The Express. — London, England, 1848-01-24 00:00:00

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JANIES3.BTREET, LONDON. Immense. was prevalent, with augmented virulence. Among the public men prostrated by it was the Duo de Soto mayor. The seesiou of tho 'more was without interest. The other chamber was occupied only with the re-election, AlAI•11:0, JAN. 17 . —three 'per Cents., 271 cash, 271 50 days S our per Cent s ., In' , pa It Fire per C eu t a ., 17 a t 50d ays , 1 P.P.,. MALI. of at. Ferdinand, 123 paper. Parham. on Landon, 4$ 20-100. THE OVERLAND MAIL. receivede Morning Herald.) We have by extraordinary express our files of pipers and private correspondence, in antici pation of the Ove r l an d Mail, from Bombay,: of Dee. 15 ; Calcutta, Dec. 7; and China, Nov. 28. The most important news brought by this ar rival is that supplied from Calcutta, which repre sents the truly disastrous effects of the late com mercial embarrassments in London upon the mer cantile community in that presidenev. Nine highly respectable firms had been compelled to suspend pay ment, and it was impossible to calculate how far the serious consequences of these failures would extend. " Credit and confidence," says the Bengal liarkaru Price Current, " were at once annihilated, and bu siness in every branch reduced to cash transactions. The acceptances of no European house could be die- countal in the bazaar." The intelligence from Bombay is of no political importance. The l'unjaub and Scindc were tranquil. Lord Hardinge was expected to leave Calcutta early in this month (January). Commercial matters had assamed a more healthy aspect,with an appearance of a gradual improvement. The accounts from China are entirely of a peaceful nature ; and the feeling of the people of that empire towards the English authorities is evidently partaking of a more pacific character. The following is the summary from the Bombay Timms of Dee. 15 : A mild motion and no wars was till last year an anomaly in our annals. The former exception now promises to become the rule s We have at present around us the bright spectacle of peace and contentment throughout all our dominions. The Punjaub is as quiet and peaceful as any of our own pro vinces, and more prosperous than most of them. The Sikh govirnment has determined to give 30,0001. a-year for the cosi/Arne:ion of roads, and double this sum as sum ea they can afford it. The lesser of these is more than twice what is bestowed by government on roads throughout the whole of 0 a Bombay and Madras prebidenciss together. At Lahore, gardens hive been laid down by the European toldiers ; these will supply 1 ' than at once with recreation and with food, and become schools _of instruction for the Sikh cultivators. Colonel ' Lawrence left Lahore on the 2nd Dacember, on his way to Calcutta, from which he embarks with the governor-ereneral. Scinde is tranquil. One regiment is to be withdrawn from it, leaving betwixt 16,000 and 17,000 troops behind. Colonel: Dundee, commander of the forces on the Indus, is at present on a tour of inspection. The order for the formal annexation of the country to Bum bay has arrived from England, but has not u yet been promulgated. Mr. Clerk, Governor of Bombay, ' proceeds to Scinde about the first week of January. He will remain for some weeks with the commissioner, when consi derable changes are expected to occur. Till then, matters will remain probably much as they were under the late ad ministr►tion. There are still some disturbances of no great moment in the Goomsoor country, and the usual amount of clamour from the Sirim's capital, Hyderabad. The story about the Nizam's brother having built up his wife and her slaves in the palace, with a view of starving them, seems one of those fictions which gain currency from time to time when a native chief is in bad odour and there seems some prospect of his territories being appropriated. Such things afterwards form the grounds on which war and conquest are justified: The late commercial intelligence has proved most calamitous in Calcutta;—in Bombay only ene house has fallen, aid that through no blame of its own no other failure here is apprehended. The festivities at Lucknow in honour of the Governor General are over, and his lordship himself by this time in Calcutta. He leaves early in January. Lord Dalhousie is expected to Tend a week with hie relative, the Marquis of Twcedale at hlaclras.—A disastrous fire occurred at Mazogon on the evening of the 13th, and destroyed the contents of an ex tensive wood-yard : this is the second time within this ten months that the same spot has been the scene of con flagration. 191. r A. Repko Henniker, itart: .... Tiler;ry Penman, Epp. B, Bond Cabbell, Eep.. 51.1". Claude Edward Scutt, Deb DIRELTOne. , CgAirasa—Lleut..Cot Lad ARTHUR LENNOX. M.P. Dxrcre.Cneiamen—T. C. GRANGER, Eq., M.P. John /shimmer, fnq., H.D. Charles Farebrother, Esq., Ald. T. 31. H. Batted. Esq. John Outliner, Esq. Philip P. myth, Esq. Aaron Asher flolLiold. Eq. Henry droodsood, Esp., M.P. Henry Willi.. I'osa3li &James arinichael. hart. Antranet,• granted on the !lees of penny, in every station of life sad ercry part of the world. on peculiarly favourable Palm. Every facility afforded to persons assuring the ht es of ahem to ye to render suit policies dream] securities. Fired ran, for Foreign risks on n rt,twOnable sale. Immediate Annultiss and Endowments granted on liberal terms, affording groat advantage to persons of limited Income. Particular attention I. Invited to the plan adooksl by this company, of panting dekrnal annuities , to commence at any specified sec, either lab ;or without return of the premiums paid. in cane of death before attaining the age at width the annuity is to gommence ; thus: A whoa aged IS. may ecenTe an annuity of ASO, to commence on attaining the bp of 50, and to oceattnne during life, at the following rates ascot ellniteNS, win AND ',senors anima, IN CAP' OF IMAM. Mann lawn I With Mum et ha-thilda I Whit Fenn of the whole. tai 1. 4. &D MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., railway share auctioneer% ramectfully beg to Inform their friends and the nhilc, that they continue daily to BUY and SELL all dencriptions of LAI LWAY SHAKES. railway debentures. English and foreign stock, talaing. and all other vhartvi and property. Yearn. I. and Co. elvo hog to announce that their public 'ale take. place every Wednesday, at 1 o'clock, at the Hail of Commerce, Threadneadlewireet, London , to their Gem, at which place all favour. are remmited to be addraweil.—Thresd medic wreet, Lawton, Jan. 1. 18411. BREWERY and PUBLIC-HOUSES.— PART NERIBIIIP.—Any Gentleman of actirity, commanding about OJAI. may be admitted a Partner in ea egabil.hod Brewery, with ,Ituate nt n frohl.mahleaterhor Place, 03 mile. fnm , Loudon with a trade. princip illy confined, w of 3,uou barrel., per annum. tett-all advantage , . are attached to 11113 brewery. which will be ex pLained to anplimint, If preferred the whole may he parch...Yd.—Apply t' Mr. MASON. 33. Ruckler.hury. 1). J. DENT, by distinct appointments Watch and Clockpalter to the Queen, 11.1t11. Prince Albert. and 1.31. the Emperor of Rawls, hart= rattly increased his stock of WATCEIES and CLOCKS to meet the purchases made at this season of the year, mo.t respectfully requests from the public an invoction of as Prieto astortinenta Lad/a gold watches, with gold Kahl. and jewelled h four hole., g p. each ; gentlemen*. ditto, enamel dials, 10 p.: youths direr eatchp. 4ce. ; substantial and accurately taanst direr lever watches, Jewelled in four holm, op. .—E. J. DENT. 83. Strand; 33, Co&ver.street . an I 34. ',islet Ezrnee , Clair Tower areal. UNIBER ONE, SAINT PAUL'S CHURCH YARD.—AA great stir L. being mule at Manchester to lower the duty on tea, and we hear that all the titles and br. In Ireland arc about 4, be I) Com:Hired, pn.swing upon the Chancellor of the Es• &sneer to fall the duty to Is. per lb. If It he tomb practicable wo -hall bare tea cheap enough to all our heart. content. In the meantime the price pod Coeboe tea. suitable for all large consumers, 1,, at Number One, 24 40. per 11, Observe.—all ten pays 2s. 21d. per lb. duty and you eel now buy (or one sovereign ells, of good strong CONODU, seld•A, when you tastc it, will satisfy you. on account of Its good quality.— DAR IN and Co.. tea merchant.. umber One, Paint Paul's churchyard. TEA. —At Na 8, King William-street, City, the large corowinver of Tce le oupplied with good, tined BLACK or NIXED TEA, at 3d. 21. per lb., a price unprecedentolly low for Ten of .trong. u-eftil quality. Al,. the beg Colon COFFEE, lid per lb. MULLIN and Co., 8, Wine WilliArn-Atreet, corner of Abehurch-lane, beim the London Life Ao..octution. COMPOSITE CANDLES, 81d. per lb. ; wax dome.,; German sew. Is. 2 d.: fine was, Is. Si.; transparent ea', IW.; genuine wax, la Id.; lest sperm ca n 1.. 6d. ; arklite,Gl ; waxed srlck moulds, 7d. ; Hales' oomra*lte.lod. ; Price a 10 0- G 9.., and Ws. per 11211 w. ; mottled seep, 60s. sad 64 Wads' , and rolu soap, Is. 4d. per packet; brown Windsor. Is. 61. ; ahnon 4d. molar ell, 3s. 3d. per gallon ; seal, M. ; V Ibis or errand, 4. .sl. : best sperm oU, ds. Best re ling was, 4s. M. per lb for e.Ol, at PAVI ES d dd rrtalellAbed warehouse. M. St. Mar. ss..).Ste SLlnshter's o,ffesheuse. THE BEST REMEDY for INDIO ESTION. A. NORTON S CAMOMILE PILLS aro a•onahlently rcenonnen.led ta a ample hut cartaln rcm...l) to all w ha , oulYer from indlee•tion, elek headache, Won, and liver complaint, they act no a powerful tonic and retie aperlent, Imparting a.lrength to the etannach, and compoeuro the 11(110.1 W.t.Clll. -$(11 , 1 i n bottles at 1, 14.1., or Rau Dd. each, VjLt l flLLOl'oll BY and t 0,, hate B. 0. Windt" 81, Blahopepato and nearly all rnedlcine rendera—Be sure to oat it= to not he nonana4cal to ouniw-eao troltatton, for Norton's PERFECT FREEDOM from COUGHS in ten _ _nl nute AtArPnt.' In eyed DR. '''''''''''"''""''"''' WAFERS. From Mr. Samara. boolieller, Linton, Nor., 1847. Mr. Thaltll Cornell, Ibitimun ier, of the town, bud for many Tear , "" ' , dream , from aetitina. and ho bad tried every thins( within his reach. but without heneflL Laid boars - , he l ureMoed et Dr. Lecock o Wafeni of me' and found more benefit before he had %tea two bore, than be had from all ibe other medicincii he had ever hare. J. SAM:AA:VT." Da. LococC, WATNIA AATO hadant relief and a rapid cure of W i lma. roue.. and all diionicai of the breath and haw ; they hare a moot ant M4l.—Price to. 111,1, R.. flit, and 11, yne box —Accra, Ma and Co. 1 Bridelsoo, Floctatreet, Loudon ; sold by a" medicine variant OHILIIREN'S HAIR,—ROWLAND'S mACAMAR OIL nourtesan the HAIR to Its emb - yo state, aces. lame= It. mnth, sustain,. It In catartty, sad continuo" On Pn"Q''don of health) mftnets, and luxurious rodundsnar to the Wrest Knot of human life. Genial ant purifying. It &vein on scurf and Im. DIIIVrIVIT t .II . I ' N e NZ amide boo i r re woral f s :ROWLAND'S MACASSAR * WI." on No Pfleo 38 . ado .°.: way bottle. (equal to four -loath, ; and double Mat alto, 71, nor bottle. Sold by the pnmeicton.. at 20, Iffetoniardetb London. terl by all Menne+ and perfumers. NOTICE. With reference to an announcement which has re cently appeared, respecting a forthcoming daily jour nal, we are authorised to state that there does not exist any connexion between the Electric Telegraph Company and the publication in question, though the tame of the paper might suggest an actual association. The advan;ages of early information by telegraphic express are not, ant will not be, restricted to any particular journal, but be open to all parties who choose to incur the expense of such a mode of transmission. We, of course, shall avail ourselves of the Electric Telegraph as occasion may require, and, therefore, to avoid all confusion, such information as may reach us through that channel will be distinguished by pre fixing* the words— " From the Electric Telegraph office." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY, Four o'clock. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We hare received our foreign express, with letters from Paris up to last evening. The separation of Ahd-el-Kader from his fol lowers had produced, it is said, so alarming an ef fect upon the health of the emir. that orders were /Pen rot their confinement in the same prison with their illustrious chief. There were reports that Palermo was in full insur rection and barricaded; sixty soldiers killed. It was a•so reported tbat, in_an attempt to arrest a Sicilian nobleman in the British Consulate at Palermo, the arms of England were either torn down or thrown down by accident. The Madrid mail of the 17th has arrived, bnt has no intelligence of the least importance. The influenz a MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Casualty by death in the mimes of India, reported since the departure of the mail of lst Dee. MADRAB.—Brigadier J. Blair, Nizasn's Army, at sea, on the 12th August. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY, Dac. 14.—We had the pleasure in our last of reporting a very steady market for importa, and we have now the further satisfaction of advising increased brisknesa, with every pro- span of a gradual general improvement throughout the sermon. The overland mall from London of the 7th November, arrived here only this morning, and although the accounts are lm favourable than we had hoped for, still there is nothing in them that can in the least degree affect this market. Our produce market is in estate of great depression, and must con tinue no until more settled intelligence comes forward from Europe. Corms Piece Goons.-. The month opened with a pretty general demand for grey goods, which ha. been well contained since, a large amount of business having been done, and a farther advance caprices of ouch descriptions as have been more particularly sought after established, and which latter again consiet of ahirting, maddapularn, and jiexonet, of low to medium quality, the advance on the drat-awned being 4 annas, and on the ether two, 2a. to 3a. per niece; low quality in maddapotam and medium in jacconet having the advantage. Long cloth for dyer purposea, as well .ris ware heavy domestic, continue to be inquired for at full rides ; but the Once makes of the latter are still somewhat of a drug in the market. The same may be said *boor 36 inch of all make The inquiry for shirting embrace, 45 no well as 40 inch of the qualities named, and the former has Waco participated in the improvement equally with the other. Higher qualities, though occaeionally inquired for, do not in either width command any ad vance. 131eschoi gouda are much the name as hel•ire. Shirting steady in price, and low quality only nought after. Of jacconet the same may be said, as also of maddapolam ; but for the latter better prior. are offered, whilst the better qualities of all are neglected. In fancy good. there has been a fair inquiry for book marline, an oleo for pine draws, and dyed mulls; but lappets, mulls, and Swim lappets, are dull of male. The demand for plain cloth and twill in Turkey red dre hag been good, and advanced prices are now offered for both dererfptions in all widths. Prints, no before, dull of sale. C 071,1 Ya arc—Again we have to report a quiet market for grey, with limited eaters but prices are steady, and for 30a. mule, an adrawe of 1 unna per lb. has been obtained. change dye is in request, and I holders are demanding higher prices. The best quality of Turkey red is alto looking better, but Inferior in quite neglected. Wootrams.—Stlli very difficult of .ale, and with the exception of a mall parcel of low scarlet gave list cloth, at a alight improvement in price, we have heard of no tranaactions. IiCTALS.—Iron : Swedish bar is ateadv in price, bat the only trans. action reporterdis a trilling one of 80 caddies that, at Is} ea per candy For British the inquiry tae retired, square and round being wanted. Nail rod steady. !loop is also steady in price, bat we have heard of no transactions. Sheet : A 'ale has been etfented of 100 bundles, 2 to 9 duets each, at 7 rs. 7 as. per cwt. Nail continues in good demand. —Corner continue* tolerably stead —Lad : Pig is in good inquiry. —Seeder, although in maid demand, continues to decline. Ex i oans.—oolll,l Woo,—The dull and declining state of the mark. • for this staple, reported in our last, has cautioned through the fortnight, though we have bail somewhat more doing in it, the dr cline in prices and rates of freight that hoc taken place haring in ducer; prinks to operate to a limited extent, both for England and China. The stock in the place is as yet moderate, and the range of selection coallned, but large supplies are looked for from the Compta districts, which, while they will add to the former will not increase the latter. The foliar, ing in a list of such purchases as we have heard of, and the prime of the day are as quoted :-100 cambial Mangalore, at 111 rs; 450 candles Compta, at St rs.; 150 ditto, ditto, at 84 re.; 100 ditto, ditto, at 811 ra per candy. Farionou—Ts London, al. 15a. to 41. • to Liverpool, 31. 12a. 6d. to V. I.U. per ton. To China, 16 n. per ca ndy. EICSANOM—London, at 6 months' sight, per rupee, la. 100. to Is. 101 d. ' • at 3 month= eight, Is. 91d. to Is. bid. ; at 1 month'. sight, Is. Sid. China, rat 60 days' eight, per 100 Sp. dirs., 210 re. Madras, at 30 dupe right, 991 n. Calcutta, at GO days' might, per 100 rs., 991 to 99 1 es; at 30 days' sight, 991 ra ; at sight, 101 in. Palo s or lie tuox.—Sorereigns each II rs. : 4 awes.; sovereigns, dragons, each 11 re.: 2 alums; Bank of England notes, per pound, 11 : 4 u.; Spanish dollars, per 100, 2221; German crowns, per 1000, V I .. 7 t 7 , e tt r i v :t r, t i . 2e i r . 100 toles, 1031 at 101; gold leaf, per tole (range Z:ALCurra, Dec. 7 . —At Calcutta, during the past fort night, there has been little to district public attention from the effects of the commercial clicisters in England, and the anticipations of further evil on the arrival of the mail of 25th of October. Up to this morning, however, little had realm' red beyond what we hinted at in our last, namely, the so:lantana of payments by swan seven or eight arms which we did not then consider it proper to name. These were Mows. Saunders, May, Fordyce, & Co., Cockerel' & (b., Lyall, Matheson & Co., Church, Lake & Co. Lake, Hammitt, & Co., Sbearman, Mullen., & Co., Hugherelon Brahma, & Co., and Ewing, Aird and Anderson. It wan publicly stated that Menace. Smith, Cowell, and Co., had aleo stopped payment ; but it was subsrquently announced that they had resumed busineo, and at a meeting ofavdi. tors held since that time, it wan resolved that the house should be allowed to carry on Wilbur.. under iropee u tors then appointed. Yesterday the Iladdington was annonerd with the mails of the . 20th at October, and the greatest excitement prevailed tb awahout an the d that town. It SCSS only thin morning. however - , the new. Sti iced, by the I.lq.nlen &Teem, WhiCh C2llll‘ in about that eiyht o'clock. The intelligence thus received I. diaastrow enough, and likely to moos further emulsifies here, but as yet, of cause, it 'rook be quite unsafe to predicate its effects. '1 tie indigo season has scarcely opened, only one sale of consequence baying been made. Sugar has lartarly engaged more attention, a allgat decline in priers inducing remitters to purchase more fy. Silk remains ne , tot and Corabs, though now large in vtoek, And no burls. - ;.- ..e is taken freely tor America. and Alden for hag lend sari I ~......-e u• a moderate extent have also been made. There is some demand for toniage for the new rice crop, but little of the grain has vet corm ti market. Jute lolls Is-gely. Linseed to rather higher. 'there I. talc Sensual for America for other staples, am Lae dye, bides, gender. gunny, hog'. &c. The Mat opium sale of the wawa was held on the 29th November, sod pawed elf very quietly, affording a remarkable centred to the , proceedings at the opening sale of last year. The drug eold dearer 1 than had Wen expected, the average of Patna being 1020 re., the lowest price it has been sold at in a government rale elute June. 1812, when the average was Ott TS. The market hw ranee been quiet. The import trade has been inactive. The whole system by which the commerce of the interior is curial on is distaff...cc: by the general prostration of credit. There has also been a natural expectation that bidders would in some dere. bc compelled to furoreir goods ant he market, which has not. however, s. vet been h For cottons the demand bas been Lorimar. but rattier more disposition to buy has latterly been apparent. Of mule twist 'oak large micas were made roan dare the arrival of the mail, and for the mason a fair inquiry has been maintained. Woolleas ate in rather km request. For metals the demand has been !CM brok, and Pales have hew nnfm portanL It is a favourable circumstance in the present state of affairs, that the money market is Still in a comparatively rev reddest. Them is, however, much caution shown on all sides, and nu disposition to ken out funds except oh undoubted and uniible security. The position of the Union Bank in connection with the recent failures created roach anxiety, and was the subject of many rumours. Shares whkh under the pressure of a run upon the bank had sunk to 200 to 250 is. per share, have ranee advanced to 270 to 300 rs. per share. Exchange tmusactictna have been limited In extent, and though there is still a oansiderable range of quotations, the rates have latterly been rather more settled, at about the following for six months sight paper: let clam with duets., Is. 10id. to Is. lid. per rupee; Ist ditto without ditto, In. lid. to 2s. Old. ditto; Barinfea Anti. credits, Is. II td. to Is. 110. ditto; Tonnage has been Pearce. arrivals comiag in slowly. The Mel of freight Ohre eehregeently been with maintained. For sugar and ace 61. 10s. to 71. base been paid to London and Liverpool. Luton.—The only trannsetion of importance in the new indigp Ma been made by private sale P. Ssulen. Ealleghatta, Kisbnagnr.-1, about 100 chests and Coi'a rs. 170 per f. aid. The mark last year gold at Co.'s rs. 141-17 pa I. md. There has been no disposition to buy for England under pre sent eirennatanees. The Americans bare been purchasers of a kw native lota. Sto•a.—There has been stair inquiry for AMAMI sugar, and more disposition to bay than at any time during the past month; first quality - is without much change, the best now In the Bazaar, selling at CO. 'll en. 9to 9.6 per end. In other kinds, however, the decline during the post fortnight is 4 ammo per nand ; and the lower quit tire may be bad at even a greater reduction. Flues arc —Braves, Snit quality, new Co.'s re., 41 to 9 8, second Mao, 7 14 to 8 8 ; ditto dingy and inferior, 6 8 to 7 8; Ihurima, 6 to 64; Gnrpatta date, 5 12 be 6 4, Tlrhoot, 5 8 to 7 8, Khania, 3 8 to 4 1 per b. md. RAW Slut.— In the silk market there le no change. 81LX P,.es GOODA.-03raha continue quite neglected. gstragraz.—For Pagland a few vales bare been made, and the American demand still take, off a fair quantity. Prime of the lower qualities have again undergone a slight reduction. Prins aro Gudna, Co.'s Re. 6 2 In 6 10; Chuprah, Co.'s As 5 2 to 3 10; relined, CA's Ash 8 to 614 pert, md. Bleu—There is a conelderable desire shown to engage tonnes' tar rhipmente of new rim In prospect of arrivals of the new grain being shortly abundent—a few traneactions are reported, but to no great extent, and the market has not yet fairly opened. Priors may be quoted.—Table, Co.'s Its. 1 14 to 2 6, Moonghy, cleaned, 1 3 to 1 5, Delius do. 1 2 to 1 3 b. md. Cirrmx.—Tbere is no change of any kind in cotton, nor will any business of moment be done until the new crop comes down. FMAIORWI.—The inward bound are still kept nut, and tonnage leas teen scarce, coneigneer at the same time being able to secure very stiff not advancing nitro loroars—Coreos GOODS.—The Improved tendency of the mute boa given place to comidemble dullnee. There has, however, been more inquiry for cotton relit during the past weir, , although the actual business transacted has been malerstn— , Grey and white shirting, are without change in value, but of Ike former the saleseffeeted are toa fair extent. In grey jaconete several large soles et very ordinary quality have teen made at co.'s en, 116 to I 13 per piece; good and fins are not watch wanted. In white )aeo. nets little hashers does Orgy inandagollama crindnue gaud. Grey drills remain Ili good demand, and sale. hove lean Made at rather better rats.—Poe Glasgow light ?Aries the Inquire is sill languid, and few sales of any impertanee have been made. The large stocks 'tinting of there gods have a more depressing effect at this time, that In fabrics such as shirting' and jaconets, the suppliu of which are small. Book tared= are a little moreasked for, several arrinds from Burro= having taken plan. Lappets re main dull, but there has been rather more Inquiry in thee:WM of the present week. In wads no oaks ore reported. ',fulls, No. 3to 5 kind are saleable, but at low and stationary rate.. Printed goods are in very limited request. In Turkey reds the business done has been quite unimportant. Printed handkerchiefs, of a I suitable dextrin lions arc in brisk demand for Purmah at high prices. MONEY Masterr.--Buta or Arenas—Discount on government acceptance. (three months), 6 per ant; discount on prirate bine and note (three months), 10 per cent. Intelsat on delimit of company's paper, 8 per cent. ; Interest on club credit accounts, fdi per cent. 14,N1k eitanrs.-11agal Bank, 4,900 co.'s Co., 2,500 to 2,550 pm. IYS 0n Bank, 1,000 co. ' s rs., 750 to SOO dirt Agra Bank, 500 co.'s re., 190 to 01:1 pm. Oriental Bank, 1,000 co.'s rs. (500 n. paid V), 140 to ISO pm. North Western Bank, 503 co.'s IR. 100 to 130 pm. Paten or Batson, IM.—Sycee .. .llver, 01.'s re. 100 per its. wt., 104 to 104 10; China gold ham, Per er. wt. 16 12 to 17 0, gold dust, per is, wt., 15 4 to Pi 14; Spanish dollar.. per 100, 229 to 220 10 ; 31exicin ditto, per 100, 219 4to 219 lb; Sovereigns, each, 11 I ; Madras gold mohure, each, 16 3t016 44 p • old gold mohurs, each, 21 621 7. CANTON, Nov. 26.—ImPowrs.---The market had been in a depreeend state previous to the arrival of the Overland Mail, and the advice! then received have waned a further depression. Our sup plie% want of confldenoe among the Chinese, and the anxiety of importers to realke, bare altogether tended to produce a general de cline In peters. Ex roam—Tess ; Gingou, there bare been fewer purchases made of this kind during the month than in any one of the past five, though the ehipments have been en a larger Rade, and the experts chow a large increase on the corresponding period of last year. About 30 chops are reported an hold at 21 to 23 tarts for Miming; IT to 19 Mete lfahew ; 17 to 20 taele Kai-ea-on; and 14 to IS tacts for thowbu.kal. These quotations arc lower than those Mom last report; but though prime hare a downward tendency, a decline has not taken place to the extent of the difference, as an in. feeler qualltv la now arriving. About GO chops are in market. Of cid, xis bare been Mid at 124 to 15 tacks, and 12 remain. Of Souehong 1500 clarets have been rented at 22 to 28 tubs for hie to good, and 16 to 10 meet for ordinary; about 10,000 Minds are in Mock. Tor Flowery Pekoes lower rates would be accepted, but there is no demand. Of Scented Orange Pekoe fully 150 u half chests have been settled at ,21 to 23 taels for fair to good, and 25 to 241 taels for fine; and scented caper 10,000 beam arc reported at 16 to 22 Otis. The market is now cleared of the finest qualities. but ordinary end mid dling qualities can to made to meet any demand. Of plain orange pekoe 3000 half chests have been purchwel at 12 to 15 tech, and only a small Mock is lett. Of plain caper about 1000 boxes of very inferior quality is left. Of the first crop of Nine Yong* the market flickered; about 2000 half chests of the atoned crop is in stock. Gar ess.—An exceedingly brisk demand has existed throughout the month, end moot of the chore were milled immediately on arrival of the musters. The desire to get the the tea of the new crop early to the American markets caused much competition, and the opening rates have been fully 'supported in ell qualities suitable for the United State.. The same remarks apply to the fine Hyson and Gunpowder for England ; indeed, for the latter sort, higher rates have been paid than were paid for like itialities chipped later In the season. The crop is of good quality, strong and well-flavoured, and many of the finer chops not so highly coloured, but paler, and more like the natural hue of the leaf. We miote—Young yson, Taeping country 24 to 26 Mehl; Moyuno country cargo quality 29 to 81 Mete, do.7goed eareo 32 to 14 Mots, do. superior to fine '36 to 41 tnele, do. finest 46 to 63 Mete; Hymn fair to rod 32 to 42 Mel& fine to finest 48 to 65 Leis at which prime consider able purchases have been made. Imperial and gunpowder in com mon and middling qualities no transactions of consequence have team place, the tromen not being willing to accept the pram offered. Fine and finest Hymn flavour have been taken freely at .30 to 53 to 82 to 8.5 for England. Hymn Skin bun also been taken freely for the United States. We quote—Movunecountre cargo at 15 to 17 trete, do. good 18 to 20 tads, do. superior 21 to 14 Weis, fine to finest 26 to 30 Meta; in Twarikays no tranmetiona, and prices nominal at rates above remunerating ones to any buyer. The crop is very small. Fully 100,000 half cheeta of all sorts hare arrived, of which about 90,000 bare been settled. FACIISNOISS.—Baring's credits, 4 4f. Oriental Bank, 4 41. Ac cepted Company's bills on Bengal, 216 to 218 en., and holden gene rally refuse to ,ell at the latter rate. Bruans.-51exican dollar*, I per cent. pm. Gold has fallen to 24 doh. 8f e. hycee for duty, 8 per cent. prem. FIMORTS. —To London 4/. 10e., and to the United States It dole. to 18 dole. per ton of 40 feet. Tonnage plentiful. THE CASE OP DR. HAMPDEN. '7;Z iteze ilt,pre% N 0.438.1 LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 2 t,1848. [3d. 41i t COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. REOINA O. AW:1111181101` OF CANTERHUIttr.—CASE OF Dlt. HAMPUEN.—This being the day appointed for hearing the Attorney. General's argument against the rule nisi for a mandamus which had been obtained on the application of Sir F. Kelly, on Friday, the 14th inst. , the passages leading to the court were thronged, as early d s nine o'clock, by par ties anxious to be present at the hearing of this important case. The barristers' seats were densely crowded. With the Attorney-General, as counsel for the crown, were the Soli citor-General, Dr. Bayford, Dr. Twins, Mr. M. D. Hill, and Mr. Waddington. In support of the rule were, with Sir F. Kelly, Dr. Addams, Mr. A J. Stephens, Mr. Badely, , and Mr. Peacock. . . . W Their lordships entered the court at ten minutes past ten o'clock, when the Attorney-General immediately proceeded with his argument. He stated that he appeared to show cause against the rule which had been obtained on the 14th inst., re respecting the late el, ction to the see of Hereford. He enter tained so many objections to the arguments which had been urged by his learned friend in support of that rule, that he thought the best way would be t o take them in the order adopted by his learned friend, and, having disposed of his arguments, to proceed with each other objections as he (the Attorney- General) entertained against the rule itself. Having recapi. whited the steps previously taken, and called attention par ticularly ti the affidavit, which stated no objection rid personam to Dr. Hampden, but merely urged certain points of doctrine against him, the learned counsel proceeded to say that against this application he:entertained four princi pal objections. First, that the points urged by Sir Fit,roy Kelly were mere matters of form, and that the office of the Archbishop of Canterbury was merely ministerial. Secondly, assuming that the archbishop's office was not so, but judicial, that the remedy did not lie it. 4 mandamus, but in an appeal. Thirdly, he contended that, if the investigation were pers.sted in, it should be proceeded with under the Church Discipline Act, and that the court of the Archbishop of Canterbury could not entertain the matter any more than if it were a merely temporal offence. Fourthly, and this objection would resolve itself into many branches, he contended that this war not a case in which, under any circumstances, a man damus would lie. In arguing his objections it would be be proper to refer to what bad been the state of the law pre vious to the statute of Henry VIII., that being the statute on which the application was founded. The learned gentle man proceeded to quote at length from Ayliffe, Paragon, Lancellottus, and other jurists, persona all tending to show that first the election of bishops was carried on per rum et populum, but that, disorder,' having arisen—one in particular, in which 300 people were killed—the emperors had gradually taker. the erections auto their own hands. Under the canon law th.. objections allowed against the election of a bishop were mainly of a moral and personal nature. This was the law es laid down by Lancellottua, which author he took as having been quoted by his learned friend, although he impugned his authority. Bu•, even in the face of these objections, a bishop might still be elected, awl that was done by means of a postnlatu• to the Pope. Uprie rho the Pape issued his bull, and the elev.ion proceeded in the face of every objection. He gathered from this hook, therefore, in treating of canonical elections under the Romish law. that, after election and confirmation, no objection could be allowed. Ferraris said that. without citation, confirmation could have no effect; but that was the doctrine laid down at the Council of Lateran, the authatits of which had never been atknowledittd in this c. n• try. The passage to which his friend referred in Aylitfe, page 245, referred not to the election of bishops, but to that of dean and chapter; and, moreover, in the same book there was a whole chapter refer ring expressly to the election of bishops. These were the whole of the authorities previous to the statute of Henry. The only facts of similar date bearing on the case was the election of Cramer, immediately previous to the statute. It would be found at length in Burnet's " History of the Reformation," page 259. The rescued counsel quoted the passage at length. Respecting this election, there were eleven bulls in all, and it appeared that the whole election was carried on under the immeelate authority of the Pope, and the Pope, being infal lible, was not likely to allow any one to interfere. Te this day the appointment , ' of bishops were donative. There was a cite in Crookjamea, quoted also in Palmer, '• O'Brien r. In this case, which was one of disputed title to a bishopric, it was decided that the election was 'bat a form and ceremony which the king had decided on observing, and that the creation was perfect under the conye . lire. He came now to consider the statute of Henry VIII., which. i n hi. o pi,: on , disposed of the whole matter, The 25th of Henry VIII., abolishing the statute of sancta, provides that no person should be nominated to the bishopric of Rome. The statute, then, points out the mode of election, The dean and chapter, leaving out the abbot and priors, were to inform the crown when a vacancy occurred. The crown sent down its torsi d',lrre, and the dean and chsprir could only nominate the paean named in that document. If they did not do se within twel ve days the crown pro ceeded to appoint by letters patent, the archbishop to ordain and enumerate. If the chapter should have elected, the archbishop proceeds to confirm, but, under any eiratmetruseas, ordains and maseastes, and this under cer tete penaltiat The asehbahop was obliged to proceed to the investiture and consecration 'with all speed and celerity, and the crown alone had the power of judging of the fitness of the person. The elution therefore wee a mere form, or, as Gibson grid, it was "seemingly" an election under the magi since the; crown, by its prerogative as head of the church, had the power of judging of the fitness of the person to be elected. By the 7th clause of the statute the dean and chapter were subjected to the penalties of • prsemunire ; but his learned friend contended that if the dean and chapter elected somebody else than the person nominated by the crown, they would not incur the penalziee of a prices uaire ; and that it was only in case they did not proceed to the election at all, that they would be liable to it. Now they were to elect, within twenty days, the persons named in the letters missive, and at the beet, as this must be supposed to be done in *judicial form, it mlgheso happen that it would occupy more than twenty days, and it would be absurd to suppose that the legislature would inflict the terrible punishment of a priernunire for what might take up more than twenty days, if the elective was not considered to be a mere form. It was evidently intended to be a mere form, subject to no dispute or discussion. But there were legislative enact:manta allowing that it was more a mere form and shadow. The let of Edwaud VI., chap. 2, declared that the firm was • mere shadow. But it was contended that the word " election " was used. But the canon law treated election area confirmation as one thing. The statute of Henry was revived by the 4th of Elisabeth ; glad this statute showed that it wee revived figir the porWe ihr whialt it was origin ally passed—newel !' the maintenance of the prerogative of the crown. In Ayliffe, page 127, the forms to be used were given, and he treated them as mere forms. Gibson, too, in his learned work, "The Codex," said they had only one choice—and the word choice was marked in italics—that wee, whether they would obey or incur the penalties of. a prtemuaire. He said that the election, from beginning to end, proceeded " seemingly" on the conga d'elire, without any appearance of restraint from the letters missive, and in the same manner as if there was no such restraint, but it wee made matter of such positive demand, that if they did not obey the king they were to have • prtemunire. He would now proceed to the anhorities quoted on the other side. Hie leanuei hums mentioned the cue of Parker, as given in his biography by Styrpe, and in the the third volume of Burnet, page 805. The learned gentleman, aft er stating the parti c- ufars of this case said that little weight could be a tt ac h e d to it, being report ed: in a biography by persons who were not acquainted with nice distinctions of law. If precedent was was to avail, this case was of no authority ; because, if the statute of Henry the Eighth was to have force, they could not examine into the process of election, whereas it ap peared that the parties there did partly enter into the proem of election. Another case cited was one mentioned in " Burn's Ecclesiastical Law," and cited in " Collyer's Ecclesiastical History," page 207. That was the cause of the appointment of Montague to the see of Chichester. Intimation being given to any persons who had objections to make, one Jones, a bookseller, attended, and excepted against Montague u • person unqua lified for the episcopal office. Dr. Rives, who officiated on the occasion for the Vicar-General, disappointed the chal lenge, for Jones had made some material omission in the manner, and not offered his objections in form of law. Par ticularly, the exceptions were neither given in writing, nor signed by an advocate, nor presented by any proctor of the court, and upon the failure of which circumstances the con firmation went on." There Collyer stopped, but Dr. Burn went on to say, " The parliament, not at first apprised in point of form, were disastisfied with the conduct of the Vicar-General, and inquired into the conduct of Dr. Rives on that occasion. Upon which it bath been observed that Dr. Rives, a most eminent civilian and sanonist, admitted that the opposition was good and valid had it been legally offered ; and that the parliament at that time proceeded upon the same opinion." Now there was no authority for that statement of Dr. Burn. There was no authority for it in parliamentary history, and he did not think the court would give it any weight. He held in his hand a mau-work of Sir J. Marriott, who was king's advocate in 1764, and afterwards judge of the admiralty court. He collected a great number of precedents from books now not found. He found the following words in his book, under the title " Confirmation :" "Confirmation must be despatched within twenty days, otherwise there is a priemunire incurred. Therefore there needs no citation of opposers; nor are they to be heard if they offer." The only other case cited on the other side was thatl of " Evans and Kiffin e. Ascuith," in Palmer's Reports. The case was also reported by Sir W. Jones and others. The learned gentleman having quoted the language used by Mr. Justice Whitelocke, in reference to this case, said, that the words used by him were only historical, and in illustration of his argument, and were therefore no authority. The passage was an obliter dictum, because the question was never raised, what was legal confirmation ? It was not assented to by the other judges, and it was not found in the authorised reports. Neither was this case, therefore, of any authority. He had endeavoured to point out the ancient forms of canonical electicn and confiner"- rims ; he had endeavoured to show the various things that were necessary in that election ; he had endeavoured to prove that the act of Henry VIII. deprived parties from the power of inquiring into most of these forms. But it was still said, if the form be not necessary, if it be not an essential part of the proceeding, why is it retained ? It was used in that day, as in this, to perpetuate that reve verence for the establishment to which the apostolic heads of the church were traced. Yielding to scruples of conscience we had preserved it as a proof of apostolic succession ; and the bishop, when commanded to affirm under a penalty had no right to enter, and could not enter, into an inquiry ope rating upon an election which was already good to all in tents and purposes.:lie would now proceed to another objec tion. He took it to be no rule that if the court of the arch bishop be a court of competent jurisdiction, and exceeded that jurisdiction, the right to grant a mandamus would lie. If the question involved a temporal right as well as ecclesi• aatical, he admitted that a mandamus might be granted. But where the matter in , dispute was purely ecclesiastical, the Court of Queen's Bench had no more the power to grant a mandamus to the court of the archbishop, whose authority was co-ordinate with it, than it had to grant a mandamus to the court of the Vice-Chancellor, Lord Denman said that the ground en which a mandamus was demanded was the supposition that the confirmation was altogether void. On that subject it was 'fair for him to ask whether, if the archbishop refused to proceed to the con firmation, counsel would say, on the part of the crown, that a mandamus would lie ?. - . The Attorney-General said he was not present to argue that question, although he did not hesitate to say that a mandamus would. not lie in that case ; because, the Queen's Bench, which was a court of common law, had no jurisdic tion over the court of the archbishop in matters purely spi ritual or ecclesiastical. The learned counsel referred to the 3rd and 4th Victoria, chap. 86, sections 11 and 23, to show that, even in criminal matter., the Queen's Bench could not interfere, unless they involved as well some temporal inquirv.l In the first place, the bishop would not be present; it was the proctor of the dean and chapter who would appear, and, assuming the offence to be of the moat heinous character, there would be ne power to summon witnesses. He apprehended that the parties here were pro ceeding in a criminal form, and if so, that alone was sufficient ground for resisting the application. But, supposing he was wrong in that respect, the bishop had been confirmed, accord ing to the affidavits before the court. What then was to be done ? He was now by law the Bishop of Hereford as much as if he had been officiating in the see for years. There was no power to quash the proceedings, and he must be bishop still. The canon law dad not allow of any investigation be tween the confirmation and the consecration. The confir mation rendered the election perfect and binding, the conse cration being oily ministerial. But, independent of all this, there was a technical objection to the maintenance of a =an damn., which he was sure the court would have already re. marked upon, but for the solemnity and interest of the case ; and that objection was the total absence of any precedent. His learned friend (Sir F. Kelly) had quoted none; and he and his harmed colleague had searched for one in vain. Counsel proceeded to argue that the general rule was, that a mandamus could not lie in any case not involving tem perel injury; end, in support of this view, quoted the King e. St. Peter's, Thetford, sth vol. of Term Reports, in which the court said, "This is matter for ecclesiastical cognizance, and we will not int, rfere ;" "The Queen r. Kesterven " (3rd Queen's Bench Reports, 8 and 10), and a case from the Bth vol. of Adolphus and Ellis, where the court granted a mandamus, hut upon the express ground that the local act regulating the parish required that a church-rate should be made—a purpose ecclesiastical no doubt, but also temporal in its nature, the question depended entirely upon the statutes of, canon law ; and, if that court were to interfere, it should examine Dr. Addams and others to as ertain on their oath what that canon law was. Then, supposing the I ease not to be over for twenty days, it would be his duty as Attorney-General to inform the archbishop that he was within the dangers of priemunire. There was no es caping from those penalties. The of now sought was to obtain a writ of the law to interfere with the prerogative of the Queen by commanding the archbishop, in defiance of the Queen's command, to do that which the law did not authorise, and the doing of which subjected him to the penalties of pro nunire. The learned counsel, having referred to the ease of " Smith ex-parte Smythe," showing that temporal courts could not take cognisance of proceedings in ecclesiastical courts, or entertain questions purely eccle siastical, concluded by submitting that, although he had not exhausted the objections, he had urged sufficient to prove to the court that the rule ought not to be made absolute. To be continued la a farther edition.] NOVEL IMPORTATIONB.—A vessel. just arrived from the Russian part of Cronstadt, has brought two eases cmtaining two sledses, with the harness and shafts apper taining to the vehicles. The nail ship Hibernia, recently arrived at Liverpool from New York and Halifax, has brought, among other articles of merchandise, two barrels of oysters ; she also brought three boxes of an article called " congress water." What this water, honoured with such • parliamentary signification, is composed of we must confess to • complete inability to enlighten the public MADRID, JAR. 16. In propoaing . to make a eabioet qoebtion of the motion for authorising the goveroment to go cn collecting the taus till the end of June, Nervaez does not stvin to have been happy. The ground chosen to try the strength of the ministry was illuzory. The ultras protest against the coaserion of a vote of confidence with a vote of supplies. The debate which took place in congress yesterday was lees remarkable for the economical lights of Sanchez de Silva and the reply of Beltran do Lis, than for the few Words let drop by Bermudez de Cute, a thorough going Mon and Poial man, and who may be considered as speaking the sentiments of the ultra party. lie pro. tested strongly against confounding a vote of supplies with a vote of confidence, and added, that this question was one upon which, if Senor Olosaga were prime minister, the Duke of Velum*, in opposition, could hardly refuse to vote for him. Let the government, he said, choose a freer and lase embarrassed ground, and then it would know whether it had • majority or not in the house. This language is highly significant. There can hardly remain a doubt but that the attitude of the nitres, since the success of the Sala manquista, has been one of umbrage, not unmeneging to wards the government. The government, evidently pre paring itself against the eventuality of open opposition from the ultras, crows, through the lienado, over its success in the elections of Albacete and Alicant, which have returned ministerial men. The Minister of War declared yesterday, that be would cot he a party to reducing the army—a declaration deplored by Sanchez bins. Yesterday, Names, Figuerm, Cordova, and Isturitz called upon &Tarter°. During the eight minutes (tor they were carefully counted) that Espartero convened with Nat. vaez on the floor of the senate these old enemies held each other's hand all the time. The progresistas hare appointed three of their body to watcb the proceedings of the committee on the accusation against Salamanca. LEAMINGTON STEEPLE CHASES. By an express just received, we are requested to state that the stewards have postponed these events till Tuesday and Wednesday week, Feb. Ist and 2nd ; and that the Warwickshire Haat Cup issnains open until this day (Monday) week. EMANCIPATION Of TIM Saturday a numerously attended math* of the of Marylo bate pariah was ball la the Couraltemaa lane, 11. Lewis, Pay., it the Asir, to madder the yespetety of I petitioning both houses of_ parliameit for the unqualified emancipation of the Jews.—Mr. Juseph, M.D., meant' read a petition praying for the unqualified emancipation of the Jews from their disabilities, which he ssbmitted for the adoption of his brother vestrymen. He was of opinion that they were bound to demand the emancipation of their Jew ish brethren ; and that, in so doing, they spoke the senti went, of the 140,000 inhabitants whom they represented. They, as well as the country generally, should remember that Sir A. Inglis said, if the bill in favour of the Jews did not pass before the recess, that numberless petitions would be sent in against it. The announcement should sti mu'ote every friend of liberty to renewed exertions to get rid of the Jewish disabilities, which formed the lest shred of religious degradation that disgraced the statute book.—Mr. 11. Wilson supported the adoption of the petition. He felt that no man should be deprived of his civil rights on account of his conscientious feelings. To do so was cruel, unjust, and impolitic.—Mr. Stanford objected in linsine to the in troduction of the subject, as the vestry might as well petition for a constitution for New Zealand, or form themselves into a• committee upon the "national defences," as to discuss a petition in favour of the Jews. They had no right to do so as representatives of the pariah. The attempt was illegal, an absolute fraud upon the parishioners.—Major Sir James Hamilton, Bart., believed that Jews should not be admitted to parliament.—After a protracted discussion the petition was adopted by an overwhelming majority, and upon the motion of Mr. Joseph committed to Lord Dudley Stuart for presentation to the Houseof Commons—Lord Dudley Stuart declared his willingness to present the petition, and support it energetically.—A numerously-signed petition front the ratepayers, calling upon the vestry to convene a public meeting in favour of Jewish emancipation, was read and entered on the minutes. DR JOHNtION'S OPINION OF A COMM D'ELIRE.— " Perhaps," said a gentleman, talking to Dr. Johnson on church preferments, " after all, a cove hu not the force of a positive command, but implies only a strong re commendation." " Very true, sir," says Johnson, " but such a strong recommendation as if I should throw you out of a three.pair of stairs window, and recommend you to fall softly to the ground." Foua YOUTNS DROWNED.—On Saturday last an inquest was held at Bradford, upon the bodies of four youths, from 11 to 13 years of age, named William Smith, Lister Dracup, John Townsley, and John Whalley, who were drowned on Thursday a ft ernoon in the millpond or reservoir commonly called the " New Dam," connected with the ancient corn-mill in Brick-lane, Bradford, in the occu pation of Messrs. Ellis and Priestman. It appeared that the unfortunate youths and several other boys were amusing themselves by sliding on the pond, when one of them had the misfortune to fall, and most of the others, who followed in rapid succession, fell also, and their aggregate weight baying caused the ice to give way six of them were plunged into the water. Two were providentially enabled to get out, but the other four, as above stated, were drowned, their bodies not being recovered till some hours afterwards. Ver dict in each case, " Accidentally drowned." MTABa.—Up to this time no official communication has been received as to whether fil•Cabe will be discharged from custody or not. We (Doncaster Gas , tte) may, how ever, observe, that in addition to the declarations Reid has made relative to the innocence of M'Cabe, he recently made another statement in a letter to the Rev. Eaward O'Neil, of Dewsbury, to the effect that no ether person whatever was concerned in the murder. IMPORTANT TO THE THEATRICAL PROFESSION.— At Hull a case of considerable importance to the theatrical profession was heard at the County _Court on Thursday. The plaintiff in the case was Mr. E. W. Gomersal, one of the performers at the Theatre Royal, and the defendant wee Mr. J. C. Pritchard, the leases of the theatre. From the statement of the plaintiff it appeared that he was engaged to perform in the theatre at a salary of 30e. per week. Amongst the rules which all the company signed on making their agreement was one which stated that any performer re fusing to play a character cast for him by the manager should be fined 21s. On Monday, the 29th Nov., the company came to Hull, and Mr. Gomersal was informed that he would have to play the part of Robin, in " No Song, no Supper." Mr. Gomersal refused to r lay t he part, as it wu not low comedy, for which he stated he had been engaged, and on the following Saturday, when he went for his salary, the sum of one guinea was deducted. It was for the reco very of this sum that the action was brought by the plaintiff. —The Town-clerk, in his defence of Mr. Pritchard, coa -1 tended that by the rules of the company Mr. Pritchard was I perfectly justified in deducting the fine of one guinea.—The Judge said that he thought the plaintiff ought to have played the part cast for him, and he gave a verdict for the defendant —A counter action was heard on the same day, brought by Mr. Pritchard, the lessee of the theatre, against Mr. Gomeraal, for damages, amounting to 201. On the 11th of December Mr. Gomersal wrote a letter to Mr. Pritchard, stating that, unless he returned the guinea which had been deducted from his wages as a fine, he should not play any more. Mr. Gomersal kept his word, and although he was announced to appear every evening, he refused to go on the atage. Mr. Pritchard alleged that he had suffered much inconvenience by Mr. Gomersal's breach of con tract in not continuing his services for a month, and he, therefore, assessed his damages at 201. The plaintiff stated that it was customary with him when he wished to re-engage certain performers, and get rid of others, to put up a notice in the green-room that ill en gagements would terminate within a month from that date, and those who wished to be re-engaged could apply to the manager. Mr. Gomersal had several times engaged himself in this manner since his regular engagement in 1845.—His Honour was of opinion that these were separate engage ments, and therefore decided that Mr. Pritchard must be nonauited. THE SHAKsPEARE MEMORIAL NIGHT.—At the same court, on the same day, the case of " George Jones v. J. C. Pritchard," was heard The plaintiff in this case was Mr. George Jones, "chairman of the People's Central Com mittee of the Sbakspeare Memorial Fund," and the de fendant (Mr. Pritchard) the lessee of the Hull theatre. The plaint was for the amount which Mr. Jones alleged to be due to the committee of the Shakspeare fund, from the proceeds of a performance in Leeds for that purpose. The amount for which the action was brought was not stated.— The Judge inquired of Mr. Jones what authority he had from the committee for bringing the action.—Mr. Thomp son, the town.clerk, said: I have an objection that Mr. Jones, as chairman of that committee, is not entitled to sue ; in fact, I have four objections. The first is, that if any cause of action exists, the committee, and not Mr. Jones, should sue for its breach. The second is, that the alleged contract is matins pactum—that is, a promise not founded on any con sideration moving the plaintiff, and so is not etpable of being the ground of an action. My third objection is, that what set r Mr. Pritchard undertook to do he has fulfilled to the lever. Lastly, that Mr Jones has received a large sum of money from Mr. Pritchard on account of the memorial nights that he ought to have applied to paying for the pur chase of Shril..i.e..re's house, but that he has not so applied it, and, •t I' tore, so far from being entitled to claim any fur ther sum, Mr. Pritchard is entitled to recover back what he has paid already, in order that he himself may apply it to the legitim►te purpose that Mr. Jones has failed to apply it to.—These objections were fatal, and the plaintiff was non suited. A CCRIOI*B INSTANCE OF THE SAGACITY OF 1/1E Fox occurred on Monday, in the course of a run with the Duke of Rutland's hounds, when reynsrd, finding himself more hardly pressed than met his views of self preservation, jumped on the wall at Croxton Park, and after running on the top for some distance, gently slipped down between the wall and the ivy with which it is overgrown. The pack cleared the wall end the fox together, and were immediately at fault, and all the efforts of the huntsman by eve tig his hounds round in every direction were uselr , s. The 'rick was observed by • man who was pulung tu,rips in a field adjoining ; but he had humanity enough to let the hounds get clear away before he disturbed the lodger in the icy, who will doubtless afford another day's sport. STATISTICS OF EURO/T.4N BCD/MTS.—The efatie tics of the budgets of Europe are curious. They are as fol lows: Belgium, 118,460,649 E: the population of the country is 4,458,426, which gives 27f. 90c. per head. The budget of France is 1,458,723,29.51.; its population 36,400,486. or per head, 41f. 'sc. English budget, 1,421,709,9031, or 51f. 48c. per head; Holland, 3,247,856 inhabitants, with a budget of 141,562,7111., or 43L &4c. per head. Prussia, 16.112,949 inhabitant; expenses, 237,565,015 f. or 15f. 80c.gs. head. Austria, 35,879,152 inhabitants; their expenses are 372,000,000, or 10f. 43c. a head. But these two coun tries have very large provincial budgets; but the same may be said in a is.. degree of ail the others, e MR. COBDEN'S OPINIONS ON THE CURRENCY QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OP THE DAILY NEWS. . . Sir,—While tho all absorbing and moat deeply in teresting question of the currency is agitating nut only the public mind but the commerce of the world, perhaps you will consider the following or rrespeadeace to be of sutfi tent importance to give it a place in your columns, and oblige, sir, your faithful *errant, Fn.oncis BENNOCH.—Blackheath, Jan. 23, 1848. NO. I. I did not consider my first note to Mr. Cobden to be of sufficient importance to keep a copy of it, as it was merely written to request the favour of an interview for myself and Mr. Taylor in relation to the currency. In that letter I stated that the principle of the Anti-Gold•law League was to establish " free trade in banking," as well as " tr ee trade in gold," to which I received the following reply : NO. COBDEN TO Mk. BINNOCH. London, 18th Dec., 1847.—Dear Sir,—ln reply to your note requesting an interview on the subject of the currency, I am sorry to say I am leaving town for Manchester, and shall not be able to see you. I suspect we have opposite opinions upon the currency, but to confess the truth I do not know what the plan it, recommended by your " Anti-Gold. law League," or by the Birmingham school. Before any proposition can he made interesting to the pubic, it Inuit be put in a simple, brief form. You speak of free trade in gold " u one of your objects, but I consider the import and export of gold already free. Do not trouble yourself to write to me with any reasons in support of your plan, but if you can tell me, in the compass of a dozen lines, what your plan really is, I shoul , l be glad to have it; and I think 1 have given sufficient attention to the question to be able to form en opinion upon }our proposed systein.—l remain, &C., RICHD. COBDEN. P.S. Recollect, I want the plan in twelve lines, or rather, I wish to know your object. The Anti-Corn-law League stated its object in fewer words—" The total and immediate repeal of the corn laws, and the abolition of all pmts. tiva duties.' NO. BENNOCH TO 311. COBDEN. 78, Wood-eticet, Monday, Dec. 20, 1847--Dear Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 18th, and, according to your desire, beg to enclose you our propositions, condensed u much so possible I regret to find you are obliged to be absent from town so soon and so long, though I gather from your 12,t, and from a previous, note, that you would rath , r avoid a conference-1 trust I misinterpret your language. The Anti-Corn-law League, by applying to a hungry man's stomach, and by the use of a terse epithet, could express its object in a few words, and win sosvarts. The Asti Gold-law League can only ap peal to reason, and by a chain of argument convince its auditory. It not only proposes the destruction of a bad system, but the construction of a better ; there fore more space is necessary to explain its principles. There is one observation in your letter to which I must shortly refer. Alluding to a statement iu my former note, expressing our desire for " free trade in gold," you observe, I con sider the export and import of gold already free ;" from which I infer your opinion, that exc'usion from import and export duties constitutes the only freedom necessary is regu late the sale of commodities. The Anti-Gold-law League, on the contrary, conceive that so long as the Bank of England is by act of parliament compelled to buv all the gold presented to it at a fixed price, and at a fixed price obliged to sell all gold demanded of it—the trade in gold is not free. Suppose some gigantic corporation, on whom par liament had conferred certain exclusive privileges, were com pelled to buy all corn presented to it at 31. 17s. Sd. per quarter, and also obliged to sell It at M. 17s. ltlld. per quarter—whatever the amount of labour consumed in its production—would you consider the trade in corn free? Substitute gold for corn, and tie illustration is complete.—l am, &c., FRANCIS BENNOCIL—Richard Cobden, M.P The following are the propositions referred to: PRINCIPLES OP THE ANTI-GOLD-LAW LEAOVE IN LESS TITAN TWELVE LINEB, HEALBONINO EXCLUDED. SECTION ;INST.—ANTI GOLD.-1. Our home trade should not be dependent on a foreign product as a medium of ex change. 2. Its so depending is the chief cause of fluctuation in pnces, disastrous panics, and consequent national suffer ing. 3. Therefore we demand the abrogation of all acts of parliament which fix the price of gold, or make it the basis of, or an inelispensable clement in, our circulating medium of exchange. SECTION IiECOND.—PRO PAPER.-1. A paper currency under certain regulations is more sconomicil and safer than gold. 2. There is no important function that gold money now performs in our home trade which paper money cannot perform better. 3. Therefore we advocate a paper currency as our internal circulating medium of exchange. These pro positions we are prepared to establish, by fact and argument., to such as will listen. If legislators will not voluntarily and impartially listen, how can they believe? Public opinion works wonders. F. BENNOCH. NO, IY.-FHOM MB. COBDEN TO MR. BENNOCH. Manchester, Dec. 21, 1847.—Dear Sir,—lf you direct your good intelligence to the question with more study, I am sure you will see a fallacy in the ides that the price of gold is fixed at all in this country. It is merely weighed, assayed, and stamped as of a certain quantity and fineness, in the ulna way as has been the custom in all countries and in all ages. The Bank does not buy and sell gold in the common meaning of the words, it merely saves the merchant or the other owners of the metal the trouble of going to the Mint to have it weighed, assayed, and stamped, and takes lid. per on. for the operation. Any body can take gold to the Mint and have it coined into sovereigns ; but that does not alter the value of the gold. As the Bank of England can also have ita gold coined at the Mint, it can neither lose nor gain by the operation of " buying gold," es it is called. You are, I presume, aware, that in America, France, Russia, and every other country the metals are coined in the same way, au ounce being divided into certain coins of invariable quanti ties and fineness. YOU say, " suppose 1002 gigantic corpo ration, on which parliament had conferred certain exclusive privileges, were compelled to buy all corn offered to it at 31. 17s. fid. tper quarter, and were obliged to sell it at 31. 17s. lOW., whatever the amount of labour condensed in its production, would you consider the trade in corn free ?" This is not the question at issue. The question is, whether the corn should be subjected to an invariable measure of quantity,? For this purpose the law has fixed on the impe -1 rial bushel, which contains a fixed and invariable quantity. And in the case of gold it has done no more than fix in coins the weight and fineness of gold. I will not follow the sut ject further, for I am sure, if you bring your mind to a re. consideration of the point, you will understand it perfectly. —I remain, &C., RICHARD COBDEN. To bo continued. REPRLSENTATION OF WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE.— It is stated that, in the event of the petition against Mr. Grantley Berkeley, as representative of the western division of Gloucestershire, being successful, it is the intention of the liberal party in that division of the county to put in nomination as his successor Mr. Macaulay. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The society, with reference to its next meeting being in Yorkshire, has offered three prizes of 601. each for the best reports on the farming of the three ridings These reports are to detail the character of the soil of the county ; the peculiarity of the agricultural maaagement in the riding te which the report refers; the improvements effected in the farming of these districts during the present century ; and the improvements still requires' in the riding generally as to the higher culture of existing farms, the reclamation of waste lands, and the condition of the agricultural labourer. We doubt not that there will be produced some very able reports, and that one good result from the society's visit to Yorkshire will be its publication of these valuable documents.—Yorkshire Gazette. FIRE.-11VDDERSPIELD, JAN. 22.—Between the hours of eight and nine o'clock last evening a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Robinson, dyer, of this town, and the mill, in which a great quantity of woollen machinery is kept running for country work, was completely demolished. With such fury did the devouring element rage, that in less than half en hour the roof fell in, and it seemed for a rmr meat to atop the progress of the flames, but they soon began to revive with redoubled fury; and, notwithstanding the great quantity of water thrown upon the fire by four power ful engines, it could not be ? , uhdued far two hours. The prompt attendance and judicious management of the power ful fire-engine of Messrs. Armitage, brought forth great praise to the conductors of that engine. COMMERCIAL MARKETS. MONEY MARKET St CITY INTELLIGENCE. Two o'Clock.—Our funds are still on the advance, and people are commonly speculating on 90 being realised within a day or two for Consols. They are now quoted at 893 to r for money and account. Re duced Threes, 893 to 2 . Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 903 to I. Exchequer Bills, 275. to 30s. pm. Foreign stocks do not participate to anything like the corresponding extent in the movement of the funds. Mexican are called 18 to 3. Peruvian, 37 re) 40. Spanish Fives are better, at 20 to ; the 'lnrees 30 to 3. Portuguese, 25 to 6. Russian, 10 , , to 110. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 531 to 4 the I Fours, 85 to 4. Venezuela, 36 to S. Buenos Ayres, 30 to_3. Danish, 83 to 4. . . _ _ It is stated that the Bank broker has been buying this morning, whilst on the contrary a Hebrew capitalist house have been selling, probably with a view to make counter operations at Paris in support of the loan they have undertaken there. Half--pact Two.—ln consLquence of the unfavour able accounts from India by the overland mail, the arrival of which has been just notified in second editions of the morning papers, Console have now de dined to 89j sellers. ENOLISII FUNDS. _ _ Beak Block, 198 200 --..-- iperet.bono. for Ac., 9t 1 3 per Cc Red. Anus., On 1 3, per Cesto. Siot i I pre Ct. Cons. Anna., 7A! f 1 - 848 equer Bill.. Ur. to 300 v. ÜBB3J.Y FUNDS. rot Ct. Awarlan llonde. 84 6 1 per Cent. Grenada Bds., D B*l per Ct. Bell. /tondo 88 90 Grenada Deferred lid, 3 1 par Cast Mud, 6 per Ct Meztese. 191. 18 1 per Cl. Brannan Bdr ,el e 3 bp& Ct. Perut ma 1d,.. 37 10 i DI Nm 78 8 Portuatat. Coo,. 88., 26 4 6 pry Buenos OEde., SO 2 6 per Ct Heenan Bdo, 106 10 DiOa= Bd 89 90 Ditto BpanlO Bdr., 90 h Ditto Colweb. Del. 1161. 3 per Ct. Erpenlzh Ms., 30 i Columbist= 69l Bliga If! enanOb Deferred Bd.. 12 13 8 per Ct. ads.. 4 fizonn.b Poadre ltd.. 't 4 21 pa Ct. Dutch Be.. MO 2 pet Ct. Veperuele NW.. 36 8 1 per Ct. Cern Dyke. 86 i Veneziano Deferred Bda., 10 U TALLOW.—The market is firm, at 47e. 9d. to 48a The delivery is 4,844 mks against 2,105 in 1847 ; 1.76 0 . 1846 ; 2,372, in 1843 ; 2,009, is 1844. New Tallow is in de mand, at 44a. 6d. per cwt. RAILWAYS.—The market in shares is better, with the price of Consols. The demand is not great. Birmingham and Oxford, 4} to 6 pm, Shrewsbury and Chester Pref., 3 pin. North Storfordahue, rt. _~ v