The Express. — London, England, 1848-02-01 00:00:00

...i..:' THE EXPRESS TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1848. sun, 108 to 110. Some observations were made a few days ego un der this head, about the extraordinary eagerness dis played by the American government in sending to the mint for re-coinage almost all the foreign gold, British sovereigns more especially, which entered the treasury in payment of customs dues ; and it was re marked that the operation must present some advan tages from the superior puri B ty of the ritish coin to compensate the necessary charges of such an opera tion. In such case the American recoinage must be less pure, and be made up in weight with more alloy. The conjecture was not hazarded without something more than suspicion of the fact, the verification of which, however, with any pretensions to precision, must necessarily be the province of practical and scien tific men only. A valuable little work, entitled, "Tables of British Gold and Silver Coia," by Mr. James IL Watherston, a respectable goldsmith well accomplished in the craft and mystery of assaying and refining, as may be supposed from his selection as one of of the jury of the pyx, appointed on the Pith March last to examine and report upon the standard weight and fineness of the coinage issued from the Mint within a given period, comes opportunely to throw light upon the subject, and to confirm in a considerable degree the suspicion which was ex prmsed. From the explanations gathered from Mr. Watherston's work, and the tabular illustrations with which he has favoured us in MS., intended as a supplement to it hereafter, there is reasonable ground for the conclusion that advantage is taken in the United States, and not there only though principally, of the superior purity of the Bn tish standard, both as to weight and fineness, to melt down and recast British sovereigns into a coinage of inferior, not to Bay baser, properties. The American gold "eagles" may, it is true, be coined of the legal weight, a fact not difficult of ascertainment by the least intelligent of mankind with the help of money males, but the weight after all may merely represent so much more of the alloy employed at the expense, and to the deterioration, of the fineness of the re coined metal, as measured by the British if not the American standard of purity. It is in all probability the superior fineness of the British gold coin that is chiefly speculated upon for defraying the charges of melting and re-coinage, if not also leaving a profit beyond. The reduction of the fineness by so many grains in the ounce may be cheaply substituted as to weight by the addition of so much more alloy, and as American gold eagles are no where current or recog nised out of the United States, either as circulation or merchand hie, the inferiority of the standard of the metal, as tested by that of the sovereign, when slightly only debased, will net readily be detected, or would he difficult of detection if suspected, when serving the purposes of domestic currency only, and circulating from hand to hand for the adjustment of internal transaetions alone, and the every-day uses of com mon life. But out of this reduced fineness a sufficient advantage may still be reaped on recoinage, to cover possibly more than the costs of the process at the American mint. So far as concerns internal circulation here, no dis advantage can of course be experienced, from the fact that British gold coin is of the purest and most per fect standard in the world, but the reverse. Fur it must be a satisfaction for the public to be assured, on the irrefragable authority of the skilled and respect able gentlemen who composed the jury of the pyx, by whom the facts were determined after laborious ex periments, and calculations upon a mass of coin laid before them, that, as Mr. Watherston says, "the most perfect confidence" may be felt " that the money in our chests is actually, both in weight and fineness, what it purports to be." But with gold coin as exportable merchandise, and as such influencing the rates of exchange according to its more or hss accepted parity, the case comes to be materially dif ferent. For if the law makes allowance, as it does, for ~. . " fallibilitise in workmanship," both as regards weight and fineness, to the extent of so many grains in the pound troy of coinage for each, whllit by the perfec tion to which the Mint processes have fseen brought such allowances are for to be superfluous, the coin being in feet as nearly as possible of standard value according to :gold which is ascertained to be within three troy grains of mathematical so. curacy," it follows naturally that foreigners, fully aware of the extent of the allowances for the working, or " remedies," as technically understood, being so much drawback eßon the standard, calculate the value of the coin in exchanges as if the whole of the "remedies" had been availed of , as y in their own and other countries, and t the he are coin therefore so much below standa rd. Snowing that the "remedies" are there as allowed by the regulations of the Mint, and might be taken advantage of if necessary or desired, it is only emrsonable for their own more perfect security that limy should value the coin in exchange at the loser ' fate of the standard, less the "remedies," or allow :was to the worker for possible deficiencies of weight The ess. j en ury of the pyx had submitted to them a number of gold coins to the amount of 9,5451. 105., being so many °eine taken indiscriminately from so many pans& of a coinage operation representing in mites the value of 7,177,7701. 84. The real question was, from the sample to ascertain the weight and fineness of the mass as compared with the standard of the gold trial-plate. Watherston gives, supplementarily, calculations as to what the " reme dies," supposing they Tai been taken advantage of, as they might have been, would have amounted to in favour of the workers, but pro tanto to the deterior ation of the purity of the coin. It was found that I t h e 9,5451.105. was found to weigh 2041 be. 3oz. 10dwt. t r ey, or four grains more than required by Mint indenture. The mass of 7,177,7701. Bs. weighed proportionally 153,6171b1. 4oz. 2dwt. 14 grains, therefore over weight in favour of the public by eget. &dirt. 8 grains, whilst in point of fineness it was found on assay exactly to correspond with the " stand ard trial-plate of 1829, which has been proved to be within 3 troy grains in the pound of mathematical accuracy." Now, apart the alight variation in regard to weight, so slight indeed as to beta en an astonishing precision of process, and moreover a va riation in excess of the required or standard weight, what would the "remedies" for weight and fineness have amounted to in weight and value, supposing they had been taken to account, as they might have been? From Mr. Watherston's calculations, we learn that the legal " remedy" for weight (12 grains to the pound troy) upon the 153,6171b5. 4oz. 2dwt. 14 grains, representing the sum of 7,177,7701. Bs., would have been 32011 m. 001. Bdwt. 16 grains, or say in sterling 14,9531. 13e. 9d., whilst the " remedy" for fineness (15 grains to the pound troy) would have been 4001bs. Ooz. 10dwt. 20 grains, or in sterling 20,3921. 6s. Upon each million of sovereigns the " remedy" for fineness would be equal to 55Ibs. Boz. 16dwt. 21 grains of pure geld, or 2,8411. Os. 60. These figures represent the pro rota of lose suffered in the operations of foreign exchange by the custom of calculating British gold at the lowest rate of value upon the presumption that the " remedies" are availed of, and therefore the coin so much below standard weight and purity, whereas the fact is, that the " remedies are no longer called for, through the perfectibility to which the art of coinage has attained, and are become a thing of name only, a sort of al fiction, without substantial existence, like a shoal of other venerable remains of antiquity which cling about courts of law. With respect to France and the United States the case is different The whole " remedy" the amount of which for fineness is the same as in this country, is there taken advantage of by the workers and con tractors of the Mint, so that it is only just that other countries should estimate the coin of those nations at ita lowest point of fineness and of value in ex change. would be difficult to estimate even approximately. the aggregate lees sustained by this country in the operations of foreign exchange alone by the under estimate of the real fineness and value of British coin, arising out of the " remedies," which are known to be exigible, and by which, if availed of, the coin would be by so much deteriorated, althoug the coir is in reality rendered quite pure and of h the less. standard, and the " remedies" are not called for or taken advantage of at all. England — London above all—is the great drawing and paying place—the general loaning and liquidation bank of the world. Hundreds of millions are yearly drawn upon, and made payable in, this country from foreign parts, or vice versa, bills are drawn and ne gotiated here upon all quarters. The rates of ex change are based upon and regulated proportion ably by the value set upon the legal coin, itself a c ommon article of merchandise. Supposing that the fifty-two or three millions of British exports were to be taken as the amount, subject only to the influence of the under-estimate of gold before pointed out, the difference in loss upon the bill exchange operations consequent (leaving imports out of question) would amount per anaum to no less than 147,550/. The remedy suggested by Mr. Wathereton for this wanton waste created by " remedies " for defective working at the Mint, which are now superfluous, is, if not the abolition, the material duct on of the " remedy," on fineness, to one half at re least of its pre sent nominal figure, say from 15 grains to 7i grains in the pound troy. On view of the results of the last great coinage of over seven milliens, no prejudice would appear to be suffered from a larger reduction still, although the Bank of England might lose some of the advantage now possessed of having their gold reported lower to them than to the public. The following table, constructed by Mr. Wather ston, gives a simple and intelligible view of the loss inflicted upon the country by the present system of the Mint: BRITISH MEASURE OP VALUE IN RESPECT OF L 1,869 STER LING WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIFR CONTRA. 1,869 Diaeresis are selected is this atatement im account of their weighing an even number of pounds Tray without fractions. In the manufacture, however, of thts amount, a melody for contingencies of the value of E 9 44.00. is allowed for such errors as are s upp 104 osed to be unavoidable in the pr oms s of coinage, namely . EI 1 for inamorata . * in weight, and Xi M. 2d. for inaccuracies in line men*. ----19...11,..1. 0 4 0,4 go gs. i`3l4 . 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I Z Ot rectoesses Bet. I MIPS MY Mech, ICI 9 t i alla ai lir tic tlll4, a Cu& MU. 410693911 4 4 5 6 Diaz : Cie3,4l. IUNDS. • tor 04 Danisa Dia. 1926, der., 1069 9 6 Ds CON trilt Doak. Dlr. Do,. IMO. Do. .Lixt.. rob. l i at i. 3 pot C4 DpAlei 319 Iff e ls. U ri* maw" sc. si re , 04. Nadi IL, 19 OWL. 649 i 4 Pet Ct. Ditto Oitida..ll l l errocKe 11110 AD. Mismal. ------ Ma rims. los. Si. I Mag. ii .,7:..c, I._ 7. -- fcro il 1 Psr g i tiiii 75 40 1 ,a N ' 75 85 1 ...... I nd i a 114 SI 116 lili U 4 . o o 44 F DA 4 ...........3 .. o o I lumbago re Leaks Ida% W W. Beier L 1040....1 W licem. 11 BUM Bata. 1 96 90 Way. .. 0 .. De. s ....... . BsamouL JN. SO. et Wit 9111 Set .• Ditto. 19W. OW DM*. lON. 913 : DM°. Bee. I T; ok le 198 19w0. 79 i 7 2 WI ; Ts .nc. on Lemke : 24 614 Bum. JAN. W—a. lawiL sad. 39. 929 92. T,,,,,, A , jaJA W—ltes pad 0M... lin . Four roe Ceuta, 99: Three pa 0.1;;. 'ftwoldirlhall per Chute. 604; Lo is. a* 184: Ditto. lOW, 01; Ira ohms. Lem. 31001,0940. JAS. 27.—Arwriea PM per Conta.lol4 • Bea Sharer. 1, , , LBW ; MaC en laaa. 184 d: lire per Cent. UNA. eat. 1014 p.. 95 ; Hope and Co . MIA atol Fourth Bsrles, WI,. pu NM, liewe NM Co. 86 ; Ditto. admllta. U; =.., in . v . c h .t... 139 bilh, 13knone7 ; D lBOO . T 9l9 e z a A LS; NIA Met. Debi Tenased s 1 per Cede. IA ; law pw OW; SO ; Dasidalhatieh Loa. 81 himself were dientiefied with the management of emirs wend have the manliness to com ae *,*wand sall dimmed a sememittes it ingwiry, in order irotr laamoshas ; Ind it leler Nand the M oraC bell hese bib efelip, impireeil then hae greet meideeddl is ergallthell demi of staggnid isedid v essy. To wadi ea nimbi ler Ins ia deseanding ink emandlles si leepky le meald my, let dna amen imessewlesies ease therinenelessimer was dosed, andimmeneelnly apes disk rosin paddent Iss then ask thenedess Inn wowed be dr value eftheirperselp _ekes *lithe peeper& smitswaree De carried eat; ark 101 them rk dreariesembelber = l wo any way wherag *it peemed Wining repair etselklie Amen. If Ikon line ley redness m ow w e b . weald Jell la sate nediat he should be bow to Mate by i views to them, sad to WWI a elsolidea wpm the _Me. Pelee had ow Mid Whatever et Ifee still Vitt work now propo sed . bet at She more dee it was that the shire olden should know where the fall. Mae i to come from. He was at one time in the late Lines pool and Bury line, and at that time he remembered then was a meeting held at Liverpool, at which it was deems rained to apply for the an of parliament, and sham I, were issued to the proprietors to enable the company to airy out the proposed extension. It therefore appeased to him to belong more particularly to the late Liverpool a nd Bury_Company then to the shareholders in the original Leeds and Yorkshire line. The country was at this moment la ' boning under the effects of the paaie, mad he thought those who had invested their property in the Yorkshire line ought not to pay up calls for this extension. If they were called upon they would moat of them be obliged to sell out 'at a greet loss, as the shares were now at pante prices. It appeared to him that this business belonged peculiarly to the late Liverpool end Buy shareholders, end ought not to affect the abereholders in the original Yorkshini line. lie considered the amalgamation with the Liverpool and Bury Company was ill-considered, and that the burden now ' should be put on the right shareholders. The question, therefore, wee—out of what funds, and upon whom, area I this expense te fall? It ought only to fall upon these ,who first proposed it. — T h e Chairman said that, with regard to the observations of Mr. Price, that gen -11 dram wee under • misapprehension when he sup reed that the capital for the Tithebarnetreet extension I weed& be raised by any calls upon the shareholders in the 1 original Manchester and Leeds line. It wo uld come out of the capital raised as the 321. Extension Stock of the Man i cheater and Leeds Company, and the whole of the money let the proposed snowiest would be raised by calls upon the lulders of that particular stock. As there appeared to be considerable misapprehension with respect to the object of the extension therm, he would beg to refer the thine holders to the report of the directors at the half-yeedg meeting in 1846, where they would find detailed particular with reference to the extension stock. They would en there that the Manchester and Leeds shareholders, who had provided that stock, would in return be entitled to dividends upon any portion of that capital as soon u it camel into profitable operation, or in other words they would be I entitled to their dividends upon any portion of their money i expended on an extension railway, too aeon asthat extension was I opened. With regard to the question, and it was one oficapor race, what would be the probable cost of the Tithebarn street e :tension, the line, although short, would be an expensive one, paring through building property almost entirely from end to end. The contemplated expense was 300,0001. • but he was more willing to assume that it would be 400,000/. However, the East Lancashire Company had applied to parliament claiming the privilege of constructing one-half of the line, and that company would of course have one-half of its use, and pay one-half of the coat of construc tion; and the half to be borne by this company would pro bably amount to 200,0001., to be subscribed for by that class of shareholders who hold extension shares, and the other half of the 400,0001. he war informed they would have power to raise by mortgage. Now, with regard to the observations of Mr. Kynuton, as to • committee of inquiry, no question of that kind could of course be decided at the present meeting ; but it was • fit and proper subject to be brought forward at the half-yearly meeting, which duty AS glad was so ear at hand as it would then be his to lay such a n statement before the shareholders as won , ' enable them to judge for themselves as to the position of the company, and also as to the necessity which there might be for following the course which the honourable proprietors had suggested. lie assured the meeting that it was the earnest wish of the directors to possess the full confidence of the shareholders. Within die last three years this company had obtained powers to make 233 miles o f rail way , of which 100 miles was nearly ready to be opened, and that was the portion upon which the company had concen treted the greatest amount of their mesas ; 33 miles were pro gressing slowly towardscomplt don ; and pushedl had not yet been commenced. Now, if they had n with all the lines during last summer, the directors might justly have been accused of having proceeded rashly and imprudently. Some very absurd reports had been circulated during the month of November with regard to various railway cempenies, and their own company had not escaped. (Hear.) He would, however, state, in cue no gentleman asked for details, that every report which he had heard was entirely without foun dation. (Applause.)—Mr. Kynaston: Then I have heard a report that Mr. Hawkshaw'e salary is reduced to 2,5001. Is that correct ?-1 . he Chairman : The directors had given up all claim to the 3,6001. per annum which had been voted te them, and the salaries of the principal officers of the one pany had been cut down one-half, although their ellrfeele would be continued a. formerly, After alluding to the sari fice made by Mr. Hawkshaw, in giving his services exclu sively to the company at the time engineers were in so much request, the chairman said that everything had been done by the directors which could be done by any board, for the pur pose of infusing energy and activity into the management. If the shareholders Should at any future period determine upon a committee of inquiry, as mooted by Mr. Kynastost, the directors would be perfectly prepared to give any expla nation that might be required.—After the usual routine votes had been passed, and the majority of the proprietors bad left the room, it was discovered, by as accurate scrutiny, that the votes were as follow : In favour of proceeding with the extension, 96,913 ; against it, 7,514. The extension will therefore be proceeded with. East LANCASHISE.—GeneraI and Extraordinary Med ing.—Bury, Jan. 31.—J. Grundy, Esq., in the cbair.—Tbe eighth ball-yearly general meeting was held, and at the clue of the ordinary meeting an extraordinary meeting of the company was held, for the purpose of confirming the for feiture of certain shares in the said company, already de clared forfeited by the directors, and for the purpose of di recting the sale or other disposition of the said shares. The report stated that Since the 31st December the arrears of calls have been reduced to the sum of 57,9001., and now that the pressure on the monetery re moras of the isometry is considerably relaxed, the directors trust that ere long the amount now due for calls nit be further reduced. From the secretary's circular of the 21th of November lest, it will be seen that the board has considered it expedient to modify the arrangement preetwelg weed upon in paying interest on ants —a modification wails le authorised by . the prorates* al the company's wits of perilleelents and founded. oo the &min" believe, upon just grin o pts The lea profit &Netleton the work ing of the lines now in operation inn the Pen hill reer eleeeete to the sum of 14,405/. 195. 91.1.—• Winn winch, Waft la view the commercial depreeion, affecting, 6Whie the pat Wig yew, every branch of sennufacturing indany in thisierin an she the Wean pietc state of the railway, the ereakerserasiars mtlekatem7; hollows a clear prat of 4 per own epee re mat at tied b ri s now working. The dividend of S per ewe. dee as the he amowatiag to the sum of I,o2ll=abis rant 4 the harms et revenue ac count ; but es the et Ow al 01111 22115215 alonlet• Om directors propose to apprepriste the remelneerd Ihisremete the general porpone of the vwfareelffeg. Stbewarktagersemmitheem uray tor the hair-penamonattesesneee per ens.= der+ The directors on arms the obsesheMmis that it has sot blea r =- out the exordia either:4llrd esenten that they site bee able to keep nide( urns ebbs als limit Ia essereares; thew rasa.ei the Woman ember te hi the preffelleld abet el the fasempiste stets er the poor rens et the era er% es =ilie Berbera awl nresess, end Ilamberse, Mien s eat Lbws are entirely unmerited, wale ensons ma r eread ansaditure in the &abbe et the Irene. At sae pried ot the pest half-year, the dewier Wee ander the epprebnies that the cowpony's worlor must be errewhel to es sleet thee weekt how postponed indednitely the cawing ea the tweelediar et the rail way. Such • suspenake hie bees mobs& ebbe. the dbeelore have curtailed t he expend on the works ante the wirer COO oklorabl fie .• the progressive return to • boner etemetilei end goodie.= in the occi= r7 l3l, it le herr; mak the beard to mime the future et the vats. Oa reberhhe to the report of d e b e2 the drefasidera ell be libelee& of the wawa e the herbs ebbe entreat: mg teem bib &sport it appeals eel Is the mew et the yam& me. the voliel mai le the nelsj=libil. The awe- Willman more that the weeks ea the Deb Dm& have set yet bees eserriesmeL This brenekkundor •Er Wen^ end 1 the whole et the bed (nth the einseden ed aro mai yeentm) I required tithe eratatrwilkei hes len peelers& The Wine le be 1 works lemon wine ekseen, awl as the Nee le to he sesta en Leine asesertaf thei and the lansulbe and Teelablee ishway Company, mend al the met will he hem by the Wier mumany. The director@ rudder it sa te bed te weer& with re ansetioe of these works lwatadtately, we *eine eseseete your uadietattag with the desk at Liverpool, and la ateoindy astemary for the aseneamo dens et pser reds traffic at that port. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, ob eerved that the amount they had secured on loan since the last meeting was only 10,0001., excepting where landowner had taken their payments as loans subject to interest instead of ready ash.—Mr. J. Rand, of Bradford, seconded the motion.—Mr. Armitage, of Halifax, asked if there was any 1 truth in a report that the London and North Western and Midland Companies had made overtures to lease 1 their line at six per cent.—The Chairman replied to the effect that the London and North Western and I the Lancashire and Yorkshire Companies had made such en offer, but that it was accompanied with a' contingent which would have set the offer aside if they had I otherwise thought of entertaining it; and that contingent pwasi tht the leasing oompanies should have the option of ayng a off the shareholders of the Rest Lancashire proprie tors at par. Of course the offer was based on the then con dition of the money market, and the fact that their share' were at 61. or 71. discount; but, even under those circum stances, the meeting would see that this offer could not have been accepted.—Mr. Blacklock said he understood the offer to be 6 per cent., and tke line to be afterwards purchased at 20 or 2. , ) per cent. profit, but with no contingent as to pay ing off at par.—The Chairman said the statement he had i already made was correct —Mr. Vance, 01 London, in a long. a dd res s, complained that the quarter sh ares had been put in receipt of 5 per cent. interest, contrary to the original arement, by which they were not to receive interest till 1850.—The Chairman explained that the filet agreement was before it wail agreed to give interest on other shares, but an act was subsequently passe d empowering them to do it. — Mr. Vance concluded. with an amendment negativing that part of the report, but it was not seconded.—The resolution I was agreed to with one dissentient only, in a very large meeting.—The Chairman next moved the reappointment of retiring directors, which was carried without dissent. In answer to a question it was stated that the money required to complete the main line was 280,0001., and that if that amount were forthcoming that portion would be open by June, and a remaining portion by au tumn.—A motion by Mr. T. Greg, against Sunday travelling, was also negatived ; but it was stated that two Sunday trains had been taken off the line.—The extraordinary meeting then commenced, and the Chairmen proposed the forfeiture of 485 shares, on which an aggregate of 2,2681. had been paid.—After some unimportant discussion, as to whether the directors should eirestastanees. That the facts were, Mr. Franklin was indebted to him (applicant) 401., and that be aCliMi' otased him and his broker on Thursday to the Beek ,• fliat the broker handed bin (applicant) the MI. note, and at the moment Mr. Franklin snatched it oat of hie hand. That he (applicant) eoncaiving the note to have been imps). Etaken away from hiss, did certainly premed into the of England, and having deseribed the date and sum lif the note to the clerks, bad it stopped. —Mr. Cotting- Ira mid that he wu still of the same ^:" 146 With ne r et to the 'sauce of the clerks at the Beak in the tranldetlel'i 1/14 that the/ ,;gist under the circumstances to here oraO6einte note what it wee given them change van b P e anklin, unless they had grounds for supposin to g it to hay bean stoles. Now it a pp ea red Fnuthlin reesived the d note from a pluses to whom be bad sold his business, an although be was admitted he be in applicant's debt, yet the o latter wee sot justified in the tours* he had pursued. If, as the t ap ha p ve li cant said, Franklin had matched the not e, why n gelled a policeman and given him into custody I—The appl4 last expressed his regret that he had not given Mr. Frank- Mutate custody when he thatched the note out of his band, after it had been given to him by his broker. That he had invited Frauklin to go before the Lord Mayor, to adjust do matter, but be refused.—Mr. Cottingbam said that he bad already ox re seed his notion with respect to the part taken la the transaction by the clerks at the Bank, and that if any frothier proceedings were to be taken in the affair, they must be by civil and not misdeal law.—The matter then dropped. THAMES.—llsenauarions re SACItS.—J. Collins (who did not appear) was summoned at the instance of Mr. Rum , the solicitor to the Millers' Sack Protection Society, t re X unlawful possession of four sacks, which had been unlawfully procured.—Mr. Humphreys stated that it nail been sworn on oath by respectable men, that the loss sus pined by the millers who supplied the metropolitan bakers with flour, in sacks alone, was from 20,0001. to 25,0001. yearly, and hence the necessity of forming a Sack Protection Bookety, with a solicitor, officers, and sgents.—J. L. M'Denald, an officer appointed by the society, stated that on the 17th hot he found 3 bags and 1 sack in the defendant's shop. The bags lad been complete flour sacks and cut down. One of the bags had part of the words "Charles Barnard, Luttea Mills, Both." The *easels* had the owner's names upon them. The defendant, on being asked to account for his pomeasion of the property, said the three bags were in the 'hop when Ite took possession of it, a few months since, and the sack he obtained from the green market where he bought ebles.The whom the sacks belonged tootledthem, and said th ei r homes were very great. ktr. Whitton computed his own loss in flour seeks st 8001. ]per annu m. The millers, in ans wer to questions by r. liumphreys, said they never sold or gave away their sacks to any one, and that th e begs bad been fu ll socks and cut up. The begs and the sacks had been tarred over, which had the effect of obliteratieg the names for a time, but as they became worn the na mes b ra nded on the sack s enoe , *gain inflicte becamd e visible.—Mr. Yardley, as it was the first off the mitigated penalty of 20a., the property to be returned to the owners. ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.—W. Davis, • Seaman, IS charged w ith violently assaulti n g two police-eoctstablth, named Rudy, 393, and Rogers, 182 K, while in the execu tio of their duty.—About on o'clock in e mrning the prisoner, n who was very drunk , was sparring th at • o manwho sought the protection of Mudy. The prisoner was told to go away, but, instead of doing so, he threw off his jacket, end after applying the most odious epithet/ to the constable and the mate hr was protecting, he said, " Now I'll do for you," and made a rash at Mody, whom he struck with so much violence on his breast with hie clenched fist as to break the box of the policeman's rattle. Mudy seised the prisoner, with whom he maintained a desperate struggle for some time, until Rogers came to his assistance, when the sailor broke away, struck Rogers on the face, and rushed into his own house and clammed the door. The policemen broke it open, and as Rogers entered the prisoner's apart ment he was knocked backwards by blow on the neck with a fid (a long heavy piece of lignum elite, used by sailors for splicing), and he would have fallen down a fl: ht of stairs, if Mudy had not been close behind him. The prisoner's hands and feet were bound, and in that state he was con veyed to the station-house. Rogers was much hurt by the blow inflicted with the Rd.—The pritioner, in defence, said he was very sorry he had behaved so disorderly. Be was drunk, and did not know what he was about —Mr. Yardley sentenced the prisoner to 14 days' imprisonment in the Mouse of Correction. Ccsnity.—Mr. Yardley acknowledged the receipt of twe sovereigns from" T. W. P. " and the second half of a 101 . note front " A. B." for the ,poite-boz. ---- MONEY MARKT. E MONDAT ETINING. The funds have been heavy to-day from sales effected in the early part of the moining, at the higher quotations then ruling. From 89i money, and 891 for time, prices went down to 89,1 and 891 sellers, but finally recovered towards the close of business, and left off at 01 for money, and 891 to 7, far account. Reduced Threes were last done at 89;, but called 891 to 4. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent—, 901 to Exchequer Bills, 35e. to 38s. premium. India Bonds, 235. to 265. premium. Long. Annuities, 9to 1-16th. Bank Stock, 201 to 3. India Stock, 341 to 3. This was settling day in the foreign market for an account rather heavier than usual. The steady rise in Consols, at the commencement of this account, attracted more attention to the low prices of foreign securities, and induced a disposition to speculate in them to some extent, more especially in Spanish, the result of which was a somewhat general enhancement of prices, not, however, altogether maintained since. The liquidation to-day has presented no particular feature. Spanish Fives were quoted 21 to 1 ; the Threes, 311 to Por tuguese, 26 to 7. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 631 to 41 ; the Fives, 85} to 6. Mexican, 181 to . Brazilian, 82 to 4. New Granada, 191 to 201. Has _ slot have compelled more prompt payment, or forfeited the shares before, this motion was also adopted unanimously, end a to of thinks was puled to the Chairman mid dlesetoes. ItewsOu AND BOOT Sr. EDlMPos.—Hallsoody Aar th e y ootiag.—lpowict. Jan. 31.—Mr. John C. Cobbeal is r. —.Tise report stated : Ihedieesimehed hem kept in 'iseht,up to do oioNoot d OS IS to Iloilo" it he r soma MI loltzbia. C l oo l ti a Vtpos the MAW It i t n = 6ll malt Or moue eremereed is tot le MAL Maio stereary le ietee ter Veit the seastseetedea et the holm thin mid WO* meg oingsminst bee. Oder OW% Moe *lli it Ille horst 11l owiliolik Itr il ook loosi oillUOlrp it iho Nomodolo to wow* Oho puma Midis Vow fle mem mg war weeks in Sin Mereflikl a l l te seine seessemg li• suds lm mils oaths fugMd el MU ; ma* murk pooprot MO Moon Oil *nit szesealL Wombs made st shareseisesemb Sir dm loolOtto. IV dim mselleths dleseksee wore 'hew tele ehle il WWI ill 611110101. WIC ihs lee le Dim may ' 1 he to sed ewe Mali in the MOM 4 ilo pooliot we, me the Ur Noroloi wi t amset rot poor. Theo* roodolim this 1 Tosti be 10014 is So ■ ii ioolos ovoid Os is ?to =Ow bred tr= ti=pillo it Mo ri bog _oordolooldoo et the ewe. nisi. the dkeMers lad alesegy asoloiloopo tiro unlit ow foompo Mot, min* Orisogooloit lot emMed thin Natilidar le esime UM apneas et dr ooloUlidmot from dio lit of leurgeg WOOL TM moo revelptita bib tow Da lumen ef mum* et MI gee nintle the haleyeer enfpg.nst December. They aseseneed. me Oa Ime,11( 4te KIM Uo. ed. Th al ewe sow: For geom. egg. 11,t 1 1[. ea. 741.. i rs 4 rharfage, Ursine!. end cam ra le.llll. tss. led.; 17s. td. • hors% serrisllth milk he. 1,1171. tea. t we% 30,4 0 k ille. IL 11111111 1 = 74 :=OOlllllll st the lest half-yearly meadow lellemetem Sr hel Yoe ehesb red, and interest acme. will* herd ea Ma fe es these ireehoelers who Ire paid op ado allo. The oftlimotO a/ solooslo iliowid slot the roselpio to Is So Mt I My, NV MI tor I*llll. lid. ed.; km ezieseten *wit oda venal se. Oniss meek end Isms reps* AMC 111. ld.; leaving 1111411/01. SU N. Won *it doe to WM igo.4lllllYer, 1147, ' they radius okay. le. N. ; pedditotal of 771,0201. 14s. Id. I Expeedlime le the Slat Meg, NU, 9e. I Id. preen that date to the Mb Nov., 114 f s Far verb, MU. Is. 7d. ; rads, choirs, ' ' int o ZPll a r: 9 2 d t . ,fila ; dim l i t: mead= tat other he penditure r ha.toet teen al of 7 iI,SIM. las. ed. ; leaving a balms at 10,70e.1. 194. 2d. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, *aid as the companies would shortly meet as an amalga mated body, no resolution of any importance would be brought forward at the present meeting. The resolution which would be submitted was to enable them to raise moss for the purpose of completing the Norwich Extension, which was admitted by all persons to be of the utmost importance. Acting upon a suggest.on thrown out at a recent meeting held in London, the directors bed considerably reduced their expenses, sad had effected a saving of salaries alone of 1,1X),1. per annum.—Mr. Field wished to know what sum had already been expended on the Norwich Eaten. lion, and also what sum would be required to complete it ? ' Mr. Bruff: From Haughley to Dias, 80,0001. (exclusive of I land), and from Dies to Norwich, 120,0001. The whole', would be completed within the sum named in the original estimate. The amount to open the remaining portion of the line from Dies to Norwich would be 180,0001.—A long die cuseion arose on the policy of calling in the Extension scrip of the company, when the Chairman explained the directors' reasons for doing so, which are embodied in the following 1 addition, which were proposed by Mr. Field, to be added to , the rep ort: The directors have called in the residue of the outstanding eaten- 1 sion scrip, because they are bound by the terms of it to pay at sooner or later, at par, and IL per cent. Interest, and they, altar arta:Sibs. ration, came to the sonclusion, that it was alike beam sow litiontivos 1 that they should get rid of the obligation to earthen is MOM and for the proprietors that they should pay them in go eery. 1 The report was adopted with thin addition. On the subject of amount of interest which the company allow on paid-up shares, Mr. Field suggested, which was agreed to by the directors, that the following should be added to the re. 1 port : —The directors would have proposed to pay 31. per cent interest for the last half-year to the Ipswich and Bury Wam bold. re if the act of amalgamation lied come into operation. They propose that the increased re e shall be given for the current year ender the power of the Amalgamation Act. A resolution was then poised empowering the directors to raise the sum named in the report ; after which the meeting separated. CAMERON'S COALBROOK, STEAM COAL, AND SWAN SEA AND LOOOMOR.—General Meeting.—London, Jan. 31.—N. P. Cameron, Esq., chairman, declared a divi dend of 8 per cent. for the half year ending the 31.1 Dec. hut. Several questions having been put in reference thereto, some wishing to know why it was not more, others desiring that it should be dimini,hed until the heavy debt of the company be paid off, the chairman said that the more OMI- T. nient course would be to allow the report to be read, and that then the directors would not shrink from answering any questions that would not, in their opinion, damage the in terests of the company. The meetine being then made spe cial, the secretary read the report, which stated that the directors, in consequence of the derangement in the money market, had not availed themselves of the power given them at last general meeting to borrow money, except to a very limited extent, and since then an act had been passed which afforded the company still further time to construct the rail way. The directors had purchased two ships, and chartered additional vessel+ at fixed rates, to prevent the future sales d coal being dependent on the fluctuations of freights. The report concludes: The company's coal has again been submitted to a minute MI sad examination at her bf sicisty'a dockyard at Woolwich, and the molt of that examination Ma proved that the statements originally side to the public un these beads have been more than borne out by the recent trial, and on report thereof the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased to direct the company's coal to he placed on the government Mt of coal supplied by contract for the use of her Ma maty'a ateam,fseels. The e ff ect of this order and permismon will be, not only to enable the company to tender for government contracts, but to extond the company's Pales among public companies, mer chants, contractors, and others who are confined in their purchase! to the deacription of coal only appointed to be included in the govern ment list The Secretary or auditor (in reply to a number of ques tions which were put seriatim by one of the shareholders, who expr.ased much discontent respecting the affairs of the company) said that the dividend was paid, not out of the capital, but out of the profits ; that the present was not the I fitting time for placing before the shareholders a balance sheet; that that would be done at the July meeting; that the shareholders should be supplied with a copy of it a week previously (as • matter not of right but of courtesy, and out of respect to the general feeling of the meeting on the point); that the balance of 75,0001. would be paid out of the profits ; that no part of the profits had, as yet, been set apart for that purpose ; that the directors had no power to make further calls beyond the 6/., without the consent of the shareholders ; ' ' that if the calls had been promptly paid, and if no panic had taken place in the money market, e ailway would have been half completed by this time ;t ha t Mr. Cameron (the vendor) had not yet received soy dividend on his shares, having relinquished his interest to July last for the benefit of the company ; that the directors had not taken any part of the 2,0001. voted to them as remuneration at the last meeting ; that Mr. Montetiore had resigned his seat at the board, which had been filled by the appointment of Mr. Henry Hart, of High-street, Borough, • commercial man, the most useful, in the opinion of the directors, for a trading company ; that the balance due on the October call was very trifling ; that as to the January call, it scarcely fair to pat a question, as it had only just become payable; that the proportion of the outlay carried to the capital account was one-fourteenth of that outlay, and that it had nothing whatever to do with the 75,0001. ; and that the railway would he about four miles and • half in length, and cost from 26,0001. to 30,0001., according to the price of labour and materials.—Mr. Burls (a shareholder who joined in the dis content which was at first evinced respecting the conduct of the officers of the company) said that, although he had en tered the room with considerable misgivings on his mind, he must say that the proceedings so far were satisfactory. There was still one point open to objection—namely, an item of 9,1001., without any explanation. Whether that sum had been well or badly expended it would be desirable to know ; and, without meaning to cast any slur upon the directors or auditors, he congratulated them and all such companies on the bill introduced in the House of Lords by Lord Monteagle, which would enable the shareholders, if they should be of I opinion that their 'accounts were not properly made out, to petition the Board of Trade, who would appoint a special auditor to examine them. He had visited Swansea for the purpose of looking after the affairs of th i company, and he must say that Cot. Cameron's statements had given the fullest satisfaction, and that the coal justified in every respect the qualities attributed to it. Ail circumstances considered, he thought the shareholders, who had heretofore reposed confi dence in the directors, had better continue it for six months longer, when the financial and other questions not regularly before the present meeting would have to be considered. — Colonel Cameron assured the meeting that he was in a posi tion to give • satisfactory reply to every question that could possibly he put respecting the operations of the company from the commencement to the present.—The dividend of 8 per cent. was then approved of by the meeting, but without any formal declaration, which the chairman said would be irregular at an extraordinary meeting ; the report was una nimously adopted, and • vote of thenlu to the directors closed the proceedings. WINDSOR, STAINES, AND SW:TR-WESTERN. Npecial fleeting.—London, Jan. 31.—Mr. Chadwick, the deputy chairman of the South-Western, in the chair.—The meeting was held under the act of December last, for the purpose of obtaining the necessary consent of the shareholders for con tinuing the works.—The secretary having read the Bth and 9th clauses of the act, which require that no railway com pany, which previous to the 27th of November, 1847, had not executed any part of their works, should enter into any contract for the execution of such works, except with the stnsent of three-fifths of the shareholders, or holders of ock, the Chairman announced that tbe assents for the pro secution of the works represented 17,464 shares, while the dissents were the holders of only 19 shares. The works would, On before, be proceeded with. He was happy to in form the meeting that so far as the bid No. 1 was con cerned the works were proceeding ia a satisfactory manner, and he trusted that in the course of the summer the line would be opened through to Windsor. With respect to the No. 2 bill (Staines to Farnborough), the company had only just obtained the necessary authority to proceed with it, but he hoped that in a short time the works would be com menced, and that they would be completed with all conve nient speed. WYCOMDE,—General Meeting.—London, Jan. 31.—Mr. Paul in the chair.—The Chairman stated that the present meeting had grown out of the failure of an arrangement which had been pending with the Great Western Railway Company, by which it had been hoped that the works of the company authorised to be constructed would have been pro ceeded with in the course of the ensuing year. Under the set of the 20th of December last, it was necessary that the directors should take powers from the shareholders to pro ceed not later than this day, but after the interview which had been held with the Great Western Company, which had not terminated in the way that had been hoped, the directors had determined that the whole of the powers heretofore conferred should fall to the ground. Hence the directors dissented from proceeding at present, and intended to peti tion the railway commissioners for an extension of time for RAILWAY NEWS. The final operatWns of the settlement were con cluded yester&y. Most of the heavy shares, such as Birmingham., Eastern Counties, &c., were heavy and depressed. Blackwalls were reported better, and ad vanced to Bto North Stafford. were firm at pre vious quotations. French lines were in fair demand. !MAR& LlST.—Losomr, ism. 31. Ifoqs.—Ths quotations of lines In Rowan characters denote steal usnootions those of Ilnos to /Wks own' Pita& rt - ..i.. Lo - oaoo N. uo. Do. Dm Par Ro Paris Strusbourg :41 Kellen sad Ilene Ewan, and MOM.. 72 Toter* os4 Nantes .. 5 40. West Ylandeni ...... 2 11 RAILWAY BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. BUSINESS DISPOSED OF BY ZIAMINEIIB YESTERDAY. Before Mr. Smith, Room 8. U Norr osEn.—Vale of Meath Railway (power to the South Wales R Company to subscribe, and amendment of acts); case he ailway ad. decision postponed. Midland Railway, Gloucester and Stonehousc Junction Railway (Suspended Bill of session 1847); Aberdare Railway Act Amendment (lease of line and works to the Taff Vale Railway Company): standing orders complied with in both cases. ADJOURNED Cases.— Whitehaven Junction Railway (extension, alterations, and branches, itc.): standing orders complied with. Glasgow, Paisley. and Greenock Itailiriy (amendment and branches to the Glugow, Paisley, Kilmar nock, and Ayr, the Glasgow Barrhead, and Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmshagow Railways, and to Haugh Pits), Suspended Bill of session 1847 adjourned to Wednesdal , Feb. 2. Before Mr. May, Room 11. TJ N orroseo. Midland Railway (branch to Ripley with branches therefrom; short branch at Derby; widen ing the line at Derby, sod enlargement of the Derby and Burton stations ; junction lines at Long Eaton, Masbrough, and Bidwell, and branches to the Cinder-hill Colliery): standing orders complied with. MEETINGS. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS. Special Meeting. Manchester, Monday. Henry Houldaworth, Esq., in the chair.—The meeting was called ia pursuance of the act to give further time for making certain railways, for the purpose of determining whether a contract shall be en tered into or not, for executing the works of an extension railway from that portion of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway which was heretofore tolled the Liverpool and Bury Railway, commencing at or near Love-lane and ter minating at or near Titkebarn-street, Liverpool.— The Chairman said that the proposed station in Tithebarn street, abutting close upon the Liverpool Exchange. is the most central situation that could be provided in that large and populous town. The importance of having a passenger station in st&h a situation is farther enhanced by the fact, that in the last session of parliament this company obtained power to make a railway from Manchester to Southport, with a branch by Wigan into the Liverpool and Barytes, which will have the effect of shortening the distance between Liverpool and Manchester by that route ; and Kwill in. fact then possess an equal claim to the support of the public as a most direct Manchester and Liverpool line. The distance, when the Clifton and Wigan part is completed, will be 36 miles only from Salford station to the exchange at Liverpool. An lriginal Shareholder in the late Liverpool and Bury line wished to know whether the making of this proposed exten sion would have the effect of retarding the payment of dividends on the late Liverpool and Bury line, and what were the prospects of the original shareholders in that line now that it had been so long delayed, and by which delay so grievous a lose had been sustained f—The Chairman said that although it might be doubted whether the agreement entered into with the Liverpool and Bury shareholders did not provide that their dividends should only commence when their line should be completed to Tithebarn-street, still he could say that it is the disposition of the directors of the Manchester and Leeds Company to construe that arrangement in the most favourable light possible, and that they are prepared to recommend that the payment of the dividends to the shareholders in the late Liver pooland Bury shall commence from the time the line is completed from Manchester to the borough gaol. With regard to the other part of the question, he (the chairman) could only say that up to October last there was no delay upon that line which could have the effect of retarding the opening of the line. Since that period it is well known that the works had been almost wkolly sus pended on that line, as well as on other lines under con struction, from absolute necessity. The delay which bad occurred was one of necessity, and would have equally over taken the shareholders in the late Liverpool and Bury Com pany, had that company been now in existence as an inde pendent body. At the half-yearly meeting of the oompaay, in March, he (the chairman) hoped to be prepared to state? more distinctly titan at present the plans proposed to b adopted by the directors—Mr. Esnaston rose to ask if it wa competent in him to move the adjournment of the meeting —Mr. Darbistire, the solicitor to the company, said the meeting could not be adjourned without a decision being come to as to proceeding with the proposed extension. — Mr. Kynaston continued : He said the reports in circulation had the effector keeping their property below par; and until those reports were explained away their property would still be at the mercy of the stock jobber. He thought there had been great mismanagement somewhere, and while he saw his very necessities were being taken from him to administer to the superfluities of high-paid officials, he could not but feel indig nant. He had been told there had been some reduction in the salaries of ce rtain officials, and he hoped it was so; but be should like to know the fact from the chairman himself, and to what extent there had been reductions, or whether they were merely retrospective. lie hoped those shareholders who like pi". baribean7.. --. Tr ---i f o l.o . eaIt.W•EL, Now. if i ll , II t E k t ir eif li tetl e. ... 214. Z iiilialt" 61 ' 1 l eo cbb,..b. . nit. •B. N li t • 'lt D, SS 4r . . 4 Boalosseigemill:M " id 7 1 ' Do 80 Dibelailigratew . 65 . 416 Loodonitl. ahlea. c 11) lahlgbemektee 2J. 316 Do. %it r. re • $3 Do. New, ". .LI • i , Do. II edges 37 Chseter & Holyhead fa 16d. 40 Do. do. To .... 2 7. , 12 1 Do. Proforma.' 134 84 Do. Third, II 614. 784 aareme .. 14 lae.,Sigieb•A Yeovil 101 10 I Do. let C1.61 .1 ; 1;. ei: 3 Manch..Bust..haeL. I 10 Do. Id CL. SI 1W GC 11 katalt.ABrakang. I i i i. 36 ,Dubilakete4N.Jumr. 18d. 100 alidland ll 16101 17101Midalkehimistilm. 40 Do. Rd. 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If aDi Do. iwzoo,otoo. .. .1 18 mantra rind . 31 ,.. 011m 4. .. the = le. 17.1.q.i:::::=1111V143.3 !s , 7 4.7;111d N eta s . fa . .• • •I; alr the completion of the works, which extension was limited by the s'atute to three years from the present time.—Aft er , desultory conversation. in which Mr. Richardson, m r . Marriott (who handed in a protest unhurt the legality of the Memeets" on the ground of ineufficiency of n o ti ce ) , mory me. Barlow, and Mr. Baxter took pert, to secretary declared the proxies which had been receised—ss ie numbers of which were: dissents, 5,030; assents, 525 i •acquently the views of the directors were sustained by ea k overwhelming majority. OZIAT WFWIIIRN AND UXBIIIDOS.—A second ma= was then held of this company under precisely the circus:maroon, and in this ease tie chairman announced that the directors hail the support of 955 dissects agaitot23o assenta. The meetings were wholly of a formal character. 80IITNANPTOY AND DORCHASTER.—SpeciaI Meeting. —London, Jan. 31.—Mr. Stills in the chair.—The meeting was called to determine whether or not any contract should be mitered into before the 20th of December. 1848, for the execution of all, or any, of the branches which the company were authorised to construct—vir. : to filling, to Lymingtou, and to Weymouth. There being 9,l43aments, which consti tate a larger proportion than three-fifths of the entire sham. holders, the proposition was carried in the affirmative. There were no dianenta. -•— Warr CORNWALL.—Extraordinary General Meeting London, Jan. 31.—Captain Moorson in the chair.-117, eseming was called in compliance with an act to give birth* MOO foe making certain railways, for the purpose of deter. ninig whether contracts for executing that portion of the *Wm between Hayle and Penzance should be entered into or tad.—The Chairman explained that the company had Imam mooeiated with an old railway, in consequence of whisk liabilities had been incurred which rendered at desirable that the undertaking should become one of the paying elms * aeon so possible. If the proposal of the directors was not Weed to they would still have the liabilities to meet, and It was calculated that the line between Hayle and Pest *nee would realise between 8 and 9 per cent., and that they could pt it into operation for a moderate sum. ilwry would thus be enabled to meet their liabilities, and avoid the delay of a twelvemonth, which must necessarily ensue, unlem the powers were at once granted to the directors. The cost of construction, exclusive of the station at Penzance, would amount to 80,0001.—Mr. Gurney, who formed eat of a deputation from the west of England, and represented emend thousand shares, said that the feeling of his eonnauentit, although in favour of the undertaking, was not in favour of the managing directors, in whom they had no confidence. He objected to any further powers being granted until the board had been in a great mess** reformed, and some new directors, in whom confident could be placed, introduced. On the votes being taken thew appeared, out of 9,540 shares which were represented at the meeting, 5,810 in favour of the proposal, which, being three. fifths, was all that were requisite to decide the goofier), and the proposal was declared to be carried.—The Chairman said that the directors, notwithstanding that the powers bed been granted them, would not make use of them until thq had heard the opinion of the general meeting, which ie to take place iu about three weeks. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.—Anzarixest.—The south ern portion of this line, between Montrose and Brehin, was opened on Thursday. CALEDONIAN.- At a meeting of the directors, hold Edinburgh on Friday, it was resolved that the line 'hail be opened to she public ea Tuesday, the 15th Febraary; and that the fares for passengers between Edinburgh sal Glasgow should be at the rate of 6s. for lst class, 4a dd. foe 2nd class, and 3s. for 3rd class. The rates on the Edinburgh and Glasgow line are respectively Bs., 63., and 3s. 10d. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. PRODUCE.- MINCINO-LANE, Jan. 31-There his appeared a disposition to buy sugar by private contract today, and holders have asked ratherhigher prim ; this leads tothe supposition that the market will open to-morrew (Tuesday) with spirit.-Cotton: au improved demand sprung up to day, and 1,200 bales have been sold at very full prices, to a shade advance.-Tallew steady, 47e. 6d. on the spot ; town, 624. ; rous:h fat, 2.. 10d.; arrived during the week, none ,• delivered, 3,721 casks; the prtsent stock on hand is 16,360 casks; at the same period last year it was 15,519 casks.- Rum has advanced Id.; proof leewards quoted Is. 10d.- Provisions :-Butter ; the market has been very firm, and prices have been fully supported, particularly for line Carlow and Limerick ; fine Dutch has Bold at 110 s., 112x.-Bacon: steady, but the demand has been limited, yet for fine quality ls. advance has been paid.-Oils: steady; seal, pals, 301. 101. to 311. ; straw, 281. to 291. ; brown and yellow, 251. to 271.; sperm, 821. to 841.; headmatter, 841. to 851.: cod, 251. 101. ; South-sea, 271. to 331. ; olive, Gallipoli, 441. to 451.; Spanish and Sicily, 421. to 431.; p e, alm, 321. t linseed, o 3214 cocsia-nut, 461. to 56 1 . ; seed, rape, pal 391.; 231. 15i. LONDON WEEKLY DOCK RETURNS, Jan. 29. Imported. DeliTarod. Pr. Stock. 1347. rco7ilWka.citi 3.7 2.266 - RIJN - - Tiir Mauritius ...... 3.10/ 7.166 103,414 67,271 iknal *gr.. bC , SOW 12,779 111;374 91.588 LBW 134,955 811E6 Corrsa.W.lndla caaL l - 62 2.163 1.618 Ceylon IT 3,636 119,7ra 11.501 Mocha .... twital - 219 0,90.3 9.276 3.8/1 3,915 Run, W. ItalLa rank. 92 694 4,015 PPS 20 14,930 9.116 COTTON.—LIVERPOOL, JAN. 31.—There was an excel lent demand today, but holders of American cotton held back. Prices, therefore, went up; and at the close of the market the quotations were fully e higher than on Saturday. Surat' were also a chide dearer. The sales are estimated at 16,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-MAILS. AWL DOI. 45. X. DOB. AIL DOB. ABS. DOB 7 Dublin u 1 Holland .... 0 1 batik, e. Bow& 0 trydosy.loBll 0 6 Waterford 2 moo:bode* . 0 1 2 Frame .00 Do.Manalllot 0 limns Feb. 7 1 GuerialJers. 0 Lisbon.. Fe b. 0 Bostoo awl 0 Wart India .. 0 Hamburg O.O Montanan.. IP Halifax Fcb.l3 0 Brasil .. Fab. 11 GIADLYIND JAN. 111.—Arrned : Marls, Patna ; Girdler Itebow. Te r ceira: Cot:taut, St. Michael's; Columbine, Havre; Camilla, New Diep ; Lightning. as Empress, W. and M. Brown, Ceylon; Helen, Bahia; Dispirits, Mediterranean ; 'lector, Newport. Hought on -lr-Skerme, Bynames; Flatware, Oibralwr ; Prince Albert, New York; Glapbyra, tit. Kits's. LryntrouL, Jay. St.—Arrived: ftsquebarata, Philadelphia; Os. lamb* New York; Jacobins, Jersey; Capra. Demerara; or It. Peri. Marmion, Columbus, New York; AngtioArnarinin, Bodon: Beaus, Calcutta; Joseph. Ghent; Froetrader, Alexandria, F.; Harmon% Kertch; Lady of the Lake, Terceira; Doctor St. Sticbael'A-01f Th om as Brocklebank, Calcatta ; aingspore.—tialed. barns (s.), ShamPoo, Halifax and New York. [AdVellitielnell2.]—DlBEABEB OF THE SKIN.—Moen ETTIAORDINAY COMM DAILY arraerni sr HOLLOWAY'R Overman aro Emus— Persons altlined with scurry, imromy, jaundice, or the mist Inveterate akin diocese to which the human frame is subject, comet make use of a remedy so certain, rate, and speedy in the cure as Hol loway's Ointment and Pill, which purify the blood, and totally malls rate such infliction. from the system. In many parts of the Conti. omit, whore those distressing complaint are prevalert, thew mod. does arc coed as the euvereign remedy, they being equally copular both home sad *Mod in obstinate cases of scrofula or Linear . .s able for bursn and ecalds.—Sold by all druggiata, and at P Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Landon. BIRTIIB. BAHREST.—Jan 24, at Belukha., Donepl. the wife of L. Barrett. sq., of son. BLACKLEY.--Jsm 25. at Ilansworth, fltaffordahiro. the wife of the Iles. F. K. Ithekley, of • non. BLOO3IFIELD.—Jan. 22, at Castle Caldwell, Dublin, the wife of J. C. Bloomfield, Esq.. of a daught.....r. BLOXAM.—slan. OS, at Cadowanhbee, the wife of B. Bloram, EA., arm stillborn. CIA DIMON E.--Jan. es, at litgitheld, near Manchester, the wife of B. Gladstone Er 4., of a ism. OOULD.—Jth. v. Cbeeter.terrace, Rogentailerk, the wife of C. Gould. Eaq., of a son. MEIK.—Jan. 26, at Tclinmouth, the wife of Capt. F. T. Meik, IL P. 16th Lancers, of a daughter. MOILLIET.—Jan. 28, at Kinge Heath, the wife of T. Moilliet, Bag. of a son. ROCIERS.—Jan. 24, at Elirevblll, near Bercueska, the wife of J. Rogers. 1, , 4 . of a daughter. 8C08117.--Jan. le. at Monteith.row, Olatow. Mrs. W. B.bic, of a dinfOter. THOMSON.—Jan. 241 M Bi rkenhead, Leunabagow , the wife of J. Thomson, Eel., of den*. MARRIAOLV. BINGLEY—COPE.Jan. V, at St. George's, llsnoverwrlnwe_. George. second son of the late K. Bingley, Faq., of Iligham.l.sige, Woorthethe_ Y ork . to Martha /leotard, relict of J. Cope, Esq., of Ilemeggthels yorifslere, and formerly of Alnatelt, Northiunbetiand. • i CLARKE—KICIIARDS.—dan. V, at Lemnngtouortors, by thplis . Marh, P.D.. J. Clarke, Esq., of. Clarssodonweeare. to Lea NOM• fiamilwr of the late Mr. T. Ititharth, of Birthing Ki...itSiIAW—CL.6IIAW.—J.. 27, at Ecciestield., near the Kev. T. A UKershaw, M.A..rector of Milton. near No the Rev. J. A. Kershaw, M.A., of Trinity College. Oambrid Elie betb. soungeat daughter of the late J. Cu2Aaw. Esq., of Tresek deli. near Ormialrk. Id AT li EW —ADAM d.—Jan. 27, at Woodehaster, G. Mathew. Fagot* I larriet Jame. sax,ud daughter of J. A. Adams. EA, of Teaer Heath MoRTONLITTLan. IS,Payee, Dni.lin. H. Morton. Esq., M.D.. aecond son of the into F. U. Murton, FAQ., M.D., of Fie* town, Whitlow, W Kate Henrietta, eldest daughter of the late J. W. Le. Eq.. of Lower Daggotatriet. Dublin. QUIN —2I•CAMMON.—dan. 25, &LID. Ann s. by the Drew, D.D., LL.D., W. Quin, lA.. surgeon, to Catherine, daughter of th e late J. M'Cammon. E.g., of Belfaah ROBILLIARD—BIM MON S. —Jan. at St. Matthews, FridaySout's/reek by the Rev. W. Durham. M.A., N. Robilliiird, hwar Suffolk. to Catharine. daughter of the late Mr. J. bitumens. of Sr font. eirroes. TR EN CIi—LITTLEDALE.--Jan V, at Crick, Northarnetorehlle. l2 the Rs, C. L. Swaim... rector.. _Francis Arthur, son of J. T Esq., of St. Catherine's/wk. KUdare, to EfallY. You/theft eeeth r re a4 the late O. Lit lodate. Eeq. lstd VOULLBMALLE.—Jan. 25, at ltal li na. 11. P. Voules, Esq. the Bengal Light Cavalry. to Marla, third daughter of W. Math Ewe., of LtallivarrY. Mare. DEATHS. ANDERTON — Jan. 24, at bie raidthec. SWAY, hear Watford, 0. Ar &Ito.. E.g. BADGER.—Jaw. 03, at Queen Elm, BraGEIPtON A. Badger. SA. aged St. BAIN ES.—Jan. 3e, the wife of Mr. Frederick Bain, of Louie. 13LA N D.—Dec. 27 . at Gibraltar. Annie Sarah, elde ' t daughter of IL IL Mad, Eat., merchant. aged 12. BOY D.—Jam. 31, at Abbey uthce. Bt. John'swomi, Charles, the infant son of Mr. Jamul Boyd. DRY DOES —ran. 27, at florae Bay, Franocs youngurt en. riving daughter of the late Sr S. E. lirydgv., Bart., or tog Coat. neer (Viterbery. CONQUEeT.—Jan. 31, Swan Jame, the infant daughter of Mr. Jobe Conve-t.36, Woburn...lustre, aged 4 mouths and 3 week, lIARL.—.lam. 27, at her r.sidurce in Imblin, the 'rife of J. Uwe. Esq. HOAKE.—Jan. MI. st Birkenhead. Lucinda Rose, widow of th e late Rev. E. U. Hoare. aged 63. nronts.-J.. 27, at al, eland. row, Bt. Jatem's, Dorothea, the Well of J. Hughes, She. of the loner Temple. JENNINtni —Jan. 27, at his rorodotee, St. John - i . wood. Araietant Commissary •Geumal J. Jennings, aged GI WW OES.—J.o. M. at Burr, /Mecham Harriet Wilson. widow of the late W. Lowndes, Keg., of the above place, aged O.S. MAHRIOTT.—Jam 23, et hia raiiterloa, dcollembruuk, near Mouromak. Major C. Marriott , Cha irman of the Board of GU.V.ltalis of the Mew mo uth Union. and a ioagi.trato of Hereford and Moum e outh, aged Cla MUffilS)C/E—Jut. 27, at Ohugor , J ane Lamble, wif of 12. MC. cloth, EA., GI/wow. 0 NEILL.—Jau. 27,u Dublin. Anne Catherine, only .nrririA B &A O' ter of the late J. 0 - Neill, EM. BARDEN T. —Jan.ol. at Dublin, It. S. Bement, Esq., M.D. THORN II LL.—Jan. V. at hies resietheo. LKertfee l . W • T hcwa" agod 61. VIED/CH MORTON.—J an. M Herm:Kum Nicholas Throckmegtogi. lea 15 1 44 " —1an 44. . V, sudderdy, at reddence, Kingston.upon-110. : W r i . lir : o r t r a b • ttw n a p t .r • BS. I 1+ 4 • eseasomw. Se - • • • , Oratiks Hi • aim eiefteek , . goolleeeWoit. Load fler • AZA. a lf i rbol , :; noir ; ertdOs b 04.• "Vera =.6 s osos, eiffiff_t,sy; I arn s g Arivie • P*go* of ' tirwarit. • ROWLANT) pin d o e f, • • proP•rtl' • Ma of Oa leabd fr deilesie freetlhOf. r&lMader b... r r g the Weald usta•7 esil IRE PRIM TION of . &Ad whims L Tows*. . Unarm A TREAI:: TIOAL IN 0 TV; .! r.,.. 2 . 1 o tazailm - -Q. • TREATISE DEATH. • Lester : • LATES • E X P IMPOR (From th We have a. Naples to the The reforc is were receivt 1 • The insurro tin the coast an 1 lively. ]Heir. from the nt. ✓ stitotion f - parliament. nobles, bout 4e. • men, worn al, for Sicilian in ment orgar is • • tellaria,Ma rot Ruggero, and • losses ewes about 200 of convent of IS • captured the A British fri When tile walla in Napl • e • on. Naples sion of ir.su headed. Pie the king to Salerno aus • stitution kv. menaces the to the insu the Romeo was denten. asked the go the fidelity o. • by resigning. The Ring for 15th M Since the f the Daily N express, wi Monday • With Italy Tribune we rot were the the symceith glowing ora, tised the with Am the shock . performed round, and, to Lamarti adversary, were id. nti aponsibil•tie language of Barrot t ose of obstructi down to th • cilessly Guizot i, t cabinet. with th.• without .1i The Prin Monday fo are to • • D'Auma e. Advic.•B 24th ins seilles. A. Palermo h. put fort] 1. 19th. 1h • Naples e the pros n. surrectiti The king amnesty i. tamed fu r of the o le 1 thought th in tranuio• Naples i.p the minulo A cos royal p Sicily ifs. • gents. I.e which p • populat , n fortress , s apectau. The • on the ..a selected f On t 1.., ealinarmi boFiacfyereerothoirdinaedthe t weriedmen&ll th e • e were the en tirely the to • establish b the .0 which 'la b Ist. Tne presided 3rd. Tile the city, all the retired . a very l . of those first a ni Sineq • royal t positions of the • barracks the mole the . As we from Na at hours . Naples frigates - 1 L