The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-08 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONICLE.—In what we hitherto said of the financial programme of the Ministry, we have naturally dwelt most on that part of it which appeareel to us the most prominently good; we mean the proposed alteration in the Corn-laws. ut there are consideratiens bearing upon the whole plan . which might have more weight with others in its favour , and might even be necessary, in their eyes, to remove objections to that part of it which seemed so excellent in itself, which ought not to be overlooked. To others, it may be useful to point out more forcibly than we have yet done, that this attempt upon the Corn-laws is part only of a more general scheme. It is not that monopoly is struck at in one only of its strongholds— it is not that the landlord has been singled out for a sacrifice —or that the gauntlet has been wantonly thrown down to the " predominant interest;" but the case was thus : Upon a general view of our commercial and financial condi tion, it was seen that our finances required assistance no less than our commerce needed relief ; and it came then to be con sidered whether the requisite aid should be sought for the one in those ordinary measures of taxation which could not but add something to the burdens and difficulties of the other, or whe ther some means could not be devised which would alike pro mote and vivify both. It was thought that by a wide depar ture from our restrictive system so great an end might be at tained ; and the question then arose whether that interest should be privileged from the experiment which is best able to bear the brunt of the transition, whether that class alone should be exempted from contribution, which, amid the general stagnation of the other sources of our wealth, has continued, for some time at least, to flourish and increase, which in the course of the last four years has added some V.O per cent. to the value of its possessions, which is only now so Indignant at the proposed scheme, because its prejud:ces have been strengthened, its selfishness become more obdurate by a course of unusual prosperity. Not, indeed, that we should see in that prosperity, in itself, anything else but a reason to re joice, still less that we should see it in a ground of attack; but the financial and commercial position of the country is such as to require that sacrifice among others, and to that position we have been brought, not by any reckless course of im providence or mismanagement, but by a certain tide or current in the commerce of the world which we have no power . to control, at least by opposing it, and which is yearly setting in with increasing strength. One result of this, and that which it is our most immediate business to remedy, is the present state of our finances. It is idle to suppose, as many do, that the defici which it is necessary to supply is attributable to a rash aban donment of taxation. For if we look back to the last two yearst of our financial prosperity, the years 1835 and 1836, the last years, too, in which there was any reduction of taxation, we find that ont of 1,175,0001., the whole estimated net produce of the taxes repealed, or reduced, the sum of 520,0001. is put down for coffees, flint glass, and paper duties. These, in fact, were the leading articles on which the repeal or re duction then took place, and yet, in comparing the aggre gate net produce under these heads, in the two years 18.34 and 1839, we find an increase of about 3,oool.—the two sums being 1,932,0001. and 1,985,0001. ; and under the head of coffee alone there is an increase, in spite of the reduction of duty, from 620,C00/. to 780,000/. If we look now to the whole produce of the . two years 1836 and 1839, we find a decrease from 48,591,0001. to 47.351,0001. The year 1836, it is true, was one of siegular, nay, even of excessive pro sperity, or at least of excessive development of our resources ; and the depre sion that has since prevailed has been in some degree, lio doubt, the consequence of that excel'. But if it were only the ordinary penalties of overproduction that we had to suffer, the country has had ample time to recover from the blow. There was, indeed, a temporary rally in 1833, brought about by the disastrous losses of 1837 ; but in 1839 our commerce and trade again relapsed into that state from which they have not yet recovered, and show as yet but little signs of recovering. There is an obvious want of ex pansiveness and spring in the sources of our wealth, and though we have DO time to go through the many facts which show this to be a consequence of our restrictive system, we will mention one which comprises a multitude of facts within itself. We mean the great, the unprecedented difficulty which the Bank has experienced in bringing back gold to its coffers. This, as is well known, is effected partly by checking importa tion through the scarcity of money, partly by stimulating ex portation through the lowness of prices. And in other in stances these means have been found to answer the purpose both promptly and effectually ; but in this instance, that is, since the last drain in the spring of 1535, the bullion in the Bank remained for many months between two and four millions ; and has barely yet, as appears by the last monthly publication, reached the amount of five millions; and this is not only the immediate and temporary consequence of the purchase of corn—though much inconvsnience and danger may arise even from that—but an evil more permanent and more deeply seated is indicated by the fact, that though this drain for bullion to a large extent began more Shan two years ago ; though it has been for the last half year and more very much abated—if it have cot altogether stopped—yet the whole power of the Bank steadily directed to • this point has failed in producing, to any considerable degree, a bal trice of imports in our favour. Doubtless other causes, over which our legislation has no control, have tended to heighten the difficulty ; but it is wilful blindness to sumo se that our restrictive system, particularly the Corn law part of it, has not much to answer for in the mat ter ; and whatever allowance we make make for the ope ration of those causes of which the effect has passed, er will soon pass away, we should recollect, on the other hand, that other causes of a more permanent nature, and more di rectly incident to our restrictive system, are about to be called into activity ; we mean the impending changes in our relations with America and the Brazils. Surely there is something in this peculiar and novel juncture of our commercial affairs vs justify a greater change of opinion than any we have yet heard of; amore sudden conversion to free trade than any we have yet witnessed. The present, however, is but a slight advance in that direction. Free trade is not the only, nor is it even ! the i chiefprofessed object of the Ministerial plan ; it has further fa. its object the restoration of our revenue ; it has ftuther for its excuse, if it need one,-onr financial necessities. Whether even that plea will avail in its favour against the combination both of party and private interests which will be arrayed against it, the division of to-night will show. For it is not the question of the Sugar Duties alone that is at issue, it is not the prospects of the colonist or the cause of the negro that is alone or chiefly at stake upon the result ; but it is, indeed, the whole question whether the combined monopolists of every class shall prevail, at the cost of impending ruin to the !manu facturer, continued hardship to the consumer, and an imme diate increase of burden upon all. And if the opponents of a more liberal policy should triumph in the conflict, and if that success should transfer them for a time, at least, to the other side of the House, the motto which they will have writ:en upon their banner—the principle to which they will have pledged themselves as a party—will be the maintenance of, monopoly in all its branches, at the expense of increased taxat ion. TIMES. —There is something very perplexing to the mind in the contemplation of a real-unreal thing—like Mr, Francis Baric,g's " Budget." At one mo cent the thoughts begin to follow it out in all its bearings and results, and become per plexed in all its perplexities ; but then, in an instant, the re collection breaks in—" Pooh ! the whole thing is a fiction ! There is nothing substantial about it !" But, assuredly, the allowing the mind to rest for a short time upon this most ex traordinary scheme has a tendency to excite no ordi nary degree of wrath and of astonishment. Were it pos sible (which it is not) to imagine that the Chancellor of the Exchequer ever really desired and intended to carry his three most astounding propositions, it would certainly be time that some measures were taken in Parliament to guard against any further fi eaks of this description being played off against our most important commercial interests. The whole scheme can be de scribed by no milder term than that of " monstrous." It is monstrous, if its author really meant to carry it into execution; it is still more monstrous if he did not so intend. Take the first supposition ; and what is it ? In a time of difficulty, doubt, and hesitation, the Chancellor of the Exchequer coolly proposes to throw into confusion, at one and the same time, three of the greatest interests in the country. The first and foremost of all is the agricultural interest. A very low esti mate—Mr. M'Culloch's—represents this as the producer of an annual amount of 197,455,3751. We are not now about to enter upon the question of the Corn-laws ; but all will admit that to interfere with this vast matter would have been, of itself, quite sufficient occupation for an entire ses-ion of Parliament. Not satisfied, however, with grappling with this, the greatest and most difficult of all qu:stions, the Government must, forsooth, agitate, at the same moment, the two great commer cial interests connected with the West Indies and with Ca nada. Now, these tw o grea t di v i s i on s of our c o lo n i a l empire may b e reckoned to amount to about one-half of our foreign possessions. Looking at the employment they give to our commercial marine, they might make a still higher claim. The North American colonies employ, we believe, about 2,000 sail of merchantmen, having an aggregate of 500,000 tons. The West Indies give occupation to about 1,000 vessels, of 250,000 tons in the whole. The value of British manufactures exported to these colonies in 18.37 was 5,597,7t01. And these are the affairs--these the interests, which the Finance Minister thinks it wise to throw into con fusion; and not only so but to throw them all, into confusion at one and the same time ! Surely common sense would have dictated the ob v i ous propr i ety of dealing with these great / natters each by itself ; and of letting one such change suffice for a single year For, l e t it b e well observed, that these are not mere speculative or theoretics! changes which are contemplated, but real and extensively operative ones. Each one of the three is to yield its quota of hundreds o f thousands to make up Mr. Baring's deficiency. It is as sumed to be a certainty that a large quantity of foreign corn w ill be introduced, or else the revenue will be largely minus. It is calculated that a great pro, ortien of the sugar to be im ported shall be Braz ilian or Spanish, or e l se t h e expected 7 00,0001, will not be realised. I t i s ta k en to be certain that the imports of Baltic timber will be greatly increased, or else the 600,0001. from this quarter will be missing. Thus it is a rat of the plan of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the English farmer, the Canadian coloni s t, an d the West Indian planter, shall all lose a large portion of their present custom ers, in order that our revenue may gain a new 1,700,0001. a.'3ear. And this brings us to our second assertion— that the Ministerial scheme is equally monstrous— supposing (what WC take to he the case), th a t th e Cabinet have no real intention, or desire, to carry their ropositions through. For what right, let us ask, h ave any Ministers to throw nearly all the great interests of the country into confusion, merely in order to take the chance of getting up a little temporary popularity, a miserable „ electioneering , cry of " Cheap bread," and p " Cheap sugar ? There is nothing genuine about the plan. It results not from real conviction, apart f rom a momentary exigency- Every one can see that, like the penny postage, it is but the offspring of a fit of despe ration. " Something must be done" to avert- the necessity of resignation. An from this mean and miserable motive all kinds of distress are, in an instant, inflicted on crowds of inno cent persons, dependin g upon the prosperous state of these three interests. Endless are the miseries arising from this rash and wicked exp•dient. And then, how revolting is it in the midst of all to fall back, as one is often forced to do, upon that which all people fe e l to be the truth that the whole affair is a cheat—a proposition not intended to be carried, but merely put a onwards to raise ut a on ! popular cry, a n d ass i st i n t h e o pera' ion ofdissoli HERALD.—The Ministerial project for encouraging the atrocities of "the foreign slave trade, and for perpetuating the miseries of foreign slavery, in the hope of replenishing a wast ing exchequer, excites the indignant surprive of a people, who, when they advanced an enormous sum of money to get rid of slavery in our own colonies, never expected to see any Govern ment in Great Britain desirous of entering into a partnership with fun ign nations in the profits of the most infamous traffic that ever disgraced civilisation. W e are glair to see that the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society has s p o k en out on this important • subject in a pr ompt and ener getic appeal to the Christian feelings of the people of Eng_ land, worthy of the great cause of humanity in which it is engaged. That cause is the extinction of per sonal slavery and the slave trade throughout the whole World. If the Ministerial scheme should obtain the sanction of Parliament, the supplies of foreign sugar will be almost wholly furnished from Brazil and Cuba, in which countries, as the Anti-slavery Society truly states, " the atroiious sys tem of slavery is maintained in all its rigour, and the revolt ing traffic in human beings is carried on to an enormous extent. No less truly does the same society also assert, that " the inevitable tendency of the proposed reduction in the ditties, will be to stimulate the growth of sugar in those coun tries by materially increasing the demand for it in this, by which-The extent of the slave trade will' he fearfully increased , andits unutterable horrors aggravated and prolonged, while the - eoncEtion of the wretched and degraded slaves alre.idy in bondage will b e ren d ered more grievous and intolerable than ever." It is one of the few propositions of politi cal economy, which no one thinks of disputing, that in crease of .remand has an inevitable tendency to produce as in creased supply ; indeed the Government organ of last. evening boas , s of the large supply of foreign sugar which the proposed aleration of the duties will bring into the British market; it alludes also to the great additional comforts and Insures which an influx of foreign sugar will allow the public to enjoy, while it will give an increased impulse to our commerce and in dustry. As to the revenue, the project is to work wonders for that, add in order to convince the public that they ought to hail the sugar " boon with gratitude, our Ministerial Contem porary quotes the work of some " most learned Theban," whose name we never heard of before, but who, next to the Secretary of the Poor-law Commission, appears to be one of its chief oracles. POST. —We trust the Opposition this evening will press home their resolution regarding slave-grown sugar at once, and thus give the coup de grace to the present wretched Ministers. The resolution of which Lord John Russell has given notice, in favour of the general principle of alteration in the present system of protective and differential duties, is manifestly but another subterfuge—another convulsive throe arising from the agony of anticipated defeat. The most that Ministers can expect from it is a protraction of the debate—a little more delay. But we hope that no such thing will be suf.. fered. The country anxiously desires a quick decision of the House of Commons, whether we are to have wide spread agitation, and an experimental revolution in commerce and finance, in order to keep the pre sent Ministers in offiee, or to get rid of these Ministers and their desperate experiments by one and the same vote. If the abstract matter of Lord John Russell's resolution is to be de bated, it ought to be debated before going into Committee, because what does the Committee propose to do, but to carry into effect one of the details which is dependent upon the ab stract matter contained in the proposed Ministerial resolution? The Government proposes a Committee to make an alteration of protective and cifferential duties in a particular case, and the Minister says. if the House will not allow us to go into Committee for that purpose, then we shall ask the House to affiim a barren resolution that such alterations ought to be made, not only in one case, but in all cases ! Is it possible to conceive anything more preposterous or unstates manlike than this? Can any rational being suppose that ma ture consideration or sound discretion has led to such a propo sition? Must we not rather conclude that it is a rash and stupid expedient for delay—a desperate notion suddenly acted upon by incapable managers of public affairs, who are beside themselves with abject fear of being turned out of office. Lord John Russell's resolution is not to be proposed until after the House of Commons has refused to go into Committee upon the Sugar Duties. And yet, if that resolution means anything, it means that the House ought to do what is proposed to be done in the proposed Commit tee ! GLOBE.LTha anti-slavery argument against the Ministerial plans of commercial policy—embodied, with what sincerity we will not say, in Lord Sandon's motion— admits, we think, of being very briefly disposed of. In the first place, it seems surely rather Irish, on the part of those who are really in earnest in putting forward this ant-sldvery argument, and who were not themselves slave-holders less than ten years ago—it seems surely rather Irish, on the part of these well-intentioned advo cates to lay stress on such statements as the following— which are indeed indisputable : " At the period when Wilberforce and Clarkson began their philanthropic exertions against the slave trade, and up to the period of its abolition in 1807, the utmost extent of the annual importation of slaves into all the colonies (English, French, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese) did not exceed 70,000—whereas, at the present moment, the Spanish and Brazilian possessions alene, whose sugars are now to be relieved from a part of the existing duties, import annu ally no fewer than 150,000 slaves." All our direct measures hitherto Isave in no degree checked the extent of the slave trade—because its ex pansion proceeds from causes which no such measures can prevent from operating. What we have succeeded in doing is—not in checking the transportation of negroes—not in preventing the large increase of the numbers transported—but in very greatly adding to the horrors and mortality of the passage. That result is clearly traceable to our African Quixotism. Let us not be mistaken. We do not say that we have nut been right in washing our hands of the traffic. We do not say that we have not been right in completing " Abolition" by " Emancipation." We think, in both cases, the coun try has done itsrlf honour though, in the latter case, the measure is chargeable with all that pre cipitate absence of arraege.ment and caution, cha racteristic of measures enforced by popular zeal on unwilling parties. The nation was resolved on the grand experiment: it is well it has turned out no worse. How much better it might have turned out, if it had been directed even by such a wise Dictator of the negro race as Toussaint L'Ouverture—who did not permit the freedom of his countrymen to mean freedom from work —how much better the thing might have been done; it is now of no use inquiring. The people of Englind insisted on unconditional freedom, and they have got it. They have also paid for it, and had therefore a right to what they de...nied value for their money. The ques tion now is, how much more than twenty millions they mean to pay—not for abolishing slavery, for that they have dime, as far as depended on tbem—but for the satisfaction of se) ing that they will consume no produce of slate labour. Even confining the clues. tion to West India produce, they must pay the price of serious privation to the great balk of our fellow-subjects, and of certain prejudice to ihe habits of temperance, which can only be ciiifirmed permanently by the cheapness of agreeable substitutes for spirituous quora. Tney must pay the price of compulsory abstinence from cheap food as well as cheap drink, and the waste of fruit for want of means of preserving or sweetening. These are things which may be thought lightly of, but can only be so by the unreflecting; and certainly not by Chancellors of the Exchequer, wbetlur they be Whig or Tory. STANDARD.--We little care what may be the effect of Lord 6andou's resolution, fixed for this night, upon the fate of the Ministry. Our readers will do us the justice to remember that we have never been impatient for the di.. missal of the Melbourne Cabinet ; and we can declare with perfect sincerity our conviction that none, except their imL mediate dependents, more anxiously desire than we do that their political existence have a little further respite. They have already eff.cted incalculable good in de veloping the character of Liberal politicians and the ten dencies of Liberalism ; and they may in the same way ef fect still more. No doubt their continuance in office will disturb to some extent the elements of socitty ; but as it has been said, liquors that do not thoroughly ferment are never clear: " and we expect from tle present disturbance such a complete defecation of the social body, that there shall be no space for Liberal Whigs or Liberal Tories; but that all shall be distributed into the two classes of real Conservatives on one side, or unequivocal revolutioeists on the other. • If, then, we look with anxious hope for a decisive majority in support of Lord Sandon's motion, a wish that such a manifestation may displace Lord Melbourne and hi; colleav-, s has no part in that hope; . and we are not quite sure that such a majority as we hope to against Ministers will have the effect of causing them to resign, or even cause them to adhere to their intention of dissolving the Parliament. As to resigning, we have proof that nothing but the last extremity will urge them to that step ; indeed, their organs have been lately calling for Sir Robert Peel to spare them the necessity by improvisating a budget; and, as regards a dissolution, it is quite clear that the greater the majority against them in tnis their own House of Commons, the less their hope of success upon an appeal to the people. The House, we are persuaded—and our opinion we know to prevail amcng the parties who ought to be best informed—has, to a great degree, its own fate in its own hands. Let Lord Sandon's majority be a decisive one, and Lord Melbourne will not dare to dissolve, while Sir Robert Peel, even should he ace that the proper time for taking office has arrived, will have little motive for agitating the country by a dissolution. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONICLE.—The notice given by Lord John Russell last night, of his amendment to Lord sandon's resolution, in the event of the House not going into Committee on the Sugar Duties, has produced an improvement in the funds. The astute and sensitive minds on the Stock Exchange in stantly perceived that the principle set forth in the amendment of the Noble Secretary of State far the Colonies is strictly sound, and that it is impossible for any one seriously to deny the truths which it declares, or the skill with which it has been used as a weapon in the struggle of Parliamentary war fare. It is precisely in accordance with the views entertained by almost every impartial man of business in the City, and brings the contest of party to issue on the proper grounds. The Money Market has, in consequence, been rather brisk to-day, and the fears of an immediate dissolution of Parliament are rather less strong. No man can deny that by remodelling the import duties the intere4a of trade may be promoted, and the productive industry of the country greatly relieved. On the othar hand, the fallacy of Lord Sandon's motion is pretty well seen through and understood. The attempt to keep up the itths e exclusion prohibitoryexpectation io d n tendso f u t t t o on the eputtodroew down new-bornga the s l u o g v a sel r a , u of fe :o , nt r a n a nd the wait lilon notn pretence, oa wn that we xe -r h i b T i t h e e d ci b u y a the ntit i T e s o r o i f e a. sugar imported into the United Kingdom for each year, since 1837, are as follow : Total. —Cwt. F°l"eign—wt. 1837 4,482,578 ............... 34.2,700 1838 1839 4,678,219 722,777 1840 4,035,835 805,1675 Under the head of total there is included in the abo ve b e sides the foreign, als o E as t I n di a and the 111auritiusw'hich were as follow East India.—Cwt. Mauritius. 1837 .294,679 .537,961 1838 .428,854 604.671 1839 1840 The average price of British Muscovado, and of Brazil brown and yellow, for the above years, was as follows, by the mercantile prices current : Net Revenue British Brazil. each year. 1837 . 34.7 .. 21.3 4,760,565 1838 33. ti 21.3 4,656,892 1839 39 1840.. ......49. .. 21.6... ....... Wi,at are the facts to be deduced from the above figures but that, for each of the years enumerated, we have been importers o f foreign sugar, and that during the last year we were con sumers of it to the extent of nearly 116 tons? Yet there was no addition to the revenue, but a decrease, in consequence of the d:minutiou of the total consumption, which, in 1840, was 64 9 ,374 cwt. less than in 1839, and 994,529 cwt. short of the imports in 1838. Yet the price paid in 1840 for the di minished quantity was griaitly beyond what the larger quanti ties cost the consumers in any of the previous years. In each of these years the import of foreign sugar has increased, in spite of the prohibitory duties and of the great inferiority of Brazil sugar t o th e growth of our British plantation. Sugar is a necessary of life to our population, which is rapidly increasing, thus enhancing the demand, while the supply has fallen off from our own colonies, and rendering it necessary to make up the deficiency from other sources, but with alt the additional cheapness of forced labour, the Brazil and Cuba sugars can•never compete with British plantation under a diff,rential duty of 12s. per cwt. The produce of our colonies will always command the market. The demand for home consumption will take off all that our colonies can pro duce at a remunerating price, and the balance roust be taken from the East Indies, the Mauritius, Cuba, or Brazil. If we i - efusa to do Sc, we cannct expect that the Brazils or Spain will take our articles of produce in exchange; if 7e re ject their sugar, they will refuse our manufactures, and prnhibition• will be the ruling principle of com mercia; legislatio n .., a principle which, since the year 1825, the leading men in the House of Com mons, of both sides, have condemned. Neither can the pro hibitory system be confined to our relations with Brazil, ir with Spain; it must extend to the United States, and the cotton and tobacco of that country must also be repudiated. We cannot maintain things as they are. The duties now ex acted on the import of foreign sugar s, and of American cotton and tobacco, must necessarily be raised. If Lord Sandon's motion be carried, the import duties must be increased on sugar, coffee, cotton, and tobacco, to render them more strin gent, and to increase the existing heavy burdens on the people, so as to give effect to the principle of exclusion, and to carry it out in practice. The success of Lord Sandon's motion would necessarily be followed up by such results, otherwise it would be of no utility to those who erroneously support the present duties on foreign sugars, upon the ground that they keep down the traffic in slaves. Instead of taking the lead and showing an example of enlightened commercial policy to other nations, Great Britain would, to follow out the Tory policy, necessarily have recourse to rigorous measures of bigotted ex clusion. Instead of reducing the taxes that bear most heavily upon the necessaries of life, these taxes would be increased, and the depressed trade and industry of the people still more heavily manacled and pressed down. Mr. Horsley Palmer and the other leading merchants in the City who petitioned fur a revi sion of our tariff must give their best wishes for the success of the amendment of Lord John Russell, and so must every man who wishes to see the trade and commerce of the country in a prosperous condition. The friends of free trade in the City say with great, indeed invincible force, if the principle of pro- hibition against foreign produce raised by slave-labour is to be made the fighting point, let it be fairly fought. There should be no straining at gnats while we swallow camels. TIMES.—The English Stocks have fluctuated to-day to the extent of a quarter per cent., and the Market bore an un settled appearance. It was not, however, produced by any pressure of money, for that was as easy as yesterday, but more probably by the uncertainty of what will be the result of the discussions on the questions connected with the Budget and the unsettled state of affairs in China and the East India Presidencies. POST.—The public securities were firmer again this morn ing, but without any great accession of business, the infor mation from China being deemed too vague and inconclusive to warrant the dealers in being materially influenced by it in their operations. The approaching debate on our own do mestic affairs is, for the moment, almost the only thing that engages attention among men of business, the interests of all classes being, to a greater or less extent, implicated in the issue. HERALD.—The greater easiness of money has considerably relieved the Stock 3larket, and Consols improved. From some unaccountable cause in the Foreign Market Spanish Stocks are on the advance, and the Active with the Coupons improved to ZIA to 1 1. It would seem that some ex pectations were entertained by the more ad.renturoua specula tors that in the event of Esietrtero being declared sole Regent Mendizabil would be one of his Ministers, and as he is a sort of patron saint of stock-jobbing, it is considered that before long some scheme of his may appear for raising the price of Spanish Bonds. '1 'he Lest taing of ,11enclizabal undoubtedly is that he has been really earnest for a commercial treaty with this coun try, by which the march of the prohibitive system may be re laxed, whilst Spain would consent to receive the manufactures of this country on moderate terms. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Mar 7. DU BIEL V. THOMSON. The arguments in this appeal, which was partly argued or, Wednesday, were resumed this morning. The appeal was from a decree of the Master of the Rolls, which confirmed the validity of an agreement for a marriage contract, entered into under the following circumstances :—ln 1826, the plaintiff, the Baron Du Biel, married a daughter of Sir. John Poulett Thomson, the father of Mr. Andrew Poulett 1 homson, and the present Lord Sydenham. It appeared that some time pre vious to the marriage, the Baron had waited on Mr. Thomson to obtain his consent, and arrange the marriage settlements. The settlement was fixed at 5001. a-year, and Sir. Thomson referred the Baron to his two sons, to whom he said he had given full au thority to settle the amount of his daughter's fortune. Ne gotiaions consequently took place between the plaintiff and the two sons, and it was ultimately arranged, by an agreement in writing, that the sum of 10,0001. should be paid to the Baron at his marriage, and that he should receive a further sum of 10,0001. on the death of Mr. Thomson. The year after the marriage the Baroness died, leaving one child, and in the year 1837 Mr. Thomson, her father, died, without making any further provision for this child. A suit was subsequently instituted by the Baron, to compel the executors to fulfil the contract entered into by the sons of Mr. Thomson for the payment of 10,0001. after his decease. The Master of the Rolls h, Id that there had been such a re • cognition of the agreement by Mr. Thomson as would satisfy the Statute of Frauds, and therefore decreed for the plaintiff. On the part of the app e ll an ts it was argue d by Ur. Richards that Mr. Thomson had not given his sons any power to bind him to the extent of securing payment of this sum after his de cease, but admitting the authority and its recognition there arose the important question of the nature of the obligation, which the executors maintained was merely voluntary, and could be recalled at will. 11r. ANDERTON addressed the Court this morning at length on the same side. Mr. WIG RAM replied at great length. The LORD CHANCELLOR took time to consider his judg ment. RAYNE V. BENEDICT. This case, which was reported in our Paper last week, was again brought before the Court this morning, by an applica tion for an injunction to restrain the defendant, who is Captain of the brig Armadillo, bound for America, but now lying at Cowes, for the purpose of refitting, from selling a portion of the cargo, but leaving it open to him to prosecute his voyage. His LORDSHIP said the present application was substan tively the same as the last, which he had refused, because it did not appear that any proceedings had been taken by th e plaintiff to restrain d e f en d an t f rom prosecuting his voyage. It as a hard case for the plaintiff, but at the same time he had had ample opportunity of shmiing the Court whose property the goods were, instead of which it was still uncertain that the plaintiff was the owner of the cargo. Under these circum stances the application must be dismissed with costs, but he might be disposed to interfere if it were shown that the Captain was relieved from liability, and that the property was that of the plaintiff. THE SUN, - LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1841. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, May 7, SYDNEY V. RANGER. In this case, which was part beard, Mr. hcons was heard for the plaintiff against the petitior; of the defendant. The prayer of the petition was to, nave a certain estate, of which Sir Robert Sydney was t 1.1,:, purchaser, put up to re-sale, in order that he might be ';;charged from the purchase in case the estate brought a hi4ner price than he gave for it, and that if the re-sale produetid less, that he should be retained as the purchaser. It appeared the eAste was originally sold in the year 1833 for 600/. to a Mr. Blackwell ; it was afterwards con sidered that 6004, was a rather low amount for the estate to bring, and for the benefit of all parties it was agreed to open the biddings. Sir Robert Sydney undertook, as Solicitor to conduct the sale, and the estate was purchased for 6701., in the name of a Mr. King, the real purchaser, however, being Syd ney. The application of the petitioner was, as stated above, on the ground that Sir Robert Sydney, as being solicitor to the sale, v:as a disqualified person to purchase the property. %Kr. JACOBS contended that as the petitioner Ranger Lad admitted that at the time of the sale, he had strong sus picoris of Sydney being the real purchaser, and that yet, while having those suspicions and taken no means to ascertain the truth, he confirmed the sale in the year 1838, after it had been kept open four years, during which period it was free to any higher bidder to come forward, the petitioner had therefore no right to make the application, which he (Mr. Jacobs) opposed. Sir Robert Sydney was not a voluntary purchaser, in con sequence of his having undertaken to open the biddings in character of solicitor, he was in fact, a compulsory pur chaser, as no one else offered. The Learned Counsel therefore submitted, that under those circumstances, and as in the re-sale there was a clear gain to the estate, the Court ought to refuse the application with costs. His HONOUR postponed giving his decision. COURT OF Q UEEN'S BENCH, Mar 6. THE QUEEN V. THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK AND DR. PHILLIMORE. Sir WILLIA3I FOLLETT (with whom was Mr. Cockburn) moved for a rule to show cause why a prohibition should not issue to the defendants to prohibit them from proceeding fur ther in a case of deprivation of ecclesiastical rights. He should state pretty fully the circumstances which had occurred, and which rendered it necessary that some application of this sort should be made. Certain differences had existed among the members of the capetular body of York respecting the pro perty of the trustees of the Chapter fund. There was an order made by the Dean and Chapter to pay a sum of money to the Dean. One of the Canons Residentiary, Mr. Harcourt Vernon, a member of the capetular bedy, stated that he should appeal against that order. He did appeal, and there was a cita tion for a visitation to take place on the 18th of January. There had not been an instance known of an archiepiscopal visitation in York since the year 1715. A citation for a visitation was issued on this occasion. At this visitation Dr. Phillimore appeared as the Commissary or Commis sioner from the Archbishop, under the authority of a com mission, which stated that the Archbishop had duly and lawfully appointed a visitation to be held on the 18th of January, between the hours of eleven and two, " and whereas we were about to commence the said visitation in person, but may after find ourselves prevented by certain other business, " &c., therefore Dr. Philli more was appointed Commissary. That was the autho rity under which the Commissary was to act. The visitation was for the purpose of making inquiries and receiving pre sentments only, and it entered into the mind of no one at that time that it would ever assume the shape or form which it did afterwards. On the 18th of January, certain articles were exhibited by the Archbishop, and they had re lation to various matters connected with the chapter and the cathedral. The 19th of these articles or interrogatories was " Are the chancels of the churches and chapels belongin g to your body in good and sufficient repair ?" That interrogatory had led to the circumstances which had since taken placo ill the cathedral. On the 18th of January the articles were ad ministered. No answers were at that time given, but as there were certain disputes respecting the property of the Chapter, it was thought better that they should be referred to arbitra tion. This proposition was assented to by all the parties interested in the dispute, and an agreement was made to subject these disputes to the decision of an arbitrator. The tins agreement was made did not take place till February. In the meantime cer tain answers to the interrogatories were put in by some of the members of the capetular body, and one gentleman, t ei ll at th w e h the Reverend Mr. Dixon, among other answers to the 2 in l h st of articles, returned one to the -19th, which (so the Learned Counsel was understood to say) was to the following effect : " That the churches of the Dean and Chapter, which are in many counties, are repaired, the chancels are usually let, and are left by the provisions of the lease to the lessees and the presentments sold, but whether the proceeds are applied to repairs does not appear." Whethi r the answer meant to charge the Dean with having simoniacally sold the livings did not appear, but the Dean was thus distinctly charged with the sale of the presentations. There was a second meeting of this visitation appointed, and in the meantime a letter was written to the Dean, and this letter was the only thing in the shape of a citation, or a summons of any kind, which 1 ad led to pro ceedings that had ended in the Dean being deprived of his Deanery and all his ecclesiastical preferments. The letter referred to was as follows:—' Dear Sir, it was only by yes terday's post that I received Mr. Dixon's answer. The answer to the nineteenth article involves a charge against you, which has not before been brought to my notice, and which is of so serious a nature, that I enclose a copy of it for your perusal, in order that you may properly reply thereto on Thursday next." This letter was signed by Dr. Phillimore. It was not stated in that letter that that was a charge which would be formally brought against the Dean, but merely that that was the answer of Mr. Dixon to one of the interroga tories of the Archbishop. In fact this was a private letter from Dr. Phillimore to the Dean—it was neither a citation nor a snmmons. The 21st February was the date of the letter, and the meeting was to be held by adjournment on the 24th of that month. In reply to this letter the Dean said that he was then 300 miles distant, and that he could not attend at the time specified at that period of the year. The meeting was thee again adjourned to the 23d of March, when Dr. Phillimore stated that it was his intention to try the Dean on the charge of simony, as contained in the answer of Mr. Dixon- Nei' ther at that time, nor at any other, had there been any articles exhibited to the Dean. The simple statement contained in the answer was all that he knew on the subject. The Dean stated that he protested against the jurisdiction of the Commissary in respect of the churches, and this occasioned a considerable altercation between the Dean and Dr. Poilli more, who first refused to accept the protest, insisting that the Dean should plead to the charge, but this the Dean refused to do. It appeared that Dr. Phitlimore thought right, in conse quence of this protest, to pronounce the Dean in contempt, and the Dean left the Court on the 2.3 d of March ; and after he had done so, in the absence of the Dean and of all his friends, the Commissary proceeded to examine on oath, and viva voce, certain witnesses, and then under these cir cumstances, without any charge made, and without any articles exhibited, and in the absence of the Archbishop, he made a report to the Archbishop; and the Archbishop himself, who had never heard one witness, and had had no opportunity of examining one deposition of any sort or kind, on the sole representation of Dr. Phillimore, and in the absence of the Dean, declared that he was convicted of simoniacally selling the livings, &c. " A cert a i n p resen t men t wa s made by the Rev. W. H. Dixon" was the statement in the judicial declaration, but none whatever had been made until after the sentence was pronounced; and even that which was then brought forward was never exhibited to the Dean of York. 'f he declaration went on to allege that the Dean had appeared before the Commissary, but had been pronounced contumacious and in contempt, for having will ully interrupted the progress of the proceedings, and declared that he would not submit to the authority of the Court. Now, the Archbishop could not know what occurred before the Commissary, for the proceedings were not taken down in writing ; yet the document went on to declare, that in consequence of such conduct he was removed and degraded from his office of Dean, and from all his dignities and preferments in the province of York. So extraordinary a proceeding was wholly unheard of in modern times, and so far as research into ancient authorities wont, was without justification. If it could be maintained, it would establish that an Archbishop of York, or his Commissary, with out any charge duly made or exhibited, might proceed in the absence of the person accused to deprive him of all his pre ferments, and pronounce so severe a sentence as that of de grading him from all his offices and digni•ies in the Church. In the course of these proceedings it never was believed that they were going to take such a step, but something irregular was apprehended, and on the 31st of March, which vas before sentence was pronounced, an application was made to the Lord Chancellor for a prohibition, woich his Lordship refused, on the ground that all that the affidavits disclosed was, that the Com missary had done that which might lead to a sentence of depriva tion; but that it was not within his jurisdiction, there bring no criminal proceeding in t he case, and that he could not believe that the Commissary would take such a step. The prohibitiou was refused, and the very thing which the Lord Chancellor had said he could not believe the Commissary would do, was actually done. In addition to this, the affidavits on which the present application was founded set forth that there was a composition entered into between the Archbishop of York and the Chapter of that diocese, which expressly prohibited such an exercise of archiepiscopal power in such a manner. Whatever, thee cfore, might be the amount of episcopal authority in other sees, it did not exist to that extent here, and the whole proceeding was consequently irregular. The Learned Counsel quoted a great many authorities in support of his argument, and The COURT ultimately granted the rule. The ATTORNEY-GEtiliAL, who appeared for the Arch bishop, asked for an early day to be fixed for the argument, that peace might be restored to the diocese. The COURT said that it would depend on Counsel them selves when it was brought on. It might be brought on on the first day of next Term. BAIL COURT, MAY 7. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE presided in thi: Court during the early part of the morning. His Lordship left the Court about 11 o'clock, and Mr. Justice Wightman took his seat on the Bench. The motions heard were of a purely technical nature. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, MAY 6. (Sittings at Nisi Prins at Westminster, before Mr. Baron PARKE and a Special Jury.) NEILSON AND OTHERS V. HA RFORD AND OTHERS. This action was brought to recover compensation in damage, for an alleged infringement of a patent for the improved appii - cation of air to produce heat in fires, forges, and furnaces, where bellows and other blowing apparatus were required. This case has occupied the attention of the Court for three days. The defence was the usual ons on such occasions —viz., tha' the invention was not a new one, that the specification was at variance with the Act upon which the patent was granted, and that the invention was not of public benefit. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff on the principal issues, which would have the effect of establishing his right to the patent, but they found for the defendant as to a technical point arising in the specification. On this point, however, leave was given to the other party to move the Court above. AIAy 7. THE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEA V. 'LORD HATIIERTON. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL appeared to show cause against a rule to cha nge th e venue i n thi s ca = e f rom t h e county o f Middlesex to th e county o f S ta ff or d. It was an act i on o f trover for coal, li mestone, &c. The venue was originally laid in Middlesex ; it w as t h en c h ange d f rom t h a t county to S ta ff ord , on the usual affidavit, and brought back again upon the usual undertaking. The cause .vas therefore now fairly in Middlesex, and their Lordships would require a very clear case to be made out before they would change the venue from the county in which it had lawfully been laid. The defendant had made an affidavit, in which he stated that he was going to call sixteen witnesses, most of whom were very old and very unequal to a journey to London—that it would be neces sary for him to call the steward of the manor with the court rolls, and that he resided in the nieghbourho-N of Stafford, that he was informed it would be necessary for the Jury to view the lands, and that there were peculiar cue. toms in the manors of which a Middleex Jury would be ig norant, and that he was informed the extra expenses of a trial in London would he upwards of 3001. That was the whole, and he thought no case had been made out. His Lordship seemed to have forgot that there was a railroad all the way upon which the witnesses would suffer no inconvenience—they were able it appeared to reach Stafford, and if so they could as easily come on to London; that was no answer also to thecase of the steward. With respect to the view, the only question to be tried was the right of a customary tenant to take minerals—what possible necessity then could there be for the Jury to see the land ? But their Lo..d.h;y3 ,suet remember that there were many manors in Staffordshire, and the special Jurors in that county might not be the most impartial in such a case. It was said a Middlesex jury would he ignorant upon the subject ; now surely that was most de sirable—they would hear the evidence, and hear tie remarks of the Judge, andcotne to a better conclusion than any persons who were interested in the question at issue. As to the question of expense, he need say nothing—their Lordships were well aware that the expenses in the country would be greater than in London. Air. Sergeant TALFOURD safd the noble defendant seemed to think sixteen witnesses a great Lumber, which was a good proof that he had never been engaged in such a cause before ; but he would only say one word as to the expenses. The) would be obliged to take down a person from the former to translate records, the taking down of whom would cost more than all the sixteen witnesses. His Lordship was not aware that one antiquary would cost more than his sixteen an tiquities. . _ * Mr. WHATELY, on the same side, said, his Lordship, when alluding to the expenses, seemed to have forgot that he had re tained the services of his Learned Friend the Solicitor-General. —( A laugh.) There was every reason in favour of Middlesex. The SOLICITOK-GENERAL had no doubt his Noble client would have been content with the services of the gentlemen on the circuit had not the Noble plaintiff engaged extra eminent assistance. He contended that a view would be necessary be cause much would depend upon the nature and state of old workings on the land. There would be no necessity for any contingency, for there would be no difficulty in admitting trans lations. The COURT—Have you any objection to try the cause be fore a Worcester Jury? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL--None whatever. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—We only want a fair trial, which we apprehend we could not have in St.fforthhire. Air. Baron PARK—Then let the venue be changed to Wor cester. DUNN V. ALEXANDER. Mr. BAILEY, on the part of the fendant, moved to make a rule absolute which called upon the plaintiff e notorious persecutor of Miss Burdett Coutts) to show cause why judgmeot should not be entered up, notwithstandiqg the issuing of a writ of error. Mr. Baron ALDERFON--1 have t) state that I received a letter fiorn the plaintiff yesterday asking this motion to stand over, on the ground that he conld not obtain a day rule. Mr. BAILEY—He has been in Court during the morning. A person who sat on the floor said Mr. Dunn had not been in Court all day. Mr. BAILEY— Several persona in Court assure me that they have seen him, and that at this moment, if not in Court, he is in the immediate neighbourhood. Mr. Dunn'a friend still denied that he had been out of Surrey that day. (Mr. Dunn is a prisoner in the Quec.i's Bencb.) Mr. Bailey's clerk affirmed that ho had seen him within a very short time. Mr. BARON PARKR—.You are all speaking without affi davits, but we will be inclined to think the party seeing another is the more correct. We will make the rule ab solute on the understanding that it Kill be opened to morrow if the plaintiff has any cause to show. Mr. Baron ALDERSON—I thought it my duty to menti he receipt of the letter. I thiA it is very improper for any suitor to write to a Judge, and was the more surprised tin the present instance on account of the plaintiff beieg a barrister. He must have known it was highly improper. Rule absolute, upon the above understanding. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Wm. Nichols and Geo. Norton, two very respectably dre,sed young men, of genteel manners and address, with two lads about fourteen years of age, dressed up as chimney sweeps, who gave their names John Connolly and Daniel Carter, were placed at th e b ar b e f or e Mr. LONG, the pre siding Magistrate, charged with attempting to pick pockets under the fallowing circumstances : William Hosford, the chief officer belonging to the Mendi city society, stated that about four o'clock on Thursday afternoon he saw the two first-named prisoners, whom he knew to be common pickpockets, and as having been several times con victed as reputed thieves, proceeding along Regent-street, fol lowed closely up by tho other prisoners, in the garb of sweeps, and whom he also knew to belong to the swell mob of pick pockets. On arriving at Waterloo-place the latter two commenced dancing, standing on their heads, and tumbling, which speedily attracted a great' crowd of persons around them. Nichols and Norton then attempted to pick several individuals' pockets. They then proceeded to the corner of Sackville-street. They then proceeded to other streets, and repeated their attempts, when, after a desperate resistance, they were taken into custody. A police-constable, No. 43, B division, stated that he knew the whole of the prisoners to be reputed thieves. Mr. LONG committed the prisoners for three months each to hard labour in Tothill-fields New Bridewell. RAILWAYS FOR IRELAND.—The Railway Times gives the following as the heads of a plan for The construction of railways in Ireland, to he proposed to tie House of Commons by Lord. Morpeth :--1. A body of capitalists, providing funds for the intended lines of rail. way, receiving an Interest of four per cent. thereon from the net revenue, and dividi ng any sur plus beyond that with the counties thro ug h which the line shall pass. 2. A gua rantee for that interest from the counties pervaded and benefitted, they taking in return half the surplus profits. 3. A Government Commission to execute and manage the railways. 4. A Board of Control, consisting of men of rank, station, and influence in the respective counties, to settle the principal and to protect a ll parties. This, or some thi ng t antamount ope ra ti ons , to contro l outlay and charges, to it, is the plan to be submitted by Lord Morpeth to the -House of Commons. . The body of capitalists who have agreed to advance The sum requisite to carry out the plfin is composed of Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mt. Geldsmid, and Mr. Abel Smith; the banker. PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK, ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 7. Number Di vider d Price of per CANALS. per • Paid. 'Shute, Share,. Annum. --- 1,786 7 per cent . Ashton& Oldham...Average97l.lBs.sh . 11 0 1,482 4t. Ashby.de.le-Zouch A-zrage 1151.5 h. 72 1, 60 Basingstoke 1001. sh. 5 1,005 M. Brecknock anti Abergavenny" l5O/. sh. CS 8,00,/ I•l6tb. 104. Birmingham, 1.16 th share ....St/. & 711. 200 4,000 ....." .. Ditto & Liverpool Junct.lß9l. sh. 100 pd 25 6uo 3/. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.sh. all p 3 400 5/. Chelmer and Blackwater lool.sh. 101 300 32/. Civentry 1001. sh. 600 Croydor. Average3ll.2s.lod. sh. 2,060 51. Os Dudley ... 1001. sh. 94 600 131. Derby lool.sh. 120 20,0'0 4 . per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d .pd :'.3 3,5751 4' Ellestnereand Chester Avenge 133;.314. 81 231 621 Erewasn 1,297 301. Forth t.nd Clyde... Average 4001.165. tn. 6t') 1,000 81. Grand Junction 1001. s n 121 049 f 255. Grand Union lool.sh , 26 1,500 ... Grand Surrey „., 1001. sh. 15 1,000/ 41:per cent . Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. 3,396 600 131.1'25. 9d. Glairmgansbire, Aver, cost 17:;1. 13s. id. '220 749 12s. Grarahm 3,238 21. Os. Huddeiliteld Average:di. 6s. 6d. sh 27 100 Kensingto .1 lO6 sh. all pd 10 25.328 11.10 s. Kennet mid Avon, Av. 391.185. 104. sh 2414 11,6991 I/. 7s. Lancaster Average 471. 6s. 8d 9.7% 2,8978 301. Leeds and Liverpool lOlll. sh 150 545 111. Leicester 1401. it 14r. _ __ 1,807 W 51.01. Leicester & Northampton Aver. 5 5 31. 10t, 73 .400 101. Monmouthshire 100!..1+ 200 150 10!. Melton Mowbray - IoBl.eh. it:C 500 25!. Mersey and Irwell lOOl. sh . 550 3,000 21. 10s. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd 34 247 17/. Neath lOOl.Bl, 325 2,400 51. Peak Forest .. ;... A v cs..ge about 761.5 h. 73% 21,418 Ss. Regent's (or andon) Av. 331.165.8 d. sh. 9% 1,669 61. per cent. Rochdale Average Ahl.s h. gl 500 8!. Shropshire 800 10/.os. ' Somerset Coal l5Ol. sh. ISO 3,6001. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121. 10s. sh. 1114 700 31% Stafford and Worcester. 140/.sh. 1309 530 551 Shrewsbury 300 9 at3urbridge............... 145/. sh. 396 3,647 21. Os. Stratford-on. Avoit zaver....791. 9s. tat. sh. 35 533 1211 Swansea lool.sh, 265 1,762 24 Bs. Severn and Wyc and Railway Av. 351. sh. 45 9,6045 h. 221. 10s. Trent and Mersey, f share 1001.2h. 590 8.149 Thames and Medway Av,191. hs. Ad. sh. 2 100 1,000 o* s h. ./ , R-1. Warwick and Birmingham lool.sh 240 s 3 960 13t Warwick and Ilapten* 1004 sh. 160 7,000 41 1 Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.81. sh. 55 5.000 32e. Wilts and Berks Average 671. 108 Bd. sh, 29 800 6s, Wyslev and Longton 1251. sh '74 .26 W;erseacn .....1`... 1:::.: sh. 511 905 15 . Wey and Anus. llOl. en. 22% DOCKS. 1 . 6130 Pe } 3p. c. Commerc al 1001.3h. 63 1.06515 h. E.st and West India Stock 99 3.238,3101/. 60s. p.ct. London Stock 70 Ditto lionds 2.209 31.65. sd. Bristol Average In. 9s. sh. 75 68,3241. 5/.percent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 9614 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds .......... 101) 2 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Deptford Pier .... 0 01. sh. 20!. pd 10 BRIDGES. ,600 10s. Hammersm al. 507.1 h. 21 7,231 Southwark, Old ...... ...Av. 631.25. 83. sh. k 1,,, 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7i per cent. 50/. sh. 17 .4000 5,000 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of Si iio/.1,4 21 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd 18 31 iO,OOOl. Si. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 2.6 s Vauxhall .......,.Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 26 ASSURANCE COMPAN:ES. 2,000 3/10s Albion 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 72 0. (6 per cen 15s.s t.l , ..lii . ance British &Foreignlool. sh. 11/. pd 13% "'''' t and 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, 111Nrine lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 5 4,000 il. per sh. Atlas 1,20015 h. 51. Birmingham lire... n5O/.811.551. pd 10736 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 5111. pd 40 12,000 6/. percent. British Commercial 5O/. sb. V. pd 534 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical & Meili..ll Life, 100/.sh. 2/10s pd 4 4,000 0/ Os County lOOl. sh. 101. pd 1( 20,000 Is. Eagle 50/. sh. Si. pd 5 5 per cent.) 200 i and 30t bs. i Economic Lile 1000/. sh. 2501. pd 406 2,271 225. percent. European Li,: nO/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 201. ah. 21. pd 136 • .000,0001. 61. per ct Globe Stock 118 10,000 5/* Guardian 30.000 a. El. Hope ... *. ..... . 50/. eh. 51. pd 516 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5OO/. sh. 50/. pd 133 7.500 9s. Imperial Lite lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 10 13459 5/. percent. Indemnity Marine lOO/. sh. 8/. rid 2 2,020 31 lOs Kent Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 02 31. Ditto Life 5Ol. pd 66 10,900 16s. Law Life lOO/. :h. 10/. pd 0036 5,000 16s. London, Fir. 9 51, sh. 12/. 10s. pd 18% 3,900 10s. London, Ship "51. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 1836 ~600,0001. ... ..... Mincrva Life 100/. sh. !!0,000/. - .... .... .. 2/. ss. pd 2 *ono 5/. per cent. Palladium Lilt 5Ol. sh. 2!. pd 21 6 s 50,000 41. per cent. Protector Ere 20/. sh. 2/. pd 18600 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ....100/. sh. 5/. pd 536 2,500 11. Provident Lue lOO/. sh. Int. pd 20 f,(( 4' 7s. Rock Life 5/. pd 4 89,2201 5/. per cant. Royal Exchange Stock 100 6,009 5 per cent. University Life lOU sh. 5/. pd 5 1 4 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 5/. pd 7U JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,039 . _ . A gric. and Corn, of Ireland2sl. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 3 per cent. Australasia 40/. sh. 401. pd 59 (0,415 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 50/. sh. 10/. pd 13% 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 1934 11,000 6 percent. I.ondon & Westminster 1001 sh. 201. pd 23 30,000 51. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10/. pd 12 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOO/. sh. 20/. pd 30 25,000 Liverpool lOOl sh. 101. pd M% 50,000 7; percent hlanrhester and Liver. } 50/.sh. 15/ pd 10% pool Distri^t 20,000 7 per tea t. Manchester lOO4 sh. 10/. pd 10,000 Provincial Bank of I relandlool. sh. 25/.0 42% 50,000 6i er cent National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh 17 1 1/. pd 15% 10,000 5 per cent National Provincial Eng.loo/, sh. 35/. pd :34k, 10,006 .. Ditto New 10/. oh. 10/ pd 10% 10,000 Gloucestershire 501. sh. 10/. pd 32 6,000 10 per cent. ilampsh ire 5Ol. oh. 51. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 10s Od Bath 20!. sh. 101. pd 22 5,000 British 4O!. sh. 161. pd 18 1 . 000 /an d percent.l Ditto Provincial 2O/. sh. pd 25 Hs. CF 928 51 . 10 s Birmingham sh. 68 1,250 2/ Os Bristol 20!. sh. 311 2,250 3/ lOs Brighton 9 0/. sh. 13% 750 31 10s Ditto, New • , 01. sh. IrlP. pd 9 2.471 4h per cent. Brighton General 2Ol. sh. all pd 9 1,000 71. Os. Continental Consolidated ....751. f2;l. pd 102% 1,000 101. City 01 London.. ....... ..--1001. sh. all pd 195 1,000 6!. Ditto, New lOOl. sh. 751. pd 150 4,000 3/.os. Equitable 5O/. pd 20 10,000 01. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 0014 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd 1-.% 2,350 6/. per cent. Independent '2O/. sh. all r, 49 0,000 4/. per cent. Plicenix 5Ol. sh. 39/. pd 34 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff lOO/. sh. 801. pd ( 0 4,000 South ! 1 14ropolitan 501. sh. 19/. pd 16 1),000 51. per cent. United General 501. sh. 47/. pi 30 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 22 0,000 3'. Westminster Chartered ..... 5O/. sh. 58 6,000 12s Ditto New 5l/. eh. 10/. pd II A 780 3 per cent, Yarmouth 2O/. sh. 18/. pd WATER WORKS ISO 31s. Biriningh.,m 25/. sh. 25/. pd 21 1,434 71. East London lOW. sh. 164 5,500 21 Iss. Grand Junction Average 41/ Ms. 4d. ch. 61 ,000 21. Kent 100/. sh. 46% 372 101. Liverpool Bootle •)2CI. sh. 3::6 1,500 2 /tos New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60 6,486 21 lOs Manchester and 5a11erd...... ..... .100/. sh. 55% 1,000 4 per cant. South Loud= lOO/. sh. 1043 8,2114 4il. Mick Middlesex Average rot. 12s. 9d. sh. 92 1.360 ll 14s York Building Lo. Lessee Prop. 100/. sh. 35 FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, MAy 1. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Rupert Alfred Kettle, of Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High _Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MAY 5, 1841. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters . patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting to Colonel Charles Fox, the office of Master Surveyor and Surveyor-General of the Ordnance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the room of Lieut.-General Sir Butane Shav‘e Donkin, deceased. WHITEHALL, MAY 6. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Co lonel George Couper, C. 8., and to the heirs-male of his body lawfully begotten. IRON RAILWAYS, 6,300 Birmingham and Derby .... lllO/ pd 084 :),5 , 4) Birmingham and Gloucester 1101. pd 75% 151410 • Bristol and Exeter lOO/. sh. 6+ pd 371 4 7,500 Cheltenham &G. Western 100/.sh. 62 ‘l. 32% 3,000 Clarence 100/. sh 100/ pd 30 8,000 Dublin anti Drogheda IVO/. sh. 5/, pd .10,000 Eastern Countie. "5/ sh. VW. pd 9 10,000 Great North of England 100/. sh. 901. pd 7i 10,'.118 14 per cent. 6rand Junction lOOl. sh. all p 0 109 2',000 Great Western lOO/ sh. 65!. pd 1'37 , 4 25,000 Ditto New.....,. 50/. sh, :W. pd 61 3,000 per cant Gosport Junction 50/. sh. 40!. pd 47 2,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool lOO/. eh. 1001 pd 115% 8,900 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 50/. pd 45, 1 4 2,100 4/. per cent. Leeds and 5e1by....... lOO sh. 154 5,100 10 percent. Liverpool & Manchester 10(Ls h. 100/.0 185 7,91/8 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares ' , 51. pd 45 ; -, .6,000 ......... London and Brighton 50/, sh. 50/ pd 47% /4,000 ...... ... London and Blackwall 25/. sh. 25/. pd 19 '40,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2Ol. 0. 901. pd 8% .25,000 8 per cent. London & Birminghaire 100/. sh. 90/ pd 160 25,000 Ditto Quarter Shares • ...:251. sh. 51. pi 23; 31,250 Dit o New Shares :3.1/. sh. 321. pd 511 4 36,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av.:381, 17s. 9d. 58 33,000 London and Croydon] Av. 13!. 15s. 9d. 1 , 4 , ..... ..•• Ditto New Scrip.... . , 18.000 3 per cent. Manchester and Lecds...loo/. eh. 70/. pd 54 t 3,000 . Ditto Ilalf Shares 5O/. 25/. pd 27 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.0. 40/. 2.0 Ditto Extension 7l pd ‘2% 10,000 ......... Midland Counties. ;00/. sh. 101. pd 89 15,000 North Midland Ditto New . . ......... 40/. id 35 5,1 9 8 ..... .... Northern and Eastern-101/. sh. MI. pd 31 +2,600 Preston and Wyre 5Ol. sh. 30/. pd :10 73,000 South Eastern and Dover ......... 33/. pd 17 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington ...... ~.100/.sh. 275 9,000 Thames Haven 50/ sh 51. pd 11,000 York and North Midland 50 ~ sh. 50/. pd 73 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 51,5 ,i. V. pel 19 4,000 11. ss. Alten l5/. sh 12/. lit pd 10 10,000 es. Anglo Mcx ican,i ss. 5/ pm.loo/. sh. a. 'i d I% Ditto Subscription 25/. I+o I% 2,000 10/. Bolanos l5O/. sh all pd 35 10,000 11. 103 Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 351. sh. 20/ pd t; 6,000 ... ...... Macaubas & (.ocaes United 25/ 0.25/. pd 6 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 2O/. sh. 141. pd 2% 10 ,000 Bolivar Copper Company 20/.sh. 201. pd 1 10,000 Ditto Scrip lO/. sh. 10/. pd 2 20,000 British Iron lOO/. sh. 601. pd 0110 British Copper 5/.sh. 4i/. pd 1% Cat's Branca 4/. pd 6 _.. Candonga ..... 7il. pd 5 10,000 11 Copiapo 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 51. pm. ...55/. sh. 55/. pd 0 1 4 2,850 31. English 20,000 6,155 Mexican Company lOO4 sh. ;.i7,11 pd 6 3,008 Polberou Consols .. ... ...... 10/. sh. 8/. pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 2% Ditto Loan Notes 1501. pd 160 90,000 .......,. United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. 404 sh. all pd 2% Dittt. Scrip 3% Ditto New Scrip 51 pd 4 West Cork 5Ol. sh 501. pd 38 LITER ARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 1,500 700 King' College lOOl. 104 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,301 15s. Australian Agricultural.loo/. sh. 28/. pd 41 6,)00 1. percent. British American Land Compan) 3 i , . pd 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company... ...... 1001. sh. 32a1. pd 31 90,000 sl. per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent 20,000 IL 6s. General Steam Navigation 15/. .h. 14/. pd 2474 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock ,000 1L London Com. Sale Rooms.... Av. 751. sh l9 1 000 CaoLichouc Company 12;1. pd 12 New Brunswick Land Compan...so/ pd 12 2,154 5/. per cent. Reversienary int. 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd 107 2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New 1001. sh. 1001. pd 107 4,000 iO,OOO cc Van Die.ner,'s Land.... 1001. sh. 17i/. pd 6 LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES MAY 5, 1841. BANKS. 1,000,006/. 6/. p. ct. Bank of Scotland ...831. 6s. tid. sh all pd 59 2,000,0001. 6 p. ct. Rs yal of Scotland 100/, sh. all pd 154 500.000/. S p. ct. British Linen Company 100/.sh. all pd 22 500,0001. 61. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 16t) 500,0001. 50. ct. National lOO/.sh. 101. pd 14% 500,0001. 'U. p. ct. Glasgow Union 9 501. sh. 50/. pd 85 1,000,0001. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 40/. pd 7s }6 INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250.0005 h. 6} p. ct. Scottish Uninn .-- 9 0/. sh. 11, pi t4s od. 7,500 7p. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 13, 4 Immo sp. et. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/. ch. all pd I" 50,000 Bp. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 17 1,000 Bp. ct. Caledonian Fire Ivol. sh. 10/. pd 2,1 5,000 fi p. ct. Edinburgh i..fe 100/. sh. 101. pet 11% 100,000 3} p. ct. 'tS , e3t of Scotland JO/. pd 141SCELLANEOUS 4,818 Edin. and Was. Un. Canalso/. sh. all pd 1 Ditto Allocated! ‘)6/. sh. all pd 5,40( 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stpck Water.2sl. sh. all pd 35 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron F0unuerv......50 1 sh 4SI "d 42 10,000 3 per ceet. Edinburgh & Leith G)ass.2o/. sh. 16/. pd 33 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas ...... ...951. sh. all pd 4 , ) 4,450 10 per cent. Clasgow Gas ...... .........251. sh. all pd 53 759 7i per cent, Leith Coal Gas ...... 201.. h. all pd 1,154 Edinburgh and Da h tlai .way 50/. sh 29 SHOCKING ACCIDENT THROUGH SOMNAM BULISM.—A female servant, in the employ of Air. Betts, echo keeps a boarding-school in the viPage of Hollingbourne, Kent, in going into the back yard early on Monday moming, dis covered a lad named Wildish, one of the boarders, lying un dressed, senseless, and bleeding from wounds on the face and head. She gave the alarm, and it was found that this lad, who had on the previous evening gone to bed early and in good health, hadgot up in his sleep an d opened the window of his bed-room and walked through it. lie fell a distance of forty feet, and it is miracu!ous that he was not killed on the spot. There are but ;light hope; of his recovery. WHITEHALL, MAY 6. The Queen ha 3 been pleased Co present the Rev. David Waddell to the church and parish of Stow, in the Presbytery of Lauder and county of Edinburgh, vacant by the death of Doctor John Cormack. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 7. 79th Regiment of Foot—Major-General the Honourable J. Ramsay, to be Colonel, vice General Sir R. C. Ferguson, G. C. 8., deceased, April 29. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire. Sir W. Wynn, Knight, to be,Deputy Lieutenant; J. Wil hams, Esq., to be ditto. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire. W. B. Brodie, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, May 2. Royal Wiltshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—J. Gard ner, Gent. to be Surgeon ' May 1. Commission by th e Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry —W. Armstrong, Gent. to be Adjutant, May 1. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN LEA, jun., tea-dealer, Brook -street, Chester. BANKRUPTS. . _ _ EDWARD RADESIIIIRSI 7 , glass chandelier maker, Birmingham, to surrender May 21, and June 18, at eleven, at the Union Inn, Birmingham. Burfoot, Inner Temple, Lon don ; Page, Birmingham. CHARLES CAr4NON, fi.,h factor, Dark House-lane, Lower Thames-street, May 14, at half-past twelve, and June 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall street, official assignee ; Murray, New London -street, Fen church-street, London. RICHARD BURGESS and JOHN BURGESS, silk throwsters, Macclesfield, Cheshire, May 14, at twelve, and June 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee; Crowder and Maynard, Mansion-huute-place, London. WILLIAM MARSHALL, iron-foUnder, Liverpool, May 20, and June 18, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Mallaby, Liverpool; Chester, Staple Inn, London. WILLIAM DOXFORD, ship-builder, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, May 21, and June 18, at eleven, at the Thompson .Irms Inn, Sunderland. Swain, Stevens, and Co., Frederick place, Old Jewry, London ; Wrights, Sunderland. RICHARD FIELD, corn and coal merchant; Marton-in the-Marsh, Gloucesterzhire, May 18, and June 18, at twelve, at the Red Lion Inn, Banbury. Atkins, Sarsden, near Chipping-Norton. RICHARD EVANS, s'ationer, Liverpool, May 21, and June 18, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Fox and Meek, Basinghall-street, London ; Snowball, Liverpool. BENJAMIN WELLS BROWNE, cooper, Lowestoft, Suffolk, May 21, and June 18, at twelve, at the King's Head Inn, Beccles. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London; Norton, Lowestoft, Suffolk. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, brewer, Bridge, Kent, May 17, and June 18, at twelve, at the Guildhall, Canterbury. Sank e y and Sladden, Canterbury ; Egan, Waterman, and Wright, Essex-street, Strand. WILLIAM CALLA!, farmer, Pattingham, Staffordshire, May 21, and June 18, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Wolver hampton. B:gg and Goldfinch, Southampton-buildings, Lon don ; Thurstans and Liddle, Newport, Salop. JAMES WILSON, timber-merchant, Leeds, May 14, and Juoe 18, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Strang. ways, Barnard's Inn, London; Robinson, Leeds. • ANDREW FRANCIS DONOVAN, merchant, Liverpool, May 19, and June 18, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Sharp, Staple Inn, London ; Rowley and Taylor, Manchester. GEORGE FULLER, shawl dealer, Regent-street, May 14, at two, and June 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson official assignee; Walters and Reeve, Basinghall-street. JOHN HENDERSON, bookseller, Manchester, May 22 and June 18, at ten, at the Cemmissioners%rooms, Manchester. Kay, Barlow, and Aston, Townhall-buildings, Manchester ; Surr, Lombard-street, London. CHARLES BROWN, china and glass dealer, Oxford street, May 18, at one, and June 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Farrar and Lake, Godliman-street, Doctors'-commons. WILLIAM BAKER HEAZELL, fishmonger, Oxford street, May 18, at one, and June 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-line, Lom bard-street; Thomas, Fen-court, Fenchurch-street. HENRY WILKINS and JOHN WILKINS, wool mer chants, London-wall, May 19, at two, and June 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, Coleman-street buildings, offic;al assignee; Ileathcote and Holman, Coleman street. JOSEPH BOOTH, sen., JOSEPH BOOTH, jun., and STEPHEN BOOTH, stuff manufacturers, Leeds, .May 2.5, at ten, and June 18, at nine, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Fiddey, Inner Temple, London ;Barr, Lofthouse, and Nelson, Leeds. WILLIAM NEWALL, jun., and ABRAHAM HARRI SON, grocers, Manchester, May 18, and June 18, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Hadfield, Man chester ; Johnson, Son, and Wetherall, King's-bench-walk, Temple, London. THOMAS REEVES and WILLIAM REEVES, coach builders, Worcester, May 21, and June 18, at eleven, at the Unicorn Inn, Worcester. White and Whitmore, B. dford-row, London ; Corbett, Worcester. , DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. B. Coles, tea dealer, Olney, Buckinghamshire, May 31, at half-past eleven—T. Ashton, bill broker, Berner-street, Ox ford-street, May 21, at twelve—R. Walmesley, M. Turner, and W. J. Turner, merchants, Basinghall street, May 2S, at twelve. In the Country. J. and J. Norfolk, stuff dyers, Woodhouse Carr, Yorkshire, June 1, at elevtn, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—J. Jardine, merchant, Haverfordwest, June 2, at two, at the Castle Inn, Haveriordw est—J. Ci.x, silk throwster, Nottingham, May 31, at one, at the George the Fourth Hotel, Nottingham —A. Atkins, merchant, Gloucester, June 8, at two, at the White Lion Inn, Banbury, Oxfordshire—H. Dartnall, clothier, Cam, Gloucester,hire, May 31, at twelve, at the Old Beil Dursley—E. and F. Bennett, wine merchants, Canterbury, May 31, at one, at the Guildhall, Canterbury. CERTIFICATES—MAY 28. J. Carter, innkeeper, Shrewsbury— B. and S, Vanderplank, woollen drauers, Saville-row, Burlinton-gardens—J. Firth, licensed vie' wader, Webber-street, Lambeth—J. Park, iron merchant, Manchester—G. Baxter, currier, Long-lane, Ber mondsey—R. Stapicton, scribbling miller. Dewsbury, York shire—J. Howgate, scribbling miller, Dewsbury, Yorkshire— J. Horrox, calico printer, Radcliffe, Lancashire—B. Westall, collier. Hindley, Lancashire—H. Jefferd, builder. Lyme Regis, Dorset hire—T. Stevenson, shoe manufacturer, Manchester— G. Haines, grocer,_Kilsby, Northamptons hire—R . H. and J. Runcorn, plumbers, Manchester. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Miller arid 'l'. Goodman, merchants, Peterborouch, Northamptonshire—l'. Thornton and T. Todd, builders, Dur ham—J. N• Wood, W. Dowson, and K. Wood, sail makers, Liverpool—J. N. Wood, W. Dowson, and M. P. Russell, sail makers, Liverpool (so far as regards M. P. Russell)—J. N. ood and M. P. Ru-sell, ship owners, Liverpool—J. Ellis and J. Mason, nialtsters, Walsall, Staffordshire—G. P ass i ng h am an d S. J. Nail, ship instil anceagents, Fenchurch-street—A. B rchall and W. Griffiths, commission agents, Manchester—T. Brown and W. P. Rix, wine merchants, Norfolk—C. Pole, C. R. Pole, and E. I'. Griffiths, merchants, Billiter-street—J. C. Cankrien, H. Cankrien, It. S. Crankien, and B. E. Cankrien, general merchants, Anlaby, Yorkshire—J. B. Robinson, F. S. Robinson, and J. Whitmore, woolstaplers, Leicester (so far as regards J. Whitmore. ) SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. and A. HAMILTON, wine merchants, Glasgow, May 14 and June 10, at one, at the Exeter Inn, Glasgow. ROBERT THORBURN, engineer, Uphall, May 10 and June 7, at one, at Brown's Tavel'', Linlithgow. PETER SANDERSON, merchant, Melrose, May 10 and 31, at twelve, at Mrs. Thomson's, vintner, Melrose. DAVID LOGAN . , ironmonger, Kilmarnock, May 11 and June 1, at one, at the Black Buil Inn, Kilmarnock. ROBERT BRAND, Dalmacadder, Durefriesii:ire, May 14 and June 4, at two, at the Writing Chambers of Farish and Brand, Annan. DAVID LIVINGSTON and JAMES LIVINGSTON, manufacturers, Dundee, May 13 and June 3, at one, at the British Hotel, Dundee. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the Returns made in the week ending Mal 4, 1841, is 3ds. 14d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Cu:- toms paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. THE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY. CORN EXCHANGE. There have been small fresh arrivals of Grain this week. The little business done in Wheat was at Alonday's prices. Barley very dull. Beans and Pease as last reported. The Oat trade slack at former quotations. Flour very heavy in sale at last terms. SMITHFIELD. We had but a moderate supply of Cattle, the demand brisk, at a slight advance in prices. Of Sheep, Lambs, Calves, and Pork the supply was good, with a brisk trade. Beasts, 635 ; Sheep and Lambs, 532 ; Pigs, 417 ; Calves, 225. Beef, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d.; Veal, 4s. Bd. to ss. Bd. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. ; Lamb, 6s. to 7s. COLONIAL MARKET. There was little business . done by private treaty, and the public sales Vleie of little momtnt ; but prices underwent little variation. arrivals were of little moment. TEA 'MARKET. There was a good demand fur Free Trade Tea, and prices advanced Id. per lb. In Company's Cengou, a good deal cf business was dune, at Is. 7/d. per lb. TALLOW MARKET. The market for P. Y. Ca, dle was dull, but prices were sup ported, both on the spot and for delivery. The deliveries have been small this week. (From the London New Price Current of May 7.) SUGAR.—The declaration made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that it is the intention of Government to reduce the duty on all sorts of Foreign Sugar to 36s with 5 per cent.. and to in,ke no alteration in toe duties on British Plantation, Mauritius, or Bengal, produced extreme heaviness in the market fur Westltdi.t Museovadoe,, is the early p rt of the week, and ..Ithough the merchants submitted to a reduction on !o; mer rates of is per cwt, still they succeeded in disposing of only 200 hhds and tierces on Tuesday and Wednesday, and 120 hhcli Bat badoes declared fcr public sale was withdrawn ; yes terday, however, both grocers and refiners were more dispo,ed to operate, and 400 hlids and tierces were disposed of ; importers also displayed more firmness, owing to the great opposition the Government are likely to meet with. on the Sugar Duties question, indeed the general opinion in the City is that Ministers will not be able to carry the measure in the present form ; prices improved, and those paid at. the close of the market yesterday were equal to those of last Friday ; Dominica of fair mid yellow quality has been sold at 655; Jamaica, rather inferior 645; Demerara, middling 62s ; Berbice, low middling 59s per cwt. To-day there was a much better demand for British Plan tation from both grocers and refiners, and the quantity sold amounted to 420 hhds arid tierces, prices improved, and now rule Is 6d to 2s above those of last Friday ; the quantity of Suger on show was small. The sales for the week reach 1,020 hhds and tierces. REFINEn.—For home consumption Refiners have submitted to a further reduction in prices cf Is per cwt; standard lumps at 89s ; Tittlers and Hambro Loaves 90s to 945, fine 955 to 100 s, very fine 103 s to 104 s; brown lumps 87s to SBs per cwt; Bastards low sorts at 43s to 465, said 47s to 50s, good is to 565. Good and fine pieces 63s to 78s, other descriptions have moved off slowly at 58s to 66s per cwt. For Treacle prices are look ing down--27s to 28s is the value of common, 29s to 29s 64 for patent, and 31s to 32s for s)rup ; there is a plenti ful supply. For Bonded Crushed Sugar more demand has existed, at 30s 6d to 31s for first quality. Leaves 10 lbs at 36s to 36s 6d, and 14 lbs 33s to 33s bd. Treacle at. 14s 3d on the spot, 14s 6d to 14s 9d for small parcels. Pieces have been in f: :: e request. Canada at 23s to 245. Bastards at 15s to 209 per cwt. Lt" Crushed Sugar at 29s 6d. To-day the demand c7"Zt!.:5 l fined goods, and prices were firma'. t.a.: from the home trwle for Ile s of Standard Lump; were made at 89s 6d to 90s per cwt. Crushed h. at 30s 9d to 31s per cwt. MAURITIUS.—To-day several purchases were made by prf• fair reques t vate treaty, and the prices paid are Is above those of last week. 8,000 bags are declared for sale on Tuesday. EAST I ND' A .--'1 his afternoon the demand for Bengal of white quality increased, and several parcels were disposed of at rather higher rates. The total sales of Manilla since this day week have been 4,000 bags are at 20s 6d t, 21s for low =a yellow. FOREIGN.—To-day the market was firm for all description& Brazil was taken in at advanced rates, viz. good white at 26, to 27, good middling 25s to 265, middling 23s 6d to 245, low soft 22s to 235, fine brown 20s 6d to 21s, low 19s 6d, fine ye!' low 235. A cargo of brown Bahia has been sold at Liver / fur refining at 19s 6d per cwt. MOLASSES—The operations in West India have been limited this week, but holders have refused to submit to any further reduction in 'prices. COFFEE.—The uncertainty that exists as to what alterations Government intends to make in the Coffee duties has operaied against business for home consumption this week. For Britisfr Plantation there has been only a limited demand by private treaty, either for clean or unclean sorts : holders. howererf have displayed firmness and have refrained from offering any at public sale. Mocha has been less in request, and holders "us more desirous to realize : at public sals 403 bales sold slowly 2s under former rates. This afternoon there.was no public sale of any kind of Cof f ee , and by private treaty little business was done ; prices were, however, firm, and few parcels are offering for sale. COCOA. —The demand has been limited for 8.P., but hol ders have refused to submit to any further reduction for Trini dad, but nearly the whole of 300 bags Grenada at public sale was taken in at 33s for goad fair quality, a few lots, however , sold at 4ls td io 42s for common, being Is under preciout. rates. Foreign is held firmly, and a fair demand exists. TEA.—The public sales on Tuesday attracted a fair attend ance of the trade, and of the quantitp offered, amounting to 7,906 packages, 6,000 were readily disposed of at full former rates, excepting Twankay, which went rather lower ; Cone°,._ but mid coarse buint went at Is siel a Is 6d, but mid black's° leaf rather old Is bid a Is bid, but mid full old Soucholg. flavor Is 7d to Is lid, but middling strong blackish fea t Is 9d to is 10d, strong blackish leaf 2s 2d to 2s 2id Pek ° ' flavour 2s `lid to 2s 4.1; Bohea Is 4i d ; Twankay Is Is 5 rAd, butinid burnt Is 6d to is bid, strong Is 10%d to is lid; Hysun, ord Is I lid to 2s 3d, mid strong bu r nt rather fresh and Gun flavor 2s 4d to 4s. 7d, middling strong coarse kind burnt 2s Bcl. to 3,1 d ; Gunpowder 3s to 4s 3d ; Soot:gong Is 6d to is 7d; Imperial 3s lid to 3s 2d; Orange Pelcue is 7 1 /i to 2s 9id ; Young Hyson 2s Oid to 2s Sid ; Caper ls 4 d to is 8d ; blackish leaf Pekoe Is 9d to is 9i11; since thens however, accounts having been received from China, corn. Con' gou, large parcels, disposed of at Is bid for cash ; on green Tea however the advance is not more than ' , ,/ a d per lb, still a fair business has been transacted, and ord '1 wankay for cash be' produced is 5%d, but few parcels of Tea are offering fo r sale. In the sp.eculative market there has been much activity, and prices have advanced to is 6%d fur Company's Congo",, cash, at which large sales have be cu m a d e , b e i ng Id t o t o _ lit' above the rates of last Friday. Rum, BRANDY. AND BOLLANDS.—The Rum market hes been in a dull state this week, and in Jamaica strong Deter rara, East India and Mauritius the transactions have been ee' tremely limited, but holders do not appear disposed to accep t lower rates. Leewards have met with a dull demand, and are rather cheaper ; the sales are however only 120 puns proof r? 7 over at 2s lid to 2s 3id, and 11 to 15 over 2s 4id to 2s 6ie• The stock of West India is 1,950 puns and hhds more than 1 1 ' 4 year. The Brandy market is dull, and prices are rather lower; we quote Cognac first brands 01 the vintage of 1.b36 at 5s 5d tit hhds, and in puns 5s 3d, ditto 1837 hhds 5s 3d, puns 58 I ° , ditto 1838 hhds 58 Id, puns 4s 11d, ditto 1839 hhds 46 1 18 ' puns 4s 9d, ditto 1840 hhds 3s 9d, puns 3s 7d. Geneva b sold slowly at 2s to 2s Id fur export. A good demand Pa' existed for British Corn Spitits at 9s lld cash. Oms.—The market for common descriptions of Fish 011 s has presented a firm appearance since we la s t wrote ; the Pric es pa.d for Oils are in most cases rather above those of last Friday' Southern of common quality has been selling at 24110 s to " A ... 15s ; mid 25/ to 25110 s; good to fine 261 to 271 lOs ; Cod 261 1 " Pale Seal 311, yellow and straw colour 271 to 301, brown 251195, to 26/, at which rates holders are firm. Of Pale Seal the stoo l is small. Sperm prices are firm at 941 to 9.51 for first quality' For Linseed Oil sales on the spot have been made at 29s 3 d re t° 29s 6d, but for delivery in a few months r° ° ,,, are no sellers under 30s. per cwt. For Rape Oil Pe' t ' e ' continue on the decline ; sales of brown have been tnade,„ r 44s to 44s 6d, and pale 455. Cocoa Nut Oil firm at 38e. first quality. Palm firm, parcels of . good quality have , 1": t disposed of at 35/. 10s. per tun. Olive Oil has been in '7 9 limited request, and holders have appeared more desirous 4 realise. Gallipoli at 711. to 721 , an d S pan i s h a t 661. to 6 60 per tun. This afternoon at public sale 120 tuns Souther , ' all sold at 241. ss. to 27/. for low to fine quality. TALLOW.—For Russian Tallow this week, holders have been more desirous to realise. On the spot prices have gl e i e er 3d per cwt, 47s 6d to 47s 9d having been currently accepted' e P. Y. C. of first quality. For delivery all the month there ar ) , sellers at 47s 3d, but few buyers : for the last three months,r i le operations at 48s 3d to 4eis 6d per cwt. South Amer l o found buyers at 4ls 6d to 45s 9d per cwt. Town Tallow ha be been in but limited r This afternoon market was inactive, and use " t ea ir o est price for P. Y. C. 47s 6d on the spot ; sellers for the last' r months at 48s 3d per cwt. PUKE OF littEAD. The ri eof e i he M.t orilis is 9 . !4d„ for ." Loaf. G.,cl Bre.au may be had at 7%c1. 1 - '11,14..E.) OF SEEDS. Per Cwt. i Per Quarter ••••• 4 ew Engl - sh RepC10ver...5,63 843 St. Fein —S 5 Olds.itw Dit , o —s s—s Rye G ass New Foreign Ditto —s 56s SOs Pacey Grass s bts , 01,1 Di to Ditto —s —s —s Linseed, for ~. —sl ' a ` ir-O , /sew White Clover 4os Vs 63s Ditto, for sowing 705 Old Dia, Ditto —s 42s 463'DItto, for crushing i• 6 'OS New Tre 0i1..... —s 2os 41s'llem Old Litto --- Fr folium s 4qB 708 ' 1 Per Bushel. ' 15s(0 1 E glish Carraway —s 508 5.s White Must..rd....•'2B Od t° os Od Foreign Ditto 3 44s 50s1Brown Ditto 145 Od t° F led Coriander —s —s slams 6B Cd t‘ '- PRICE JF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton Oitlo, refined Linseed Oil Lins •ed Oil Cake at the Mill (per IOW) Ita k ,e • ake,, per too PRI:,E OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b, i s. v Town Tallow £2 0 6 Melting Stuff Yellow Russia White '9 0 C Graves Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of x gd 8 . . . •: b :04 : 2 5 66 :11:0 0 0:105 i 0; Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market.day, 6. . s. d. ''',.; 0 Chester Del went Main New Tanfield Moor i l l 3 6 606 Walls WallsW . E E. End E / I n r add Nor Heltond yi 1 'l I s u 1. a n 1 . . b e ! . t . o r . a . 1 1: . n . .. I . ,I . j ; .. ;:`, '- i 1 : O'd lantield Moor ••••• Pontop Windsor Smith's Pontop l4 6 Walls End Stewa. - t's ......••• ' 7 ,1 S. Tanfied Moor West d Hartley ....... West Wylam .... 16 0 Wal s End 'lees ...........•••• ..1 6 Walls End Killingworth ... 18 3 Walls End Willington ..... i'" COUNTRY MARKETS. Wheat. , Barley. I Oats. Beans. Per Quarter., a. to s. s. to s. I s. to s. j s. to & 7 4 Bath Slandlord 5'2 62 '3l 32 23 26 46 Bridport 68 Chard 55 62 28 32 22 26 38 42 40 Gloucester 56 68 25 5 . 2 121 32 40 50 3 9 Exeter j6o 70 27 34 21 29 40 Build ford 68 71 32 37 32 36 46 LO 46 Newbury 48 71 '26 34 24 32 36 4 38 Reading,,, 50 77 26 36 20 30 40 45 39 Salisbury 52 62 :a 34 20 26 40 50 Shaborne 55 58 'GS 31 j '24 28 40 44 Shepton Mallet i 54 64 28 36 121 26 38 50 40 Uxbridge 37 43 23 28 Warminster,,. 45 63 29 39 25 27 40 45 Winchester 45 66 —I treovil 148 56 28 34 24 24 142 50 •••• LEEDS CORN MARKET. Wheat, Norfolk and Sutlblk, 6016. . 6ls. to 6 York. and Linc9ln. 601 b Barley, Norfolk and Suitblk --- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans 63lb. re . ' 0 ,..• L 8„ tO,O Per Quarter. s. to s. Bath Slandlord .... 52 62 Bridport 68 Chard 56 ti 2 Gloucester.,.,,, 56 68 Exeter j6o 70 Guildford 68 71 Newbury 48 71 Reading 50 77 Salisbury 52 62 Shtrbonie 56 58 Shepton Mallet i 54 64 Uxbridge Warminster 45 63 Winchester 45 66 t r eovil 1 43 56 23 34 LEEDS CORN Wheat, Norfolk and Sultblk, 6016.. York. and Lincoln. Barley, Norfolk and Sultblk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans 6316. Oats, Potatoe .--slealing, For. —d. to—ti Shelling DEVIZES COI Per Sack, s. d. s. d. eirst Wheat 3O 11 to :".0 fi Second 23 0 29 0 Third darley 27 0 33 0 CHELTENHA Per Bushel. 3. d. to s. d. , Wheat darley 3 0 4 3 Oats 3 0 3 9 Beans . Pease 5 0 8 0 Hay 4 ,.10x; CHELMSFOII Wheat, White 64. to 7 i I Red Barley 7- 4.2 40 44 39 - 46 46 4643 38 39 . 0 4 0 :18 ' ttt27s. tt t i o :310 6 5 4 ' l t if is 000000 37'. _ g ., ;as. to zu , ., 0 0e ....Eng. 11%L1. to 12h.n. per pad 311 i, to als. Pe r RN MARKET. 11. 0 Per Qum ter. s. d- 0 Oats c.:o 0 to , go , 0 Beans (per sack) lB 0 44 o lour (per bag) — Bread (per J 1 MARKETS. Yet lb. it , e• d. 0 ' 't Beef 7 Mutton 8 Veal dPork .••••••• ************* ... 6 10 ,- Lamb ......... to 5!. O. &I. per ton. A1..11.K ET. Oats Pease, Gray White 25 P4 O 1 .1 4 4g Yr Che..alier ..... 36 I Beans, Tick -4 Grinding CANTERBU Itl TiIARKET. Wheat, white-- Fos. to tiBs. —s. to red 553. B — arloy -" , i t o o to t Oats Beans ais to to 3. ••••••• 01d....,,,.,,. to Pease ....we.. ~...r.••••,•••• 425. to 395. to -- 8 ' 1' Dr HORIZONTAL FLAT WAT6I - ii, e . very kinall and neat with accurately finished jewelled caents, are offered in silver c ases , F our G u i neas a nd a ;I' o 4 each ; gold cases, enamel dial, Eight Guineas; silver : ,, de ti Nine Guineas; gold dial, Te n G u i neas eac h. Aln warranty is given with fixed terms, on which the Watches always receive any attention required. T. COX SAVORY, Watchmaker, Jeweller, &P , 47, Cornhill (Seven doors. fil°l Gracechur:h-street), London. N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchwed in exchang e - REGISTER STOVES, 3 ft. wide, 245. ; - 6r11 0 11 : Poles for Window Curtains, ls. 3d. per foot. Register st 0 , 861. per inch; elliptic stoves, 4d. per inch; register stocrlti, with bright fronts, bright and black bars, bronzed o rnaine, 3 l, Ioos. ; brass poles fur window curtains, i nc h diame" 6 Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, Is. t 5 1. ; a 2 inch pole, 3 feel inches long, with ends, rings, and braelvts, complete, for. ir: •0 , Catalogues gratis, containing the price of every ironmongery. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-stre BIRTHS. On the 19th ult., at Cadiz, the lady of W. Loneirgant of a daughter. La sc. On the 2d inst., at Acton, Suf f olk, the lady of the Re v. rence Ottley, of a i!aughter. On the Ath ins., at Sho(;ter's-hill. the wife of T. S. AA I Esq., loyal Military Academy, Woolwich, of a sloe MAR. „, On the 29th ult -at Cli- sb- RIED Norfolk, Mr. Gil li a m St ••• ppesby, _ ortom, •• „doo• cock, of Great Clatendon- s t r e e t, Euston-square . 1-' 1 " by. Mary A nne, eldest dauglyer of Mr. W. Garrett, of CliyPe t l o r On the Ist inst., at Wordsley Church, Kingswinford• t: to th Hall, Esq., of Blower's •green, near Dudley, to Sarah , ",. h ire• daughter of J. Silvers, Esq. of Moor• lane House, Statrorui/ lED. i , On the 4th in . st, at Portla D nd-place, Neil Benjamin Eti;9lll.. stone, Eq., Mcmher of tbe Court of Directors of the ''' .. In Cpan, aged 76. On the m 25th ult., at Frankfort-on—Maine, Robert I‘ ll ‘ ef.' rell, Esq., formerly of London, aged 80. On the 4th inst., Mr. Harry Cox, of Pedlar's-acre , tiro merchant. London ; Printed and Published by MURDO YO lll l . No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strap • the cuunty of Middlesex,— Saturday, May 8, 1541. MORNING EDITION.