The Express. — London, England, 1846-12-24 00:00:00

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Aetu try and Secretary. ______ To ALL WRO HAVE GARDENS.—The FIRST !WIDER for 1817. of the GARDENER" CHRNICLE and opCaTTRAL GAZETTE will be published January 2. The „ b ows] Put edited by Profemor LINDLXIr. A pros tuff In sad hit of oontributot 4 , sent tree by post to an wno tUrnish id , opess to the office, s,Upper IA elluigton-strt et, Covent...mien, Lola.. ALMANACK is published THIS DAY. Axe 3d., or 4d. stamped. • Office, 85, Fleet-stwet, add sold by all booksellers sad wastell. Just published, price 35. ed., CINCH'S POCKET-BOOK for 1847. With a tub, j e a d ha Fronttpl i efe di Z e nd Ntugl;oieus. 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Rutty—Love and Pardry—Converso was on Cookery—Liras on being told to " move on" by a Policeman _isir British Worthiee—The Conceited Young Man—The Boy's Own Wed—The Invalid Club Dinner—Sung of the Plum—Et Cetera, B Cetera—The Poetry of Nature—The Temple of Fasbion—Dotuestic 'lmam Published at the Punch-office, 83, Fleet-street ; and sold by all bodueliets. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. Four o'Clock. We understand that a transport has arrived cif stsgeness with the 16th Lancers, from Calcutta. We have Paris letters and papers of Tuesday. The [mg had been slightly indisposed, but was better. The Court journals of France seem to snatch at any Waal or offer at all likely to produce a reconcilia lon with the English government. One of our English cotemporaries, having announced that Russia iris about to incorporate Poland with its other pro vinces, and having followed this out by a proposal France should unite with England to prevent it, Journal Iles Debuts breaks out at once in an of acceptance and delight, and even scolds the Morning Chronicle for contradicting the fact, which I idly kindled the zeal of Times and Debuts. The Courrier Francais observes with respect to Cocos. — "The state of opinion in Germany seriously alarms the , • Powers. That alarm betrays itself in all their official • , whose diplomatic correspondents bitterly reproach German press with making common cause with the • press. The petty states of the Confederation, me in *Mei, axioms* by the desieseseem at Cracow, look to Fr ince for protectiou. They have, however, little to ex hem that quarter, and they are told by the diplomatists Vienna, that the protest of the French Cabinet, on which Germans appeared to rely, ' had produced lets sensation even the English note.' Now, we kuow with what in ference Lord Palmerston, entirely pre-occupied with the wish marriages, protested (hypothetically) against the orporation of Cr,cow. We may judge from that of the tor of the note of M. Guizot. The Germans, consequently, se nothing to hope from official France. Still they hope, •• wing well that a brave and humane nation is to be found ••d a false and egoistical government. Moreover, Ger • ! has no choice left. All that badly balanced scaffold ,raised by the treaties of Vienna, threatens to crumble Iv unaer the states of the Confederation, shaken their very foundation by the downfall of Cracow. • one of them are sure of their existence fur one day, being muttPd on all sides by predatory Powers. Upon what try should they rely in their imminent danger, if not sda France, the only supporter of democracy in Europe ? leg the effect which French ideas still exercise in Ger ), in spite of the pitiful attitude of our government, awls preaches a crusade against France. One day she rts, in the .4ustrien Obserrer, that we dare not accept , and that were the Powers to share among them aes Saxony, and all the states of the Confederation, more would look on as she did in the case of Cracow. se next day M. de Metternick writes to the Augsburg Gazette if France determined on war it would be to absorb !nish Germany, as she has lately absorbed Spain and my, as she previously absorbed Belgium, and we know S how many other imaginary countries. Behold M. uot and the Court of the Tuileries denounced to Ger y—and by Austria!—for their extravagant ambition. XIS'. and Napoleon are outdone by our sublime er for Foreign Affairs, who must certainly wonder himself, and perhaps consider himself bound to refute s an imputation. It is reported that the Germanic will refuse to recognise the act of incorporation of Cra . Germany, they say, ought to &chit all participation .A the Three Powers in the political complications that atone from the violation of the treaties. The commercial : injured by the incorporation, in their interests and their 'as with Cracow, loudly complain and expostulate. u has sent deputations to Berlin to demand that •.er shoidd remain a free city. Prussia perceives, • late, that her connivance with Austria and Russia estranged from her the affection of Germany, and now endeavouring to justify herself in the journals .ed to her cause. 'ln conjunction with the .a and Paris press,' says the Universal Gazette, le German papers particularly attack Prussia in the case Poland. Nevertheless Prussia dam not possess 1-30th of the partitioned kingdom. She could not, without • • ering her own safety, oppose that partition, and it did s believe her to undertake, for the restoration of Poland, tit England and France declined to do. Did she not al es treat the Poles with kindness, &c. ? ' Would Prussia r use of that language if she did not find her "once compromised in Germany ? And, if the fate of .ss excited such agitation in the public mind, what be the alarm produced by the last absorption of Poland I iffected by the Czar, and which is the mere consequence set of Cracow ! That absorption of the kingdom of - 4 1 d places Russia in the heart of Germany. The Czar seed so humble a state as Cracow. What jealous domi will he not now inflict on Germany, from which in no harrier will separate bins? The Morning Chronicle siia doubt that great destruction, announced to England fir Times. The organ of Lord Palmerston cannot be aced to believe the Czar so imprudent as to expose himself C9alitiOn of all Europe. But Lord Palmerston will doubt 'gin. The mighty iniquity, of which the annihilation of mow was but a prelude, — that mighty iniquity is consum ed, and Poland has ceased to exist! We shall see if Lord • , erston and M. Guizot will wait until the Cossacks have their feet in Constantinople and advanced as far as the An extraordinary express was received in Paris Madrid, by which it was announced that 274 s to the Cortes were known, of which 196 were the moderate party, and 78 of the opposition. Ile ordinary Madrid mail of the 14th was received ?Iris on Tuesday. M. Pidal, Minister of the In r, had succeeded in his election at Madrid, against P!oaressist candidate, the Marquis del Socorro. eabpaa council was to have been held on the lath, which a modification of the ministry was to have n discussed. It was believed that the reconstrue of the cabinet would devolve on M. Mon, who k a long conference with M. Bravo Murillo on the ' , irate letters from Oporto, quoted by the Journal Ixbots, state that the Cyclops had landed at that rtwo English officers, who proposed to the prr?- anal junta to liberate the Duke of Terceira and has apanions, on the guarantee of the English govern ut that they should remain in England until the !ie of the present struggle. After taking twenty r hours to consider of it, the junta declined the krosit;‘," rile packet-ship, E urope , C ap t a i n F aro , arrived in Mersey, at 7 o'clock p.m., yesterday, from New r,lci which she left on the let December. The news light by this arrival is one day later than that ci- ceived by the Acadia. It is, however, of no import ance. No intelligence bad been received from the seat of war. General Scott sailed from New York on the 30th ult., in the ship Union, for New Orleans. The New York Herald premises that on his arrival at Matamoros and Camargo, he will assume the com mand of the United States forces stationed in and around those places, and organise them for a forward movement on San Luis Potosi, where he will form a junction with General Taylor. The Common Council of New York had voted 1,000 dollars to defray ." tz penes of the volunteers till they were mustered into the service. The Hon. D. Webster was to be entertained at a public dinner at Philadelphia on the 2nd inst. A frightful steamboat disaster took place on the 21st November, about seven mike below Nutchez, arising out of a collision between the steamers Sultana and Maria ; the former bound down the river and the latter up. The connexion-pipe of the Maria, by the force of the concussion, was broken ; the chief clerk, the second engineer, and between twenty-five and thirty of the crew and passengers were scalded. The Maria sunk so suddenly that about thirty passengers in the lower deck, not hay:ng time to escape, went down in Ler. The cabin passengers were all saved. The following particulars arc given : The Sultana, Captain Tufts, which arrived this morning from Vickstrirg, brings the particulars of a terrible steam boat accident which occurred on the 21st inst.. about seven miles below Natchez, in the bend of the river, by which some twenty or thirty lives were lost, and a great number of persons were severely scalded. The Sultana, bound down the river, came in contact with the steam-boat Maria, Captain T. W. Dunnica, bound up, about two o'clock in the afternoon, striking her just forward of the wheel-house, and by the violence of the shock broke the connection-pipe of the Maria, by which the chief clerk, the s:cond eneincer, and between twenty-five and thirty deck hands and deck passengers were scalded, many of them so severely that there was no prospect of their recovery. The Maria sunk to within about two feet of her cabin floor within five minutes after the collision, drowning between twenty-five and thirty persons who were of the lower desk. It is t drowned, but it is not cabin passeu- • gets were all saved. The steam-boat, Tema, Captain Hite, came down the river soon after the accident, and took on board the wounded, and conveyed them back to Natchez to be placed in the hospital. The Sultana remained by the side of the wreck till sunrise the next morning, rendering every assistance in their power. We are unable to furnish a list of the names of the killed and scalded. The Maria will be a total loss, it is thought. The bows of the ship were much injured. A correspondent of a New York paper, writing at Washington on the 29th, says— " A week from to-morrow Congress will commence one of the most exciting and busy sessions ever held within the walls of the capitol. The President's Message will embrace • variety of important subjects. The ._Mexican war will be the chief feature. The President will point to the results already accomplished, in the achievement of three brilliant victories, the capture of a number of towns, and the occupa tion of the Californias, New Mexico, New Leon, Tamauli pas, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango, and Soora, embracing 1,500,000 square miles, and all in the space of five months, as entirely unparalleled in history. He will go into a detailed account of the measures of the government in relation to Mexico, and will doubtless, suggest to Congress the pro priety of extending the territorial jurisdiction of the United States over the Californias and New Mexico. He will pro bably advise a slight modification of the tariff, so as to con sult for the coal and iron interest, and further to provide revenue to meet the increased expenditure rendered neces sary by the continuance of the war. Ido not think he will allude to the affairs of South America. Besides the important subjects of deliberation contained in the President's message, the question of slavery will agitate, and that to no trilling extent, the debates of Con gress. The question will naturally arise from the intro duction of bills extending the jurisdiction of the United States over our newly-acquired territory. The western democrats, already jealous of their southern brethren for their opposition to the Riser and Harbour Bill last ses sion, will, in a body, oppose the existence of slavery in the new territory. The following are the latest commercial accounts from New York : The market continues to be abundantly supplied with capital, and the demand from all quarters is easily supplied. The banks discount liberally, and the rate of interest in the street is confined to the legal standard. Stocks are very heavy, and it appears to be impossible to sustain prices, even for those of a really solid character. As for the fancies, there is no depth that they may not reach. From present appearances there is every probability of several of them going completely out of sight. The sales at the boards this morning were unusually limited. Norwich and Worcester fell off at the first board 21 per cent., and Harlem k. At the second board Norwich and Worcester advanced one per cent., making the decline for the day 11 per cent. from Saturday's prices. Sterling enamel" has beta in very Wive demand for this packet, and tile supply of bills pressing upon the market has depressed the rates. Prime bills on London we quote at 6 to 6i per cent. premium. Some very good names have been offered at 61 per cent. premium. INDIAN RAILWAY.—The following, it is understood, are the conditions upon which the Board of Control and the Directors of the East india Company have at length decided upon giving their sanction to the introduction of railway communication into British India:-1. The Direct Trunk, or East India line, is adopted. 2. This line (which connects Calcutta with the north-west provinces) is to be constructed into sections. 3. The Government guarantee 4 per cent. to the shareholders. 4. The amount guaranteed is fixed at 3,000,0001. to commence with. 6. The section out of Calcutta to be first executed. 6. The guarantee to extend over 16 years. 7. The rates of payment to be made by the government for transport of mails, troops, stores, &c., to be agreed upon hereafter. S. Theinterest to be received either in India or in Loudon, at the option of the shareholders, as soon as 600,0001. is paid into the India-house. 9. The land to Le obtained by the government for the railway company. 10 . Govern ' meat to have the privilege of purchasing the railway after 30 years from the date of its completion, at the then fair market value of the property. 11. No limitation is to be fixed to the profits of the company, but the rates of charges are to be reduced when the returns admit of it. 12. It is also understood that no rates or tolls will be assessed upon the railway company, and that the import duties on the stock and materials for the railway will be remitted. 13. The company to be incorporated by an act of the legislative council as well as by charter. Two EXTENSIVE FIRES.—This morning the metro polis was visited by the outbreak of two extensive fires, which were not extinguished until a vast amount of valuable pro perty was consumed. The first outbreak took place at 4:o'clock, upon the premises in the occupation of Mr. Banfill and Mr. Hatchtield, cabinet-makers and upholsterers, situate at 20, Edward-street, Langham-place, Marylebone. The dis covery was made by a police constable passing along his beat. He immediately aroused the inmates, but the fire had obtained such a firm hold that it was with great difficulty the residents were able to effect a safe retreat. The engines of the parish, London brigade County, and West of England offices, together with an escape belonging to the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, were remarkably early in arriving, and there being plenty of water at band, the firemen under the direction of their fore men, set to work vigorously, but it was nearly 6 o'clock, before the fire could be subdued , and not until it had passed throughout the building, destroying in its progress the whole of the furniture, stock in trade, and other effects. llow the fire originated could not be learned.—The second fire broke out at 7 o'clock, at 32, Old-street-road, the property of Mr. It. Harris, also an upholsterer and cabinet maker. The flames originated in the m anufactory, an extensive build ing at the rear of the dwelling-house. At the time of the outbreak one or two of the work men and apprentices were in the place, and they immediately tried to subdue the fire, by throwing buckets of water upon it. In that endeavour they were foiled, for owing to the highly inflammable nature of the stock, the flames ran round the building almost with the swiftness of lightning. Finding that they were unable to get thouromey over the flames, one of the parties started off to Whftearces street engine station, with intelligence of the disaster. Mr. Mallett, the head engineer, immediately started to the spot, but before sufficient time had elapsed to set the engine to work, the whole of the extensive back premises, and the hunt warehouse and dwelling, were wrapped in one immense sheet of flame. The sparks and large flakes of fire were at the same Limo ascending high int) the air, threatening destruction to the surrounding habitations. As aeon as possible the engine was set to work, and, by distri buting the water over the tops of the adjoining houses, they were prevented from becoming ignited. Numerous other engines from the parish of Shoreditch and the London Brigade, with Mr. Superintendent Braidwood, followed in rapid succession ; and, owing to the combined exertions of all, the further progress of the destructive element was cut off, but not until the back premises were levelled to the ground, their contents destroyed, and the whole of the costly furniture in the front building consumed. At 11 o'clock this forenoon the engines were still working upon the smoulder ing ruins. ANOTHER FALL OF SNOW AND DETENTION OF THI MA !lA.—A considerable quantity of snow has, during the past night, fallen in various parts of the country, which has again had the effect of detaining the mails almost generally ; and this morning it was announced that no lees than sixty-one bags were overdue, comprising the Dublin, Belfast , Cork , Clonmel, Derry, Drogheda, &c. ; the Ainwick, Berwick, Leith, Edinburgh, &c. ; the Morpeth, Ripon, and others from Wales; Shropshire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Staf fordshire, Dorsetshire, Devonshire, &c. At eleven o'clock the Devonshire mail came in. COMMERCIAL MARKETS. MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE. Half -past Tito.—The funds continue well supported at the closing prices of yesterday. Consols, 931 to 4. The first movement in advance yesterday morning was in time for and noticed in t he Express. In the half hour which subsequently elapsed before the usual time for ditc3ntinuing business, the further rise took place in Consols, from 931 toy as then quoted, to the rates now given, accom panied with a considerable activity of transactions. We have little animation in the market to-day, nor, perhaps, for some portion of the holidays is it probable that busin( as affairs 1 .111 rMi r , / 7 .----t7 - --- ./ 1-e -C -c:, Vjt COMAS .n.ch 111VTICIV TATTri nA 17. riArE I i TTVC I DEC 24 1846. [3d. 1.110. g 111.10 .1-14.1. • .011.LN g • will attract much attention,unless some unexpected oocurence should revive a speculative excitement. Exchequer bills are quoted 9s. to 12s. premium. Foreign stocks remain with little change generally. Mex ican are now called 24 to d, say, / better than yesterday. Spanish Fives, 261 to I ; the Threes, 371 to 81. Portuguese, 39 to 40. The amount of bills drawn by the Honourable the East India Company from the 7th Dec. to the 23rd of Dec., 1846: On Bengal. Madras 21,370 15 4 Bombay lOO 0 0 Barley were purchased at 6d. to Is., and Oata at 6d. per barrel lower. Flour was, however, held at 61. per cwt. advance, and Oatmeal maintained its previous value. The following was the general currency to the farmers : Wheat, per 2801 b., red, 391. to 42a. ; white, 41s. to 445. Oats, per 1961 b , 19s. to 22e. Barley, per 2211 b., 265. to 28s. 6d. Oatmeal, per cwt., 23e. to 265. Flour, per cwt., seconds, 225. to 245. Total Total from 7th Jan. to 211 rd I £101,724 S 6 lee., 1846, £2,987,612 13s. 76. FUND& Ditto (or Acct., 931 4 31 per Cents., 956 6 Exchequer Bills, Se. 12e, f FUNDS, 1 per Cent. Grenada Ws., 191 206 Grenada Deferred Bde., 34 5 per Ct. !Realms, 184 24 I per Cent. Peru vi an Ma., 36 Portuguese Cour. Bds., 38 40 5 per Ct. Rtuadan Bds., 110 12 5 per Ct. Spanish Bds., 261 3 per Ct. Spanish Bonds, 371 86 Spanish Deferred lids., 17 Spanish Passive We., bl 2 per Ct. Venezuela Bets., 396 406 Venezuela Deferred Eds., 116 12 Bank Stock, 205 8 3 rar Ct. Red, 941 i 3 per Cast.Comola, shut S per Ct. Austrian Bds., 4i per Ct. Belgian Bds., 954 64 2 per Cent. ditto, S per Ct. Brazilian Bds. 88 8 5 per Cent. New Bras. Bds., 84 6 8 per Ct. Buenos Ayres Bds., 42 4 6 per Ct. Milian Bds., 93 7 6 per Cent. Columb. def.Bda., Columbian Bds. 34 3 per Ct. Danish Bds., 65 6 per Ct. Dutch Bds. 804 I 4 per Ct. Dutch Certs., 92 S RAILWAYS. We have a good market to-day, with operations upon a more extended scale than usual. Prices generally, too, are looking up. Caledonians are nearly I better - than —^' North Staffards are not so well supported. Birmingham and Oxfords are steadily maintained. some rather considerable dealings in South Eastern and DoTers have carried the quo tations rather higher. SALES EFFECTED UP TO TWO TIflS DAY IN LONDON. . . . . -- (Yesterday's prices will be found in last page.) Aberdeen, 254 Man. or Leeds, Fifths, 103 f Amber., Not, Boa, dr E. in., 24 i Do. Extension, 1$ 4 p Bir. and Gloucester, 128 Man.. Buz., and Mat., 14 p Bir. and Osford Jo., 114 f Manchester A Southampton, 14 Bristol and Exeter, 75 Midland, 12D 9 Caledonian, 294 4 Do. New, 61 Do. Halves, 24 News,. and Berwick, 341, Direct Northern, 21 4 Norfolk Halves, 12 E. Counties, 23 f North British, 36f 4 Do. York Erten., 34 4 Do. Halves, 131 srs, 3f I I 4 East Lancashire, NeW, 86 Do. (late I'm. and Orin.), 91 Ellin. and Glisgow, 7cl Gt. S. & W. (Ireland;, 261 Great Western, 126 Do Halves, 73 Do. Quarters, 176 . Do. births, 296 Do. New, 64 Ipswich and Norwich, 4; Leeds and Bradford, 756 Lenin and Think, 161 Do. New, 4a 1 Do. Pref. 6 per Cent., 4/ Lon., Brish., & S. Coast, 594 9 Do. Consul. Fifths, 46 76 London & N. Western, 19., 4 Do. Qrs., New, 134 Do. Fifths, 191 6 1)0. 101. Share, M. & B. (B),12.1 Do. 101. Share, M &J 1 ;CO2I Lon. and S. Western, 63 21 Do. Tenths, 36 Do. do., 41 Lon. and York Eaten , 2i Man. and Leeds, Quarters, 6/ MANCHESTER Amb., Not., and Ikston, par Birk., Lan., ic Cbec.Jn., 1 p Bir. and Oaf. In., 91. 4 p Bir., Vol., &Stour Valley, 21 p Bluckburn,Clithe.,&N.W.l 11-16 d Boa., Stara., & Birm., p Caledonian, lithe., 1-16 d East Lancashire, 31 p Do. do. 34 p Do. do., new se, 1 9-16 p Fleet., Pres., and W.IL, 3-16 i p Glasgow and Dumfries, li p Ikeda & Thlrsk, It I d Do. Pref., 4 p Liv., Man., 8c Newc., 1-16 Do. Quarte'rs, 34 1 Do. Eaten. 11 4 Do. Thirds , , J4 Northern and Eastern, 76 North Staffordshire, 01 Scottish 31kland, 11 Shrewsbury & Bit., Class A, 5 Du. do. Claes IL 2 S. E. & Dover, S9l Do. New (ts. SO L), No. 1, 244 Do. do. (is. 15f.), No. 4, 321 Vale of Neath, 11 York & Newmatle, New, 124, Do. Pref., 71 4 York and N. MM., 95 4 Do. Halves, 47 • Do. Selby, 601 1 Do. Pref., 14 j Do. E. andWitiding EL, 184 19 psologne anti Amiens, 154 East Indian, Greet Western Bengal, Luxembourg, 41 Orleans and Bour., Pt Purls and Orleans, 49 Sambre and Meuse, 44 SALES. Dec. 23. London, Man., & Bit., 75 Manchester, But., &Mat., 1 p Manchester & Leeds }ILA 7-16 p Man. and South., 4 d North Biltish Quarters 24 p Do. Extension, 15-16 4 p Do. Thirds, 3 p North Staffordshire, 31 P Shrews. and Dir., A., 2 1-16 p Shrews.& Ilerefordshire, 46.301. d S. E. and Dover, No. 4, p Wet., Wex., & Valentia, 235. d Wert Biding Union, 2 p Great Luxembourg, 34 d - • BIRMINGHAM & Oxford Junction, 91 3 p Birm., Wolv., &Dud., 6 6.1.16.8d.p Birm., Wolv.. & t. Val.. 2/ I p Boa., Stain., and Birm., So. 34. ;ALES, Dir. 23. Shrews. & Rtrm. (A), 2 p Do. do. (lib td p Shr.,ls., & S. Star. Sep., 2 p S. Stat. Reg., (Lxte Trent VaL) d p LIVERPOOL Cheater and Birk., I p F.astern Counties, Per., No. 1, 71 Do. do. No. 2, 7 Min. and Glos., 751 Do. Halves, 11 p Great Western, 17f. sig., 41 p Lon. & N. Western, 193 1 Do. New Qrs., 121 13 p Do. Qrs. G. J., 211 p Lon., Man., & Bk. (Ira. (B.), 71 p Manchester and Leeds Qrs., 41 i 140. Eaten/don, Ma. Pd. p Do. liaises, (late LAB.) 5 p Do. Fifths 1 p Midland, 17if Do. New Shares, 41 p North British, 36/ Do. Quarters, 48s. Pd. 2, p Do. Third+, 3 P Sheffield & Man., No. 2, 231 S. E and hover, 391 Do. Ncw, No. 1, 4 p Do. New, No. 4, 1 p York and Newcastle, 371 Do. Extension, 74 p Do. Pr. fercnee, 5( p Do. E. and W. Rid. Pref., II 4p Caledonian Halves, par Dundee and Perth, 71 p Do. New, 71 p LEEDS &Ai Birmingham and Oxford, 91 p Glasgow and Dumfries, 275. p Dews. Branches (blue), 21 p 1/o. F-xtension (green), 214, P Leeds & Think Pref., 266.841.276. p New l'hirsks, 15s. d 12s. Gd. p Man. and Leeds Eaten., 28s. p Melton & Driftleld Jn., 26e. 11 p North British, 111 n Thirds, 58s. 3 p Do. Quarters, 21 p Dk.c. 23. E. Lancashire New, 31 1 p Do. New Scrip, 11 p FAIn. and N. New 1. sh, 11 P Gt. Grim& &She& Ex., 11 d Huddersfield C. and It, 1 p Do. Extension, p Leeds and Thirsk, 11 p Do. Pref., 11 p Shrews. and Ch. Halves, 21 p Shrews., Owes., and Ches., 11 Do. and Chester, New, par Ambergate and F. Junction, par Wilma., Lan., Az C. Jo., Us. 3d. 1 p Binning. anal Oilord Junc., 91 1 p Clithe., and N. W.; 1 d Boston, Siam.. ft !ham., 11 p Buckinghamshircil E Fast I.incolnshire, Fleet., Prcs.,&W. , ls. 3d. par Glasgow and Dumfries, I f p Liver., Man., & Newc. J., 3s. 9d. d Direct Northern, 1 d Newry and %Varrenpoint, 31 1 P North Staffordshire, 31 p North Western, 1 p Shrewsbury anal Hereford, Id Do. and Birmingham, A, 11 2 p Do. do., 11. 21s. p South Stafford-Idle ln., 18s. 9d. p West Riding Union, 2 p ILES, Dtc. 23. , Rudders. and Man., p Carlisle Eat., 17e. 165.6 d. p North Western, 12s. 6d. p East Lancashire, 3i p Sheillekl, Rotherh., 6cc., 165. 64. p York nod New., Pref., 51p East and West Riding, 131 p Ambergates, ls. LI hovers, No. 4, 6 e. rd. p West Riding Union, 41. 2s. YORK North British, Raves, 151 Do. Thirds, V. 19s. 3/. 18s. no. Quarters, 31 28, D. 23. N.British Exton., 11.95. 11. Be. Gd. York & Prcf., 71. I. Gd. • - - DUBLIN SA Vat., Wes., Wick., &e., Se. 4a.9d. Armagh, Cole., & rortrusb, Sued. Bandon and Bantry, is. 3d. IS, Dee. 22. Newry, Armagh, & ton. in., 13e. Wex., Water., lx Valeatia, 30.9 d. GLASGOW Aberdeen, 25/. M. Airdrie and llathgate, 88s. Ayr and Galloway, Va. Caledonian, New, 335. 52a. Caledonian & Dumb., 455. 445. 6d Direct Bom. & Mad.,51.3d. 53.6 d. Direct Northern, 454. Dundee and Perth, 271 28 Do. New, 14 14/. I7s. Dumblane, Doane, & Cal., 275. East of Fife, 01..605. Eastlndianßailway, East Lothian Central, 435. Edin. and GLas. Halves, 20' Glam., Xli., &Ayr, lilts., kI.E9, Dzc. 22. Glas., Dum., & Car., 61 Glas., HIL, & Ardro•., W. Is. 51 Glan,Air., & Monk.J., 6266682a6,1 Gt. North of Scotland, 588. Gt. Soeth. of Madras, 4s. 9d. Kilm. & Ayr Directs 655. 765. Mooches. & Southamp., 30s. W. Midlimil, Mrs., 61. 9s. 61 N. 8., New Qrs.,Scrip, 318.66. 32s Scottish Central, 211 Scottish Mid. Junction, 15 Stirling & Dunfermline, 85s. Stirl. & Mid. June., 51s. &I. York & New. Pref., 71 CORN. ALTON, DEC. 22.-We had a good supply of corn, which met a brisk demand at from 3s. to 4s. per qr. rise in Wheat; Barley, from Is. to 2s. per qr. ; Beans, Peas, and Oats, as before. Wheat, 111. 10s. to 171. per load. Barley, 365. to 465. per qr. Oats, 245. to 28s. Beans, 455. to 603 Peas, 465. to 48s. BASINGSTOKE, DEC. 23.-There was a full attend ance, and Wheat was from 3s. to 4s. above the prices given here last Wednesday. The very best dry samples might reach to ss. advance, but that was the extent. Flour rose from 503. to 545. and 565. per sack; and seconds from 465. to 503., being a rise of from 2s. to 4s. per bag. Barley fit for making malt appears very scarce ; the few samples of best reached 50s. per qr. ; middling up to 455. ; grinding from 425. to 455. Barley Meal, 223. per bag. Of Beans and Peas the few in market were 2s. per qr. dearer. Oats were brisker by 2s. to 3s. per qr. for the best, and from Is. to 23. for middling samples. Tares sold at the terms of last week. DEDDINGTON, DEC. 22.-Advanced prices, and trade brisk. New Wheat, 565. to 643 ; old, ils, to 635. Barley, 36e. to 428. Oats, new, 20s. to 265. ; old, 24s to 30s. Beans, new, 38s. to 40s. ; old, 40a. to 44e. Boiling Peas, 48s. to 565.; hog Peas, 38s. to 40s. retches, 365. to 40s. per quarter. NEWCASTLE, DEC. 22.-The weather since Friday has undergone a total change. On that day a thaw set in ; and so rapidly has the snow disappeared, that there are now scarcely any traces of the recent heavy storm. This change may certainly be deemed a most fortunate circumstance ; for had we experienced a severe winter, it would, is connexion with the high price of provisions and all feeding stuffs, have occasioned much suffering amongst the working classes. At our market this morning we had a moderate show of Wheat from the growers, but from the coast the arrivals are to a fair extent. Notwithstanding the unfavourable report from London, holders exercised much firmness, and although the transactions were to a limited amount, the advance on Satur day was fully sustained ; choice Norfolk red Wheats being still saleable at 70s. per qr. Flour in less request, and for choice households 503 may be deemed an extreme quotation. Rye is wanted. Malting Barley may be quoted the turn dearer, but the maltsters pay the advance with much re luctance. Malt unaltered, In Beane and Peas rather more passing, and from the high price Potatoes have attained, viz., 20s. per load of 20 stone, we may fairly calculate upon Peas not only increasing in demand, but improving in value. At present 48s. is paid for foreign, with a chance black, whilst extra qualities are held for 545. per qr. Oats, a shade higher with less disposition to sell. WINCHESTER, DEC. 23.-Some samples of Wheat were sold at a further advance of of 2s. per qr. Oats sold at a further advance of h. per qr. DUBLIN, DEC. 22.-We had rather an improved supply this day. On the opening of business the full rates of Friday were obtained, but towards the close Wheat and PRODUCE. MINCINO-LANE, Ytto.—The market was too thinly attended to-day to give quotations ; the transac tions were on the most limited scale , as frequently occur at this season. Not • public sale brought forward, except a smell one of Safflower, which sold at 61. 15e. to 81. 17s. 6d., but prices must be considered the same as yesterday for all articles. The public market will open on Tuesday, the oth of January. DOI= PA DI 1048 vo LIT wm. London 15,443,626 lb. • •••••• 6,6.32,851 Liverpool. 751 739 Bristol 23;;406 Cibd4 r. 1,946,378 79441 Same lime in 1943 32,772,987 PRICES CURRENT. _ eueaz, per cert. DUTY PAID . W. belia,B.P.lnni.e.4l d0..445 Od Tenon Remy 46 0...44 Pine 49 0. 34 Mauritius, blown_ 35 0 44 Yellow 46 0...48 Fine 49 0...54 Henna& Madras, b 3l O. 4'2 - ... 43 0 _IL Rya s Yon L 5 0 . 5 1 SNP. . 5...11 1 Zw i taiirdiffine 8 15... 9 1 10... 0 Lan, at par ton. 18 15... 0 Mar sheet l9 5... 0 Bars 23 0...0 Patent ". 0... 0 , • -red ar Wes l9 19...10 ' Svelter per 252 imp. gal. rp. Fish, Smik pale 36 0..16 1 straw 34 0 . 0 Drown 8t yellow 29 0 . 32 1 Sperm B5 0...85 10 Ilead Matter BB 0..10 Cod 27 10... 0 South Sea 29 0..11 Olive,Callipoll,pkon 48 0...49 Cocoa Nut . Seed, Rape, pale, per ton 36 0... 0 Linseed 23 10..15 1 Paoristoss, per cwt. Butter—Cork, Ist 94 0...95 2nd 0 0 0 Dublin,lst 0 0...0 Limerick, do 44 0...92 Carlow, lot 9O 0...100 Newry, Ist 0 0... 0 Waterford lB 0..11 Beef, India, per tierco Prime Mews 0 0... 0 Pork, prime mess 72 6...75 Bacon-Pork, Lmrk 1 72 6. 0 Delhst Bacon, Waterford, per cwt Belfast lard,Belfast,pr frit 1 Waterford, do 5° 0. -58 Ditto Bladder American Elms, Ox and Cow, at per lb. B. A. and M. Video, a.O dGjs.o d ated 0 4...0 4 Brazil. dry U 11 ...0 6 Drysaked 0 4 0 ... Itio, dry 0 41...0 0 Lima& Yelp. dry 0 3 ...0 6 W e India, dry . 0 1...0 0 Salted 0 .0 44 Fast India 0 4 .0 10i kips, B. Ayres, dry 0 7 . .0 8 Russia, dry 0 8i...0 9 S. anter.Horee, per hide 8 0...18 0 Russia, ditto 6 6...10 6 Dye %am% at per ton. Lo6wood,Jamalea £4 5... 4 1 Honduras 5 5... 5 1 Campeacby 610...7 1 rustic, Jamaica 5 10... 6 Nicaragua, large and solid Il• 0...15 Small . Lima 10 0...16 Sapan 10 0...17 Red Sanders. 5 0...10 Brasil 30 0...90 T 6743 o 44 41_46 0 Grey and white 47 0...56 a teilned, Hambro' 67 0...70 0 Lumps 61 0 .65 0 Corm, in Bond. West India, ordi nary 33 0_ 40 0 Good. 45 0... 60 0 Fine 7O 0...123 0 Ceylon, good ordi nary ......... .. Fine ordinary 40 0... 45 0 Fine 53 0... 89 0 lioella, good toine 30 0... 66 0 Costa Rica, ordi nary to tine 34 0... 55 0 Sumatra and Pa dang 22 0... 25 0 TPA, at per lb. Congou,common O9l ...0 101 Hier, at per cwt. Bengal white l6 0... 19 0 Cargo l3 6... 14 0 Java l3 0... 17 0 Patna 24 0.. 28 0 Carolina. Rom at per -- Lecw.trd Island Proof 3 6 ... 2 7 Ikmicrars, 26 to 3G per cent. o.l' 2 10 ... 3 3 Jamaica, 30 to 16 per cent. O.Y. $ 4 ... 3 9 Favourite marks 4 5 ... 4 10 , Brandy, Ist brands 5 0 .. 6 0 British spirits, d.p.10 9 ... 0 0 Scotch 10 9 ... 0 0 Irish lO 9 ... 0 0 FLAX, per ton. £44 0...53 0 St Petersburg, 9 head 4O 0... 0 0 Dutch and Flemish 55 0..85 0 Friesland ...... Haar, at per tor. Bt.l'etersburg,cleAutE 37 10...3 outahot half clean Riga, Rhine .. outahot pass Manilla East India Sinn. Bombay l4 0...18 Jute TIN, at per !let._ Bantu 109 0... 0 0 Straits lOO 0... 0 0 COM. in biackg 9O 0 0 Lwow, at per ton. Bars £9ll XIO 0 TALLOW. The day preceding Christmas-day is always inac tive. The market however is steady, at the following prime : rememara T. C. an madam ..... Mo. to sin. ed. AU the year delivering January to March deltrai7 HOPS. BOROUGH MARKET, F/000 7 C7ork.—Memers. Patten den and Smith, Hop Factors, report that the market continues brisk. Mid and F-ust Kent*, from per Cwt.fs Os. to .66 10s. Weald of Kent") I , , 4 0 to 5 0 Sussex, from Farohams Yearling Keats yearling SWIM. 99 3 0 to 4 0 Old Hope „ 2 0 to 4 0 BASINGSTOKE, DEC. 23.—Trade is expected to re main dull till after Christmas in this article. The prices are, for Farnham% from 51, 10s. to 61. 10s. ; Country do., from 51. to 51. 10a. per ew•t. HAY. SmrrimELD, Two erlock.—:Niesars. Cooper and Davis, Hay and Straw Salesmen, report sales to-day at the following prices Prime Meadow ..... 70e to 74s I Clore? Gas to 9t. Inferior ditto Itowen Ns to .5Ss SKINS. B.V;INGSTOKE, DEC. 23.—The prices to-day were u follows:—Ox-bides and Cow-hides 20. per lb. ; Calf skins, 4 id. per lb.; if weighing from 1416 x. to 30 lbs., Gs. is the highest price given. Horse-hides, from Ss. up to 10 s. each ; Sheep-Skins, best Downs, at from 3s. 9d. to 4s. 3d. each ; inferior, from 33. 3d. to 3s. Gd. ; Leiccsters and Cotts wolds, 4s. to 4s. 9d. each. CATTLE, &c. BRIGGENORTIL - This fair, last week, was scantily supplied with Sheep, which fetched on an average, 64d. per lb. The show of cattle was large, and buyers few ; many were 'driven back unsold. Prices ranged from 64d. to Gd. per lb. Barrens were dull of sale. Pigs varied from sd. to 64d. per lb. Horses, very few exhibited ; prime Nags, none. We heard of few sales being effected. Altogether it was a duller fair at this season than has been remembered for many years past. LEEDS FORTNIGHT FAIR, DEC. 23.-The supply of Beasts and Sheep at fair this morning was indifferent, the graziers bring aware that the butchers had purchased their supplies for Christmas last week. The market was dull. Notwithstanding very few butchers being buyers, late prices were generally asked. GLASGOW, DEC. 21.-Cattle were scarcer this morning than for some time past, and a corresponding ad vance took place upon the quotations of last week's market. Best Beef, per stone of 2211 b., sinking the offal, 10s. 6d. ; second quality, 9s. 9d. ; Cow and ordinary, Bs. 9d. Black faced Wedders were also somewhat scarce, but prices re mained much about the same, viz., from 12s. to 30s. There was a good supply of Ewes, which fetched from 12s. to 225. PORTRENARD.- This fair was held on Tuesday last. Fat cattle ranged from 9/. 10s. to ; much Cows were rather scarce, and brought from 8/. to 101. In-calf Heifers were in good demand, and brought from 9/. to 12/. ; store cattle brought from 71. to 9/. Some lots of fat Sheep were sold at from 355. to 40s. a-bead ; store Sheep, at 20s. to 255.. Lambs rated at from 15s. to 251. Store Pigs, at from 15s. to 30s. each ; Bonoveens, from 7s. to 13s. each. SHIPPING. - - - MAILS ARRITED : 2, Dublin; 1, Donaghadee ; 1, French ; 1, Flanders ; 1 Holland. LONDON, Dec. 24. Wind this day at noon, E., light breezes, and thick hazy weather. OFF WHITSTABLE, Dec. 23.—John Gaoler, New York. DEAL, Dec. 23.—E. to S.E., fresh.—Arrived : Elizabeth, Somersetshire, and Peel's One, Quebec ; and sailed for Hull. Sailed: Mount Stuart Elphinstone, Sydney, N.S.W.; Emerald, Antigua; Helen, Tobago; Thetis, St. Thomas. A small boat, painted green ; a broken top-sail yard of a vessel, about 200 tons; several bales of cotton, casks, and broken spars, were passed 14th October, lat. 21 N., lon. 82 W., by the Charles Kerr, arrived in the Downs. DUNGENESS, Dec. 21.—A vessel of about 500 tons, appa rently American built, was passed, totally dismasted and water-logged, on the 23rd ult., lat. 48. long. 23. ; and the Atalanta, of Limerick, water-logged, and apparently recently consumed by fire by the Atlas, arrived in the Downs. DAMSOATE, Dec. 23.—N., light.—Sailed : Mountain Maid, Cape of Good Hope. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 22.—Sailed: Phcebe, Port Adelaide. OFF FALMOUTH, Dec. 23.—N.N.W., freshsand squally.— John Boynthon, St. John's, N.B. OFF SCILLY.—N.N.E.—Cairo, New York, for Liverpool. PILL, Dec. 22.—Arrived : Canton, Quebec. DUMFRIES, Dec 21.—Arrived: Fawcett, St. John's, N.B. CLYDE, Dec. 2'2.—N.W.—Arrived: Primrose, New York. Sailed : Hindostan, Bombay ; Cassandre, New Orleans ; Woodstock, St. John's, N.R. ; Manchester, N. York. DUBLIN, Dec. 22.—W.—Arrived : Favourite, St. John's, N.B. Sailed: J. Willis, Demerara. TILE CROMNTMLL.—A despatch, received at Lloyd's from the Foreign office, announces that the Cromwell, of about 700 tons burthen, waterlogged and-abandoned, had been seen on the 4th and 6th of November last, about 300 miles to the eastward of Cape Finisterre, by the masters of two vessels arrived at St. Michael's. She was first seen by the Java on the 4th, in lat. 43.40, and long. 17.20, and by the Emerald, of Reilly, on the sth, in Ist. 41.10, and long. 17.2, when two ships' boats were engaged in stripping her. •,.* For Yesterday's htarlists see the Page. .01~ ,__z-,_ JUVENILE ATTRACTION.-ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY, STRAND—CHRISTMAS HOLI DAYS.—MOILNINO ENTERTAINMENT.—The Lessee, with a view of enabling parents to indulge the juvenile branches in an Entertain ment calculated for their taste, hoe determined on giving SEVEN MORNING PERFORMANCES, thetheSMmeameenxm6ATUßDAY next, Dec. 26, and to continue dosing the bilowing week ; and, with this view, has made arrangements with the original LANTUM ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, in conjunction with the celebrated Turner Family (pontively their last appeerenee, in consequence of their provincial engagement.), of the respective ages of 4,6, and 8 years, who have bad the honour of • at mom of the Nobility's parties, and whose precocious talent Les been the theme of universal admirsUon. The Wonders of Creation, illustrated by the On Microscope. Commence at Three o'clock precisely. Admissimt ts. -—— - - LUREN'I"B CASINO, at the ROYAL' A ADELAIDE GALLERY, still continues to be the magnet of at traction, inightly luring its habitues within that maelstrom the POLKA, and each vortex of the mazy dance. Orand Vocal and In struewatal Concert. First appearance in Lord= of the celebrated LANTIIM ETIIIOPIAN SERENADERS, whose performances have created the most perfect furor in the provinces, end which have been Lenounced r .r. it i novel ea by t he musiMll worldto . be unrivall ed . The tone route minstrels will the tgive a MORNING ENTERTAINMENT at the Casino each day at Three o'clock, and in' the Evening will again appear after the concert. — Doors open at Seven o'clock; performances terminate at half-past Eleven. Admission, Is. DRINCESS'S THEATRE.—NEW DRAMA. — _IL NEW MUSICAL ROMANCE.—NEW PANTOMIME.—On SATURDAY, The. 26, will be presented a Drama entitled BUNCRE DE VALMY. After which the Musical Roman., of THE SEVEN MAIDS of MUNICH. In the course of the evening PROPES3OR HEMMING and his talented Children. To conclude with in, New Comic Pantomime entitled THE ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, Harlequin and the One.eyed Gimi! Clown, Mr. Iftesmore.—Doors open at a Quarter past SM. ;- SERENADE J.—lt is respectfully announced, that THIS EVENING (being Mathias Eve) there be NO PERFORMANCE ; but this inimitable Entertainment will be Resumod on SATURDAY EVENING NEXT, and continued during the ensuing week, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings: and, in compliance with numerous applications, on Wed nesday morning, beginning at half-past Two o'clock. St. James's Theatre, Thursday, Dee. 24. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS.--MECHANICS' _EA INSTITUTION, CIIINCERY-LAN E.—The celebrated ETIIIO - SERENADERS, Pell, Barrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of airing their inimitable Entertain ment in the Theatre of the above Institution on MONDAY neat, De m.-umber 28, at Eight o'clock. Tickets, Is. 6L ; &venal seats, 2a. ed. To be had at the Institution. 'ENV STRAND THEATRE.-] 1)7nre71 ; 17 atTO;e eniqlPrngbefil — retTeCC7rTtiYODCi superbly arranged, will OPEN on SATURDAY, the 26th I/member. —Doors open at 7, commence at half-past 7. Admission, Drew. Circle, Es. Promenade and Upper Boxes, in. Gallery. 6d. Private Boxes to be had at the Box office at the Theatre fmm 11 till 4. Triumphant Swam of Hoc'. New Christmas Piece THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM. Under the Management of MRS. KF.ELEY.—On Saturday, December 26, will be presented, a Drama founded on the New Christ mas Annual of CHACIAA DICK Ex., Eel , , and adapted to the stage by Albert Sc.,ith Esq., railed THE DAME OF LIFE. Principal cha racters by Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Leigh Murray, Mr. F. Vining. Mr. Turner, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Keeley , Mrs. Weollidge, Miss Daly, ?dies May, Miss Grove, Mi4s Foster, and Mr.. Keeley.--With a New Comic Pantomime, entitled TILE BUTTERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin (tot timel, Mr. John Lauri; flown, Mr. J. W. Collier; Pantaloon, Mr. Gough ; Oolumbine, Mrs. Laiillaw ; Atteudant Sprites, Maiders C. and F. Lauri. -gi lt 0; virtoo. MAILS. The overland closed mails, ria Marseilles, to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Ileac Kong, Re., will be made up on the evening of the 21th December (Mix day). The mails for Vigo, Op 'tin, Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, will be made up on the morning of the 211th December. The Mal for New South Wales, Van Diernen's Land, and New Zealand will be made up on the evening of the Slat December. The West India mails, including those for "deign, Honduras, and the liavannih, will be made up on the morning of the 2nd January, 'fbs overland mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Men, Ceylon, India, Ilong-Kong, and China, rid Southampton, will be made up on the evening of the 2d January. The mails for British North America, Bermuda, and the United States, will be made up on the eveniag of the 4th January. The malls for the Beast* the River Plate, Monte Video, Pernam buco, Bahia, Madeira, and Buenos Ayres, will be dispatched on the evening of the 4th January. TO COTtIiESPONDEN TS. We cannot notice, in any way, any communication that is sent to us anonymously ; but the wtmchoine to address no in confidence will find aleir confidence respected. NEITHER CAN Wl: UNDFItTAKE TO RETURN ANY MANUSCRIPT:I WHATEVER. •.• Advartisementi intended for The Erpress, London evening paper, must be at the Othce by Two o'clock on the day of public:di:in. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE. Tnis DAY. —Morning, 51 min. past 5; Afternoon, 17 min. past 6. Tosiloalow—Morning, 41 min. past 6 ; Afternoon, 10 min. past 7. LONDON, THURSDAY, DEC. 21. exacted from them, WE cannot agree with Alderman COPELAND in regarding the complaints of the Common Council against the Court of Aldermen as a mere " St. Thomas's-day clap-trap." On the contrary, the con test between the two bodies appears to us to involve matter of deep and serious interest, and to be carried on, on one side at least, with a conviction that they are discharging an imperative and important duty. It is the misfortune of the City that its internal administration has been so conducted as to alienate from its deliberations the very class who ought to be most prominent in them. The most important municipal interests of the most important city , in the world are regulated by a class of men hardly qualified for the charge, either by education, habits, ar position. The great merchants, bankers, and wholesale traders of the City stand aloof from cor porate office. It is hardly to be wondered at, that mischievous results have followed. Few of our non-City readers, probably, are familiar with the matter in issue between the Court of Common Council and the Court of Aldermen. It is briefly this : there are two bodies in the City possessing jurisdictions, often concurrent, some times conflicting, always ill-defined, as to their respective limits. These are, the Court of Aldermen, consisting of the Lord Mayor and twenty-six persons elected by the freemen of the several wards for life. They are both a legislative and an executive body. In the latter capacity it has a power to order pay ments out of the City cash; it superintends the prisons, orders prosecutions, and instructs the Remembrancer in preparing acts. The other court is that of Common Council, consist ing of 206 persons elected annually by the freemen of the wards, with the Mayor and Aldermen. The Aldermen for a long time claimed a rein in all proceedings of this court. This was sanctioned by the City Election Act (11 Geo. 1., c. 18), but the clause was, after a violent struggle, re p Wed by 19 Gee. 1., c. 8. To make up a court, there must be present the LORD MAYOR or his locum tenens, at least two other Aldermen, and • sufficient number of Common Councilmen to make up forty, exclusive of the Lord Mayor. This body has, by a standing order of 1794, unlimited command over the funds of the corporation, it being thereby required that as often as there shall be occasion for disbursing considerable sums of money out of the chamber, this court shall be consulted, and their assent had thereunto : and no bill whatever, exceeding the sum of 1001., can be paid without the previous consent of this court. They have also the sole power of affixing the common seal, and, conse quently, of the disposition of the corporate landed property. We need not speak at present of its ex ecutive functions. These powers, it might be conceived, render the Court of Aldermen powerless over the city funds. But in practice this is not the case. We are not sufficiently versed in the private history of the Cor poration, to say how the stringency of the first of the above orders has been evaded. But certain it is, that the Aldermen seem to have disposed of the city funds without the sanction of the Common Council. We are informed by Mr. Norms, in the Aldersgate wardmote of Monday, that pensions have been granted by that court to the amount, in 1800, of 4301. 3s. 4d.; in 1820, 7501.; in 1830, 500/. ; in 1840, 2,0961. ss. 9d.; in 1841, 2,4891. 16s. ; and in 1846, 3,8811. This sum was divided among ten persons, — one alderman, four aldermen's widows, four aldermen's daughters, and a alderman's grandaughter. Several members of the Council, anxious to give a more complete control over the city funds to that body, as the real responsible representatives, the com mons house of the city have long struggled to strengthen that body at the expense of the Court of Aldermen. In pursuance of this object a committee of the Common Council brought in " a bill for declaring the qualification of freemen of London to be elected members of the Common Council," in which such qua lification was fixed at rate-paying occupancy for twelve months of a house, shop, counting-house, or office, within the ward for which the freeman should be elected. This bill was read a first and second time. In the interval between the second and third reading, the Recorder was consulted by the aldermen, and gave his opinion against the powers of the Common Council to pass such an act, "as being contrary to the customs, charters, and laws of the city." On this ground the Lord Mayor refused to put the question for the third reading of the bill, and the court broke up, after an interchange of sharp recrimination, in great disorder. The two courts are thus practically at issue. It is well known in the city that the present bill is merely a preliminary to one for determining the control of the city funds absolutely to the Common Council. In fact, the struggle involves the whole question of city corporation reform. The question at issue is, do the Common Council possess the power of passing such a measure? There can be no question as to the general fact that they possess, besides the ordinary power of making by-laws inherent in every corporation, a more extensive privilege in this respect, con fi rme d b y the charter of EDWARD 111., enabling the mayor and aldermen, with the assent of the commonalty, " where any customs theretofore used and obtained, proved hard or defective, or any matters newly arising within the City needed amendment, and no remedy had been previously provided, to apply and ordain a convenient remedy as o ft en as i t shoul d seem expedient ; so that the same were agreeable to good faith and reason, for the common advantage of the citizens and other liege subjects sojourning within them, and useful to king and people.' This charter is generally recited in acts of Common Council, and its powers havebeen largelyand from an early period acted upon. Thus it was by virtue of the powers thus declared that an ordinance of the Common Council, in the time of RICHARD 11., fixed the present constitution of that court. Thus also has been changed the na ture of the aldermanic office from an annual tenure to one for life. In what res pe ct does the present exer cise of their powers differ from those, so as to become illegal, as the Recorder declares it to be ? The answer to this question must be deferred. But we may here state that our conviction is with the Common Council, and against the Recorder. THERE are (among others) two points on which the Society of Friends have been resolute in their non-compliance with the laws and customs of the land sine the origin of their sect. They will not take an oath, and they will not pay church-rates. In respect of the oath, their quiet, imperturbable, pas sive resistance has triumphed. Seeing they could not be iro ight to conform to it, the world has in part conformed to them. Quakers see . O net required to . • ; - - iiistice, ar oti other ocoasioss • - • • -- •••••••9111111.1•11 e. 1 when ordinary men are required to swear : their sim ple affirmation is taken. But church-rates are still It is not that lawyers are made of more yielding ma terials than churchmen. There is quite as much of tho martyr spirit in the lawyer's devotion to prescriptive usages as in the churchman's. But in the question of church-rates, it is simply a business of taking money 1 from the Quaker for the use of the church as a bait corporate ; in the question of judicial oaths, the re fusal to receive Quaker evidence upon a simply affirmation, might take or keep money out of the pockets of a great many other people, and in par ticular, by occasionally rendering lawsuits impos sible, might curtail the gains of the lawyers. So the Quakers have carried their point in the matter of oaths, because other people had an interest in com plying with their humours; and they have not car ried their point in the matter of church-rates, because other people have an interest in not complying with their humours. The practice of exacting church-rates from Quakers will undergo the same fate as the practice of committing them for refusing to take judicial oaths as soon as you can convince the parties who think they have an interest in exacting the church rates, that they are, in fact, losers by the operation. Nor does it seem impossible that they should be convinced of this. We publish in this day's paper state ments respecting two seizures for church-rates from members of the Society of Friends in Guisboro'. In the one case the sum claimed was 3s. 40. ; in the other it was is. 51d. The legal expenses in the former ease amounted to 11. 4s. Sd. ; in the latter, to 11. :Is. Id. To pay the rate and the legal expenses, flour was seized, in the former, to the value of 21. Gs. Bd., and sold for a trifle less ; in the latter, various articles, worth 31. ris. 6d., were seized, and sold for 21. 12s. 6d. Now, it must be remembered that these are not isolated cases. No member of the Society of Friends ever pays church-rates—a seizure must always be made. Sometimes, for common shame, the rate is not exacted ; sometimes a pro Arm"; seizure is made by lenient and just men. But the Society of Friends are at the mercy of the tempers of men in of ; and not a year elapses, but wantonly harsh and iniquitous seizures for poor-rates are made upon its members, in many towns in England. Can the Church afford to make such exhibitions year after year? The Established Church is the only christian communion in the land whose clergy possess property of their own in virtue of their office. Dis senters and Roman Catholics pay their clergy out of their own pockets; but the clergymen of the Established Church have broad lands, and tithes which the landowner has no right to consider as a tax, seeing that when his lands are bought or sold, allowance is made forthe tithe as something that does not belong to him. The Established Church costa its members less than any other church. Is it, then, becoming that the members of this favoured church should insist upon non-members contributing to build and uphold its edifices, to pay for its organs and communion elements, when these non-members make no such claim upon them in return ? By exempting Nonconformists from the payment , of church-rates, members of the Established Church , may have to pay double what they do now. A rato of 3s. 40. may be swelled to Os. 9d., or a rate of Is. 51d. to 2s. 11d. But in return the members of the Established Church will cease to present them selves to the public in the shabby attitude of men who, paying less for the services of their own clergy than any other sect, call upon the sects more heavily taxed for that purpose than themselves, to contribute to the building of their churches. As for the clergy of the Established Church, the question is one that scarcely concerns them at all, except in so far as they ought naturally to wish that their flocks should desist from this shabby extortion. COUNTRIES prolific of food have ever been noted as seats of famine. Hunger has, perhaps, presented itself nowhere with so awful an aspect as in Egypt and Bengal. In Europe, until recently, the horrors of famine have been almost exclusively known in Hungary, Russia, and Ireland. A drought in the cast is famine ; the contrary of drought generally so in our climates. Of this problem many solutions have been given. Want of thrift in a people with whom abundance is the rule, and scarcity the exception, forms a plausible mode of accounting for distress. The absence of good roads or communica tions between scattered settlements, becomes sen sible as population increases. The disadvantage arising from bad communications has been beautifully reduced to calculation by BARON VON TIIUNEN, who contributed largely to Mr. licon's reports. A false system of taxation, such as prevails on the greater part of the continent of Europe and in India, represses all production beyond that needed for daily support. The effects of produce taxes arc strikingly exemplified in the scanty grain, sugar, and cotton crops of British India, as compared with.those of the United States. It is the freedom from the vicious system of taxation which the East India Company inherited from its Mahomcdan predecessors that enables many states of the union to keep up slavery. There is no inherent advantage in the use of slaves as field labourers, but the Americans can, in the absence of due competition, afford to keep them. More powerful, perhaps, than any of the causes we have enumerated, is a faulty distributionproprietorslarge of the land appliedas a perpetual entail of ba rrenness and p overt y . tportion srtions to the thlaendgrov'ev!ititiedofinfoo:o.or Then a minute subdivision of the arable soil is a faulty distribution ; it produces the same effects wherever we meet with it. The conies, the " bauer," the fcllah, or the rajah, who devotes his whole time to the growth of his own food, wastes the talent en ' trusted to him unprofitably, and does not fulfil his high duties as a man and a member of society. If a member of a civilised state, he ought to produce more than he requires himself; and let others have the benefit of it. The very meaning of the word. civilisation points to a security of personal sigh** all who contribute in the various tasks that muWhe performed to produce a greater mass of necessoyies, combined with more refined enjoyments than an- 41:11. civilised state commands. We have no occasiols-,to hunt up new-fangled theories to excuse this oldest Oa l d' best confirmed law of political economy. o securing of personal rights in contradistincthis to the privileges emanating from the owner: ship of land, water, mines, &c., has been every-, where attended with increased production. 'Ar e should be glad to add, that it also conferred tvery where more refined enjoyment. It is, however, for us enough if it furnish the means of commanding refine ment. Now, to assert, as may be done in many con tries at the present day, that the ownership or the mere occupation of a piece of land, ir sable for the support of a family, is to in such countries the rights of persons land are insecure. Such countries, t' - I is in many coun- nership or even and, is indispen- to confess that ons not owning therefore, cm- -0