The Sun. — London, England, 1837-04-03 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TIIE PUBLIC JOURNALS. One of the oldest stratagems of the Orange faction in Ireland has been to concoct illegal confederacies and secret societies, under the pretence of redressing wrongs, and regulating rent and the price of wages. The plan has been invariably to commission some miscreant to go through the country in order to entrap the unwary peasantry ; and then, when the victims have been clutched, to deliver them up to the Government. This perfidious functionary of the Orange Lodges is uni versally styled " a Paddy M'Kew, ' 7 a villa in of that name having been detected some y ears ago in his prac tices, and, we believe, transported, to the great a:nnoy ance, it has been believed, of the Castle folks in that day. Since Mr. O'Connell became a public character the denunciations of these "Paddy M'Kews . " has been a perpetual topic in his speeches. He hardly ever spoke in the Catholic Association without admonishing the peasantry against falling into the traps of these Orange emissaries. Formerly it was une of the prominent duties of the " Catholic chu rchwardens" to look after these flagitious missionaries of sedition : now that duty de volves upon the " pacificators." And that these do not neglect their orders from the General Association has been established by the prosecution and convic tion of an Orange " Paddy M'Kew" at the late as :sizes of Kilkenny, the particulars of whose case have already been stated in this journal. But it appears, from a speech delivered by Mr. O'Connell at a late meeting of the Trades' Union in Dublin, that in the very capital—under the very walls of the Castle—the nefarious system of corrupting the artisans has been carried to an alarming extent. Mr. O'Connell says the plot has been hatched in Manchester—a very probable statement. Manchester being full of Irish la),ourers, and, apparently, free from Orangism, there could not be selected a spot better suited to the purposes of the Orange party. If the conspiracy originated in Dublin, or Belfast, or Cork, the Irish peasantry might suspect a plot; but its English aspect was admirably cal culated to throw them off their guard, and lure them into the toils of their inveterate foes. The exposure of the arti fice by Mr. O'Connell will, however, defeat its contrivers. Is it for this that the Standard storms so furiously against the Hon. and Learned Gentleman ? Our Con temporary calls lustily, we perceive, for a committee of inquiry on the subject. This call sounds very simple, but it may be very dexterous for all that. The anec dote of the burglar is familiar to the public. It is not • the innocent alone that always shout " Stop thief." The guilty oftentimes deem it a choice mode of cushioning investigation to cry aloud for inquiry. But this, though an " ingenious device" (the Standard's pet, the Rev. Robert M'Ghee, will explain this phrase), is grown rather old for the present generation. There have been too many instances of Orange Paddy IVl'Kewisin in Ireland within the last twenty years to leave a doubt upon the British mind that Mr. O'Con nell's denunciation of that faction is unmerited. We hope the Hon. and Learned Member for Kilkenny will exert his great influence with his country men in track ing the perjured conspirators to their den. The detec tion of their suborners would confer much benefit upon the country.—Morning Chronicle. On Friday we laid before our readers an interesting account of the proceedings of the General Association of Ireland. On Saturday we had the pleasure of publishing a report of a meeting of the Dublin Trades' Political Union, whereat subjects of still more ex citing interest and importance were brought under consideration. As the topics discussed at the first meeting were for the most part included, and more fully debated, in the discussion which subsequently took place at the Trades' Union, we shall proceed to the consideration of the proceedings reported in cur paper of Saturday, merely observing that the promi nent position given to Dr. Wade by Mr. O'Connell in the deliberations of the General Association is not, at least in this country, much calculated to enhance • their attraction, as the English public expect some , thing more important from a body presiding, as it were, over the destinies of the Irish people, than un neceszary explanations of opinions to which no in terest attaches. Mr. O'Connell brought three sub jects—each of the. highest interest—under the con sideration of the Union ; first, the propriety of presenting an Address to the Princess Victoria on attaining her majority ; secondly, the neces sity of suppressing the Secret Societies into which the ;tired emissaries of Tory Orangemen, are endea- souring to betray the people ; and, thirdly, the .in applicability of the proposed measure of Poor Laws for Ireland. With retard to the Address to the heiress presumptive, no proceeding could be better de vised to refute the calumny which the Tories delinlit to reiterate against the affection and loyalty of the Irish people to the Sovereign of these realms. We confidently expect that the number and respectability of the si , liatures attached to this Address, will exceed those which have ever been attached to any address, on any occasion, presented from that country. The object of the Address is one in which, with the excep tion of those rancorous and rebellious Orangemen who conspired to break the line of succession, in favour of one whose name is seldom tittered but with disgust and horror, there is not an individual in Ireland who will not exult to record his approbation. It is truly gratifying to perceive Ireland thus daily putting her enemies more and more in the wrong. To a wise Sovereign, their struggles for the recovery of their rights, should be a soureu of pleasure and not of un easiness, for— l• The tribute most dear to the head that is royal Must be paid by the heart that loves liberty too." The atrocious att em pt t o i nve i g l e t h e Irish people into secret societies, in order to deliver them to legal or military execution, has been so often repeated and exposed, that we are surprised it should he. persevered in, or that any persons should be found in the country so unsuspicious of Orange villainy as to become the dupes of such diabolical designs. As will be seen in the speech of Mr. O'Connell, amongst other instances wherein the origin of these secret associations have been traced to Orange agency, during the existence of the Catholic Association, when its power was at taining its meridian—a meridian which experienced no doclinc but by an act of self-devotion sunk when its rurpose was accomplished—when its light had indi cated to the Irish people the pathway to freedom—an incendiary was sent by the Orange Society into Ar magh, where he succeeded in enrolling twelve persons into a secret society in the morning, and had them all, for the very act to which he trepanned them, lodged in the county gaol before night. To the ob servations of Mr. O'Connell on the question of poor laws for Ireland, we earnestly direct attention. They are in every respect confirmatory of the opi nions unflinchingly maintained by the Morning Ad vertiser. A more effective speech—one more con vincing—one more directly going to the root of the whole matter—we never perused. It is a syllabus of everything that can be said upon the subject. Poor laws for Ireland ! Poor-laws for poor people ! In Heaven's name, arc there not sufficient waste lands to occupy the labouring and productive portion of the Irish population without building them up in Poor houses ? Would not the construction of railroads be a better under undertaking than the construction of workhouses ? We hate Poor-laws in every shape ; but along with Mr. O'Connell we hate their introduc tion into a country in which they have never existed, in which the social affections prevail, and are maintained to an extent utterly unknown in any country in which Poor-laws exist, and where it is a matter of certainty that they must be productive of evil instead of good. Mr. O'Connell has had a hard task to execute in this matter, but he has-done it nobly ; he has stood nobly forward and single-handed against a popular mania ; and if he ever deserved greater credit upon one occa sion than another, it is that of endeavouring to put down the public clamour in favour of one of the most absurd measures that ever was presented for the consi deration of the Legislature.—Morning Advertiser. Lord Palmerston's maid-qf-all-tvork has sallied forth in her best bib and tucker to scratch us for demolish ing the " imaginary surplus" calculation of the incom parable financial conjuror of the Melbourne Ministry, who has discovered the truly Hibernian mode of com pensating the lessees of house property held under the Church, for the loss of their tenant-right of renewal, by allowing them to purchase the fee-simple of the property at 25 years' purchase, which, if they sold it the next day, would produce no more than 15 or 16 years' purchase. Of all the blunders that the inventor ~1, . of the " superficial-inch - of - k tio o Aedge " plan ever i made, this is the most ridiculot rs. The Globe puts to : us this question :---" Does ou r toontemporary imagine that the 16 years' purchase, wh jell is the present value of the intferest of a lessee, woulc l represent that interest when it was, made certain, inste ad of being, as at pre sent, derrendent upon the r aprice of the body under which he holds ?" 1 Vhere a Government silo*" itself ignorant of the most elemental know ledge, as the present Govern merit in almost every one of its measures shows i .tself to be, we can ', not be surprised at the deploi mble ignorance of any its underlings. Yet we could hardly have supposed that Palmerston's maid of all -work was ignorant of what is meant by the fee-sinus k of property, had she not herself ostentatiously pro( laimed it. We have said, and since we first said st 1, our opinion has been confirmed by that of Mr. Morgan, the actuary, quoted by Sir Robert Peel, th it while the fee-simple of landed property is worth thirty years' purchase, that of house property, because its perishable nature, is not worth more than sixte en . Mr. Spring Rice proposes that all lessees of Church property, both land and houses, shall be allc 'wed as a compensation for the loss of the tenant - right • . of renewal to purchase the fee-simple of the propert y which they now have on lease—in other words , to . purchase the perpetual ownership of what they now , h would, indeed, allow a 1 cold on renewable leases, at '25 years' purchase, svh , ic compensation of five yea.s purchase to the lessees of the us e a loss of at least nine landed property, but ca years' purchase to lessees of house property. - A, or it can have no meaning in n h t e h eGglioi question i e s seems mwhich t i hi t e puts, that that the fee-simple ..under the Church can be pur chasedot the e h ous price house t presentisnow property 'sixteen years' purchase, but that ress then - it would be, because of :fee being dependent upon the ca the purchaser-in price of the 'tpody under whom he holds ! 0 rare public i'xitructress ; who does not know that he who has tls,e fee-simple of property, does not hold at anybody' s c aprice, having the highest estate that the law ea - or give ? We must also inform the Globe that the fee-simple_of house property held under the Church de,es not at present fetch sixteen years' purchase, be -cause the law does not allow the fee-simple of such property to be sold. We can ascertain what price the fee of that property would bring, supposing the Le gislature allowed it to be alienated from the Church, by knowing the value of other house property not held under the Church, and of whieh the fee may be pur chased. We repeat that Mr. Spring Rice has made one of the grossest blunders that any man, pretending to be qualified for a financial station, ever committed, by confounding real property with house property, in the case of Church lessees, and supposing that he gave a boon to the latter as well as to the former, by allowing them to purchase the fee-simple at 25 years' purchase. We defy all the financial conjurers that the Government can set in array against us to show that the compensation offered by the Chancellor of the Exche quer to the lessees of house property, held under the Church, would not be equivalent to the loss of nine, or perhaps ten years' purchase. If this be not a proof of the profound ignorance of the Chancellor of the Exchequer it is a specimen of the most audacious attempt at thimble-rig deception in financial arithmetic that was ever yet practised. The 170 house-lessees of the diocese of Winchester, who have petitioned Parliament against the Church-robbery scheme, have not only borne out our statement, but repeated in other language the very arguments which we had used to prove the absurdity and injustice of the measure. In regard to capitular property, we have stated the fact of the excellent charity of the Grey Coat School, which holds land under the Dean and Chapter of West minster, having petitioned against the Church spolia tion scheme, setting forth in their petition that the Dean and Chapter return fines payable by the charity on renewal, averaging between 400/. and 500/. a-year, only requiring as an equivalent to have the right of presenting 10 poor children on the foundation. We have referred to another petition from St. Margaret's hospital, stating that the Dean and Chapter of West minster return as a charitable contribution the moiety of the fines. We gave those facts as proofs of the li berality and indulgence of the Church to its tenants. They are but a few out of many.—Morning Herald. The House of Commons re-assemble this evening, and the masquerade of public business will re-com mence. For all practical purposes the House of Commons has become a mere Court, where some routine business connected with the affairs of the pub lic offices is occasionally despatched, and where a vast quantity of local matters, such as railroads, canals, en closures, provisions for the poor, and so on, are arranged. In short, a superior sort of parish business I is that on which the Representatives of the people of Great Britain and Ireland are engaged when they arc doing any thing which has a result. As to great public questions, they are indeed debated now and then, and divisions take place ; but there the matter ends. As respects those questions ushered in with pomp by the Ministers, and advocated in orations of I elaborate littleness, the House is no more than a de bating club. Measures are brought forward riot because 1 the circumstances of the State require their adjustment, but because the party on which the Ministers depend 1 requires their discussion. The Ministers seem to think I they have done their part when, in obedience to the democratic part of the House, they have made their I speeches and given their votes against the establi s h e d i, 1 institutions of the country They are very well satis -1 fied that the affair should go no further, and having I made up their minds that, while they concede to a majority of the House of Commons, it is extremely proper for them to retain their places, and their con venient emoluments as King's Ministers, they do not trouble themselves with any old fashioned anxiety about effecting that which they have declared to be neces sary. They have a ready answer for those who hint that their majorities in the Commons lead to nothing. Their reply is ultra-oratorical, for it consists' altogether in action. They have but to point to their breeches pockets, and with a mute eloquence they convince all gainsayers that their majorities in the House of Com mons does lead to something. But let us do Minis ters justice. They are not at all times so completely forgetful of that which used to be considered honourable in public servants, and necessary to the dignity and usefulness of Government. Some times, when the event is still at a distance, they do venture to say that a mere majority in the House of Commons will not be enough. They admit that the defeat of themselves, and the loss of their measures, year after year, is not exactly the thing which ought to happen to Ministers, and they give out that they will cease to be Ministers if such untoward events should continue to befal. But this magnanimity is unfortunately like a certain sort of courage, which, however abundant and lively at a dis tance from danger, is provokingly apt to ooze away when about to be brought to the proof. Ministers be gan the present Session with a very lofty and valorous declaration, which seemed to signify that their pride would certainly be hurt if they should succeed no better than usual, and they would not go on losing every thing but the emoluments of office. As the Session proceeded, however, and the hope of any change for the better faded away, the magnanimous resolution faded also, and they have already retracted, b i throu a 1 their newspapers, a ll t h e proper pr id e which two months ago they said they would be actuated by. What then is to happen? Why this—that, disso lution, or no dissolution, the Ministers will hold their Places, and receive their convenient emoluments until the beginning of next Session of Parliament, and that they will have accomplished absolutely nothing, with respect to the public measures which_ they have been holding up to the country as " vital measures" for the last two years. If the Ministers had really believed that these measures were of vital import ance to the country we are quite satisfied they would not have taken their defeats so quietly. Their con victions would have given some force and animation to their conduct. They would have exhibited some degree of spirit in pressing for the accomplishment of their designs, and, however unfit they might have shown themselves on political principle for the offices of British Government, they would not have made the administration of that Government so utterly con temptible. But it is plain that they have had no such convictions. The measures which they propose, and call vital inemnres, are, as they well know, vital in no other sense than that the agitation of them is neces sary to the existence of the Administration. The House of Commons is employed night after night with the dis cussion of questions which are brought forward merely as Ministerial shifts and expedients to please the de mocratic body in the House of Commons, and to pass the time during which Parliament must be occupied with something. This is the time of public men thrown away—the deliberations of Parliament ren dered well nigh ridiculous—the Government of the country degraded—the popular mind kept in a state of agitation—the useful business of Administration neglected, and all for nothing but the carrying on of the trick, by which a set of persons without spirit, intelligence, or capacity for Government, hold their places and receive their pay. We are no advocates for headlong violence in politics, but we really think it is high time that the Conservatives in Parliament should speak out, and let the country understand the degradation which the conduct of these Ministers is calculated to bring upon public affairs generally. The Opposition contents itself with merely a defensive and resisting policy, and we are sensible how much the country owes to that policy, and to the steadiness with which it has been conducted. But we believe the in terests of the country demand something more. It is due to the moral sentiments of the people and to the dignity of Parliament, that an exposure should be made of the measures of the last two years, and of the men who have resorted to such expedients either to sa tisfy their spleen, or to retain official benefits which they cannot well afford to part with. How long is this system to continue ? We wish to see it meet with its just rebuke, in a place and in a tone which would rouse the manly feeling of all England into a demand that such a system could no longer continue. It is time that Conservative leaders should show - the people of England that they are in earnest. Let them not mince the matter. They would find plenty of sym pathy with their indignation, for it is not in the na ture of the English people—using, that term in its large sense—to be anything but indignant at a system of sordidness and petty craft—a system in which every thing lofty, everything noble and-virtuous, is sacrificed to party and private interests—to the political virulence of one set of men and the jobbing rapacity of another. We are aware that if the system of the Opposi tion were changed into that of attack it would in volve some risks, and many difficulties ; but these should not deter an Opposition who really believe that a vile and degrading—a treacherous and dan gerous—system of misgovernment is going on The adversaries are formidable only on account of their readiness to do mischief. The more reason that an effort should be made to render them no longer for , midable in any way. Let us remember the argument of Demosthenes to the Athenians, when the difficulty ' of subduing Philip was suggested. " If," said he, " Philip had been swayed by such suggestions, and had not dared to attack the Athenians because they had numerous garrisons, while he was comparatively weak, he would not have engaged in those enterprises which are now crowned with success. He knew that the dominions of the absent devolve naturally to those that are in the field ; the possessions of the supine, to the active and the intrepid." Let the Conserva tives be everywhere active and intrepid, and their in fluence must prevail in the direction of public affairs. —Morning Post. WINDSOR-SUNDAY. Yesterday morning the King and Queen took a carriage airing, and proceeded by Slough, Salt Hill, and Taplow. In the afternoon his Majesty again drove out with Ma demoiselle D'Este. This morning- their Majesties and Royal suite attended Divine Service in the private chapel of the Castle. The Rev. Isaac Gosset, assisted by the Rev. J. Gore, officiated. This afternoon his Majesty drove out in the Great Park, accompanied by Mademoiselle D'Este. The Queen did not leave the Castle. _ Sir Horace Seymour and Lady Clinton arrived at the Castle yesterday, and Lord and Lady Barrington, and Lady Ravensworth took their departure. The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, and their son and daughter, Lord Hillsborough and Lady Charlotte Augustus ; also Sir Charles and Lady Rowley had the ho nour of being included in the Royal dinner party of yesterday. The Clergy in residence will have the honour of dining with their Mojesties this evening. BRIGHTON-SUNDAY. Viscount and Viscountess Howick have been passing the recess at Brighton. We understand that his Lordship and Lady Howick go to town to-morrow. The Earl of Munster with his family have arrived here for a sojourn of several months. We are informed that his Lordship was present at the death of Mrs. Fitzherbcrt, and that he suggested the removal of her remains to Lulworth Castle, where the remains of her husband, Mr. Weld, were deposited. But we believe it is now finally determined that the interment of Mrs. Fi zhcrbert will take place in the Roman Catholic chapel at Brighton, in as private a manner as possible. The Earl of Westmorland and Lady Georgiana Fane are still in Brighton, but intend to take their departure for to.vn either on Monday or Tuesday. Sir Francis Burdett and family continue at Brighton. The Hon. Baronet has driven the gout from his legs, and it has flown to his hand. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, APRIL I.—There is a vacancy for the election o' a scholar in Corpus Christi College. Mr. W. Adamson, 8.A., of Merton College, has been elected a Fellow of that Society. Messrs. R. Trimmer, B. Price, and R. P. Smith, have been admitted exhibitioners on the foundation of George Thomp. son. Esq., in Pembroke College. ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENTS AND PREFERMENTS.—TIIO Rev. Wm. Clayton, A. 8., to the perpetual curacy of St. Mary Coslany, at Norwich. The Rev. S. Brereton, to the Rectory of Poring. land Magna, Norfolk, on his own petition. The Rev. S. Musgrave, A. M., to the place and dignity of the Cathedral Church of Bath, vacant by the death of the Rev. D. H. Backe The Rev. J. H. Dyer, B. D., Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, has been presented to the vicarage of NValthatn- Magna, Essex, on the presentation of the Fellows of the Society. Lord Francis Egerton has left town for Lancashire, and will visit several noble friends on his way to Bridgewater House. Lord Granville Somerset and Lord Dunsaney have arrived at Cheltenham. Lord Henry Fitzmaurice left Liverpool last week, on a tour through the North. Lord Palmerston commences his dinner parties in Stanhope-street next week. The Dowager Countess of Cork and Orrery gave a dinner on Saturday evening at her house in New Burlington street. Mrs. Camac has issued cards for her first ball, which is to take on Tuesday, the 2lth of April, at her house in Mansfield-street. • Mr. Greene, M.P., gave a dinner to a large party on Saturday last in York-street, St. James's. Mrs. Cuff entertained a select fashionable circle on Saturday evening at her splendid residence in New Norfolk street, Park-lane. M. Bourqueney, the French Charge d'Affaires, gave a dinner yesterday at Manchester House. The Prince Royal of Sweden intends visiting Paris this year. The Duke of Devonshire will return to Devonshire House to-morrow from Chiswick. The Marquis of Lansdowne entertained a select party yesterday at Richmond. THE LATE MRS. FITZHERBERT.--The mortal remains of this lady will be removed on Wednesday morning from the Old Steyne, Brighton, and deposited in a vault made for their reception, under the Roman Catholic Chapel, at the Eastern part of Brighton. The coffin is covered with rich crimson silk velvet, and the plate on it bears the following inscription : " Maria Fitzherbert, Born on the 26th of July, 1756. Died 27th of March, 1837. Requiescat in Pace. Amen." The funeral ceremony will be divested of all pomp, an d we understand that the carriage of the deceased will be the only one that will follow the hearse. Since her death, the room in which she lies has been hung with black, and lighted with wax tapers. Mrs. Dawson Darner has arrived at the residence of her departed relative, and the Hon. E. and Mrs. Stafford Jerningham have arrived at the Albion Hotel. The death of this amiable and exalted Lady is universally regretted, but in this town, where she had so many opportunities of showing the goodness of her disposition, her loss is deeply felt. Nearly the whole of her household were present to witness her last moments. Mrs. Fitzherbert occupied some stables on the Palace grounds, which were built expressly for her by th e l ate King, to the day of her death, PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. - i LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 31. Number Diridend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1,760 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 97/. 183. sh. 105 1,482 4/. Ashby.de-le-'touch Average 113/. sh. 65 1;260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 51 1 ,005 51, Brecknock and Abergavenny 150 sh. 100 6 ,000 1-16 sh. 9!. 9s. Birmingham, 1-16th share 811. & 711. 218 4 . 000 ...... ... Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l2s/ s?. 100 pd 31 600 Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/. sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater 100/. sh. 10022 500 48/. Coventry 100/. sh. 700 4,545 Croydon Average 311. 2s. 10d. sh. 3 2,0601 41. Os. Dudley lOO/. sh. 78 600 71. Derby 100/. sh. 122 20,000 3,575: 3/, Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. 80 231 40!. Erewash 100/. sh. 600 1,297 281. Forth and Clyde Average 44:1101.1r,5. sh. 60) 11,500 121. Grand June" - 100/. sh. 201 2,8491 1/. Grand Union 100/. sh. 2.f 1,500 Grand Surrey 120 ,000 3,096 Grand W /. 41. per cent. Ditto (optio nal estern) Loan 100/. sh. a 100 1 l pd /. '7O 600 131.125. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. Id. 230 74.9 10s. Grantham 150/. sh. 202 6,238 1/, 15s. Huddersfield Average 57/. 6s. 6d. sh. 35 100 , 25 ,323 11.2 a. Kennet ?id Avon, Average 39/. 18s. 10d. sh. 22 2,894 20/. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 540 5451 12/. Leicester l4O/. sh. 195 1,897 4/. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver S 3/. 10s. 77 2,400 10/. Monmouthshire 100/.sh. 200 50 16/. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sh. 560 3 , 00 0 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 54 247 17/. Ncath 1,786 301, Oxford .. 100/. sh. 5811 2,100 5!. Peak Forest Average about 781. sh. 104 21 ,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 16s. ed. sh. 16 5 , 66 9 6!. per cent. r ochdale Average 851. sh. 119 500 8/. Shropshire - 1'251. sh. 138 800 91. 105. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 148 3,6001. 4 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/. lOs. sh. 111 7 00 401. Stafford and Worcester l4Ol. sh. 730 50 0 9/. ShreWsbury 125/. sh. 243 30 0 N. Stourbridge 3,647 21. 65. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791.95. bd. sh. 50 533 121. Swansea 100/. sh. 220 3,762 11. 4s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 351. sh. 191 2,60.115 n. 321. 10s. Treat and Mersey, 1 share 100/. eh. 545 8,149 1 Ic, ,000 sh. , I,ooolsh. j ''''" Warwick a.id Birmingham 100/ sh: 250 9.40 124. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 140 6 ,000 4/.os. Worcest. , r and Birmingham.. .Av. 781.85. sh. 82 5,000 221. Wilts an.. Berks .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 21 800 31. Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 126 Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 45 905 11. Wey and Aruu llOl. sh. 221 DOCKS. 2,600 k 1 3 n c Commerc i a l ...... 1001 h 56 1,065}:9- • •.....•....... ........ ..• . s . 198,6671/. 6 per ct. East India Stock 114 3, 234 ,3 1 01 1 . 50s. p.ct. London Stock 54 Ditto Bonds 1,380,000/. 5/. per ct. %Vest India 2.01 2/. I 9•. Bristol 68,324/. 5!. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll5 1,352,752 1 re , r cent. St. Katharine Stock 90 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds lOO 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tcr 10 years lOO Shoreham Dub= 2.500 .... .... Deptford l'iet 2Ol. sh. 3/. BRIDGES. 1,600 l's. Hammersui•ti .50/. sh. 221 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 031. 2s. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 I/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5O/. sh. 14 5,000 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6O/. pd 181 5,000 16s. Id. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 151 60,000/. 5!. per cent. Ditto Bonus llB o,ood 17s Vauxhall--. ... - . Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh l6l ASsURANCECOMPANIES. 2,000 '3l lOs Albion 500/. sh. 50/ pd SO 50:00,) t s a pe nd r c l - s en s.t ./ A lliance,British& Foreign 1001. sh. 1014 pd 12; 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 51. pd 51 24,000 I/ per sh. Atlas 1,20015 h. 51. Birmingham 1 ire 250/. sh. 55/. pd 105 20,000 4/ per cent. British Fire 2504 sh. 501. pd 41 12,000 6/. per cent. British Commercial 501. sh. 5/. pd 61 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical. Medi . al, &c. Life, ICOI sh. i2l 10s pd 34 4,000 2/ 10s County 1001. sh. 104 pd 42 20,000 ss. Eagle r 5 per cent. ] Land 30/ hs. 3 Economic Lit, - lOOO/. sh. 2501. pd 375 2,271 225. percent. European Li, • 01 0/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 :N. Ditto, New ... 2O/. sh. 2/. pd If 1,000,0001. 71. per ct. Globe 20,000 -5/. Guardian ... 10,000 6s. ficl. Hope 501. sh. 51. pd 61 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Hrc 5001. sh. 50/. pd 121 7,500 9s. Imperial Li le .. 1004 sh. 101. pd 10 13,158 12s. per sh. Indemnity Alraine I'o/. sh. 8/. pd 16 2,020 3/ lOs Keist Fire 50/. sh. all pd 82 3/. Ditto Life. 79 10100 16s. Law Life lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 27 5 000 10s. London, Fir: 25/. sh. 124 10s. pi V 3,900 101. Lonclen, Ship 25/. sh. Li. 10s. pd 151 30,0;10 51. per cent. Palladium Lit: 50/. sh. 2/. pd 218 s Od 50,000 Protestor Fite 0111. sh. 2/. pd 18s 6d 2,500 IL Provident Liie lOO/. sh. to/. pd 20 100,000 51. percent. Rock Life °Ol. oh. 91. pd 63 589,2201 51. per cent. Royal Exclimge Stock... 220 0,000 5 per cent. University Lifc lOOl. sh. 51. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United King , tom Life 2l. pd JOINT SIUCK BANKS 25,000 Agric. and Comm. of Ireland 251. sh. 101. pd 14 5,000 Australasia 10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham Ol 1. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. Si. pd 14 3 0 ,000 5 per cent. Lon.lon and NVestminster...lool oh. 201. pd 191 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster IOW. sh. 20/. pd 30 25,0410 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd 221 50,000 G per cent. IlilanMsester avid Liverpool] 1001. sh. 151 pd 21 1 Discount 2 1 ,000 - 71 percent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/ pd 28; 20,000 Provincial KM kof Ireland-lOU sh. 95/. IA 39 20, 00. 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. ...100/. sh. 251. pd 191 10,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 20 0,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT' AN I) COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 1/ Is 6d Bath 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 161. pd 21 r y, r 57.percent.1 Ditto Provincial 2 O /. s h. 19 pd 23 I,A--- ' tand Bs. ss. j 928 5/ lOs Birmingham 8,2:10 21 Os - Bristol 1,500 Si 103 Brighton 201 sh. 121 750 31 los Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd pi 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton (leoeral 20/. sh. all pd 17 4,0110 4/. Continental Consolidated lOO/. 021/. pd 70 1,000 10/. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd ISO 1, 0 00 61. Dian, New 4,000 .1/. Ins. Equitable . . /o, l 'oo 21 per cent. Imperial 5Ol. sh. 411 801) 5/. per cent. Isle nf Thaliet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 20 2,050 61. per cent. Independent 9O/. sh. all pd 49 : 1 ,0(11 3/. per cent. Phtenix ... 5111, sh. 391. pd 201 1,1100 4/. per cent. Rateliff 1001. sh. 601. pd 4,0 ,, 0 South Metropolitan 5 O/. sh. 19/. pd 17 8,200 51. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 46/. pd 29 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 81. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 221 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. I)i tto New 5 ll. el. 107. pd 10 Ea Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd 9 WATER WORKS. 1 ,800 9s. Birmingham 25/. sh. 251. pd 241 4,443 6/. East London lOOl. sh. 159 5 ,500 21 10s Or iiio Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 50 2,000 24 Kent lOO/. sh. 43 372 10/. Livernool Bootle 2201. sh. 326 1,500 2/ 10s Now (liver London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,145 11 15s Mr.pchester and Salford 000 4 per cent. SJuth Lon lon lOO/. sh. 81 1=,204 :v. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 78 1.360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,000 . .• „„,• Birmingham and Derby 9,5(5) • • v •• Birmingham and Gloucester 101 pd 31 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Of 15,01.0 Bristol and Exeter lOO/. sh. 5 pd f( 669 ..... ... Calcutta and Saupir 501. sh. 21. pd 04 7.54) ........ Cheltenham and G. Western 100/. sh. 741 5 3,000 Clarence lOOl. sh. 1001. pd 4.0 12,41* 8.000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 24 p 4 4 611,1100 Eastern Counties 251 sh. 21 pd 04 grand Junction 100/. sh. 501. p 1 1(7 ..... .... Great North of England 7l. pd 54 25.04) Great Western inn/ sh. 40/. pd 44 2,0'0 ... ...... Hartlepool 10'1. sh. 100/ pd 100 8,000 Hull and -elby .50/. sh. 5/. pd 24 10 ,000 ...... ... Leeds and Manchester 100/. sh. 5/. pd 14 7,100 Leeds and Selby lOO sh. 44 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....5 0 /. sh. all pd 70 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester-10U. sh. 1001. pd 204 Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 61 10,000 London anti Brighton lOO/. sh. 51 pd 4 4500 Ditto ditto (Gibbs" ...201 sh. 1/ pd 04 16,000 Ditto ditto (Rennie)..so/. sh. Pl. pd lf F,O - .0 Ditto ditto (Cundy)...loo/. sh. 31. pd 01 t 2,000 London and Blackwall 50/ sh 31 pd 04 20,00 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2Ol. ids. .201. pd 204 25,000 ... ...... London and Birmingham .000/. sh. 75/, pd 100 20,. 0(1 London and Southampton 5O/. sh. 051. pd 104 7,000 12,000 London Grand Juncti0n........5 I. sh. 3/. pd 0/ 10,0)0 North Midland 100/. sh. 1 1. pd 10 Northern and Eastern lOOl. sh. 0/. pd 4 2,600 Presto') and Wyre 501. sh. 8/. pd 28 000 . South Eastern and Dover .. .71. pd 44 1 . 0 00 rd. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 240 1 4 ,000 1,400 6,000 York and North Midland 5O . sh. 31. pd 94 MINES. 8.009 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 34/. pd 12 4,000 1/. ss. Alten 15/. sh. 121. lOs pd Ilf 10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5!. pm.... 100/, sh. all pd 34 Ditto Subscription .9.51. pd 4 2,000 Bolanos l5O/. sh all pd 116 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 5!. pm 35!. sh. 90/. pd 19 6,0 0 0 Macaubas it Cocaes United 9.5/. sh. 234/. pd 71 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 841. pd 2; 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 20/. sh. 201. pd SE 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 101. sh. Si. pd 9 20,000 British Iron 501. sh. 501 pd 40 6,000 British Copper Cata Branca... 6jl. pd 64 Candonga ? I L p 4 7 10,000 11. Copiapo 2Ol. sh 1241 pd 15 8,500 2,850 31. English r 20,000 5,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh 5411. pd 04 3,000 Polberou Consols.... ..... ........10/. sh. 81. pd 7 11,500 Real del Monte Unregistered 154 Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 125 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2pm ....401. sh. all pd 24 Daft. Scrip 2; Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 34 West Cork 50/. sh. 501. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. ~ 000 .... ..... London, with Bronze Ticket ..... ....75gs. sh. 214 i 5OO .....„.. London University 100 L sh. all pd 234 '7OO King' College 100/. pd 32 MISCELLANEOUS. mow 15 8 . Australian Agricultural....loo/. sh. 2('41 pd 36 6 , 000 8/.'per cent. British American Land Company 23!. pd 164 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company 100/. sh. 24/. pd 344 200,0 00 5/, per cent. Upper Canada Loan 95 City Bonds, 4 per cent Ivo , 11. gg. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 13/. pd 24 101. percent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 IL , London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19 8,000 New Brunswick L an d Company 434 pd 14 2, 754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100L sh. 1001. pd 126 2 , 63 3 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 45/. pd 804 4,000 10. 000 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. - - MARCH 21, 1837. BANKS. 1,500,0001. 61. p. ct. Bank of Scotland 831 . 65. Bd. sh.'all pd 1971. 0" 000, 0y4 p. cf. Royal of S cot l an d 1001. sh all pd 1601. 5 00,0904 Bp. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. all pd 236/. 3 , 000,00 e/. 61. p. ct. Commercial .5001. sh. 1001. pd 1741. 5,000, 0004 sp. ct. National lOO/. sh. 101. pd 1514 2,000,0001. 51. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 67/. 4 , 000,0004 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 30/. pd 3 6 1 4 INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250,0005 h. 61 p. ct. Scottish Union ..... ...20/. sh. /.pd 25a - ,500 sp. ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 10/. pd 141 10s. 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd 81. 50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 154 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1004 sh. 101. pd 1615 s 5 , 000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 14155 00,000 . West of Scotland 101. pd 91 155 MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 ..... .... Edir.aiiaU.;.Cn7eanal 50/. sh. all pd 22!. Ditto Allocated 96/ sh. all pd 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb...loint Stock Water 251. sh. all pd 3 91 . Canon Iron Company 250!. sh. all pd 46!. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 50!. sh 381. pd 461' 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2O/. sh. 161. pd 7# l . 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 601. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 611 750 7i per cent. Leith Coal Gas 201. sh. all pd 45/. 1,206 Edinburgh and,Dalkelth Railway...soLO. 5 51. 8,000 5 per cot. Ignitable Loan Company 254 oh. 9 4 Pd 104 AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR MARCH. " As the day begins to lengthen The cold begins to strengthen." Such was the saying of the olden time long before the alteration of the style ; but in this most singular year we may very correctly, for " begins" read continues ; and, in good verity, our notice for this third month of the year might, with the utmost propriety, be considered a meteoro logical, rather than an agricultural, report ; for, if we ex cept the incipient swelling of the hawthorn buds, there has been no perceptible advance in the progress of any of the • agricultural crops. In looking over the averages of tempe rature, which have been registered on the evidence of long continued observation, we perceive that the mean for Janu ary should be about 35 or 36 degrees, for February 38 de grees, and for March 43 degrees, or rather higher. Now, although the average of the past January surpassed that of the tables, yet, owing to the almost entire absence of sun, every vegetable production remained torpid ; February im proved in character, and afforded more sun ; but it termi nated with snow and frost, and the torpor continued. In one respect the month proved most seasonable, as the ditches and water courses were filled ; the wells also, and underground sources of water were amply replenished ; and we have reason to believe that for years past there has been no provision of water at a greater depth below the surface which could compare with that of the present season. We anticipate much prospective good as respects the growth of under wood, timber, and fruit trees during the ensuing summer. March was introduced with a cold and frosty air from the north-east, and its course, to the nineteenth day inclusive, was of a character so even and undeviating as to be a sub ject of surprise to the practised observer of meteorological phenomena. The thermometer at eight in the mornings varied so little, that the average of the whole period may be stated at 32 degrees, the freezing point of Farenheit's scale. The medium at two o'clock in the afternoon of the nineteen days was very nearly 36 degrees, while that of the nights, taken at the hour of ten, was, as nearly as possible, 321 degrees. The day of the equinox (the 20th), when the sun entered the sign of Aries, and the spring quarter began, produced a remarkable change ; frost of a very severe power set in, and with it. scuds of snow, driven by a very stiff breeze, recurred during five successive days. Our thermometer indicated 24 25 26 degrees mornings and nights, while its utmost altitude at mid-day did not exceed 34 degrees in the shade, durin g brilliant and powerful sun shine ; the wind blew chiefly from some easterly point, but it veered to the west on the 25th day ; and now (28th) for the first time havraised the temperature at two p.m. to 44 degrees, and permitted the evening to pass over without. frost. We have heard, however, that in Essex no snow had been seen, while in the counties west of the metropolis it had fallen in great abundance. Under all these circumstances, though the three past weeks were decidedly dry, the equinoctial, prognostic may be viewed as doubtful ; because the barometer began to fall at that period, the wind went to south of east ; and, though no rain fell, snow came in lieu of it ; the average temperature has also been nearly ten degrees below the or dinary mean ; and this, probably, indicates the approach of much wet weather. On every account, therefore, we think that the entire season must be deemed anomalous, and that no ordinary rules can be safely made to apply to a case which is, in its very nature, an exception. Of the future progress of the crops no opinion can be hazarded ; everything remains as it was at Christmas ; the grass, in fact, is far more defective in its verdure, and the wheat, clover, and tares are diminutive beyond example. Still it should appear that no injury has been sustained, and, up to the period of frost and snow, farmers were con gratulating themselves on the state of the weather, as it tendered the soil tractable and free to the utmost extent of their wishes. Pease, beans, and oats have been sown under every advantage, and some have commenced ploughing for barley : thus there is no ascertained ground of fear, an an amelioration, with genial showers, and alternating warm gleams of sun, will not fail to produce a rapidity in vegeta tion which will, in a very few days, effect an astonising and most gratifying change. March 29, 1837. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE APRIL 1. • The Alexander, Lavalle, from Gravelines ; Victorine, Languhart, Cherbourg ; Friends, Hill, Guernsey ; Bermuda, Phillips, Berbice ; Cherub, Ghuzleir, St. Michael's; Edward, Schmilder, Hamburgh ; Comet, Bynon, St. Michael's ; Nancy, Skidmore, Guernsey; Asia, Wilson, Sicily; Venus, Beale, Guernsey ; Alliance, Beale, Guernsey ; James, Allard, Sierra Leone ; Lynx, Anning, Guernsey ; Norval, Mitchell, Grand Canary; Rate, Canning, St. Maria's ; Margaret, Sterford, Cadiz; Anna, Gelzean, Teneriffe; Brothers, Veal, Messina ; Britannia, Cheesman, Hamburgh. ENTERED UTWARDS. The William Jolliffe, Middleton, for Calais; Dart, Block, Ostend; Alfred, Atto, Stettin; Neptune, Petres, Antwerp ; Ranger, Briton, Cape of Good Hope; Charlotte, Murys, Ghent. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. The William Jolliffe, Middleton, for Calais; Batavier, Dunlop, Rotterdam ; Dart, Block, Ostend ; Tyro, Carter, Constantinople ; Cato, Gibson, Grenada; Stetta, Rolfe, Se ville; Petersburg, Saton, Elsineur; Ocean, Morfee, Ant werp; Aid-du-Camp, Parnell, St. John's, N.B. ; Julie, Paegar, Calais; Manchester, M‘Leod, Lisbon; Anna Polona, Garling, Ghent ; Reliance, Warner, Madras ; Wave, Cum mings, Amsterdam; Cyprus, Walker, Quebec ; Licoder, Weller, Stettin. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST. The Faside, Primop, for Quebec ; Caroline, Hopper, Que bec ; Prince, Renant, Quebec; Thames, Allan, Quebec ; Exmouth, Henderson, Quebec; Mentor, Burnell, Elsineur; Emma, Duny, Newcastle; Alexander, Lavalle, Gravelines; Britannia, Mustard, Quebec; Jupiter, Linderman, Denmark ; Egeria Vaup, Dantzie ; Lotus, Sansan, Quebec ; London, Dobson, Quebec; Glasgow, Gray, Quebec; Regalia, Smith, Quebec. ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL, APRIL I. The Marathon, Shaw, from New Orleans ; John Dunlop, Skalfield, Mobile; Cintra, O'Brien, Lisbon ; Gnina, Patima, Rotterdam; Fairy Queen, Welsh, Smyrna ; Mary, Smyrna. ENTERED FOR LOADING. The Honkinson, Stevens, for Demerara; Claremont, Moxeey, Demerara ; Lord Ogilby, Morris, Naples ; Abbotsford, Mit chell, New Orleans; Dorchester, Reed, New York; Donna Maria, Steel, St. Thomas'g ; Spencer, Sperxer, St. Thomas's, &c. : Ava, St. Pctersburgh ; Grefac Sparre, Rickerts, St. Petersburgh. CLEARED OUTWARDS. The Vrow Grenia, Langdale, for Antwerp; Dorothea, Bon, Rotterdam ; Trumps, Bons, Lisbon ; Adelaide, Milman, Lisbon ; Mandarin, Donald, Calcutta ; Condotta, Marsen, Genoa; Pregal, Printer, Frederickstadt ; Ellen German, Blundell, Genoa, &c. ; Sir John Campbell, Scott, Halifax ; Birey, Mitchison, Montreal ; Pearl, Christian, Havre, &c. ; Thomas Leicb, Cowl, Buenos Ayres ; Argentine, Buenos Ayres. SAILED. The Lapwing, Osborn, for Naples. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrival at Manilla.--The Fanny, Taylor, from Liverpool. Passengers per True Briton, Capt. Beach, from Madras, expected :—Mr. Maclean, Mrs. Hamond, Mrs. Colonel Downes, Mrs. Claridge, Mrs. John Moorat, two Misses Moo ratt, Miss Foothead, Major Shaw, Captain P. Hammond, A. Owen, Esq. ; W. Spied, Esq. ; Doctor M'Lcod, John Moo rat, Esq. ; the Rev. W. Mitchell, and sixteen children and servants. Per the Urania, Captain Noakes, from Bombay to Liver pool, expected.:— Mrs. Colonel Hunt, Mrs. Guarde and three children, D. Brackenridge, Esq. ; G. A. Turnbull, Esq. ; Mary Barns, and one European female servant. Per the Hugh Lindsay (steamer) from Bombay to Suez : Mr. and Mrs. Wedderburrie, Mrs. Milburn, Colonel Archi bald Robertson, Captain Kenneth, 21st Regiment ; Messrs. Hunter and Bainbridge, B. C. S. ; Mr. Ashburnor, Messrs. Pidcock and Gubbins, B.C. S. ; Mr. Fawcett, B. C. S. ; Lieutenants Hill and Holt, Bombay Army ; Lieutenant Spar row, 13th Bengal Infantry ; Lieutenant Malory, Madras Ca valry; Messrs. Higginson and Steinfast, merchants; Mrs. Ashburnor, the Editor of the Bombay Courier, and Mr. Ro gers, veterinary surgeon. Per the Hector, from Bombay, expected :—Captain Dal way, 2d Queen's Royals ; Mrs. J. B. Egan and child. Per the Lady Faversham, Captain Webster, from Bombay, expected :—Six men, two women, and six children, and his Majesty's 20th Regiment. Per the Lady Raffles, from Bengal, expected :—Captain Warrum, Lieutenant Bevan, Ensign Wilson, and Mr. Mar rieve. Per the Australia, from Bombay, expected :-_Mrs. Moresby, Mr. George Pollexfcn, -merchant ; Ann Purchase, servant to Mrs. Moresby. Their Majesties intend to patronize and honour with their presence a ball' for the benefit of the distressed Spitalfields weavers, to take place about the Ist of June, upon which occasion all the ladies will appeal. in dresses of Spite], fields manufacturo. The Duke of Richmond has ordered three hundred quarters of seed oats to be distributed amongst the most needy of his Highland tenantry, who have met with losses during the late inclement weather. The Duchess de Dino gave a grand ball on Wed nesday, which was attended by the elite of the fashionable Pa risian society, and by a number of foreigners of distinction. Prince Talleyrand, being indisposed, was present only for a short time. A lamentable suicide was committed at Barrow, in Lincolnshire, on Saturday night, by Miss Sergeant, daughter of an opulent farmer at that place. During the day some words had taken place between herself and a brother respect ing some money. About half -past eight, she swallowed a large quantity of laudanum, and notwithstanding every exer tion to save her life, she expired at ten. An inquest was held on Monday, before Mr. Harris, of Caistor, when the Jury re turned a verdict of Febo de se. Deceased is stated to have been a fine young woman, 18 years of age. STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Leeds Intelligencer.) TRADE OF LEEDS.—Business continues unusually flat for this season of the year ; and Saturday's market was one of the worst that we have seen for a considerable time, some of the leading buyers not being in the Cloth Hall at all, and others only as lookers on. Prices, consequently , were not quite so firm as heretofore. There was very little improvement in the market on Tuesday. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET on Tuesday was a very indif ferent one ; and a general dullness seemed to pervade mer cantile operations. HALlFAX.—Saturday being the first market since the alteration from Wednesday to Saturday, a great number of spinners and others attended, and the town wore a lively appearance ; but unfortunately, very few buyers could be found in the Piece-Hall, and scarcely any business was tran sacted. The dullness may, in some measure, be accounted for by its being considered almost as a holiday. BRADFORD MARKET.—The market here on Thursday was as dull as it has been for some time past ; but such sales as were effected were done on former terms, except in very few cases. In some sorts of goods, more particularly in six-quarter merines, the supply was short, owing to the cost of the raw material being so high as to render it un likely to leave a profit to the manufacturer. In wool and yarns very little business was done, the former article at a trifling decline in price. The demand for labour is, of course, proportionately diminished. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MARCH 27.—There have been very few buyers in the market to-day, and very little business has been done. The wool market has been dull, but at the last week's prices. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, APML 1. The week opened with a fair demand for Cotton, which holders did not supply freely, and an advance of 1 / B d. to 4d. per lb. was in many instances obtained. Since Tuesday the demand has been limited, and Cotton freely offered, and the market closed heavily with the prices of last week barely supported, except in the finer qualities of American, which are less freely offered, and command very full prices. Egyptian is heavy of sale at former rates. In Brazil a fair extent of business has been done at last week's prices. Surat is rather neglected, but is not pressed on the market. Of 970 bales of low American, offered this day by auction, many of the first lots were forced off at a decline of ld. per lb. under previous currency, but towards the close the bidding was more animated, and the prices obtained nearly equal to the business previously done by private contract ; this crass of Cotton had been so long neglected that prices were nearly nominal. The sales of the week amount to 17,220 bales, including 1,200 American on speculation, and 700 American, 250 Pernams, and 50 Maranhams for export; 6,200 bales of American, 200 Egyptian, 150 Pernam, 100 Bahia, 50 Carthagena—in all 6,700 bales have been forwarded into the country unsold during the month d. d. 140 Sea Islands 24 to 34 10 Stained ditto 9 0 5,240 Uplands 5l l Mobile, &c. 5i 8i 4,380 New Orleans s} d. d. 10 Demeraras l2i to 0 20 Peruvians 74— () 20 Laguayras gi— 0 880 Surats .... 36 5i 690 Egyptians 9} —l5ll 1,140 Pernams, &c Bi 9i 440 Bahias 770 Maranhams Si —lO Bowcds 7 8 The sales to-day are 2, J 0 bag speculation. The market is witl clining feeling generally prevails. Bengals - 0 580 Carthagenas 30 Manilla 7 0 West India 0 0 Barbadoes Bahamas i, of which 400 are American on Lout change as to price, but a de- Bales. Taken on speculation this year Same in 1836 Forwarded to the country unsold this year Same in 1836 Increase of import this year compared with the - same date last year Increase of stock ... 124,500 Decrease of quantity taken for consumption 48,700 Decrease of quantity taken for export Comparative View of the Imports and Exports of Cotton into and from the whole Kingdom, from the Ist of January to the 25th ult., and of the Imports and Exports for the same period last year : 3,634 Into the Kingdom this year. Bags. 228,198 American 37,056 • 637 • 31,489 South American West Indies, Demerara, &c: East Indies Egypt, &c. Total of all descriptions Same period last year. Bags. American 'South American West Indies, Demerara, &c. ... 1,242 East Indies Egypt, &c. Increase of Imports as compared with same period last year Exports in 1837. American, 4,010 ; Brazil, 395 ; East India, 12,905 ; West India, ; Other kinds, —. Total in 1837 Same period last year Stock. 17,310 18,272 March 30, 1837 Same time, 18:36 250,100 805,801 1837.—The following is the House List of Gover nors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year en suing, viz.:— FOR GOVERNORS. Timothy Abraham Curtis, Esq., Governor. ISir John Rae Reid, Bart. , 1 Deputy Governor. ;ECTORS. James Morris, Est Sheffield Neave, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. James Pattison, Esq. Christopher Pcarse, Esq. . . .... .... John Henry Polley, Esq. POR DIR] Robt. Barclay, Esq. John Bowden, Esq. Wm Cotton; Esq. Bonamy Dobree, Esq. Chas. Pascoe Greenfell, Esq. Abel Lewes Gower, Esq. . John Oliver Hanson, Esq. Henry James Prescott, John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Charles Pole, Esq. James Malcolmson, Esq. Henry Porcher, Esq. Wm. Mellish, Esq. Wm. R. Robinson, Esq. , Humphrey St. John Mildmay, Wm. Thompson, Esq., *l 2 ' Esq. Alderman. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Thomas Warm, Eiq. The election for Governor and Deputy Governor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 4th, and for Directors on Wed .ll esd a y , the sth, of April next, from ten o'clock in the fore' noon till four in the afternoon. The postmaster at Vienne, in the Loiret, was at wedding feast some days ago, when the conversation turnce , on the subject of some men who were under sentence for ab stractin; letters from the post-office at Milan. One of the guests stated that he had just heard that a similar crime had, been committed at Vienne, and that the police were engqe ° in active search after the culprit. Immediately after this in timation the postmaster left the company under pretence 0 ' sudden illness and went home to bed. In the middle of the night he called up his valet, and ordered him to light a fire 0 his cabinet. This being done, the conscience-stricken ram" gut up, went into his cabinet, locked himself in, and blef his brains out with a pistol. After his death it was discovere d that in the exercise of his office he had been guilty of rob bery to a very considerable amount.—Galignani's Messenger. The infant son of a highly respectable farmer, r esi( . l' ing at Eaton Constantine, seven miles from this town, ts at this time a singular instance of enormous size, co mbined: l with active habits and regular health. He has just complet ed his first year, and measures round his chest 32 inches, and rou e ' the calf of his leg 11 inches. His twin brother died soon after his birth. The above dimensions are equal to those of mall full grown men. .—Shrewsbury Chronicle. LADIES' GOLD WATCHES A variety of excellent and carefully finished Ladies' Second - h all Gold Watches, many of them in accordance with the latest taste! with Gold Dials, Jewelled, Sze., are offered for selection price froil: Six to Eight Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S, W s° maker, Gold and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, London. N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. BIRTHS. On the 30th ult., at Dalston, Mrs. H. Toulmin, of a son. On the 28th ult., at Burton-crescent, the lady of A. Amos, k'Sq" of a daughter. On the 31st ult., Mrs. W. Scott, of Tower-street, of a daug h t t e; On the 27th ult., at the Rectory, Warrington, the lady of Hon. and Rev. Horace Powys, of a son. MARIE. On the 30th ult., at Hck aney R Church, Captain White, o , Aest 35th Regiment Madras Native Infantry, to Louisa Ann , CP' daughter of Mr. Gray, of P3rtland-place, Clapton. hilv t * On the 30th ult., at Cheshunt, He n ry Smith, Esq., of Ches f the to Eliza Harrison, youngest dau g ht er of T. Sanders, Esq., °f same place. Henry On the 30th ult., at St. G eorge ' s , H anove r-square, Wheatley Tymms, Esq., to Miss Ann Lilwall, of Brecon. ____/ D IE D. MO. On the 30th ult., a t th e house of her son, Finsbury-Circus,"— Mary French, aged 90. On the 23d ult., aged 82, Sarah, widow of Mr. A. Turnb ull ' coal-merchant, City. On the 31st ult., in Upper Bedford-place, Russell-squar e d Jul Towgood, E 30t sq v' . p r. On the h ult., in Russell-square, aged 70, the R e Richards, late Vicar of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. Lloyds On the 31st ult., at the house of her son-in-law, Mr. "• go%" Mrs. Jane Shirreff, relict of A. Shireff, Esq., of Kirkland' burghshire. _mot. On the 30th ult., aged 97, John Haley, Esq., late of Betaryle. street, Portland-place, and one of the oldest inhabitants of A" bone parish. oil t ' On the 29th ult., at Bath, Mrs. Prevost, relict of Dr- pre Vicar of Tesbury, Wilts. On the 27th ult., Mr. Wm. Ayliffe, of Twickenham, ale, On the 13th of February, at Corfu, aged 25, Susa nnah ' daughter of Major-General Hassard, of the Royal Engin c & a ot, of On the 7th ult., at Malta, Captain Will Erskine the 59th Foot. W 13r°$(1- At Stockwell, Surrey, Elizabeth, widow of the late • hurst, Esq., aged 78. the goo. On the 30th ult., i n Connaught-place, Mary, relict of and Right Rey. George Pelham, Bishoof Lincoln. John Con' On the Ist inst., in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-squar e, " stable, Esq., Royal A ca d em iCian. relic t °f •0 On the 29th ult., a t B ar ton Lodge, aged 100, Ma r l , Birch, Esq.. late o St. Leonard's Hill, Berks. saes On the 31st ult. f , at Whitmore Hall, Staffordshire, afrs. Mainwaring London : Printed and Published by 1111311D0 YOU lq i9 3 :011 0 / 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, ;13 "7 . of Middlesex. —Monday, April 3, 1637.