothy, 3rd ehspter), and other sacred writer+, stated and defined the ditprent qualifications of bishops ; and, amongst the rest, that the bishop must be blameless, which, he (Mr. Baddely) interpreted, meant not liable to any charge. In the Epistle to Titus, the apostle assumed authority in all things in the church, especially as to appointing, sr choosing, or laying hands son and consecrating bishops ; and in his ex hortation to Titus, chap. i., verse 6 and subsequent verses, the qualities and fitness of bishops and other officers of the church were distinctly laid down by St. Paul, including the expressions already refaced to. It thus was clear, from the authority of Scripture, that the laying on of hands must be preceded by inquiry into the fitness of the candidate. The learned counsel quoted a canon of the First Council of Nice, which decreed that bishops should be confirmed only by the metropolitan, the election being vested in the nearest snoops, " with the assent of all present" at the election ; and another alma, decreeing that any bishop ordained such without the consent of the metropolitan, was to be regarded as no bishop. A farther canon (the 12th of the Council of Laodicea) fully confirmed the authority of the metropolitan in this matter, and deputed to him power to inquire into the life and character of the bishop elect, and to act accordingly. A similar decree was passed by the Fourth Council of Carthage (canon 1), setting forth in detail the qualities which the metropolitan was to require in e Bch bishop elect before he gave him confirmation, and without which qualities he might refuse him such confirmation. The learned counsel referred to other decrees, passed by the Councils of Chalcedon, Aries, &c., all rendering confirmation of the metropolitan essential to the ordination of any priest as bishop.—Mr. Baddeley next referred to various canons set forth in the " Decreturn," and to the glosses upon them, u confirmatory of his argument, and contended that this rule of civil law which called upon the metropolitan to iustitute an inquiry into the character of each bishop-elect, prior to coafirmation had been recognised in England and elsewhere. Arvin, in his treatise, "Da Antique Retinae Discipline," gave the full weight of his authority to the principle subjecting bishops elect to strict inquiry, as to their life and conduct, on the part of the me. tropolitap—an inquiry based, as Fleury further developed, upon evidence adduced by all such parties (lay or spiritual) as are prepared with any charges in opposition, weighed against such evidence as may be produced in contravention of such opposition. The learned counsel then applied himself to show that this ancient rule of canon law had been from the first admitted into this country, as part dm r ecclesiastical law, and acted upon accordingly. As to the force of the canon law in England, Mr. Baddeley quoted the opinion advanced by Sir W. Follett, before the House of Lords, strongly declaratory of the principle that the an law is valid in this country, as part of an ectleeiastical law, except where it runs counter to the common law of the land. This was the view also of Sir Matthew Hale and of Sir William Blackstone. The Lord Chief Justice reminded the learned counsel that, on the other hand ,the late Sir Nicholas Tindal had decidedly laid it down that the canon law was not admissible as part of the ecclesiastical law, except when formally proved and adopted as such. Mr. Baddeley proceeded to quote from Lynewode's glow+, to show that, contrary to the view of the other side, confirmation by the metropolitan, dependent upon pro ' vious inquiry as to conduct and character, was requisite in the case of a bishop, as well as in that of an infenor digni tary. This principle was distinctly laid down by John d'Atho, in the dingo( Henry I it. The learned counsel then quoted Walton, who, is his " Anglia Sacra," p. 316, gives the cue of a bishop elect, in 1277, who was rejected by the metropolitan, on the ground of having been a groom plural ist. The King persisting in the election, the question was referred to the Pope, who quashed the election. The same author was quoted as to several similar cases, in which the archbishop had refused to abide by the election of the sovereign, and had set slide the bishop chose, by him, on the ground of the personal demerits of the party—an objec- tion to the formal election further occurring in several in stances. In one ease more especially,that of the election to the bishopric of Ely, the right of the Archbishop of Canterbury enamors electionon was laid down in the most distinct terms. Many more huthotities were to be found In tbet book, which was one of great authority. It clearly showed that persona eketi meant not the individual himself only, but that the archbishop exercised the right, according to the canon law, to examine and investigate the character, qualities, and acquirements of the person about to be confirmed. So far beck as the time of Edward 111., in the 41st vol. of the Year Books, it appeared the Pope exe rcised the right to examine the candidate before confirmation ; and it appeared he might refuse confirmation for non-ability, or from other causes. An act or ordinance, to be found in the 4th vol. of the rolls of parliament, le the reign of Henry the V , recited that the King, not knowing . bow long the cathedrals of this coun try should be deprived of bishops, or left in the state of destitution in which they then were, in consequence of the difficulty of obtaining confirmation, commanded the metro politans to confirm. That document showed that, in the absence of the Pope, the metropelitens had the right to confirm, and it was valuable, because it showed that confirmation was deemed so neces sary and eseential, at that early period, that the church was rendered destitute, owing to the difficulty of obtaining it. ; That statute was followed by proclamations to carry it into effect. It was enacted in 1415, and in the year following a writ was issued for the confirmation of a bishop. That ; writ was directed to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was commanded to proceed with the confirmation. The i writ so issued, in pursuance of the statute of Henry V.. required, pretty much in the same terms as at present, that confirmation should be proceeded with without delay, show ing distinctly that confirmation was previous to consecration, and was always looked upon as essential. But he was at a loss to know why a more stringent con struction should be put upon the act of Henry VIII. than upon that of Henry V., and the various writs founded upon it. The term " confirmation" bad, previous to the Reformation, a recognised legal meseing, and he duties and rights of the archbishop respecting it were ascertained. In a book of considerable authority," Martin upon the Rituals of the Church " Mr. Justice Coleridge : What is the date of that book ? Mr. Baddeley : It was published about two centuries ago. ' The learned gentleman read several outages, to show that the practice of examining by the metropolitan was the efts ' bushed rule of the church from the earliest periods. Confirmation was prior to the consecration, and was solely at the discretion of the metropolitan. The passages read showed the prate ice as to examination and confirmation which prevailed in the Western Church prior to the Reformation, and dig tinctly proved that such practice prevailed until the statute of Henry VIII., which was sole.) , directed against Rome and the interference of the Pope. Looking at the title of that act, which was an act for the nonpayment of annates, or first fruits, to the Pope, it was plain it was altogether directed against the influence of Rome. The preamble was extremely strong, for it was made up of a statute to restrain and control the papal power. There were many authorities— amongst others " Bacon's Abridgment," and " Plowden,"—which showed that the preamble of a statute was most material in construing a sta tute. After commenting upon several sections of the 25th Henry VIII., the learned counsel submitted that almost the Pole object of that statute we to restrain the Pope's in fluence, and not to alter the then existing forms and regula tions of the church of England. Another object was that certain things previously done in the government of the church in this country should not thereafter he done, so that the inflence of the court of Rome should be restric ted. The general and indeed sole object of the act was to check the power of the Pope, and was not intended to inter fere with or modify anything else which did not refer to the authority of the court of Rome. There were good grounds for alleging that the penalties of prwmunire were not in force as created by the 25th Henry VIII., c. 20. That statute was repealed in the reign of Philip and Mayr, and re-enacted by Elizabeth, with an exception with reference to the penalties for pnemunire ; which showed that those penalties were now at an end. Lord Bacon, in • treatise, enumerated the several offences and cases of prannunire in force in his time. He manifestly had the statute of Henry VIII. under his consideration at the time he published his treatise, for he retained the provisions which were in force with reference to the eoart of Rome, but be altogether omitted all reference to the penalties of prmmunire, to be in. awed by the dean and chapter, hither refuse to elect. Mr. Justice Coleridge : How do you distinguish the ope ration of the proviso in the one wie and in the other ? Mr. Baddeley: . The penalties wife repealed, except with reference to the court of Rome, and chat appeared to have THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1848. p ang pa Pirfilpfiages. Vet Isw as to ttt t;ti.ipi was eipremly eon ued y statute. Mr. Justice Coleridge asked If the 31 commissioners had ever, in point of fact, been appointed to revise the canon law Mr. Baddeley believed not. The ecclesiastical law, he was contending, was not altered ; and, looking at the statute, at its history, and the circumstances of the time, there was nothing ill the word " coufirm," as therein used, which should lead to the inference that it was intended it should be construed differently to what it had been before is the canon law ; and all that prevailed below* as to the duties of the metropolitan, in lOW* to confirmation, so far from being repealed ' by the 'etietnag of Henry VIII., was made, if poasible, stronger. The act of confirmation, therefore, he contended, remained a judicial set, and must be so treated. From all that ap peared to the contrary, it was intended that the cot firmation should remain what it had previously been, &judicial act is which the archbishop should inquire and adjudicate es to the fitness of the party elected. Confirmation had precisely the same meaning in the act of Henry VIII. that it had in the statute of Henry V. The archbishop in both enactments was treated as the pester of the church, and in his character as pastor, it was his duty to inquire into the piety, learning, and conduct of these who were to officiate as bishops under him. He would also submit, that if, by the ancient canons of the church and the general rule of law which prevailed antecedent to the Reformation, from Magna Charts downwards, it was always understood that the right of confirming was an inherent right of the archbishops of this realm, and if their functions were in this respect com plete, and further if those rights were afterwards continued, except as regarded the interference of the see of Rome, and the rights and privileges of the clergy were confirmed to Viem, that would furnish to the court a sufficient rule of construction of the statute in question to justify the making of the rule now applied fur absolute. Mr. Justice Erie asked whether there was not a posited in our history in which the King claimed to appoint a bishop without the interference of the archbishop. Mr. Baddeley was not aware of any such case. Mr. Justice Erie spoke of a period shortly after the con quest. Mr. Baddeley proceeded te refer to the several asta &par., liament in which the rights of the clergy were confirmed, from time, to time by various statutes, from the reign of John, and contended that this was sufficient, in a ease in which a word of doubtful meaning occurred, to justify the court in putting a conetructies upon It in accordance with those several statutes. There could be no doubt that when the act of Henry VIII. passed, the !Damp atoll did esercise the right in tne mode which he (Mr Baddeley) contended. Now if the statute was to be construes in the way the other side advocated, away went all the authority of the vicar-general's court. Lord Denizen asked whether the learned counsel thought he could finish his argument in a short time. Mr. Baddeley was afraid not. Lord Denman then thought it would be better to adjourn until to morrow. The court then adjourned at half-past four o'clock until to-morrow. - - • - ,4 W all - -- and OM few parcels ~.._ ___ day. Very little liminess was dose in foreign Wheel, Ind its value mut be quoted nominally the mole. Oats were held with ernmass, and in some few instances a trifle more money 11113 obtained for choice qualitieL Barley, Beau,. 'and Yeas firm at late rates. The following are Monday's quotations: BRITISH. shillass p. quarter. Baur, Ism end Bent, red 47 to 51 to 53...wh11e 45 to S 3 to 63 Norfolk and Suffolk. 45 to 49 to 56... do 49 to 51 to 53 Talarms (Fawn or Suffolk i 53 to 97 Ottub. ik LW red... 44 to 46 to 50 _white-- 48 to 52 to 34 Northumb. e nd Poach do.- to -... d 0...... -to- to - Irish do -to-... do.. to to low 3O to 32 Bast" Feeding -to .distiltiag TS to 28 to 30 Malting 23 to 30'...Chevallez 29 to 31 fine 32 Irish -to - .800tah to Boca WNSAT - to Gave, Englieh Feed 21 to 23 to 240 011...b , ack.. ..... -to •-• Od Ditto Poland' 23 to 24 to 250 Od.. potato 27 to 294 0,1 Berwick & Scotch Seed 24 to 265 Od...potato 26 to 276 Od Irish had lb to 22s ed black. 3l to 22s Od Ditto pouts 24 to 96s 0.1 Mate 54 to 56.. Ow, pale .... .. 58 to 60 tea'grey 33 to VIA Od. maple 33 to 4 0 Blue 6O to 34 imperial BO to r Whits 37 to 41. toders. 43 to s. Boom, Mangos- 32 to 34: Met 34 to 36 _old 41 to 43 Harrow 34 to 36...50ta11... -. 36 to 38...01d 43 to 4 7 Timis, New nixing -to -...new winter -.n -...01d -to - RAPTSIZL, New Lteasso Coss. pis %Monad £l2 10s. us ZlB Os. Pa mock of 21fflibe. 1 1 / 4 .017114 Toes-424 asitteted 44 to 48 _ens hotwehold 42 to 41 Norfolk esd Raba .38 to 40... white 4O to 42 NertiMalsekaad, Lincoln, and Yorkshire - to - guess sad Kent -to - lrish - to - FOREIGN. Wzmr, Dentate end Kenigsberg . . 53 to 55 Ape 57 to 49 p. eimig atr, and BMWs. Exert and n Danish sad Haealsargh 49 to 03 aastes.. -41to 45 Egyptian - to - Dartalerawd. ilisess .. ilpealls Mod Goodie& • ,-r to -...eintrallan 53 to 59 Bra - to BaaLlrr, Feeding Ot to 22 .distilling - to - Union Coes 25 to 32...Lanntas ...... - to - Oars, Roan _ lB to 22 nmenases end Itraboad to Ihredlek seil Demi& 20 to 24 Friewelmed awl Data& feed 2O to 23 Ditto Brow ... 24 to 28... feed ......... ..... - to - BIANI, tick - to -...01d. - to - Small - to -...aid. - to - Random 95 to 30...Tumauty.. ...... - to - Psaa, Inez 34 WOO Aortas 40 to 42 Tomas, old -to - sow -to -...large ..... -to - 1.1114102, Ronk sad Rastas 40 to 48 to 50 Mediterrarowe sad Odom- - to 45 to 52 Reisman - to -. .hionmeed 34 to 38 Itarumas Ca=sareti and, per too- A 6 Oa. to E 6 00. In CUMIN Data German. A9N. to Ile OL DIM Fesenk and Americas Ele es. to Ell Oa. nova, De yor mot 19610 s 96 to 96 Domini' sad B - to Casedlen Meek, per esik of 2501h0.. tree - to - AIMITVALS INTO LONDON FROM 24th JAN. TO 26th JAN. Qrs. English. Scotch. Irish. I Foreign. Wheat barley I 2 2"12 I Oats 520 I Flow, 1,430 racks; -barrels Ma l t, 1,530 qrs. IMPERIAL AVERAGES. 33 to 4... 60 to 64 • Wheat.' Barley.' Oats. II Rye. I Beam.' 01 Dee. 11 ... ... SI. 11480 a 84112 4 d 314 44e 04 18 ... ... Sts 24'30, 74 2la 7L 34s 4d 4Si 141 LS ... ... Me 041312 3d 21a 31. Id 41s 64 , Jae. I ... ... 33. 11431. 8d 20s 74198 lld 896 Iod 8 ... ... SU 104131 e 14 20, 11431, 41404 8d IS ... ... SS. 3430 , 6d 21. Od no IL 884 Id, 6 wean' An. Aver. 33e 3431. 2d140a 84 (There are so dative on Foreixe Grata( Dee. 25.1 Jan . I. 33 io 63 6 63 0 63 3 It 11- 4A 18~ U FAILEHLII, Jon. 25.-Of Wheat, best whits end old red made 51i. per qr., or 141. 10.. per load ; second quality, 131. 10s. ; poor, 121. to 131. per load. Barley was plentiful, yet, the demand being good, the best malting would not be had any lower; fine heavy made 345. perqr. ; good ditto, 325. per qr. ; common, 30s. Malt was not much asked for, prices from 71. to fts. per bushel. Oats were rather scarce, prices remaining u before, the top prices 261. per qr. ; good feed, 224. to 24.. per qr. Beans, scarce, but no dearer. Peas were Is. per qr. higher. Winter and spring tales, from 7s. to 85. 6d. per bushel. HADLEIOII, Jan. 24.-Although we have net to report so large a supply as we have generally at this season, yet it was ample, especially of Wheat, for prevent wants ; our millers being nearly the only buyers; the marker was dull, and ls. to 2s. per qr. lower. The finest malting Barley maintained late prices, but the wretched state of the malt market caused a dull trade in that article. Beans and Peas dull and lower. HULL, Jan. 25.-We have bad another week of great dulness in the Corn trade, and all articles may be purchased on easier terms. The supply from farmers in all quarters is more than adequate for the consumptive demand, and the condition generally preventing speculation, makes business exceedingly lifeless ; any attempt to sell from granary only further depresses the trade. The condition of our to-day's supply of Wheat from the farmers was decidedly inferior to last week, and such not good to sell at a decline of 2e. to 3s. per quarter, while the best runs were taken by our local millers at about le. to 2s. per quarter wider the current rates of last week; the transactions in foreign . grain are quite in retail, at a like reduction. Barley is mere saleable at full last week's rates. More in. quiry for Beane, and Peas also meet more atteution. Oats are neglected, though offered on lower terms. Linseed con tinues to arrive freely, but the market is firm • cakes may be bought the turn in favour of the bu} er . Ripeeeed quite nominal. pa ßape Cakes ealeal‘le at ourquntations More inquiry for Guano. Less business ring in Rye Meal, but at late prices. The weather has been varied, but, en the whole, not so severe as in some other parts, nor what might be looked for at this period of the year. The following are the present prices of grain: English Wheat, per qr., red, 60s. to 625. ; new, 50s. to 521. ; white, 625, to 56e. ; new, 621. to 565. ; Dantzie. 695. to 60s. Lower Baltic and lambus, 60s. to 645. Barley, malting, 295. to 31s. ; grinding, 275. to 28e. Oats, Danish, 17s. to 20s. ; Russian, 19e. to 21e. Beane, 40s. to 4 2 5. ; foreign, 35e. to 38e. Peu, white and yellow, 40s. to 45e. Linseed, crushing, 40s. to 475. • feeding, 48s. Rapeseed, per 10 qrs., 261. 10s. to 271. LiaseedCakes,EogliaNper ton,lll. ' • foreign, 91. to 91. 101.; Rape Cakes, 115 e. Bones, 925. 6d. to 955. Guano, 71. 10s. to 101. Imports from the Bth of Jan. to the 14th Jan. inclusive : Wheat, coastwise, 1,720 qrs. Barley, coastwise, 60; foreign, 476. Beans, coastwise, 10; foreign, 33. Linseed, foreign, 14,670. Rapeseed, foreign, 1,550. Linseed rakes, foreign, 132. Bones, foreign, 12. Intermix, Jan. 25.-The supply of Wheat is to-day small for the season; fine qualities command nearly late rates, but damp and inferior are le. to 2e. per qr. lower. Barley of fine quality fetches Is. per qr. more money ; secondary descriptions sell freely at late rates ; the supply of both qua lities barely equal to the =haters' wants. But few Beans and Peas on offer. LEEDS, Jan. 25.-We have a good arrival of grain this week; the trade continues very heavy, bat in Wheat we Rote no material alteration from Friday. Barley is held firmly. Oats and Shelling, as well as Beans ' steady. Wheat, 545. ; Barley, 345. Bd. ; Oats, 23e. 7d. ; Beans, 40s. Id. ; Peas, 70c-Arrivals this week : Wheat, 10,678 ; Oats, 662 ; Barley, 2,315; Beans, 555 ; Malt, 173 ; Rapeseed, 135 ; Linseed, 601. LEIORTON BUZZARD, Jan. 25.-At this day's market Wheat was again rather lower in value, but not so much offering as of late. Barley 82m, and, in some instances, Is. per qr. more money was obtained. Beans and Peas the mine u last week. Wheat, per load of 6 bush., 275. to 325. ; Barley, per qr. imp., 28s. to 325.; Beans, old, 30s. to 3242., per 6 bush. ; and new, 225. 6d. to 255. per ditto ; Peas, 28s. to 30s. Lewes, Jan. 25.-A small supply of Wheat, which was cleared at the quotations. Barley, Bee a, Peas, and Oats sold freely.-White Wheat, 121. 15s. to 131. ; red, 111. 101. to 121. ; Oats, 19s. to 21e. ; Beans, 365. to 395. ; Barley, 30s. to 33e. ; Peas, 365. to 375. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 25.-Although the wind still blows from the east, several more vessels have worked intothis port since Friday, which, with those in previously, coastwise, from Ireland, and abroad, contain for the week a moderate supply of Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal, as specified below. In conse• quence of the impediment to spring tillage, occasioned by the continuance of (not, thrashing in most parts of the coun try is stated to have become more general, and deliveries of grain from the farmers more liberal than of late; which, competing with imported produce, meet us on relatively lower terms in the manufacturing districts, as well as other parts of the interior, thereby limiting our intercourse in those directions for the present, and imparting to this day's market a very indifferent aspect.-Wheat of all de scriptions, being offered ld. to 2d. per 701 b. cheaper with little effixt, we reduce our quotations of this day week in that ratio: American Flour, how ever, from the limited stock of choice brands remaining here, was held at late prices, but was taken sparingly, and home-made as well as Irish mat a dull sale, at a decline of 2s. per sack. Malting Barley, commanding much less at tention than heretofore, was ls. per qr. lower; grinding samples, at the same time, remaining unvaried. Malt dull, and the tarn cheaper. Beans of all denominations, exciting little notice, receded Is. to 2s. per qr. The Oat trade being also languid, all kinds were rather depressed in value ; and Oatmeal was in slow request at Friday's abatement. Indian Corn and Corn Meal, although still in moderate demand, lost the foregoing advance, thereby re-establishing oar currency of Tuesday last. Prices: British: Wheat, per 701 b., English, red, 7s. 9d. to Bs. ; extra, Ba. to 1311. 3d. • ' white, Bs. to Be. sd. ; extra, Bs. 3d. to 235. 9,1, ; Irish, red, 6e. 10d. to 7s. 4d.; extra, 7s. 4d. to 7s. 6tli.; white, 7u 4d. to 7s. 10d. ; extra, 7s. 10d. to Bs. Barley, per qr., English. 334. to 345. ; Chevalier, 35e. to 36e. ; Scotch and 'lrish, per 60Ibc, 3e. 9d. to 4s, Malt. English, per qr., pale, 675. to 63.. Oats, English and Scotch, per 451 b., old, 3s. Bd. to 3e. 6d. Welsh, old, M. I d. to 3s. 34.; Irish, flu sorts, new, 3e. to 3.. Id. ; aid, 3e. 2d. to 3s. Bd. ; general, new, 2e, Bd. to 35.; old, 3a ld. to 3s. 2d. Beans, per qr., Eng l ish , new, 395. to 42a.; old, 421. to 45e.; Scotch and rish, per 4801 b., new, 87e. So 30e. ; old, We, toAs. Pea, English, per qr., whit*, 1111.:s a... as..a. .1,.......,..., , , , been Lord Baran's opinion. If the act of Hoary VW. was. , COALS.—Haff-pajt 71 64.—The. fftowing are the 1 iv hist 17p considered , reven t it m e ust . be f clear the , : it ire thta Mt; ' ' ..? . as v : ire A lt dr i ' r e ti M ey n ioc;.. e re at e kinth lf e7, 2 1 0, 9 .. 6d. ! • up. , r • the influence ', avoid 7.• )tome lee , ,11 '1 lissMatr,lB4.A Tantiebi Maar, liii it 4 . iva. s ateae; sa hall ao • rouses *id tio"teasoa , ha" E Braddylgi Met MAIM. ; 1 Walls ad &swell, i sial se4glllMag I Mit • Ibrine• previandy adopted. . ed. ; Walls . d kippaaa ?.a. 13d.' ' Walls End KU- -, He IniwerPat Crustier, Primate •I"that d pir rtli al ea. vit .:lrib, 21.. ell 4; Walh; Ead I,ansistow, 22e. ; 7/alls wisdom setssat of She n is. 'The ~ Kleg, ore,' was st e wart'e, M. M. ; wau End Tam, gds.—Ships at I'. ieglateseella ARM ha tto eiletamiaroaa o on to his market, 193. .. - will hi that quarter. there was, theregtee, no nemarty to alter or remodel the former regulations 'and the usu::, forms CORN.—Maiti-Litts--There was but little addi- adopted by the church, all ".'*"!-* """...tt to be attained l'i midi; this morning to our Monday's 'apply of Wheat, lime ._1...- ~.....sel l thw neweil ',ill :L.. — 7 1 , 117.•.ina law as to I cad tie few POsegs on sill realised t h e rat ea ' af that day . COMMERCIAL 4 MARKETS. MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE. Two o'Clock. —The French mutes having been brought better from the Paris Bourse yesterday, by the electric telegraph this morning, the Three per Cents. being quoted 73f. 70c., a alight improve nent in the funds was the consequence. Consols went to 89 to for money and time, but these higher rates were not long maintained ; and after declining to SC, to 9, we quote them now 89 sellers. We have, how ever, a sluggish market, and indisposition to em bark in active operations, both among the jobbers and speculators. The calculation of political casual ties is the influential cause of this dulness in the market, for, but for this inducement to inaction, there is little doubt that, from the great scarcity of money stock, the tendency of Con sols upon the stimulus of a few smart purchases, is naturally towards a further rise, al though perhaps not to much extent. It is believed that sellers in abundance would have been found, and will be, should the stock ever reach 90, as in some 'porters rather sanguinely anticipated. Reduced shares 89 to 4. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 90 to 4. Exchequer bills, 275. to 30s. premium. Bank stock, 1984 to 2004. We have no change to report in the foreign market, where business is inactive, as usual. Spanish Fives are 204 to ; the Threes, 301 t. Portuguese, 254 to 64. Dutch Two-and- -Half per Cents., 54 to 4 ; the Fours, 85 to;. Russian, 108 to 110. Mexican, 18 to I. Brazilian have advanced to 83 to 5. The Dutch papers state the total receipts of the treasury for the year 1847, at 54,052,307 guilders. As compared with those of 1846, which amounted to 54,576,588, the account shows a deficiency of more than half a million of guilders in 1817. The deficit, it is however observed, is only apparent, and arose from the delays in the payment and collec tion of taxes. We have unfavourable advice, from Manchester this morning, of the state of trade in that quarter, as evidenced in the very adverse results of the great weekly market yesterday. ENOLI3III CONDO . Beak Stock. 1984 2003 1 3 per Ct. Cons. for Ae.,89 3 pot Ct. Had. Ann., Itt I 3 per Ct. Cons. Ann., 53 I V.Pr i elequor ' i I. ° ll. IT. to 30s, p. Follows UND 9. 5 pot Ct Au.trtan Bonds, 94 1 pot Cent Gransda Bde.„ 11) 20 If Ct• tgolS.Bood. l l s se Grenada Deferred Bd., 3 31 par ditto. 5 pet Ct tdezleaa. 1846, 15 p ilfuS ` Yew, 7 u I tr"-cuz!.--."" fill 41141•• Bdo. st D an, Apre e s s t 41. 0 4., 30 3 S for ttueer Bd.. Rd Dec. 11 Column Let We., 3 per M. S C.: l ngo'. 1141 Bds kr Cokindim tquadur 23 I disanlin Deferred 12 13 3 per Ct. Nolen Bd., &I 4 Spoolth Rolm 44 p 24 per CL Dutch lid., 14 t tper Ct. Venesuelo lids.. 36, 4 per CL Carta Doloh. Bs. 1 • vogt•tvat 3 Deaver' Mc. 10 11 RAILWAYS.—The market for shares is decidedly flatter in every respect. Brightens, remarked yesterday u having fallen, are now 421 pm. SALES EFFECTED UP TO TWO THIS DAY IN LONDON. (Yesterday's alas will be Sound In hut page.) Bristol & Exeter, 634 Lon. & B. W. New 501. sh., 294 Caledonian, 36 i tun., Box, & Mat, If Cheater & Holyhead, 20 Midland, 1111 East Anglian, 251., L. iE. end Do. 401. eh., 441 L. & 0., It Do. 301. ab., 134 E. Opuntia, 161 Do.. Bir., & Derby, 681 S Do. Extern. 3 per Cent., No. 3, Wi t, ved k Best Bk. 6 per E. La Par 123 ncashire, 214 Norfolk New 201., 34 E. Lincolnshire, 15 Do. goat. 64 per Cy 04 Edin. and Glasgow Qrs., 11 • N. British, 27 81 Ot. Northern, 41 Do. Halves, 121 Oh. N. of England, 235 7 N. Staffordshire, 101 1 Do. New, 301., 711 701 Oaf. , Wore., & Wolv., 201 Great Western, 103 Read., Guild., & Reigate, 74 Do. QM, 191 i Shrews. sad Bit (A), 31 Do. Fifths, 231 York, Newt, & Bee., 341 Do. New, 171., 101 4 D°. I'Dxrig. New. h Ber.), 311 Inger. and Bury lit. Edmand's, 61 Do. tension No. 1 (York and Lao. and Carlisle, 53 Newe.), 194 19 Lane. aid Yorkshire, 76 Do. do. No. 2 (News. and Do. Quarters. 12 Ber.), 121 Do. Fifths, 71 Do. O.N.E. Pa. or Prof, 91 i Leeds and Bradford, 941 York and N. Mid. Pref., 161 London and Blackwell, 51 Boulogne and Amiens, 131 Ina, Bright., &S. Coast, 431 31 Namur and Liege, 61 Lon. & N. Western, 132 3 Paris and Lyons, SI Do. 401. sh. M. & 8., 61 LIVERPOOL SALES, Jarvarr 13. To-day the transactions were few, but there was a much better feeling in the market. Birk., Lane., & Cheshire (late C. I Midland Halve., 11 d and B.), 221. eh., 71 d fihrewo, Douses., it Ches.,'6 d East Lane. New, I d 8. East. and Dover. No. 4, 11 d Oast Western Fifths, 24 York., Newt., and Ber. (Eaten. Lon. and N. W. New Qrs., 61 p I No. I), 41 p Mon., Shed., & Lin. MP INGref., Ip H AM SALE Do. N ;N. B. do. No. 2), 2 p BIRS, JAIMILT 23. Very little business was done in this market, but prices were pretty well maintained. E. Counties, 161 I Caledonian, 36 Amber., Note, & Bs. , 43., d I N. Staffordshire, i 13a. 9d. p LEEDS SALES, barony 25. E. Lancashire Cr.., his. Id. d IN. British Thirds, 2e. &I. p W. It. Union, 57e. d Do. Halves, 121 N. Staffordshire, 10s. Se. ist. p FROM THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAH OFFICE. GLASGOW SALES, JANUARY Z. Oiled=lan, S 6 Glas. awl Greenock, IM. 12a. &I. Do. Haien, Is. is. Man. & Southampton, ft. Sd. Glasgow, Dom., & Car., 71. U. gd. N. British Thirds, 24. 2s. Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr, 191. 16s. Do. New Qrs. Secip, 11,,,, Sd. Do. Halves, No. I, 7 York, Noyes, & Bend& (0.14.23 Da. do., No. 2, 7 Par.), 91. lis. PRODUCE.—MINCING-LANE, Half-past Two. — Public sales have been few and unimportant to-day, but the private contract Sugar market wears an advancing appear. sacs.--Saltpetre : 800 bags offered, and chiefly bought in, at lag week's prices. Retraction 61, sold at 30s. to 30s. 6d., which was a shade lower.—Rice dull.—Cotton inactive.- Rum ftrm—Tea steady.—ln other articles no alteration. Duty paid on Sugar to last weak, le London, Liverpool, cwt. Bristol, Hull, and the Clyde To the same period last year . Dicreates 13,330 DOWN PATO or Too re 1847 TO LUT WiEL Ps. Landon Liverpool 686,175 &Mot sou .. 8,614 ay& 91,737 Total Sam dam la 1647 2,032.567 1,939,043 99,324 TALLOW.—The market steady, and a good de- MN& ss 476. 9d. on the spot ; Pabesary to ILarolt, 475. U. ; Octoloor to Do:amber, 44.. new, 465. to 48s. ; ditto and Irish, gray, 34e. to 86s. Flour, per 280 lb., English and Irish, flue 38s. to 39e. ,• superfine, 40s. to 41e. ; extra, 425. to 435. Oatmeal , i per load of 240 lb., Irish, new, 260. to 275._; old, 235. to 245. ; e. as a te, o ld . 2,15. to 24e. Bran, per 241 b., Is. 2d. to ls. 4d. Foreign : Wheat, per 701 b., Canadian red, 7s. 3d. a 7s. 6d.; white, B s. to 81. ''d.; United States, red, 7s. 9d. to 81. 24. ; white, Bs. 4d. to Ba. 9d. ; Dantrie, '"*. 141 and red, 7s. 111. to Bs. ; high mixed, Os. to ‘64.; ' Lower Baltic and Hamburg, red, 7s. 9d. to Bs. ; white, Bs. 3d. to Bs. 6d. ; Riga and Petersburg, red, 6...8d. te 71. ; Archangel, 6s. 6d. to 6s. Bd. ; Oder's, oommon, red, 61. 61. to 6s. 9d.; Polish, 7.. to 7s. 3d. ; French, Spanish, and Italian, red, 7.. to 7s. 3d. • white, 7.. 3d. to 7s. 9d. ; Bonnet and Marianopoli, red, 6:. 9d. to 7s. 2d.; Egyptian, 4s. to 4a. 6d. ; Mediterranean, &c., hard, red, 6s. 3d. to 6s. 6d. Rye. per qr. Baltic, &t., 32a. to &I's. barley, per 601 b., 3s. &I. to 44i. 3d. Oats, per 451 b., 3s. &1., o 3s. 6d., Russian, 2s. Od. to 3.. Beane, per qr., European, 38s. to 425. ; Egyptian, per 4801 b., 28s. to 295. Peas, per qr.,Baltit., &c., white, 43a. to 465.; Canadian, 34a. to 38s. Indian Corn, per 4b0115., 30s. to 335. ; Indian Meal, per barrel of 1961 b.. 14,. to 14s. 6d. Flour, per brl. of 1961 b , Canadian, sweet, 27e. to 28s. ; United States, sweet, 275. to 295. ; United States and Canadian, sour, 22e. to 24e. Amvsle into Liverpool and Runcorn, from the 18th January to the 24th January, inclusive: Wheat, 6,492; Barley, 1,659; Malt, 2,069 ; Oats, 7,141; Beans, 7,797 ; Peat. 100; Indian Corn, 6,878 qrs. ; Indian Corn Meal, 2,610 barrels ; Oatmeal, 5,876 sacks; Flour, 3,956 sacks, 1,012 barrels. - - • ••••••-• LYNN, Jan. 26.-A moderate supply of wheat and Barley. Wheat, ls. per qr. cheaper. Batley, rather dearer. Wheat, 601 b. to 611 b., 475. to 495. ; fine white, 645. ; Barley, best runs, 30s. to 315.; fine, 325.; Oats, I Id. per stone; Beans, 38s. to 425. per qr. to the grower. Averages: Wheat, 4,620 qr.; 475. 4d. Barley, 3,530 qrs. ; 295. 3d. Oata, 148 qrs. ; 20e. 6d. Beans, 166 qrs. ; 375. 4d. Pcvnotrris, Jan, 26.-The Corn trade continues dull. Prices are much as last week ; but, so long as Mark-lane flap, millers will generally buy sparingly. The weather is I very severe, and consumption is large. BaLtentray, Jan. 26 -Wheat trade dull ; some few prime dry old and new white and red Wheats, made last Tuesday's prices ; all others were lower, Is. per sack; finest, weighing 621 b. to 64Ibe. per bu , tiel, retched 281. to 295. per sack; moderate, 251. to 265. ; inferior, 231. to 24. Barley sold freely at last week's prices for hest ; common, at Is. per qr. lower. Heavy Beans, weighing 861 b., made 625. per qr.; good tick, 464. ; common, 444. ; best boiling Peas, 45e. ; grey and maple were Is. per qr. cheaper. Oats, Guest Poland's and Potato, 265. per qr. ; good black feed, 225. to 245. ; common, 20s. to 21s. - - - - . • Sr. Ives, Jan. 24.—The Wheat trade to-day very dull, at • decline of Is. per load from last week, the inferior Wheat as much as ss. per load cheaper. The Barley • trifle higher. There was but little business done to-day; mer chants c►reful of buying, but millers and mealmen bought to supply their home consumption. ALEXANDRIA, Jasi 10.—There is actually no demand for anything: the only shipments are for previous orders, hitherto delayed for the arrival of the English steamer. The following are the present prices :—Wheat, 61 to 64 pia•. ; beans, 61 to 55 ; barley, 34 to 36; Indian corn, 40 to 44 ; cotton is calm at 180 to 190 ; linseed at 110 to 120 ; gums only keep tip at 360 p. Exchange on London, 99 pies. the C. B•AILA, Dec. 18.—Newgrain continues to arrive, and for want of vessels Is placed in magazines. Indian corn is from 105 to 110 pies. Freight for London, 16s. per tr. CONNTANTINOPLZ, JAL 7.—There has been no variation of note since my last in prices, on account of the few de mands from Europe. Some 15,000 kilos. of wheat have been sold for the Archipelago, 10,000 kilos. of Indian corn for England, and 20,000 kilos. of barley fur Algiers. The follow ing prices are for consumption : Azoff, hard wheat. 211 to 22 piss. the kilo. ; Bessarabia, iM., 22 to 23 ; Roumelia, do., 20 to 21 ; Ibraill, soft wheat, 15 to 16; Bournelia, do., 16 to 17; Indian oorn, 15 to 16; barley, Bto 81; oats, 9 to 91; rye, 12 to 13. In deposit : 150,000 kilos. wheat, 40,000 kilos. In dian corn, 70,000 kilos. barley. Freights: two English vessels of 160 and 320 tons have chartered for England at 9s. 3d. and 9s. 6d. per qr. Exchange on London, 3 months, 110 p. the £. • ii; is Oaten, Dec. lB.—Little has been done lately, except in Indian corn at 105 to 107 pis., and rye at 93 pus. Very few disposable vessels are in harbour, consequently they ark high freights: 71. has been given to Marseilles. °DERMA., Dec. 28.—Hard wheat has been selling here at 204 to 214 roubles ; and fine soft Polish from 214 to 234, ac cording to weight, quality, and colour. The only two re maiaieg vessels were freighted a few days ago for Marseilles at NC The vessels are loading and getting away as feet as they can. The weather is very cold, and no doubt in another week the port will be closed. SALONICA, Dec. 22.—There is little demand for wheat and barley. Indian corn and rye find buyers, but not to a ' great extent, on account their high prices. Holders are still nattering themselves with the hopes that they shall gain by waiting, Wheat, hard, first quality, 74 to 78 pias.; second quality, 70 to 72 ; third quality, 60 to 65; soft, first quality, 64 to 66; second quality, 60 to 62 ; Indian corn, 46 to 47 ; rye, 46 to 48 ; Barley, 29 to 30. Exchange on London, 1104 pus. per E. Bmvutta, JAN. 9.—Trade is calm. Cotton, 220 to 225 pia,. the quintal ; oil, 200 to 205 piss. the quintal. Ne demand for grain. Exchange on London, 1104 piss. the E. MANUFACTURES.—HUDDERSTIELD, Jan. 25. We are glad in having it in our power to report an improve. ment in this week's market. Our Piece-hall of to-day has presented a more animated appearance than for some time put, and considerably more pieces have this day been sold than on any market day for months back. HOPS. BokouGs MARKET, rtoo 0' Clock. Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report that coloury Hops have become very scarce, and command higherprices : and all i other descriptions find a ready sale, at the ollowing quota tions : New Mid& E. Kenta 31. 10 tong 0 Yearling Kentitp.ort, 2110 to 31 0 New Weald of Keay 2 16 to 3 0 I Yearling flume: „ 2 oto 3 0 New Sumer ..... 2 16 to 310 01d h0p5........ „ 1 oto 2 Farnham ...... 4 4to 6 6 SALISBURY, Jan. 25.—Holders firm ; prices for best Fern , hams higher by 2s. per cwt.; the Bentleys, Aliens, Froyles, Olihams, and Crondalls, of bright qualities, worth a trifle more money ; bad coloured inferior, indifferent sale. Farnhams and Altons of 1846 retain their price. WOOL—HUDDERSFIELD, Jan. 25.—There has been but little doing in the Wool business during the past week. A few German Wools, taken off at low prices, are all that have been done. CATTLE, &C.-DERBY, lan. 25.-There was • short supply of Beasts at market this morning. Sheep, fair supply. Pigs, chiefly Irish, plentiful. Calves numerous. Beef made 61d. ; Mutton, 7d. to 71d.; Veal, 61d. to 7d. per lb. Pigs, 10s. per score. Rough Fat, fis. 6d. Hides, led. per lb. Calf-Skins, 3d. to 4d. Fsagasm, Jan. 25.-The quantity of good fat Beasts wu small; the finest quality, therefore, made 6d. per score pounds more money, the top reaching 13s. per score ; oorn- MOD, 12a.; inferior and coarse, 10s. 6d. to lls. The number of fat Calves very small; prices were, therefore, 2d. to 4d. per stone higher, and soon sold. Fat Pigs plentiful ; trade good. Best, small, Ils. to lls. 4d. per score ; large Bacon Hoge, 10s. 3d. to 10s. 6d. The supply of Sheep very short ; finest Hampshire and Sussex Downs, 6s. to 6s. 4d. per stone A ; large, half-d, 65.; middling quality, 40. Bd. ; common and E hes, 4s. 4d. few fine fat Lambs, wbdoh fetched 204. to 22e. each, or nearly le. per lb. Noawica, Jan. 22.-Our market exhibited to-day but a small show of store Cattle. The attendance of buyers being few, and the frost severe, last week's prices were barely sup ported. Fat Beasts few in number ; trade firm, at Be. to 84. 6d. per stone of 141bs. The Sheep pens were b adly filled ; so little business was done in Sheep that no quotations can be given. Store Pig trade very dulL Fat Pork from 6s. 6d. to 7e. per stone. ----- - - - - . r SALISBURY, Jut. 26.—The largest market for fat Oxen held here since the Christmas Show, for which trade. was good. The best Devous and Herefords making 13s. per score pounds; second quality, 124. ; ordinary quality, lls. ; coarse, 10s. ; contract, 9s. The number of Calves was also greater, yet prices remain high. Beet, 12s. to 12s. 6d. per score ; others, I Is. to I le. 9d. ; dead, lls. to lls. 6d. Best fat Pigs were sold readily at 10s. 6d. to 115. ; large bacon ditto, Ios. The number of Sheep not so great: the primed 4 end 6-tooth ; Downs made 50. to 6s. 4d. per stone of 81b. ; large half-bred, 4e. Bd. to 65.; second quality, 4s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. ; ewes and poorer sheep, ts. 4d. ; foreign, 4e. to 4s. 4d. For Yesterday'• Marta's Joe lag pap. SH (PPING. MAILS ARRIVNIX—DubIin, 2 ; Waterford,l; Donaghadee, 1; Flanders, 1. Lowoon, Jan. N.—Wind this day at noon, E. by N. ; fresh gale and equally ; frost. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 25.—N.E. Arriyed Venus, St. Do mingo, for Copenhagen ; Osiris, Batavia; Franklin, Mau ritius; C.adova, Valparaiso, for Havre; Magdalena, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburg; Mungo Park, St. John's, N - ..w Brunswick, for Aberdeen.—Sailed: William Stuart, Port Philip. Foway, Jan. 24.—N.E.—Arrived: Mary Ellen, Mau rites. FALMOPTR, Jan. 25.—E.N.E., at - long.—Arrived : Vrien chap, Batavia. Off port : Edonurd, Batavia. Livzstroot, Jan. 23.—E.—Arrived: Druid, Sydney, N.B. Sailed : Richard, Calcutta ; Kathleen, Africa ; Win. Rushton, Vera Cruz; Magistrate, Mobile; Champlin, Phi. ladelphia ; Emigra,t, Baltimore. Off port : Blythwood, Callao. Coax, Jan. 23.—N.E.—Arrived: Sarah, of Liverpool, Callao. GLABOOW, Jan. 25.—The Maid of the Mill, Trinidad, to the Clyde, went on shore in Clougby Bay, 23rd hut., in a dense fog. ARDBOBEAN, Jan. U.—The snuck Mary, of Ramsey, has been got off Saltooats, with little damage. LITSRPOOL, Jan. 25.—The Princess Helene, drove foal of the Martin Luther, off Madras, 6th ult., and both received damage; the former put out to sea. The George and Francis, on West Hoyle, Bth inst., has bean raised, and taken into Hoylake. Orr Ptysoirra, Jas. 24.—Elizabeth Muir, from Calcutta. NEWPORT, Jan. 25.—N.E.—Arrived : 23rd, Christopher Columbus, New York. 25th, Chieftain, Singapore. PORT TALBOT, Jan. 23. --S .B. —Sailed : 14th, Monmouth, St. Thomas's. CLYDI, Jan. 24.—Arrived Rolla, Noma, H.P. Drumm, Jan. 22.—Arrived: Sarah, St. John's. Fe .Hours, Jan. 25. The Lawson., from Taganrog, ar rived have to-day, with put of cargo thrown overboard, hav ing been on shore near Trapani. ght enartog. MAILS The esa gsr Ape, Oporto, Whoa, Ifedeire, Cadiz, egg 0 w ig h a s t age up ea Use morning of the 27th January. The malls for British North Aroaries, Bennads aad Bvyl Age, will be mode up to the ewes* of the 2Stli Lowery. tiew South Wales Yea Disoen's Laud, sae ja w Iselead will be Wade up us the males of the Iles humary. The sags foe the West Coast of Afro' sad Madeira will be waft up on the evening of the 314 fast. The West lade Kale, inelwilne Bermuda, Neese, R m .. , Roodurea, New Weems Vera Crux, Tampico, and Porto Rico, excluding shots for Madan, Jardnel, Carthagena, yyym.a. cures rename, Weet Comet of death America, end yt , 3 Nicaragua, will be made op on the ntornieg of the Ind Pebr e .,, The overland smile for Gibraltu, Malta, Grew, the loom MtAdes, Ceylon, ladle, Hong. Kong, and chtua, made up as time morning of the 3rd February. The mails for the !knells, the Inver Plate, Monte Video, Parm a asps, (Ma Bahia, Made 4 ire, mud Bums Ayres, will be mad e op es the n of the ♦ th Pebruary. The overland eland malls, see Mareeilles, to the Mediterr eam , !gm, Aden. Caplees, Haag Koss, will be made up no ta g moms of the TN February. TO CORRESPONDENT,. • Ittß•ll2/I•Mt, I Mewled ea " 7ee Lemu." teed.. e be et the cam Boymeteeereet. by Two ♦yf dock as bite tt:rer4 HIGH WATII AT lAMIDON Tate Day—Noral4A mi. ben It LAIIMML 51 WITH 4. Te-bloasew—ltsmia& a WA. boa 4 & w• 444.11 MA's.' LONDON, W EDNESDAY, JAN, 26. BY that peculiar and pertinacious infelicity of eon. trivauce which has so long distinguished most of the arrangements connected with the Indian mail, the de- spatches which we laid before our readers on Monday included only a portion of the intelligence which the Calcutta mail of the 7th Dec. was expected to bring, For several months past the outward and inward bound steamers, at both extremities of the route, have kept up an admirably systematic game of mom purposes. The vessel from Suez has been telegraphed up the Hooghly as the homeward despatches have been clearing the 1 pilot-ground. and in London we have so ofteu received our Indiae i letters on the day after the departure of the Indian mail, that the merchants are beginning to conaidee these tantalising disappointments as part of the use. manent programme. How long so discreditable a system is to continue we do not pretend to say, bat it is quite clear that there is no hope of redress, es loog as the Treasury are content to accept any excuse, and the Peninsular Company can venture to presume upon their monopoly. The mail just arrived is a most pertinent illustra tion in point. It was delivered in London about three hours before the last outward post of the month was made up, and it brought most imperfect informs. lien, because the inward mail at Calcutta arrived scarcely in time to afford the same interval for trans. mitting answers by the steamer then on the point of starting. The advice' actually come to hand put us in poe session of the events which had taken place at Cal. cutta in consequence of the gloomy tidings conveyed by the English mail of the 7th of October last. Them events are of course of a distressing nature. That was inevitable. But there is not that wholesale des. truction of firms, that utter and sudden extinction of ordinary confidence, nor that paralysis of all the opera. tions of commerce, which the calculations of many and the timidity of more had led them to expect. So farths actual suepensions are confined to nine houses, not more than a third of which can be placed in the fink rank of commercial eminence. The joint-stock com panies, insurance companies, sugar companies, and so on whose drafts were, in several instances , compro mised by the failure of their London agents, appear to have entered into prompt and satisfactory arrange ments for the payment of their creditors without any interruption to the ordinary course of their business. So far all is comparatively well, and the evil does not equal the anticipation. We must not expect, however, that we have seen the end of it. The crisis will scarcely be appeased with nine victims, and it would be exceedingly presumptuous not to expect a farther list of disasters—probably not a very formid able list in any sense—by the next or the ensuing packet. We strongly incline to the opinion, that while there is every motive for commiseration with the sufferers by these reverses, there is also great reason to regret them, as painful illustrations: of certain great prin ciples of prudence and political economy. We point to no individual instances, but we describe a system, when we say, that a. considerable portion of the trade to the East Indies has been for several years past gradually degenerating into a licence of credit and a temerity of speculation reeling upon most inadequate resources of bona Ale capital, such as no branch of commerce nor description of en terprise was ever yet able to sustain without ultimate damage. The tardiness of the passage round the of Ce for merchandise has given a pretext for the in dulgenceto the Indian trader of a longer term credit than has been enjoyed by almost any other class of merchants since the war. The system of " ten months' bills," and the extraordinary facilities which prevailed in the London money , market from 1842 to 1845, we have no doubt were the means of tempting many men into depar tures from sound policy, and we will add, from ob. vions duty, out of which have gradually risen up a host of subsequent embarrassments. These unwise and reprehensible proceedings are now becoming manifest in their real character ; and while we have no desire to make these Calcutta insolvencies the pretext for a homily on the perverseness and folly d human nature, we should certainly fail in stating the whole truth if we did not remind those upon whoa the disaster has fallen, that at least they did net scruple to invite its approach. We are gratified to learn that correction, even at Calcutta, does not always fail to produce amendment. For along with the news of bankrupt proceedings we read the most appropriate comment they can revive, in the form of a resolution by the Chamber of Com merce, that no more 10 months' bills shall be recog nised in the Bengal Presidency. This is, at all events, a first step in a career of reform, which we shall watch with some solicitude. In one important respect the present dark day, in the experience of the Indian community, contrasts most favourably with the great crash, which sixteen years ago spread dismay and beggary through every rank and class of the Anglo-Indian public. Ths failure of the five great houses—the utter insolvency —for several of them have hardly yielded a dividend — of those princely establishments at Calcutta, which were considered to be as solid and immovable, as the hon. company itself, was an event, which, for several generations, will form the subject of a gloomy tradition among the highest and the lowest of those who were then connected with our Indian territories. These gigantic concerns were, at once the savings banks and the agents of nearly every officer and widow and orphan, in any way concerned in the two services ; and we do sincerely believe that the extent and the degree of suffering and privation which has been occasioned by the lose of the twelve millions of property, which formed their liabilities, has never been exceeded by any series of similar calamities in the history of any people. On the present occasion there is happily no repetition of this deplorable state of things, or at least it is confined within limits so narrow as not to consti tute a prominent feature of the misfortune. The men, who endure the perils and the expatriation of Indian service from an honourable desire to accumu late out of the lavish emoluments of that country a competent independence to be enjoyed at home, have learned not to trust their funds so far out of their reach. We cannot say that they are quite cured of their propensity for mercantile epeculatioss with which they have properly no concern, but at least, as a body, they have had the good sense not to expose themselves to the casualties of commerce without any means either of estimating its risks or avoiding its dangers. Returning again for a moment to the immediate circumstances of the present time, it is a most tunate circumstance that severe derangement in the money-market of Calcutta has not been added to the interruptions occasioned by the occurrence of so mueh distredit. The rates of the Bank of Bengal indicate no degree of unusual pressure, nor, if we are rightly informed, is there any such tendency among the native shroffs of the Bazaar. The predictions, there fore, of trade being reduced to a state of stagnation, for the want of credit and capital to carry on the business of exports and imports, will scarcely be fulfilled. The low rate of exchange is much more likely to induce people of substance and standing to become shippers, and thus aid the profit of a rate of conversion almost without precedent to the retainable gains of a sound mercantile adventure. IN 1839 Mr. Row Latin Wu. expressed a confident anticipation that the effect of his penny postage would be to woman the number of letters transmitted by poet five-fold l lent which we • t ajready ell but 1839 76 1840 169 1841 196 i 1842 207 • 1843 2201 ' - 1844 242 „ 1843 2714 1846 2094 „ • 1647 922 , There can ho Ilites system , facilities whic. transmission • f bulk. But th• Telopment he • scepticism and i has at the I, promi . time, have bet n The country upon this suer • have been kep, moved to a vi struggle for a h• the lower ord, been placed in a After such gri dime.' to nuti e Wishing the s) year the exce-+ office departm n These consile satisfaction to a fair trial for author. It is t. ment may eneo hostile prepos who undertak MUMMY'S, eoonon the same time in Torment. • Ttif e•tUmate Sir letteis - joi . rTot 7 ;l. is fur the y l the 1 utt amertAino nul il•eurn $ This is 'sell ive gan P ee llO a r i u a ar: u l resolution, that of simple truth to complain of which might re as a token of de. leap to what n elusion is natir warn our read There is no reso and none more that which sort , shall, therefore, I] classes and pe cheap knowledg ciples with rein boured so much The facts so at the late tare Commerce came we complain of. efforts as Manch ing the supply The mettin4 pletion of ihi region has made supply of to those classes where they aro t so generous uud rature and in supply of politic✓ until awakeiird aad dear yew - - - bolstering up an Times and _lfni given strength only partiall y so far as t tell forward and lib Perhaps this once which tulle which we notie ing . benambi d a giant efo t paramount bojc The parties ass chaster Chat as active, enterprii cellence, the rei and most lib. ral many and sr Ist commerce— the wish well to a ti is a great m. ra intelligence, cis finences, into amongst and circumstanct s Slone are el. i spoon -meat, 5 information. sembled, m numberless n. priced mono, enterprise ; ,•e finger to fore that chambt r moment, hi v us to go thro has marked th The adverti-e would ensure Indifferenct advertioant tt nate, to so a picked by p. they pas, old agenci s look at point of v respondent in tively unait ,•d journal., in ale in Mar. cheater. TI that of any I hes been (iu. iasued for *.k 3,447,009. 1 picion that .0 account of le office. Th... open to offi .a untrue. e been thus bro firm belief • i• Daily Neel sand, equal .o and agrone,k If ever, ti newspaper. leading nu and such h go, ita imocess, let t as the Min extended to monopoly • f 2110111 d Wei fore, upon Popular int( I remember, t lit such mono!), in pusillarumii , and left it tc el thrive witho it CUSTOMS.— ' been addresse 1 por tr a nte r ruitt. • and the eatpl.vi • particularly in t 'what number a 0 111 mPotary or pe Itki Ph/ b• resit