The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (FRIDAY EVENING.) CHRONICLE.—This was the first day for the pay ment of the dividends to the public, but the business done in the English funds was not to the extent usual on such occasions. We attribute this in some measure to the seve rity of the weather, and the intense cold of the morning having prevented many people from leaving their homes. The numerous cases reported at the Police-offices re garding the operations of loan and discount societies. have induced us to make some inquiry into the nature and ex tent of these establishments in the metropolis. Loan socie ties were legalised under provisions of an Act 5 and 6 William IV. ; but this was so loosely drawn up, that it was found necessary for the protection of the industrious classes to repeal it, and to place these societies under the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 110, which is now the regulating statute. Under the Act of William, 250 to 300 socie- ties had their laws enrolled by the proper officer. Under that of Victoria, the number certified does not much exceed 50; and it is believed that several of these are not in operation. The only loan societies pro perly so called, are those enrolled under the Act of Vic. toria. There are, however, in the metropolis and else where, a great number of societies calling themselves loan societies, which are under no law whatever, and which take advantage of the necessities of the working classes, by exacting exorbitant sums for their advances. We be lieve there are as many as 150 such discount companies in the metropolis, who derive enormous profits by such means, while the number enrolled under the statute, does not much exceed thirty or forty. The " loan societies," enrolled under the statute, advance sums of 5/., 101., or 15/., and they are entitled to twelve per cent. The amount of interest allowed by the Act is, say 6s. for each 5L advanced, to be repaid by weekly instalments of 23. for each 5/. No charge is al lowed towards expense of office, or any fine in case of default. No charge for letters writtea to the sureties to inform them of their liability ; and the whole business of the office is paid for by is. 6d., which each applicant has to pay to the clerk at the time of application, receiving in return form of application and book of rules. Should a persdu apply for a 15/. loan, the society would require three securities who must all be diligently inquired into, for which is. 6d. is charged. The conditions on which the business is managed will be better understood, how ever, from the fullowing account, which we take from a hand-bill now in circulation by a loan society in Hounds. ditch. with a capital stated at 12,5001., which says : ,‘ This society is established pursuant to the provisions of the act, for the purpose of assisting the middle and working classes, by granting loans of 5/. 10/ and 151. and receiving it back by weekly instalments of 2s. for Si. ; 43. for 101. ; and 6s. for 151. ; the first re-payment to be made on the eleventh day after the loan is granted. The security required is one respectable housekeeper, of twelve months' standing, for a loan of 5/. ; and two respectable - housekeepers, for a loan of 101. or 151. Tne interest charged at the time of granting a loan of twelve months, is:63. for 5/. ; 12 s. for 10/ ; and 183. for 151., with Is. 6d. for form of appl,cation, costa of inquiry, boak of rules, and all business ennected with the granting and re-payment of a loan, and no further charge is made under any pre tence whatever. The trustees of this society being de termined to conform strictly to the provisions of the Act of Parliament, and the intentions of the Legislature, in pas sing it, for the beater protection of borrowers from extor tion, think they will be doing a service to the publie, in cautioning them against societieg, falsely called loan societies, but which not being enrolled under the alley° Act, arc, in fact, discount societies, under no law what ever I" The officers of the loan eocietiee" cannot indorse their bills granted for loam to third parties ; they must hold them themselves, and receive payment from the borrowers and their sureties. The Case is different with the discount companies, who re-discount their bi:ls ; end, although they profess in their printed rules to charge only 10 per cer.t. for loans, yet they exact such terms as they can squeeze out of their needy borrowers. If a person wishes to em ploy a loan society, he may at once know whether ha has applied to an office enrolled wider the statute, because their bills are exempt from stamp duty, while the discount companies must use the proper stamp. Then the latter are obliged to evade the usury laws, which declare it to be illegal to charge more that, 5 per cent. on sums of 101. and under. for this purpose tt:ey refuse to ken iIVaIS for Lees than 10/. si. ; bet if a person wishes to borrow 5/ only they pro. fess to feed hi la 53 , and charge dieeeunt on that Win", they ( the lenders) immediately receiving hack 5/. We have drawn out a rough cnmperative statement of the terms on which a loan of 15/. would be advanced by a loan society enrolled under the Act 61 Victoria, and that on which it woeld be given by the discount companies. The result is as fe:lets 15/. Loan--Under Loan S •eiety. regulAtd by the Acit Victoria for twelve Inotrlig an weekly instolinent4 of (3J ; Cha-nv for form £0 0 0 Book of Rules Inquiry (without reg.ird to distance or nzimber Of persons) Bill stamp (free by the Act) Discount. G per cent. Secretary's fee 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 :CO 19 6 So that the borry.::r receives Xl5 0 0 No fine; on defdult, nor charges for letters to the Sc.. Cret ary. 151. Loan—From a Discount Society for twelve months, and weekly instalment of (ii.:-- Charge for form Book of rules 0 1 0 Inquiry for two securities, at 13. 6i. per mica (average three miles) Bill stamp Discount on bill at 10 per cent Secretary's fee . O 4 6 O 2 6 1 10 0 O 0 6 118 9 13 1 3 So that the b3rroxer receives 0n1y...., 15 0 0 Then he has to pay with each weekly instalment 3d., which is 12.5. 6d. in the year, provided he makes no de fault. But for every &fault he pays 6d. of a fine to the Soeiety, and 3d. for each letter of advice written by the Secretary to himself and sureties. It will be seen titat the terns charged under the Act of Parliament are very much more favourable titan the fees of the discount companies, and we believe that we have given the latter in the most advantageous light. We have conversed vtith some parties connected with the loan societies, who say that the terms allowed by the statute do not afford sufficient profit to enable thstn to compete with the discount companies, and that capital is passing rapidly front them for investment in the latter. The loan societies were established under the Act of Par liament specially for the bate& of the industrious classes, and it is important to investigate the working of the enact ment. The Act of William was so vague that it was no better than waste paper, and we now .find that its substi tute has had the effect of depressing the number of legal societies most seriously, while it has created a large amount of illicit trade. This leads to an impression that the provisions of the Act of Victoria require revision, and that further measures should be adopted for the purpose of securing the indus. trious classes in the benefit of obtaining small loans on moderate terms. The public do not discriminate between the good and the bad as respects loan societies. They confound the legal with the illegal, and taking their opi nion of both classes from the list-named, they believe that the whole of them are a pest to society, and that they exist upon the misery of the poor. The few gene ral remarks which we have made will tend to remove this error, and to point out the distinction which ex ists between the " Loan Societies " properly so called and the self-styled loan societies, which are, its f.ict, discount companies. The first arc bound by en Act of Parliament, which they cannot well disobey. The others are under no species of legal control, and suck the very heartblood of the poor. Tae first class have been the subject of legislative enactment, and have been legalised for the special benefit of the industrious classes. The others go on in defiance of 'Vile law, while they ostensibly profess to be established under its sanction. Sonic parties connected with the Loan Societies have sent us a state ment of the profit which they receive in lending 5,0001. in sums of :W. each. This would require 1,000 b orrowers, and when it is considered th a t the Act requires them to keep a journal, a check-book, and ledger, it is plain that considerable labour must be. devoted to the busines;. They accordingly put down salaries for two clerls at 751. each, rent, an d two check clerks at 251. each, with a ll owances for of five,,Seo., whereby they m a k e i t appear that the actual net profit receivable under the Act for the 5,0001. lent would be only Esc per cent., or 250/. They sty, to show in a smell degree the w an t o f proper rc. muneratt •on f e l t by all parties c onnec t e d w i t h l oan societies as at present established, it is calculated that to lend 5,000/., in 5/. loans, will require 1,000 b orrowers; each borrower has fifty receipts made in his book, the So ciety keep a journal, check book, and ledger, in each of which fifty curies must be made for each borrower : there " fore, it replies 200 eetries for each account ; 1,000 bor rowers require 400,000 exclusive of writing letters to de faulters an d t h e i r sureties, which finds constant employment for two clerks. Profit on 5 000/. provided the whole amount of repayments is again lent out on the day on which it is received, and that at no time a balance re sins in the hands of the Treasurer, will be , ................. . .... £6OO cL~ ...... at 12 per . ...... .................... Two clerk s , at 75/. each £lso Two check clerks, at 9 51. eac h 5O Ilent of offices anti gas . 50 - Printing, account books an . d — s ..... . i onery, and casual losses,say 2 per cent. ...... Profit, 5 per cent. on smoo/ ............... 250 250 the Legislature It was never intended by that 21:30 loin societies should keep an esta'oliskraent fof clerks on sa l a ries. The charges under that. head, in the above es. timate, are equal to a capital of ten times the amount. The charge of 100/. for printing, &c., and losses, seems also objectionable. The 12 per cent. ought to rewunerate. well fur the risk and expenses; but while unlimited pewits may be ma:le by the niscount sccieties.,... inercas. it is not lik e l y that those enrolled under the statute will al! likelihood, di:nil-I.:A in pe a the contrary,. thv must, in number alio relitectability. II ERALD.—It vvili Ur ntmerccd, that Bank Stack with Inditt, and Exchequer Bilis have been latterly more On the - vise , even than Consols. In regard . to Bank Stock there has latterly b een a diApositi,n to ;attest in it from a prevailin g bzlief that the Bank has been Ices da maged, and if to be, by the. evid-cncc before the Par liament try Committee, than was anticipated; therefore as a- consequence that 1,0 Government action 11o5ttfle to the Bark need he ap;nyehenicei, and that on its expiration the Charter ails be renewed as a matter of course. Th° rise in India Stock - is of course easily accounted fur by tire favourable news from that quarter, Exchequer Bills arc corning naturally into demand, from the ment of dividends and the conveniences of temporary in vestments in a security bearing interest and always marketable. The accounts from Lancashire represent the cotton trade to be in a more favourable position than, considering the season of the year when it is usually inactive if not dull, might be expected. There is little question that the low prises at which raw cotton has. ruled during the year ended, arising conjointly from the very large: crop, the largest ever known, of the previous year in the United States, with the depressed state of foreign trade, must have created an increased demand of cotton yarns for ex port to Germany from the temptation of low prices, as well as during the latter months of the year a larger ab sorption among the manufacturers for home and colonial consumption. For it is well known that no more shrewd and calculating merchants are to be found than the Ger man and Russian merchants settled in Manchester, who are the large purchasers for the supply of the markets of their own countries, and as besides they have ample means at command and unbounded credit, if credit they should require, which is not the case, for they almost always pay argent comptant, it may be taken for granted that they are not slow to avail themselves of the advantage of laying in atocks when prices are at the lowest, although they may not realise the summum bonum of economical cant, of selling at the highest. It may be observed be sides that the manufacturers of Germany and those of Russia have been but ve r y slightly inconvenienced by that crisis and untoward state of money and commercial affairs in the United States which have so powerfully and preju dicially affected both France and England. For so far as cotton manufactures Germany is but a very inconsider able exporter and Russia not at all. Hitherto they have manufactured exclusively almost for home consumption, which indeed neither one nor the other country has been enabled fully to supply. It may be hoped, however, that the improvement in the cotton trade is not solely owing to an increased export demand for cotton yarns, a branch of manufacture which yields the least profit of all to the country in the shape of labour. The large capitalists who abound in Manchester must also 'nave been turning low prices of the raw material to account, end laying in stocks at cheap rates, which from their cheapness must tend to increase consumption both at home and abroad. According to the accounts of the cotton market from Havre, it would seem that the cotton manufacturers of France have partaken of the same sort of fortune as those of this country. With a larger stock on hand at the com mencement and larger arrivals during the year, there has bean a larger consumption than in any year preceding. The account is thus stated : Stock, Jan. 1. Arrivals in the Year. 1840.-67,000 bales 376,156 1839.-33,800 265,243 1838.-33,000 - I 295,246 Consump- Stock tion. j Dec. 31. 356,156 77,000 242,043 I 57,000 292,746 35.500 So that, es will be seen, stocks have increased, but con sumption has rateably increased also. As the amount c cotton manufactured goods exported from France is com. paratively inconsiderable, and chiefly confined to the sup ply of the colonies, these returns show a very advantageous state of internal improvement in the condition of industry and the industrial classes of France. TIMES.---The state of the speculations in tea form a topic of considerable interest in the City, purchases of an immense amount having accumulated a correspond ing stock in a few hands under the impression that the dispute with the Chinese must inevitably diminiah supply, and cause a much further advance in the te - e' of the article. Besides the great capitalists who hold stock, there exists a herd of smaller speculators who buy and sell without touching stock of any kind, imitatine the speculators of the Stoc k-Exchange in making time bargains, and further in giving the technical name of " Comets" to the article principelly dedt in, which is the Company's cnngou. Among the greater part of these the course of speculation has been for the rise, and 'fleece may be imagined the dismay which has spread among them on the receipt of the last news brought from China by the India mail, nod which, unless some untoward incident interposes, must necessarily lead to a large additional supply. On the existing prices • witheut sueh addition, the news has already had a con eLf,..ct. The thy before the e.rrival U 1 tile mail the !eke of " Tea Consols" wee 2.11 the lb. ; en the c!a:, of the arrival the fir,t fill was 1. eA,-, afterwards to 1 ti reel it 1.-ft off on that day at 1.74 1 . Orb the following dey. after having been at 1.8, it left cti at 1.71 to A. Seine of the broken; anticipate that it will fall much lower still. but others, with greater confidence, and with the know ledge that the great bulk of the supply is held by capitalists of great wealth and resources, who well not attempt to sell at the preheat reduction, predict that there will be a ma terial recovery from the present depression. With this, howeverewe have no concern, the seleobject being to give the prominent features of this as a remarkable piece of " city intelligence." The experienced brokers, and who are to he depended on, say that the sack of tea in the country is riot much under 50,000 OCOlb., which is equal to aboet a year arid e halre coesumption, and hence it seems pretty clear, as circumstance partly overlooked by the great leaders of the tea speculation, who ought to have been better intoimed, that notwithstandi :g the apparent stoppage of the trade, the importations of the article have been kep' up at a rate not much inferior to that of a period of amicable reletione with the Chinese. Out of this, ie the way of carriers at least, a eplendid harvest must have been reaped by the Americans. The difference in value of the above stock. which m,y appear to constitute the actual loss of the speculators, it forced to a sale by the inability to hold on, wit' be nearly 25 I:er cent., or about 1,250,000/., but it is to he considered that only a portion of the purchases have been made at 'the high prices which preceded the arrival of the India mail, and that they have commenced at prices not much above the present decline, so that on balance the parties may not be in so very dis. advantageous a position, though they have suffered oppor. tunitiee of realizing to slip by them which may net return for a very long time. The existing stock is no:, of course, that of London alone, but embraces the whole kingdom, thought it is estimated that nearly three-fourths is held in London, and in few hands, as before stated, of whose abi lity to sustain it no doubt is entertained. Among the smaller speculators, the makers of " time bargains," much mischief is likely to occur, but of a nature not to be heard of out of that immediate circle, nor to create any public interest whatever. The retail dealers of London are be lieved pretty generally to have kept themselves out of the vortex of speculation, and also to have avoided any large accumulation of stock, buying, as it is termed, from hand to hand, under a different im pression from that of the great speculators, and believing that the prices could not be maintained. The , great question with the large holders now is whether the retail dealers will proceed to take in stock freely, or ad- here to the same cautious policy, in the expectation of a still greater fall in prices. That consumption must be in creased by the decline among private families is tolerably certain, as the fact is well known that it had very much fallen off during the last year, in consequence of the ad vance of pr:ee. This is, as near as may be, the present situation of the great " tea speculation." A rumour era; current in the City to-day, originating', probably, in this trade, that Government hare, on the re ' presentation of the parties concerned, allowed the tea sunk in the Westminster, off Margate, a short time since, to be delivered for the purpose of having the salt water washed cut, arid then to have it kiln-dried. The thing is not very likely, as it is not very cbrious how the public are to be protected from the mixture of en article thus damaged with that of abetter kind, and it may be doubted whether any process could so purify tea saturated with salt water as to make it fit for consumption. The payment of the dividends at the Bank of England commenced ..o-day, and the same complaints are made ai on the last occasion, of the great inconvenience to which the public are subject by having to take their warrants for several descriptions of steak all at the same office. The crowd of persons which naturally is collected together o❑ the first day of the F.:.yrnent used to be divided by the division of the business into departments according to the number of stocks. Now the only division is according to the initial letters of the fundholder,' names, end a delay en sues whenever a few persons of the same letter come as holders of different stocks, the ceremony of referring to a different book having to be repeated on the appearance of each person. A de ire to give more employment to a fewer number of hands would seem to have suggested the alteration ; but that seems scarcely sufficient reason fur a sacrifice of the public convenience. SUN.—An alteration took piece in the Foreign Ex changes this afternoon, the rate for Bills on Hamburgh having declined at first to 13 61, though subsequently it rallied to 13 7,. On Frankfort it improved a shade, viz. to 148} to 1, but on Trieste it fell from 10 2,} and 3; to 10 0} and 10 Paris was the same. viz. 25f. 54c. to ;Amsterdam 12 2 to and Antwerp 12 21. The English Funds have been steady to-day, and money was rather easier out of doors. Consols fur present dc_ livery ranged from 89j. to 891, and fur the Account from 89a to The latest bargains in each were at 893- to Exchequer Bills advanced to 9 and 13 prem., and India Bonds to 5 8 discount. Bank Stock asas 1 to 14 per cent. highee, viz. 164 to 163 . 4-, and East India Stock rose from 242 and 243 to 244. The Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities were up to £398 and 90,1, the Three-and a- Half per Cents. 98;4 to 98k, the New Three -and-a-Half per Cents. to 97i and 98,1, the Old Three -End-a- Half Fr Cents. to 981, an d t h e L on; A nnuities 13 1.16 to 8. I But a limited bu s i ness h as b een done in the Foreign Stocks to.day, and any fluctuations that have taken place, were the result of precious operacon 3 . The Active Spanish bonds :tiled about previous rates to-day, 24,4 to 241 for money, sod to 2-1 i for the account. Portuguese New Five per Cents. touched 32 and 324, but at this advance there were scarcely any bar gains effected. Colombian Stock of 1824 was a little better, viz., 24 to 231, and Mexican of 1837 was marked to 28 Russian Bonds got up to 113 and 113.1 29 : 4 1 . rißiwelog.iaannci per Cents. were firm at 98i, and Dutch s b s rc h u u g o l y tt a s n ( t ) ? . and prices ‘ had a 19g :premium . mium Brighton Half to decline. Great Western Railway left The -F: l ai ri.fe r t Cents.was l G sl iT ig a h t t 3 t o e l nd , eanned y South este,n at glo e were 5i discount. THE NEW ROYA . L E t XCi n i e AN c G d E ifie T h.c— may he h: slid to of the erect i on of hii w to havc. , taken place, tr , ', on Monday morningib,ratthe unda ser fo en,t e_ workmen c om m e nced hyiing the concrete , .„ in a 'orrre czcavatrl spot aejaccne to uornont. . 1 e Cone retc, Which is chicily river b.:llast and ground lirnt, will be 5 f eet deep at an excAvnt i on of 19 feet, and the whole bed, when emnpletcd, wdi an area of . 170 faet by :300 feet. The substratum is good, awl no fear can be entertainNl for the security of the - foUndation. There cw,reestee,e.6roil:c3;ccdpoienciTinhursday 66 labourers in laying the con cleans:ng bricks. 4round.flii,hl 7 , and 26 occupied in There are a 30 ' 120 teams employed in bringing in ballast. For some days pa3t, the reather has been Will s-I/ally cold, and' the -atnio7phere :ietrned heavily charged. Thursday mcrning, snow began to fall ; and, durir:g the 6y, there were several heavy 2howerp, with .every iudici non of a set storm.—Aberdeen Herati, Jan. 6. ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. At a meeting of the St. Saviour's and Christ Church; Southwark, Anti-Corn-law Association, hold Jan. 6,1841, Resolved unanimously,—That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Anti-Corn-law League for their strenuous, consistent, and uncompromising conduct in opposing the return of any Member for the borough of Walsall who would not pledge himself to support the total and imme diate repeal of the Corn-laws. Signed on behalf of, and by direction of, this meeting. J. QUINCE Y HARRIS, Chairman. MAIL TENDERS. The Post-office has recently issued Tenders for carrying the letter-bags in the London District Post. They differ from all previous Tenders in intimating a readiness to permit the carriage of the mail bags by conveyances of any description whatever, as well those taking passengers as those taking only parcels. It appears, also, that such conveyances whilst carry ing the bags are to enjoy the privileges of the mails, in being exempt from tolls, and having their conductors equipped in the Post-office uniform. No doubt such conveyances will be permitted to call themselves mails. These terms seem very well worth the attention of the respectable Proprietors of Omnibuses, which are punc tual in their journeys, but which the public at pre sent have no means of distinguishing from the slow and loitering Omnibuses. The insignia of the Mail, stamps the conveyance with the character of speed and punctuality, and the public prepossessions have long been enlisted on the side of Mail Coaches. The Post-office Tenders seem also to offer a good opportunity for establishing single horse carriages to carry two or three passengers and parcels requiring despatch besides the letters. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.) (From the Morning Chronicle.) The attempts of the Tory press to undervalue the import Lance of the intelligence received from China can excite no feeling but ridicule among those who remember their for mer efforts to magnify the very difficulties which they now affect to disparage. " A party of policemen despatched after a herd of pitiable runaways," is now the only simili tude which the Times can find for a war which, a few months ago, it designated in more sonorous language, as " an arduous contest with an empire of boundless popula tion and resources, in which Britain had been involved by the presumptuous rashness of an imbecile Administration." It is all very well for the Tories now to turn round and declare that success was easy and certain: their language was very different before the event. We have already had occasion to allude to Sir James Graham's highly wrought picture of the difficulties and dangers with which a British force would have to contend, in carrying on a war in such a distant and unknown quarter of the globe. Nor was the language of Sir R. Peel less emphatic. Do not conceal from vourselves," said the Right Hon. Baronet, in his seised; to the House on the memo fable occasion of Sir James Graham's motion, " do not conceal from yourselves the perilous nature of the conflict in which you are now engaged, a conflict which must ne cessarily be uncertain in its result." And in the conclu• sion of his elaborate harangue, he solemnly declared, " that the only consolation he could flee amidst the gloomy prospect of impending calamity, was thet fur aished by an appeal to the Almighty Disposer of events to avert the disasters and disgraces with which the nation was threatened, and which, in his deliberate opinion, were mainly attributable to the neglect and incapacity of its rulers." And now, when the " neglect and in capacity of its rulers" Lave carried the country to a triumphant termination of the difficulties which once appeared so formidable, what shall we think of the can dour which, in order to deprive political opponents of their just mced of praise, endeavours to represent the enterprise ,wbich has been attended with such glorious success, as of little more consequence than a street affray bet ween a party of policemen and a runaway mob ? Be it so, if the Tories like ; they cannot escape bon this dilemma. Either the war with China was at tended with difficulties which required the exercise of skill, judgment, vigour, and dscision, to bring it in such a short space of time to a favourable conclusion; or Sir Robert Peel and all the principal leaders of the Tory party made the most egregiously mistaken estimate of tle aspect and posture of affairs which ever exposed the incapacity of political pretenders. The announcement of signal suecesses in China appears a strange opportunity for reviving the old story, which we imagined ta r vents of the East had pieety well disposed of, of the misconduct cf Ministers in reducing the naval and military establishments of the coun try, and sacrificing its interests and honour to the narrow views of a mistaken economy. Syria cleared of an hostile army of 60,000 men in a few weeks; the famous fortress of Acre, which baffled the efforts of Napo leon, 'captured after a couple of hours' cannonade; the British fleet in the Mediterranean reinforced in the course of a single autumn to a strength which renders the idea of contesting our naval supremacy absolutely hopeless ; and at the very same time an expedition sent to the opposite extremity of the world, which dictates an honourable and advantageous peace to the Emperor of three hundred mil lions of men, at the gates of his capital : these are results which few, we imagine, except the writer of the Tinies, will con true into Hoots of the "inefficiency" of our w:.r.ilte establishments, and the "imbecility" of the Government by which they are created and directed. On the contrary, if we mistake not greatly, the country will see, in this accum ,, lation of for tunate events, a signal proof of the falseho o d o f th e accusations which have been so unsparingly hurled against the Ministry, of allowing the army and navy of Britain to fall into decay ; and, at the same time, a no less signal proof of the wisdom of the policy which refrained from lavishing the resources of the country in raising our esta blishments to a footing altogether uncalled for by the exigencies of the occasion. In estimating the degree of merit due to Ministers for the success which has attended their measures, it must not be forgotten that these suc cesses have been attained without imposing upon the coun try the sacrifices which uccessarily accompany extraor dinary efforts. No new taxes have been imposed —no new loans have been raised—the course of commerce and peace. ful industry has not been for a single moment disturbed, rod yet results have been obtained as important as any which in days gone by were purchased by the lavish ex penditure of blood and treasure. Surely it is an abuse of language to call " good fortune" the sagacity which discerned the true posture of difficult and cc impli cated affairs, and kept the naval and military establish ments of the country at the precise footing which rendered them sufficient to meet every event, an&yet entailed upon the country no unnecessary burden or expense. This is what the Tories sneer at as carrying on " little wars," We know that their passion is for a very different sort of war—a war diversified with a few Walcheren expeditions and Continental subsidies, and ending with a grand finale in the shape of eight hundred millions of debt, and a shower of titles and pensions on those who have been in strumental in crcaticg it. The country, however, has had enough of wars like these, and in the absence of any more Tory " great wars" with " little results'," will, we believe, feel pretty well satisfied with the Whig system, of "little wars" with" great results," (From the .iltorning Advertiser.) How the Tory Press, after all the evidence which has lately been laid before it of the success of the existing Go vernment in all its foreign relations, can by possibility lay the flattering unction to its soul of being able to substAute a Tory for a Liberal Government, it is impossible to com prehend, upon any other principle than that of such an in sane rage for office as to blind it to the most self-evident truths ; for if facts be any test of the folly or wisdom of counsel, facts must now speak trumpet-tongued in favour of the Melbourne Cabinet. If the result of a measure be the perfect attainment of every one of the objects in view, what higher gratification can the Government have for the policy by which they sought to vindicate the honour and interests of the country, than the news re ceived from India and China ? Granted that the means of forming a correct opinion of the resources and power of the Chinese empire were to a certain extent imperfect, does it say nothing for the sagacity of the Government that formed a better opinion of them than the Tories, and that they planned and executed with success what the lat ter deemed to be hopeless ? Does it say nothing for it that while the Tories, blinded by faction, and careless of all the moral bearings of the case, insisted upon a "base, dishonourable, vile submission" to the inflated and insolent Asiatics, the Government, on the contrary, contended that the time had arrived for settling upon a safe and honourable basis our future relations with them ? Had the Tories suc ceeded in their attempt to eject the Ministry on this ques tion, their policy, judging from their speeches, would have been to have shuffled ingloriously out of the dilemma with, perhaps, the sacrifice of the two millions of pro perty confiscated by the Chinese. Instead of advancing our power against the walls of Pekin, we should have had, according to the Duke of Wellington's memoran dum, the melancholy spectacle of a couple of supercargoes sent out to bring things back to their former bearing, backed by a " stout frigate" making periodical visits to a port seventy miles distant from Canton. The moral effect of such a policy, both upon the Chinese themselves and upon the natives of India, at the time in question suffici ently unruly, may be easily guessed at ;—insurrection and rebellion against our supremacy in the East would have spread far and wide AfFghanistan would have been lost to us—the Burmese have protested against our dominion, and Nepaul have poured forth her millions of brave inhabitants upon the fertile plains of India ; but mark how the scone is changed ! India is tran quil from east to west, and from north to south— Dust Mahomed, notwithstanding the predictions of Sir It. Peel on the 'musing of a vote of thanks to Lord Keene, has surrendered all his hopes and expectations : and, finally, everywhere has th e G overnment succee d e d e i t h er in placing our foreign relations upon a secure footing, or advancing them to a full expectation of early and satis factory settlement. Our " little wars," if little they are to be termed, have succeedrd better than European con flagration, in est a bli s hi ng t h e const i tut i ona l thrones o f Spain a , id Portugal—the integrity of the Turkish empire —and our maritime and commercial interests;—and all these achievements have been accomplished at the expen , .e of the enemy, or without any great additional tarnition, It is not long since the Tory press resounded with daily diatribes Against the cowardly supineness of the Whigs, and their visible neglect of the surest defences of the country. We fancy, however, that we shall hear no more either of its supineness or its imbecility, after the events of the last few monthS in Syria, and the last ac counts froth China. To return, however, to the point nom which we act out—sec ask- again, with what face can the Tories attempt to turn out the men who have thus guided the helm of the State through ao many dangers and difficulties? Let 'them do so, if they think'proper, and the nation will then be able to judge whether their motives arc factious cr patriotic. I: knows how directly contrary to its present good fortune would have been the result had tire Tories been in power—it knows that we should have failed in every= of the objects in I,4pb we have sec- , ceeded, had the views of Sir Robert Peel been acted upon instead of those which have directed the policy of the existing Administration. FROM THY DAILY PAPERS or YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) It is a settled thing that we never shall hear the last of Lord Cardigan. If his Lordship should ever be raised a step in the Peerage by some Ministry more ca pable than a Whig one of discerning his merits in her Majesty's service, he should certainly assume the title of Marquis of Carabas ; as that is the only title that ever was more in men's mouths than his own Chapeau bas 1 chapeau bas 1 Gloire au Marquis de Carabas 1 The addition of Baron Blackbottle would complete the euphony of his new honours ; and eternise the fame of exploits which have already pushed Guy Fawkes from his stool, and superseded every staler incident in the stock of pantomime. Attila was chronicled as the Scourge of God; and assuredly Lord Cardigan, though by somewhat another construction, may be designed the Scourge of the Horse Guards, no less than the 11 th Hussars. There is no existing in the service, either above or below him. Earth cannot bear two suns ; nor can the army well bear one Cardigan. He has the fame of cashiering Commanders-in-Chief as surely as subal terns. Whatever comes in contact with him is a mere black bottle to brass ! Ills robur et ws triplex circa pectus. He doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs ; and peep about To find ourselves disbonourable graves." There is however, a tide .in th e a ff a i rs o f men ; and there are some i ndicat ions of the tide turning against the unchallengeable and unpunishable Earl who commands the 11th Hussars. The public are aware that some delay has occurred i n no ti c i ng the resignation sent in by Captain J. W. (black-bottle) Reynolds. We should like, merely for curiosity, to know whether it is the fact that Captain Reynolds has been sent for to the Horse Guards, earnestly requested, and offered his own terms, to withdraw his resignation ? It is the f ac t t h a t, a f ter a ll his applications to Lord Cardigan for the shortest leave of absence, to pursue professional studies, had been refused, he now obtains, as the condition of withdraw ing his resignation, the longest leave of absence he thinks proper to stipulate for, with the understanding that he is never again to be required to serve under Lord Cardigan? Perhaps the Post, wha plays Puss in Boots to the fame of the future Marquis of Cambay, can en lighten us as to these points, after due advice from head qua; ters. - (From the Standard.) The Globe on Wednesday promised some severe animadversions upon our " credulity," " extrava gance," " disreputable conduct," " folly, and falsehood," in stating, upon the authority of our Liverpool correspondent, that " Frost had been -par. Boned, and appointed •to a respectable clerkship in the colony" of New South Wales—our Contemporary, at the same time " gave the most absolute and comprehensive contradiction to all and each of the statements" of our Correspondent's communication, which it was pleased to call " this fabricated letter." The chastisement of the Standard, and the proofs supporting the most absolute and comprehensive contradiction" were threatened for Thursday (yesterday), but on looking very carefully through last night's Globe we cannot find one word in redemption of the promise. The plea of " pres sure of matter" too cannot be offered as to the omis sion—for the number was in this tespect what is called technically a " thin number," made up of four or five leaded articles, the most of them relating to matters of secondary interest, letters upon speculative subjects, literary reviews, &e. It is possible, though not pro bable, that the Globe conceives its pledge to have been redeemed by the commentaries upon its threat given in yesterday's Morning Post ; but though we who are compelled to a con4tant observation of the conduct of newspapers, cenect doubt that the most intimate understanding subsists between the Whig- Rl dical Globe and the mock Conservative Morning Post, still the friendship or rather identity of the two con cerns is not so well known to the public that the service of the illornigg Post can be taken in satisfaction of the promise of the Globe. We, therefore, conclude that the Globe last night said nothing, because it had nothing to say, in fulfilment of its rather violent and very rash promise of the night before, The now ascertained fact, that Frost has been appointed immediately upon his land ing to a respectable clerkship in the colony of New South Wales, settles the question of "an absolute and comprehensive contradiction of all and each of our correspondent's statements :" such a contradic tion must be clearly unfounded ; but we think that the fact referred to settles the whole question, proves that Frost has been laoth pardoned and rewarded, and, if Sir John Franklyn be not a downright idiot, pardoned and rewarded in consequence of an arrangement made at home. • CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (OLD CO UR T.) (Before Mr. Justice MA ULE. ) James Stevens, a Post-office letter-carrier, was charged upon two indictments, with robbery, while employed in that capacity, at the General Post-office. Mr. SHEPIIARD and Mr. ADOLPHUS conducted the pro secution. Mr. PHILLIPS and Mr. CLARKSUN defended the prisoner. The first charge was that of stealing a 51. note, from a letter, and the second was for stealing a gold medal, also in a letter. The facts of both the cases have been fully given within the last few days, and it will therefore be unnecessary to repeat them. The prisoner was acquitted upon both charges. William Summer, 40, was indicted for s t ea li ng a quan tity of copper, the property of th e M ister and Assistants of t Ro Copper and Zinc Comp any . Mr. CLARKSON conducted the prosecution, and Mr. BALLANTINE the defence. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutors have a warehouse in the CJty of London, and they have mines at Swansea, and an catablisnmerit at flarefield, in Middle sex, where the metal is , manufactured. Th e course of business was to t-aria . rint tne metal t o L ondon, and- it was then sent to Brenttord by the ri ver , and from thence to Captain li'rci lid of one 'inb of thesearges on theage earand. The priso ner was t h e he took advantage of his corm, ction with the establishment at Harcfield, to ab stract a large quantity of copper, in which act he WC 3 ' t a good assi, , ted by a young man , named Bi gna ll , who was com mitted for trial with the prisoner, but wh o was subsequently admitted as a witness in support of the p rosecut i on. Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the Jury f or t h e pr i soner, and c character j forhonesty a witnessesral general propriety ro rphr o gave Mr. Justice MAULE haying add resse d the Jury, they re- al l se v eyf conduct. hire re turned a verdict of guilty, but at the same time recom mended the prisoner to mercy lon account of his previous good character. The prisoner was sentenced to he imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen calendar months. Mr. CLARKSON stated that there were other indictments against the prisoner and another person, who was not yet in custody, and aho was charged with feloniously receiv ing the property that had been st o l en b y Summer. The witness Bignal would give material evidence on the pro. secution of that indictment, and he h a d to pray t h at h e should be kept in custody until the next session. The COURT ordered that Bignal should be kept in cus tody until next sessions, unless h e f ound sureties for his appearance to give evidence. ( Before the RECORDER.) John Wingfield, 22, and William Kennedy, 24, the two young men who were convicted on Wednesday evening, the former for robbing his employer, Mr. Simpson, a silk mercer in Regent-street, and the latter for receiving the property, knowing it to have been stolen, were again I charged upon another indictment, Wingfield with robbing his employers, Messrs. Hepwell and Goodgames, silk mercers, of gloves, cloth, silk, and other articles ; and Kennedy for feloniously receiving the property. The pri soner Wingfield pleaded guilty, but Kennedy abided his trial. Mr. C. JONES appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. PHILLIPS for the defence. 1 The evidence exhibited a most extensive and impudent system of robbery carried on by the defendants. Wing field, it appeared, obtained a situation with the prosecu tors, who have extensive establishments at Polton, in Bed fordshire, and St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, as a shopman, and it seemed that, from the moment of his entering the situation until he left it, he robbed his employers of pro perty of all descriptions, which was immediately packed off to the other prisoner i n L on d on , w h e re it was disposed o f by him. Wingfield remained in the service until the 17th of December, when Mr. Shrosberry went from home on business : and di rect l y h e w as gone, Wingfield told another shopman that t h e country was tco dull for him, and he should leave; a n d, w i t h ou t giving any notice, he packed up his things and left the place. Mr. Shrosa berry returned in a day or two, and the sudden disappear ance of Wingfield created some suspicion, and an exami nation of the stock took place, when it was found that a quantity of property h a d b een sto l e n. The prosecutors proceeded to London, w h ere i t was aseerte.ined that Ken nedy and Wingfield b a d b een lodg i ng at a house in John street, Blackfriars-r oa d, w h ere a b ox wa s found, in which were a number of l e tt ers in Wirgfield's writing , addressed to Kennedy. Thes e letters 6arty showed the conspiracy to plunder which exi s t e d b etween the. prisoners. The ob ject of the prisoner s , i n di spos i ng o f t he property in Lon don, appeared to be to avoid a chance or the stolen articles being traced, anl eernest iejanctions were given in all the letters wr i tten b y each o f t h e prisoners to the other, to destroy his ktters: an injunction w hich, fortu nately for the end s of justice, they b o th disregarded, arlit -... this led to the apprehension of the prisoner Kennedy, and to the ultimate conviction of bath. Mr. PHILLIPS addressed the jury, and said that, after the facts which had been disclosed in e vidence, it would be hopeless h e f f o o r r e h i t rn h i i t ot transaction. therefore leave the nrisoner in the -hands.of the dory and The RECORDER summed up, the Court. There was no reason to. doubt tint ti,e pri soner,es:tineptitotno. cbournr:aat good them, h a:: and e t i .s : e r must that fact would, no doubt, have its due weight with the Court. prisoner Guilty. . . There were oth er indictments o gainst the same priseners of a simila r c h aracter, but the Court intimated that it was a nd the Jury found the unnecessary to proceed with them. The prisoner s were then called up , f or j u dgment, an d the Recorder, a f ter commenting upon the eno rmity and the the utter heartl essness of the system of plun d er t h a t Wing field bad been carrying on upon his employers , sentenced both the prisoner s to b e traaaported for fOttliCeti years. Mr. JONES then addressed the Court, and said, that the prosecutors in this case had been kept in London at a very great expense, and he hoped the Court would think that under the peculiar circumstances of the case, the most liberal scale of allowance in the shape of expenses should be given to them. The RECORDER saiai was a most proper prosecution, and he did certainly think that the prosecutors ought to ho allowed liberal expenses. It was a case of the very greatest importance, not only t o p ersons i n trade, but to the public in general, and it was very essential to the interests of justice, that persons who could be ca pable of carrying out such a system of fraud and plunder upon their employers, should be prosecuted to convic tion. It was a melancholy case, but it afforded another instance to those already, unhappily so very numerous, that education—mere intellectual education without a moral and religious one, had very little hold upon the human mind. Both the prisoners were genteel.looking young men, and it was stated that the relations of Wingfield are highly respectable, and that at the death of one of them he would be entitled to the sum of twenty thousand pounds. Charles Beddle, alias Preddle, aged 24, was convicted of a burglary, and stealing several: pairs of shoes, and was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, for one year. A man named Walker, who was tried with the prisoner was acquitted. This case concluded the business of the Session, and the Court adjourned to Monday, Feb. I. SENTENCES ON THE PRISONERS. The Session having terminated yesterday, we subjoin the principal sentences passed upon the prisoners. Transported for Seven Years—Thomas Williams, Frederick Dunbar, Thomas Andrews, John Jones, alias Burnham, Patrick Norey, Mary Ann Marsh, William Hut ton, William Hutchinson, Sophia Cooper, Thomas King, Daniel Dalton, Mary Sullivan, Peter Gann, John Smyth, John Brown, John Morton, George Brandon, John Oakley. For Ten Years—William Miller, John Froter, William Needham. For Fourteen Years—Martha Williams, Thomas Spink man. IMPRISONMENT AND HARD LAROVR. For Two Years—J. Smith. For Eighteen Months—Joseph Powell. For One Year—Henry Dickens, James Cann, Mary Lanbeth, Thomas S m ith, P eter B rown, Ellen M oriarty, Peter Collins. For Nine Months—Charlotte Kay. For Six Months —Caroline Hughes, Mary Ann Woods, Henry Frederick Powell, John Healey, Sarah Towers, John Stafford, William Parsons, alias Green, Henry Day, John Oxley, Ellen Day, Samuel Swift, Jahn O'Datt, Mary Murray, J. Harris. For Four Months—Philip Samway, William Harwood, Thomas Smith. For Three Months—Ellen Moriarty, sen., Patrick San tree, Ann Williams, Sarah Giles, Michael Hunter, Tho mas Harrison, Frederick John O'Chadlin, Charles Jones, John Smith, Joseph Matthews, Thomas Mixon, Samuel Jordan, Alfred King, Thomas King, William Jones, Johanna Connor, Patrick Mahoney, Daniel Donovan, J. Henry, John Allen, Eliza Davis. For Two Months—Samuel Clifton, Sophia Watts. For One Month—William Smith, Eliza Ferris, George Kirby, Richard Freeman, John Brown. For Three Weeks—J. Clark. SEWERS OF WESTMINSTER AND PART OF MIDDLESEX. The Commissioners of KwerA for the City . and Li berties of Westminster, held their Est ordinary meet ing for the present year, at their office, Greek -street, Soho, yesterday, at half-past twelve o'clock. T. L. DONALDSON, Esq., was in the Chair. The Court waited a considerable time in conse quence of there not being a sufficient number of Com• inissioners present to form a quorum. The account of the progress of the works in hand was read and signed by the Chairman. The cheques for the pay ment of the Officers' Salaries, amounting to 6531. 15s. were signed, and also the cheques for the Collector's r ounda g es. Mr. BIRD stated that he had tendered the Ges Company 1,6961. 13s. Id., which had been refused, in asmuch as the rule had been drawn up, for the pay ment of that sum and costs to the Gas Company. This was contrary to the decision of the Court, which had paid not one word about costs. The Clerk of the Court ; when the subject was mentioned to him, ac knowledged his error, end gave them a correct rule. This the pl,lintiffs refused to abide by. and stated that they would take the opinion of the Judge on it. To this of course they could not consent without applying to the Commissioners, and therefore the money ha not been paid. The SOLICITORS read their report on the question proposed to them as to the powers of the Court to alter the names of persons by the Jury as liable to be rated, which stated that they were of opinion that the Court, in cases where it was clear that such alteration was necessary for the purposes of preventing the doing an injustice, did possess such power, and that the duties of the Jury were distinct from those of the Commis sioners. The Juries presented the property liable to be rated, and the Court determined the amount of the rate ; and the Court, being a Court of Justice and Re cord, had a power, and were bound to administer jus tice to all parties ; and might, in proper cases, correct the presentment of the Jury. The Jury possessed only the power of inquiry ; they had no power to make rates ; that belonged exclusively to the Court. Mr. LESLIE said he totally dissented from the doc trines laid down in the report. He would move that it be printed, together with the repOrt of Messrs. Smith, of the 4th November last, and circulated among the Commissioners.—Agreed to. Various applications for new sewers were made and granted, and warrants granted for the payment of money for works done. Letters of thanks from the different parishes ; also from the Librarian of the British Museum, for the copy of the plans presented to them by the Commis sioners, were read. The CHAIRMAN stated that he had also sent a copy of the plans to the Prefect of the Seine, at Paris ; to the Commissionel of the Ponts et Chaussces of the same city, and also to the authorities in Berlin. Mr. WHITE suggested that a copy should also be sent to the Library of the House of Commons. , - J. Frisby, the proprietor of certain small cottages in Perrin's-place, was summoned for irregtilar drainage, and stated that what he had clone had been done through ignorance, and that if he had violated the regulations of the Court, he was very sorry for it. H av i n g heard what he had to say, he was ordered to withdraw, and the Chairman suggested that the authority of the Court had been sufficiently vindicated by bringing him before it, and that all that would be necessary would be that he should be warned as to his conduct for the future. The Court agreed to this suggestion, and he was called in and warned accordingly. Various appeals of no public interest were heard and decided. Shortly after two o'clock the Chairman retired, the election of Chairman for the ensuing year having been fixed to come on at two. Sir G. FARAANT was called to the chair pro tem. Mr. WHITE, in a neat speech, moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Donaldson for his services as Chairman during the past year, _ _ Mr. BEACH seconded the motion, which was put and carried nena. con. Mr. I'. H. JOHNSON moved that Mr. Donaldson be requested to take the chair for the ensuing year. Mr. WILLOUGHBY seconded the motion. Mr. LESLIE considered that no such motion could be entertained before three o'clock, according to the rules of the Court, which absolutely prevented any such motion being put before three o'clock, inasmuch as it was perfectly competent to any Commissioner before three o'clock to propose any other person for Chairman. He apprehended there was no occasion for any motion for the re-election, inasmuch as the rule stated, that if no new Chairman were proposed before three o'clock, the old one should be considered as Chairman for the ensuing year. Air. - ADEY considered it quite clear that no person could be declared elected as Chairman before three o'clock. Mr. LESLIE said that at some future occasion it might be requisite to consider whether they ought not to have some men of very high legal attainment in the chair. He did not mean that as any objection to Mr. Donaldson, nor had he at present any intention of op posing that gentleman. He thought it was undesirable Mr. Donaldson should have quitted the chair at all, and had he had any objections to state to that gen• tleman's re-election, he would much rather make them in his presence than in his absence. Sir G. I' ARRANT considered the rule badly worded, and hoped it would be altered. Mr. Hawims considered the rule an excellent one, and hoped it would not be altered. He thought there was no necessity for the Chairman leaving the chair before three o'clock. Mr. LESLIE said he could see no reason why the business of the Court could not go on until three o'clock, with Sir George Farrant in the chair. Mr. MuLLINs wished to ask the Clerk whether any circulars, other than the usual ones, had been ever sent out to certain of the Commissioners, and not to others? Mr. ADEY thought . the Clerk ought not to answer the question. Sir G. FARIIANT could not put the question, ac it bad no reference to the business before the Court. Mr. FRANCE wished to know'who had received the letters ? Mr. MULLINS-Mr. France has, as I have been told. Mr. LESLIE thought that it was very wrong for any one to interfere between an ctlicer of the Court 2:;:l a Conanissioncr. He (Mr. would ask the question of the Clerk. Mr. ADEY objected to Mr. Leslie attempting to put a question to the Clerk which the Chairman had re fused to put. It was an insult to the Chairman. ...„ Mr. HAWKES corsidered it very wrong to interfere to prevent the Clerk answering. S G. FARRANT would put the question in his own way• Do you, or not, send out the regular notices to al! the Commissioners Mr. LEsLIE - ;;;;gia(1 the ice was broken, for Sir Gorse Earant's quostion had no more to do with the husintls now before the Court anti Mr. Mullins'. Mr. BEACH considered that as Mr. Mullins had only asked his question upon hearsay, it ought not to be answered. Sir GEORGE FAREANT.--Mr. Mullins do you accuse the Clerk. Mr. MULLlNS—Certainly not, I ask for information. Mr. LESLIE said, that the moment the Chairman was appointed he should ask the question of him. Ii it were answered No, there would be an end of it ; if Yes, an inquiry ought to be instituted. It would be putting a Commissioner in an invidious situation to propose him as Chairman, and if he were to do so, he should do it merely for delay, but he considered it disgraceful that such a fence should be attempted to be thrown round the Clerk. Mr. ADEY would, if he were Chairman, refuse to answer. Mr. LESLIE wished Mr. Mullins would speak out. Mr. MULLINS said that he had been informed that if the question were put an answer would be returned in the affirmative. It they wanted evidence he would summon up all the Clerks, and ask them if such no tices hnd been issued. It was announced that three o'clock had arrived ; and the motion for the re-election of Mr. Donaldson was then put and seconded. On Mr. DONALDSON entering the room, Sir GEORGE FARRANT communicated to him the vote of thanks which had been passed, and announced to him his re-election. Mr. DONALDSON, on resuming the chair, acknow ledged the compliment which had been paid him, end returned thanks for his re-election. Mr. LESLIE said it had been reported that Mr. Herts let, the clerk, had been in the habit of sending private letters to certain members of the Court. He gave no tice that at the next Court he should ask whether the Clerk had sent out circulars to select members. The CHAIRMAN would rather answer the question at once. When he knew there was important business coming on he wasin the habit of sending to the Com missioners to whom he could send, being his private friends, requesting them to come early to form the Court. On this day he could not do so, and the consequence had been, that they had had to wait. Mr. MULLINS thought the answer satisfactory. Mr. LESLIE could not but admire the plain, straight forward way in which the Chairman tad answered the question, but he thought the practice objectionable. He always came to his time, and not for the purpose of particular motions. He regretted the course which had been adopted, and hoped it would not be continued, as it was liable to abuse. Mr. ADEY always attended to defeat vexatious mo- tions brought forward, rather for public notice than public good. GOD. ALEXANDER believed the Chairman's objcct solely to he to ensure an early attendance. Sir GEo. FARRANT - said letters were constantly written to seenre attendance in the House of Commons. Mr. LESLIE would ask if such letters were issued by the Speaker and the Clerk of the Hopse The CHAIRMAN would take care that for the future the notices should not be issued by the Clerk of the Court but by his own clerks. Mr. LESLIE would, had such an avowal been made an boor ago, have opposed his re-election. Mr. FRANCE would have answered Mr. Muilins's question, had he not understood that that gentleman proceeded on anon3imous information. The CHAIRMAN interfered to order, and called cn the Court to proceed with the regular business. A communication from the Marquis of Normanby, relating to the sewers in the neighbourhood of Buck ingham Palace, was read, and ordered to be referred to the surveyors. Various notices of intended sewers were read. Mr. LESLIE—With reference to the motion of which he had given notice, he wished to ask Mr. flcrtslet whe, ther any such private notice had been sent out fiir to-day The CLERK --None, Sir. Mr. LESLIE —The❑ I withdraw my notice of motion. A letter was received from a person who had sus twined injury in consequence of his fan] , into a sewer h► Chelsea, which was left in an unfenced state. T 1 attention of the p,hochial authorities had been called to the subject, and they had undertaken to do what was necessary. Mr. Coinbes, the individual in question, was called in, and described the nature of the accident, and was in formed by the Chairmain that the parochial authorities had had their attention called to the subject. Mr. FULLER reported that he had examined the books of accounts, and found them correct. They were thereupon ordered to be signed by the Chairman in the usual manner. The account of Commissioners' wages was laid on the table. Mr. LESLIE said that some received the wages, and some did nor. Now he thought that it ought to appear in the ledger. The CLERK said that they would be obliged to open 150 new accounts in the ledger. At present they had one account of Commissioners' wages in the ledger, and the particulars appeared in a subsidiary book. Mr. LESLIE—There was an item of 2541. 4s. for general attendance. Was that for the whole ? Toe CLERK—Yes. Mr. LESLIE—Then you have received my wages- Suppose Ido not receivt. them. They were received by you. and applied to the others' dinners.—(Loud cries of Oh, oh.") The CLERK—The account was debited with it, but the money was not drawn. I have not received the money. Mr. LESLIE—There is a balance of 701. for attend ance, which you have carried forward. You have re ceived that, and therefore you have received my wages. The CHARAIAN—Mr. Hertslet you must say yea or nay. Have have you received Mr. Leslie's wages. The CLERK—No, Sir. Mr. LELSIE—The balance on the account is 701., and having received that, Mr. Hertslet has received my wages. I will appeal to Mr. Fuller, who has exa mined the accounts. Mr. FULLER—It is in the nature of unclaimed divi dends. Captain PAYNE said that Mr. Leslie had confused himself with the accounts, and now wished to get out of the mire by appealing to Mr. Fuller. The CHAIRMAN said that the book which he held in his hand explained the real state of the accounts, and that, if the Commissioner wanted his wages, he could draw them at any time. Mr. LESLIE—Then you have charged my wages against the public, ever since I have been a Commissioner. The CLERK—I am obliged to do so. The rule is, that the Clerk shall charge the Commissioners' wages, and retain it until the Commissioners, in writing, shall direct what is to be done with it. Mr. LESLIE—Then the fact is, that the Clerk has received my wages. The CHAIRMAN—It is retained as a balance, which cannot be applied to any other purpose ; and he must show to the Court your receipt, to discharge him. General ALEXANDER—The Commissioner's com plaint is that the Clerk has it instead of the rates. Now he can, if he lik es , or d er th e Cl er k to pay it to the rates. Mr. LESLIE would do so, and would advise the Clerk to apply it to that purpose. He should like to 'see the account closed every year, and those who had received the money should give a proper account for it. The CLERIC—I can give Mr. Leslie his wages from December, 1837. I will have a regular account made out. Mr. LESLIE—Arid when I receive it, at the next Court I will give you an order to pay it to the Western Division of Rates. Various tradesmen's bills were ordered to be paid. Certain bills of various expenses were laid on the table. Mr. LESLIE said that 4m. a day, their wages, was to pay all Their expenses. Now, they had gone to ex penses for views.l The CHAIRMAN said they must have a room. Mr. LESLIE—You must pay for it out of your wages. If you are determined to have your 4s. you must have it, but I will endeavour to prevent your having Bs. He objected to these accounts being kept open, and ba lances carried forward. They ought to be closed. The CLERK said he was obliged to have a balance on hand, or else to advance money out of pocket. Mr. LESLIE should like to trace one rate in order, if possible, to ascertain what had been done with the money. Was it the cash balance with the western division up to Dec. 1840, 5,0001. in favour of the west ern division. The CLERK—Yes, Sir. Mr. LESLIE—And you had the money fro:n us in 1838. It is a notorious fact, that our money is lent to other districts. The CHAIRMAN—And before that period other dis tricts had lent money to that one. There being no other business before the Coart, i broke up shortly after five o'clock. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London Neu Price Current of January 8. ) SuoAa.—The British Plantation Sugar Market has presented a firm aspect this week. The prices paid are 13 above those current previous to the holidays for yellers, and 6,1 to is for gray and brown descriptions. Berbice of low brown quality has been sold at 703; Trinidad rather better, 71s ; Demerara low middling gray, 733 to 743; Grenada, Jamaica, and St. Kitt's middling and good mid dling yellow 75s to 78s ; Antigua good middling 79s to 803, fine 82s to 823 6d. To-day there was less demand, and only a limited business was done either for grocery or refining, purposes, the prices accepted were in severe' in. stances 6d under those of yesterday; good yellow Deme rara was sold at 755, and mid 74s per cwt. iiEFINED.—For Refined goods this week, prices have improved Is per cwt. Standard lumps at 92s 61 to 93s ; Tittlers good 93s to 95e, fine 96s to 983; llamburg lenses good and fine 94s to 98s, low brown lumps 88s to 89i, goad and fine 903 to 924 per cwt. Treacle, coninaen, et 36s to 36s ; Patent 393 to 40s ; best old make and golden syrup 41s to 42s per cwt. ; Ba s t ar d s good and fine 60a to 693, low middling 523 to 57s ; for Piec es pr i ces have again advanced a trifle, good and fine qualities 79s to 85s, low and middling 75s to 783. Bonded Crushed Sugar, done rather at lower salts, 32s 61 to 32s 9d for first quality. Loaves at 36s 61 to 37s for 14, and 10 lbs at 37s 6d to 38s ; Treacle at 153; for Bastards and Pieces pr i ces rema in low—..viz., at 16s to 255; Dutch Crushed - Sugar on board in Holland is held for 31s. To-'ay for Refined goods for home use, prices were firm. Bonded, Crushed at 32s 6d per cwt. MA URITIUS.—There has been an increased desire evinced on the part of the trade to purchase, and by private con tract several parcels have been disposed of at rather higher rates; coloury sorts are still the most in request. This afternoon trade were less disposed to do business, and at a public sale of 2,505 bags prices gave way 6cl to is per cwt ; the whole was however sold, fine strong yellow at 81s to 81s 6d, good middling and good 77s 6d to 80s, low middling and middling 72s 6d to 77s per cwt. EAST INDlA.—Bengal is above former rates, fine white at 85s 6d, good 83s 6d, middling 82s 6d, damps aad washed 81s 6d to 85s 6d ; Siam at 24s 6d to 253 for low, and 255 6d to 28s for middling and fine white. FOREIGN.—YeIIow Havannah is held firmly, 23s 6d has been offered for fair average parcels, a floating cargo at 23s 61 to be delivered at Amsterdam. For some small parcels of Porto Rico 23s a 23s 6d have been paid for good yellow. MOLASSES.—For West India holders have displayed more firmness at rather higher rates. Dominica at 30s for ordinary, and fine Antigua at 38a per cwt. COFFHE.—This afternoon the home consumption mar.; ket was quiet, but prices underwent no change ; but feW parcels are pressing for sale. For Foreign the demand was limited, but prices were firm. At public sale 31, bags Rio were taken in at 42s for good ord, being above the value ; the damaged has been sold at 404 to 415 6tl per cwt. COCOA.—For British Plantation there has been leas de mand, and holders having supplied the market freely have, depressed prices is to 2s. Trinidad at 53a to 585 for mid dling and tine red, and fair grey at 485 to 49s : Foreign is held firmly. TEA.—The accounts received from China, stating that the Chinese Government were inclined to come to terms with the English, and have agre e d t o p a y 2,000 , 000/ . for' the loss of the Opium, and 1,000,000/. for the expenses incurred by the war, have produced extreme heaviness in the market, and price, declined considerably for Come; pany's Congou; on Tuesday they closed at 2s lid to, 2s lid cash; on Wednesday fell to is 61 to is bid; yes.' terday morning they rallied to is aid, but declined to Is 7,ed at the close of the de; with a very heavy market. Free Trade has been scarcely asked for, and prices must now be regarded as nominal, a few small parcels of com mon Congou for cash, how ever , h ave b een di spose d o f a e is 7d to is 7id per ib, but in the present state of affairs, buyers as well as sellers do not know how to act, for even at those rates it would be impossible to dispose of a largo quantity; the reduction in prices since this day weep: amounts to 64d to 7d per lb. Nu public sale is yet dared. To-clay the market for Free Trade was in a veer dull state, and prices have still a downward tendency, bu; so limited were the transactions that it is difficult to giv! quotations with accuracy ; the nearest, however, for cone- , ruon Congou cash were is ti e ld to Is 7d, and is 7,1 cl to is ad, Is ad for blackish leaf, is 7id to is ad for common Twane kay ; Bohea Canton, duty paid, 3s ad, and even thereat. there were not buyers of any quantity. The speculative market closed heavily at Is 7d for Company's Congoue caeh. TALLOW. --This afternoon there was only a limited ete. mond for Russian Taflow, and the nearest prices for P. Y.C. were 46s 61 to 46s 93 on Liic spot, aid 47s for delivery. At auction 93 casks Monte Video sold at 41% 3d to 45s 6d frr mid and good quality. RUM, BRANDY, AND BOLL NDS. —There has been brisk demand for Jamaica Rum, particularly foe good and fine sorts, and prices have improved Id per gallon ; the sales this week have amounted to 350 puns, 30 to 32 per cent overproof at Us to 66 33 to 34 aver 60 3d to sd, 35 to 38 over 6s 61 to 6.3 9d, stionger and favourite marks 7s to 7s 31. In Lcc ,, vords a fair business bi% been transacted at full former rates; the sales amount to 250 .puns, proofs to 5 pr cent. over at 2., 9d, to 23. lid, 8 to 10 over 3s to 3s ld, 12 to 15 over 3s 21 to 3 3 3i, 16 to 20 over 33 41 to 33 51. 01 Demerara 120 punk have been sold, 30 to 34 par cent over proof, at 5s 4d to 5s tip 36 to 39 over 5s 71 to 5; 91. Priees are finner for East India, and 200 hhds Calcutta have been sold at 2s 2d. proof strength, and a :stall parcel 26 over proof at 2' Bd fue importations have been less than last year ; the stook.! however is larger. The importation from the East was 468 puns and 836 hhds last year—the y ear b e fore only 99 puns and 312 bads—in the year 1837 only 81) tibias. Then.. are few buyers of Brandy either fur home use or expo: awl prices have a downward t.ntiticy for new descriptions; but old sorts are held firmly; we quote - Cognac, hrst brands of the vintage of 1836, 5s 21 in IMO .;ad 5s in puns; ditto 1837, ilLis ss, pun.. 43 lOU ; ditty 1838, libels 4s 101, puns 4s 8d ; ditto 1839, duds 4s 83, puns 43 ; ditto 1840, odds 33 91, puns 3s 7d. Geneve has solo slowly ter expo t at Is lld to 2s; for aunts small parcels fur home use 2s 4d to 2s 6.1 have been paid fur tine quality. British Corn Spirits have been in better • request at lOs cash. 01Ls.—There has been only a limited demand for common descriptions of Fish o:is this week, and in' same cases rather lower rates have been submitted to for pale Seal and Cod, the former Eeiling at 331 106, OA latter 27/ lOs ; Southern at 27/ to 30/ for middling al' a fine quality. For Sperm prices no hot give way. Li t " seed Oil en the spot at 276 9d to 28s. Rape at 46s for Pale and 45s for Brown. Olive Oil 601 for Spaiiisn, a° Gal to 661 for Gallipoli. East India Cocoa Nut oa the deLline, SPICES.—This afternoon 50 chests Cassia Lignea at public sale fetciled 80s for very coarse quality 1056 Packed. The Cinnamon sales are fia.tl for the 25ta ; only 250 bales are at present declared. FRUIT has been in fair request since the holieap, and a considerable portion of business done in some kinds; of Turkey Figs the stock is large, and a great port° bt , ing, of inferior q ua lity t h e i mporters have pressed , at the toweit priceE. PRIUE The h•ghes r. e he A .t:oroi.s is 934 J for the L ID Loaf. Good Bread may be had at 7;0. PP.IL ES OF SEEDS. Per Cwt. New B ,g 1 sh 11, Clover...sos 80s St. Foin —s_— .....Vi L e l Old . it:. Dino —s —s —s Rye Gass, New Foreign Ditto s 50 8 75 s P acey G rass • 01 i Di to Dian —s —s —s Linseed, f or f ee di ng ...—s 48 s 50 e ,„. New White Clover 45s 50s 608 Dit,o, fel sowing —s 60 , Old Di.t., Dittt.... ...... —s —s —s Ditto, for crushi,g .„,--s 42s 46° •ew Tre oil .... —s '.Ss 40s Hem: , —s 364 42 ' Old I itto —s 208 30s Canary — s 603 900 Tr folium —s 48s 70s Per B.,shel. 0 , E ,glish Carraway — s 50 s s:l s White Mu5t..rd.....4s Od to 11 5 n d Foreign Ditto —, 46s 488 Brown Ditto 16 3 Od t o 19t v., Coriander .... —s 12s 16s,Tares Per Quarter PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil. brown, per ton Oita), refined Linseed Oil 2B 10 Line ed Oil Cake at al.; Mill (per IOW) l4 0 Rape , ake, per to.l PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. ~ 0 Town Tallow £2 13 , Melting Stuff' £1 I . - . 6 Yellow Russi , White o 0 c Graves PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of filbs, Price of Tallow (as stated by the, Tallow Melters) ........ . 2s. lix,d, COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market-day; W. 3. d. I A Cal r's Playdon Main lB 6 Fuddle's West Hartley l9 6 Garestie'd Hebburn Main... ........... I Leaze's Main l7 6 Smith's Pontop l9 Tantield Moor. 23 Wylam 2O 3 Walls E d Bewieke and 24 0 Walls End Brown's 22 o Walls End Hilda 23 Walls End Killingworth 3 0 Walls End Belmont W.E. BraddylPsHetton 25 6 ~ Walls End Fledley 23 6 Walls End Hetton 23 9 Walls End Lambtoa 0 6 Walls End Stewart's ni 6 9 Walls End Car a d oc 45 Tennant's Hart!epool... 2 41 g 0 Walls End tarrington Tees 7 4 1 Walls End South Durham . " cs ails End Seymour Toes Wal s End Tees Walls End Tees Hetton 91 5 Walls End West Hetton Anthracite tA3 . Llangennech Coal Mithley Y CORN 111 A-R COTJNT ETS, Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Bean 9. rea oe. Per Quarter.! s. to 8. 8. to s. 8. to 8. 8., to q, S. 4 6 Abingdon 54 ( s 20 40 <R34 44 53 44 Andover 54 60 33 41 t 6 34 Banbnry 53 60 2 7 31 24 29 4 9 Basi stoke 134 27 38 26 3 48 53 42 Cirenc-ster 52 64 24 26 29 32 40 42 .-- Coventry — 3 5 9.6 35 46 40 Jiaventry Derby O3 6tl :30 to 24, 31 48 50 -- Howden — 72 24 40 42 Hungerford 50 6a 32. 53 23 33 44 52 39 - . 0 . Malton Nottingham 51 67 23 :IC :44 :32 47 t 0 -- .„,-- Wantage 63 80 34 40 26 32 36 46 Warwick 34 40 29 38 Winchester -- 70 36 29 43 York 6O 30 46 28 30 Per Bushel s. d. 8. d. 8. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.' s. d, s, d . s. d. $' Birmingham 70 79 3 9 53 4• 49 ; 5 6 g 8 6 6 „ CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) Wheat. Barley. I Oats..../ a. d. to s. d. I. d. to a. d. a . d . to '•, ,„ i Truro.... ....... 0 71— 0 3 0 a 2 0 Helstene -, 9 9 --0 4 0 • „ 2 St. Austell 0 '7 5 0 36 0 " • Malmin 0 39 0 40— 0 $ :,I , keard 6 6 7 0 3• 3 G -- 0 ' 0 Launceston - 0 33 0 :3 0 Camel ford 6B 48 36 4t. 2 4 2 • Penzance _.. REGISTER STOVES, 3 ft. wide, 245. ; Poles for Window Curtains, ls. Bd. per foot. Register stay" Bd. per inch; elliptic stoves, 4d. per inch ; register Stev e with bright fr on t s , b r i g h t and black bars, bronzed ornamen t. ' Ioos. ; bras s p o l es f or window curtains, inch diarne! et. 4 Is. 3d. per foot ' • 2 inches, I s . Bd. ; a 2 inch pole, 3 fee' inches lo ng , with ends, rings, and brack.ts, complete, for 1 95 ;„ Catalogu es grat i s, containing the price •f every ar ticle h" ironmongery. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street%., 410a.tersaccsam.--. 13 . ef' On the 7th i ns t., the lady of IIITHS G. Laure, Esq., of }rano/ square, solicitor, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Wimbledon, the lady of J. Bright, f 54.1 M.D., of a daughter. On the 7th in3t., at Ludgate-street, Mrs. E. Ey)es, of a 1 4 . 1/ ' On the 7th i n .t., at Dartmouth -terrace, Blackheath, 16 " .° H. S. Law, of a son. On the Bth inst., at St. George's-place, Camberwell, 311* J. Browne, of a daughter. In Brunsw:ck-square, Brighton, the lady of E. . 7 Esq., llr of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 2d inst., at Ampthill, Mr. G. Coleby, to Fral l " c third daughter of G. Exton, Esq. On the 7th i ns t., at H ar li ngton Church, Middlesex, I.oll' Thom, Esq., of th e H on. E ast I ndia Company ' s home sersl to Emil y Barbara, f ourt h d aug h ter of C aptain R. Langslovro DIE On the 6th inst., Ann, the wife of .1. Richards, Esq' Eilgbaston, near Birmingham, aged 70. (In the 7th inst., in Cumberland-place, Regent s-Pa Arthur Francis, the infant child of the Hon. Sir E. linden On the 4th inst., at Waterloo-c o tt age , Kilb urn , Miss De r- On the 4th inst., J. Alontgomery, Esq., of Brentford-' On the sth inst., at Pancras, C. Newman, Esq., R-N• st. On the 7th inst., at St. Alban's-pl ace , CharlesTstreetook. James's, Captain Peter Le Mesurier, half-pay of the 1034 giment, and late of the 68th Light Infantry. 0 115 d ° London Printed and Published by MU , RDO YOMN A PI ?:0. 11'2, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Stror the county of Aliddesez..-Satuidor, Jammu 9? WI • ,- coNTR H IT the bNi~ i tA Nb d. p one; liTeri ng 111 her teutionet. CAI lAN PE FL) Eli SH( UN Sampl e tar be se o Tei Treaty, la for him,Ever ratty, and Nopanie( , 0 sam of EN lmanu L. 4 l4cc erm "ua, in 20 ..etioto —4 l to in b. " Art hur tmeh ard E J o h n rtnei s Joseph Wi th powi BAXrx R _ ST. 00LICITO AL ] 76, Tux( SIGH ivto opira Mei th i4uto n i %t in the di e§e t he c t ear A* With ac andle 7.ot,and 4.n. Bit er. Ald L _ P rePare fo Thee aec reey Ire* eta eacic hnidioe A Ti PE RT. dei Ravin ofte n * ora th *lett' c .4 " 8 , lidd ed 'bid '''bide kltied s t'e edy t4 'di c a worth N. n endez ryrtiti EVENING EDITION. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA Y. JANUARY 9, 1841. EVENING EDITION'