The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-24 00:00:00

Ihdi.tro—Tbe only transaction or importance in the new indigo has been made by private sale Saupin, Kalleghatta, Kisnagur—L about 100 chests at Co.'s rs. 130 per f. md. The mark last year sold at Co.'s rs. 147.13 per f. md. There has been no disposition to buy for Eng land under pre.;ent circumstances. The Americans have been purchasers of a few native lots. Sugar—There has been a fair inquiry for Benares engin., and more disposition to buy than at any time during the past month; first quality is without much change, the best now in the Rizaar selling at Co.'s rs. Gto 9.6 per md. In other kinds, however, the decline during:the past fortnight is 4 annas per maund ; and the lower qualities may be had at even a greater reduction. The chief business done has been in second quality at Co.'s rs. 7.14 to 8.6. Dumma and low Benares sorts are abundant, and coming in freely. Of Dumma a little has been sold for Bombay at Co.'s rs. 5.12 to 6. In other sugars there is nothing doing. Prices are—l3enares, first quality, new Co.'s rs., 9 to 9 8, second ditto, 7 14 to 8 8, ditto dingy and in ferior, 6 8 to 7 8, Dumma, 6 to 6 4, Gurpatia date, 5 12 to 6 4, Tirhoot, 5 8 to 7 8, Khaurs, 3 8 to 4 4 perom. Exports from Ist to 4th December, 1847—Great Britain, 18,268 mds. Raw Silk—ln the silk market there is no change. Demand for England is quite suspended, and the only transactions are a few maunds for Bombay and the coast. So small a monthly export of silk has not been known for many years. Shipments from Ist May to date are 4,858 mds, to 9,139 in 1846, 10,486 in 1845, and 13,375 in 1844. Our quotations are—Radanagore, Co.'s rs. 6 8 at 7 0 per b. seer ; Hurripal, none; Baulean, Co.'s rs. 5 12 at 6 4 per f. seer ; Cossimbazar, none ; Gonatea, none ; Jungypore, none ; Commercolly, none. Exports as above—Great Britain, 16 mds. Silk Piece Goods—Corahs continue also to be quite neglected, any shipments making being either under advance or on owner's account. We quote prices of Corabs nominal at—Cossim bazar, native, Ist sort, Co.'s rs. 113 to 118 per corge ditto, 2d ditto, 104 to 110 ; Radnagore, Ist ditto, 90 to 100. Exports as above :—Great Britain, corabs, pcs. 1,746 ; choppahs, &c., none; North American silk goods, 60. Saltpetre—For England a few sales have been made, and the American demand still takes off a fair quantity. Prices of the lower qualities have again undergone a slight reduction. For France a few small sales have been effected. Prices are—Gudna, Co.'s rs 6 2 to 6 10; Chuprah, Co.'s rs 5 2 to 5 10; refined, Co.'s rs 6 8 to 6 14 per f. md. Exports as above :—Great Britain, 9,798 mds. ; France none; North America, 106 mds.; China, none. Rice—There is a considerable desire shown to en gage tannage for shipments of new rice in prospect of arrivals of the new grain being shortly abundant—a few transactions are reported, but to no great extent, and the market has not yet fairly opened. There is still mush dulness in the Mauritius trade, and Ballam is to be had on rather lower terms. Prices may be quoted—Table, :Co's rs. 1 14 to 2 6, Moonghy, cleaned, 1 3 to 1 5, Ballam, do., 1 2 to 1 3 b. md. Exports as above—Great Britain, mds. 800 ; France, mds. 2,000 ; Mauritius, mds. 3,000 ; Bour bon, mds. 400. Shell Lac—Remains without any demand. Lac Dye—The Americans are still in the mar ket of common descriptions. Linseed—Continues in good demand, and at ra ther higher rates, sales being made at Co.'s rs. 2-21 to 2-3 per md. for good cleaned. Jute —The demand is extensive and full prices are obtainable, Co.'s rs. 12 to 13 for first quality screwed. Hides are without change, qualities suitable for America selling freely. Cotton —There is no change of any kind in cotton, nor will any business of moment be done until the new crop comes down. Freights —The inward bound are still kept out, and tonnage has been scarce, consignees at the same time being able to secure very stiff and advancing rates. IMPORTS. Cotto n Goods —The improving tendency of the market has given place to considerable dulness. There 'has, however, been more inquiry for cotton goods during the past week, although the actual business transacted has only been moderate. Grey and white shirtings are without change in value, but of the former the sales effected are to a fair extent. In grey ja ccone t s severa l large sales of very ordinary quality have been made at Co.'s rs. 1 10 to 1 15 p er p i ece ; good and fine are not much wanted. In white jacconets little has been done. Grey rnadapollams continue in fair request. Grey drills remain in good demand, and sales have been made at rather better rates. For Glasgow light fabrics the inquiry is still lan guid, and few sales of any importance hare been made. The large stocks existing of these goods have a more depressing effect at this time than in fabrics such as shirtings and jacconets, the supplies of which are small. Book muslins are a little more asked for, several arrivals from Burmah having taken place. Lappets remain dull, but there has been rather more inquiry in the course of the present week. In scarfs no sales are reported. Mulls, No. 3to 5 kind are saleable, but at low and stationary rates. Printed goods are in very limited request. In Turkey reds the business done has been quite unim portant. Printed handkerchiefs of all suitable de scriptions are in brisk demand for Burmah at high prices. MONEY MARKET. Bank of England—Discount of Government ac ceptances (three months), 6 per cent.; discount on private bills and notes (three months), 10 per cent. Interest on deposit of Company's paper, 8 per cent. ; interest on cash credit accounts, 8 per cent. Bank Shares —Bengal Bank, 4,000 Co.'s rs., 2,500 to 2,550 prn. Union Bank, 1,000 Co.'s rs., 750 to 800 dis. Agra Bank, 500 Co.'s rs., 190 to 200 pm. Oriental Bank, 1,000 Co.'s rs. (500 rs. paid up), 140 to 150 pm. North Western Bank, 500 Co.'s rs., 100 to 136 pm. Government Securities—Transfer Stock Paper per Cent. 7 to 8 pm., Bombay Five per Cent. 4 to 5 dis., Old Sicca Five per Cent. according to numbers, 4 to 5 dis., New Company's Five per Cent. 8 to 1 dis., Third Four Sicca 141 to 151 dis., Ney Cy. Four Sicca 131 to 141 dis. Price of Bullion, &c.—Sycee silver, Co.'s rs. 100 per sa. wt., 104 to 104 10 ; China gold bars, per sa. wt., 16 12 to 17 6, gold dust, per sa. wt., 15 4 to 16 14; Spanish doll.irs, per 100, 220 to 220 10 ; Mexican ditto, per 100, 219 4 to 219 10 ; sovereigns, each, 11 to 11 1 ; Madras gold mohurs, each, 16 3 to 16 41 ; Old gold mohurs, each, 21 6 to 21 7. CHINA. (From the China Mail of Nov. 25.) A farewell general order has been issued by Major- General d'Aguilar on the embarkation of the 18th Royal Irish, which sailed for Calcutta on Monday last (the 22d), carrying with them general esteem for their professional and personal qualities. This gallant corps, the last of the old garrison, was detained here atter the arrival of its relief, to give weight to the policy of the Government, the chief object of which has been to convince the Chinese authorities at Canton, that if they do not restrain the populace from acts of insult and aggression, the Queen's Government will exert its power to enfbrce protection and respect to its own subjects, a policy which has been fully justified by the result. The departure of the Royal Irish may therefore he viewed as marking a period when doubts about Keying's in clination or ability to control his countrymen are passing away and giving place to mutual confidence between the Ministers of the two nations. (From the China Mail of Nov. 28.) REBELLION Ix KA9IIGAII.—An imperial edict has lately been issued, from which it appears that a Ma homedan chief, whose name in Chinese is Gan-tseih yen, has raised the standard of rebellion at Kashgar, in the extreme west of Chinese Tartary. Poo-yen-tae, Governor-General of Shanse and Kan-sub, has in consequence been dispatched there, with the title of Conamander-in-Chief for the tranquillization of the West ; and Yih-shan, a nephew of the Emperor, who `was Sent to Canton as Commander-in-Chief during the English war, has been appointed his coadjutor, 'with the title of Lieutenant-General (Tsan-tsan.) From our Manilla correspondent we learn that the ship Anne and Jane, of London, and bound for Hong -1"118', was totally lost on the island of Euban, at the entrance of Manilla Bay, during a severe gale nn the ith and Bth instant. We regret to say that a p a ssenger named Rogers and the cook of the ship Were drowned. CANTON MARKET.—Noy. 26. IMPORTS. The market had been in a depressed state previous to the arrival of the Overland Mail, and the advices t hen received have caused a further depression. Our * applies, want of confidence among the Chinese, and ro anxiety of importers to realisehave altogether ‘'inded to produce a general decline y in prices. EXPORTS. Teas Congou, there have been fewer pur -h-"ea made o f this kind during the month than a rlY one of th e p as t fi ve , th oug h th e ship -1 it . l " 3 , have been on a l arger sca l e , and the exports ri' show a large i ncrease on th e corresponding pe -11,°.1 of last y ear. Ab out 10 c h ops are reporte d as so ld ' 1 to 25 t ae l s f ar M on i ng ; 17 to 19 t ae l s Ho "; 1 7 to 20 Wig Kai-won ; and 14 to 18 taels THE' SUN, LONDON, MONDAY for Sinchn-kal. There qnntntions are lower than those of our last report ; but; though prices hare a downward tendency, a decline has not taken place to the extent of the difference, as an inferior quality i s now arriving. About 60 chops are in market. Of old six have been sold at 121 to 15 taels, and 12 remain. Of Suuchong 1,500 chests have been settled 2t 22 to 23 taels for fair to good, and 16 to 18 taels for ordinary ; about 10,000 chests are in stock. For Flowery Pekoes lower rates would be accepted, hut there is no demand. Of Scented Orange Pekoe fully 1,500 hall chests have been settled at 21 to 23 taels for fair to good, and 25 to 28 taels for fine; and scented caper, 10,000 boxes are reported at 16 to 22 taels. The market is now cleared of the finest qualities, but ordinary and middling qualities can be made to meet any demand. Of plain orange pekoe 3,000 half chests have been purchased at 12 to 15 taels, and only a small stock is left. Of plain caper about 1,000 boxes of very inferior quality is left. Of the first crop of Ning Yongs the market is cleared; about 2,000 half chests of the second crop is in stock. Greens—An exceedingly brisk demand has existed throughout the month, and most of the chops were settled immediately on arrival of the musters. The desire to get the tea of the new crop early to the American markets, caused much competition, and the opening rates have been fully supported in all qualities suitable for the United States. ilhe same remarks apply to the fine Hyson and Gunpowder for Eng land; indeed, for the latter sort, higher rates have been paid than were paid for the like qualities shipped later in the season. The crop is of good quality, strong, and well flavoured, and many of the finer chops not so highly coloured, but paler, and more like the natural hue of the leaf. We quote—Young Hyson, Taeping country 24 to 26 taels ; Moyune country, cargo quality, 29 to 31 taels, do. good cargo 32 to 34 taels, do. superior to fine 36 to 44 taels, do. finest 46 to 65 taels ; Hyson fair to good, 32 to 42 taels, fine to finest 48 to 65 taels'; at which prices some considerable pur chases have been made. Imperial and gunpowder in common and middling qualities no transactions of consequence have taken place, the teamen not being willing to accept the prices offered. Fine and finest Hyson flavour have been taken freely at 50 to 53 to 62 to 65 for England. Hyson Skin has also been taken freely for the United States. We quote— Aloyune country cargo at 15 to 17 taels, ditto good 18 to 20 taels, ditto superior 21 to 24 taels, fine to finest 26 to 30 taels; in Twankays no transactions, and prices nominal at rates above remunerating ones to any buyer. The crop is very small. Fully 100,000 half-chests of all sorts have arrived, of which about 80,000 have been settled, Exchanges—Baring's credits, 4 41. Oriental Bank, 4 41. Accepted Company's bills on Bengal, 216 to 218 rs., and holders generally refuse to sell at the latter rate. Bullion—Mexican dollars, 1 per cent. pm. Gold has fallen to 24 dolls. 80c. Sycee for duty, 8 per cent. pm. Frc;ights—To London, 4/. 10s., and to the United States, 16 to 18 dolls. per ton of 40 feet. Tonnage plentiful. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE—(MONDAY.) Last week tEe arrivals of English Wheat, coastwise, were on a full average scale ; those of Barley and Malt tolerably good ; but those of all other articles of home produce, including Flour, were small. From Ireland and Scotland the receipts of Oats were on the increase, but by no means extensive, the time of year considered. The imports from abroad comprised 5,920 quarters of Wheat, 2,454 ditto of Barley, 1,770 ditto of Oats, 1,913 ditto of Beans, and 881 ditto of Peas. No foreign Flour came to hand. From Essex and Kent, the receipts of Wheat fresh up to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, were on a full average scale. The arrivals from other quarters were comparatively small. The stands some what heavily filled with !samples of both Red and White ; yet the market—as the attendance of buyers was large, opened steadily for all kinds of Eng lish Wheat at last week's quotations. Subsequently, however, the demand slackened, and the rates suffered a decline in those obtained on this day se'nnight, of Is. per quarter, and a total clearance was not effected. With foreign Wheat we were by no means heavily supplied. Selected qualities were in moderate request, at full prices. Otherwise, the foreign Wheat trade was heavy, but we can notice no fall in prices. The general quality of the samples was very inferior, notwithstand ing the supply of Barley was moderately good, that article was in better request, and, in some few instances, selected parcels, fit for malting purposes, were Is per quarter dearer. The late imports of Foreign have tinned out very fine. We were but moderately supplied with Malt; nevertheless, the trade ruled exceedingly inactive, at barely late rates. Fine sound Oats were quite as dear, but the value of the out-of-condition sorts was with difficulty supported. The transactions were wholly retail. In Beans, scarcely any busi ness was doing, at previous currencies. The sale for Peas was dull, yet the currencies were mostly supported. Indian Corn, Meal, and Rye Flour were neglected. Fine Flour snored off steadily ; other kinds slowly, at last Monday's figures. CaItENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. .'heat—Essex & Kent, Malt--Chevalier— • • 505 to 50s Red. ...... •• 46s to b 35 Oats— Yorkshire and Ditte,White, New 50s 582 Lincolnsh., Feed. 20s 2ss Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red..... 47s 50s Yeughal and Cork, Ditto, White.. —49 s Black . Irish, Red— .. .. • . —s —is Cork, Whit* Ditto, White —— . • —s —s Scotch, Feed... • • 22. 56s ye—Old •. • • ... ••• • • —s —s Beans—Tick New... • • .•••••• 321 34s Pigeons — 485 545 Barley—Grinding ... • • 25s 251 Peas—Grey .. •••• • • • • 38s 408 Malting ....• • • .. 30s 32s Maple ..•••• . • . • . 405 42s Chevalier .......32, 33s White. •.•• • . • ... 425 44s .lalt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ... —.. .. 445 475 folk ...... ••• • • . 54s 565 Flour—Town-made... 430 485 8r0wn....... •. .. 508 52s Suffolk • ... • ..... 37s 415 Kingston and Ware 575 185 Stockta k Norfolk 3115 lls [,SMITHFIELD. During last week the imports of foreign stock into Londoa were as follows : From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Noordwyk Scheveningen Nieu Diep Naassluys Calve!. Total 136 ... 800 ... The arrivals at the outports, owing to the severity of the weather in Holland, have been on a very limited scale; and we shall, doubtless, have to report trifling importations for some time hence. The supply of fo reign stock here, to-day was very trifling, and almost wholly the refuse of last week. The Beasts and Sheep —in the quality of which there was a slight improve ment—sold freely, at, in some instances, a slight ad- Vance in the quotations. With home-fed Beasts, we were very scantily supplied, both as respects number and quality. The attendance of both town and country buyers being good, and the weather favourable to slaughtering, the demand for all kinds of Beef was somewhat brisk, at an advance in the currencies paid on this day se'nnight, of fully 2d per Blbs, and at which most of the animals were disposed of. A few of the primest Scots cold at 55., but the more general top quotation for Beef was 4s 101 per Blbs. The arrivals of Beasts from the north consisted of about 600 short horns ; from the eastern, western, and midland counties, 900 Herefords, runts, Devons, Irish beasts, &c. ; from other parts of England, 700 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 180 horned and polled Scots. The remainder of the supply was principally derived from the neigh bourhood of the metropolis. For the time of year, the supply of Sheep was unusually small, as will be seen on r--ference to our returns at foet ; hence, the Mutton trade was very firm, at a rise in value of quite 2d per Blbs. The highest general figure for the best old Downs, which were exceedingly scarce, was 5s 4d, but a few of them sold at 5s Gd per 81bs. Very few Calves were on offer, and prices ruled extremely high for the season. There was a fair sale for Pigs, at full rates of 'currency. The supply was by no means large. Per albs. to sink the offal. s. d. to e. d. Inferior Beasts..... 3 G 3 10 ' , Scowl quality - ... 4 0 4 4 Prime large Oxea.. 4 6 4 6 Prime Scots • • .• • . 4 10 5 0 Large coarse Calves 4 6 5 0 Prime mall ditto .. i 2 5 6 suckling Calves ..20 0 2g Inferior Sheep •• .• 3 it 4 I I. d. to 3. d. Second tasdity ditto 4 2 4 3 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 2 4 8 Southdown Wether 418 8 0 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogg .... •• 4 • 4 6 Small Porkers .. 4 8 5 0 Quarter old rigs •• l A • 24 • Lambs .... ••• • 0 • • 6 M(` and C' M Er Cl_ AI. J., Cl7' Y, QI IA ;ITER TO Tti le IT, E The Cotton Market at Liverpool en Saturday closed rather heavily. Sales, 3,000 bales, of which 2,000 were American, to the trade, at 41d. to sid.iper lb. Railway Shares further improved, and prices were higher. As was fully expected, several additional failures are reported in the accounts received by express in anticipation of the overland mail. The state of trade was very de pressed ; but in China the feeling towards the English was becoming more amicable, and this, so far, may promote business. The West India steamer has not been announced. The affairs of Messrs. do Bruyn, of Amsterdam, are expected to be wound up favourably, and the estate shows a dividend of 10s. in the pound, making liberal allowances, and assuming even that the works are not carried on. The advance in the Public Securities to-day has been very decided, amounting to full half per cent. compared with the rise on Saturday. The abundance of money which is now offered at the extremely low rate of 11 per cent. per annum for short periods, upon the security of Stock and Exchequer-bills, induces continuous purchases, and it is said that the insurance offices have bought to some extent for delivery. To-morrow being a transfer day will bet ter determine this point. It is curious to witness such an accumulation of money at a time when the discount of second class commercial bills continues difficult; but it is to be expected that as confidence gradually revives, and failures become infrequent, the temptation of a higher rate of interest will not be without its in fluence in facilitating the operations of trade. In deed, the advance in Consols will be felt ere long throughout the country, and will improve to some extent the position of the houses which when they stopped payment were large holders of produce. Consols opened at 851. and have since advanced to 89i 1. Ex chequer-bills have touched 265. to 295. premium, and India Bonds 15s. to 20s. premium. Bank Stock is 1981 to 200, and India Stock 236. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have realised 891 to 90/, and the Three per Cents. 881 to 69/. South Sea Stock is at 9.5 i. Long Annuities have been Bi. In the Foreign Market more business has been done, probably owing to the buoyancy of the English Funds. Spanish Five per Cent. Bonds have advanced to 20/1, and the Three per Cents. to 30i I. The Passive were at 41-. Portuguese Four per Cents. realised 26, and Brazilian 831. Mexican Stock has been at 18 to 1 ; Peruvian at 381 to 391. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 54 to 1, and the Four per Cents. 85 to e. For Railway Shares there is a better demand, and the quotations have risen generally. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 199 1 ' In% 200 3 per Cent. Reduced Anauities 98% 89 1 % 3 per Cent. Consols Anne SS% 85% 88$q New 3 1 4 per Cent. Amts. 89% 90% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 B7l India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 Ditto under 1.000/ South Sea Stock 95% Bank Stock for Account 201 Consols for Account 49% 89 1 4 89 Exchequer Bills. ad. 1,0001. 5001. Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto for the Account 83% Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent lB 18 1 ,E Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 3t% 38 1 % Portuguese Bands, 4 per Cent Ditto for the Account 26 Spanish Bonds, li per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account ....... 20 1 ,4 4% Ditto Passive Bonds 4 IA Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent so% Ditto for the Account . 3 0%% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,4 per Cent., 12 Guild 54 54% Ditto for the Account Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto for the Account 85% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWATB. PALL. Psi BRAZE. Aberdeen Maher., Notting., Boston, &c. 2%...... % ..—t• Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. .. Birmingham & Oxford Junc... 20 Birmingham, \Vol., & Dudley 10 ... . Binning., \Vol., & Stour Val. 101.145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction... 73 Boston, Stamf. , & Birming... I Bristol and Exeter D0., Thirds Buckinghamshire l2l. 4s — .. ... to Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and H01yhead......... 37 1 / 4 ..... Ditto, Preference Clarence. .... Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Goy. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - to Direct London & Portsmouth 3% — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% East Anglia, 251. L. & E., and L. & D 25 ...... 12 Ditto, 181., E. Si H l3 .... 8 Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... I Eastern, Counties Ditto, ditto (B) Do. I'erpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... par De., d 0....... ......... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d.. Do., York Extension Do., Northern & Eastern Lo Do., Quarter .... .. ........... 12 V 2••• Do., New Eastersn Union SO Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 1214 — Ditto., Thirds .. ......... ...13s. 4d — to Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 1() . — East Lancashire Ditto, New De., New Quarters East Lincolnshire ... 1214 — to Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Halt Shaves Ditto, Quarter Shares 1214 — . to Edinburgh end Northern ... 22 1 / 4 .3, Ditto, New ..... .. ...... •••••• •4 ...... to Ditto, New port U Ditto, ditto, New 2 l-4 — r ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to Ditto, New ... 2% — to G G i l a a s s g g o ., w D , aziflimieasl,il&ockCa, & rlis A le y .. r 6 8/. 0 6a.8d... Di,to, New Do. LA Mares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% ..... .. ... to Great Nen iliern.... .......... ... 10% 4% 5% to _47 _ Do. Lon Jon Se YOlll. Exten. 2. 1 A 2 — ..... to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 37% 25 Great North of England 100 234 ...... to Ditto, Ne w 40/ Ditto, New 30/ ... 30 ... .. 69 .. ... to Ditto, New 15/...... ... ...... 6%...... . ... to Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 ........ 9%.. •.. ilmidersB eld and Manchester 24 .. -. Ditte, Thirds 1 Hull and Selby 5l lO l 3 /4 to 102 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 17% — to Do. do. and - Norwich - Do., de., Extension Scrip (late (Camb. and Ely) 2%. 1%..... to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds.. Lancashire and Yorksh're ... 13 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters 14% - to Ditto Fifths ... I Ditto Sixteentbs ... ..... ... 6 1 4...... Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101.4 s — ...... to . Do. Llyerpool and Bury... 38 Do. (Hudders. cr 1 Shelf.) 33 Do., Wakedeld, Pontefract, and Goole 47% Do., Westßiding Union ...41. 25..... Do., Preston and Wye ... 25 ...... Do., Is., Half Shares (I) ! Ditto ditto ..............(E; 1 1 4 — Leeds and Bradtord Leicester and Bedford Leeds, Dewsbury, 8: Munches. 42 1 / 2 — Do., Branch % Shares 12% — ...... to Ditto, New Brarch (blue).. 2% - Ditto, Extension (green)... 2% — to —. Do , New Exten. (pink)... 2% — ...... to Leeds and Thirst - _... . __ Ditto, New Do., do., Pre:er., 6 per Cent. 3%..... Liverpool. Crosby, and Seat h port. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Juncti0n.......... 2% — ....... to Loudon . 0 k 131ackweil...16/. 13s. 4d Ditto New, No. 1 Ditto New, No. 2 4l. 13s. 4d.... Do. Extension Load., Bright., 8: South Coast 60 ... Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ...... Do. Prof. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... - Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... 4974 to —• London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... Ditto Preference lBl 17a 2d... ...... to London & North Western.....loo 154 - Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 22 - Do. do. New ..-.. .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths Do. Quarters Do. 40/. Shares..... L. & M. 16 Do. 40/. Skares...ll. and 14. 40 .._ _. t, i Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7%. ..~ Do. 10/. .. 11. and B. (B.) 7 1 ; 4 — - DO. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 - London and S.. Westera,... 41.. 6s 8d... 55 1 4 % to Do. NOV ConsolidatedBths. 40 Ditto New 53/. ..... .. ....... Z 2.....,,. 30 1 Ditto New 401........- .. -- 26 Do. Tenths (Consolidates) 50 ...... Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 - Ditto, Thirds - 81. 6s. 8d ... London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 11 4 Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% — - Londondeiry and Enniskillen 25 - blanch, Buxton, Sclitatioek I Manchr, Sheffield, and Line. ien Ditto 4 Share(.,No. 1) ... 15 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 - Ditto, % Shares (No. 8) 712 . ..... Gr . - _ _ Ditto GH - uisby - — Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto .... 4% — t• Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 7% ..... . Manchesterand Southampton 2 1 4 — ...» to Mithand IC3 ll6 ... .. to ... Ditto, Consol. Prefer ence ...loo -... to Ditto, 401. Snares 4O Ditto, $Ol. 5hare5........... 11 Midland, Bins., and Derby...100 Midland., Canso!. Bristol and 15irntingitain 6 per cent.... 100 ...... Midland, Bristol and Gleuc. 36 Ditto ditto 11/. 65.6 i. .. Mialand, Leices. aril Swan- ningten (1 per et. gua.)....100 . ... • Midld. GreatiWestern (I r i s h) 85 Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ....•• Ditto Quarter Shares ...... 25 ..... •••••• tO Newmarket and Chesterf er d 18 1 ,! — Ditto Extensiea Newport Abergy., and Heref. I Norfolk ......... . ... ... 100 Ditto New 201. S Ditto Extension Do.Serip, 1847, N. of Nerfik 2 Do. do. WaTeley Valley... II to Newry and Enniskillen ... •••••• ... 7 to Newry, Warrenpoiat, and Rostreyor Serthern Counties Ultion S 4rth British Ditto Half Sharon, Do. Quarters - to . ~. • . „.. , 434 4% Ditto. Extension % — ..... to Ditto Thirds . North Staffordshire... .. ...... 10 North Wales :IA North Western 4 ..... to Oxford, Worcester, sad Wol- verhainpteft ... .. SS Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 71)4 2 073 4 14 ...... to t• —..... Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central ......... - to Scottish Midland ... Ditto, New lO Sheffield, Rotherhaaa, and Goole - Shrewsbury and Birmingham 7 — to Ditto, ditto, Class B. 4 Shrewebury and Chester _ _. (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto S ... .. ..- . ... to Ditto, Oswestry l2 Ditto (New) 1 _ . Ditto Bper Cent. Pref Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 ShrOpeliniUnion . South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 Ditto, Preference south Staffordihire south Eastern and Doter n: r;„ ...... 314% t. Ditto, New, No. 1 Dit to, New, :No. 2 Ditto, New, N•. 3 . . Ditto New, No. 4. .. .. N I 6 ... .. to South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca ineronti Stn. Coal ...... ... .. 4 Vharnes Haven Dock and Railway l 7 l /2 faw Val. Extension Vale of ;death Waterford and Kilkenny 1 3 1,x...... - Waterford and Limerick ... .. 4$ ... .. Waterford, Wexford, WI cklw, and Dublin West Cornwall Whitehaven aodFurness l2 ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western Wilts, Sonierset,&Weymouth 30 ...... 16% to York, Newcastle, end Berwick 25 to Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 31:% to 32 Do. North Shields Purchase 25 .. Do. Exton. N.. 1 (Y. & N.) 15 _ _ Do. do. No. 2, New & B. le Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 3 York and North Midland .. SO ..•••• 77 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension 25 7iOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amien5......... 20 ...... 13% %to Central cf Frorce (Orleans and Vie , •zon) Central of Spail. Ceylon Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. •••• • Dutch Rhenish ... 7 ..... ...... to East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain Ila Sambre ........• 4I Luxembourg Lyons said Avignon (90n stituted) Madrid and Valeutia . 2 Namur and Liege . l 6 Northern of France. Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg Rouen and Havre 20 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale l4 Tours & Nantes . . Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt W est Flanders B 4 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... iO Colonial Commercial of Londoi ....... 20 London Joint Stock .... ...... 10 Loadon and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Englci. 25 Ditto, New National of Ireland ............ 22 1 ' — P rovincial of Ireland ......... 25 •• ••• Ditto, New ..... 10 /2 to to Union oi Australia ............ 25 Ditto, New ................ 2% — to Union of L0nd0n........ ...... 10 Union of Madrid ............... MINES. Anglo llexieon . ......100 Astrian Mining Company ... 11 ...... A:stralion . ....................... 2 BlaenarTon Iron Aid C oa l .., is Bolones Serip .............. -...— Baitizh Iron .................... .... 10 ...... to amezilian Imperial ~... .. ... 21 __ Galvanized Iran .-. ........... . 10 Ditto, New ................. 4 Real del Mont., Unregieta re d _ ..._ ih to LLOYD'S snIpp ING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAW, 24 • — W ind N.—Moderate breeze and fine clear weather wi t h frost. RAMSGATE, JAN. 2 3 . — Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Robert Keddle, Kraeft, Sierra , DEAL, JAN. 21_1., "Tie' yr ind o E.S E —Arrd the River and sailed A E.N.E.• Bates, Sydney, * New S f o r u o t m h Wales ; Honduras • ' dTo nn ; Childe Harold, Bombay ; Zephyr, St. 'totem' ~, .:lephanta, Rio Janeiro ; Conti Hartig, Pernambuco Naiad,; Rico Antigua ; Denison, ditto ; James Ray, P orto ' ; Jane Erskine, Jamaica ; C a milla, ditto . ; Ne rud, ditto ; Lady Katharine Bar ham, ditto ; Leander, Savannah. OFF FOLKESTONE. ohn Bright, Hamlin, Mauritius. P OR TSMOUTH, J AN. 23 • Wind N.E.—Arrd. Regina, Girsen, Batavia. Sld. Faretrenes Minell, Maranham. OFF PLYMOUTH, J AN. 21.—Conrad, Rio Janeiro, for Il a mburgh. 23d. m os las (Dutch ship), Batavia, for Amsterdam. FALMOUTH, JAN. 23 . Ns . 'lnd S.E.—Arrd. 21st, Ann and Emily, Johnson, Sierra Leoni, sailed 27th Novem ber. 2 2 d. Senator, Scales, „trCalcutta. S W ANSEA, JAN. 22 Ind E.N.E.—Arrd. Young Queen, Cuba and St. T homas. CLYDE, JAN. 20.—S1d. Mary Campbell, Trinidad ; Jane Brown, ditto. CORK, JAN. 12.--Wind N.—Sld. Blue Nose, St. John's. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 23.....Vcrinci E. - -S ld. Her Majesty's ship Hydra, Madeira and Rio Janeiro. OFF FALMOUTH, JAN. 21.—Mungo Park, Scott, St. John's New Brunswick, for Aberdeen. - 22d. , Jacobsen, Batavia, for Rotterdam; Panama, Lawson, ral Calcutta; Corduan , Clare, Va lparaiso, J E RSEY, JAN. 2o.—Sld. Louisa, Pernambuco. 21st, Father Matthew, ditto. COWES, JAN. 22.—Wind E . N .E. —Arra. Russell, Neutz, Rio Janeiro, for Antwerp. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 22 AND 23.—Wind S. and E., mo derate.—Arrd. Bidst on, Scou tter, Calcutta; . Italy, Baker, New Orleans;;Caledonia Brand er , B o or Davis, Upton, dit to ; Siddons, Cobb,Yct ditto ;New oGoverrk.sng 2d instant, with ab out 20,0001 . of specie on freight, 22, t u.,Norval, Seraphinci, Tayl or, Pernambuco. Sld. 24th I Douglas, ditto; Mary Marsden, Carter, St. Domingo; elle Eliza Snell, Savan nah ; Joh n Rav I I Wambersie, Charleston. CARDIFF, JAN. 22.—The Panope bri capsized at the gateway of the Bate Dock. HARWICH, JAN. 22.—The Speedwell, of Barnhm , London to the north , cau g ht fire thi s morning, proceeded a with considerable dam a g e. The Eliza, of Lynn, Ridley to London, was lost on the Gunfl eet Sand, I st 2 inst.; crew saved. SCILLY, JAN. 21.—The Eagle, of and from Glasgow to Charente, struck on a ledge of rocks of St. Agnes, during a gale from N.N.W. , 18th inst., and foundered crew 6 , saved. , • NESTING, NEAR LERWICK, JAN. B._The Forking, Wilson, which was lost on the !island of Whalsoy, 2d instant, was of and fro m Abo, to Gi braltar; the greater part of the cargo will be saved, but much damaged. The Humber, of and from Hull, which was wrecked, 18th instant, at Lerwick, broke up voon after she struck ; about twenty bales of raw cotton, and one bale of cotton goods, are all that are saved, the rest was either lost or plundered. The greater part of the cargo of the Amelia remain iu the vessel in a damaged state, the weather having prevented any attempt to get it out. LIMERICK, JAN. 14. The Neptune, said to be a Prussian, was lost, it is supposed, on the Bth inst. , on the island of Tetlar, a s p ortions of th e wreck and tern board were washed on shore that evening and the follow ing day; crew supposed to have perished. A vessel, supposed to he Norwegian, has been wrecked off the Skerries, part of her side has been found at Tetlar; crew drowned. DUNDEE, JAN. 22. The Male, from Archangel, which got on shot'` at the entrance of th river, 9th inst , is now moored to low water mark , and is expected to be brought up to the harbour. NEWPORT, JAN. 22.—Wind N.E.-21st. Sld. Amos Patten, Malay, Boston, U. B. SUPPLY AT MARKET. lilesuts. B lieol. Calves. I 2,760 16,219 44 ICTIMICTG.A.TB AND LIIII.DENHALL. I rigs. SOO Since Monday last rather large supplies of country killed meat have been received up to these markets in good condition ; and those on offer slaughtered in the metropolis have proved seasonably large. Although a full average amount of business has been transacted in most kinds of meat the quotations have, in seme in stancest had a downward tendency. Scarcely any foreiga meat has appeared on sale. At per 'tone by the Carcase. 0. r d. to s. d. a. d. to s. c. lieef,infisrlor .. 3 2 3 4 Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 3 6 - middling .... 3 6 3 8 middling.. 3 8 4 0 - crime large .. 310 4 0 prime .... 4 2 4 6 - prime small .. 4 0 4 2 Pork, large .... 3$ 4 6 Veal.... .• .• • . - snail ••••• • • • 4 11 6 2 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. Ispßoucit AND SPITALMXEMDS. Notwithstanding the arrivals of Potatoes have been tolerably; good in the past week, the trade has ruled active, at, in most instances, an advance in the quota tions of from 3s to 104 per ton. Several large parcels have been disposed of for the inland markets, as well as for shipment to Scotland.—York Regent's, 125 s to 150 s ; Scotch Reds, 120 s to 1253 ; ditto, Buffs and Blues, 110 s to 120 s ; Kent and Essex Regent's, 1103 to 140 s; ditto, Shaw's, 110 s to 1.255; ditto, Kidneys, 120 s to 140 a ; ditto, Blues, 1105 to 120 a ; Wi a _ beach, 110 s to 130 s. BOROUGH NOP MARKET. Although we cannot call the trade brisk, the late ad vance in the quotations is well supported. Old parcels are, however, much neglected. New Hops—Sussex pockets, 2115 s to 31 ss; Weald of Kent ditto, 31 to 31 10s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 6s to 51 14s per cwt. WOOL. Last week's imports of Wool into London were com posed of 1,013 bales from Taganrog, 560 ditto from Sydney, 108 ditto from Monte Video, and 161 ditto from the Cape. The quantity of Wool offering in the private market considerably exceeds the demand, which must be considered heavy, at barely stationary prices. TALLOW. This market has been in a very excited state during the past week, and prices have considerably advanced. The deliveries were upwards of 4,000 casks. P. Y. C., en the spot, is 47s 6d to 47s 9d per cwt. For forward delivery, ♦ery little is doing. Town Tallow, 50s 6d to sls, net cash ; Rough Fat, 28 10d per V lbs. EVENING, JANUARY 24 1848. THE CASE OF THE REVEREND 1)11. HAMPDEN. QUEEN'S BENCII—(THIS DAY). (Sittings in Banco before the LORD CHIEF-JUSTICE an TTISON, COLERIDGE, and EARLE.) THE QUEEN V. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. It having become generally known that the argu ments with respect to the right of the opposers of the Rev. Dr. Hampden, Bishop of Hereford, to oppose his confirmation, would be taken to-day, the galleries and body of the Court were crowded some time before the Learned Judges took their seats on the bench. A number of ladies were in one of the galleries. The attendance of barristers was more numerous than on any occasion within our recollection—in fact, so many attended that a vast number were obliged to occupy the side avenues. Every available place was occu pied. The majority of those present, with the excep tion of the barristers, were clergymen, some of whom were accommodated with seats beside the Masters. The Right Rev. the Dean of Hereford occupied a seat in the jury-box amongst the short-hand writers. The counsel for the Crown are the Attorney and Solicitor-General, Mr. M. D. Hill, Mr. Waddingt on , with whom were Dr. Bayford and D r . T w i ss • in support of the rule Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. BaddCley, Mr. Peacock, Mr. A. J. Stevens, and Dr. Adams. The Learned Judges took their seats a few minutes after ten o'clock. The _ATTORNEY-GENERAL then rose and said he had to show cause against a rule which had been obtained by his Learned Friend, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, calling upon his Grace the Archbishop of Canter bury, and the Vicar-General, to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue to command and direct them at a Court to Le duly holden for the confirmation of the Rev. Dr. Renn Dickson Hampden to permit and admit certain persons to be heard in opposition to the said election and confirmation. Before he proceeded to adduce arguments in opposition to the issuing of such a writ he had to state that his Learned Friend and himself had deemed it desirable, with the permission of the Court, to have the assistance of several of their Learned Friends from Doctors' Commons, whom his Learned Friend and he hoped the Court would hear. Lord DENS AN—We shall be very happy to hear one on each side. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL went on to say that he appeared to oppose the application under instruc tions from the Government, but, at the same time, with the full consent and concurrence of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. So many objections presented themselves to his mind against the granting of the writ that he felt some difficulty in placing them before the Court ; perhaps the most advisable course for him to adopt would be to follow the course traversed by his Learned Friend. and tracing the question, as he had done, from its origin, afterwards dealing with the construction of the Statute of Henry VIII., and offering, as he went on, various objections, many of which he was con fident must occur to the mind of the Court. The slidavit on which the application of his Learned Friend was based, statedthat there being a vacancy/ in the See of Hereford, a conge d'elire was issued, pointing out Dr. Hampden, after the manner laid down in Gibson's Codex, as a fit person, by his piety, wisdom, and learning, to fill the vacant office, and commanding the Dean and Chapter of Hereford to eleet him under various pains and penalties ; that the election of Dr. Hampden took place, and was duly certi fied to the Crown and to the Bishop elect under the seal of the Dean and Chapter of the dio cese ; that her Majesty then issued letters patent, in the terms prescribed by the statute, to the Arch bishop of Canterbury, commanding him to confirm the said election, and to consecrate the person of the Rev. Dr. Hampden ; it then stated that the Arch bishop appointed his Vicar-General and several com missioners to carry out these injunctions, that they were carried out, and that ultimately what was termed the " definitive sentence of confirmation" was agreed to, but complained that certain parties, who had valid grounds of opposition to the confirma tion were not permitted to appear when all persons having anything to urge against the proceedings were cited publicly to do so, and if they did not appear judged contumacious. It must not, he said, be lost sight of that the objections did not oppose Dr. Hamp den in personam : their opposition was founded upon two books published by Dr. Hampden, in which, they contended the Rev. Gentleman avowed his purpose to be to illustrate the increasing effects of dogmatism in theology, and expressed himself in favour of the abolition of canonical forms in the Book of Common Prayer. Therefore it was not founded upon any thing in the election itself, but upon the books pub lished a long time ago, one of which they stated had been condemned in Convocation at Oxford. His grounds of opposition were these :-Ist, That the elec tion and confirmation were mere matters of form, and that the Archbishop in the business of confirmation simply acted ministerially; secondly, assuming that the Archbishop was not merely fulfilling a ministerial office, as he contended he was by reason of the statute, and that his office was a judicial one, he con tended that the remedy in a matter of this sort, if there had been any mistake, was by an appeal, and not by a writ of mandamus, for the Archbishop had not exceeded the scope of his duty. In fact, in this case there was the substitution of a mandamus for an appeal, and an appeal to that court did not lie. Thirdly, if it was a quasi judicial inquiry, he con tended that this Court had no means of inves tigating this peculiar charge, and that if the matter was one for inquiry, that it should have been instituted in conformity with the provisions of the Church Discipline Act, which pre scribed the form of proceeding. The Court of the Archbishop, if a quasi judicial tribunal had, no more right to try this case than it had to try a mere tem poral offence; and, fourthly, that this was not a case in which a mandamus would lie. This first objection depended upon the construction to be put upon the Act of Henry the Eighth, which dealt with ca nonical elections. This also raised the question which were the books of the statute and common law on which they could depend. The Learned Counsel then referred at length to the mode of electing a bishop, as detailed in " Ayliffe's Parrergom," whilst the Pope exercised jurisdiction in the realm. The archbishop, it appeared, consecrated those whom the king appointed with the consent of the Pope. A controversy having some time before arisen between the King and the Pope, which terminated in the Pope being permitted to nominate, the King retain ing the right to recommend persons, and to be present at the elections. The Learned Counsel then referred to the Ist Institute, c. ii. p. 133, 8., under the head " Episcopas," which recited the same facts and adverted to the granting of a charter by the King to the effect we have stated. Lastly, by the law before the passing of the Act of Henry VIII. he contended that there was a studious desire to prevent all inquiry after the nomination. He then quoted a passage from " Launcelot's Institutes," which was not referred to by his Learned Friend, who, in a long treatise on " qualifications" (title 7), stated that the parties appointed were to examine into the qualifi cations of the person to be elected ; but then they would have to inquire what was the proper construc tion to be put upon the words " personam eleeti." The old canonical law referred to this, and stated that persons who wished to oppose the confirmation of a bishop might appear to do so. He gathered from this book, that after confirmation there was no opportunity of investigating the cha racter or pretensions of the person so confirmed, though objections might be made; and Ferraris, in his " Bibliotheca Canonici," stated, that unless all things set down were done—if no public citation of opponents took place—that the whole of the proceed ings were void. Linwood spoke in the same way ; but he would not fatigue the Court with an accumu lation of repetitions. The only case in point that he (maid find before the passing of the statute of Henry the Eighth, was the case of Cranmer. It was re ported in Burnet's "History of the Reformation," v01.i., p. 259. It appeared, that just before the passing of the Act, the King sent to the Pope for bulls for Cranmer's promotion, though a statute had been passed forbid ding the reception of bulls from Rome (they were the last received during the King's reign). These bulls were sent one to the King, one to the Arch bishop desiring him to invest the Bishop elect with the dignity, and the third to the Bishop himself. It was unlikely, therefore, at that time that any oppo sition would have been allowed. There was another case, that of O'Brien v. Nevan, reported in Palmer. In the reign of Edward VI., and subsequently in the reign of Philip and Mary, the question arose whether an Irish Bishop who had been appointed, but who had fled to the Continent during the disturbances that prevailed, was good, a successor having been ap pointed, the first not having been elected by a conge d'elire. The Court decided that a Bishop could be elected without the issuing - of such letters. He now came to the statute of Henry the Eighth, which he contended at once put an end to this opposition. It stated that a vacancy having been declared, the Crown should issue a conge d'elire, accompanied by a letter missive naming some person, and stating that the election should take place within twelve days, and that afterwards letters patent should be issued to the Archbishop commanding him to confirm the said election. He contended therefore that the whole proceedings were a mere matter of form, merely kept up for the purpose of showing the connexion of the Reformed Church with the ancient forms that prevailed. There could be no contradiction, because the Crown said this person should be elected and no other ; and no co •electors could be cited be cause the person named by the Crown alone could be elected. The statute said the election was to take p l ace in "due form," which could not, he contended, have reference to the competency of the person nominated. The Crown was made the sole judge of the fitness of the party, and it was clear, therefore, that thw election was merely a ministerial proceeding, or, to use the words of Gibson, " merely the sealing of the election." The King was put in the place of a judge, in the room of the Bishop of Rome, who formerly exercised that power. The 6th section went on to say, that the Bishop should be inducted with certain ceremonies ; the Archbishop was commanded to "induct and conse- crate" the Bishop elect without seeking any further power than that given by the King. The Arch bishop must therefore confirm, no opportunity occurred for objecting. The election was then stated to be good "to all intents and pur poses ;" but his Learned Friend contended that they must inquire into the process of the election, but no inquiry could take place, looking at the con struction of these words. The old jurists said that inquiry might take place, whereas the Act strictly forbade it. Supposing the rule were made absolute, the Court could not inquire into the matter. 'What was to happen P Could the election be set aside ? It could not, for the Act said the election was good " to all intents and purposes." Why, if the confirmation were delayed for ever, there never would be a Bishop of Hereford, for the election could not be set aside. If the parties were entitled to appear (he was taking the strongest possible case against himself) there could be no alteration. The election was properly transacted; it was certified by the seal of the Dean and Chapter, and Dr. Hampden was to all intents a n d p urposes Bi s h op o f Hereford. The letters patent commanded confirmation, and therefore the plaintiffs had no right to inquire into the fitness of the person. Then, the 7th clause of the Act stated, if the Dean and Chapter did not proceed to the election (he was told that if they had elected another person, that the election would have been valid), that after the expiration of the alloted time they would be sub jected to the form of preemunire. The statute treated the election and confirmation as one and the same. They had an instance of this in the time of Philip and Mary. Burnet reported the case of Cardinal 13.11, who refused to take his high office until the morning of the execution of his predecessor, and he was elected by a bull in the ancient way. (The case was proceeding when our report left.) SAMBRE AND MEUSE RAILWAY. The fifth half-yearly general meeting of the pro prietors of the Sambre and Aleuse Railway was held on Saturday afternoon at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street ; Mr. 'William P. Richards, the president of the company, in the chair. The report stated that the directors were not in a position to announce the opening of the first section of the line from Marchienne to Walcourt, nor were the branches to Laneffe and Morialtne yet complete, although it was intimated at the last meeting that they would hare been ready by this time. The junctioi, however, with the State line near Mar chienne, and towards Charleroi, was completed. The directors had sought interviews with the direc tors of the Charleroi and Erquelines Railway, who were desirous of using the Sambre and Meuse station at Marchienne, and the junctions from that point to the State line, but the . ..terms were not yet agreed upon. At the present moment the number of shares upon which the eighth call remained unpaid did not exceed 100, and of the ninth call only 1,656 shares remained unpaid. The total amount received up to the present time was estimated at 562,817/., and the expenditure to 536,787/. ; while the cash in hand was estimated at 16,0301., exclusive of 20,0001. deposited with the Belgian Government, 2,0001. with the French Government, 12,0371. of invest ments, and of 32,0001. advanced to the contractors. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said it was fully expected that the main section of the line would be opened for traffic in March or April next; and it had been promised by the Bel gian Government that the time for completing the whole works should be greatly extended. It was, therefore, proposed by the directors that after the opening of the first section, the other works should be postponed till a more favourable opportunity pre sented itself for raising money. The completion of the first section would require 20,000/. more than the directors already had in hand. Mr. Lrrino moved, as an amendment, that three shareholders be appointed as auditors to examine the accounts. The CHAIZMAN said the directors could have no possible objection to the amendment, but the Hon. Proprietor ought to hare given them notice of it. Eventually the amendment was negatived, and the report adopted ; and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting terminated. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SllNDlT.—Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Castle pleasure-grounds, both morning and afternoon. The Earl and Countess Cowper and the Earl of Liverpool left the Castle yesterday. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their usual airings yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday afternoon at the Castle, and partook of luncheon with hk•r Majesty and her Royal Consort. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk. The Royal Family took walking and pony exer cise this forenoon. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attendee Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also attended the service. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Ilastie, M.P., Mr. Provost Murray, and Mr. Baillie Philips, had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood had a dinner party, on 1 ridgy, at their resi dence in Downing-street. The Marquis of Lansdowne left town on Saturday, for his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Sherwood harrs„ Tues., Rainworth Bar; Fri., Mansfield Racecourse-11. Sir W. M. Stanley's hds., Tues., Kinderton; Sat., Sut ton Station-11. The Hurworth hds., Tues., Hornby Village; Sat., Over Dinsdale-104. Sinnington hds., Tues., Cawton; Fri, the Nab, Kepwick. Sir Henry Seale's hds., Tues., Fallapit ; Fri., Dart Bridges. York and Ainsty hds., Tues., Nun Appleton Park; Thurs., Scriven ; Sat., Linton-104. Mr. Powell's hds., Tues., Laugharne ; Fri., Com mercial Inn. The South Berkshire hds., Tuei., Bowden Farm, near Pangbourne ; Fri., Hare and Hounds, Benham-10i. The N. F. H., Tues., New Park; Thurs., W hite parish ; Sat., Beaulieu. The Monmouthshirellids„ Tues., Lantillis House; Fri., Graig Finger-post. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—FUN iCnIIAthLe, MADEIRA, JAN. xe 2. since her arrival at this salubrious island. It is stated that the services of the royal physician, Sir David Fle Ci nt ue h e e n alt A h d ; lai a d d e ec c id n6 ed. nues im provement is perceptible in the condition . of her Majesty hhoouutsethhoeldp, period a io v d e which has elapsed since the Dowager Queen left nDoatv been ies, whoea called e i d e i staying nto re g lw ui i s t i h tio t n he th r r o o y u a g l England. RETURN OF THE COURT TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE. —We understand the Court will remove to Buckingham Palace, for the season, on the 2d of February.—Ob server. DEATH Off' DOWAGER BARONESS DIMSDALE.--We have to announce the death of the Hon. Finetta Dowa ger Baroness Dimsdale, which took place at her resi dence, Hertford, on the 16th instant, in the 86th year of her age. The deceased lady was the daughter of Charles Pye, Esq., of Wadley House, Berks, and Anne, daughter of Edward Mainwairing, Esq., of Whitmore, Stafford shire. She married, in 1794, Robert Baron Dimsdale, of Camfield-place, Harts, who died in 1825. She leaves issue two sons, tit e present Baron and Mr. C. J. Dins dale. DEATH OF E. W. W. PEND/RYES.—FALMOUTH, FRIDAY NIGHT.--It has been currently reported here this evening, by well-informed persons, that our much respected and highly-valued county representative, E. W. W. Pendarves, is deceased, which event, it is said, occurred at his seat,, near Camborne, in this county. Lord and Lady Palmerston are expected in town for the season to-morrow, from Broadlands, Hants. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Tuesday, the 18th instant, at St. Luke's Church, Cork, by the Rev. Charles Butler Stevenson, the Hon. Henry Boyle Ber nard, son of the Earl of Bandon, to Matilda Sophia, youngest daughter of Major-General Turner, in command of the troops in the' southern district of Ireland. ROYAL BOUNTY. —Mrs. Glasscock, widow of Cap tain Glasscock, R.N., whose death we alluded to last week, as having been hastened by his devotion to the public service, and the harassing duties in which he was engaged, has received 1001. from the last distribu tion of the royal bounty. The Misses Wade, s i ster s of Lieutenant Charles Francis W a d e , R.N., of her Majes ty's ship Dido, who was ki'ded in action with t he p irate s of Borneo, 14th August, 1844, have also been presented with 1001. by her Mairsty'a order from the same fund.— Observer. LITERPOOL, JAN. 22.—The packet -shi p Siddons, arrived this morning ' 'from New York, brings 20,0001. Columbia and Anglo -shortly be due fr om specie on freight. 'She left on the 2d inst ant. The A m erican will New York and Bos iton respectively—the former with specie, probably. LEAMINGTON S TEEPLE CHASES.—We are re quested to state that the stewards have postponed these events till Tuesdays and Wednesday week, Feb. 1 and 2, and that the Warwit •kshire Hunt Cup remains open until this day (Monday) 1 Neek. IRISH SPECIAL COMMISSION. LIMERICK, JAN. 21.—1 t has been our painful duty to record the particulars of some of the most savage and cold- blooded murders that have ever disgraced Ihuman nature ; but the one that was investigated by the Court to-day exceeds them all in the barbarous atrocity of its perpetration. The person who stood charged with it is a man named Michael Howard, of respectable appearance, and about thirty years of age, and although he was simply indicted for killing Johanna Hourigan, yet from the facts we are about to state it will appear that there was another victim of his blood-thirsty rage. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, with his accustomed perspicuity, stated the circumstances of the case. It appeared that in the month of November, 1846, a small farmer, named Philip Hourigan, who resided at Ballycullen, in this county, was met by a party of five or six men, and so violently assaulted and beaten by them that his life was in danger. As soon as he had recovered a little from the effects of the beating he appealed to the law, and swore informations against the parties concerned in the outrage. Three of them, named Hayes, K enelly, and M ar t en , were prosecuted at the Spring Assizes in 1847, a n d on t h e c l earest evi dence were convicted and transported. A fourth of the party, a man named Rourke, contrived to escape from justice and remained at large. In consequence of Hourigan's coming forward to prosecute at those assizes it became necessary that he should have the protection of some police in his house. He accord ingly applied to the authorities, and they allowed him a sufficient number to protect him from outrage. The barrack to which the party of police belonged was not very far from the residence of Hourigan, and the police were in the habit of going to the barrack to take their meals with their comrades, Rourke, and two men named Howard, one of whom was the pri soner at the bar, being aware of this fact, determined to take advantage of an opportunity of the kind for killing Hourigan. They accordingly watched the police leaving , the house, and about eight o'clock on the morning of the 6th of April, 1847, having seen the police leave as usual, those three men armed, two with blunderbusses and :the third with a gun, went to Hourigan's house. For tunately for himself, but unfortunately for his un offending wife, he happened to be out at the time ; he was in an adjacent haggard. They did not see him, but he had the fullest opportunity of seeming them; and although their faces were partially blackened he was able to identify them all. At the time the 7 arrived at the h ouse th e on l y i nmates were Hourigan s wife, Johanna ; his son, a boy of nineteen, who was confined to his bed with fever ; and a daughter, a married woman, who had gone to keep her mother company. They looked for Hourigan, and not finding him they were determinded to have some victim of their rage ; they accordingly shot the poor fellow's wife ; but not content with that they went into the bedroom inside the kitchen, where the sick boy was 1 lying, dragged him from the bed, and shot him dead on the floor. For this most barbarous murder one of the How ard's, who was a brother-in-law of Hayes, was tried, convicted and executed at the last assizes. Rouke had eluded all the efforts of ]lie police to capture him. The other Howard, who was a cousin of Marten's, was now put upon his trial. Hourigan, who had been thus deprived at one fell blow of his wife and son, proved that part of the horrible transaction of which he was a witness. The married daughter, a neatly dressed woman, said that she was in the kitchen when the prisoner and three men entered. They asked for her father, and when they found he was not there one of them presented a gun at her mother and fired. The poor woman fell across the fender, and the men then struck her a blow on the head. They then found their way into the bedroom. She heard her poor brother call out, and then a shot was fired. She ran out of the house, but the men leaving directly afterwards, she returned, and found her mother lying actually on the fire with her clothes burning. She immediately dragged her off the fire, and at that time she was alive, but she died within a few minutes. The daughter identified the Howards as two of the men who entered the house. A little girl, about 13, another daughter of Houri gan, said she was in the cowhouse when the men came up. She saw them enter the house and imme diately heard a shot. She ran thither, and the first thing she saw was her mother lying apparently dead. She described the dress of the party, but was unable to identify them. Her description, however, cor responded with that which was given by the other witness. The poor girl cried bitterly as she gave her evidence. A boy about 15 years of age, named Daniel Kelle han, stated that on the morning of the murder he saw three men coming from the direction of his master's house, which was near Hourigan's. They had crossed over into the road from a field, and as they were going in the same direction as himself, when they came up to him they asked whether he knew them ? Fortunately, no doubt, for himself, he did not; and he told them so, and they then passed on. The men had their faces blackened, but as they sweated a good deal they had wiped some of the blacking off. He was able to identify the prisoner by two moles or warts on his face. The trousers of the men were wet at the time, and it was proved by other witnesses that in making a short cut from Hourigan's they would have to pass through a little stream. Hourigan's brother said, he was on the spot soon after the murder; and the daughter then pointed out three men who were going in the direction of the stream, as the men who had committed it. There was a difficulty in the evidence in this respect. Kellehan stated, that he had heard of the murder before the three men came up to him ; and he was told of it by a boy at a forge which he passed on his road ; and, that still further on, another boy had told him more of the particulars, but the forge was so located that to reach it from Hourigan's a person travelling by the usual road must describe two sides of a triangle, whilst the three men were stated to have made a short cut over the stream and across the fields to the same point. The only way in which the difficulty could be explained was by referring it to the rapidity with which rumours are conveyed. But there was another remarkable circumstance in the evidence. The murder was committed at eight o'clock in the morning, and yet the boy Kellehan swore that it must have been ten when he saw the men, although the cut they took from Hourigan's was not more than from three-quarters to a mile. These circumstances were forcibly dwelt upon by Mr. O'Hea in his defence of the prisoner. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL replied in a very able speech, directing the attention of the jury to the fact that Hourigan himself had spoken positively as to the prisoner's being one of the three men by whom the murder was committed, and that he had given the same testimony on the trial of the other Howard. The LORD CRLEr BARON, in summing up, said, the only question which the jury had to determ ine was, whether the prisoner was su ffi ciently ident ified as one of the murderous assailants, for of the cir cumstances connected with the murder itself there could not be a moment's doubt. His Lordship then went through the evidence , c ommentin g upon it at great length. The jury retired for a short time, and returned with a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner, who had throughout conducted him self in a devil-may-care sort of manner, very coolly dispatched an egg which he had brought . with him, whilst the jury had retired, and on their return he received the announcement of his fate without any apparent •motion. This prisoner is the fifth who, under the commis sion for this county, has been found guilty of murder. John Frewin and Thomas Frewin, the brothers of William Frewin, who on the first sitting of the Court was found guilty of harbouring William Ryan (Puck), knowing him to have murdered John Kelly, and who was sentenced to transportation for life, were then placed in the dock, charged with being parties to the harbouring. Mr. Blackall, as their attorney, said they were desirous of withdrawing their plea of not guilty, and pleading guilty. In extenuation of their conduct it was stated that one of them had been absent from his brother's house when Ryan first went there, and returned only half an hour before he was taken ; and the other bad no concern with his brother's house. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that considering the brother had been sentenced to transportation for life, and the other circumstances that had just been stated, he did not wish to move the Court for any very severe measure of punishment. They were then ordered to be brought up to morrow to receive their sentences. Two other prisoners c harged with stealing a gun from an empty house, and w ho had been in custody since March last, h a ving themselves for some reason or other put off their trial, pleaded " Guilty," and were immediately sentenced to twelve months' im prisonment from the time of their being first placed in custody. .APPOINTMENTS.-111r. William Law, one of the clerks in the Treasury, has been a p pointed to act as private secretary to Lord J o h n Russell, in the absence from England of Mr. Charles Grey. This arrangement is consequent upon the election to the House of Com mons of both his Lordship's secretaries. Mr. R. W. Grey and the H on . C o l one l K eppe l. M r . H enr y Ed war d Stanley is appoi n ted A ss i s t an t Precis Writer to the Foreign-office, an arrangement rendered necessary by the Precis Writer, Lord Anson, having a seat in Parlia ment. Mr. Arthur Baily is appointed Surveyor- General at the Faulkland Islands. Mr. John Scott is to be Surveyor- General to the new settlement of Labuan.. The new Consul, Mr. Plowden—who is appointed for the purpose of extending our relations with Abyssinia. will reside at Massoah, a port on the Red Sea depen dent on the Ottoman empire. We believe that the vacant Garter will be conferred on the Duke of Norfok. —Observer. ; , •