The Express. — London, England, 1848-01-04 00:00:00

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Dem is 0;1. par I °, • I.lenwe ft en K ALY• DORS, c.t t nnn^ minced mi.) , acted? ;lentos LI t,ha e•mullealent, IS:xi:ant ;tenon. -.141M ter h.lo. Kula Win.; or the genulna ; I/ ROMA " 110*L1.1•1 • Koly,lor ott, tbe neni.vm. SoM bg A. Rawl \ . D awl n;):..t. 20. I latt ;aimed" Loa ton, ar. Iby all &metals:ma Mei..., pre.) isioth THE VOLUME for IM7 of the ATHEN.EUNI. Eiti4l iohono 1 implete In Ii t. aryl %yell eroient for frlendore.i•lll hi the ii.ihntry or *Arial The iire,ent volume euniki.4 M 1344 lanir tqlelei se and eny he or. tiered of all lo:fofo.oroto. mt,mia,:foo. I. puhlhhol. prick:4o , The YlltwT N U3l ItER for IttM. of THE A TIIENAUM, ..11WRNIAL of I..ITY:RATITIM fteIENCI4. awl ART. permenthth enlarged to 'N h.reu quarto papa. of thmo rononns otth. p tk rtk • Into:lan tO commonly with the new ytAr Jiou ld order at eaas a..v neon , moot THI%. NEW VOLUME of ctiRoNICLE rind AGRICULTURAL (I‘7.IrYTK. udited ly Prof..., . 'rink onnuernm.l SATCKDAY. Jan. I. Th u GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 4 isuhtlAnd fnery Saturday ronrnhtl. Wk. top W. by p.a. and nxxy Lu onkrod el nal non,culler. Tbe 1i for 1 4 0.3 of T HE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE and GARDENERS' vnnoNrci.r., Mika by Dr. lAN taLLT . wan pob , bbel SATURDAY. Jo, 1. The pew yenr tbn be 4 OppOrttlllky foe neer mll..eriber4 rononeueine. The A NURSERS' CHRONICLE may be onlerml of ea new - glower anent. . . JU4 reviy. r. leo 3.). Waal W cloth, The VOIX2IE for 104/ of THE GARDENERW CHRONICLE Tomsd~Yw ANY itacuL_T V itAL OXISTM art 14m-Lio anlerad of a 1 book- LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY, Four o'Clock. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. The despatches of our Pavia correspondent of last evenit g bare arrived, but they contain no intelligence of general inter"it. The funds had not yet recovered from the full which followtd the announcement of the death of Madame Adelaide. The health of the king NV &A not otherwise effected than mi:ht hare been expected from the loss of so near and dear a relatire. . . . . The papers of yesterday aro exclusiv, ly occupied with the surrender of Alxi-el-Kader and the message of the American president. It seemed probable that the emir would be brought to Pais. The Chamber of Deputies assetnbled yesterday, when the Minister of Finarce resented the budget for 1489, from which it appeared that the ordinary expenses of 1819 will be balanced by the receipts. Two hills were also pre sented, one for the diminution of the duty on salt, to take effect in the beginning of 18.30, and the other for redoing the postage on letters and journals. Tho bill relative to niedieal practitioners pained last session in the Chamber of Peers. The chamber after wards a-sembled in the bureaux to form the corn mittetss on the above balls. . . The committee on the address is composed entirely of conservative members. . The declaration of the ministerial member, M. de Moray, in favour of reform, as contained in an article in the Rer fie des Darr if-odes, has prodneA quite au effect. The opposition journals find in it a bonne lemehe. It is evidently taken as a eign of divi sion in the ministerial ranks on the subject of reform. EXCIIANOISS ANT , STOrKP Tall% J. 3. 775 5•) to s use I TB le in px.ThoiTj 3 per Cent.. A 7574115 fs7 fi New Loam I TO 3$ I TS lb Ti Do. .... I 110 :f.;I 1W OS Ur Uf 4 Do. Bolds. 6.1610... Do. Ds. '~~ .111P.11 lo<ll7 marlin . On, Ink Shan. ZS I Tn I! D on LegO4no I 1 IV Ammo.. Owning W.~. Lwow*. Pars and Orianu-.... 1191 60 23 1213 IMS Si 1232 - 50 Patin and Itonon guT 60 . W 3 1157 N vo6 LK 30 Boons awl ilavre. • 432 SO 433 30 43U 432 50 Avignon noruoillai 673 353 70 Z. 73 nil 25 fitrmixotr.: nati Ban.. iM 30 .. Canna wrzoul „ 4 3 75 64 . 11 :141 76 6/4 ...... . 44 5 421 i 486 56 4*l 466 23 North •• I 646 76 f 47 30 331 25 1 617 50 551 IS IA T. 1%144 Jam. & per Merv. The Madrid mail of the 28th ult. arrived in Paris late last evening. M. Isturitz had arrived at Madrid, on his return from London. It was said that he had tendered his resignation, which had not been ac cepted. The budget was presented in the Chamber of deputies. The receipts are said to amount to 1,283,631,000 reale, and the budget of the expenses will be reduced to the same amount; for which pur pose the minister will demand the authorisation to make reductions which he may consider the most urgent to effect the equilibrium. MAI/1.10 ;,,I' .s, DTA . 29.—Three per Cents.. 271; Fire per Cent. 4., 111. Elchange on London, 49 30. The news from Mexico by way of the West Indies, which s e yesterday noticed, is smte days later than that r. crived rut the United States. _ _ The members of the Mexican Congress had re solved to remove the scat of their deliberations to Morelia, as at Queretaro they could not feel assured of their personal safety. It was generally un derstood that they were favourable tonegotiationa with a view to the restoration of peace, but that the governors of several of the states had assembled at Queretaro, with the object of pointing out to the government the means of protracting the war. It was also said that those of I'otoei, Guanajuato, Michoacan, Queretaro, Jalisco, and Mexico, were in favour of continuing hostilities, and that they had even off, red to the president an army of 50,000 men and the sum of 4,000,000 dollars, promising him that both soldiers and money would be forthcoming during the ment hot December. 'the army is to be composed ex clusively of National Guards, and to be commanded by Gen. Bustamente, who would be empowered to select his own officers, either out of the old army, or from those newly called into service. The bells of the church, a of Cu nijutita have been pulled down, for the purpose of casting pieces of artillery. The following contains the latest news from Vera Cruz : We have been informed by a leit r written at Mexico that General Anaya has been elected pet eident, rid interim, of the republic, and that the news of his election has been very well received by the majority of the Mexican people. General Herrera is about to he superseded in the com mand of the army by General Filizola, who has the reputa tion of beiug the most seientLic officer in the whole of the country. The government has offered Generals Arista and Menon commat.de in the note army, which is to be orear.i.ed at Queretaro, and it is reported that they have already accepted them. General Ampudia, who was suspected of entertaining re voluti o,try projects against the , :overnrnent, has he. n banished to Guailalaxsra. and it is also rumoured that there he has been sl tiu. *Requieseat in pace. General Morte came to Quere , aro to see if he could he elected pre.ident, but his pretension was received with the utmost contempt, by both soldiers and citizens. TLe tea from Mexico presents a most complete scene of waste ant sti en. At the approwth of au enemy the in habit...:.:3 of the small villages abandon their houses, and run to emcee! thetnselves in the woods. Nearly all the thatches have been tamed into hospitals or stables for the troops, and the bells of all the churches at Guanajuato have been pulled down for the purpose of casting pieces of artillery. On the 30th of November a train of 700 waggons, with about 8,000 men, under Major-General Butler, left Vera Cr,,,. General Peterson left Jalapa on the 25th of November, having previously hung two teamster for killing a boy under taclee years of age. He also caused two Mexican officers, who were taken prisoners, commanding guerillas. to be executed; they were afterwards buried with great pomp and ceremony by the people of Jalapa, which greatly displeased the general, and the alealde was immediately sent for, who stated that the funeral had been spontaneous with the people, and that he had no power to interfere. The exportation of bullion is for a time prohibited, as will be seen from the following extract : " GENERAL ORDERS. —ficad-quarters, Mexico, Nov. 25, 1941.—1 t is ordered, that no uncoined bullion, ban, or ingots, either of gold or silver, shall be shipped from any port of Mexico until the further orders of the government at home shall be made known on the subject, so es to give time to the said government to fix the rate of export duty on such bullion, and, perhaps, a smaller duty on gold and silver coin—By command of Major-Oeneral Scott, " 11. L. SCOTT ' A.A.A.G." This order only arrived in Vera Crux by the English courier just before the Severn sailed, and, c.maequently, after the ipecie which she brings was on board. Accounts from Alexandria, to the 20th ult., state that the Ezst India Company's steam-frigate Moo staffer left Suez, for Madras and Calcutta, on the 11th, baring on board the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie tel moo 634 „ /z" z_ and suite. The Earl of Dalhousie, who landed at Alexandria on the 4th, left on the following day, in one of the viceroy's steamers, for Cairo, where Hs excellency arrived on the 6th. One of the finest pa laces in Cairo, belonging to Abbas Pasha, situate on the banks of the Nile, and richly fitted up for the occasion, was placed at his disposal. On the 7th the governor-general was formally presented to Me hemet Ali, who received his excellency in state, end sent his own carriages to convey him from Abbas l'asha'a palace to the citadel, escorted by a guard of honour of cavalry. Lady Dalhousie accompanied the governor-general, and several of the o ffi cers of the bidon were at the presentation, in full uniform. On the Bth the Earl and Countess dined with Mehemet Ali, at his palace in the citadel, where a sumptuous repast was prepared for his highness's ?nests, amongst whom were the highest functionaries In the country, the European consuls-general, and several persons of distinction. ()a the 9th the go vernor-general and Lady Dalhousie dined with the Hon. Mr. Murrly, the Enrli h consul-general in Egypt, from whose house they started on the stone evening for Suez, in a comfort Ale English britzska, drawn by six horses. They arrived at Suez on the following day, having occupied sixteen hours in cross ing the Desert; and, after resting that night at the hotel, they embarked on board of the steamer . Moo zuffer. I - Icr Majesty's steam-frigate Sidon, which took the Earl of Dalhousie to Alexandria, left for Malta under sail on the 17th, and is to return in February, to be placed at the disposal of Lord Her dinge, who is expected to land at Cossier, on the western coast of the Red Sea, cross the Desert to Keneh, on the Nile, whence a steamer sent up by the Viceroy will convey his lordship to Thebes and the Cataracts, and, after having visited those places, he will proceed to Alexandria, to embark on board the Sidon. Nlehemet Ali's superintendent engineer at Cairo, a Scotchmsn, has submitted to his hi_hness a proposal to construct an engine of 200 hinge power, to convey 120 passengers, with their luggage, act (JIM the Desert, between Cairo and Strz, in four hours, at the rate of 20 miles an hour, on the present toed, without the use of rails. The engineer proposes to obviate the sist ance of the sand by means of driving-wheels of the diameter of 30 fret, and, to save expense, offers to construct the engine and carriage at the arsenal at Cairo. The viceroy is believed to be favourably in clined towards this new scheme, which, if successful, will be a great boon to all travellers passing through Egypt to and from India. REVOLUTION IN THE REGENCY OF TM- roLt.- The Malin 31erliterra - net - Tim the following: A c wrier ftem the internal region. bring, the news that the Aerobe of iiherinn, Gebel, and tieved/ma, tired of living any long. r lce the yoke and oporession of the Ot•onian employe}, have revolted against their authorii y, and cut off the bends of the governor o' those distriete, Aehraet Effendi, and 100 of his people. The great suffer ings of the Arab tribes, too impositions and geohatious suffered for many years, have driven them t h despera'ion, and they thought by getting rid of the tyrant Aehmet, there would never arise another go bad an he. Fur thirteen veers have these unhappy' tHhea been tyrannised over by the Turks, who, addicted to plum' r and com motion, leave them nothing bet their eyes wherewith to weep, sad their b oche to be Hogged by their ungrateful rulers. For 13 pars, these people have been wretched; not a day of hippineu have they known similar to what they enjoyed under the Ceremanly family, who for 200 yt are ruled this how desolate country. The pashas who succeeded to the command of Tripoli rivalled each other who could kill most innocent men, t Ike the childr en from the Arens, and extort the prop sty of this peer end unhappy people. The tuxes, which under the Carameoly famile were twcoty dollars every year per head, are now 100. This iniquitous imposition tempt Bed more than 30.000 Arab, of the pro vines of Bengazi to emigrate to Et) pt and Smyrna, and th. , re, deprived of labour, to live by charity. Other 40,000 flat into the regency of Tunis, where by means of their industry they live in peace. The few who tvenain are a prey to misery. I o this state of things it is iacumbeut on the allied pow en, and Great Bri•cia in particular, to turn their at'eotlon to this unhappy and afflicted country, and represent to the Sublime Porte to lighten t u evils which they actually suffer by placing one of tne Caramanly f saady at the head of this desolate country. It may be a.i t that one of this family governed the &mutt, euntioned a revolt of do Arab., and caused the city of Tripoli to be blockaded for three yews by the revolters. Ali I'scha, Vie son of J vier, detaused, the last ;icht of the Caramanly family, was the mon who occasioned such evils upon the country ; but al ono was iucapabi • of go verning and suppressing the revolt, that does not infer that others of the some family cannot do better than he. The only mews of endieg the discussions and enmities between the Turkish end Arab races is to make Mahommed Be? C aramanly the former Governor of Ilensaxi, Governor of Tripoli. He is now living in Malta with his family—a most worthy person, and one cap ,ble of governing this pe ple, who earnestly desire to me in the government of Tripoli a man of his kind, beloved and desired by all. It is heped that Cheat Britain will counsel the Sultan to come to this choice, sod thus, for the future, avoid much greater evil., and re ' store the country to pence and prosperity. THE ARcnitl.,nor OF CANTERBURT.—We feel much pleasure in being enabled to state that the Archbishop of Canterbury is in the enjoyment of his usual good health. On inquiring this morning at Lunheth Palace we w. re in formed that his grace is perfectly recovered from the slight attack of influenza under which he &Oren d *Dint ten dins ante; but, owing to the advanced ace (B 2) of the venerable prelate, and the variable state of the weather, his grace's medical attendants consider it advisable that he should not venture out of doors. TM. precaution, it would seem, occa sioned the rumour of his indiepositi ~,, . MAJOR-GENERAL NAPICIL—The Guernsey Star of Friday says: " We learn from good authority that Major- Geu. Napier 's Lieutenant. Governorship of Guern, y will terminate this day. We have not heard, nor indeed have we much interest in inquiring, whether this desirable event w,ll be accomplished by a resignation on the part of G. nerel Napier, or by an act of supersession on the part of the. Secre tary oiState. With the certainty of the island being re lieved of General Napier, we are not curious as to minor matters. It is expected that the general's successor will be named in about a fortnight." DEATH Op MR. ALDC.RNIAN LUCAB.—Died, at his renidence, Watsrinburg, on Sunday night, of the prevailing epidemic, after a very chart ellnees, Matthias Prime Lucas, Esq., in the eighty-eighth year of his age. The deceased was a native of London, and served his time to his father as a lighterman, and for a number of years toiled as hard as any member of the class to which he belonged. Through his industrial habits and success in business he realised an immense fortune. It is stated that he has left landed and funded property to the amount of between 300.00 W. and 400,000 i. DANCING IN FETruns.—At the hour of receiving it we were all mustered upon the main deck, the quarter deck being partitioned off by rr.eans of a strong hulk-head from the waist and fore part of the vessel, communicating by a small door at either side, where a sentry was ul wept poor and solely appropriated for the use of the military and their wines. The names were then called. and for the purpose of exercising the men, and ss a preventive to disease, each man entered at one door to the quarter deck, danced to the cask, drank his allowance, and then danced off *gain, round by the opposite doorway. This, I need not remark, occasioned much mirth to ell ;unties, the ul&ers and their families being at such timeson the poop, purposely to enjoy the sport. The steps, as various as toe performers, formed altogeth. r a most amusing " ballet."—Adrentures gl'a Li fe Guardsman. THE VERB "To BUILD" has been much degraded amongst us, and has lost its full sirnification. "Our Engdsh word, to build." mys Borne Tooke, '• is the Anieo-Saxon Dyldan, to confirm, so establish, to make firm sod sure and fast, to consolidate, to strengthen ; and is soplical.le to all other things as well as to dwelling place," In Germany the word retains its full meaning.—The Builder, DISPUTED RIGHT TO A LARGE PROPERTY.—On Thursday morning last (says the Exeter Flying l'ust), long before the hone for the meeting of the magistrates at Barn staple, all were on the qui tire, in cone quence of an obi Greenwich pensioner claiming to be heir-at-law to a large property near t .at town, and who was to appear before the mayor and magistrates on a chives of wilful and malicious trespees on Lady Jane Terra tenants, at Weetley. It appears that James Jefferies, the old pewit) .er in question, canieider ing that he was the right heir of the late Sir Thos. Berry, and lawfully . entitled to the whole of tee tatiOr tat West', y, and not having the ready cash wherewith to set the law in motion to recover the estate of a Mr.. Jane Torr, who, for forty-five years or thereabouts, has been in possession, hit upon the expedient of trying en experiment to become an aggressor, and thereby make himself a defendant; and accordingly ;Aar due notice to fourteen of the tenants, stat ing his claim as heir at law, and chairing them not to pay any more rent to Mrs. Jane Tarr, the presu ned landlady, but to himself, and then giving the same tenants notice of his holding an audit at Barnstaple on the 10 h of Dec., at which none of the tenants attended, he, on the 11th ult., caused his bailiff, Mr. Fry, to make a seizure on same of the tenants for half a year's rent, due last Michaelmas. The tenants not having replevied the bailiff in company with his employer and an auctioneer after having issued hand-bills stating that a sale would take place, proceeded on the 16th to make a sale by auction ; but when they arrived, they found very many people assembled to oppose them, this opposition including eight special constables, sworn in the day before by two county magi. skates. The pensioner called on the parish constable to swear in two appraisers, which was refused,—and the covetable told the claimant if he or the auctioneer dared to put their foot on the property, he was au•horised to take them into custody. The pensioner and his bailiff, and auctioneer finding it impossible to do anything, returned home. A summons, however, for the pensioner and bailiff, was served on them, to appear before the magitrates on the 23rd December, for trespass — and, accordingly, they ap peared, when solicitors a ppeared for the complainants and the defendants. An office copy will of Sir Thomas Berry, also pedigree of the whole family, and notices to the tenants, were produced in court. After a long argument, and the magistrate' had looked at the Malicious Trespass Act, they decided that the case was clearly a question of title, and dismissed the Charge as not coming under their SffiF ON Fitt AND Loos OF LIFFL—The Cleopatra, Mr. fd‘Rachem, from Demerara, arrived off Dover on Sunday, reports the subjoined melar.choly disaster at sea. On Christman-day, when in lat. 47 deg. 50 min. N., lone. 16 deg. 30 min. W., Mr. M'Rachern di-eerred a barque in distress, which he bore up tn, and ascertained her to be the Cybele, from Iterhice. She had lost her main and wizen mast rigging, and had been on fire. Her master, Mr. Griffiths, and one man were dead, hari n g perished from injuries they had sustained by the fire. Front the accourts furnished by her new it appeared that several nights pre vious, the ship in lat. 2 , 3 deg. N., long. 54 deg. 30 min. W., a large three-masted vessel, name unknown, ran into h r when on !he starboard tack, and carried away the main an . mites mast rigging. besides causing other serious damage. Another more frightful accident, however, resulted from the collision. Two puncheons of rum that were stowed on the starboard deck were stove In, and the spirit coining in contact with the binnacle-I,ov, which was knocked over by the collision, immediately ignited, and fired the ship. A more dreadful eight could not ho witnessed. Several of her terrified craw were amidst the burning liquid. They were shockiegly burned, and the flaming spint flowed down the companion, and set fire to the furniture in the cabins no well as the under-deck. Unfortunately the master, Mr.Griffiihm, and a seaman, who were at the wheel at the time of c were struck down by the bowsprit of the unknown vessel, and were frightfully injured. To add to their suffering their clothing caught fire, and their persons were Redly burned. There was at one time a thought of eh:tannin r the unfortunate vessel, the fire appearing to have a formid able hold of her. After a desperate effort, however, the craw contrived to keep the devouring element from getting hold of the cargo, but it was enure time ere it could bo said to he have been safely extinguished. The muter and seaman ai pired soon afterwards. There were two other into in a den. greens state. Although the ship was seen iu a complete blaze alter the collision, the vessel which ran into her made not the slightest attempt to nova their lives or render as 44- ance. The Cleopatra kept company with the unfortunate vessel for four days, when she was last eight of in a fug: , . HINTS TO PI-ANTES9.—A correspondent of the Gardeners' Chronick says: " loran:tiding through the New Forest, I have been mush struck by observing how muck the beauty of natural woods depends upon the open glades, or intervals bare of trees, which tbi re so frequently occur; and have often wondered why the landscape gareener FO sel dom Imitates nature in this respect. In the disposition of the open and the wooded spot., it may be observed that tea tore co mmonly tills up the valleys with wood, and least, mist of the brows and eminences bare, and in so undu lating country, nothing is more pleasing to the eye than thus to see the woods creeping up the hollows and gradually feathering off, and disappearing as they appmaeh the summits of the hills, which rise haie of trees above them. The landscape gardener almost invariably dots t'e reverse. lie commonly photo all Ua eauuvotes (probe tip from the notion of making a more ColadidlellOUll dn.,* AL a distance), leaving his vacant spaces in the valleys and lower grounds. By this means (putting sp. prelatic., out art the questien) he subjects his trees to the double disadvantage ul a more exposed situation, and a shal lower soil; cu.ssqueuty his trees groat ineemparalily slower thou they would co in the deeper roil and more sheltered isitatituou at the weer gr.amels. Trees differ to much in the soil UAW aituation stutubie to the different kinds, that it is art tau uunost cuusequerece to the planter that the ono ghoul .' be attaptru to we outer; end it' planters could be induced to look Si er these things themselves, just. ad of entrust ing them to the tiaras/man, toe would not so often see plautattons tided with such worthless trees as beech anti sycamore, when. more valuable sorts, such as elm, ash, and chestnut, would fl ourish equally well. With this view, I have thrown together a tow übstrvations on the sorts of trees cummuuly plaixed. Tue aarth would, no doubt, be the meet valuable tree that ma be p.anted, were it not unfortunately subject to that peculiar dose ere, called the heart-rot, which, 1 b Inve, is net known to alLatt any other kind of tree. After growing vigorously for twenty or more years, the heart of the tree up to ,considerable height becomes entirely rotten, with out any apparent external decay. The cause of this singular disease lists yet uualiowu. I am myself inediued to believe that it ;timidly arises trout too great de y n ets in the SOH. In S wi•zer load the native habitat sit [ha built is intimations abounding ne moisture, era , the sines of slaty and granitic mountains; sod the plautatious ht which, in this kingdont, it seems t flourish beat, Are in similar bittnitione in Scotland anti Wales. In Suglacd it nes principally bet n planted on dry Gaudy heaths—a anuatiuo which affords the greatest cunt/tat to its native habitat, and whieb the prevalecce of the neart rot shoes to be uncougemal to its nature. In peat of beauty little eau he stud in tavour to the larch; it never forms handsome mass of toliage ; and the spicy outline even of the eldest woods always has a pour, uupleasieg eff. cr. It must, however, be atauwerledged Out a single tree of larch olteu has an elegant appearance. The Scratch fir is of so hardy a nature 1.111,1 a wut ,urah in almost any soil or situ atouu. It is to very toad repute as a timber tree when vrown in }instants, stanch is a vat) ausgulaz tact, as it is well known that the same species of pine, when grown in the north of Europe sad tic ingulanns ul Scotland product% that excel lent timtar known as the red deal. Different causer arc aseigneu ter this eitratirdwary tufferetice intim umber grows in Elegised and grown &mold. home persona suppose that toe home and toreign grows lit are ehtlerent varieties of Nit some species, one art which always produce: hard and the other soft wood; some suppose that the colder climsto and slower growth ul cue Baltic timber is the cause of its supe riority, and any oue who will take the trouble of counting the number ul :wawa riugs to Baltic timber must see that its growth is in sweetest e xcesslvely slow ; others con sider that age alone is wautiug to reuder the timber goal, I and that if we were to allow English grown fir to attain I the age of one or two centuries, as is the ease with the Bettie ftrown ' our timiier would he equally valuable. That English fir Umber dots improve as the trees grow oluer, is a tact well kuown to Umber merchants; and I can instance the row are the house in which lam now writing, which was lamed of English fir, of very large latintlitig, about tort) years ago, auu which to all appear ance is mow as woad as tau ea, it was put up. It must also be observed tutu. the Bugush nr is commonly cut doors of email dimensions, sow lull 01 bap wood, while most of tke sup wood is cut a.. ay tram the !Sallie balks before we get them. But there is Finland point, which I have never seen noticed, which, perhaps, may go tar to account for the difference art quality. 1 Mtns the season in which the timber is falai. 1t had never yet been ascertained that redwing trees uugiet to by felled in winter, as- is the universal pretest ce rot Eugleuel, feud it is not unlikely that the resinous juices wits. which firs abound in summer may teud to ineeease the durability of the. timber Jelled in that liedbOli. I would strunely impress on those who have the opportunity, how ueurelne it would be to institute experinieuts tin this penal. It is gated, on what appears to be good authority, that both in Norway and the rest of the north of Europe dr trees are ueways felled in summer. In Switzerland, as in England, the timber of the Scotch fir is reckoned of very little value. As an oruamental .roe the Scotch fir is gcnie much out of fashion, yet wiien allowed to attain a suffitaent age its rounded top sad red-c doured bark and contorted limbs produce a grand and picturesque effect in the landscape which scarcely any kind of tree can surpass. The spruce fir dcbgnts its shwa soil and a very moist situa tion. In such situations, when not crowded by other tree's, so as to have pleuty of light, it thrills& beautiful mass of thick foliage, towering to a great height. It is quite use lees to plant it in very dry, sheilliw, or rocky soils. I have seen young spruce firs tiourishing suffelay, though I believe ultimately such soils to not suit it. It eaten deceives the pl inter by growing vigorously tor 15 or 20 years, end atter wards become tug stunttd, eituoiting nothing but a few ragged teem on the ends of the branches, being then one of the most un sightly objects is nature. It is singular theta native of Nor way should seem in our climate not patient of wind or frost. It affords a sett wood, useful for many purposes but always very full of knots, atilt as it baa either been severely pruned, or grown in such date woods as to lose its side branches by natural process of decay from want of light. The silver fir flaurishes in stiff wet mays. and throws up its tall head quite perpendicularly, eves in the most exposed situations, appa rently uninjured by the utmost fury of the wind, It era tree which the laudseape painter thinks of introducing in a picture; yet it is not without a peculiar iseau:y of its own, and often produces a grand effect, either is the stiff formal avenue, or when wen towering above other trees. Its tim b:r is much like thatof tan surmise fir, but of rather better quality." THE M.tRRIAOE TEST.—B(4re a revising barrister the other day, a witnes was asked how he knew that a mat and woman were husband and wife, and he replied, " be cause he had often baud the lady blow the gentleman up." t (fouls No. 4211 LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, J N. 4, 1.48 [ 3d COMMERCIAL & MARKETS. MONEY MARKET & CITY LNTELLIGENCE. T,ro o' Clork.—We have had a good market in the funds this morning, with Consols buyers at 855 for some time, but now quoted 854 to 5, as the French funds by second post come rather flat from Paris. Reduced Threes, 855 to 5. Three-and-a-Quarter per I Cents., 86! to 1 . 4. Exchequer Bills, 13s. to 163. pm. Bank Stock, 1865 to 85. In foreign stocks we have little variation. Dutch- Two-and- Half per Cents. are rather widely quoted at 54 to 6 ; the Fours, 845 to 5. Spanish Fives, 181 to ; the Threes, 28 1 to 95; Passive, 4to 41. Porta gum, 23 to 4. Mexican, 171 to 181. Peruvian, 29 to 31. New Grenada, 18 to 19. A meeting of the creditors of Means. C. Traeman and Co., who suspended payment some few weeks I since, was appointed for to-day, and circulars were sent to the City departments of the daily papers to an nounce the fact. Supposing these circulars to have issued from the firm, several parties representing the press were in attendance, but were refused admission. It was stated, as no doubt was the fact, that the notices so politely and unexpectedly despatched were with out the knowledge or sanction of the members of the house in default. ENGLISH FUNDS. IBank Stook. 188 8 3 per Ct. Cos s. for Ae. . 3 per Ct. fled. Anna, Mid 3) per Ceuta.. 164 pot CO. Coax. Anne., Sit 1 tactisquer 1k to 164 5 per Ct. Austrian Mut:* d 4 e 4)184r Co /3•lB.Bouds. Si St 2) per Con. ditto. .1 per Ct. RrasUtan Bd.. t 9 al Ditto sew. 76 8 d si r it C n t e am hill mo+ AB7 . 96 tto Culurob. Def. lido, y 018841418 Equador sat 3 per Ct. 1448619 /91., 82 4 ilk Ct . Dutch 199, 64 tex. dtv. 1.1. Oat* NA* 842 et l i trCent. Grenade. Dd... 18 19 Grenada Deferred 11.1•..3 4 per et Mexican. 1446. 171 181 8 per et Peruzinn 11.14.. 29.1 PurWut, COL• n.k. 2 4 I per (A Itte...an 1119 . 197 Ditto Spenl.l. 3 per Ct. Spantshl9l,,llll gins all Deferral 111..., 11 11 ripaukts Pla , l‘e. ! 2 per rt. Vcneeu 3! I Venezuela Deferred 11 RAILWAYS.—We hare an improved feeling in the share market to day, and the better descriptions of stocks are all rather firmer; altogether, without any particular rise, a more cheerful tone prevails in the market. BALER EFFECTED CP TO TWO Tllifi DAY IN LONDON. (Yreterday'e priceolk 01 he found in 12. t pate.) Mr., and Oxford Jn., 221 Midland 401. eh., 424 Mr., Wul., & St. Valley, II d Do. :01. eh., 8 74 laaston, Slam., & Sir., 44 Do Binuin. & Derby, 81 Bristol and Exeter, 85 41 Norfoik hew 20/. sh., 11 Caledonian, 801 N. British Thirds, 11 K. Counting, 131 1 lioyetaa & Ilitehin, 11 E Lincolnshire. 114 Rheims. & Cite ter (Nor. W.Min.) Edinburgh & Glsegow, 434 8 per Ct. Pref., 71 Great Western, 93 24 Sluop.hire Union, 14 Do. Quarter.. 101 3. E. & Dover, 30 f Do. New, 171., 8 7 Do. do.. No 1. In Ipswich & Bury gt.birlintimi'm En. Do. Thirds, No. 2, 51 1 Po. (late Cam. 32 Ely), II York, Newt, at &T., 314 Lance.. and Carlisle, 53 IDa (014 g. Nene & Ber.), 301 Loa, Bright., &8. C., 43 24 Do. Extension, No. 1 (York & London sail Greenwich, 84 Newton.), 13 Lon. and N. Werrin 1481 York & N. 31211. ind, 724 34 Da Qrs., L & 8., 331 Du. Prof., 151 Do. Ctrs. New 11 _ ... I said W. Riding Es, 334 De. EMMA 1 ' - I It. Fro" 13 Lon.&S.W.74B: l 642Eighlits, 301 Orleans sal Bor., 51 Midland, 1001 swabs* sad Meuse, 7 LEE, JANUARY 3. I a alight improvement. 8. E. & Dover New, No. I, 4 34 d Do. No. 4, 111 d Amber. and Modern Jo., 488.3 d. d 1 Caleckatim Halves, 24 d LIVERPOOL. The market to day exhadi Birk., Lao., and Ches. Jo. (late Ches. and Birk.; 1.5.1 Do. 22:. oh., 7 if P. Lancashire New, 4 d Lou. & S. W. New SOL sh., NIANClih , i But little doing ; prices aim offering. E. Lancashire New Qrs., I d Nati Maffordststre. Ma d East Lincolashire, it S. E. R Dover, No. 4, 113.16 I d BISMINGIIIIII SALES, JAPVANY 3. LES, JAM'AIIY 3. ion stationary ; not mud dock This market was oar. mely deprered, end seemly any business worth notice was transacted; but prices had a de rided tendency downwards. Bir.. 6.. Stour Val., IS 4 I Shrews. and Bir. 31 d N. Stuffordolure, d I.ERDS JANVAMY 3. ...... There was a trilling amount of business done in shares to day, the trar,sartions out VICCf d;ng half a dozen ; ytt prices were firm, with a tendency to advance. We ,4 (Wm/ Union, 3! 1:1.1 LAnc34llire, 31 d K Lar.raphire sew, 41 4 N. Mutforo•hire, d Leicester dc. Bedford, 4e. 64. d BRInTOL. iMMAIII/ 3., .... The market still remained in.inintute, but without altera tion of prices, except in Old Taff Vale sharp, which were done at 124. YORK SALES, Javc ars• 3. yerh,Nr & tier. Ps , N 0.2 (late Greet Northern 41 Neer Be.), 111.16 a. Sd. Turk awl North Midland. 721 Do. G. N. K. Per., bl PR(MUCE.—MINCING-LANIS, Half-prise Two.— The public sales of Sugar, eonsisting of 120 hhds. Barbadoes, 8,000 bags Mauritius, abd 100 corks Besgal, are progressing without spirit, but prices are sustained. Refined market firm; lumps, brown, 535. ; statidsrd quality, 84s. The pub lic sale of 1,400 bags and 100 casks Plantation Ceyloa shows but little alteration in priest), bat evidently there is no im provement in the spirit of the trade to buy any more than immediate wants ri quire.-100 bags Pimento cold heavily, at a slight decline.—Cotton wears a firm appear ance, but the market is not active.—Rum : There has not been a transaction reported to-day to give quotations.—ln other articles no alteration, but there has not been any ge neral improvement in the tone of the market. to-day. rtilCl3B C RVOAR, per OWL et-TT P.M,' W. 10diu,11.F.1iwn.3.30. 01.344. di Yellow srGrey 36 0...10 00 Floe .. .. 41 0...47 0 Mauritius, Mown._ tS 0.. 34 0 Yellow 33 0_36 u Floe 39 40_45 0. &coast 331adras,b 39 0...39 0 Yellow 34 0...37 0 White 39 0-411 0 . Foreign, brown.-- 27 0 31 Yelbw 33 0...39 I. Grey and white 37 0_45 0 Refined, llarnbro' 66 0...70 Lamps Ogsw.la Bead. Went India, ordi nary 23 0 .119 0 Good. 93 0...06 Fine 7O 0...100 0 Ceylon, good ordi nary 33 6... 34 • hue ordinary 34 0... 36 Flue 3ll 0... 78 Mocha, good torte 30 0... 90 Coots Wen, ordi nary to Sue 35 0... 52 0 ouotstra and Pa d.ing 23 0... 37 0 Tan, at per lb. Congou,common. 0 0 7j.. 00 85 Rica, at per eat. Partial while l3 0... 16 0 Cargo 9 6... 10 6 Jaya l4 0... 15 e Palms, clemied otrollna 93 0... Si 0 dr,arrs. Rum at per gulL losewart' Island Proof. ...... *- 1 7 ... 1 11 Demerara, '6 to SO per cent O.P 2 0 3 3 Jamaica, 50 to 36 per cent. O.F. 3 6 ... 4 11 Favourite moire 4 4 0 Brandy, Ist brands 4 7 5 British spirita,d.p. 10 S ... 0 0 &Melt 10 3 .., 0 Frau, pc. tai. £47 0_34 10 St. Petersburg, 9 0 0...0 r 0 t. Dutch sod Flemish 53 0...85 0 Frieslend Hear, at jar tor. at.Petyrsburg,clesime.G 0-.36 0 outdiot half clean Flga, Rhine outshot Pets Manilla East ledia So= yliomas lute 'Cu., at per cwt. BILDBII O2 0.. 0 0 Strait.% Coos. io blocks O2 0... U 0 Ikon, a, rer Par; t3 3 £OlO . IJUILENT. Pigs, Nu. I. £3 I L.. 5 15 14gops II 0... 0 oo Carat at Cardiff bar 7 5... 7 10 bwedisb ll 5...11 I Lb...D, at per ton. Pig, best lB 0...18 1 SlLletl, sheet l9 5... 0 ....... 22 0... 0 Patent 4bat ...... 21 0... red or minim Spelter Ono, pm. 252 imp. gal. d.p. FLA, BoaL pale 3O 0... o stray 27 0...28 mown rir yeLlow 23 0.. 30 00 0...83 rad/Latta nt 0..43 Cod 25 0...25 10 mouth Ses .. . ... 26 0-.32 0 Olive,GallipALpdon 04 0..13 0 Cocoa Nut GO 0..33 0 Seed, Rape, pale, per ton 9O 10-39 9 Linseed . "3 !O .23 13 Paortmosa, p:r OWL Butter—Cork, Do fit 6.-93 0 204 0 0 0 to 3rd 0 0,.. 0 0 Dublin,lgt 0 0... 0 0 Limerick, do hs 0..83 0 Carlow, let Newry 8• 1 3 0 0 Bee; India, per tierce Primo Stew 0 0... 0 0 Parkas, me mess B7 6...90 0 Boeco-Pork, Lmrk I g g "' v• - • Do., Belfast Bacon, Waterford, pir eWt. 63 3.35 Belfast Lard,Belitoz,P 7 " 158 0...0s w:derford, do Ditto Bladder American,duqp. 50 0_36 0 Mum, Di and Loos, at per 10. B. A. and M. Video, dry Os.sd Os. 7ld Bulled 0 3..0 31 Brazil, dry 0 44,-3 6 Dryeatited ..... 0 4 ...0 4 Rio, dry 0 +4. 0 5‘ Lima& 17.1 p. dry 0 ...0 6 West India, dry-- 0 4 ...0 3 Salted 0 30-3 44 East India 0 4 ...0 105 kips, B.Ayres, dry 0 7 ..0 RorWriolry 0 9. Aoser.florae, per bkle $ 8 1 8 Ellabbb ditto 6 -. Use Wouisk, at ~er ton. Log mood, Janmlea..A4 0... 0 Honduras ...... 5 0 eamproeby 7 0...0 restie, Jamaica 5 10... 0 1 icara g aa, large and solid 10 0...13 Sawn . Lima 10 10...15 1 Salon II 10...15 RANI suu kr. 4 5. 5 0...508ra it 10 METALS.—GLASGOW, Jan. I.—The holidays have made this a week almost blank of business. Little, indeed, has been offering, but for such transactions as have taken place prices may be consid , red firm as follows 463. per ton for No. 3, 475. 6d. for mixed numbers. and 48s. for No. 1, each. The computed make of pie iron in Scotland during the year just closed has been .00,000 torts, and the present amount of stock in store and makers' bands is 80,000. The prices given above are from 225. to 21s. per ton above the average for the last three y cars. CORll.—Arrivals at the graaaries, by the Easteta Counties Railway, for the wet 1, coding Jan. 1: Malt Wheat Oats P 687 a ley 271 r 3916 was. „ a _ AVI.RSBURT, Jan. I.—Wheat in moderate supply, but rather a dull sale at fully fret week's prices. Beans is. per qr. dearer. AU other kinds firm, at last week's prices. DIUDLINOTON, Jan. I.—There was a mnclerate supply of grain, for which the demand was slow. Wheat sold on the terms of this day se'nnigut. Bsrley end O.sts were rather lower. Beans and Peas sold at former rats. Wheat, 50s. to 545. per or. Bath y, 28s. to 301. Oats, 10d. to Ild. per atone. Beans, 445. to 48s. per qr. Peas, as. to 403. Bomar, Jan. 3.—Good dry samples of Wheat sold with out difficulty; 161. per load was given for prime white Wheat ; 141. to 141. 10s. for red ; moderate samples selling at 131. to 131. 101. Barley was offered at a decline of from Is. to 2a. per qr.; the bast malting found purchasers; all others not so much in demand. Oats could be had at Is. per qr. less money; prices from 20s. to 26e. per qr. Beans keep their price from their scarcity. Peas, white, as before; grey, Is. per qr. lower. Csmultinae., Jan. I.—The market was well supplied with Corn, and Wheat maintained its price; but Barley was a very heavy sale, and cheaper. Wheat, red, 525. to 64s ; white, 565. Barley, 245. to 30s. Peas, 40s. Beane, 36 5. to 381. Oats, 163. to 265. per qr. - - • - - CIRENCESTER, Jan. 3.—This market well supplied to-day. The Wheat trade scarcely so good, many samples being out of condition ; but for good samples full prices were given. We are abo well supplied with Barley, and sales made on same terms as last week. Other grain unaltered. Wheat, 121. to 141. 15s. per load. Barley, 30s. to 355. per qr. Oats, 21s. to 345. Beans, 475. to 565. DONCLEITER, Jan. 1.-A large supply of Wheat and Bar ley ; fine samples of Wheat rather cheaper, secondary qua lities fully 64. lower, with a slow, heavy demand. Not many Oats offering and prices firm. Hestia steady , at for mer rates. Middli ng qualities of Barley Is. to 25., and the best samples Is. lower. Wheat, new, 18s. to 215.; fine, 22a. to 23e. ; old, 18s. to 21s ; fine, 22 5. to 23e. ; Blendcorn, lis. to 20s. ; fine, 21s. Rye, les. ; flue, 16s. Beans, 15e. to 16s. ; fine, 17a. ; old, 19s. to 205.; fins, 21s. Peas, grey, 17s. ; white, 17s. pee three bushels. imperial. Oats, 19s. to to 23e.; fine, 2es. to We.; old, 20s. to 275.; fine, 28s. to 31s. Barley, 30s. to 32a. ; fine, 335. to 365. per quarter. ?UNDS.. .c_ . „ HADLZION, Jan. 3.—Wa had a fair supply of Corn, and in general the trs:.e was dull and lower, except for dry Wheats. Barley and Beaaa declined Is. to 29. per qr. Other deieriptions as of Late. HUNTINGDON, Jan. I.—The market was lower, for blth Wheat and Barley, by 14. per qr. on all best samples, whilst inferior pare; le were neglec'ed. Oats, BeStIP, and Peas were all dull of sale. The quot itioes are unaltered. LTICEIiTER, Jan. I.—The market was heavy, and Wheat le. per qr lower Barley ls. to 24. below last week. Oats and beans very difficult to eel. Wheat, 66.. to 60s. Barley, 31s. to 345. grans, Me. to 60s. Oats, 265. to 341. NoRTHAMPtoN, Jan. I.—There has been a good show of both Wheat and Barley, and each bas had a downward ten dency, except the very best qualities. In other things slow salea, at former prices. PRESTON, Jan. I.—As usual at this period of the year, only a very few millers and dealers attend the market, and in the absence of any at ive demand for produce, the trade has been somewhat languid; nevertheless, holders have been firm, and in the few salts ( fretted the current rates of last week have been maiotainfd. We had very little farmers' Wheat offering at our corn exchange, and, hence wanted, an advance of fad per w indle ha. been esfabli.hed. Irish in fair requ(st. }lour steady. No alteration in the value or is the demand for Oats. Oatmeal scarcely supported late prices. All other articles nominally unaltered. The average price of Wheat is Gls. per imp. qr. - - Ricastonn, YORICSUIRE. Jan. I.—Only a thin supply of grain. Wheat, 6s. 6d to Bs. Oat•, 2s. 9d. to 3s. Bd. Bar ley, 44. 6d. to 4..94. Beans, 6s. 6d. to 64. 3d. per hush. BNIIIWCIBURY, Jan. I.—Samples were plentiful this day, and many sales were ett.eted, a. follows Wheat, 61. 10d. to 7e. 4d. Burley, 44. 5.1. to 4.. Bd. Oats, 34. 3d. to 4a. 6d. per imp. qr. STETNING, Jan. 3.—Farmers asked high prices for Wheat. The supply was moderate, and the business don* was at late rates. Barley in short supply, and ready sale. Oats, B: erns, and Peas but little inquired tor. Wheat, white, 131. 10.. to 141. ; red, 121. 16s. to 131. Barley, 32a. to 345. Oats, 19s. to 21s. Beans, 365. to 40s. Peas, 365. to 38s. SWINDON, LID. 3.—A goof inquiry for Wheats in grind ing condition, fur which the priers of last week were given ; but all damp samples were of slow sale, at a depreciation in wino. Tito top price given this day was 595. per qr. ; some mid.iling dry samples, 555. to 565. ; interior, 52t.; poor and damp, 50s. Barley, in quantity, exceeded the demand; priors, therefore, fell from Is. to as., the very top prices given Ming 34.. 6.1. per isr.; some very fair making but 321. to 335. ; others not moi , than 300. Malt varied in price from 51s. up to 60.. per quarter ; trade dull. In Beans and Peas but little doing. Oats were rather lower—say from 6d. to Is. per quarter. YARMOUTH, Jan. 1.-We had again • small attendance, and the supply of Cora moderate. Wheat, for the best par cels, was without alteration in price ; middling quality sold very slowly. Barley must be called ls. per qr. lower for all sorts Beans and Peas are cheaper ; and Oats are a dull sale, having a pretty good supply. Wheat, white, 545. to to 563. ; red, 60s. to 53.. Barley, 28e. to 30s. Beans, 40s. to 41s. Pea., 40a. to 42a. Oats, 241. to 294. per qr. Hasisetto, Dee. 28.-The frost still continues, though not -eeerely, and business is limited to contracts for spring shipment. We have some speculative inquiry for Wheat, and a few purcha-es have been made, say, 62. b., from Po nerania, at 4.1. ; 6216. to 631 b., from Holstein, at 46..; and 02:h., for delivers- here, at 48s. 6.1. per qr. on hoard. Seale Barley, 50.6. to 5111., is held st 335. 6d. per qr. here, buyers offering 29.. Walsh Barley is in demand; Jutland tetchine 22.. no 23.. 3d. ; aid Island, 22.. 91. to 235. The little still on offer is held high, r. In Oats we hive heard of no fresh rrensuctions. Be. ns and Peas are held at late prices. In Clovers , ed nothing doing. A cargo of Rape Cakes has been sold at 107 s. per ton ' on board, at a port of the Elbe. Liu seed Cakes are very fiat. Idatuseitunn Dec. 27.-We have little or nothing of interns: to report, every article remaining very dull, which is gener.lly the case at this se..son of the year. The corn mar ket was rather more animated at the commencement of last wick, owing to the pre-ence in town of ...erne purchasers from the country ; but these having fulfilled their purchases and returned home before the holidays, the trade has eosin fallen, and prices declined. Superior Polish Odefse, which advanced to 42.. 6d., could to-day be purchased at 421., and Marianopoli at 41s. per qr. In the course of another month or so, the real position of the trade will be better known, as, if wants really exist if, the South of France, as is said, pur chasers must then come forward. It appears pretty certain hat foreign corn will likewise he admitted into Spain very shortly. which circumstance would certainly occasion an advance in price. RuSTOCK. Dec. 27.-Our market has been animated of late, and Wheat has been token off freely at enhanced terms. The very picked samples cannot be bought now below 481. to 494. per qr., free on board. Lower qualities are to be had cheaper, down as far st. 43;. to 44.. per 53 by. Barley, 22.. W. to 235. Boiling Peas. 3.35. to 31s. per 3816. Oats, 19s. per 581bs. Rye, 284. pf.r qr., free on board. STErriN, Die. 27.-During last week we had a con tinuance of frost. We have had but moderate supplies of Wheat from the farm' n, which met a good demand for local consumption ; and we qoote6llbs. to 621bs. red Ucker mark and Pomeranian NS beat, 454. per qr., free on board, ia spring. Barley in good demand, and Pomeranian quality is held 251. per qr., tree on board, next spring. Peas, small boiling, 365. per qr. ; large Uckermark, 375., free on board, next sprang. HOPS. - BOROUOH h Hamra. Pattenden and Reath, market remains the same. New 141.1 I< K. Kent+ Q. 0 tog. 12 New NI, cal.l of Kent+ 2 16 to 4 0 New : 4 [44.1 . . 3 10 to 3 10 Farnham. .... 1 4 to b It IARKET, Two ot Cork . liop factors, report that the TOM 'Mg KattA,p.cot. 2/.10 to 31. I. Touting Bus ~2 to 3 • Old Bow ...... 1 lo to 2 0 HAY.—SarrtlFlel v, Two o'Clock.—lifessrs. Cooper and DATill, Hay and Straw salesmen, »port the following quaint'. ne : Primo Meadow 70.. to I 7tL Bowen to 6 6 L Straw.. SGs. to 30p. Inferior 55. to OIL. Clover. ....Otts. to lan I CATTLE, Bc.—Total of Cattle received in London, by the Eastern Counties Railway, for tke week ending Jan. 1: .... - . Beasts. Sheep. Piga. Calera. At Leaden .. 13 At Strationl station... 240 At Tetteahass Total BorLET, Jan. 3.-The best-fed Oxen still keep their price. Inferior lower by 6d. per wore pounds. Prices given this day, from 10s. 6d. up to 12s. per score ; all sold. Some very uperia fat Calves, which sold readily at 7d. to 71d. per lb. The Sheep pens were well stocked; the best eix-tooth Wethers made sr. 4d. per stone ; next quality, 58 to 5.. 21. ; some large Sheep, 4s. 10d. to 55.; common and Ewes, 4s. Bd. A brisk trade. lip sold at 10s. 6d. per score ; small do. making Ils. NORWICH, Jan. 1.-Our market exhibited a tolerable show of store Cattle ; there were a few buyers, and late rates were supported. Fat Beasts a small number, and INllell good, at from 8,6 d. to Os. per stone for prime quality. The pens were badly filled ; Hodge , * and keeping Sheep were a dull sale, and few sold. FM. Sheep Bs. 3d. to Be. 6d. per stone of 141bs. In store Pigs but little doing. Fat Pork, 6s. 6d. to 7s. per atone. BKIPTON FORTNIGHT FMR. - The quality of Beef Cattle displayed an improvement in the show of last fortnight, as well as an increase in numbers; all were cleared off at an advance in prices, varyint from sd. to 64d. per lb. ; first-rate qualities continue to be eagerly sought after, and comm►nd a ready hide at the latter price, 64d. per lb. The demand for Sheep is also improved, and, being not so numerous as last fair, they have also panieipated in an improvement in price, especially for the tint qualities, which were all sold up, leaving nothing on hand but Scotch Ewes and other small sited Sheep. The prices were variable, from sd. to 7d. per lb. Ntither the demand nor the show of Calvet.", either in number or quality, was equal to the general exhibition of this kind of stock; they were, however, all sold up, at the recent advanced rates for this kind of stock, which, f-r some time to come, will, in all probability, command improving pricer. An increased traffic is eagerly carried on for store Cattl, at improved rates. for lesterda 4's 'gaskets Sal tali rage. SHIPPING. MAILS ARRlTEo.—Thiblia, 3 ; Waterford, 2 ; Donaghadee, 1 ; French, 2 ; Flanders, 1 ; hest India, I. Lonuorr, Jan. 4.—Wind this day at noon, S.S.E., light beam., and fine clear weather. PLemoorm, Jan. 4.-8.--Arrived: Endynnon, Welt Indies ; Oscar, Prince Edward's Island. P 06111111017111, Jan. 3.-8.5. W., fresh breeze and fine.— Arrived: Modest', Valparaiso, 'solid 6th October, Rio 18th Nov., with 8,000 dollars on freight en merchants' account. _ . . . _ . hiestiltrs, Dec. 31.—Arrived: Hannah Gregory, Quebec I for Llanolly. MoNraose, Dec. 31.—Arrived Sarah, Quebec. GALWAY, Jan. I.—Arrived: Albion, New York. OFF NEWHAVEN, Jan. I.—Europe, Quebec. OFF BRECHT HF,AD. Jan. I.—Ben Nevis, Prince Ed ward's I-land ; Richard Watson, Quebec. lIRISTOY (INLE OF WIGHT), Jan. .2.—The Llan Rumney, which wenron the Sheep Ledge, 30th ult., is a total wreck ; great part of the cargo will be saved, if the weather prove tine. YOUGHAL, Dec. 31.—The Peri, of and for Cork, from Newport, is leaky, having struck on the bar, and must discharge. Sit tacos, Jan. 1 . —The Republican, Wished% to Newcastle, was in contact, off Seaham, with a laden brig, name un known, and was abandoned, in a ;shaking state:; crew saved. 3rd.—S. to S.S.W.—Arrived ; Favourite, Valparaiso. STRANRAER, Jan. 1 —The Rosamond, Dublin to Belfast, got on shore in the Bay of Leier last night. WATERFORD, Jan. 2. S.W. to N.N.W. Arrived: Albert, St. John's, N.B. DEAL. Jan. 3. —S.S.W., fresh. Arrived: Sabina, Havannah, for Bremen; Matchless, Honduras; Almada, Boston ; Josepha, Prince Edward's Island ; Hyperiou, and Douglas, Quebec, and sailed for Hull ; Velocity, Newfound ' end. Arrived from the river for Bolton : Adelaide, S.A. Put back Frithi, of Bahia. BRISTOL, Jan. 3.-8.5. W., fresh.—Arrived: Caroline, Jamaica. BIDEFORD, Jan. 2.—Arrived : Wellington, Sydney, C. 8., with damage to hull and spars, from stress of weather. Coax, Jan. I.—Sailed : Oxford, New York. FALMOUTH, Jan. 3.—The crew of the Pembroke Castle, from Cardiff to Limerick, which was dismasted on the 23rd ult., off the Skelligs, and afterwards abandoned, has been landed here by the Syren, from Alexandria, having been transferred from the Joanna, from Swansea for Valparaiso, by which vessel they were saved. BIDEFORD, Jan. 2.—The Howard, of Liverpoel, from St. John's, with damage, was spoken in long. 25 W., by the Wellington, at Bideford. ficatutortorotr, Jan. 2.—The Union, of and from Dundee to Loudon, was in contact on the 2nd inst., off this port, with a loaded brig. erpregg. MAILS The mane for the Brnaila, the 11 . vex Plate, Monte Terrt,m.. ~e., PAIL,. Madeira. nod Purace Ayrev, will be mad,. no on tt• erenlorr of the it h January. "11. t me, for V.go, Oporto, Liobon, C:vlit, awl Gibraltar 4111 he now:lent, on the moronic of the 7th Jaminry. The overland clo.ed math, cis Mar-wilier., to the Midlterrancan, r,gypt. tan, Vevlor., India, Hong Kong, he, will reran up on the verningn!the 7th January. The mode kr Britivas North America &venal, awl the United 'tote., will be male ut, on du evening of the Oil January. The Wert India Mane, Including Bermuda, Naomi,. Havanna., Hondume, New Orleunv, Vera (.us, 'Tampico, and Poem kito, and excluding Unite for Madeira, Jaemel, Carlti.wertrA, s.mta Marty. Charnree, Panama, Weal Coot of South Am, La. and ut. Juan-de- Nicorarnia. will ne m ide tin on the evenine of thc 17th January. The overland mink. fOr 6141,!.., Malta. Geree,, the outlaw taloa*. egf .t, Ceylon, lofa, Hong- houg, nod (Alma, ria heuthamploe. will he mad,. up on tar oriornuafr of the 201.. January. The mails Tor New south Valve, Van Itieaten'a Land, tad New Zealand will be in tie up on the evening of the 71,1 January. T 9 CO RII LSrl / RErf. D "—The *teal half 01 obe £ note nWof ta Nn. O. I. G0b1e...4 pl by manta antra, Inand,^ b,. o naiad. n • hharanonent• onoetnno.l one la Lateran. - Inning. Panda pa.. tuna be a the babe. a honorer...taet. be Two ...cart a the ay a patlba. HIGIf O'ER AT LONDTI Two rho— Mom., 24 mas. we 0 . MUT 0100. 7 0;la. loot 0. To MO•6oW—llerang, Y..if mot I: AM/we% 3) ow. mot I. LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 4. THERE is little temptation to criticise the Bishop of Oxeor-o's letter to Dr. HAMPDEN. All persons of all parties, lovers of ecelesiestical authority, and en thusiasts for the royal prerogative, friends and oppo- nents of Dr. lisuenex, high church and low church, will form a nearly similar judgment of 1)r. WILBER- Foßees conduct as a whole, although some may cen sure one part of it by pref, rence, and some another. Among the various insufficient reasons assigned by the Doan of HEREFORD to justify his propessl disobe dience to the QPEEN'S letter o f Hectic:, one argument was drawn from the high character, learning, and piety of the Bishop of Oxiotto, as one of the parties to the remonstrance against 1/r. HAMPDEN. For the remaining fallacies of his letter, for the r. &rouse to the matriculation oath, and to King XVILLIANIN private life, the dean must still be responsible ; but it was really hard upon him to be induce• ! to lean on such a broken reel as the Bishop of Oxientu's support. In remarking on the address to Lord J. Ittsiesm. by the 13 bishops, we endeavoured to point out the unreason ableness of their renting their opposition on the fact that charges against Dr. HAMPDEN had been made, with. out pledging themselves to the truth of those charges. We then thought it possible that some or all of the remonstrant prelates might be really ignorant, as well as judicially eon-cognisant. of the %melts of the cele brated " Hampton Lectures," but we scarcely expected that one of the most prominent members of the body would, in a short time, openly avow that he had never investigated the charges on which he relied, and that on inquiry he dissevered that they were unfounded. It appears to us to savour of impertinence, at least in the legal sense of that term, for the bishop who has countenanced accusations of sy against his future colleague, and affected to take official notice of them, to accompany his retractation, not with an apology, or an expre salon c f regret ; but with criticisms on the style of his injured opponent, and " longings for the manifestation of a mole nverential spirit. It is barely conceivable that the bishop should have thought, that his duty demanded of him to countenance a prosecution against the rector of Ewelmo at the moment when he was about to leave the rectory and the diocese for offences which had not called for any notice from the bishop or his predecessor, at a time when Dr. HAMPDEN was permanently settled within their jurisdiction; but we know of no law, or canon, or tradition, except the rule aflame poem lessens, which requires or entitles Dr. ll'ibeeiteemee to publish his literary disappro bation of the works which it is no longer convenient to treat as heretical. He has made a mistake, and he retreats. That lie should cover his retreat by pre tending to continue his attack is very natural and intelligible, but not very creditable. In the whole of the bishop's conduct, and in his own account of it, we are at a loss to discover one cre ditable circumstance. He has made a mistake—in a worldly point of view—and he tries, awkwardly enough, to repair it. The moral mistake, which explains hie conduct, lies a good deal deeper, or rather, it can scarcely be called a mistake. He says that his "remon strance was grounded on the censure of the University of Oxford, tied on the aide prevalence of a strong opinion of the unsoundness of some of your published writings." The bishop blindly accepts the authority of the Oxford majority, and of common re port, on a question which it might be supposed parti cularly belonged to himself, as the oiocesan of the alleged heretic. But it farther appears that Dr. WILBERFoRCE himself formed a part of the majority who concurred in the vote of censure, and added whatever authority his name could c trey to " the strong opinion of the unsoundness of Dr. HAMPDEN'S writings." Quiet country clergymen may be excused for overrating the value of a decision by the convocation on a point of doctrine ; but Dr. WILBERFORCE, who pro fesses to be a scholar, a divine, and a leader in the church, who has long been a dignitary, and now is a bishop, could scarcely suppose that, if he condemned without examining, all the members of the hetero geneous majority, lay and clerical, except himself, had taken a severer view of the duty of candour and justice. Probably some of those who concurred in the vote of censure may have been influenced by the authority of the very individual who now justifies himself by their decision. He must know that the first duty of a bishop who hears that one of his clergy is charged with heresy, is not to demand in quiry, or to make common report of guilt a ground for punishment ; but to inquire himself. If the doctrines, alleged to be heretical, are contained in a book, it seems an obvious course to read it. The bishop has now read the Hampton Lectures; and he finds that "they do not justly warrant those suspi cions of unsounduess to which they have given rise, and which, to long as I trusted to selected extracts, I my self shared." He even seems to think that he shows candour and fairness in this late retractation, and that his former hostility was as much in the ordinary course of things NI his present concession. Let us illustrate his position by an imaginary case. If the bishop had been informed that the chancel of Ewelme Church was in ruins, and that the rector in omission of his duty, neglected to repair it, he might have taken no notice of the matter till the vacancy of the see of . • Hereford occurred. He might then 'have alleged to the crown, as a reason for withdrawing the nomina tion, that. according to common report, the bishop elect had been guilty of a serious neglect of duty, to the injury of his parish, and that it was fitting that some inquiry should take place into the facts before the delinquent rector was raised to a higher station. Failing in his application to the crown, he might have signed " ministerially " the necessary documents for authorising the commence ment of an ecclesiastical prosecution. At this stage of the proceedings, under some unaccountable influence we must suppose the thought to have for the firsi time occurred to the mind of the bishop, that it would be as well to inquire into the tact. He rides over to Ewelme. lie finds the chancel in perfect order, the ten commandments brilliant with gilding, not a pane in the east window broken, and a notice posted up that boys who throw balls near the church will be tsken into custody. Returning home in altered mood, lie informs the promoters of the ecclesiastical suit that he cannot allow it to pro ceed any leather; and he writes to the persecuted rector to admit that the building is in excellent re pair, but tnat he feels it his duty frankly to state that he found a cobweb in a corner under one of the altar rails. _ _ _. . _ --.--.,... Substitute the spiritual for the brick and mortar o;soas i de I,ocm / trier, and this is an accurate = of the Bishop of Oxfono's proceedings with to the alleged breach in the edifice of the faith. It is amusing to observe that his functions with regard to the ecchsiastical suit, shift their character as readily as his policy and intentions. When he signed the letters of request a fortnight ago, his office was merely ministerial: now that he is, for whatever reason, in metre judicial frame of miud, his duty also is judicial. It suited him to commence the prosecution, and it suite him to stop it ; and fortunately he finds that in one case it was his duty to be passive, and in the other to be active. In whatever manner either or both of these courses may or may not have suited the Bishop of OXFORD, or those whom after inducing to follow him in his op position he has deserted, it will answer the interests of the public and of the church. The HAMPDEN contro versy may, we hope, be considered entirely at an end. The orthodoxy of the bishop elect has obtained the testimony of one of his most active opponents; and it is admitted that the censure was based on hearsay, ongossip, and on garbled extracts, w tion is justified by full know If the Bishop of OxroßD WOW 7, 14 Mink extracts, \,'",! il l : , ~ ".• rer . ......_ . c" 1 • ' - "7: ..... s ' .—.. tr. •: •• r .::. ~ -.'.-- .• . . 1 _`.-.' : 1 .7 : • :1' I