The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-25 00:00:00

EVENING SUN MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. T I MES.—As every question ought to be im partially discussed, however strong the apparent justice of one side of it may be, the annexed let ter cannot be refused a place : " EXCHEQUER BILL CASE. " Sir,—With respect to the above unfortunate affair, I would beg to submit a few observations, feeling assured that whatever cause you espouse, your chief desire is to be guided and borne out by facts and the true state of the case, in order to do justice to all parties whether pub lic or private. In my daily intercourse with those in the City most conversant with the larger money trans actions, I have scarce ly me t w ith a s i ng l e individual, when made thoroughly acquainted with all the circum stances of the case, but who considers the parties who incautiously lent their money to the borrowers upon those spurious bills have th e m se l ves entirely to blame. First, on account of the credit and standing 01 the borrowers themselves ; and next, the rate which wa, otl,red for such loans : for had those parties reflecte4. for a moment what could be the possible inducement for any banker or capitalist for the ordinary and legitimate purpose of his business to raise money for months to gether at such a rate even as five per cent., and far less al six or seven, upon a security only yielding an interest 4,1 zt:l, they might have paused and concluded that tin capitalist, rather than submit to so positive a loss, would sooner have disposed of the bills at once, or else that there was something more than suspicious behini the curtain. And as to the public in general havirq, suGre4l or been placed in an awkward position by these fraudulent bills, that was quite impossible, since no one having purchased bills in the market, or had them ex changed at the usual periods at the Treasury, could pos sibly have come possessed of these spurious bills, which were carefully kept nut of circulation for fear of imme diate detection, butt were exclusively employed as depositf for loans when so cunningly obtained, and as carefully exchanged by bills of the like stamp when the periods for renewal drew near. "To confirm these remarks, I have only to refer you 50 many, within whose range of information I have no 'doubt you have equal means of access—parties who, I have understood from themselves, declined entering inti the very same transactions from a conviction there must something wrong at bottom, and therefore would only be affording fiicilities for some improper object. " Government, I have reason to believe, is aware of these facts, which, together with the fear of establish ing a dangerous precedent, will lead it, I doubt not, to act a very independent part in the matter. " The tone of your arguments upon this subject ap pearing to be so much at variance to what has come within my own knowledge and I have heard expressed by leading men in the City, that my chief object is merely to put you au fait of what is canvassed upon what may be teruMi 0 .4 e opposite side of the question. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "AN OLD SUBSCRIBER. "London, Dee. 23, 1841," The force o f this argument appears to be more specious than solid. Most of the parties who hold the Exchequer bills declared to be spurious had no knowledge of the source f rom w hi c h th ey were obtained, but purchased or lent money on them- through those brukers whom they had been previously in the habit of employing. As the fact was notorious, too, that the Bank of England was in th e pr a cti ce of lending money upon Exchequer bills at the rate of per cent., the holders considered only that they followed that authority, and did not reflect probably on the difference in the trans action arising out of the length of time. In deed it is well known that one of the greatest and most respectable among the sufferers in this unfortunate affair was induced to lend his money in consequence of the example thus set by the Bank. This leaves, however, the far more important questions untouched, which are— whether the bills are forgeries or not, and whe ther, even if that is the case, they were not issued under circumstances which rendered all care an d foresight useless in discovering the defects in them, the officers of the Exchequer being alike imposed upon by them. If Ministers really in tend to back out of the affair, it must be done by means very different from those described in the :above letter. No danger can arise from the pre cedent ; if proper care is taken at the Exchequer, Irani will be impossible, and would have been so in the present instance had its now " excel lent system" been adhered to. On the subject of the right of the holders to compensa tion, another correspondent refers to the case of Mr. Gilbert Ricketts, registrar of the Supreme Court of Madras, a public officer of the East India Company, who having died, and the state of his affairs showing that he had made away with monies intrusted to his care as such public officer, an inquiry was instituted by Parliament, and the result was an Act for the relief of the sufferers, and giving authority to the East India Company to apply a part of their territorial re venue to that purpose. The practice of the Bank of England, however, as quoted yesterday, is still more relevant. The paper, the type, and tire stamp-are ad m itt e d, t h e signature believed to be genuine on the rejected Exchequer bills. ;Lad they were declared to be genuine by the officers of the Exchequer. Such circumstances cannot hut implicate the Treasury and the Go verntnent in the fraudulent issue. The inconvenience occasioned to the public by the circulation of light sovereigns, the difficulties that have arisen from the Stamp-office and other public departments refusing to take them, have been more than once noticed in this Journal. These evils are, comparatively speaking, of minor importance, but there are others, which show that the light sovereigns have a serious etkct on the currency of the country. The mer chants and bankers, it is well known, continually look to the state of the bullion in the Bank of England, as a guide to their operations, and, without entering into the question whether they are right or not in taking the bullion as their index, that they do so is an undoubted fact. Hence it is material that' the bul lion should be kept in as natural a state as pos sible, neither unduly increased nor unduly di minished by any adventitious cause, or the index will not represent th e real state of things. Now, the Bank of England being obliged to refuse light sovereigns, it seems that a great number of these are tbrced back into circulation, so that - the bullion in the vaults, far from representing the real state of the currency, presents too low an amount, and thus misleads those who refer to it as their guide. The wear and tear of the coin, of course, increases daily, and it is said the number of light sovereigns is already so great, that sonic of the Bank Directors conceive 33 per cent. re main unnaturally in circulation. It is generally B uPnosed, however, that this estimation is too 'high, and that those who have made it have omitted to take into account the slight counter action whirls would arise from the heavy sove reigns being forced into the Bank vaults. At all klvents there is no doubt that the currency is nta teriall:V affee.tedi and the numerous evils show that no time should be lost on time part of Go , ar ea th ernm w t ac sake to take some remedial measure. By in ,at the public offices, they show that they do not con ' a er the light so ' vereigns as a proper currency, and yet the country at large is obliged to take them as a legal tender, so that there is one currency between man and man, and another between the public and the Govern ment. SUN.—The Stock Market closed this evening, to trans fersedduring being, of course, p purchase, and the quo- Christmas day. There seemed some disposition to tations advanced a little. Consols for opening. were 89-h -to it 11.%t0 12s. Exchequer Bills brought premium; to 941 andthe Three Bank Stock was firm at 165 to 163 4 ; Reduced Three and-a-Half per Cents. obtained 981 per Cents. 89 to 4. Spanish and Portuguese Bonds were 3 s hade firmer, but it was in the entire absence of any animatio n in and the latter ei ther of th em . Th e f ormer were at 21, at 33. Mexican were at 26 and Dutch Five per Cents, at t 09i to 4. We have still to notice a better market for Shares than for Stocks. Great Western were higher tollay, viz. 19 to 21 ; York and North Midland New, 161 ; Bir mingham Quarters, 18A ; di t t o Thi r d s , 24 ; ditto New, 2151 ; and South Weste rn , 193 to 20& prem. ; Briglitoi were l 1 ; Eastern Counties, 14i ; Hull and Selby, 11 i l; Manchester and Leeds 5 ; Midl an d C ount ies, 14; f ; Northern and Eastern, 8 ; and South Eastern, 23 dis. ; London joint-stock Bank Shares were 24 prem. ; and National Provincial Bank of Eugland I dis. Bills were taken upon the Continental Exchange Cities at very nearly the rates of last post-day. Paris 25 72k to i 7 ; Amsterdam, 12 41 to 4i • Antwerp, 12 3 : 4 4 to 4 ; Frankfort, 150 ; H ara b urg h, 13 101 to 101 ; and Trieste, 9 50 to 51. Our advices from Liverpool state that Messrs. Crofts, soap-boilers, whose failure was announced some days since, have made a very satisfactory settlement of their affairs with their creditors. - - - ARBAROUS MURDER IN HANTS. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 2 3.—Intelligence has just been received here of a most barbarous murder, committed on a servant girl, by a party of three excavators, on the road betwee n Winchester and Southampton. It ap pears that the young woman was walking towards South ampton, rather late last evening, having been engaged as a servant to a family in the neighbourhood. She was accompanied for some distance on the road by her father, and when he separated from her she gave him a shilling to go into a public-house on the road side to refresh himself. While he was sitting there three excavators walked in one carrying a bundle, which the father knew to belong to his daughter. He, of course , took immediate steps to have them taken into custody. Several person s went immediately in search of Alit young woman, and fou n d h er murdered, which atrocious act wtecointnitted (there i. not the shadow of a deubtof the fact) by the three ruffians who had just been secured.' . The General': Stearn Navigation Company's CobliabinieoY. Norwood, from liotterdLrn, oir - rthi", custmoi,use, at ten o'clock, A.m., ye:,- "eidiaiititsb-the DuS)a SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Chronicle of this mornieg observes, We confess it gives us pain to see a respectable Paper like the Herald pointing out two distinguished individuals—the one almost by name, the other by cir cumstances which could hardly be misunderstood—as implicated in the Exchequer bill fraud. The Globe of Wednesday observed, 'the matter cannot now be left where it is; and our Contemporary, the Herald, if it does possess the names of the parties pointed at, is bound to give them to the public without hesitation or ceremony, no natter who or what the parties may be.' From an article in the Herald of yesterday, it appears to us that that paper has only gone too far already.' We are much of the same way of thinking upon this point as our Morning Contemporary. As, however, our previous remark may be liable to some misconstruc tion, we may perhaps as well state somewhat more at length our view of the duties of journalists, as regards the propogation of reports of the above nature. Whatever may be thought of the present state of the I iw of libel, it does not appear to us that any iniquitous quality which there may be in that law, affords the ,lightest apology for shrinking from supporting a charge which has once been put forth in such a man ler as to point evidently at individuals. The law of ibel may furnish very good reasons for abstaining from ndividual illusions ; and indeed, independently of the law of libel, we think such allusions should never be published on no better authority than mere unsup ported rumour. It is, indeed, said that journalists alto happen to ob'ain early information of whatever re ports are abroad, must not be withheld from communi cating them. But this privilege evidently must have its limits; for a mere flying verbal rumour acquires an ulded appearance of authority from the " form and iressure' of type, and circulation by a respectable news paper. oTAND A RD.—We have copied from the Man chester Courier a long and very able article, exposing most satisfactorily and most usefully the " enormous .its" of "the League." There is one part of this trtiele which we must acknowledge with gratitude, and which we recommend earnestly to the public attention. We allude to the passage in which the Manchester writer demonstrates the necessary antagonism between the particular interests of the manufacturing class, and the interests of the na tion. Our excellent Contemporary quotes Adam Smith in support of its proposition ; and Adam Smith, .vho certainly was no enemy to manufactures, speaks clearly aad strongly upon the point ; as our Con temporary truly retnat ks, more strongly than even the Quarterly Review, the Standard, the Morning Herald, or the Morning Post, or any other of the defenders of the agricultural interest has ever spoken. The truth is, that it has been the giving too much weight to the representations of ma nufacturers that has led the national policy astray in every instanee in which it has gone wrong. Take the single case of Ireland. What is it that has con demned that important part of the United Kingdom to poverty and ignorance, and all the melancholy con sequences of poverty and ignorance, during nearly a century and a half? The destruction of her trade and manufactures upon the suggestion and for the benefit of the manufacturers of England. Had the same pains been taken after the revolution of 1688 to foster and protect the trade of Ireland that was taken to destroy it, that country would be now the strength of the empire, instead of being confes sedly " the chief difficulty" of every administration. Swift saw this, in a hundred places in his writings ; he predicts the evil that England was preparing for herself, by sacrificing the prosperity of Ireland to the cupidity of English manufacturers. Swift, as zealous a Protestant and as earnest a supporter of the British connection as any of us, did not scruple to expose him self to obloquy and persecution as a Jacobite rebel, in proclaiming the truth, that only by rendering justice to tha industry of one division of the empire, could the security of the whole be provided for. COURIER.—The plan sketched by Mr. Christo pher, pretty plainly, we believe, indicates the principle which Sir Robert means to adopt as the basis of his new bill—namely, the reduction of the extremes of duty within much narrower limits than the present scale allows, and the fixing of a maximum and minimum amount. Mr. Christopher considers the object of whatever alleviation short of the present law, may be proposed, should be to settle the price of wheat at some point between 565. and 655. per quarter ; and this he proposes to secure by a minimum duty of ss. when the price reaches or exceeds the latter limit ; and a maximum duty of 20s. when it fells to or below the former limit—the intermediate range being so gradually regulated as to discourage, if not prevent, gambling speculation, and all those frauds which disgrace the present system. A different mode for taking the averages must, of course, be introduced simultaneously with the proposed change in the duty scale. The great temptations to tamper with and fal sify the averages, as well as the facilities for doing so, consist in the vast extent of the sliding scale as at pre sent constituted, ranging, as it does, from the absurd ex treme of 533. to Is., and from the abruptness of its de scent at that end where regular gradation is most neces sary. The fact of confining the range to the limits pro posed, would of itself have a most beneficial tendency in repressing the falsification of the sales, now resorted to, for " working up " the averages to the required point, both by greatly diminishing the premium, and enhancing the difficulty of the operation. Combine this with an improved method for taking the averages, and we have no doubt but that gambling in corn would soon become a very profitless and troublesome game, and consequently be abandoned for some other specu laion. It must be borne in mind, that Mr. Chris. topher, on the occasion alluded to, has dis claimed all pretension to the character of " a pilot balloon," wishing to be understood as merely speaking his own sentiments. We hava strong reasons for believing such to be the case, and that whatever points of identity may be hereafter found to exist between the Government measure and that adumbrated in Mr. Christopher's address, will be attributable not to any preconcerted arrangement be tween the parties, but to the fact of a coincidence of opinion en a subject which has engaged the attention of all enlightened men for some time past. For ourselves, se have long laboured under the conviction that no other mode for adjusting the question on a sure and satisfactory basis was open to any Government, but by contracting the range of the scale, and fixing at either end a point of maximum or minimum duty. Such a plan appeared to us to combine all the requisites and desiderata of sound legislation, serving, as far as human legislation can extend, to steady the prices of corn, and in ruling the introduction of the foreign-raised article on terms the reasonableness of which none could justly object to. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—Her Majesty's ship Power ful, 84, Captain M. Seymour, with the flag of Admiral Sir F. Ommaney, arrived here yesterday, from the Me diterranean. She came last from Plymouth, having been compelled to put in there in consequence of the wind being unfavourable. She will go into harbour to be paid off in a few days. Her Majesty's ship Heroine, 10, Lieut.-Commander 'l'. D. Stewart, sailed for she westward yesterday morning. _ . Her 31ajesty's ship Pantaloon, 10, Lieutenant-Com mander C. 11. Lapidg,e, went out of harbour on Wednes day, and will sail for the coast of Africa as soon as the wind will permit. Her Majesty's troop-ship Athol], Master-Commander C. B. Bellamy, sailed yesterday tin• the West Indies, with a detachment, consisting of 60 rank and file, and several officers of the 92d Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel APDonald. She will put into Cork on her passage, where she will embark additional • nton,. being detaehmeuts of the 33d, 47th, and 81st Regiments. Her Majesty's ship Dido, 20, Captain the Hon. 11. Keppel, was to have sailed yesterday, but has been de tained by contrary winds. She is bound to China. A detachment of the 59th Regiment, destined for Ja maica, will embark on board the Numa transport this Y. which will sail as soon 113 the wind will permit.. Her Majesty's ship Hazard, 18, Commander C. Bell, all a-taunt, and will go out of harbour in a day or two. Her Majesty's ship President, 50, Captain W. Brough ton, is expected here every day from South America, her Majesty's ship Dublin, 50, Captain J. Tucker, having left this port to relieve her the latter end of last August. II 4. Majesty's ship Vindictive, 50, Captain J. T. Ni is getti ng ready fur sea with all possible despatch, a ch nd ia :ill, it is expected, go out of harbour on the Ist of January. Ships at Spithead.—Her Majesty's ship Powerful, 84 ; Dido, 20 ; Pantaloon,lo ; Snake, 16 ; and the Numa transport. cenSth r2O ;Victoryinarbo , u l r o .- 4 ;Megu een, r Majesty' s s hi ps S t. Vin (gunnerylslhn • ip;); Vindictive, Hazard: 5 18 0 ; Excellent and ars Royal George yacht. , is Wpite, 50 ; G REENWIC H RAILWAL —TheDirectors of the London and Greenwic h Railwa y h ave determined, on anduse ofsecond after this class da y carriages, (Saturday) week, t o di scontinue the and to reduce the fares b the first class carriages. He nceforth the tr ains will con_ sist only of "closed carriages, at 9d. per passenger and " open ditto, without seat , at tid." These c h arges are still very mush higher than those of the Blackv va li Railway, which is of the same length.—Railway Ti mes. FIRE-DAMP EXPLOSION AND Loss OF THREE LIVES.— An explosion of fire-damp took plac e at Horn, near Hales-ow - en, in the colliery of Mr. A ttwood. A man named Churchhill, another named Jones, and a boy, were in the pit, and tell a sacrifice. Their bodies have not yet been recovered : repeated attempts were made on Wednesday last to descend the shaft, but the atmosphere was found to be ton impure to sustain life, and the attempt to recover the bodies was necessarily abandoned. When the explosion first commenced the fire spread with fearful rapidity, consuming all the wood work in the pit, t oge th or w i t h t h e ropes, &c., and could not be extinguished for several da3s. Five horses were in the mine at the time, and were, of course, destroyed. — Worcestershire Chronicle. The late M. de itayssinous, Bishop of Hermo pubs, is stated to have left his valuable library to the Duke de Bordeaux. • THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, DFCEM.I3 ER 25. 1841: DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. EIGHT LIVES LOST. Yesterday morning one of the most frightful acci dents happened on the Great Western Railway that ever occurred in this country. It appears that the engine Hecla left Paddington station about four o'clock in the morning, with the luggage train, consisting of fourteen waggons, two trucke, and about twenty-seven passengers. On ar riving at the cutting, near Sunning Hill, within about three miles of Reading, at a place called the Gullet, and about eighty yards east of the wooden bridge, the immense embankment had given way, and covered about thirty yards of the down line of rails. The engine got completely embedded in the earth, and the crash was so great as to throw the tender and most of the trait, on the opposite line ; indeed one waggon was, by the terrific concussion, actually forced on the top of another. The unfortunate passengers were thrown out in all directions, and some were crushed between the trucks, and others were buried beneath the fallen earth. The consternation was at this time of the most appalling nature, and the lamentable cries of a father who saw his son literally crushed between the tender and the truck was of the most heart-rending de.cription. Information was immediately forwarded to Reading, and the most prompt measures were adopted to render effectual assistance in this dreadful affair. The unfortu nate sufferers were as speedily its possible conveyed to Reading in the first-class carriages, where they were met by Mr. F. A. Bulley, Mr. Morris, and Mr. May, surgeons of the Royal Berkshire Hospital, who lost no thee in having them conveyed to the hospital, in omnibuses, carriages, flys, &c. It is somewhat remarkable that neither the driver of the engine nor his assistant sus tained any injury ; the conductor and the guard also escaped unhurt, although the former was thrown from his seat over the bank with great violence. T:.e guard was thrown upon the opposite embankment, and other officers of the Company were saved by leaping from their places. The accident happened about half-past six o'clock in the morning, but many of the bodies of those who were killed were not extricated before half.. past eight o'clock, although every possible assistance was rendered. Most of the sufferers were mechanics, who had taken their places for Cheltenham or Gloucester. One was a Baptist preacher ; he was respectably dressed, but no papers were found on him to identify his per son. Much credit is due to the engineer, who, with great presence of mind, shut off the steam before he leaped from the engine, by which an explosion was pre vented. The up and down trains were delayed be tween rwyford and Reading until the ground was cleared off one side of the rails, which was not effected until nearly one o'clock in the afternoon. The total number conveyed to the hospital was seventeen ; five, after having their wounds dressed, were able to proceed on their journey. There were several others who had received injuries that were attended to by the surgeons in Reading, but I am happy to find they were not of a serious nature. Of the twelve sufferers who are now left in the hospital ono has a fracture of the skull, and has been trepanned ; two are suffering from injuries of the bones of their feet, two with broken arms, orie dis location of the arm, one fracture of the ribs, one lace ration of the scalp, one injury of the back, and three internal injuries. Although it was apprehended in the early part of the afternoon that many of the cases at the hospital would prove fatal, I am happy to learn from inquiry at a late hour (nine o'clock in the evening) that all the patients are going on favourably, and great hopes are entertained of their recovery. It is but justice to state that nothing co xceed the care and attention renderedeo the unfort te t suf ferers by the surgeons, and every one conn ec with this valuable institution. Mr. May, the Coroner, held an inquest on the bodies last evening, which was adjourned until Monday after noon, at the request of the foreman and one or two of the Jury, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the report was correct that the embankment had partially given way a day or two previous and had not. been at tended to by the officers of the Company. Mr. Saunders, on the part of the Railway Company, attended to watch the proceedings. (From the Times.) An accident, attended with more deplorable cense • quences than any we have yet had occasion to record, occurred yesterday morning on this railway, and has deprived no less than eight unfortunate beings of life, besides inflicting serious injuries on many others. Owing to the strict reserve on the part of all the Company's servants, we have had considerable trouble in collecting the following information respecting this fearful calamity, which may, however, be relied on as substantially correct. It appears that the luggage train, which leaves Paddington at half-past four A.M., was proceeding downwards at the usual hour, with about thirty-eight passengers, chiefly of the poorer class, who were looking forward to a Christmas holiday in the country, when on reaching the middle of the Sunning-bill cutting, about two miles and a half from Reading, it suddenly came in contact with a mass of earth which had slipped from the slope above, and covered one of the rails to the depth of two or three feet. On meeting with this obstruction the engine was immediately forced off the rail, dragging the tender after it ; the next truck, which contained the passengers, was thrown athwart the line, and in an in stant was overwhelmed by the trucks behind, which were thrown up into the air by the violence of the col lision, and fell with fearful force upon it. The engi neer, and the guard, who was in the same truck with the passengers, had just time to perceive the danger, and springing from the carriages, escaped ; but of the rest of the passengers, no less than eight, shocking to say, were killed on the spot, and seventeen others more or less severely wounded. These were conveyed, as soon as possible, to the Reading Hospital, where every attention which the dreadful circumstances of the case required was paid them. Four were sufficiently reco vered to be enabled to proceed on their journey the same day, and the rest, with the exception of one or two who lie in a very precarious state, aro reported to be going on favourably. Several persons, who arrived on the spot a few mi nutes after the accident happened, describe the sight as horrible in the extreme. The morning was dark and gloomy, but through the obscure light which was ob tained, were discerned the corpses of eight persons frightfully mutilated, and crushed amidst the wreck of trucks which were heaped in confusion one upon an other. Of these unfortunate victims, one was stated to be a woman ; another, a son, whose sudden and de plorable fate had been witnessed by hfs own father, who was his fellow-passenger, and who escaped with his life. The corpses of the deceased were conveyed to a neighbouring hut, where they remained during the day. An inquest was held by the Coroner upon the bo dies of the deceased, at a neighbouring public-house, at three o'clock in the afternoon, but we have not been able to ascertain the precise nature of the evi dence produced. An impression certainly prevails in the neighbourhood, that the embankments of the railway at that part of the road where the accident occurred are not in a secure condition. The cuttings are very deep and extensive, and the soil through which they are formed is stated to be of a loose springy nature, and therefore the more liable to fall. They are also considered to be too perpendicular, and their insecurity is supposed to have been greatly in creased by the succession of rains that has taker, place, and by the change in the weather which has just oc curred. Previous to the occurrence of the accident, it would appear that the attention of the Company's servants was drawn to the state of the embankments in consequence of its having been observed that in some places the earth exhibited a tendency to slip. One of the Company's servants, whose duty it was to take charge of this portion of the road, stated, how ever, in his examination by the Coroner, that he carefully examined the condition of the embank meats so recently as a little before 5 o'clock oe the preceding evening, that they were then p er . fectly secure, and that there was not the slightest appearance of there being any danger of a slip taking place. It is, nevertheless, the opinion of some persons that the obstruction must have existed some hours at least before the sad catastrophe oc curred. We can offer no opinion of our own as to the accuracy of this view of the matter, and we have no means of determining whether it is entitled to any con sideration. The inquest was still sitting at eight o'clock last night ; and if an adjournment of the inquiry should not take place, it is ptobablo that it would be protracted to a very late hour. We are informed that the passengers who travel by the luggage trains are placed in an open carriage immediately behind the engine, and between the trucks in which the luggage is conveyed. By this mode of arrangement, in case of any accident occur ring to impede the progress of the engine; the passen gers are placed in the most dangerous position, The impetus given to the luggage'trucks by the speed at which they are propelled, must, if any obstruction should take place, bring them into the most frightful collision with the carriage containing the passengers, and must almost inevitably cut off from those unfortu nate persons the slightest chance of escape. We have not been able . to learn the names of any of those who have perished in this lamentable catas trophe,-nor have any, we believe, been recognised, but one, who is stated to be the waggoner of the van between London and Steventon. Of this, how ever, we can give no certain account, as, in conse quence of the secrecy evidently enjoined on the Company's servants, we have had no direct means of obtaining information, which to so many people must be of the most important and painful interest. We have no doubt that in observing this extreme caution, the Directors of the Company have been actuated by the best motives ; but we would earnestly recommend all railway comp an i es, i n future, out of compassion to the feelings of the friend s and relatives of the sufferers, to afford every means in their power of satisfying the pub lic, an d preventing undue exaggeration and alarm. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Last evening a feeling of intense excitement was cre ated throughout the metropolis by the circulation of a report that a most frightful accident had occurred in , the course of the morning on the line of the Greet Western Railway, by which a must dreadful sacrifice of human life had been occasioned. The accident was stated to have occurred to the day mail train in its outward progress, but from in qu i r i es , our re p or t er had made at the Paddington terminus, it appears that this statement is ' not correct. From the information with which our reporter was kindly fur nished by Mr. S. Clark, the superintendent of the Rail way, it appears that the morning goods train left the Paddington terminus about the usual time, half-past four o'clock a.m., and made its usual stoppages at the different stations down the line, until it arrived at Twy ford, between Maidenhead and Reading. It was then about six o'clock, and still quite dark, when the train pursued its course until it reached the deep cutting about half-way between Twyford and Reading. Just as the train approached, an extensive slip of earth, the consequence of the late heavy and continued rains, took place from the embankment on the south side, large masses falling right across the line. Before the en gineer or guard could be aware of the danger, the engine had run upon this obstruction, by which it was turned off the rails, carrying the train with it, until it was completely buried in the earth. The scene which ensued at that moment it would be impossible for even an eye-witness to describe, but we understand that on lights and assistance arriving, it was found that four of the carriages, or trucks, in which were a number of passengers, were completely broken to pieces, while of the passengers eight were founeto be lifeless, eight so severely injured as to require their being immediately removed to the Berkshire County Hospital at Reading, while the remainder, whose injuries were not so severe, were attended to by the medical gentlemen of the neighbourhood. Immediately on the intelligence of the melancholy occurrence being received at the Pad dington terminus, several of the officers of the Com pany, followed by some of the Directors, proceeded in special trains to the spot, for the purpose of rendering assistance to those of the unfortunate suff erers s till sur- viving. Throughout the evening numberless applications were made by the friends of person s who had proceeded by the train, but they were unable to obtain any satisfac tory information as to their fate. All the in-coming trains were Lite during the day, and when our reporter left, the train which ought to have reached Paddington had not yet come in. FURTHER PARTICULARS. READING, FRIDAY NIGHT.—The trucks containing the passengers were crushed between the luggage wag gons and the tender, and scarcely one of the unfortu- nate travellers escaped without the most serious and dangerous injuries. Some of the carriages were upset, and others jammed between the hindermost waggons and the engine and tender. The cries of the maimed and wounded, and the shrieks of the dying, at this moment, it were impossible to describe. It was at once a scene of destruction and horror of the most lamentable and heart-rending cha racter. Despatches were instantly sent to Reading for me dical aid, and several prolessional gentlemen were shortly on the spot. It may be considered most extraordinary that neither the engineer nor the stoker received the least injury. Considerable time elapsed before the whole of the unfortunate creatures could be extricated from the frag ments of the broken carriages. Eight were found dead, and the whole of the remainder more or less injured. The names of those who were killed, who were con veyed to a cottage hard by, were totally unknown when this account was despatched from Reading. An inquest upon the bodies was held this evening, before Mr. May, one of the Coroners for Berks, and adjourned till the afternoon of Monday next. W e shall give the whole of the evidence at the termination of the proceedings. At present nothing has been pro duced in evidence in any way to attach blame to the Railway Company. Sixteen persons, consisting of eleven men and five women, were conveyed to the County Hospital, at Reading, in various vehicles, which were despatched to the scene of the fearful calamity, where they were most humanely attended by Mr. F. A. Bulky, Mr. May, and Mr. Morris, surgeons to that institution. The following is a description of the injuries they have sustained : 1. A mao with his skull dreadfully fractured, upon whom the operation of trepanning was immediately performed. 2. Shoulder joint dislocated. 3. Foot dreadfully crushed. A portion of the bones were removed. 4. A man and woman with their arms broken. 5. Three cases of concussion of the spine. 6. Head severely injured. 7. Two men with broken ribs. At a late hour last evening the whole of the patients in the hospital were alive. One or two, however, who have experienced injuries of the spine, are not expected to survive. The sufferers are receiving every attention from the medical officers of the institution, and no pains are spared to alleviate their sufferings. The sufferers are chiefly composed of working men, principally:stone-masons,vvho were proceeding to Chelten ham, Gloucester, and Bridgewater. It is not expected that any will be able to leave the hospital for a month or six weeks. From a quarterly ticket found upon tho person of one who is dead, he is supposed to be a Dissenting Preacher, named Jabez Cler. The body of a respectably-dressed mechanic, whict was crushed between one of the carriages and the ten, der, was nearly severed. It uppears that the engineer (who, along with his assistant, jumped off the engine the moment the catas trophe occurred) had the precaution to shut off the steam, thus preventing the explosion of the boiler, which, under the circumstances, must otherwise have inevitably taken place. Immediately upon the accident being known in town, Mr. Brunel, the engineer to the Company, Mr. Saunders, one of the secretaries, with Mr. Seymour Clark, left the Paddington terminus by a special train, with nearly 100 workmen, to clear away the obstruc tion upon the rail. The inquest was adjourned this evening, at the re quest of the Foreman of the Jury, who wished sonic evidence to be produced to prove the state of that por tion of the bank which slipped during the past fort night or three weeks. The inquiry excites the most intense interest through out the entire neighbourhood. Since the receipt of the above accounts we have learnt, from good authority, that the slip of embank ment took place between half-past four and seven o'clock yesterday morning. The up mail train passed the place where the accident occurred about. half-past four o'clock, and there was at that time no impediment on the road. The train to which the unfortunate acci dent occurred was a particularly he;.ary ono : it con tained upwards of 800 barrels of oysters and baskets of fish. Indeed, throughout the week the Christmas cheer that has been forwarded by the railway has been immense. The inquest is adjourned till Monday. The line is now cleared, and the trains will proceed as usual. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS COURT, Dec. 24. WOOD V. DITCHINS. Mr. TURNER. stated, thattisva7a petition to dis charge the receivers appointed in this suit, which related to the will of the late James Wood, of Gloucester, banker, and for a reference to the Master to tax the costs of the receiver and all other parties, and that the costs of the petitioners and the other executors might be taxed as between solicitor and client. Mr. KINDERSLEY for the next of kin applied that their costs also might be taxed, as between solicitor and client. The MASTER of the ROLLS granted the order prayed for by the petitioner, but said he could not comply with the prayer of the next of kin. Ai kINDERSLEY—This suit was instituted to prove a will by which these gentlemen are getting 1,200,0001. Surely then they should give us costs as between solicitor and client. The MASTER of the Rot,LB —I must leave you to make that appeal to them. The remaining petitions Wing disposed of, the Court adjourned till Hilary Term next. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 24. IN RE HENLEY. The bankrupt in this case was a broker in Savoy street, and the amount of his debts and liabilities have not as yet been officially announced. This day being appointed for the choice of assignees, a number of creditors came forward to prove their debts. The greater number of those submitted for the consi deration of the Learned Ccmmissioner were claims aris ing out of promissory notes, against many of which it was urged that they were accommodation bills, and that there had been no consideration received for them. The total amount of the claims proved at this hearing was hooFt, which was established by four creditors. After a long discussion, Mr. George John Adlard, printer, of Bartholornew•close, was chosen assignee. TivERToN MA RKET, DEC. 21.—CORN.-- Wheat, 6s Gd to 8s per bushel ; Barley, 3s Gd to 4s 3d ditto ; Oats, is 5d to 2s 8d ditto.—supply- good, demand good. P ANNI ER. - -Turkeys, 5s to lOs 6d and 12s each ; Geese, 3s Gd to Gs ditto ; Ducks, 3s 9d to 5s 6d per couple ; Fowls, 2s Gd to 4s ditto ; Eggs, is per dozen ; Butter, lld to 12d per pound ; Potatoes same as last week ; there was a very superior lot of poultry in our market to-day with very rapid sale ut excellent prices. SHAMBLES.—Beef, Gd to 8d per pound ; Mutton, 6d_ to 7d ditto ; Veal, Gd to 8d ditto ; Pork, Gd to 6id ditto ; Dry Bacon, 8d ditto.— lVestern Times. Yesterday the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with the Sia , ristrates belonging to Bow street Police-court, inspected t h e ne w Court, which i s ' now completed. Th e conveniences i n a ll d epartments for the transaction of business are excellent, and parti cularly commodious. The exterior is very heat, and the whole of the, building, which is now being thoroughly aired, met with considerable approbation. The Magiste rial Itusiness will be transacted at the new Court for the first time on Saturday, the Ist of January. PKICES OF CAN AL,DOCK,ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 24. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. vet ihares. Annum. Paid. Shut 1,766 7 per cant. Ashton & Oldham...Average97l.lBl.sh. :98 1,482 41. AShby.de.le-Zouch ...,.Average 1131.5 h. 72 1,260 Basingstoke.. ....1.222.2.2......./.llgllish. 5 1,0b5 511. Iltetikticiek and Abetpatetihy ISOL Oh. 24 14,000 I-161.14, 101. Birmingham, 1.16 th share ... AIL & 711. 200 1,000 Ditto & Liverpool Junct.lß9l. sh.loop4 91 600 31, Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.sh. all p i - 100 51. Chelmer and Blackwater 1001..h. 105 100 32!. Coventry 1001.. h. 300 ....... s .. Croydon .. AverageBll.sll 10d sh. - 2, 00 51. O, Dudley 100i.sh. 114 600 131. Derby ... 1001.. h. 120 111,000 4 per cent, Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d.pd 30 3.5754 4' Ellesmere and Chester Average 133.1.11.. 75 231 621 Erewasn . .............. ......... .....1001.sn. 735 ,297 351. Forth and Clydo....Averaye 400/. 16s. h. WO t.. 600 74, Wand Junction ilftlf ** •-• •.4100/ •A n 113 1,8494 25.. (Rand Union lool.sh 20 ',boo ......... Grand Surrey.... . ... .. lool.sh. 15 1,000/ 41. percent . Ditt o (optional) * Can 1001. 996 Grand Western 600 131.12.. 941, Glamorganshire, Aver. cost 1721.138.48. 230 I 749 121. Oran Ihtm 1501.5h. 229 6 . 238 21, Os, Hudderafirld Average 58, 64.6 d. eh. 211(, 100 K.ensingto2l ............ ..... 100 sh. all pd 10% 25320 11.106, Kennet 2nd Avon, Av. 391.185. lOti.sh 20 11,0991 U. 7s. Lancaster Average 471.65. 8d '27 2,8971 301. Leed s and Liverpool lOOl. eh 730 5451 IU. Leicester 1401.11 150 . 8 07 51.05. Leicester & Nortkampton Ayer 831.102 71 1 ,4 2,409 101 Monmouthshire 1001.51' 2110 250 101. Melton Mowbray . 1( 1 01,sh. 117 500 254 Mersey and Irwell lool.Bh. 510 3,000 21. 10s. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd 23 24.7 171, Neath 1001.81.. 325 2,400 51. Peak Forest Avrt.ge about 781. sh. 71 1,418 63. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.16..8.1. sh. 1 1 % 1,609 61. Rochdale Memo MLA. S 2 500 M. Shropshire 1251.,h, 137 " 8 00 111. 105. Somerset Coal l5O/. sh. 170 3;6001. 6 tin. cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121. 10s. sh. 11% 700 361. StaflOrd and Worcester 1401.5 h. 68(, 500 151 Shrewsbury 300 91. 3taurbridgc -.an 145/. eh. 396 3,647 21.0.. &rat fOrd..on. AVOII A ver....791. 98. Md. sh. 33 533 1241 Swansea 3,762 21. 12e. Severn and Wye &Railway Av. 261.95. sh. 45 2.600191.. 39/. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 4 share lOO/. ah. 500 8.149 Thames and Mtdway Av. 191. ss. Bd. sh. 2 l ' °( " 1 1 161. Warwick and Birmingh a m lool.sn 203 I,ooollh. 9210 13.. Warwick and Ilaptim' 100/.sh. 117 7,000 41 Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.13.. sh. 55 5,1109 30s. Wilts and Berks Aver/tee 671. lOs Ad. sh. 28% 800 6.. Wyllev and r...ingt0n........ 1251. sh 74 .26 905 II Wey and Arms 1101..0. 20 DOCKS. 2 ' oool# 1,965i5h.1 ".'• 1 q^ c. Commcrc al -......... !OW. sh. 61 5 per cent. Bast and West India ............, Stock 102% 3,238,310:i. 31. p.ct. London Stock 74 Ditto Bonds 2,209 :v. Os. sd. Bristol Average I 1"/. 9s. sh. 75 68,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lO9 352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 92 50C.C90 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 209,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Deptford Pier .. 201. sh. 20/. lid 10 BRUMES. 1,600 It liammersmlti. SOL sh. 21 1,231 Southwark, 01d......... Av. 631. 2s. 9d. sh. 3i , ,, 1,700 IL 15s. Ditto, New, 0f . 71 per cent., 50/. sh. 15% 0,000 ......... Waterloo 1001. sh. 3 5,000 225. od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/ 60/. p 4 21 5,000 193. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd 18% 10,0001. St. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,948 27. Vauxhall .........Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 26 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion 5OOl. sh. 50/. pd 72 50,000 16Le i ri ciesn, t 'l Allianceßritish & Foreignlool. sh. 11t. pd 134, 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. Oh. 5/. pd 5% 24,006 V. per oh. Atlas 5O/. oh. 5/. pd 14 1,20045 h. 51. Birmingham I' ire 2501. sh. 551. pd 1075 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire .50/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. Lritish Commercial .501. sh. 51. pd 6 5,000 51. percent. Clerical & Medical Life, 100/.5h.2110s pd tli 4,000 31 Os County lOOl. sh. 10/. pd IC 9,000 Os. Eagle 501. sh. 51. pd 4% 0 ,,,, .$ f 5 per cent.l --. Land 30i bs. Economic Lite 10001. sh. 250/. pd 400 2,271 225. per cent. European LI . c 20/. oh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New '2Ol. sh. 21. pd 1% 1.000,0001. (1. per et Globe Stock 115 20,000 51* Guardian 30,000 48. Od. Hope 5O/. sh. 51. pd 151, 2,400 51. 122.6 d. Imperial Fire 5OO/. sh. 50/. pd 135 7,500 12s. Imperial Life lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 11 13,451 5/. per cent. Indemnity Shrine ... ...... 1001. sh. 8!. pd 29 2,020 31 100 Kent Fire 5Ol. sh. all pd 92 31. Ditto Life .501. pd 06 10,000 16s. 'Law Life lOOl. oh. 10/. pd 31% 5,000 10s. London, Fire 251. sh. 121. 103. pd 18% 3,900 10s. London, Ship ...... 25/. sh. 121. 100. pd IB I A 1.000,0001. ........ Minerva Life 1001. sh. 25,000 51. per cent. National Loan Fund... 201. sh 21. 10i. pd 2% 36,000 N. per cent. Palladium Life 5O/. sh. 2/. pd 216 s 50,000 51. per cent. Protector Ufa 201. oh. 2/. pd .:Ss Od 11 1 ,000 4 per cent. Protestant Disoenters ....1101. sh. 51. pd 5% 2,500 11. Provident Lite lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 20 200,600 4s. Od. Rock Life 89,2201 51. per cant. Royal Exchange Stock IEO 6,000 5 per cent. University Life 100/. sh. 5/. pd 8% 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 71, JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 Agric. and Com. of I reland2sl. sh. 10/. pd 15,000 8 per cent. Australasia 401. oh. 401. pd 533. 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 501. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 13 3 4 39,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 100/. sh. 20/. pd 21% 60,000 5/. London Joint Stock 501. oh. 10/. pd 12% 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster .....................1001. oh. 201. pd 30 25,000 10 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 1241. pd 18% 50,000 74 per cent. Manchester and Liver-1 50/. . h. 151. pd 10 pool Distri:t 20,000 7 permit. Manchester lool.oh. 10/. pd 5 20,000 8 per eent. Provincial Bank of lrelandlool. sh. 25/. NI 41 10,000 6 ler cent National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. 1741. pd ' 1714 10,000 6 per cent National Provincial Eng.loo/, sh. 35/. pd 34 , 10,000 Ditto New.. 10/. sh. 10/. pd 10 10,000 Gloucestershire 501. eh. 10/. pd 32 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 163 Od Bath 201. sh. 161. pd 22 5,000 _ _ British 401. sh. 16/, pd 18 _ . _,,,,, f 51. percent./ '''''" Land Bs. 61. j Ditto ProYincial 2O/. sh. 191. pd 24 % 928 51 10s Birmingham 501. sh. 96 4,250 210 s Bristol ... 20/. sh. 36 1,250 3/ 10s Brighton 2O/. sh. la 750 31 10s Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 181. pd 9 2,471 sh per cent. Brighton fieueral 2O/. sh. all pd 9% 4,000 71. 102. Continental Consolidated .. ..75t. 62 4 /. pd 110 1,000 101. City of London.. ....... ....OW. sh. all pd 195 1,000 61. Ditto, New IOO/, Bh. 75/. pd 150 4,000 3/. Os. Equitable 5Ol. pd 20 10,000 3/. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 59 800 5!. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 20/. pd 18% 2,350 61. per cent. 1 ndependent '301.3h. all'', 56 9,000 V. per cent. Phoenix 5Ol. sh. 391. pd 3:1 1,000 4/. per cent. Rateliff lOOl. sh. 80/. pd f:3 4,000 South Metropolitan ..... .501. 5h.:":314/. pd 17 9,000 51. per cent. United General I 5Ol. sh. 471. pd :.!) 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 22 2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5ll. sh, 10!. pd 11% 760 3 per cent, ; Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd WATER WORKS. 4,800 345. Birmingham 25:. sh. 25/. pd 21 4,433 71. East London 100/. sh. 16234 5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Average 411. 13s. 4d. sh. 55 1,000 2!. Kent 1001. sh. 5254 372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 3:;.5 1,500 2 1110. New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60 6,486 2llos Manchester and Salford lOOl. sp. 54 1,000 5 per cent. South London lool.sh. SrB 8,294 . 4il. West Middlesex Average 631.,123.9d. sh. 90 1.350 1114 s York Building Go. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS, 6,300 2/. Os. Birmingham and Derby - ....... 101/ pd 47 9,500 ........ Birmingham and Gloucester......l(o4 pd 65 15,00 11.45. Bristol and Exeter 1001. sh. 69 pd 28 7,500 ..... .... Cheltenham& G. Western 1004 sh. 72, 1. 22 1 % 3,000 ........•• Clarence 100/. sh. 1001 pd 20 8,000 ......... Dublin and Drogheda 100/. sh. 54 pd 60,006 ......... Eastern Counties 25!. sh. 231. pd 8 10,000 Great North of England 1001. sh. 001. pd 67% 10,918 13 per cent. Grand Junction 1001.3h. all pd 199 25,`0C :3 per cent, Great Western 1001. sh. 654 pd 8134 25,000 Ditto New 50/. sh. 50/. pd 593 6,000 5 per cent Gosport Junction... 504 sh. 501. pd (,6 1 , a 2,006 6 per cent. Hartlepool 100/. sh. 1004 pd 145% 8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 504 pd 38% 2,100 4 per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 65 1 ,( r 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 10(4s h. 1004 pd 199 N 7,908 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 50/. pd 90 11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 45 36,000 ..., ..... London and Brighton 501. sh. 501. pd 396 24,000 10,000 9 per cent. London and Greenwich ...201. sk. 204 pd 6% 25,000 81 per cent. London & Birmingham 1001. sh. Jul, pd 165 25,000 21. Os Ditto Quarter Shares ....254 sh. 51. pd 23% 31,250 Dit o New Shares 121. sh. 321. Ist 56 36,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 381,175. 90. 5034 33,080 . ...... .. London and Croydon As. 134 15s. 90. 12 Ditto New Scrip.... 12 13.000 5! per cent. Manchester and Lee 5...100/. sh. 704 pd 65 13,000 Ditto Half Shares 5Ol. 254 pd 27% 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 704 sh. 40/. 28% Ditto Extension 7l. pd 2ii 10,000 24 It s. Midland Counties 'OO/. sh. 100/. pd 8514 15,000 ni. As. North slidland 11.10 s. Ditto New 4Ol. pd 30 10,256 Northern and Eastern.... 504 sh 354 pd 2i% 2,6011 Preston and Wyre 5O!. sh. 30/. pd 06 28,000 South Eastern and Dover ...... ... 381. pd 20 1,000 10/, per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO4 sh. 265 0,000 0,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd 89 MINES. 0,000 Albion Copper .51. s 'J. 34/. pd 12 4,000 11. ss. A lten l5l. sh 12/. it Ipd 10 mom ........ Anglo Mcxican,iss. 5/ pm.lool. sh. al Ppd 1% Ditto Subscription 25/. pu 1)4 2,000 111/. Bolanos 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Im p. iss. 51. pm 351. sh. 20/, pd .7 6,000 billemibas it Comics United 25/.5h.251. pd 44 11,000 Ditto Bt. John Del Rey 2Ol. sh. 141. pd 1% IC,OOO Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 21)1. pd 1 10,000 Ditto Set.; lO6 sh. 101. pd 2 20,000 British Iron ,000 British Copper .....5/.sh. 441. pd 1% C it a Branca Candonga F. Pd pd 5 s• ' 10 10,000 I / Copiapo 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 51. pm.... 551. sh. 55/. IA i.,„ 2,t+50 'II. English 20,000 ... ...... Gcnvral MiningAssociation2o/ sh.lo/. pd Iji 8,155 Mexican Com pany lOW. sh. 60/ pd 3,000 Polberou Consols lO/. oh. 8/. pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 2 Ditto Loan Notes ISO/. pd 180 30,000 United Mexican, is& 2 pm. 40/. sh. all pd Dart. Scrip l4 Ditto New Scrip Q. pd 3 West Cork 5Ol. sh 50/. pd 26 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. ~ ~. 1,000 ... London, with Bronze Ticket . ..75gs. sh. 14)4 1,500 London University lOO/. sh. all pd 7 700 King' College LOU!. 19% MISCELLANEOUS. 10, ;09 15s. Australim Agricultural.l9ol. sh. 28/ pd 39 6,)00 I. per cent. British American Land Company al!. pd 9 10,0GC 61. per cent. Canada Company 100/. fib. 320. pd 28 10,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent IL Os. General Steam Navigation 151. vh. 14/. pd 24' 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock ,000 11. London Com. Sale Rooms ....Av. 751. sh 19% ,006 Caot.tchouc Company 122/. pd 12% New Brunswick Land Compamy...so/. pd 12, p,154 51. per cent. Reversionary lut. 50c...100/. sh. 1001. pd 92% 9,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 100.". pd 107 4,000 0,000 6s. Van Die.neres Land.... 1001. sh. 181/. pd 7% '20,000 LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES _ DEC. 18, 1841. BANKS. 1.000,0081 61. p. et. Bank of Scotland...B3l. 6s. Bd.rh. all pd 155 , 2.000,00( (1. P. et. 1001. sh. allpd 151, 9 liryal of Scotland 1 500.000 i SI. p. ct. British Linen Company 1001.8 h. all pd 91 . 0 5(040001. tit 1). ct. Com merc i al 5001. sh. 1 001.0 :65 500,00, 6D. ct. National 1001.5h. 10/. pi 14 500,000/. 81. P. et. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 501. lid 84 1,000,001. 6p. Cl. Western of Scotland 2OOl. oh 40/. pd 71 INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250,0005 h. 61P. ct. Scottish Unten 20/. sh. 1/. pd 253.0 d. 7,500 10 P. ct. Hercules 1001. sh. 101. pd 13 10 0 , 000 )P. et. Ins urance C o. o f Scot l an d .101 . s h. all pd 6 50,00 0 1 0 p. ct. N orth liritish 2001. sh. 10/. pd 1754 1,000 10 p. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 101. pd 20 5,000 10 P. et. E d i nburgh Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 15 10,060 31 p. ct. West of Scotland MISCELLANEOUS. ,,-.... 4,818 .... ..... Edin. and Glas. Un. C.lna l so/.rli. an [1 10 25 Ditto Allocated 903/. sh. all pd . 46 1 2001 I ,40( el per cent. kkiinb. Joint S Stack Water.2s/. sh all pd 34 ,sh 21 per cent. Shott s I ron 1i 0unacrv ...... 501 sh 481 pd 40 0,000 3 perc ent . Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2ol.sli. 161. pd 3% 4,500 10 pe ent. Edinburgh Coal Gas..., 25/.ah. all pd 99 4,950 10 pet cant. Glasgow Gas 750 71 per cent* Leith Coal Gas ..... 2O/..h. all pd 21 ........ b.:dinburgh ann Dalkeith Railway 501. sh 30 I NEWTON MARKET, DEC. 22.—The show of beef at this Christmas market was very fine, in fact, surpassed anything we have seen for years. Poultry was never known so plentiful, consisting of geese, turkeys, ducks, and fowls. Geese, 3s. 6d. to ss. each ; Turkeys, ss, to 7s. 6d. each ; Ducks, 3s. to 4s. per couple ; Fowls, 25. - 6 d. to 3s. 3d. per couple ; and all flue and well fed.-- Western Times. PROMISSORY NOTES. (From Last Night's Gazette.) An Account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promissyry Notes payable to Bearer on Demand which have been in. Circulation in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those circulated by the Bank of England, by Private Banks, and by Joint Stock Banks, in England and Wales, by the Banks in Szotland, by the Bank of Ireland, and by all other Banks in Ireland, and of the Average Amount of Bullion in the Bank of England, during the Four Weeks preceding the 11th day of December, 1841, pursuant to th,e Act of 4 and b Victoria, cap. 50. ENGLAND. Bank of England £16,292,00 Private Banks Joint stock Banks 3,217,812 SCOTLAND. Chartered, Private, and Joint Stock Banks IRELAND. Bank of Ireland 3,303,275 Private ;Ind Joint Stock Banks 2,561,713 Total.. ...4:34,58 I ,b7l Bullion in the Bank of England £5,031,000 HENRY L. WICKHAM. Stamps and Taxes, Dec. 24, 1841. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.. The Gazette of this evening contains Fifty-four Addresses of Congratulation to the Queen, on the occasion of the Birth of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, presented to her ajcsty by the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart., Secre tary for the Home Department. WHITEHALL, DEC. 16, 1841. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Luke Thompson, of the city of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, DEC. W. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Oliver Lunn Hanbury, of Ashby-de-la-'touch, in the county of Leicester, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, Dec_ 20. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Sedgeley, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Alexander Samuel Craig, of Shrewsbury, in the county of Salop, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. FREDERICK THOMAS WEST, coal-merchant, Lam beth, to surrender, Jan. 7, at two, and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankrupty. Lackington, Coleman-street-build ings, official assignee; Stevens, Wilkinson, and Satchell, Queen -street, Cheapside. ROBERT RIChARDS, JAMES BRI AN T, and JAMES COKER, rope-makers, Shadwell, Middlesex, Jan. 4, and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, offi cial assignee Basingball-street ; Pike, Old Burlington-street. WILLIAM HOLiSNAILL, carpenter, Dover, Dee. 31, at one, and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Shakspeare Hotel, Dover. Kennett, Dover, Hawkins, Bloxarn, and Stocker, New Bos well-court, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, London. JOHN FOWKES, grocer, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, Jan. 5, and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Jones, Trinder, and Tudway, John-street, Bed ford-row, London ; Browne, Nottingham. THOMAS BENROSE, grocer, Spalding, Lincolnshire, Dec. 31, at ten, and Feb. 4, at one, at the White Hart Inn, Spalding. Edwards, Spalding ; Tooke and Son, Bedford-row, London. ANN PHILLIPS and JAMES PHILLIPS, window glass-cutter, Jan. 4, and Feb. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official asignee, Aldermanbury ; Hender son, Mansell.street, Goodman's-fields. JAMES FORD, cooper, Bristol, Jan. 7 and Feb. 4, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. White and Eyre, Bedford row, London ; Bevan, Bristol. HOMAS BERRIMAN, builder, Montague-cottage, Camberwell, Jan. 5, at two, and Feb. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee ; Tilleard, Old Jewry. CHARLES ROBOTTOM, tavern keeper, Black Bull Inn, Holborn-hill, Jan. 11, at two, and Feb. 4, at eleien, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick place, -Old Jewry ; Warlters, Castle-street, Holborn. THOMAS BARNSLEY, engine -maker, Tipton, Stafford shire, Dec. 31, and Feb. 4, at two, at the Waterloo Arms, Birmingham. Miller and Fallows, Piccadilly, London; Hill, Cannon-street, Birmingham. HENRY CLARK, brush-manufacturer, Fleet-street, Jan. 8, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Weston, St. James's-place, Pall-mall. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. C. Coils, C. Thompson, and R. P. Harris, jun., bill brokers, Lombard-street, Jan. 14, at eleven-J. Dix, licensed victualler, Broad-street, Lambeth-walk, Jan. 14, at half-past one-J. Springhett and C. E. Wraxall, coal merchants, Pircenix-wharf, Whitefriars, Jan. 14, at one-J. Saunders, J. Fanner, and T. H. Saunders, woollen manufacturers, Basinghall-street, Jan. 15, at eleven-D. Rowland, linen draper, Horsham, Sussex, Jan. 15, at two-G. Williams, linen draper, Aldgate, Jan. 15, at one-J. and J. Richards, corn measure makers , Morris's walk, Bridge-street, Southwark, Jan. 14, at one. In the Country. D. Sharp, attorney-at-law, Southampton, Jan. 21, at two, at the George Inn, Southampton-G. Sterling, jun., boot maker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-H. Kirby, railway contractor, Birmingham, Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Wa terloo-rooms, Birmingham-S. Price, machine maker, Black burn, Lancashire, Jan. 17, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Preston. CERTIFICATES-Jan. 14. J. Davies and F. Dickerson, merchants, Plymouth-B. In gram, timber merchant, Beech-street, Barbican-J. Brown, iron master, Birmingham-M. A. Duncan, boarding-house keeper, Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park-J. Fearnley, woolstapler, Bradford, Yorkshire-B. Wright, draper, Middy, Shropshire -H. Bentall, coal merchant, Cecil-street, Strand-S. Hop kins, grocer, Croydon. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. and E. Colton, whip manufacturers, Kingston-upon- Hull-A. S. Tipper and T. Phipps, paper makers, Horton Mills, Buckinghamshire-L. W. Wright, J. N. Hopkins, and C. M. Evans, bleachers, Rrinksway, Cheshire-R. H. and M. Pocock, school mistresses, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire-H. Ceeney and W. Gilbert, smiths, Macclesfield-street, City-road -J. Parlane and IL Buchanan, timber merchants, Liverpool -J. Higginbottom and B. Eddison, surgeons, Nottingham- J. Bartlett, jun. and S. B. French, millers, Egg Buckland, Devonshire-J. Watson and J. Booth, common brewers, Wath upon-Dearne, Yorkshire-T. Harcourt, W. Harcourt, D. Har court, and J. Harcourt, brass founders, Birmingham (so far as regards D. and T. Harcourt)-I. and G. Rigby, cart owners, Liverpool-J. Jackson and T. Malley, coach builders, Lancas ter-G. and R. Parke, woollen drapers, Whitby, Yorkshire- J. Harper, E. Harper, and G. Woodall, soap manufacturers, York-M. Slinn and G. Young, stone merchants, Northedge, Derbyshire-A. and R. Hall, grocers, Blackburn, Lancashire -T. Wood and J. Ashby, millers, Barden, Kent-W. and F. Shaw, millers, Derby-J. Perkins and R. Henry, manufac turing jewellers, North-place, Gray's Inn-road-A. Roe and A. Petty, corn millers, Cowling, Yorkshire-R. Bothwell and T. Holcroft, silk throwsters, Manchester-J. Manley and H. J. Stone, chemists, Paternoster-row-D. Smith and J. W. Holland, plumbers, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. GEORGE BENNET, wine merchant, Aberdeen, Dec. 27 and Jan. 28, at twelve, at the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen. WILLIAM JOHNSTONE, baker, Cannongate, Ed burgh, Dec. 27 and Jan. 17, at twelve, at the Chambers .of IL Cannongate, Edinburgh. WILLIAM FRASER, coach proprietor, Broxburn, Lins lithgowshire, Dec. 30 aid Jan. 27, at twelve, at W. Fraser'- Inn, Broxburn. RUSSELL, MACNISH, and CO., merchants, London, Dec. 28 and Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Counting-house of M'Drun and Auld, Glasgow, PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending Doc. 21, 1841, is 38s. Bd. per Cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the London New Price Current of December 24.) SUGAR.-The market for British Plantation Sugar was a a very dull state on Tuesday and Wednesday, and rather lower rates were accepted ; yesterday, however, the trade were more disposed to operate, and a fair amount of business was transacted. Fine yellow sorts brought full rates ; low mid yellow Antigua selling at 61s, mid 63s stronger Jamaica 645, and fine Antigua 725, Trinidaf taken in, mid an d good mid greyish yellow at 60s to 635, and low mid 58s per cwt. REFINED.-For Refined Goods this week, prices have been steady, Standard Lumps at 81s to 81s 6d ; Brown Lumps, low to fine 74s to 79s ; Tittlers and Hamburg Loaves, ordinary and middling 795: to 81s, good 82s to 88s, fine 89s to 975, superior 98s to 101 s per cwt. Trea cle common 28s to 28s 6d, patent 29s to 31s, golden sy rup 32s to 34s per cwt. In pieces prices are rather lower, good to line selling .at 67s to 745, ordinary to middling 60s to 66s per cwt. Bastards low to middling at 40s to 48s, good to fine 49s 56s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar at 29s for the best. Loaves at 31s Gd to "`ts 6d fir 10 and 14Ibs. T reac l e a t 13 s 3d to 1 3s 6 d . B asta. :ids and pieces at 14s Gd to 20s per cwt. 111AuttIT)::1 8 . - Importers having supplied the marke freely, have depn.rssed prices 6d to Is per cwt; fine yel low at 67s 6d to 71s . 6 d,_ good 63s to 675, good mid dling 61s to 625, mid b,"2,5 to 60s, low 54s to 575, very inferior dark brown 37s :41 40s 6d, mid 44s to 455, good bright 47s to 51s, fine 53$ to 565, good mid fine grey 61s to 71s Gd per cwt. EAST INDIA.-Brown sorts of Bengal have declined Is to 2s per cwt ; white qualities at full rates ; brown very inferior heavy at 31s to 41s, low to mid 42s hi 475, good to fine 48s to 51s, low to good yellow 52s to 665, fine strong white 73s to 755, good 69s to 70s, mid 66s to 6Ss per cwt. Java low and mid soft brown fetched 14s to 15s Gd per cwt. Manilla at 15s to 17s for ord to good brown, and lis to 18s 6d for mid and good mid yel low. Siam, low heavy brown, at 14s Gd to 15s, mid do. 16s, low 3 ellow 16s 6d to 17s, fair grey 18s, colory bright yellow 20s 6d, damp of various sorts 14s to 19s per cwt. FOREIGN.-Yellow Havannah taken in, fine strong at 23s to 23s 6d, good 21s 6d to 22s 6d, middling 21s, and and washed 18s to 20s per cwt. Since Tuesday the bought in lots have been disposed of at 21s to 21s Gd for good and fine colory yellow. White on Tuesday taken in at 32s for good quality, and one lot 335, washed 28s to 30s; since then the sound was sold at 28s. For brown Brazil many inquiries haVe existed ; 17s to 17s 6d have been paid for fine brown Bahia. White sorts are held firmly. MOLASSES.-In West India, prices remain the same as previously quoted ; Bengal syrup at 24s 6d for good quality. Foreign Molasses 7s to 8s per cwt. • • COFFEE.---There has been a much bow. demand for clean descriprions of British Plantation Coffee this week, kinds and very full prices have been paid ; uncleannds have . sustained the previous value, and the operations the perah i o le n w s have crop been on a more extended scale ; Berbice of fine mid at 112 s to 120 s, good mid 105 s to 107 s, low mid 81s to 90s Gd, fine ord 73s ; Triage 50s to 73s per cwt. East India and Cape descriptions have been in im dhaeyasdevvaeuraeol dinqruaitreess 67s 6d. to 74s per cw proved request, anfiduehoorldders .are firmer. Ceylon good oartd full at rd of t. Java The better Mocha have been 66 r s a rates. ex isted for Laguayra bu r t sought after at full p , r o i t e re e e s. re ess 42s is the low es t rate of sound Ind checked busin " I ;t`'. (111 ,:-. -For West India, prices have declined is to t,ocOn.. . Trinidad, mid to goo& red at 40s t o 44 5 , is 6d per nwt , to 39x; St Lucia low to • d 3 fair and good grey 0... to 36i ' go'? to 375, and Grenada 35s , • per cwt. I . oreign at reduced rates. i—ls been in a have TEA.—The market for Preft Trwle Tea tranquil state all the week, privately few ptirehases i • EVENING SUN been made in either blae:: or green dc scriptions, and Is 'd; ; r 1 have been accepi.ed for Cong . On, - coarse new awl mi xe d l ea f ( c a s h . ) Th e public. Salt.'4 'yesteruag weld elf with heaviness, and a reduction on fOrmer rate: of dto Id for fine Cottgou, :r sorts, Id f o r common Twanks.v,. an'!4 for laws 111{ 7, ; () the2d pTr lb. for young llyson ; Congou, but mid blackisl t lea but ut Sou kind rather strong is 9d to Is 10d, but mid hl rickish leaf rather strong Is 101 d to is 10,341. mid ra liter strong b urn t is 114 d, but mid bl ac ki s h leaf ripe 11. M. and .l' e k oe fl avott f; i s In ta to 2s O ld , m iddling bl tckish leaf strong Pekoe flavour 2s Id to 2s .3d ; II ' , son, middling 2s 10d, good 3s Id to 35 4d Y . to ug ltysott, middling from 2s BAd to 3s 10 id ; Cep, a., but mid co ars e frsh is 10.1 d to Is 100; vial, good ordinary Is l Id; Twankity common is 80 to Is 8 Id, but middli ng coarse i s Is 9dno. Is, 9Ad, fine itish leaf 2s 3d to 2s 3,-111; blackish 'leaf Pelo;e dr ii ;:; strong 2s f.qd to 2s 4d Orange Pekoe inithlling ra ther s trong burnt Ank 2s s+d, but mid -Dane but see/ail s t i t to 2s 9d; Flowery Pekoe good full and strong per lb. In the speculative market prices have declined'. to is 81,1 to is 9d for Company's Congott, cash. T o .d a ,. ) •• the market was in a dull state for Tea, and I- 98 is the nearest price for Company's'CongOu, cash. 'be merchants are determined that the sales declared For Tuesday slit . 1 1 take place although business in otl ter markets will remain suspended. Tamow.-The Ale rkct has pres en t e d a fi rm aP1' 1 ,?,.. r ; 1 , nee for Russian since Friday last ; on t h e s p o t rat, have been paid ; 48s Gd for Peter:turf y ei .low Candle ; for delivery up to the end of the */% l d . at 48.. , 3d to 41;s 611, for spring months at 49s to per cwt ; Soul h American at 42s to 47s for 'low 'to ,111° quality. Town Tallow has met with is good sale. . To-day tbe L larket was in a quiet state for P e terslawe Yellow Candle: 48s 3d was the general qttotation fer parcels on the spot. OILS.-For co miIDIOMI Fish Oils this week, holders are not disposed to press sales; stocks beit g small, especialq of pain Seal. Cod. Oil in small parcrits of 301103 to 31 `: Southern, common 31/ lOs to 321 10s, mid to tine i 321 15s to 36f; pale Se al 421 lOs to 43/, yellow 33l to 39/, 'and brown 321 to 321 15s per tun. SPe rai rather easier ; fine British at 901 IG's to 91 per full• For Linseed Oil, 36s on the spot, and 37s for delivery_ next year. Cape, pale, 53s 6d, and brown, 52s 6 d p er cwt. For Olive, prices have a downward tendency' Gallipoli at 761 to 771 Spanish, 671 to 68/per tun. Cee °4 Nut Oil ar 41s for the best. Palm, at 32/10s for fine. l.s Ream, BirANDY, AND HOLLAND& -A fair demand :1 1 1 1 5 prevailed for fine descriptions of West India Row 1 . week, and full rates have been paid ; sales of strong Jamaica 33 to. 34 per cent. 0. P. have been anw ic c a i s 5s 6d, and Demerara 34 over 4s, but proof Lew 3r s are heavy of sale, sellers at is 10d, bu.t buyei. will not pay more than Is 9d per gallon. 6 1 ; cults has been taken sparingly at is 3d Pr i e ° o at auction 71 cask,/ svere taken in at Is 7 u, * Is 70 for 25 to 34 per cent over proof. For. liranuY o f fair demand has existed, mad holders are firm ; sales Cognac, first brands of the vintage of 1836, have u`: ( 1 made 6s for hhds, puns 5s 10d ; do 1837, hhds bs puns 5s 5d ; do 1838, hhds 5s sd, puns...,ss ad ; do 18° , 0 : hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; do 1840, hhds 4s 3d, puns 4 , 5 ‘2,1 Geneva has met with a good demand at 2s Id to 2 9 for Common. British Corn Spirits hav e m o ved off slu lv at 10e. 2d, cash. SPic'ES.-There has been less demand for black Pepper, and prices have given way *d per lb; at aucisPtoit 2,540 bags Malabar went heavily, f a i r an d good lug 3d to 34-d, fine bright heavy 30, damaged in tern condition 3d to • ; 380 bags ordinary 33a 7 fetched lid per lb ; the low r a t es ar e exPe' c l e • l ed bring forward many orders shortly: sc hite has decpsloid in value 2d per Ib, at auction 100 b ags o nly partly ia t at 10d for flue quality ; 115 bags lo ng 'were taken a n d Is 3d. Cassia 'Lignea has been taken sparingli , : rt ; prices have suffered a further depres s i o n of is per e s at • at auction 169 chests only partly f o und buY ii e l f : 88s 6d for good thin quill, middling 841 1 . • A re mento, a fair demand has existed, and 1 3 ,...r1, ° : 4 , 0 00 firm at 2d to aid fOr ord to good qua lity. u 111 ;' - 6d sells heavily at a reduction on l as t sa l e ' s ra te of 4" is per lb. Nutmegs have met with a fair sale, br °sc o ved 4s lid to 6s, lined 3s to 4s per lb. Cl ove s have m' to off slowly; Bourbon at Is to Is-id, Amboyna Is fid, and Penang is 8d to 2s 6d,p e r lb. Ging e ' i n • a sustained the former value, but the mar k e t has boe r a litt ie dull state for both East and West India. 3 114c° ' inquired for. ilone sa Ric:E.-Holders of Bengal have di s played n ll5 tp this week. At auction 500 bags went quietly si lis 6d for mid white. Java has been taken sPur ow W but price,' have been'steady at lOs 6d to 12s fo r i n s is good white, and yellow 9s to lOs per cwt. Car ° j fair request for home use at 30s to 36s per cwt. ns thiS Fnurr.---The opening prices of all descriptie. vra lli season being so very moderate, and the quality ges'usea a much finer ,than for several season s p as t, have 363; very extensis e demand. New Valentia Raisins " ver y Turkey Figs el an advanee of 5s to 103 per cwt' sins few left in first hands. In Currants and SinYr na there is very little alteration. ye b een INDIGO.-The transactions in East India - ui st a re limited this weesit, and prices have given svak taken at duction of 7d pet' lb, but the average waY„ l- ` ches ts are 4d to 6d per lb. For the 18th Jan u ary 4, 7o " an d parcels declared. Spanish'. has moved off stood'' , could only be disptssed of at reducedrates. s p 5 olses d G o d! , SAGO. -A t auctiost 1,086 bags were partly ordinary quality at it's to its 6d, anti Pli tkliling -.- per Cw' Flour has been in fair G l emand at 12s to 135 COAL Ships arrived sinca d. Adair's Bell, Robson & Co. Hartley 16 0 New Tanficld M00r... Old Tanfield l5 0 Wylam Walls End Ramsey Walls End S. Killingworth 16 0 ARKEI. last market .day, 216 7, roans End Lambton 0 %Cabs End Pemberton Walls End Russell's liettog 9 Wads End Shineliff .... ... ;s" 0 Walls End Stewart's Hartley COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. ____--- -- . __-- p c ,,,, e Wheat. Barley. Oats. Bear,,:_./............-7- -•• 5 , .. --- Per Quarter. S. to s. a. to s. s. to a. ` LP 4 4 i 36 44 Abingdon ... 57 72 25 30 20 31 3 5 .... -•-... Andover 5B 63 1.6 30 26 26 40 --- 44 itanbnry 56 68 32 40 21 33 36 4 6 42 ..... Basingstoke 60 72 33 37 24 18 42 4 4 38 ...,. Cirencester 59 '7O 25 25 22 31 43 ' 40 Coventry — 64 32 33 14 31 3 4 -- -• ..". Uaventry --' Derby 63 '76 23 38 ~ i 3 26 4 2 4 1 31 4 Howden Hungerford 46 72 29 37 25 30 40 .... 4 , Halton - 40 '- 44 .... ..- Maidenhead 52 75 32 35 25 3 1. 36 Nottingham 60 76 25 32 'A 28 41 44 .... .... Wantage 65 78 36 31 30 32 DO 46 Warwick ... Winchester 67 76 36 29 A i .... York 5B 30 36 19 24 33 -'" _, . 6 d ,d Per Bushel s.d. s. d. s.d. s. i l. s . a . d . s . d, t , „ a- * s. .6 a Birmingham ~7 0 3 6 3 6 4ti 3 6 4 0 5 0 i u HULL CORN MARKET. - 70 3 . Wheat, Whit( (per Quarter) 6ss. 67- 4 6 5 . Red .... Foreign Barley, Malting Grinding Oats, British Foreign (in bond) Beans 6 : 9 1 .3 ::;: 0 1 : : . 4 : ..: i s ..... ;4r.tr,....:.;:iii....... 8 . 8. d.I s. d, 5.( 1 . 1 36 4 0 5 0 70 ' MARKET. 655. 67,- 7°3' f i l l s . 645. 66f. 006. 045.6 i , . 3051. 325. : o ' . •28s. ::9s. 6'4. I v, , 225. `23b. 18 s . 20s. 225. )R 26 /4 5 11 .8 1A 4. 38s. 401. Os.. 345. 305. 8 A• 365. 385.401. Oats. "e... i 22 0 4,) 6 18 0 36 0 7 - r l e ti s l l O tli N t S at . te 4( r, ll l:. ';,ooad: to 0(91.111' Salt Ditt0—,..,..,, 0 1 " nn 0 6 Ditto, per cwt. .. 85 0 '", 0 .• I Eggs, PIM doz. ,„.. 0 0 • 12 0 ,0 . OatStraw(kpl ';.,... 9 0 Wheat Ditto.,. -1u 11 12 0 Barley Ditto ...,,,, 8 0 ' ( i ) 0 Hay, rent. ,„. 011 ' ° MARKET. Oats. '9:2"1.: H Whit( (i Red Foreign , Barley, Malting Grinding Oats, British Foreign (in Beans Pease, Grey Blue and W Linseed Flour (per sack) ......... Rapeseed per i 0 quarters).., EDINBURGH CI Wneat. Barley. First 722. 0d 365. r.d. Nscond 6O 0 33 0 Third Average price of Wheat PRICES OF PRI Beef, per 11:7. ...vv.. Us. bd. to Os.t , tll. Mutton 0 5 Il 7 Veal •••••1•0•••••• 0 7 0 10 05 0 7 Lam, per qr. 3 0 4 0 Fallow, 0 42 0 Quartern Loaf 0 10 P0tat0e5,141b.......... U 0 0 5 'hite 42' fl 06 EDINVURCin MEAL MARKET 1 0 Per Sack of 2801 b. 1 mp. Per Stone oi 1411). 4- lo 2, 0 First Oatmeal second ditto Barleymeal ... I It 0 Barleynseal ..... .......—••'" 0 3 Ptsseineal 1 8 0 Peasemcal ........ .......... Vet Barley from 30s. to 43a. persack ---.!_tr"o SILVER WATCHES. h one ° E. J. DENT, by spec i a l appo i ntme nt, C r , 3 meter and Wat c h ma k er to t h e Queen, and hi s R o y a l Ilig;:tal Prince Alb er t, o ff ers an extensive assortment o f lloriiiitl,oge, Watches a t V " . 14s. 6d., ea c h. F rom th e ir great ad over those of the vertical description in performano, arrn'tic. ance, and flatne,!s, he recommend s them for ladies or , f; r e di a l; men's wear. Th e y have elegant en : yawed or plain and and ca ses , a n d the movements are jewelled in lour ll° the perf or M anee guarantee d . An abstract from i lir b o ono- Lectures on th e Construction and Manalement of us i y by meters, Watch es , an d Cl oc k s , may be had gra tuit° customers, or to the publi c , pri ce I s ., a t 82, Strand. PATENT LEVER WATC H }.; This celebrated constr uc ti on (the most accura te 6n ".h"ich ces° s watch can be madv) i s , n o w o f f ere d at t h e followi n g , pri nt, with the latest improv e m en t s e. the detached estalic—,ie jewelled in tour hole * , h an d t o mar k t h e seco nds, and nt taining power to continue going vhile winding uP , SILVER CASES With double-bottom cases, capped £6 h 6 With hunting eases, capped 6 1 6 COLD CASES. Size for Ladies, with elegant gold dial Ditto 17 in double-b ac k e d eases l4 1 4 0 " Size for Gentlemen, enamelled di a l ....•• 13 13 17 0 Ditto extra full size, capped A Pamphlet, containing observations respecting the v i c n on g s o t l r d u constructions nssi silver r which s watches an d al a .a r r e i e m ty ad o e f , th sketchesti'e pricesof u o i s s e ig n n t :, g w ra h ti ic s h ar h id av v e o j st u ag st e b f e r e e n e, ocromzil)ekl application gold Cha ins ' will •t 7 don, opposite the Bank of England.. ma e SAVORY and SONS, WatCh oNno.by,,lectoterrniltoin,AL.; On the 14th inst Mr BI T R T H H it S ch . cock, of Islington' of a Co ° lo i r ' iel the 2 daughter, still born " s. . L°23'2,dnifntslite.,llloaideriaasdyArotfilGler:yho.fLaeswoens., Esq., of i{en- On the sington, of a daughter. 2d inst:, at Penzance the lady of Lieutenant- Colonel Newington, • Esq., of a son. ..__----- -- " —j' Samuel the 22d inst , at • the Hall House, Hawkhurst, the lady of MARRIED. On the 16th inst. at Dalston, near Carlisl e, George Cowen, to Margaret , youngest daughter of , the late Arthur Watson, Esq. On the 24th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Waller, Esq., Ebury-street, Pimlico , to M ar y Ann, widow of the late Mr. Henry Holloway. DIED. On the 20th inst., T. Ashley, of Staines, aged 80. WalWorth, On the 21st inst., at Cottage - p l a ce, West-street, Mr. J. Reynolds, aged 59. On the 22d inst., at Upper Gower-street, Daniel Stone, of Chancery-lane, solicitor, aged 41. On the 22d inst., at Angel-place, Edmonton, Frances Eli beth Watts, spinster, aged 75. On the 22d inst., T. Warry, Esq., of New Inn. 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