The Sun. — London, England, 1837-01-07 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. " Criminals, with all their cunning and their trickery, are, beyond comparison, the most stupid of mankind." So says Vidocq ; and the Times agrees with him ; while the public, we apprehend, will be little disposed to differ from either. Our Contempo rary, however, is not satisfied with merely quoting and approving the apothegm, but must needs accompany it with a practical illustration. It is, perhaps, quite I as well that he has done so ; for it is really doubtful to us if the public would give credit to his mere affir mation, even upon a subject so little open to contro versy as his own criminality. Our Contemporary has just adopted as his newest character the interesting one of a " downright Englishman," in which he " begs to be permitted to ask two plain and apposite questions, " viz. What cause of triumph to Great Britain is to be found in the raising of the siege of Bilboa ? or what ground for approval of Lord Palmerston's foreign policy is to be found in the measures by which that event has been produced ? These two questions the Times answers in a fashion that must have induced its readers to add to the maxim of Vidocq—probatum est. Of a truth " Criminals, with all their cunning and their trickery, are, beyond comparison, the most stupid of mankind." What has the Spanish war between the house of Austria and Bourbon, at the beginning of the last century, or what has the war of 1808 to do with the question thus clum sily brought under consideration ? Who has ever sought to justify the policy of 1836 by reference to either of these periods of English intervention in a foreign war of succession or defence ? But as the argu ment, such as it is, is now for the first time brought forward,. let us dwell upon it for a moment. What, according to the writer in the Times, was the justi fication of England for flinging herself as a principal party into the war between the houses of Austria and Bourbon ? To preserve the equilibrium of Europe, he replies. It was not preserved; it was destroyed— still the justification is complete. Is the equilibrium of Western Europe menaced now ? Are the designs of Russia a mockery, a mere phantom ? Is the Holy Al liance but a name without a substance ? Upon the out limak c)f her last revolution, when France stood alone, strong no doubt in the spirit of her people, but weak : In the infancy of her institutions—a proposal was made from the Northern Powers to the Sovereign of Spain to send eighty thousand men to the foot of the Pyrenees, as " an army of observation," whose suspicious presence might afford an opportunity for an ease restoration of the deposed tyrant. Had the pro posal been acceded to, where then would have been the " equilibrium of Western Europe ?" Restore Don Carlos in Spain, and you Russianise the entire Peninsula. In Lisbon and Madrid there must always exist analogous instituticns, an absolute Monarchy, or a Constitution more or legs restricted. Two days since the Times told us that Russia watched with anxious and jealous eye the progress of affairs in Spain. Why? Is there any man in England so blind as not to see that it is to secure the preponde rance of her own despotic principles in the Penin sula ? Suffer the Holy Alliance to enthrone Don Carlos as the living representative of these opinions, and where, we again ask, is " the equilibrium of Western Europe ?" What utter and contemptible nonsense it is to tell us that the struggle in Spain is one merely between two foreign Princes—that it is " a strictly personal contest for an hereditar ) , crown !" As if the Powers who contribute to support that con test care a rush individually either for the Queen or the 1-;rtencler ? 'What cause of triumph, then, we are asked, is to be found in the raising of the siege of Bilboa ! Ample cause we say. There is not now .a shadow of doubt upon our minds that it secures the :final success of the Constitut:onal arms. This is one •-catree of triumph. Oh ! but " under no circumstances ,(says the profound jurist of the Times) have any people :a right to make war for the indulgence of a senti wilt or a fancy!" And so the difference between despotism and liberty is but " a sentiment," a " mere fancy If Don Carlos were to return to Madrid it could be only as an absolute Monarch, govern ing upon absolute principles. The success of Queen Christina will be the success of a Con scitiitional Sovereign administering liberal institu tio.is. Here is the difference, and we are to be told, forsooth, that it is a mere " sentiment," a fancy !" And this is the doctrine of a " down right Englishman !" But even for the assertion of what you call a " sentiment," and we a vital principle of government, England has not " made war." And here, after all, is the only important question at issue —whether the co-operation of our marines at Bilboa, 'vas justifiable under the Quadruple Treatry ? Empha tically we say it was. We must protest against being dragged into a desultory discussion upon the policy of that treaty. It is enough for us that it exists, that it has been acted upon by a Whig Government and by a Tory Government, and that the emergency it contemplated has arisen, still exists, and that its sti pulations must be fulfilled. By the " additional arti cles" of the treaty we are bound to assist the Queen of Spain " with a naval force." One of the cities of her kingdom—a seaport—is besieged by the rebel army. A British naval force proceeds to assist it, gets in, and anchors in the river. Both banks are covered with Carlist batteries and strengthened positions, and our ships are fired on. It becomes necessary for the purposes of military operations that the Queen's army should pass from bank to bank. For 'what purpose are our ships in the river if not to convey them across ? Commander, now (thanks to the discernment of his Sovereign) Captain, Lapidge "assists" in performing this service. Still are the British ships and gunboats fired upon by the Carlists. How, may we ask, could the British ships remain in the river to give their as sistance unless protected from the fire opened from the Carlist batteries ? Suppose Villareal to be in pos session. of the Desierto, and Lord John Hay to be on board the Ringdove under its walls. He clearly has a right to anchor in that position, if it seem desir able, for the purpose of rendering the assistance which it is his duty to give. If it become impossible to re tain his position without driving the enemy from the battery that opened on him, is he not justified in sending a bay of his men ashore for the purpose ? Most indisputably he is. What, then, is the meaning of the senseless clamour that is raised on account of the decisive part taken by our marines in the glorious affair of the 24th ? Admitting that we are bound by the terms of the Quadruple Treaty, it is impossible to censure a course that is strictly within its limits ; and to those who maintain the contrary we can only again reply in the apposite quotation of the Times, " With all their cunning and their trickery, they are, beyond comparison, the most stupid of mankind. —Morning Chronicle. Whether from an innate sense of justice, or from a regard to social interests, it is certain that mankind in general have not be en ba c kward in ackn ow l e d g i ng the claims of the meritorious : and hence, among all com munities, barbarous as well as refined, there have ever been some of their members whose superior talents, virtues, or services are allowed to have rendered them worthy of what is popularly called immortality. Ac cording to the peculiar character and sphere of their distinction, the admiration of posterity has been variously awarded to them in the form of pyramids, statues, and Celtic cairns ; at one time a place in the heathen mytho logy, at another in the Christian calendar. Now, the ob ject of all this is scarcely more to honour the dead than to stimulate the living —in other words, to engage the probationary citizen in a generous emulation of the tri umphant one, and thus to promote the general good of society. That so just and powerful an incentive, founded on that principle of rewards and punishments which enters more or less into all good governments, both human and divine, should not have been neglected by our sagacious ancestors in framing the British Consti tution, will create no surprise among persons who are familiar with its otherwise admirable provisions for eliciting superior talent and encouraging public ser vials. Thus, when an individual is supposed to pos sess the resources which fit him for promoting local or national interests, an honourable field for the exer- cise r and requital of his capabilities is opened up to i u the Commons House of Parliament. On the a a - et \ hand, when a man has signally distinguished hifidelf by public services of a more determinate illus trious,. and lasting character, whether in the Lower How ;e of Legislature or in the various spheres of war like exploits, diplomacy, learning, commerce, or juris prudence, the highest honours and privileges of the Peerage are conferred upon him, both as a permanent acknowledgment of the obligations he has conferred upon the nation, and as a standing incentive to the analogous exertions of his countrymen. In this point of view, it is easy to see, that as there is no greater chance of degeneracy among the sons of illustrious men than among the brood of obscure dunces, such honours and privileges have been made hereditary, not from oversight, corruption, or caprice, but from a principle of provident and enlightened justice, in order that while ennobling and chartering a select body of citi zens whose large possessions and cherished fame may dispose them to prosecute national improvements with that feeling of honest solicitude which a reckless, nameless, and pennyless democracy c an know nothing about, the right of transmitting their honours through a line of descendants may present, by its mere perma nency, such a tribute of public gratitude as is simply equivalent to the imperishable benefits they have be queathed to the community. Apart from the existing noblemen who have been raised to the Peerage by dint of their own personal eminence in some of the walks previously m entioned, by far the greater proportion of British Peers hold their honours on ancestral grounds, arising from the historical ser vices of such men as Clarendon, Marlborough, Walpole, Hardwicke, Mansfield, Nelson, and the other equally glorious names whose rewards, hav ing been honourably struggled for and won in the faith of their permanent integrity, could not possibly be withdrawn from their heirs, with out a degree of national perfidy and folly, which, be sides disgracing the English character, would operate as a discouragement in all time coming to the efforts and sacrifices of future aspirants in every department of the public service. The hereditary honours attained and transmitted by the class of citizens we are advert ing to form part and parcel of the immortality, by the generous ambition of which they were incited to a course of useful or splendid exertion for the good and glory of their country : so that, to impair or abridge the full realization of the promise on which they acted, would not only constitute a practical plucking of these great men, but would imply an injustice of treat ment precisely similar to that which would deprive the posterity of Watt and Arkwright of the fruits of their patent labours. The cases are precisely ana logous. What has been trusted to by the mechani cal genius of Britain has been equally relied on by her learning, enterprise, and chivalry. Besides, in considering the question of what is due to the original ornaments and present representatives of the Peerage, we ought not to forget that the House of Lords, by its very constitution, excludes no man from its honours and privileges. Its ermine and coronets are acces sible to the humblest subject of the empire ; and as these have been honourably acquired by Nelson, an unpatronized midshipman ; by Eldon, a solicitor's clerk ; by Baring, a city merchant ; and by Butler, a humble student among the Dissenters —so, the dis tinctions thus awarded by England to her more cele brated sons are neither meted out with a partial or ungenerous hand, nor were they, in point of duration, meant to be restricted within any other limits than those of a extinct line. Open, therefore, as such distinctions are to all orders of the community, the House of Lords is substantially a Commons House of Parliament—possessing in contradistinction to tempo rary inducements for pleasing the mob, a permanent interest in improving and perpetuating the public in stitutions under which they themselves have been dig nified with flattering requitals and attestations. Grant that some of its members are undistinguished men. Are there no undistinguished men in the House of Commons ? Or rather, are there no distinguished fools in that house, who, like Mr. Otway Cave and Mr. Went worth Beaumont, are mischievously impatient of that humiliating condition of theirs, whereby congenial constituencies have put them into a po sition to moot the absurdities which a wiser Pro vidence has denied them the talent and influence to realize ? Whatever may be the absence of particular and personal distinction on the part of some members of the hereditary peerage, a generous people would recoil from visiting this on the existing possessors of long-descended honours, as much as from insulting the memory and disparaging the genius of Bacon by confiscating the estates of his posterity, because they are contributing little to the advancement of the induc tive philosophy. Show us any two political harle quins in the House of Lords that can graduate with the Mr. Otway and Mr. Wentworth aforesaid, and we will abandon our defence of the order with at least as much agility as these gentlemen can possibly dis play in performing their pantomimic movements, or in flourishing their powerless wand. Of late, it has been the fashion with the O'Connell press to malign the House of Peers, as obstructing and defeating almost every measure of useful legislation or salutary reform. Now to this charge, which is urged with an impudent pertinacity proportioned to its utter falsehood, we have given a thorough refutation fifty times over. At pre sent, therefore, we only observe, that the reluctance of their Lordships to pass the Reform Bill affords neither proof nor presumption of the obstructive biases imputed to them in consequence of their hosti lity to that measure. With what freedom we remarked upon their hostility to it at the time must be fresh in the recollection of our readers. We thought their Lordships wrong, and we said so in no equivocal terms. But to persist in attaching a general charge against them, founded upon one particular case, or to pronounce a sweeping sentence of condemnation, be cause in a given instance their apprehensions of anar chy indisposed them to follow out the demands of an excited people, is neither fair dealing nor good philo sophy. The period when Earl Grey broached his plan of reform was one of great commotion and tu mult. Political extravagances of all conceivable kinds had been generated by the French revolution of the barricades. Intimidated, therefore, by forebodings of national disaster arising from the sudden elevation of multitudes to political power, their Lordships errone ously, though not inexcusably, imagined that by declin ing to disturb the old representative system at such a season of agitation they should best consult the real interests of the community, which are essentially identified with their own. To the clearly expressed wishes, however, of the nation and the King they at length yielded in a consitutional way. To the clearly proved evils of any part of our system they are still equally ready to apply such efficient remedies as are strictly consistent with the organic integrity of the Constitution. But to all that savours of democratic faction, Popish encroachment, and Whig treachery, they have heretofore offered, as we fervently trust they will continue to do, that undaunted resistance which is not more creditable to their proud baronial blood than gratifying and cheering to the intelligent people of England.— Times. The letter of Mr. O'Connell to Mr. Wentworth Beaumont, though not so lengthened as the Hon. Gentleman's political letters ususually are, contains a great deal of important matter. In avowing his deter mination no longer to support a Church from which he conscientionsfy dissents, he is only expressing the sentiment which at this moment animates seven mil lions of Irishmen. O'Connell has often been called the representative 0 f Ireland ; in this instance he may be so regarded with special propriety. It is clear that the time is at hand w 'hen the great question, whether a „,particular Church i s to be supported by the com pulsory contributions of those who differ from her, will be forced on the ;onsideration of the Legislature in a way it never has b ven before. It is no less mani fest what must be the: ultimate, and not very distant decision of Parliament . on that question. The effort may be made to get Kid of the subject by a side wind ; but that will z iot succeed for any length of time. The matter to, obtrude itself on the con sideration of both H oases, and though the deci sions both of Lords and Commons may for some time be adverse to t 1 ie voluntary principle, that principle must ere lon g • be recognised and acted on. It wo u ld not, indeed, s arprise us were it to be acted on throughout Ireland before it is recognised by the Legislature. Matters •here seem to be rapidly ap proaching a crisis which will defy all the ingenuity and resources of the esti tb2ishmont to exact from the Roman Catholic part of tho population a single shil ling towards its support ; and the effort on the part of Government to compel t he payment of the claims of the Church, by having i •ecourse to physical force ge nerally, would not only be inevitably attended by a THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1837. copious effusion of human blood, and an extensive de struction of human life, but could only be made at the imminent hazard of lighting up the flames of civil war from one extremity of the island to the other. We have so ;often demonstrated the injustice and oppres siveness of compelling the majority of a nation to sup port the religion of the minority, that we can scarcely urge anything new on the subject. That in justice and oppressiveness are indeed self-evident, never was mathematical proposition more clear. It is idle to tell us that Ireland is but a part of the empire, and that the Roman Catholics only form a small minority of the population of that empire. Nominally Ireland is an integral part of the British empire ; practically it is not so ; and the Tories are the last persons in the world 'oho should urge the argument in:question. By doing so, they only put a weapon into the hands of the Reformers, with which to discomfit themselves. Have they already forgotten the language of their leader in the House of Lords on this subject ? What says that recreant Liberal ? That the Irish people are a part of the general population of the empire ? No ; but he says something as diametrically opposite to it as darkness is to light. It is not six months since he branded and denounced the people of Ireland as being aliens in blood, in education, and in religion I And this no principle peculiar to the quondam Republican. It is entertained—though they are not so injudicious as to give a prominent expression to it—by the party, to a man, to whom he belongs, and with whose destinies he professes to have identified himself. The best proof that the Tories as a body share the Lyndhurst senti ment on this head, is found in the fact, that it is the principle on which they have invariably governed Ire land, and it is the principle on which they still seek, though out of office, to govern it through the undue ascendancy they possess in the Upper House.— Morning Advertiser. To suppose that Mr. O'Connell can succeed in his present course of violence against the Established Church, is to suppose that Great Britain, as a nation, is not " of sound memory ;" or that, if it be, it has utterly lost that keen sense of justice which heretofore has dis tinguished it. In the Irish Agitator's last declaration upon the subject of the Protestant Church in Ireland, he declares unequivocally, and without reserve, that while lie lives he never will cease to labour or to " agitate"—. for such is the phrase he uses himself—for the total over throw of the Establishment. The Protestants must be brought down to an equality with the Roman Catholics, as regards Church matters. They must cease to be in any way recognized or protected by the State more than are Roman Catholics. Every particle of their temporal possessions must be wrested from them, and the Protes tant religion must have no other than voluntary support. These are the demands now made, not in Parliament, indeed, but publicly and in print, by Mr. Daniel O'Connell. Farewell the " appropriation clause"— farewell the adjustment of the tithe question ! Mr. O'Connell will take nothing less than an absolute and complete triumph over the Protestant Establish ment ! Until it be razed to the ground—until not one stone of it is left standing upon another—until the plough-share shall have gone over it ; and its destruction be as utterly accomplished as that of old Jerusalem, which perished under the sentence of Almighty wrath, Mr. O'Connell will not be satisfied! Is Great Britain calmly to endure this tyrannous insolence ? If she be not so disposed, let her give Mr. O'Connell his answer in the House of Commons. It were almost a waste of time to show not only how directly this avowal of Mr. O'Connell's purpose is opposed to previous declarations made by him, but to the solemn oath which he and every other Roman Ca tholic Member of Parliament must take. It is impos sible for words to make anything more plain than this last declaration of Mr. O'Connell does, that he pays no regard whatever to the solemn obligation under which he lies, not to do any thing to weaken or injure the Protestant Establishment. Can it be possible that, Jesuit as he is, he thinks to evade the obligation of his oath upon the pretext, that though he is bound not to endeavour to weaken or injure, he is not bound to abstain from destroying altogether the Protestant Esta blishment ? But, independently of the violated pledges of Roman . Catholics, we have merely to put the question to the justice of this nation, would emancipation have been granted to the 'Catholics if, when demanding emancipation, they had said that they would never cease from political disturbance until the Established Church in Ireland was completely overthrown ? We know that, upon such terms, emancipation never would have been granted. The Roman Catholics have obtained the vantage ground, from which they assault the Church by a process of deceit the most monstrous that ever dis graced the civilised world. Is it not time for Britons to come forward and show the Roman Catholics that they are not to be tricked, insulted, and injured with impunity ? The eminently foolish Mr. Beaumont, of Northumberland, whose letter to Mr. O'Connell has called forth the declaration upon which we have been commenting, says a great deal about " the point of honour," upon the subject of religion in Ireland. The Roman Catholics, according to his profound discovery, make it " a point of honour" not to have any esta blished or endowed Church in Ireland, because their Church is not established nor endowed. We see in this how such persons as Mr. Beaumont can amuse themselves with the " point of honeur," while they totally forget what is due to common honesty, and the keeping of men's pledged word. How can this nonsense about the point of honour be listened to with patience, when we know that if they who talk about honour would consider honesty in the first in stance, they must recollect the representations and en gagements under which Roman Catholic emancipation was granted ? If it be inconsistent with their honour to allow of the existence of a Protestant Establishment, they should have thought of that a little sooner. It is a very curious sort of honour which allows them to go before Parliamentary Committees, and depose on oath that if emancipation were granted, all hostility to the Protestant Establishment would cease, and then, when, on the faith of such statements, emancipation is granted, should lead them to assert that they cannot be satisfied until this Establishment is destroyed. We do not think that any rational English gentleman would give much for such honour as this. Mr. Beau mont may think it a very fine thing, but Mr. Beau mont has odd ways of thinking upon many subjects. We leave his extravagance to the scorn of honest men. —Morning Herald. IRISH IMPORTS.-Into the port of London, 267 quarters of barley, 10,034 quarters of oats, 3,938 firkins of butter, and 2,750 bales of bacon. Liverpool-7,300 firkins of butter, 1,672 quarters of wheat, 5,586 sacks of flour, 1,612 quarters of barley, 76 quarters of malt, 1,174 quarters of oats, 4,138 loads (each 240 lbs.) of oat-meal, and 180 quar ters beans. Bristol-100 sacks of wheat, 476 sacks and 375 cwt. flour, 1,418 barrels and 172 sacks of barley, 60 barrels of malt, 138 tons, 306 quarters, and 80 sacks of oats, 1,069 firkins of butter, 220 bales of bacon, and 1,332 pigs. Gloucester-282 sacks and 163 ba g s of flour, 4,078 b arre l s barrels of barley, 4 , 827 barrels and 56 tons oats, and 235 firkins of butters, exclusive of many other articles, both at this port and that of Bristol. The grand theatre of St. Petersburgh, which has been newly fitted up, was re-opened on the 9th of December. A Russian opera, the words of which were composed by Baron Rosen, and the music by M. Glinka, was performed on the occasion. This representation, which the Emperor, the Empress, the Grand Duke, heir to the Crown, the Grand Duchess Helena, and other Grand Duchesses, ho noured with their presence, offered a most magnificent and imposing spectacle. The national character of the music, and the patriotic allusions contained in the piece, excited in the highest degree the enthusiasm of the assistants. The author of the music, called for after the dropping of the curtain, was covered with applause.—Abeille du Nord. An apparently stupid countryman called on a gen tleman in this city a few weeks since, bringing with him a sample of potatoes, and asking if he would buy a " ye w zacks of vamous tatoes." The gentleman, liking the sample, ordered six sacks, which were delivered and paid for. The day but one following the fellow called, and asked how the " tatoes" turned out, and on being informed that they were very bad, he said, " I be main zorry, I would'nt ha had it happen vor vorty guineas," and proposed taking them home, and bringing fresh the next day. The unsuspecting servant put the potatoes into the fellow's cart, and it is scarcely necessary to add, that no fresh potatoes have since made their appearance at the house.—Bristol Mercury. Whale and seal oils, which in May, 1835, sold at 291. per tun, are at present quoted at from 56/. to 581. per tun, and will probably experience a still further advance, in consequence of six whalers being frozen up.—Newcastle Journal. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 6. Number Dividend of per Shares. Annum. Paid. Ste:re. 1,760 Bpm cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971. 18s. sh. 14? 1,482 41. Ashby-de-le-Zouch Average 1131. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 4 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 1501. sh. 100 8,000 1-16 sh. 9!. 9s. Birmingham, 1-16th share St/. & 711. 217 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...1251 sh. 100 pd 34 600 . Bridgewater and Taunton ....1001. sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater ...... ......... 100/. sh. 102 500 481. Coventry 100/. sh. 725 4,545 Croydon Average 31/. 2s. 10d. sh. 3 2,060. 41. Os. Dudley 100/. sh. 78 ..__. Price CANALS. , 600 . 71, Derby 100/. sh. 120 20,000 3,5751 31. Ellesmere and Chester Ave ra g e 1331. sh. s o 231 40/. Erewash 1001. sh. 500 1,297 28/. Forth and Clyde Average 1401.168. sh. 600 11,500 124 Grand Junction 1001. sh. 215 2,1 1 4.91 I/. Grand Union 1001. sh. 24! 1,500 Grand Surrey .... 120,000/, 4/. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. '7O 3,096 Grand Western 1001. sh. all pd 500 131.125. W. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 40. 230 749 10s. Grantham . ... . . ..• 1501. eh. 202 6,233 1/. 15s. Huddersfield Average 57/. 6s. 6d. sh. 344 100 .... . .. Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 25,323 1 . 1..25. Kennet aad Avon, Average 39/. 'Ss. 10d. sh. ' 22 20971 20/. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 530 545 i 121. Leicester l4O/. sh. 190 1,897 4/. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 231.105. 77 2,400 JO/. Monmouthshire 100/ . sh. 200 50 16/. Melton Mowbray lOW. sh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 580 3,000 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 100/. sh. all pd. 54 247 17/. Neath 100/.sh. 325 1,786 30/. Oxford lOO/. sh. 580 2,400 5/, Peak Forest Average about NI. sh. 104 21,418 I2s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 16s. 80. sh. :6 5,669 6/. per cent. llochdale Average 85/. sh. 121 500 81. Shropshire /25/. sh. 144) 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 1501. sh. 153 3,41001. 4i per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121. 10s. sh. Ili 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 730 500 9/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 243 -- -brid , - 1451. sh. 263 300 81. Stourbridge ........ ........... 3,647 2/. Os. StratforeLon.Avon ...Average 79/. 9s bd. sh, 533 12/. Swansea 100/. sh. 3,762 H. 4s. Severn and Wye and Railway...Av 351. sh. 2,60015 n. 521. 10s. Treat and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 8,149 ... ..... . Thames ...nd Medway...Aver. 19/. ss. lid. sh. 1,0005h.1 ~ , .. W a rwick and Birmingham 100/ sh I,ooolsh.S A''' 930 12s. Warwick an d Na p ton lOOl. sh. 6,000 4/.os. Worcest.Ar and Birmingham...Av.7B/. Bs. sh. 5,000 225. Wilts. an.. Berk, .. Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 800 3/, Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 126 Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 905 1/. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. DOCKS. 2 ' 600 8( } 3 C. Commercial • .100 1. sh. O. 1,06515 h. . 195,6671/. 6 par ct. East India 3,238,310f1. 511 s. p.ct. London Stock Ditto Bonds 1,350,0004 V. per ct. West India Stock 2,209 2/. I9s. Bristol 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1,352,752 4 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 1 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tor 10 years 1 Shoreham Harbour 2.500 .... .... Deptford Pier 2Ol. sh. 3/. pd B RI DGES. 1,600 ICs. Hammersm,ti• 5O/. sh. ! 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 63/. 2s. Sd. all. 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, all per cent. 504 sh. 1 5,000 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 1 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 7l 401. pd I 60,0004 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds ll 6,000 17s Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. I ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 31 lOs Albion 500/. sh. 50/. pd 7f s° ''"" I . f 5 per cell Alliance,British& Foreign 1001. sh. 1014 pd It and Iss. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd 5 24,000 11 per sh. Atlas 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 13 1,20015 h. 51. Birmingham M ire 250/. sh. 551. pd 105 20,000 41 percent. British Fire 2504 sh. 501. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. B ritish Commercial 504, sh. 5/. pd 6 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medial, &c. Life , I C ol .sh. 12 / 10 s pd 3i 4,000 2/ les County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 42 20,000 ss. Eagle 200 f 5 Per cent"' Economic Lite tand 301 be. 10001. sh. 2501. pd 375 2, 9 71 225. percent, European laic 0 0/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. '2l. pd 2 1,000,000/. 74 per ct Globe Stock 155 20,000 5 1 . Guardian lOO/. sh. try pd 32 40,000 6s. tid. Hope 501. sh. 51. pd tic 2,400 51. 73. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 125 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 10/. pd 91 15,451 12s. per sh. Indemnity Marine 100/. sh. 81. pd 161 2,020 3/ lOs Kent Fire 50/. sh. ll pd 92 3/. Ditto Life 79 i o,c 00 I6s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 28 5,000 10s. London, Firc 23/. sh. 12/. 103. pd 151 3,900 10s. London, Ship 25/. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 151 30,01;0 5/. per cent. Palladi im Lite 501. sh. 2/. pd 218 s Od 50,000 Froteutar File 204 sh. 2/. pd 18.6 d 2,500 I!. Provnlent Lite lllOl. sh. 10/. pd 20 100,000 5/. percent. Rock Life 0 0/. sh. 2/. pd 6 rp8a,220/ W. per cent. Royal Ezell-ITc Stock... 220 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO4 sh. 5/. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kiir;.lom Life 2!. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,000 Agric and Cumm. of Ireland 251. sh. 10/. pd 14 5,000 A ustrala.ia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd 5' 10,001 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5O/. sh. 101. pd 1 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank ..... 501. sh. 5/. pd ~ 3 , 1,000 4 per cent. London and Westminster ...100/ sh. 20/. pd 'l,OOO 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 20/. pd 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 50,000 6 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool] 1001. sh. 15/ pd Discount 100/ sh. 251 pd 20 , 000 '7l percent. Manchester 20,000 Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. 25/. pd 0, , 6 0 N a ti ona l Bank of Ireland -50/. sh 121/. pd 2 ......... 10,000 5 per cent. National Privincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 251. pd :9,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 51. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 115 s 6d Bath 2Ol. sh. 10!. pd 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 161. pd 5,000 I . sl w iP d e f L e . tl Ditto Provincial 20!. sh. 19 pd 928 5/ lOs Birmingham 5O/. sh. 4,250 2/ Is Bristol 2o'. sh. 1,500 3/ 101 Brighton 2Ol. sh. 750 3/ lOs Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 15/. pd 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 9 0/. sh. all pd 4,000 41. Continental Consolidated lOO/. 6 0 L/ pd ..„ . 1,000 10/. City of London lOOl. sh. all pd 1,000 6/. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. 10s. Equitable 421/. pd 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 5Ol. sht 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 2,350 6/. per cent. I ndependent 3O/. sh. all pd 0,001 3/. per cent. Phronix . 501.5h. 39/. pd 1 , 0 00 41. per cent. Ratcliff 1001. sh. 80/. pd 4,000 South Metropolitan 5O/. sh. 19/. pd 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O!. sh. 461. pd 240 5!. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 400 N. per cent Wakefield 254 sh. 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 1,000 12s, Ditto New 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd HI Yarmouth 201. sh. 181. pd WATER WORKS. MOO Ps. Birmingham 4,443 61. East London ' 1001. sh. 5,500 2/ lOs Grand Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 2,000 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 372 10/, Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 1,500 2/ 10: Now River London Bridge Water Annuities 6,486 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. SOO 4 per cent. ,South London 100/. sh. 6,204 34 West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 1,360 • 1/ 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. IRON RAILWAYS. 2,500 Birmingham and Derby 51. pd 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 10/ pd 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 15,1100 Bristol and Exeter ... ......... .. 100/. sh. spd 660 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...lool. sh. 744 3,000 Clarence lOOl. sh. 1001. pd 12,000 8,001 Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. ah. 21 pd 60,000 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 2/. pd Grand Junction 100/. eh. 50/. pd Great North of England 2/. pd 25140 .., ...... Great Western lOOl. sh. 301.:pd 2,000 8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. Si. pd 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 100/. eh. 5/. pd 7,100 Leeds and Selby lOO sh. 1,500 ... ..... Leicester and Swannington ....501. ah. all pd 5,100 l 0 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo(l.Bh. 1001. pd Ditto Quarter Shares 25/ pd 10,000 45,000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...20/. sh. 1/. pd 16,000 Ditto ditto (Rennie)...so/. sh. 2/. pd 8,006 Ditto ditto (Cundy)...loo/. sh. 2/. pd 12,000 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2O/. sh. 20/. pd 25,000 20,000 7,000 12,000 London Grand Junction 5.'1. sh. 2/. pd 10,000 North Midland 1001. sh. 10/. pd Northern and Eastern lOOl. sh. 3/. pd 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. SW. pd 28,000 South Eastern and Dover 2/. pd 1,000 lit per cent. Stockton and Darlington 100/. sh. 9,000 ... ..... Thames Haven 501. sh. 24 10s. pd 1,000 ......... York and North Midland 50 . sh. 3/. pd MINES. 1,001 ..... .... Albion Copper 5/. sh. 3/. pd 4,000 .....«.. Alten 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 10,001 .... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 100/. sh, all pd Ditto Subscription .25/. pd 2,000 Bolanos • 150/. sh all pd 10,000 1/, 10s Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 35/. sh. 201. pd 6,0110 ... ...... Macaubas & Cocaes United 25L sill. 2314 pd 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. 811. pd 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 201. pd 10,000 ........ Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 11/. pd 20,000 ......... British Iron .501. sh. 501 pd 6,000 ... ...... British Copper Cata Branca 61/. pd Candonga 74!. pd 10,000 1/. Copiapo 2O/. eh 121/ pd 01,500 Columbian, iss. Si. pm. 2,850 3/. English 12/ his. pd 20,000 6,155 ...... 3,008 Polberou Consols 101. sh. 8/. psi 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes ......................1501. pd 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm..... 40/. sh, all pd Mtn.. Scrip Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd West Cork...' ..... .. .. - .... . . ....50/. sh. 50/. pd LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 ...... ... London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 1,500 700 King' College 1001. pa MISCELLANEOUS. 10,0841 15s. Australian Agricultural...loo4 sh. 261/. pd 6,000 614.er cent'British American Land Company lB/. pd 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company 100/. eh. 23/. pd 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent 15,900 111. General Steam Navigation .151 sh. 13/. pd 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 11. London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. 8,000 ........ Caoutehoue Company 25/. sh. b 214 pd New Brunswick I..and Company ...1 pd 2,754 51. per cent. Reversionary Interest 5ac...1004 sh. 100/. pd 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 45/. pd 4,000 ........ Thames Tunnel 501. sh. all pd 10,000 50 220 13; 555 2 117 55f 106 8 g; 115 42 13 231 20 9 136 f .5! 45 305 37 13 at 95 lot 25 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, DEC. 28, 1836. BANKS, 1,500,009/. 61. p. et. Bank of Scotland 831.65. Bd. sh. all pd 1601. 2,000,00C1. 5f p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 1661. 500.00ei. Bp. ct. British Linen Company 100/. sh. all pd 2401. 3,000,0001. 6/. p. ct. Commercial .5001. sh. 100/. pd 180/. 5,000,0001. sp. ct. National lOO/.Bh. 101. pd 1511.: 2,000,0001. 51. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 70/. 4,000,0001. 4 p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 30/. pd 361. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250,000 th. 61 p. ct. Scottish Union 201. sh. 1/. pd 275. - ,500 sp. ct. Hercules 1001. sh. 101. pd P 1 15s. 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh, all pd '71_155, 50,000 6p. ct. North British -- ;2001. al?. 101. pd 151 1,000 SP. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 1610 s 5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 141103 100,000 . West of Scotland lO/ pd N MISCELLANEOUS. 4,810 ..... Edin. and Glas. Un. Canal 50/. sh. all pd 221. Ditto Allocated 961. sh. all pd 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb."Joint Steck Water 25/ , sh. all pd 401 . Carron . Iron Company 2501. sb. all pd 461. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery ...... sol.sh. 381. pd 451 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2OL sh. 164 pd .711. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd 60/. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 25/. sh. all pd 61/, 750 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 45/. 1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway...sol.3h. 554 3,000 51 per ant. Equitable Loan Company 251. all. 91, pd 10 FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. 4' :his Gazette contains the Speaker's warrant for electing a Mekaber for the borough of Malton, in the room of John Charles Ralmsden, Esq. deceased. WAR-OFFICE, Jaw. 6, 1237. 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. E. Royds to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Dawson, who retires ; Cornet C. E. Do herty to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Royds ; Gentleman Cadet A. R. Miller, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Doherty, Jan. 6, 1837. tillBth Regiment of Foot—Capt. G. I. Call, from the half-pay of 31st Regiment of Foot, to be Paymaster, vice B. Reilly, re tired on half-pay, Dec. 7, 1836. 43d Foot—Gentleman Cadet J. M. Primrose, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hoste, de ceased, Jan. 6, 1837. 81st Foot--Staff-Assistant-Surgeon G. Stewart to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Bell, who exchanges, Jan. 6. HOSPITAL STAFF. Assistant-Surgeon J. Bell, from the 81st Regiment of Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Stewart, who exchanges, Jan. 6. CROWN-OFFICE, JAN. 6, 1837. Member returned to serve in this present Parliament. County of Longford—Luke White, of Rathcline, in the said County of Longford, Esq., in the room of George John Forbes, commonly called Viscount Forbes, deceased. WHITEHALL, DEc. 29, 1836. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Smith, Richmond, in the county of Surrey, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JAN. 2, 1837. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Joseph Thompson, of Brad ford, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in, the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JOSEPH BUTCHER, chemist, Birmingham. BANKRUPTS. RICHARD CARRUTHERS, cheesemonger, Lower Thames street, to surrender Jan. 16, at half-past ten, and Feb. 17, at ele ven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Ba singliall-street ; Hill, Copthall-court, Throgmorton-street. OCTAVUS THOMSON, coal-merchant, London-wharf, Hack ney, Jan. 20, at one, and Feb. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Parker, St. Paul'iChurch-yard. JOHN SHOTTON, livery-stable-keeper, Lamb's Conduit street, Jan, 19, at one, and Feb. 17, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, official assignee ; Sand ford, Adelphi-terrace. JOHN CHARLES EDWARDS, bill-broker, Hertford-street, May-fair, Jan. 14, at half-past one, and Feb. 17, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch- lane, official assignee ; Low, Upper Gloucester-street, Regent's-park. JERVIS WALTON, cloth-dresser, Ash Grove Mill, Halifax, Yorkshire, Jan. 18, and Feb. 17, at ten, at the Magistrates' Office, Halifax. Stocks and Macaulay, Halifax ; Jaques, Battye, and Edwards, Ely-place, London. JOHN MORRIS, boot and shoe-manufacturer, Stone, Stafford, Jan. 20, and Feb. 17, at twelve, at the George Inn, Stafford. Barlow, Stone ; Barker, Gray's-inn-square, London. THOMAS JONES, provision dealer, Liverpool, Feb. 1, and 17, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Blackstock, Bunce, Vincent, and Sherwood, Temple, London ; Aikin, Liver pool. WILLIAM BOSHER M'PHERSON, victualler, Islington, Middlesex, Jan. 17, and Feb. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Vandercom, Comyn, Cree, and Lord, Bush-lane, Cannon-street. SIMON PETER RICE and PHILIP RICE, warehouse men, Addle -street, Jan. 19, at twelve, and Feb. 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee ; Crowder and Maynard, Mansion-house-place. DAIUND DOWLING, grocer, King-street, Tower-hill, Jan. 17, at two, and Feb. 17, at twelve, at the •Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Lake and Curtis, Basinghall-street. JOHN BATTYE GILL and WILLIAM SMELT, jun., merchants, Manchester, Jan. 23, and Feb. 17, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Johnson, Son, and Weathe rall, Temple, London ; Seddon and Mawson, Manchester. SAMUEL HAGUE SLACK, surgeon, Ardwick, Manchester, Jan. 20, and Feb. 17, at twelve, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Cooper, Manchester; Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London. DAVID LONGSDON, skinner, Castle-street, Southwark, Jan. 20, at one, and Feb. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Shield and Har wood, Poultry. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. C. Perry, dealer in watches, Billiter-street, Leadenhall-street, Jan. 20, at half-past eleven—H. Simmonds, jeweller, Lamb's Con duit-street, Jan. 27, at twelve—S. Shepherd, milliner, Richmond, Jan. 30, at half-past twelve—H. D. Eggleton, coal-merchant, Charles-street, Trevor-square, Brompton, Jan. 28, at half-past eleven—J. Wilke, Irish linen warehouseman, Jan. 28, at half-past twelve—J. S. Agar, engraver, Hammersmith, Jan. 28, at half-past one—T. Alolyneux, linendraper, Falmouth, Jan. 28, at half-past two—S. Stephens, coffee-house keeper, St. Michael's-alley, Corn hill, Jan. 28, at two—A. Biluce, army clothier, London, Jan. 18, at two—W. Prior, brewer, Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, and Tottenham-court-road, Jan. 27, at one. In the Country. T. Fisher and T. Ashmore, bankers, Cheltenham and Winch comb, Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham—T. Cartwright, innkeeper, Okehampton, Devonshire, Jan. 28, at one, at the New London Inn, Exeter—J. Cooper, corn-factor, Ryde and St. Helen's, Isle of Wight, Jan. 30, at one, at the Fountain Inn, Portsmouth—S. and J. Phillips, merchants, Liverpool, Jan. 31, at two, at the Clarenden-rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES—JAN. 27. T. Wildish, wine-merchant, Clutched-friars—Ann Haslam, vic tualler, Radcliffe, Lancashire—W. Hayward, poulterer, Red Lion street, Holborn—W. Bridge, sen., timber-dealer, Manchester— J. Elliot, livery-stable-keeper, Finsbury-place, Finsbury-square-- J. Bennett, bookseller, Three Tun-passage, Newgate-street—J. Broadfoot, tea-dealer, Ashbourn, Derbyshire— D. Macdougall, factor, Liverpool. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Roberts and J. Weston, ruby-pen manufacturers, Exmouth street, Spafields—R. Wall and R. More, linen-drapers, Norwich— H. Barber and S. H. Ayres, brokers, Fenchurch-street--J. Tho mas and W. S. Kinsey, chemists, Evesham—Ann Erwin and J. B. Erwin, grocers, Liverpool—Mary Ann Dickson and Susannah Ca ton, straw-hat manufacturers, Lancaster—T. Braman and J. Bra mall, millers, Tamworth—M. Hind, W. Smith, and W. S. Dick son, woollen-cloth merchants, Leeds--W. Watson and A. E. Thompson, dealers in Scotch and Irish whiskey, Hambro'-wharf, London—J. H. Howard and H. Howard, clothiers, Dursley, Glou cestershire—T. Martland and T. Walker, shopkeepers, Upholland, Lancashire—T. Wood and B. Parker, sail-makers, Sunderland-- G. M. Pullan and F. Broadhead, plumbers, Leeds—Ann Magarth and Matilda Pringle, schoolmistresses, Turnhasn-green, Middlesex —T. Cuvelje and H. Enfield, jun., attorneys, Southampton-build ings, Chancery-lane—W. Hicks, J. Baylis, and J. Cooke, whole sale grocers, High-street, Southwark (so far as regards J. Cooke) — G. J. Stephenson and C. Watkins, coal-merchants, Paradise wharf, Chelsea—W. Beckwith and P. Alison, dealers in bacon, Stainmore, Westmoreland—G. Neden, J. W. Barton, and H. N. Barton, cotton-spinners, Manchester—G. Cooper and J. Cooper, cotton dealers, Preston and Manchester—J. Harrison and J. Hind, plumbers, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square—A. Hordern, H. Her dem, and H. Hill, ba►s]aers, Wolverhampton—A. Hordern, C. H. Molineux, and H. Hordern, bankers, Dudley, Worcestershire—J. Maury, W. Latham, W. Maury, M. Maury, and R. Maury, mer chants, Liverpool (as far as regards W. Latham)—A. Dennistoun, J. Dennistoun, W. Wood, and G. Reid, Glasgow, Liverpool, and Trinidad—P. Willans, W. Willans, T. Willans, 0. Willans, jun., and J. Willans, merchants, Holbeck, near Leeds—A. H. Saxton and J. Vowe, tea-dealers, Stockport, Cheshire—W. Woods and W. Jackson, cotton-spinners, Ashton, Lancashire—J. T. Cart ledge and R. C. Botham, surgeons, Chesterfield—C. Marriott and H. Marriott, sizers, Manchester—G. Garton, W. Gaston, and H. Garton, turpentine-distillers, Kingston-upon-Hull—E. Layng and G. M. Pritchett, surgeons, Broadstairs and Ramsgate—P. Charl ton, jun., R. Wigley, and J. Gittins, merchants, Shrewsbury— W. J. Neal and J. Ballbrook, coachmakers, Spalding, Lincolnshire. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the New London Price Current of Jan. 6.) SUGAR.-The British Plantation Market opened on Tues day with an animated demand from the refiners and grocers, and the prices obtained were 6d. a is. above those paid pre vious to the holidays, and although the buyers have purchased with less eagerness during the last two days, the advance has been fully supported, and there has been a very steady request for the refining and grocery qualities ; a public sale of 146 hhds. Barbadoes, which occurred in the early part of the week, went off briskly at an advance on the former sale of is. a Is. 6d., and sold at 655. 6d. a 695. ; by private contract, purchases of St. Kitt's and St. Vincent's of brownish grey quality have been made for refining at 575., and Jamaica and Grenada for the same purpose, raid. at 575. 6d. a 58s. 6d. ; and from other places for the scale, mid. at 595. a 61 s. ; go od mid. with colour, 625. a 635. The importation during the past year has been 4,777 hhds. and 400 trs. less than during the previous one ; but owing to the falling off in the deliveries this year (to the extent of 26,600 hhds. and trs.) the stock is now much heavier than it was at the close of 1835, and prices 3s. lower. A public sale of 120 hhds. Barbadoes is advertised for Tues day next. There have been no arrivals this week. This afternoon the Market was extremely quiet, but at easier prices there are not sellers. The estimated purchases for the week are 2,400 hhds. and trs. In Refined goods the grocers have evinced much disposition to purchase at 80s. for Lumps to pass, and 78s. a 795. for those rather under the standard, but owing to the quantity of goods ready for delivery being still scanty, the purchases have been greatly curtailed ; on the part of the shippers there is little inclination to buy, but for the small parcels of double Crushed taken they have been compelled to pay 375. 6d. a 38s. uuder which there are not sellers. The low qualities of British Treacle have been in brisk request at improved rates. For Bastards there has been a better demand at prices rather above those of last week for the ord. qualities. There is still nothing doing in Dutch Crushed Sugar ; the price at which it is held is 355. This afternoon business of any consequence is still pre. vented, owing to the great scarcity of goods ; double Crushed is held for 385., and Lumps to pass the standard at 80s. MAURITIUS.-From the grocers there has been a good re quest, and the prices paid have been fully equal to those ob tained of late by private contract ; at public sale there have been brought forward 5,878 bags , mostly of good grocer y quality, all of which were disposed of, mid. and very good yellow at 625. a 655. 6d.,: ord. 60s. a 61s. 6d., low dry to fine brown 52 5. a 59 5. , very ord. 4 45., low grey 565., fine strong grey 635. 6d. The present prices now range 3s. above those when the Market was at its lowest point last year, but they are 7s. a Bs. under those when the prices were at their highest. The arrivals for the year 1836 have exceeded those of the previous one by 4,800 bags, but the stock at the close of the past year is greatly under that of 1835. A public sale of 5,000 bags is announced for Tuesday next. EAST INDIA.-The prices of Bengal have advanced a little, and there has been a good request, principally from the grocers; at auction 1,179 bags went 325. a 375. 6d. for ord. to fine white, and 345. 6d. for damps ; a public sale of 1.200 bags is announced for the 10th, besides 6,000 bags of China for the 17th inst. The importers of. Siam aid Manilla still continuing to require fully late rates has again prevented busi ness. Of Java the Market is still without a supply. Tlie arrivals of all descriptions have been much less during the p at year than they were in 1535, but the stock is now much greater than it was two years back. This afternoon small parcels of Manilla have been taken by private contract at 225. a 235., being very full prices. FOREIGN.—The only transaction has been a public sale of 1,536 boxes white Havannah, which were all disposed of at and after the sale, ord. at 345., fine mid. and good, 355. a 365.. and fine strong, 365. 6d. a 375. ; in yellow or Brnil there is still nothing doing, but on easier terms it is impossible to purchase ; public sales of 2,547 boxes yellow, 2,353 boxes wbite Havannah, and 270 cases white and 418 cases yellow Bahia are advertised for the 10th and 17th inst. The stocks at the close of 1836 greatly exceeded those of the tvt o previ ous years. The arrivals from the Havannali during the past year have been much larger than they were in 1835. MoLAssEs.—There has been rather more demand for West India than has been the case of late, and prices rather above those of last week have been obtained ; 28s. paid for a parcel of good Demerara, 28s. for good Antiguas, and 31s. for fine Barbadoes. CocoA.—There has at length been an improved request for British Plantation, and a public sale of 89 barrels 130 bags went off readily at prices ls. a 2s. above those which have been paid of late by private contract ; Trinidad ord. to mid. red sold at 50s. a Ms. 6d., Grenada mid. and good bright red 48s. a 51s. In Foreign there have been no purchases. TEA.—There is nothing to be purchased of good quality except at an advance of ld. a RlCE.—Bengal has declined 6d. a Is. ; 3,822 bags at auction sold at 14s. 6d. a 15s. for ord. to good white. RUM, BRANDY, AND HoLLANDs.—The transactions in the Rum Market have been extremely limited, and the importers have submitted to a reduction of Id. per gallon ; the demand has been confined to a small parcel of Leewards, 4 per cent. over at 2s. 7d., and 36 over cloudy as 4s. 3d. Brandy has has become dull of sale. For Geneva there has been a steady request, at the prices quoted. TALLow.—The prices during the last four days have been steady, and there has been a good demand from the trade for parcels on the spot, at 445. a 445. 3d. for P. Y. C. of first quality. The transactions which have taken place for foru ard delivery have been again extremely trifling, at 445. The last ailvices from St. Petersburgh, stated the price at 112 roubles per pood. A parcel of 196 casks Iceland, is advertised for auction on Friday next. COTTON.—The purchases 100 Bengal 44d. a4P ; 1,030 Surat 41d. a 6d.; 150 St. Domingo 9d. INDIGO.—The following are the particulars of the assort ment of the 2,707 chests, declared for sale, valued according to the last sale prices ; 300 chests fine shippers at 6s. 9d. ; 830 mid. to good ditto, 6s. 3d. a 6s. 9d. ; 630 ordinary, to good consumers, 6s. a 6s. 3d. ; 400 ordinary, to mid. con sumers, ss. 6d. a 6s. ; 151 low consumers, 4s. 9d. a ss. 61. ; 63 Madras, 113 Kurpah, 220 Oude. PROVISIONS..—Foreign Butter at 108 s. 1125., and other descriptions at 100s.—The request for Bacon has been very steady at 545. for the prime descriptions, and 48s. at 52a. fm ordinary and middling qualities. SPlCES.—Pepper 1,333 bags Malabar id. advance, hal heavy to heavy selling at 4d. a 41-d. A public sale of 1,000 hags Malabar Ginger went at easy prices, mid. and gocd sold at 355. a 375. 6d. SALTPETRE.—A steady demand has existed for British Re- fined this week, at 325. in brls. and 31s. 6d. in hhds. For Rough there has been little business done by private contract, but the importers continue to hold for full prices, and 1,535 baskets imported from Alexandria was all taken in, refraction 41 a 131 at 265. 6d. a 28s. ; 245 bags from Leghorn was also bought in, ord. soft yellow at 225. 6d. COFFEE.—Jamaica mid. sold at 945. a 96a., fine to fine fine ord. 78s. a 905., good ord. 735. a 78s. ; Demerara mid. 87s. 87s. 6d. ; Berbice mid. 90s. In Ceylon there has been a • .eady business done for consumption at -70 s. 61. a 715., and some cases 725. has been paid for small parcels ; for Mocha here has been a steady request at firm prices, and 70 bales at 'action went at 68s. a 70s. fcr good mid., and 635. 6d. for ellowish mixed ; Brazil good ord. at 495. This afternoon ca the mid. and good clean qualities of British Plant••tion ''sere was a good demand. The public sale of 160 casks Ber ice mostly found buyers at 90s. a 955. for mid. and good mid., Ind fine ord. 83s. a 84s. Further sales privately of Ceylon at Os. 6d. a 71s. METALS.—East India Tin at 85s. for Banca, and Mi. for straits; English is several shillings lower. Spelter in limited i,arcels at 181., sellers for delivery at 161. 10s. South Arne , ican Copper has declined to 901. Spanish Pig Lead is offered t 221. a 251., according to quality. English Pig, Sheet. and Bar Lead have given way 10s. a 15s. White Lead is 203. cheaper. English Iron of all kinds has declined in value - 2,. 6d. a ss. TURPENTINE.—Rough sold at 17s. 6d. OILS.—Cod 491., Sperm at 791. a SOL, Rape at 49i. 61. a :103. for pale, and 48s. for brown. VIIEAT AND FLOUR IN FRANCE COMPARED WITH LONDON. WHEAL—The highest price of the best wheat in Paris is 2 - if. per 11 hectolitre, which is equal to 38s. 3d. per English uarter. The highest price for the best Essex and Kent .Vheat in London is 70s. per quarter, showing a difference of 31s. 9d., per quarter, or 83 per cent., and that the same , noney, which in London buys but eight bushels of wheat, will Paris purchase upwards of fourteen and a quarter bushels of the finest quality. FLOUR.—The highest price of flour of the " first mark" in Paris is 51 francs per 159 kilogrammes, equal to 325. 21-d. ier English sack of 280 pounds. The highest price for the Nest town made flour in London is 60s. per sack, the difference 'being 275. 10i-d. per sack dearer in London than in Paris, or •pwards of 861 francs per cent. ; and the same m o ney w hich is n London buys 280 pounds of flour, in Paris the price of 523 pounds of the same quality. Circumstances to which it is unnecessary to advert have drawn upon Fraser's Magazine of late a more than ordinary degree of attention, and that periodical has some times experienced criticism of a very angry kind, for which we believe Oliver Yorke when he says, "that he .cares very little, if anything at all" We are gratified to learn, that while this periodical has lost none of its old supporters, it has obtained the assistance of a new set of allies, with whom the ensuing campaign opens. Fifty tons of cod fish were sent to market last,week from the boats of the fishermen of Flamborough, near Brid lington. On Sunday afternoon a most distressing circumstance took place at Holt Town, on the old reservoir belonging to the Waterworks Company. Although there had been so little frost as barely to cover the reservoir with ice, there was a great concourse of people sliding. They were repeat edly warned by persons who were standing on the banks, and about half-past three o'clock a number of boys and men began to slide from the bank towards the middle of the reservoir. When the foremost few of them had got nearly to th e m iddl e t h e i ce gave way , an d f our o f t h em were immersed in the water. It was impossible to render them any assistance without imminent personal danger O ne, however, got out, and another had raised himself as far as. the middle of his body, when he disappeared instantly, seemingly pulled back by one of the two who were in the water. On Monday morning the bodies of the three were got out of the water, and they proved to be a man n amed Michael M‘Dermot, and two brothers named Patrick and John Tiernan.—Manchester Guardian. THE POTTERIES. —On Friday the meeting of the manufacturers and men took place at Betley. A. number of delegates (it is said about 40) from the National Union were permitted to be present in the character of auditors only. The manufacturers objected to Mr. Mouslcy and Mr. Mark Lancaster being present, on account of their connection with the Board of Management ; and ulti mately, at the suggestion of Mr. Twemlow, they withdrew. The c ase was t h en f u lly gone i n t o; t h e M ag i strates, is e ginr. Toilet and Twemlow, who acted as friendly referees only, listening most patiently to the statements of the men and th e manufacturers. Several suggestions were throw n out by the worthy Magistrates, which were favo'irably •re cerved b y both parties, and it is believed that the meeting will lead to an important and happy result. The business oc cuPied many hours.—Wolverhampton Chronicle. T HE C o urt Journal of this day contains an article of no little attraction to the fashionable world ; it includes a list of the fair candidates for admission to the tern ple of "'Men in the year 18371 with some curious speculations u pon causes and consequences. = ...- __ PATENT LEVER WATCHE S, With silver double-bottom cases ...... ~.... .................. E. 6 6 0 With silver hunting cases ..... : ................................. 616 6 Thi s celebrated construction (the most accurate on w) iich a. wat c h can be made) is offere d , with the lat es t i m prove; aents, 1. e. th e detached escapement, jewelled in four holes, capped, hand to mar k the seconds, hard ena me l di al, and maintaining - power to continue go i ng while winding up, at the above price, by T. COX SAVORY, 'Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill, London. N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. BIRTHS. On the sth inst., at Woodford, Mrs. A. Vigne, of a son. On the Ist inst., at Harborne, the lady of Daniel Wakefield, jun. , Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at St. Mary's, Mr. Charles Lourn, to Eliza, beth, daughter of Mr. Dimsdale, of Islington. On the 3d inst., at Guestlin Church, near Hastings, the Rev. Henry Sylvester Richmond, to Caroline Eliza, d au ghter of Major Close, Royal Artillery. ag ed. 67, of Campd en - On the 2 d inst. , Samuel Procter, DlED. Esq. hill-terrace, Kensington. in Speldhurst-street, Burton-crescent, Lieut. John Eliza Ellen, l as t surviving daughter o f W. Let- , w ins e t l N l.. street, Pentonville, aged 22 . On inst., at Turnham_green , M r. W . Fletcher, aged 75. te ro C 10, nnnthenEsttthe4thßarclay, 4 4 4t t m h h inst., Esther, wife of Mr. Richard Dickins, of Hol born-bridge, aged 29. On the 25th ult., at South Petherton, Somerset, aged 3, Emily, only surviving child, of Mr. S. King, of St. Paul's Church-yard. On the 2d of July, in Stockholm, Ralph Stokoe, Esq., aged 50. On the 4th inst., at Rotherhithe , Mary, wif e o f R. . Wood ruff, Esq., aged 55. On the 24th ult., at Madiera, Wm. Findlay, Esq. On the 15th inst., aged 14, Mary, second daughter of Mr. Gib bins, Mornington-crescent , Hampstead -road. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the. county of Middlesex.—. Saturday, January 7, 1837.