The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-22 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION UPPER CALIFORNIA AND THE OREGON TERRITORY. (From the New York Journal of Commerce.) We have already mentioned that a numerous expe diti(n is about leaving Missouri for the purpose of set tling In Upper California, whieh adjoins the Oregon ter ritoi yon the south. Both these countries are compara tively unknown to the civilised world ; or so imperfectly kncwn, that additional information is eagerly sought for, :spccially by American citizens. W e have recently had interviews with J. F. Warner, formerly of Hadlyme, Conn., but who, for many years past, has resided in Upper California, occasionally making excursions into Oregon. It had been our inten tion to embody some of his statements and suggestions in an article of our own ; but just before leaving this port, on his return to California, he handed us a manu script of five closely-written foolscap sheets, which we prefer to make use of rather than trust to our recol !ection From Boston to the mouth of the Columbia River, by an air -line, is not far from 2,450 miles. From Boston to the frontier towns of Missouri—viz., Lexington and Independence, is by the same line 1,280 miles ; from In dependence to the mouth of Columbia River, about 4375 miles. From Boston to the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of Columbia River by St. Louis we have 2,650 miles. " The most recent exploration of the country, from Missouri to the Pacific, dses not admit of a doubt of the practicability of locafing a railroad through the rocky mountain ri de. A settlement has been commenced by American citizens, and others, on the navigable waters of the Columbia, and whether protected by the Govern ment of the United States, or forced to protect themselves, they must succeed ; for when has the enterprise of Ame ricans in settling or colonising been unsuccessful ? " Steam-boats now annually ascend the Missouri River until they arrive at within less than 1,000 miles of the mouth of the Columbia. The climate of the west coast of America is not only more evenly tempered, but far more salubrious than that of the east. The Columbia River is a magnificent stream, watering an extensive country, navigable for 100 miles for ships of the first class, and constituting the outlet of a fertile region. " Let us look forward- to the commencement of the next century, we have to anticipate only sixty years, and whore will be the limits of the population of the fertile regions of the Mississippi and its tributaries ? Will it not arrive at the base of the Rocky Mountains ? Will not the Oregon territory be the centre of a valuable com merce on the Pacific ? It cannot be doubted. The cur rent of emigration is setting west, with a force that no human power can arrest. And who can doubt that, ere the close of the present century, we shall receive the teas, silks, and spices of India and China, from the Oregon territory ? From the port of Canton to the mouth of the Columbia River is about 7,500 miles ; from Canton to Panama, about 11,200 miles ; from Panama to Bos ton, about 2,700 miles ; and in one of the most dangerous seas of the ocean. From the mouth of the Columbia River to Boston is about 2,450 miles, while from Boston to Canton, via Cape of Good Hope, is more than 13,000 miles ; making a difference of more than 5,000 miles in favour of the route by the Columbia River over that by Cape of Good Hope, and about 4,000 over that of Panama. " Let us suppose a railroad in operation from the Co lumbia River to Boston. The distance, allowing for sinuosities, cannot exceed 3,600 miles. Allowing the rate of travel to be fifteen miles per hour, it will require ten days to travel from Boston to Columbia River ; and allowing sixty days (or twenty-nine by steam) for pas sage from Canton to Columbia River, we have seventy days from Boston to Canton, and we can have not merely the news, but a cargo from the port of Canton to Boston in less than 80 days, which is sooner than the ship could arrive at Panama from Canton, allowing the same rate of sailing which I allowed the ship to arrive at the Columbia in 60 days. Can there be a doubt but that this will be the route of communication in less than 60 years ? " Admitting a Alp canal to be made across the Isthmus of Panama, can it compete with the Columbia route, when a large proportion of the products of China, which arrive at Boston, find a market of consumption west of Boston, and that this market is daily increasing ? " It will be seen, by reference to the maps and charts of that coast, that from the Isthmus of Darien to the head of the Gulf of California, a distance of 2,300 miles, there are but about six harbours where ships may re main with safety during the stormy season, and that five of these are t o b e f oun d i n th e vicinity of Central Ame rica, confined within the limits of 700 miles of coast, and the sixth is to be found at the head of the Gulf of California, surrounded by an uninhabitable and waste country. Of these harbours there is not one that pos sesses those natural resources absolutely necessary to its becoming a place of importance. " From the extremity of the peninsula of Lower Cali fornia to Gray's Harbour, in lat. 47 N., a distance of nearly 2,000 miles, we find but five harbours and the River Columbia, three of which are Santa Margarita, in hit. 24 tin., San Francisco, in 30 N., and the bay of Todos Santos, in lat. 31 N. These harbours are all to be found on the rocky and mountainous coast of the peninsula, which affords no resources whatever, not even a supply of good water. We then arrive at San Diego in lat. 22 deg. 20 min. N., situated in Upper Califo;nia. This is a safe but small harbour. Here we find a country capable of affording some of the neces varies of commerce, bread stuffs, provisions, oil, wine, and fruits. From this to San Francisco, in hit. 38, a dis tsu'ice of about 500 miles, the coast, although affording -numerous roadsteads suitable for anch6rage during }he summer months, has no safe harbour. North of San Francisco there is no good harbour until you pass the Columbia laver ; for this river, although navigable for a coasiderable distance, cannot be described as a good or ado harbour. Like most navigable rivers, it must be se cure from storms and gales when once the ship is safely within its mouth ; but ;he obstruction to easy or safe ac cess by a dangerous sh&.l and bar must ever render it a hazardous point of ingress, and more especially in heavy or dark weather. The mouth of the Columbia River, from the extremity of Cape Disappointment to that of Point Adorez, is seven and a half miles wide. From Cape Disappointment to the outer line of the shoal is five and a half miles ; from the outer line of the shoal to either point is six miles • and from either point the minimum breadth of the shoa l is two miles and a half. The shoal continues within the two points or capes, and occupies six miles of the whole breadth of the river. There are two channels through this shoal ; the one on the south side at Point Adams is narrow, obstructed by a bar, and the depth of water not given. The north channel, passing along by Cape Disappointment, is about one mile wide, and has about six fathoms of water. At the distance of two and three fourths miles from the point commences a bar having about four fathoms water, and extending out about two miles nearly to the outer line of the shoal. The length of the bar from shoal to shoal is about two miles. Another feature of this shoal is, that, from its pro jection out and beyond the points of the capes, the channel is subject to frequent alterations ; so much so, that, at the c l ose o f a s t orm , the channel is seldom to be found at the same place at which it was previous to the storm ; thus rendering the access to the river difficult and dangerous. And so wide and open is the ocean, that there is always a heavy swell, and when the wind is aboiea gentle breeze there is a breaker quite across the bar, and there is no passing it except when the wind and tide are both very favourable. With out the bar there is no anchorage, and there have been instances in the winter season of ships laying off and on 30 days, waiting for an opportunity to pass ; and a good pilot is always needed. Perhaps there. have been more lives lost here in proportion to the number of those who have entered the river, than in entering almost any other harbour in the world. The number of vessels that enter this river is very limited, yet, in 1811, the Tonquin, from New York, lost eight men in crossing the bar ; in 1827 the ship William and Anne was cast away a little within the capes and lest. In .1833 a Japanese junk was cast array, and 14 out of 17 men were. lost. About 30 miles south of Point Adams, not far from the shore, is the wreck of an unknown ship ; it is not kn own by whom she was owned, or where from ; making five disasters at the mouth of this river, and the total loss of four of the ships. Of late the calarnaties have been less frequent than formerly, and when business shall require or be suf ficient to authoriseateam-boats for the purpose of towing ships over the bar, the delays and dangers would be greatly diminished.' " The country bordering on the river for some distance from the month is mountainous, and possesses but few of these qualities necessary to render it a desirable location, until the interior or upper country shall become po pulated aryl affore the means for an active commerce. Ascending the aiver to Fort Vancouver and the month of the Nultenoma, we find a country suitable agricultuen.l 'purposes. The winters are mild, the StllnneerS agreeable, and the soil productive. Even the mountains will become of value for their abundant supply of tirabct and eaval stores, there being a ready market for these articles in the more southern ports of the Pacific. :e:ven now a haw° quantity of lumber is shipped to the ieland of Palm, together with salmon, flour, butter, aid cheese. " A largo portion of this territory is well,calculated for grazing ;Jhe winters being mild and rest firing but little forage. The forests are magni fi cent, and the timber of various qualities suitable far naval or civil architecture. The enuntry is well "74terd with abundant streams. The Nultenoma from , its source runs for more than 130 miles, , and j oins t l '_e Columbia about 85 miles from the sea. The Kalil e - giver from ,its source- runs north more than 1, J Ml l • -es, and empties into the Columbia, about 85 miles above the Nultenoma. The Umg a and M , Leed's rivers have th e i r sources on the west of the Nultenoma, and run west to the ocean. There are numerous other branches of the Columbia, besides a number of smaller rivers emptying into the ocean south of M‘Leed's River. The Sacramento River has its source in the Oregon territory, and, after running south and south-west for more than , 450 miles, empties into the bay of San Francisco, in Upper California. This river is navigable fur about 150 miles, running through a most delightful valley, in many places stretching out its wide plains, and covered with Iflxuriant grass. The climate is most evenly..temperate and healthy.' This river has nume tributiiiiei, wMeh take their rise in. and flow -from the mountains, affording facilities for all the valuable pur poses - :to which water power may be applied; Large quantities of live oak are to be found in various sections of the "'alley while the mountains afihrd pine, cedar, spruce.; and fir, of most magnificent size. From the source of the Nultenoma, south to the navigable waters of the Sacramento, is only 175 miles, and from the source ' of Hells River to the same point on the Sacramento is but 150 miles. From the source of Falls River to that of that Sacramento is about 90 miles, and from the source of theiSacramento to Lewis or Great Snake River is but about 140 miles, while to some of the branches of Snake River is but about 73 miles. Thus presenting a country abounding in streams, and affording means of commum catiop of no minor importance. " The situation of the Oregon territory and its re souttes, to conetitute it pre-eminently a commercial BiaC would seem to require some -harbour on the coast other than the Columbia River one easy of access as well as of defence, if necessary ; one where its ships might enter at any and at _all times, and where those articles necessary for the support of commerce may be obtained without the delay of ascending a river r early 100 miles. But especially would it be of importance to the inhabitants of that territory that no other situation possessing greater advantages than the Columbia River should, if in their immediate vicinity, be in possession of some foreign and perhaps unfriendly po•.rer. That such a point does exist is easily demonstrated. " The Bay of San Francisco, in Upper California, pos sesses advantages to which the Columbia River can never aspire. Capt. B. Hall, RN., after having visited Califor nia, in 1822, says, ' The harbour of San Francisco is one ,of the best and most interesting, from its security and magnitude, in the world.' In conclusion he says, I would remark that California, viewed as a maritime sta tion, is unrivalled by any other section of the west coast of America. The port of San Francisco affords the most secure aichorage for numerous fleets, with facilities for establishing wharfs, docks, and arsenals of all descrip tions ; the climate is one of the best and most healthy I have ever visited, and the country is one of the most fer tile.' He further states that Upper California is capable of supporting a population of 21 millions, and from its geographical position its possesses very great advantages on account of the. expeditious and easy intercourse which it can maintain with Japan, China, the Philippine Islands, India, Australia, and all the islands of the Pacific._ "A late English writer, who has resided in Mexico, and had visited California, while remarking upon the proposed ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien, ob serves,—' If ever this route shall be observed, California will then be one of the most interesting commercial situ ations in the world. It would in that case be the point of rendezvous for all vessels engaged in the trade between Europe and Asia by that route. It is nearly mid-voyage between these two countries, and would furnish provi sions and all naval supplies in the most ample abundance; and most probably would b,,ome a mart for the interchange of the three continents. No other station in the course of the route would be in any way equal to California. Its coasts are healthy, its harbours excellent, and its ea pacity.to produce materials for ship-building and marine stores is almost without limits. If, therefore, there should ever exist a sufficient population to maintain a separate sovereignty, o the occupiers of the country be of a quality and character capable of taking advantage of those resources, Mexico, instead of being able to reduce California, would be obliged to succumb to it. Taking every circumstance into account, perhaps no country whatever can excel, or hardly vie with, California in natural advantages. Its geographical situation is such as one would point out if he was desired to select the most favourable situation in the world. Its topographical relations are also most favourable. It stretches along the shore of the Pacific Ocean, and thereby enjoys all the manifold advantages of a maritime country. By its great extension from north to south settlers have also the option of selecting a climate suitable to their health or views. And I think it safely may be asserted that there is no country of the same extent which possesses so many natural and local advantages. California is designed by nature to be the medium of connecting com mercially Asia with America, and as the depot of 'trade between two vast continents, which possess the elements of unbounded commercial interchange; the one over flowing with all the rich and luxurious commodities always characteristic of the east, the other possess ing a superabundance of the precious metals, and other valuable productions, to give in exchange. The same writer observes, It has been proposed to the Mexican Governmet, that it should endeavour to cancel the English debt, which exceeds 50,000,000 dollars, by a transfer of California to the creditors. The cession of such a disjointed part of the republic would be an ad uantage to Mexico, and in no case can it ever be pro fitable to the Government, as it cannot possibly remain united to it for any length of time. If California was ceded for the English debt, the creditors might be formed into a company, with the difference that they should have a sort of sovereignty over the territory, somewhat in the manner of the East India Company. This would certainly bring a revenue in time, which might. be equal to the interest of the debt, and under good management, and with an English population, would most certainly realise all that has been predicted of this fine country.' " I have quoted from these English writers for three objects :-1. To corroborate my own remarks respect ing the value of this territory (Upper California).-2. To show that the English reading community and the, Government have more information respecting a country 1 which is entirely separated from any of their possessions) than the people or the Government of the United States; have, although it borders on their own territory for more than 800 miles, and from its position and advantages must ever possess a commanding influence over it. 3. To confirm the opinion advanced—that England is now disposed to negotiate with Mexico for the acquisition' of the Bay of San Francisco and the territory of Upper California. There cannot be in the mind of any person intimately acquainted with the bay of San Francisco, a doubt but that it will become the most commanding point of all Pacific America, whether we take into consideration, the productions of its soil, its commerce, or its ma ritime power. There is no point of all Pacific America that unites a moiety of advantages that are to be found in the bay, and it is free from all objections. It com bines the most salubrious climate, produce soil, capacious and safe harbours, and fine rivers, with the be3t geo graphical situation of any point on the Pacific Ocean, and I might add, (without fear of error), in the known world. "If the proposition made to the Mexican Govern ment to cede California to the English should be accom plished—placing the all-important harbour of San Fran cisco in possession of the most powerful naval and commercial kingdom—one which has now plmost ex clusive power on the opposite shore of the Pacific Ocean,—would it not ruin the prospects of the Orregon territory .? Is it not that point which England would be most anxious to acquire ? a port to which the numerous ships on the India station might repair, to recoverfrom;the effect of the . climate of India, and where she might look over the broad Pacific, and see that all obeyed her com mand. Is it not important, then, that, instead of per; mitting it to fall into the hands of our most dangerous rivals, it should be united to our own territory ? And, although I may be accused of presumption, I cannot re frain from saying that the present appears a favourable opportunity for the accomplishment of this desirable ob ject, when a negotiation is pending which must leave Mexico a debtor to this Government—when she is not in the most favourable situation to cancel the claim, and wonld probably be glad to transfer California on account of it. I am cenfident that unless Upper California is purchased of Mexico, it will cost the United States greater sum to defeud the Oregon territory from thi rivalry of California, than the purchase would nolv amount to. :For we must not suppose that California is to remain stationary, or under the control of the Mexi can Government, while all the parts of the earth are in movement, if not advancing. It must soon fall to some snore enterprising nation than the Mexicans. THE « PRESIDENT" AND THE PRINT-SHOPS. Mr. Editor,—l beg leave to call your attention to conduct which needs but exposure to ensure it the just condemnation of all classes. When I say that the mysterious disappearance of the President steam-ship creates more anxiety than if a thousand Whig or Tory Ministries were at stake, I feel assured that I but speak the feelings of every friend to humanity. How painful, Sir, it must be to the feelings of the friends and rela tives of those on board that unfortunate vessel, to find print-shops exhibiting the destruction and total loss of every soul I some are seen with out stretched hands imploring aid of Heaven; others betaking themselves to boats; while, to crown the awful catastrophe, the sea seems to ope its ponderous jaws devouring all with relentless fury. This conduct needs no comment. If really the case, it would be uncharitable, nay cruel, to rip open the agonised minds of hundreds. How much more cruel is the present case? Thousands clinging to hope—heart-broken friends, painfully inquiring in every quarter where hope is likely to cheer them from despair, no sooner receive consolation than it is damped by a wholesale, cold, and heartless traffic in the fate of their dearest friends. And who, Sir, are those greedy triflers with man's feelings ? The conductors of cheap periodical papers, who, for a temporary subsistence, can bend their minds to any theme of horror • who can draw even the Swiss valet fr om hi s INiewgate tomb, and let him figure as the hero of his murderous exploits, care less of the feelings of his honest friends, upon whose brow his conduct has stamped alliance with a murderer. Hoping, Sir, that these few lines will give consolation to the afflicted, I remain, your obedient servant, London, May 20. j". O. R. Ma. r LUMER WARD - 3 NEW NOVEL, ~D E CLIFFORD ; OR, THE CONSTANT MAN." —A rk from the refined pen of the author of " Trernaine" and "De l Irem," cannot fail of exciting the a tt en ti on and giving impulse to the hopes of all who r emem b er the rare merit of his above-named productions. The character of our every-day novels is generally that of books written to amuse away a few hours, and then be totally forgotten. But such is not the view of the present work. It contemplates a higher aim, and by a happy union of the agreeable with the argumentative seeks to give a healthy impulse to the mind, and promote a love for the pure, the beautiful, and the good. In this aim the extensive reading, and refined taste of the writer, enables him, by the most exquisite quotations, to fortify his own well-defined views, while it draws our atttention to a class . of literary excellence, the knowledge of which is conceded to few, save the laborious student. We earnestly recommend these volumes to all who appre ciate this method of conveying the highest example, the noblest principles, and the sounded' views, in the most clear and elegant language. Let us add that it is a work that, after having been perused, may be referred to again and again, and each time with additional plea sure and renewed satisfaction.—Courier. STEAM REGULARITY.—REMARKABLE CO INCIDENCE.-At a dinner at the City of London Tavern, of Steam Proprietors, on the sth instant, Wolverly Atwood, Esq., MP., in the Chair, Christo pher Claxton, Esq., the Managing Director of the Great Western Steam Ship Company, in eulogising the excel lence of the Great Western's machinery, which had carried her nearly 130,000 miles, withont a disappoint ment, or missing her advertised hour of sailing, stated that he felt confident in predicting that at half past two on the 14th, the Great Western would arrive in King-road. At that very time, we have been informed by our Bristol correspondent, her smoke was seen from the hills in the neighbourhood of King-road, and she anchored at seven o'clock. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, MAY 19, 1841. The Hon. and Rev. Edward Southwell Keppel has been appointed, by the Queen's command, one of the Deputy Clerks of the Closet to her Majesty. WHITEHALL, MAY 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Archibald Bennie to be one of her Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary in Scotland. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 21. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Sealy, Esq., to be Solicitor-General of the Island of Barbados. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 21. lith Regiment of Light Dragoons— Lieut. F. Burdett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Croker, who retires ; Cornet A. Hamilton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Burdett ; H. C. Taylor, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hamilton, May 21. Ist, or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—H. W. G. Lord Paget to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bentinck, who retires, May 21. Scots' Fusilier Guards—Lieut. C. De Salis to be Lieute nant and Captain, by purchase, vice Wall, who retires ; Ensign F. Haygarth, from the 46th Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice De Salis, May 21. 15th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. E. Inge, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Ingall, promoted ; E. W. Boyle to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Inge, who retires ; J. Bolland, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Boyle, May 21. 20th Foot—Ensign W. Baring to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Compton, wl,o retires ; W. A. Eyre, Gent., to be En ign. by purchase, vice Baring, May 21. 21st Foet—Sergeant-Major J. Mahood to be Quartermaster, rise Vzle, deceased, February 25. 25th Foot—Ensign Stewart Northey to be Lieute nant, by purchase, 'vice Pcacockc, who retires; Gentleman Cadet B. W. IL Trafford, from the Royal Mili tary Colleg e, to be Ensign, by purchase, v i c e N or th e y, M ay 21 ; B. . Roberts, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Trafford, appointed to the 65th Foot, May 22. 29th Foot—Lieut. G. L. Way to be Captain, by purchase, vice Philpotts, who retires; Ensign and Adintant K. Murchi son to have the rank of Lizutenant, May 20 ; Ensign T. E. Wilbraham to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Way ; J. J. Bourke, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilbraham, May 21: 3 - 2 d Foot —J. Cunningham, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Power, who retires, May 21. 40th Foot—Lieutenant F. . Smith to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Caulfield, who retires; Ensign J. D. M'Andrew to Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith; R. Daweon, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Andrew, May 21. 43d Foot—Ensign J. M. Primrose to be Adjutant and Lieu tenant, vice Freer, promoted, May 7. 46th Foot—Ensign W. T. B. Fitzgerald to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Atkins, who retires ; J. S. Seys, Gent. to .be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitzgerald, May 21. 55th Foot—Ensign J. Frend to be Lieutenant, without pur • 'chase, vice Pinder, deceased, Feb. 20 ; Sergeant-Major B. Duell to bo Ensign, vice Freud, May 21. 59th Foot—Sergeant-Major W. Macdonald, from the 60th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice W. Ellary, who retires upon half-pay, May 21. 65th Foot—Ensign C. G. Trafford to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Sealy, deceased, May 3 ; Ensign B. W. R. Trafford, from the 25th Foot, to be Ensign, vice C. G. Traf ford, May 22. 7lst Foot—F. P. S. Mackenzie, Gent. to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Duncan, appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards, May 21. 76th Foot e -Ensign R. H. H. Keightley, from the 93d Foot, to be Ensign, vice .lackechnie, who exchanges, May 21. 80th Foot—A. T. Welsh, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hopper, who retires, May 21. 85th Foot—J. A. Keyt, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur chase, May 21. 89th Foot—Brevet-Major E. Thorp to be Major, without purchase, vice Pearse, who retires upon full-pay ; Lieutenant H. Wynyard, from the 85th Foot, to be Captain, vice Thorp, May 21. 93d Foot—Ensign C. Mackechnie, from the 76th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Keightley, who exchanges, May 21. UrrArLacxxn.—Lieut. J. B. Kingsley, from the 98th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, May 21. HOSPITAL STAFF.—To be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces• —J. J. M. Wardrop, Gent. ; E. Le Blanc, Gent.; and J. Ewing, Gent., May 21. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire. Thomas Heywood, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Thomas George Symons, Esq., to be ditto. Erratum in the Gazette of the 7th instant. Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry-- For William Armstrong, Gent., to be Adjutant, read William Armstrong, late Captain in the 10th Hussars, to he Adjutant. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the Returns made in the week ending May 18, 1841, is 38s. 2d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Cus toms paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. ___ HENRY WOOD PRENTIS, grocer, Rayleigh, issex. JOSEPH MILLER, cabinet maker, Clifton, Bristol. GEORGE ALDRED, bookseller, So uthampton-row, Bloomsbury. THOMAS RILEY, printer, Gough-square, Fleet-street. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM BEAUMONT and HENRY GREAVES, linen drapers, Brighton, to surrender May 29, at one, and July 2, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Hardwick and Davidson, Cat eaton -street. JAMES H AYWARD and RICHARD HANKS MO ORE, booksellers, Paternoster-row, June 2, at one , and July 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Surr, Lombard-street. ROBERT WILKIN ROBINSON, sen , and ROBERT WILKIN ROBINSON, jun., grocers. Bedford, June 18 and July 2, at eleven, at the George Inn, Bedford. Eagles, Bedford. JAMES HOLT and SAMUEL HOLT, glass manufac turer., Liverpool, June 1 and July 2, at one, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool. Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London ; Robinson. Liverpool. THOMAS LINAY, draper, Lynn, June 5 and July 2, at eleven, at the office of Mr. Robert Pilcher, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Soles, Alderrnanbury, London. WILLIAM CHEQUER, saddler, Blackfriars-road, June 1, at half-past one, and July 2, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall-street, official assignee; Swan, Sergeant's lnn, Fleet-street. JOHN WYNDE, dealer and chapman, Hereford, June 23 and July 2, at eleven, at the Waterloo Hotel, Leominster ; Smith, Chancery-lane, London ; Hammond, Leominster. ROBERT WHITTAKER, brazier, Bury, Lancashire. June 8, at two, and July 2, at ten, at the Swan, Bolton-le-Moors ' • Clark and Medcalf , Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Whitehead, Bury. JOHN MACAIRE, JAMES LINNEMANN, and JO SEPH CHARLES BERGER, merchants, Liverpool, June 3 and July 2, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Ches ter, Staple-inn, London ; Davenport and Collier, Liverpool. CHRISTOPHER TAPRELL, grocer, Bristol, May 28, and July 2. at twelve, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. White and Whitmore, Bedford-row, London ; Brittan, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. T. Treherne. upholsterer, Oxford-street, June 11, at twelve —R. and S. Phillips, lamp manufacturers, Regent-street, June 8, at twelve—W. Venables, draper, Lamb's Conduit-street, June 12, at one—S. Clark, licensed victualler, Oxford -street, June 11, at twelve—T. Arnison, builder Little Tufton-street, Westminster, June 11, at twelve—W. Richardson, wine mer chant, King-street, Covent-garden, June 11, at one—F. general merchant, Clement's.lane, June 12, at twelve —G. T. Brown, corn merchant, Mark-lane, June 11, at one— C. A. Collis, licensed victualler, Witham, Essex, June 11, at twelve—J. Duckham, carpet dealer, Piccadilly, June 14, at half-past twelve—J. Appleton, ironmonger, Hounslow, June 14, at half-past eleven—L. West, wine merchant, Freeman's court, Cornhill, June 14, at half-past two—J. 0. York, iron founder, Duke-street, Westminster, June 14, at half-past one. In the Country. . _ T. Manley, jun., patent nail manufacturer, Atherton, Lan cashire, June 15, at two, at the Swan Hotel, Bolton-le-Moors —T. Weston, coal merchant, Cotton, Shropshire, June 15, at twelve, at the Shire-hall, Shrewsbury—E. Hughes, linen draper, Llandderfel, alerionethshire, June 16, at four, at the White Lion Inn, Bala—F. D. Barker, banker, Cambridge, June 17, at ten, at the Eagle Inn, Cambridge—T. Claughton, salt manufacturer, Haydock-lodge, Lancashire, June 18, at eleven, at the Commissicnere-rooms, Manchester—J. Wilson, son. and J. Wilson, jun., hosiers, Nottingham, June 16, at one, at the George the Fourth Hotel, Nottingham—H. Knott, builder, Sunning, Berkshire, July 30, at eleven, at the Upp er Ship Inn, Reading—H. Nicholl, worsted spinner, Halifax, Yorkshire, June 14, at eleven, at the White Swan Inn, Halifax —N. Vyse, farmer, Nuthurst, Warwickshire, Juno 15, at one, at the Union Inn, Birmingham—J. Lewis, draper, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, June 14, at four, at the Westgate Inn, New port—J. Parkinson, grocer, Louth, Lincolnshire, June t 2, at one, at the Public-building. Louth. CERTIFICATES—JUNE 11. J. Richards, surgeon, Newcastle-street, Strand—J. Scott, paper dealer, 'Manchester—W. Lonergan, merchant, King Wil. liatn-street—W. H. Pankhurst, mineral colour manufacturers, Shelton, Staffordshire—J. W. Cowley, brass founder, Walsall, Staffordshire—W. Edwards and G. Walker, ' nurserymen, Chester—W. Perry, malster, Leominster, Herefardshire—J. Dudding, paint manufacturer, Liverpool—J. Mason, livery stable keeper, Little Chester-street, Ilelgrave- square—C. Dun derdale, merchant, Manchester—R. Werters, maltster, Mel ford, Suffolk. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Everard and J. Hilder, boot makers, Islington—ll. Maltby and A. W. Otter, attorneys, Old Broad-street—T. Hughes and T. S. Wall, omnibus proprietors, Paddington--F. Hok.tkinson and W. Hunt, mercers, Derby—G. Smith and E. Blackburn, flax spinners, Lecds—R. S. White, G. Carew, and H. White, attorneys, Lincoln's Inn-fields—J. Woods, jun. and W. L. Cope, wine merchants, Keppel- street, Russell-square— E. Vickers and J. Hall, ale merchants, Crutched-friars—W. A. Dunn and E. M. Bainbridge, lim n drapers, Newcastle upon-Tyne—J. and J. Lea, coal dealers, Birmingham—J. Wood and E. Challinor, earthenware manufacturers—J. and J. G. Fleet, wholesale grocers, Fenchurch-street—J. Ward and W. J. Unitt, shawl makers, Marlborough-street, Regent street—H. Lunn, J. Crowther, 11. Lord, and J. Ainley, woollen cloth manufacturers, Paddock, Huddersfield —M. Walker and R. Snence, spinster, Birkenhead, Cheshire—C. and W. S. Bryon, .grocers, Fore. street, Cripplegate—W. and T. Henderson, joiners, Southwick, Durham— G. F. Fair clough and EE. Wiatts, attorneys, Liverpool—J. Bendall and W. P. Harridge, tailors, Cavendish-street—D. A. Doudney and W. Scrymgour, printers, Long-lane. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. C. REEVE and CO., merchants, Glasgow, May 27 and June 24, at twelve, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. JOHN FOULDS, wood merchant, Glasgow, May 28 and June 18, at twelve, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. 'WILLIAM BRUCE, woollen draper, Dundee, May 25 and June 15, at twelve, at the British Hotel, Dundee. JOHN BUIST, draper, Perth, May 27 and June 24, at one, at the George Hotel, Perth. ARBROATH..--.TAX ON BREAD.—Mr. Mid dleton, the convener of the trades of Arbroath, has called a general meeting of the seven incorporated trades of that place, for the purpose of petitioning both Houses of Parliament, for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws ; and also for the purpose of addressing her Majesty the Queen, expressive of the trades' confidence in the wisdom and integrity of her Ministers, and. en treating her Majesty to aid and assist them, by all con stitutional means, in their human endeavours to relieve the masses of her Majesty's subjects from the grinding rapacity of a faction of cruel and selfish monopolists. THE REV. JO SEPH BLANCO WHITE.-- , DiCd, on Thursday, May 20th, at Greenbank, at the house of William Rathbone, Esq., in the 67th year of his age, the Rev. Joseph Blanco White, the author of Poblado's Letters, &c. The ch arac t er and writings of Mr. White 'will belong to the history of religion, and of its literc ture in this. country. his life was one of pearly con stant suffering, and, for the last four years, of most pain ful and distressing confinement.—Liverpool Aferewy.. _ _ PRICES OF CANAL,DUCK,,4SSUR• .- ANCE COMPANY SHARES &c. &c. &c. LONLON, FRIDAY, MAY 21. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. Per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share . 4,766 7 per cent. Ashton & Oldham...Average 971.185. sh. 110 1,482 41. Ashby.de-le.Zouch A-cragc 11514 h. 7.2 1, 60 .... . . ... Basingstoke 1001. sh. 5 1,005 sf/. Brecknock and Abergarenny 150/. sh. 92 8,000 1.16t1t. 101. Birmingham, 1.16 th share ....81/. 8. , 711. 200 3.000 ..... .. Ditto & Liverpool Junct.l 2 'll. sh . 100 pi 25 6011 0 1. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool. eh. allp 1 100 51. Chelmer mad Blaqkwater lOOl. sh. 101 300 02/. Coventryj 1001. sh. GOO ......... Croydon. Average3ll.2s 10d. Os . 2,060 51,05. Dudley 1001• sh. 94 ...... ...... , 600 131. Derby' 1001. sh. 120 20,010 4 per cent. Danube and blayne 411.135. 4d .pd :3 3,5754 4 , Ellestmge and Chester Average 133:.stt. $1 211 621 Erewasn .. ~ .......... .. ........ .: ...1001.sn. 750 1,217 301. Forth and Clyde kveraye 4 1 30/. 169. h. 61'0 11,000 81. Grand Junction -»....1001, n 127 2, , 494 25a. Grand Union lool.sh 26 1,500 ..... Grand 5urrey...„......., 1001. sh. 15 1,0001 41. percent . Ditto (optional) Loan ....... lOOl. ".196 ......... Grand Western . •1/. sh. ail pd 10 MO 131.125. 9d. Glamnrganshire, Aver. cost 172/. 135.4 d. 230 749 1%. Oranthun l5Ol. sh. 20 6,238 21. Os. Huddcrefilld Average 311.65. 6d. sh 27 100 . ..... .. Kensington lOO sh. all pd 10 . 15.328 1 . 1.105. Kennet and Avon, Av. 391.1E4.10.1. sh 2434 11,6991 11. 7s. Lancaster ...... ........ Average 47/. Gs. 8d 27% 2,8971 30!. Leeds and ' Liverpool lOOl. sh 750 5451 11/. Leicester 1401st. 151 1 .807 51.05. Leicester & Mort la ampton Aver 631.10r 73 2,109 101. Monmouthshire 1001.81) 200 2. 101. Melton Mowbray 500 251. Mersey and Irwell ............ . . .... lOW. sh. 555 ' 3,000 21. 10s. Macclesfield lO9l. eh. all pd 34N 2t7 171. Ncath lOO/.sh. 325 2,400 51. Peak Forest Ave' age about 73/.sh. 7334 21,418 S. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.161.8d. sh. 5,669 el. Rochdale Average 85/..h. sno 81. Shropshire iOO 101. be. Somerset Coal .. . ................. .1501. sh. 189 3,6001. 41 ',Pr cent Ditto Lock Fund 5t0ck......... fit. 10s. sh. 11 1 4 700 6t. Stafford and Worcester...—. ..... 1401.5 h. 60J r,OO 15/. Shrewsbury am 91. 3t0urbridge............. 14b1, sh. 396 3,647 - 3/. Os. Stratford.on.Avon giver.... 791. 9s. Md. sh. 35 533 12.11 Swensea I VOl.sh. 265 3.762 21. 10s. Serern and Wye and Railway A r. 351. sh. 45 2,i001 sh. 32/. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share lOOl. sh. 5',0 8,149 ..«..... Thames and Medway A v. 191. ss. Bd. sh. 9 1113 "1 I,ooolth. 161. Warwick and B;rmiugham lOOl.sU 240 IMO 13i. Warwick and Z*7 apcon* 1001. BM 163 7,000 41 Worcester & Birminglom Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 55 5,P00 325. Wilts and Berks Average 67/. 101.8 d. eh 23 600 6,. Wyllev and Disington......... 125/. sh '74 .20 ..w;,Deacn . ..... .c•• ea ....... 4.• ..... foe: /ZPL. sh. 31.1 905 Tr Wey and Arum 1101. an. 22% DOCKS. 2,(500 & i 3n c. Commerc al lool.sh. 63 1,065j5h. . ' 5 per rent. East and West India Stock 99 3.238,310 V. 31. p,ct. I.ondon Stock 70 Ditto Bonds 2,209 3/. Os. sd. Bristol Average 14'1.95. sh. 75 113,324/. 5/.per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lO9 1,352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock ;97 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds .200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years ...... Deptford Pier .. "01. sh. 20/. pd 10 - BRIDGES. 1,600 I/. Hammermnitl. 50/.2h. 21 1,231 1,700 1/. 15s Ditto, Now, of per cent.,......50/.sh. 16 0,000 ....... Waterloo 1001. sh. 334 5,000 225. OS. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 601. p 4 21 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 1836 60,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 26s Vauxhall .......,.Average 701. 108. 3d. sh 26 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion ........ 5004 sh. 50/. pd 72 . f 6 per cent.l A 51:11 `"'' / and 15s. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine ..Ilianceßritish &Foreignloo4 sh. 11/. pd 14 1001. eh. 51. pd 5 24,000 11. per sh. Atlas ....... ......................501. sh. 51. pd 14 , 3 4 1,20015 h. 51. Birmingham Fire 2501. sh. 551. pd 107% 40,006 44 per cent. British Fire 250/ sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial .501. sh. Si. pd 54 5,000 64 per cent. Clerical & Medical Life, 1004 s h.2110s pd .4 4.000 3/ Os County lOOl. eh. 10/. pd 10 20,000 61. Eagle.... .....• 504 sh. 51. pd 5 1000/. sh. 9501. pd 406 2,271 225. per cent. European Llic 20/. oh. all pd 22 [a s n Pe d r 3o c An nti . Economic Life 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 201. sh. 24 pd 1% 1.000,0004 61. per ct G10be............. ...... ... ....... . ... ... ...Stock 118 20,000 51* Guardian 30,000 4s. 01. Hope 5O/. sh. 51. pd 5% 2,400 Si. 12,. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 501. pd 133 7,500 Os. Imperial Life lOO/. sh. 101. pd 10 13,469 5/. per cent, Indemnity Marine lOO4 sh. 81. pd 29 2,020 SI 101 Kent Fire 501. sh. all pd 92 3/. Ditto Life sol.'pd 66 10,000 16s. Law Life lOOl. sh. 10!. pd 30 5.000 10s. London, Fire 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 18 3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 18 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 570,0001. 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Life .50/. sh. 2/. pd 216 s 50,000 51. per cent. Protector I/ 4i WI. sh. 2/. NI Itts 6d 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ....160!, sh. Si. pd 534 2,500 11. Provident Lite ....... ..... 100/. Eh. 101. pd 20 `OO,lOO 31. N. Rock Life 89,V201 51. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock 190 6,000 5 per cent. University Life 1001. sh. 54 pd 54 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. eh. 51. pd 7% JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 10,000 8 percent. Australasia 40!. sh. 401. pd 58 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 501. sh. 101. pd 13% 10,000 IA percent. Birmingham Bank 5O/.5h. 10!. pd 10% 37,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001. sh. 20/. pd 22% 60,090 5/. London Joint Stock 504 sh. 10/. pd 12 3,000 4 percent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 20/. pd SO 25,000 10 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 121/. pd 1f.% 50,000 le percent. Manchester and ~, Liver-} .3h. 154 pd lON pool District.... 20,000 7 per Mt. Manchester lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 10,000 8 per eent. Provincial Bank oflrelantllool.sh. 254 psi 42 10,(00 6 ler cent National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. IT. pd 10 10,000 6 per cent National Provincial Eng.lool. eh. 351. pd 35% 10,006 Ditto New 10/. 04 10/. pd 1014 /0,900 MOO lOper cent.. Hampshire .....» ....... 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 16s Od Bath 201. sh. 161. pd 22 5 . 000 ..... .... British 401. sh. 161. pd 18 moo tasljeaer&t../ Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 1111. pd 25 928 51 lOs Birmingham 50/ sh. 66 4,250 2! Os Bristol - ... 20!. sh. 3ti 2,250 31 lOs Brighton 2O/. sh. 1331 750 31 105 Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 13/. pd 9 2,471 4i per cent. Brighton General 2O/. sh. all pd 9 4,000 7/. 101. Continental Consolidated .. ..75!. 6241. pd 102% 1,000 101. City of London . .100/. sh. all pJ 195 1,000 61. Ditto, New ..., 100/. sh. 751. pd 150 4,000 31.08. Equitable 5Ol. pd 20 10,000 31. percent. Imperial 56/. ch. I.oy, 800 W. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. 811. 20/. pd 18% 2,350 61. per cent. Independent 301. sh. all r... 49 9,000 41. per cent. Phoenix 5Ol. sh. 391. pd 34 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. 801. pd 60% ,000 9,000 51. per neat. United General 501. sh. 471. pd 3054 240 51. per cent. Warwick 5O/. sh. 50 400 bl. per ceati Wakefield. . 25/. sh. 22 2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5ll. sh. 101. pd Il' 780 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd WATER WORKS 4,801) Ole. Birmingham 251. eh. 251. pd 21 4,4p3 71 . East London 100/. sh. 161 5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Average 41/. 13s. 4d. sh. GI 2,000 21. Kent 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 326 1 . 500 2 nes New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60 6,486 21 10s Manchester and Salford 100/. eh. 5536 1,000 5 per cent. South London , 1004 sh. 104% 8,294 4i4 West Middlesex Aver a ge 631.'12 5 . Pd. s h. 92 1.360 11 H s York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1004 sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,3 00 ..... „,.. Birmingham and Derby ..... lOO4 pd 63% 9,590 Birmingham and Gloucester VOL pd ffaji 15,00 0 ......... Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 60 pd 374 7,500 Cheltenham &G. Western 1001.5h.62*/. 30% 3,009 ........ Clarence 100/. oh. 1001. pd 30 8 . 0 00 ........ Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. Si. pd 80,000 ......... Eastern Counties 25!. sh. 23/. pd SU 10 , 000 ..„ ..... Great North of England 1001. sh. 90!. pd 75 10,918 14 percent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd SO4 25,000 25,000 ......... Ditto New 50/. sh. H)!. pd 64 6,000 per cent Gosport Junction.. ...... -504 sh. 40/, psi 47 2,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool - 1001. sh. 1001. pd 145 8,000 ..... .... Hull and Selby 501. sh. 504 pd 45 2,100 4L per cent. Leeds and 5e1by.........„ ..... . .. . ..100 sh. 65 ' 5,108 10 percent. Liverpool& Manchester 10(1.5h7 100/. pal 185 7,968 taper cent. Ditto Half Shares ..... -..... .... .504 pd 'JO 11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares ....... .254 pd 45 38.000 ..„,... London and Brighton 501. sh . . 501. pd 4634 Now , ..... .. London and Blackwell 25!. sh. 251. pd 1834 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2Ol sk. 201. pd 8 1 4 25,000 8 per cent. London & Binminghant 100/. 5h.904 pd 159 25,000 .... ..... Ditto Quarter Shares ....251. sh. 5/. pd 23 31,250 ..- ... Dit o New Shares .321. sh. 311. pd 52% 36,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western As'. 381, 17s. Ild. 56 i l 33,000 ......... London and Croydon/ A v. 13/. Jr 1 141 1:37 Js. . Ditto New Scrip....• 1374 13,000 3 per cent. Manchester. and Leeds...loo/. eh. 701. pd .53 13,000 ......... Ditto Half Shares 5Ol. 25/. pd 22 10,000 •......•• Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh. 44)4 25 1 ,4 Ditto Extension 7l. pd 214 10,000 Midland Counties 'OO/. sh. 100/, pd 88 15,000 .... ~... North Midland =l .ol. sh. 1001 pd 60 •,.... ..... Ditto New 40/. pd 3134 5,128 ..... .... Northern and Eastern...MO!. sh 504 pd 28 2,6041 .. ..... Preston and Wyre 5O/. sh. :104 pd 36 44 . 000 ..... ..,. South Eastern and Dover ......... 33/. pd 15% 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington ...,„....1004 sh. 275 9,000 .... ..... Thames Haven 50/. sh 5/. pd 6,000 .... ..... York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd 73 MINES. 8,000 ... . .... Albion Copper 51.1 h. 34!. p 9 12 4,000 IL ss. Altcn l5l. sh 12/, It spd 10 10,000 • .... Anglo Mexican,iss. 5/ pm.lool. sh. al 'i d 13 Ditto Subscription ...... ... 1 ......25/. pa 134 2,000 104 Tlolanos . 1 . 51/. sii all p.l 35 10,001 11. 108 Brazilianlmp. las. 5/. pm... 35/. sh. 20/, pd 5 6,000 ..., ..... Macaubas & Cocacs United 25/.31).254 pd 6 11,000 ...... ,„. Ditto St. John Del Rey -201. sh. 141. pd 2 1(,0x0 Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 20/. pd 1 10,000 Ditto Scrip 104 sh. 10/. pd 2 20000 British Iron lOOl. sh. 601. 0 d .000 ......... British Copper 51. sh. 4#1.1x1 1% Cate Branca oi/. pd 6% Candonga 714 pd 5 10,000 11 Copiapo .... .. . ......... ............. sh 13/. pd 9Y, 8,500 ... Columbian, irs. st. pm. ...551. sh 551. pd 0% 2,850 31. English 144 Cs. pd 3 20,000 6,155 Mexican Company lOO/. sh. 5711 0 6 3,006 Polberon Consols lOl. sh. 8/. pd 4 11,500 Realil el Monte, Unregistered 2 14 Ditto Loan Notes. 150/. pd 160 30,000 ...m... United Mexican, Us. 2 prta. 40/. sh. all pd 2% DIM. Scrip 34 Ditto New Scrip 51 psi 4 West Cork 5O/. sh 50/. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,060 1,500 700 King' College lOOl. 19% MISCELLANEOUS. 10,)09 158. Australian Agricultural.loo/.'sh. 281. pd 29 6,)00 1. percent. British American LandCompany3)l/. pd 10,0C.0 61. per cent. Canada Company... ...... 1004 sli. 32j1. pd SI 10,000 51. per cent. Upper Catia,a Loan City Bonds, 4 Nr cent 20,000 11.65. UentralStearn Nasigation 151. oh. 14/. pd 245, 10/.percent. Hudson's Bay Stock ,COO U. London Com. Sale Rooms... Av. lb/. sh l9 ,0 00 «. ..... Caoutchotic Company 12i/. pd 12 New Brunswick Land CompaNy...slll. pd 12 9,;54 51. per cent. Rerersienary Int. 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd 104 2,63:1 Si. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 1001. pd 107 4,000 /0. 000 68. Van Die.ner.'s Land.... 1001. sit. 17g1. pd EX, LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES MAY 19, 18 4 L BANKS. 1,000,60 , 1/. 61. p. ct. Bank of Scotland ...83/. 68. Bd. sh. all pd 159 2,000,0001. 6 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1004 sh. all NI 154 500.000/. 8 p. ct. British I.ineh Company 100/.Bh. all pd 224 500,0001. 61. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 169 500,0001. 6D. cx. National lOO4 sh. 101. pd 14 1 4 500,0(1)1. 71. p. et. Glasgow Union 2%04 sh. 501. pd 86% 1,000,0004 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 401. pd 72% LORD SA.NDON AND LIVERPOOL. TORY COMMISERATION FOR THE WRONGS OF THE BRAZILIAN NEGROES.—LIBERAL OFFER TO LORD SANDON'S 'ELECTION COMMITTEE. " - Assume a virtue if you have it not."—Shakspeare. " Hypocrisy" has been defined by a vigorous and original writer as "the homage which vice pays to vir tue ;" and if the maxim be true, the homage which Lord Sandon, Mr. Gladstone, and others of the pro • slavery party have lately paid to the principles of then former opponents, the IVhigs and philanthropists win abolished the slave trade, must be regarded as a flattering, although perhaps reluctant and tardy compliment to the latter. The same party who a few years back defamed and anathematized Clarkson, Wilberforce, Roscoe, am: other philanthropists who dared to maintain that all men, white or black, are equal in the eyes of their commoi. Maker—this same party now affect to be converts to the principles of the very inen whom they formerly denounced as spoliators, visionaries, and desperate innovators. — After having done all in their power to prevent or retard the abolition of the slave trade, and having pocketed the enormous sum• of twenty millions sterling for relinquishing that to which they had no equitable claim, they have now the assurance to assume a high moral tone, while it is notorious that had it been in their power they would have compelled Englishmen to use West India slave sugar exclusively, they affect to feel that sympathy for the sufferings of the Brazilian negroes which they never evinced for the slaves on our own plantations. Edmund Burke, in one of his rhapsodical speeches on a subject which has escaped our recollection, exclaimed, —" Perish commerce, but let the constitution live !" and the former apologists for negro slavery and the slave trade, who now affect to be shocked at the bare idea of cat - jug Brazilian sugar, exclaim—" Perish commerce, but let the West Indian monopoly survive !"—just as the great landed gentry ejaculate—" Perish commerce, but let the corn monopoly survive !" With respect to the denouncer of Brazilian slave-grown sugar, we might give them some credit for consistency and a contrite sense of their for mer transgressions, if they would comprehend in their list of proscribed articles of commerce, cotton, coffee, tobacco, hides, mahogany, dyewoods, dye-stuffs, drugs. gold, silver, and diamonds, which are the produce of America, Brazil, Cuba, Porto Rico, &c. They might then join in a grand chorus,—" Perish commerce, perish the revenue and the national debt, but let not slavery survive !" It is by no means certain, however, that the British fundholders, merchants, andcotten-spinners, would adopt the maxim—Fiat justitia, ruat &him, and it may be under that conviction that corn and sugar mo nopolists pass by all the articles we have enumerated sub silentio, and concentrate all their energies in the de fence of their own special monopolies, by 'which the country at large is annually robbed in an amount greater than that of the whole direct taxation of the country. The miserable and hypocritical pretence of the sup porters of Lord Sandon's Motion, that they are actuated by considerations of humanity in excluding_ Brazilian sugar, is too . preposterous to deceive any man whose un derstanding is not obfuscated by party or faction. The sole object of the motion was to embarrass and displace the Administration; and, as cant is the order of the day, the quondam advocates for the slave trade, actuated by the most selfish and grovelling motives, have not scrupled to assume a lofty moral position as the friends of the negro, whilst they would exhibit Ministers in the false and odious position of connivers at slavery for the sake of revenue. If the disgraceful manoeuvre should succeed with the country, the fact will prove that Englishmen, notwith standing their boasted refinement and intelligence, emi nently merit the reproach ironically passed upon the mul titude by Frederick of Prussia, who styled the people " huge masses of intellectual imbecility, made to be the dupes of those who will take the pains to deceive them." The new-born sympathy of the old pro-slavery party for the wrongs of the Brazilian negro is one of the most ex traordinary moral phenomena in the history of mankind, if we contrast the feelings they now profess with those they formerly exhibited on the same subject ; and as a striking illustration of the march of morality and libe rality we invite the attention of our readers to the sub joined reminiscences In the year 1806, the Liberal mid Anti-slavery party in Liverpool, by returning Mr. Roscoe to Parliament, for the moment retrieved the character of the borough, which had been previously, as it has been subsequently, degraded by Tory ascendamy. The supporters of General Gascoyne, as one means of rendering him the popular fa vourite, adopted a very extraordinary expedient, which may even have escaped the recollection of some of our veteran readers, but which nothing but death will ever erase from our memories. Two little children, either of African ex traction or blackened for the special purpose, were carried roundin their processions, mounted on a kind of platform, and chained together, to remind the public of the benefits derived from our traffic in the flesh and blood of our sable fellow-men ! As a contrast to this revolting spectacle, Mr. Roscoe's Committee engaged a tall, well-built man of colour, who had been enfranchised, and who trium phantly exhibited a large colour on which was inscribed the motto—" We thank God for our freedom," and we distinctly recollect having frequently seen our sable standard-bearer, as the processions came in, contact in the street, wave his flag over the heads of the poor un conscious babies who graced the procession of the slavery advocate, and, as he once styled himself, tho puppet of the Liverpool Corporation ! These are unpleasant reminiscences, to which we should not have reverted under ordinary provocation, but there are cases in which " To laugh were want of dignity or grace, But to be grave exceeds all power of face ;" and there is something so outrageously ludicrous in this nascent sympathy of the Tories with the negro slave that our disgust at the gross hypocrisy of the pretext is en tirely overpowered by irrepressible laughter. " One good turn deserves another , ' and in return, therefore, for the compliment which the ex-slavery party have paid to the anti-slavery advocates in adapting some of their principles and abandoning their own, we have a proposition to make to my Lord Sandon and his sup porters, which, we trust, they will receive in the spirit with which it is tendered. The Liberal party in the town, amongst their old election paraphernalia, must, no doubt, have certain flags or standards which are of no further service to them, but which might be very acceptable to the Committee of . Lord Sandon, as decorations for the next amphitheatrical dinner given to their candidate, if such an event should ever take place. There was a flag, for instance, inscribed " Roscoe, and freedom to the slave I" under which the Liberal party fought and rallied, until victory crowned their efforts—that flag, with the substitution of Sandon for Roscoe, might be displayed as an "outward and visible sign of the inward and spiritual grace " by which the quondam advocates for slavery are now so suddenly in spired.—Liverpool Mercury. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—" Alas !"—Cassandra-like cries the Watch man— for these ominous signs of the times. The cry of cheap bread was the prelude to the horrors of the French Revolution." The Wesleyan Methodists of our towns are too shrewd to let this pass for their language, or the Corn-law manifesto 'of their accredited organ. The Watchman will find himself in the wrong box. The cry of cheap bread was the prelude to the horrors of the French Revolution ! When do people cry for cheap bread ? Apparently when bread is dear. The fact of dear bread then preceded the cry of cheap bread. The French were not mere philosophical amateurs of low-priced eatables. They cried for cheap bread, be cause they felt the inconvenience of scarce bread. How came bread scarce ? We must know that before we can know much of the causes of those " horrors" of which " the cry of cheap bread" was the " prelude." The answer to this question may be found in the same meddling spirit of law and administration which threatens the same effects in this country. The wise policy of Turgot had been tried, and succeeded, only to be abandoned. Turgot was, if ever there was, a practical man. He had administered a province 13 years before he administered the State. He had brought that province into a condition of plenty and of prosperity, which caused it to be compared to a small and flou rishing independent State, locked on all sides by the territories of a vast and a wretched empire. And what was 't'urbot's secret for arresting the cry of cheap bread ? What was his policy for preventing that " prelude to the horrors of the French Revolution ?" The policy of Turgot may be described in two words—Free Trade. Freedom of trade throughout the interior of France, which had not previously been permitted. Freedom of trade with foreigners ; it having been thought as dreadful by the Watchmen of that period, that France should export corn, as it is now thought that England should import it. What were the consequences oe ? furgot's policy, as long as it lasted ? The consequences were internal abundance and com mercial activity. What were the consequences of the relapse into the old mania of regulation I The conse quences were what the Watchman puts forth as a bug bear—the cry of cheap bread—that prelude to the horrors of the French Revolution. Nothing in history is more distinctly traceable to mischievous meddling with the supply of the necessaries of life to a people than the fa mine price of corn in the great towns of France, which preceded and accompanied the first outbreakings of Re volution. Nothing can be more certain than that, if T'urbot's policy had been carried out, those extreme pri vations and hardships would not have occurred, which were a main-spur of the lawless movements of the mul titudes at that epoch. STANDARD.—The expectation of the simple few who have supposed it possible for Ministers to pursue a straight-forward and ingenuous course in any part of their career, will be disappointed by what occurred last night in the House of Commons. It had been generally reported through the metropolis yes terday, and on Wednesday, and the runners of the Cabinet were the most active in circulating the rumour, that Lord John Russell would, at the sitting of the House, clearly state the line which he and his colleagues will take in their present extra ordinary and disgraceful circumstances. There was, in consequence, very early an unusually full attend ance of Members. Anxious curiosity was on the stretch, as opportunity after opportunity for the Ministerial leader to make his statement presented it self, but he suffered each opportunity to pass ; Lord John did not rise. At length the Chancellor of the Exchequer offered . himself, and the desired explana tion it was hoped would now be g i ve n ; but no, Mr. Baring merely gave notice of the Committee of Ways and Means Upon the Sugar Duties f or Mon day. . At l eng th the Earl of Darlington gave expres sion to the universal feeling of impatience, if not of indignation, at such trifling ; and pressed Lord John. Russell with a strong remonstrance ; but all that he could extort from the Noble Secretary was an announcement • that the question of the Corn-law repeal, or, as it is pretended, modification, would be proposed for consideration upon the 4th of June.. As the • debate bommeheed upon the day ui question must be ex- i )ected to last at least a week, the country will have been overned for more than a month by a Cabinet unable to arry any one of its essential measures, without any promise hat even at the month's end that Cabinet will give place `, a more efficient Administration, or that it will throw self upon the people for support. Is this what our French neighbours call "parliamentary government ?"—we are vearted of asking whether such conduct is consistent ,vith the principles of the British Constitution ?—but are repeat our question, is this " Parliamentary Go .,ernment" even in the French phrase-? Can anything 'ike it be found in the practice of M. L a f a y e tt e 's mo narchical republic, or in the " model republic" at the other side of the Atlantic ? No ; such a mark of con .empt has been reserved exclusively for the Parliament and people of England—such an insolent stride to des potism belongs solely to the Reform Ministry. COURIER,—The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave notice, last evening, with, as the Chronicle has it, im perturbable coolness, that on Monday next he would " move that the House shall resolve itself into a Commit tee of Ways and Means, with a view to move the usual annual sugar duties therein." If Ministerial leading articles may be credited, for the Advertiser and Chro nicle have each one in almost the very same words, this announcement may be accepted as tantamount to a dis solution. So much the better. It now remains with he constitutional party to take the reins into their own hands, and without waiting upon the convenience of the Ministry, to force forward the dissolution to suit their own. Let them manfully meet the motion of Mr. Baring with a decided negative ; for why should a Government be entrusted with the collection and disbursement of an enormous branch of revenue, which substantially and repeatedly has been stigmatised by votes of the house As neither possessing nor deserving the confidence of Parliament or the country ? Now or never should be the cry, and let the blow be struck home and at once. Now or never also will be the cry of the people, on whom it must shortly devolve to decide whe ther they will any longer tolerate a grinding new Poor-law Ministry, or send men more honest to Par liament, pledged to the abrogation of all such odious clauses of that atrocious enactment of modern despotism, as contravene or supersede those rights of the poor and the working classes consecrated in their Elizabethan Charter. This is one and the greatest of issues the na tion will now have to try. Corn-law protection we must have, or operatives, agricultural and manufacturing, starving by hundreds of thousands, devouring each other's substance in a ruinous race of competition for scanty work and low wages, and ground down to the " coarser food," the black bread and vinegar wine of the Polish serf and the German cotton-weaver, with their miserable earnings, ranging from 2d. to sd. per day. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. PRICE OF :MEAD. The highest r ri: e of he Nktroplis is 930, for:the 41b. Loaf. Witt Bre td may be had at 'W. PRICES OF SEEDS. _ Per Cwt. _ New English Red C10ver...56s 84:1 1 St. Fein I —5 --I Old Ditto Ditto —s —s —s!llye Gass —s —s —a New Foreign Ditto -s 56s 80s'Pacey Grass —s —s —.I Old Ditto Ditto —s —a —slinseed, for feeding ...—s hOs bit New White Clover 40s Ms 63.s!Dit!o, for sowing ......—s 58s Mt Old Ditto Ditto —s 42s 46s1Ditto, for crushing ....—s 46s 48s -ew Tre oil .... —s 20s 41sIllem • .—s Vs 48 Old Ditto —a 19s 36s Canary .—s 903100• Cr folium —s 48s 70st, Per Bushel. English Carraway —s 50s 5 is,White Musttad.....9.B Od to 15s Or Foreign Ditto —s 94s 50s B rown Ditto I4s Od to 17s 00 Coriander —s —s —s Tares ..... 6s Cd tc 105 6cl Per Quarter PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton .....£45 0 Ditto, refined 46 0 Linseed Oil 29 10 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 1000) l2 10 Rape , ake. per ton 6 15 PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Town Tallow £2 l 6 Melting Stuff £1 15 0 Yellow Russia White ... 0 0 0 Graves Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 5 PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Ms. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ''s 836 d COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day, 27. s. d." Buddle's West Hartley l7 6 Carr's Hartley lB 0 , lidolywell Ma n l3 0 New Tan field Moor l5 0 Old 'fanfold M00r.... Ord's ltedhugh l5 0 Original Windsor's Pontop 17 3 West Hartley William's Hartley 16 0 01 West Wylam Wylam ........ .......... 10 3 Walls End Clennell Walls End Hilda lB 6 Walls End Killingworth Walls End Newmarch l7 11 s. d. Walls End Northumberland 17 6 Walls End Perkins l7 6 Walls End Witham ...... 15 6 W.E. BraddylPsHetton 21 Walls End Hetton 22 0 Walls End Lambton 22 0 Walls End Russell's Hetton 21 Walls:End Stewart's Walls End Hartlepool 22 0 Tennant's Hartlepool 2O 6 Walls End Adelaide 2O 6 Walls End South Durham l9 6 Walls End Tees "0 6 Hartley IS 0 Piferthyri 24 0 (From the London New Price Current of May 21.) SUGAR.-.Although the Ministers have been defeated in their proposition to reduce the duty on Foreign Su gar, still imparters of British Plantatimn have been more desirous to realise this week, and have supplied the market freely; both grocers and refiners have Come for ward with more caution, and there has been only . a li mited demand for either brown or yellow descnptiOZls, the private purchases for the three market days amounting to only 700 hhds and tierces, and the prices accepted are 6d to is under those of last Friday : at the public sales, however, the reductio4 amounted to is to Is 6d per cwt ; 342 hhds 34 tierces new Barbadoes, and 292 hhds 59 barrels St. Lucia were offered, the former all found buyers, viz.-fine yellow at 71s to 72s 6d, good 68s 6d to 70s, good middling 67s to 68s, mid dling 65s to 66s 6d, low middling 66s 6d to 64s 6d, low dabs 58s 6d ; the latter was mostly disposed of, fine yellow at 68s Gd to 70s Gd, good 66s 6d to 67s Gd, middling 63s to 65s 6d, low middling 625, middling and good middling strong grey 62s Gd to 64s 6d, five brown Gls to 62s 6d, good 60s : by private treaty middling yellow St. Vincent's has been sold at 63s to 645, Dominica and Jamaica better 655, Dominica good middling 68s per cwt. To-day the market exhibited a quiet aspect for West India; the demand was limited for both Grocery and Refining purposes, and rather lower rates were submitted to, making the general decline for the week ls to Is fid per cwt. and the total purchases 1,500 hhds and tierces. For sale on Tuesday 120 hhds Barbadoes are declared. REFINED.-For Refined goods prices have further im proved 2s to 3s per cwt ; brown lumps in large parcels at 92s to 94s for ordinary to good, standard lumps at 95s to 965. Hamburgh Loaves and Tittlers 95s to 975, good to fine 98s to 107 s, standard lumps 965, the supply being small. Treacle has met with a brisk sale, golden syrup has fetched 30s to 32s ; patent 28s to 295, common 27s to 27s 6d, inferior 26s to 26s 6d per cwt. Bastards have been taken less freely, still prices are firm, common and middling sorts have realized 50s to 555, good to fine 57s to 635. Pieces have met with a steady sale, com mon at 63s to 655, mid 66s to 695, good 70s to 755, fine 76s to 80s per cwt. Bonded crushed sugar at lower rates by 3d to 6d per cwt ; first quality at 30s Gd, and inferior at 30s to 30s 3d. Loaves 141bs at 33s 6d to 345, and 101bs at 34s 6d to 36s per cwt. Treacle 14s 6d for large parcels for delivery. Pieces 20s to 255. Bastards at 15s. to 19s per cwt. For Dutch Crushed Sugar lower rates have been again submitted to, a cargo has been sold at Amsterdam at 28s 6d per cwt. MAURITIUS.--This afternoon the trade operated with caution at the public sales, which comprised 6,302 bags 20 brls, but holders were firm. and bought in nearly the whole is above former rates, viz., fine yellow at 69s to 71s 6d, good middling and good 65s to 68s, middling 62s 6d to 63s 6d, low 61s 6d to 625, low middling and good brown 52s to 58s per cwt. Since the sale some of the bought in lots have been sold at the taking in rates. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon the market is in a dull state for all sorts, 2,391 bags 897 hhds, casks, &c., Ben gal, and 1,110 bkts Java, 21 cases Manilla were submit ted to public competition, the Bengal went off quietly and not above half found buyers, but former rates were sustained, it was mostly an indifferent parcel, middling good white sold at 63s to 665, middling and good middling yellow 60s to 625, strong brown of good quality 55s to 575, mid 50s 6d to 51s, low 46s to 49s 6d, damps and washed of various sorts 54s 6d to 625. Java sold is under late rates, fair strong greyish yellow went at 21s to 225, low dingy yellow 20s Gd, damps 19s to 19s 6d. Manilla fetched 16s for low brown. FOREIGN.—The defeat of Ministers upon the measure for reducing the duty on Foreign Sugar has caused holders of all descriptions to be more desirous to sell. White is held for the former value: Prices have given way 6d to is per cwt for Brazil. Pernambuco for Am sterdam at 18s for brown, and 25s for good strong white. 111OLASSES.—West India, at prices rather above those of last Friday ; St. Vincent's at 28s, and fair St. Lucia at 25s to 26s ; Mauritius Molasses taken in at 265, and 303 casks Bengal Syrup at 27s to 28s per cwt. COFFEE. importers of British Plantation remain firm, and supply the market sparingly, but' the trade have again operated with caution, and by private contract the transactions have been extremely limited. This afternoon the market presented a quiet aspect for all sorts admissable for home consumption, and holders were more desirous to realize. The public sales con sisted of 1,043 bags Ceylon, 145 bags Mysore,- 208 bags Pedang, 110 casks British Platation, 108 bags Java from the Cape, 655 bags Brazil, and 239 bags various other sorts, at which the biddings were languid. Ceylon was all taken in at rather lower rates, viz., at 71s for fine ordinary green mixed, and good ord pale •at 70s. Mysore sold at full rates, and fetched .65s 6d to 66s 6d for fine ordinary green*. Padang was Unclean, and was taken in at 39s for ordinary, being the full value. Of the British Plan tation a small part only was sold at a decline of 2s per cwt. the quality being unclean : good and fine fine ordinary Berbice went at 60s to 655, middling colory was taken in at 80$ to 81s. Manilla fine taken in at 70s, and good ord Sumatra at 345. Singapore Java bought in at 50s for good ordinary. Brazil sold rather cheaper ; good ordinary mixed Rio went at 395, and fine ordinary 41s 6d to 42s per cwt. TEA.—The market for Free Trade Tea has presented a quiet aspect all the week, and there has been a greater desire showii on the part of the merchants to realize. To day the trade operated with caution in Free Trade descrip tions, further public sales were brought forward, consisting of 13,730 packages, at which there was but a small at tendance of buyers ; the biddings were languid for green Tea, and the principal part of which was taken in, the small proportion sold was at a further reduction in prices of 4d to ld per lb. For black Tea there was a fair de mand, and the rates previously established were fully supported, indeed, fine Congou brought a small advance, this kind being well protected by the merchants ; out of the total quantity passed to-day, amounting to 11,200 pckgs, 4,900 have found buyers; Congou, but mid burnt coarse and rough is V i d to is 84d, but mid rather strong burnt ra ther fresh is 82d to is 9d, but mid rather strong burnt rather full is 10d to is 104 d ; strong blackish leaf Is lld to 2s 04d ; Ankoi,_ Souching flavour 2s 2d to 2s 4d ; Twankay, good ord and but mid coarse and strong is 71d to is 7:}(1, coarse and strong is 8d to is 81d ; Hyson 2s .4d to 4s 9d. In the speculative market there is no more activity and prices are firmer for Company's Congou ; sales for cash were made at is 8d to is 81d, and closed at the latter rate. COCOA.—This afternoon 158 bags sea damaged Guaya quil, and 164 bags Trinidad were offered at public sale ; shade lower, and fetched 30 to 31d for fair clean Suma tra ; ' the arrivals are large ; the latter taken in at is 2d. • Saco.—Prices keep on the decline. This afterucou Per Quarter Abingdon Andover frranbnry Basingstoke Cirene'•ster Coventry .oaventry Derby flowden fflingerford Malton .. Mai,tenhead Nottingham Wantage Warwick s. to s. 59 66 52 6 t 5t 56 63 53 62 64 72 (12. GS 50 70 60 76 52 75 61.1 67 6S 80 s. to s. 27 32 28 30 28 31 25 30 27 32 2:i 31 38 44 28 33 29 37 i 6 432 32 35 2ti 33 34 40 32 33 I. to s. 25 30 n 27 23 27 22 27 24 28 21 31) 28 34 25 28 22 25 30 22 84 25 31 !43 • 26 .26 32 26 32 Bean I. s. t 0 I. 40 44 TO 43 38 44 as 30 44 40 50 40 185 it sa SO : 4 : 31 4 . Winchester York - G 2 - 62 40 48 37 41 36 40 Per Bushel Birmingham s. d. s. d. 70 84 Is. d. s. d. 3 6 46 ILI. CORI .r Quarter) - 43 Wheat ; t, Whitt' (pe lied Foreign Grinding Oats, British Foreign (in b Beans Barley. ••Y onnl Pease, Grey Blue and WI iitc........... Linseed Flour (per sack) Rapeseed per 10 qu uartas)...... - 34 .... :38 44 90 s. d. 6. d.l s. d. 6. d. 30 4 0 1 5 8 70 SIARKET 565. r,es. 995. 545. 58s. 665. 545. 60s. Os• 295. 30s. 535. 245. 255. 275. 19s 02s 255. 185. 20s. 33a. 40s. 'l4s. 365. 3 8 a. 365. 3M , . b 505. 55s t'' )c s. 435. 49i • —l. sal. 354 s d. L 4 g 0 7° EDINBURGH CORN MARKET. vps g od e• Wheat. Barley. Oats. J 3 eans. A.-,,,, First 73s. Od 355. (H. 28s. OA. 425. Od. " 0 38 Second 65 o 33 0 i 4 0 ;8 0 30 ° Third Average price of Wheat Perces OF PROVIsIoN - 8. &C. 19 ,51 Os. 4d. to 08.7 d. Freshßu;ter, Hs. Is ; d to . , 1 0 a 0 8 Salt Ditto.. —...... 011 ~4 0 .0 7 010 Ditto, per t wt... 0 0 ' 0 8 - - ----................. 0 5 0 7 Eggs, per di.•x•-• 0 .0 , 8 6 Lamb, per qr. ....... 5 0 6 6 OatStraw(lcid.).. 6 '! 8 fallow, cwt......... 38 0 42 0 Wheat Ditto...-. 0 g% Quartern L0af.,..... o 8 0 8i Barley Ditto ...... 0 " Potatoes„l4lb. ....... 0 0 0 4 Hay, perst. A 0 EDINZURGH MEAL MARKET tno 0 Per Sack of 280Ib. Imp. Per Stone of lilts. -,- ~.. g .V i 10 First Oatmeal . MI, 3C . Cand ditto . ~... 8 ar1eyinea 1.......... Peasemeal 1 8 0 Peasemeal ...... ........ ..... - Pot Barley from 289. to 455. per sack Beef, per to. Mutton _ Po[x] CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) Wheat. Barley. 1.. ._221!:'` ~• - e. d. to r. d. o. d. to 3. d. 3. d. to ' 3 1 "'Turn — 0 8 0— 0 3 9 ° :4 Ilelstone — . 8 2 --0 3 9 0 n 1 St. Austell — 0 7 7 -- 0 3 I— 0 ;, 1 Bodmtn — 0 8 8 --- 0 4 4 0 3 9 Liskeard — 0 76 0 3 6 0 2 0 Launceston Canislford 7 6 8 0 3 8 4,. 2 6 9 , 6 Penzance. 7 4 8 6 0 4 0 0 ewr. MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tvio•-„ u 0 quantity of Copper ores sold at Itedruth la): week.. . 2,26 , 7 ,, " „. Quantity of Coppe Average Produce Quant it y ot tine C Amount of sale opper D. 171 . ss. td.-- - Teni.Calf'.oo° 2,267 0 ' „ l7) ."` ,A rd, PO. .Average E:andar N LADY'S GOLD NECK CIIA- f fou r may be selected from of several patt e r ns , price, weight ° Si% sovereigns, Five Guineas; weight of five sovereign' , os Guineas : weight of six sovereigns, Seven Guitieas• e ver weight is given by comparison wi th the weight of sove, r dw is. being more easily referred to than if s t a t e d i n ounces an d e ked The quality of the Gold is warranted equal to any that is into articles of this description. T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Silversmith, Watchmaker, &c., 47, , (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street), Loot" if sp- Drawings of the newest patterns will be sent post f' plication be made post paid. a" ,r REGISTER STOVES, 3 ft. wick., ' 4 s . ' ov e9, Poles for Window Curtains, Is. 3d. per fort. Itegta.'f r Bd. rer inch; elliptic stoves, 4,1. per inch ; registei with bright fronts, bright and black bars, bronzed orniun' te r, 100 s. ; brass poles for window curtains, I inch (limn& 6 Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, Is. Lid. ; a 2 inch pole, 3 feet inches long, with ends, rings, and brackets, complete, f0r.1 9/ ; 0 Catalogues gratis, containing the price of every arti.'l e ironmongery. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-stree BIRTHS. a ci On the 17th inst., at C a p ecure , 13oulo ne-sur-Mer, the 1 of G. A. Sloper, Esq., o f a daughter. g On the 17th inst., in Soho-square, the lady of H. J. Be l ' l. son, Esq., of a son. At lb,me, the l a dy o f th e R ev . C. Rankest H a ll, o f a dttlfill. On the 18th inst. , at Kempston Vicarage, Bedford, Pa l ' Clutterbuck, of a daughter, still born. 00 , On the 20th inst., at Holloway, Mrs. .T. Hayton, of twin So On the 20th i ns t., th e w if e o f M r . Ri c h ar d Spencer, I Holborn, of a son. MARRIED. the On the 20th inst, at Clifton, by the Rev. L. W. Ov" 01 ' 0 , Rev. W. R. Browell, Rector of Beaumont, Essex, tU ~„ Matilda, eldest daughter of T. T. Walton, Esq. a, i f ' On the 20th inst., George Thurtill, jun., Esq., of LO un vgi.r the county of Suffolk, to Ellen, daughter of Simon Cob b,. ' Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. t rleri c On the 20th inst., at Winkfield Glum'', Charles FI, Watts, Esq., of Thames Ditt.on, to Catherine, younges t c . ° ll a .;rdo to of Captain Taylor, late of her Majesty's 1103a1 Hone u tt ; o d' On the 20th inst., at St. Andrew's, Hertford, John " - house, Esq., surgeon, to Xiss Hooke, both of Hertford_2____----' DIED. , birth On the 10th inst., at St am f or d Di ng l e y, after giv.," l ;i o tril• to a ,on, Catherine Julana wife of the Rev. Charles H° ton' On the 12th inst., at the Rectory, Weldon, Northarexel' shire, George Greville Cathcart, the only sen of of Li en ' c s tb' Colonel the lion. George C a thcart and Lady Georgians cart, now in Cnada, agd 9. Elizab eth' On the 14th a inst., at e Gala House, Selkirkshire , daug O hter of the We John Scott,aged 21. A u b% n the 19th inst., at Hoddesdon, Herts, Mrs. Anne 000 10 ' On the 20th inst., at King-street, Portman,square' soy Warde n , Esq , late in the service of the East India C00113,.0 031 On th e 21st inst.. at Turner's-hill, Chrshunt, Anne, Lu of Thomas Sanders, Esq. 11 0, London: Printed . and Published by MURDO YCI,! d, I ° No. 112, Strand, at The Sun O ffi ce, No. 112, Tr"- . . the cuunty of Middlesex.--Saturday, May 22, 184'. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 256.0005 h. 64p. ct. sh • 11. pd 245.0 7,500 7p. ct. Hercules lOOl. sh. 104 pit 131 A 10(',000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/..sli. all pd 10 50,000 8 p. ct. North British 2OO/.sh. 10/. pd 17 1,000 8 p. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. Jul. pd 5,000 lp. ct. Edinburgh Lire WO/. sh. 101. pd 111 101 1 ,600 3j.p. ct. West of 5c0t1and..................... 10/. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 4,818 Edin. and Olas. Un. Canalsol.sh. all pd 1414 Ditto Allocated 961. sh. all pd 56 225,40( 5 per cent. Edinh. Joint Stock Water 25/. sh. all pd 35 I,oooth /15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 50/ sh 481. rd 42 0,600 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 20/ .s h . JO/. pd 314 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Ga 5..... sh. all pd 4,450 10 per cent. elasgow Gas ...... ...... 25/.lh. all pd 52 75 1, 7i per cent. Leith Coal Gas ..... 2ol.ais. all pd 1,154 Edinburgh and Dalkeith daftway 50/. sh 20 The liandelsblad contains a letter from Rotter dam giving an account of a strange occurrence. The wife of a watchman of the town for some time past had exhibited marks of mental alienation, and a fortnight ago disappeared sud denly, without leaving any traces by which her fate could be conjectured. On the 9th inst., the husband desiring to remove a chest from the garret, discovered in it his wife, still alive. The unfortunate woman appears to have entered this hiding place in-one of her fits of madness, with the intention of dying there. This circumstance, and that she only took a little wa ter from the gutt er o f t h e h ouse during the whale period of her disappearance for her support, is all that can be gathered from her• incoherent expressions. She is still affected with the same weakness of mind, and in addition. has been seized , vith the small-pez, • . • he former sold at 24s to 325; the latter fetched 42s 61 :or fair, and 47s 6d for good rs2d, being the full value. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLA NM— There has been al •ncreased disinclination on the oart of both shippers a nd ,he horns trade. to purchase West India Ruin this week t i tnd the transactions have been extremely limi tf us both Jamaica and Leewards, not exceeding 30 puncheons. Common kinds may be had at rather lower rates, but fine sorts are held for 661: ormer value, the supply being small, sellers of pro f t:eewards at 2s Id.—East India is dull of sale, and ratber iheaper; the Sales have been only 100 hhds Calcutta at is 51d, and puns at is 4id to is 5d proof strength. T he arrivals keep large of Bum, and have extended to 1,200 puns, &c. since last Friday.—The market is dull fur Brandy; we quote Cognac first' brands of the vintage 1836 at 5s 4d in hhds, and puns 5s 2d, do 1837, lihds 5s 2d mins ss, ditto 1838, hhds 5s puns 4s 10d, ditto 1 832 ' Aids 4s 10d puns 4s Bd, ditto 1840, hhds 3s 8d puts 3 . 3 hi, there have been some arrivals. Geneva has met with slow sale-2s is the value of shipping, and 2s 6(1 to 2s 7d fir fine quality for home use. The demand has b een :invited for British Corn Spirits, at 9s lld cash. Hors.—The accounts from some parts of the 114 growing districts, stating that the young bine had b een attacked with fly, have caused buyers to be more ilesirt to operate, and most of the parcels offaring for sale hlOB been readily disposed of at rather higher rates, lisinT t ; !iowever, to a large extent has been - prevented by ;hurt supply. The duty is estimated at 150,000/. Isanno.—This afternoon 360 serons Guate'inaln, were iffered at public sale, and fotind steady buyers, , •irought very full prices to 4d per lb advance ; 2d (e 6s 8d per lb were the extreme rates. 2 0 SPICES. —This afternoon 284 bags Pepper, nn bags Cloves were offered at auction, the firmer sold 1; at public sale 300 bags Pearl sold at 19s Gd to 2 1 s fo middling and good quality. RlCE.—There has been an increased desire on t h . l e part of importers of Bengal to realise, and both tli(1, 'some trade and shippers having oper a ted with Inu e i . caution ; prices have 'given way this week Is P e cwt; good middling white went at Ils to 11s Gd, middll [Os to lOs 6d, low whit e ver y dusty 9s to 9s 6d, 10_, yellowish white 8s 6d to 9s per cwt. Patras realised per cwt.. In Java, Siam, and Manilla rather lower rates have been accepted. Carolina has sold steadily for home use, and prices have been sustained. the OlLS.—There has been an exce ll en t d eman d front z u home trade for all common descriptions of Fish 0 7 since this day week, and sev era l p urc h ases h a ve be et ' made by the shippers in Seal and Cod; although no furtb' advance can generally be quoted at present in price s ' still they have an upward tendency. Southern o f cumin ° quality at 251 to 25/ 10s, middling 261 to 0 61 105, gr'; to fine 27/ to 28/. Pale Seal 311 5s to 311 10s, yel' ; ` cs ! - 281 to 30/ 10s, brown 261 27/. Cod 261 "c to 271. For arrival Pale Seal at 30/ per t tll '..: Sperm has been disposed of to a fair extent, and Pri ce- t are firm, first quality 93/. per tun. Linseed Oil firm n 28s 9d to 29s ; for delivery at 29s 3d to 29s 6d. Rape at 44s t to 44s 6d for pale, and 43s to 43s 6d for brown. F), as . India Cocoa Nut Oil at 37s to 38s for first sort. In l's 09 prices keep up, first quality 3515 s per tun. For Uh Oil prices are lookingdown ; Gallipoli at 70/, and Spani sD at 661 per tun. TALLOW.—In the early part of the week 46s for I': y ' Candle on the spot, but during the last two days pre have rallied to 46s 3d to 46s 6d ; prices now rule 6d to , under those of this day week. For delivery this mom, at 46s 3d, and for next month at 465, for delivery in °6- 0 tober, November, and December pri c es have fallen t, 47s 3d to 47s 6d per cwt. South American fine qie. ftt it '' 2s to 3s under the rates current for P. Y. Candle. ' O 7 Tallow, for cash parcels 46s to 46s 6d. 0. on This afternoon the demand was st ea dy f o r• the spot at 46s 6d ; sales for delivery in the last turr months made at 47s 6d per cwt. POLICE INTELLIGENCE• WORSHIP-STREET. A sharp-looking boy, eleven years old, named Jot; Chick, was brought up for re-examination upon a chn r ti i , of stealing a piece of bacon from a shop i n Shore He was caught at a short distance from the shop the bacon in his possession, but he told the policeni and afterwards assured the Magistrate, that he n o picked it up from the pa ve me n t, an d was go ing to t it ,. it it into a shop a few doors off, from which he thoug h might have come. Wh en t a k en t o th e s t a ti on -house , ~ gave. his name Oliv e r T w i s t, an d th a t was b e li e ved to I; his flash name amongst his companions. He was Un °v ` r , as having been in custody before, and his filth, Richard Chick, was c o mm itt e d f rom thi s o ff ice , and c.L B cuted at the Old Bailey for a very daring and extens v t, burglary - committed at a silk- mercer ' s i n Crown-str ee „ Finsbury. Horley, th e Chi e f U s h er o f t h e C o urt, Wi th° apprehended him, now informed the Magistrate of facts. The prisoner's mother b e i ng b roug h t f orwa rd at h .., t t to last examination, said that a . gentleman had offer t he get him into the Philanthropi c I ns tit u ti on ; and Magistrate having ascertained that the boy woald be ti mitted, he was sent to the instit u ti on i n c harge 9 f t ` officer: . THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS Wheat. Barley. Oats. 7ca , :e.. 7 .,