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Pants Weans, JAI. s.—For Mond.—New Town, 70 25: Three per Cents. 75 to; Cives,ll7 20, Four-and:a-If tIC, 104; Belgian Five% 1840, 98 931; Do. 1N42 99i; Do. Four-and-a-11;dt 92 • :Capt.,: nt., 102; Loan, 9 .. Roman Loa3i 97; Tem y Roads, 41. nanu:: bares, 3230 .5. Ex change on London, night, 23 65 R mw*v...—Paris and Orleans, 1,215; Paris and Rouen, 905; Rouen and nacre 131; Ste:Moore and Bale, 161 25; Centre Vieron, 545; lkmleaus, 49', 51; North, 550. The Madrid mail of the 30th has arrived. General Espartero was expected in that capital in four or five days. He had written a letter to the 1 /uke of Valencia, said to be expressed in the moat friendly and courteous terms. Toavoid all popular demonstrations he proposed to enter Madrid early. Nothing of interest occurred in the chamber, which was still occupied with the questions of re-election. M. Pidat was named President of the Committee on the Budget; M. Gonzales Romero Nic e ; and MM. Moron and Bermudez de Castro, Beeretaries. 1a nurn 110, n, Dee. 50.—Three per Dent.. 251 at ;.0 duet, V 11-It to ea4l, 271 paper; Four per Ceuta., 15 ' cu , os; I , lrr per Cent..., 151 at 31 duel, 15 5-16 ruah; 13! pap , r; Pitasires, 5$ mull. 1 icier; Coupon', 1:4 e;,,41$ ; Hank of St Fenlinaud, 125 paper, 121 detached ceapona; Bunk of St. Isabella, 125 paler. Esebange on London, 49 30-100. The Breslau Gazette announces that, after the let Jan., the legitimist journals of France are excluded from the Austrian territories, a measure intended as a tribute to France, and a testimony of the eat•ute cor dials which has been established between the Schwa bran and the Tuileries. PORTUGAL. We have received the following, by electric tele graph, from Southampton: The Jupiter has just arrived, with news from Lisbon to the 31st ult. The Queen has reinstated the Cabrals as privy counsellors. It is supposed that Joie Cabral will go to Brazil, and Costa to the Paris embassy, for a short time, and after that they will be made minis ters. The people are to be disarmed, and domiciliary visits sanctioned. A great disturbance was caused by totted recruitments. Exchange : 30 days, 53 1 ; ; 90 days, 531 to LATER FROM AMERICA. By the ship Zurich, Capt. Thompson, arrived at Havre, there is intelligence from New York to the 19th ult. According to the latest accounts from Mexico, the congress: assembled at Queretaro had come to no de cision upon the question of an amicable arrangement with the United States, though a pacific party was understood to be making strenuous exertions for a final arrangement. The commercial news from New York is not of much importance ; no fresh failures had occurred, and business generally was dull. In the money market no grew disposition to operate was manifested, news from England by the Liverpool steamer Hibernia, due at Boston on the 16th, being looked for with some anxiety. United States Treasury Notes were dull, at 991. The subjoined had bees received by electric tele graph, for the New York Courier and Enquirer: CINCINNATI, Dec. 19, p.m.—Further news of the great flood in the Ohio River ; immense distress among the people ; with gr. at destruction of property. The market is stagnant, and bu‘iness in a measure sus pended, on account of the great flood. The river is within 6 inches of the great freshet of 1832, and rising, the greatest inundation ever experienced in the Ohio River. The die dress of the people, with the destruction of property, is im mense. Thera is 15 inches of snow on the ground. The weather is pleasant. The mails cannot arrive, as the roads are all impassable. Steam-boats are running through the public streets. The town of Lawrenceburg is overflown. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. M °NET Maw:cr.—New York, Dec. 17, 6 p.m.—The stock market opened firm this morning, at price. current at the chic yesterday, but there was very little disposition to operate, and the trangution•, therefore, were limited. At the fleet board, Reading Ronda advanced i per cent.; Long Island, i; Norwich and Worcester,' ; Farmer.' loan, ; Harlem and Reading Itailroadelosedat ycotenlay'a prices. The market in in a feverish state, and prices vary from day to day a fraction- up to day amt down to-morrow. Operators in the street are satisfied with a rrottt, amounting to a fair commission, as the scarcity of outside operutore compel" them to speculate upon their own mmonsibility. A quarter or a half per cent. profit in sufficient to 111411 . C "oleo. The slightest thing would turn the market one way or the other, although good news from any quarter would create a greater change thnn bad neww. Primo are now so much depressed that it would be difficult to press them down much further, and there in, therefore, such a margin for an improvement that any relief in the money market would inflate prima very rapidly. Several of our large capitaluto or this, and are quietly purchasing largely some of the fa vourite fancies. Par.], Sun rot.—The flour market was comparatively quiet, and sales were moderate, the market cloning without animation. The bad state of the weather, with the near approach of atwitter steamer, with like fore gn usus, together with the late period ut which river navi gation has remained open, had a tendency to slacken wiles. Holder., too, were generally noking priceo chic the views of ohippens who m..nifested very little dhiposition to eater the market except of lower prices. 'there was very little wheat offering. In Corn wiles were spin made at full prices, and the market clewed firm. Steal wail steady at previous rates. Rye showed no change, while mita , were Killing at prices a little lower than thee, prow:on-1y current. in provision. pork was unsettled; lard sold freely at low Rtes; city beet changed hands at former priers. In groceries odes were moderate, without material alteration in prices. Boarox, Dec. 17.—Floor: The market was firm, and sales of 1,000 bbla. were made, including Gennewee, o.wego, and Michigan, at 6 told. 37Ac. to 6 dots. SOc. Wheat : No nice reported. Corn Fades of 3,600 busht lo ware made at 75c. for western mixed, and ric. for yelow. itse Sales of 3,000 to 4,000 bnohebs were made at I dol. (boo gales of 5,000 bushels were made at SOc. Provisions were comparatively quiet. Freights remained about the same. Patisvetexta, Dec. 17.—The continued unfavourable state of the weather Mill operates unfavourably on busineea, and the market, generally slinking, remains languid and dull. Flour is nomi nally leg' at 6 rots. 50e, with a leas rate offered ; we hear of no sales of any consequence. Corn meal inactive, at 3 dole. 23e. Wheat : Small tales of good reds, at 138 e. to 143 e. Corn in better demand, with sales of new, at Mg to are., and old and new mixed at 60c. Oats— Southem fold at 39e. to 40e. fingeries and Provisimui without Movement. Seeds—no change. Freights without alteration ; flour N., and grain id. to to Liverpeol, but little going. Whioky heavy, at 20c. for Mids., and lie. for bbls. By her Majesty's ship Modeste, from Rio, there is news from the River Plate to the end of October, from which it appears that on the 26th of that month the government of Buenos Ayres issued a decree stopping the trade r id Monte Video after the Ist of December, from which date no produce would be allowed to be shipped except in vessels exceeding 120 tons burden, and going direct to their ports of destination without touching at Monte Video. This step on the part of the government of Buenos Ayres is intended to stop the traffic which has hitherto passed through the blockading squadron. Letters down to the 28th of October announce the capture, on the 26th, by the French steamer Pandour, at Ensenada, of a considerable number of vessels which were loading at that port under the previous tacit encouragement of the French, sad all of which would have paid toll at Monte Video. SPECIAL COMMISSION. COUNTY OF LIMERICK. (FROM Ova SPECIAL IMPORTER.) LIMERICK, TUESDAY, JAM. 4. This day, at half-past ten, the Special Commission for this county wee opened, vith the usual formalities, in pre sence of the presiding Judges, the Right Hon. Francis Blackburn, Chief Justice of the Queen's 'leech, and the Right Hon. D. R. Pigot, Chief Baron of the Exchequer. The Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Mr. George Bennett, Q.O , and the Hon. Mr. Plunkett. Q C., conduct the cases for the Crown. Mr. O'Hea is retained for the de fence of prisoners in nearly every case. Proclamation having been made. and the Special Com mission fur Limerick, Clare, and Tipperary read, the Grand Jug was called and sworn. r John Croker, Sir Vere de Vere, Bart., W. Smith O'Brien, M.P., Wm. Monsell, M.P.. The O'Grady, The Knight of Olin, Joseph Gubbins, Carideo C. Coote, Robert Maxwell, James D. Lyons, Thomas H. Royce, Michael Furnell, Bol ton Waller, Wm. H. Barringenn, Wet. Cox, John Roe, Wm. Howley, J. S. Brown, Christepher Delmage, Carrel Huh, Heffernan Cusidine, Eyre Massy, and Roger K. Shea. Tee Lard Chief-Justice charged the grand jury as follows : Gentlemen, you are apprised, by her Majesty's Special Com mission, that you are now c died upon to perform your part in the administration of the criminal law of this country. Your duties, at all times of importance, mug be regarded with peculiar interest and with deep anxiety when, at a crisis of great public dare. r, her Majesty has called upon her subjects to asset in vindicating the violated laws of the land, and to be themselves the in:truments of restoring to the country the blessines of order And tranquility. That we are in such • crisis there is, unfortunately, no reason to doubt. The Legislature, by an act of Par liament, which has just recently received the Royal assent and become the law of Ireland, confirms it; anti her Majesty's Government, on further consideration—on mature consideration of the actual state of things—has issued this Special Commission, in order that justice may be speedily administered, the urgency of the case not admitting of delay to the ordinary period. All these concur in justi fying the opinion that danger to a considerable extent pre vails, and unfortunately nll receive but too lull a confirma tion from the calendar which I hold in my hand, and which contains • frightful detail of every crime and of every atro city by which our nature can be disgraced. But, besides evincing general insubordination, and the prevalence of crime to this frightful il,gree, it is perfectly plain, from the nature of these crimes amt the circumstances attending their perpetration, that there prevails in this county an ex tensive combination for purposes which are endeavoured to be perpetrated and achii viol by the suoimission of every' crime in violation of tl.c law of God and man: and it is sot too much to say that, unless the progress of this dreadful calamity he arrested, and 'greedily arrested, the very bonds of the social system will be dissolved altogether. Gentlemen, it does further appear that • principal object of these combinations—A these illegal ronfederacies is the dis traction of the rights of landlords. Fluud, violence, intimi dation—all are recurred to—and even murder itself perpe trated, in order to prevent or to frustrate the landlord in the execution of his legal rights and duties. And I hesitate not to say, that if these deigns attempted to be effected by such means shall be accomplished. the necessary practical effect will be that the occupiers of the Isn't roust become essen tially its proprietors. But we shall take a very limited view of this frightful calamity if we consider these outrages as exclusively confined to interference with the rights or the remedies of landed proprietors ; in truth, the spirit of lawlessness and wickedness once let hope, knows no bounds, and acknoo ledges no distinctions. The persons and property of individu ils are indiscriminately are tiled and plundered, and if these practices be not arrested, it is impos seae to say that there will exist in this country either the dominion cf the law, or safety for pereon or property. Gen tlemen, according to my means of inoormation, it does appear to me that the actual perpetrators of these outrages aro comparatively limited in number; and I believe their 'spirit is as dastardly u their numbers are limited ; and that it requires but a steady administration of the law, and • decided opposition by whose who value the safety of person and property, shortly and effectually to extinguish this evil; but we should form a very imperfect idea of the actual state of the country if we look merely to the number of those who are the actual disturber of the public peace. Unfortunately, I do believe that they are ahetti el by persons who hope to pro fit by their crimes; and I do believe, also, that a much larger proportion of the population connive at their crimes, either to the hope of benefiting in the common plunder, or from an actual apprehension and t. rror were they to give the law the I assistance which it is their duty and interest to afford, and that they thus contribute—actively contribute—to a state of things which must end in their own subjugation to the tyranny which covers the country, and which will eventually involve all in the common misery end destruction. Bu', gentlemen, there is anothe r class of toreoes who, though neither stimulating nor conniving at these practices. appear to me not, at such a crisis,to have remembered their bounden duty. lam afraid that • state of thing'', such as uow wit nessed, is a decisive proof of apathy :aid indifference on the part of a large class of the Queen's subjects, from whom support to the laws might fairly he expected. Persons of this description are too apt to complain that the law and the government do not afford all the assistance that it is the duty and in the power of the law and eoverumf et to give. But it should be recoil, cted that, without the cooperation and assistance of her Majesty's subjects which it is their duty to afford the law must remain a dead letter, unexecuted, and unable to afford the protection wh ch all expect. In return for such protection, every man in his own sphere, and to the utmost extent of his influence, ought to assist in vindicating the law and in protecting the public peace. Gentlemen, as I have adverted to what may be termed, and fairly termed, the prier ipal object of these illegal confederacies, I may be allowed here to observe that perhaps at no period—certainly at no period, looking at land as the means of affording sustenance to a large portion of our population, does there appear to be less reason on that aecount for interfering with the rights or remedies of landlords, because you are all aware that the principle that every individual has a right to be sup ported by the land, is not only now acknowledged as an abstract principle, but it has been embodied in act of parliament in full operation, by which the most stringent measures are provided for making provision for the poor under all circumstances. and that at the cost, and expense of that very class of persons against whom and against whose rights there is this general opposition. In regarding and considering whether the calamities under which this country has by the providence of God laboured, and considering how far that may in any way be • cause of these dreadful out rages, lam bound here to say, that the patience—the grati tude—the enduring fortitude with which that calamity has been submitted to, and borne by the large portion of our population—by the destitute poor—has been generally spoken of as in the highest degree exemplary, and I do not find on the calendar before me, nor have I. after the experience of the last two circuits, been able to find a single case in which the destitution and dis tress arising from this visitation of God have in the slightest degree produced these illegal confederacies, or stimulated these disgraceful outrages. Gentlemen, the deplorable state of things which obliges us to assemble here has been ascribed to various causes of a social and political character. With the investigation of these causes, and with the reasonable ness of these opinions we have nothing now to do. We have no power to investigate—we have no authoritg to redress. The only redress which this court can administer is redress to the peaceful, the loyal, and the industrious, by putting an end to a system by which they are held in thraldom—by which their properties are rendered insecure, and their per sons liable to be assailed. But there is another rea son why I do not advert to these causes. We are here to administer a law which does not admit of any cause, or any fact giver: as excuse or justification for the commission of crime. The law cannot tolerate its own siolation. Wrongs there may be—injuries and sufferings there may be, all affording just grounds of complaint ; but it is perfectly plain, that, however these sufferings may be aggravated, they never can be alleviated or redressed by a violation of the law of the land. They, if there be any such, who disse minate opinions or who give advice by opposition to these simple truths, incur, in my mind, a most serious responsibi lity ; and in my opinion, that responsibility is not the lea— ner the danger of such advice less pernicious, when crime is sought to be extenuated—when the criminal is held up as an object aggrieved and injured, to the cammiaaeration of the public, than if the violation of the law in express terms were inculcated and advised. Having called attention to the actual state of the country it seems to me necessary, in refer thee to your duties, both as grand jurors and as magistrates in the ordinary discharge of your duties, to call your atten tion in detail to the provisions of the law, with some of which you are probably well acquainted, and others which, perhaps, have not been presented to lour consideration ; or if they have been, are not attended to to the extent which their am rortance deserves. I shall, for this purpose, call your atten tion first to that code of laws called by the name of White boy Acts—a code of laws peculiar, as you all know, to Ireland—a code of laws which is inoperative except when the country is disturbed and in the state contemplated by the legislature when it enacted these acts. In reference to the I present state of the country, I lament to say that it ap pears to be exactly that which is described in the act of parliament passed so long ago as the year 1776. [His lordship here read the recital of the act of 1776, de scribing the state of terrorism and crime that existed at that period; the appearance of the peasantry in arms, and the general spread of assassination, robbery, &c., and then pro ceedede Unfortunately all these practices appear to pre vail at the present moment, and to a most alarming extent. The first provision of the act to which I have referred and to which I shall call your attention, is that which relates to the possession of arms, and it enacts that if persons armed in the manner described shall appear by day or by night, or rise, or assemble, to the terror of her Majesty's subjects, every person so offending shall be adjudged guilty of a mis demeanour, and the court is authorised to punish such per sons by fine and imprisonment, and oblige them to give secu rity to keep the peace. You observe that this statute makes the appearing in arms to the terror of the queen's subjects a very serious misdemeanour. But, gentlemen, I must now call your attention, connected with that, to the provisions of the late act of parliament to which I have before adverted, and now yen will find that the lord-lieutenant having, by his procla mation, declared the county Limerick to be subject to the provisions of this act, no person, unless the excepted persons stated in the act of parliament, or persons licensed, can either have or carry arms, even though they may have them without doing offence or creating any terror to her Majesty's subjects. The mere possession of arms is an offence, unless the party be qualified to carry them by being exempted in the act itself, or be licensed by the personsappointed by the lord-lieutenant. Up to a particular period, ernes may be carried or kept is the house, but after that period, even within the habitation no arms can be kept without the viola tion of the law, and a very serious penalty—that of two years' imprisonment is provided for such violation. Se that you see the preeent act, in conjunction with the Whiteboy 41i t No. 423.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, J N. 6, 1 F4B [3d. Act, has, as far as possible, provided for the improper use of sews. Gentlemen, I shall now call yourattention to other sec tion, of the Whiteboy Act, ar i d you will find that the various offences which it Tecifies, and for every one of which I find examples in the calendar, are all punishable by transporta tion, by flue, and by imprisonment. I will not enumerate them to you, because it would be an unnecessary waste of time, but it is perfectly plain that these misdemeanours are of a most serious character, and call upon the court for the infliction of heavy punishment—punishment to be regulated by the nature of the offence, having regard to the condition of the count. Gentlemen, another provision of the law, to which I shall call your attention, is not to be found in the White hoy Act, but in the ordinary common law of the land—it is the law with reaped to accessories. Accessories before the fact are described to be all persons who shall counsel, abet, or suffer any person to commit any of the offences enumerated in this act, and are punishable by teens porta-ion. You gee what a wide and general distinc tion this is, and how well calculated it is to involve in a charge of criminal nffence any person who abets, or stimulates, or lends his countenance to the intended offenders, even though the offence should not afterwards be actually com mitted. But, in addition to this, there is an act of paella , melt in force in Ireland, by which a person who conspires with others to have a murder committed, is himself guilty of a capital offence—an offence punishaole by death ' • and he is liable to that punishment even though the murder bs not actually perpetra'ed. ft is sufficient if he conspires. The words of the act arc : " That all persons conspiring, confe derating, or agreeing to murder any person, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall suffer death as felons." The law of England is, that the accessory before the fact of murder can only be convicted if the crime be actually committed ; but the law of Ireland is, that the mere conspiring and agreeing to commit the murder is Reek a capital felony, whether the murder be committed or not. Now, having called your attention to the law, and to the probable consequences of the violation of the law, I would wish to call your attention, as magistrates, to certain means of prevention which the law has provided, and one of them is the clause relating to vagrants. I need not tell you that it is not uncommon — nay, that it is quite a common practice—that the crimes committed are committed by strangers frequently hired, and frequently introduced from other parts" of the country ; and it was with reference to that practice that an act of par liament was pissed in the reign of George the Third. The Chief Justice read at length the clause of .50th Geo. 111.. cap. 102, by which it was made lawful for any jus tice of the peace to cause to he arrested and brought before him, any arrangers sojourning in or wandering about his neighbourhood, and, in the event of not (satisfactorily answering all questions respecting their place of abode and means of livelihood, empowering such justice to c invict them to the nearest gaol or hours of correction. His lord ship then proceeded Gentlemen, its my opinion, that is a power of the most salutary character, a power which should be known. A power which is created for salutary purposes ought not to remain unenforced. I cannot conceive, in the present state of this country, in reference to the practice of employing parties to commit crime, a more useful provision, or one that can be turned to more useful purposes. Gentle men, the provisions with ri spect to riots also are of im portance, and I advert to them the more particularly be cause I untlentaad a notion has gone abroad that, in casts of riots, the interference of magiitratrs ought not to take place until the Rint Act is read, and until as hour shall have elapsed after such reading. that is the greatest possible mistake. No doubt, the highly penal consequences of rioting are not incurred until after the hour hes elapsed after the rending of the Wit Act. But the delay of an hour, or a moment, for the interference of a magistrate, is utterly at variance with the course pointed out by the act of parliament. You will find, by the 3rd Gee. 111., cap. 19, an act passed before what is called the Riot Act, that where there shall be a riot, every justice of the peace, or other head officer, shall resort to the place, and there use hi. utmost endeavours to disperse and apprehend the offenders. Gentlemen, I shall now call your attention to another provision of a pre ventive character. By a clause in the Whiteboy Act it was expressly provided that it should be lawful for every magis trate, sheriff, sic., within the limits of their respective juris diction, to command all her Majesty's subjects, of age and ability, to arsiet to apprehend, disperse, arrest, and oppose all persona concerned. There is but one otht r provision of the I late art to which I shall advert, and which ought to be I known by you and the persons in veur district. Rio lord ship read that clause of the act which provided that pro claimed baronies and districts should be held liable for the expense and support of any extra establishment of police required fur such districts, and that the moneys required for such purple. a should be levied from the same persona, and payable in the same manner, as grand jury ma. Gentle. men. I have now called your attention to thew several acts, t show you what the crimes are, the punishments which attend them, and the means provided for their pre vention. I have not myself the least doubt that the use of these ample means will have the effect of restoring tranqui lity. I speak from very ample experience. This is not the first time that conflicts such as we now witness have taken place between incendiaries and the lass of the land; but the result was always the some. The law has ultimately triumphed, and their designs discomfited, while they themselves were involved in misery and ruin. That which happened before will happen &gam. The laws arc the same, and will any man say that there is less zeal or less anxiety on the part of those who administer it to give it effect. Can culprits hope for more impunity now, when those whe have preceded them have become the victims of their own violation of the law. Any person who trusts to ouch impunity will find, sooner or later, that he will be come amenable to the law of the land, and be punished for his crime., perhaps by his associates, and the per sons in whom he confided. Gentlemen, it is now for you and the petty jurors of this county to proceed to the discharge of your duties. On the firm, faithful, and conscientious discharge of your duties the hopes of the country are centred. I trust the result will be such as to realise these hopes, and that we shall shortly see the country rescued from dishonour, and our common nature from the disgrace which the atrocities of the lawless have brought upon it. The grand jury then retired to consider bills of indict. ment ; and the long panel was directed to be in attendance at nine o'clock on Wednesday morning, for the trial of prisoners. The Court was engaged up to five o'clock in the arraign ment of persons, at which hour it was adjourned to next morning. THE APPOINTMENT OF DR. HAMPI)EN. The following memorial has been presented to the Queen : TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. The humble petition of the undersigned clergy and laity of clap. Chap. the diocese of Hjeford. -- We, the undersigned, clergy and laity of the diocese of Hereford, approach your Majesty with mingled veneration and attachment, to express our alarm at the efforts which are now being made to interfere with the free exercise of the royal prerogative in the ancient and undoubted right of appointment to vacant bishoprics. We believe that this most ineiduous attempt to destroy your Majesty's free agency-, as head and supreme ruler, under God, of the national Church, is pregnant with danger, whether considered in respect of its immediate and avowed object, or in rezard to its collateral cocseouenccs on the fundamental laws of our church polity. We arc unfeignedly impressed with the vital importance of maintaining our church government in its entirety ; and we, therefore, deeply deplore the conduct of these amongst the hierarchy and inferior clergy whose present proceedings are calculated to first suspend, and then abo:ish, that branch of the royal prerogative to which the church owes its secu rity, and the uncontrolled exercise of which is essential to the protection and preservation of the union of church and state. We are more alarmed because the originators And abet ton of the opposition to your Majesty's appointment of Dr. Hampden to the see of Ilereford belong principally to a petty, many of whom have seceded to the church of Rome, whilst those who professedly remain in the Church of Eng land are noted for their attachment to Romish doctrine., rites, and ceremonies, and seek to revive the system of intel lectual despotism and degradation which the Reformation was:the great instrument of undermining and demolishing.: We, therefore, humbly pray yonr Mejesty not to be in fluenced by those who arc endeavouring to convulse and disorganise the church by appealing to prejudice and mis conception, and who seek to" darken counsel by words with out knowledge." We most heartily beseech the only Ruler of Princes with his favour to behold your most gracious Majesty, and to direct and prosper all the consultations of your Majesty and your advisers, to the advancement of his glory, the good of his church, and the safety, honour, and welfare of this kingdom. (Signed by, or on the part of, ninety persons.) THE DEAN OF HEREFORD. A meeting of the clergy of the northern division of the Deanery of Mailing, convened, in compliance with a re quisition to that effect by the Hon. and Rev. F. J. Noel, Rural Dean, was held on Monday, in the Assembly Room, West Mailing. There were present, the Hon. and Rev. F. J. Noel, Vicar of Tester' and Rural Dean; Rev. Robert GeorgeHorsham, Rector of Allington ; Rev. William L. Wigan, Vicar of East M ailing ; Rev, W. H. Bueroughes, Reetor of Ditton; Rev. Brenchley Kingsford, Curate of West Farleigh ; Rev. J. If. Timid, Vicar of West Mailing; Rev. W. Corfield, Vicar of Birliag ; Rev. Edward Jones, Vicar of West Peckham; Rev. A. - Wigan, Curate of Trot thrliffe. It was unanimously agreed to present the following address to the Dean of Hereford "TO THE TER? RE,. JOHN NEREWETHER, D.D., DEAN OF HEREFORD. We, the undersigned rural dean and clergy of the northern division of the deanery of Mailing, in the arch diocese of Canterbury, desire to assure you of the cordial sympathy which we feel for you in the difficult and trying position in which you have been placed in consequence of the course which has been punned with reference to the election of a bishop to the see of Hereford ; also to assure you of the grateful sentimento of respect and admiration which we entertain for the truly loyal anernolute manner in which you have acted in the conscientiOus discharge of your duty to God, the Church, and the Queen. " Cordially adoring your solemn protestation of loyalty and humble devotion to our sovereign, and of implicit respect and ieference to the laws of this realm, we beg at the same time to express to you our eeeee st desire to of you all possible aid, comfort, and support in the present emergency." The above address, having been signed by those present, hub , en forwarded for signature to those who were pre vented from attending the meeting, after which it will be sent to the Dean.— Maidstone Journal of yesterday. LOSS OF THE AVENGER. FURTHER PARTICULARS. The following is the only document relating to the loss of this ship that had reached the Admiralty up to one o'clock this day. It is from Capt. Du Penhoat, of the Lavoisier, French war steamer, stationed at Tunis, to the captain of the Pacha steamer: • At Sea, in sight of Gelid, on board the steam-corvette Lavoisier, stationed off Tunis,ll.3o cm., Dee. Sir, I begin by thanking you for accompanying me ; we are now, at the most, two milts from the Rocks of Sorelle, according to observations and soundings. The particulars given to me by the vice-consul of France, at Ooletta, gave the place where the steam-frigate Avenger, Capt. Napier, was lost on the 20th December. According to the declaration of an English officer, arrived at Tunis with four men, to the English vice-consul, there were six men (of whom two were officers) drowned in the boat in which that offiLer came in taking the shore. A British sailor told the French vice-consul that what the boat left the frigate tile latter was diamastod of her lower ' mute, and boats broken, which induces the belief that this unfortunate accident is complete, the crew not having any means of escape. I think, after our search, you may continue your voyage. The Lavoisier shall pais by the north of Galiti, and will not ease that island without the certainty of there not being any of the survivors there. I beg you will make use of these accounts, by making them known.—l am, DU FENHOAT, Captain of Lavoisier steamer. To the Captain of the Paella. DREADFUL ACCIDENT. A dreadful accident occurred at half-past 10 this morning at the Huston-vinare Station of the North Western Railway, occasioned by the falling of a wall faced with columns, forming part of tl.• New Pt; sengers' ball. Several persons were extricated only slightly bruised, but twelve others were found so dreadnally injured that they were immediately removed to the London University Hospi tal. One man was understood to be in a dying state when this report left. MADRID, DEC. 29. The Chamber of 'Deputies met yesterday at two, the government having promised to present their budget for 1848. Bertnnd de Lys, the new minister of finance, read the project of law prepared by the government for distributing the expenditure of the ensuing year. Passing over the pre. amble, which fills about seven columns of the Gazette. the, substance of which refers to the difficulties with which the government have to contend, in consequence of the increase of expense, without a proportionate increase in the revenue, I proceed to give you the body of the hill:—Art. 1. The ex penses of the state for the next year of 1848 are fixed at the sum of 1,283,631,396 reels, for the payment of which the credits are assigned to the government, which are expressed in the following chapters : Rcoln. Doted= of her Majesty the Queen. notation of his Majesty the King To the Serenisaima Senora Infanta Duna Chap. I.— Muria 1.01.1iA2 Fernando, by reason of bastion her rank as Infanta of Spain 550,000 of the To the mime senora as heiress presump I . Royal live of the crown, white she is in .. Family. To her Majesty the Queen Mother, as a token of the national gratitude 3,000,000 To the Scroll/slime Senor Infante Ik Francisco De Paula and hie family 3,500,000 Total.. 43,900.000 2. Co-legislative bodies 3. Salaries end expenses of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 9,480,000 4. Salaries and expenses of the Ministry of Orono and Justice 5. Salaries and expenses of the Ministry of Sr.W Including the etivie.guard 6. Sallies and expenses of the Ministry of Marine, including the coast-guard (4,000,000 7. Salaries and expenses of the Ministry of Finance 215,013,400 Chap. 8. Chimed the passive classes for nine monthly payments Chap. 9. Inds tribe arrears, and payments affeeted to the proceeds of the revenue 97,147,000 65lariat and ex- Chap. to. Salaries and expenses , expenses , of news 12000,000 the direction of the interest of the public debt Chap. It. Consignment foe the settlement of the pub 40,000,C00 tin debt Chap. 12. Salaries and expense. of the Mini try of the 58,520,000 Interior f For the repayment ,• ' °kap. 13. Salaries and expenses of the torn of 2110 of the Ministry of millions Commerce, Instr.- For the remaining Mon, & Public Viorks , expenses at this J. L ministry Secular clergy, over and 44,800,000 Chap, 14. Engagements to- above the proceeds of c ards the se the property restored cular clergy which are not included and nuns in ece in the estimates of cloister I l.Nune Total Art. 2. The government will form and publish immediately the estimates of the expenses of the state, in conformity with the above chapters. Art. 3. The receipts end total revenue for 1848 are calculated at 1,283.631,396 reels. Art. 4. A charge not exceeding 4 per cent. will continue to be imposed upon the quota of each town for the land -tax, to cover the expenses of raising the contribution. Art. 5. The reform in the industrial and commercial imposts made by royal decree of last Sept. 3, is approved by the government, subject to the project of law presented by the government in the precedirg legislature, which reform will date from Jan. 1, 1848. Art. 6. In the taxes on objects of consumption, and the gate duties, alterations will be made by the government, in conformity with the basis and tariff adjoined to this law. Art. 7. Gate duties and tolls of every sort upon raw material and products of the national manufactures of wool, silk, hemp, flax, cotton, earthenware, china, glass, and paper; bark, building-timber, iron, and other metals, and the machines and utensils made of those materials, chemical productions, and furs of all kinds, fans, hats, &c. Foreign articles of the same kind will remain free from municipal and provincial tolls. The progresistas are greatly shocked at the increase of expenses each year in so rapid a propurtion. The budget of 1843 amounted to between elt ht and nine hundred millions. According to ministers the normal obligations of the state do not amount to more than eleven millions. The million and odd over represent incidental calls upon the exchequers transitory or confined to the year. It is hazardous to utter the least instinct with regard to the future in this country, constant only in mutability ; but I do not think there is much foundation for the suppo salon of the progresista papers that the ministry has been greatly weakened by the last ministerial crisis. The pros pect a progresista government derives its main popularity from the visions of cheapness in which the inexperienced people indulge, and the pains which the economical deputies of the opposition take to flatter this sort of delusion. For in stance, the Marquis of Albaida is quite certain the country might be governed beautifully for six millions sterling a year, which he proposes to raise from three sources of revenue only. The great argumenturn od plebe,* of Jack Cade, that the three-hooped pots should have nine hoops, under his reign, was something similar. Narraea during the late crisis was perfectly ready to cede his place to Mon, with whom he had long interviews. Moo, though strongly urged by Christina to pluck the year of office, had the sense to see that it was not ripe. Whether it is ripening or rotting is another question. Both mode redo. and prcgreaiatas say of Nervier and his colleagues: " Egan portend° la roma pars noel:grog." " They are making our bed." So that in one point they seem agreed, namely, in regarding the present ministry as more or less transitory. The fact that three of the ministers were mem bers of the Sotomayer cabinet makes for neither party. On the whole, I believe we may consider the Narvaez cabinet as steadily planted as most Spanish ministries for the pre sent. As to external influences, there is no doubt hut that Louis Philippe would prefer Mon to the Duke of Valencia. But I understand, from good sources, that Lord Palmerston is not at all disposed to interrupt the march of the present ministry, as long as they stick to their professions of legality and conciliation. In fact, labouring to put in the exeltados prematurely would only put off the hour of those reforms which are essential to the prosperity of this country, in advancing which England is as much interested in the 19th century as in the 16th and 17th she was in contributing to its repressien and decline. The election of Algeziras has been decided in favour of the moderado candidate, Don Juan Blanco, by 97 votes against 49, which kis progresista competitor obtained. At the second election in Cordova the modeled° candidate, Don Diego Jover, has been returned by a majority of 34 votes. Accounts from the Canaries represent the epidemic fever which has prevailed there as extinguished. The Aranjuez railway is said to be making some brisk efforts to get itself completed and carried into Alicante- EGYPT.—Auccempitte, DSc. 20.—A letter of the above date, in the Semaphore de Marseilles says: "The health of the viceroy has been of late somewhat affected ; he has been several times attacked with vertigo. His medical attendants do not however seem to think it of any impor tance. The grand council, which assembles each year at Cairo, composed of all the governors of the Sheik provinces, has just been dis , olved after a fortnight's deliberations. His royal highnese has ordered a new census, and has promised the decoration of Nichan-iftichar of the fifth order to every governor who shall send in exact re turns. The commission charged with the task of making the necessary plans and sketches for cutting through the Isthmus .of lases, has just terminated its report, which ill in favour of the project of Linant Bey. It is said that there are two companies willing to undertake this immense work. Ido not think that the government over , t ive up to others the execution of this undcr'eking; at most, it will consent to the co-operation of a company. Besides, at present important works are going on in Egypt, which att• soli, the greatest part of the revenue and prevent others from being und, rtsken on the moment." A letter from Alex- , andris in the ("markt* de Marseilles, states that Colonel Bruueau, and other French engineers, who had been sent to study the ground through which the canal is to join the Red Sea to the 3fediterrsnean, across the isthmus of Suez, had returned to that city after having taken all their levels, and prepared the necnaary plans. FRANCE.—PARIS, JAN. 4.—The thirty-second drawing of bonds to be paid off of the city of Paris Loan of 43,000,000 francs took place at the Intel-de-Ville. The amount of the members drawn was 1,221. No 39,930, the first drawn. rained the pr. , mitten of 50,000 fr. No. 2,735, the second, 20,000 fr. No. 32,672, the third, 15,0001 i. No. 1,059, the fourth, 12,000 fr. No. 2,663, the fifth, 10,0001 r. And the ten following numbers from the 6th to the 15th inclusively, viz., 31,013, 6,192, 1,571, 31,352, 21,9 93 , 34 , 43 7, 16,875, 16,6.53, 32,999, and 13,778, each gained the premium of 500 fr. No. 16,720, the sixteenth, gained I,loofr. . . „ SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.—The usual quarterly court of governors was held yesterday at the house of the Scottish Corporation, Crane-court, Fleet-street. Dr. Webster pre sidad. The milltl.o of the last meeting having been con firmed, a idig'h discussion ensued on a motion for the sus pension of a by-law of the institution, in order to enable the corporation to sell out 6001. of stock. The resolution was in the end agreed to. This was a step rendered necessary by the numerous and incresaing calls upon the society. A mu tton was also passed to enable the corporation to make the ' periodical sale of the 1,2301. from the fund remaining from the Kinloch bequest. This concluded the routine business. The meeting was then made special, in order to elect a surgeon in the room of Mr. Litton. Dr. Dixon proposed Professor Ferguson, of King's College, to fill the vacancy ; Mr. Craigmill seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously.—Mr. Hamilton gave notice of a motion to be brought forward at the next meeting to the effect that none of the existing bylaws should in future be altered or Impended without the consent of two general courts, and that the by-law No. 11, fixing the sum «f 40,0001. as the minimum of stock to be held by the corpo ration, should be altered, and that 30,0001. should be the lowest amount of funded property to be held by the associa tion.—The meeting separated after the usual complimentary vote to the chairman. TILE COACIIMAKERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.— Last night the half-yearly general meeting of the subscribers to the above institution took place at the Red Lion Tavern, King-street, Golden-square ; Mr. Savage in the chair. The secretary, Mr. Brown, read the report, from which it ap peared that the cash in hand was 901., exclusive of a sum of 3401. 16e. 9d. invested in the Three per Cent. Consols.—The Chairman, in a short address, stated the general objects of the society to be the permanent relief of aged and infirm coaehmakers and their widows and orphans, and congratn lated the subscribers on the sure though slow prPgreas of the society to prosperity, and had no doubt it would be able to place a prim anent pensioner on their funds at the next h.df yearly meeting. The report having been unanimously adopt, d, and the usual courtesy passed to the chairman, the meeting separated. THE COMMAND IN CLIITY IN THE WEST INDIES.— Vice-Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, G C. 8., better known at " Lord Cochrane," has been appointed to succeed Sir F. W. Austen as commander iu chief in the West Indies, and sell hoist his flag oar beard the Wellesley, 72-gun ship, at Devooport. COlinfEliC7AL iff MARKETS. MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE. Two o'Clock.—The revenue returns for the quarter and the Sear just ended, come as a :ether agreeable surprise upon the City, where the apprehensions and anticipations have pointed to a much heavier deficit than what now is shown to be the case. lu st( ad of a decrease reported to be forthcoming on the quarter pow ended of 24 millions, as compared with the corresponding period of last year, it is felt to be a sensible relief to find it less than 11 millions. That such is the general impression on the Stock Ex change may be inferred from the fact of the improvement in public securities. Consols are now 8.3 to for present transfer, and 851 to Z for the opening. These prices are in advance of those of yesterday by per Cent., and the rise is the more important as it is not the result of any speculation, but occurs in a market of steady ordinary dealings. Reduced Threes are 8.31 to Z. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 86f to Z. Exchequer Bills, 16s. to 19s. pm. Bank Stock, 187 to 9. - Spanish stocks continue to be dealt in more freely, and we have the Fives up to 20 to 4; the Threes, 291 to 1. Portuguese, 23 to 4. Mexican, 171 to 18. Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents., 54 to 4; the Fours, 844 to 54. ltussian, 107 to 8. Belgian Four-and•a- Half per Cents., 88 to 9. The Bankof Amsterdam, u mentioned in the Dairy News this morning, has reduced its rate of interest by 1 per cent., but with the following discriminating differences. On merchandise the rate of loans is to be 5 per cent.; on public securities, 4# per cent.; on bills, 4 per cent. ; and on promissory notes, 5 per cent. ENGLISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, 187 9 Ct. Cone. for Ac., 859 9 3 per Ct. Ro.l . Anus., 81 I 3 per Cage., 961 4 3 per CL Couo. Ann., b. 4 4 Motu:guar Bills, 16.. to 19. p. 4011E10. FUNDS. 5 per CL AuArlan Bond.. 94 6 1 per Cent. Breen& Ada, 18 19 44 per Ct. Belg.llends, 88 9 I Grenada Deferred ltdo.. 3 4 24 per Cont. ditto, 6 per Ct Mezlean, 1844, 17418 :. per CL Braellsan 11ds., 79 81 6 per Ct. Pcrnnlon 8d.., 2131 Ditto New. 76 8 Portuqueoz Cone. Bd., 23 4 6 per Ct Been. Are. 8d.., 30 2 6 per Ct Rumktn lido_ 104 8 - Ditto Chllion 114.., 88 92 Ulan Span.), Bd., 20 4 DLto Columb. Def. 8d.., 3 per Ct. S 4 30i16114.., 299 i Columbian kourulor 8e1... 29 9 Spani.b Deferred 8d.., 11 12 3 per Ct. flant.h 111 s., 82 4 Bpanz4z Prvadre 1.11 N.. 4 4 24 per CL Dutch 8d.., 64 6es. dlr. 12 per Cl. Venezuela R 13d dz. 0., 9 11 4 per CL Coto Dutch, 649 5) enezuela Deferred RAILWAYS.—In consequence of the Consol mar -1(1 having improved, shares also have rallied, and are all quoted higher. North Stafford., Brighton., and Dover. especially partook of the improvement. French shares much the same. lIALEB EFFECTED UP TO TWO TH - 18 DAY IN LONDON. (Yesterday's prime will be found in last page.; liir. end Oxford in., 221 Lon. and N. Western, 1491 9 Bristol and Exeter, 644 Do. Qrs. New, 71 Buckinghamshire, 21 d Do. Fifths, 11l Caledonian, 36 / Do. 40/.sh. M. & 8., 38 Aeglien 31. 10s., 1l Midland, 1091 101 E. Counties, 151 Do. 401,11., 434 3 Ito. N. and E., 501 50 Do. 501. eh., 8 Edinburgh & Glasgow, 44 N. British, 254 A Greet Northern, 41 Do. Halves, 12 Gt. N. of England, 230 Oxford, Wee., & Wol., 19 Do. New I'4. eh., 221 S. E. & Dover, 31 301 Great Western Halves, 374 Wilts, Somer., and Wry., 12 19 Do. Qrs., 191 y York, New., &80% (Orig. New & Do. Now 17!., 104 Ber.), 3011 & Bury St. FAmund's, 81 I Do. N. Shields Pur., 31 Do. and Norwich. 51 Do. Extension, Ne. 1 (York & Do. Ex. Sc. (late Cum.& Ely),11 Neweas.), 131 lane. & York. Fifths, 71 Do. No. 2, New. & Bee., 1211 Do. Thirds Reg.. 5 d Do. G. N. F. Pur., 91 1 Do. Preis. & Wyre, 93 York and N. Mid. Prof., 131 Do, Halves, B, 11 Do. E. and W. B. Eat-, 34 Lon., Bright., & S. Co 43 4 Boulogne and Amiens, 141 Du. Con. Eighths, 214 louvam A to Sambre, 1 Do. Pref, , 401 N. of France, 111 12 London & Greenwich (Prof. or (Blears and Bor., 51 Priv.), 20 Paris and Leone, 54 Los. & S. Western. 53 Rouen and Havre, 171 N. Staffordshire, 711 LIVERPOOL SALES, hornet 5. The market was steady to-day, but presented no feature of particular interest. Birk., Lan., atm C'hes. an., 61 d Do. (lateChrs. and Birk.), 154 Eastern Counties, 151 Great Western 17!. eh., I p Lane. & York. (late M. and L), 11 Midland, lit In{ Do. Halves, 2 d N. British Thta., 1 d MANCHESTER S, Not much basinev doing, 1 share. and No. 4 were in den Birk., Lan., & G 7-IG d E. Counties, 131 E. Lane. New Qrs., 1516 Lan. & York. 3M. sh. (late Ea.), 3 13-16 d Loa. & N. W. (18. & B.), 59 Do. Qrs. C., 31 8. E. F. Dower, 31 Do. New, No. I. 3 2 d D D Com. Do. New, l i t4: 6 1:: York, Neese., & Her. (O. N. E. Per.), 1 1 p Amb. dc Eastern In.. 46e. ad. Hodder,. C. St R. Thirds, 1 d N. Brad'ordabire, 1 $ d tALES.I.upay 5. but prices firmer. Dover Old Eland. _ . ELL & GDR , 43 Man., Sheff., & Lin. (Sbef.klin.;, N. 4l , ll ffardw re, 7-16 d & E. & Dover, too. at 10/., No. 4, 11 11.16 d York, New. & Ber. Ex. No. 2, 21 p ALES, 7anrwav 3. a this market, but the little at least keeps prices under. N. Staffordshire, 6s. 3& 1 d - - . - BIRMINGHAM B. Shares were rather firmer is disposition to do business here (it. Western, 8 p Lon. and N. West., 1481 LEEDS BALE! The transactions in shares with but little variation in plTil F LaneatMre New, 31 31. 18s. Id. Great Northern, el d West Rid. Unloa. 60a. d N. Western, 4/. Ile. &L d Newt. t Ber. New, n 21. 3a. 9d. p JAN AST S. to-d.q were on the increase, York &N. Midland Pref., p N. Staffordshire, 6s. 3d. 6a. 6d. d Leeds and Think, 161 d N. British Tbirda, 3a. 6d. CORN. - BARNSLEY, Jan. 5.--The market was very heavy, and to effect sales the holders had to submit to a reduction of from 6d. to Is. per three bushels in Wheat, and from Is. to Is. 6d. per qr. in Barley. Little done in other grain. Wheat sold at from 21s. 6d. to 235. per three bushels; the last-named sum for extremely fine samples. Barley realised from 345. 6d. to 35e. 6d. per qr. BASINGSTOKE, Jan. 5.-Of Wheat, all dry samples were soon disposed of, while others were lower by 10J. to 15s. per load; prices varied from 465. to 58s. per qr. Barley was abundant, and prices gave way 23. per qr.; much good Barley selling at from 30s. to 321. per qr. ; moderate, 275. to 28e. ; fair grinding, 265. Masters were anxious to sell, yet but few samples found purchasers, though offered at a decline of 2a. to 41. per qr. Osts, finest Poland', made 265. per qr. ; good feed, 23. to 245. ; farmers', 20s. to 225. Beans, Peas, and Rye were also to be bad at lees money, at least Is. per qr.; some were buying Tares at 6s. per bushel ; others asking 7s. BOSTON, Jan. 5.-The trade ruled brisker today than for a long time past samples of Wheat were not in Food condition, yet all were disposed of, at fulls last week's prices ; for Oats and Beans more purchasers, and rather higher rates paid for them. Wheat, red, 445. to 50a ; fine, 525. to 545.; white 465. to 525. ; fine, 545. to 565. Oats, 16s. to 21s. L Beans 365. to 38e. per qr. to the growers. CRICHRSTIII, Jan. 5.-The supply of grain at our mar ket to-day was liberal. There was a steady demand for mod article., at the prices of last 'market day. Wheat, 48e. to 545. Barley, 275. to 33.. Oats, 225. to 255. Beans, 40s. to 445. Peas, 363. to 40s. Flour, 395. to 40s. p r sack. Hateswortru, Jan. 4.-We Were well supplied with heat, but in ordinary condition sod Ira& we note heavy at our figures. Barley in fair quantity, of a decline of per qr., and then without an active demand. Outer milt c h ea p e r. Wheat, white, 60s. to 56e.; rid, 465. to 52 1 . - Bs& ley, Ms. to r , mi. Beans and Peas, 361. to 401. HAYWARD'S HEATH, Jan. 5.-Orain of every description met a dull sale. Wheat, white, per load, 13/. 10s. to 131. 155.; red, 121 10s. to 19/. 13.. Barley, per qr., 31s. to 32a. Oats, 19s. to 20s. Brans, 38s. to 391. PCII, 36a. to 38s. lirrcnos, Jan. 4.—We have had a good supply of all kinds of grail at market, at Is. reduction on Wheat, and from Is. to 2s. 01 Barley, Other Corn about the same u last week. Wheat, per load, 30s. to 375. Peas, 265. to 295. Beans, 225. to 245.; old, 32e. to 355. Barley, per qr., 26e. to 335. Oats, Vs. to 275. NEWCASTLE, Jan. 4.—The weather has become mild again. A good deal of rain has fallen since Saturday, but to-day the air looks brighter, as if a e were going to have a return of frost. At our market this morning we had a large supply of Wheat from the country, and the arrivals coastwise as well as from abroad being liberal, the trade upon the whole ruled sluggish fur farmers' and south country samples, owing to their moderate condition, hut the value of foreign was well maintained. the best new red making, 58s. per qr. of 631 b. per bushel. For Flour we experienced • slow inquiry, and, where vessels requir.d clearing, rather under previous rates were ace, pted. Rye unaltered. Malting Barley seemed mere inquired after, and was the turn dearer; but Malt could only he sold by submitting to a reduction of Is. to 2s. per qr., the supply for the moment rather exceeding the demand. Boiling Peso more sought after, whilst Beans continue neglected. Oats much the same, with, however, a tendency to advance. - - RUMFORD, Jan. s.—The corn trade to day was very dull, except for the tine st qualities, which was about the same mint week. Wheat, 464. to 60s. Barley, 301. to 336. • grinding, 25'. to Ws. Oats, 211. to 281. Beans, 365. to '4oa. Peas, 365. to 42a. Rye, 30e. to 335. DUBLIN, Jan. 4 —With moderate supplies, the currency of Friday waa generally maintained this day, and, in some instances, • Plight improvement was realised on Wheat. The following was the general currency:—Wheat, red, per 2301b6., 27.. to 31s. ; white, 29... to 335. Oats, per 1961b5., 101. 61. to 13s. Burley, per 221165., 13s. 6.1. to 171. Indian Corn, per 4301b5., 235. to 39.. Oatmeal, per cwt., 131. to 14s. 6d. Flour, in sacks, per cwt., for seconds, Itis. 6d. to 17s. 6d. American, per barrel, 30s. to 31s. PRODUCE.-11tNcirw-LANK, Hal!-past Ace.— The Sugar market continues steady. 100 baskets of Java were sold in public sale on unusual terms and conditions (old East India), adverse to the interest of the grocers and refiners, and they sold at low prices, but did not alter ge neral quotations. Refined steady; standard quality, 544. to 61s. 6a.—There has nut been a public sale of Cdfee to-day. —Pim-nto : 300 bags sold in public sale, at 31d. to 31d., which was an advance of id. to 1,1. per lb.—Cotton steady but not active.—Ginner sold without showing soy materiel alteration in prices.—ln other articles no alteration, the market ger.erally wearing a dull appearance. PRICES CURRENT. 8130411 t per cwt. awn PAID. W. Indit,B.P.lsien. 334. 0.1.344. OL Yellow &Grey 36 0..40 Fine 4l 0...47 Mauritius, brown 29 0.. 34 Yellow 35 0...38 Fine 39 0..43 Bengal Wlladras,l4 29 0...32 Yellow 34 0...37 White 39 0...48 Foreign, brown-- 27 0..51 ' Yellow 33 0 .38 0 Grey and white 97 0...45 0 BeBne4l, flambee Oil 0...70 Liamys Corms, 1n Bond. West India, melt . 15 0... 311 0 Good. 33 0... 65 0 Fine 7O 0...100 0 Ceylon, good °nil nary 33 6... 34 11 Fine ordinary 34 0... 38 0 Vine 3B 0... 78 o Maeba, good to Ike 50 0... BO 0 Costa Rica, ordi- Sumat naryra and Pa- to fine 35 0... 52 0 dang 23 0...27 0 Tao, at per lb. Coogan. common- o 7g... 0 by Bier, at per elm. Bengal white l3 0... 16 0 Jan es 9 6... 10 6 lava 14 0... 15 13 Paine, deigned 20 0.. 2 3 0 iimurra. Pi^ No. 1. CS 10... S 1 'loops II 0... 0 Cargo at Qirdiebar 7 5.- 7 1 gazdlab II 4...11 1 Lain, at per ton. 111 0..10.091 Llie a d e , 't .beet l9 S Bar. 22 0... 0 Patent shot . . .... 21 0... 0 rttl or minium Speller 0n.., per 252 bap. gal. d.p. Fisb, Beal, Pole 3O otrior .' - .... 17 e... 28 browns.; yellow 25 0.. 26 60 0...02 S ritri '' ldatter O2 0...83 Cad ...... 250.251 Pcutlien Olire,Golidoli,p.ton 44 0...45 e<1036. Nut Seed, RaPor per tell 3ll Linseed 23 10...23 1 I'moviziorla, per cwt. Butter—Cork, let 9l 0_93 2nd 0 0 0 3rd 0 0... 0 Dublin, BR 0 0.. 0 Linwriek, do O5 0..06 Oalow, 90 0. .98 Newry, Ist 0 0.. 0 Waterford B6 0...92 Beef, India, per tierce Prime Mec , 0 o._ 0 reek, prima mesa_ 87 6 .90 Basonsikwk,l.mrk 187 6... 0 • Du, ernort Bacon, Waterford, per ant 63 0 0 Belfuet Lartl,l344faxt,prfrk 1 so Waerton:, do-. Ditto Bladder American,dutyp. 50 0..66 0 Mow, Oa and Cow, at per lb. B. A. and M. %ale% Os. 5.2 65.744 F h afted 0 3...0 8i Brazil, d 27 0 44...0 6 Oryaated 4 .0 Rio, dry 0 4f ...0 Sf Lima& Valp. dry 0 5 ...0 6 MCA India, dry 0 4 -V 5 Salted 0 $4.-0 44 East lulls 0 4 ...0 101 Kit.lt a Ayron, dry 0 7 ..0 6 dry 0 31...0 9 8. Amer.lloree, pee bide 9 ' I 8 Bun* ditto I -. a 3 DT. Wools% at per ton. Loprocul,Jarnsia-t 4 0... 0 • lionduraa S lc_ 0 0 Campeoeby 7 0... 6 0 rustle, Jamaica 5 10... 6 19 Nicarngua, large and POlid 10 0...13 • Sloan a.. 9 0...10 • Lima 10 IC 19 Sap,. ..- 11 111. 16 • Bed Sanders. - 6 I Brazil 18 0...30 • Yam at per gall. Leeward laland Proof. Demerara, 26 to 36 per cent. I O.P ... .. .... . 3 6 ... 2 3 Jamaica, SO to 36 per cent. O.P. 3 6 ... 4 01, Favourite marks 4 4 ... 3 0 Brandy, lat brstub 4 7 ... 3 6' BritiM spirita,d.p. 10 S ... 0 0 dcotch Irish lO 3 ... 0 0 Fu!, per ton. Ittga,P.T.R. £47 0...54 0 Rt. Petersburg, 9 head 0 0... 0 e Dutch and Flemish 55 0..95 klicalund Mae, at ;,er ton. Bt.Petersburg,clean,B3s 9..38 outshot ....... half clean Illga, Rhine .. outahot pill Merolla Peet India Sant lB 0...23 Bombay l6 0...19 Jute Ti., at per cwt. Banc' O2 0... 0 Straits Com. M blocks B2 0... 0 lams, at irr ton. Bars TALLOW.—Steady at 453., with a good demand. HOPS. BOROUGH MARKET, Two o'Clock. Mesas. Pattenden and Smith report that the market is my firm, with very few Hops on offer. New Mid Kente 41. 0 to6l. 12 'Venlig; Kente,p.ort. 21.10 to 3/. • New Weald of Katt& 2 Id to 4 0 Yearling Sweet to 3 New Ste.: . . 2 10 to 3 10 Old How • ..... 1 10 to 2 0 Denham . ....... 4 4to 617 BAOINGOTOKP, Jtn. s.—Trade still rather improving and firm, holders tok mg more money ; yet buyers du not appear willing to go further than out late.quoted prices. HAY.--611 IT lIFIELD, Two o'Ciork.—Meurs. Cooper and Davis report the following quotations : Prime Marlow Tee. to 74. I Poeta ....60e to 6i.. I Straw.. 151. to 30 0 . left:riot ...... 14i. to 05. Clover ....7:w. to rea CATTLE, &C.-CIIICIIESTER, Jan. 5.-Beef, fat and prime, 4s. 44. to 4s. 8,1.; inferior sorts, 3s. 84. to 4s. Mutton, 4.. 2d. to 4s. Bd. Veal, 41. to 4s. 4cl. Prime Pork, 6s. to 6.. 4d.; fat Hogs, 4s. to 4s. 2d. ; store Pigs, three to four months old, 16e. to 20s. each. Extant, Jan. 6.-This was a small market, but of the few fat Bullocks driven in the most part were very tine, and quickly sold, at strong prices, ray at from 60v. to 635. per cwt., or from 10s. 6d. to 11s. 3d. per score. The supply of butchers' Calves was sufficient for the d, mend, and the quo- tation from 61d. to 60. per lb. The quotation for fat Sheep must be stated at from Gd. to 60. per lb. A good lot of store Ewes were sold at 355. each. • - • • - Lam's, Jan. s.—There was a large supply of Cattle at our market this morning, principally of an inferior description, which met only dull sale, at late prices. Good animals met brisk sale, at rather improved rates. Of Mutton the show was not large, yet the demand was scarcely adequate to the supply. Prices averaged about 7d. per lb. SOUTHALL, Jan. s.—Supply moderate, and trade much the same as last week. Beef, per stone of ttlb , sinking the offal, 2s. 10d. to 4.. 10d. Mutton, 4s. to se. 4d. Veal, 4s. 4d. to se. ed. Pork, 3a. 4d. to 4a. 6d. For Yesterday's Marks( sots last poge. SHIPPING. Matta Aimee rm.—Dublin, 3 ; Waterford, 2 ; Donaghadee, 1 ' • French, 1; Flanders, 1; Gibraltar, 1.. LONDON, Jan. 6.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.W., light breeze, and fine, clear weather. DEAL, Jan. 5 —8.8. W. to S.W., strong.—Arrived : Sod thalmley, Chi,.; Nautilius, Calcutta; Elizabeth Hughes, and Charles Berbiee ; Brontes, Mataasas, for Antwerp. Ar rived from the river and sailed ; Rio Packet, Cape Coact Castle; Whampoa, Demerara. Put b..,clc. : Himalaya, sad Tamar, fur Hobart Town ; Bolton, Adelaide, S.A. ; Parsee Merchant, Ceylon ; Primula, Cape of Good Hope ; Maris, Callao ; Sandwich, St. Lucia : Sir Charles Napier, New Or leans; and others. The Isabella (ship or barque), of Li verpeol, was passed, dismasted and water-logged on the 26th ult. in lat. 4G N., long. 22 W., by the Brontes, , arrived in the D owns. PORTAMOVTH.-8.8.W. to W.N.W., squally.—Arrived Johannes Hoge, Rio Janeiro. CLYDE, Jan. 4.—Arrived : Legman, Demerara; Hudson, New York. BELFAST, Jan. 4.—S.S.W.—Arrived: Mary Hannah, Porto Rico. Sxmins, Jan. s.—S.S.E.—Arrived : Tiddell, St. John's. 4th : Some more vessels have put back to-day, having struck on the bar while proceeding to sea. 6th : A sloop or ochooner is sunk a few miles to the southward of this place. Hutt, Jan. 5.—S S.W., fresh—Arrived, 4th: Achilles, Indus, and Hyperion, Quebec. Sailed, 3rd: Conquest, St. John's. Put hack, 4th Clyde, for New Orleans, having been on shore near Yarmouth. sth : During last night and to-day it has blown strong from the southward ; the wind has suddenly got round to the north-west. PWLEIELL,Jan. I.—The Christian, from Demerara to Liver pool, came on shore this morning, near Port Oylan, Biz miles to the eastward of Portinllaen, a derelict, and wilFprobably become a total wreck ; part oistores and a few casks of rum landed. WEXFORD, Jan. 4.—The schooner Pilgrim, of Waterford, from Cardiff, came on shore at lament Bar, near Fethardi yesterday morning. HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 4.—The Queen, which arrived hers yesterday, from Cronstadt, was in contact, on the Ist instant eff Bridlington, with the Heart of Oak, from Cronstedt to Lynn, when the latter foundered ; crew saved. BRIDLINGTON, Jan. 4.—The Friends, of sad Ens derland, which arrived here yesterday very leaky, has put on the ground. .:_i ~.. . -.. :.,..: -. . 7 . ` • . ././ '#) • . . _.• -f \ • 0 •. ,