The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-02 00:00:00

INDIA. • COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From the Bengal Hurkaru Price Current.) CALCUTTA, TUESDAY, DEC. 21. The arrival of the Haddington, with the mail of the 24th of October, was announced on the evening of the 6th inst. The letters were delivered during the following day, the news, however, having been anti cipated by the Bombay express, which came in on the same morning. The news again proved of the most disastrous na ture. The distrust and depression previously pre vailing among all classes of our commercial commu nity was greatly increased, and a general feeling of despondency succeeded the slight approach to a re newal of business previously noticeable. Two more commercial firms were compelled to suspend payment, one of old standing, and much respected. It is needless to state that all business has since been plunged into further and more serious confusion. Depression and uncertainty are everywhere apparent, nor has business any tendency to assume a more set tled character. The consequences have been, lowering markets both for imports and exports. Native dealers in produce, and in some instances European holders of British goods, have been desirous to proceed with the realisation of their stocks. . It is satisfactory to be able to report that, with the exception of the two instances above noticed, no further suspensions during the last ten days have occurred among our mercantile community. At the same time there is no abatement of distrust or removal of confidence even in the most remote degree. In produce a general decline has taken place, and, combined with the low exchange and reduced cost of freight, there has latterly been a slight tendency to wards a renewal of operations in some staples. Prices, however, are still hardly on a par with those reported in last mail. Buyers are few, and their transactions unimportant. In sugar a decline of nearly Ir. per md. has attracted rather more inquiry. Silk is still without a buyer. Corahs are now offered at more reasonable rates, and there have been a few inquiries, though no sales as yet. Saltpetre is again lower and a moderate business is in progress. Rice of all kinds is to be had cheap, and new table for England is in slight inquiry. Jute continues in demand, and in other of the minor staples there is nothing of im portance to record, those suited for America being generally in moderate request for that quarter. Opium has again declined 40 rs. per chest, and is now 980 rs. for Patna, with a stock of 80 chests of that kind only. In the import trade there have been no symptoms of improved demand. Indeed, the depression has been almost greater than at any period since the commencement of the present troubles. The destruction of confidence, and im possibility of obtaining discounts on any acceptances European or native, or of selling Hoondees against missions to the interior, take away from the usual classes of buyers the ability, as well as the inclination to purchase. Goods are now, however, beginning to be sold off, and the general market during the last week is decidedly lower. Until the system of inter nal trade is placed upon some other and more secure footing, even the great reduction in the extent of all shipment to this country must fail to produce any effect upon prices. Cotton goods, twist, and metals, with scarce an exception, are only saleable at prices under previous transactions. Money is tight but not scarce. The Bank of . Bengal is known to have a full treasury, and in the Bazaar there is no lack of funds, but little disposition to employ them, except in such a manner that thee' can be securely and easily made reali.able. Com pany's paper has advanced considerably, chiefly from rumours current of the long-talked-of closing of tha Five per Cent. Loan. Prices may now be quoted— New Fives, 2 rs. to 8 re. ; Sicea Fives, 0 12 rs. to 3 12 rs. ; Company's Fourq, 12 8 rs. to 13 8 rs dis. Exchange became most unsettled on the arrival of the steamer, and any bills offering, still considered good, were taken at enhanced rates—document bills with good security have been scarce, and in much demand. The rates have since been stationary, and no great amount of business has been done. Present quotations are 6 m. s. with documents, ls. 10}d.; 6 m. s. Baring's credit, Is. lOid. to Is. lid.; 6 in. s. private bills, ls. 11d. to Is. I led. _ _ Freights to England have been gradually on the decline, arrival', though still much delayed, having been rather more numerous, and from the present in action in the export market, there has been rather more firmness latterly in the market, and 51. 15s. to 6/. per ton are present quotations for sugar to London. Indigo—The indigo season could not have opened under more unfavourable auspices. The miserable result of the London October sales, and the crippled position of our general trade, have produced a general inaction in the market. There appears no inclination either among English or French buyers to commence the opera tions of the season, and almost the only transactions are for America. These are by private contract : DC 77 chests Hurrah, Kishnegur, at Co.'s rs. 135 per f. znd.: DC 21 chests Native, Kishn igur, at Co.'s rs. 112-8 per f. md. A small public sale was held on the 17th instant, which passed off with much flatness, prices ruling about rs. 25 below those of last season. Sugar—At the date of our last there was a fair inquiry for the good and fine qualites of l3enares. The accounts by the steamer produced a complete stoppage of demand, and holders being anxious sellers, the market is now fully 1 r. per md. lower fur the better sorts. In the lover qualities the reduction in value is even still greater, particularly for the in ferior Benares and Dumtna sugars, of which a large stock exists. There has been during the last week a recom mencement of business in good and fine Benares, though on a much reduced scale. For brown sugar of all sorts, with Tirhoot kinds, there is a complete stagnation of demand. Exports from the Ist to the 16th of December, 1847 :—Great Britain, 62,720 mds. Raw Silk—The silk market continues completely inactive, and we believe that not a single maund has changed hands for homeward shipment. The Novem ber bund has not been received in any quantity, and present stocks here are chiefly ordinary Radanagore and Bauleah sorts. The large shipments in progress from China, and the unremunerative state of the London market for Bengal silks for so long a time prevent any approach to a renewal of demand. Prices are—Radanagore, Company's rs. 6 0 to 6 12 per b seer ; Hurripal, none ; Bauleah, Company's rs. 5 4 to 6 0 per f seer ; Cosstimbazar, none ; Gonatea, none ; Jungypore, none ; Cornmereelly, none. Exports as above—Great Britain, H 5 maunds. Silk Piece C-oods—Corahs are now offered at re duced prices, and one or two parcels have been taken in for inspection; though as yet no actual sales have taken place. Middling to good native Cossim bazar may be had at 100 to 110 company's rupees per corge. We quote prices of corahs nominal at Cossimbazar, native Ist sort, Company's rs. 105 to 113 per corge. Ditto, 2d ditto, 95rs. to 100 per corge. Exports as above—Great Britain, corahs, pcs. 4,704 ; Choppahs, &c., pcs. 100; to North America, silk goods, pcs. 393. Saltpetre—The market for saltpetre is again lower, by 6 to 8 annas per maund, and at this reduction a moderate business is in progress, chiefly for America. The reduced freights have brought a few buyers into the market also for England. Jute—Sales to a fair - extent continue to be made, prices remaining Co.'s rs. 11 to 12-8 per bale for middling to good picked quality. Our quotations ave:—Shell lac, Ist sort, Co. 's rs. 10 Bto 11 8 ; ditto, 2d, ditto, 9 0 to 10 0; ditto, 3d ditto, 7 8 to 8 3 per b. md.; lac dye, Ist sort, Co.'s rs., 40 to 55 ; ditto 2 , 1, 23 to 35 ; ditto, 3d ditto, 14 to 22 per b. md.; Jute, Ist quality, new, 11 8 to 12 8 ; ditto, 2d ditto, 10 8 to 11 per bale; linseed, Ist cleaned, 1 14 to 2 1 per b. md. ; mustard seed, 1 12 to 1 14 per b. md.; stsfflower, nominal. Cotton—A sale of Nagpore cotton at Co.'s rs. 11 4 ptlr f. md. is reported. Exports as above—Great Bri taan none. China, 4,379 Ind. rods. Opium.—The mark e t has remained drooping throughout, and Patna has been quoted as low as Co.'s rs. 975 per chest. The stock is now reduced to an insignificant amount, and there is no business doing in the drug. Quotations yesterlay were—Patna, Co.'s rs. 980 to 985 ; Benares, Co.'s rs. 955 to 960 p er c h est. Exports as above—China, 2,054 ; Singapore a n d Penang, 443 ; other places, 2 chests. Freights—The market for tonnage was unsettled after the arrival of the steamer, and from the scarcity of produce offering, and firmness of shippers, the rates of homeward freightage have gradually retrograded to oar present quotations. For Liverpool and London—Saltpetre, 51. 10s. to 51. 155., sugar, 51. 153. to 61., rice, 51. 15s. to 61. 6s. per ton of 20 cwt. ; hides, 61. to 6/. 10s. per ton of 14 cwt.; j u t e , 51. 2s t o 51. s s . p e r t on o f 5 bales; raw silk, 51. 15s. to 6/, 6s. per ton of 10 cwt. ; silk piece goods and indigo, 51. 15s. to 61., shell lac and lac dye, ss. to Si. 104. per ton of 50 c. ft. For Aiauritius.—Rice, 2.0 to 2.4 Co.'s rs. per bag nominal. For China.—Cotton, nominal ; opium 7 dolls. to 8 dolls. per chest. IMPORTS. Cotton Goods.—The market has relapsed into bth settled dulness, and nothing els e can be ex pecte d er o r unt i l a the usual operations of ' trade with the inter ior are resumed, and confidence throughout th e some owhole e :e l T oliemer candle community in some degree revived hiss been a tendency on the part of s revived . os There hiss t force sales, chit fly for cash, and prices staples have in consequence given way, and have still A flarther downward tendency. Gray shirtings are still saleable, and the accounts from Mirzapore for these fabrics are favourable. In son le instances, however, they are offered here at a red'ption upon previous rates 'in exchange for cash, T HE S U N, and the market is consequently somewhat unsettled. In white shirtings a few sales have also been made, without much change in value. White jacconets are dull, and the transactions unimportant. In gray jacconets also sales are quite insignificant, and mada pollams are in less inquiry. Grey twills are still wanted. _ . Glasgow fabrics are in a worse position than before, or as compared with the staple Manchester cloths, stocks of the former being much more in excess of the wants of the market. Holders in some instances showing an anxiety to sell, prices have generally given way, and the demand is of a very languid description. Book muslins have been disposed of to some extent at the low prices of 1 to 1-Irs. for No 1, and 3 annas consecutive rise for Nos. 2 and 3. A few sales of common lappets have been effected by submit ting to lower rates. Mulls of common and middling qualities. Nos:3 to 5, are in fair inquiry, but no sales have been made. Scarfs are neglected. In other light goods nothing of moment has occurred. The sales of printed goods are small, and confined to a few lots of zebra dresses, and such prints as are likely to suit the Affghans, now shortly expected. Printed handkerchiefs are still very saleable. Turkey reds are also dull. Twills have been sold at 6 annas per yard, jacconets at Co.'s rs. 6.3 per piece, and diagonal printed 20 yards schinders at Co.'s rs. 8-12 per piece. LONDON, THE CONFIRMATION OF DR. HAMPDEN. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 1. (Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, and Justices PATTESON, COLERIDGE, and EELS.) TUB QUBBN V. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTIZBURV. The following is a fuller report of the Lord Chief Justice's speech than we were enabled to give in our afternoon:Edition of yesterday : Lord DENMAN said—This is an application for a mandamus to the Archbishop of Canterbury to hear certain parties in opposition to the confirmation of the Bishop elect of the diocese of Hereford ; and their affidavits state, in substance, that a citation had been issued, requiring opponents of the confir mation of the Bishop elect to appear with any , objections they might have to urge; that they had ac cordingly appeared with their objections in due form, and that their counsel had not been permitted to do more than to argue in favour of their right to be heard. The affidavit then states that the vicar. general then proceeded with the confirmation, and declared that no opponents had pre viously appeared, and that opponents were contu macious for not appearing. It is also further stated that the objections tendered were founded on doctrines contained in certain books written by the Biahop elect, which, it is alleged, are repugnant to the arti cles of religion ; and the applicants contend that the confirmation which followed was, by reason of that refusal, null and void. Various arguments have been used to show that a writ of mandamus will not lie in the present case. I have no doubt that in this case the mandamus sought for ought not to issue ; and, even if I were at all in doubt on the subject, I should think it better nut to issue the writ than to run the risk of abridging the clear and established preroga tive of the Crown in a matter of such vital import ance, still more to the best interests of the people than of the Crown itself. I admit that there has been established a primil facie case of wrong, where, after citation issued for persons to appear in opposition, and after proclamation to the same effect, persons so appearing were prohibited from stating the grounds of their opposition. The proceedings by which op posers were invited to appear, and then had their mouths stopped at the very outset, and were excluded the court, clearly reflected no honour on those ss ho instituted the form. It is an absurdity, only exceeded by the further proceeding of declaring those very persons contumacious for non-appearance, who had actually appeared, and, ,claiming to be heard, were nut heard. That these things are anomalies there can be no doubt ; but they do not constitute a case for setting aside a clear and established rule, founded on a distinct Act of Parliament and settled by in variable practice. By whose authority have these proceedings been sanctioned in the present in stance, and of whom is complaint made ? In the first place, of a prelate entitled to the un bounded respect and confidence of all men— of that of the venerable Primate of England, who has been a bishop during a quarter of a century, and Archbishop of Cauterbury during nearly a simi larly long period, and who must, therefore, in that long career, particularly as metropolitan, have taken a leading part in the confirmation of almost all the prelates in his province now on the episcopal bench, and who, in the most trying times, has ever displayed the utmost uprightness, prudence, moderation, and circumspect care, whose mind and understanding are not impaired by age, but matured by experience and reflection. The other party of whom complaint was made was a person whose mind, learning, and judg ment, are as well established as is his high character in >dl other respects. These parties, so conversant with the law and custom S in this matter, relied not upon the abstract justice or propriety of the particular form ; on the contrary, they lamented the continu ance of that empty form ; they admitted it was strange and scandalous; but they relied on the express terms of the Act of the 25th of Henry the VIIIth. The Learned Judge here recited the provisions of that Act, so often cited already, as to the proceedings in electing and confirming bishops, and then went on to say that the first observation that occurred to him in reference to this Act was, that no form of confir mation whatever was set forth in it or in the preced ing Act on the same subject, the 23d of Henry the VIIIth.; which latter statute, after denouncing former exactions of the Pope, by means of delaying the confirmation of bishops named by the king en acted that for the future, any person presented to the Court of Rome as bishop of any English see, and whose confirmation by Papal bull should be unduly deferred, should be consecrated by his archbishop, and be then and thereafter taken to be, and be, bishop of the see to which he had been named. In this statute the word confirmation does not once occur. This statute Ras kept alive by the 25th of Henry the Eighth. The statute in question was framed in that spirit of jealousy of Rome which was at that time severing one by one all the ties between this kingdom and that see, but neither King Henry nor any other king was likely to leave the means of making bishops imper fect or uncertain for the time to come. That was one of the objects of the statute, as put forth by the preamble ; and it has been asked whether such a king was likely, at the same time that he deprived the Pope of his veto, to give it to one of his subjects ? The only answer which has been made to this ques tion, I confess, I have heard with surprise and regret, because as I caught it, and I believe I am correct, it was a severe reflection on that great father of the En ;fish Protestant Church, Archbishop Cranmer. I understood it to have been said that the King knew how obsequious an archbishop he had in Cranmer, who would readily comply with the King's will. True, Cranmer was not a blameless man ; far from it; for shortly before his death he betrayed a great want of firmness ; but I may be permitted to say cot greater than that ex hibited by the apostle whom the head of the church selected from among his brethren as the rock upon which that church was to be built ; and his death at least might have atoned for this fault, and have saved his memory from such observations. I must say, I did not expect in this court of law, and in the pre ' sense of so many learned lawyers, and in the pre sence of so many of the faithful sons of the Church of England, to hear the name of Cranmer introduced for such a purpose, and I think it shows great excite ment of mind existing somewhere on the present occasion, whether in the clients or in the counsel who made the remark. I will say that I feel it is doubly the duty of this Court on such a question as this to take care that it is not led away by such impressions, or yields too much to the authority of these ecclesiastical powers, which, in my opinion, it has; been the duty of this Court, in all ages, to watch with peculiar jealousy. If Henry relied on Cranmer as upon a mean and servile Churchman, who would truckle to his caprices, he was wholly mistaken in his man. The Archbishop, on more than one oc casion, thoroughly thwarted the monarch on points which the monarch was especially bent upon carry ing. He opposed him in the matter of Anne Boleyn, and, despite Henry's utmost anger, manifested him self the unswerving friend of the unfortunate Queen ; and again, on the matter of the Six Articles, both in and out of Parliament, opposed the monarch, though it was perfectly well known that the latter was determined upon the extirpation of all views and doctrines contrary to his own by torture and death. But Cranmer was not immortal, and other less tract able metropolitans might have arisen, even suppos ing his character had been what it has been repre sented. Hen ry was no stranger to the obstinacy of religious faith,. From experience he knew its strength, having seen his own well beloved Chancellor lay his head on the block rather than admit his supremacy. He had witnessed constancy, too, in many of the clergy, and he was no doubt well read in that page of Church history which recorded the firmness of Thomas A'Bec.kett. It is, therefore, inconceivable, by any ingenuity, that Henry should have allowed any doubt to r amain as to the prerogative which he proposed to establish. Besides, Parliament itself had made complait its with respect to the proceedings of the Archbishcip on this subject. These considerations are surely entitled to great weight. The arguments on either side, in this respect, rest upon the meaning to be attached to confirmation, as the word is found in the statute. The word, however, does not occur alone, but is. connected with the proposed elec tion. The w cards, " should confirm the said elec- tion," plainly indicate the duties devolving on the metropolitan. When the election was real, two things require , to be certified t o th e Archbishop— first, that the election is duly made; and secondly, the identity of the person who brought the certifi cate, it being :further desirable, no doubt, that the Archbishop, b; v his benediction and gracious recep• tion of his new colleague, should inspire the people with confidence and respect for him. But it is said he is to cite 8 11 persons to oppose ; and it is a ques tion whether be is bound to open a court of this de scription. I -would ask, can there be any necessity for such a coat; se when the person to be confirmed has already bom a ordained a deacon, on which occa sion all people .have been called upon to pronounce whether they suspect him of any crime or offence, when, if anythilng was alleged against him future pro ceedings were deferred until inquiry should be made ? The same per! on must have undergone the same ordeal on beini r ordained a priest ; and, when bishop elect, he corn es with the additional testimony of parties well gu atified to judge of his fitness in all respects; for, yin ce the provision of that statute, he brings the recomi nendation of the Crown—and is that to pass for nothinl ? Why is the Archbishop, then, to commence an i nquiry ? Why is he to call upon all the world to c ome forward and oppose ? If the election were in. the people I could understand the argument ; but ' het e it has passed away from the people, and been vested for ages in the Dean and Chapter on the r sconamendation of the Crown. The limitation of i time imposed in the two great processes of election, and confirmation —of twelve days in the former case, and twenty MARKET INTELLIGENCE. t From the London New Price Current of Feb. 1.) Suo•x.—To-day there was increased firmness in the Raw Sugar market, the home trade were anxious to make purchases in both free and slave labour of every kind. On the part of merchants there was also much confidence, and theymoderately supplying the market, were enabled to obtain rather advanced rates. Exporters and our refiners working under bond came forward with greater freedom. The de mand was active for all sorts of West India for home consumption, and the rates paid were 6d to is per cwt above those of Friday, but business was checked by the diminished supply, and the refusal of some holders to sell. The private sales amounted to 860 hhds, &c., and the rates current are as follows:—brown 36s 6d to 37s 6d, yellow 36s to 475, and grey 38s to 42s per cwt. At public sale 20 hhds, 19 trcs, and 26 barrels:of Barbie° went at 37s to 38s for fine strong brown. The rise on West India Sugar from the lowest point of the market is 3s 6d per cwt. REFINED.—To-day there was less disposition evinced to operate in Refined goods, but prices ruled firm ; Standard Lumps at 55s 6d to 56e, and brown Grocery at 55s per cwt. A slight increase in the supply is observ able. Bonded Crushed Sugar is in brisker request, and prices are firmer—first and second quality selling at 29s Lc) 30s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar of all kinds was in excellent request privately, and the parcels offered at auction, amounting to 5,154 bags, all sold at full, and in some cases at stiffer rates. Benares fine white fetched 48s to 90s,good 44s 6d to 465, middling 43s to 43s 6d, low 42s to 42s 6d, good yellow date kind 41s to 433, damp and washed 37s to 475, brown ditto 27s to 325, good strong yellow like Dobah 47s 6d to 48s 6d. Of Madras some parcels were taken by private treaty, and stiffer rates were paid. At public sale 93 bags went at 33s for low soft yellow. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was a lively de mand for all kinds of Mauritius Sugar, and a furth:. , r rise in the value took place, although the market was better supplied. At public sale 6,943 bags and 25 casks were offered, consisting chiefly of middling grey sorts : the whole sold at a rise on the rates of the last auction of is per cwt. FOREIGN.—To day there was no public sale of Fo reign Sugar, bat numerous parcels were taken by private tr ivy, and at higher rates by 6d to Is per cwt. The chief sales to-day were 1,700 chests brown and yellow Havannah at 395; 400 chests brown Bahia at 40s to 40s 6d; a cargo afloat of 400 tons of brown Rio at 37s 6d ; one of 200 tons Pernambuco at 38s 6d. To wards the close of the, market it was difficult to purchase sound brown Foreign Sugar however low in quality under 38i. MOLAssEs.—To-day there was a good demand for West India, and the rates obtained were rather above those that existed last week. The ♦alue of low to fine quality is 16s to 18s 6d per cwt., indeed some parties will mot take these rates. COFFEE. —This afternoon Native Ceylon was sold to a fair extent by private treaty, at 33s to 34s for good and real good ordinary. Of Plantation 117 bags and 5 casks were sold at rather better rates, good bold coloury mountain berry went at 665, good middling 60s, mid dling 56s Gd, damaged 50s to 55s 6d, triage 39s 6d ; 27 casks of Jamaica went at full value, fine at 103 s 6d, good 81s to 90s, middling 70s, fine ordinary 44s to 48s, good ordinary mixed 35s to 36s per cwt. The market for nearly all sorts of Coffee has a firm appearance. TEA.—The deliveries hare again been of a satisfactory nature, and amounted to 557,965 pounds at this port during the past week, and which is a larger quantity than last year during the same time. The market has assumed a tranquil appearance for both Black and Green sorts, and only a limited amount of business has been concluded since our last report, but holders refuse to sell upon lower terms; the market is, however, more liberally supplied. The rates obtained for common and good common Congou are 8d to 9d ; Ilyson, ordinary is to is 3d; Gunpowder Canton Is to Is 4d, and Imperial 10d to Is. There are sellers of common yellowish leaf Twankay at the low rates of 5d to 6d, still few purchasers are to be met with. The public sales declared to take place are heavy, and greater than for some time. None has come in since our last report, and the trade all over the country are scantily supplied; prices are also much under those of this time in 1847. RlOE.—This afternoon no improvement was perceiv able in the demand for any kind of East India Rice, and holders were disposed to realise. At auction 3,063 bags Madras sold, but upon rather lower terms—fine pinky white went at I Is, good 9s 6d to 103, fine pearl barley 10s, good 9s to 9s Gd, fine bold white 12s 6d to 133, fine cargo 8s 6d to 9s, and damaged Ss to 12s 6d ; 2,049 bags of Bengal were offered—the sound was all taken in—fine white at 14s 6d and good 12s 6d, but the damaged sold at 8s to 13s per cwt. SAsso.—To-day 146 boxes at public sale were taken in at 19s for small Pearl, being above the value. SPIRITS.—To-day there was an active demand for all kinds of Rum, and a further advance in the value took place, Leeward Island selling at Is 10d to is lid proof, Eist India Is Bid to Is 9d, Jamaica 30 to 38 per cent. over proof 4s to ss, and Demerara 3s 3d to 3s 6d per gallon; indeed some parties will not accept these rates, on account of the expected reduction in the duty. TALLow.—On the part of holders of Russian there is more desire manifested to realise, and the rates accepted are rather under those previously quoted. Only a limited amount of business has been concluded, and 47s to 47s Gd are the prices taken for P.Y.Candle. There are sellers for the next two months at 475, but few buyers are to be met with. Tho operations aro upon a more extended scale only for the last three months of the year at 43s to 445, and upon which terms there is a desire to sell. Home made is not cheaper, but is not so much in de m Ind, and the supply is rather larger, still 49s to 50s per cwt are tke rates insisted upon nett cash. Other sorts of Tallow are less wanted, and rather lower rates are accepted. At public sale 133 casks of P. Y. Candle were dkposed of. For auction 800 packages of Tallow arc declared. Ou.s.—Prices do not improve for Linseed Oil, although the home demand is good, and exporters having been beenthau m of : dleataet. 24s F or to 2 fo 4 7 3 a d r e r de c l w i v t e , riyndseveral buyers to a f a i r extent. T he supply is, however larger e s r a e ie a s re ha n v o e t generally sellers upon these terms. Rape Seed Oil is good demand, and the supply beingsmall, buyers have to pay stiffer rates. Little change in the value of Olive Oil. For Palm a much better demand has been experienced, accompanied by an advance • in prices. By private treaty several parcels have been sold, and 99 casks at auction fetched 311 to 341 for good and fine quality. The supply is on the decrease, whilst the consumption is improving. Cocoa Nut is offered upon reduced terms, still few buyers are to be met within the private market, and 68 pkgs at auction were only in part sold. One the part of holders of Fish Oil more desire has been shown to realise, and the marker has been better supplied, whilst the demand is not so good. The deliveries are, however, yet exceeding the arrivals. For Southern prices remain much the same as previously, but only a limited business has been con cluded privately in every sort. At public sale 10 tune realised 3015 e to 321. Seal is offered upon rather lower terms, but the private sales are of little moment in all sorts; at public sale, however, 42 tuns found buyers. '1 he sales made in Cod have been of little moment, and 251 to 251 10s are the rates taken. Sperm is, however, in good request, and prices are firmer. LOSS OF THE STEAMER SCOTIA. (From the Malta Times of Jan. 25.) On the morning of the 15th the Scotia was observed lying in the Bay of Stora much deeper in the water than customary, conseptentlyos there was no one on board, Captain Williams, of the schooner Rhoda, lying at anchor close by, lowered his boat and went on board accompanied by a portion of his crew, when to his surprise he found that the water had risen so as to cover the machinery, and that it was fast increasing, which he imagined must have been occasioned by a material damage from a French brig, which parted from her anchors, and went foul of her on the night of the 13th inst. Captain Williams did not leave the Scotia until the arrival of Captain Pereira, which took place shortly, when a consultation was held as to the expediency of running her on shore, in order, if possible, to save a wreck of the ill-fated ship, which was done by the sole exertions of the Rhoda's crew and three or four of the Scotia's men. She was speedily run on the sandy beach and imme diately parted asunder. On the following day a large portion of her wood work was sold by auction on the spot. The boilers and part of her engines were ob served peering ever the troubled waves, and will no doubt be ultimately recovered. PLITT'S FAILITRE.—It is stated in a letter from Frankfurt that the failure of the house of Plitt and Co. of St. Petersburgh, is severely felt in that city. The principal creditors reside there, and among them is one for 2,080,000 t., and another for 1,040,000 f. I ADVERTISEMENT.] —CAPTAIN KRAMER, OF THE BARQUE WILHEIMER CUZED o A DREADFUL SCORBUTIC Colt- PLAINT EY HOLLEWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLSI.—DI this astonishing case the whole of the body and legs were covered with lumps nearly the size of Tonquin beans, and had been so for the last thirty years : surprising to relate this terrible disease completely disppeared from the system in the course of a month, by having large quantities of the ointment well rubbed in every night and morning, and taking the pills in copious doses. This cure is known to many respectable people, as the vessel was discharging her cargo in the Thames only about a fortnight si nee.—sold by all druggists, and at Professor Hol loway's establishment 244. strand. London. WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2 1848. in the latter—strengthens this view of the matter. The election by the Dean and Chapter is to be made within twelve days, and the archbishop is enjoined to consecrate in twenty clays. The election is a mere form, the appointment being in terms by the king. The consecration, however, is a m ore so l emn act. The form is contained in the Book of Common [Prayer. The bishop, before receiving episcopal ordi nation, is " called, tried, and examined ;" and the archbishop, after receiving him at the h an d s of two bishops, demands the king's mandate for his conse cration. Then the archbishop, sitting in his chair, is to put certain fixed questions, to which fixed answers are to be given. The 3111th article ordains especially that the consecration shall he in this form. The consecration, therefore, is said to be like the election, very little more i than a formal cere mony. The one is the initiation of the dean and chapter, and the other the confirmati o n of the Archbishop; but both are, in reality, the acts of the Sovereign ; and, that being so, we are now asked to find some reason why confirmation should be more than a mere form also. The answer is, th a t the word " confirm" had a certain known legal sense. After the remarks made at the bar and since, I will now proceed to inquire what was at that time the meaning of the word "confirmation," and whether the command to the Archbishop to confirm is to be understood as giving him power to hold a court at which all persons not pleased may come in and oppose. If this he so, the favour of the Sove reign is supposed to have placed the bishop elect in a position analogous to that of a felon, whose trial the jury are to decide. He has pleaded not guilty to the charge, and all persons are then to be invited, by public proclamation " If they know any treasons, felonies, or misdemeanours, done or committed by the prisoner at the bar, to come forward and give their evidence." That is the position in which it is now contended a bishop elect, whose doctrines have been approved of on his ordination to the offices of deacon and priest, who has been nominated by the Crown, and elected by the dean and chapter, is to be placed by the favour of his Sovereign ; and the charge is to be made blacker, if possible, by the use of the full and comprehensive word " heresy." When engaged upon this topic I feel it necessary to repeat what has often been stated in former judgments—that the canon law forms no part of the common law of this realm unless practice can be shown to the contrary. Then I am of opinion that the burden of proofs on such a point rests on the parties opposing; but into this I need riot go, for I am convinced that the practice never has existed authoritatively in this country, and for proof of that I rely, not upon affidavits, but upon the arguments of the appellants themselves, for I am satisfied that it' even such a case could have occurred, it would not only have been cited in this court, but would have been notorious to all the world. But there is not a trace of such a case ; all records, historical and legal, prove a perfect blank with respect to it. It was argued that perhaps such a case never had occurred because an appeal to that court might never before have been necessary. What, during all the centuries Christianity had existed, not one person, some of whose opinions may have been alleged heretical, have been elevated to the bench of bishops ? Has there been none elevated with "spiritual pride," none with " jealousies," none against whom some person or another might not have alleged some sort of " immoralities And even if this wires°, were there no persons during all that period capable of making a false charge—of drawing a false inference ? Where were the sons of I3elial at that time—a class not extinct in these days, and who never fail to be forward in cases in which they take so much delight ? But, suppose opposers admitted : observe what would happen. " Come forth," said the proclamation, " and offer your oppo sition in the case of this person to he made a bishop." The answer is, from one, " I knew this man at col lege 20 years ago, and I can tell you of some irre gularities in his life." Another would say, " This person is justly suspected by one of having performed the service whilst in a state of inebriety." A third might charge him with " vanity." Another might throw a slur upon the chastity of his mother, or attack his conduct respecting his son. All that the Pharisee blessed himself in being free from these people might falsely allege against the bishop. He might know all the allegations to be false and infamous; the archbishop might think the accusers utterly unworthy of belief, or know the charges to be false, but, nevertheless, the inquiry must proceed, and though they should be disproved, and the confirma tion take place, still the fatal calumny must remain. But how much is the case strengthened when the charge is the unfathomable charge of heresy, sup ported by extracts from books, probably little under stood, and by reported c onversations, probably ima ginary, and, if real, difficult to be correctly repeated. Thus the life of a bishop might be frittered away • whilst proceedings are pending against him, and his see might be left without any occupant, to the detri ment of the church and the of people. The existence of this course being inferred, the next consideration is, what the proceedings would be. These may be known from the citation to opposers and the Schedula Divina of Bishop Gibson. The evidence that this oppo sition took place in ancient times is a very small, and is proved to have been a mere matter of form during the last three centuries. And why should it not have been formal, when it is well known that nothing could have resulted from any attempt to make it otherwise ? Why not give the ecclesiastical autho rities credit for surrendering so invidious a power, or rather for refusing to adopt it ? Any attempt to carry such a scheme into effect must have shown its utter impracticability. But let us consider what mighty edifice is sought to be raised upon this word " confirm." We are told the Archbishop holds a court, but that this court has ever done what is now required is not pretended. The right of appointment of a bishop by the Crown, without the interference of the archbishop has, in fact, never been doubted ; that any opposer to the confirmation was entitled to appear was never even surmised. The records of the court are silent on the subject. There has been, in fact, only one exception to the rule of the non-appear ance of opposers, and that exception was in the case of Bishop Montague, when the Vicar-General, Dr. [fives, refused to hear an opposer, guarding himself, however, by stating that he did so because the opposi tion was not in writing. Of this Dr. Rives we know little, and that little not much to his credit; but it very clear to me that if he did give such a judgment he was wrong ; for in the law nothing is said about the opposition being in writing, and indeed it might proceed from a party who is not able to write. If such a proceeding as that were permitted, the op poser of the new Bishop of Manchester might appeal to this Court, and might argue on the same ground that the confirmation was null and void because he was not heard. If such were the law, there would be plausible reasons for ad mitting the opposition. The dicta that had been cited in the case of Evans v. Ascuithe, in which the Dean of York having been promoted to the bishopric of Bristol, and in the interval between his election and confirmation having performed acts as dean—granted leases in conjunction with the chapter it had been mooted whether his election was valid. In the course of that proceeding opposition cooled very much. Judge Whitelocke, it was true, alluded to the possibility of the ceremony not being completed ; but he never dropped a hint in favour of the opposers' right to be heard. A useful pamphlet has been cited in this court, containing a collection of opinions upon the subject of the prerogative, in the form of a dialogue and statement. The question discussed is, whether the Sovereign has the power of the keys the same as the Pope, and can confer ecclesiastical orders ? It takes the form of a dialogue between a Roman Ca tholic and a Church of England man. The former maintains the converse proposition ; and the subject then branches off to the creation of bishops. The Church of England champion maintains that freedom of election in respect to bishoprics is consistent with the recommendation of the Sovereign to the vacant see ; that it does not exclude it. The Roman Catholic then suggests the appointment of an uncanonical or immoral person ; to which the Church Of Eng land man replies, that the kings of this country are wont to proc ee d i n suc h ma tters carefully and pi ously, which is the reason why the Church of Eng land is in such a flourishing condition. The Roman i Catholic then ur ges th a t th e Sovereign s but a man, and as such subject to human weakness , to which his anta g o n i s t a n sw ers, that in suc h case the electors would no doubt represent the case to the King, beseeching his Majesty to take care w hom he recommends to them ; and he adds, the princes of England are so famous for their piety and con dcscension, that he has no doubt the Sovereign would nominate another person. It appears from the pam phlet that Charles 11., having taken into his serious consideration how much it would conduce to the honour of God so to do, resolved that no Secretary of State should thenceforward move eforward move his Maje s ty t o a ppoint to any bishopric in the Church without a certificate of the competency of the candidate signed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bi s h o p o f L on d o n. The sam e thing was done by William 111. But in neither of those in stances was the right o f interference with the appoint ment of the Crown in any way recognised, nor any allusion made to the rejection of the individual nomi nated for election. The case of Bishop Gibson, which had been before mentioned, was a remarkable authority. He was assailed by one of the most learned judges who ever sat in this Court, Sir M. Foster, as one who desired to ereate an ecclesiastical hierarchy, and to erect the Church into an imp er i um in imperio. This ch a rge it was that induced him t o write that celebrated treatise which still remains a perfect storehouse of ecclesiastical law, but i n no one ' page of which d oes h e asse rt the existence of any power on the part of the archbishop to defeat by such an inquiry as that of confirmation the right of nomi nation by the Crown. Certainly, some quest i ona bl e applications have beenmade in regard to the subject. There are no less than four of these reported. In the case of Bishop Hoadley, for instance, that prelate gave his opponents free opportunities of making opposition to his confirmation, knowing that something was alleged against him. Archbishop Wake remonstrated successfully with the Sovereign against the promo tion of Dr. Samuel Clarke, and other sovereigns have consulted archbishops before promoting to the office of bishop. But not a word has been uttered, not a fact has been cited to show that any archbishop has ever instituted or could institute any inquiry. Every one has heard in this case of the celebrated protest addressed by thirteen or fourteen: bishops against the prelate. The arguments they urged were arguments of great weight and power, hut, though they warned the Minister of " scandal" arising from the nomina tion, not once did they allude to the rejection of the prelate for confirmation on the ground of heresy. O ne of the objectors wished not to be exposed to the perils of a preemunire, but there was no assertion of the danger and disgrace so likely to arise from any oppo sition on the part of those who had procured the condemnation of the bishop elect by the Convocation of the University of Oxford. It was said, indeed, that by not allowing the Court to inquire the arch• bishop would be converted into a mere " machine." That word " machine" suggested to him (Lord Den man) the idea that the writ of that Court might pos sibly be required to be used as a " machine"—a machine with some sort of galvanic operation upon powers hitherto supposed to be extinct, which would make some convulsive motions for the space of twenty days, and then relapse into the most profound repose. But that idea implies that the forms in which vitality is to be generated never had existence. Ido not believe that to have been the case. The duty of the Archbishop in the matter appears to me to be clear, and entirely apart from the functions of a judge. It is, in my opinion, more analogous to the duty of a returning officer at elections. His confirmation is necessary. If his inquiries lead him to the opinion that the appointment would be injurious, he can re monstrate. He can advise the Crown not to issue a conge d'elire. He may ask to be removed from the painful position of performing, or ordering to be per formed, the duty of consecration after the election has been made. Even then he may still resort to the presence of the Sovereign, and pray to have the conge d'elire and the letters missive superseded. But even at the worst, if the Crown persists in nominating the person to be bishop, and if he is quite clear that the conge d'elire ought to be set aside, he may act as his Conscience doubtless would dictate, and as some of the judges of this court have acted, and resign the office which the Crown had given them. He may resign. The present Archbishop, I have no doubt, would do so after hearing the objections that were made to Dr. Hampden, if he did not consider that he would not be justified in such a course of pro ceeding. I ask whether it has been the opinion of any person, until within the last few weeks—until this unfortunate controversy occurred, which has so inflamed the public mind—that the Archbishop had a se to on the appointment of the Crown to a vacant bishopric ? And when I hear Sir F. Kelly entreat, with the solemnity of manner peculiar to him, that we would notgcall upon the Archbishop to invoke the Almighty in prayer, and perform as a sacred cere mony that which is in reality a mockery, a shadow, and at best a useless form, I confess that I hardly know how to meet such an observation. Are, then, the dean and chapter to be treated as nothing ? Do they conduct their proceedings without prayer and solemn ceremony ? And if they are required, not withstanding to proceed to the election, without the power of refusing to elect the nominee of the Crown, why should all this declamation be re ferred only to the confirmation, and not to the elec tion ? It may be an ill-considered and an impious Act of Parliament, and one, perhaps, that ought to be repealed, hut why there should be any objection made to the solemn ceremony of the confirmation, and not of the election, which is conducted with equal solem nity, and both of which are in conformity with the Act of Parliament, I cannot understand. It reminds me of the two Roman augurs who were said never to meet each other without laughing; and it certainly does appear to me, that if the Court yielded to the request of the Learned Gentleman on such a ground, the advocates on both sides would have good occasion to laugh at its decision. Having stated my reasons for the opinions which I deliberately, firmly, and conscientiously entertain—that what was contended for in support of the rule never has been at any time the law of England—l must say that I think the Court is bound to refuse the writ of mandamus. At the same time, I may state that I have had the greatest possible hesitation in coming to this con clusion ; and the more especially as I feel that this is a refusal of an inquiry which, in a railway or any other ordinary case, would at once be granted. My opinion is so strong against making such a rule absolute, and so entirely unchanged by what I have heard this day, notwithstanding that I feel the ' greatest disposition to show the highest respect for the sentiments of my Learned Brethren who differ from me, that I cannot possibly say that this writ ought to go. I think if it went it would be good for nothing, for the return which would be made to it would be a sufficient answer. But lam also bound to consider the consequences which would arise from the issuing of such a writ, viz., the frightful state of theological animosity which it would create and per petuate for a period of perhaps two years, and the sanc tion it would give, upon the avoidance of every see, to the adoption of a similar course, where the Arch bishop would be called on to summon all mankind in every case as objectors to the appointment of the Crown, and keep open a court, which, in fact, might never be closed. It must also be borne in mind that the Court has a discretion in the issuing of a manda mus, supposing even it thought that the proceeding complained of was of a judicial character, and that the Archbishop might be compelled to hear the ob jectors ; and, in the exercise of this discretion, with out regard to the legal right, I feel bound to refuse the writ. I must also acknowledge that some deference is due to the exalted person who is the de fendant in this case, as well as Dr. Hampden himself, whilst snore regard is to be paid to the safety of the Church and the peace of the State, which I verily believe would be perilled by the encourage ment of the smallest doubt as to the true meaning and intention of the Act of Henry VIII. I repeat that I have the greatest respect for the opinions of my Learned Brethren. I think this is a question which ought to have been discussed. The balance of convenience certainly appears to me to be in favour of discussion. I must say, in reference to my brother Coleridge's ad mirable argument, that it only confirms me as to the danger of exposing the clear construction of Acts of Parliament to those who would bring down their for gotten books, and wipe off in this court the cobwebs from decretals and canons, of which they know no thing. For these reasons, and thinking m yself bound by the Act of Parliament, and the practice which has prevailed, I think the rule must be discharged. The Court being equally divided in opinion, the application was refused, and the rule was accordingly discharged.—Rule discharged. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. James Coates, 21, and belonging to the INletropo raiNlSNL2rinan, 21, both formerly constables t l'n a carpet-bag, the C o o;r-eStz and several articles of containing,l it ali i'o l Police, awere diamondindicted ri o f g o r a o s property of George Spong. me.B b odli m in, r. an n d ob A in l s r o . nCladrekfencdoend wearing apparel, the Coates. It a ppeared that the prosecutor, who is a Com mander d . Ctlbae secutir k s p o r n o du i\ ct i Hier in the Royal Navy, was proceeding i n a , o . instenattn-boat to Gravesend, on the 17th of December, having with him two carpet-bags, and when he ar rived at Gravesend he missed one of them. Mr. Spong spoke with some certainty to seeing both pri soners on board the boat on the day in question, and a very considerable portion of the stolen property was found a short time afterwards in a lodging occupied by Coates at Cheltenham, and also at a lodging he had formerly occupied in Anthony-street, St. George's-in-the-East. It was likewise proved that on the 15th of December the prisoner Coates pawned a portion of the property, and on the 17th the dia mond ring was pledged by the other prisoner The prisoner Swarman, in his defence, declared, that the books of the police would show that he was on duty at the time the robbery was committed, and also on the day when the pawnbroker represented that he had pawned the ring. Hardwick, the police -sergeant of the prisoner's division, on being applied to upon this point, said, he believed the police books would certify that the pri soner Swarman should have been on duty on the days he mentioned, but he was frequently charged with neglecting his duty, and at the time in question he had no sergeant over him who could state whether he was on duty or not. The pawnbroker was recalled, and he spoke posi tively to the fact of Swarman being the person who pawned the ring. The jury found both prisoners Guilty. The COMMON. SERGEANT told Swarman he would not lass sentence upon him then, but would give him an opportunity of bringing forward evidence, if it was in his power to do so, to prove the facts he had stated. S warman said, that an inspector and two constables, whom he named, could prove the fact. ➢ir. CLARKSON said ho would take care that the persons referred to were in attendance on the morrow, or some future day of the session. The prisoner Coates was then arraigned on another indictment, charging him with stealing a carpet-bag, the property of a gentleman named White. - . This was a similar case to the last. The prosecutor was coming to London by the Black wall Railway on the 11th of December, when he had his carpet-bag stolen, and a portion of the property it contained was found very shortly afterwards in the possession of the prisoner. The jury again returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. BODKIN said there were two other indictments against the prisoner. It appeared that he had gone down by the Great Western Railway to his friends at Cheltenham, taking with him a large quantity of luggage, the greater portion of which was the pro duce of robberies he had committed upon the different railways. The appearance of the prisoner and the quantity of luggage he had with him attracted the attention of an intelligent officer connected with the railway, and he was watched ; and it appeared that, notwithstanding the position in which he was then plac,d by his former conduct, he could not refrain from committing two robberies upon persons tra veiling in the same train. The COMMON SERGEANT sentenced the prisoner to be transported for 14 years. John Dean, 19, was convicted of picking the pocket of a foacigner, named Maks Henoch, of a book, a sovereign, and other articles. The robbery WdS com mitted while the prosecutor was standing in the crowd to witness the execution of Thomas Sale, on the 10th of January. The prisoner was sentenced to six months' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. George Kien, John Dixon, John Pearson, Thomas C. Findley, and Donald Galbraith, seamen, were charged by Mr. Coleman, the assistant-registrar of seamen, under the sixth section of the 7th and Bth Victoria, chap. 116, with having deserted the vessel named the South Stockton, on a voyage from London to Shields, and thence to Constantinople. The case supplied a strong instance of the necessity of the Act as well as of its efficacy. The seamen boldly stated, in answer to the charge of desertion, that the vessel was not seaworthy, and that she was making in her voyage out seven inches of water per hour, and they considered their lives were in danger. Mr. T. Nutting, of 158, Fenchurch-street, the owner of the vessel, produced a bill of expenses in curred through the desertion of the seamen, amount ing to 501., and in reply to the defence of the seamen stated, that the vessel was only eight years old and was classed A 1, at Lloyd's, and that after her recent voyage from the East Indies she had undergone a slight repair, but, in order to prove the reasons as signed by the prisoners to lee groundless, the master of the vessel had called upon the surveyor for Lloyd's, at Deal, to examine the vessel, and he now produced the following certificate : " We, the undersigned, by request of Captain Thomas Francis, of the brig South Stockton, and by direction of Edward Juggleden, Esq., agent to Lloyd's, Deal and Ramsgate, have been on board the said vessel now lying in the Downs, bound from Newcastle to Constantinople with a cargo of coals, and do find that she is making one ineh of water per hour, and that the said vessel is in every respect well found and fit to proceed on her intended voyage to Constantinople. " Given under our hands, at Deal, this 18th day of January, 1848. "C. MILLER, Warden of Pilots. " W. BRisTow, Master Ship's Carpenter." Mr. Nutting also stated, that in addition to the act of desertion, the defendants had stolen the ship's boat, which they had left on the sea-beach till it was broken in pieces by the waves. The LORD MAYOR said the case was one wholly unworthy of British sailors, and showed an extraor dinary disposition to cheat and to tell gross and ma lii.; nant lies to cover the deception. lle wished he had it in his power to inflict a heavier penalty than thirty lays' imprisonment and hard labour. William itrAfanus and Richard Bourn were then charged by Mr. Coleman with having deserted the Emerald Isle at the Cape of Good Hope in October, and having incited an apprentice to follow the exam • ple, and also with having stolen the jolly boat belong ing to that vessel. The seamen pleaded that sufficient reason for leaving their vessel arose from the ill-usage they experienced from the captain and officers, but did not deny that they had purloined the ship's boat or caused the apprentice to desert. I\ fr. Nathaniel Palmer, the Recorder of Yarmouth, and owner of the Emerald Isle, stated that his son was in command of the vessel, and that the officers were the sons of gentlemen of the highest respecta bility, from whom fair play could not but be ex pected; that sufficient opportunity had been offered to the defendants to make complaint, the vessel having remained at the Cape of Good Hope for up wards of three weeks, during which time a reward was there offered for their apprehension. The LORD MAYOR sentenced the defendants to be imprisoned for the full term of thirty days, with hard labour. Lyme H. Christopher, late chief mate of the Con rad, was charged by Mr. Coleman with having de serted that vessel at Quebec. The register ticket of the prisoner, together with those of the previous charges, had been returned to the office, and it ap peared from them that the persons named had been returned to the office as deserters. Mr. Harrison, merchant and shipowner of the Con rad, confirmed the charge, and complained of the great inconvenience and serious losses arising from the example set by the prisoner to the remainder of the crew. He solemnly declared that unless every exer tion had been made the vessel would have been obliged to winter there, and would thus have exposed him to a much heavier loss than be had as yet sustained. His Loonsuir sentenced the defendant to imprison ment and hard labour for thirty days. Mr. Goodman then informed the Lord Mayor that since the commencement of his mayoralty there had been convictions in that court for desertion of upwards of fifty seamen, and that the fines imposed in cases in which sufficient proof could not be obtained to establish the highest offence amounted to 1251. The LORD MAYOR animadverted upon the dis graceful abandonment of their vessels by seamen at foreign ports, and the serious inconvenience to which such desertion led. He could not, he said, have be lieved it to be possible until he had had such con vincing proof of the fact, that such utter disregard had been displayed by the seamen to the interests of their employers, and he considered that the greatest benefits would arise from unflinchingly carrying the Act into effect. BO W-STREET. A young man, named Sylvester Walsh, of respect able appearance, and described as a clerk, living in Newman-street, Oxford•street, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with having fired a loaded pistol at Emma Summers, at a brothel in Bow street, (a brief account of which appeared in The Sun of yesterday). The prosecutrix stated that she lives in Wellington terrace, Waterloo-road, and is an unfortunate girl. Between twelve and one o'clock that morning she was accosted by the prisoner, near the Lyceum Theatre, and invited to ac company him to " the Brunswick," well known resort of prostitutes in Bow street, nearly ,e opposite the R oya l Italian Opera. house. were shown i n t o a room upstairs They and the prisoner sen t f or a pint of wine which they drank together. He then took a ring from his finger and placed it on hers, asking her to accept it as a present. After this a second pint of wine was sent for. While sitting together she ob served something like the top of a large stick project ing from his breast-poeket, and asked what it was. He at first made no answer, but presently drew out a large pistol, and laid it upon the sofa. She inquired why he carried such a thing as that about with him, and he replied, " Oh, merely for protection." After they had been sitting and talking together nearly two hours, they undressed and got into bed. In about ten minutes afterwards he rose from the bed, and she got out after him. He then threatened to shoot her if she got up. She replied, " You don't mean that," believing that he was only speaking in jest. He said, " Don't I, though ?" and immediately took up the pistol and presented it at her head. She stooped hur riedly, and the pistol was fired, its contents passing over her head. She made a rush towards the door, and he caught hold of her, exclaiming, " That he would fire it once more, and then it would do for her." The report of the pistol and her cries for help brought the servant and porter to the door, and she ran to them for protection. The prisoner . and herself were undressed at the time. By the MAGISTXATE,—I have been since shown the hole in the wainscoting of the room through which the bullet passed. It is just behind whore I was standing when the prisoner fired the pistol, and about as high up as my shoulders. 1 was perfectly sober. My clothes were brought to me by the ser vant after I had run out of the room. We had not had any quarrel, but had been on perfectly friendly terms. Cross-examined (by an attorney's clerk who ap peared for the prisoner)—l left home about ten o'clock in the evening, and had been walking about till I met the prisoner, but had not taken anything to drink. I had never seen the prisoner before. I drank two glasses of wine with him. We were . to gether about two - hours in all. We had been bed about ten minutes when he got up. I had no inten tion to leave the room when I rose. Scarcely a moment elapsed between his presenting and firing off the pistol. I have no idea what could have been his motive. John Beesley, the porter at the Brunswick, de posed, that he was sitting down stairs at about ten minutes past one, when he heard a very loud noise, like something heavy falling on the ground. Ile went up stairs, and saw the young woman, Emma Summers, running out of the room undressed. He asked what was the matter, and she said the gentle man had fired a pistol at her. The chambermaid, %Flo had also hurried to the spot, then took her up stairs to another room, and witness went to the door of the room, and asked for the young woman's clothes. The prisoner threw open the door and excl a im e d, "C ome and fetch them '—upon which witness went in and saw the prisoner near the bed, partly dressed. Wit ness said, " You have fired off some powder." The prisoner stated that he had not. The pistol was ly ing on the table, and was cocked, but had no cap on it. The barrel was then quite warm. Witness took it up and was going to leave the room, when the pri soner stopped him and tried to wrest it from his hands. During the scuffle the trigger was pulled by one or the other, and the lock went down. Witness gave the pistol to the chambermaid, and told the pri soner to dress himself and leave the house. Witness then sent out for a policeman. On the arrival of the constable he related what had happened, and pointed out the bullet hole in the partition. It was about half an inch wide. The ball went through the parti tion, splitting the boards on the outer side. The hole in the inner side was smooth and slightly blackened. The pistol now produced is the same. (It was a large horse pistol.) Witness; on returning to the room afterwards picked up a percussion cap which had been exploded. There was another cap not used, upon the sofa. A bullet was also found about five yards from the hole, on the other side of the partition. By the MAGISTRATE—The prisoner looked very wild - and excited. Witness could not say if this was the result of liquor. The girl was perfectly sober. Mary Ann Spacktnan, the chambermaid, said that the prisoner and the young woman came to the house about a quarter to twelve o'clock. The gentleman sent her out twice, for a pint of wine each time. She heard the report of firearms about an hour after this, and on reaching the room s-aw the girl running out of it. Witness took her upstairi into another room, and sent the porter in for her clothes. Constable Jackson, F 78, said he was called into the brothel about half-past one o'clock by the last witness, and on going into the room on the first floor found the prisoner there partly dressed. He appeared in a very excited state—" half out of his mind like." Witness took him to the police station and searched him, and found in his possession a bullet mould, some bullets, percussion caps, knives, and other articles. He should say the prisoner was intoxicated. He said nothing. The prisoner, when first asked if he wished to make any statement, denied tile evidence of the prosecutrix, declared his belief that he did not fire off the pistol, and his moral conviction that she fired it off herself ; but, subsequently, when the depositions were taken, he acted upon the suggestion of his adviser, and " re served his defence." Mr. JARDINE then committed him for trial. 1 homas Eagle, a middle-aged married man, hold ing a clerkship in the General Post-office, was charged with stealing two letters. . _ _ One of the messengers, who had been watching the prisoner while engaged in the Inland-office, distinctly saw him lay his handkerchief on a letter and then take it up, letter and all, and put it into his pocket. He saw him conceal another in a similar way, and, on mentioning the circumstance to the president, the prisoner was searched by Peake, the officer, and the two letters found upon him. The prisoner, who said it was his first offence, was remanded. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. I. S'FOCK Excliazion.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 5% dis.—Ditto, 311. Shares, dis.—East Lancashire, New, 3% die.—Great Northern, 5; 1 ,4 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (L. and B.), 8% die.— Ditto (late M. 13. and B.), Sixteenths, 6—London and North-Western, 152—Ditto, Fifths, 9 1 4 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 17 1 / 4 —Midland, 116 c.—Ditto, Halves, dis.—Nerth Staffordshire, 34 c. p. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 5 1 / 4 dis.—Ditto, Pre ference, 3 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 32—Ditto, No. 1, 31,'„ dis.—Ditto, Now, No. 4, 1 1 / 2 dis.—York, Newcastle, and flerwick (N. and B.), No. 2,3% c. p.—Ditto, No. 4, 1 1 / 4 dis.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 2% p.—Ditto, Prefer ence, 2 1 / 2 p.—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 20 1 / 4 dis.—Dah lin and Drogheda, 32% dis.—Dutch Rhenish, 44 c. dia. MANCHESTER, Fan. I. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 2 3-16 dia.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 5 7-16 dis.—Bolton, Blackburn, &c., Proterentials ( B), par c.—Bristol and E xe t er , 15N Dublin and Drogheda, 31 dis.—East Anglian, New Prefer ence 3 ~ , , —Great Northern, 5% dis.—Huddersfield and Man chester Railway and Canal, Thirds, I% c. dis.—Lancashirt and Yorkshire, Fifths, sa p.—Ditto, 32!. Shares, 4% c. die. —Ditto, Halves (H. and S.), 10 die.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 214 dis.—London and North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (A), 4 p.—Ditto, ditto (B), 4 p.--Ditto, ditto (C), 4 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 5 1 4 dis.—Midland, 401. Shares, 44 3 A —North Staffordshire, ;ri p.—Oldham Alliance, 1% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 1, 314 dis. —Ditto, No. 4, 1 7-16 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extensions, No. 2,3% p. LEEDS, JAN. al. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—A fair amount of business has been done to-day at the following _prices : Ambergate Notting ham, and B os t on . 2 , 4 dis.—East Lancashire, 211d/4—Ditto, New, 3 1 4 dis.—Great Northern, 5. dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 545. dis.—Leeds and Dews bury, 44 n. C. d . dis.—is Liverpool, M ur a i n g c h h to e n st , er a n , Newcastle Junction, 40s. Coast 43—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 40s. dis.—North British, Thirds, 35. 6d. p.—Ditto, Extension, Gd. dis.—North. Stafibrdshire, 155. p.—North- Western, 4 3 4 die.—South. Yorkshire, Doncaster, &c., 3 ,i (scrip) ).—York, Newcast'le, and Berwick, Extension, No. 1, 5 p.—Ditto, Preference, 3ji p.—Ditto, No. 2 (New Berwieks), 3 1 4 n. p. HULL, Srocx EXCHANGE —The sales are —Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, N—North British, Quarters, ls. dis.— Ditto, Extension (scrip), 9d. dis.—Ditto, Thirds. 3s. 6d. pp North Staffordshire, 16s. 3d. p.— York, Newcastle, and Ber wick, 34%. N EWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Fin. 1. STOCK EXCHANGIC.---The sales are—Newcastle and Car lisle, 11:K14—North Staffordshire, 13s. fd. p.—York, New castle, and Berwick (late North Shields Purchase), 11 1 4 p. YORK, JAN. 31. STOCK EZCHANGIC.—The sales are—Great Northern, 5/. 2a.- Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), Tes. —North British. Halves, 12 1 ,E Ditto, Thirds, 435. €4l— Quarters, 5 1 ..—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, :1— York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 34% Ditto, Extension, No. 1, 19 3 4—Ditto, No. 2 (late New . Berwicks), 131. as. 9d. —Ditto (G. N. E. Purch.), 10% n.—York and North Midland (East and West :Riding Extension), 37. GLASGOW, JAN. 31. STOCK EXCHANGIC.—The sales are—Dundee and Perth, 30/. 10s.—Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 14s. 6d.---Edin burgh and Glasgow (Stir. Mid. June., 5 per cent. guar.), VI. 2s. 6d—Edinburgh and Northern, 16/. 10 s. —Ditto, New port, 8/. 10s.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 71. 73. Paisley, 13arrhead, and Hurlet, 21s.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extensions, No. 2 (N. and B.), 121. 17s. 6d. THRRIBLE DISASTER.--The Constitutionnel contains the following news from Algiers of tke 20th inst.:— " A deplorable event, which recals in a minor degree the disaster of I3ou-Taleb, has just happened between Tablat and Sak Hamondi, on the Algiers road to Auwale. An artillery convoy left Auinale on th• Bth inst.. and was overtaken on the 11th inst. on the heigista in front of Sak llamondi by a violent snow storm. At the turnings of this perilous road the burdened mules were precipitated into th• deep ravines. The cold be came so intense that in less than a quarter of an hour 14 men out of 44 fell beneath its severity. Those who were able to escape from this horrible situation took refuge in tke dachera of Tifiras. At the same time that this convoy was suffering on the heights above men tioned, another from Algiers lost two men between Ouled-el-llad-el•Tablat. As soon as Si-Mahi-ed-Din was informed of the catastrophe ho immediately sent assistance to the unfortunate sufferers, and on the 17th inst. a dozen men, frozen to death on the nights of the 11th and 12th, were brought to Algiers." Moicsr-MAnxir.---The premium on gold at Paris is 124 per milk, which, at the English Mint price of 81. 17s. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.46 ; and the exchange at Paris oa London at short being 25.62 k, it follows that gold is 0.64 per cent. dearer in Londua than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4344 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of EL 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange: of 18.fli ; arid the exchange 'at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.124, it follows that gold is 1.36 per cent. dearer is London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London is 111 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 10V 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 1.49 per cent. in favour of England. But, the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the in terest must be added to the above dlifirenee. Silt Ms. On the 21st ult., at Longeot, Berks, the lady of the Rev. Edward Ilartnce, of a son. On the 22d ult., at Cobham, Surrey, Mrs. Thomas Crawter, of a son. On the 19th ult., At Rome, the lady of William Ramsay, Esq., of a daughter. OH the 26th ult., at llodnet Hall, Salop, Mrs. Haber Percy, of a daughter. Oa the 28th ult., at Melksham, the wife of the Rey. W. Jackson, of a daughter. Oa the 29th ult., at Cheshunt, Mrs. Philip Smith, of a son. On the 30th ult., in Queen-street-place, London, Mrs. A. Jennings, of a daughter, On the 30th alt 7, at Falmouth, the wife of Commander J. G. Dick, R.N., of a son. _ On the 30th ult., in Sydney-square, Mrs. 1. S. Patridge, of a daughter. On the 31st ult., the lady of J. H. Crampton, Est., H.l - of a daughter. MAARIEB. On the 80th of August, 1847, at Richmond, New South Wales, Walter Lamb, Esq., to Jane, fourth daughter of W. Cox, Esq., of Hobart- villa, near Richmond. PIED. On the 30th ult., in Portman-aqivare, the Countess of Beverley. On the 21d ult., at Twickenham, Colonel Algernon Disney. On the 20th ult., in Lower-terrace, Islington, J. L. JAN.- son, Esq., aged 83. On the 30th ult., Mr. Ponsonby, of Regent-circus, Pion.- dilly, aged 81. On the 30th ult., at Park-House i -,SydenhanOient, J. W. Southgate, Eq., aged 63. On the 30th ult., in Palace New-road, Lambeth, Mr. Eferal Howard, aged 67. On the 31st ult., at Abbey-place, St. John's-wood, Charl the infant son of Kr. James Boyd. On the 31st ult., in Piccadilly, Matilda, third daughter of Henry Peter Fuller, Esq., aged 10. On the 31st ult., at Porchester-terrace, Bayswater, Mgr garet, relict of the flight Rev. Joseph Allen, all., late Load Bishop of Ely. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, st No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th• Sun Office, No. IIS. Strand, in the Precinct et tie Savoy, it the Goulaty of Middlesex, Wednesday, February 2. 1648. I ; I I X , • 1: