The Express. — London, England, 1848-01-13 00:00:00

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Mame L and Co. oleo bftt Ew lA e that** piiille safe pastu arm W cannel.) , . at I the Hall rifjenusertesedle.Ueet. London; to their at which piers teroel4l ere requested so be addrateed.— Thread see/beeteset, Lend.. Jae. 1. If4e. ----_ ATUIBER. ONE, SAINT PAUL'S CHURCH TARD.—A mat Air le being made et Manchester to lower the es tea, and we hear the& all the eltlem and town. In Irebutd are ilbmlt to be O'CounoUlsed, preerhut mem the Chancellor of the Ex cite:quer to fell the duty to 1.. pee lb. If It be found practicable cc shall tare tat Meap enough to all our hearts' conWnt. In the meantime the was f good Cougou toe. multahle fee all large NXIMUDIMI. kat. N umber 3e. Q. per lb. Obserre.—All toe pap N. 231. Kp T lb. duty. an to may now buy for oee mten bits. of s,od Aron.; CON 001'. bleb. t etra you Mate It. will latbdy t on, on 'Jaunt ..f lie good quality.— DAK IN and Co., to membaute. Number One. Paint PantaehunAcad. Almon , reedy, the Second 1.(4. QUMMERLY'S ART-MANUFACTURES, designed by Absolon..l. BaO. J. C. Horsley. R. Itedgraro, Towered. ke: 11.110T,ta licials (Dhon's inslae). "Lord's Prayer" and "Belief; Teo Ign re .Itod.r.r. makel. STATVIIII(6..I ,Wlntoll4l. MAIO Cons-Disil I Ilichard.oaV. ones.An(l we MAOISM Bann raTTER HNI/n. In flkt.T 11W.I.A1 eil Wood. Wilt ?LAT IJOlDellak &Bridge). EPAGNI Gila (Richardson's). Dime? Knaves and Fence •1:10 POT (Welirred Pl. AAAAA emirs (Rodgers & Sloe.). 11,1% STOPPII.S. In silver. Re. Sonic( BOWL, Font, and Spoon. . Bad by Jorapb Cundall, Old Bokdoreet, sad W rertrortribki etaism—A picture catalogue sent on receipt of two postage stamps. jNE ART IN SILVER.—Now ready, in SUM MERLYS ART MANUFACTURES. Bale File Convene, Rada by JorPh Rodgers and Sons—Honk) s Thu ANTRA &nirvanas— Tewsemr. Infant Neptune BUT CVLLAR-1111 , 1 BRIOts. INK. WAND, made by Benjamin Smith.-101d at Colnaghl's, 13. Pall mall nit ; at Camden's, It 111.1 Iklnd etrect ; and ALL SILVEIAMITI...—A we catalogue went on I , oofipl. of two postage .4noelet. U 4 ) N.- -- LAN SON, iAU T i o N.—A. ROWL A. 4 , .11 and Yo. tJ Hattonlisrden.Loodoo, be to caution the nobility and putty, spirt being mWod by the attempts of sew shopkocpurs, wko to seta - rew:ftheir own roanufacture give the tlties of "Mseirser 00," " and " (Motto "—some under the implied asse:slesimiep ,. ns w il ut tegr , o ro rupe .y I n .h t e d i c . re bob utzsrl : z d tt v .h Smiler Wm* • fictitious names and adds:ern for or the Tara Os arlgthal one. The only genuine " Maisonar OIL" u X slydar." mad ,'' are - Rowland s. ' and the of met Mom Use some ../. lerrlands'" proastiog that of the e, with their slguileuris at ruoi: red ink, thus- - A. b y all a SON." Sold by alma at senior,. Isndon , sad by all chemists and perfumers. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY, Four o'clock. FROM PARIS. We have received our Paris letters of last evenini The Augsburg Gazette of the Bth gives som farther particulars relating to the emeutes at Milan. on the authority of a letter dated Milan, on the lird alt. Although this is antecedent to the dates we have already given, there are some details worth men tioning. According to these letters the police attempted in vain, on the 2nd, to prevent the people from insulting the Soldiers, who smoked cigars. tie hissed and hooted them. The soldiers their swords, and several persons were wounded. A squadron of dragoons wall then milled out, and the people were charged by them. Twenty pei sons were wounded. Among the military an officer and two cadets were wounded. At 11 o'clock p.m. (2nd), tranquillity was re-established. Attempts are made to induce the people to abstain from putting money into the lottery. The coachmen have formed a combination,the object of which is to prevent any driver from driving their masters to the palace, or to the governor's, or to Count Fiquel Mont's. if they are discharged for refusing, the club supports them until they can obtain another situation. Rich and influential persons have taken an active part in this affair. Another Milan letter, dated the 4th, lays that the disorders had continued. Since the above was written, we learn that advice, have been received, that tranquillity has been restored ! at Milan. It is, however, the tranquillity of deter mination, and not of despair. The people have dis covered the secret of passive resistance. Innu merable manuscript billets were scattered about the streets, bearing the following instructions to the people: " Courage! Turbulent and inconsi derate zeal would be destructive to us! Beware of being drawn into the snares laid for you by the police! Learn to put restraint on yourselves. This will be evidence of your terength. At present main tain tranquillity and dignity !" PARIS, 12.—New loan, —; Three pet Cents, 74 70; Fives, 116 SO. Fours, IVO , Belleau tire., 1610, 99 ; lb. 1842, 994; Four -91; Threes, 67; Naples Rents, 102; Roman Loan, 96; Treasury Bonds, 41; Bank Shares, 3,200. hzehauge on London Nest), 25 1.6. Itutivsyr.—Paris and Orleans, 1,190; Paris and Rouen, 897 50; Rouen and hirer, 437 50; litnisbourg and Bale, 160; Bunienus, 121 23; North, 53375. Letters from Madrid of the 6th say that the great est excitement aid fermentation was produced by the violent altercation which took place in Congress be tween MM. Pidal and Salamanca (which we have already reported), and that a duel would probably be the consequence. M. Salamanca was so affected by the charges made against him by M. Pidal, that he was confined to bed by severe indisposition on the 6th. A still more stormy debate was expected on the ith. News had been received of the arrival of General Espartero at St. Sebastian, and his arrival at Madrid was expected daily. The General had declined those honours and salutations which bad been offered to him. LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK. The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this Bank was held this day at the parent establishment in , Princes-street. The proceedings having been opened by the reading of the fallowing report (the 21st) : "It will be seen from the accompanying statement of the , affairs of the Bank, that daring the six months ending the 31st ultimo, a net profit of 23,8471. 14s. 9d. has been realised, which, with the undivided profits, amounting to 16,6631. le. Gd., brought forward from the preceding half-year, makes a total of 40,3101. 168. 3.1., and enables the directors to declare the usual dividend, after the rate of six pounds per rectum per annum ; and also a bonus of seven shillings and sixpence per share, both free from income•tax, leaving a mall balance of 101. 16s. 3d., which has been carried to the credit of the guarantee fund, together with interest thereon, in conformity with the provisions of the deed of settlement, whereby that fund in augmented to 123,7591. Is. 7d. " The shareholders cannot but be aware that the pe riod embraced by these accounts was one of extraordinary dif eulty and derangement in the commercial and monetary affairs of the country, and the numerous failures which have occurred in almost every branch of trade will have prepared them for the unusual amount of the item in the statement of profit and loss, which comprises the losses by ' bad debts ;' indeed the dirce•ors feel confident that, viewed with refer ence to the severity of the late crisis, their participation in the disaster* of the peat six months will be regarded as less than could have been anticipated, and the result of their operations as a subject of congratulation. " The directors have, however, to inform the shareholders that the above-mentioned item also includes a loss of 6,0001., which they regret to say the Bank has sustained by the de- 1 falcation of one of their clerks on the establishment of the Western Branch, now under prosecution. " By the estab:ished rotation, the directors who now retire are Sir George Carroll, Alderman; William James Lancas ter, Esq. • J. Christopher Lochner, Esq. ; Sir J. M'Teggart, Bart., M.P., and George Scholefield, Esq., who offer them selves for re-election; and William Blount, Esq., a duly qualified shareholder, has also given notice that he is a can didate for a scat in the direction. " The dividend and bonus will be payable on and after the 21st ins'ant." LIABILITIES AND ASSETS,FRIDAY, 31st DECEMBER, 1847. Tilt LONDON JOINT•STOCK DANK. Da. a d. To capital paid-up, viz., 60,000 shares at 101. each 600,000 0 0 To amount due by the nk To amount of "The Guarantee Fund," 30th June, 1947 5121,919 9 6 To six months' intereat on ditto, at 3/. per cent. per annum 123,748 3 4 To undinded profit for the last half-year To balance carried to profit and low account £2,753,596 9 5 o.d. 352,7 CA 13 2 2,373,210 14 3 By Fachi4i;r Rill., India Bonds, &c. By bills discounted, loans, and cash.... By building, furniture, Prinoe'b• street By ditto in rall.mall 10,373 0 0 29,625 0 0 £2,785,596 9 5 Esom *OO Law &comer or 001 LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANIC ion rue BALNYEAR mniso 31st Dicemsm, 1647. E s. d. Do. To current cinemas, proportion of Minding expenses, directors' remuneration, bad debtr, income-tax, &c 39,106 6 1 To amount carried to profit and low, new amount, Mime aisle of interest on bills discounted not yet 10,319 13 S due To amount transferred to the credit of the " Guarantee Fund," in addition to the above amount of £123,718 5x 4d, To dividend account for the payment of Mita-year's dividend, et the rate of £6 per centum per annum, I upon £O6OOOO, amount of paid-up capital upot 60,000 shores lB,OOO 0 0 To ditto for payment of a bonus of 7s. 6d. per share 22,560 0 0 09,933 16 0 Cs. s. d. By talante brought down By Lodi, ided profit brought forward from the last half 16,663 1 6 Tear 059,935 16 0 XIR. FO6TER (Chairman), having first declared a dividend of 6 per cent. per annum for the half-year ending the 31st ult., and a further dividend of 7s. 6d. per share on the 60,000 charts, moved that the report be received. A SHAREHOLDER demanded to know whether any security had been taken with the clerk who was a defaulter. The CHAIRMAN said that there had, and fur the usual amount, but that 6,000!.wes the less estimated after deducting the amount of security, and some available property. The Chairman then observed, that although the first item in the profit and Ices accoount wu extremely large, comparatively, yet, considering that it included the loot by defalcation, con sidering also that the last 6 months was a period of extraordi nary commercial pressure, and of rain in many instances, including several houses which were houses of undoubted credit previous to the last half-yearly meeting, he was sure the meeting would concur in thinking that it was lees than could have been anticipated. (Rear, hear.) if so, he must say that that result was to be attributed to the great caution which had been exercised by the directors, not only during the last six months, but previously. (Hear, hear.) Upon that subject he bad °sly to add that he believed tho rest of their property was safe. The loss by defelcatioa was a matter of deep regret to the directors, first, that they should suffer so severe a loss in such a was; and, secondly, that a servant in whom the directors placed so much confi dence, should, by violating that confidence, and committing so great a fraud have blighted his prospects and ruined himself Sir R. JENKINE having seconded the motion that the report be received, The CRAIEXAN stated (in reply to questions from Mr. llodgkinson, Sir J. Wilson, and others) that the whole amount of defalcation by the clerk was ra , her under 8,0001; first with regard to the West. end branch, it not only paid its expences, but sent a good profit to the parent establishment; that the directors could not possibly examine the details of the business of the branch hank ; that no blame attached to them for the fraud which had been committed; that it could not have been committed it the checks they bad ordered had been observed, and that it had taken the directors quite as much by surprise as any of the proprietors. The report was then unanimously adopted, and the retir ing directors re-elected, neat. con., Mr. Blount withdrawing his name, which he said he had put forward at the desire of several shareholders. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. A meeting of the above commission was held this day at No. 8 Committee-room, House of Commons, Lord Morpeth in' the chair. A large mass of accounts was audited, and communications and petitions from various quarters were read. All desoriberi idhd complained of, a most defective aystem of drainage and of accumulation of 4lth in places calculated to have a detrimental influence on the public health. The important business transacted consisted of a resolu tion, pledging the commission t the adootion of one general system of drainage for the metropolis. Two plans had been submitted respectively by Mr. Phillips and Mr. Austin. Mr. Chadwick preferred that of the latter gentleman, as providing for districts below high-water level, by an inge nious pumping apparatus. Both plane were referred. The other importapt feature of the day's pro. eeedlngs was the announcement, by Lord Morpeth, that government bad placed the whole ordnance staff at the service of the commission, and that that department had admitted the practicability of preparing, within &short time, an ordnance plan of the metropolis, which would be quite sufficient for the purposes of the commission. The commis sion adjourned to this day fortnight. SPECIAL COMMISSION. COUNTY OF LIMERICK. (PUOIC Ova OWN REPORTEIL) LIMERICK, TCY.EIDAT. MURDER OP THOMAS M'ENIRY.—From Y all that .1 p peered on the trial of John Renihan, for the murder of Thomas M'Eniry, the particulars of which I forwarded yesterday, it would be difficult to assign a motive for the dreadful crime perpetrated in this instance. The only thing that transpired to show what could have led to the outrage was that the prisoner had impounded some cattle belonging to the deceased, for a tresptue, and that the latter had Renihan summoned for having assaulted hie servant-boy, when he went to ask for the restoration of the cattle. This would be a slight cause, indeed, for such an atrocious crime. That something else must have led to it may be presumed from several circumstances connected with the parties. It appeared in the course of the trial that, in conse quence of the barking of his dogs on the night of the murder, the deceased went out and discharged a gun; but whether at the party who was about to attack his house, did not appear. However, they were probably exa-perated at this, and it may have caused them to do what they had not intended in going to his house. But there is another circumstance which I have heard, though it did not appear on the trial. Some years sine* the father of the prisoner died from the effects of a beating he received from a person in the employment of the deceased, M'Eniry, who was be lieved to have instigated his servant to commit the assault. How far the recollection of this may have influenced the pri soner's conduct is a question for consideration. I base also heard that M'Eniry incurred ill-will by taking land of which his own brother had been dispossessed. It is said that the prsoner, who seemed to be about twenty years of age, was to have come into the possession of a considerable farm in a few days alter the murder. It was sworn on the trial that when the party were beating the deceased, one of them told him " to remember the last court day," that on which the summons alluded to was tried. SENTENCE trON TUE PRISONER.—At the sitting of the court this morning, the prisoner, Renihan, wee placed at the bar, and the Clerk of the Crown having read the record of his conviction, and asked him what he had to say why sentence of death and execution should not be passed upon him, according to law, for the wilful murder of Thomas M'Eniry, he said—" Nothing at all, Sir, but that I am innocent of the charge." The judges then put on their black caps, and the Lord Chief Baron proceeded to pass sentence upon the prisoner. His lordship, addressing him, said he had been found guilty of aiding and abetting in the murder of Thomas M.Eniry, than which a murder more atrocious in its character, and surrounded by circumstances of more dreadful, barbarous, and savage cruelty, was seldom the suliject of investigation in a court of justice. His lordship recapitulated the facts of the case as they appeared in the evidence, and in a feel ing sad impressive manner pointed out the sad and fatal consequence of such outrages—outrages in the putting down of which, he add, persons of the class to which the deceased belonged had the deepest interest. His lordship then im plored the prisoner to take advantage of the time remaining to him, by seeking for that pardon from heaven which he could not expect on earth. He conjured him to employ that short space in eximises of repentance and devotion, for which ample means and assistance would be afforded him. His lordship then, in the usual manner, passed sentence on the prisoner, fixing the 11th of February as the day on which it should be carried into execution. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. He dis played the greatest firmness, and did not appear to be much, if at all, moved at bearing the dreadful sentence pro nounced upon him. He deliberately took his cap off the iron railing of the dock, and descended to the lower part of it with a firm step, and stood up bold and erect, listening to the proceedings that followed. ATTACKING A DWELLING-HollBl3.—Patrick Long and John Coleman were indicted fur having attacked the dwell ing-house of Daniel Shee, at Bsllyhale, county Limerick, on the 16th of July last, and robbed him of a gun. The prosecutor was examined by the Attorney-General, and swore that on the night in question a party of armed men came to hie house, broke his windows, and demanded his gun, which he handed out to them through the window. He identified the prisoners as being of the party. On going away the party shot his dog, the ball that killed the dog going through the door of the house, and they told him that that was the usage they would give himself on the following Sunday night. The witness, on being cross-examined by Mr. O'Hea, admitted that a sheep lost by one of the prisoners was found in his yard. Manuel& Shee was examined by the solicitor-general (who arrived is town last night) : She corroborated her father's testimony as to the attack on the house, and swore that she believed the person to whom the gun was handed out was Coleman, one of the prisoners. It appeared by her information, a portion of which was read by Mr. O'Hea, that the witness swore, when making it, that the gun was taken by a man who was a stranger to her, and handed to another. The prosecutor's servant boy also deposed to the fact of the attack having been made on the house, but he could not identify either of the prisoners. Mr. H.. De Massey was examined to prove that the country was in a disturbed state st the time of the outrage. Mr O'Hea addressed the jury for the defence. He said the question was altogether one of identity, and submitted that the evidence on the point was not sufficient to justify a conviction. The Chief Baron charged the jury, who, after a short con sultation, acquitted the prisoner. ROBBERY OP ARMS, AND ATTACKING a DWELLING HOUBE.—MichaeI Callaghan was indicted for baring attacked the dwelling-house of John Carroll, at Crease, on the 4th of December, 1816, and robbed it of a Run. The Attorney-General detailed the facts of the case, and said he did so because the prosecution was to be in part sus tained by the evidence of an approver. John Carroll was then examined by the Solicitor-General —The witness deposed to the fact Oat the attack had been made on his house, and that his gun had been taken ; be saw the gun afterwards with the police, but he could not identify the prisoner. Thomas Carroll (the approver), examined by the Attor ney-General—l was one of the party that attacked the prosecutor's house ; there were fourteen of us ; they were at my house on the night of the attack, and the prisoner gave me money to go for whiskey ; that was about eight or nine o'clock in the evening; Caffry and Gibbons, and two strange men came to my house that night, and I understood that they were to go to a steward on the public works to threaten him for having put a brother of Gibbons' off the public works ; Callaghan went for a second bottle of whis key, and when be came back he said he met the police on the patrol : I went to bed, and Callaghan, the prisoner, came to me, and desired me to get up, as they were going to Carroll's for a gun; I then went with them; there was six or seven of us, and about the same number joined us on our way to the house; we had a double-bar relled gun, a single-barrelled gun, and a blunderbuss ; the doubled-barrelled gun was mine; the others whom we met had more erns ; five of them went to the house, and the others went to watch the police; the prisoner broke the win dow with a stone, and demanded the gun; Carroll first denied that he had the gun in the house, but his father in-law told him to throw them out the old gun ; " Thank you, Mr. Grady," says I—for I did not like to see any injury done for the sake of the gun ; Callaghan brought away the gun ; they returned for the powder-horn, but din't insist on getting it; I saw the gun a month [after with Callaghan. (The gun was here produced, but the witness could not identi it.) Cross-examined by Mr. O'Hea—Well, Captain, you and I met before, I believe? I believe we did, a little. Who was your comrade-man, as you called him ? No answer. Against whom did you swear at the last assizes ? Mick Howard. Was be the man whom you mere to be your comrade-man? I swore his sister's husband was my com rade, and a neighbouring man. Was he ever in any expe dition with you ?Isit in any fact I—no, but be asked me to go on a fact with him. Was your house the place where the boys used to meet ? It was my mother-in-law's nt titlatigl N0.429.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. 13, 1848. [3d. house. Well, the house in which you lived—was it there they used to meet ? Now and again. Was it not in your shop all the murders in the country were planned ? I never heard of a murder being planned in it, but it was in it the attack upon Hannigan was planned, the first time he was beaten. I swore against Howard, who was hanged fur the murder of Hourigan. (Sensation). How many attacks upon houses were planned in your house—was there twenty ? I won't swear that there were more or less. Used you go out to all of the attacks ? Not to all. You used to send some of your men, I suppose ? I bad no men to send. Were you not called the captain ? Never. Who was the captain of the banditti gathered in your house that night—now was it not Callaghan i I never heard him called captain ; but, certainly he brought them there that night. And what were you —ad jutant or lieutenant? No. Chief Justice: Were you a commander) Never, ray ' --' fidence was restored, and business followed its usual course. The situation of the Bank of Prussia on the 31st ult. is thus stated from Berlin : Mans,—Specie and bare 12,032,400 thalers. Treasury billa 666,000 Bills of exchange loan to the Lombard Public securities and divers credit 12,812,200 Lununrcs.—Notes in circulation Deposita ' 23,01)&00 Loan of the Eats in treasury bills .... , 1,600,000 Credits of the elate, and of pubbe sod private establiahmeets 60,312,000 Half-past Two.—The Directors of the Bank of England met at their weekly board to-day, but made no alteration in the rate of discount. We are authorised to state that a paragraph which appeared in the Morning Herald of this day, purport ing to be a list of "houses that have actually stopped payment at Calcutta at the date of the latest accounts," us, in several particulars, incorrect, and we are requested to add that the house of Lord, Owen, and Co., therein represented to have failed, "have neither stopped, ncr are they likely to do so." ENGLISH 11151)8. Bank Stock, 192 6 3 per Cl. Cons for An 871 3 per Ct. Red. Afton, KTb 1 39 par Cantu. Bds 3 per Ct. Cous. Anna., b7lA gra %eras Ed* 23a. to 26a p. 6 per CL Austrian Bondi, 94 Vie Clust=a m r.i 178 18 11 par Cl. ail 90 par 01 Steskus, Lel 111 5 z u C a t. N l . ll , sl7 Mu, 86 II as put CU. Penertaa . n 6 w a tl o t !lowan Apta g lgaL, 80 2 9 w i Pc4 7 . s itositia Bdu i4 l4 • Ditto Coliernb. Del. 3 per Ct. prada h hllda . ., 294 Columbian Lquador BOP.. 14 Spanish Deferred Ms.. 1_ 13 • 3 sot Ct. Danish Dila.. 82 4 Spanish Prods. ILD., 4 11 14 per CO. Dutch Ilds„ _um. Vausauela lids., 96 8 t 4 per Ct. Cart. Dutch. 64 6 Lomas Deform' BAL.. 10 11 Mr. o'llu Whose was the double-barrelled gun ? Doctor Bennet'i. Who took it, or did he give you the loan of it ? No, I took it to his cottage. How long before that night ? I can't say, but I sent it back. Chief Justice: Was it by force or threats you took it? It was my lord. I happened to be of the party, and I got it. Mr. O'Hea Was it after you changed your profession you gave back the gun? Chief Justice: What profession ?—you are assuming a fact. Mr. O'Hea: What was your profession? I certainly used to go with Whiteboys. And what is your pro fession? Not to carry on any more of that business (laughter.) Is your profession not that of an infor mer? It is. Then it was after you changed your profession you tent back the gun ? No, but after I com menced tba business (Langitter). Baisiv I gave down this party I sent it back. Did you give down any other party Icefore that ? I did. Wu it not remorse of conscience that caused you to change your mode of life ? No answer. Well, I won't press that, probably it is beyond your reach. Callaghan had :no gun before that?? No. You said that there wee among the party at your house only a double barrelled gun, a single-barrel, and a blunderbuss, now you will see how necessary it is for some persons, and !specially informers, to have good memories. (Counsel here read a portion of the witness's informations, in which he swore that all the party had firaarms.) Now, had the prisoner arms ? No, not leaving the house. Had any of them arms but the three? No. You swore here that the attack was planned in your own house; and how came you to swear in your in formations that it was in a field near Carrell's ? Chief Justice : I believe he did not swear that. Mr. O'Hea : He did. He swore in his informations that they met in a field near Carroll's house, and said they would go and take his gun. To the witness: You swore you prevented mischief that night at Carroll's ? I did. You may go down now. Honor Carrell, a little girl about twelve or fourteen years of age, and daughter to the last witnas, was next called and sworn. After having stated that she knew the nature of an oath she was examined by the Solicitor-Oeneral, and deposed that on the night John Carroll's house was attacked she saw the prisoner in ber father's house, together with others, whom she named ; the boys used to meet there often because her father sold tobacco and whiskey sometimes. To Mr. O'llea 1 have been living with my father and motherfor some time, under the care of the police, but I was not told what to swear. _ _ RAILWAYS.—The share market is steady, and without much variation, though the funds have risen so much. North Staffords done at par. Eastern Counties, guaranteed 5 per cent. scrip, at 2 discount. Ipswich and Bury 6 per cent., done at 1 discount. Boulogne and Amiens done at 131 per share. 2 SALES EFFECTED UP TO TWO THIS DAY IN LONDON. (Yesterday's prices will be found in last pegs.) Bir. & Oxford ln., 234 Leeds and Bradford, 93 Boa., fitam., and Bir., 44 Lon. & S. West., 68.464 Caledonian, 354 6 Do. New 50 1 ., 801 Cheater and Holyhead, 191 Midland, 113 14 E. Anglian, 25/., L. and E. and L. Do. 401. 5h.,44 34 and D. 121 N. British, 254 6 1)0. 18/., E.& H., 81 Do. Halve., 114 12 E. Ceuneer, IS 4 Do. Qrs., 41 Do. Ext. 5 per Ct. Nag, i d Do. Eaten., E. Lancashire, 22 Do. Thirds, Do. New, 91 N. Staffordshire, 7/ F.. Lincolnshire, 121 Reed., Guild., and Brig., 71 Ellin. and Glasgow, 43 Scottish Central, 231 Gt. Northern, ill S Shrews. & Ches. (Nor. W. Min.), Great Western, 104 8 pet CL Pref , 71 Do. Halves, 59 ft E. & Dover, 31 Do. Qr., 11 i York, Newt, & Ber., 341 fth Do. Fifths, 234 i the. (Orig. Newt. a Ber.). 31 1 2 Do. New 171., 101 11 Do. Extension, Ns. 1 (York & Lane. & Yorkshire Fifths, 71 Newt.), 14 Lon., Bright., & R., 43/ 1 Do. No. 2 (Melee. & Ber.), 121 Do. Cone . Eighths, 22 I Do. 0. N. E. Pur., 91 Lou. and N. Western, 153 York and N. Mid. (E. and W. B. Do. Qrs., New, 8 Est.), 35 Do. Fifths, 12 Boulogne and Amiens, 14 Do. 401. eh. M.& 8., 80 Namur and Liege, 41 LIVERPOOL SA ES, Jove.*,? 12. The market was steady, but no business doing, Birk., Lan., & Ches. In., 51 d North Union (A), 207 Do. (late C. and 8.4,16 Preston & Wyre Halves (A), $4 p Do. 22/. alt, 7 d 8. E. & Dover, 314 Eastern Counties, IS Do. New, No. 4, 14 d East Lancashire New, 31 d York, Newt, & Ber., N. & B. Lamas. *YortabweFilths, i p Eaten. N 0.2, 11 p Do. 32/. sh., 41 d Do. G. N. E. panther*, 11 1 p Lon. sod N. W. New gra, 64 p Anlberpte & Eastern June., 24 d Do. M. & B. Qrs. (A), 41 p Glasgow and Dumfries, 7i Do. Do. (B), 41 p Great Northern, 61. ls. 3d. d Wan., Sheffield, & Lincoln. Qrs., Liver., Crosby, & Southport, 1 d No. 1, par. N. Staffordshire, par Do. Preference, 1 p North Western, 44 5 Midland, 113 Shrew. Ossestry, & Ches., 41 d Do. 401... eh., 441 Do. 101. oh. guar. 8 per Ct., 21 p Do. Halves, 1411 • - John Fitzgerald deposed that he bought the gun produced from the prisoner, for which he gave 10s. To Mr. O'Hea : I am a cousin of the approver's ; I used to shoot the crows with the gun, but never fired at a man with it in mistake; the police found the gun with me. Mr. O'Hea addressed the jury for the defence. He com mented in strong language upon the evidence for the prose cution, especially upon the testimony and character of the approver, and called upon the jury to disbelieve it altogether. If they did so, he submitted that the prisoner should be acquitted. The having replied on the part of the prosecution, The Chief Justice charged the jury, who at once found the prisoner guilty. The learned judge sentenced him to be transported for ten years, and said this case should prove to the misguided men concerned in these outrages, or who were disposed to take a part in them, that in doing so they placed their lives and liberties in the power of their guilty associates --of men who, like the informer in this ease, could never be safely trusted, but who would betray their companions in guilt as soon as they found it their interest to inform against them. . . MANCHESTER SALES. JANVAIiII 12. There was scarcely so good a feeling as the improved tone in London on the previous day might have led parties to ex pect, and the amount of business was rather more limited, but with prices tolerably firm at Tuesday's quotations. Birk., Lan., &Chen Jo., 54 13-16 Man., tiheff., & Line. (She!. and Bolton, Slack., Cub., &W. York. I Line.), 4i d (A), 64 d North Staffordshire, p par E. Lancashire New Qrs., 13-16 d S. B. & Dover (lea. at I 01.), No. 4, Leeds & 'Mir* Prof., d d Lon. & N. W., M. & 8., Qrs. I & York., Dane., &c., Si d (B), 4i p ROBBERY 01 , AMIS.—John Shaughnessy and John Has my, young men akuut 26 years of age, were charged with having attacked the dwelling-house of Mr. J. C. Meade, at Ballyegna, on the 4th of November, 1847, and stolen several guns from it. The prosecutor swore that on the morning of the day in quest on his house was attacked, and the arms taken by a party of about six men. As soon as he heard the party in the house he went to the parlour, took up a double-bar relled gun, and gave another to a Mr. Duty, that they might protect themselves, Two men ran into the parlour after him and fired a shot; he presented the gun at them, but it missed fire; he was then knocked down by a blow on the forehead and stunned, and was afterwards wounded by a gunshot; the prosecutor could not identify any of the prisoners ; some gentlemen were stopping in his house that day ; they were then on a shooting excursion, and had re turned from shooting on the evening before the attack. Mr. J. Keen swore that he was one of the shooting party stopping at the prosecutor's house on the day in question ; the house was attacked at an early hour in the morning ; three persons rushed into the parlour, tired a shot in it, and swore they would shoot them if they did not deliver up their arms, and they continued to cock and uncock their guns for the purpose of frightening them ; the witness posi tively identified the prisoner, one of whom bad a blunder buss, and the other a gun ; the party had their faces black ened, the prier flees but partially. To Mr. O'Hea—l never said I did not know one of them; I don't think I ever told the parish priest, the Rev. Mr. Bl'Mahon, that I could only identify one of them. Mr. N. Meade, brother to the prosecutor, also deposed to the fact of the attack having been made, hut could not identify any of the prisoners, as the party obliged him to keep his face covered in bed. Mr. William Keane was next examined, but he could not identity the prisoners. The case fur the crown having closed, Mr. O'Hea addressed the jury for the defence. The case was still being proceeded with at half-past five o'clock. L. and wad 6 p e er Ont.ciit;..d- Mid Mem., 124 Amb , Nott., and Beaton, 21 d & Stour Val., 216.3d.d BRISTOL BALI The market remained firm, Great Western quanta% p Do. New W., Ii y dim JANI,4II.T 12. North Staffordshire, BA 9d. p Shrews. end Birm., A, 3 d Do, do. B, 2i d Shropshire Union, 21 d JANCAILT 12. and rather more active. Exeter, Yeovil, and Dor., 14 d Loa. and N. Western, 1324 LEEDS BALER, JANUAIIT 12. The share market was not so active to-day as on Tues day; prices were less buoyant, and in several lines there was a tendency towards depreciation. Atabergates, 21 51 North Western. 44 d E. Lancashire, 3 d North British Thirds, par Do. New, 3i d Newt. & Ber. New, It. 135. 9d. p N. Staffordshire, 2s. 6d. p • DELL SALES, .14st AR? 12. N. British Qrs., 3e. d N. Western, 41 d Do. Thirds Sc., 2s. Gd. p York, Newe., and Berw. Es., No. N. etaffordalure, 3e. Gd. 3s. p l, 4 p YORK SALES, LOMAIT 12. York, Newsas., and Ber. Exten., I GL Northern, 4/. Ss. N 0.2, late New Ber., 121 N. British Qrs., 4i Do. G.N. E. For., 91. 12s. PRODUCE.—NIINCING-LANE, Half-past Two.— The Sugar market remains steady ,• 1,400 bags Bengal sold in public sale—the good qualities freely, at previous rates ; low and middling heavily, and scarcely sustained previous rates. Refined steady, but not brisk.—Coffee : The public sales are progressing heavily, chiefly consisting of plantation Ceylon.—Pepper: 600 bags Malabar sold at previous rates • common to half heavy, 21 to 21 per lb.—Spices The small public sales have gone off without any alteration in prices.— Cotton dull.—lturn steady.—ln other articles no alteration. The amount of business done to-day has been rather small. --- ADJOURNMENT OF THE COMMISSION. The commission for this county has been adjourned to Wednesday, the 19th instant. Many serious cases remain ' yet undieposed of. Amongst them the murder of Ralph Hill, in which there are seven charged ; and the murder of M , Eniry, in which six remain for trial after the conviction of Reniham. The commission opens in Ennis at 12 o'clock, to-morrow. PRICES CURRENT. &MAN per ewt. purr ram. Pigs, No. 1. SS 10... 5 1 W. India,B.P.bsen. no. 0.1.345. Od }loops ll 0... 0 Yellow &Grey ... 36 0...40 Cargo at Cardiff bar 7 6_ 7 1 Fine . Mauritius, brown... 29 0.. 34 Limn, at per ton. Yellow a 93 0...38 Pig, best lB 0...18 1 Fine 39 0...45 Milled, sheet l9 5... 0 BengaltkMadras, b. 29 0...32 Bars 22 0...0 Yellow 34 0...37 Patent shot 2l 0... 0 White 39 0...40 red or minium ... 19 10.-10 Foreign, brown.-- 27 0..31 Speller Yellow 33 0...36 Ona, per 252 imp. gal. d.p. Grey and white- 37 0...45 Fish, Se l, pale 3l 0... 0 Refined, Hambro'.. 06 0-70 straw a 0...29 Lump 52 0...55 brown & yellow.. 25 0.. 27 Comm, in Bond. Sperm 9l 0...82 I West India, ordi. Head Matter Bl 0..13 Cary 250.300 Cad 25 0.,.251 Good Fine 7O 0...100 0 Olive,Oallipoli,p.ton 44 0..A5 Ceylon, good ordi Coma Nut 59 0...60 nary .... . .... .. .... 33 6... 34 0 Seed, Rape, pale, Fine ordinary... 34 0... 36 0 per ton BB 19...39 Fine 3B 0. 78 0 Lbaseed 23 10..23 1 Noche, good to oneso 0...80 0 Paorisions, per eeL Costa Rice, ordi- Butter—Oork, tnt 9l 0...93 nary to One 33 0... 33 0 2nd 0 0 0 Sumatra and Pa- 3rd 0 0... 0 dang l3 0...27 0 Dublin, Tao, at per lb. Limerick, do B5 0..68 Coagou, common.. A 78...0 85 Carlow, Ist..._ 9O 0..98 Rica, at per cwt. Newry, Id 0 0.. 0 Bengal white l3 0... 16 0 Waterford B6 0...92 Cargo 9 6... 10 6 Beef, India, par Jam l4 0... 15 0 tierce Patna, cleaned .... 20 0.. 23 0 Prime Mess 0 0... 0 Carolina 2B 0...32 0 Pork, prime mesa.. 87 6...90 Seisms. Bacoa.Pork,Lmrk (97 Do., Belfast i "' • 0 aeon, Waterford, per cwt. 63 R 63 Belfast Ard,Bellkat,prfrk i 56 0...68 Waterford, do I Ditto Bladder American,duqp SO 0...66 0 Rims, Oa and Cow, at per lb. B. A. and K. Video, cl2. ted Brax 0 dry 0 45...0 S ssiited 04.044 Rio, dry 0 41 .0 115 Lima &Yelp. dry 0 5 ...0 • Went India, dry 0 4 ...0 5 Salted 0 34..1 4i East India 0 4 ..0 I• 5 liic i t n .,mes, dry 0 7 ..0 5 dry 0 55-0 II S. AmerAloree, per hide 5 n S Russia, ditto 6 ... e 6 I Tire Woom, at per ton. ,Jamaica.C4 O.- 0 IL To r n7l:ras ...... ..... 3 0... 0 Carapeachy 7 0... 8 Puede, Jamaica 1 10... G 1 Nicaragua, large and solid 10 0...13 Small, Lima 10 10...15 1 Ng*. 11 10...15 Red &ciders 4 5... 6 —' lB 0. SO Rum at per -- Leeward ad Proof I 7 ... 1 9 Demerara, 26 to 36 per cent. O.P 2 1.. Jamaica. 30 to 96 per cent. O.P. 3 6... 4 Pacourite marks 4 4 ... 6 Brandy, Ist brands 4 7 ... 5 Britlah spirits, d.p. 10 3 ... 0 Scotch [tisk . 10 3 ... 0 FIAZ, per ton. Riga, P.T.R. £47 0...54 St. Petersburg, 9 head 0 0... 0 Dutch and Flemish 55 0...85 Friesland Hens, at per ton. St.Petersburg,eleen.C3s 0...36 outshot outahot pas 40 0...42 East India Senn lB 0...23 Bombay l6 0...19 lute Tin, et per cwt. Banes B2 0_ 0 Straits COM. in blocks 92 0... 0 laos, at per ton. CB 5 161 Bars CORN.—BARNSLET, Jan. 12.—The market was well attended by both buyers and sellers, but the trade was very languid, little business being done, and only at rates lower than last week in all kinds of grain. Wheat sold at from 20s. to 225. per three bushels. Barley, from 325. to 345. per quarter. Oats, 255. to 265., at which prices little [ banners was done, the market holding to a later hour than weal. BASINGISTOLE, 12.—Fine white Wheatmade 141.105. per load ; red. 14/. ; seoond quality, 131. to 131. 10s. ; nor, 121. to 121. to 15e. ; millers bought freely. Flour and bread as last week. Of Barley much was offered. not more than half selling ; priors lower from Is. to 2s. per qr. ; top price for the best heavy malting, 32a.; second, 305.; com.r. mon, 275. to 281. Malting was difficult of sale, at from 7s. to 8.. per bushel. Beans were in good demand, at an ad vance of Is. per quarter. White Peas also sold freely at a trifling advance ; maple as last week. Oats rather .3arce, yet no dearer ; best, 255. per qr.; good feed, 221. to 235. ; com mon, 18s. to 21.. Winter and spring Taxes, 6s. to 7a. 3d. per bushel. BOSTON, Jan. 12.-With a moderate supply of Wheat to day, and much out of condition the dry samples to the millets made Is. per qr. more, pa rticularly fine white. Beaus fully as dear ; no alteration in Oats. Wheat, red, 445. to 50.. ; tine, 52.. to 54e. ; dry, 55.. • white, 46e. to 523.; fine, 541. to 56a. ; dry, L7l. Oats, 16s. to 21s. Beans, 36a. to 38e. per qr. to the grower. CHICHESTER., Jan. 12.-We have a fair supply of Wheat and Barley to day, but moderate of other grain. The best samples of Wheat sold at the prices of last market-day, but inferior samples were fully Is. per qr. cheaper. Barley and Oats Is. per qr. lower. Beans and Peas maintained their former value. Wheat, 48e. to 545. Barley, 27.. to 3'2. Oata, 211. to 243. Beaus, 40s. to 44.. Peas, 373. to 389. Flour, 395. per sack. - -- • -•- • • EXETER, Jan. 12.—Samples of Wheat plentiful, and prices above Bs. were not obtainable. The principal part of the business was done at from Ts. 6d. to Ts. 91. per bushel. The supply of foreign has in a great measure been taken off. Flour was dull, at from 425. to 431. per sack. HALIEWORTII, Jan. 11.—A good supply of Wheat and I Barley. With the former it was difficult to maintain quota tions' and with the latter figures were firm for fine qualities. Beans and Peas cheaper. Wheat, 465. to 555. per qr. Bar ley, 29., to 30s. Beans and Peas, 365. to 40s. Oats, 245. to HAYWARD'S HEATH, Jan. 12.—Wheat in fair supply, and eventually cleared at a reduction of Is. to 2s. per qr. Barley, Oats, Beans, and Peas, steady sale. Wheat, white, 131. 10s. to 141. per load ; red, 121. to 121. 10s. Barley, 30s. to 34a. per qr. Oats, 19s. to 20s. Beans, 365. to 38a. Peas, 365. to 375. - NEWCASTLE, Jan. ll.—We hove DOW fine seasonable weather, with frost and snow, which, if it continue, will impart more firmness to the Wheat trade. At our market this morning we had a less supply of Wheat from the isciantry, but, a oonsidnable portion of last week's ressipls being held over until to-day, no advance in consequence could be established ; at the rates of Saturday a good clearance was effected, choice red commanding 66e. to 675. per qr. of 631b5., whilst extra foreign was saleable at 685., same weight. For Flour there was rather more inquiry. Where vessels required clearing a slight concession was made to our buyers, but the decline was not sufficiently marked to warrant any change being made in our quota tions. Rye dull, but not lower. Maltieg Barley, being ex ceedingly scarce, must be quoted fully Is. higher. Malt extremely flat, and sales can only be promoted by accepting lower rates. Boiling Peas may be written Is. dearer, and, from the fact of Potatoes being so high, we look for this artiele improving still further in value. Beans much the same. Oats held more stiffly. •• • ROMPORD, Jan. 12.—Our market to-day was well supplied with all kinds of grain ; prices about the same as list week. Wheat, 445. to 605. per qr. Barley, 30s. to 33*. ; grinding, 265. to 28s. Beans, 325. to 40s. Peas, 345. to 405. Oats, 20s. to 30s. Rye, 30s. to 33*. • SPALDING, Jan. 11.—At this day's market our supply of well-conditioned samples of Wheat has been more numerous, and it fetched the extreme prices of last market day. Those out of condition are considered is. lower. We do not antici pate heavy supplies for the coming month ; but, should we be favoured with a bright atmosphere, thrashing will go on more freely. The trade for Oats was not brisk, but the de mand equal to supply, and last week's prices realised. No alteration to notice in new Beans ; old le. lower. The 41b. loaf, Sid. to 54d. • DUBLIN, Jan. 11.—At this day's market, Wheat was L and Oats 3d. per barrel lower, but fine Barley was rather improved. Flour also fully sustains its value. Indian Corn was heavy, and Is. per qr. lower. The following was the general currency :—Wheat, red, per 2801b5., 275. to 31s. ; white, 291. to 335. Oats, per 1961b5., 10s. 6d. to 13e. Barley, per 2241bs , 13s. 6d. to 17e. Gd. Indian Corn, per 480165., 28s. to 395. Oatmeal, per cwt., 13s. to 14s. 6d. Floor, in sacks, per cwt., for seconds, 16s. Gd. to 17s. Gd. American, per barrel, 295. to 31s. HOPS. BOROUGH MARKET, Two o' Clock. Menus. Pattenden and Smith report that there is a good demand for all Hops, at the following prices : New Mld& E. Kent. 31. 10 tad. 0 Yesrlina Kents.p.ceot. 21.16 to K. 0 New Weald of Keats 2 16 to 3 10 Yeallireg Come: 6to 3 New Nome: ........ 2 16 to 3 10 Old Hope.. ...... 1 oto 2 0 Yarob.una ...... 4 4to 5 5 BASINGSTOKE, Jao. 12.—Trade firm; some inquiry for best Farnham., which are getting scarce ; 51. 15s. per cwt. was offered for some of Pain's growing ; Alton Hops are 11110 readily disposed of, at 41. 10s. to 51. ; Odiliams, at 31. 10s. to to 4L ; inferior, 31. ss. to 31. 100. WORCESTER, J 1132. 12. —There is a better demand for our fine 1846 Hops, which, being ecarce,4s. to Gs. more money is obtained for them ' • but middling and inferior quality are still depressed and dilttcult of sal.. The growers are look ing forward for better prices, but the dealers are not over anxious to make purchases at present. AMERICAN Hope.—The srriv►ls from the United States of America at the present time include some Hops, t➢e pro duction of that part of the world. The line of packet-ship Prince Albert, arrived in the docks from New York, has brought 20 bales of the article, and other arrivals of a simi lar nature have taken place. WOOL—Earrmt, Jan. 12.—Yolk, from to 6d. 61d. per lb. BAY.—SMITEITIELD, Two o' Clock.—Meters.Cooper and Davis report the following quotations . - - Primo Meadow 60a. to 744 I Rowan... 45a. to Mt. Straw.. 24.. to 22a. Inferior ...... fdo. to 136 L I Clover .. 751. to Kw CATTLE, &C.—EXETER, Jan. 12.—Although by no means a lugs market, the supply of fat Bullocks was somewh►t better than on the preceding week, and they were generally of a very prime description. The quotation for fat Bullocks, from 60*. to nearly 635. per cwt., or from 101. 6d. to nearly Ih. 3d. per score. Butchers' Calves were scarce, and much sought after, and must be quoted at from 60. to 7d per lb. The Sheep were, in many respects, fine, aad the qubtations from 6d. to 61d. per lb. Barreners, in fair condition, and estimated to graze 28 score each, were sold for 81. 10s. each, 31s. per ewe., or 61. per more ; while poor articles were sold at 30s. 6d. per cwt., or Is. Cid. per score. lor Yesterday's Matthaei sae tag page. SHIPPING. Ms !La ARRIVED.—DubIin, 3; Waterford, 2; Donaghau 1 ; Flanders, 1; Holland, 1 ; Hamburg, 1; French, 1. LONDON, Jan. 13.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.W., fresh breeze and dull hazy weather. DEAL, Jan. 12.—N.W.—Arrived Mary and Harriet, Quebec. Arrived from the river and sailed: Arabian, Sierra Leone; Milford, Barbadoes ; Thomas Fielden, New Orleans; Juno, Savanna; Madras. Sierra Leone. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 12.—N. to N.W.—Sailed : Welling ton, New York, FALMOUTH, Jan. 12.—N.E.—Off port: Johanna Catha rine, Batavia. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 12.—N.N.W.--Off port: Shark. HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 12.—N.W.—Sailed : Madura, Aden ; Indus, Bahia. 12th: Einigkeit, Pernambuco; Conrad, St. Thomas ; Creole, Havannah. CLYDE, Jan. 10.—Sailed: Alexander, Trinidad. SHIELDS, Jan. 12.—N.W.—Sailed : Pekin, Madras. DROOHEDA, Jan. 11.—The Dart, of this port, from Pres-1 ton to this place, was run down last night by a vessel, name unknown ; crew saved, and arrived here, with the exception of the captain, who, it is supposed, got on board the other ship. FETERHEAD, Jan. 10.—Several barrels of Stockholm tar, with pieces of wreck of a large vessel, copper-bottomed, have come on shore near here lately. ABERDEEN, Jan. 10.—The Paquebot du Havre, of Bor deaux, for Newcutle, is on the beach here, leaky, and, it is ei , will not be got off. rt t gza, Jan. 10.—The Veracity, arrived here yesterday, with bows chafed, having struck on a sunken rock on the Bth lost., about 12 mi , esE.N.E. of Hamborough Head. SHIELDS, Jan. 11.—About ten of bar iron, and storm, have been saved from the Edward, of Hull, stranded on Tyne. mouth Rocks on the 7th instant. The Rosa and REBOTS, lion, of this port, and the Ocean Bride, of Sunderland, have sustained damage in the harbour. 12th, Emily, hence to Havre, has been got off the Herd Sand, nearly full of water, and has been laid on the ground at South Shields, very much damaged. WISRECH, Jan. 12.—Half of the cargo of the Mary Simkin lass been saved, in a damaged state. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 12.—Arrived : Sultanas, Constanti nole ; Gibraltar, Malta. Orr PENZANCE, Jan. 11.—Plymouth, St. John's, N. 8., for Fowery. LONOHOPE, °RINEY, Jan. I.—S. to S.S.W.—Arrived : Johanna Drysdale, St. John's, N.B. LEITH, Jan. 8.-Sailed: Ganges, Bombay. BRIDLINGTON, Jan. 11.—The brig Record, of Sunderland, put into this port to-day very leaky, having struck on the Whitby Rock, but has taken extra hands and proceeded for Grimsby, The Duke of Cleveland, from Shields to London, struck on the Whitby Rock this day, and soon after sank. YARMOUTH, Jan. 12.—The Trusty, of Guernsey, went on the Cross Sand this morning, but got off leaky, after throw ing part of taro (coal) overboard, and is coming into the roads. The outer light-ship of the Elbe, was fallen in with, 10th inst., 22 miles W. by N. of her station, having been driven off by the ice, by the Countess of Lonadale (et.), ar rived in the river. LEITH, Jan. 11.—The Arthur, from Konigsberg, which arrived here 7th inst., was bound to Amsterdam, has put in here in distress, and must discharge to repair. A boat (ap parently English built), full of people, driving about half a mile to windward, the sea running very high, and darkness coming on, was seen 2nd inst., in let. 54 N., long. 1 E., by the Hulfe, arrived here. A French brig, laden with wheat, was stranded on the beach, near Aberdeen, on the Bth inst. ; crew saved. A schooaerrigged vessel was seen ashore on Elbow Bank, near Dundee, by the Wave, arrived at that port on the 7th inst. A boat marked " Anne Wm." and papers belonging to the Jane, of Evesham, have been washed ashore near Dundee. A vessel belonging to St. Andrews, is also reported to have been wrecked there. SKIBBEREEN, Jan. 10.—The Cumbria, from Quebec, which came on shore in Humerus' Bay, a derelict, has been got off and anchored in safety. NOTICE ro Meaux nui.—The Commisaioners of Northern Lighthouses have transmitted to Lloyd's a statement of cer tain beacons erected, and buoys laid down, in Loch Ryan, ',lnaba Loch, and the Frith of Forth, but which is too long for insertion ; it CM, however, be seen on application at Lloyds. COMMERCIAL Mfr MARKETS. MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE. Two o'Clock.—The funds are still pursuing their upward course. Consols were first quoted 871 to 1 for money and the opening, from whence they suc cessively became buyers at t, ?, and until now they are 87 to; for money and this account, and 871 buyers for the next, with a brisk market. This ex traordinary and continued rise in government secu rities must not be supposed to be owing only, or chiefly, to the force of extensive purchases by capi talists and the public for investment, now that the dividends are bringing eo much money forward, for, in fact, it is not improbable that the bulk of business of that description will have been concluded. The explanation on the Stock Exchange of the advance is that parties, that is, technically speaking, the " bears," who had sold largely last account on the speculation of a fall in prices, and have since been enlarging their stakes in the same direction during the present account, and who, it is known, have shown much uneasiness latterly, as prices adversely to their hopes ascended, are now in a real panic, with the settlement of account on the 18th at hand, whilst day by day prices are still raised upon them. In this situation they find themselves at length impelled to rush into the market and to buy bark the stock they had sold for time, and would be called upon to de liver, whatever the further sacrifice. These compul sory purchasers contribute to raise the market upon themselves, for in proportion to their eagerness to purchase, the parties for the rise, that is, the " and those who really hold stock for sale, demand higher rates of prices. From the inconsiderable contour, or rate of continuation to next account, which is only 1, it would appear that no very san guine expectations are entertained in any quarter of any great further improvement in Consols, even if present prices be maintained. Reduced Threes are 87:i to I. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 881 to 4. Exchequer Bills, 245. to 265. premium. Bank Stock, 194 to 7. Attention is so absorbed by home stocks, that but little is doing in foreign. Mexican are quoted 18 to I. They were called yesterday, through an error copied from a broker's printed list, 18; to 19, instead of the prices as now given. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 541 to 1 ; the Fours have advanced to 851 to 6. Spanish Fives, 191 to 1; the Threes, 291 to 1. Portuguese, 26 to 7. The Hamburg Borsenholle, received this morning to the Bth inst., states that the news of the large failures at Frankfort bad interfered very prejudicially at first with the operations of Leipsic, but that subse quently, when it was found that the merchants and bankers of the latter place would be little implicated comparatively in the affairs of the fallen houses, eon- %ht Oporto. MAILS The mails for Britidi North firsenea, Bermuda, and the Culled States, will be made op on the eveting of the 14th January. The West India Mails, excluding Bennwia, Nasvm, Ha llonduns, New Orleans, Vera Cr., Tampisa, cal forte lUao, and including three for Madeira, Jacmel, Cartharena `ante Martha. Chagres, Panama, West Coast of South Amelia, and Kt. Juareda. Nicaragua, will be made up on the morning of the 17th January. The mails for Vigo, Oporto. Lunlno, Madmen, C.1i17, and tabraltar will be made up on the morning of the 17th January. lbe overland nulls for Gibrult.u, Malta, tin ewe, tine loonm Wanda. Flrt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Ling-Kong, and China, eta houteamptan, trill be made up on the morning of the 20th January. The overland closed MAIN ran Marseilles, to the Mediterranean. Crypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, licog Kong, he., will be made up on the awning of the 24th January. The marls for New South Walea, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand will be made up on the eeemug of the Sist January. The main for the Brazils, the Mem Eahr, Monte %Mau, Pemaale sa=iltahia, Madeira, and Buenos Ayres, will be made up on th tithe ath February. TO COZIMPONDINTIL Ismael sr • The Ewer." 1...4.• 1r=i1 . ...01 .11.8.01winat. by Ty• stelae* on Ile day of pa •-••••••• M ea Um aid.% ZION WATS{ AT LONDOM 11111011. Manias, ma. mon . ARAMs. • NIL WA lloasewlirs/a& 34 Ala Ant Iy Allnesmk ,AgA. p.“ 7. LONDON,THU.RSDAY,JAN. 13. THE question of the sugar duties grows serious. There is obviously a combined movement in progress to bully ministers into rescinding the act of 1846. Mr. Gouneeate moves for returns of all kinds, select ing with wary caution facts and seasons that may seem to tell in favour of protection; the directors of the Co lonial Bank embrace the opportunity of an annual meeting to lecture their shareholders on the dangerous consequences which must ensue, from the admission of slave-grown sugars, to public morality and their own pockets; and lastly, the Times undertakes to demon strate "that the expedient of protection might be ap plied to West India sugar without any dereliction of the principles of free trade." Sir it. PEEL'S lieute nant, and the leading spirits among the merchants and planters resident in this country, who arrogate to themselves exclusively the title of West India interest, are combined to raise a clamour against the existing Sugar Duties Act, because it is a transition to free trade ; Exeter Hall will soon raise its sonorous bray in concert; and the Times (skilled in such arts from long experience) is showing ministers, naturally anxious at 'seeing the formidable combination about to assail their great principle. how, by putting a bold face upon matters endplaying upon words, they maychange sides without changing opnions, and endure with a jaunty air of external complacency the taunts and reproaches which cut them to the quick. The Times is tempting ministers to become the l'Esas of protection, and wheel back to the obsolete faith as he came over to the new lights. It may reasonably be doubted whe ther ministers could gain as much by recurring to the opinions of the last generation as their rival has gained by coming in to those of his own. The manifestoes of the allied forces are marked by an amount of exaggeration that ought to be sufficient to inspire third parties with distrust of their conclu sions. "The comparative prices "it is observed in the report of the directors of the ' Colonial Bank, " of British plantation sugars (of the same qualities) at the commencement and termination of the year 1847, as stated below, will show the ruinous depreciation which has occurred in the value of this principal pro duct of the West Indies, mainly if s not entirely caused by the admission to home consumption of slave-grown sugar." The report goes on to state that " unless the net of 1846 shall be amended in such a manner as will admit of the cultivation being carried on to a profit, the West Indian colonies must be ruined." But when a proprietor suggested that if the colonies were about to be ruined it was high time that the concert should be gradually wound up and the capital divided, the chairman demurred : " It would be pre mature to say what the bank should do. At the next meeting they would be in a better position to say what the course of their proceedings ought to be." The directors are not quite so much terrified as they pretend to be. The directors know that with the extreme variations in the pikes of sugar which have characterised the business of last year, the admission of foreign sugar has little or nothing to do. The Gazette averages, which were 345. per cwt. for mas covadoes is bond in January, and 37e. in February, gradually fell from the latter price to 225. in December. But the prices in January and February were specu lation prices—prices given in the expectation that sugar would come into demand for the distilleries— prioes which, in the words of ?deems. LAiso and BRUISES, " had the double effect of seriously injur ling, not only the immediate speculators, but also by unnaturally raising the prices of low strong sugar, of encouraging the importation of descriptions totally unfit for the market, to the ruin of many of the shippers and their connexions." The low prices of October, November, and December were panic prices. Many circumstances conspired to reduce the average; the immense quantity of rubbishy goods which had been imported . in consequence of the spe culative prices at the beginning of the year ; the ina bility of parties who had invested in sugars to hold in consequence of pressure arising out of the opera tions in grain ; the exaggerated anticipations of a continued rise in the puce of corn and the exportation of bullion. These circumstances sufficiently account for the great fall in prices, and they have no connexion either with the peculiar situation of the West India colonies or the diminished duty on foreign sugars. As little have some circumstances which have doubtless contributed to diminish—it is to be feared in some cases entirely to destroy—the profits of shippers of sugar ; as, for example, the difficulty of obtaining shipping and the rise in freights con sequent upon the demand for vessels to carry corn, &c. And the evidence that to these causes, and not to the importation of foreign sugars (free-labour or slave-labour) is owing the depression is prices, is found in the fact, that of upwards of two millions of cwts. of foreign sugar imported during the first eleven months of 1847, only 936,035 were entered for home consumption ; and that the quantity of West Indian sugar entered for home consumption during these months showed an increase of 144,888 cede. over the quantity so entered during the cor responding period of 1846 ; the quantity of Mauritius sugar an increase of 168,771 cwts. The wary directors, too, know that more than one circumstance may contribute to better the condition of the West Indies during the next few years. It is true they advert, in express words, only to the chance of a repeal of the sugar duty act of 1846, bat they know that this is not their only chance. They count upon the possibility of increased sup plies of free African labourers ; upon the effects of improved husbandry and manufacture; upou a reduction in freights consequent on the repeal or modification of the navigation-laws; upon the prospect of having . molasses allowed to be used in distillation, and insinuated cane juice admitted at a reasonable rate of duty ; upon the fact that, at present prices, sugar may profitably be substituted for grain to dis tillation. They know that West India sugars have kept their ground under all the trying and disastrous circumstances of 1847, with the differential duties in operation during that year, and do not despair of wrestling through 1848 and its reduced differential duties with even a better result, though, like prudent men, they keep their own secret, and try to make out a case for as high a protective duty as possible. We have dwelt at this length on the statements of the directors of the Colonial Bank because they are entitled to respectful consideration, emanating, as they do, from men who have a deep interest in the issue of the experiment now in progress, are responsible to their proprietors, and, li ke all traders, are natu rally and pardonably distrustful of changes. The sophistry of the college pedant in the Times, who un dertakes to prove that to resort to " the expedient of protection " does not necessarily imply desertion of " the principles of free-trade," merits no such respect ful treatment. In college exercises of dialectic skill such trifling may be tolerated ; but where important mercantile interests—the prosperity of a nation's commerce—are at stake, it is sheer impertinence. The ground on which the standing committee of West India merchants and planters, in a recent memorial to Lord JOHN ReSnELL, ask for a permanent differen tial duty of 10s. per cwt. on slave-grown sugarsis, that free labour in the West Indies is dear, and slave labour in Brazil is cheap, and that, therefore, the addi tional duty they mention is required to prevent the Brazilians from underselling the West Indians in the English sugar market. This is asking for protection, because they cannot produce so cheaply as their foreign rival, and to concede it would be to abandon the _principle of free trade. The writer in the Times is witty on the inconsis tency of this country in going to great expense to put p down the slave trade by naval armaments on the one hand, and in encoureguig the slave trade by --..._, ing slave-grown sugar oe the other. The :e;;\ of such conduct may be frankly conceded, b IL,IOII. ,i .. '): 3 ) r . i— '4. _ \ ....-,.., .... .. 1 ,., L _. ? pp 1::.-7.1 'el' ti Z i;;: - -.k as 4 x 0 3. 23 k 3x3d, Els*, a • in ,L 4 .l4 3• 23, g hum k Y. wise I. _ gavenny. rord-st.— W r liitthe gute-11. Loden, li. un ac T. Lamb's tri, &S. rilierit, B. iirbwiad Stone & At.r—tV. tiCon—J. E. Whit- DOE 0 eat • Feb. 7 n. Jan.2l Feb II Larnbine, Leon, re. neer, St. North. h. Lady Q NieYid, w1:1114r- Pill! A letter end" ent and ecr nee. Ire W:al LTV, c brated even to t. Sold diluent, u. Fiiq•. . 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