The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-05 00:00:00

Mr. Jubtice AlAur.E summed up. Ih3 thought the charge of breaking into the dwelling-house could not be substantiated, and, therefore, the jury ought to disani,s that from their minds. The only question far their consideration was whether the prisoners had committed the robbery. The jury found the prisoners guilty of larceny, and former convictions were proved against both of them.— sentence deferred. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER ) ROBBING TAVERNS —Henry Ecans, a respectably_ dressed man, aged thirty-two, described as an agent, pleaded Guilty on four several charges of stealing spoons from public•houses. The RECORDER said the offence was a most serious one. No property was so exposed to depredation as that of tavern-keepers, and he was but discharging his duty to the public by making an ex.imple of the prisoner. The sentence of the Court was, that he be transported beyond the seas for seven years. The prisoner entered into a rambling statement, to the effect that he had been requested by a person to pawn a coat, which he did, and that he found the spoons found in his possession in one of the pockets. He declared that he was innocent of the charge im puted to him, and stated that he had pleaded Guilty by advice. The RECORDER consented to abate his judgment, and to allow the trial of the prisoner to proceed on the first charge. The prisoner was then arraigned on the charge of stealing four silver table and four salt spoons on the 91st of December, the property of Mr. Joseph Bull, the proprietor of the Queen's Arms, in Newgate etreet. Mr. Horry now appeared to defend the prisoner. From the evidence of a police-constable it appeared that the prisoner was given into his custody by the landlord of the Horse Shoe, at Stones'-end, Borough, who charged kiln with stealing a silver spoon. The prisoner was slightly in liquor. On searching him he found the four spoons mentioned and a smaller one, which had been broken. He also found some papers, one of which was smeared with mustard. Wm. Walters, the waiter at the tavern, deposed to the spoons being safe up to about four on the day in question. He did not see the prisoner in the house, but he (witness) was frequently absent from the room. A young man, named Andrews, deposed that he WAS in the company of the prisoner at a sale at Gar raway's up to half-past four on the 21st. Mr. HORRY addressed the jury, and dwelt upon the extreme improbability of a person committing a robbery in a public-house, and immediately after going into another and getting intoxicated. Was it not' more likely that he had been made the dupe of some designing person, anxious for his own security? The jury found the prisoner Guilty, who besought the mercy of the Court. The RECORDER said he could behold no mitigating circumstances in the whole matter, for the prisoner, let it be borne in mind, WR3 charged with five offences of the same kind, and he was a person following a pursuit which removed him from the class of persons who so frequently came before that Court, many of whom were driven to commit crime by the pressure of poverty. If he did not pass a severe sentence upon him there' would be an end to the ut ility of public and shameful examples. He saw no grounds to alter the sentence he had formerly passed. «I consider, said the Recorder, "it right to tell you, that if any application be made to a higher tribunal, a nd it is referred to me, I shall feel it my duty to say that no mitigation of this sentence ought, on public grounds, to take place." Sentence—Seven years transportation. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) F a nny South, Harriet I)owpey, and Charles IVinter were indicted for stealing seven sovereigns and one h a sovereign, the property of William Edwards, from his person. The prosecutor, who was a sailor, and had just been paid off from his ship, met the prisoner Winter, w h o persuaded him to go to his house, where the two f e males were. After h av i ng had something to drink, t h e y began to hustl e th e prosecutor about, and, ac cording, to his assertion, while down upon a bed, they took his handkerchief out of a pocket under the b rea st of a flannel shirt h e wore, an d i n which h e had secreted his money which he missed, when he got away from them. H e told a policeman who took them into custody, when a few shillings were found upon the females, and a sovereign and some silver on the male. From i n f ormation he received, the con stable went to the B e ll public house, St. George's street, Ratcliffe, where 111 r. Whately, the landlord, at o nce said that Winter had deposited three sove reigns the morning after th e robbery. Winter, in his defence, said he had found a W. Pl y mouth bank-note, and this would account for his posses sion of th e money. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, to the su rprise of the prisoners themselves. SURREY SESSION Mr. S.—(THIS DAY.) ( g e f o re PUCELE and a Bench of Magistrates.) George Snelling, aged 31, was indicted for feloni %ously stealing, at Pyrford, two pieces of fir timber, lied sleepers, the property of Mr. George Marshall. C- From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner „ as observed, early on the morning of the 12th of her last, to proceed to the place where the ece in question was situated. Upon his leaving ro perty P o r eturn to his home he was taken in custody by one t of t h e detective f orce, with the two pieces of timber , h i s possession. An objection was taken I)3r Mr. ROBINSON on the A n that . the timber was the property of Mr. favrshall, jun , as well as of Mr. George Marshall, lu w hose name alone the indictment was framed. That in fact the two the were partners. Th e Learned CHAIRMAN said that the proof of the partne rship would re s t upon the prisoner; if proved f c ourse it would be f a t a l to the indictment. ° N o evidence was however offered on the subject, .sd the jury returned a verdict of Guilty. au Th e prisoner, against whom a previous conviction ss proved, was sentenced to twelve months im v; i so oment, with hard labo ur , at the House of Cor- PrCor rection,Guildf r e George Sweatinalt was indicted for feloniously on the 18th o f D ecember last, four fatted S tealing , ew se, of the value of 1 1., the property of Thomas thalcraft. T h e prosecutor stated that he missed four geese on morning of the 18th of December. Upon missing the ro he applied for a warrant to search the house of them prisoner, when he found two of the geese, par tially picked, between the bed and the mattress. The prisoner, upon being charged with the robbery, d e nied it and ran away. There was no mark upon the geese by which he could identify them as his pro- The prisoner, who was undefended said he found • geese upon the r oa d . , W oe jury acquitted the prisoner. woRSHIP-STREET.—(THIs DAY.) Joseph Holland, a young man, having the appear of a journeyman mechanic was charged with appear stealing a truck, the property of William Oldman, of ste,... 10, Leonard-square, Shoreditch. N o , prosecutor said he was in the habit of letting out trucks by the ho ur. On Friday afternoon last, the " - pr isoner, in hi s a b sence, came and hired one in the . usua l w a y o f one of his children. Witness, ho wever , s ub sequently found that the truck had been sli by the prison er for 255., to a M r. Mahoney, No. 1:4 , t :B oo t-street, Pi tf i eld-street. The prisoner assured the MagiFtrate he had been duuted by another person to effect a sale of the ck; an d for his trouble he was to have ss. The trtl in '' of herdhat individual was King, but where he Pa ided id not know. ressergeant Brannan, of the detective force, s L aid t um ber of individual s who had recently been plu he n tered i n the way d escribed was almost incredible. T h e s tolen trucks were more frequently taken to .- m ithfield, where a ready market was found, and a paint, and other slight alteration s being had re little .. rae to, they were so completely metamorphosed as coudefy recognition. The description given, how ever, °f the general The bore so great a resem blance to that of the prisoner, that if the magistrate u grant a remand, and, with the aid of the press, he ° ha d no doubt but a and, host of individuals would °S e forward and r ecognise the prisoner. for that purpose ... 11Ammua. re manded the prisoner for a week CLERKEN WELL._(THIs DAY.) Henry Day was finally examined, charged with numerous n robberiet i n the eighbourhood of Isling ton, Holloway, Hack ney, &e. t appeared that for a length of time past the doors o f the houses in this district had been robbed of brass orn aments, the knockers and bell pulls. Every effort was made to trace the delinquents without effect, until Tuesday evening, when 147 N stopped the pri soner in Islington carrying a bag containing a great q uantity of bell-pulls, wires, &c., which were traced to have been stolen from numerous houses. The owners attended and identified the property. The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and he was fully committed for trial. THE SOUTH SEA COMPANY. (THIS DAY.) The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held to-day, at the South-sea House, Threadneedle-street. After the usual preliminaries, The Governor, (CHARLES FRANKS, Esq.), said that the present meeting was called me re l y to d ec l are a dividend on the company's stock for the half-year ending this ~. 1 1 !T r!ITYI I O.V P . The SECReTARY then read a statement of the affairs of the company, from which it appeared that the income for the last half-year amounted t , ) 156 5384 . . 12s. 9d., while the expenditure was 91,8151. 101;. 7d. The GOVERNOR said they would perceive that there was a balance of 64,723/. 2s. 2d. in the hands of the treasurer, and he recommended that a dividend of 13s. 4d. per cent. be declared. A resolution to that effect was then put and car ried unanimously, after which the meeting separated. IRELAND. INCREASE OF DESTITUTION. DUBLIN, JAN. 3.—The distress in the south and west is daily becoming more general and severe. The Poor-law Commissioners, determined to force to the utmost the local resources of the country, are dis missing boards of guardians who neglect to apply the provisions of the law, and some 14 or 15 unions are now administered by paid officers. But those func tionaries, although appointed for the special object, find much difficulty in meeting the demands upon the workhouse. An official communication has been made to the Sligo board of guardians, intimating that the Commissioners would be under the necessity of dissolving the board unless the guardians attended more regularly and numerously. " The applications 'or out•door relief (says the Sligo Champion), are beyond all calculation. The people do not seem to think it the least disgrace to receive relief. That de cent pride, for which the Irish peasantry were distin guished, has disappeared—it has been conquered by adversity." Although nothing like the terrible desti tution of last year exists at present, there is extreme suffering in many districts, and deaths from starvation are becoming frequent. STA'I'D. OF CRIME—EVICTION OF TENANTRY. The Roscommon Journal contains the following : " A shot was fired into the house of a keep€r placed over the property of tenants on the lands of Kinnetty, within three miles of this town, and part of the contents entered the leg of a woman who was inside, but fortunately without doing any material injury. Now, as to the cause of this outrage. A very few days before Christmas-day, a person in this town, who is acting for the agent, on the property of the Goffs, minors (who have extensive estates in this and other csunties), proceeded to the lands of Kin netty, accompanied by a company of infantry, and a large police force, and dispossessed a great number of families, set fire to their houses, and consumed them to ashes in the presence of the unfortunate wretches ! Their cries and wailings were most piteous. Nor was the village of Kinnetty the only one visited i another shared a similar fate. There never were more indulgent landlords than the late Messrs. Goff, but the children of the Rev. Thomas Goff are wards of Chancery. About four years since a populous village, Derrycunny, on the same property, was evicted and burned ; the inmates, some hundreds, were driven on the wide world, and from that day to this the lands are waste, no tenants having been found to occupy them. Immediately after this part of the country became disturbed, and has since continued so. Where will the contentions between landlord and tenant terminate ? God only knows." The Dundalk Patriot says—" At the present Quar ter Sessions of Dundalk no less than seventy-two ejectments were taken out. At the suit of the Mar quis of Anglesey alone no less than thirty-two eject. ments were obtained. These ejectments were not defended, and we are not, therefore, in a position to say whether they were attended with any circum stances of undue severity. We trust, however, that these poor people will not be put out of their homes during this very cold weather, and that, if they are put out, nothing will be left undone by the Noble Marquis, at whose suit the ejectments were brought, to enable them to begin the world again." COUNTY OF GALWAY.—DAMNO ROBBERY.—On last Monday evening, between six and seven o'clock, three fellows entered the dwelling of a poor man named Coen, a tenant of Lord Clonbrock's, living at a place called Coolagunane. Coen was from home at the time, and a man named Coghlan and his wife in the house; immediately on the fellows entering it they struck and knocked down Coghlan with a blow of a loaded whip, and then demanded of the wife all the money she had in the house ; she said there was none, upon which one of them struck her with a whip, and cut her dreadfully over the eye, from the effects of which she is still confined to bed. The ruffians then took a little girl, partly stripped her, held her over the fire in order, as they said, to compel her to inform them where the money was kept ; find ing the threat of burning the child useless, they searched the house and took 7s. 6d. in money, torte thor with several papers of importance to the poor man. Several robberies have lately taken place in this neighbourhood. We have received information that a farmer named Brown was brutally murdered at Ballymore, county Tipperary, on Wednesday morning. The causes as signed are, that some few months ago Brown got married, to the discomfiture of some rivals, and with his wife obtained a sum of money and a few acres of land. Suspicion has fallen on some of the rejected lovers, but we have not learned that any person has been arrested for this diabolical crime. TENANT-RIGHT.-MR. SHARMAN CRAW- FORD. The movement in favour of tenant-right is prose cuted with great activity in all parts of the country. Mr. Sharman Crawford has sent a letter, accepting an invitation to attend a meeting in Balliboy, county Monaghan. In it he says— " The unjust state of the relationship of landlord and tenant I hold the main, if not the sole, foundation of the disorganization of the social condition which manifests itself in the murderous acts committed in some of the southern counties, and which is leading to wide-spread holtility on the part of the tenant toward.: the landlord, even in the more orderly portions of Ireland, where attempt. are now being made by the landlord to curtail the tenant-right. . • • • • . . I would give any power to the Government which I deem would be useful or effective for the purpose; but I will not be a party to encourage the delusion that the old, tried, and always failing re medy of coercion can effect the object, till the hearts of the people are softened by acts for the amelioration of their condition leading them to feel and know that the laws are their protection from injustice instead of being the instruments of inflicting that injustice. There can be no peace in Ireland until that altered system of Government legislation shall take place. Then, the natural benevolence and natural kindness of the Irish heart will again display itself. Murder, which is a practice wholly foreign to the qualities of their character, will cease to sully the records of our country, and the people will bless the source, whether they be landlords or governments, from which these benefits flow. I conceive that to effect this object, although many other remedial measures may be con jointly necessary, a just revision of the law of land lord and tenant is the essential basis." Toe LORD CHANCELLOR.—We rejoice to be able to state that the health of the Lord Chancellor is daily improving, and that his convalescence may soon be expected. There was no foundation whatever for the statement that the Great Seal has been put in commission. The Chancellor is now able to sign any official papers requiring his signature. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the Association was held this day in Conciliation-hall. Mr. Sheridan, J.C., presided. Mr. J. O'CONNELL opened the proceedings by an nouncing that the new year had opened most brightly upon them, and he, in the first place, read a letter from Dr. APHale, enclosing a subscription of 39/. from the deanery of Tuam. Mr. O'Connell ob served that the sum transmitted in that letter, hand some as it was, was but an instalment of what his Grace assured him they would receive from his dio cese. It was only the subscription of one deanery in his diocese. He (Mr. O'Connell) next begged to read a letter from the Rev. Dr. O'Rafferty, P.P. of Tullatnore, in which a sum of 101. repeal rent was enclosed.—(Cheers.) He also handed in 51., the sub scription of the Right Rev. Dr. Maginn, of Derry.— (Cheers.) In sending that sum, Dr. Maginn assured him (Mr. O'Connell) it was the last 51. he had at his command.—(Cheers.) A sum of 1/. was handed in from the Very Rev. Dr. Spratt, D.D.—(Cheers)— and 21. from the Rev. Mr. Murtagh, Castlepollard. Several other subscriptions were handed in. The Rev. Mr. MuLuNs next addressed the meet ing, and in the course of his observations begged to tell the meeting what he thought of the Irish land lords as a class. When he spoke of them as a class he did not include the entire body, for there were many and many honourable exceptions. There were ex ceptions to those who were ignorant, immoral, unjust, oppressors of the poor, without bowels of justice or humanity. He now addressed himself to his fellow countrymen, and would make them the judges be tween the priests and the Irish landlords, and he had no doubt of their verdict.—(Cheers.) Those land lords—those cruel harpies were denounced in Holy Writ, by the Almighty God himself. In St. Matthew, he believed the 25th chapter, it was said, " Be ac cursed : I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat ; I was thirsty, and you gave me not to drink ; I was houseless, and you took me not in."—(Hear.) Were not the clergy, he asked, bound to denounce the crimes of the rich as well as the poor ? They did not denounce them by name, but they denounced their crimes; and if they had not denounced the crimes that landlords had committed, they would be un worthy of the priesthood and unworthy of the sane tuary.—(Cheers.) Because they had exposed their injustice the clergy were maligned and vilified ; but still the people should not despond, though they might have degenerate traitors amongst them. — (Hear.) Like the sons of Gideon, though they were few, they would succeed, because they had jus tice at their side, and would have the arm of God to defend them.—(Cheers.) Mr. J. O'CONNELL said that it would be in the re c ollection of the Association that Mr. R. D. Browne had written a letter of exceeding insult to Mr. Dunne, and that Mr. Dunne had put himself in the ban, is of the committee, who recommended Mr. Dun le to withdraw what might be considered per sonal y offensive in his speech respecting Mr. Brow ne's conduct, expecting that then Mr. Browne would make a similar concession. Unfortunately, however, Mr. Browne would not accept of that con cession, but persevered in his insulting letter. The committee, therefore, felt bound to adopt the follow ing report : COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning on the Eastern Terrace and slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise. Prince Albert hunted this forenoon. His Royal Highness was attended by General Wemyss, Mr. G. E. Anson, and Colonel Seymour. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Mary, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, and attended by the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess, and the Gentleman in 'Waiting on the Duke, arrived at the Castle this afternocn, on a visit to the Queen. The Earl and Countess Delawarr, and the Right lion. William S. and Lady Caroline Lascelles, are expected to arrive at the Castle this evening, on a visit to her Majesty. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening is expected to include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince George and the Princess Mary, his Serene Highness Prince Fre deriA of Hesse, the Lady in 'Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge, Baroness de Speth, the Earl and Countess of Delawarr, the Right Hon. William S. and Lady Caroline Lascelles, the Gentleman in Waiting on the Duke of Cambridge, and Dr. Meyer. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Mr. Edmund Mildmay, left Cambridge House yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office, from the Governor of Sierra Leone. Baron de Linden arrived in town on Saturday. THE CASE OF THE LATE MR. JOHN KAY. It has long been, and still is, the pride of English men to point with pride and satisfaction to our colossal manufacturing system, and justly to esteem it as the result o f our national skill and energy. But while the commerce of our country, relieved from every restri c ti on , st ill continues to stimulate freedom ofintercourse between distant nations, and bii,ds them together in the bonds of peace and unity—while navies freight e d w i t h our manufactures still ride in triumph upon the waves, and bear the bless i ngs of civilization to other lands —while the products of British industry continue to be sought for and valued in every country--it would be well for a moment to recollect that in the majority of cases the men who may justly claim to be the founders of this great system, have, for the most part, spent their days amid continual struggles for ex istence, and died neglected and unrewarded. A memorable instance of this is to be found in the history of John Kay, of Bury. In the year 1738, Mr. John Kay invented the present mode of casting the shuttle, by what is called the "picking peg." The value of this invention consisted in the weaver being enabled to perform twice the quantity of work, without any additional labour, and to weave cloth of any width. The invention, as was the case with others of a similar kind, was opposed by the workmen, on the ground that it would diminish the demand for their labour ; and the inventor, after en during a series of troubles, was ultimately compelled to take refuge in France, where he ended his days in want and penury—the victim of persecution and natural ingratitude. Some of the descendants of .John Kay are now living in very humble circum stances, and efforts have for some time been made to bring the merits of the invention of their ancestor under the attention of the Legislature, with a view of obtaining for them an extension of the national bounty, similar to that which has beers recently awarded to the children of Mr. Compton, the inventor of the "mule." The efforts, we regret to say, have been hitherto unsuccessful. We trust, however, that a testimonial to the merits of the invention, signed by upwards of 600 of the great manufacturers of this country (a copy of which has been transmitted to us), will not fail to have some weight in inducing the guardians of the public purse, to dole out a small pittance towards the descendants of one who, by his exertions, has mainly contributed in raising this country to its present proud pre-eminence. Roar- Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8., and Lady Emily Dundas returned yesterday to the Gallant Officer's official residence, at the Admiralty, Whitehall, from a visit to Vice-Admiral Warren, East Court, Cos• ham, Hants. Viscount Sydney has arrived in town, from the Mote, the seat of the Earl of Romney, near Maidstone. The Viscountess is shortly expected from Bea.udesert. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.--HiS Grace is perfectly recovered from the slight attack of influenza under which he suffered about ten drys since; :aut owing to the advanced age (82) of the venerable prelate, and the variable state of the weather, his Grace's medical attendants consider it advisable that he should not ven ture out of doors. This precaution, it would seem, occa sioned the rumour of his indisposition. DEATH OF THE HON. FRANCES GRIMSTON.--This venerable lady died at an early hour yesterday in orning, at her town residence, in Chesterfield-street, IWayfair, aged 90, from an attack of the prevailing epidemic. Her Lialyship was grandaunt to the present Earl of Verulam, and issue of the second Viscount Verula. n. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A LICENSED VICTCA.I... LER.—Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the White Hart, Westminster, on the body of Mrs. Ellen Cannon, th e wife of a licensed victualler, carryin}; on business at the Brown Bear, Millbank- street. The Co roner stated that the inquiry had its origin from a report in circulation that the deceased had been ill-used by her husband, and that her death had in consequence been accelerated. The witnesses examined stated that. the husband bad been in the habit of ill-using her, bur , the surgeon proved that she had not died from ill treatment but natural causes. Verdict, " Died from a disease: of the liver brought on by excessive drinking." DEATH OF MR. ELMES, THE ARCHITECT.—A hatter was received yesterday at Liverpool, from airs. El hies, announcing the death of her husband, on the 26t h of November last, at Jamaica. Mr. Elmer erected the Collegiate Institution in Liverpool, and was the arcld tect of St. George's hall and the new Law Courts in that town. These buildings bear testimony to his tasto. MORE HIGHWAY ROBBERIES NEAR LIVERPOOL:"." On Monday evening two gentlemen were robbed by seven highwaymen on the West Derby road, very near the scene of the former robbery. All the money they h.id was taken from them. On the same evening a gen tleman was robbed of 7t. by three footpads on the old , Swan road, on his way home from town. CARDIFF AND NEWPORT. Last night's Gazette i appoints Newport and Cardiff to be ports. The limits of the said port of Newport are declared to commence at Redwick Pill, in the county of Monmouth, being the western extremity of the port of Chepstow, and continue along the coast of the said county to the river Rumney, which divides the counties of Glamorgan and Mon mouth. The limits of the said port of Cardiff arc de dared to commence at the river Rumney aforesaid, and continue along the coast of the county of Glamorgan, to a place called Nash Point, in the said county. The limits of the port of Newport are to extend to the middle of the river Severn. The limits seaward of the port of ' Cardiff to extend to a distance, from low water mark, of three miles into the sea, including all islands, bays, har bours, rivers, and creeks within the said limits. .A.L former limits of the said ports are annulled. CHATHAM, JAN. 4.—A detachment from the pro visional battalion at, this garrison, consisting of two ser geants and 28 rank and file of the 11 th Foot, and 22 rank and file of the 96th, under command of Lieutenant J. W. D'Oyley, with Ensign H. Clayton Hague, of the 11th Regiment, march on the sth instant en route for Woolwich, there to embark as a convict guard on board the Bangalore convict-ship, fitted for the conveyance of free convicts to Van Diemen's Land. The following detachments from the Isle of Wight have arrived at the invalid depot, St. Mary's Barracks, to be discharged on pensions for length of servitude:—Three sergeants, two corporals, and 106 privates of the sth Fusiliers (of this corps there are about a dozen men with bad eyes); three privates of the 20th; two sergeants and four privates of the 36th; two privates of the 45th; 13 privates of the 56th three privates of the 97th; and two privates of the 24 . Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, with 60 women and 91 children, in charge of Lieutenant the Hon. W. Draper Mortimer Best, (tithe Rifle Brigade. CALLS TO THE BAR.—From a recent investigation it appears that during the year 1847 there were no lest; than 191 persons call e d t o th e b ar by the societies of ure Middle Temple, Inner Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn. Of that number 84 were called by the society of the Middle Temple, 53 by the society of the Inner Temple, 40 by the society of Lincoln's Inn, and 14 by the society of Gray's Inn. In the year 1846 there were 174 persons called to the bar, by the same societies. Of that number, 78 were called by the society of the Middle Temple, 48 by the society of the Inner Temple, 43 by the society of Lincoln's Inn, and 5 by the society of Gray's Inn. From the above statement it appears that the number of persons called to the bar during the past year exceeded by 17 the number called in 1846. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—The packet-ship, West Point, Captain Allen, arrived in the Mersey to-day. She left New York on the 15th ult., and has brought 10,0001 in specie on freight. LIBERAL DONATIONS FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA. — The secretaries of the British Association for the Relief of Distress in Ireland and Scotland have received from Adelaide, South Australia, an order from his Excel lency Governor Robe, on the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury, for 1,0001., subscribed by the colonists for the relief of the distressed by famine in Ireland and Great Britain. A donation in wheat of similar value is shortly to follow. / 1 WntiNP4Bll A Y gVENINIC4, arA,NUA-11Y 8, 1#44. " Resolved—That the conduct of Robert Dillon Browne, Esq., M.P., county Mayo, in first addreSsing a letter of gross and extreme insult to S. H. Dunn, Esq., on account of the exercise by the latter of the undoubted right of every free citizen to comment on the public acts of public rne:n ; and, !secondly, in re fusing to withdraw the said insulting letter when offered a fair and honourable retractation by Mr. Dunne of the only expression used by him which could at all be construed to exceed the limits of fair and justifiable comment—is most unwarrantable and most highly culpable, and that to allow such conduct to pass without marking it with our strongest and severest censure, would be tacitly to sanction an in vasion of the right of free discussion, and an attempt at intimidation of a gentleman honourably discharg• d ing what he felt to be a painful but imperative public uty. " That we most highly approve of the manly, ho nourable, and generous conduct of Mr. Dunne throughout this affair, and that we consider his cha racter as a patriot and a gentleman to stand higher than ever in consequence of the course which he has pursued. " That a copy of thee resolutions be forwarded to Mr. Browne, and that it be also communicated to the Very Rev. Chairman and the respected secretary of the late meeting, of that gentleman's constituents in Castlebar, and also to the leaders of .that constituency in other parts of the county." Mr. E. W. COSTELLOE moved the following amend ment : " That inasmuch as the difference between Mr. Browne and Mr. Dunne appears to be of a purely personal nature, the committee would not be justified in identifying themselves with that dispute." The amendment was put and negatived. The original resolutions were then put from the chair, and passed. Mr. COSTELLOE again protested against the juris diction of the committee in the above matter, inas much as Mr. Dunne, on the day in question, pro posed the resolution on his own authority, and did not appear as the organ of the committee ; and fur ther, that it app?ared to him as a matter of a purely personal nature, and that, as such, the com mittee should not identify themselves with it. Mr. O'CONNELL moved that the report should be inserted on their minutes. The resolution was agreed to.—Rent for the week, 1601. DR. HAMPDEN'S APPOINTMENT. A meeting of the clergy of the archdeaconry of Ely was held yesterday, pursuant to requision, to consider the propriety of adopting an address of thanks to the Bishop of the diocese for his Lordship's re monstrance against the appointment of Dr. Hampden. The Archdeacon was absent " from feelings of deli cacy," and the chair was taken by Professor Schole field, 33 reverend gentlemen being present. The address was moved by the Rev. John Graham, and seconded by the Rev. Mr. Fendall ; and an amend ment, which was proposed by the Rev. Mr. Pullen, and seconded by the Rev. Mr. Tillard, having been negatived, the original motion was carried. A petition against the emancipation of the Jews was also adopted. - LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER. COM- PA NlT:s' From the Gfifci.ll List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON. TUESDAY, XOINT-STOCK Name of Company. : usfralasia .......... ritsh North American Ceylon • • • • . • • iommerclal of London . • • Gloucestershire ...... lonian •• • • • • • • • Loud!' and Westminstr London Joint-Stock ... Provincial of Ireland .. Ditto, New...... National of Ireland .. Nat. Provnctal of Eng. Ditto, New...... South Australia ... LTaion 01 Australia•• Ditto • ..... U ion Union of Madrid .•... Dividend per Annum, 51. per cent. 61. p r cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 151 per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 8/. per cent. Si. per cent. 5/. per cent. 61. per cent. 5/. per cent. 61. per cent 61. per cent, X s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 CANALS. Price .; 1 Names of t; Dividend Price N ames of r, Dividend , . Companies. 2, per Companies. es Per Price. cr. Annum. mxi Annum. - - _ X X Aslitn& Oldh 97 51.55. p c 70 Macclesfield . 100 ___ 15 Barnsley •• • • 160 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 100 201. 340 1 3rktik&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 , 201. 200 Bi rm ingham 35 41. 80 Peak Forest. 781 31. 40 Coventry .. • . 100 251. - Regent's •• • • 331 11. 45. 185. tierm . ••• • • 100 6/. 63 Rochdale .. • • 85; 41. 54 Ells rre&Chs 133 4/. bl Somrset Coal 1501 7/. 10s. 130 E,;e ~ ash •• • 100 321. - Do.Lk Fd St 121 61. p. c. - GratsdJunctn 100 5/. 80 Stffrd &Wore 140, 281. 275 Grand Surrey 100 - 30 Shrewsbury.. 125: 151, - urand Union 100 11. 10s. 21 N, Stourbridge.. Grantham • - 1501 12/. - Severe and -1 145 201. 305 Kennt & Avu 39i 7s. 6d. 5U Wye Rail. j 26 11. 85. 30 Leads& Livrp 100, 341. 505 Warwick&l , Leicester .... 140 101. 75 Birming. j • 00 51 . 65 Leicstr &NMI 83 41. 36 Warwick& 1 , :Joughborogh 142 701. 530 Napton..j ' - 46 Monmouthsh 100 81. - Worcstr 141 ,8 21. 39 bintgamrysh 100 51. - Birming.3 ' Molinliwbry 100 10/. - Wilts & Brks 67 11. 11 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend per Name of Company. Amount of Share. Paid. Price Arinum. Albion .. • • •• •• •• • • •• Alliance Brit. and For. DLit) Marine....... Atlas . • British Commercial • • Clericl • Med.Sc Gen. Life Caunty .. • . • • Crown •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Eagle .. • • Eng.& Scot. L aw European Life ••• • • • Family Eudowmn t Soc. Freemasons' . • • • • • • • • Gi Guardian .... • • • • • • • • !mperial Fire • • imperial Life • • • • Indemnity Marine • • • • Law Fire .. • Law• 1 ife.... • ... • • .. Legal and General Life Lz , r.doi Fire •••• • • • • Landon Ship Marine.. .•• • • • • •• • • Med. I nvlid & Gen. Life National Lean Fund.. National Life • • • . • • , • • Palladium Life Pelican • • • • • • • • • • .. • • Price:fix .. Pi otector Life • • .. Provident Life • • • • • • • • Rock Life • !Loyal Exchange Sun Fire • ... 3/. 10s. 6 per cent. 61. per cent, 13s. 6d. pr sh. 7s. per share 51. per cent. 31. 13s. I 6s. 5/. per cent. 5% per cent. 41.& bs. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 12 per cent. 12s. 11. sh. & bs. I:itto Life .... Universal Life.... • • •• Viaoria Life .... X s. d. 1 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 4 0 0 20 0 0 Stook. 100 0 0 0 0 5 10 00 0 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 £ s. 4. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 6 8 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 12 6 All paid. 4 0 0 3 0 0 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 1 2 10 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 100 0 0 120 44% 214 14% wand from refiners as well as grocers. Two parcels, amounting to 7,663 bags, 239 casks, and 48 barrels, were I submitted to public competition ; the chief portion consisted of brown and inferior sorts of yellow and grey. The whole sold at and after the sale, and the rates obtained were equal to those that existed before the holidays; fine yellow se:ling at 39s 6cl to 435, good 37s Gd to 395, mid 36s to 375, low 34s to 355, tine brown 326 to 335, good 30s to 31s, middling 29s to 29s 6d, low 27s to 28s, low and middling grey 33s to 36s 6d, good and fine 39s to 39s 6d, syrupy 25s to 40s, washed 32s to 465, drainage damaged 28s to 425. EAST INDlA..—Bengal met with attention to-day, and of all sorts several parcels were sold at prices equal to those previously current. At auction 114 chests went at 33s to 33s Gd for middling greyish strong yellow. Madras is wanted, and sales to a fair extent were made whilst the rates obtained are large to those that pre viously existed. FOREIGN. —To•day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and privately there was little passing, although holders were willing to take previous low rates. For the purpose of refining under bond, 200 chests of 1.. w brown Bahia were sold at 16s Gd per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon thre was little desire evinced to operate in Native Ceylon, and the sound of 700 bsgs at public sale was chiefly taken in at 33s for good ordinary; a few lots were sold at 31s 6d, which is Is lower, the damaged found buyers at 23s 6d to 305, and round pea berry 36s to 38s 6d. Plantation of mid dling and good quality met with a brisker demand, and realized very full prices, but the sorts under the denomination of middling were dealt in with caution, and declined is in value. The parcels offered at public sale ware all sold, and amounted to 647 bags and 97 casks. For auction 18 casks, 2,600 bags Ceylon Coffee are declared. TEA.—This day 1,000 pkgs of Assam Tea were brought forward, about half the quantity being the low and useful descriptions. 200 chests fine middle class superior leaf, but little injured in transit, and 70 chests highest class, very superior wiry flowery leaf; all realised full prices—Congous 74d to is 4d, Souchong and Campoi 9d to Is 9d, Pekoes Is 4d to 3s 2d, among these were some of the growth of the season 1847, and about 1,000 chests more are on the way; the manufacture and mani pulation continue to improve. SPICES.—This afternoon Pimento met with little at tention, and 92 bags at auction sold id cheaper, good middling went at 3id, middling aid to 3id, and damaged 2id to 3d. 1,000 bags are declared for sale. SPIRITS.—To-day importers of Leeward Island Rum were sellers upon lower terms, still the purchases mace were trifling, at Is bid to is 7d proof strength. East India is dull of sale, and can be obtained at is 5d to is 6d, proof according to quality. Jamaica is not much re quired by exporters or the home trade, and there is a desire to sell fair and middling quality 30 to 36 per cent over proof at 3s 6d to 3s Bd, and good to fine 3s 2d to 4s 4d per gallon. With all sorts the market is plentifully supplied Brandy is held with firmness, and the deliveries exceed the arrivals:—Cognac, old landed of the vintage of 1844, hhds 5s 6d, puns ss, new landed, hhds 5s 6d, puns 5s 4d; 1845, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d; 1846, hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d, inferior sorts 3s 5d to 4s 6d; the vintages of 1840 and 1841. 4s 4d to 4s 8d for 10 to 12 per cent under proof. The price of British Corn Spirits has been re duced to lOs 3d per gallon. RICE.—To-day holders of East India refused to sub mit to any further reduction in the value; on the part of exporters and the home trade, however, little desire was shown to make purchases by private treaty. We quote Bengal, low white at lOs 6d to 1 ls, middling Its 6d to 12s, good middling and good 12s 6d to 13s 6sl, fine 14s to 14s 6d; Madras pinky white 9s to 9s 6d, and cargo 8s to 8s 6d per cwt. For public sale 5,000 bags of East India are declared. TALLOW.—Tbe inactivity in the market for Russian has increased, whilst on the part of holders an in creased desire has been shown to sell, and prices have declined to 44s 9d to 45s per cwt on the spot. From soap makers and chandlers the demand has baen limited, an impression prevailing that prices will further recede. For forward delivery few buyers are to be met with, and there are sellers for the last three months of the year at 445. Home made is little re quired ; there are sellers at 46s 6d to 47s 6d nett cash, whilst the supply is large. With other sorts of Tallow the market is plentifully supplied, and there is a falling off in the amount of business concluded. At public sale a part only of the parcels offered found buyers. OxLs.—Holders of Fish Oils have confidence, and the market has an improving appearance. The arrivals have been of little moment since this day week, and none has been submitted to public sale. Cod met with attention, and several parcels have been sold at 251 5s to 251 106 per tun. In Seal a good business has been concluded, whilst prices are on the advance. For Southern of all kinds much inquiry has existed. In Sperm only a moderate amount of business has been concluded, still holders manifest more firm ness. For Linseed Oil prices are depressed by large parcels from the country having been forced upon the market ; the home demand, however, has been good, and exporters were induced to make purchases to a fair extent. Rape Seed Oil is held with firmness, the supply being small, and a fair business has been concluded. Olive is in good request, still on the part of holders there is a desire shown to sell, although the stock is by no means large. For Cocoa Nut the market is in a quiet state, and 60s to 63s is the value of fine quality. Palm is not offered at any further re duction. NAVA L INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Mr. Maurice T. West, surgeon of the Carysfort, 26, on the Pacific station, is appointed surgeon of the Grampus, 50, on the same station. The Modeste, 18, Lieutenant R. J. J. G. Mac donald, Acting Commander, sailed to-day for Sheer ness, to be paid off. A strange instance of imperfect information occurred on this vessel's arrival yester day. The Admiralty, it is supposed, imagined she had been commissioned at this port, and ordered her to disembark her Marines prior to sailing for Sheer ness. On being, however, informed that she was commissioned at Chatham, and that her Marines be longed to that division, the order was countermanded. The whole affair is rather singular, there not being an instance before of any vessel's disembarking her Marines before being paid off, their presence being supposed to be necessary to assist the officers in pre serving order. Rear-Admiral H. Prescott, C. 8., Superintendent of this dockyard, having gone on leave, his flag was struck on board the Excellent this morning. Wind S.S.E., moderate breezes and fine weather. The services of the late Lieutenant Prosper Am brose are deserving of a more lengthened notice than we were enabled to give on Monday. He en tered the service as a volunteer of the first class, on board the Meleager, and served under those gallant and distinguished captains (now Admirals of the Red), George Cockburn and Charles Ogle, employed chiefly in the Mediterranean, from the 15th of June, 1796, to April, 1797 ; in the same rank in the Cap tain, under Rear- Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, in the Mediterranean, from the last-named date to April, 1798 ; midshipman of the Hyena, under the Hon. Courtenay Boyle, in the Channel and Mediterranean, from 1798 to 1799 ; was midshipman and master's mate of the Sheerness, under Captain Carden, in the North Sea, Channel, and Mediterranean, and served with the army in Holland and in the expedition to Quiberon ; was afterward master's mate of the Guillaume Tell, Captain Elphin stone, employed at Minorca; subsequently in the same capacity in the St. Joseph, under Admiral Earl St. Vincent, Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson, First Captain Sir T. Troubridge, Captains T. M. Hardy, W. Woulsey, George. Eyre and James Carpenter, employed in the Channel from January, 1800, to May 1802; was Admiralty midshipman of the Phcebe, under Captain James Keith Sheppard and the Hon. S. B. Capel, in the Mediterranean, from the 28th of May, 1802, to the end of February, 1806, in which he was present at the battle or Trafalgar, and burnt two Spanish ships—the Rayo, of 100 guns, and the Monarchs, 80, and saved the Bahama, 74 ; he was repeatedly engaged in the Phoebe's boats against batteries and in cutting out; was midship man and master's mate of the Endymion, under Captains' E. D. King and the Hon. S. B. Capel, in the Mediterranean, from the Ist of March, 1806, to the 4th of October, 1808, and commanded the Ann gun boat at Gibraltar, and was repeatedly engaged with the Spanish gun boats in protecting our mer chant shipping; forcing the passage of the Dar danelles ; and was repeatedly engaged in the boats of the ship and on shore at the capture of Prince's Island, off Constantinople. Rear-Admiral Capel recommended Mr. Ambrose to Lord Melville, Lord High Admiral, and Lord Minto, for his good conduct during a servitude of six years under his command. This, however, did not promote him, and he became a supernumerary of the Neptune under Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane and Captain Charles Dilke, employed at the Leeward Islands from the 13th of October, 180 8 , to t he 18t h of February, 1809, and was in command of the gun-boats at the capture of Martinique, in 1809 ; was Acting-Lieutenant of the Port d'Espagne, under Sir Geo rge P ec h e ll an d C o h n Campbell, also at the Leeward Islands from the 19th of February, 1809, to the 9th of February, 1811, and was Acting-Commander of her for some time, with the rank of confirmed Lieutenant from February to October, 1810; Lieutenant of the Tweed, Captain e mployed in the North Sea from Dec., Symonds, 1810, to the 11th of Dec. 1811 ; of the Egmont, under Rear-Admiral Sir G. Hope and Captain Bingham, employed in the North_ Sea and W es t ern I s l an d s from February, 1812, to the '29th of May, 1813; lieutenant of the Guildford, employed at Portsmouth from August, 1813, to February, 1814 ; agent for the transports, three years on the north coasts of Spain and Africa removing slaves from Senegal and Goree, and recommended for promotion by Rear- Admiral Penrose ; agent for transpurta in the years 1824-5.6, and employed in various parts of the world; on the 9th of June, 1826, whilst serving as agent for transports on board the Maria, h e rece i ve d a severe hurt in the right leg whilst returning stores at Dept ford, from which he had been a great sufferer, and lame ever since ; Admiralty agent from the 2d of November, 1840, to the 31st of December, 1845 ; being a total service of 49 years in the navy, for 37 of which he held the rank of lieutenant, and held cer tificates of the most gratifying character from every officer under whom he had served. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 3.—Her M ajesty's frigate En dymion, 44, Captain the Hon. George F. Hastings, came in from the eastward this afternoon ; she left Antigua on the 9th of December. After anchoring inside the breakwater she saluted with 17 guns the flag of Port Admiral Sir John West, which honour was duly acknowledged at Devonport. CHATHAM JAN. 3.--- The Columbia, steam sur veying-vessel, Captain William F. Owen, of 100 horse power, arrived this afternoon, an d is moored alongside the Tartar hulk. This vessel has been em ployed for the last five years on the N or th A mer i can station. She is to be paid off .without di s t ur bi ng h er bulk-heads or internal fittings. THE CONVICTS SALE AND, .11,1`Cov.—Yesterday, Mr. Sheriff Hill, Mr. Sheriff Cubitt, and D. W. Wire, Esq., Under-Sheriff, proceeded to the Home-office, to intercede with Sir George Grey, on behalf o f t h e con vict M'Coy, who, with Thomas bale, now li es i n New gate, under sentence of death, for the murder of Mr. Bellchambers. The grounds upo i which the Sheriffs hope to obtain a commutation of M'Coy' s sentence are , that ho was instrumental i n bringing his brother cri minals to justice—that the case, as reg ar d e d hi m , was more favourable than as it regarded Sale, an d t h at S a l e had, on Monday morning, made a statement which tended materially to exculpate M'Coy from being a principal in the first degree. In the absence of Sir George Grey, the Sheriffs were received by Mr. S. M. Phillips, the Under -Secretary of State, with whom they remained in consultation three-quarters of an hour. Sir George Grey being from town, Mr. Phillip s p rom i se d that the representations of the Sheriffs should be for warded to him immediately, and the answer forwarded to the Sheriffs without delay. The inauguration of the railway from Marseilles to Avignon is axed for She 904 GAS-LIGET AND CORE COMPANIES. Dividend I Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. I Share. X. a. d. s. d. British ••••••.• • • • • • • IL 40 0 0 18 0 0 17% Ditto Provincial•• • • IL Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 24 Bristol .............id. per cent. 20 0 0 - - Brighton •••• .. • ..... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - 19 City of London .. •• • • 10/. 100 0 0 100 0 0 290 Continental Consolidat. 925. pr share 0 0 39 5 0 54 Ditto, New •• 858. pr share 10 0 0 37 10 0 5134 Equitable -•• • • • ...... 15s. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 38 Imperial • • .... ••• • . • 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 8034 Independent ...... • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 '0 0 G 4 London.• ••• • • • 2%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 Ditto .•• • • ......... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 4B Phoenix .• . 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 45 0 0 ' 36 34 Ratcliff ....• ........ 5/. and bns. 100 0 0 90 0 0 80 United General .. • . 4541. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 I 17 Westminster Chartered 3/, 50 0 0 58 Ditto, New • • 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 10% BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. X. s. d. X. E. d. Hungerford • • .. - Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av. - 632 12 8 2% Ditto Nw of 734 p. c, 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo .. .. •.•• • • • • 100 0 0 Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. ss. 4d. - 60 0 0 30 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. 40 0 0 28 Vauxhall •• .. .• • Ar. IL 16a. 70 10 0 - 2733 MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Prise. Annum. Share. X. s. d. X. s. d. Australian Agriculturl 100 0 0 30 0 0 20 Anglo-Mexican Mint., 1/. 48. 10 0 0 , 10 0 0 17 Ditto, Hal fShares.. - 210 0 - Canada .... •.. * ..• .. 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 30 Uppr Canada Bonds W. per cent. , - City Bonds.. • • 3%1. pr cent. - I - Comp. Cppr Mors Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. cis bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 Equitable Reversienry 4% 1 . pr cent. 100 0 0 95 0 0 90 Gen. Steam Navigation 11.8 s. 15 0 0 14 0 0 23% London Institution - - - 9 Peninslr & Orient.Stm. 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 5834 Reversionary Int. Soc. 3%/. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 97 Royal Mail Steam.... 3341. pr cent. - 60 0 0 - South Australian ....• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 23 0 0 4 Universal Salvage.. • . 25 0 0 I 5 0 0 - THE CORN TRADE. The weather has been changeable during the week ; up to Wednesday night the air was dry and frosty ; Thursday, a great deal of rain fell in the neighbour hood of London, and showers appear also to have boon omporienood in other parts of tho kingdom. Si neo then the thermometer has sunk to near freezing point, but the atmosphere has been very moist. These changes in the temperature are decidedly unfavour able for grain in stuck, and until the weather becomes more settled no improvement can be expected to take place in the condition of new corn. In the early part of the week much firmness was shown by holders of wheat; but within the last few days rather more anxiety has been manifested by sellers to realise. From our Scotch advices it appears that quite suffi- cient wheat had come to hand to satisfy the demand. At Edinburgh, on Wednesday, there was, in addition to a good show from the growers, rather a large foreign supply, and purchasers were consequently enabled to buy on quite as easy terms as in the week before. Our Irish letters state that the markets had con tinued to be indifferently supplied, the farmers having brought forward but little grain of any description. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have again been small. — ln quotations of flour no change has occurred ; the bakers seem to have sufficient for immediate use, and being generally unwilling to hold much stock, the article has met a very slow sale. American has been held firmly at the full prices of Monday ; which have, however, been paid with some degree of reluc tance. We have again to report a good arrival of barley coast-wise, and having in addition several parcels on the market, the surplus of previous supplies, the quantity offered has been plentiful. Notwithstand ing the reduction which has lately taken place in the value of this grain, the maltsters and distillers have manifested no disposition to purchase freely. Even the finest samples, though comparatively scarce, have been very difficult of disposal, and secondary sorts nearly unsaleable. On Wednesday previous prices were pretty firmly insisted on, but afterwards the anxiety to realise increased, and on Friday rather less money was in some cases taken. The operations in grindit'g barley have been of very little importance, and prices have undergone no change since Monday requiring notice. The value of malt has, as usual, been influenced by that of barley ; and though we do not alter ~ur quo tations, the turn has been decidedly in favour of the purchaser. • The receipts of oats coastwise and from Ireland rather fall off than increase. Beans of home growth have come forward rather sparingly, and though there has not been much doing in the article, previous rates have been well supported. Egyptian beans have also been held at quite last Monday's currency. Indian corn has been held with great firmness, hut we have heard of no bargains i n parce l s on the spot. Rye flour and Indian corn meal hare met with some attention at previous terms. By the Britannia steam-ship we have advices from the United States of very recent dates. The weather appears to have continued unusually mild, and in the middle of December the inland navigation was still open. This had allowed of supplies coming down from the interior to the leading shipping ports to a much later date than in ordinary years, and at New York the stock of flour (which at one period had been reduced into a very narrow compass) had again increased to about 400,000 barrels. The demand had, meanwhile, been comparatively trifling, and prices had consequently receded. The advices from the principal Baltic ports state that the shipping season had closed, most of the rivers and watercourses having become blocked up with ice. The supplies from the farmers having, however, been small, prices had not suffered any material depression. From the Mediterranean the accounts are of very little interest. A letter from Marseilles of the 27th of December informs us that the tendency of prices had, since the close of the preceding week, been down wards; still fine Polish Odessa had net been offered below 425. per quarter free on board. Very little had been done for export, but some purchases ►-.iad been made by buyers from the interior.—Marl Express. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE CHUENET VALLEI TUN NEL, NEAR LEEK.— About four o'clock yes; cerday (Friday) morning, a fatal accident occurred in the works of the Churnet Valley branch of the North Stat ford shire Railway. A number of the workmen were bt:lst ing in the tunnel, when an unexpected quantity of ro( and soil fell, killing a man named David Smith, am' severely injuring two others. These three were got out, but the fallen rock had so closed up the entrance to the works, that the other men could nut be reached. When our informant left Leek, the greatest anxiety was felt about the fate of the poor fellows still immured in the tunuel.—Staffordshire Mercury, - JANUARY 4. SIMMS. Amount of Share. 25 0 0 100 0 0 5000 100 0 0 to 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 Paid. .f s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 () 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 11. is. 4%/. per ct. 51. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. p. et. dabs. Si. per cent. 11. 53. 43. 5/. per cent. 61. 10e. 11. Ls. 10%1. pr cut. 810 0 4 0 0 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- - £ a. d. X a. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 201 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% Clydesdale Bank ••• • • • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 11% Commercial Bcnk •• - 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 1156%, Eastern Bank.. -- - 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 L 10% Edlub.&Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 51183 Exehange Bnk of Scot 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 48 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 70 0 8)6 National Bank ...... • . 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 12% North of Scotland Bank 71. percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 654 North British Bank - - 50 0 0 10 0 0 s Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 146 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 84% Western Bank -.•- - 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 66 Aber leen Fie and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 1 818.6 d. B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 011 0 9s. British Guar. ntee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 10s. Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22 Church of Eng:and Mi. - 50 0 0 20 0 2 City of Glasgow Life 5l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 2/. 8s Edinburgh Life Instil 5l. per cent. 100 0' 0 12 10 0 171 , 4 Eau of Sc Aland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 12s. Eng. &.Scot. Law Life bl. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 2% Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 11z), insur. Co. of Scotlnil- 41. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7 Life Assoc. of Scotland Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11 5s Mercantile Life .. • • - 10 0 0 010 0 I Bs. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 , 245. North British Insur. -5%1• pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 23 North & West of Scot. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 I/. Is Scottish Life and .;uar. - 20 0 0 011 0 % Scot. Aim. and Gen. Life 51. per cent. 1 0 0 015 0 13s. 6d Scottish Union Insruci. 6%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0' 11. 3s St an !aid ' .ife ...... . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 9% United Den. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 12s. DOCKS. 1 Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - X s. d. X s. cl. ummerclAl .... ..... 41. per cent. Stock. - 70 East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. -1185 i East Countr - 20 Landon ••• - - Ditto Bonds.. •• - - 41. per cent. - - - St• Katharine ...• •... 5 per cent. Stock. - - Ditto 80nd5........ 4%1. pr coin. - - - Ilauthampton • • •..... 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 ' 25 WATER...WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. i per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. . - .£ s. d. X a. d. Birmingham. •••• • • • • 18s. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - East London..• •••• • •• 81. 100 0 0 - 170 Grand Junction •• •• •• 21. 10s. 41 13 4 - 82 31. 100 0 0 - 84 New Ilivr Lndu Brdge 21. 10s. - - 55 Vauxhall .••••. • • • • • • 100 0 0 - 104 West Middlesex • • . 51. 15..prent. 63 12 9 - 118 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Jan. 4.) SUGAR.--Business in the raw Sugar market was re sumed to-day. There was firmness on the part of West India merchants, and the home trade were desirous to operate. For both grocery and refining descriptions a brisk demand was experienced, whilst the rates obtained were fully equal to those current prior to the holidays, but no advance was obtained. The quantity sold amounted to 860 hhds, &c., including 123 hhds of Barbadoes at public sale which went off with fair spirit, and at full rates— very fine yellow fetched 465, fine 42s 6d to 43s 6d, good middling and good 32s 6d to 41s 6d, middling 38s to 395, low 38s 6d per cwt. The market for all kinds of raw Sugar has a firm appearance. For public sale this week 300 cases brown Bahia, 600 baskets of Java, 256 boxes yellow Havannab, 258 baskets 50 cases Penang, and 400 bags of Mauritius are declared. REFINED.—To-day all kinds of Refined goods were much sought after by the home trade, and stiffer rates were offered; the supply was scanty—brown grocery lumps fetched 52s 6d to 53s 6d, standard lumps 54s to 54s 6d ; Tittlers 54s to 60s; Hamburgh Loaves 55s to 645, and Wet Lumps 51s to 535. For Bastards the demand is more active at 27s to 345, and Pieces are in good demand at 35s to 475. In the Treacle market there is yet little passing, and a desire is shown to sell at 17s to 23e. Bonded crushed Sugar is wanted, and as the supply is small prices are firm, and rule at 30s to 31s for first, and at 29s Gd for second sort. For Loaves matle here under bond the export demand is active, and pritses are on the tidvartee. NAUBITIII,—Thin afternoon there was au active de- ..5t..........00. - -....-- • --- - -- . -•- -. • . 40.---...-ii-.- , -.7?-zY6if I , MORTALITY in the ME'TROPOL/S. s•-...,L A\r ! 1 -NUMBER OF DEATHS FROAI ALL CAUSES 'ltt.,,Tas_. ED t _......, THE WEEK E.NDING SATURDAY, ..4:34 ; 11P1V.: 7 15. Epidemic, Endtinie, and Contagious . 'iitiist;i..'?. - . - ; *•;) Diseases of Unc , rtain Seat ... ..1, _.„ /.‘---: 4 1 .1 :'...;- 1 V ; - , ::: - .:!?-1 5 f' ; '1-\ .; Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Sb . _ .- Y...1A,." ---- - - '-'•, ; :* l 'tOfF:T.2f. ;4 Diseases of the Lungs, and othiiii i-- iOrrlat i ,- /;- ; :t - 7, ' ' Respiration ... ... ... ...\at.\;..):,,:: ) ...1"4 9 - 7 7':... 1:) ,„ ' Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vesselit ,/ Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and Otibif r.....• .- c ( t ir tg a ti n ti44 - 4}j of Digestion.. Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &e. ... ... 23 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 9 Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ... ... ... 4 Old Age, (4r Natural Decay ... ... ... ... 64 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance ... 7 9 Causes not specified ... ... ... ... ... 0 1,599 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Ponulation Enumerated, 1841. West Districts... 300,711 North Districts.. 375,971 o.ntral Dist-icts 373 653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts.. 501,190 T0ta15........ 1,948,425 Males ... ... Females ... ... Average weekly DeathS Deaths, 1842-6. in the Five Autumns. Week. 146 ... 256 184 ... 271 196 ... 278 232 ... 238 405 Males Females 1,046 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Total .. 1,599 , 845 754 ... 1,452 The improvement in the public health during the week which closed the year 1847, after a season un usually fatal, is not equal to the expectation which the previous report of the Registrar-General tended to create. There were registered in last week 1,599 deaths, showing an increase above the preceding week of 352, and an excess on the average of 553. It must be observed, however, that in the mortality from epidemic influenza, properly so called, there is a decrease of 15, the deaths from this cause being 127, whilst in the previous week they were 142. In the last week typhus caused 74 deaths.,' in the former week 83. The diseases to whose in creased activity the mortality of last week is prin cipally ascribed, are measles, phthisis, imflammation of the lungs and air passages. Deaths from all diseases of the respiratory organs were 497, about 100 more than in the former week. This increase is partly accounted for by the great fall of temperature, which occurred on Wednesday the 29th ult. The lowest reading of the thermometer on that day was 26 deg. 5 min. ; on the previous day it had been 33 deg. The mean temperature of the last two weeks was about 35 deg.; that of the previous month was upwards of 46 deg. It is reasonable to suppose that some time would elapse before the effect of in creased cold became visible in an increase of mor tality. The following observations on the weather are added to the return : On Sunday, December 26, the temperature of the air early in the morning was 37 deg. 5 min., which decreased to 36 deg. 2 min. by Bh. A.M., and increased to 37 deg. 2 min. by lh. P.M., at which value it re mained for some hours, and decreased to 34 deg. by midnight. On Monday it was 33 deg. till 8h A.M., it then slowly increased to 38 deg. by noon ; at lh. P.M. it was 36 deg. 5 min., at which value it continued without change till midnight. On Tuesday, Dec. 28, the temperature of the air was 36 deg. 5 min. early in the morning, which decreased to 35 deg. 6 min. by 7h. A.M. ; at Bh. A.M. some snow fell, being the first which has fallen this season at this part of the country ; after this some rain fell, and at Ih. P.M. some hail fell; the temperature of the an at ,Ilzr time was 36 deg. 5 min., _w hich d.^.;reased to 35 deg. 2 min., by 3h. P.M., ane. co 33 deg. by , sh. P.M., at which value it continued till riid night. During a part of the morning of Wed day the sky was partially free from cloud, and the temperature of the air descended to 26 deg. 5 mit., a point lower than any since the 18th day of April, 1847, and at the time a thermometer placed on grass read 19 deg.; at 11h. A.M. the temperature of the air was 33 deg. ; lh. P.M. it was 35 deg., and it con tinued to increased slowly till sh. At., at which time it was 36 deg., and it continued at this value till after 7h. P.M. ; at Bh. P.M. it was 35 deg., and after 9h. P.M. it began to increase, and was 37 deg. 5 min. at mid night. On Thursday, December 30, the temperature of the air was 38 deg. till 7h. A.M., after which it ircreased to 40 deg. by 11h. A.M.; it then began to decrease, and was 39 deg. at noon ; and was %7 deg. at lh. P.M.; at 2h. P.M., the direction of the wind was south, and it then veered by the east to the north by 2h. 30m. P.M., and the temperature decreased to 35 deg., and still further decreased till 6h. P.m., at which time it was 34 deg.; it then began to in crease, and was 38 deg. at midnight. Rain was fall ing on this day from Bh. A.M. till 2h. p.m., at times rather heavily. On Friday, December 31, there was only a change of 21 deg. in the temperature of the air throughout the day, and its average value was 35 deg. 3 min. The day was gloomy and dull. Or Raturday, January 1, 1848, the temperature of th., air aas 31 des. 5 min. early in the morning, which increased to 38 deg. by 2h P.M., and decreased to 32 deg. by Gh. F.M. (at this time the sky was par tially free from cloud); at 7h. F.M. it was 34 deg., and it continued at this value till midnight, the sky being overcast during this interval; and at times a thin misty rain was falling. The general character of this week has been in almost all particulars similar to that of the preceding week ; its tempera tures have, however, been somewhat lower. The average temperature of the air for each day was as follows : Sunday, 35 deg. 7 min ; Monday, 35 deg. 3 min. Tuesday, 34 deg. 7 min. ; Wednesday, 31 deg. 3 ; Thursday, 37 deg. 5 win. ; Friday, 35 deg. 8 min. ; and Saturday, 34 deg. 3 min. The difference of temperature during each day has been small; it was as follows :—Sunday, 3 deg. 3 min.; Monday, 5 deg. 5 min. ; Tuesday, 3 deg. 5 win.; Wednesday, 9 deg. 5 min. ; Thursday, 5 deg. 0 min.; Friday, 2 deg. 5 min. ; Saturday, 5 deg. 7 min. The difference of temperature during the week was 13 deg. 5 min., the extremes being 26 deg. 5 min. and 40 deg. During the week the sky was, with very slight exceptions, wholly covered by cirrostratus, awl therefore the period between De cember 19, 1847, at 7h. P.M., and Jan. 1, 1848, at midnight, was remarkable for the clouded state of the sky, and it is the longest period of cloudy weather in the year 1847. The air during the week was com pletely saturated with moisture, and at all times, ex cept on Wednesday, it was nearly in th?f, state, sew that the temperature of the dcw point has been litt.!2 below that of the air. The following is its average value each Sunday, 33 deg. 1 min.; Monday, 31 deg. 1 min. ; Tuesday, 32 deg. 1 min.; Wednesday, 26 deg. 5 min.; Thursday, 35 deg. 5 min. ; Friday, 33 deg. 4 min.; and Saturday, 32 deg. 5 min.; consequently, the average amount of water contained within a cubic foot of air was as follows : Sunday, 2.5 gr.; Monday, 3.3 gr.; Tuesday, 2.5 gr. ; Wednesday, 2.0 gr.; Thursday, 2•C gr. ; Friday, 2.5 gr. ; Saturday, 2.4 gr. The air has been in gentle motion, and it has passed from the north and east, except in parts of Wednesday and Thursday, when it passed from the south. PROCLAMATION OF OUTLAWRY.—The following persons were yesterday called upon to surrender, under process of outlawry, by Mr. K e mp, th e bailiff to the sheriff of Middlesex, at Hicks's-hall ; the list will be appended at the doors of the parish churches on Sun day next:—Charles Henry Burgess, late of Hampstead, at the suit of Richard Hart ; Crewe Read, of No. I, St. Alban's-place, Regent-street, at the suit of Henry C. Curlewis ; the lion. Henry Stanley, late of 36, York terrace, Regent's-park, at the suit of George Merrett and others ; the Rev. William Cuthbert (clerk), late of No. 16, Abbey road, St. John's-wood, at the suit of John Carlow ; Erie 'Baker, late of 29, Upper Brook street, Grosvenor square, at the suit of James Watts Peppercorne and others ; and Henry Arundel!, late of Dover street, Piccadilly, at the suit of Walter Beckett. REPEAL OF THE WINDOW-TAX.—Last night , numerous and influential meeting of the members of th St. James's Parochial Association, rate-payers and othr inhabitants of the parish, took place at the Crown T vcrn, Broad-street, Golden-square, to t a k e into co sideration and adopt the best measures for obtaining total abolition of the tax upon windows. Mr. Chu . warden Geesin, having been unanimously voted in • chair, stated that for fourteen years he h a d, c Lion with the other metropolitan delegates ass , at the Marylebone Court-house, been agitating the .1 4. unjust impost. uring the i peal of this unhealthfullthful 4 consequ ence o f the alteration taking last two sessions, r place in the corr 4-laws, and the calamity that fell upon Ireland, being considered subjects of greater and more paramount jr .nportance, the subject had not been presser! upon Minis' cers; a report had, however, been prepared, showing t' .ne unjust and odious operation of the tax which would be placed in the hands of every Membe of tl• -ie House of Commons, in which Lord Duncan wou.t, F,ive notice of motion for the immediate and total repeat. of the window tax, on its reassembling. A resolution made by Mr. Hewington and seconded by Dr. Butt, calling on the church wardensto convene a p u bli c meet ing of the V es t ry , to petition both Houses of Parliament for a total repeal of the window tax, without which may sanitary measures would ,be incomplete, having :been carried by acclamation, and thanks voted to the Chair man, the meeting separated. PIG IRON.—GLASGOW, SATURDAY, JAN. 1.--The• holidays have made this a week almost blank of busi-. ness. Little, indeed, has been offering, but for such: transactions as have taken place prices may be consi dered firm as follows :-465. per ton for No. 3,4%., for mixed numbers, and 48s. for No. 1, cash. The c‘oru p,suted make of pig iron in Scotland during the last year jus t closed has been 480,000 tons, and the present. amount of stock in store and makers' hands is 80,000. The prices given above are from 225. to 245. per ton_ above the average for the last three Years. __,~ _ -- _ _