The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-14 00:00:00

ON v .'-ilr and COMMERCIAL NEWS. Th e CI TY, QUARTER TO THREE. 150(;) to 20 of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were N es. 1_20,000 bales, chiefly on speculation, at previous ern•t.hares were better. er commercial letters received by the Great West tieie _„caln•ship there is not much of interest, it the ar boor:),l,cotton be excepted. As usual, up to the eleventh of representations relative to the probable produce se tte _e_ lo P the season are very conflicting. In one le yeo u'lnt its said " no estimate made places the crop 1,800,,,",?,000,000 bales, while others fix it not more than tind not bales. A letter shown to us from a competent at 2 1 ,,`, a speculative authority, gives the probable yield ' th a t t r,ooo to 2,200,000 bales. It is perfectly notorious ofh av u i e n growers and the speculators are always desirous old er ~_g the " wolf-cry" of deficient crops raised, in Ott newl prices may be unduly enhanced, the old stocks the w f cleared off, and a fair market made for wh at ;crops. Wi t h t h e asserte d f act o f a s h ort supp l y, 44 t " the state of the New Orleans market ...“ o.. he l atest d ate . A letter states, date d from t h at c i ty: feei n f market (for cotton) is inactive, and sales for will II ; export ma d e on l y to a li m i te d extent. Th e crop Very °( "ahlY settle down at about 1,900 000 bales." t, bestteoge this, if the crop is really believed as likely bad e a 3 short as stated. But why are not shipments th e More freely to Gi iat Britain, if such be eft s , tri t e ' Why, it is asserted that " freights re tielios dear;" that " Ann time " is to be adopted °Ne u . t _ Sole the Atlantic by the manufacturers kh ak i .. .) the advanced prices of Cotton. And after mast t',_gB!vith almost a prophetic symbol, that the crop Si ii ve, hort inevitably, we are advised, in the same ( 0ri t ,....."2 11 5e a technicalism) thus, under date of New Illie tet "In the present state of commercial affairs the Ni t - I naY be considered completely paralized, in which 4 . th i e ur l it must remaie till doubts about the extent tote oe 1.0 13 are cleared up." This is nothing Y the r , less than a transcript of advices sent out ;: t !l e lp re reat Western. The speculators at Liverpool 4 si ,,blY ere long, learn to their cost that they have 1 4te116 tr "ed ._, by representations of the yield of the 1, 4 11t 8 f 'ue—that it will be ample for all legitimate ti me bathe season 1846-7, and that the mania fir hjiiro2gains has been carried to too great a length. 81 4 y b eli a Z i eanada we learn a break has occurred in the , y , (.anal at a most unfortunate season of the year. It e . t ained ess els, all laden with grain and provisions, are is 4e ' ll Consequence of this deplorable accident; and he - alm o e. , eta _ st certain that they whi be compelled to 240 e, t e re all winter, as the cold season is moving on N,4 h navigation of all the canals is liable to be sus .3th N a t any moment, Advices from Montreal to the , _ a t l etnber, and from Quebec to the 24th, report ' 44 -.. " 111 I, kev emi withdrawal of the shipping. Snow storms tilepe re f v ery cold nights have admonished the people I: 4 1.41 canals weft early closing of navigation. The New up to the ere navigable throughout their whole ex 4n_ ks h oe 51 11 of November. ' l . - alr lit have reced e d to 93i, and a money bargain has I'k u llind 11 . 94 i, with the dividend. Exchequer-bills eater e.,. ,;'• to 14s. premium. The Tbree-and-a toereV:.‘-,ents. are flat at 965. kL•t4 t o . been a shade of an improvement in Mexican hi' the r Y' a few purchases having been made at 23k. 4, 11 1 4 0 .1 ), th :t„is rather lower. Russian Metalliques are •„, at „„ , -1 , utch Four per Cents. at 92f f, Grenada V e i t :',l and Portuguese Four per Cents. at 37i. a kee tt i n "ny Share Market has been very tranqui' ittal it ,g• The official auotations are annexed. ''''t F UNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. kr (From the Official List.) 8 Cent.R4 c an , educed Anauities ...... ... 94% 1 4 tit. 81 '• Consols Anns Long.ii Per Cent. Annuities Vort4 puities, Jan. sth, Expire 1860 9% 15-16 tket t t er Opening 93% % ex die ixteZer Bills. I%d. t l / 4 ,bitt n a . , ct „-- small up FOREIGN ...... . ... 11 —— pm. %.,.. °REIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. tif e 7ada, I per Cent. .. 19% 20 po,.lean Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. 23 %% it o •`. l Nuese 4 per Cents 37% • - bi .'lan Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent llO% ,Irldend k illtt 'lto ‘ , B , ,on the above payable in London. b it .% per Cents %a b c ., • " 4 Per Cent. Certificates iN d 1 1 , 41 -e% IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK ' 4 I:tII•WAYs. PAID. re& SHARE. 4N),ials, ............. ii. t 'eole r n g* , Boston, &c.. 2%........2% to L littzlia,llll4eoaine,&Portrush 1% — to •ageo an Down .• 4 3 4 -- to 0 0. 91 10 „ a nd Dudley ..... 425..... • i k .ea „ . ol 4,; .ll Gloucester..loo •••••• ken Nlll, 4 ;sa• at 71A dis ) 17% to 8!:;ki, L g _O ca xfo_rd . Jun . c...: 2 **- • • 9% 10 to 9% 5 e l 6 t , 4 - tb, 4,(11 j u a g etio s n tire, and n 3 1;9: 0 14 4 1nt ' e t Birm - * ....... z 4 - .. .. ... .. .. t t o o -- , ~,,, ~,,, ing... 225. h. i qew peter .... F,„, . 10 , 4 „,.. 0 . ... ...... . ..... .it • — kZilitit'd Lir e cester..- ..... 30 1 405 4 4410,.P00l June, ., 2% — to ittlih.gia_ll 7:1re,.. ........... 84s. n t ;: . !, % If •,,: ........... . ..... 25 qqt t q l. 44 and Shares IN 411 (14, 1 r and Janet.. 425. N el tt ,. at io ~ Yhead 271/ — Zt4 i l l t i t i ld ii a l Y ti t e h e .. ...... . . 2 ij t :44 . na am Oxford 425. • to ' Itt6 • ..... k s ,„ ........ .. ........ ,00 ..... _ „ ~„ Cl a s s ',' Per Cent... 10 to r04,1v.L0 . per Cent... 10 t tlt, n!tle ( I, an , 4 per Cent. 10 ---- to , k . ni, tkr netion .......... 20 - ..... to ;ktkilatl ii• l ( mt. & Passe es - 22 '..... ek, am Il !are" g ~ ,i h i kit , terford ........... 2 t o, , ................. 1 ,4 ~,..t L i t ll l . lf sh a '; es ******••••••• '', /f. ....... = ::::: 1.: -7. %,q sooln E 0i'vct,e%,,,.1 ...an netford, ~, 411 r ett o rthe 'u d U l lO.lOll ...... , 2 78 - tO - tbb li ti krl Vi ril ........ '• ..... V 2 '''••• - tO --- bße d „elk ................. 1 ...... k ,.,,,, „ f "Elfdst Junction.. 12 1 / 2 ...... _ to d: alld ( ._', tB t , & Coleraine 2%,..~ tk ttt 'slk skalway _... 4 r, 1.4 ~,rld Enniskillen ... 10 141. 163. .. .. ..... ut, t.ee,ounties — ...... to _ .'' W er P e t. ,s Per ct N 1 6/ , s• ...... 714 p... to A' te. .. . ..... ' 1 , 1 „ °. 2 ',,, • , 138 . 4d... ...... ... to k:.York E x i;,l , e.,..rehm and Norwich. 2 4ii,_ UlllOll ........ ...... to ic.,l, Quarter Shar•es.”.:: 3 g 5 3 , 4 .& k !! l lVen to gar' 1 . 1 1 :ts, i ; i 7ulte ........ •.*: 14 - iz to --• )44: ' "4te ;1 r ................ .. ... . 6 iliz_ do, _ Preston &Ormsk.) 5 kittilh.ilett:iittiiviNeeaehtwirSe.c.riP ...•......... 11/11,... - ---• 2 - "It*qt_ ~,,- of England... l' - lot t o' b4l-,-- Glas g ow ..... 50 S — to i,, ilti, qtl;l,..,Shares ......... 10 2 0 1 4 to 20 . 1 1 41 ) VI ._Ler Shares ...... 121 - , _ tep t , end Northern Val'' and p ••• 12% — to to o , : t l ict i. v ,at tin , : _ erth ......... 3 1 1 4 t • cu m i 4 ;74 g . i i ? i n ......... 12% 13% to ,4 b v ilt & g° ...... ••• 21 / utter. Dorchester 51A kt,,5.161e8, tk Carlisle .5 - 11. Aw -a ' r ilock, & Ayr ro Pki t ,46h a ....... j t b re, f 5 per .......... 15 , I ti _ . 4, 4 4 et. gna.) 12% ..... .. ••• to ate kee n f , oneffid., g ‘c 2 t , loatt w 4 ett. &L , • NOth. 41 and West ) no) 1% — ....• to _ ten_ 21 /2 _ ....... ( „Ntttins B 4,e 2 t. (Ireland) 27)/ — to ) 4 i k je c4 h 0 . ............ 2 i i : _ Ltt o pil of ',.?,eotland ...... 2 1 , 7 — 1,14 0 _ tlew...-'4gland ...... 100 t t ltt:&%, .. .4. ............ .. 5 •••••• -•- t i t pety . ........... ...... 15 t o !titer,: .................. IV, ... .. .. tO 111 4 1): tlit lf $11a .... "*••••••••• 85 -. ..... 131• .... to ‘l4) (Aartar r'es ....... to El td t), ), li . Fifth, -- ... 5 .. 1 -ate,s ........... 50 10 i get t i" . ................. 20 iktitilitt'atite_ ~iclisa,.,qt,e,anos.€ll.o.lllNl .................... ie . . .. 13 ... . . to to ..-• to klt.t to o, . 4`tiZ • .:. ........... .50 1,1),: :1 1 4 1 .alf Shales.Srs .... •. 12% ••• ** to -- • (1 0. Ihares Si,_-,_ l ......... 25 . ...... t: 1 .., k r - Ild Xor'w-.--raunds 111 z .... • —.- t* ' and c • 'eh ... ' 2 1,„ ...... 2% to -- and t r iiraar' .......... 50 N, and to Bradt ...... 5 oi otil la,,, r ' ett i;r l fora':' . '•••••• 30 So Bra, i , & Ma n ' .... ... 22s —.... to - ` 9 O z - • e d .(111fl e 1 -c- Qs• 22 ~ • to 4. a„ Thin 1 ... /2 q t -44 Th • o (G ree ••• 2% _ to 0 1 / 4 4 ir s k . . n) . . 2 tx.2 to 4 . ew .... .. ti• qo. p •••.., • ...... 17 lA. _ I, ltl t w i 'N, Zile', 6 ........ ...... .. 5 '‘..... 5% 1 4 to ' t kiti, •atachester at to AN lila c "ction ' a nd Lao' q t"fr kwalt. ....... ••• %. .... — • 2% " 16 /. 13s. 4d ...... 4 4) k i 4i on ••• • ......... 3 . • 4 0 ( 4 11t * , & h ......... , 7 , s /2...... to 1,09:tn kd idat ent,oast uu (; l olid t aced i'llths.. 40 . 581 / 2 .-... to 4 () it t 4 4 4 2 , l l .44 l a te e t i l s E ) l ghtlia... 10 . ... .. .. . ...... to .-- I: ` l l)SN lreetlw ich . Cent ' 9 • — tre te `• • 12/. 15s. 4d... 4 : 11 4: 1111 alow e ...... ...18/17a 2d... - 1 0qtl it tt Noe t 4 l ,Vastern 2 . .... —__ "" to - - iv Op . r t er s ti . estern..loo ......194 ~,,,, tires .... .. 2 to: 14 4 :14 h 8" .... •• • • ...... 2 tip, ill& , I ,ors ...... ......... 2 u ' iot . '44 re ........ G. j 5 , •• b ° o ' l o/ S har e :'"•; l ). &M. a t 4s ' lOC'. --.1 ) 1 . and B. 40 .. ... to —__ tl4 ll . •• 14 . aatladd B. (A ' ) 5 • •••• . to o )0*•• Si B. (B.) 5 4, 0 11,41 041 • end B. ( c .‘ 1 __ to tilti; cl \ a v a ti Cheltni. to tio til uli %Ike . " te rn-- 41/. 6 1).' , 15,"v -datedBths.. 40 3 l° d 63 to 62 On -, "• ... to 4 .i. tte cli e • li .i iii . ......... .. ............. 2 . 2_%..... 26% to ? Ltke ellth e. •••• ........... . ' 14 ,6 'loo' , lii t ............ ', •••••• 0e.2%... to et% '44 0 ............ ' il lt, kat .................. 5 •••••• 5% 3 4 to y0ri.•............. 4 t i oh ili ktki ens 10 , 1 **••••••• ...... 2% - I ' ll S S 'lli Wirl d.so; • • ........ 21 / 2 .- ... t 4 110,..tt rb a tUry R , ...... ... IN, k h ll 'le 4 itad - Yeovil 24 ...... _ • to 411? itm _onleraine... 15 ,ste6eq ly `'. . 1. - niskillea 15 t it , tettere,.4 ............... 15 i ti t le .4, itn .......... 15 tittt434:ll. Sh ee de ........... 82 to to . t 4 F• ar ters es ...... 38 ** ... btt , t r the ..... ..,„ ...... - 2 ...... -- lits tte_,! .............. 5 I •Oter tai ttts .... ... . 10% ...... t o VP', t re un .... - ''' 61 4.. K tit 1.1,m 4n,, ......... 425. % p... to 1 p Lhe:",_ f ths Q B arY••• 24 ... Nat tz ,on , ,••:._ ........ 1 .L. .•• • t t : kltto ~....444071.1Alaatlock 425. •.:: to qtt%4'14.1;.; ............ S outha mpton 2 tt0451ei5z.......................:............................120024 l2B 127... to 128 to ........ ...... 2 ...... 6 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. -- Midland and Eastern Counties 2% — to Midld. Great Western (Irish) 15 Newcastle and Berwick Do North Shields Newcastle and Carlisla lOO ...... - Newmarket and Chesterford 5 Newport and Abergavenny. . 2►IA — to .... Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7' - ...... to Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Nlorfolk Do. Half Shares Ditto Extension Northern Counties Union .... 2% — to Sorth British Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths s_ . - to Do. Quarters l l4 3%.. .. to Ditto, Extension % l% to Ditto Thirds 1 Northern and Eastern 5O - Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 45 Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New ..... 1 North Staffordshire 5 ...... 8 5 / 5 1 ,4... to North Wales 3 l /4 ..... :orth. & South. Connecting 2%..... North Western 2% Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Oxfd Witney, & Clieltnham 1A -- 7. ., ..... Portsmouth 14rect Preston and Wyre Ditto, Half Shares Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 3/. 125.... die to Richmond ••• •• l5 _ ... — Royston and kitchen Scottish Central ... 12% — to Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 12 1 / 2 — to Sheffield and Manchester —100 Ditto 4 Shares . . _ 8 _ . Do. andLincolnshire J nnct. 1 1 4 ...... Do. and Great Grimsby ... 10 Do. do. do. Extension... 425. Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 ...... 4* to 5 Shropshire Union Shrewgbuty, Wolverhampton, and S. Staffordsh. Junction 2 1 A ..... ...... to South Devon ....... ...... South Staffordshire Junction 2 1 A — to South Eastern and Dover ~. 33 1 A...... Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 Ditto, New, No. 3 .. 15 Ditto New, No. 4. 214 3% to St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction StafforAshire and Shropshire 23( 4 — South Wales Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 2 'raw Vale Extension .. 2 - Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole — Warwick and Worcester 42s. ...... to Waterford and Kilkenny ll Waterford and Limerick ... .. 22%..... Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia , 15 — ...... to Waveney Valley Welsh Midland 2% — to West Riding Union 42s. West Cornwall Wexford and Carlow Wisbeach and St. Ives ... 2 Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 15 ...... 9% ... to York and Carlisle 2% to York and Newcastle 25 ... .. 38 Ditto, New...... 5 .. ... 12 Ditto, Preference 2 .. ... 7 York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Selby Ditto. Extension Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Ex tension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 ...... ... .. to Barbadoes ...... ........ 1 Belgian Eastern Junction.... 2% ...... Boulogne and Amiens l6 ...... Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette ( Mackenzie's) 2 - Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette ( Espelete's) - Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders 2 Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s - Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 - Central of Spain - to Ceylon .... ss. Demerara. - Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish ... 6 East Indian , Fampoux and Hazebrouk..... 4 -to Great Indian Peninsular 55....... Great Western Bengal ss. Great Western Canada Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Jersey Lotvain a la Sambre - Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon 2 Madras ... .... ... 1 Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % l4 to Madrid and Valentia Mauritius Namur and Liege......... 8 Nn. of France Constituted ... 5 - ...... 10% to North Jamaica I Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 ...••• 8%...... to Over Yssel 413 s 4d... Paris and Lyons Constituted 5 Paris and Orleans... ......... ... 20 Paris and Rouen 2O Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 5 — ..... to . Rouen and Havre 2O - Sambre and Meuse. lO Strasburg and Bale l4 St. Laurence and Atlantic — Tours & Nantes Constituted 5 . - Toumay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt Trinidad.. . ..... .. West Flanders C to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia B r itish North American .... 50 — to Colonial Commercial of London London Joint Stock London and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 to National of Ireland 2214 — .... .. to P ro vincial of Ireland Union of Australia Union of London ... 10 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered 3 4 to LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 14.—Wind W.S.W., light breeze and clear weather. with sharp frost. RAMSGATE, Dec. 14.—Wind N.W., light.—Sld. Ann Welsh, Magna, New Orleans. S OUT HAMPTON, OFF DOVER.—TaDssoc, Quiegb_ Aec,fror. Williamrd Sunderland. DEC.ELusbington, LivEaroor, DEC. 12 and 13.—Wind Gill, Quebec; Madrid steamer, Gibraltar, &c. &. e t . o N.N.E., sailed 25th ultimo. Sid. Formosa, Trentle , Manilla; , mo derate.—Arrd. Great Western steamer, Matthews, New r e awn York,ha in Tuskar, Chapman, Savannah; Cape of Jenny, Kruze, Batavia; Penningham, Purchase, Speed, Pringle, Good Hope and Mauritius; Lerwick, Jackson, Africa; Wll - and Ann, Davies, Sierra Leone;_ Enterprise, Wilson, Trinid a d ; Desiree and Tully, Kohler, St. Thomas's; Eliza beth, Genes, Charleston ; Pacific, Ludlam, New York. LIMERICK, DEC. 11.—Wind N.N.E.—Off port, Isabella, Young, New York, G RIMSEY ROADS, DEC. 12.—Arrd. Brutus; Quelec. rut back Colombia, Hogg, fur Pictou. MattyronT, Dec. 10.—The Belvoir Castle, Wood, from Dublin, went on shore this evening, north side of the har bour, but is expected off without damage. WISBEACII, DEC. 12.—The Dispatch, Bentley, hence to Stockton, has put back leaky, having been on shore. GRIMSBY, Dsc.. 12.—A brig and a schooner are reported on shore near Gramthorp Haven. NEWPORT, DEC. 10.—A balk of American pine, 49 feet long, marked " W.W., 55," has been picked up here. 12.—Wind N.N.W.,liv er, l om the strong, John Dalton, w th ßaa h t e e s a o v n y t sno D w EA 4l. 9 lal p la j :— c. A 2 rn.finCalcutta, crew refractory; Robert Matthew, PhilSamuelsu'el Launces ton; - ton ; Britannia, Symons, Demerara. Std. Samuel Reed, Oran; Phoebe, Dale, Adelaide, South Australia; Sam Slick, I'alot, Bathurst; Iris, Trenett, Port Philip; Ellen 1 a1; Braithwaite, Cape 4f Good Hope and Bombay; ]Hail, Gor don, Savannah. PoaTsMouTlr, DEC..l2.—Wind N. to N.E. ; n n 3 N. t o .N.N.W.—SId. Countess of Durham , Hogg , Sava ; The resia, Smids, New York. Off the port, Tagus steamer, Alexandria, sailed 21st; Malta, 26th; Gibraltar, Ist inst. OFF TILE W I GHT.—Arrd. Criterion, Mortly, Cadiz, leaky, having e ncountered t, a gale from S.W. to N.W., sth in s t., in lat. 34 N., lon. 7 W. CLYDE, DEC. 11.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Matthew King, Brown, Demerara. Sld. Hotspur, Ditchburn, Trinidad. BRISTOL.—SId. Lucy, Cherry, Antigua; China, Connor, Savannah. NEWPORT, DEC. 12.—Sld. Eling, Tucker. St. Thomas. WATERFORD.—SId. John Bell, Carroll, Ap.lachicola. SIIIELDS.—SId. Pilgrim, Chandler, Boston. WHITSTABLE, DEC. 12.—The Friends Ramsey, from Saguenay to London, lost Loth anchors in Pan Sand Hole last night, and was run on the Main in Herne Bay, but is expected off. DOVER, DEC. 12.—The John Taylor, of Inverness, from Shields to Dunkirk, went on shore on the Goodwin, near Bullock's beacon last night ; crew saved. The John Dew, of and from Blakeney to Newhaven, was in contact last night off Folkestone with the Wave Storer and foundered; crew saved. ST. IVES, DEC. 12.—The Thomas, of this port, in entering the harbour on the 10th instant missed stays, drove on the rocks, and shortly went to pieces; craw saved. BIDEFORD, DEC. 12.—The Black Diamond, Williams, from Falmouth to Swansea, has been brought into Clovelly Roads totally dismasted, has rode out a strong gale, and when the weather moderates will be brought to a place of safety. BRISTOL, DEC. 12.—The Growler, bound to Newfound land, whilst getting under weigh, came in contact with the Star, carried away starboard bulwarks, and damaged hull— the former will put back to repair. MILFORD, DEC. 12.—The Visitor, from Malta to Liver pool, lying here, has received damage, from being in contact with the Victory, of Newport. The Hope, Jones, from Patagonia to Liverpool, which came off the Ruck Bank on the 9th instant, got under weigh on the 10th ; shortly after which a gale came on from N. and N. by E., when she bore away for this port, but was abandoned in a sinking state, at 3-30 p.m. The master and ten of the crew got on board of the Liberator, and it is sup posed the remainder, 16 in number, were taken by a brig then in sight. A large ship on fire, running before the wind, was passed at three o'clock a.m., yesterday, about twelve miles N.N.E. of the Bishops, by the Gertrude, Neuman, arrived here, sup posed to have been the Hope, above reported. The masts of a vessel are visible on the Bass Bank of St. David's, supposed to be the above ship. The goods carried between London, Birmingham, and Rugby, amount to about 2,000 tons per day. CHANCERY-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in the Old Hall, Lincoles Inn, to-day, and took appeal motions, this being the third seal. KIRK V. THE BROMLEY UNION. The arguments were resumed in this part-heard appeal, and the further consideration of the case ad journed to Wednesday next. OLDFIELD V. COBBETT. Mrs. Cobbett applied in person this morning, in this case, for the discharge of her husband from custody. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would look at the affidavits, and give judgment in the course of a week. The Court then proceeded to hear appeal motions. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) This being the third seal after Michaelmas term the Vice-Chancellor of England took motions to-day. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY V. GAMBLE AND NOTT. This case came before bis HONOUR upon motion on behalf of the plaintiffs, the Electric Telegraph Company, for an injunction to restrain the defendants, Messrs: Gamble and Nott, from using the patent they had ob tained for a new invention of the electro-magnetic tele graph, on the ground that it was a piracy of certain patents, the property of the ElectriC.Telegraph Company. The case was proceeding when our evening edition went to press. QUEEN'S BENCIL-(THIS DAY.) LIBEL.-THE SPECTATOR NEWSPAPER AND THE SOCIETY OF BRITISII ARTISTS.- HURLSTONE V. CLAYTON. Sir Frederick Thesiger and Mr, Edwards appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. M. D. Hill and Mr. Phipps for the defondant. Sir F. TRESIGER stated the case to the jury. fie said the plaintiff, Mr. flurlstone, was the President of the Society of British Artists, in Suffolk- place, Pall- mall, and the defendant the printer and publisher of the Spectator newspaper, and that the action was brought to recover compensation in damages, for a libel which appeared in that newspaper on the 11th April last. It appeared that the society were desirous of obtaining a charter of incor poration, and a memorial to the Queen was fra me d, an d suspended on the walls of the institution, to which a considerable number of names were attached ; amongst which were the names of several distinguished noble men and gentlemen who had either been members of the institution, or who had purchased pictures from its exhibitions, or given donations to the institution. If the article in question had merely contained remarks upon the works which were exhibited, or on the ability of the artists however unjust, or illiberal, or severe, the plaintiff would have had no right to complain, because any person who exhibited a picture, as a work of art, to the public, or published a book, offered himself to the public judg ment ; and a newspaper had a perfect right to critisize them in whatever strain it thought proper. The only appeal was to the tribunal of public opinion, and the plaintiff had not the slightest desire to fetter criticism or to prevent the free exercise of the critic's judg ment ; ' but he did complain that on the present occasion, the atticle complained of trans cended the free limits of criticism, it left its proper field and descended to an attack upon the plaintiff, and in fact, the Society, of which he was the President, of a private and personal nature. If the article had appeared in any of those newspapers which, he regretted to say, disgraced the high character of this country, and which were in the habit of making attacks upon individu als of a grossly personal character for gain, the Society might have treated it, and properly treated it, with contempt, but when it had been published in the columns of such a newspaper as the Spectator , which, he was bo u nd t o sa y, possessed •a very high character, was conducted with great talent, and which, as far as he was able to judge, almost invariably expressed itself in fair and liberal terms, and which deservedly . enjoyed great public influ ence and a very extensive circulation, it was impossible any man, or any body of m en , cou ld fford to allow it to pass unheeded, and not to come before a jury of their countrymen, in order to vindicate his, or th e i r , charac ters. After having alluded to a number of notices of the institution which had appeared in the Spectator since 1840, and which severely criticised its proceedings, he pro ceeded to read the article out of which the present action arose. After referring at some length to the conduct of the managers of the institution, it went on to state that there was reason to believe that they had suspended a fraudulent list of names to the memorial, which they had not received any sanction to use. (The case was proceeding when our report left.) TIIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1846. LATEST FROM MEXICO, THE UNITED STATES, AND CANADA. ATTACK ON TABASCO. IMPORTANT RE-ACTION IN THE AMERICAN MARKETS. ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING. The steam-ship Great Western, for whose appear ance the rogues in grain, and the speculators in cot ton so anxiously sought, reached this port before eleven o'clock last night. The Great Western sailed from New York on the 26th inst., but anchored off Staten Island during the night, and started on the 27th, at seven, A.M., so that her voyage may be reckoned as sixteen days. She had a limited number of passengers on board, and brings eleven days later news than that previously received. The Great 'Western arrived at New York on the 16th ult. Her passage home was completed, although the weather was unfavourable, and the wind ahead, in about sixteen days. The Royal Mail steam-ship Acadia arrived al Boston on the 15th tilt. It should not be omitted to state that the famous packet ship Yorkshire, Captain Bailey, which sailed from Liverpool on the 2d ult., reached New York on the 18th, after the very short passage of sixteen days. This, be it observed, is another of the many proofs which we have of the first-rate sailing qualities of the Yorkshire, and the almost unparalleled capabilities of her Esuccessful Commander. Captain Bailey, may well feel proud of this great achievement. We believe it to be unequalled in the annals of trans atlantic packet ships; but hope it is not the last quick trip which, both the ship and her commander, will make to and from Liverpool. Although the intelligence conveyed in the papers by this arrival, extend over the lengthened period of eleven days, we do not find any matter of importance. The position of affairs between the. United States and Mexico, still continued warlike. The naval forces of the former had made a succe ss f u l attack upon Tabasco and captured it, butstrange to say, none of Jonathan's forces—regular or volunteer—had ventured to retain possession of the fruits of that brilliant achievement. Commodore Perry had won laurels—but did not assay to use them. Like the old veteran, rough and ready, General Taylor, he seems to have allowed the enemy more quarter than the Mexicans would have given him or his. The following are the details of the affair at Wash jnasgrteopno:_ reported to the secretary of the navy - United States, Ship Cumberland, Off Vera Cruz, N ov . 5, 1846. Sir,—Herewith is transmitted a copy of a letter from Corn. Perry, accompanied by copies of other communi cations, giving a detailed account of his operations with a detachment from the squadron in the river of Tabasco. The objects of the expedition have been fully accom plished, and by the destruction or capture of all the enemy's vessels, a check has been given to a commerce, by which munitions of war were, no doubt, introduced into Mexico from the neighbouring province of Yucatan. Much praise is due to Corn. Perry for the skill and judg ment manifested throughout the whole expedition. The department will learn with regret the death of Lieut. Charles W. Morris, which took place on the Ist instant, on board the Cumberland, from a wound received at the town of Tabasco on the 26th ult. He was an officer of great promise, and his loss is a most serious one to the service. _ I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant. D. CONNER, Commanding Home Squadron. lion. John Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, Washington. A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEED INGS OF THE EXPEDITION UNDER MY COMMAND ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OF MEXICO. I left the anchorage of St. John Lizardo on the even ing of the 16th October, with the steamer Mississippi, having on board a detachment of 200 officers, seamen, And marines, under command of Captain French For rest, and in tow the steamer Vixen, and schooners Bonita, Reefer, and Nonato, respectively commanded by Commander Sands, and Lieutenants Commandant Benham, Sterrett, and Hazard, and the schooner For ward, and steamer APLane, commanded by Captains Sones and Howard, of the revenue marine. The next morning at daylight I captured oft' the bar of Valvarde the American barque Coosa, found in trea sonable communication with the enemy; and the same lay the Vixen chased and boarded the American ihooner Portia. The Coosa was dispatched to this place AS a prize, and the Portia was permitted to proceed, her capers having been endorsed. From the day of our . g Alvarado o pwthothbe gave2 2d, • m wee much hada succession ) weather, u ie trouble'in keeping my little c omman d toget h er . D ur i ng eavin r ve very y ( b t a n d e l7t h the interval, however, we captured and sent in the Mex'- can schooner Telegraph. On the 23d, all the vessels, with the exception of the Reefer (previously separated in a gale) reached the bar of the river Tabasco; and having determined on attack ing the commercial town of Frontera, at the mouth of the river, and the city of Tabasco, situated seventy-four miles higher up, I placed myself on board the Vixen, ieaving the Mississippi in command of Commander Adams, at anchor outside, and taking in tow the Bonita and forward, with the barges containing the detachment under command of Captain Forest, I crossed the bar, the Nonata following under sail. The Vixen, with this heavy drag, steadily , ascended the stream against a f our k not current. and arrivin./ near to Frontera, I discovered two steamers (of which I had received previous information) firing up, doubtless in the hope of escape, but we were too close upon them. Casting off her tow, the Vixen proceeded ahead, followed by the other vessels and barges, and at once the town, the steamers, and all the vessels in port were in our pos session, excepting only the schooner Amado, which vessel, attempting to escape up the river, was pursued by Lieutenant Commander Benham in the Bonita, and captured. Desirous of reaching Tabasco before they would have time for increasing their defences, the detachment under Captain Forrest was placed on board the largest of the captured steamers, the Petrita, and she, with the No nata, the Forward, and the barges in tow; and the Vixen, with the Bonita, left Frontera at half-past nine the next morning, Lieutenant Walsh being left in com mand of the place. After eteaming all night, and encountering various incidents arising frcm the rapidity of the current and the circuitous course of the stream, we arrived at nine the next morning in sight of Fort Aceachappa, intended to command a most difficult pass of the river. On our approach the men employed in preparing the guns for service fled, and we passed it unmolested, but I was careful to cause the gun to be spiked. Anticipating serious resistance at this place, arrange ments had been made for landing Captain Forrest with his detachment a mile below the fort, to march up and carry it by storm. At noon, all the vessels anchored in line of battle in front of the city in half-musket range, when I immedi ately summoned it to surrender, the boats meanwhile being employed in securing five merchant vessels found at anchor in the,port. To my summons, sent by a flag with Captain Forrest, a refus a l t o cap i tulate was returned, with an invitation to me to fire as soon as I pleased. Suspecting, as I did, that this answer was given more in bravado than in earnest, and being extremely reluctant to destroy the place, I entertained the hope that a few shots fired over the buildings would have caused a surrender. Accordingly, I directed the guns of the Vixen alone to order to all btheofi v r e e s d s , el a s n t d o a a v t oi t d h , e so fla f g ar s a t s aff po , s s s e i n b d le in , g in a c n ase of a gene ral fire, injury to the houses distinguished by consular flags. At the third discharge from the Vixen, the flag dis. appeared from the staff. On seeing it down, I ordered the firing to cease, and sent Captain Forrest again ashore to learn whether it had been cut down by our shot, or purposely struck. The reply was that it had been shot away, and the city would not be surrendered. I now directed Captain Forrest, with the force under 'his command, to land and take a position in the city commanded by our guns. This movement brought on a scattering fire, of musketry from various parts of the city, which was returned by the flotilla. Perceiving towards evening that the enemy did us but little injury, though openly exposed on th e d ecks of the small vessels, and their balls passing through our slig ht bulwarks, and apprehending from the proverbial heed lessness of sailors, that should they and the marines be attacked in the narrow streets after dark, they would be but off by sharp shooters from the houses, I ordered the detachment to be re-embarked. In this position the vessels remained all night, the crews lying at their quarters r eady to return th e fi re of the artillery of the enemy , which it was supposed they would have had the courage to have brought down un der cover of the night to the openings of the streets op posite to our vessels, but they left us undisturbed. Learning that the merchants, and other citi zens of the city were desirous that a capitulation should be made, but were over-ruled by the governor, who, regardless of consequences, and secure himself against attack, was content that the city should be destroyed rather than surrendered, I determined from motives of humanity, not to fire again, but to pass down to Frontera with my prizes. In the morning, however, the fire was re- commenced from the shore, and was necessarily returned, but with renewed orders to regard the consular houses, so f ar as they c ou ld b e di st i ngu ished. In the midst of the fire, a flag of t ruce was di s pl a yed on shore ; on perceiving which, I caus e d th e firing again to cease, an d C aptain Forrest w as sen t :t o m eet its bearer, who su b m i tted a written communication addressed to me, a copy of which, with a copy of my reply, marked B and C, will be found inclosed. As an assurance of my sincerity, I now hoisted a white flag, and directed the prizes to drop down the stream, intending to follow with the flotilla ; but, in violation of the understanding implied in the the before-mentioned EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) SIMMONDS V. MUNTZ AND OTRERS. This case, which was in part heard on Saturday, was resumed this morning. The case for the defence having been concluded, and Mr. Humphrey having been heard in reply,' The jury, after a short consultation, found that the plaintiff was entitled to the sum of 1001. for his extra services. The LORD CIIEIF BARON directed the jury to find their ♦erdict for the defendant upon each of the three grounds, with liberty to move to enter the verdict for tke plaintiff for the sum of 3004 upon the first claim, 501 upon the second, and 1001. upon the third claim. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff upon several unimportant points. MARLBRU-STREET.-(THIS DAY.; William Eats was charged with an assault on a gentleman named Barinehr, in one of the Islington omnibusses. William Barinehr, the complainant- said, about a quarter before five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the omnibus in which he was riding, drew up in Portland street, and took up the prisoner, v. ho Caine in and seated himself on the transverse seat between the complainant and a young lady. The prisoner, after having seated himself; laid hold of his friend, who was following him in, and attempted to place him in the young lady's lap. Complainant and another gentleman opposed the inten tion, on protection of the lady, but the prisoner insisted on placing his friend where he proposed. The young lady screamed out, and after a good deal of opposition, the prisoner consented to his friend, taking one of the unoccupied seats pointed out to him by the complainant. The prisoner continued to be very abusive till another passenger was picked up, and to him he pointed out the Complainant, saying he was the man who had the control of the omnibus, and who said now and where the passengers were to sit. Com plainant, on remonstrating with him, was assailed with very gross language by the prisoner, who immediately darted at him, seiztd him violently by the collar, tore up the breast of his top-coat on both aides, and got his hand down hisbreast, with what intention, whether for the pur pose of stealing his watch or not, complainant could not say. The prisoner next struck him a blow on his nose, and broke his spectacles ; but for the interposition of the gentlemen, who all gave him their aid, he would have re ceived very serious injury. Mr. Fitzpatrick, the chief clerk of the Court, said he was in the omnibus at the time. After being sworn he confirmed the whole of the complainant's evidence. A more unprovoked and wanton assault he had never seen. The prisoner said he was tipsy at the time the assault was committed, and he was sorry for it. Mr. llAnDwicK said, if such conduct were to go un punished, public conveyances might cease running. The feelings of a modest female had been outraged, and a gentleman, because he interfered to protect her, had been brutally assaulted and abused ; and tho apology offered was that it was the effect of liquor. The prisoner must pay SL, or go for two months to the House of Correction. The money was immediately paid. SOUTHWARK.—(THIS .DAY .) William Fitt, a young man, was charged with obtain ing money from Ann Eliribeth Cla y, under th e pre tence of acting as an attorney, u n der tho following circumstances: — It appeared that the complainant's husband was con victed some time ago, and sentenced to be impri s o ne d i n Brixton gaol. The prisoner subsequently introduced himself to complainant, and said that Mr. James, her husband's solicitor, had behaved in a most scandalous manner, and added, that he (the prisoner) would petition the Secretary of State for her husband's liberation. This was in November last; and he said, that for the purpose of proceeding against Mr. James, he would require 14s. 6d. for a writ. The money was paid to him, and on three subsequent occasions the prisoner called again on the complainant, and succeeded in obtaining money to the amount, in all, of 21. 12s. for a declaration and other proceedings which he alleged were necessary to adopt, in order to punish Mr. James for the manner in which he bad acted on the occasion. When, how ever, inquiries were made, it, wa s ascertained the pri soner had not commenced the proceedings, or had drawn upt h b e e p p r e i t s i o ti n o e n r : h owGo overnm ent regarding her husband's release, but h a d converted the money a dvanced to his own purposes. assumes to be a solicito r, was con victed some time since at the Surrey sessions for ob taining money under false pretences, and bad only been out of gaol about a month, when he commenced his old practices. - As the prisoner asked for a remand, in order to have legal advice, he was accordingly remanded until Wed nesday. CLERKEN WELL. —(THIS DAY.) A. tall respectable-looking man, named Macintosh, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Coombe, on the following charge : It appeared, from the statement of a constable of the G division, that last night, about twelve o'clock, as he was on duty near Penton-grove, he heard a heavy fall, followed almost immediately by groaning, and on pro ceeding in the direction of the sound, he saw a female lying on her back in a court, and the prisoner standing over her, holding her a rm . Wh en the constable en quired hat was the matter, the prisoner replied, no thing, but upon raising up the woman he found that her leg was fractured, and that she had received such severe injuries that it was necessary to have her removed on a stretcher to the hospital. In reply to the policeman, she said it was the prisoner who had thrown her down and broke her leg. The prisoner said he could not account for the manner in which the female had her hurt, and thought it must have been by accident. Mr. COOMBE ordered the prisoner to be remanded, with an intimation that bail would be taken for his next appearance. Henry Ryan and Joseph Worms, of the respective ages of ten and eleven years, were charged with stealing a sheep's head from the shop of Richard Parsons. The extreme youth of the prisoners appeared to excite a strong feeling of commisseration in their favour ; but the fact being so conclusive, Mr. COOMBE said he had no other resource than to commit them—young as they were—for trial. They were accordingly committed for trial. correspondence, the enemy, in discovering that one of the prizes had drifted ashore in front of the city, col • lected a large force within and behind the houses in the vicinity, and commenced a furious fire upon her. Lieut. Parker, of this ship, in command of the prize, defended her in the most gallant manner, and ultimately stwceeded in getting her again afloat, haring one of her men killed and two wounded. It was in carrying an order to Lieutenant Parker that Lieutenant Morris was wounded. He had been of infi nite service to me from the time we left Lizarde, and, conducting himself during the engagement with remark able deliberation and coolness, he approached the prize in a line to cover his boat ; and though apparently re gardlul of the safety of the officer and men of the boat, who were seated, he stood erect himself, and the ball struck him in the throat. No one can deplore the fate of this very valuable young officer more than myself. His loss is irreparable to the service and to his family. It may well be supposed that on perceiving the attack upon the prize, I re-opened upon the city, which again silenced their fire. I now proceeded with the flotilla and prizes down the river. One of the prizes, a small schooner of little value, having grounded in a dangerous pass, and knowing that it would be difficult to extricate her without causing inconvenient delay, I ordered her to be burned. We arrived safely at Frontera on the evening of the 26th, the Vixen having towed down the river five vessels and several barges. From Frontera I despatched my prizes to this place; and after destroying all the vessels and craft found in the river of too little value to be manned, I proceeded on the 31st to rejoin you, leaving the M`Lane and Forward at anchor opposite Frontera to continue the blockade of the river, and to afford protection and shelter to the neutral merchants, residents of the place, who professed them selves in apprehension of violence from the Mexican soldiery should they be left unprotected. On our way to this place the prize steamer Petrita, in company and in sight of this vessel, captured the Ame rican brig "Plymouth" found engaged in landing a cargo upon the enemy's coast. M. C. PERRY. P.S. I omitted to mention that while lying off the bar of Tabasco, this ship boarded the Campeachy schooner Fortuna, and the French brig Jenne Arnadee, on the papers of both of which a notification of blockade was endorsed. In regard to the M‘Lane I propose to make a special communication. List of vessels captured and destroyed during the late expedition to Tabasco, under Commodore M. C. Perry. MANNED AND SENT IN. American barque Mexican schooner Telegraph. " steamer . Petri ta. " steamer " hermaphrodite brig " schooner .. Laura Virginia. " schooner Tabasco. " schooner Amada. American brig BURNED. Mexican sloop " brig Rentville. " tow-boat ... - " schooner Mexican sloop Desada returned to the Captain, in consequence of his excellent conduct when his vessel was attacked while in the charge of Lieutenant William A. Parker. M. C. PERRY. List of persons killed, wounded, and drowned during the expedition to Tabasco. KILLED. Charles Raimond, seaman, of the Raritan. WOUNDED. Charles W. Morris, Lieutenant of the Cumberland, since dead. John Sutherland, seaman, of the Raritan. George Pearce, seaman, of the Raritan. DROWNED. Richard W. Butler, ordinary seaman, of the Rarita Benjamin M‘Kenny, seaman, of the Cumberland. M. C. PERRY. San Juan Bautista de Tabasco. Oct. 26, 1846. Sir,—The undersigned, foreign merchants established in the port of San Juan Bautista de Tabasco, in conse quence of the very serious injury suffered in part of their property by the firing on this city yesterday afternoon, take the liberty, as neutrals in the present differences between the United States and Mexico, and in friendly relations with the former power, to represent that a con tinuance of similar destruction of their property will lead to their ultimate ruin. We are induced to address this communication to you, it being affirmed that unless the military force here sur rendered this city up to you, you felt it your duty to continue hostilities, even to' reducing the city to ruins—a hard case, indeed, for the parties who have now the honour of addressing you, almost the whole commerce of the place being in their hands ; and who, confiding in the protection afforded to subjects of foreign nations at Metamoros, and in the march of the United States army up to Monterey, and in the declaration of the Commo dore commanding the United States squadron off Vera Cruz, have not prepared for such measures as you have threatened to adopt to:reduce this place. We thus beg most respectfully to call your attention to our position, and the positive ruin we shall suffer should this city be destroyed, trusting you may have it in your power to take the same into your favourable consideration, and mitigate such very disastrous results to our several interests. We have the honour to be, Sir, Your very obedient humble servants, LABACEI and CO. WATSON, CHABOT, and CO. British merchants. RODRIGUEZ Y CR, ASENICO DE ASAGAN, PUTIEWOZ SAGERDRUMIN Y LA, MAN'L. R. SOLET, Comerciantes Eiranol. ARRUEGON D. JON GODAY. MAN'L. R. SOLET. United States Steamer Vixen, at anchor in front of the city of Tabasco, Oct. 26, 1846. Gentlemen,—ln eonsideration of the representations made by you in your communication to me of this morn ing, and verbally through Captain Forrest, I shall ad here to a determination resolved upon last evening, not to fire again upon the town unless the fire should be re commenced from`the shore. I regret the injury already produced, but have the consolation of knowing that it was altogether caused by the extraordinary conduct of the people of the town. I acn, gentlemen, respectfully, your obedient servant, M. C. PERRY. Messrs. Labach & Co., and others, Foreign Merchants in Tobasco. United States steamer Mississippi, St. John Lizardo, near Vera Cruz, Nov. 3, 1846. Sir,—lt seems ;to be just and proper, and it is cer tainly a gratifying task, to make known to you for the information of the department, the excellent conduct of the officers and men who served under my command in the late expedition to Tabasco, The enterprise and spirit displayed by them, on every occasion, gave suffi cient e%idence that in scenes more sanguinary they would do full honour to the corps. I was particularly indebted to Captain Forrest for his promptitude, cheerfulness, and judgment in carrying out my instructions. To Commander Sands, and officers and men of the Vixen, to Commander Adams, to Lieutenants Com manding Benham, Sterrett, and Hazard, and their re spective officers and men ; to Captain Edson, and Lieu tenants Gist, Winslow, Wahh, Hunt, and Parker, and their detachments—in a word, to all and every one—l am under lasting obligations for the zeal and energy with which they seconded my plans. I am, Sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, M. C. PERRY. Commodore David Conner, Commander in-Chief United States naval forces, Gulf of Mexico. Nothing more has been done by the division of the army under General Taylor. It is said that Santa Anna is concentrating his forces at San Luis Potosi, and that he intends to remain there until the United States force shall have been weakened by detachments being ordered to Tampico. It is stated that General Scott has been ordered to take command of the army in Mexico, and that he has left Washington for that purpose. The New York Courier and Inquirer says—" It may be stated with some confidence that all present prospect of peace between the United States and Mexico is at an end. " All parties in Mexico are embarked zealously and with national feeling in the war, and the idea of con senting to the Rio Grande as the boundary between the two countries, or of ceding Upper California, does not appear a possible one to any faction or party in Mexico; yet with less than that, it is not perceived how the Government of the United States can be satis fied. " In this state of affairs very vigorous efforts will un• doubtedly be made by this Government during the winter months, to bring Mexico to terms by the sword." COMMERCIAL. The most important part of the news by the Great Western is that usually classed under the above head : A New York paper of the 26th ult., says:— " Since the arrival of the last steamer with dates of the 4th inst. our markets for bread stuffs have drooped and are drooping, in the face of falling prices in Europe, and increasing stock here. " Up to this time the canals have brought down to tide water in this state, more than 800,000b1 s . fl our more than in the previous year, turning the excess of Wheat into Flour, at five bushels to the barrel. Of Indian Corn, almost the whole quantity sent to market by this route, is a new article of export, and principally of the last crop, the growth of this crop b e i ng yet too green to be safely shipped. The quantity thus far is about it million bushels. There were only 30,938 bushels of this grain brought down last year. As yet the frost holds off and supplies pour down. Vessels are in great demand and make very advantage ous freights. In relation to our remarks on Cotton by the steamer of the Ist inst., in which comments were made upon what we considered the exaggerated estimates of crops made in a Savannah circular, we have received a lette r from the house issuing that circular, which we subjoin, because we desire not even to appear to do injustice. We must remark, however, that we named no particular house, and that although our figures were taken from one circular, there were others, as we understood from Savannah, leading to the same erroneous conclusion, as we deemed it. As to the immunity claimed for a circular on the ground of its being a private letter, it seems to us simply ridi culous. If, however, the writer of that to which re ference is now made, consider their circulars private, they should at least instruct their correspondents to use ---.— . them as suc h. If we recollect rightly, the figures in our I article of the Ist inst. were taken from a copy lying on a cotton broker's table, open to anybody's examination, an.] apparently thus placed for the information of the trade, or any others who chose to look . at it. Our money market is in a sound state, with some tendency just now to higher rates. Exchanges on Eu rope are falling-61 per cent. upon England, and 5.42 f. on France, being about the highest asking rates. At these rates specie may flow hither without leaving, how ever, any great inducements to ship IL - Even these rates, however, arc only commanded by the first bills— and therefore those not well known as bill drawers, who hale surplus funds in Europe, may perhaps find it to their interest to bring them here in specie. The rela tion between the import of specie and 60 days bills at losi may be thus illustrated : British sovereigns of full weight, will produce here 4,84 doll. each, which is equal to But the charges on the importation of specie to be deducted are .t - loss of in terest during fifteen days passage per steamer i per cent. Freight Insurance 1,25 Nett 107,75 To a bill at 60 days on London, at 106,56 Is to be added the interest of 75 days to its ma turity, cqual to 14 per cent., or Nat 107,75 Thus making it a matter of indifference whether Cie money be brought back in specie or drawn for in 60 days' bills. But as the ordinary rate of interest in London does not exceed 4 per cent., the difference between that and our ra'e of 6 per cent. may tempt English capitalists to ship specie. - • - Corrox CROP.—We have nothing to add to the remarks we have heretofore made respecting the extent of the crops. So far as we can gather, the estimates of yield rather fall than rise, notwithstanding the fine sea son for picking has continued late. We had reason to believe there was more than one circular (from Savannah) with a 2,175,000 estimate, to be sent by the same steamer and further, that such an estimate .was very common there. We naturally, therefore, seized the figures as an exhibition of the way in which such a quantity was made out. But we did not think it necessary or right to give any name, nor were our remarks intended as in any sense personal, but rather applicable to Savannah estimates in general. In truth, when we wrote we did not know the framers of that circular had written a circular in 1845 ; or if we had ever seen it, we had forgotten it. It seemed to us a great error, on such an important , -subject, to place the crop at 2,175,000 bales at so early a period as the 24th of October when frost or storms might still materially curtail the quantity particularised is this very backward season. And as public journal ists, reporting the state and prospects of cotton, and finding estimates of upwards of 2,150,000 very gene rally sent from Savannah, it seemed right and proper to caution our European readers against placing too much confidence in them. Public opinion bears us out in the view of the imprudence of making such large estimates at so early a period; for although the weather has been generally favourable for the crop from that day to this, we do not yet find any general confidence: inasmuch as even 2,050,000 bales. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Dec. 12. BREYNTON V. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.-IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. This was a motion to dissolve an injunction that had been obtained by the plaintiff to restrain the defendants from proceeding with their railway from Stafford to Rugby in a manner different from the original plans. It appeared that by an agreement the plaintiff dis posed of a certain portion of his land, consisting of one rood, 30 perches to the railway company, but the latter having thought to alter their line on the adjoining land, he moved for and obtained an injunction. The grounds upon which it was moved to dissolve were that the plain tiff had advised the alterations, and the company we re empowered by the . Railway onsolidation Act to make them. The arguments having concluded today, His LORDSHIP gave judgment. In all such cases as the present it was the duty of a court of justice to con sider,, not only the rights of individuals whose interests might be invaded, but also the unimpaired exercise of the powers which the Legislature invested in public cow. panics. The question now to be considered was one. a individual injury. The 31st clause of the special Act had been dwelt upon as being a limitation of the powers of companies, but he was of opinion that that clause did not at all change the intention or meaning of the Legislature in the general Act. He thought that as regarded the construction of the law the case against the present motion had failed. The argument with respect to the interpretation of the agreement of the parties had also failed, as well as the argument derived from the ignorance of the plaintiff of the law. When companies had extensive powers for their benefit, they should not be at liberty to make contracts to restrict those powers. This he thought was desirable, though he did not wish by any means to extend the powers of railway companies. Another matter in the present question to be considered by a court of equity was, the disingenuousness of the plaintiff, who, though it a pp eare d that he had induced the defendants to make the alteration, with a view to compel them to purchase a greater amount of his land than they required, had altogether concealed that part. of his conduct from the Court. On thescstrounds, would dissolve the injunction, with c, , sts. Mr. Coors, who appeared for the plaintiff, stated that in consequence of the decision of the Court, In. would not proceed with a motion which he had been in structed to make, that the injunction should be ex tended. COURT OF QUEEN'S BEIVCH, Dec. 11. NORMANSON V. CREFT. This Was an issue to try whether the plaintiff was or was not entitled to certain goods which were assigned to him by a bankrupt named Walker, who is his cousin. The case was commenced in the Bail Court yesterday, and n'sumcd at the sitting of the Court this morning. It occupied the greater part of the day. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. THE QUEEN V. HAYNES. This case, which has excited considerable interest, and w hich is an indictment against the defendant for the unlawful removal of his father's books was set down in the list for to-day, and the court from an early hour was crowded to excess, many elegantly dressed ladies oc cupying seats in the galleries ' but as the under mentioned case was stated to be a short one, it was postponed until next term, or the sittings after it, to th e evident disappointment of a crowded auitory. THE QUEEN V. WATSON.-INDECENTLY ASSAULTING A GIRL. This was an indictment at the instance of the church wardens of Paddington against the defendant, for in.' decently assaulting a girl named ',pia Criekmore, aged 13 years, last Augpst, and with indecently exposing his person in a public place. The defendant had pleaded not guilty. The Attorney-General and Mr. Mills were for the prosecution ; Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Clarkson for the defendant. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case to the jury, and instacced it as one of the most painful nature, but there was one point of satisfaction in it, namely, that it wuuld not occupy long, as it would.only be necessary to call the girl herself, and a person who witnessed the occurrence. The prosecution had been instituted by the churchwardens of Paddington, by the advice of the magis trates of Marylebone. The defendant,JohnWatton, was a retired tradaman of good circumstances, and was 60 years of age. Between four and five o'clock in the afternoon of the 24th of Dec., 1845, the girl was sent by her mistress, Mrs. Boreham, of Stanley-place, Paddington, which is close to the Paddington churchyard, to fetch some eggs and other articles. She had occasion to pass through a path which intersects the churchyard, and which the public are allowed to use during the day, but which closed at night. Here she was met by the defendant, who f induced her to leave the path by telling her 'that, he had something to give her. The Learned Counsel then detailed the nature of the offence, and proceeded to state that the defendant desisted and ran away, on being alarmed by the cry of the gravedigger, Barratt, and he, with Mr. Hogg, the vestry-clerk, took both into custody. The defendant, he said, had materially aggravated the offence by having offered a large sum of money to the grave digger, who was a material witness against him, to keep out of the way. The girl was asked, in cross-examination, if familiari ties of an indecent nature had not occurred between her and a lad aged 15, named Charles Fagg, who was intro duced, and did not appear more than eight or ten years old ?—(Some persons in the Court cried " Shame.") The girl sobbed convulsively, and was removed. On being placed again in the witness-box, the question was repeated, but she remained silent. The gravedigger was called and corroborated the statement of the Learned Counsel, with respect to the occurrence in the churchyard, but on being asked con cerning the offer of the defendant he equivocated, stating that when he saw him he was drunk, and that he could not understand what he said, whereas he had furnished the vestry-clerk with a full account t:f his interview with him. His evidence was brought prematurely to a close, on the understanding that the parish should prosecute him. He stated, however, that the girl ran sway when he saw them, an d t h at he ran after her, and took bold of her. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL admitted that the count charging an indecent assault could not be sustained. Sir FREDERICK TIJESIGER submitted that the other in decently exposed charging the defendant with having exposed his person could not be sustained. Lord PENMAN said he had a strong opinion on the matter. He should not, therefore, stop the case, but take the opinion of the jury upon it. Sir F. TIIESIGER then addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant, and submitted that from ;he conduct of the girl there was too much reason to believe that she was a consenting party, and that the man was not be yond suspicion; that the churchyard was n o t a pu bli c place, and that no indecent exposure had taken place. The girl did not cry out, and ran away on being dis covered. Lord DENMAN held, in summing up, that a church yard, or any other enclosed place was a public place, if the eye of tEe public could penetrate into it. The pain ful scene they had witnessed showed, he thought, that the girl's mind had been vitiated ; and there was too much reason to believe that familiarities of the nature pointed cut had taken place between her and the boy. The jury found the defendant guilty of the indecent exposure. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 12. WAULIFFE V. COCKBURN. In this case the jury, after an ..bsense of two hours, returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff.—lla mages 401. SIMMONDS V. MIINTZ, SPOONER, AND TWELVE OTHERS. 'This was an action brought to recover a considerable sum due to the plaintiff for services rendered as a traffic taker upon the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway (a scheme which originated during the late mania), and of which the defendants were mem bers of the managing committee. Mr. Humfrey and Mr. Bagleer appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin for the defendant. The plaintiff in this case was, it appeared, employed by the managing committee to take the traffic lipon:the line above-named. The terms upon which the traffic was to be taken were, that he was to receive' 151. per mile. Of this sum., 3/. was to be paid upon the commencement of the work, another Si. on the delivery of the traffic tables, ard a further and final sum of 5/. upon the Bill passing the Committee of the House of Commons. The line in question was stated to be about sixty miles in length, and consisted of two branches —One from Andover to Dideott, an& the other from Andover to Swindon. The traffic tables were completed by the plaintiff and his assistants.within proper time"; the nianagiug committee, prior to the completion and delivery of the traffic tables; resolved upon abandoning one portion of the projected Inc, that, '..ftween Andover and Dideott, and en consequence uf this resolution the traffic tables of the plaintiff had to by remodelledi The contract was entered into on the 22d of September, 18.13, and the traffic tables in question were delivered early in the month of January following. The present action was brought to recover the sum Of 600/. upon the two last instalments unpaid by the com pany ; also the sum of 60/. fo - r the extra work of re modelling-the traffic tables ; a further sum of - 75/. for the traffic upon the whole line, the hngth of which, in stead of being 60 miles, as represented to him originally, was 65 miles ; and a further-sum of 601. for expenses of several journeys to Bristol -and Birmingham upon the affairs of the company. On the part of the defendant a variety of pleas were put upon the record, and the sum of 300/. was paid into court, and it was contended . that this amount was all that the plaintiff was entitled to receive. - In support of the plaintiff's case, a number of witnesses were called, who gave evidence of the fact of the various defendants. signing'. the register- as provisional committeemen, and a consent to act as such, and of their appointment as. a managing. committee ; -that they re ceived the traffic tables, and acted upon them, and that they abandoned the project before going to Parliament, and had since returned one guinea upon each share. The _LORD CHIEF BARON—I am already of opinion that the plaintiff cannot recover upon the third instal ment. -It was contingent upon the passing of the Bill through a certain stage, which-never arrived, and it.had not been proved that the defendant had stopped short fraudulently for the ,purpose of keeping -him oat of the money. -• - - Mr: MAnTrx now contended that the -t ra ffic tables were not properly or correctly got up, and went at con siderable detail into the questions of the proper mode of making out these tables. The Lon) CHIEF BARON interposed, and said that it was perfectly idle to waste the time of the Court and the jury by this species of inquiry. and suggested that the matter ought to be referred to some gentleman out of the court. By the consent of the counsel on both- sides the trial was postponed, in order to ascertain whether the de fendants would abandon that portion:of their defence in volving the question of the proper mode of preparing these tables. The case was accordingly postponed till Monday morning. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 12. --- GOODMAN V. BOWLES. When this case was called on, and the jury sworn, it wes found that neither attorneys nor counsel were in attendance. The Learned JUDGE immediately ordered the cause to be struck out of the list. The same course was adopted in respect to the case of Lockyer v. Morrison, which stood next on the list, neither plaintiff nor defendant being represented by th e i r ' le.ral advisers. The ten following causes on the list were then called over; but no one appearing in respect to them,' they were struck out of the list, and the Court rose. This neglect on the part of counsel and attorneys cannot be too strongly denounced. FLIXTON HALL DEFutorm.--Yesterday morning (Sunday), shortly after midnight, Flixton Hall, the resi dence or Sir R. Shafto Adair, Bart., near Bungay, wee found to be on fire. The discovery was made by a lad walking in the neighbouring village of Homer field, who went as quickly as possible to the hall, and roused the inmates. These were only two women Red one groom in the buildings at th e rear. B y some means two hours elapsed before an alarm was given in Bungay, and it was nearly three A.M. before the parish engine from that town reached the fire, followed by one from Messrs. Grout's factory, and another " ftom Harleston. Little substantial good could be (Meted, except to save a range of kitchen offices recently erected, and by five o'clock the building was complettly gutted, three only of the outer walls remaining, of which one has since fallen. The building was erected by Inigo Jones, and has been for the last two or three years undergoing ex tensive repairs, which would have occupied seven,' more years. The extent of loss will not, probably, be so large as might be expected from the magnitude of the confla gration, as only a portion of the mansion was f 4 for oc cupatiou, and the family was not resident. It is reported Sir Robert Adair is insured to some extent; and the orig:n of the lire is at present unknown. 'I'JIE MALT- TAX.--A very serious mis-statement has gone forth to the public, through the medium of the 7'imes newspaptr, as to the course lately taken on the subject of the malt-tax by the Society for the Protection of Agriculture and British Industry. The version of the Times declares that, at a meeting of the committee on Tuesday last, "it was unanimously resolved that the Protectiouist party should be call d upon to demned the total and immediate repeal (of the melt duty)." This announcement is at total variance with the fact. The ternmittee, having had the question brought before them by a deputation from one. of the provincial Protection Se eieties, came to a resolution that instructions should Abe given to the secretary to address a circular to the various local societies in the following terms:---" I am directed to state that, at the December meeting of the committee, held yesterday, the society fixed that day (January 12) for the discussion of the question of the repeal of the Malt-tax. They beg, therefore, that the secre taries of the country associations will call meetings of their respective societies on that subject, that they will forward to the central society, on or before the 12th of January, a copy of any resolutions passed at such meet ings, and that their chairmen and vice-chairmen be sent up to the central society's committee meeting on that day." It is perfectly Clear, therefore, that the statement in the Times is in every respect unfounded. As a body, neither the Protection Society; nor its com- ' mittee, has given . an opinion in reference to the repeal or retention of the malt. tax. All that has been done was, when the attention of the society was called to the ques tion, to fix a special day for the discussion of it, and to summon deputations from the provincial societies on that occasion, with a view to ascertain in a formal man ner the opinions and feelings of the agricultural commu nity. We have felt it our duty to make this short state ment. of facts, because it is of the greatest importance that no misconception should exist upon a point on which the public mind is at the press nt moment con siderably excited.—Poste EMBEULENITINT EXTRAORDINARY IN MANCHESTER. —Manchester has been all but electrified by the ab sconding of a perso n o f th e name o f Smith, for many years the confidential manager for Mr. Shuttleworth, of the Stamp-office. Mr. S., as is well known,. has had, the exclusive sale of a peculiar; kind of yern, the manufacture of the Messrs. Strutt, of Belper and Derby, but he, since his appointment to the Stamp-office, has, it i▪ snrwho, in Jolt the full management to Mr. m_ 1, l'n addition to his duties to Mr. Shuttleworth, has also acted as a kind of cotton broker for various parti▪ es. The exact mode in which he has contrived to involve several parties is not fully known ; there is no doubt, however, Out that ho has, in more instances than one, sold the satme lot of cotton twice over, obtaining, of course, pay ment in both cases, without handing over the proceeds to Mr. Shuttlewortb. Report states that Mr. Shuttle worth will be a considerable sufferer, and also a • Mr. Trueman ; and we have heard that the executors of a person deceased have been thus swindled out of a sum little short of 1,0001. The amount of his declarations is differently stated, varying from 5,0001. to 10,0001. How he has made away with such sums is at present nut very clear. It is one of the most extensive cases of embezzle ment that has occurred in Manchester for a very long period. No books of accounts can be found.—Leeds Mercury. ENLARGING BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—On Satnrday to demolition of the ornamental colonnade forming the front of the souil;-;iiiioiiiuclingham Palace was commenced, from which point the new wing begins. The excavations for both wings fronting St. James's Park are complete, and the foundations are already laid. ACCIDENT AT THE TERMINUS AT SOUTHAMPTON. —On Saturday morning, at half-past six o'clock, as an engine preparing to take out the seven o'clock up-train was coming out of the shed, a boy, named Thomas Badley, aged 16 years, made an attempt to get upon it, but his foot slipping, he fell under the tender, when one of the wheels passed over his leg, crushing his foot in a dreadful manner. Several surgeons were quickly on the spot. The poor boy was instantly removed to the house of his brother-in-law, a guard of the railway, where he underwent the operation of amputation, and is likely to do well. INFIRMARY FOR FISTULA.—A deputation from the Fistula Infirmary, consisting of Mr. J. Masterman,M.P., treasurer, the Rev. Dr. Vivian, chairman of the com mittee of management, Mr. F. Salmon, the honorary sur geon, and Mr. W. Carter, the secretary, waited on Fri day on the Lord Mayor, to request his Lordship's Ac ceptance of the presidency of the infirmary for the en suing year. His Lordship expressed his desire to fur ther the interests of the institution in every possible way, and fixed April the 19th for the anniversary festival. DEATII OF MISS LAVINIA MELVILLE.—M FS . Svl. Tester, better known by her maiden name, died on Wed- L n u e tat s m( d T a bl . y ve t , hun. Dec. e at ip it eec , rie dd. e h a,S e th r he r , e p s .le i rr O f e o u nr c om e t de N cl o tau . s at l na o y, 2 t tshu Y ed o do t e k ni : m o w ; a d i cs , Theatre. DEATH OF ADAM ANDERSON, LL.D., PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, ST. ANDREVS.--ThiS "dis tinguished and most amiable man died en the' sth inst. lie complained a little on Friday last, but was able to lecture as usual. His disease is said- to have been anerrism. DEATH OF DR. LIST.—The Augsburg Ga:ede, announces in a few words the death of Dr. Friedrich List, which took place at Kufstein on the 30th ult. The celebrated economist was on a journey to Italy for the benefit of his health. A pension of 1001. a year has been offered 11 the Government to Fathew Mathew.