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Russian frontier is concerned on the mouth of the Danube, the south of the Caucasus, and the shores of the Black S an, and. w hich certainly is not consistent with the solemn declaration wade by Russia in the face of Europei would previous to the COW , Tnen cement of the Turkish war. wistont with my public duty to enter further be entirely incen into a discussion of the merits of the particular case of the Vixen ; but I can assure the House that his Majesty's Government feel quite as strongly as the Honour able an the and Learned 'Alorriber for Bath or any other gentle man in the House can do, great importance of the question itself, as well as the cons equences that, in one way or the other, enay result from it. I assure the House that the question occupies the serious attention of the Governmentonfid those who feel any degree of c en ; aa'.t I trust that ce in the Government will act consistently with the usual practice of Parliament — will permit the Governme nt to deal with the question in the manner which it deems most in accordance with the rights, interests, and honour of the country ; and will not peremptorily call upon it to enter into explanations which can have no other effect thinq to mar the very object which the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath professes to have in view. With regard to the papers for which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman has moved, to the production of such of them as relate to the case of the Vixen I must object, upon the same f grounds as those that induce me to abstain romenteringinto a discussion of that particular case. As regards those which have reference to the communicatio ns which have taken place between England and Russia, the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman has laid no ground for their productio n, except as con nected with the case of the Vixen. Therefore, upon the same ground as I have already stated, I must object to their production also. If they bear upon a question now u nder co nsideration, their production would be dangerou s ; if they refer to questions that are gone by, they can obviously be of no use to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who moves for them. Mr. MACLEAN saw no reason why the papers should not be produced. He would go farther• he would Say that it was of importance that the House should be put in possession of the Noble Lord's construction of the treaty of Adrianople. _-(Hear.) The Noble Lord would not fail to recollect that • the Duke of Wellington had, whilst that treaty was pending, protested against the propositions of Russia in respect to it r ; Lo and he (Mr. Maclean) wished to know why the Noble d assented or dissented from the opinion of the Noble Duke He (Mr. M.) would contend that Turkey had ne ver secured such a hold of Circassia as would have allowed her to cede it to Russia. The Emperor of Russia had not alleged that the Vixen had been captured for a violation of any municipal re gulation, as had been inferred by the Noble Lord, but for smuggling only. It did not appear even that it was in conse quence of a blockade ; for in the manifesto published by Rus sia, she declared not only what she had done, but what she intended. But, he would ask, what evidence was there that the Vixen had been engaged in smuggling ? There was no evidence that any part of her cargo bad been landed, and therefore there could have been no smuggling ; but the conse quence was, that the Vixen had been seized, the property of the merchants confiscated, the persons on board deprived of • their liberty—they owed it to the clemency of the Emperor that they had not been deprived of their lives ; and vet the House was told by the Noble Lord, when an Hon. Member moved for papers which would enable the House to consider the subject, that they must be refused, because the question should necessarily be left entirely with the Executive. Dr. LUSHINGTON concarred in what had fallen from his Noble Friend, as to the imprudence of making public any facts or circumstances connected with the blockade. The Hon. Member who had just sat down bad referred to a mani festo published in the St. Petersbargh Gazette, in reference to the capture of the Vixen, and had remarked that the word blockade did not appear in it. Now, in his ( Dr. Lushing toa's) judgment the word blockade did not apply to the case of one country which was in the possession of another. What Russia said was, that it had established sanitary regulations ; that it had forbade all trade whatever on the coast of the Black &a ; that it had captured the Vixen, which had attempted to trade in violation of these regulations; that, in doing so, the vessel had violated the right de jure, and the possession de facto of Russia. That, in consequence of this violation of the rules. the vessel was therefore taken, and the cargo confiscated. Now, with respect to what had been said by the Hon. Gentle man regarding smuggling, it was not by any means necessary that the cargo should. have been unladen in order to constituf r e smuggling ; for, if a vessel came within three miles of a coast where traffic had been prohibited, it was as much a violation of a law against smuggling, and the vessel was as snbject to be condemned, as if she had entered the port and landed her cargo. Russia claimed the right of seizure on the principle which she bad stated ; but the Hon. Gentleman had asked upon what principle was a blockade to be established. Now it was im portant that the principle of a blockade should not be doubted by the House of Commons. That the right of blockade ex isted was in accordance with the law of all nations, snider these regulations—if one country was at war with another, it bad a right to blockade its coasts, ptovided it maintained the blockade with a sufficient force, and gave sufficient notice of its intention. He would cite the case of Spain and South America. The latter country had been under the dominion of Spain ; and if Spain had warred with its own dominion, then it had a right de jure ; and having possession de . facto of that country, had the right of declaring it in a state of blockade. Bet there was another case in which the right of blockade did not exist. It was not a blockade when a country prohibited intercourse with a portion of its internal posses sions ; there was no such thing as blockade in such an in stance. Under such circumstances of occupation de facto, that country had the right to exclude the whole world from any commercial intercourse with its internal possessions.— ( Hear, hear.) Now, if Russia were right or wrong as to the authority of Turkey to cede to her the territory in question he would not argue ; what Russia said was, that she had a right, by virtue of Circassia having been ceded to her by competent authority, and being in possession of that State, to make what sanitary regulations she chose to eatablisli. He beeged it to be understood he did nut stand there to defend Russia; he mei not arguing that she had a right to the possession of Circassia, so ceded by Turkey, or that Turkey ever had possession of the coast of Circassia, or had de jure a right to cede it to Russia—he was not agitating this question. but whether, be the ground of the proceeding right or wrong, Russia had a right to declare the blockade. The Honourable Member had said that this country had a right to have received notice of a blockade, if there had been one. The answer to this was, by his Noble Friend, that he did not know of the blockade of the coast in question ; and it was also said that Mr. Bell had a right to ask at the Foreign-office whe ther sach a blockade existed, and that if such information had not been furnished there, that Great Britain had been wronged in consequence of a blockade having been instituted without sufficient notice. But Mr. Bell had mane further than this. He had asked,-if prohibitions of an o the r kind had been esta blished by Russia. But his Noble Friend had not given any anawer on this point; all he said was that the subject did not come within his department, and that he was not bound to notice such prohibitions, if they existed, any more than this country , in the case of instituting similar prohibitions would be compelled to inform other countries of it, when they only re garded her own dominions; and surely no one would contend that he was bound to communicate such a notice. As to Mr. Bell—as his Noble Friend had said—if he chose to engage in a speculation, he did it at his own risk, and he must not ex pect the Government of this country to do what it never had done in the course of his (Dr. Lushington's) experience. Mr. Bell had a right to ask what was the state of the public laws; but he had no right to demand what was the state of the municipal law, or the sanitary regulations as to the trade of any foreign nation. Mr. HUME said that the question before the House was as to what was tho real effect of the treaty of Adrianople ? The merchant had a right to ask the question as to the state of the coast with which he wished to trade. The Noble Lord rays , tfied the reply he gave so as not to say in whose territory that coast was. if the Noble Lord did not give the information, he thought we had no business whatever with such a useless office as the Foreign-office. The question should have been explicitly answered, and he still hoped the Noble Lord would not persist in a course, hereafter. so contrary to that which he was officially bound to follow for the protection of British interests. - Mr. ROBINSON wished to know how long the British merchant was to be prohibited from trading with the eastern roasts of the Baltic, in consequence of the dispute now pend ing between us and our ally ?—( Hear.) The ground of confis cation by the Russian Government was, that the Vixen had violated a sanitary regulation. The commercial community was deeply interested in the solution of the question whether, under the treaty of Adrianople, Russia was in possession de jure of these coasts, so as to preclude us from trading there. He had no hesitation in saying that, in imprisoning the ma riners, and seizing the vessel, the Autocrat had exceeded any acknowledged right he possessed in those regions. Mr. O'CONNELL thought the Noble Lord had answered the question of Mr. Bell sufficiently distinctly previous to the Vixen going out—namely, that the coast of Circassia was not then blockaded. He referred Mr. Bell to the Gazette, and no notification was to be found. Mr. Bell was perfectly au thorised in going there. A British subject had been thus robbed of his property in going there. It became this Go vernment so to represent it to the Court of Russia ; and he was firmly persuaded that the very worst way to procure justice for this aggression was to suffer time to be wasted in need lessly protracted negociatios. A spirited remonstrance would produce the best effect on the arbitrary spirit of that Court, and teach the Russian that the British GOvernment and people would not permit him to circumscribe, by arbitrary interfe rence, the trade and commerce of England ; and that instead of allowing its subjects, thus illegally made prisoners, to be insulted by the Autocrat's permission, as an act of favour and generosity, to go to Constantinople, she would demand, and not desist till she had obtained, reparation for the indignity, restitution of the vessel, and compensation for their detention and losses to the owners of the Vixen. Lord DUDLEY STUART said, the subject was not a question of personal loss to the merchant, but a question whether Russia should be left to exercise a prejudicial restrictive power over our growing commerce. The blockade was not kept up efficiently ; for this vessel had been thirty-six hours at anchor in the roadstead, which plainly demonstrated that the blockade was net properly maintained. The Russian Government had equivocated in its assertion of its pretension to the right of seizure, and resorted to a second right to interfere, founded upon the belligerent's title to seize munitions of war; but the Vixen, it was proved, had nothing on board but salt, and a few patterns of British manufactures. This second pre text was equally unfounded as the first. Then a claim was set up against the right of the Vixen to visit the port in ques tima, which was under the interdict of Russia by virtue of se nitary regulations. But the quarantine, it appeared, had never been notified. The claim of territory, in consequence of the alleged cession of Circassia to Russia by Turkey was nega tived by the fact that no Pacha of Turkey—no Governor of Turkey, and no tribute payable to Turkey, had ever been recognized in this independent country. Occupancy, there- fore, by Russia, could not he set a.e ,to justify this act of scandalous piracy by tha t a gg ress ee es Power, because the Autocrat possessed no part of Circ• Wei a, except some frontier forts out of which the Russian tr. sops durst not venture. — (Cheers.) . There never had been . a shadow of title in Rus sia to the sovereignty of this count ry on the ground of actual possession, nor had the Porte itsel I ever held in sovereignty the country of those brave and inds pendent warriors.--( Hear, hear.) He asked the House if it was net disgraceful at this time of day, in two months after thn news had reached this t n b,thatw country of the British flag having b en, and the li berty of British subjects interfered viola t e d ,e should now be debating and deliberating, an i i 'ndeavouring, unsucces fully, to obtain from the Noble I Joe d any information as to what he had done, or was about to do. In illustration of what had been done informer days by this country, he felt much inclined to tell a story told in th et I louse in 1783, by Mr. Pulteney, who was much attached. to I Zepublicanism, and who, referring to the time of the Cegnrs ,onwealth, said that two English merchantmen having been t aken in the chops of the Channel and carried into St. 'Mall se s, the master of the ship, who was an honest Quaker, as soon as he came home, presented a petition to • the Protector, in Coun cil, praying for redress. The Protector, having heard the petition, told the man's couns ail that he would take that case upon himself, at the same time ordering him to attend him the next morning. He examined . strictly into the circum stances of his case, and finding fr nu his answers that he was a plain, honest man, and was eng aged in no unlawful trade, asked him if he would go with E l letter to Paris. The man having answered that he would, the Protector gave him a letter to Cardinal Mazarin, instrus' sting him that if he did not within three days receive an answer, 'which answer was to be the full value of his shir t s and carg 'op et , e was to return to him. The individual fulfilled his instru stio ns to the tittle, and Car dinal Mazarin (to u'. the words of . Mr. Pulteney), according to the manner of Ministers when t hey are in any way dis tressed, begun to ',hale, and, then eft ge, the Quaker returned. As soon as thy , Protector found t'ha t he had not got his mo ney, that gr eat man, without ev an acquainting the French Minister at. this Court, sent a s nun-of-war to seize all the French sllaps she could meet. S'h'e accordingly seized two or three siips, which the Protector o rdered to be sold, and paid the C s estaker the value of his ship PMI d cargo. He then sent for the. French Minister, and told him that the balance should be } sanded over to him, in order to be paid to the owners of the French ships which had been taken . This was Oliver Crom well's manner of negotiating and of obtaining reparation ; and what had been the consequence ? :It produced no war, but the French took special care never again to interfere with the privileges of British navigation ; and so long as Oliver Crom well lived our rights were respecessd. He did not say that the policy which he had described was precisely in every respect what he would advise the Nloble Lord to adopt; but there was a want of vigour, and an apathy to the honour of the country, at present displayed whiele was highly culpable. He would come now to more modern !times. In the administra tion of Mr. Pitt there was no sutra vacillating, hesitating, un certain, cowardly policy as we nova witnessed. In 1790 the Spaniards captured two British vessels in Nootka Sound, and as soon as it was known Mr. Pitt directed the British Ambas sador at Madrid to demand restitution and reparation, without previcus discussion. A message from his Majesty was conse quently sent to that House, intimr.ting that that demand had not been complied with, and recommending his faithful Commons to take measures to enable his Majesty to make such an aug mentation of his forces as might be necessary to obtain redress. But those who were not favourable to Mr. Pitt might say, " This was a great Tory—we hate his name, and will not fol low his example." Let him, however, add, that Mr. Pitt, having moved an Address to the Throne, and it of course was an echo of the Speech, it was seconded by Lord Gren ville, and supported by Mr. Pitt's great rival, Mr. Fox, who ridiculed the idea of Spain having any title to the coast she claimed—a title founded only upon a grant sanctioned by the Pope, who had as much right to grant it to Spain as the Sultan bad to grant Circassia to Russia.—(Cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") He was followed by Mr. Burke and Mr. Grey, the present Lord Grey, who in no less positive terms supported the Address. When that was disposed of, Mr. Fox got up and moved for an account of the value of the trade to Nootka Sound; but Mr. Pitt reminded him that the question did not relate to the value of the trade, but to an in suit offered to our flag ; and Mr. Fox was so convinced by the argument of his great rival, that he withdrew his motion. He (Lord D. Stuart) wished the Noble Lord would read history, and take a lesson from it. He had no doubt the Noble Lord was well versed in history ; but there was no use in reading it, if we did not profit by the examples it contained. This was not the first time Russia bad set up such arrogant and insolent claims of stopping our ships. Two years ago a British vessel (the Charles Spencer) was seized in the Black Sea, under circumstances as objectionable as those of the Vixen. The Noble Lord could not deny it. Why bad we not a fleet in the Black Sea ?—( Cheers.) Until we had, there would be no security for our merchants or our trade. Our commerce was increasing rapidly there, but such In crease must be all a farce, if we did not protect the trade. An injury had beets inflicted, and if the cure were not rapid and' radical, the consequences would he fatal. No reason could be assigned for the outrages offered by Russia to British commerce and British subjects, but her constant aim to obtain, if possible, the supremacy of the sea, and to do everything in her power to insult and lower this country. She exhibited the true character of the bully—arrogant, haughty, and domineer ing to the weak—base, abject, and cringing to the strong. Hoe; different was our policy to other states from that which we had adopted in reference to Russia. Last year an insult was offered at Constantinople to Mr. Churchill, who could not be acquitted of the imputation of having acted indiscreetly. We remonstrated, and the Reis Effendi was dismissed from his place. He should he glad to know if Count Nesseirode would he dismissed ?—( Hear.) So far from that the captain of the Russian frigate and the admiral under whose orders he acted had received honours arid distinctions for having insulted this country. When an insult was offered to 113 at Car thagena a fleet of 12 sail was immediately sent to obtain repa ration ; but when we had to deal with Russia we were humble and quiet, hesitating, vacillatingsand not knowing what to do, until the interests of our merchants were sacrificed, and the honour of our flag disregarded. He hoped we should not have reason to continue to complain of so terrible and so odious a system. He did not think the Noble Lord could have done better than to accede to the motion. Let Russia only know that we would punish aggression, and our commerce would be unmolested The Duke of Wellington's Government had not been so indifferent to what had passed in the East ; as not to remonstrate. If the Noble Lord would give the papers the House would be better able to judge of the circumstances which had given rise to this motion. Mr. C. PELHAM said a few words, but was wholly in audible in the gallery. The motion was then put from the Chair, and negatived without a division. Mr. HUTT rose and inquired if any steps were in con templation fur the purpose of transferring to the Bank of Eng land the management of South Sea Stock ? Mr. P THOMSON was of opinion that no measure such as that alluded to by the Hon. Member would be introduced during the present Session. RUSSIA COMPANY. Mr. HUME asked his Right Hon. Friend if it was in tended to propose any measures respecting the Russia Company ? Mr. P. THOMSON was not aware of any such intention. NAVY ESTIMATES. The House then went into a Committee on the Estimates. Mr. C. WOOD proposed a vote for 33,700 seamen and marines, and supported the vote on the ground of the state of other maritime States of Europe. The Russians had it, the Baltic last year a fleet of 30 sail and 30,000 men, therefore, it was necessary for us to keep up a respectable force. Capt. B OLD ERO wished to know whether the 700 ma rines ashore in Spain were estimated for separately or not, and whether, in the event of any marine officer losing his life in that service, his widow would be entitled to a pension ? Mr. C. WOOD said the marines afloat and ashore were estimated for under the same head ; and should any ma rine officer die on service, whether at Madrid or elsewhere, the widow of that officer would receive a pension. After a few words from Mr. C. DULLER and Lord PALMERSTON, Mr. HUME contended that the marines were landed at Lisbon for a purpose in which he could not concur, because it was an unjust interference with the Portuguese, and which had created a stronger feeling against this country than had existed for centuries. Mr. WARBURTON said, if the Government had given orders to the English fleet to interfere at Lisbon against a popular movement, then they had taken from the people of Portugal the only means that people bad of protecting them selves against a bad administration, and he must consider their conduct as greatly to he censured. Mr. BOR.T H WICK said the English Government was endeavouring to propagate its political principles in Spain sword in hand. Sir H. HARDINGE had no objection to the amount of force proposed in this vote. In the present state of Europe that force was necessary. He did not approve altogether of the mode in which the marines had been employed in Spain. —( Hear, hear.) But h e rose c hi e fly t o no tice what the Hon. Member for Bridport had said. Did that Hon. Member mean to say, that this Government should not interfere with its forces at Lisbon, even to save the life of the Queen of Portu gal, if that Sovereign acted against the will of the people ? If that was what he meant to say, he was giving utterance to a ferocious principle.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He called 'upon the Government to say frankly and boldly that it had ordered the landing of the troops, because such a proceed ing was necessary in order to save the life of the Queen of Portugal. Lord PALMERSTON said that the orders given to the Admiral were to afford protection to the person of the Queen if it was necessary. The Admiral placed himself in commu nication with his Majesty's Minister at Lisbon, and under standing that the person of the Queen was in imminent danger, he landed the troops distinctly to protect the per. scn of the Queen.—( Hear, hear.) The Admiral withdrew the troops the moment he found that the danger to the Queen's person had ceased.—(Hear.) He had withdrawn the troops much to the disappointment of one political party, which wished that the troops - would continue on shore. But the Admiral, having once provided for the Queen's safety, left the different parties at Lisbon to settle their differences amongst themselves. In answer to a question from Mr. Hume, the Noble Lord said it had been no part of the instructions given to the Admiral to interfere to overthrow the popular constitu tion. Mr. 1-11:ME moved that the vote be reduced by 5,000 men. The amendment was negatived without a division; and the original motion was agreed to. 1,296,0001. was moved for the expense of the seamen and marines. Captain PECHELL asked if the Board of Admiralty had THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1837. taken measures to establish a place of refuge in Davis' Straits for whalers ? Mr. WOOD said the Board of Admiralty had not con sidered the subject. In answer to a question from Mr. G. F. Young, he said that the Board of Admiralty had established premiums for such vessels as should afford assistance to whalers. The sum was then voted. The sum of 452,898/. was then voted for Victualling the Seamen and Marines of the Royal Navy. Also 403,535/. for Wages to the Artificers and Labourers in his Majesty's Dock-yards. For Dock-yard establishments abroad, the sum of 24,3351. For the expense of Naval Stores and Steam Navigation, 300,0001. In consequence of a question put by Mr. G. F. YOUNG, respecting the convict ships, Admiral ADAM said that branch of the service had re ceived the best attention of the Admiralty. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 17. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1,760 7 per cent. Ashton and Oldharn....Average 971. 18s. sh. 135 I,oe 4/. Ashby.de.le-Zouch Average 113/. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 54 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 1501. sh. 100 8,000 1-16 sh. 91.95. Birmingham, 1.16 th share 811. & 711. 217 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l2s/ sh. 100 pd 31 600 „,......, Bridgewater and Taunton ....lOW. sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater 100/. sh. 102 500 481. Coventry 100/. sh. 700 4,545 Croydon Average 31/.25. 10d. sh. 3 3,0601 41. Os. Dudley lOO/. sh. '7B 600 71, Derby 100/, sh. 122 20,000 , Danube and Mayne '.411. 13s. Id. 261/. pd 18% 3,575/ 31. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. 80 231 40/. Eyewash 1001. sh. 0(0 1,297 284 Forth and Clyde Average 4001.165. sh. 600 11,500 12/. Grand Junction 100/. sh. 201 2,8491 11. Grand Union lOW. sh. 2 , 1 1,500 ...... ... Grand Surrey lOO/. sh. 120,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. 70 3,1190 .., ...... Grand Western 600 131.125. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 230 749 IN. Grantham 150/. sh. 202 6,238 1/. 15s. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 35 100 Kenaingtin 100 sh. all pd. 10 25,323 1/. 2s, Kennet ;, rd Avon, Average 39/.183.10d. sh. 22 - 2,3971 201. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 535 5451 12/. Leicester l4O/. sh. 195 1,897 4/. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 83/.los. 77 2,400 10/, Monmouthshire 100/. sh. 200 50 16/. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 200 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 560 3,010 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 54 247 17!. Neath 100/. sh. 325 1 , 786 30/. Oxford 100/ sh. 58u 2,400 5!„ Peak Forest Average about 78/. sh. 104 21,118 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 165.81. sh. 16 5,669 61. per cent. r,ochdale Average 85/. sh. 119 500 8/. Shropshire 125/. sh. 138 800 9!. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 153 3 , 00 01. 41 per cent. Ditto lock Fund Stock 121. 10s. sh. 111 700 40!. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 730 500 9/, Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 243 300 8!. Stourbridge 1451. sh. 263 3,647 2/. os. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. fxl. sh. 50 533 121. Swansea 100/ sh 220 3,7)12 11. 4s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...AT 35/. sh. 194 2, 60 4 sr,. 321. Ills. Treat and Mersey, 1 share 11)01. sh. 555 8,149 Thames zatil Medway...Aver. 191. ss. Bd. sh. 2 1,0005h.1 •,, s I,ooolsh. j '"'. Warwick and Birmingham 100/. sh! 250 950 194. Warwick and Napton lOOl. sh. 140 6,000 4/.os. Worcest , •r and Birmingham-Av. 78/. Bs. sh. 82 5,000 225. Wilts alsl Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. Scl. sir. 21 800 31. Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 126 Wisbeach .. 1051. sh. 45 905 11. Wey awl Arun 110!. sh. 221 DO('KS. 2,600& }'3ia c. Commercial OOO/. sh. 56 1,04i515h. '• ' 196,66741. 6 per ck East India Stock 110 3,2210,31011. 51.6.p.et. London Stock 54 Ditto Bonds 1,380,0001. 5/. per ct. West India Stock 105 2.001/ 2/. (9s. Bristol 68,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ....... ...... . 115 1,352.752 4 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 91 500,000 41 per oent. Ditto Bonds lOl/ 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOO Shoreham Harbour 2.500 ........ Deptford Pier 'O/. sh. 31. pd BRIDGES. 1,600 les. Hammersmat 5O!. sh. 221 7,231 Southwark, Old Av 631. 2s. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7/ per cent. 5O/. all. 14 5,000 5,000 18e. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6Ol. pd 181 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 151 60,000/. 5!. per cent. Ditto Bonds llB 6,000 171 Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 104 ASSURANCE COMPAN:ES. 2,000 3/ lOs Albion 500/. sh. 50/. pd 80 50,000 [ s l n e ' d - T.. t l Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 101/. pd 121 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd .51 24,000 11 per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 131 1,20015 h. 5/. Birmingham e ire •........:301. sh. 55/. pd 105 20,000 4/ per cent. British Fire 2501. sh. 501. pd 41 12,000 01. per cent. British Commercial 501. sh. 51. pd 61 5,000 EL per cent. Clerical, Medi .al,&c. Life, ICOI sh. 12110 s pd 31 4,000 21 10s County 1001. sh. 101. pd 42 20,000 ss. Eagle 200 5 per cant " Economic 1 itv /and 301 bs.l 10001. sh. 2501. pd 375 2,271 225. per cent. European 1,1, • .01, sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New "01. sh. 2!. pd 11 1,000,0001. 71. per ct. Globe 20,000 :,/. Guardian lOO/. sh. 2711 pd 331 40,000 6s. ed. Hope 501. sh. 51. pd 51 2,400 5/. 7s. 6,1. Imperial Fin: 500/, sh. 50/. pd 121 7,500 9s. Imperial Lilt , 1001. sh. 10/. pa 10 13,158 Ns. per sh. Indemnity Brine 110/. sh. 81. pa 16 2,020 31 lOs Kent Fire 501. sh. all pd 92 31. DM.) Life 10,000 Ifis. Law Life 100!. sh. 10/. Ixl 28 5 000 10s. London, Fire 25/. sh. 121. 10.; pa 154 3,900 10s. London, Ship 25/. sh. Iv/. 10s. pd 151 30,000 . per cent. Palladium Lir: 50/. sh. 21. pd 2/ 8s Od 50,009 Protector File 0 0/. sh. 21. pd 1 8 . 6 d 2,500 11. Provident I.ne 100,000 5/. percent. Rock Life 201. sh. 'a. pd • 6/ 090,0-20/ 51. percent. Royal Exch.:, , , - ,•e Stack... 220 0 ; 000 5 per cent. University Lite lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 51 50,00:1 4 per cent. United King iom Life 2/. pd JOINT STUCK BANKS 25,(00 Agric antiCumm. of Ireland 231. sh. 10/. pd 14 5,000 A ristralwia 4O/. sh. 401. 1,41 60 10041 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5ll. sh. Iv/. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank .... 5O/. sh. 51. pd 14 30,000 4 per cent. 1 ,orislon and VVestminster -100/ sh. 20/. pd 211 :3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster. ....• 100/. sh. V/. pd 30 05,, s;0 Liverpool 1001 O. 101. pd 29/ 50 000 6 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool] 100/. sh. 15/ pd 2 1 1 Discount 2),000 71 per cent. Manchester. 100/. sh. 25/ Ixl 283 20,000 Provincial Bank of Ireland-100/. sh. 25/. pt! 3:1 20, CO National Bank of Ireland -s'l. sh 171/. pd 141 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. ...100/. sh. 23/. pd 1141 19,000 Gloucestershire 50/ sh 10/. pd '2O 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/ sh. 51. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500. 115 s (Id Bath 2O/. sh. IC/. pd 21 5,000 British lOl. sh. IN. pd 21 5,000 [ sl .oP d e f, c ‘ e . " sl l Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd 88 928 5110 s Birmingham 5O/. sh. 98 1,250 21 Os Bristol 1,500 3' lOs Brighton 2Ol. oh. 13 750 Sills Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 181. pd 11 2,471 5 per cent. Brigirton General 20/. sh. all pd 17 4,000 4/, Contilientai l'ansolidated lOO/. 621/. pd 95 1,000 101. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 180 1, 0 00 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. Its. Equitable . . (0, 1 10 21 per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 411 800 5, per cent. Isle 01 'fhai.et 261. sh. 20/. pd '2O 2,350 6/. per cent. , ndependent 3O/. sh. aI pa 50 9,000 3/. per cent. Plirenix ...- '0 V. sli. 39/. pal 201 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 100/. sh. 80/. pd I,ol'o South etropontan 5-1. sh. 10/. pd 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 46/. pd 29 210 5/. per cent. Warwick 4 1 1) 8/. per cent Wakefield '23/. sh. 2/4 12,000 31 . Westminster Chartered . 5O/ sh 401 6,001 12s, Ditto New 844 Yar,,,nuth "01. sh. 18/. pd 9 WATER W3RKS. 4,600 ri,,. Birmingham 251. sh. 25/ pd 211 1,443 61. Ea.,' London lOO/. sh. 139 5,500 21 10s Or Ind Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 441. sh. 50 2 ,000 '2l. Kent lOO/. sh. 43 372 101. Liverpool tleotle 2204 sh. 316 1 ,500 21 lOs Now (Over Loudon Bridge Water Annudies 58 6 ,186 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford : , 00 4 per cent. Sauth London 1001. sh. 81 8,204 3/. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 78 1.360 1114. York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. oh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,000 Birmingham and Derby 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 101 pd 9 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Of 150 . 0 ......... Bristol and Exeter lO O4 sh. spd 11 1 100 t Calcutta and &augur 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...!ool. sh. 71/. 4 3.000 Clarence lOOl. sh. 1001. p 3 18 12,1e0 8.0011 Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 21 pd lf 6 0 ,000 Eastern Counties .51 sh. 2/ p.l 0; Grand Junction 1001. sh. 50/. p 1 11,7 Great North of England 7l. pd 54 25,0) 2,000 ... ...... Hartlepool 10 0 1. sh. 1001 pd 100 P,OOO Hull and selby 50/. sh. Si. pd 21 10,004 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 14 7,160 Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 41 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd 70 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester-101.LO. 100/. pa 285 Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 81 10,000 London and Brighton • 101'!. sh 5/ pd 5 45,000 - Ditto ditto ((Gibbs') -.201 sh 11. pd 01 16, 6 00 • 8,0 0 Ditto ditto (Cundy)...loo/. sh. 3/. pd 01 12,000 20 ,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich .......201. sk. '2Ol. pd 211 25,000 20,r00 7,000 12,1100 London Grand Junction 5 1. sh. 3/. pd 01 10,07110 Manchester South Union Wash. 5/. pd 4 North Midland 100/. sh. 10/. pd 12 Northern and Eastern lOOl. sh. 3!. pd 4 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 81. pd 28,000 South Eastern and Dover 71. pd 1,000 6/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOOl. sh. 0,000 .- Thames Haven 501. sh. 21. 10s. pd 1,400 6,000 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 31/. pd 4,000 Alien 15/. sh. 121. lOs pd 10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. pra....100/. sh. allpd Ditto Subscription .25/. pa 2,000 10,006 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm. '35/. sh. 'lO/. pd 6,01.0 Macaubas & Cocaes United 2 5/. sh. 231/. pd 11,000 .... ..... Ditto St. John Del Rey '2O/. sh. 81/. pal 10,1)00 ...... ... Bolivar Copper Company 20!. sh. 201. pd 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 101. sh. PI. pd 20,000 ..... -.. British Iron .50/. sh. 5111 pd 6,000 . ...... .. British Copper Cata Branca 6s!. pd ......... Candonga 7 1. pa 10,000 1/. Copier° 20!. sh 114! pd 8,500 00 .... . 21;11%nm, iss. 5!. pm. 2,850 - 3 i. l2/ Ks. pd 0 , 0,000 ......... General Mining Assoclation...2ol. sh. 151. pd 6 , 155 „, ...... Mexican 00uCompany 100/. sh 5414 pd :3 PolberouConsols 10/. sh. 8/. pd , ......... del 11,500 ......... Real Monte, u • Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ....401 . s h . a ll p d ....... - nitA. Scrip Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd LITERARY 1 NSTIT UTI ON S. 1,000 ......... London, with Bronze Ticket..--...75g5, sh. . London University I,s°° ........ Russell 1001. sh. all pd 700 ......... 25gs. ch.' King' College 100/. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s, Australian Agricultural...JOU sh. 261/. pd 6,000 ed,rper cent. British American Land Company 23/. pd 10,00 0 a per cent. Canada Company 100/. sh. 24!. pd 200,000 sr, per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent 1 5 0100 1/. 6s. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 13/. pd 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 8,000 ..... ~.. Caoutchouc Company ..........251 sh. 211. pd New Brunswick Land Company 281 pd 2,754, 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 1 00 /. pd 2,633 5!. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 45/. pd 4,000 10,000 36 I6i 23 95 10! 24; ARMY ESTIMATES. Lord HOWICK moved that 81,311 men be voted for the military service of his Majesty for the present year. Mr. GOUL BURN complained that the army estimates had not been regularly brought before the House. Lord HOWICK said when so many questions of foreign policy were raised in Committees of Supply, it was almost im. possible to bring forward the estimates in regular order. Sir G. CLERK considered it an inconvenient practice ; but he did not oppose the vote. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER adverted to the irregularity with which motions had been brought forward on Supply nights. Mr. GOULBURN said the Canada question and others had been brought on prematurely. Mr. HINDLEY expressed a hope that the practice of voting large sums of money, after 12 o'clock, would in future be discontinued. The resolution was then agreed to. The House resumed. The Committee on the Court of Session Scotland Bill was postponed till Monday. The Court of Exchequer Scotland Bill was read the second time. Sir W. RAE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the proceedings of Judicial Factors and Curators in the Court of Sessions Scotland. _ Mr. DUN COMBE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Act respecting the closing of the Theatres within the Lord Chancellor's jurisdiction.—Leave given. Lord MORPETH obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Dublin Police. Mr. A. TREVOR moved for a return of the amount of Church-rates paid in the several parishes of England and Wales, during 18311. Mr. HUME thought it would be proper to have a return of all parishes where Church-rtes were refused. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the best mode would be to address a circular letter to each parish for the fullest information on every point; and suggested, that the motion should be postponed till Monday. Mr. TREVOR consented to the postponement. Tha other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at a quarter to one o'clock till to-morrow (this day.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER, THURSDAY. CHESTER TRADE CUP, F. P. 7 to 1 agst Sir J. Boswell's General Chasse 7 to 1 agst General Yates's Sylvan 10 to 1 agst Mr. Peel's Tamworth 10 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Stockport 10 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Whaley 15 to 1 agst Mr. Giffard's Traveller 15 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Bubastes 15 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Black Diamond 16 to 1 agst Sir T. Stanley's Philip 25 to 1 agst Mr. R. Price's Master of the Rolls 25 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Hampton 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Allen's Vesper 25 to 1 agst Mr. I. Day's Diana—taken 100 to 3 agst Mr. Farmer's Latona 100 to 3 agst Rosa. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE RACES. WEDNESDAY. The Northumberland Plate of 100 sore., for horses, &c., of all ages, added to a Handicap Sweepsta s kes of 15 sore. each, 10 ft., and only sif declared on or before the Ist April. The second to save his stake. Two miles. Mr. T. 0. Fairlie's b. g. Zohrab, by Lottery, 6 yrs, Set. 101 b. Sir Wm. Scott's b. h. The Count, by Figaro, 6 yrs, Bst. 81b Mr. W. Ordc's b. f. Beeswing, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b Duke of Cleveland's ch. c. Jordan by Largar 4 yrs, set. 41b Duke of Cleveland's br. c. Wedge, by Picton, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b Mr. T. Dawson's b. c. Locomotive, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b Lord Eglinton's br. g. The Potentate, by Langar, 3 yrs, Bst. 41b Sir J. Boswell's b. c. The Stag, by Actaeon, 5 yrs, Bst. 41b Mr. R. Scott's br. h. Oswald, by Conductor, 5 vrs, Sat. 41b Lo d liclburne's b. h. by Jerry, out of Purity, 5 yrs, Set. 21b Mr. T. Powlett's br. c. Wentworth, by Confederate, 4 yrs, Bst. lib Mr. S. L. Fox's b. c. The Carpenter, by Lottery, 4 yrs, Bst. lib :lir. C. M. St.. Paul's br. c. Galewood, by Lottery, 4 yrs, Bst Mr. T. Grieves's b. h. IVeldare, by Langar, 5 yrs, Sst Colanel Thompson's br. g. Algiers, by Irish Homer, aged, Bst Mr. J. H. Hinde na. b. c. Volney, ley Velocipede, 4 yre, 7st. Illb Mr. Tilburne's b. c. Master Christopi.er, by Langar, 4 yrs, 7st. 101 b Sir M. W. Ridley na, br. g. by Waverley—Comedy, 4 yrs, 7st. 71b Mr. Bell's ch. h. Righton, by Palmerin, 4 yrs, 7st. 71b Mr. Thompson's br. g. by St. Nicholas —Lady Fulford, 4 vrs, ist Mr. Ramsay's hr. f. Lady Stepney, by Jerry, 3 vrs, 6st. 71b Mr T. Fairlie's ch. c. Abraham Newland. by Malek, 3 yrs, 6st. 71b Itr. Rhodes's br. c. Conservative, by Voltaire, 3 yrs, 6st. 71b - Mr. Arrowsmith's br. c. Wrestler, by Waverley, 3 yrs, 6st. 71b Mr. Heseltine's b. c. Cowboy, by Voltaire, 3 yrs, 6st. 7lb Mr. M. Foulis's b. c. Vernal, by Actaeon, 3 yrs, 6st. 41b Mr. Step!lenson's h. c. by Brutandorf, d. by Whisker, 3 yrs, 6st. 41b Mr. Blakelock's bl. f. Yarico, by Waverley, 3 yrs, Est Mr. W. Kees eh. f. Miss Grimesthorp, by Count Porno, 3 yrs, Gst Mr. C. Attwood's ch. c. Abrlel-Kader, by Argantes, 3 yrs, 6st LOUTII STEEPLE CIIACE.—FRIDAY. This race took place at Hallington, within a mile of the town. The line selected was from the corner of Withcall Brackens. through a fine valley, across the Harncastle road, to the left of the bar, into another dale as far as the London road, then turning on the opposite side of the hill, recrossing the turnpike, round the place of starting, and, finally, finishing along the side of the hill, where the company was assembled, witnessing the whole scene of action. The following horses started : Mr. W. Withworth's Bumpkin, aged Owner 1 Mr. Nicholson's Heathen, 4 yrs Mr. Grantham's Madcap, aged •.. .... Mr. T. Grantham 0 Mr. F. Walker's Falcon, aged Owner 0 Mr. Burkill's Maid Marian, aged ...Mr. Evison 0 Mr. Thistlewood's Jim Crow, aged G. Skipworth 0 Mr. W. Loft's Redmantle, aged Owner 0 Mr. W. Walker's Lincoln, aged Mr. W. Bartholomew 0 They all went off gaily together, Jim Crow pulling violently into the front rank, and falling over his first fence. Bumpkin then came out as Pilot, followed closely by Maid Marian, the others nearly abreast up to the _Bar. The order now changed by the re-appearance of Jim Crow, with his rider remounted, and apparently undiminished in his determination to have his share in the sport. The rider of Maid Marian having mistaken his line had forfeited his prominent situation and sacrificed much ground. When the road was crossed some tremendous fencing was experienced, and theextreme point rounded in the following manner :—Maid Marian, Bumpkin, Heathen, and the rest close up, with the exception of Redmantle, who had fallen at a rasping fence, having his rider beneath him in a very unenviable predicament. When re-crossing the turn pike the pace was brisk, the leading mare giving way to the superior pretensions of Bumpkin, Heathen, Madcap, and Falcon. They made beautiful running nearly together up to the finish. Jim Crow amusing himself with a cold bath in the brook, and thereby throwing away his chance of the race, and Lincoln not being able to the pace, although he went through his work stoutly and with ability. The last fence, which was indeed a tickler, and excited general attention, being consi dered impracticable, was gallantly cleared nearly at the same moment by the above four leading horses, and the finishing struggle was most severe and well contested, Bumpkin winning by only two lengths, and the other three so nearly together as not to allow a decided second place to be awarded to either horse. TIIE ARMY. The Stakesby transport, having on board the first division of the service companies of the 22d Regiment, under the com mand of Brevet Major Keappock, arrived at Cork harbour on the Bth instant from Jamaica. The following Officers of the 22d have arrived with this division, viz., Brevet-Major Keep_ pock, Captains Hawkins and Campbell, Lieutenants Munro, R. W. Kyffin, Brady, and :J. W. Ryffin, and Ensign H a ll ; Lieutenant- Colonel F. Campbell, of the Royal Artillery ; Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General Hansford, and Staff Assistant-Surgeon M'lbree, have also arrived in the Stakesby. The division of the 22d disembarked on the 9th instant, and has since proceeded to Buttevant. The Sovereign transport is expected to arrive at Kingstown Harbour in the course of a few days from Woolwich, to re ceive on board Major Romer's company of the Royal Artillery for conveyance to the West Indies. This vessel will also take out Major Houltain's company of the Royal Artillery f rom Woolwich. of the 46th, has returned f rom Colonel Campbell, C. 8., leave of absence, and resumed the command of- the regiment in this garrison. Major Drought, of the Isth Foot, has returned from leave of absence, and resumed the command of the depot compani es of that regiment at Galway. Lieutenant M'Causland, of the 89th Regiment, has joined the depot companies of his regiment at Omagh from the recruiting service at Limerick, having been relieved in charge of this subdivision by Lieutenant Johnston, of the 93d High_ lenders. WHEAT AND FLOUR IN PARIS, COMPARED WITH LONDON. WHEAT. —The highest price of the best Wheat in Paris is 24ff. per If hectolitre, which is equal to 375. 6d. per Eng lish quarter. The highest price of the best Essex and Kent Wheat in London being 665. per quarter, the difference 28s. 6d. per quarter dearer in London than in Paris, or 75 per cent. ; and the same money which in London buys but eight bushels of Wheat, is in Paris the price of fourteen bushels of the finest Wheat. FLOUR. —The highest price of flour of the "first mark" in Paris is 49 francs per 159 kilogrammes, corresponding with 31s. per English sack of 280Ibs. The highest price of the best " town made" flour in London is 555. per sack, showing fine Flour to be 245. per sack dearer in London than in Paris, or 771 per cent. ; and that the 553. which in London can pro cure but 2801b3., will in Paris purchase upwards of 499flbs. of the finest Flour. A person of Scrooby having late y opened a shop in the grocery line, has placed over his door, written ia a masterly style " T Harris, Lisen. to Sel. 2's. and ,B." LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, MARCH 9, 1837. BANKS. 1,500,001/. 61. p. ct. Bank of Scotland 83/. Gs 81. sh. all pd '2Oll 2,000,01‘ 1 . 5i p. ct Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 164/. 500.0r1C1. Bp. ct. British Linen Company 1001.8 h. all pd 61. 3,000,0001. 61. p. ct. Commercial .5001. sh. 100/. pd 174/. 5,000,000/. sp. et. National lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 15F. 2,000,000 1 . 5 1 . p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 501. pd 6 6 /. 4 , 000 , 0001. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 301. pd NV. INSURANCE COMPANIES. __ 258,0008 h. 61 p. ct. Scottish Union - -Ta sh. 1/. pd 25s - ,508 fi p. ct. Hercules 1001. sh. 101. pd 13155. 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd Si. Kam • 6p. et. North British 2001. sh. 101. pd 15L 1000 sp. ct. Caledoniin Fire 1004 sh. 104 pd 16105 5,000 6p. Ct. Edinburgh 1 ife 1001. sh. 104 pd 1415, 00,000 . West of Scotland lOl. pd 91 Its MISCELLANEOUS. 4,810 ...... ... Edin. and Was. Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 22/. Ditto Allocated. 961. sh. all pd 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb.:Joint Stock Water.... 25/. sh. all pd 394 Carron Iron Company 2501. sh. all pd 461. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron nunnery.- 5 O l. sh 381 . P d 461' 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 161. Pd l'il. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 23/ sh. all pd 60/. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 25/ sh. all pd 611. 750 7* per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/.0. allN 4k 1.206 Edinbwgh and Dalkeith Ra1ivy...501,15 $,OOO 5 per Celt EquitalAs Loan Comptny 251,. oh. VI, 171, FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 17. 6th Regiment of Dragoon . Guards—Lieutenant R. T. Gerard, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Berens, who retires ; Cornet F. R. Freeling to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gerard : E. L. Pryse, Gent., to Cornet, by purchase, vice Freeling, March 17. 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant J. Tritton to be Captain, without purchase, vice Mylne, deceased, 7th October, 1836 ; Lieutenant R. A. Reynolds to be Captain, by purchase, vice Butcher, who retires, 17th March ; Cornet E. G. Swinton to be Lieutenant, vice Tritton, October 7, 1836; Cornet J. Cowell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Reynolds ; H. G. Moysey, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cowell, March 17. 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain W. B. Harcourt, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice G. M. Keane, who exchanges, March 17 ' • Lieut. W. Williams to be Captain, by purchase, vice Harcourt, who retires; Cornet J. R. Palmer to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Williams ; Hon. G. O'Callaghan to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Palmer, March 18. Ist, or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut. and Captain the Hon. F. G. Hood to be Adjutant, vice Clinton, who resigns the Adjutantcy only ; Battalion-Surgeon .1. Harrison to be Sur geon-Major, vice S. W. Watson, who retires upon half-pay, March 17. Bth Regiment of Foot---Lieut. H. Capadoce, from the Ist West India Regiment to be Lieutenant, vice Holmes, appointed Adjutant, March 17. 17th Foot—L. C. Conran, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tuthill, appointed to the 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards, March 17. Gentleman Cadet J. L. Croker, from the Royal Mi litary College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Conran, ap pointed to the 56th Regiment of Foot, March 18. 36th Foot—Captain W. Hibbert, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice the llon. R. Hare, who exchanges, receiving the difference, March 17. 56th Foot—Ensign J. Turner to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Mallison, deceased, Jan. 3 ; Ensign L. C. Conran, fi on' the 17th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Turner, March 18. 59th Foot—Ensign W. Foulis to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Leslie, who retires ; Gentleman Cadet T. Peebles, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Foulis, March 17. 80th Foot—Colonel J. Cassidy, Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruiting District, to be Lieutenant-Coldnel, vice Pitt, who ex changes, March 17. 98th Foot—Captain J. Macphail, from the half-pay as Sub- Inspector of Militia in the lonian Islands, to be Captain, vice R. Wolfe, who exchanges, March 17. UNATTACHED. Lieut. A. Nicolls, from the 73d Regiment of Foot, to be Cap tain, without purchase, March 17. - BREVET. Captain J. Maephail, of the 98th Regiment of Foot, to be Major n the Army, Jan. 10, MEMORANDUM. • The Christian names of Ensign► Jones, of the 17th Regiment o Foot, are John Francis, and not Thomas Francis. WHITEHALL, MAacn 13, 1837. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Ford, of Stockport, n the county of Chester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in he High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. ROBERT GILLETT, Sen., flour-factor, Princes-street, Lambeth. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. HENRY WOODTHORP, grocer, Avely, Essex, from March 24 to 30, at half-past ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. THOMAS NOTTAGE, coach-maker, Green Dragon-yard, Worship-street. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS PRESTON, warehouseman, Cateaton-street, to surrender March 31, at one, and April 28, at eleven, at the Court ,of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, official assignee; Gore, Bucklersbury, City. JOHN SHIPHAM, grocer, Nottingham, March 27, at four, and April 21, at twelve, at the Ram Hotel, Nottingham. Daft, Nottingham ; Taylor, Featherstone -buildings, Holborn, London. JAMES CROPPER, machine-builder, Nottingham, March 30, at twelve, and April 28, at two, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Cursham and Campbell, Nottingham. WILLIAM HAMBIDGE, butcher, Witney, Oxfordshire, March 31, and April 28, at ten, at the Crown Inn, Witney. Leake, Witney ; Close, Furnival's Inn, London. JOHN WYLIE, spirit-merchant, Newcastle-under-Lyme, March 31, and April 28, at twelve, at the Roebuck Hotel, New castle-under-Lyme. Harding, Newcastle-under-Lyme ; Wilson, Sywiond's Inn, London. ROBERT KNOWLES, warehouseman, Trump-street, City, March 28, at ten, and April 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Flower, Bread-street, Cheapside. WILLIAM COOKE BAILEY, innkeeper, Mildenhall, Suf folk, April 4, at half-past ten, and April 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, Copthall-buildings, official assignee ; Collins, Great Knight Rider-street, Doctor's-commons. JAMES CROMPTON, woollen-draper, Manchester, April 8 and 28, at two, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Willis, Bower, and Willis, Tokenhouse-yard, London; Petty, Manchester. ALFRED WHITFIELD, Manchester warehouseman, Crosby hall-chambers, I3ishopsgate-street, London, April 3 and 28, at one, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Hampson, Manchester; Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London. RICHARD NEWEY, victualler, Birmingham, March 30, and April 28, at two, at Radenhurst's New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Norton and Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square ; Richards and Motteram, or Cresswcll, Birmingham. HENRY PHILLIPS, fruiterer, Birmingham, March 30, and April 28, at two, at Radenhurst's New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Norton anti Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square ; Richards and Motteram, Birmingham: CHARLES JACOB and RICHARD DAVIS JACOB, mer chants, George-yard, Lombard-street, at the Court of Bankruptcy, March 30 and April 28, at eleven. Gibson, Official Assignee, Bssinghall-street ; Swain, Stevens, and Co., Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. JOSEPH JOHNSTONE, draper, Lyncombe and Widcombe, Somerset, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester, April 3 and 28, at ten. Sale, Spring-gardens, Manchester; Baxters, Lin coln's-inn-fields, London. JAMES HILL, brewer, Seacombe, Chester, March 27, and April 28, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Crump and Hassan, or Mallaby, Liverpool; Battyc, Fisher , and Sudlow, Chan eery-lane, London. WAPLES W ARDEN, shoe-maker, Birmingham, March 30, and April 28, at twelve, at the Clarendon Hotel, Birmingham. Austen and Hobson, Raymond -buildings, Gray's• inn, London ; Reed, New-street, Birmingham ; Bower, Paradise-street, Bir mingham. WILLIAM HOUSMAN, scrivener, New Sarum, March `-'3, and April 28, at twelve, at the Black Horse Inn, New Sarum. Bayly, Frome, Somersetshire. RICHARD CROFTS, ribbon-manufacturer, Coventry, April 3, and 28, at eleven, at the Craven Arms Hotel. James, 'Ba singhall-street. WILLIAM COOMBE, currier, Bath, March 29, and April2B, at eleven, at the Christopher Inn, Bath. Fisher, Guildford-street, London. THOMAS dSI4( AN, mercer, Burford, Oxfordshire, March 31, and April 28, at twelve, at the Bull Inn, Burford. King and Son, Serjeant's-inn, London ; Price, Burford. EDMUND PARR, mercer, Gloucester, March 28, and April 28, at twelve, at the Star Hotel, Cheltenham. Shirreff, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Packwood and Leeds, Cheltenham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Middleton warehouseman, Bread-street, Cheapside, April 10, at half-past eleven-E. O'Reilly, lodging-house-keeper, Harley street, Cavendish square, April 10, at half-past one-T. Legg, carver, Windmill-street, Tottenham-court-road, April 7, at one- E. 0. Smith, merchant, Bucklersbury, April 7, at half-past eleven -S. Couchman, grocer, Strood, Kent, April 11, at one-J. C. Hyde, mealman, her Heath, Buckinghamshire, April 7 , at twelve -A. Lazarus, draper, Chiswell-street, April 7, at half-past twelve In the Country. T. A. Bacon, Markfield, Leicestershire, April 11, at twelve, at the Castle, Leicester—J. M. Mulliner, coachmaker, Northampton, April 13, at eleven, at the Peacock Inn, Northampton—D. White, heerseller, Twerton, near Bath, May 1, at one, at the Christopher Inn, Bath—R. Taylerson, shipowner, South Shields, April 8, at twelve, at Kay's Hotel, Bishop Wearmouth—H. J. West, music seller, Bath, May 26, at eleven, at the Christopher Inn , Bath — N. and . Gerrard, cotton spinners, Manchester, April 10, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manceester—J. Woods, ironfounder, Stowmarket, Suffolk, April 17, at eleven, at the Crown and An. chor Inn, Ipswich—C. Chambers, grocer, Duzford, Cambridge. shire, April 14, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, Petty Cury. CERTIFICATES.—APRIL 7. - - J. Cox and Co., paper manufacturers, Blackwall, Durham—A. Ramuz, cabinet maker, Frith-street, Soho-square—G. Clarke, hay salesman, Iron-gate Wharf, Paddington—J. Haylmore, currier, Abchurch-lane, City—S. and J. Reading, gilt toy makers, Bir mingham—T. Wells, sugar broker, Mincing-lane, City—W. Fly, builder, Herne Bay—H. Thorpe, miller, Herne Bay—S. Dum bell, saddler, Liverpool—J. Jackson and Co., timber dealers, Li ♦erpool—T. Griffiths, joiner, Liverpool—T. Turner and Co., mer chants, Liverpool—H. Cox, soap manufacturer, Goswell-street, St. Luke's. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. F. Plant and IF.Pierce,merinosiinners, Nottingham—R. Wil liamson and T. Hall, colour merchant, Liverpool—J. Meekness and J. Walton, wheelwrights, Leicester—B. and S. Idle, maltsters, Leeds—E. L. Ruffell and P. G. W. Dyer, ehemists, Islington— H- Fletcher. jun., and F. Alford, cloth factors, Basin hall-street— F. Jews and B. Woodall, iron manufacturers, Cradley, Worcester shire—J. B. Coller and S. Wilcockson, mercers, Chesterfield, Derbyshire—R. Thompson and J. Aldred, printers, Elim-place, Fetter-lane—J. Williamson and Co., stuff merchants, Leeds—J. Coulthred and J. Jones, surgeons, Milton-terrace, Southwark Bridge-road—T. Ford and W. Muff—J. Steel and Co., ship builders, Liverpool—T. Lockett and J. A. 011ier, engravers, Man chester—G. and W. Peter, saddlers ' Callington, Cornwall—J. and R. Penketh, joiners, St. Helen's, Lancashire—C. Norris and W. Willins, attorneys, Norwich. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the week ending the 14th day of March, 1837, at 34.. lUid. per Hundred Weight, exclusive of the Outies of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof int• Great Britain. - PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 15.—His Majesty's ship North Star sailed on Monday evening for the north coast of Spain. She calls at Falmouth to take Commander Corry on board. The Elphinstone arrived this morning from New South Wales, as also the Dart, Cremiston, for Madeira, and Mangles, to take on board convicts for New South Wales. The Jame s Pattison sailed this morning for Antwerp. The Diligence, navy transport, came into harbour this morning from Woolwich, to be docked and put in repair. His Majes ty's ship Larne will be commissioned in a day or tw•. The following officers have been nominated to her :—Commander Patrick John Blake ; Purser Mr. G. Shepperd. His Majes ty's ship Snahe still remains at Spithead. His Majesty's ship Vernon, which arrived on Saturday, was immediately ordered off, by signal, to Sheerness, and no opportunity afforded our practical shipwrights here of inspecting her rotten condition. ROBBER SHOT.—In the night of Wednesday se'n night, Mr. J. Elliott, of Earley, near Reading, was aroused by the barking of his dog, and, giving the alarm to his son and two men servants, they proceeded to the out premises, in dif ferent directions. M r . Elli o tt, j un ., on crossing the yard, per ceived a man making off, and being armed, called to the man to stop, or he would fire. He, however, quickened his pace, and Mr. Elliott discharged the gun, loaded with small shot. The man made off, but in the yard were picked up a coal bag, containing five dead fowls, and a woollen cravat near, deeply stained with blood. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the New London Price Current of March 17.) SUGAR.-The transactions in the British Plantation Market have been very limited, either to supply the wants of the re finers or grocers, which in a great measure may be attributed to the indifferent and scanty supply of the good and fine descriptions, the prices of which have been fully supported, and in some instances even a slight advance has been ob tained ; the ord. and soft qualities have been taken spar ingly, but the buyers have been compelled to pay fully last week's rates ' • not above a third part of the present stock re mains in the hands of the importers ; the deliveries have been on a large scale, and last week they exceeded those of the corresponding one of last year by 1,300 hhds.; the arrivals since this day week'have been 1,993 hhds. and trs.; there has been no public sale of Barbadoes, nor is there any advertised. This afternoon the Market was quiet, the grocers and re finers, owing to the supply being still indifferent, purchasing sparingly ; the prices continue firm, and the purchases for the week have been 1,500 hhds. and trs. Of Refined Sugar the grocers have purchased very sparingly, and although the Market is scantily supplied with goods a re duction on former rates of Is. has been submitted to. Lumps rather under the standard selling at 785., and those that would pass at 80s. ; the export descriptions have given way in their value, and they are scarce, but the business done has been on a very limited scale, and confined to a few small parcels of double Crushed at 375. to 38s. for immediate, and 365. 6d. forluture delivery ; Hamburgh Loaves has e been sold at 425. free on board; for Bastards there has been a good re quest, and former rates have been fully supported. Ja the prices of Treacle there is no change ; the demand has bs:en good, and the supply at market is- still scanty. In Dutch Crushed Sugar nothing has been done, but former rates are required. Maufterrus.-There has been a good request, chiefly from the grocers ; the prices of last week have been fully main tained for the mid. descriptions, but for the goad and fine qua lities an advance of 6d. has been obtained ; at public sale 6,554 bags went at 625. to 665. for good arid fine yellow, and 575. 6d. to 60s. 6d. fur mid. and low mid. The arrivals hare been heavy, amounting to 17,430 bags. This afternoon there was a less request, and 5,150 bags at public sale went sixpence cheaper, good yellow at 625. to 645., low and mid. yellow, 575. 6d. to 605., and mid. brown, 555. EAST INDIA.-For Manilla the request has been very mode rate, but the holders require full prices; and of 2,037 bags at public sale, only the damaged, of which it chiefly consisted, found buyers, low to good brown 15s. to 18s. ; the sound was withdrawn. For Bengal for home consumption there has been an active request at fully former rates, but for export little has been done ; 3,300 bags are announced for auction on Tuesday next. There have been eager buyers of Siam, but there being none in the market, nothing has been done. 120 bags good brown Manilla have been taken at 205., and 160 bags Siam at 235. This afternoon the public sales comprised 1,083 bags Ben gal, and 38 casks 1,242 bags Siam-the former went readily at unaltered prices, washed 235. to 295., low and mid. white at 295. to 325., ord. brown 17s. to 235., and 245. to 28s. for mid. ; of the latter a small part only found buyers, low dabs at 13s. to 13s. 6d., good mid. white damps at 255., ord. yel low 15s. 6d. to 17s. 6d., good 18s. 6d. , FOREIGN -The Market continuing to be very scantily sup plied with the good strong white descriptions of Brazil mild Havannah, has again prevented business being done by private contract. At public sale 2,749 boxes Havannah met with ready buyers, good yellow 265. 6d., mid. soft 245. washed 245. to 255., good brown 225. 6d., mid. and good white 365. to 375., ord. and soft 28s. to 325., washed 235. 6d. to 355. 6d. ; 215 chests and barrels soft Pernambuco also at auction were nearly disposed of ; in barrels ord. to mid. white 265. to 315., good yellow 235., in chests ord. brown 165., low yellow 18s., very ord. mid. white 225. 6d. to 255. ; 458 boxes soft Cuba were taken in at stiff prices, good yellow 245. to 265. 6d. ; on Tuesday next 80 chests Brazil and 1,000 boxes white and yellow Havannah will be offered at public sale. Moeesses.-West India have undergone no change in va lue, but there has been little request, and the only sale re ported has been that of a small parcel of Barbadoes at 295. a 30s. At auction this afternoon 286 puns. and 11 hhds., only a small part of which were disposed of at full prices, mid. Antiguas at 275. ; Berbice was bought in at 255. for fair quality. PROVISIONS.-Irish Butter has fully supported last week's rates. Foreign has undergone no change in value. In Bacon a decline of Is. has occurred in the prices. India Mess Beef and Pork heavy of sale. INDIGO.-Cortes to mid. Silvers sold at 3s. 3d. a ss. sd. Madras disposed of at 3s. 10d. a ss. 3d.-35 chests Java were bought in at 4s. a 6s. TALLOW.-There has been a steady demand for P. Y. C. on the spot, at 445. 9d. to 455. The quotation for the last three months remains at 41s. 6d. RICE.-The public sale this afternoon Bengal good mid. white, 13s. 6d. a 14s. ; good white Patna, 15s. 6d. Feet r.-Patras Currants, 70s. a 745., caroteels 70s. a 7494 Carotcels 70s. a 765. ; inferior red Smyrna 355. a 375. TIN.-Good Straits have been sold at 735. COFFEE.-Demerara low mid. and and mid. clean went at 88s. 6d. to 915., and 78s. to 82s. for triage ; Berbice low mid. 915., unclean 85s. ; Demerara of fine and fine fine ord. un' clean quality was bought in at 68s. to 84s. ; Ceylon at 73i , to 745. for good ord. ; in Mocha a steady business has been done privately at stiffer prices. Brazil good and cites ord. at 425. 6d. to 475. ; 1,398 bags Havannah at auction were only partly disposed of at Is. decline, ord. and good ord. sold at 40s. to 445. 6d. This afternoon the public sales contained 346 casks 138 bzigs British Plantation, and 280 bales, &c., of East India, the former of which found buyers at steady rates; 147 bags of the latter consisted of Sumatra, and was taken in at 38s. for good ord., and 355. for very ord. ; the remainder was Mocha, and was partly sold at 735. for good clean garbled. .TEA.-The public sales of Free Trade arc going off at rather stiffer prices for the fine sorts, and at about former rates for the low descriptions; the biddings are by no means brisk. Wooe.-The stocks of all descriptions remaining in the hands of the manufacturers arc small, but owing to the state of the Money Market, and the want of confidence occasioned by the late failures, the market for both English and Foreign continues in a very dell state. OILS.-At 431. a 481. for Southern ; Pale Seal 47/. ; Yel low and Brown 421. a 46/. ; and 44/. for Cod in casks. Lin seed Oil has given way Is. 6d., although there are ready sellers at 3I s. Rape is not cheaper, but is still heavy of sale- NITRA FF. OF SODA.-The holders still demand 18s. a 18s. 6d. COCHINEAL-Honduras went at a decline of Id. a 2d.; good Blacks sold at Bs., good and fine Silvers, 7s. a 7s. 4d. ; IoW and mid., 6s. 6d. a 6s. I ld. SALTPETRE.-English Refined, at 30s. 6d. a 31s. TURPENTINE.-Of Rough several small parcels have been taken at 135., at which price there are further buyers, but n° sellers under 15s. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Leeward Island Rum five per cent. over proof at 2s. 4d., 7 over 2s. 5d., 10 over 2s. 6d., but the Market for Jamaica is still in a dull state; Demerara► at 3s. 3d. for 30 per cent, over proof, and of strong quality the Government contract for 75,000 gallons has been take , 50,000 gallons at 2s. 21c1. and 25,000 gallons at 2s. 2id., at proof strength. '- SPICES. —Pimento at 3id. for mid. stalky. West India Ginger has been taken sparingly at 51. ss. a 81. Bs. for mid' and good ; 50 bags Barbadoes was taken in at 60s. for m iddling; This afternoon at public sale :394 chests Cassia Lignea Lou, 329 bags Pimento; the former went at steady prices, ord. an good mid. at 3 4 1 d. a 31d. ; the latter was all bought in, low and m'cl. at 545. a 585., being former rates. 1,295 bags Ma labar Pepper, part of which went at rather stiffer prices, fai r and half heavy 31d. a 3d., good fair and heavy taken in t aid. a 4d. 264 bags Malabar Ginger sold at 21s. for 21s. 6°' to very ordinary. A very handsome subscription has been opened, i n Wakefield, for the purpose of enlarging the spacious Wes' leyan Methodist Chapel, in 'West Parade, in that town. The title of " Atticus ; or, the Retired Statesman , which forms a portion of Mr. Ward's new work " Human Lill i e will excite no small degree of curiosity and interest as to the original of the picture; for there is no, doubting that, 11 " most if not all of Mr. Ward's literary portraits , it will b? from, as well as to the life. Yet what " Retired Statesman'_ of our own day there may be, whose character and pursuit s ar '' , likely to have occupied the pen of the philosophic author 0' " Tremaine," we are at some loss to conjecture. PRIZE CUP S.—New and Second-hand SILV ER ' PRIZE CUPS are offered at very Reduced Prices, and sel ection may be made from a great variety, both of Sizes and Patter ns T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Co rnh 'f . London. A Sheet of Drawings of Cups will be forwarded ".„ post, as a single letter, in answer to a post-paid application BIRTH. soil. On the 15th inst., Mrs. John Bailey, of Woburn-square, MARRIED. of On the 15th inst., at Highgate Church, Mr. GeorgeClovreisllt, Parliament-street, to Mary,"efdest daughte'r of Mr. Charles of Highgate. f l‘f• On the 14th inst., at Childwall, Marmaduke, seco nd sou °-, Aeb t M. Middleton, Esq., of Learn, Derbyshire, to Jane Sarah, a id es daughter of T. Case, Esq., of Thingwall Hall, Lancashire. On the 14th inst., at Haax, GH. eymour, Esq., of I ° h to Emma, eldeit daughter of lif Thos. Slale S n, Esq., of Meercloug House, near Halifax. V . Jag' On the 25th of October, at St. Thomas's Church, BornbaYzijoh, Anderson, Esq., Hon. East India Company's Medical Esta!), st • ment, to Isabella Mary, only daughter of Mr. J. Leonard, w Martin's-street, Leicester-square, London. _____---------. D lED. On the 15th inst., at Great Yarmouth, aged 63, I. Preston, Esq. f On the Ist., at Denbigh, Lucy Anne, youngest daughter 0 Edwards, Esq. • tburf' On the 14th inst., aged 80, John Powell, Esq., of Kul Berkshire. Vini* On the 15th inst., in Upper Gower-street, Bedford-square, Northage, jun., Esq., of Southampton aged 36. Elizabeth, /life ~ 01 er, On the 13th inst., Mary Ann, wife ' of Mr. John Churc" Thornton-heath, Croydon, aged 64. yr ocl Gr , o t f On the 16th inst., Mary Anne, wife of Mr. Robert —,° New Bond-street, and eldest daughter of Mr. Afasson, °I Portland-street. eest sod of the 14th inst at Boulogne, Mr. John Johnson, your'. . , ..,. a of M:. J. L. Johnson, City-road, aged 39. RO I ' . On the 13th inst., at Melehet-park, Wilts, aged 56, Webb, Esq. 10 0 ' re' On the 16th inst., at Dorchester, Oxon, aged 82, Eliza in a l e lict of the late Mr. John Allmond, formerly of B urco t FarraY same county. On the 12th inst., at Bath, Wm. 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