The Express. — London, England, 1848-01-20 00:00:00

• cir--'a•••-it'--r_, MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., railway share auctioneers, rerneetfully bec to inform their friends and the paNk, Mit they conrn.to dolls . to MUV and SWLL ell descriptions of yJ ILW Al $H rtKES, railway debonturee. miters:dm Ando% mining. and all other share. and pmperty L and Co. iso hn annonnee that their public rale takes Place er , 7 Wednesday. At is'aisca, at the 11,11 of Commerce, Threadneedlertreet. London ; to their elbow astreet, L t which :4ace all Jan. farours are molested to be addreared.—Thrml. Media-ondon. I. laol. &UMBER ONE, SALNT PAUL'S CHURCH- YARD.—A roar oar Is bang ends at bandooter to lowa. the at tek. and we hear that g is t att dliso In Ireland ars shout to be OsConnelltred, of the lb. chequer to fall the duty to la nab. In e ' gaselisable vs ball him tea cheap 'mush to all oar losegif worasut. In be nacemans the C. of . 14 " d. pe?rh. 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ROWLAND and BON, 20. attonwarden.London, bee to caution the nobility and gentry. sagest being misled by the attempts of some shopkeeper., who to cm of their own manufacture give the titles of "llacemar r U lLitter. - Mid - -• ,, mc under Or .anction of m oo a d the goternment departments. with simnel attormas at tsoa, while they copy the Nils advertisements, sad login= tembetitutleg fictitious mine. and alarm.. for the real, of the ortgloal gr=l:vas. The eltiT genuine Macassar " Yalydor.' sad 0 Itowlaad*. "Rad the wrapper of each bean th e name a a elsads preeedlng . that of the article with their ...nature at the foot, lit rod ink. th us- - L. HOWLAND k 8011." Sold by them. at ID. Hatton...van, London. and by all chemists and perfurr,vot Nur road ',primk dd. with numerous illustra THE BOOK OF S NOBS. By W. M. TeCIIMAT. author of " Vanity Fair," he. Published at ds• Ptutoh.ollloo. 86, Flosistreet, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. TIID3 DAY, ParraThek. IMPORTANT FROM THE CAPE. By an arrival this morning we have news from the Cape of Good Hope, with Graham's Town papers to the 6th, and Cape Town papers to the 16th November. . The state of the colony is reported, in the journals we have received, to be most satisfactory, in so far at beet as respects agricultural prospects. The season was favourable, the rains had been plentiful, and the ems aff mded promise of an abundant yield. The appointment of Sir Harry Smith to the govern ment of the Cape of Good Hope continued to ex cite lively satisfaction. Sir 11. Young, the lieutenant governor of the eastern provinces, had left for tape Town. "It is now understood," says the Graham's Town Journal, "that his honour does not go direct to South Australia, but from Table Bay to England, where it is not improbable that his own re presentations may materially alter pending arrange ments. However this may be, his honour's adminis tration, brief as it has been, of the affairs of this province, will prove of inestimable value. Aircady it has so disturbed the rick ety system, ander which this province has . been hitherto governed, as to expose to full view the disabilities under which the people labour, and the mischief which has arisen therefrom to the parent state. And if it be true that a knowledge of a disease is half its cure, then has not Sir I lenry Young's visit to this coautry- been in vain ; aor will his labours here, and the seed he has sown, fail to produce in due season their appropriate fruits. No public officer, in the discharge of cgficial duties, ever pursued a more steady and direct course, or displayed more tact, zeal, and ability than this officer. He now takes his depar tare from this province, with the best wishes and high respect of the inhabitants at large." The Zuid Afrikoan reports the following:—" Ar rived in Simon's Bay, Nov.lo, the steamer Progresso, Lieutenant Rennin", from Mozambique, October 13, with stores saved from the wreck of H.M. sloop Snake, stranded within • few miles of Mozambique. Passengers :—Dr. ?ilaranda. Portuguese army ; Lieut. Webber ; and 42 officers and men of H.M. sloop Snake. The remainder of the crew have been con veyed to the Mauritius in a French ship." The news from Kaffirland is important. Strong detachments of troops, under the immediate com mand of Sir 0. Berkeley, had been pushed forward towards the Kei, intending to extend operations beyond that river into Kreili's territory. To facilitate the pamege of the main body of the army, shinild the river be swollen, wilich, from the state of Ms wea ther, was mare an probable, boats and pon toons had been sent forward, under the immediate di rection of Captain Walpole, with a detachment of Royal Engineers. The whole country is described as luxuriant beyond description, the grass for many miles waving in the breeze like fields of corn, and vegetable life everywhere more vigorous than had been known for the last 25 years. The Graham's Town Journal gives some particulars of a successful engagement between detachments, under the command of Colonel Somerset, and a Kaffir force, led by the chief Pato. It appears that on the 31st October, the colonel, having reason to believe that the enemy was in force at some distance in his front, determined upon making a forced march, with a view if possible of bringing him to an engagement. Push ing forward, therefore, with some strong detachments of light troops, chiefly Cape corps and Capt. Hogg's levy, Colonel Somerset succeeded, by a night march, completing a distance of thirty miles, in reaching the broken country on a stream called the Chechabe. Here, having halted, the Kaffirs were shortly after seen galloping up the adjacent high ground, exposing them selves to observations much more daringly than had been the case for some time previously. Still it was scarcely expected that the enemy contem plated making a serious stand, the prevalent opi nion being that he was merely watching the pro grem of the troops, anxious to see them move down the opposite declivity. At this time Colonel So merset, with a single orderly, having rode forward to some distance from the troops, found himself suddenly in front of a of Kaffirs, whom he eluded by immediately failing back. Before, how ever, he could rejoin the troops, a strong body of the enemy, mounted, poured down upon him ; his orderly was shot from his horse, and he himself only escaped by making a dash through the savages, and trusting rather to the mettle of his steed than to the chances of a contest between a single individual and a score of in furiated foes. The Kaffirs, after having narrowly ob served the movements of the British force, then passed to the left, and ascended a height, distant about a mile in front, where they took up a very strong position, evidently with a determination to dispute their further progress. Colonel Somerset was not, how ever disposed to baulk their anticipation of a fight, and hence, no sooner did he ascertain their position, than he formed his men, and put them in position for attack, waiting with a good deal of impatience for the arrival of Captain Hogg's levy, which was about a mile in the rear. At length, all having joined, and every arrangement being made, the advance, under the immediate command of Colonel Somerset — the Cape Mounted Rifles being led, in the absence of Major Armstrong, by Captain O'Reilley —wound slowly up the face of the hill, the Kaffirs being most advantageously sheltered under cover of some immense rocks. The troops kept steadily advancing, until within eighty yards of the enemy, when, orders being given, the bugle sounded the gallop, and the next minute the troops had crested the hill, dismounted, and were in among the enemy. The Kaffirs at first opened a runnning fire, but, being pushed vigorously, in twenty minutes they were driven from their position down the hill into the ravine below. From this also they were speedily dislodged, leaving behind them their arms, karossas, and several horses. They fled into' the adjacent valleys, which deeply intersect that part of the country, and present the moat favourable positions that could be desired by Kaffirs in carrying en their peculiar mode of warfare. Only seventeen of the enemy were found killed in this affair, but it is affirmed that many more mast have fallen, the Kaffirs carrying off as many of their dead and wounded as possible, as was indicated by the numerous blood tracks which were seen along the line of their retreat. The Kaffirs keeping under shelter, their numbers could not be estimated, but their main body is supposed to have been not less than eight hundred men, besides some detached parties posted so as to take advantage of any cir cumstance which might turn up in their favour. The casualties among the British troops were compara tively trifling. • The Kaffirs for twenty minutes main tained a sharp fire, but which seems, probably from the abruptness of the acclivity, to have been very in effective. The weather was described as extremely severe, but Colonel Somerset was determined to push on, as it was affirmed that immense droves of cattle were sheltered in the broken country, at no great dis tance from the scene of this encounter ; and it was laPPc , d that it was to cover these that the attempt to arrest the march of the troops was determined on. ................ k hk i i , 1b'.44411 Mee la, reb 3, i t 11, alekr, Pen. ms' s l k iesm a it 11, i t b b. Not ! leseri r mo et. beetle : 141 Ire, t urner tee, a mid : & Korai .what Italian Nam s o i n Oltlan. th 3, B 'wle7. 2Q. & Feb. 29 , od a nte La• tg & 114 bosa; Feb. 1 at 2 de-Gt, nest , atetvease Vac% Book., 141,174.ZZ thee, Kiw i ,. maker, Pah. p Feb. 1 le gl. &bo a, Kt Marti* Bea. Oaks. r y wr...„er,4 Line, Nada . ~a 44.P. b.% sal Aso ikerg. tumb 44E4 Glamor. Conaer4 K Mamele. crivener —1 it are., Hirchio. .Final di,. of uf aa .. of 7s. 64,. Cl Md, as, red., lam 13, cbamb. o 1114iriuta1— at Wawa% -smith—nal -2nd di,. of —Lt div. of ue., BitoLin iehmt►-3711 -MAIL& an slcileo • Havana/FM Wert In. Jnis.2l Feb. t 3 Rico; Midas, Nova Se - tia; nture, Lisbon; !anopi, Monts e, Graveling , : grave, Talinm. Ocean Bride, DiePPe ; Wave, Adelaide, Livers M Rotterdam, mluroa ; Ode , . ,; sumo, New 'moo; Hannah, rr, Barcelona; i; Mary, Ale-i -cy, Borkanz; rasa ; ZepblO, ingdehl,B"." . Trinity Yacht, York; Ocean Lona, Havana; !genie Video; ,l.sbon, Mode. iGE, CURED T AND riu.s.— ,n suffering for nature, to clue ted nearly every ;Ito give relief. cent and Pla% r the wonderful cry publicity 63 lit—Sold by all 214, Uttar Leonard's. or 1 the Rey. C. W. Ire. F. OtOne. or T. OloTer, oil the mite :r. DaVoo, the Will rob. by the Roe. t we of the late k i;hter of W. C. K eenn. Fey.. L: late Loral 0 a. W. wruht. of ,“..., daughur of end Ota.toubuz7• on of the 1101 1 D. BOWL!, E. l . SCiffiCkl-iOdges t he ~! , . I,d, a te e i f w t r . o.,ty a Dorlean, cults= M.D. to LZVOY'KULN° • . ~ a rrep.troe.. . ' f .' lllCe tershiro, C. Dytr. Dill, Homer. A. .L05ebar0......• ibe Pr•ose' ,x/f - vP ~ J EXPRESS FROW,PARIS. Our Paris letters of last evening have arrived, but contain no intelligence of importance. Le Droit says, in reference to the affair of Count Mortier : " Doctors Faille, Calineil, and Falret, by judgment of Dec. 15, received the double mission to examine, first, if Count Mortiet.could be removed to an establishment not appropriated to persons affected with mental alienation ; and, secondly, to decide if he was really of unsound mind. On Jan. 6, they sent into President Debelleyme their report on the question ofremoling the count, and declared that they had visited him on Dec. 28, at Ivry, in the maison de sante of Dr. Mitivie, and had, in the presence of M. Poisson- Seguin, the count's &roue, endeavoured to ascertain the mental state of the patient. Afterwards each physician had visited him separately, and finally on the morning of the day on which the report was drawn up, they had conjointly conversed with the count for an hour and a half. The conclusion to which they have unanimously come, after all these observations, is that Count Nlortier ought not to be removed to an ordinary maison de sante. The report terminates thus : ' The reasons which have induced the medical men whose names are affixed to this re port to come to this decision, will be stated in the ulterior report which they are also ordered by the judgment of Dec. 15 to present, relative to the ques tion as to whether Count Mortier is to be considered affected with mental alienation. " A letter from Turin, in the Augsburg Gazette, states that the Russian ambassador at Rome has at length presented to the Pope the ratification of the treaty for the arrangement of the religious differences be tween his holiness and the Emperor of Russia, with an apology for the delay which prevented the Pope from announcing the fact in his last allocution. It appear' that, according to this treaty, there are to be seven catholic dioceses in Rassiaasedruland, and that the bishops are not to be appointed without the ap probation of the Pope. The Roman Catholic clergy in Russia and Poland are to be treated with respect. and there is to be no obstacle thrown in the way of religious worship, according to the creed of the Roman church. PAWS, Jas. 19.—New Loan, 74 88. Three per Cents, 73 43; Fives, 115 43; Fours, 100. Belgian Fives, 1840, 984 ; Ditto, 1842, 99 41 Naples Mites, 99 23. ltonuin Loan, 934. Treasury Bends, 44. Beak Shares, 3180. Exchange on London (right), 23 nO. The Madrid mail of the 13th was received in Paris at a late hour yesterday afternoon. General Espar tyro had paid a visit to Narvaez. Oa the 13th great curiosity was excited at the Senate, where Espartero attended for the first time, and took the oaths. After that ceremony the Duke de Beylen invited Espartero to take a seat near him. After reading a rcport of the Captain-General of Catalonia, declaring that the insurgents which had scoured the country had entirely disappeared, Narvatz ad vanced to Espartero and shook hands with him. At the close of the sitting the two generals had a long conversation. Espartero wore black, with no decoration except the chain and medal of Charles 111. At the close of the session, a great crowd was col lected at the door to see Espartero, who came out ac companied by his aide-de-camp, M. Ventura Bemis tegni. The people received the general uncoveied, and made an avenue in the crowd for him to approach his carriage. The people saluted the general by ges tare, but uttered no exclamations. El Clamor Public° says that M. Salamanca has addressed an application to the Chamber of Deputies, demanding a public investigation of the charge pre ferred by M. Pidal against him, viz., that he had ab stracted, for his private use, twenty-five millions of reels from the public funds. "No other course," says that journal, remained for M. Salamanca." Pitaoato, Jan. 13.—Three per Cents., 261 to 27 at 30 dart, 201 each; Po ; ur p per ir e m ent, p. l l l . eaand ,u t p z ... pgfornta., 151 to l ot it. .T•at: dinand, 123 paper. p aper. on London. 48 20.100 paper. SPECIAL COMMISSION. COUNTY OF CLARE. (plum OUR OWN RIPORTER.) ENNIS, MONDAY JAN 17 _ . CONSPIRACY TO MVROER Mu. WATSON..—CiPITALCON. TICTION.—In my letter this morning I forwarded an detract of the Attorney-General's statement in this case. It em braced the leading facts of the charge against the primiser as they appeared afterwards in evidence. The evidence adduced on the trial of Ryan and Hayes with regard to the murder having been fully gone into, John Crowe, • boy aged about 12, was produced : Ile is nephew of the prisoner. Recollects his uncle's cows having been wised. The night before the murder of Mr. Watson, Was. Ryan (Puck), Wilkinson, and a boy named Michael Cruse, slept at his uncle's house. Kelly was under-servant. Did not sleep in the house that night. A strange man came to the house next morning. The strange man took five bul lets off the dresser; after which the prmoner Ryan (Pack) and the other men, James Kelly and Wilkinson, went out to the cow-house. They were there about half an-hour. They all came out of the house then but Wilkinson. When they came back, witness heard " Puck" Ryan say there were good charges in. After this witness went for horses, to take them to plough, and when he was coming back he saw Ryan (Puck), James Ke.ly, and the strange boy. !Ding down the field together, towards the high road. Saw Ryan (Puck) at his uncle's several times after the murder; but he n slept there after. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. O'Hea, but no thing to affect his direct testimony was elicited. Andrew Quinlisan : I know Ryan (Small). I remember to have lent him ls. 6d. I saw him at Killaloa five or six days before the murder. We went into Crowe's house toge ther, and he called for spiri:s. When it was nearly drank the prisoner came in. He asked who I was, and said he wanted to bare some words with Ryan. I then left the place. Before I left I asked him for the Is. 6d. He mid he had'nt it then, but would in a very abort time. After Mr. Watson's murder Ryan showed me five pounds, but he had not change to pay me. This witness was also cross-examined at some length. He admitted having heard of a large reward is this ease, but he denied that he was influenced by the expectation of a portion of it. Garrett Shaughnessy examined: I live in Limerick. I was committed to the gaol of that city before last Christ mas. I was charged with having the possession of butter knowing it to be stolen. I know the prisoner. I saw him first the Wednesday before Christmas; he was in the yard of the gaol with me, and we slept in the same cell for three nights. I had some conversation with him. I have a brother-in-law named Garret Walsh. Crowe said he knew him, and that he was an honest proper men. On the day after Crowe came in, I had a conversation with him. I eked him what brought him there, and he replied, it was suspicion of Mr. Watson's murder. He told me he lived near Buogebar. I spoke then of some people I knew on the Shannon works, and he said he knew them. The next day he said he was glad he had a friend to speak to. He told me that when he was coming to prison he had some money which he was about sending to his wife, but that the constable told him to keep it himself, as he might want it; we slept together; he told me that thirteen or lourteen head of cattle of his bad been canted, and that before Mr. Watson was murdered he brought his note to him to raise money to re deem his cattle, and that he refused him, and added that he expected " God or man would not blame him to kill that ruffian." After that he stated that he went to Glenomera on the day of the muscat r; he said his wife's cousin told him to be there that day, and to have good witnesses, or he should Buffer for all. The prisoner also spoke of James Kelly, his servant, having been taken up for the murder, but thanked God they could get nithing out of him ; he said something of a gun he gave to Hayes, and only got the barrel of it back. The cross-examination or Mr. O'Hea elicited from the witness a confession that he was a most depraved character, and it would appear also, though not adm:tted by him, that he had been set upon Crowe for the purpose of extracting something to imphcate him in the murder of Mr. Watson. Nathaniel Barton, James Crowe, Dennis Flyn, Lacy, Mr. Browne, J.P., and Dr. Purden gave similar testMony to that given by them on the trial of Ryan and Hayes. Mr. Augustus Arthur, brother to the owner of the pro perty on which the prisoner was tenant, deposed that he saw Crowe at his house, at Glenomera, about 12 o'clock on the da of the murder. lie said he came down to see about his cattle that were seized. The cattle had been sold at the time. The boy John Crowe was recalled, and, in answer to the court, stated that his um:le must have heard Ryan (Puck) my that the gun was well charged. The case for the crown closed, and Mr. O'Hea addressed the jury for the defence. He cunt: dcd that the witnesses were not trustworthy, and that, even if the jury believed all that had been sworn, they should still actriit the prisoners, as the mere fact of previous knowledge would not sustain the charge in the indictment, that he incited, hired, procured, counselled, and commanded, &c. Michael Cruse, servant to prisoner; Mary Kelly, maid servant, and sister to the prisoner James Kelly (charged in the same indictment with Crowe) ; and Mary Crowe, daughter to the prisoner , were severally . produced for the defence. Their evidence was a total denial of the evidence of the boy John Crowe, respecting the transactions in the prisoner's house on the night before and morning of the murder. They were confronted with John Crowe, who re peated his account of the proceedings is the presence of each. The Solicitor General replied on the part of the Crown. The Lord Chief Baron recapitulated the evidence, and commented on it at some length, telling the jury, that if they believed the evidence for the prosecution, there was sufficient to sustain the indictment. At nine o'clock the jury retired, and in a few minutes returned to court with a verdict of Guilly. The court was much crowded during the trial, and the greatest interest was exhibited as to the result. Whatever the opinions as to the moral guilt of the prisoner, the legal proof appeared to have failed, so a general expectation was entertained of an acquittal, and the ver,lict of guiltyh no was t h ere f o re received with a murm ur of surprise, but wit symptom of disapprobation. The court was then adjourned to next morning. ENNIS, TUESDAY, JAN. 18. MURDER OF MARTIN WMATION.—The judges so: at ten o'clock this morning, when Thomas li•Satnheary and lax others were indicted for the wilful murder of Martin M'Mahon, at Cerhoemore, on the 3rd of the present month. The prisoners refused to join in their challenges, and Thomas M'Snenhesey was selected, and given in charge for the felony. The Attorney-General stated the ease for the crown. This appeared to him one of the most distressing cases brought before the court since the commencement of the commission. The evidence would show clearly that the pri soner, with a number of others, went to the house of a per son named M . /dation, en the 3rd instant. They were armed with fire-arms, but he (the Attorney-General) considered it right to state that, as far as they were enabled to make any investigation on the subject, the arms were not loaded. The prisoner, with others, however, attacked the house of ld'ldahon and demanded arms. fit'Mahon resisted. M'Mahon's brother endeavoured to protect him; he was dreadfully beaten and bruised, and the effect was that he died in a few days after. The polies were out on duty at the time, and shortly after the outrage the prisoner at the bar and another person charged were found with their feces blackened. Witnesses were produced in proof of the above facts, and the prisoner was clearly identified as one of the party. Mr. O'llea briefly addressed the court for the defence, but no witnesses were examined. The jury, without leaving their box, found the prisoner PLEADING GUILTY TO ♦ CHARGE OP MURDER.—Patrick Guerin, John Gr4irt, and Charles Ilealy, were next put forward charged with the same murder for which M'Snen honey has just been committed. They were, on application, allowed to withdraw their plea Mut* guilty, sad plead guilty. ADJOURNMENT OP vitaCuranuterox.—BirLuctue O'Deiea, foreman of the grand jury, came into court, and seked if the jury might be discharged, there being no other business be fore them. The Chief Justice replied that they might retire for the present ; but so it was the intention to have the commission adjourned, their attendance would he main required. fuesday, the Bth of February, will, in all probability, be the day to which the commission will be adjourned. CONSPIRACY TO MURDER.—Michael It Mahon was given in charge for having, with others, conspired to murder a per'on named Daniel Boland. The Attorney-General is now (at post-hour) stating the case for the crown. The case rests mainly on the testimony of an approvtr, who, according to his own confession, was hired to commit the murder, and would have committed it only that the money promised was not forthcoming. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(Tms DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Before Mr. Commissioner Evans. TRU BANKRUPTCY OP EX-ALDERMAN THOMAS WOOD.- This morning this bankrupt, who was described as of No. 2, Corbet-court, Gracechurch-street, in the city of London, at torney-at-law, dealer, and chapman, came up to pass his examination. The accounts, which were prepared with great care by Means. Bankes and eon, of Fish.street hill, contained also an appendix, showing the affairs of the bankrupt in connexion with the Talacre Mining Company. '1 he debtil to creditors were 4,6951. 7s. 6d. ; do. holding securities, 2,9481. 17s. 74. ; liabilities, 1371. To creditor, late firm of Wood and Wickham, 6751. 18s. Id. Profits from Dec., 1845, to Nov., 1847, 2,6051. ; subscrip tions received for defraying expenses in contest for office of Lord Mayor, in 1846, 1431. as, together with other accounts, amounting, in the whole, to 12,7011. 2s. 4d. Creditor: Debts good, 7151. 10s. 84. ; doubtful, 401. Si. 10d. ; bad, 61. 7s. 64. Debtor to estate of Wickham, 1,5701. 101. 4d. ; property, 1361. Bs. 84. ; do. in hands of creditors, 2,0191. 17s. 9d. ; losses, 1,2611. 90. sd. ; payments on account of Talacre Com. pany, in settlement of outstanding accounts, 4901. lls. 84. : expenses in contest for office of Lord Mayor, 9791. 111. Id. ; trade expenses, 1,782/. 19s. Id.; household, personal, 1,3841. 6s. Bd.; balance deficient on 31st Dec., 1846, 1,9661. 7s. 3d. ; and other items, 12,7011. 21. 44. Account with the Talacre Company : Debts and liabilities bond fide paid by Ald. T. Wood, from the commencement of the company up to his bankruptcy, 4,8231. 13s. 81. ; claims thereon, 5871. Bail against company, 918/. 7s. Total loss, 6,6391. Os. 8.1. The bankrupt passed his examination without the slightest opposition. RE THE TRING, READING, AND BASINGSTOKE RAIL WAY COMPANY.-This was a meeting to declare a final di vidend to the creditors under this estate; it was, however, further adjourned for the account of Messrs. Hill and Benin, the solicitors to the company. An application was made on behalf of Mr. Ford, the surveyor to the company, to be admitted to prove for 3001., being half his former claim, and which the directors thought ham entitled to.- His Honour said ho had already decided that Mr. Ford was • partner, and Sherbet.* ...lid not reverse his decision; but an appeal could be made to the Vice-Chancellor. TDE VACANT GARTER. Some speculation has arisen is to the presentation of the vacant garter. It will be recollected that on the demise of the late Duke of Northum berland, the names of the Duke of 1.1.-dford and the Duke of Norfolk were prominently mentioned as the probable re cipients of the blue riband then vacant, and that the former nobleman received it, so that it ia probable that his Grace of Norfolk will receive the present one. MESSRS. WOODLET.—A second dividend of 3e. 4d. in the pound, making altogether 10s., hu been declared, payable on the 15th and 16th February next, under the estate of Messrs. W. and J. Woodley, corn factors, and a favourable liquidation is ultimately expected. CHIEF POOR-LAW COMMISSIONER.—This morning Mr. Charles Buller, the chief commissioner under the pre sent New Poor-law Amendment Act, attended before Mr. Justice Eels in the Bail Court, and took the usual oaths upon his appointment. LIVE STOCK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.—From M'Queen'e "Statistics of the British Empire," we learn the enormous value of the live stock in the king dom. It appears that there are 2,250,000 horses of the total value of 67,000,0001., of which more than 1,500,000 are need in agriculture, and that their value is 4.5,000,0001. The number of black cattle in the kingdom is about 14,000,000 to 15,000,000, of the value of 216,000,0001.; the number of sheep, 60,000,000, whose value is estimated at 67,000,0001. ; and the extent of capital invested in swine is still more extraordinary, when we reflect how little it is thought upon or taken into account. The number of pigs of all ages. breeding and rearing, is calculated to be up wards of 18,000,000, which, taking one-third at 21. each, and the remainder at 103. each, gives a value of 11,870,00011 as the capital invested in pigs alone, making the total amount of capital invested in the above species of agricultu ral stock, 346,270,0001. COMMERCIAL ef MARKETS. e- :ESTER MARKET—TiIIs DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Hitting, Jan. 18.-We bad a fair supply of Wheat, which sold at a reduction of Is. per load. Barley and other grain the same as last week. Wheat, 30e. to 3&. per load. Beans, 335. to 35e. ; new, 235. to 245. Peas, 26e. to 28e. Barley, 28s. to 335. per qr. Oats, 225. to 27a. NEWCASTLP, ian. 18.-The weather has again become fruity. Last night we h.& a hear. fell of snow, and to-day the hest is very intense, and, should it continue, will tend to impart more firmness to the trade. At our market this morning we bad a moderate show of Wheat from the coon. try, and the arrivals coastwise being also trifling, the trade was unaffected by the unfavourable report from London, a fair business having been done et fully Saturday's rates. With Flour we have been tolerably well supplied, and where sales were pressed, rather lower prices had to be submitted to. Rye unaltered. Malting Buhl scarce, and the little Norfolk here readily commands 345. per qr. ; grinding sorts rather dearer. Malt difficult to quit, and rather cheaper. Beans attract little attention, but boiling Peas are again about Is dearer, the best Rostock being saleable at 425. to 435. per qr. Oats stiffer, with a tendency to improvement. ROMPORD, Jan. 19.-We had a very doll sale for all kinds of grain, and Wheat 2a. to 3s. per qr. cheaper. Wheat, 1 425. to 575. per qr. Barley, 30s. to 33a. ; grinding, 255. to 235. Oats, 20s. to 30s. Beans, 325. to 40s. Peas, 34a. to 40s. Rye, 295. to 335. DUBLIN, Jan. 18.—Our market is again generally heavy, and we reduce our quotations 6.1. to lc fur Wheat, and 3d. to 6d. per barrel for Oats. Flour and Oatmeal were almost without inquiry, and Indian Corn waa a slow sale at ls. to 2.. per qr. abatement. The following was the general cur rency Wheat, white, per 2801bs , 28s. to 31s. ; red, 245. to 20a. Oats, per 1961b5., 10e. 3d. to 12a. 3d. Barley, per 2241ba , 13s. to 17s. Oatmeal, 12s. 6d. to 13s. 6d. per cwt. &cowls Flour, in sacks, 16e. 6d. to 17s. per cwt. American, 295. to 30s. per barrel. Indian Corn, 28e. to 345. per 480 lbs. HOPS. BOROUGH MARKET, Two o' Clock. Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report that there is a steady demand for all Hope at the following prices : New DWI It E. Kent 31. 10 toil. d Tear:ing lieute.P.6w 3 . 2 i l e 30 31 . 0 New Weld of Rents 16 to 3 0 Yearling Elteeez „ 3 ttol 0 New Buses . . 3 16 to 310 014 1101 a. „ 1 Ito 0 BASINGSTOKE, Jan. 19.—Most of the large grower, about Alton sad Paestum have disposed of their best growth of last year's Hop.. at lbs. to 20e. per cwt, more than were offered at Weyhill fair. These of bad colour and quality are still dull of sale. Prices asked, from 31. to 31. 104 per cwt. Some of the best Perelman have bees mid at tam U. la. to 61. per cwt. Those at the last price very choice. _ - _ THE HOP Dtrre.--At a meeting of Hop planters,. heli at Maidstone, on Thursday last, it was decided, by a majority so large as to make the decision apparently all but unanimous, that the bop duty operates injuriously upon the planten, and that the Lords of the Treasury should be memorialised for its total repeal. WOOL.—ExeTnn, Jan. 19.—This markEt conti nues in the nose state of depression and inactivity in which, unfortunately for all, it has for too long a time been, and Yolk Wool meat be quoted (little more than nominally) at from 6d. to 61d. per lb. HAY.—SMITIIFIELD, Two o'clock.—Mesori.COOper and Davis report trade heavy, at the following quotations : Prime Meadow 680. to 740. I Inferior-. to. to 635. I Clover_ Vs. to Superior . —w— Row. 4.50. to 6J. Stow.... 2.65. to tea CATTLE, &C.-CHICHESTER, Jan. 19.-A very short supply of stock to-day ; prices about the same as last market. Beef, 4s. 6,1. to 4s. Bd. Mutton, prime and fat, 48s. Bd. to 6s. Veal, 4s. to 4s. 4d. Pork, 4.. Bd. to 6s. Fat Hogs, 41. 2d. to 4s. 4d. Young Porkers, 4s. Sd., per stone of Sibs. Store Pigs, 14s. to 206. each. Exwrza.- The present markets better supplied than the last. For fat Bullocks prices must be quoted at from 665. to 620. per cwt., or 10s. to lls. per score. Bathers' Calves were in better supply than the preceding week, and must be quoted at from 61d. to 61d. per lb. Fat Sheep must be quoted 6d. to 7d. per lb. Store Sheep 43s per couple. Store Cattle 425. to Ms. per cwt., or 7s. 6d. to Os. per scare. Barreners, 345. per cwt., or 6s. per score. Lagos, Jan. 'lO.-The dangerous state of the roads, caused by the fall of snow on Monday and yesterday, had the effect of diminishing the supply of stock here to-day. Of Beasts the show was far from large, although those shown were generally of a better description than we have seen of late. A few foreign Cattle were also shown. Advanced rates were obtained for prime animals, the jobbers holding firm. Of Sheep the show was also limited, yet it was equi valent to the demand, the whole being sold off at prices averaging about 7d. per lb. SOUTHALL. Jan. 18.-We had a heavy trade, with droop ing prices. Beef made from 2s. 6d. to 41. 8,1. per atone of 810 e., sinking offal. Mutton, 3s. 10d. to 61. 4d. Veal, 4s. 4d. to be. 4d. Pork, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. WORCESTEL - At this fair on Monday, the attendance of buyer. was large, but the quantity of stock moderate. All that were fat wire aid at 61d. to 7d. A large number of barrens were brought, but many were returned unsold, in consequence of high prices. Of Mutton the show was small ; all sold at from 7d. to 74d. Pork fetched 103. per score. There was a bad show of Horses ; but few sold, and with a tendency to lower prices. For Yesterday's Markets see last page. SKIPPING. MAILS ARRITID.- 1 / 1 11HIR, 3 ; Waterford, 2 ; Donsghadee, 1 ; Freerh. 1; Flanders, 1 ; Holland, 1. LONDON, Jon. 4G.—fat al tub day at non. N R,, mo derate breeze, and dull frosty weather. OPP. MARGATE, Jan. 18.—Mary Queen of Scots, Brazils. DEAL, Jan. 19.—E. to &E.—Arrived front the river and sailed: Ceres ' St. Thomas's. Sailed : Pinninghais, Callao; Lisbon, New Orleans; Mountaineer, Mobile. Put back: Vigilant for Valparaiso: Condidate, Barbadoes, and both sailed again. PorreuouTE Jan. 19.—N.E. to S.S.E., fresh.—Sailed: Himalaya, Hob art Town. TORBAY, Jan. 19.—E.—Sailed: James. Paimbreuf. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 19.—E.S.E.—Arrived: Woodside New Orleans ; Isaac Newton, Mobile ; Rival, Nassau , Sailed: Prince's Royal, Calcutta; Majestic, Africa ; Foam, Sierra Leone; Secret, Lima; Navigator, Monte Video; Amoy, New Orleans; Olinda, Charleston. WATERFORD, Jan. 18.—W.S.W. to N.N.W.—Arrived: Deily, St. John's, N. 8., ter Bantry. RAissoArE, Jan. 19.—The Dispatch, from Newport to Perth, went on the Goodwin Sands last night, and was abandoned, but was brought in here this morning by some boatmen, Leaky ; crew safe. STRANIAAER, Jan. 18.—One of the Dublin and Glasgow steamers, from the latter port, has put into Loch Ryan, on fire, which is said to be confined to the cabin. Cowes, Jan. 19.—N.E.—Sailed; Emulous, Barbadoes. OPP FALMOUTH, Jan. 18.—Hirendo, St. John's, N. 8., for Hull, DUBLIN, Jan. 18.—N.W.—Arrived, 17th, Coolock, St. John's, N.B. CORK, Jan. 17.—N.W.—Arrived: Mary Marsden, St. Domingo, leaky. GEAEoEuoura, Jan. 16.—Arrived : Ant, Quebec; Re. treat, St. John's, N.B. 643reil N0.435.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. 20,1848. [3d. t MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE. II o Ifp ast One.—There has been considerable spe culationin the Consol market this morning, chiefly in anticipation of what may take place in the Bank parlour, the directors being now assembled at their weekly board. A strong impression prevails that there will be a further reduction in the rate of discount, and it would be supposed that some of the directors must be known to be in favour of the measure, as there has been a decided advance in prices. At the opening the Consol quotation for the account was 874, buyers, from which it rose to 874 to 8. Some reaction has since taken place, and it now stands at 87 to Z. The Paris accounts of yesterday state that great gloom again hung over the Bourse, the contradictions given to the statements made concerning the health of the king being disbelieved. The arrival, in the course of the forenoon, of expresses, with information tothis effect, may account for the less favourable state of the market noticed. Exchequer Bills have been selling at 245. to 275. prem. We rather think the more recent operations in Consols have been influenced in a very great degree by the scarcity of stock, of which there is so very little for delivery. In the foreign securities there is nothing passing of the smallest consequence. Six per Cent.Chilian Stock, 88 to 90. Peruvian, 37 to 40. Mexican, 171 to 181. Portuguese, 23 to 6. Spanish Five per Cents., 181 to 191 ; the Three per Cents., 281 to 91; the Passive Bonds, 4 to 1. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53; to 41; the Fours, 844 to 5. The banking-houses are full of money. Two o'Clock.—Consols have further receded to 87,1. Quarter before Three.—lt does not appear that the Bank-board have made any new arrangement in regard to discounts. The sitting has not however, yet concluded, and there must, at all events, be some matter or matters of importance under consi deration. Quarter before .Four.—Nothing has yet transpired as to the result of the deliberations of the bank parlour, and it may be assumed that the minimum of interest has not been disturbed. ENOI Botta Stock, 1 0 3 per Ct. lied. Ann., an I. 3 per Ct. Cora. Amt.. b 73 I FUNDS. 3, Ct. Cons. for Ae.,1172 3 per Cents.. 34 2 chequer Bills. 245. to 2%p. FUNDS. 1 per Cent. Grenada Dela., 19 20 Orensda Deferred lids.. 3 4 5 per CO Mexico, 1246, 172 121 6 per CL Peruvian 14.14. 34 6 Portuguese Cour. DD. 22 6 fi per ec Russian Bd.. 1W 9 Ditto Spaniels lids., 142 1 196 3 per Ct. SpanlehDis.. Spanish Deferred ftla. 1 U Spanish padre Dd.. 42 2 per Ct. Venezuela lida. 36 I Ye:law:a Deferred 8d....10 11 YOBEIJN 5 per Ct. Atz4trian 13onebi. 94 0 e~pee Ct. Beig.llonda 88 90 per Cent claw, 5 per Ct. Brazilian Bala. al 83 pDittoeeNor. 76 8 C Buen Ayrez Ma 6 - Ditto Chllla os n Bda, 88 90 , 30 2 Ditto Coking,. Def. WA., Columbian 3.quador 8d... 2} 3 - ..er Ct. DanDh SP., 8 2 84 Per Ct. Dutch Bds., 64 4 pa Ct. Cala Date!), $.51 Business very dull; but, although the market is even more inactive than on Tuesday, prices have not declined. RAILWAYS.—The sitar day. Considerable businesi Staffords and Blackwalls ; impression that the Emden thing with the line. SAL= EFFECTED UP TO TV (Yesterday's prices will Mr. & Oxford JR., 24$ 1 Ruckinshainvhint, 24 d Celedcwian, 58 Chester & Holyhead. 19 4 Do. Pref., 111 E. Anglian, 181, E. end IL, 8 71 Do. 31. 105., 11 E. Counties, 181 151 Do. Eat., 5 per Cent., No. 1, PIT De. Noe. & Esetern. 53 Lancashire New, 91 OE Northern, 41 Great Western, 2 3 Do. Qrs., 19 4 f Ipewich & Bury M. Edmund's, 81 Ex. Scrip (late Cain. & Ely), lf Lane. and Carlisle, 55 Lan. and Yorks., 754 Do. Mfths, Lon. and New Blackwell. 11 De. , 71 No. Loa, BrigAL, k Lima, 4414 Len. & N. Western, 151 3 Lan. & S. Western, 554 44 N. British, 281 LIVERPOOL RAI Caledonian, 38 Lan. and York Fifth, par 1)o. Halves (late L. & B.), 9 d Liver., Man, & Newc. In., 2 d 1.0311. & N. Weatern, 1921 Man., Micaeld, and Lin. Prot, 1 9 Midland, Ili Do. 414., 44 De. Helves, 11 d N. British New Qrs.,per MANCHESTER 1.1.! re market is very firm to o has been done in North in tho latter, under the a Counties must do some- WO THIS DAY IN LONDON. round In last page.) Midland, 114 Do. 404. e1z.,431 • Do. 501. eh., 131 Do. Ocm. Brig. and Blrm. 6 per Oust.. 123 / N. Staffordshire, 101 Oil., Wor., and Walt., 20 Read., Goal, and Reigate, 71 S. E. & Dover, 311 1 Do. No. 3, 141 South Wales, 9 Wilts, Som., & Wry., 151 York, News, & Bet., 34 Do. (Orig. New. & Bee.), 311 1 Do. N. Shields Pun, 31 Do. Extension, No. 1, York and Newt., 191 Do. Eat, No. 2, New. & Ser., 1 York l2l and N. Mid., 73 Do. Pref., 1131 Dela Do. E. and . I Ext., 331 1 Namur and Liege, 11l Paris sad Lyons, 51 Sambre &Meuse, 61 71 LES, lernnowl2.. N. , Staffordshire, j p Shrew., Oa., & ekes. (Pref guar.), B. East & Dover, No. 1, (Wu as Thirds eta 24 ),11 I d York, Norm, & Bar. (G.N.E. pax. per.), 11 York, imd N. Mid. (E. & W. B. Eaten.), 34 g iATRUIT 19. Ile business being transacted ; zeompanied with any timber There wee a fiat market, 1 but this depression wu not reduction of prices. East Lancashire New, Si d 1 Man., Shed., & Lin. Pref., 1.16 p Do. New Qr.., 1 d North Staffordshire, 1-16 d par Lir., Man., & Newe. le., 21 d v.& Dover, No. 4. 1 11.11, d & N. W., M. & 8., 601 York, Newe., & Ber., Paws. Do. Qrs. (B), 4 p No. 2, 21 p BIRMINGHAM SALES, JANUARY 19. The market was scarcely so animated, and prices were not so well sustained ; but this u mainly attributable to the small amount of !swine's that is just now transacted. North Staffordahire, 1 p Shropshire Union, 21 d Shrewsbury & Birm. (A), aid York & N. Mid. Pref., 7 p 130. (B), 435. 9d. d LEEDS SALES, Jawrawr 19. The share market was extremely flat, the transactions not exceeding half-ri dozen, and prices were not so firm. E. &W. toMailitre, 6 d IN. Staffordshire, ra. 2s. 6d. N. British naives 121 Sheff., itotherham, & Crane, 41 d Do. Thirds, Xs. p BRISTOL SALES, JANCART 19. There was not quite so much [business doing, but price, were firm. Bristol & Exeter Thirds, 41 d Gt. Western New, 171., 1 7-16 p Caledonian, 36 d Do. Qm., 2j p North Stafford., 1 p Do. Fifths. S 12.16 PRODUCE.—MINCING-LANE, Half:past Tun.— The public sales have been few and unimportant to-day. None of Sugar, but the article wean a very firm appearance. Refined, standard quality, 54i. to 545. 6d.—Coffee steady.— Rum has the appearance of advancing.—Rice dull.—Cotton inactive.—Pimento steady. Saltpetre: Prices are with difficulty sustained.—Tea : The public sales have gone off with some degree of spirit, at the late advance. Official Meek, receipt, and deliveries of Tea at Liverpool and Bristol, from the ith Dee., NC, to the ith Jan., la la . I.I , P.RPOOL. Stock. Dec. 6, 11147 Imported for atesatepties Received coastwise 21,560 13,116,531 43,876 C.stwias 35,413 '56.?!6 719,014 —e consumption Stem 1,022,458 61,173 Stork, 3an. 5, 16411 .11,094,073 657,659 • Vends not included: Grinding, Lanni:ant, Selina, Vigilant, and 111 beard. PRICES CURRENT. novas., ~..v tmt t rAsts. rt." N. 1. .e.) 10 —a ra W. India,B.P.bien. 33a. 0d.34a. Od Hoop ll 0... 0 a Yellow &Grey ... 36 0- 40 Carp at Cordial/or 7 3... 7 10 Fins. — 4 l 0...47 Ihrodlai II L 11 10 Haunting, Mown... 2S 0.. 34 Law, at per tan. Yellow 33 0...33 Pig, Pot l3 0 10 10 Floe 39 0...43 Milled, &Loot Benyal&Madria,b. 29 432 Bare l9 3.. 0 0 21 0... 0 0 Yellow 34 0...37 Patent , h o t 2l 0... 0 0 • White 39 0 .49 0 Foreign, brown. 27 0. 3t ' 1 Yellow ...... 3$ 0...36 0 Ore) and whits 3l 0...45 0 Refined, Hambro' 66 0...70 0 Lumps 52 0...55 0 Corm, In Bond. Wed India, ordi nary 25 0... SO 0 Good. 35 0...65 0 red or minium 19 10...20 Speller One, per 252 imp. gel. d.p. Flah, Seal, pole 3O 10...51 straw 23 9 29 brown & yellow 25 *. 27 31 . 82 1 6 eindltatter B3 0.. 84 Ced 23 0...251 South See 27 0...33 Pine lO 0...100 0 Ceylon, good orcll - .. . 32 0... 33 6 Pine ordinary 94 0... Se 0 Fine 3B 0... 78 0 Mocks, good to fine 30 0... 80 0 Coda Bina, ordi nary to Sae 33 0... 31 0 %rostra and Pa dang 29 0...97 0 nth, at per lb. Congon,common 0 71— 0 81 Rzcz, at per net. Bengal white ll 0... 15 61 Cargo 8 0... 10 6 Jars and Manilla 9 0... 15 6 Patna, cleaned Carolina l2B 0... 31 0 Smarr% Olin,Ciallipoll,p.ten 44 0...43 Oxon Ntlt 99 0...60 Bud, Balm. Ps* per ton 3B 16 .. 0 Linseed 23 13 ..24 PIUMIIIOI/11, par cwt BUtter—COrk, 14.- 92 0...93 2nd 0 0 • Sod 0 0... 0 M 31111,154 0 0.. 0 Urania, do B4 0. 91 Carlow, Ist...—. 80 0...93 Newry, Ist ..,.00...0 Waterford 843 0.-92 Beef, Indy per tierce }lime Men 0 C. 6 Pork, prime mese— ST 6...10 Bacon-Pork, Inn 1 07 0. . .90 • Do., Belfast 1 Bacon, Waterford, BeTasf wt. 6O 0...63 • 60 0..62 • WWBelfut,prfrk I „, terford, do I "'" Ditto Bladder Asserican,dutyp. 30 0...66 • Mesa, Oz end Cow, at per lb. B. A. and M. Video, Z .3d 751 ted Os 0 $ . 0 If rted d" 0 41. 0 • 0 4...0 45 li Rio dry 44 0 _0 Lima & Valp. dry 0 -.0 6 g Wert India, dry—. 0 4 ...0 5 Salted 0 55 45 East India 0 4 -.0 104 Kips, B.Ayres, dry 0 7 ..0 • Ruda, dry 0 35...0 • B. Amer.llorse, per hide 3 11 • Buse* ditto 6 . 6 6 Drx Woora, at per ton. Logwood, 5ama1e:4..34 0... 0 • }tendons 9 0 0 • Campeachy 7 0 ... Fonlo, Jamaica 6 10... G 10 Nkrangna, large sad orlid Bum at per ga - V.: - Leeward Island Proof 1 7 ... 1 Demerara, 21 to 36 per cent. O.P 2 8 ... 3 Jamaica, 30 to 36 per cent. O.P. 8 6 ... 4 Famurite marks 4 3 ... Brandy, let branda 4 4 ... Britialt spirits, d.P lO 3 0 Scotch Irish lO 3 ... 0 FIAI, per toll. Illga,P.T.R. .147 0...24 St. Petersburg, 9 head 0 0... 0 Dutch and Flemish 55 0..85 Friesland Heir, at per ton. StPetersburg,cleanS3s 0..18 outahot half clean Rip, Rhine 37 0... 0 outahot pane Manilla East lndia Bunn lB 0...23 Bomtey lB 0...19 Jute - 14 0...18 _ Mc, at per cart. Buses 53 0... 0 0 !Unita Coca. In brook. B3 0— 0 0 Los, at per tan. Z 5 5 il3 10 - 10 0 .13 0 8raa11.....- 0 0...10 0 Lima 10 10...15 10 Bat= 11 10...15 0 Bad Sanders. ..... 4 5... 0 0 Brazil 15 0...50 0 Bars TALLOW.—The market continues to advance. 47e. Bd. is the price on the spot; 47.. 3d. February to March; and 47e. January to March. CORN.—BARNSLEY, Jaa. 19.—We had a very slack market this day, and very little business was done, with the exception of Wheat, which was lour by Is. per 3 bushels. All other grain realised about last week's rates. Wheat sold at from 18s. to 20s. per 3 bushels. Barley from to 355. per qr. Nothing doing in other grain. BASINOSTOKE, Jan. 19.—There was much Wheat offered; the few samples of gool conditioned were soon sold, while much of the other sorts was left without •bidding ; prices from 134 to 15/. per load. Flour from 40s. te 445. per bag. Bread, 12d. to 141. the gallon loaf. Barley sold readily, at last week's prices, for all fit for malting, some making ls. pe g r i t t y . . u mo rismoney ; price . gives from 295. to 345. per qr. Malt abundant, and o ffered at from 7s. to Bs. per bush ., I and trade rather dull. Oats were rather scarce, and in good demand, at from 20s. to 26.. per qr. Beans : The heaviest made 545. per qr. ; good new, 501. ' • common tick, 48s. Peas, white, boiling, 465. per qr. ; grey, 445. ; maple, 424. - . . _ Bono; Jan. 19.-Continued unfavourable weather for thrashing Wheat causes the samples to come very much out of grinding condition ; prices, therefore, are lowered 23. on the best, and 3s. per qr. on damp qualities. Oats and Beans, though not lower, are much less ready sale. Wheat, red, 425. to 485.; fine, 50s. to 525. • white, 453. to 50s. ; fine, 52 3 . to 545. Oats, 16 3 . to 21. a. Beans, 365. to 38s. per qr. to the grower. CHICHESTER, Jan. 19.-We were largely supplied with Wheat and Barley to-day ; but moderate of other grain. Wheat met a slow sale, at '2s. per qr. below the price of last market day. No alteration to notice in the value of other articles. Wheat, 475. to 51s. Barley, 275. to 325. Oats, 20s. to 24a. Beans, 383. to 425. Peas, 365. to 38s. Flour, 381. per seek. lIALESWORTII, Jan. 18.-We had a fair show of Wheat, in indifferent condition, the trade for all carts being from Is. to 2s. per qr. cheaper. Barley buyers very careful, and prices di ffi cult to maintain. Wheat, per qr. 445. to 52a. Barley, 28e. to 30s. Bean and Peas, 365. to 40s. Oats, 24a. to 265. HeirwAsn's HEATH, Jan. 19. -The attendance to-day was very limited, and but few transactions took place. Wheat, white, 131. to 131.55.; red, 121. to 121.53. Barley, 355. to 325. Oats, 19e. to Me. Beans, 38s. to 395. Peas, 375. to 38s. elcortoo. The overland closed mailit;;;;[liirseilles, to the Mediterranean. Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, fond Kong, fro., will be made up on the evening of the 24th January. The mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cadis, and Gibraltar will be made up on the morning of the 97th January. The mails for British North America, Bermuda, and the Gaited States, will be made up on the evening of the 29t1 January. The mails for New South Wale., Van Diemen's Land, and Yew Zealand will be made up on the evening of the 31to January. The mails for the Weot Coast of Africa and Madeira will be made up on the evening of the 31st :net. The Went India Mails, [Deluding Bermuda, Nassau, Ravenna, Ilonduras, New Orleans, Vera Cruz, Tampico, and Porto Moo, end excluding thine for Madeira, JszmeL Carthagena, Dante Martha, Chagres, Panama, West Coast of South America, and St. Juals-de. Nicaragua, will be made up on the morning of the Ind February. The overload mole Am Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Wanda, =Aden, Ceylon, Lod* Ilong.Kong, and China, via Southampton, made up on the morning of the 3rd February. The roadie for the Brasile, the Elver Plate, Monte Video, remora. bow, Bads, Madeira, and Buenos Area, will Oa made op on the evening (Atha lth February. TO COMILISTONDENTI. Adoethemenle leimehei fee The Isprear Lesion noir, pew, meet be Attlee IlheTeoleeueO. Tye deka en the do et paleilesOm. HIGH 1t21211 LONDOX 11ID01. 2,l•,—Sonleg, 417 mi. son I; A•stmos, pest I. Sa• 11-21:026101mia gag 2 1 Aiweas"ll W. paw 2. LONDON, THURSDAY, JAN. 20. Ire oar recent observations on agrarian crime in certain parts of Ireland, oar object was twofold. We desired to call attention to some of the exciting causes, which are commonly underrated, if mot wholly overlooked; and to expose particular errors into which well-meaning but ill-informed persons are apt to fall regarding the nature of the evil in ques tion. In doing so we appealed to the evidence of admitted facts, and sought from them to show what prmdial outrage does arise from, and what it does not. Believing, as we do, that its origin lies mainly in the distrust engendered by the maladministration of property, and the abuse of the legal power it confers—we endeavoured to point out the connexion between indiscriminate evic tion and wide-spread conspiracy; between the inhu manity of the few, and the barbarity of the many ; between the blind sweep of ejectment, and the blind fury of its recoil. We showed that where many murders were committed, very many struggles in the courts of law bad previously occurred for the pomme -1 Ilion of land ; and that, where such proceedings were comparatively rare, their sanguinary fruit was, in proportion, rarer still. In pursuing this argument we are not seeking to deny the right of the landlord to eject those tenants who wilfully refuse to pay rent; nor do we dispute the justice of exercising that right. We merely com bat the system of clearances, recommended as a theory by politicians, and practised as improvement by landlords, without a due regard to the consequences, not merely to the land, but to the morals and content of the mass of the population. For the purpose of illustrating our argument we • 2- 2° ' e!". • - - chose two districts similar in extent and popnlation,; We found that in the northern district, where there had been in an average year but nine wee of homi cide with felonious intent, the proportion of persons ejected was to the total dumber of holdings about one in every sixty-six ; whereas, in the corresponding region of the south the cases of murder were thirty-eight, and the proportion of defen dants in ejectment about one in every twenty-three. Such results of an examination into the condition of two districts, each of which contains more than a million of inhabitants (or an eighth of the entire population of the kingdom), seemed to us, we own, pregnant with instruction. Nor did they lose any thing of their value, because we endeavoured to combine with them proofs equally simple and direct, of the• fallacy of the current notion, that signal crimes of an agrarian character are caused by a certain distribution of the soil; and that, in proportion as the number of tenants are in creased, habits of disorder and violence neces sarily increase also. To expose this error, we gave in our tables of comparison the number of agricul tural tenements, as well as the number of persons evicted, and the number of violent deaths. NI ithont, in fact, these three figures iu each county and dis trict, it would obviously be impossible to measure ac curately the disturbing and distracting influence, or its result. Shortly the totals may be reproduced thus : NORTHIOCI Dunrincr, consisting of the counties of Damp], Down, Londonderry, and Monsnhan. PopulaticeL 1 I _ 2444 9 Tenements.eTenements.Ejected. Murders. 1044510 I 171.314 Sonatina Dirroicr, conedating of the counties of Clam and 'Tipperary. 1,003,3a3 I 114, 1104 I 3031 I as Fault has, however, been found with this compa rison. A correspondent, whose judgment we respect, has misconceived its nature as well as its aim ; and, 'lest others should be misled by the like misconcep tions, for want of a little explanation, we make too apology for recurring briefly to the subject. It is said, the average number of holdings in the two contrasted districts is fallacious, because it is made up of the average numbers for several counties ; and eve*hese prove nothing conclusively, because they furnish no means of judging what class of tene ments predominates in each, and out of what con stituent elements those totals are made up. With out knowing the proportion of the various classes of holdings in each county, we cannot tell but that the total average in the disturbed district is made up of a very few extensive farms, and a vast number of small ones, and although the gross num bers in the tranquil counties of Ulster be greater, and the average size apparenUy leas, that there prevails there, in fact, a more equable distribution of the soil ; and, while there are, perhaps, fewer grazing farms of many hundred acres, there is nothing re sembling that small cottier class, or the number of very small holders, which prevails in Munster. Let 1111 see. In the first place, then, let ns inquire what is the proportion of tenements rated under 5/. in the books of the poor-law unions. We take this as the lowest claasifieation in counties which has been published by authority ; but obviously it includes the entire of those classes whose struggle for existence is the hardest; and whom, by wholesale, the theory we are combatting would deprive of all share in the occupation of land. These unfortunates are, d priori, assumed to be in Ireland the dangerous classes. Get rid of them and all will go well. Consolidate their little farms and gardens intp great tracts to be let to capitalists (if you can get capitalists to take and to keep them), and let these ex-tenants turn day labourers for money wages, if they can get them, and if they cannot let them go to the workhouse. But to allow any great number of them to retain their small holdings is, we are assured, only to perpetuate misery and crime. And then there is wont to follow an ex clamation half sectarian, half statistical—of how much better all things are managed in Ulster ! But what say the figures ? By the subjoined table it will be found these Si. tenements constitute almost the same identical proportion of the entire holdings in each of the districts under discussion ; and, what is still more conclusive against all the objections to the fairness of the averages above given, that in both they constitute above one-half of the whole. Nor is this all. It will be found, that adding to those under 51. all five. 51. to 10!., the proportion which the aggregate bears to the entire number of holdings in the southern district is tw thirds, while in the northern district it is three- /' ‘/ • Neornrear Dirraser. COUNOIL Tenement.. Under Si. Prom 91. to 101. Donegal ... 43,898 26,262 11,823 Donn ... 69,313 40,717 9,906 12,226 7,299 Mae ssibma ......... ............ 31,351 13,706 10,141 MIL 1100111211% Dreralcr. (beak.. Tenementa. Under 31. Prom 51. to 101. Clare — 23,259 13,403 7,440 30,751 14,899 3,953 Tipperary Total A glance at the various other classes of tenements will show a curious uniformity of progression in the numbers, in the two districts under examination, and that, tried by every test, the inferences we originally , ventured to draw are fully sustained. Novranug Durrater. TicTidTogr, £2O sod upwards. lloldinfs, £3O and upwards. - 1;i " d uplradi. Donegal. Down Londonderry Monaghan Total Clare Limerick ..„ Tipperary Total .....1 2,f90 7,220 2,773 1,031 14,614 Holthngs, £2O and upwardm. 3,175 7,613 $0705 1,318 3,843 1,533 887 7,383 Monier. Iloidimp, 301. and upwards. 1,664 6,101 6,315 445 9,195 768 479 Hodings, 40t. and upwards. 111,418 1,294 1,583 3,641 maw 8,518 Whatever objections there may be brought against the prevalence of small farms, it is clear that in Ire land it cannot be said to be productive of, or even pro portionally coincident with, the prevalence of agrarian crime. THE numerous classes who are burdened with unequal or over-heavy taxation are all rousing them selves. The anti-excise association of the north con tinue their efforts, and even the slow-moving paper makers of England are preparing to take the field with them. The advocates of reduced duties on tea had an interview with Lord J. RUSSELL yesterday. The opponents of the window-tax in all our great towns are thinking of a concerted movement. The leading provincial journals are, like ourselves, raising their voices against the stamp and advertisement duties. There is scarcely a tax that wiU not have its assailants in the approaching session ; ministers will have to do battle for every one of them seriatim. On the other band, calls for increased expenditure, instead of retrenchment, arc not wanting. The Irish accounts are not yet closed, and part of the loan voted to Ireland, it appears, was stuffed into vacant chinks and crannies of last yeae.:. Much may be said in behalf of an increased educational grant. And then there are our invasion alarmists—though, to do them jus.ice, they are becoming more moderate in their demands, and appear likely to be satisfied with some slight addition to the defences of Dover Castle and with the fortification of Osborne-house. Ministers will, of course, avail themselves of this cross-firing on the part of their besiegers, and let With prudent thecipline, from north to south, Austim and Franee shoot in etch other's mouth. We have no intention to prejudge the arguments against any proposed reductions of taxation, or, what is still more likely, in behalf of increased taxation that may be elicited from the actual balance of revenue and expenditure. But as all mere mortal ministers are naturally disposed to place the neces sities of their own position in the fore-ground, and the necessities of the paying public in the middle ground, if not, indeed, the extreme distance or vanish ing point of their financial pictures, we deem it ex pedient to lose no time in entering upon record the plea of the tax-paying portion of the community. National expenditure and national income are al ways estimand iu money which, in this country,.. is assumed to have a fixed value, and which certainly, though all of us are aware from sad experience that it has its rises and falls as well as other commodities, fluctuates within a more limited range than the most of them. At all events, it so happens that the value of money continues tolerably high at the present writing, and that at the name time a great depres sion in the values of all kinds of produce has . 4