The Sun. — London, England, 1837-01-25 00:00:00

Reformers—that Ministers were not unpopular—that Lord Melbourne's Administration was not on the eve or dissolution. Who is now right—the Tories or the Morning Advertiser? Let the way in which the announcement of the toast of " his Majesty's Minis ters" was received answer the question. Answered it already has been. The thunders of applause with which that toast Yves - received were an answer which, for some time at least, will silence the Tories. They con fidently expected—those of them, we mean, who were present—that the annunciation of such a toast would prove the signal for uproar and confusion. How dis agreeably disappointed they must have been ! How the loud and universal plaudits with which the toast was greeted must have grated on the ears of the poor wights I What would they not have given to have been anywhere but in Drury-lane Theatre at that moment ! What makes the reception which the toast of his Majesty's Ministers met with more important, as in iiicative of the state of public opinion respecting the elaims which that Ministry have on the confidence of the country, is the fact, that this was no meeting got up by the partisans of Ministers. Had it been so, the reception of the toast in question could not have bean regarded as a true index of public opinion respecting their principles and conduct. But the meeting was got up by the really independent Re formers—men having no interest, apart from the inte rests of the country, in the continuance of Ministers in office. Every speech delivered on the occasion proved the thorough independence of the gentlemen by whom the dinner was got up. Though all most heartily ap proving of the couduct of the present Government, they boldly and honestly declared their determination to withdraw their support from that Government the moment it should forfeit its claims to public confidence. These are the men whose friendship is worth having. Lord Melbourne may well be proud of the proceedings of Monday evening.—Morning Advertiser. France, whose history, for the last halt century, has been a series of revolutions, interspersed with inter vals of democratic reigns of terror, imperial despotism, and regal tyranny, is now placed in a frightful strug gle between defined law and arbitrary prerogative— between the principles of justice, according to which the law should reign, and the power which would make courts of judicature the mere registration offices for ministerial edicts and royal decrees. England was in much the same situation in the reign of Charles 11., a monarch as profligate in political conduct as he was licentious in his private life. The grand rebellion— the overthrow of the established religion—the aboli tion Of the Peerage—the murder of the King—the democracy of the long Parliament—the military usur pation of Cromwell, had preceded the restoration of the Stuarts ; as the Jacobin revolution—the democra tic tyranny of the National Convention—the abolition of Christianity—the destruction of all privileged orders —the murder of the King—the oligarchy of the " Five Hundred"—the imperial despotism of Napo leon, precede the restoration of the Bourbons. The private character of Louis Philippe, unlike that. of our second Charles, is not blemished with the vices of licentiousness. An ungraceful penury of disposition gives ais air of meanness to his habits, but lie has as little of the personal profligacy of the Stuart as of his courtly wit, or his strange mixture of Romish piety and atheistical profaneness. Louis Philippe is not only an observer of the decencies of life, but an exemplary hoe:timid and father—one who cultivates the qualities which attach the affections and constitute the ; happiness of the domestic circle. Would that we could speak of him in the same terms as t h e elected ruler of a great nation ; but to eulogise him in the latter character would be flat tery, as to wi'hhold praise from him in the former would he detraction. We have said that in regard to that most important part of Government, the adminis " at:on of justice, France is now in a similar condition to what England was in the reign of the second Charles ; there is a striking resemblance also in the colasant succession of plots or mock plots, and the conspiracies, real or pretended, to take away the life of the King. The obvious and clumsy interference of the Executive power with the .ope rations of Courts of Justice ; the attempts to inti midate Juries and to render them the mere ma chinery of Court persecution; the encouragement given to spies and informers—the worthy successors of the delatores of the degenerate Roman State, the wretches who concoct the crime, entrap the victim, and provide the evidence;e the giving to the most improbable fic tions, from the most polluted sources, the credit which should only belong to statements probable in them selves, and resting upon unimpeachable testimony ; all these things, and others which we might mention, forcibly bring to mind the state of England in the reign to which we have -alluded, and which was a pe riod of transition between the wild democracy of a for mer era, and the constitutional freedom of a later one. As to the reign of James 11., we say nothing of that ; it only carried to an extravagant pit c h th e v i c i ous doc trines: and corrupt proceedings of the former reign. James was by no means a more tyrannical character than Charles ; his sullen bigotry was less favourable to the successful assumption of power above the law than the polished profligacy of his brother. Charles also !Knew how to bend occasionally to circumstances, when he found that he could not direct the storm which be provoked. James never relaxed his tyrannical pretensions till his ruin was confirmed ; he strained the bow of arbitrary power until it snapped asun der. We hope this will not be the case in France ; but when we hear each succeeding Ministry of Louis Philippe threatening new infractions of the Charter, new penal statutes and exceptional laws, whenever the - verdict of a Jury disappoints the vindictive eagerness of the Executive Government for a convic tion, we confess a fear of some eventual convulsion in France that will shake the peace of Europe, rather breaks in upon our hope of the stability of the exist ing order of things. Those who encourage Louis Philippe in the course of arbitrary encroachment upon the Charter which he has been for some time pursu ing ; those who abet him in such extravagant proceed ings as the procss rnoustre and Fieschi laws, are- not the rmli friends of his dynasty. In the case of the Strasburg plot the King set himself above the law, and the Jury, by their verdict, have set the law above the King. What is the consequence ? The Prime Minister immediately threatens new lowa_ to coerce Juries into the wished-for subserviency with the dictates of the Court. Thus Governments and Courts of Justice are placed in a dangerous and most un seemly struggle, the one for ascendancy, the other for independence—a struggle which, end as it may, connot make the Government more strong, than a deference for the principles of justice would make it without any struggle whatever. By what right did the King remove Louis, Napoleon from the reach of justice, and put the subordinate conspirators on their trial ? Either all should be tried, or none ; at least if any were snatched from justice it should not be any of those who played a principal part. But we hold that the " Constitutional Sovereign of the French," as ,Louis Philippe has been called, had no right to super sede the law by his own arbitrary decree. Supposing the plot at Strasburg a real one, and not one of those forecd, conspiracies for which a " preventive police" are so celebrated in France; and supposing Louis Na poleon and his accomplices fairly tried and convicted, we should have admired and praised his magnanimity in extending the Royal clemency to the prisoners. There he would have exercised an undoubted prero bative—a prerogative as legal as any law of the realm ; ut when, like the arbitrary Stuarts, he assumes a dispensing power over penal statutes, according to his Milli will and pleasure—nay, even removes one person from the reach of justice, as it were, with his own hand, and causes another in pari delicto, or perhaps a subor dinate criminal, to be tried for his life, we say he ex ercises a most unconstitutional authority—a power beyond the law, which is declared to be no respecter of,persons. We say he oversteps his executive office, and usurps the functions of the legislative body, which can only suspend, alter, or repeal established laws. To be checked by the honesty of a jury in this dangerous career may be an act of mercy. It certainly will have that effect if there be any remaining wisdom at the scat of Government ; but if the Court and the Ministry tatee counsel of their own intemperate passions, who can foresee the consequences to France and to Europe? Tien'. the accomplices of Louis Napoleon have been reseiped from the impending guillotine, under all the circto nstances, is an event of which we are glad. Too many of those political sacrifices of human life have been witnessed in France since the accession of the Orleans dynasty, without rendering the country more tranquil or the throne more secure. But there hangs a mystery over the Strasburg affair which the trial has not cleared up— nor has that mystery been dissipated by the result of the interrogatories put to the Ministers since the trial in the Chamber of Deputies. Enough transpired, however, to show that Government knew what was going on at Strasburg long before the plot exploded ; and when we recollect what a disgraceful responsibility the French Government has incurred by the affair of the spy Conseil, we cannot help thinking that there are grounds for the suspicion popularly enter tained in France, as well as by many intelligent Members of the Chamber of Deputies, that the prisoners lately tried were not the originators of the plot for which their lives were placed in hazard. If the Government were imposed upon by their own spies and police emissaries, it furnishes another instance of the danger and dis grace which result from employing such base tools as part of the machinery of a " Constitutional Govern ment." Even the English public may derive an in structive lesson from those events in France. At the very moment when our own Government has intimated an intention of covering this country with a cen tralised stem of gensdarmerie, plausibly but very un truly called a " preventive police," the daily expe rience of France proves how impotent such a system is to prevent crime—it proves more, it proves how pro lific it is in creating it. Where has the virtue of a " preventive police" shown itself in discovering the successive plots against the life of the King before their actual explosion? If it has discovered them, why was not the actual explosion prevented? We trust a general system of Bourbon-police may never be allowed in this country to supersede the safeguards of society provided by the British Constitution.— Morning Herald. A correspondent at Manchester has furnished us with all the particulars he could collect of the pro ceedings at a meeting held in that town on Monday last of the shareholders or proprietors of the Northern and Central Bank. It is to be regretted that the pub lic, and especially the press, were not admitted to a meeting at which disclosures were to be made and ex planations given in which the public at large must feel, and have a right to feel, considerable interest ; and it is extremely difficult to imagine any good reason for this exclusion. We publish, however, the report supplied to us by our correspondent, imperfect as it must necessarily be in such circumstances, with the less scruple that it has evidently been collected from persons who are disposed to view the present position of the Northern and Central Bank, and the past con duct of its managers, in the most favourable light. " It will be seen that in the proceedings of this ;meeting, .so far as they have been permitted to transpire, there is nothing which in the slightest degree con tradicts or impugns any part of the very full and circumstantial statement published by us exclusively of the negociation which terminated in the undertaking of the Bank of England to assist effectually the Northern and Central Bank.in meeting its then existing engage ments ; while some of the most important particulars of our statement are confirmed, or, we might, perhaps, more properly say anticipated, totideni verbis, in the agreement between the Governor and Directors of the Bank of England and the Northern and Central Bank as laid before the meeting, and the copy of which, sent by our correspondent, bears intrinsic evidence of au thenticity. Our _ statement appeared on the 21th of Dece:nber ; the agreement which attests time accu racy of that statement is dated on the 22d. A hitch had occurred in the interval, but, as no reference was made to this circumstance at the meeting, it is not necessary at the present moment particularly to ad vert to it. The astounding part of our statement of the 24th of December, and which we imagine the commercial world will not very easily forget was, that the persons who had been deputed to act on behalf of the Northern and Central Bank had misrepresented the state of its affairs to the Directors of the Bank of England at the time when the first advance by the latter of five hundred thousand pounds was agreed to ; and that this misrepresentation has been to such an extent that, instead of five hundred thousand pounds being sufficient, as was expected, to liquidate the liabi lities of the Northern and Central Bank, it had been discovered that a second advance of five hundred thou sand pounds was required for that purpose. This was our statement of the 24th of December, by which, we have some reason to believe, the Gen tlemnen who represented the Northern and Central Bank, upon this important occasion, fancy, or affect to fancy, themselves aggrieved. And what is time language of the agreement, drawn up two days pre viously, and to which these gentlemen were parties ? It would be identical with ours, but that it goes a little farther :—" The Governor and Directors have consented to an advance not exceeding 500,0001., on the representation made to them by Mr. Braidley and Mr. Evans, that the liabilities of the Northern and Central Bank exceeded the amount previously stated by the sum of six hundred thousand pounds." The public will not, we suspect, sympathise very deeply with the complaints of men who have placed them selves in the situation of managers of a great joint-stock bank, and have shown themselves incapa ble of computing the extent of its liabilities within 600,0001. As our report of the proceedings at the meeting at Manchester is confessedly incomplete, it would be unfair to make it the foundation of any remarks, of a hostile nature, upon the general conduct of the Directors of the Northern and Central Bank. It will, naturally, however, excite some surprise that in the present position of that institution its Directors should have thought it advisable to postpone, until the last Thursday in February next, the presentation to their constituents of any detailed account, in figures, of the state of its affairs. Nor will the statement fail to attract attention which is contained in the report of the inspectors, to the effect that the Directors of the bank, on their own private and several accounts, are among its most considerable debtors.—Morning Post. We are approaching the commencement• of a new session of Parliamenta session which, if we may judge from the announcements of public men by let ters and speeches, at clubs and associations, in taverns and town-halls, teems with more important, conse quences to England than any which yet her annals re cord. The sentiments of the Administration have been explained in such places and phrases as it seemed least perilous to select ; we have heard Mr. Spring, Rice, and Mr. Charles Wood, and Sir John Camp bell, and Sir Henry Parnell, learning less indeed from the little they have said than from the much they left in discreet silence. The sentiments of the Opposition have been frankly and fearlessly avowed throughout the country by its zealous and able orators ; and have finally been submitted to the enlight ened opinion of the people in the elaborate and masterly exposition of their illustrious leader. Of the Ultra-Radicals there is seurcely one who has not informed the world what he desires and what he intends. We know all that can be known from the palsied.petulance of Mr. Roebuck, the malig nant self-conceit of Sir William Molesworth, the labo rious facetiousness of Mr. Charles Buller, and the drowsy pedantry of Mr. Grote. Intending to take a rapid survey of the present position, resources, and designs of the contending parties, we have waited until the " magnificent meeting" in Drury-lane Theatre should enable us to form a more full and fair judgment of the men of the Movement, than we could rest upon the twaddle of Totnes or the bluster of Bath. Now, hav ing listened to all that Radicalism can say, we may ven ture to express a pretty decided conviction as to all that Radicalism can do. But let us deal with all in their order. The Government—the Opposition—the Move ment : by those three parties is political power con tested. No other names represent to our minds the actual composition of Parliamentary forces. There is a party held together by adherence to Lord Melbourne and his colleagues, upon the principles which have in past times cemented like associations—the abnegation and abandonment of all minor differences in considera tion of great and leading points of agreement. There is a party similarly united by confidence in Sir Robert Peel and his eminent fellow labourers, ready to aid in the furtherance of the mighty interests of which they are the Champions, by the resignation of particular theories, and individual speculations. There is a third party—which can not be said to owe, or to profess, allegiance to either Chief. It prefers Lord Melbourne to Sir Robert Peel—but, upon every great Constitutional question, on which its forces are likely to be called into action,:it rhas Lord Melbourne for its enemy as decidedly as Sir Robert Peel ; it professes to be friendly to the Government to which the Opposition is hostile, yet in nine divi sions out of ten its votes will be counted against the Government, which the Opposition will be invoked to support. The system which is to keep the Move ment together is precisely opposite to that by which Parliamentary alliances have hitherto existed. There is to be no cession by the one to the many, no . post ponement of the less for the greater. " Self-reliance" is to set every man talking, moving, acting, for him self. The Movement is to have disunion for its coherence, and insubordination for its discipline. To these three parties two great questions will be propounded for immediate decision ; the first, " is our present Ecclesiastical Establishment to be over thrown ?" The second; "is our present civil Con stitution to be subveited ?" In many forms and fa shions will these questions be presented ; but they must be answered now, once for all. Our present ecclesiastical Establishment insists on payments to the national Church by those who do not in their own persons attend its ministry. Such payments are con demned as alike impolitic and unholy by Mr. Wilks and the Dissenters, whose more advanced and ex tended plans go far beyond the mere withholding and denouncing of church rates ; by IVIr. O'Connell and the Papists, whose recent resolutions for the extinction of Protestantism in Ireland make it no longer decent to discuss gravely the far-off appropriation of a few thousands of pounds. Our present Civil Constitu tion assembles to aid his Majesty in the govern ment of the country a House of Commons chosen in pursuance of a recent statute, a House of Lords sit ting by hereditary privilege. In the myriad schemes by which we are inundated, for triennial Parliaments, for ballot, for household suffrage, for life Peerages, for elective Peerages, for the suspensive veto, there is evident the same determination to rescind the recent Statute by which the House of Commons is chosen, and to abolish the hereditary privilege by which the House of Peers sits. Setting aside, therefore, not as unimportant, but as comparatively unimportant, many topics which in less stormy periods might have been enough in themselves to interest and agitate the nation, we repeat, deliberately, that whatever may be the number of Mr. Grote's Bills, or Sir W. IVlolesworth's motions, there are but two great themes to be discussed in the ensuing session by the two Houses of Parlia ment : the substitution of the volutary principle for our ecclesiastical Establishment, and the substitution of a democratic republic for our civil Constitution.—Mo n . ing Post. MR. AGLIONBY.-011 Thursday last the Hon. Member for Cockermouth met his Constituents for the purpose of rendering to them an account of his political stewardship, as one of the representatives of the borough during the last session. EXCHANGE READING ROOMS, INVERNESS.— The want of a central rallying point for the transaction of business generally in Inverness, has long been a matter of regret. In all large towns we find a 'Change, or a spacious Reading Room, with newspapers, prices current, &c., an d adjoining apartments for business. Established custom has confirmed general hours of business, and men of business are always sure of being found on 'Change on market (Lys, during what are called 'Change hours. It is now proposed to establish similar accommodations in Inver ness, on a scale suitable to the capital of the Highlands and the surrounding districts. The premises under the Town-hall are at present to be let, and would form a most desirable situation for this purpose. To insure success, such an establishment would require the concurrence and support of all classes of respectable persons in the town and neighbourhood, and it is confidently expected that a subscription of a guinea annually for three years will be sufficient to fit up the premises, and covet all other ex penses. As soon as a hundred subscribers are obtained, it is proposed to call a general meeting, to develop more fully the plan, and appoint a committee to carry it into effect. Though only begun yesterday, above a hundred names arc already enrolled, and we have no doubt of the success of the scheme. Its utility and comfort are so manifest, that need not dilate on the subject. It is intended, we believe, that gentlemen residing at some dis tance from town, and who have no fixed place of busi ness within it, shall he admitted members on lower terms— an advantage which we hope the gentlemen of the country will not fail to avail themselves of.--Inverness Courier. The Prefect of the Cotes du Nord has communi cated to the Peuille de St. Brieue an account of the ship wreck of the English vessel ' the Matilda, from which we extract the following passages :—" In the night of the 25th to the 26th of December last, the English vessel the Ma tilda, from Aberdeen, was shipwrecked outside the Seven Islands. Obliged to abandon the vessel, as it foundered, the crew, consisting of eight, together with a Guernsey pilot, embarked in the boat, which was driven by the tempest on the coasts of Tregastel ; but, as they were go ing to land, the boat upset, and out of the eight men who were there, seven perished. The eighth, named Jack, twenty-five years old, a native of Syndhorn, was lucky enough to catch hold of a buoy, on which he kept him self above water ; but this weak hope of safety was soon taken away from him by the force of the waves. Three times be was thrown on a rock, three times thrown into the abyss, and at length he was able to catch hold of the point of the island of Heres. H 4 passed eight hours in this island nearly naked, lying on the snow, dying of inn tion, and making signals of distress. His cries were heard by Mr. John Salion, mayor of Tregastel, who was on the beach to leeward, at a quarter of a league distance. Sepa rated from the port of Ploumanach by an arm of the sea, it was with infinite pains that Mr. Salion made himself heard by a few fishermen. At his pressing invitation se veral arrived with a fishing boat, in which all embarked, and rowed through the middle of the rocks, towards the place where the cries of the poor boy had been heard. They found him near death, brought him to Mr. Salion's, and he was saved. Five other bodies were flung ashore." LEANNESS.—A remarkable case of leanness is mentioned by Lorry, in a priest, who became so thin and dry in all his articulations, that at last he was unable to go through the celebration of mass, as his joints and spine would crack in so loud and strange a manner at every ge nuflexion, that the faithful were terrified and the faithless laughed. One of these miserable laths once undertook a long journey to consult a learned physician on his sad con dition ; and having begged to know, in a roost piteous tone, the cause of his desiccation, was favoured with the following luiinous answer :—" Sir, there is a predisposition in your constitution to make you lean, and a disposition in your constitution to keep you so." Another meagre patient, being told that the celebrated Hunter fattened a dog by removing his spleen, exclaimed with a deep sigh, " 0, Sir, I wish Mr. Hunter had miner—Dr. Millengen's Curiosi ties of illedical Experience. An inquest was held at the Dolphin Inn, Chiches ter, on Wednesday morning last, pn the body of Mr. Wil liam Harward, traveller to the house of Messrs. Shaw and Pearce, silk-mercers, St. Paul's Church-yard, London. It appeared from the evidence that the unfortunate gentleman arrived on Tuesday evening at the above inn, and retired to his room shortly after six o'clock. Not making his appear ance the next morning, the police were summoned, and the door broken open, when the unhappy man was found lying on his back . on the floor, his coat, waistcoat, and neckcloth off, and his throat cut in a most determined man ner. A verdict of" Insanity" was returned. A very extraordinary case has occurred in Lincoln of a young man, an assistant to a grocer and tea-dealer, who having been in the habit of taking a few leaves of tea in his mouth when weighing that article, imperceptibly intro duced so much into his stomach that it became an accumu lation in the smaller intestines. He was for a long period under medical care, but his ailment could not be discovered. On leaving for the sake of his health, he was better, but, on returning to his employment, he became again indisposed, and suffered great pain, until inflammation produced death. On a post mortenz inspection the cause of death was disco vered, to the astonishment of his medical attendants ; and it is hoped it will be a warning to others not to fall into such a careless habit, which in this case has carried off in the bloom of his days a remarkably stout and healthy young man. —Stan ford Mercury of Friday. . On Saturday an inquest was held at the Charing cross Hospital, on the body of Mrs. Ann Veale, aged 77. The deceased carried on business in Buckingham-street, Strand, and on Thursday she was discovered lying on her bed in great agony, having sustained a frighful burn on her left arm, which, she said, she had received by falling in a fit against the bars of the grate. On coming to herself she was unable to call for assistance ; and, having crawled to her bed, remained there, in dreadful torture, for about nine hours, when some one entered her room. She was con veyed to the hospital, and expired on the following day. Verdict —" Accidental Death. A young female, a servant to Mr- Watkis, of Ab bey Foregate, Shrewsbury, was accidentally shot by the footman on Thursday, and died the following day. The footman was examining a fowling-piece without knowing it was loaded, which he held in the direction of the deceased, when by some accident it went off, lodging the contents in the poor girl's abdomen.—Solopian Journal. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c.&c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. ,27. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Pahl. Share. 1,760 8 pei cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971. 18s. sh. 142 1,482 41. Ashby.de-le-Zotich Average 113/. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 51. 1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150/. sh. 100 8,000 1-16th. 91.9 e. Birmingham, 1.16 th share ... . ... . 811. & 711. 217 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l2s/. sh. 100 pd 321 600 Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/. sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater 1001. sh. 102 500 481. Coventry 1001. sh. 725 4,545 Croydon Averages 31/. 22.10 d. sh. 3 2,0601 41. 04. Dudley 600 71. Derby 100/. sh. 120 20,000 3,575; Si. Ellesmere and Chester Average 13 3/. sh. 80 1 - 401. Eyewash 1001. sh. 500 1,297 281. Forth and Clyde . Average 4001.165. sh. 600 11,500 121. Grand Junction 100!. sh. 214 2,6494 1/. Grand Union 100/. sh. 21 1,500 Grand Surrey 120,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loa n 100/. 70 3,096 Grand Western 600 13/.125. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. 4d. 230 749 10s. Grantham 1501. sh. 202 6,233 1/. 151. Huddersfield Average 57/. 6s. 6d. sh. 344 100 Kensingf In 100 eh. all pd. 10 25,328 11. 2s. Kennet aid Avon, Average 39/. IBs. 10d. sh. 22 2,8071 20/. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 530 5454 12/. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 190 1,897 4/. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 531.105. 77 2,400 101. Monmouthshire 100/.sh. 200 50 16/. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 530 3,000 H. 10s. Macclesfield 100/. sh. all pd. 54 247 17/. Neath 100/. sh. 325 1,786 301. Oxford 100/. sh. 58U 2,400 5/. Peak Forest Average about 78/. sh. 104 21,419 12e. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. lf,s. Bd. sh. :6 5,609 fil. per cent. Rochdale Average SU. sh. 121 500 8/. Shropshire I'/5/. sh. 140 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 153 3,600!. 41 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/. 10s. sh. 114 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 730 500 91. Sh re wsbury 125/. sh. 243 300 81. Stourbridge 3,647 21. 6s. Stratford-on. Avon ...Average 791. 9s. 90. sh. 50 533 12/. Swansea IOU!. sh. 220 3,762 1/. 4s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av. 35/. sh. 194 2,600455. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 4 share 14)01. sh. 555 8,149 1,0003 h./ ~,i 1,00045 h. j - Warwick a. 14.1 Birmingham 100/. sh 260 9AO 19. i. Warwick and Sapton lOOl. sh. 1334 6,000 41.05. Worcester and Birmingham...Av.7B/. Bs. sh. 82 5,000 225. Wilts an..s Berks .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 21 800 3/, Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 126 Wisbeach •..105/. sh. 45 905 U. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 224 DOcKS. 2,6001' 13so c. Commercial , .1001. sh. 56 1,06515 h. . 433,6671/. 6 per ct. East India Stock 116 3,239,31011. 50s. p.ct. London Stock 54 Ditto Bonds 1,390,000/. V. per et. West India 2,SOJ 21. 19s. Bristol 6'3,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll5 1,352,752 4 per cent. St. K athat ilia Stock 89 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tor 10 years lOO Shoreham Hai Lour 2.500 ........ Deptford Pier .01. sh. 3/. pd BRIDGES. 1,600 IN. Hammersin IF 5O/. sh. 20 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 031. 9s. Sd. sh. 2 1;700 1/. 15... Ditto, New, oil; per cent. 5O/. sh. 14 5,000 5,000 Ws. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of Si. 6Ol. pd 18 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 15 60,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds llB 6,000 17s Vauxhall Av nage 701. 10s. M. sh. 161 ASSURANCI , COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion 5001. sh. 501 pd 79 50,000 [ S I ) Z c i e s n . t i Alliance, British & Foreign 1001. sh. 1031. pd 121 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 101/. sh. 5/. pd 51 24,000 1.1 per sh. Atlas 501 . sh. 51, .p 0 13 1 1,200 Ish. 5/. Birmingham 1 ire 5O/. sh. 55/. pd 105 20,000 41 percent. British Fire 2501. sh. 501. pd 40 12,000 61. percent. British Commercial 501. 6b. 51. pd 61 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, 51ed i al,&c. Life, 1601. sh. 12/10s pd 31 4,000 21 10s County 100/. sh. 10/. pd 42 20,000 ss. Eagle 200 f 5 Per cent./ Economic Lilt lOOOl. sh. 2501. pd 375 Land 301 bs. 2,271 22e. percent. European Li, • °0!. sh. all pd 22 50,000 Qs. Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. '2l. pd 2 1,000,000/. 7/. per ct. Globe Stock 155 20,000 51. Guardian lOOl. sh. 271/ pd 33 4,0,000 6e. 60. Hope 50/ sli. 51. pd 5; 2,400 5/. 73. 6d. Imperial lire 500/ sh. 50/. pd 125 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 1001. sh. 10/. lid 9; 13,459 12s. per sh. Indemnity &Emilie 11 01. sh. 91. pd 16; 2,020 31 106 Keat Fire 501. sh. all pd 92 31. Ditto Life 79 10,000 16S. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 28 5.000 10s. London, Fir! 25/ sh. 121. 10s, lid 15; 3,900 Iw. London, Ship 25/. sh. La. 10s. pd 15; 30,010 5/. per cent. Palladium I.lt. 5Ol. sh. '2l. pd 21 83 0.1 5(1,001) l'rotet•tor Fire 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd 18. Ed 2,500 1/. Provident Liie lOO/. sh. 101. pd 2 i 100,000 5/. per cent. Rock Life .0/. sh. 24 pd 6 659,.2201 51. percept. Royal Excli.dige Stock... 220 6,000 5 per cent. University Lite lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2/. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,000 Agric. and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 14 5,05.00 Australasia 4O/. sh. 40/. pd 58 10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Bit mingham s'l. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,15/0 10 per cent. Bit mingham Bank . 5O/. sh. 51. pd 14 341,000 4 per cent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 201. pd 201 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster... . . lOO/. sh. 20/. pd 30 25,004) Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 22 50,000 6 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool} 100/.Bh. 151 pd 2-2 Discount 20,000 71 percent. Manchester 100/. sh. 251 pd 20,000 ... ...... Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. 25/. pd 42 20, , CO National Bank of Ireland 5Ol. sh 121!. pd ' 13 10,000 3 per cent. National Provincial Eng. lOOl. eh. 25/. pa 231 19,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 101. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire . 50/. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT ANL) COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 11 58 6d Bath 2O/. sh. I!!. pd 21 5,000 British 404 sh. 16/. pd 21 5,000 rsi.percent l . Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd 23 /and 138. ss. 922 5110 s Birmingham 5O/. sh. 105 4,250 21 Is Bristol 2O . sh. 40 1,500 8/ 10s Brighton 2O/. sh. 13 750 31 Ifs Ditto, New 9 0/. sh 18/. pd 12 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 9 0/. sh. all pd 19 4,000 41. Continental t'ansolidated lOOl. 621/. pd 95 1,000 101. City of London lOOl. oh. all pd 189 1,600 6/. Ditto, New 4,000 4/.loe. Equitable 10,000 21 per cent. Imperi•4l 5Ol. sh. 421 800 W. per cent. Isle nf Tha4iet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 20 2,350 61. per cent. I ndependent 9O/. sh. all pd 50 9,001 N. per cent. Phcenix .. 5Ol. sh. 39/. pd 21 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 4,000 South Metropolitan 547. sh. 19/. pd 19 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 461. pd 311 240 51. per cent. Warwick 501. sit. 50 400 81. per cent Wakefield 251. sh. 221 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 -12 s. Ditto New . 5) 1. sh. 101. pd 10 861 Yarmouth 20/. sh. 18/. pd 9 WATER WORKS. 4,900 ' Bs. Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/. pd 241 4,443 6/. East London lOO/. sh. 134 5,500 21 lOs Grand Junction ....Average 41% 13s. 4d. sh. 51i 2,000 2/. Kent lOOl. sh. 45 272 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 305 1,500 21100 New rtlver London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,486 11 15s Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 53 300 4 per cent. South Lon:lon lOO/. sh. 81 6,204 3!. West Middlesex ....Average 63!. 12s. 9d. sh. ' 79.1 1.360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 2,500 Aylesbury 2O/. sh. 1/. pd. 11 Birmingham and Derby 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 101 pd 9 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 01 15,000 Bristol and Exeter IOU sh. 5 pd 3 660 Calcutta and Saugur 501. sh. 2/. pd 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...lool. sh. 71/. 5 3,000 Clarence lOO/. sh. 1001. pd 50 12,000 8,001 Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 21 pd 3 60,000 .... ..... Eastern Counties 25/ sh. Cl. LA 1 Grand Junction 1001. sh. 50/. pd 107 Great North of England . 2/. pd 0 25,040 ...... ... Great Western lOO/. sh. 30/.;pd 43 2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 1001. pi 100 8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 4 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 51. pd 14 7,100 Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 41 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd 483 s,lOO 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo(l. sh. 1001. pd 2851 Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 61' 10,000 London and Brighton 45,000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...20/. sh. IL pd 0, 16,000 Ditto ditto (Rennie)...sol. sh. 21. pd I! 8,04 ... ...... Ditto ditto (Cundy)...loo/. pd I t 12,000 London and Blackwall 5Ol. sh. 3/ pd lz 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich . .... . 201. sit. 204 pd 20 25,000 201 00 7,800 12,000 London Grand Junction... .5. 1. sh. 21. pd 01 10,000 North Midland 1001. sh. 10/. pd 151 Northern and Eastern lOOl. sh. 3/. pd 54 2,600 Preston and Wyre. 50/, ah. 9/. pd 28,000 South Eastern end Dover 71 pd 61 1,000 6/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO / -sh 240 9,000 ... ...... Thames Haven 501. sh. 21. 10,. pd 01 6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 3/. pd 21 MINES. S,OOI Albion Copper - • 5/. sh. 3/. pd OT, - ,h. 12/. 10s pd 137 4,000 ..... .... Alten - - 15/. of 10,000 ........ Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm 100/. sh. all pd if- Ditto Subscription 0 5/. pd 4 2,000 Bolanos 150/. sh all pd 125 10,000 11. 10a Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm .35/. sh. 'lO/. pd 221 6,01,0 ......... Macanbas & Cocaes United 251. sh. 23-1/. pd 61 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. NI. pd 31 10,000 ... ...... Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 20/. pd tli 10,000 Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. W. pd 9 20,000 British Iron 501. oh. 50/ pd 41 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 41. pd 1 Cata Branca.— 6-1/. pd 71 If e • Candonga 7.1 psi 7; • 10,000 1/. Copiapo 2Ol. sh 121/ pd 17; 8,500 2,850 31. English ' 121 Ks. pd 22 20,000 ..... .... General Mining Association...2ol. sh. 15/. pd 9 6,155 ...... ... Mexican Company 1001. sh 541/. pd 11 3,000 Polberou Consols 10/. sh. 84. pd 4 1 1 , 500 ...„„.. Real del Monte, Unregistered l7 Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 150 80,000 United Mexican, iss. 2pm ....401. sh. all pd 2 Dittt, Scrip 3l Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 2; - West Cork 501. s h . 50/. pd 98 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 1,500 700 King' College 1001. pd 32 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,08• 15s. Australian Agricultural.. .100/. sh. 2CII. pd 36 6000Wper cent. British American Land eompany .. . IS/. pd 11 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company 100/. s h. 24!. pd 37 20 0,000 51, per cent. Upper Canad Loan 95 City Bonds, 4 p a r cent lOl 15,000 11/. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 13!. pd 26 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 _ 11. London Com. , Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19 8,000 Caoutehouc Company .' .. ...... 25/ sh. 21/. pd , 3 New Brunswick Land Company 251 pd 251 2,754 51. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c... - 1001. sh. 1001. pd 130 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/ sh. 451. pd 801 4,000 10,000 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, JAN. 4, 1437. BANKS. 1,500,00'1/. 61. p. ct. Bank ot Scotland 931.6 s Pd. A. all pd 168/. 2,000,0Xl• 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 1651. 500.0)0. Bp. ct. British Linen Company 100/. sh. :.11 pd 2401. 3,000,0081. 6/. p. ct. Commercial .5001. sh. 1001. pd 1741. 5,000,900/. 5 p. et. National lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 16!, 2,00 0 ,000 1 . 51 p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 691. 4,000,00 1 . 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 30/. pd 361/. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 25C,0(x)sh. 61 p. ct. Scott;sh Union 20/. sh. 1/. pd 255. - ,500 sp. ot. Hercules 100/. s h. 10/ . pd I'l 15 s. in ,000 .. 5 p. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .-.10/. sh. all pd 741. 50,000 6p. et. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 151. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pd 16/ Oi 5,000 fp. et. Edinburgh Life 100!. sh. 10/. pd 1415 s 100,000 • West ot Scotland lOl. pd 9/ 15s MISCELLANEOUS_ 4,310 Edin. and Was. Un. Cana1...50/. sh. all pd 221. Ditto Allocated 96/. sh. all pd 65!. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb.:Joint Stock Water 251. sh. all pd 401. Carron Iron Company 250/. sh, all pd 461. 2,0005 h 15 per, cent. Shotts Iron Foundery..- 5O/. sh. 3t4. pd 471 10,1100 3 per cent. F.dinburgh & l,eith Glass 2O/. sh. 161: pc! 111. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. allfpd 5911. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 25/. sh. all N 611. 750 '74 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all gd 45/. 1,206 Edinburgh and Dalkelth Railway-50/.3h. 55/. 3.000 5 per cod. Equ:table Loan Company 251. sh. 91 pd 104 FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, JAN. 21, 1837. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to he passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of an Earl of the United Kingdom of - Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable Kenneth Alexander Baron Howard, of Effingham, in the county of Surrey, G. C. 8., and General in the Army, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Earl of Effingham. The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of a Baron and Earl of the said United Kingdom unto the Right Honourable Thomas Baron Ducie, and the heirs male of his body lawfully be gotten, by the names, styles, and titles of Baron Moreton, of Tot worth, in the county of Gloucester, and Earl of Ducie. The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of a Baron and Earl of the said United Kingdom unto Charles Baron Yarborough, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, 14 the names, stiles, and titles of Baron Worsley, of Apuldurcombe, in the Isle of Wight, and Earl of Yarborough. The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom unto the followin g Gentlemen, and the respec tive heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz.:— Edward Berkeley Portman, Esq., by the name, stile, and title o f Baron Portman, of Orchard Portman, in the county of Somerset. Thomas Alexander Fraser, of Lovat, in the county of Inverness, Esq., by the name, stile, and title of Baron Lovat, of Lovat, in the said county of Inverness. William Banbury, of Kelmarsh, in the county of Northampton, and of Shobdon, in the county of Hereford, Esq., by the name, stile, and title of Baron Bateman, of Shobdon, in the said county of Hereford. WHITEHALL, JA N. 23. The King has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. George Baron Abercromby to be Lieutenant and Sheriff-Principal of the shire of Stirling, in the room of James Duke of Montrose, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, .TAN. 24. The names of the under-mentioned Officers were omitted in the list of those promoted by Brevet, in the " Gazette" of Jan. 10, instant, viz. BREVET. To be MAJOR-GENERALS in the Army. Col. H. Shadforth, half-pay 10th Foot. Col. P. J. Parry, half-pay 6th Garrison Battalion. Col. J. K. Money, half-pay Armstrong's Corps. To be COLONELS in the Arm. Lieut.-Col. Sir T. H. Browne, half-pay 23d toot. Lieut.-Col. T. W. Forster, half-pay 24th Foot. Lieut.-Col. A. Maclachlan, half-pay 69th Foot. Lieut.-Col. P. Burke, half-pay 96th Foot. Lieut.-Col. J. Whetham, half-pay Ist Garrison Battalion.. Lieut.-Col. T. Wildman, half-pay 9th Light Dragoons. Lieut.-Col. H. Standish, half-pay 39th Foot. Lieut.-Col. J. W. Aldred, half-pay 60th Foot. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL IN THE ARMY. Major G. Quill, half-pay Unattached, January 10. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Jan. 2]. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Second Captain J. R. Hornsby, to be Captain ; First Lieutenant R. Shepherd to be Second Cap tain, vice Hornsby ; Second Lieutenant A. G. Burrows to be First Lieutenant, vice Shepherd, January 10. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire. Warwickshire Regiment of Militia—W. J. Hooper, Esq., to be Captain, vice Brailsford, resigned. WHITEHALL, JAN. IG. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Carruthers, of the city of Carlisle, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.' DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM BROTHERTON, saddle-maker, Liverpool-street. JOHN SAYRE, cheesemonger, Shadwell High-street. THOMAS NOTTAGE, coach-master, Green Dragon-yard, Worship-street. JOHN BURKE, soap-maker, Golden-lane. WILLIAM LONGSTAFF and WILLIAM HENRY LONG STAFF, tailors, Bury-street, St. James. CHARLES WHITE, goose-feeder, Willingale Spain, Essex. BANKRUPTS. JAMES BAKER, grocer, Melbourne, Cambridgeshire, to surrender Feb. 6, at half-past ten, and March 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Basingball street ; Phillips, Size-lane. CHARLES BAKER, miller, Merton-mills, Wimbledon, and Vine-street, Lambeth, Feb. 2 and March 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Abbott, official assignee ; M‘Duff, Castle-street, Holborn. JOHN TULLOCK, builder, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, Feb. 4 and March 7, at eleven, at the office of Messrs. Parr, Fish-street, Poole. Holme, Frampton, and Loftus, New-inn, London. JOHN CLARKSON, currier, Nottingham, Feb. 2 and March 7, at twelve, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Norton and Chaplin, Gray's Inn, London ; Stubbs and Rollings, Birming ham ; Swami, Nottingham. THOMAS WHEELER, grocer, Shrewsbury, Jan. 31 and March 7, at eleven, at the Temporary Shire Hall, Shrewsbury. Clark and Mcdcalf, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London ; Teece, Shrews bury. THOMAS GREENFIELD, victualler, Chiswick, Feb 1, and March 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Goldsmid, Iron monger-lane, official assignee; Poole and Gamlin, Gray's Inn-square. JAMES HALL FARMER, painter and glazier, Abehurch lane, Feb. 3, at twelve, and March 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abehureh-lane,.official assignee ; Gresham and Miller, Castle-street, Holborn. _ RICHARD CUMING, ship-owner, Plymouth, Feb. 7 and March 7, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth. Surr, Lom bard-street, London ; Lookyer and Bulteel ; Edmonds, Plymouth. WILLIAM ALSTON, spinner, Leicester, Feb. 8, at 10, and March 7, at three, at the Castle f Leicester. Taylor and Son, John-street, Bedford-row, London; Luck, Leicester. - FREDERICK SPARROW and ROBERT SPARROW, wine -merchants, Feb. 3, at one, and March 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Pancras-lane, official assignee ; Wadeson, Austin-friars, London. DIVIDENDS, At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basingball-street. T. Thatcher, seedsman, Fleet-street, Feb. 16, at twelve—J. Plimpton, merchant, Finsbury-square, Feb. 16, at two—W. May, merchant, Fenchurch-street, Feb. 16, at eleven—G. Topham, coal merchant, Richmond, Surrey, Feb. 16, at twelve—J. Ablitt, ha berdasher, Silver-street, Wood-street, Feb. 16, at one—S. Rat cliffe, bookseller, Faversham. Kent, Feb. 16, at two—S. Butten shaw, tea-dealer, Holborn-bridge, Feb. 16, at one. In the Country. J. P. Billam, manufacturer, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Feb. 17, at eleven, at the Court-house, Wakefield—R. M. Nickson, mercer, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Feb. 17, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Chesterfield—T. Binney, corn- factor, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Feb. 17, at one, at the Court-house,Wakefiehl--L. Knowles, L. Knowles, jun., and S. H. Knowles, merchants, Gomersal,Yorkshire, Feb. 21, at the Sessions House, Leeds—W. Corlass and S. Bolton, cotton spinners, Feb. 17, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Man chester--E. Hardy, innkeeper, Swanage, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset shire, Feb. 15, at two, at the Office of Messrs. Parr, Poole. CERTIFICATES.—FEB. 14. C. Drury, timber merchant, Sheffield—J. Smith, potato sales man, Portman-square--W. Bellringer, butcher, Milbank-street, Westminster—R. C. Shepherd, carrier, Camomile-street, Bishops gate—S. Bates, grocer, Derby—E. T. Coleman, scrivener, Leo minster, Herefordshire—B. Brissenden, innkeeper, Tunbridge- Wells—S. E. Morgan, lodging-house keeper, Craven-street, Strand —E. O'Reilly, lodging-house keeper, Harley-street, Cavendish square. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Forshaw and T. 0. Buchanan, attorneys, Liverpool—J. Mer rettußeotn corn dealers, nr: de and G. Stephens, Warwick House , Regent-street--J. M`Cam mllnerans:lwWin.teHrt.onC,oLrninfocrotlhn,shLirie_F verpoo . U G ibb an s d a n j d . M Stt F.. em , ship-brokers, Liverpool—J. Sym onds and J. Harrison, liver y -stabl e keepers, Oxford—J. Atkinson and R. Hey, and G. Moulton, furnishing ironmongers, Sun-street, shopsgat e — F. Wright and C. Harrington, black-lead pencil manufacturers, Keswick—T. W. Jackson and T., Reeve, cheesemongers, New street, Dorset-square—T. Ogle and I. Bland, bookbinders, Preston, Lancashire—R. Butts and E. S. Owen, auctioneers, Church-street, Hackney—J. Whittle and J. Park, tool makers, Wigan, Lancashire —G. Laishley and W. Biddlecombe, linendrapers, Southampton W. Woodward and Co., wire -workers, Little Chapel-street, Soho (so far as regards W. Duke)-:—J. Nikols and Co., ship-brokers— W. and G. Thomas, farmers, Frampton, Gloucestershire—J. Bird and H. Smythies, attorneys, Congreve-street—W. and J. Bent, coal-merchants, Cannon-wharf, Westminster—J. and J. B. Lo max, stiffeners, Radcliffe, Lancashire—E. Wood, sen., and Co., manufacturing chemists, Liverpool —W. Twinberrow and J. Evens, chemists, Worcester—M. C. Vandermaeren and Co., saddle manu facturers—W. and W. F. Farror, printers, Ross, Herefordshire— J. Shaw and W. North, cotton-dyers, Almondbury, Yorkshire-- A. Ackers and Co., crown glass manufacturers, Newton-in-Mac kerfield, Lancashire (so far as regards W. Robinson). SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. ROBERT SANDEMAN, merchant, Dundee, Jan. 26, and Feb. 9, at twelve, at Sinclair's Hotel, Dundee, ALEXANDER CROSS, farmer, Craigend Muir, near Glas gow, Jan. 25, and Feb. 8, at one, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Saturday night, a man named Beale, living in the Blackheath-road, threw himself into the river Ravensbourne, at Deptford. He was, after great exertions, rescued from a watery grave by Nicholls, a police constable on duty near the spot. The following is the cause for the rash act :—The poor fellow, who has a wife and eight children, has been in the greatest distress for some time past. On Saturday morning he went to his daughter's house (who married a gentleman of large property, with whom she formerly lived as servant) in the Walwortb.-road ; but she refused to open the door, and desired him to go about his business. CA NC ER.-A few days since died at Mortlake, aged 89, Hetty Mott, who had many years kept a general shop there. At the age of .52, Sir W. Blizard performed an operation for cancer in one of her breasts, which she bore heroically, and which he said she might survive ten years. She lived without the slightest return of it for 37 years. She had a sister suffering from a similar disorder at the same time, who refused to undergo operation, and soon died. Mr. Crick, a nephew of theirs, is at this time suffer ing from a cancer in his face, and has been for the last six months unable to attend business ; his mother had one also. On Saturday night, about nine o'clock, as a con stable of the N division of police was passing near the sta tion-house of the H division, Spitalfields, a middle-ag e d woman, of very poor appearance, addressed him and told him that she had shortly before unexpectedly to herself given birth to a child, which had fallen into the soil of a place which she mentioned in the neighbourhood of Petticoat-lane. The constable took her to the station house, and, as she appeared to have no borne of her own, she was sent to the Spitalfields workhouse to receive that attention which her condition required. Two of the N constables were in the meantime dispatched to the place near Petticoat-lane which had been mentioned by the wo man, and there discovered an infant buried head downwards in the soil. The body was taken to the station-house and there examined by the surgeon, who pronounced the child to be a remarkably fine boy, and to have been born alive. An inquest is to be held on the body MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the New London Price Current of Jan. 24.) Sue n.—ln the early and middle part of last week there was but little business done in the West India Market, and prices gave way 6d. for good and fine, and Is. for ordinary and middling qualities, but towards the close there was rather a better demand at the decline. The business done has been principally to supply the immediate wants of the grocers, and the request has been chiefly for the good and fine descriptions, the latter of which are rather scarce. The estimated pur chases by private contract have been 1,609 hhds. and trs. ; the present Gazette average price is 3s. under that of last year. The stock of West India Sugars is now 24,143 hhds. and trs., being 4,484 more than last year. The stock of Mauri tius is now 23,941 bags, which is 20,405 less than last year, (including the East India Dock). The delivery of West India last week was 2,678 hhds. and trs., which is 422 more than last year. The delivery of Mauritius was 3,031 bags, being 2,473 less than the corresponding week of last year, (including the East India Dock). This afternoon there were two public sales, one of 120 casks of Barbadoes, and the other of 39 barrels, 5 trs. To bago, the former sold heavily at 625. a 68s. 6d. for low to fine yellow, being full prices for the best qualities, but 6d. a Is. lower for the mid. sorts, which went at 645. 6d. a 665., the latter sold at Ms. a 535. 6d. for low brown dabs; by pri vate contract there has been a steady request from both re finers and grocers at the rates of Friday, and the purchases, including the public sales, amount to 700 hhds. and trs. For Refined goods from the grocers the demand has been very moderate, but owing to the scarcity of goods, the buyers have been compelled to pay full prices, and have given 78s. for Lumps to pass, and 775. for those rather under the stan dard. The business done for shipping has been confined to a few small parcels of double Crushed at 375. Bastards sup port previous rates, but there has been little demand for them. Treacle has sold freely at unvaried prices. In the value of Dutch crushed sugar there is no alteration. MAuRITICS.—The prices continue on the decline, and the demand by private contract has only been to a moderate ex tent ; at auction 207 bags sold heavily at a reduction of ls. a Is. 6d., good strong grey for refining went at 565. 6d. ; there have been two more arrivals of the tww crop, amounting to 12,000 bags. This afiernoon the Market was in a dull state, and prices continue to give way ; two parcels, containing 8,443 bags, were offered at public sale, and only a part were disposed of at Is. a Is. 6d. decline, fine yellow 635. a 635. 6d., good 61s. a 625. 6d., mid. 595. a 595. 6d., strong grey 575. 6d. a 585., low brown 455. a 50s. 6d., mid. 545. 6d. a 555. EAST INDIA.—Siam taken by private contract, good and flue strong white at 325. a 335. 6d., mid. 275. 6d. a 318. 6d., ord. 265. 6d. This afternoon at public sale 2,190 bags Bengal were offered, which sold at a reduction on former rates of Is. a Is. 6d., fine white went at 335., mid. and good 30s. a 31s. 6d., damps 31s. a 31s. 6d., washed 28s. 6d. FORElGN.—Havannall, good at 265. 63. a 275. 6d., mid 255. a 255. 6d., some small parcels of white at 345. 6d. a 365. 6d. for mid. and good strong. Bahia, good white went at 275. a 285., mid. 265., inferior 245., fine and soft brown 20s. a 225., the remainder was taken in, ord to fine white 245. a 30s. 6d., low soft brown and good yellow 16s. 6d. a 225. 63. ; a parcel of 30 hhds. Cuba Muscovades waa withdrawn at 21s. 6d. for mid yellow. CCOA.—Prices of British Plantation have declined Is., and the request has only been to a moderate extent. COFFEE-At 965. a 100 s. for middling and good middling Jamaica, 725. a 87s. for good to fine fine ordinary, low ordinary was bought in at 50s. a 655., good at 685., and low middling at 90s. Demerara fine ordinary and low middling went at 755. a 89z. 6d., good ordinary 695. 6d. a 735. Berbice middling and good middling 91s. a 965. Ceylon went at 665. a 695. 6cl. for low and good ordinary, and 775. a 795. 6d. for fine. Some small parcels of Sumatra have been taken at 40s. a 41s. for fair ordinary. Havannah have been taken at 50s. for good ordinary brown. PROVISTONS.--Cork Butter landed sold at 98s. a 995., Carlows at 98s. to 100 s., and Limericks at 98s. Holstien is now to be bought at 102 s. to 104 s. per cwt. ; the supplies have been moderate. Bacon only finds buyers for immediate consumption at Is. to 2s. decline, the primest quality would. not bring more than 51s. per cwt. landed. INDIGO.-The sales concluded this day, and during their progress 383 chests were withdrawn by the proprietors. All the low descriptions, which are classed as Oudes have gone off very heavily, at a decline of 6d. to Bd. The Madras and Kurpah in sale were in general of very ordinary quality, chiefly mixed and very objectionable, they sold heavily at a decline of 3d. to 4d. per lb. on the prices of last sale. The quantity bought in is about 1,400 chests. 0i1.5.-Prices remain firm, sales of Cod in casks made at 481., Pale Seal 561., Southern 431. a 461.-For Sperm there has been a good request at an advance of 405., sales of the best quality made at 81/. In Linseed Oil a good business ha% been clone to supply the wants of the home buyers at 365. 6d. a 375. on the spot. RICE.-Good and fine white Patna at 16s. a 16s. 6d., rnd 13s. 6d. a 14s. for mid, and good white Bengal; from the Grocers there has been an improved request for Carol'Ana at 325. a 345. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS._Jamaica Rum 28 to 30 per cent. over at 4s. 4d. a 4s. 6d., 32 over 4s. 7d. a 4s. Bd. ; Leewards 4 to 8 over 2s. 7d. a 2s. Bd. ; Demerara 15 over 2s. I Id. There continues to be a good fresh supply. Brandy has sold at rather easier prices. TALLOW.-For parcels on the spot there has been a steady demand for consumption at 445. 9d. a 455. for PY C. The price for delivery next month has advanced to 449. 6d., at which rates rather more business has been done. COCIIINRAL.-At an advance of 3d. a 4d. for the fine quali ties, and 2d. for ord. and mid. Honduras low and mid. Silvers sold at 6s. 6d. a 7s. 2d. ; good and fine, 7s. a 7s. 10d. Al ex i.- can Silvers, good 6s. 9d. ; Blacks, 7s. 4d. a 7s. sd. per lb. Between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock on Sunday night the family of Mr. Russell, of No. 1, Skinner Street, New Road, St. Pancras, was thrown into a state of great alarm and confusion by the discovery being made that one of the female servants, named Caroline Heath, between 15 and 16 years of age, had attempted to commit suicide by swallowing poison. It appears that the unfortunate young woman was found in the kitchen retching violently,' and enduring extreme agony. She was questioned as to whether she had taken anything injurious, but she posi tively denied having done so. At length her sufferings be came so severe that she confessed having swallowed two pen nyworth of sugar of lead, which she had purchased at a chemist's shop in the neighbourhood, stating that it was to clean her master's top-boots. Medical assistance ~ vas promptly procured, but from the severity of the symptoms it was deemed necessary immediately to remove the pat;,ent to the North London Hospital, where the stomach-r,umP was used, but the poison had taken such a hold of thtt sys t!m that no hope can be reasonably entertained of her sur viving. The cause of the rash act is attributable t o her having received warning to quit her situation. _ -- PATENT LEVER WATCY,IES, With silver double-bottom cases rz:ti 6 0 With silver hunting cases 6 16 6 This celebrated construction (the most accurate oh which watch can be made) is offered, with the latest imps •ovements, e. the detached escapement, jewelled in four holm, cappe d, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and maintaining power to continue going while winding up, at the above p r i ce , b y T. COX SAVORY, Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill, London. N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in ezehange. BIRTHS. On the 21st inst., at York-crescent, Norwood, Mrs. George Robert Herron, of a son. On the 17th inst., in Holland-street, Kensington, Mrs. M. Bend. , Icy, of a son, still-born. MARRIED. On the lith inst., B. Ferguson, Esq., to Elizabeth Stedmat daughter of the late C. D. Battelle, Esq., of the Island of St. Crob c. On the 22d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Mr. .11. ;. Brett, of Kennington, to Eliza, youngest daughter of the late Gen ). Scrooby, Esq., of Oxford-street. On the 23d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square Maria, th youngest daughter of Lieut.-General B. G or d on , o f Balbithan, Sax I land, to Mons. J. Burgalat, of Bordeaux. DIED. On the 13th inst.; at Newtownlimavady, Sarah, the wife of Ar chibald Campbell, Esq., 22d Regiment, having survived the birt b of her child only a few days. On the 18th inst., at Dysart House, N. 8., the Earl of Rossiya, aged 75. , On the 12th inst., at Dundee, Mr. John Young, printer. He was a correct and an expert compositor, and had been employed in the " Advertiser " Office for the long period of upwards of tweintY years ; during which he discharged his duties in a manner creditable to himself, and satisfactory to those whom he served. On the 21st inst., in Upper Berkeley-street, Mrs. P. Alitford sister to the late Colonel Mitford and Lord Redesdale. On the 19th inst., in Chesterfield -street, the Hon. Charlot.l Johanna Grimston, aged 78. On the 22d inst., in Portland-place, Sir Richard Borough, Bar t. On the 22d inst., at Brighton, Jane, wife of Admiral Sir Edwa Codrington, G. C.B. _ _ On the 22d inst., Captain Edgcumbe, R.N., and of Edgeurr Devonshire. On the 21st inst., in Queen-street, Mayfair, John Baring, E ,sq. late, of Mount Radford, Exeter, aged 76. On the 21st., at Bear-place, Bello, Sir Mona Ximenes, agt d 75. On the 22d inst., at Chelsea, Mary, the wife of John harlee Denham, Esq. On the 21st inst., at Kensington, Wm. Weld, Esq., aged 75. On the 19th inst., at Achurch Recto r y, age d 5 8, the HOY 1. Afro* F. Powys, sister to the late Lord Grey de Ruthyn, and our it to the Marchioness of Hastings. •. On the 21st inst., Ann, wife of Mr. Chas. Hill, of We'3t Smintb' field, aged 53. On the 19th inst., at Camberwell, aged 39, James ./....ewthwalte , Esq., of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, formerly of Lad-lane, Cheapside • On the 20th inst., at Effra-road, Brixton, Mrs. Ching, aged 7 S' On the 22d inst., Miss-Cooke, of U pper B roo k - street. On the 21st inst., in St. Martin's -court, Mary, the wife of )1 I' Akerman. On the 21st inst., Mr. George Kendall, of Artillery-place, Fin r bury-square, aged 71. On the 21st inst., at Long Ditton, Lewis Corkrani Esq., aged. S:;" ( On the 21st inst., at M a id a -hill W es t, age d 7 8, Ann, reli. A o' Mr. W. Shelton, of High-street, Hampstead. On the 18th inst., Mr. Lahee, of Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, aged. *l' On the 21st inst., Elizabeth, %sire of Mr. J. A. Curtis, slime ° ll ' Dorking, Surrey. On the 22d inst., in Lincoln's Inn-fields, Frances Joseph:: ifi e ' youngest daughter of the Rev. T. Dale. On the 22d inst., at the Terrace, Albion-road, Stoke Newire 01 ' John Bumstead, Esq., aged 80. Lond(m :Printed and Publisliecfj))Av - LTA - DO YOUNG, of r :No:, 112, Strand, at 7'lle Sun Office, No. 112, Strand; in the ecru' of Middlesex:-.-Wednesday, January 25, 1637.