Star. — London, England, 1824-11-17 00:00:00

TUE ARM): A detachment of Recruits, recently arrived from Ireland, are arrived at Canterbury, to join the Ist Battalion of the 60th (the Doke of ilenta's Own Rifle Corps). Last week Colonel L•ud G ICOR. 6 wu.rt,tx Rosear.r., command ing the Bth Royal Iri+h Hussars, inspected the works which are rapidly carrying on in Weymouth Barracks, for the reception of Cavalry. His Lordship admired the superior accammodations of the stabling, and the whole, when completed, will be as convenient, 'and prove as much fur the benefit of his Majesty's se►4ice, as any , in the kingdom. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. Commissions in the Kirkcudbright Corps of Gentlemen Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. Cornet W. J. B. Gordon to be Lieutenant, vice Kennedy Laurie, resigned ; William Gordon, Gent. to be ditto, vice Beck, re signed ; James Ochterlony Lockart Nlure, Gent. to be ditto, vice Thrmson, resigned ; John Lamont, Gent. to be Cornet,' vice Donald, resigned ; Henry Wight, Gent. to be ditto, vic- Thomson ; George Whitehorue Laurence to be ditto, vice Gore don, promoted. COURT-MARTIAL AT GIBRALTAR. Hoase-Gusans, 30rit OCTOZICIL, 1824. At a General CourtsMattial held at Gibraltar on the 6th of July, 1824, and on subsequent days, and re-assembled, by adjourn ment, on the 12th of the same month, Lieutenant Wita.tasf Gaovnc Win, of the 94th Regiment, was arraigned upon the undermen tioned Charge, viz. " For conduct highly unbecoming the character of an Officer " and a Gentleman, and subversive of all Military Discipline, " in using grossly insulting and outrageous language to Ensign Cowaan, of the 94th Regiment, on nr about the 2Sth of " June last, in consequence of th it Officer refusing to pay to " Lieutenant WILLIAM Geeve AVIIITE the sum of £l2O ster " ling, which he then personally demanded, in fulfilment of a " clandestine and unauthorized agreement, fur the sale of the " Commission of Adjutant in that Regiment, for entering into " which agreement Lieutenant WILLIAM Gaovz WHITE and " Ensign CowAltD respectively had been reprimanded and ad " moniihed." Upon which charge the Court came to the following decision : " The Court having maturely weighed and considered all the cir cumstances of this case, is of opinion that the prisoner, Lieutenant WILLIAM Gaova WHITE, of the 94th Regiment of Fuer, is Gerrity of the whole crime laid to his charge ; and, having thus found hint guilty, the Court (loth therefore sentence him, the said Lieutenant WILLIAM Genes: WHIT=, to lose his present rank as Lieutenant in the Army, and in the 94th Regiment of Foot, he being forthwith placed at the bottom of the List of Lieutenants, as well in the Army as in the 94th Regiment, so that his future rank in the Army, and in the said Regiment, will bear date front July Bth, 1824, the day of his conviction. " With respect to certain testimony which appears on the face of the proceedings, wherein the credibility of Ensign COWARD'S evi dence is so forcibly called in question, the Court feels it unnecessary to remark ;hereon, confident that it cannot escape the notice of higher authority." " Approved as far as the finding of the Court goes ; but when I " look at the sentence awarded, It appears to me so wholly dispro " portioned to the serious charge of which the prisoner has been " found guilty, so little conducive to the ends of justice and the up " holding of the discipline of the British Army, that I feel it to be " my most indispensable duty to order that the Court shall re assemble, fur the purpose of revising their sentence. (Sigurd) " CHATHAM, General and Governor." " Monday, July 12th, 18'24. " The Court re-assembled pursuant to the order of his Excellency " General the Earl of Chatham, K.G. Governor and Commander " in. Chief of his Majesty's Forces at Gibraltar, to revise the stn " tence ; and, having maturely deliberated upon, and fully reconsi " dered and revised the sentence already passed upon the prisoner, " doth hereby rescind its said sentence, and, instead theteof, doth " now sentence and adjudge that the prisoner,;Lieutenant Wits.uss " Gaove Wntrz, of the 94th Regiment of Foot, be discharged front " Mjesty's ses•tuee. Under all the circumstances of the case, " however, the Court ventures to submit a recommendation of the " prisoner to the clemency of his Majesty." The KING has been pleased to approve and confirm the finding and sentence ; but, at the same time, to express his regret and sur prise at the view taken by the Court of the crime committed by Liratenant WILLIAM GROVE WHITR, of the 94th Regiment, and of which they found him guilty, should have been so inadequate as to call for revision ; particularly as the commission of the crime charged against that Officer originated in a clandestine and unauthorized agreement between him and Ensign COWARD. the penalty attached to which is clearly pointed out by the Act 49 Geo. 111. cap. 126. clause 8. and of which no Officer in his MAJLSTY'S service ought to l be ignorant. Ills Alaaesry was further pleased to remark, that the conduct of Ensign COWARD, as it appears on the face of the proceedings, has been such as to render him unfit to hold bis filmesvv's Commission ; and his 1 1 / 4 1saiurry has accordingly been pleased to direct, that he shall Le removed front his service. the Comm.%penni is-Cuter directs that the charge preferred against Lieutenant Wir.u.sm GRove WHIT; of the 94th Itegiment, together with the finding and sentence of the Court, and his Ma jesty's commands thereon, shall be entered in the General Order Book, and read at the head of every regiment in his Majesty's service. By Command of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, (Signed) HENRY TOR RE N S, Adjutant-Gen. The bustle in the Foreign Market has given rise to The exercise of much ingenuity for the amusement of the jobbers. Yesterday a well-executed caricature of a Bear raising IrunarDE from his grave with his wand, nd with a scroll, " Rise, good humps, or I am lost," was posted on the wall of the office, and also the following rule-of-three proposition—" If killing 200 Spa nisi! soldiers Will produce a rise of 21 1 per cent. what will killing 18,000 produce?—Answer, '225 per cent." Sunday hist, when Mr. Cotton, the Ordinary of New gate, was performing Divine Service in the Chapel, which was extremely crowded with prisoners, a female convict who had been sentenced to die, was dreadfully affected. She fell into hysterics, and was taken from t►;t Chapel, but those who remained behind heard her shrieks for half an hour afterwards. The circumstance was awful beyond description. Mr. Fauntleroy, and other convicts whose Lases arc considered desperate, were listening with solemn attention to the Ordinary, who was delivering a sermon calculated to fix the at tention of common hearers. The effect wai such that the Ordinary could scarcely proceed. Mr. Fauntleroy covered his face with his hands, and seemed quite over whelmed with affliction. Monday l%st, Mt. Garnet, of the tell, in Fleet-street, was alarmed by a strong smell of fire, which seemed to e. ise from some part of his own premises; but being unable to discover the cause of it, he was induced to beieve that it proceeded from the late conflagration, in the immediate neighbourhood of which his house is si tuated. The smell, however, increasing, a still further search was made ye,rerday, and, forteately, was at tended with success. In the chimney-place of an un ,:ccupied apartment in Mr. Garnet's house, had been deposited a strong mahogany sea-chest: this was filled with oid papers, which were covered with a moreen cellain. It was discovered that the lid niche chest had been completely consumed, and that the contents had smouldered away into tinder. This circumstance can be accounted for in no other way than by supposing that some sparks from the burning houses bad fallen down the chimney on the cheA, and that the thick dust with which it was coveted had served as food It, the lighted material., which at length had burned entirely thro:igh the lid, and set fire to the papers within. A xorxe.tt Firs--Yesterday morning, at about hail - - past two o'clock, an alarming file was fortunately di:- covered by one of the watchmen of St. Dunst.tii', at NO. 123, in Chancery-lane. Owing to the ere: tions of ibis meritorious guardian of the night, a woman was rescued from desttuction, and the threatened confiagra ;lon was extinguished. LAW izEPORf. COURT OF CHANCERY, NOV. 16. WAITER V. vanLey AND WILE. The motion was for attachment for want of suffi cient answer, and the reason given by the defen• dints was, that the defect could only be supplied by the wife, who could not answer without the direction of the Court, and the matter was of so new a character, that the Court hesitated to give the order. Mr. MURRAY, the Solicitor for the Lady, said, that she was quite ready to answer if the Court should order and empower her so to do ; but she was at present in capable, having been shut up on pretence of lunacy, in the common gaol, for tr ree years past, by her husband. The LORD CHANCELLOR directed that the time for serving the attachment should be enlarged to Thursday in the next week, and that she should be directed to put in the supplemental answer. HUSBAND AND SON, IN THE MATTERS OF THE- TWO BLACKBUUNS, BANKRUPTS. The LORD thin xcet.t.ort said, that having looked into the cases, it di6 not appear to him that the know ledge of the separate and joint trading would affect the right to prove under both commissions, if the petitioners really possessed it at the time of receiving the dividend under the joint commission. Upon this last point he would bear the Counsel, after having drawn his own minutes and subjected them to the inspec:ion of Counsel. ./()NES 111. THE ALBION COMPANY. The plaintiff was trustee under a marriage settlement, in which Lord Ennismore undertook to give 9,0001. with his daughter, to Major Bolders; 6,000/. were to be raised immediately, and 3,0001. subsequently, in which the Major took but a life-interest. On the death of the Major, the Albion Company came upon the trustee for 3,000/. the value of an annuity previously granted to them, which would, in that case, override the claim of the heirs. Accordingly, the Master of the Rolls had ordered the money to be paid into Court. The present application was to restrain the effects of that order pend in4 an appeal. fhe LORD CHANCELLOR said that the trustee (who acknowledged having the money in his possession in du, form of Exchequer Bills), having no beneficial interest to take, could have no objection to paying it into Court. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, NOVEMBER 16. ISAAC DAY AND SAMUEL DAY V. THE GOVERNORS OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. The plaintiffs in this cause were carmen of the City of London, and the suit was ostensibly for the purpose of obtaining an order that the Governors of Christ's hospital should refund the sum of 931. 12s. received by them during the last years, and paid by the plaintiffs, for permission to work their carts within the City of London. The amount paid on each was 17s. 4d. annually, and they had employed eighteen carts. But the great question was, as to the right of tht Governors of Christ's Hospital :o grant licenses for working carts ? —a right which, it appears, they have exercised for up wards of a century, and which they claim by virtue of the authority of the City of London. Mr. BRASSES read the Bill, which set forth that the light to receive a lee of 17s. 4d. on every cart worked within the City had been originally vested in the Cor- Foration of London, and had been transferred by that body to the Governors of Christ's Hospital, for the tree of the poor children harboured there. That the carmen were now subject to an Act passed for their regulation in 1681, which Act was no authority to the Governors of Christ's linspital to demand such rent; and that they had virtually admitted it themselves, by applying, in 1817, to the Corporation to take into consideration the Act of Common Council of 1681, which did not au thorise their demand of the rent, and to pass anew Act, which might legalise their future proceedings. Mr. DANIELS, for the Governors of Chiist's Hospi tal, read their answer, which contended that the Act of Common Council of 1681, fully authorised them in re ceiving the rent of 175.4 d. for each cart worked, and that such Act was recognised by the Statute of the 18th George 11. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said, that in equity, every party who had an interest must be heard. It was clear that the Corporation of London were thus situated, and might make a new grant of this revenue to a different body ; he could not therefore impugn. the right of the grantee in the absence of the grantor. %%lien the par ties were properly before the Court, he should know how to proceed with the cause, which would stand over to the first day of causes in Hilary Term. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, NOV. 16. The COURT, pursuant to notice, entered on the con sideration for rules for new trials. LAUGHER V. POYNTRR. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, this was a question whether a person having hired horses for the day, and a coachman who is servant to the owner, is liable for any damage which may arise from negligent driving ? As the case is likely to occur very often, we think it should be argued bef , me all the Judges; and our Learned Brothers having been so good as to accede to our wishes, let the case be argued on the 2J of February. THE KING V. THE MAGISTRATES OF EAST BRIXTON. Mr. SCA KLETT renewed his motion of Saturday for a mandamus, commanding the Justices of the East Half Hundred of Brixton to re-hear an application for a li cense, which was objected to on the ground that the Magistrates could grant no license except at the Sessions in September, or within twenty days after. The Learned Counsel urged that the Sd Geo. IV. controuled the 26th Geo. H. and empowered Justices to grant a license at any period.—The Covet, however, thought otherwise, and refused the writ. THE KING V. FA MILNER AND OTHERS. Mr. TAUNTON moved for a rule, calling on several inhabitants of Chester to shew cause why a criminal information should not be exhibited against them for riotous conduct at the late election for 'Sheriffs in that city. The principal defendant, Falkner, was not a free man; but his conduct and that of his associates was very outrageous, and tended to impede the electors in the discharge of their duty.—The COURT granted a rule. BYRNII V. PARKINS. This action was brought by James Byrne against the Es-Sheriff Parkins, to recover the balance of certain subscriptions received by Mr. Parkins on Byrne's ac count, and for his use. Upon the trial the Jury found for the plaintiff 1914. damages. in the last Term the deleudant, in person, moved for a rule to set aside that verdict, and for a new trial 4 it reduction of damages, upon which he obtained a rule to chew cause. Mu. C. PHILLIPS and Mr. PATTISON now sliewed :ause against the rule. The former contended that the Matter v,as a subject entirely for the Jury, and that t h e Jury having decided it, the verdict ought not to be dis• Itui bed. OA the trial it was provt2d, by the evidence of Scott, that the defend.int u.id admitted to him, that mo:t thin 3601 had coma to his hands, an 4 that the Jury having given credit for certain expenses in the shape of a set off, tendered by Mr. Parkins; Amounting to 1001 had found a verdict fir 1941. and this verdict he sub mitted must stand. On the trial, a witness was called to irtipugn the character of Scott, and to swear he was un worthy of credit, but the Court would recollect who this witness was; upon his crois-etamination, being asked who and what he was? the witness replied that he should decline answering that question, but upon being told by the Court that he was bound to answer it, he replied that his name was Taylor, and that he was by trade and profession a philosopher—( A laugh ) ; upon being further *pressed, he said he wrote for sciences, and it eventually appeared that he once received two guineas for some article that he had written.for some publicatinn ; this was the man who was to im pugn the testimony of Scott, but the cause certainly was made up of grievances, and ninst undoubtedly the ap: pearance of the witness (Taylor) bespoke that he had just come fresh from the gtiovaisce-office. Another witness, called to give similar testimony to the last, was Mr. Pat kins's brother-in law, who admitted that he was filling a menial situation in Mr. Parkins's service. The case for the plaintiff was strengthened by the evi dence of Mr. Bell and Mr. Cobbett, both of whom spoke to Mr. Parkins's own admission of the amount of sub scriptions he had received. There was also another action against Mr. Pat kins, brought by Byrne, for de faming his character. That cause was certainly tone of a most delicate nature, and he (Mr. Phillips) now referred to it with great pain; he at the time, after great reluc tance, prevailed upon his client to take a verdict in that cause,with nominal damages oily, but if the present ver dict was distutbed,this other delicate question must be agitated, and he did, therefore, hope that the Court, by refusing to make the present Rule absolute, would for ever bury in oblivion the unhappy and delicate subject which had given rise to the two causes. Mr. Parriscor followcd,on the same side.— Amongst the items contained in the defendant's set-off were the following For wax to seal the dinner tickets at the Horns Tavern, 4s. 2d. Item—Paid you at the Shades, 2id." Mr. FRENCH and Mr. Lancscox were heard in support of the Rule ; after which The LnED CHIEF JUSTICE, on consulting with the odic Judges, said, the utmost the Court could do would be to make the Rule for a new trial absolute, upon payment of costs. The Cower directed that the defendant should pay 601. into Court, and that the last verdict should stand as a security fur the payment of any sum beyond the 601. recovered on any trial. POLICY OF INSURANCE. The case of the ship Isis occupied the Court during the remainder of the day. It was a question whether a ship had complied with the terms of a policy of in surance, by sailing from Demerara at the time she had been warranted to have sailed ? It was represented that the ship had sailed from Demerara on the lit August, and it appeared that she was at that time outside the bar, and did not sail until the 2d. On her voyage she was lost, on the coast of l3arbadoes. The Underwriters defended the action, on the ground of a deviation from the warranty. The Jury found a verdict for the defendant. Mr. SCARLET?, on a former day, moved for a rule to shew cause why there should not be a new trial, on the groOnd that the ship had not departed from the terms of the policy. The ship, he contended, was on the Ist of August within the limits of Demerara. The ques tion turned on the meaning of the policy. The COURT, in law, were to assume that this ship was to sail from Demerara—not from the port of Demerara, because there was no port. it was not from George Town, because George Town was not named. Deme rara was a province. The policy did not say from the River of Demerara, and, in short, no particular spot could be distinguished. The ship had dropped outside the bar before she sailed, and could not then be said to be at Demerara. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. GUWNEY were heard in support of the verdict. They contended that, as the vessel, at the time she was warranted to have sailed from Demerara, was at anchor off the Mouth of the River, she could not be said to have sailed thence. After a reply from Mr. SCAILLM, followed by Mr. Camesua and Mr. F. Poax.oca, The L►au Catas• :JUSTICE said the question was of great Import ance, and the Court would take time to consider their judgment. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, NOVEMBER 16. IN THB MATTER OP SIR T. S. CHAMPNRYS, BART. An application was made to the Court some time since, under the following circumstances :—Sir Thomas (who is confined for debt in llchester jail), signified his intention of applying for his liberty through the, medium of this Court. It was alleged, however, that he had changed that determination, and moreover, that' he had assigned over valuable property to a particular creditor: the application, therefore, was that the Court would grant a rule to be set ved on Sir Thomas, for him to chew cause why he should not be examined before that Court, or one of the Commissioners thereof. The Court then granted a rule Nisi. Mr. HEisrut this day alluded to this case, and whe ther from some ptivate adjustment or easel cause was not distinctly stated, but it appealed that no cause had been shewn by the Baronet, nor did the applicants press the matter farther. Under these circumstances the. Court ordered the rule to be discharged. The following is an extract of a letter from New Or leans, dated September 1.5, teceived by a Gentleman in Glasgow, who bad been long resident in that country : " We regret to state, that the yellow fever prevails this season, and with an unprecedented degree of tualigtlity. Among the num ber of Skarn' is Dr. Dwyer, a young man of excellent promise; and who had got into good practice. No less than five Doctors have died within the last fortnight, but they were all strangers to yeou and to this climate. The neighbouring country is also sickly, from the prevalence of the bilious remittent fever, or, as it is commonly called here, the cold plague, which has prove d fatal to many. The most of your acquaintance are in their usual health, but we have to mention one deijh among them, that of Mr. Char ley, of the house of Tayleur, ••s, and Charley, a very excellent man, as you well know, and much regretted by the community:" A letter from Colonel Marshall, giv e s a very gratify ing account of the settlement of Lanark, Upper Canada. The district has now a population of 11.000 persons, and sends two niembers to the Provincial Pailiamentg, one for the county of Lanark, and one for that of Carleton. The crops abundant—the settler., happy arid contented. Another of the individuals injured at the late dread ful accident at Mr. Gough's factory, in Manchester, a young man, George Eyre,, aged 19, expired on Satur day last. The number of persons who have lo,t their lives by this dreadful occurrence now, therefore, amounts to nineteen. JOHN WILKES was once asked by a Roman Catholic Gentleman, in a warm dispute upon religion, " Where was your religion before Luther?" " Did you wash your face this morning?" inquired the facetious Alder man. " I did, Sir." " Then, pray where was your face before it was washed ?" rziActy, ,P4UN7tipitok, Akti. Conformable to the resolutions pasSed at a meeting of the unfortunate creditors of the above firm, ha I at the Freemasons' "l`avern on Friday last, thb Gentlemen who were then chosen for the Committee 'net on day night for the fir.t time ; and as the Meeting was intended to be strictly private, it was so much so, that the people at the tavern did not know that such a mett ing was contemplated, until the Gentlemen arrived there, about seven o'clo:k. Mr. Knight, the solicitor, and his clerk with a bundle of papers arrived first, and /soon after neatly the whole of the Committee. They waited some time for their former chairman, Mr. Pal-kilts, who, however, made his appearance Very shortly afsr aceompatikd by a Gentleman of the Co mte and his desk, with a bag containing the resolutatti, and was immediately voted to the chair. It was resolved unanimously, that Mr. Knight (of the firs, of Knight and Fyson, SoliCitors, of Basinghall street) should he appointed Honorary Secretary to the Committee; after which, the names of eight different Gentlemen were put in nomination for As,ignees ; and three of the Committee were appointed to wait upon them to obtain their consent to act as Assignees: Mr. Knight, the Honorary Secte ary, was directed to prepare an advet tisemcnt, to call a meeting of the whole of the creditors, to submit to them some very important information, relative to various improper claims set up against the bankrupts' estate, amounting to at least 150,0001. after which, we under scan t, some imp°, tart communications were made to the Committee by per sons in the secret of some of those connected with the late firm in Bet ners-street. SPUR 1.% u INJ ELLIGENCE. FOX 14 . ;NT. The Cartmel Fox Hounds, kept by several real sportsmen, prin cipally farmers and tradesmen, unkennelled a fox near Grange, in Cartmel. The dogs being in high condition, and a dtficate scent ing morning, reynard was pursued at an incredible rate, and in a style which did credit to the managers of such a pack ; they swept away through the culbers northward, crossing the lands a little south of Newton, returned by Hantpsfield, and took the ridge of hills in view of Cartmel, which had an imposing effect on the inhabitants, and more particularly so, it being the Cattle Fair there. They then made a long sweep southward, and, after a desperate chace of upwards of two hours, the fox took refuge in an earth, not far from his den. This afforded a temporary asylum to the poor brute, alas ! but of short duration, for terriers were brought, and though he kept them at bay for some time, he was finally forced to quit hie hold and depend on the lightness of his heels; this scheme, however, after all his cunning shifts, proved unavail. ing, for the staunch noses of his pursuers roused him from every retreat; and after about two hours second chace, during which he gave the spectators at Carmel another treat, he finally fell a vic tim to the determined fangs of the hounds on Yewbarrow, after having run, on a moderate compUtation, not less than between thirty and forty miles. The head and tail were taken in triumph, as trophies of victory, and exhibited to the gszing multitude at Carmel Fair. WALKING BACKWARDS. A match took place on the New Cut in Bristol, on Monday Int l between Townsend and a respectable tradesman. Townsend gave his opponent thirty yards in half a mile, to walk backwards. The tradesman was blown after walking only two hundred yards; Townsend passed him at the quarter of a mile, and won the match in five Minutes and a half. SPARRING. The fame of Josh Hudson, and the desire to see his condition, drew together an immensely crowded Court yesterday; the condi tion of Josh was truly fine. Instead of three stone of offal i 26 pounds weight has been taken from him, and he will go into the Ring under 13 stone. The seta-to were very good. Josh in the end mounted the stage, and in a few words returned thanks. The crowd then departed, and a 'considerable number of the Corinthians then proceeded to fir. Pledger's, in 11uorgate, where the final deposit of the 1,000 sovereigns, foe which Josh and Cannon are to light, was made good. Josh is in first-rate condition, and was freely backed at five to four. He has left London again for his raining-ground. Cannon is also in prime order, and will admit of no other conclusion to the fight than his own success. The stage will be meted 90 miles from London. THE MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, NOV. 17. The boisterous state of the wind keeps back supplier, and there is very little Corn fresh at market to-day, Wheat fully maintains last quotations. Barley is rather dearer, as it is now fully under stood that the ports cannot open for this article. Beans are unal tered. 'There is hardly a sample of Peas at market to-day. Oats are dearer, and obtain rather hither prices. —Arrivals English Wheat 3800 qrs. Barley 4500 qrs. Oats 560 qrs. Irish Wheat 320 qrs. Barley 80 qrs. Oats 570 qrs. Foreign Oats 2G3 qrs. Flour 2600 sacks. (FROM THE LONDON PRICE CURRENT, NOV. 105) COTTON WOOL—The market has returned to its former quiet state, the sales of last Week consisted of 1850 !nu. 180 Madras -61 d. to 64d. per lb. in bond. 300 I'ernams 11 id. to 110. 700 Surats - Sid. to 64d. 100 Betigals - sid. to 7d. 100 Bowed - Rd. to 50 Orleans - 944.1. to 90. 400 Bourbon - Pd. to 104 d. 20 Egyptian - 9 , td. - - duty paid. RAW SUGAR.—There was a steady demand ror Sugar to-day, at former prices, viz.—Ordinary brown Jamaica 535. to 565. for good brown; 565. for middling, to 645. for good middling; fine continues very scarce; 120 casks Barbadoes sold today at prices fully equal to Cornier sa!esb viz. 575. to 671. 6d. per cwt. COFFER—To-day 60 casks Plantation sold by public sale at prices Is. pet cwt. lower, viz. It consisted principally of foxy good ordinary Jamaica, and sold at 545. to 575. per cwt. SA LTPETRR.—The consumption of this article is very great • the Company sold 655 tons out, of 1000 a t 61. to ls. 6d. a b ove t he taxed yrices. _ _ SPIRITS.—There has been much life in the Rum market since our last; considerable business dote; and the quotations are fully realized. Higher prices are anticipated by the importers, who are in general very firm.—Brandy and Geneva unaltered. HEMP, FLAX, and TALLOW.—The demand for Hemp has been dull this week. Flax inquired for. TOBACCO.—Tobaccos of good and fair quality are scarce, and fully command firm prices; but in the inferior descriptions a reduc tion has been submitted to. OlL—The accounts from the Davis Straits Fishery still continue favourable; one ski , has arrived at this port with tiCi casks. Prices must be considered nominal, as there is very little business doing in the market. Sperm and other Oils stationary. PROVISIONS.—The prices of Butter continue to advance; they are quoted 2s.aper cwt, higher.—With respect te Bacon, the trade hesitate to give the present high prices, consequently little doing in that article. Cheese continues to support its former price. TIMBER, DEALS, &c.—The arrival ut the ship Columbus has produced no change hi the Wood market, as prices of Timber and Deals continue fully to maintain former rates. FRUIT.—Two public sales were hrought forward, and sold at the following prices :—Red Smyrna Raisins at 50s. Turkey Figs 545. to 655. Sultanas 665. to 675. Black Smyrna Raisins 41s. New Currants, slightly damaged, 975. to lOts. HOPS.—Since our last, prices of Pockets have further advanced. Bags are also much higher.—Duty supposed £140,000. The late destructive fires have fallen heavy on some of the Insurance Offices, as the property was very valu able, and insured to a great amount. The Alliance In surance Office has been so fortunate as to escape entirely, although the policies effected at this exterl:ive Establishment are numerous, and to a vast ainotit.t. James Hill,'the Brecon letter-carrier, has been com mitted to the prison of that t 0.% n, under a ch.u4e of feloniously altering the post-mark of letter flora 81, to Is. 4d. and appropriating the BJ. to his own use._ The prosecution is ordered by the Postmaster GeLicral 4. i~lri~rr~ 1 • 1 •