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~J SLAVE !BADE. The folios% ine extract of a letter a ff ords further de -, tails of the SlaveTr Ade carrying on on the African coast: " BATHURST, Sr. MAST'S, JAN. 1. 1845. "In my lat.t I promised you an account of the nixo rictus Itrandao's movements, the latest of which I am enabled to do from the contents of a letter received the other day from St. Jago, which Whims me that he carriei off from the islands a full cargo of slaves in a small schooner belonging to himself, and•a man called. Jacinto. who keeps a shop near the Grand-square, in Porto Praya. It is on this man's 'ltemises that the grand derot of slaves is kept ; and it is a notorious fact, that forty or till have been seen in his yard at a time; ray, more, they have been marched irom his house through the puhlic streets to the water side once a clay, for the purpose of being bathed in the .sea. My cor. respondtot states, that it %VHS Brandan's intention to proceed to Surinam, and procure a larger vessel either there or in America ; to arm her, and put in execution those threats which he has so often made respecting Engle h merchantmen u: on the coast—that is, to pion-, der them wlt:lever he meets them, in order to repay himself for the loss of the Con !e Ville Flor. This wretch is ar.otlier of the gang who have been allowed to carry on the Slave Trade at Bissau, Cached, and Ca xamansa, for years vs ith impunity, except in the in stance abovenrentioned. " You no doubt remerober the name of a former Go vernor of Itisao, Cabral. Ile now resides at Bonavista, of which he has been Cove:nor for some time. and was one of the DerstAdoes from that Island to the Cortes. In short, he has filled many situations in life, and amongst others has hem actively engaged in the trade, as you sell know. It is repotted that, during his Go vernorship in Bissao, several Spanish and American vessels came there to trade, and their Captains and Mates dying very suddenly, it became necessary, from want of navigatois, to sell them at public auction, for the I enefit of—somebody. Suffice it to say, that a very fiae fa-t•sailing schooner, called the Torrina (or l'or poi,e) by some means or other came into the possession of tl:is Cabral, who employs her in running among the! Cate de Veld Islands, and making occasional nips to the coast for cargoes of wretched victims. This is done without any fear of being caught; for once at sea upon a wind, the fastest sailing ship in the BiLish Navy would not catch her. " After locking at the dark side of the picture, it is pleasing to find that the reverse has something fair on it. The present Governor-General of the Cape de Verd I lands is much liked, and highly spokes, of. It ap pears he has made vast improvemeitts, and will, nu doubt, with proper assistance from home, be enabled to place the 'Wands upon a respectable footing. There is ati«tiar point of great advantage gained also, and that is, the arrival of a Briti' Constd-General at St. Jag°. Mr Clark and his Lasiy ha*: been there some months; and that Gentleman's pmence bas already proved •of some good effect." PA ELIA MEN lAR I' PUUCEEDINGS. I•IOUSE OF LORDS. MARCH 22 . Mr. Tsetse, from the Customs, presented the Annual Accounts of the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom, up to the Sell of January. 1825.—Laid on the table. Mr. PITT and others, from the Commons, brought up several private Bills, which were read a first time. The Earl of LIVERPOOL presented Copies of certain Ar ticks under the Treaty of Ghent.—Laid on the tahl. , and ordered to be printed. Lord I•:L.LRN ROROCG II presented a Petition from a number of highly respectable Attonnes and Solicitors belonging to the Me tropolitan Law Society, against the Articles of Clerkship Enrol ment Bill. The Petitioners opposed the measure on public and on private grounds: on public ground., because if the hill received the sanction of Parliament and the Crown, the £lOO,OOO now de rived annually from the aNity paid on articles of Clerkship would cease; and on private grounds, because those persons who had vies. I ited the law would be placed in a better situation than those who lad observed Its dispositions. They therefore lay their case hum.' lily before their Lordships.—The Petition was read, and laid onl the table. The Marquis of DOW NSIIIRE presented a Petition from the Protestant inhabitants of the town of Newry and its neighbour hood, praying that the claims of his Nlajesty's Catholic subjects be The Noble Marquis stated that the Petition was signed by gi vat numbers of Protestants in the North of Ireland, as well a. by the inhabitants of the town of Newry, and amongst others by two most respectable Magistrates of the County of Down.—Read, an•i laid on the table. On the motion of the Earl of Livsuroos., the Army and the 11• la• one I%lutioy Bills were read a third time and passed. Lord G I FPOILD presented a Petition from the Agricultural Society of Wigtonshire, in favour of the Scotch Judicature Bill.— L•:id nit the table. A ft et the omission of a clause, and a few verbal amendments, pro pci-d by Viscount BlLLvirt.s the Scotch Judicature Bill was read a thiril time, and sent to the Commons. The Property in Gardens Protection Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. Irish Courts of Justice Bill, and the Annual Duties Bill, were also read a second time, and ordered to be committed to morrow.— Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. On the question for reading the British Gas Company Bill a second time, Mr. Ahiernian W 001) opposed the measure, and moved that it be read a second time this day six months . Aftec some discussion, in which Mr. Fume expressed a wish that Government would give a decisive opinion whether or not they intended to interfere with the New joint Stock Companies, the gallery was cleared for a division; hut the intention to divide not bent* persevertd in, the BiU was read a second time. Mr. CIIII.TRIS having moved the second reading of the London Corn Exchange Rill, The SPEAKER rose to mention a circumstance to the !louse, connected with this Lid. When the Report on the Petition for the Bill was brought in, it stated that the Standing Orders did not apply to the proposed object,and of course leave was given to bring in the without opposition. Yesterday an application was made to.biut nine in the Chair, to know how'persons interested in op.' posing the Ball Were to obtain an opportunity Of stating their ease ? lie accordingly referred to the net k of the Committee this morn ing, and also , the Standing Order. and found that the latter did apply to the Bill, contrary to, the opinion set forth in the Report. It hid, however, Men observed ro him, that lie gave a contr.uy opi nion previously, but he assured the House that he had no recolkc tiny of the circumstance, nor could he conceive how a rule referring to Town Halle and Alaritet Places al Id be supposed to embrace a proposal fur erecting a new Corn Exch.soge. After some conversation between .11r. Cuarsts, Mr. Srealca, and a few miser Members, AF f eolubiud the conduct of the Speaker on the occasion, and sat down by proptismg that the Bill be read a second taint this day six month,. (hi this question being put, the Amendment was carried with out a divtsion. Load STAN LEY presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of a part of Liverpool, against the Bill now betake the House for the, better re elating the buildings of that town. Mr. C. CALVERT reported from the Committee on the New North Road Dill, that the Standing Orders ought not to be dis pensed with. Colonel 'LARNCII brought up the Report of the Committee on the Petition of the Duke of Norfolk, against the Thames Quay Hill, which stated that the alkgations in his Grace's Petition had not Man proved. Mr. T. WILSON preowned a Petition from • the Proprietors of the Mat Landon Water Works' economy, against the London Weiler Waelbs Company ,•_and also a Petition from the same, against thelessesspolitan Water works Company. A axe* /wan dm Lords nodded their Lordships' assent team • `'> y. and the Marase Mutiny Belle, Mr. DAWSON presented a Petition from the Gas Light and Coke Company, against the British gas Company. t,.. ...,•? • C4sIM2OITTEss anOMB. . • On the second reedit* of sons! private UM, • Mr. CALCR A FT coertlilatned ofihe want of conve nience for private Comilittees, su s.the ptessureot the private trii•inese' A Comiie l bid that d.ty all. golutely assembled in the body of the Additional rooms ought to he provided. General GAtCOYNE and Mr. LITTLETON spoke to the like effect. • Mr. Secretary PEEL admitted the want of room, but said that the pressure of private business was peculiar. The SPEAKER said he had given the permission to the Committee to assemble in the House, from the :Abso lute nece,sity of the case and he should he constrained to do so till the end of the Session, unless he was instructed to the contrary by the House. Mr. BEN ETT ( Wilts) presented aPetition from Robert Gourlay, complaining of injuries sustained in his property and person, by de lays in the Court of Chancery, &c.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. BEN ETT then presented a Petition from Magistrates of Wiltshire, on the subject of County Rates.—Referred to the Corn. twitter on the subject. ?.Jr. 1)A WSON presented Papers, consisting of Accounts of Re ceipts by the Itoyal Burghs of Scotland, &c.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. 1.1 N OSA Y presented a Petition from the Corpotation of Perth, against the House and Window and Insurance Duties. CATHOLIC BILL• Mr. ESTCOURT said, it was rumoured that the Ca tholic Bill (not yet broir2ht in) was to be read a se cond time the 14th April. That happened to be the middle of the Sessions Week. Would there be any objection to put it off for one week fur. her ? Sir F. BURDETT the postponement would he inconvenient to many persons; he would, therefore, take a day or two before be altered the day for the second reading. Mr. Secretary PEEL observed, that as the Bill had already occupied three weeks in the preparation, the Honour able Baronet would not desire to carry his Bill by the absence of Members, or without affording the amplest time for consideration. He heard of other measures being in contemplation ; surely there ought to be time for due investigation. He wished to give this notice, that be proposed to take the sense of the House on the se cond reading. Mr. TIERNEY trusted that his Hon. Frit:nd. the Hon. Baronet, would not too hastily acoui-sce in the re quest for postponement made to him. It it were agreed to, the Biil could not get to the Lords before the begin ning of May; And then it might be said to be too much to require their Lordships to consider such a question at the latter end of the Session. I: the postponement took place, then it would get into the Newmarket week; and as Catholics as well as Protestants might amuse themselves with horse-racing, that would, per. haps, be another reason for requiring a postponement ; so that there would be no obtaining the discussion of it were it to be put off for the convenience of particular Members. Tf the question were fixed, he doubted not that Members would make it convenient to attet,d. As to any other measures being rumoured as being in contempla tion, it was too mach to require the Hon. Baronet to put off his Bill till something about the rumoured Bills might be known. Sir F. BURDETI' sai , a. ,o man) of hi. Hon. Friends were much interested in the measure, be wished to de cline giving any answer about the day for the second reading. Sir R. WILSON wished to ask the Secretary for the Colonial Department, whether he had any s. h t:nation of a circumstance which impeached the a hministrati of justice in Jamaica? The hers were stated ill a Pub lication by a Gentleman who had been Chaplain trs tl e Forces at Port Royal. He stated that certain perso were tried b.fore a Colonial Tribunal, AA the Jury were absoktely discharged, and it was understood a slight sentence wculd be pronounced, but the i , ertt day the Jury were reassembled, when a very severe sentt.nct. was passed on the parties. Mr. IS ILMO r-lIORTON said, that a Itevrt w 1G already on the table, which contained a full detail of the transaction. The sentences were not, in fact, carried into effect. neithr r was the Jury 4 all analogous to an English Jury ; bu. by the constitution of the Coutt they were necessarily reassembled, when sentence was pronounced. Mr. GOULBURN requested that the Hont.uroble Member for Aberdeen would postpone his motion rela tive to the office of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland till after the Holidays. Mr. HUME said, it was immaterial when he brought the motion on, he would, therefore, look for an open day after the holidays. laiSH TITHES. Mr. HUME moved for a Return of the number of Parishes in Ireland, in which the Tithe Commutation Lill had taken effect, stating the amount of each Parish.—Granted. Mr. HUME also moved tor a Return of the number of Tithe Causes in Ireland during the years 1822 and 1823, excepting in the Coasistorial Corns of Ireland. Mr. GOULBURN said he had no objection to the motion, although he thought some dificu►ty might arise in making the return. After a few words from Mr. V. Film:mato, the motion was agreed to. POOR LAWS.-IRELAND. Mr. GRATTAN rose, pursuant to notice, to move for le.we to bzing in a Bill to make a provision gene rally for the helpless and infirm of the parishes of Ire land. It was not his wish to introduce the system of Poor Laws which existed in England ; but as the poor of the parish in Ireland were at present maintained by subscription funds, he wished to empower the vestry to distribute those funds, and if they were found inade quate, to assess the palish for the deficiency. In the prosecution of this object, he proposed that the vote of the majority should bind the remainder; and he had the less hesitation in offering the scheme to the consi deration of Parliament, inasmuch as it was no more than the extension of a practice which prevailed in se veral parts of Ireland. The plan which he proposed partook much of that practised in Scotland, avoiding all the vices of the English system. His object was to enable the parishes in behold, in case of such emergen cies as occurred two years and eight years ago, to act for themselves, and afford that prompt relief which should meet the necessity of the case, check the conta gion of distress, and relieve the Grand Juries from a great part of the duties at present incumbent on them. If, for instance; the parishes of the county of Clare, during the last famine, had possessed the power to act as he contemplated now enabling parishes in Ireland to act, the spread of distress and disease would have been prevented. The Bill which he proposed to introduce would gi ve greater efficiency and power of co-operation to parochial bodies in Ireland,and greatly improve the whole system. At present, however, he did not think himself called upon to go at any length into the detaila of the measure, which would be mere properly reserved for the second reading. Mr. GOULBURN agreed in the propriety of reserv-1 ing the discussion upon the Bill for the stage of the second reading. In that stage the House would be best able to determine vihether any good could be culled from the measure which the Honourable Member !Im posed to introduce into the Hoti•e. All that lir should say at present was, that he would oppose any niessuie l having for its object the intioducion - ut the English' system of Poor Laws into Ireland. Sir H. I'A RNELL thought that the best and safest way would be to let things remain as they were at present in Leland in this respect. If the system of English s poor Laws was Ltioduced into behind, it would not .ti be long before the whole rent of the country would be swallowed up by it. • * Mr. V.' FITZGERALD reg . rettell that his notion& able Friend had proeoped tll . inVoduce this rweastire. i without adequate ineestigatien oil the subject. it was one of the most importaiitsohjectias regarded Ireland, that ever came befoie pirlianent* He considered that anything which tented to introduce the English system, of Poor Laws into Leland, would tend to perpetuate the poverty and degradation of the people. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH said,he eid not wonder that the Honourable Member's here.litary feelings in behalf of his country prompted him to take the view he enterta'ned upon this subject. 13 his opinion, however, the only evil which this country had not inflicted upon Ireland, was the Poor Laws ; and he hoped the Irish would never know what that system was. Mr. BARING thought that the care of the old and intiim, and those incapable of w-rk, night still be beneficial to Ireland under the operation of these laws. Mr. MAURICE FITZGERALD observed, that Go ver!,m2,lt expended great sump in the sha,)e of employ ment for the poor; but still it was necessary that their support should be permanent. Mr. C. WILSON hoped that the Poor Laws would be ext-iided to Leland, because a new system of these laws could be practised there, avoiding all the abuses which pre vailed in England. . . . Mr. Alottc - it and Mr. J. Balmy supported the motion. Mr. GRATTAN replied, and leave was given to bring in the Bill. Mr. Secretary CANNING brought up Papers ?els'. five to chi Treaty of Ghent, upon a question referred to the Enip--(q. of Russia with respect to S!aves claimed by the United States of America. He stated. that he did not know, before yesterday, that this treaty was not before the House. Mr. Sill ART WORTLEY obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the prevention of fraud in the exportation of cutlery. POOR ASSESSMENTS. Mr. STURGES BOURNE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the law E 0 far as regarded the rent of tenements to be assessed for Poor Rates. Mr. CURTEIS supported the Bill. After a tew words from Colonel WOO% Mr. Svites, Colonel Daum, Mr. J. Bann.; Mr. LOCCUAILT, and Mr. S. Bottaus, leave was granted to bring in the Bill. PAYMASTERS AND ARMY AGENTS. Mr. HUME then moved for a Return of the 11,270 Accounts, upon which it appeared a balance was due by Army Agents, Paymasters, and others, to the War ' Office prior to the year 1820, stating the regiments from which due, and the names of those accounts upon which money was still due. He observed that it was a great hard ship that balances, after such long standing, should be enforced. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he h.id no intention to oppose the Return. The (Hay would not occur again. It was net a delay of office, but of the accountants themselves. The rule laid down by the Honourable Member was too sweeping. Pte Returns would be very vnluminous,and unless some ,p,cific motion was to be grounded on them, it would be better not to put the Public to so great an expense. Mr. T. WILSON said, that although the Right lion. Gentleman had done much with respect to the future, yet it was very cruel to many persons that the old ac• counts should be left unsettled. One season why they eve ieit in that state, was because Gentlemen in office .;rd not wish to inculpate their predecessors. The House therefore ought to absolve the Ministers from the difij cuities in which they were placed. Perhaps it would be better to postpone the motion until the Government should decide on some course. Mr. LOCKHART suppet ted the motion. Mr. HUME d:d not mean to charge the War-Office 1 1 with any disinclination to give information or to settle 'the accounts, but he must say, from his own experience, that much irregitlAtity existed there in the way of doing business.—The motions were then put and carried. CAPE WINES. Mr. HUME moved, after a few remarks, for a Re turn of the number of gallons of French Wines, and of Foreign Wines not French, and of Cape Wine, in bond, in England, Ireland, and Scotland, on the 28th of February, 3825. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that he did not mean to object to the motion, though it would have been better to have considered the matter when the subject of the Wine Duties should be dis cussed. The Proprietors of Cape Wine were not taken by surprise. In 1813 he proposed a reduction of the Wine Duties in their favour, but he never meant that such a reduction should be permanent. He never meant to give any pledge on the part of the Government. Though the Cape of Good Hope depended chiefly on its Wine, yet we were not bound to give it an excessive protection, merely on the ground of the wine not being good—(A laugh). That was the real cause of their complaint. If a Bourdeaux merchant mixed Claret and Hermitage, it was only a fraud on our palates, but when Cape Wine was mixed with Sherry, it was a fraud on our pockets. He was unwilling to press too hardly on the Cape Wines, and it was his intention to have pro posed to fix the duty at 2s. per gallon for five years, and afterwards l at 2s. 6d. per gallon. Tbi3 was quite protection enough. Mr. C. WILSON wished to know the rate of duty on Sicilian Wines? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, 4s. The motion was then put and carried. Mr. HUME then moved for a similar return of Wines in the ods of Entered Dealers in Great Britain and Ireland—Ordered. Mr. SYKES wished to know If the Hon. Member for Aberdeen intended to submit any motion on the subject of impressment? Mr. HUISE said be should bring forward a motion on the sub ject soon after the Holidays. Mr. BROGDEN brought up the Report of the Committee of Supply. The resolutions were put seriatim and carried. WINE DUTIES. In a Committee upoo the Wine Duties Hill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the only alterations he should propose were those which he had stated in the early part of the evening, relative to Cape Wines. He had fixed the duty at 2,. for the next five years, and after that the present rate of 2s. 61 was to be restored. Mr. HUME suggested that the duty elould be low. ered to one shilling and sixpence for the first two years, two shillings for the next three, and then to return to the present payment. The CHANCELLOR rf the EXCHEQU Elt said, that he ludd met the parties who applied for the reduc tion half way, and As they generally stated extreme c2Les, so he generally tout.d t is c"urbe gyve them s.t. t•sfaction. In reply to anott.er question, tie Right Ho nourable Gen letnan stated, that the drawback w, ula be all awed up to the '2d uf March. Mr. Alderman WOOD asked, if the quantity of gallons upon which the drawback was to be allowed had been yet filed? The CH ANCSI.LOkt of the Exchequer replied, that it would be half a tun, or 146 gallons. Ur. Alderman WOOD said, the smaller dealers, who held less quantities, would suffer hard,hip. 1 he CHANLELLOR 01 the EXCHEQUER slid, that tlie• addittorial duties had I:een ch4rg,4 no small r qu s than a tun, and he therefore the hitt nded urrangemtnktiir. Colfollm PALMIER 'ped the Government would take care that the publk should be b m Fited by the redUction r , l the duty upon wihes. In the Port wine Crape ke knew th-y could eff..cually du an; but he , . • complained that the ttaJe in Freda wines hid been more favourably cothiticred. Mr. BERNAL, while nn 'his cullec., begged to call the attention of the Right lion. GentleT al to the duty on glass bottles coming from F. ;vice, as it was well known that certain foreign wine; would spoil at once, if not packed in a peculiar description of bottles . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.—Ce - tainly a duty of 84.1. a brittle Ti s put on these butties. besides an excise duty of Sid. —per cwt. on the glass. It was, however, intended to ci)nsoliice these duties. and not have two different descriptinfie, of to collect them. The duty altogether amounted I.n each bottle to between 9itd. and 10d. The subject, I r ._ ever, was under consideration, but it mild only he looked at with a fair regard to the excise dury which cuntinsibd upon glass bottles of our own manufacture. tci• The Report was then brought up, and ordered to be recisrpsf to-morrow. CALIMONIAN CANAL. On the motion for a second reading of the Caledonian Canal Rill, Mr. HUME raid, that he was well aw.tre • f the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Eschever'i (Net jections to Joint Stock Comp.o.ies ; however, he ( Mr. Hume) thought, in this case, that if the 11;ght H r. Gentleman would advetCze for some Joint Stu k Com pany to take this canal off his hands, the public would save considerably by it, and the canal be managed much better than it was now likely to be. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I have no ob jection, provided the Hon. Member will allow me to nominate win as the principal director.—(A laugh). Mr. Alderman WOOD—If he were,l can only say, much of the public money might be saved. The Bill was then read a second time. _ _ 131i0ODEN presented a Petition from Launceston against any further concessions to the Raman Catholig..—To be printed. Mr. HUME gave notice, for the production of cel taro papers re, !wive to the expenditure in the war in India, mulct the command of the Marquis of Hastings. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned a few minutes before Tics o'CLocr.. Tlll4, EVI4:NIM; srin, LONDON. WEDNESDAY, MARCII 23. 1825. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE 0 CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 953 3 for the Account, bet there is scarcely anything doing. In the Foreign Market everything is very heavy, particularly South American Securities, which are lowering. Current Prices: New Spanish 173 18, Old ditto 2243, Russian 95, Mexican 805, Chilian 903, Colombian New 893 3, Brazil Scrip 23 4, Mexican Scrip 13 3, Greek Scrip 41 5 disc. Pi:ICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. per Cent. 4 93 1 / 4 % 1 / 4 4 per Cent. New 105% 3/ 4 s/ s India Bonds 81 80 £l.OlBl x eq. Bill- 53 51 £5OO ditto 55 52 Bank far Acc. 238 1 / 2 tor Acct. 93% 5/ g FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Austrian. Bonds Spec Ct. ll Mex. Bonds, 5 per Cr. 801 pp L'itto Ace. 985 Ditto Ace. 803 3 79; Brazilian Bonds 871 3 Ditto Scrip i 855,2113 31 pot Ditto Scrip, 5 per Cent. 14 pm Ditto Acct. 23 11 Vl3 preps Ditto Scrip 1825 apolitan Bonds, .5 per Ct. Ditto Acc. Peruv.K.mls. 6 p.r Ct. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 903 I Ditto Ace. 873 Chilian Bonds, 6 p Ct. I Portuguese Bonds " • Colombian Bonds, 6 p Ct. Ditt o Acct. 903 ' I Ditto Bonds 1834, 903891 Prussian Bondst 822, 5 p et.loo/ Ditto Acc. 9031193 Russ.llonds,lB22, sp. Ct. 941 Danish Bonds, 5 per Cr. I Ditto Acct. 94/ Ditto Varks Banco Spanish sp. Ct. C. 221 55 Greek Bonds ditto for Acc. 253 Ditto Acct. Span. 5 e.Ct C. 1823, 183 Ditto Scrip 1825, 44 dis French Rentes, 5 per C. 103 f. Ditto Acct. 4i dis Exchange 25f. 10c. BRITISH AND F3REIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK. MINES. MARE. PAID. PRICE PIM AHAB& Anglo Mexican £lOO iss. £5 pm. £lOO 105 WO Anglo Chillan 100 - 5 - . 10 3 Bolanos 475 pre. 1 Brazilian . - 100 - 5 - - 173 18 174 Chilian - 100 5 . - 163 16 Colombian - 100 - 5 - -56 35 Chilian and Peruvian Company 5 73 English 25 23 . 2 * General Mining Asso. 100 - 5 - -15 143 Pasco Peruvian - 100 - 5 - -232122 91 Welch Iron & Ccal 25 - 5 - - 75 7 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. imam ram. 20 2 PUCK PIM SHALL 11 Protector Fire MISCELL A NEOUS. WARR. rAlln. PRICK PRIL GUAM& Atlantic and Pacific - £lOO - £lO -XlOl 1 British Iron Company - 100 - .5 - 81 71 Bristol Ship Canal - - 1 - 1 1 Canal Gas Engine . 50 1 11 Colombian Agricultural Comp.loo 5 18 General Steam Navigation 100 5 - 9 Hibernian Joint Stock Banking - - 2 1 London Brick Company 50 1 11 I Mexican Company 100 10 151 1 1 Metropolitan Fish Company 25 1 ll 1 Pearl Fishery £25 sh. £2 pd. iss. £lO pm. 19 Provincial Bank of Ireland 100 5 - 111 12% 111 Patent Steam Carriage 5 2 10 3/ 6 1 Pearl and Coral Fishery 40 4 13 141 14 Royal Stannary - S 31 4 Sea and Inland Coal - !, .0 2 13 s This forenoon we received the Etude of yesterday, by Express. It contains, in a Supplement, a very long expose of the Minister of Finance, nn the Indemnity Law. The node states, that Piince ESTERISAZY, who on Sunday set out for London, timing his residence in Paris, had frequent conferences with the Au.taian and Russian Ambassadors, and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs. Accounts from Syria state, that great discontent pervades the Janissaries, who assume an air of indepen. dente, and commit the most daring outrages, in de. fiance cf the police. The Bedouin Arabs intercept provisions, which •cc. casinos much distress to the population of Bagdad, Frcnch Ituntes, Monday, 103 fr. 70, 85, 70 C. We have received a copy of a Memorial on the state of the public finance of Mexico, which was reasl in the Chamber of Deputies on the 4th of January, by Den JOSE IGNACIO EsTEvA, the Minister for that depart. ment. In this document the subject is divided into four parts—l. The coalition in which the Treasury was.-2. That in which it now i!„-3. The condition in which it is AbaOlUlCly necessary that it shall be placed. —4. The means of attaining that object. The Minister then givei a detailed account of the dititrent brand es of the public ieventr, and expense. It appears that the gross pr.ceeds of the revenue Amount to culy 1:oller:, of which upwierit'• a P' el b. IC J. I hi h at C 4 se /I 601 G me is 1 col lis the ono Sal 10, tur And • the the con P. ci •ie ,