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PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT UNE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock. — India Stoek — a per Cent. Red. — Ditto ;ton& 3 per Cent. Cons 1/Og 5d South Sea Stock — 3% - per Cent__ .......... ...... Old Annuities Ditto Red........... ... ...... .. New Ditto — New 314 per Cent.. 98 1 A % 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1731._ New 3per Cent.. Bank LongAnnuitiestoexpire Ditto ..... -........500......29 26 28 pm. Jan. 5, PIT — Ditto Small .. ....29 31 21) pm. net. 10, 185 , 1 — DiLw Commercial ..... .... pm. J.n. 5, IS'6O 14 11-16 Dien Adverti5ed............ —pm Jan. 3, .88'.......-........... rank Stock for Acc0unt......... April :,, 1880 .--........— India Stock for Acc0unt......... 25854 Jan. 5, 187 V..- ...... .......... Consols for Acconnt DO% Oniniurn ...... ........... .......... pm. riticEs OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Fonds ... — \ Peruvian Ponds ........„........... &V an Bonds — Ditto Account ......„.„....„,. Ditto Accotn,t —l Portuguese Bonds...—. Brazilian Bonds —l Ditto Account ....... ....... .... Ditto Account ..—.. Buenos Ayres Eonds Ditto Account 49% Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per cent 3 2 34 Chiilian Bonds ......... ........... —1 Prussian l'onds..—.— .......... — Ditto Account — Russian Bonds, 1929 — Columbian Bonds ... ... —, Ditto Acc0unt..„....„.„, — Ditto A cccui.i -1 Ditto [Viet:Olio ..... .......—..... Colionnian Bonds, :821 54% Spanish Bonds — LAU:: Account — Ditto Account...._. — D.inish Bonds Int t, Account ......... , Ditto Account 27:Te. 97% Greek 800d5..,..... ....... ....... French, 5 per cent......„., —l. —e. .' w!tto Bonds, 1925 Dila Account ................. —.— 2 per cent. ...... .... —l. --• 111 , ,x term Bonds, 5 per cent._ Exchange f Data Account Ditto, 6 per cent. ........... —1 Ditto Account — Ditto Account ... ..... ........ Ditto, 5 per cent. lon% 3 Neapolitan —l Ditto Account —.... ..... .... 103:,11,2,4 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK . Pahl. Per Share Rhymney Iron Mining Company Great Western Railway Company 4O 45 4% Prighton Railway Company Brighton (Rennie's) London and Birmingham Railway Company...—. 75 19 100 Lord(.n and Southampton Railway Company.... 35 21 London Grand Junction Railway South Western Railway Company I Oki Anglo Mexican Mint lO 15% C tonial Bank London and Westminster Rank 2O it/ ....r2 Van Dieman's Land Agricultural Company ►7 MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due 0 America...„..... 1 2 France 0 0 L:sonn ..-.. ...... 1 0 Brazil ...... -.... 0 I Ou,rn.&Jers..y 0 0 Mira 0 0 Huetios A yres.. 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 I'artli4ena ..... 0 0 Holland I 11,141i0... ...... 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden ~. 0 1 F,s, TA ... .. 0 0 Leeward Islands It 1 Waterford ... ... 0 111t111 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Mani ar.........41rnmut , s after 10. Evening......ll minutes after 11. BARKER'S LEMPRIERE ABRIDGED. Bs. 6d. btl. 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The publication of THE Sus NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 30 minutes past Three o' Clock. r-7.3. 75k, , ~...,..,,,4 7, .1.... ..4 'nt-.... , :) . A . ,;...r.- -- - 7"ri t (4-41 LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1837. The Lords did not meet yesterday. In the House of Commons the London and Birmingham R Tway Act Amendment Bill was read a first time. There 1r > > some conversation relative to other Railway Bills, in the course of which the fact of Mr. FRE3IIFIELD, the son ar KI partner of the Hon. Member for Pcnrhyn, acting as P Arliamentary agent, was brought under the notice of the Kouse by Lord LENNOX, in pursuance of the instructions ht. bad received from the London and Brighton Railway Committee. Mr. FRESIIFIELD said, that although he was a , iartner with his son in general business, he neither was en gaged in nor participated in the profits of any Parliamen ts ry business. A discussion ensued upon the subject, which w Is ultimately postponed till the 6th of April. The adjourned debate on the Church-rates Regulation E ill was then resumed, and, at ten minutes after three o',,;lo;:k this morning, was brought to a close by a majority of 23 in favour of the Ministerial proposition, the numbers bi Eng— For the Resolutions 273 Against 250 T . he majority would have been greater, but for the defec ti. ►n of some Members who generally support the Govern or Some of the Liberal Members alluded to, appre hurnsive that their own private interests might be damaged by , the measure, voted against it. We have more fully en te tied into a review of the proceedings last night in a sepa ri4e article, to which we refer the reader. The debate on the Church-rates was brought to a close t night —or rather at an early hour this morning. The oeakers were numerous, and among the best of them was A [r. GISBORNE, who commented on Sir ROBERT PEEL'S la.r.lentations about " posterity" in an admirably sententious and sarcastic spirit. If a representative of posterity, ob serve d the Hon. Member, could come into that House, he wouhf make a point of expressing his approval of the Mi nisterial measure, if only for the reason that it com pelled the " greedy, grasping, rapacious Churchmen" to keep their hands out of the pockets of the Dis ssnters. Mr. GISBORNE is right. Posterity will never be on abettor of unjust taxation, but, on the contrary, will insist on the " value received" principle, with far more per tinacity than the present age seems to entertain any idea of. Eqvally happy was the Hon. Gentleman, in his allu• sions to tie notorious Episcopal cabal for the overthrow of Lord MELE OURNE'S Administration. He did not blame, lie observed, -" Whig Bishops and Liberal Bishops, for hav ing united with Tory Bishops, if they thought the interests of the Church affe s - qed. Far from it. They would have be trayed their duty, h they h.s.d not done so. But what he blamed them for was, entering :nto a conspiracy, contempti- Jde as it was vile, for the purpose Os upsetting liberal Minis try, and a liberal system of Governmeot. It was c r ot emptible asit was vile, and would totally fail of its effect." This .is hard hitting, but not a whit more so than the circumstances .'f the case call fur. The Bishops, under pretence of advo cating the rights of the Church, but in reality their own selfish interests, are just now playing the same tricky, luder-liand game that they played during the first division oi l the Reform Bill in the House of Lords. But on the pre cent occasion, warned by past experience, they are act ing- with far more adroit duplicity. They skulk behind " three millions of poor people" and let fly their poisoned shafts at the Ministry under shelter of this, as they imagine, im penetrable phalanx. 'Tis for the poor people—and for tire m only—that they are now up in arms. Perish all se Lis ill considerations ; 'tis for the unpreached-to poor that the ,Bishops now take the field ! Such hypocrisy cannot be t lo hardly dealt with, and accordingly Mr. GISBORNE laid o 3 the lash with a vigour and alacrity that would brave I, ',come a drummer of the grenadiers. The Hon. G s tale, -tan concluded by stating, that, " notwithstanding the ems, of the Bishops, he would vote for the Resolu- tion, on the ground that he believed it was the only chance of appropriating a certain sum of money to the repairs of the churches of the country." And yet this very reason which has brought conviction to the mind of one of the most intelligent and impartial representatives in the House of Commons, is the very one which the Tories allege in justification of their opposition to the measure ! We sus pect, however, that they have repented of having assigned this preposterous reason, for we find it very sparingly al luded to last night. Mr. BAINES' observations contained much strong sense, which was not without its effect on the House. He stated that the measure in question would give unqualified satis faction to the Dissenters, as it was founded on the principle of doing justice to all parties. Mr. GLADSTONE made a long rambling speech, smelling strongly of the lamp, in the course of which he contrived to affront the whole Dissenting fraternity. "He felt re spect," he said, " for religious scruples and even sincere prejudices ; but in this hostility to Church -rates, he could not believe the Dissenters were actuated by a con scientious scruple. He would not honour their mo tive with so sacred a name. Their zeal was too new—they bad been too long content with this im post." What sophistry'is this! With just as much pro priety might the Hon. Gentleman accuse the English peo ple of having been indifferent to the grievances entailed on them by a boroughmongering Parliament, because the Re form Bill was never vehemently agitated till the year 1830. But this was not the only absurdity contained in Mr. GLADSTONE'S speech. His peroration was far richer, for in it, he grounded his opposition to the Ministerial measure, on the score that it would be a surrendering up of the " re ligious feeling" of the community. Now what on earth has a matter of mere taxation to do with religion ? Arc we all to become - Infidels the instant Church-rates are abo lished ? Is the pound-shilling-and-pence principle at the bottom of all our devotion ? It may be so with the high dignitaries of the Church, but it is assuredly far otherwise with the community. Lord STANLEY made a desperate effort to be satirical— witty—argumentative —profound—in a word, to develope every species of oratorical excellence in a speech whose only remarkable feature was, that it was as long and sour as a vinegar cruet. His Lordship was singularly choleric and snappish towards the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, and must, no doubt, have been annoyed to see so much virtuous wrath thrown away, for his vehemence had no more effect on the Hon. Member for Edinburgh, than the cannon of the fleet of Blefusca had upon GULLIVER. Notwith-; standing his eager desire to shine, not a single new light did the driver of the Dilly throw upon the question in debate. His speech was a mere hash—a raking together of all the Tory arguments that have already been urged, z:sque ad nauseant, upon the subject. The discussion, which was rather stormy towards its close, was not con cluded till half-past three o'clock this morning. The House of Commons has now solemnly sanctioned the great principle, that justice to those who dissent from the Established Caurch requires the abolition of Church. rates. This decision is a subject of congratulation to all— whether within or without the pale of the Establishment— to the large body of Christians who_belong to the Church, as well as to that far larger Lady who are not in communion with her. _The majority by which this question has been carried may not appear to some enthusiastic spirits so nu merous as its importance warranted them in anticipating ; and by the minions of faction, it may be attempted to be perverted into a proof of the little interest felt by the coun try in the subject, 'as was done by these unscrupulous par tizans with regard to the majority of 80 on the Irish Cor- Bat for ourselves, when we consider poration question. he adverse influences against which the Ministerial plan ha, to contend, the personal interests or many of the Members being opposed to their public duty, and others of them being swayed by the outbreak of the Bishops the other night in the House of Lordc., we can truly say we did not look for a larger majority. A good beginning has been made. To use a phrase much in vogue with the Tories, we have got in the point of the wedge, and, with the blessing of GOD, we trust we shall, ere long, be enabled to drive it home, so far, at !cast, until every remnant of intoleram.e— every fragmQit of sectarian superiority —or, in. other words, of religious inequality, be removed from our religious institu tions ; and the diihonour that is now done to Christianity by a!lowing the one portion of its votaries to trample on the consciences of the other, and thus to violate its fundamental principle, be wiped away as the greatest reproach to our land. As to the discussion which has just closed, every one _who has paid any attention to it must see that the merits of the plan proposed by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER on the first night of the debate, have in no respect been touched by any of the speakers on the other side. Both the principles and the details ofthe measure remain altogether unshaken by the assaults of the Opposition, though they brought their whole skill and all their power to the charge. Sir ROBERT PEEL attempted to undermine the mea sure, by contesting the accuracy of the calculations on which the financial part of it is founded ; but did man ever make so miserable a figure of himself ? The Right Honourable Baronet, who had probably been crammed by some dabbler in figures with more stuff than he could digest,went floundering on, out of one blunder into another, until he became quite lost i❑ the mazes of his own ingenuity. We assert that nothing has been, and that nothing can be, brought to invalidate the calculations of Mr. FINLAISON. So far the practicability of the mea sure is beyond a doubt. Then came the two lawyers, Messrs. FOLLETT and PEMBERTON. The former dwelt much upon the presumed inconsistency of the Hon. and Learned Member for the Tower Hamlets, as to his interpretation of the law regard ing Church -rates ; but what did his own statement of the case, granting it to be correct, amount to ? The Learned Gentleman asserts, that there is a law to compel the pa rishioners to make a Church-rate, ; but if this be the case, may we not ask why it is not enforced ? May we not suppose that the Church does not find it convenient to en force the law, or it would not allow the sacred buildings to be dilapidated, as they are in some parishes where the rates have been refused ? All this talk about the point of law is therefore mere surplusage —an entire waste of time ; for what is the difference between a non-existing and an im practicable law ? Then we have the interests of the lessees warmly ad vocated by Mr. PEMBERTON. They have no legal rights, says the Learned Gentleman, neither have they any equit able rights ; but they have some sort of right which he cannot define, that is, they have no rights at all, at least none that are interfered with by this measure. They arc in the situation of all other tenants, who endeavour to make the best bargain they can with their landlords, and it has not been shown that they will be put in a different or worse situation than others by the plan proposed. With respect to the mode of appropriation, that has not been touched by anything;like an argument. The parties who are for employing the surplus in giving additional Church accommodation, seem to have forgotten that this argument cuts the throat of that other one, by which they deny the right of the State to interfere with the management of the Bishop's lands. Such, indeed, is the general character of the debate. The Hon. Gentlemen on the Opposition side have not only answered one another, but they have gene rally answered themselves also. There is little domestic intelligence of any interest in the Paris Papers of Monday and Tuesday. The Cabinet is supposed to be on the eve of a dissolution. In fact, Minis ters cannot carry on their system without the Disjunction and non-Revelation Laws, with which the Deputies re fuse to arm them. On Monday the Editor of the Charivari was tried for publishing a very clever caricature a:e KING, in the attitude of a pauper before the Chariber s of Deputies, with the words, " A million, if you please," prose. ding out of his mouth—the amount of the dowry craved by b.:l MAJESTY for the Queen of the BEL GIANS ; and un d erne ,:th the sturdy-beggar figure of the mendicant MONARCH tilt: following apt quotation from the Penal Code :—" Every person found begging shall be im prisoned for two months at thy: least, and sent at the expi ration of such imprisonment to the depot of Mendicity." The Law Officers of the Crown male long harangues about the enormity of bringing the sacred pe7son of the KING into contempt by such abominable representations. The Judges were of opinion that such caricatures could only originate in the minds of traitors, and tUat such as issued them were ene mies of the KING, and, as a consequence, of the sacred rights of Frenchmen ; but the Jury having .a little more common sense and common honesty, laughed at the cari cature, and acquitted the ,Editor. The Conductor of the j Journal du Peuple was likewise tried on the same day for a treasonable libel, and acquitted. The Pair states that Ministers are about to make an other demand on the Chambers for secret service money, and that, if the grant be refused, they will certainly quit office. With respect to the possible refusal of the Cham ber to make such a grant, the same Ministerial organ ob serves—" The refusal of the Chamber could not signify that it means to abandon the KING without defence to the weapon of an assassin. li. will signify only that it wants confidence in the talents of the present Ministers, or that it has no longer the same sympathy with their doe. trines, which it has so often manifested. The Royal wisdom will then have to take such measures, as it may judge suitable to the state of the country." This piece of fulsome fudge discloses the rickety position of Count MOLE and his colleagues. The KING evidently is in a hurry to get rid of them. The latest advices from Madrid are of the 6th inst., but they are of very little importance. The President of the Council, Senor CALATRAVA, was slowly recovering from his recent attack of inflammation in the intestines. Various rumours were afloat of further changes in the Cabinet, among which was one to the effect that MENDIZABAL was about to proceed as Ambassador to London. The Carlist insurgents in Catalonia were committing the most frightful excesses, robbing and murdering all who fell into their hands. Some divisions of the QUEEN'S troops were in pursuit of them. FRENCH FUNDS.—Psats, Kitten 13 Five per Cents., 107 f. 17f. Inc. sc. Four per Cents., 981. 50c. Three per Cents. WE 40c. 35c, Bank Actions, 2,415 f. Itente oc Naples, 98f 9cc. 80c. Roman Five per Cents., 102%. Spanish Actives, 28 2714 28 1 A. Spanish Passives, 7% Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 103 1 A. Belgian Society, 1,550 f. • Portuguese Three per Cents. 32 1 A 1 4%. • Haytian Loan, 360 f. EXCOANC2 ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 37%r • money, 25f. 35, Three months, paper, 9.51. ; money, 251. 15e —Corers A ',Mete/vie. FRENCH FUNDS —PAtinii, MARCII 14. rive per Cents., 107 f. SC. HAT Vsc. lU7f. Four per Cent., 9K 50e. three per Cents., 3;c. roc. 25c. Rank Actions, 2,425 E llente de Naples, MI 7 - c. 65C. Roman Five per Cents., 11:2%. Spanish Actives, 431, 29 Spanish Differes, 12% 12 19.%. Spanish Passives, 73i,' Belgian loan, Five per Cents., lON. Brussels Society, 1,555 f. 1,555 f Portuguese Loan. Three per Cents, 32%% Itaytian Loan, 360 f. EXCIIANGS AN LoNnort. Onemonth, paper. 25,. fiNe ; money, 251. 35:•. Tkree moothA, paper. 25f. 1734.; money. •231. 15c. —Cours Authentioue. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents., 1077. sc. Three per tents. :9f 4Cc. Lank Actionb, 2,1'251 lento de Naples, 9.31. 90c. !Van...a five per Cents., lON. Belgian Loan, 1O.1!4. Brussels Bank, 1,390 f. Pertugum Three per Cents., 32A. Haytian Loan, panish Actives, s!oinish Passives, 7%. Differes, 9 1 / 4 . New Differes, 1216. General Evarrs commenced the long Lxpected operation against the Carlists on the 10th inst. We are really glad of this, be the result what it may. The war has been spun oot too long already ; and, as there can be no doubt of the ultimate triumph of the Constitutional cause, we would prefer bearing that the QUEEN'S Generals were repulsedtin their first attacks upon the Carlists' lines to further ac counts of the inaction of their troops. The following telegraphic despatches appear officially in the Moniteur of Monday and Tuesday, which we have just received, together with the other Paris journals of the same date : " BAYONNE, MARCO 12. " Oa the morning of the 10th General Evans commenced his movement a;ainst the enemy, apparently with the inten tion of forcing their centre, and establi.bin. , himself between Astigarraga and Oyarzun. The firing was kept up till eve ning, and it was believed on the extreme frontier that an English column had already entered Astigarraga. There were no tidings of Espartero or of Saarsfield." This dispatch is followed by another from Bordeaux— a rather unusual route—of which the following is a copy : , " BORDEAUX, MARCH 22. " The day before yesterday at ten o'clock General Evans was master of the heights of Galzao, on the road between Astigarraga and Tolosa. He had established a battery, after carrying the first position _of the enemy. Saar field also made a forward movement on the same day. No news from Es partero on the frontier." The only .important point in this communication is the forward movement made by General SAARSFIELD, for the heights of which General EVANS is said to have made him self master form part of the lines of St. Sebastian. The Moniteur of Tuesday, however, makes some amends fur this, by the publication of the following important telegraphic dispatch : BAYONNE, MARCH 13, HALF PAST THREE, P• M• " General Evans attacked on the morning of the 10th, and successively took possession of the heights of Amazagana, and of all the Carlist works. Ile afterwards made some de monstrations id expectation of the movements of Generals Saarsfield and Espartero. The losses are equal on both sides. " General Saarsfield marched on the 11th with 10,000 men, and encamped on the same day in the plain of Izurzan " Espartero entered Durango on the 11th. One of his columns has made 500 prisoners. ( Interrupted by nightfall.") The whole force under General EVANS, able to take the field, on the 10th inst., did not exceed 15,000 men: Of these, between 4,000 and 6,000 were British, and the rest Spanish troops. On an examination of the works, it was computed that 3,000 troops would be necessary to defend San Sebastian, so that EVANS attacked the Carlists at the head of 12,000 men. As Durango was well garrisoned by the Carlists, ESPARTERO, who entered it on the 11th, must have carried it by storm. The following graphic account of the attack made by General EVANS upon the Carlists is extracted from the correspondence of a Morning Contemporary, dated Beho bia, March 10th—Evening : At six o'clock, under cover of the guns of the Alza and Ametza heights, about 3,000 men, consisting principally of Spanish troops, advanced ' on and took, after little or no re sistance, the celebrated Ametzagana Lill. This was achieved at seven in the morning. They then advanced on a re doubt erected by the Carlists on a hill between Ametza gana and Renteria. This, after a short combat they took; but it was subsequently retaken by a Carlist battalion, who, suddenly pouncing upon two companies of Cha pelgorris, in charge of it, almost cut them to pieces. Afterwards, this same redoubt was taken and retaken three times ; but in the end was secured by the Queen's troops, who, with little further resistance, then made their way to Oyarzun, thus cutting off the road between Irun and Hernani. This occurred at about mid-day. During all this time, ten battalions of the Queen's troops were drawn up on the ground near the Antigua Convent, waiting for the taking of Oyarzun, as a signal to advance. On its capture being announced, they were put in motion, keeping the r i g ht bank of the river Urumea, and being little troubled by the factious until they reached tke bridge at Astigarraga. Here a frightful combat took place during nearly two hours ; but in the end the Queen's troops gained the position and crossed the river. Here they were met by a detachment of the troops who had taken Oyarzun, and during a short pause measures were taken to secure Astigarraga and the road leading from thence to Oyariun. This was at about two o'clock in the afternoon. The troops now took a circuitous route, and for a time it ap peared as if a move on Andoin was contemplated. The real object in view was, however, soon discovered, namely, to take Hernani in flank. This was soon perceived by the Carlists, and a great effort was made to prevent the manceuvre. Con tending for this great point—the principal point of combat being between Urnieta and Hernani—the latest accounts re ceived at St. Jean de Luz, and I may add day-light, left the two parties. I cannot of course guarantee this narrative as being correct in all its points ; but comparing the result of my own observations (taken on the highest ground on the French frontier) with the stories told by the patrons of the several boats who crossed during the day, I am inclined to think it pretty accurately describes the line adopted. The day must have been dreadful to both parties, and I fear on both sides frightful loss of life will be recorded. Up to eleven o'clock about 250 had been brought into St. Sebas tian, and the accounts stated the slaughter to have been dread ful. The Carlists brought up their men fresh and fresh to the attack. At the commencement of the attack in the morn ing, not more than 1,000 men left Irun dud Fonterabia; but as the day advanced both those important posts were almost entirely without defenders. A single battalion, landed near Fonterabia towards evening, would have taken it by assault. I understand that the guns which were embarked with the view of beint , brought to Socoa were carried up during the high tide to 'Renteria, and from thence by the road moved on to Oyarzun, where towards one o'clock they were mounted. An immense number of houses appeared to have been set on fire during the day. This, as well as I could judge, was the work of the Carlists in their retreat. No doubt they will lay it to the Christinos. I shall now wait to see what news to morrow morning will bring us. The same Correspondent, in a letter from St. Jean de Luz, dated,the 11th inst., states that a report had reached him that some hundreds of wounded Carlists were carried into Irun ; and that the garrison had almost evacuated the town to assist their companions against EVANs. The en gagement was not over at seven o'clock on the evening o f the 10th, so that the probability is that night only put an end to it. The Carlists fought with determined bravery, but were repulsed in every direction by the QUEEN'S troops, who continued steadily to advance upon the enemy. If the QUEEN'S Generals follow up the advantages thus gained over the Carlists, this campaign will put an end to the civil war in the Peninsula. The great difficulty is to get them to act in concert, without which no successes will avail them against an enemy who understands how to profit by their divisions. All will now depend upon Es- PARTERO ; for as to SAARSFIELD and EVANS they will do their duty. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—MAIDSTONR, MARCH 15. Henry Dibley, Richard Dibley, and John Bunt, were capi tally indicted for breaking into the dwelling-house of Sir R. Shore Milnes, Bart., on the 10th of February, and stealing therefrom a quantity of plate, apparel, &c., and James Stroud was charged with receiving part of the said property, knoWing it to have been stolen. After the evidence had been gone through, Mr. Justice Vaughan summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners. The Learned Judge sentenced H. Dibley, R. Dibley, and J. Hunt, to be transported for life, and Stroud for fourteen years. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY, DEAL, MARCH 15.—Wind N. E., strong breezes.—No ar rivals or sailings. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 15.—Wind E. N. E.—Arrived the Iberia, Lisk, from Para; Britannia, Mitchell, from Cadiz. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 14.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the Brisk, Artes, from London, cargo shifted, bound to Madeira ; Raj Rance, Phillips, from Calcutta, Oct. 14, and St. Hele na, Jan. 14 ; Montrose, , from the Mauritius ; Welling ton, Chad w i c k, f rom N ew York ; Bermudas, Phillips, from Barbadoes. FALMOUTH, MARCH 14.—Arrived the Orienten, Pike, from Rio Janeiro; Kate, Cumming, from St. Michael's. BELFAST, MARCH 12.—Arrived the Ariadne, Baird, from St. John's, Newfoundland. PENZANCE, MARCH 14.—Arrived the Iris, —, from Dart mouth, with mainsail split and loss of bulwarks, having been in contact with the Dart in the Bay this morning. DUNBAR, MARCH 13 —The Hero, Davey, from Lynn to Grangemouth, lost her masts last night in a heavy squall off this port. S;ARBOROUGH, MARCH 14.—Arrived the Chance, Burton, from Yarmouth for Leith, with pumps choked. Vessels spoken with—Reliance, of Liverpool, for Charles ton, 22d ult., lat. 34, long 43, by the Iberia, arrived at Portsmouth; the Sion, from London to Montserra!, and Nelson, to South Seas, sth inst., lat. 44, long. 12, by the Britannia, arrived at Portsmouth; the Racer, Bell, from the Clyde to St. Michael's, and Science, ---, to Jamaica, on the 3d inst., lat. 46, long. 15, by the Margaretta, arrived in the River. The Aurora, from Pcrnumbuco to Maranbam, has been abandoned by the crew off Para River. The Beau Pere, from Marseilles to New York, was on sliore on Fire Island beach on the Bth oh., and bilged. The Margaret, bound to Liverpool, has put back to Mobile on the 6th ult., being too crank. The Victory, from Jamaica to Norfolk, was on shore near Cape Henry on the 6th ult. The Mary, of Jersey, from Honduras, arrived at Key West, having been on shore on Mlle's 'Reef. The Hamilton, from Waterford to Dublin, sunk at Milford, 14th inst. ; cargo discharging. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITE 'l'll'EL VE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are two French mails and one Ostend ; ship letters from Para, Pernambuco, Demerara, and Mauritius ; Calcutta, 11th Oct., and New York, 23d F e b., Ly the Wellington, Ch a d w i c k, off Plymouth. We have received New York papers to the 21st February, from which we make the following extracts TIIE FLORIDA \VAR.-Colonel Andrews, from the United States' army, arrived at St. Augustine the 11th inst. by ex press, and states that General Jesup had an engagement with the Indians, which lasted two days. On the second day the Juniper and Alligator came in under a flag of truce, and sur rendered themselves, stating that the Indians were in a dis tressed situation, and anxious for peace. During the engace ment the United States' troops had four killed ; also four In dians. Colonel Andreas informs us that the Juniper and Alligator appointed the 18th inst. as the day to conclude a Treaty, and had despatched expresses to the Indians to in form them of the arrangement. " Mexico —Mr. Buchanan,- from the Committee of Fo reign Relations, to whom was referred the Message of the United States on tile subject of Mexico, made a report, which responds to that part of the President's Message which ex presses the opinion that it may be proper to give to Mexico one more opportunity to make reparation for the injuries which she had inflicted upon our country. The Committee sug gested, that in conformity to one of the provisions of the Treaty an actual statement of these injuries shall be made, ac companied by proofs, and that the President be left to do this is the way he may think best, and make a report of the result. The Committee concluded with some strictures on the con duct of the Mexican Minister in this country, and expressed regret that the Mexican Government should have been in- ' duced by this misrepresentation to approve of his course. The report was ordered to be printed. " MONEY MARKET. —Last week terminated in an unusual pressure in the Stock and Money Markets, a fall in the Stock, and a general disturbance in internal specie operations. On Saturday the discount at premium on commercial paper rose to 2 and 24 per cent ; and the accounts yesterday state that a singular state of things took place, and the same day at Philadelphia. It is generally believed that the cause of, these disturbances is partly natural and partly anticipated. The circulation of the old United States Bank is believed to be now reduced to six milliJus. When the New Bank went into operation, its circulation was nearly twenty-one millions. This extraordinary reduction has caused, in part, these specie operations, and payment of balance. Another cause is un questionably the distribution of the surplus revenue. The States generally are demanding their several shares in specie, probably in order to build their new banking system. Every day convinces us that we have reached a singular and remark able crisis in the history of commerce. United Bank Stock 117." In the afternoon of yesterday there was rather a gloom in the Consol market, and at the same time money became scarce for commercial transactions. At first this receding of Con sols was attributed to the idea that Ministers would be in the . minority in the adjourned debate, regarding Church-rates. Consols closed at 901- for Money, and 901 s for'the Account. Exchequer Bills, 26 23 prem. ; India Bonds, 27 29 prem. ; Bank Stock shut. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active coming higher from Paris, owing to the success of the combined operations of General Evans, Espartero, and Saarsfield on the fortified lines of the Carlists, has caused the Spanish Active in our Market to improve from 261 to 271 1 ; Passive, 71 1 ; De ferred, Ili 3; Portuguese, 49.} Three per Cents., 321; Columbian, 231 241 ; Mexican, 231 241-; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 53 1-. The news from New York is of a gloomy cast respecting commercial affairs and the Money Market. The Exchange comes in the private letters from New York at 9i to 91 lower than the last :accounts ; for first-rate bills, 10 prem. HALF-PAST ONE 0' CL 0 CK. This is settling day in the Foreign Market. We do not hear of any failures to the present hour. We may presume that the Account will terminate well. It appears that there are great Bulls in Spanish Stock. Consols have been during the morning. at 902 3 for the Ac count; Money, 904 1, with little doing. Exchequer Bills, 27 29 prem. ; India Bonds, 26 28 prem. ; Bank Stock shut. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active c o nti nues fi rm , a t 273 ; Passive, 7a • Deferred, 114 ; Portuguese, 49,1 ; Three Per Cents., 321 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 533 ; Colombian, 24. f. A report prevails that an express has brought the continua tion of the telegraphic despatch of the 13th inst. ; but the particulars have not as yet transpired. THREE O'CLOCK Consols for the Account, 90-j I. Yesterday a painful sensation prevailed throughout the borough of Southwark, by a report that Mr. John M'Cabe, of the opulent and respectable firm of Gilbert M'Cabe and Co.. wholesale furriers, in Union -street, had committ e d sui cide. The deceased was in partnership with his uncle, and highly and deservedly respected. About ten o'clock yester day morning, the report of fire-arms was heard from an apart ment adjoining Mr. M'Cabe's bed-room, and his uncle, on proceeding to the spot, with the foreman, di scovere d hi s un fortunate nephew on the flofloorquite dead, and hi s rema i ns pre senting an appalling exhibition. There was a rifle which had been just discharged, lying by his side; and it appeared that the deceased had placed the end of the barrel against his fore head, fired the piece, and blown away the upper part of his head. It appears that the mind o f M r. M'Cabe had been wrought upon by an intense application to business, the busi ness of the Establishment being of a most extensive nature, which, operating on an ardent temperament, produced tempo rary insanity. The deceased was in his 30th year, and un married. A somewhat curious circumstance took place in Keighly Church on Sunday last, during the solemnization of marriage between a loving couple. On coming to the part in which he says, " until death us part," the bridegroom refused to proceed until the Clergyman would answer whether mar riage could continue binding till death, since Parliament had put it in the power of the Commissioners under the Poor Law Act to separate man and wife long before that period, and he considered that the marriage service should be amended by inserting " until death or the Poor Law Commissioners do us part." The Minister wished to evade answering, by saying he would satisfy him in the vestry afterwards ; but all would not do—lie persisted in his determination to have the important question decided at the time, and would have gone home as unshackled as he came, if the Clergyman had not assured him, that notwithstanding he thought to the contrary, marriages continued nosy until death.— TVest Riding Herald. The severe operation of extirpation of the eye was performed at the Cornwall Infirmary, on Friday last, by Mr. Spry, the globe of the eye having been attacked by a rapidly destructive disease called fungus licematedes, or soft cancer—a form of disease rarely occurring in this structure, as it was the first time such an operation had been called for since the esta blishment of the infirmary. Constant agony, and the necessi ties of a wife and a young family, induced the sufferer, a tailor, residing at Truro, to seek r e li e f i n th e on ly mode offering a chance for the preservation of life. He bore the operation, at which 13 medical gentlemen were present, with the greatest fortitude, and is recovering in the most favourable manner.._ West Briton, BANK OF ENGLAND.-(THIS DAY.) A General Quarterly Meeting of the Proprietors of Bank Stock was held to-day for the purpose of considering a divi dend, and other special affairs. The minutes of the last Court having been read, The GOVERNOR said he had to acquaint the Court that this was one of the half-yearly General Courts, appointed by the by-laws to consider of a dividend, and he had to acquaint the Court that the Directors, having considered the state of the Bank accounts, were of opinion that a dividend might be made if the Court thought fit, of four pounds per cent. interest and profit for the half year ending the sth of April next. Mr. SELWYN said that as no doubt the worthy Governor was suffering under severe fatigue from his arduous Parliamentary duties during the last week, he would not trouble him with many questions, but as he had stated that the Court of Direc tors were of opinion that the dividend should be 4 per cent., but had not stated the general ground upon which the Direc tors had come to that decision, he felt it incumbent on him to ask, in tile first place, wh'at was the amount of rest at the time the account was taken upon which it was settled that that should be the amount of the dividend ? The GOVERNOR said that the Court of Directors had only that moment come to the determination to announce to the Court of Proprietors the dividend of four per cent. ; lie had, therefore, no objection to state, for tile information of the Court, that the rest was 2,878,3161. Mr. SELWYN wished to know whether that rest did not exceed largely in amount the rest at the time when the last dividend was declared ? The GOVERNOR—By about 150,000/. Mr. SELWYN said the next question he wished answered was, whether since the last meeting there had been any exten sion of Branch Banks ? The GOVERNOR—None whatever. Mr. SELWYN said that his reason for asking that question was, that there was a most important consideration which he wished to impress upon the Directors with respect to the Branch Banks., As far as it became a question of law—it became a maxim of law, that notice to the principal was notice to the agent, and under that maxim it was held that notice given to that concern in London was notice to all the Branch Banks, the consequence of which was, that unless that notice given here was transmitted within a reasonable time to the Branch Banks, the concern might be involved in very serious responsibility. He believed that had happened in one instance, owing to some inadvertence in London, in not transmitting the notice to a Branch Bank, and the consequence was, that concern had sustained a considerable pecuniary loss ; that loss might be increased by a second inadvertence, and he therefore begged to impress this subject upon the attention of the Directors, who he trusted would take the advice of their eminent Counsel upon the subject. To that Learned Gentle man he felt bound personally to offer his best thanks for his most able argument in the Court of Common Pleas, on the question between that Company and the London and West minster Bank. That question had been argued by him with so much talent, ability, and industry, that if any gentleman would second his proposition before the meeting closed, he would move a vote of thanks to that Learned Gentleman. The GOVERNOR believed that what the Hon. Proprietor had alluded to with reference to a pecuniary loss was a circum stance relative to a bill of exchange? Mr. SELWYN said it was. The GOVERNOR said that that transaction had undoubtedly caused a loss to the Bank ; in future, however, any node_ s given in London would be immediately forwarded to all the branches by the same night's post, by which means a repeti tion of the circumstances alluded to would not take place. The GOVERNOR then put the question that the Court do order a dividend of four per cent. interests and profits for the half year ending the sth of April next. Mr. WINTER said that he had a few observations to make, but he was doubtful whether lie should make them now, or postpone them until the motion of adjournment. Mr. YOUNG said, that he also intended to make a few ob servations, and, perhaps, the better course would be to put the question of dividend, and then upon tile adjournment any observations might be made that Hon. Proprietors thought fit. The GOVERNOR then again put the question of dividend, which he declared to be carried. He also acquainted the Court that the dividends would be delivered and paid on tile 6th of April next, and that a list of the Proprietors would he reaJy on the 25th of the present month, to be delivered to Proprietors when applied for. Upon the question of adjournment, Mr. WINTER rose. Though he was aware of the value of the time of all present, he could not refrain from making a few statemente, as ha thought that no subject required more consi deration than that with reference to the position in which the Bank stood to the public and its own concerns. He was fully aware how much the Proprietors were indebted to the arguments of their able Counsel which had been called forth on a ques tion upon which no person entertained a doubt for a century. Since the renewal, however, of the Bank Charter, a question bad been started by the present Attorney-General, and dis cussions had arisen with respect to it in both a Court of Com mon Law and the Court of Chancery. It was a little singu lar that upon questions, on which till latterly no doubt had been entertained, such discussions should be required, and should not be settled at the present moment. More. it had been thrown out that if the Master of the Rolls had given judgment in the case, it would go to the House of Lords. The question involved in that discussion was whether the Bank of England had any privileges or not? There was another point with reference to that Corporation which was the decision of the Committee now sitting with respect to joint-stock Banks. It was of the first importance that that Court should come to some deter mination, in order to urge upon the consideration of the Com mittee, or of Parliament, the necessity of coming to some re solution with reference to joint-stock Banks of issue, as it was impossible for any body at all acquainted with the subject not to be fully aware of the great difference of the nominal capital of these Banks and the capital raised. In almost every in stance the actual capital raised was an insignificant capital for a private individual. Under such circumstances, he would ask, was it right that that Corporation should not be protected, whenit had the burthen of supplying the whole bullion of the country, because by the Act that had been passed, the Bank note was declared a legal tender except to the Bank itself ? The consequences of such a system as he had adverted to must be evident to all. Individuals with a very small capital might issue notes to any extent, and ruin might be brought upon thousands. It was, therefore, of the utmost importance, not only for the welfare of that Corporation, but for the protection of the public, that that Corporation which was the pivot on which the whole currency of the country turned, should be protected. They had been told that they were a monopoly—that the Bank had great advantages over every body else—that it was a mo nopoly that ought to be put an end to—and that they had re fused that accommodation which the commercial world re quired, because they were fearful it would entrench upon their gains. He would boldly assert, that if that Corporation was a monopoly, it was a monopoly for the public good.—( Hear.) Since the year 1807. the Bank derived no further benefit than 10 per cent. What, however, was the position of the Joint Stock Banks, those ephemeral productions of yester day ? Why some of them were declaring dividends of 10, 12, 15, and as high as 16 per cent. ; but where those Joint Stock Banks were acting bona fide, their dividends were much less. There was another subject which he wished to press upon the consideration of the:Court ;.that was, the manner in which the accounts of the Bapk were advertised in the Gazette. In his opinion those accounts were calculated to mislead rather than to give information. If such was the case, why, he would ask, sbbuld they be printed ?—(Hear, hear, hear.) —On former occasions lie had put himself forward as the strenuous advocate for the production of accounts ; and lie only regretted that that request had not been attended to. Assuming that those accounts were not to be relied upon, that they did not give a clear complexion to the state of the affairs of the Bank, he had a motion to bring forward on the subject. He brought it forward rather in the shape of a recommendation than a motion—it was to request the Directors to represent to his Majesty's Ministers that it was inexpedient to publish in the London Gazette tile accounts of the Bank, and, therefore, that that provision of the Act which compelled them to do so, should be repealed. He trusted that the Directors would urge this question upon his Majesty's Ministers, and would also strenuously point out to them the necessity of placing joint-stock banks under sound regulations. Mr. SELWYN wished to know whether the Hon. Proprietor proposed it as.a recommendation, or as a motion upon which the sense of the Proprietors ought to be taken. Mr. WINTER considered it more as a recommendation than a motion. Mr. SELWYN considered that the Hon. Proprietor could not do that without the sanction of the Court of Proprietors al large. ___ Mr. WINTER observed that he had submitted it only for the consideration of the Court. Mr. YOUNG considered that no motion was necessary on the subject. The GOVERNOR would like to know whether be was to re ceive it as a suggestion or a motion ? If it was a suggestion, of course, coming from the Honourable Proprietor, it would receive its due weight ; if it was to be considered as a motion, it must appear in the minutes of the Court, if it was a suggestion it would not. Mr. WINTER wished it to be considered as a suggestion merely. Mr. VERNON HARCOURT considered that the Bank being the public_ body instituted for the public good, it was the duty of the public to protect them against joint stock banks, as they were at present constituted. With respect to the ac counts the observations of the Hon. Proprietor were most true, that the accounts published in the Gazettes were fallacious and calculated to mislead. The Court had not concluded when our Reporter left. The day before yesterday, on the arrival of the train of steam carriages at Brussells from this place, there was found in the waggon appropriated for the conveyance of baggage a box containing an infant only a few days old. The cries of the petit malheureux led to its discovery by the engineers, who caused it to be taken to the workhouse.—Journal du Commerce d' Anvers, March 12. On IVlonday, as Mr. S. Bottomley, of the firm of Messrs. Bottomiey and Wilkinson, was putting a strap on some part of the machinery at their mill in Bradford, he was caught up by and carried at a most fearful speed round the drum ; in a few seconds he was thrown off with considerable force, and found to be stripped of all his clothes, with the ex ception of neckerchief and stockings. lie received much injury, but hopes are entertained of his recovery.—Leeds Mercury. We hear that the Surrey Magistrates have at length determined on the erection of a lunatic asylum for that exten sive county. Why do not the same authorities turn their at tention to the main exciting cause of lunacy—the numerous gin.palsees in St. George's-fields? MR. LOCH, THE DEPUTY CHAIR MAN OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—One of the most essential uses of the public Press is the correction of mis-statement s w hi c h t en d to pre j u di ce the public mind. May I therefore beg you will allow me to offer a re. mask on the melancholy subject of the attempted assassination of Mr. Loch by a person named Kearney ? It would appear, by the Police Report, that the murder - me assault was caused by Mr. Loch having received Kearney " most rudely," and treated him with " personal insult," anc called him " a ruffian"—wl.en, as Kearney says, lie (Kean ney) "did not then intend to i n j ure hi m. " The impression that this st a t ement conveys i s ca l cu l a t e d tc injure Mr. Loch (among th ose w h o d o not k now hi m per sonally), by representing him as a man o f v i o l ent lan guage and unfeeling mind. I h ave k nown Mr. Led' for several years—and, in a ll my i ntercourse with man kind in every part of th e g l o b e , I never met w ith a gentleman of milder mann ers , o f greater ur b an i t y . 01 conduct, or who was more desirous of tempering justice with mercy. His very countenance, beaming as it does with be nignity, is well calculated to disarm even a ferocious disposi tion; and to be denied a request by him would be preferable to receiving a favour from many. In public life he is so much respected that this is the second time that ho has been elevated to his present high and re sponsible station in the India House, and in private life be is universally respected —aye even beloved. I know many instances where the patronage lie so deservedly enjoys has been privately and unsolicitedly bestowed on de , serving merit—and the miserable man who attempted his de struction was, with reference to his son, an object of solicitude. When Mr. Loch, whose health and strength is weak, found a powerful assailant with a d ea dl y M a l ay k n if e or C re se at h . :l throat, he struggled as a brave and noble spirit would for life, and so violent was the contest, that the point of the weapon (which had been recently sharpened by the cowardly assassin) was broken. I ani happy to add that strong hopes are enter tained of his ultimate recovery ; and that his numerous attached friends and estimable family will yet have preserved to them a man whom they so deeply respect and venerate. Trusting that on public grounds you will insert this expla nation, I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, R. MONTGOMERY MARTIN. P. S. Our Gracious Sovereign, with his usual benevolence and truly Christian feelings, sent last evening to inquire after Mr. Loch. RIVER NA VIGATION.—It is scarcely half a cen tury ago, since the tilt boats for the conveyance of passengers to and from London to Gravesend, were, in shape and speed, just what the Trinity House ballast-lighters are at the present, and taking four tides or more for the completion of the voyage. They were succeeded by the Dandee boats, which, as fast sailers, were both the wonder and admiration of all who wit nessed the improvement. They were, however, of the most inconvenient nature, as the passengers were frequently not only called upon to embark in the middle of the night, in order to have the first of the flood, and after tacking and beating about, together with sometimes too much wind, too little ditto, or none at all, besides being huddled in a low and uncomfort able cabin, were frequently, after six or seven hours on the water, compelled to land at Woolwich, Blackwell, or Green wich, and then to find their way, in the best manner they could, to the metropolis. At length the progress of science intro duced steamers for the ferry, which, however, at first generally took from five to seven hours to arrive in London, a length of time it was evidently a desideratum to lessen. On Sunday last the Diamond started from the pier at 4 P. M., proceeded to London, landed her passengers, returned, and at 9 minutes before 8 o'clock was at her moorings, off the Town Pier; thus parforming the two voyages (sixty-four miles), including stop pages, in three hours and forty minutes. —Kentish Observer. THE, SPANISH PR lEST.—I have mentioned my acqLaiatence with the Spani:zli priest. I met him the other morning, and he apologized for not having returned my call the day before. " I was obliged," he said, "to be present at t he death of a jackal." " Well, Sir, I hope you had 'good sport." " Sport," said he, " why I was there to give him re ligious consolation." " Indeed 1" " Yes, indeed, and I as sure you he died a very penitent Christian, though he had led a most dissolute life." " Jackals are apt to do so ; but what wis his particular crime ?" " He was addicted to drinking and finding a few francs in the breeches-picket of a fellow jackal, he killed him to purchase brandy." " What the devil jackals with breaches-pockets, drinking brandy, and dying like penitent Christians ! You don't seriously mean, mio Padre, that you gave religious consolation to a beast ?" " Ha, ha, bee, hee," quoth the Padre, " don't you know that all the soldiers of the Light Infantry Regiment here are called jackals?" —Campbell's Lvtters . from the South. Tl:e neighbourhood of North-town was thrown into a state of great alarm on Sunday morning last by a rumour of a lamentable suicide which had taken place there. On inquiry, it appeared that the self-murder was a double one. Two donkies, tied together by a rope bound round the neck of either, had contrived, by come accident, to entangle it over a bar, and the poor animals, pulling against each other, had drawn the nooses so tight, that both were found strangled.--:- Somerset Gazette, REPRESENTATION OF CIIELTENIIANI.—TiI l‘ Ballot" question is, it must be owned, a very ticklish point with Mr. Craven Berkeley ; and therefore we do not blame him for absenting himself from a divisibn, when his vote must inevitably have compromised either his former political professions, or his future political position. But we do blame him—we do and must blame every man professing the prin- ciples of the Old 'Whigs, who, by shrinking from their adhe rence to those principles, have degraded themselves from the station of independent Representatives of the people, into the mere passive and slavish instruments of a faction. The state state of a nation must be desperate, indeed, when the security' of a seat depends upon a Member's vote upon any o n e poli tical question. But the Gloucestershire Chronicle should not make so sure of Mr. Craven Berkeley's ejection from Chel tenham ; unless, indeed, our Contemporary has quite forgotten the tame submission of the Radical voters in this borough to his Noble Brother's threat of "removing his fox-hounds, unless Mr. Craven Berkeley were re-elected."—Electors who could submit to the indignity which that menace implied, have but little reason to complain of Mr. Craven Berkeley's ab sence on any discussion in Parliament.— Cheltenham (Tory) Journal. TORY TRICKS.—In several instances petitions' have been presented for the abolition of Church -rates, when these self-same petitions have been described as against the abolition. The Sunderland Observer says, " It is a promi nent feature of the Church-rate Bill, and its most beautiful one, that it takes such special care of the poor. At present , in very few churches can the poor man find a sitting, if he cannot afford to buy one. But this measure benevolently pro vides that a great portion of the sittings in every church shall be made free sittings, and thus the poor man and his familf will have a right to a comfortable place, and at the same time be relieved from the heavy rate which he at present contributes out of his hard earnings towards the comfortable pews of his richer neighbours, from which he is himself excluded." AMILIES RESIDING IN THE COUNTRY are supplied with TEAS and COFFEES at the WHOLESALO PRICE for CASH : 81ack...25. Od. 2s. 4d. 2s. M. 3s. 3s. 6d. 4s. 4s. 64. 511 * Grcen..3s. Bd. 4s. Od. 4s. Bd. ss. ss. 6d. 6s. 7s. Od. Bs' Coffee, ls. 6d. ls. Bd. ls. 10d. 2s....Finest Mocha, 2s. When the order exceeds £lO, the Carriage is Paid. G. T. M ANSEL L, and CO., Wholesale Tea Dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside. EIGHT -DAY CLOCKS, to strike the Hours and Half-hours, Five Guineas each. They ar e in elegant cases, about 7i inches high, suitable either to stand on a bracket or mantel-piece, and are Warranted, at T. Cox SA' VORY'S, Working Goldsmith, &c. &c., 47, Cornhill, London- N.B.—A pamphl e t con t a i n i ng drawings and a detailed list of the' prices of Silver Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks &c., may be had gratis, or w ill be forwarded in answe r t o a post-paid application'. BIRTHS. On the 14th inst., the lady of St. John Charlton, Esq., a t the Vineyard, Shropshire, of k son. On the sth inst., at Duddingstone House, N. 8., Lady Harriet Millie Hamilton, of a son. • On the 12th inst., at Lilley Rectory, Herts, the lady of the Rey ° Alexander Benn Russell, of a son. On the 13th inst., the lady of John Dale, Esq., of a sop. On the 15th inst., at Sutton-place, Hackney, slrs. H. WartrAbi , of a (laughter. MARRIED. On the Bth inst., at Dunmore H ouse , A rgy l es hi re, William Fra ser, Esq., of Hillside, Fifeshire, to Helen Colquhoun, eldest daugh' ter of the late .T. Campbell, Esq., of Dunmore. On the 6th inst., at Anthony, Cornwall, the Hon. John Arthur Lysaght, eldest son of the Right Hon. Lord Lisle, to Henrietta- Anne, fifth daughter of the late John Church, Esq., of Bedford' place. Russell-squ are , L on d on. 11, On the' 14th inst., at T r i n it y Ch urc h , Southwark, Henry Hulbert, Es f q., of D ev i zes , to Ch arlotte Harriet, only daughter ` the late I. R. Peach, Esq. On the 13th inst., at Christ Church, Marylebone, Henry Barrett, Esq., A. 111., of the Inner Temple, and of Malmesbury, Wilts, to Elizabeth, youn ges t d aug h ter o f the late W. Wallis, Esq., of igl'a tib Northamptonshire. On the 14th inst., at Broxbourne, Herts, Robe r t S pe ke Eva Esq., to Eli za b et h S e li na B low, of Figh-grounds, Pioddesdon. DIED. On the 30th inst., at Camden-street, Camden -town, aged B° ' Dr. Kcy, late of Lombard-street. On the 11th inst., at Huntington Court, near Hereford, Fowl er Price, Esq., aged 43. On the 13th inst., in Kensington-square, Miss Penny, aged On the 27th ult., at L eam i ngton, Charlotte Matilda, wi f e of v Blair, Esq., aged 58. On the 10th inst., at Dawlish, aged 34, James Sheridan , son of the late James Sheridan, Esq., M.D., of Dublin. Mr ridan, for some ye ars p as t, was connected with the "Times'' J-0, nal, where his talents and conduct procured for him the highe respect. On the 13th inst., in Woburn-square, Samuel Jackson, aged 71, one of his Majesty's Hon. Privy Council in the IsY,A.nd ° Jamaica. On the 13th in s t., at T ormarton, Gloucestershire, rigt-u 10, Charlotte Cecilia A nne Eli za b eth, third daughter of Lord, an d La Y William Somerset. of On the 13th i nst., M rs. Wilson, wife of Mr. Francis W il so n, Knightrider-street, Doctors' Commons. On the eth inst., at Edi n b urg h, William J ones , E sq. ,,Lieuteti al ' 4 R. N. , aged 55. • On the 14th i nst., at T otten h am , age d 97, Elee.nor, w id o w o f the late H. Fletcher, Esq., of Shadwell-dock. On the 14th inst., aged 21, Catherine, second daughter of Jacob Hullo, Esq., of Laurence Pountney-lane. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG. ca un ti 11 4 , Strand, at The Sun Office, N o . 11', Strand, in the 4° of Middlesex.—Thursday, March 16, 1837. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1837.