The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-24 00:00:00

...„•MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. " CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Ntion Market at Liverpool was brisk yester day, and prices were steady. Sales, 6,000 bales. — Paris and Rouen Railway Shares were rather better, but others were in poor request. Tho market was heavy. Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, brought 41. 18s. 6c1.; Grand Junction, Half, 94 ; Birmingham 32 1. Shares, 33k; and Paris and Rouen, 24k. Monday will be a close holiday at Liverpool. There ore no arrivals to-day, and the produce mar kets are closed till the 3d of next month. 'The return of the Promissory Notes payable on de mand, in circulation in the United Kingdom during the four weeks, ending the 10th instant, as compared With the previous statement to Nov. 12. gives the following results : , Circulation.—Bank of England, Nov. 2 £20,104,000 Dec. 10 18,841,000 Decrease 1,263,000 Joint-Stock of England .Nov. 12 3,196,964 Dec. 10 3,001,590 195,374 ~ Decrease... Vhartered Private, and Joint-stock of ';England Nov. 12 2,891,865 Increase.. 199,363 tank of Ireland Dec. 10 3,138,000 Decrease 24,000 Private and Joint-ito_•k o':lreland, Nov.lo 2,126,829 Dec. 12 2,104,885 Decrease 21,944 Bullion in Bank of England... Now 10,511,000 Before Increase . 1 , The Stock Market still wears rather a firmer ap- Pearance, on account of the large purchases, 75,0001. altogether, made in Consols by the Bear party in changing their accounts, a little after ' the recent decline upon the strength of the Barcelona affair, and which had led them rTither to oversell themselves. On the other hand, the heavy sale of 80,0001. to 100,0001. Reduced Three Per Cents., made by the Government broker, in con ,,nexion.probably with the finance accounts, or for the Bank of England, has been quite recovered. This . morning an investment has been made in them to the extent of 6,7001. supposed as 1 • 1 $-ual - to be for the Savings' Banks. The increasing • ainettnt of bullion in the Bank serves to buoy up the Bull party. Consols for the opening have realized , 93 i to 93k. Exchequer Bills have been worth 50 s. to 625. premium; and India Bonds, 465. premium. , ' teducedThree-and-a-Half per Cents. are 101. Bank I Stock has been firm at 171. The Canada Debentures `are 1* to 11 premium. Being the daybefore Christmas, and such " glorious Weather," few of the speculators in foreign stocks are Present in the market. Spanish Actives are 181 to 18 1; and the Three per Cents. 24 to 24k ; Dutch Five Per Cents. of the New Loan, are 98.1. _ The Railway Shares continue dull, but prices are nominally supported. Brighton are 13i, and Northern id Eastern 94 discount. Great Western New are In Northern and Eastern Scrip 5, and Paris and aleuen 5 premium. Edinburgh and Glasgow New are at par._ There has been no notice from the Mansion-house, recommending a holiday on Monday, and the public 13 ffices will remain open as usual. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R • ILWAYS. Paid. Per share. Rdinliur t h and Glasgow BO — to Ditto New London and Nrighton N orthern and Eastern Ditto Scrip.. nkrisand Roma ....... . ...... 20 ...... 25 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 22. Three per Cent. Consols.... Ditto, New, 1830 .. 100& 'CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) 'Joseph .Dooley, a lad about 19, was charged with tnbbin g bii master, Mr. Charles Paul Bridet, jeweller, Of King-street, Clerkenwell, of trinkets to the value °f 1001., and stealjng a valuable pair of ear-rings. From Mr. Bide 6 testimony, it appeared that the rlsoner has been apprentice to the prosecutor for the st six years and a half ; that during the last six t 3 lonths articles to the above-mentioned amount have :been missed from the shop and counting-house. A few days ago a pair of cornelian ear-rings, richly counted were stolen from Mr. Bridet's own 'rawer. Suspicion at length fell on the pri /iOner ; a person was appointed to watch in the vounting-house during the night, in which 1)11 4 — lamp was left dimly burning. Last night between eleven and twelve, the watchman heard a false,, and '3oon after observed the prisoner glidi n g 4 ,rong the desk ; he gave the alarm, however, before he had time to plunder, and he was at once taken into Custody. The police-constable, on opening his boxes, found the identical pair of ear-rings which had been Trussing, as well as some precious stones, and some in struments used by lapidaries, the property of h is master. Mr. Wakeling, who conducted the prosecution, re ;lneated that the prisoner should be remanded, as he had no doubt but he should be able to trace the rest of the stolen property to the prisoner. He was remanded till Friday next. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DEC. 23.—Arrived the splendid steam-ship Great A orthern, from Londonderry in six days, to repair damage to engine. She is rigged as a first class f rigate, and has all the appearance of one, having 20 Ports on each side : she is 1,515 tons, 350 horse 15(iwer and is fitted with the screw-propeller. Her I,llaneli stands just abaft her mainmast, and the top of I t is about the height of the cross jack-yard ; the steam is only used in calms and contrary winds. The Danish barque Urania, from St. Croix, for L •vleu s b urg , w hi c h arrived last night, is come intohar ur to repair damage ; also the American brig Ark, hinders, from Virginia, for orders, with loss of bul- Warks, &c., both vessels having experienced dreadful weather in the Channel, while it has been so very fi ne here. Th e Kelmaurs, Captain Smith, which arrived at t his . port on the 16th, from Batavia, for orders , is still (letained in these roads, the crew having refused to Proceed further on the voyage. a The Hamburgh barque Elizabeth lately put into his port in a very leaky state, on her voyage from S ingapore to Hamburgh, has landed her cargo, and ° n Tuesday was placed in the Thetis dry-dock to undergo the necessary repairs. The French schooner More is on the Carpenters' ~ „ The Dutch' galliot Goede Trouw is repairing off le Salterns stage ; and the Dutch galliot Antony is ' a n Hansen's slip for the same purpose. The Peninsular Company's steamer Little Liver- FOol, having been repaired, has been launched from ° L I White's slip, and on Thursday proceeded out of harbour. The English brig New Holland, which was sold ' 4 !t week under a decree of the High Court of Ad tniralty, is now fitting out, and nearly ready for sea. SINGULAR SUICIDE. (Frotn the Shrewsbury News of this day.) Yesterday week afternoon an inquest was held in the large room at the Rodney Inn, Coalbrookdale, before John Hinton, Esq., Coroner, and a highly re 4 Pectable Jury, of whom the Rev. W. Yate was fore- Ulan, over one William Maybury, a youth of eighteen, Who had placed his head under a forge-hammer, for the purpose of self-destruction. David Williams, an elderly man, employed at the forge, deposed that on t he previous Wednesday, he and his fellow workmen, 1111 0 were the deceased and his father and brother, had done some work for one William Jenks, an en tmeEr, for which he had given them two gallons of 41 e, over which they spent their evening in the forge, andhad drank some six quarts at ten o'clock ; "l at the deceased was " fresh," and very random, and took several liberties with one John Salisbury, a young stn who was with them, such as biting him by the nose and the like ; that the witness chid him, as did likewise his father ; that he shed tears, and uttering something, suddenly turned round, seized t "gate" which disengaged the water that moved he machinery of the hammer, set the forge to work, and immediately threw himself upon the anvil. The :atntner struck several blows before they could stop Thought tha deceased a very daring young man. Jahn Salisbury corroborated the evidence of Williams, and• said that on hearing the forge go to work, he f rom round, seized the deceased, and pulled him Rai under the hammer quite dead, his head being gushed to pieces. After some further evidence, the Jury, consulted I 1 ° o ut twenty minutes, and returned a verdict of "Temporary Insanity." tANQUET TO COLONEL TYNTE.—On Friday, the ‘Ctil instant, a splendid banquet was given by the 'afficers of the West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry, their rgallant and esteemed commandant, Colonel Ynte, at Pattison's Hotel, Taunton. The Earl of "rnarvon presided on this occasion. Among the guests assembled were the Right Hon. Earl of Car 4,arron, Colonel Tynte, Lord Porchester, and the ' V.on. R. Neville, M.P. for Windsor. The splendid 'ase and salver presented to Colonel Tynte, the former by the officers, and the latter by the non-commisioned officers and privates, ornamented the room ; as also t candelabrum and salver, given to Captain Maher Y his military colleagues. Upwards of sixty officers We re present o n the occasion, an d the toasts and Neches were numerous and excellent. MARKET NEWS (THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. The supply of Christmas decorations here to-day, was unusually large, hence the market exhibited a a very gay appearance. In most kinds of vegetables, a fair amount of business was transacted; while the sale for fruit was steady at full prices. Potatoes were abundant, but the inquiry for them was extremely in active, at barely late rates. Potatoes from 3s to 4s per cwt; Turnips, 2s to 2s 6d; Carrots, 3s 6d to ss; Coleworts or Greens, is 6d to 2s 3d ; and Leeks, is to ls 6d per dozen bunches ; Apples, ls 3d to 3s ; Pears, 4s to Gs, and Onions, is 6d to 2s 6d per half sieve; new Oranges and Lemons, 8s to I Os, and Walnuts, 10d to is 4d per 100; Brocoli, Gs to I ls, and Celery, 12s to 16s per dozen bundles; Endive, is 6d to 2s 6d per score ; Savoys, ls to 2s, and red Cabbages, 2s to 7s per dozen heads ; Mushrooms, 10d to Is Gd, and small Salad, 2d to 3d per punnet; Turnip Radishes, 10d to ls per dozen hands ; Horse-radish, Is 6d to 3s per bundle; Spanish Nuts, 2s to 3s; Barcelona, 3s to 3s 6d; and Chesnuts, 3s to 3s Gd per peck. ITEAVGATE AND LtAMENHALL. Scarcely has ever such large supplies of game and poultry been exhibited for sale in these markets as was the case to-day ; yet the best descriptions sold at rather high prices, the inferior sorts being a mere drug. Turkeys produced from 5s to, in some in stances, 35s ; Geese, 5s to 8s ; Capons, 5s to 15s ; Roasting Pigs, 4i to 9s; Rabbits, 4d to is 6d ; Hares, is 10d to 3s 6d ; Partridges, is 3d to 2s ; Woodcocks, 2s to 3s 6d ; Pheasants, 2s 6d to 4s ; Grouse, 2s to 3s 3d ; Ptarmigan, ls 9d to 2s 6d ; Snipes, ls to 2s ; Teal,4d to Is ; Wild Ducks, is to 2s; Widgeons, 10d to is 6d; Plovers, 6d to 8d; and Pigeons, 6d to 10d each. Fowls, 5s to 9s ; Chickens, 2s ad to 4s ; and Ducks, 3s. to 5s per couple. Fresh Butter, is 3d to is 5d per lb; Eggs, 8s to Ils per 100. Notwith standing the immense supplies of superior meat on sale for Christmas consumption, we had a very firm demand, and higher prices were realised by the sales men. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. The supplies of Fish brought forward to-day were not large, yet the demand ruled inactive. Turbots sold at from 10s to 253 ; Cod Fish, is 6d to lOs ; Haddocks, 4d to ls 2d; Whitings, 4d to 8d; Mackerel, Iod to ls; Dorys, 2s to 3s 6d ; Crabs, 8d to 2s 6d ; and Lobsters, Is 3d to 3s 6d each ; Soles, 8d to 3s 3d per pair ; Smelts, is 10d to 3s; Fresh Herrings, is to 2s 3d; and Thames Flounders, is 2d to 2s per dozen ; Salmon, 10d to is 4d; Crimped Skate, 6d to 10d; and Eels, 6d to is 3d per lb ; Sprats, 3s to 4s 6d; and Oysters, 16s to 25s per bushel. VTHITECHAPEL. Our market was very abundantly supplied, yet the demand was tolerably steady. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per Blbs, by the carcase. NEWPORT. We had an abundant display of Meat this morn ing, which sold at the following prices :—Beef, from 35 4d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d; and Fork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase. HuNazuronn. Fair average supplies of most articles usually sold here were offering to <lay, while there was a slight improvement in the general inquiry, at full prices. BIDE MAIIKEr. Raw Hides at per stoneOiiill7);.---Best Steers and Heifers, 6s to 6s sd; middling Hides, 5s 4d to 53 10d ; inferior do., 4s 8d to 5s 2d. Sheep and Calf skins, at per skin—Market Calf, 8s to 9s ; Long woolled Sheep, 2s 8d to 4s 4d ; short do, 2s 2d to 3s. 13READ. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 7d; of Household do., 5d to 6kd per 41b. loaf. HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ 15s; useful ditto, 4/ to 41 4s ; fine upland ditto, 4/ 5s to 41 lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 to 5/ lOs ; Oat Straw, 21 to 2/ 23; Wheat straw, 2l 3s to 5l 3s per load. Straw sold freely, at improved rates ; but, in each kind of hay, exceedingly little was passing. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse meadow Hay, 3/ 5s to 41; useful ditto, 412 s to 41 8s; fine upland ditto, 41 10s to 41 13s; Clover Hay, 4/ 4s to 51 8 s; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2l 2s; Wheat Straw, 2/ 2s to 2l 35 per load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL. Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3l 16s ; useful ditto, 4/ to 4l os ; fine upland ditto, 4l 6s to 41 103 ; Clover Hay, 4/ to 51 15s; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ; Wheat Straw, 2l to 2/ 3s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-FRIDAY. There was a large supply of Wheat, and good of other articles, fresh up for our market. The demand for Wheat was not extensive, but a fair quantity sold at ls. per quarter below last week's prices. Barley met with a slack demand at Is. per quarter decline. Beans and Oats each lower. Per qr. of 601 b to the bushel. Wneat, Red, Essex and Kent New 484. to 5%. ixtra 524. Norfolk anti Suffolk New 445. 503. 52.." Boston and Wisbeach New 44e. 495. Yorkshire. N w 425. 4.54. ... 464. English, White New 48.. 545. ... 55- Old R d 425. 475. white 525. Foreign fled 4.13. 48 ... 53e, Per quart r imperial. Barley, Norfolk ani Suffolk New • 64. to 9.64 4 xtra 31s. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 254. ... 284. Scotch ' 25s 274. 281 Grig. ding 22s 245. ... Per qr.( f 631 b. to th bushel. Beans, New 284. 313. s Old Oats, Potato atd Pola^d 2Us. 224 —s. ..... .10d. to 10,1 , Foreign —d to —d. pet Stop. Shelling 234. to 243. per Lead. Malt Rweseed 000000000 PRICE OF BREAD. the highest rriee of iie4dintitell 7 ldrCp•;lis Is 7)id for the 41b Loaf. Gocd Bread may be had at 5!4d. . _ PRICES OF SEEDS. Per Cwt. I Per Quarter Sew nglish Red Clover...6os 75s St. Foin —e tBs 441 Old Ditto Ditto —s —s —a Rye Grass —s 255 Us New Foreign Ditto —s 56s 75s Pacey Grass —s —8 —s Old Ditto Ditto —s —s —a:Linseed, for feeding ...—s 50s 56s New White (._over 50s sfs 605'Dit;o, for sowing —s eos 66s Old Ditto Ditto —s a —siDltto fur crushing ....—s 4Es 50s New Trefoil —s 175 251, , Hem 7 .—s 42s 4Ss Old Ditto rr.folium —s —.s —SI Per Bushel. English Carraway —5 401 45s White Mustard.... gs Od to lls Od Foreign Ditto —s 40. 40s'Brown Ditto lOs Od to ]2sod Coriander —s 14, 20s;Tares 3s 6d to 5s 03 PRICE ../F OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton ....X 4 l IV Ditto, refined Linseed Oil 3 , V Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (per IOW) ll 0 !tape . ake. per ton 6 0 PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP &c. per 112 Town Tallow ...............X2 11 6 Melting Stuff .£1 14 0 Yellow Russia White Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 5 0 PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Bibs. rice of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Meters) '.ls. 10'. COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market.day, 57. s. d. Adair's Charlotte l7 6 Holywal Main l7 6 Ord's Itedheugh l5 U Ravensworth West Hartley 17 0 Tanfiold Moor Bute's l5 0 Wylam Walls End Clennell l7 3 Walls End sioslbrth Walls End Hedley 11) 3 Walls End Hilda lB 0 Walls End Killingworth Walis End Newmarch lB e Walls End Norshumberland 18 9 d. Walls End Todd's Bensham 14 9 Walls End Belmont W. E. Braddyll'sHotton Walls End Haswell. ...... 21 6 Walls End Hetton 21 6 Walls End Lambton ...... 6 Walls End Morrison Wails - End Shinclitr l9 0 Walls - End Caradoc 2l 9 Walls.Eud Quarrington 2O 0 Walls End South Durham 19 6 Walls End Tees Hetton 16 6 Wal,s Ei.d 3 cos Walls End West Tees lB 9 COUNTRY MARIi ETS Wheat. Barley. Oat . I Beans. s. t s. 5. to s. '2 28 40 4t t.O 23 39 42 14 20 36 44 21 22 40 IS 24 r 6 38 24 28 36 39 M 30 06 38 18 c 0 27 33 27 18 42 50 21 32 20 24 41 44 28 32 20 28 44 37 43 2 28 24 30 20 25 126 42 32 36 2t 20 32 42 24 28 22 24 32 44 EIIBURY MARKET. Wheat, 505.: to 565. —5. to —s 435. to 473. to —I Barley, Malting 275. to 324 Grnding.. —s. to Oats Beans 27s to 325. —s. to s. Pease 315, to —s. 325. to —s. CHELTENHAM MARKETS. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d.I Per lb. Wheat C 9 7 9 Harley 3 0 3 9 Oats 3 0 3 9 Per Quartor I Bath I. to a. 55 64 46 52 B. to B. 25 23 20 27 Slandford Sridport Chard Exeter aloucester iluildford Newbury Reading Salisbury Shtrborne Shepton M al let Uxbridge Warminster.,,, 44 56 Worcester 54 60 iteovill St 60 CAN 49 56 54 60 59 59 46 62 44 62 42 65 - - 2.6 32 27 34 24 32 27 31 16 22 26 32 56 56 58 70 d. tc d. Beef 6 7 Mutton Vaal Pork Lamb 7 11 to 4/. 10s. Oct. per ton. Beans 4 0 5 01 !ease 5 0 8 01 Hay 41.55. CHELMSFOII Wheat, White 49 to 57 Red Barley 'A 28 Chevalier 2l 31 Grinding .D MARKET. Oats Pease, Gray 27 28 White Beans, Tick SI :0 Mangan 25 tO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INDIA AND TRIESTE.— The company of the Austrian Lloyd's at Trieste has published the following details relative to the com munication between India and the Mediterranean by Suez and Alexandria :—" The Austrian brig Pylades, Capt. Feoris, has just arrived from Alexandria with a large cargo of tea, rice, and indi go, brough t directly from India to Suez by the Indian sin') Bengalee, and thence to Cairo on camels' backs. This fact is interesting, inasmuch as it is the first cargo which has been con veyed directly from India to Trieste. We are assured that carriages on two wheels are now in progress of construction to convey merchandise from Suez to Cairo, which will effect a considerable saving in the price of the conveyance of those articles. In future, merchandise intended for consumption on the con- tinent of Europe, instead of coming round the Cape of Good Hope, and remaining for months in the ware houses of England, can be conveyed to Trieste, Leg horn, or Marseilles, within two months, which must add considerably to the commercial advantages of those cities." NORTHAMPTON LUNATIC ASYLUM.—A most inte resting spectacle will be afforded to the inhabitants of Northampton on Tuesday next. A dinner and ball will be given at the Asylum to the male and female convalescent patients ; and by the regulations of the resident physician s visitors can only be permitted to dance with a patient. PP. se to s. 40 44 32 36 40 44 32 38 36 38 31 33 3! 36 :IV 40 96 Nil THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1842, MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OP THIS DAY. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. TIMES.—One step has been taken towards the enforcement of claims against the Peruvian Govern ment, which does not seem to he generally known. Mr. Caldcleugh, lately agent for the Chilian creditors, has, it appears, tendered his services to the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders, and has offered to repair to Lima. It is said that the Committee are anxious to avail themselves of his services, but that a question as to the mode of remuneration prevents the arrangement from being concluded. A correspondent, adverting to the fact as noted in the printed share lists of dividends amounting to 171 per cent., and recently to 20 per cent., per annum being paid on the shares of a banking company in the west of England, desires the question to go torth to the public if such a rate of profit can really be made on the transaction of regular banking business ? It is incumbent, however, on the shareholders, mor e particularly of the ball in question, to probe this matter thoroughly, since a great portion of the loss and ruin brought on by such investments has arisen from their sitting down quietly without inquiry, and from even taking the large amount of dividend as an assurance that all was right. The notorious Biddle, in his management of the United States Bank, was enabled to cover half his delinquencies by the regular payment of a 7 per cent. dividend, which suddenly dropped to nothing, and the capital itself disappeared with equal rapidity. Shareholders become clamorous and inquisitive only when a small dividend, or no di vidend at all, is paid—a time when in most cases the evil is past all remedy. The directly contrary course of proceeding would be more safe and of far greater utility. There were Mauritius papers received to-day to the 15th of October, which speak of the embarrassed state of the island, as far as money matters are con. cerned, and the scarcity of negotiable bills for remit tances on England. No Treasury bills were offering in the market, and private bills at 90 days' date, few in number, were sold at 6to 7 per cent. premium. The Price Current, on the subject of money accom• modation, says, "Gold and silver coin is becoming daily more scarce, the difficulty of procuring bills on India have caused the recent transmission hence to Pondicherry of remittances in specie to the amount of upwards of 100,000 dols." The crop of sugar ap pears to be arriving but slowly to market, since but 1,646 bags had been placed at auction. These fetched prices ranging from 7 dols. 25c. to 8 dols. 5c., ac cording to quality. The vessels loading were the Champion, for London, with 1,567 bags on board ; the Fleetwood, for the Clyde, with 2,594 bags ; and the Richard Mount, for Launceston, with 830 bags. Freights to London, Liverpool, and Bristol, were 3/. per ton. The " Sufferer," who unfortunately converted his Consols into Indiana Stock, blinded no doubt by the prospect of a high rate of interest, is informed that the last thing that was heard of the financial operations of Indiana was the declaration of a Committee of Ways and Means, that the dividends could not be paid with out taxation, with the additional remark that they should not eel justified in recommending the imposi tion of taxes. It is now a long time since this fact was made public, and it was commented on at its appearance as a sign of the growing spirit of " re pudiation." As we anticipated from the first, the omission of all mention of the Treasury bondholders in Senor Calatrava's financial exposition has awakened the indignation of that most ill-used class of creditors, who had every reason to believe when they took that special description of securities called " Treasury bonds," that they were receiving an actual equiva lent for specie, which was in fact paid to the domestic creditors at the time of the issue. That Senor Borrajo's offer to treat the Treasury bonds as coupons, and admit them into the general conversion of arrears of interest into the New Three per Cents., was highly displeasing to the holders, is well known. They not only saw that there was something contrary to reason in a demand to consider a document bearing 5 per cent. interest in the same light as a coupon which bears no interest at all, but had strong doubts even of the legality of the proceeding, conceiving that an agent who was authorised to convert arrears had not a right to cancel one description of Stock and issue another in its place by virtue of such authority. In their opposition to these acts of the Spanish agent they were encouraged by the hope that some plan for their especial benefit would be brought forward by Senor Calatrava, and hence when his declaration made its appearance their disappointment was extreme. Already are they taking steps to remind both the British and Spanish Governments of the nature of their claims, and the following letters have been ad dressed by the Chairman of their Committee to Lord Aberdeen and Senor Calatrava : " TO THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF ABERDEEN. "My Lord,—All your Lordship's kind solicitude and valuable exertions and remonstrances in favour of the holders of Spanish Treasury Bonds are, I la ment to state, up to this date wholly unproductive of the result your Lordship had reason to expect, and the said holders with so much sanguine confidence an ticipated. " Senor Calatrava, in his financial exposition to the Cortes a few weeks 'since, abstained from making even a passing allusion to the dishonoured bonds in question, and more recently an advertisement has ap peared in the London journals, declaring a fourth dividend payable on newly created 3 per Cent. Bonds formed by the capitalisation of a certain amount of interest on irredeemable stock accrued up to the end of 1840, but in which advertisement an equal silence is observed with reference to the studiously over looked Treasury bills due in 1837, and actually ad vertised for payment, as the dividend on the new 3 per Cent. Stock is advertised now, with the difference, so worthy of being borne in mind, that the advertise ment touching the Treasury bills had the name of the Spanish Ambassador attached to it, while the other has but that of an inferior agent. " I should be led again into the expression of very loud complaint at this unheard of treatment, but I fear I shall intrude too much on your Lordship's valuable time even by requesting, at your Lordship's leisure, the perusal of the accompanying documents. My Lord, if it is the intention of Senor Calatrava, of General Sancho, and of the Spanish authorities to re pudiate both the sacred securities created in 1836, and the solemn decrees under which they were created, in God's name let them do so at once openly. This act of bad faith, so atrocious would it be, and so un exampled, I believe they dare not for shame openly avow; but let them then either pay forthwith, or re pudiate and put an end to the disgraceful, tantalizing system of promising eternally, but without making any approach whatever to actual performance. Our Treasury Bonds, which were at 70 per cent. in 1837, and no interest overdue, are now, my Lord, worth only about 201. per cent., and unsaleable. This including, as it does, 301. for six years' interest, gives about 14 per cent. for that which cost myself and others (the victims of Spanish duplicity and of the misrepresentations of an ambassador) between 601. and 701. per cent. in 1837. hope your Lordship, if you cannot obtain redress, will not simply require, but command and order the Spanish authorities here in London to desist from such barefaced deceptions, and write for peremptory orders at once either to pay or repudiate the claims. ''The letter, addressed to Senor Calatrava, of which duplicates accompany this, I beg may be presented to him by the English Ambassador at Madrid. Your Lordship will see how and in what manner his pro mises to Mr. Aston have been fulfilled. Begging to offer an apology for these continued intrusions, and lamenting as I do most profoundly their necessity, " I have the honour to -remain, my Lord, " Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, "JOSEPH TASKER, Chairman. " Committee-rooms, 3, York-buildings, " New-road, Dec. 20." " TO HIS EXCELLENCY SENOR CALATRAVA. " Excellent Sir—Your communication upon the subject of the Spanish Treasury Bonds, made last September, led many persons to believe that some speedy measures of relief were proposed. To make you acquainted with the assurances and promises which had been held out with regard to these claims, I enclose copies of various decrees of your Govern ment, and of various advertisements published by Count D'Aguilar, which announce payment of both principal and interest conformably to the decree of November, 1836, under which we clai m . I nee d no t say that the decree itself, as well as the promises so made, remain unfulfilled to the present day. To the astonishment of every one a fourth dividend is ac tually announced upon the newly-formed consolida• tion of coupons of later date, whilst not even the interest on the Treasury. Bonds, which are a re deemable security, is provided for. " The Treasury Bonds are, of course, a security of a superior kind, resembling, or intended by the Cortes and Finance Minister to resemble, securities circu lating here under the name of Exchequer bills. The neglect of the Spanish Treasury Bonds circulating (for a large part have been paid off at par, as is well known), so contrary to the spirit of the decree of 1836, and so opposed to the Ambassador's notice of payment of 1837, has the effect of destroying their value completely, and, in short, amounts to and ope • rates with all the disastrous influence of an open re pudiation both of the claim itself and of the decree of 1836. " This cannot surely be your Excellency's inten. tion ; if it is, however, pray acknowledge it forthwith, and put an end to suspense and misery. " Your Excellency's last letter most assuredly led many persons to anticipate a very contrary treatment. " Funds you now have in abundance. They were led by that letter to expect a speedy and satisfactory settlement of this long protracted question. I ad dressed two memorials to the Regent upon the sub ject, and again beg the earliest possible arrangement; this claim is pending since 1836. " The decree or projet de loi' of Senor Bull was _ . rejected at • the public meeting, because it not only cancelled all the valuable privileges of redemption at par within a specified date, viz., 6 and 12 months, secured by the law of 1836 (which and which alone prompted persons to purchase them at all), but actually called upon the holders to submit even to a reduced rate of interest of from 5 to 3 per cent. ; a proposition so at variance with the spirit and letter of the law, that it seemed only an insult to the parties, many of whom had been induced to purchase the said Treasury paper at 601. and 701. per cent. in 1837, interpreting the law and the Ambassador's notices of payment in their plain and literal and common-sense meaning. They have to regret, as your Excellency will easily conceive, their most misplaced confidence. " The Earl of Aberdeen kindly interested himself, and has made appeals in our behalf. To him I again appeal. " I do once more implore a speedy and final settle ment, and that your Excellency will acknowledge as early as possible the receipt of this letter. " I remain, in the meantime your Excellency's most obedient humble servant, " JOSEPH TASKER " Chairman of the Spanish Treasury Bondholders. " Committee-rooms, 3, York-buildings, New-road, Dec. 20." SUN.—Money, which was plentiful in the morning, at about 1 per cent., became rather more in demand this afternoon, and as much as 3 per cent was paid in the Stock Exchange for temporary accommodation. lt was said the Bear pa r ty were i ncl i ne d to change their accounts. The broker acting for the Government took Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities to about the usual amount at 94i. Consols were 931 93 for the open ing ; Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 101 to 108; and the Old Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 100 i to 101. Bank Stock was steady at 172. The premium on Exchequer Bills remained at 495. to 51s. There were some symptoms of buoyancy in a few of the Foreign Securities, but the transactions were limited. The Five per Cent. Spanish BondS were marked 18-1 to 18k; and the Three per Cents. 23i to 23k. Portuguese Converted Stock improved to 32i 32k. Mexican dull at 31i. Brazil Bonds rose to 69i- and 70. Dutch Five per Cents. were at 1001 to 1001. The Shares were scarcely so well supported, and the only bargains this afternoon were in the following lines :—Edinburgh and Glasgoiv were 21 ; Brighton, 14 ; Northern and Eastern, 9 ; North Midland, Thirds, 1i; and South Eastern and Dover Scrip, 3i discount. London and Birmingham were 99k; and Paris and Rouen, 4} premium. London Joint Stock Bank Shares were 3+; London and Westminster, li to 2 ; and Provincial of Ireland, 181 premium. Co-1 lonial Bank Shares were 5.1 discount. Bills of Exchange on the principal Continental ci ties were in many instances quoted at a slight ad vance this afternoon, being taken at these rates :—On Paris at 25c. 921 c. to 951 c. ; on Hamburgh at 13 11i t ; on Frankfort at 1521; on Amsterdam, at 12 6 ; on Antwerp at 12 51 ; and on Trieste at 10 1 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY. ) Amsterdam C F. 12 'Si Gibtaltar .. .. 46 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .........2 U. 12 9 Genoa Antwerp l2 ei Milan Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Venice 47 Altona , 13 15i Naples ............... ..... 40 Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 SO . Palermo, per oz 12f i Ditto, 3 months 26 5 Lisbon . Marseilles 13ourdcaux 26 10 Rio Janeiro 25 Frankfort on Maine ...1521 Bahia Petersburgh, 3 Us. 4361 Buenos Ayres Berlin . 7 New York, 21 days sight 461 t Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 10 2 'Philadelphia 4€ Trieste, ditto Madrid .. Cadiz 36 Portugal Gold C0in...3 17 5 Bilbao Barcelona Seville ,.. 36 Silver in Bars... ..... 0 4 11A GREAT FAILURES AT YORK AND WAKEFIELD. (From the York Herald of this day.) STOPPAGE OF THE YORKSHIRE AGRI CULTURAL BANK. We regret to state that this Banking Company sus pended payment yesterday (Friday). There is not any possibility of statin g at present the cause of this lamentable event ; nor can we form any opinion as to the probability of the Bank ever again resuming payment. As this establishment has had branch banks at Brid lington, Driffield, Hull, Leeds, Mahon, Market- Weighton, Pickering, Pocklington, Tadcaster, Whitby, Ike., we fear that its suspension will be seriously felt throughout the country. GREAT FAILURE AT WAKEFIELD. We lament to state that Mr. Dunn,' the great corn dealer, at Wakefield, has failed. The liabilities are said to be about 300.0001. This will be seriously felt by thousands. of thi s d ay .) :EFFECTS (F ro nlt h e L f e t e i d e s 2 vi S e L r u r D r y ING•SC A L E. The sliding-scale is slaving its hecatombs, and piling them upon the altars 'of monopoly. Tempted pect of large gains to be suddenly realised on the beyond the power o f most men to resist by th e pros opening of the p or t s, the corn merc h an t s o f E ng l and imported tw o m illi ons and a-half quarters o f ' w h eat this year. If the harvest had been like those of the previous four years the supply would have been abso lutely necessary to avert scarcity, and the importers would, perhaps, have made fortunes by their specu lations. The sliding scale induced them to col lect the greater part of this grain against one particular week, namely, the week of the open ing of the ports ; but for that scale, they would have bought the grain as it was wanted, or at all events they would not have eagerly brought every bushel they could lay their hands on, to be ready for introduction at the lowest duty : the sliding-scale offered them a profit, perhaps a for tune, if they were in time, with the prospect of a severe penalty if they were tao late. The particular week arrived ; the flood -gates were opened ; but the corn came to a declining market, and the large im port greatly accelerated the fall of price. In the week ending the 16th 'July the average price of wheat was published at 655. Bd. B y th e wee k end ing the sth of November an average price is pub lished of 48s. 7d. After having paid Bs. per quarter duty, and perhaps as much for expenses, that is, 16s. per quarter in the whole, th e i mpor t er has to bring his commodity to a market which has fallen 17s. Id. per quarter, or about 26 per cent. in three months and a half! What can be expected but wholesale de struction ? And this is just what has happened. Failures to a very large amount took place in the corn trade in London within two months after the opening of the ports. In various parts of England, and also in the principal corn-exporting places 4 the Baltic, similar disasters have occurred. And within the last fortnight two great houses in the trade at Wakefield, Messrs. Fernandes and Messrs. R. Durin and Son, whose liabilities are exceedingly heavy, have failed, drawing down several other houses with them. One house is likely to stop (if it have not already stopped), which a short time since entered the busi ness with an unfetterred capital of 20,0001. Of course the losses must be exceedingly great to the corn mer chants generally, though happil y in the majority of cases they are not ruinous. I t is the less prudent houses which get ensnared; but the law presents so great a temptation, and so suddenly entraps its vic tims, that the sliding-scale ought to be symbolised by an enormous Trap. And we say it is an infamous shame, that these Man Traps should be laid by Par liament in the very highway of lawful and recessary commerce. Among the merchants of London, and throughout the country, the opinion against the Sliding Trap has become almost, if not quite, uni versal ; and we apprehend the tanks of the Corn-law repealers will have been materially swelled by the ex perience of the last three months. STATE OF TRADE . (From the. Leeds Mercury of thi s day.) _hough this is the season of the yea r w h en b us i ness SI DEC. 3.—Al. FOR liIGN WOOL TRADE, LE - ED generally is done on a more limited sca l e, t h e trans actions of the past week,, though not perhaps equal to the average of the fortnight or three weeks previous, have, nevertheless, been fully as e x t ens i ve as m i g ht reasonably have been expected, and pr i ces con ti nue very steady. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS DEC. 23.—Con sidering the near approach of Christmas, the sales of wool during the present week have be en .to a mo d erate pricesare fir m l y maintained. MARKET, 3,:h_. extent, lvA K a E n r d i E l y ! It week WOOL s trade has been in a perfectly quiescent state this week scarcely a o having n b g u h y t e t r obe o been ipoeted , inon the eve of the close the market, which, perhaps, of the year. Stocks of long wool are, however, light in the market, and prices are firm at late quotations. LEEPS.—From the circumstance continuing so unusually mild at thi s l ate per i o d of the season, the demand for winter of the weather goods has entirely ceased, and the time for taking stock being just at hand, very few purchases are made on speculation. The markets at both our Cloth Halls have, in conse quence, been exceedingly dull this Week. however, a few orders out for good s f or th e East India and China markets, which There are, will give employ ment, to a certain extent, in several of the clothing villages. There is also an increase of . con fid en ce that an improved state of trade will take pl ace ear ly next year. There has been very little doing in the ware• houses this week. - TRADE OF HOLMFIRTIL—As we ventured to pre dict at the time, the impulse given to our trade in the beginning of October,•by the demand for plaid ker seymeres, has proved of short duration, and the mills are now very inadequately employed ; in fact, they, were never worse off for work than they have been during the last three weeks. Very few o f th em _ have been lighted up, and many of them have not half work for the brief period of daylight. Every body is complaining ; what goods are sold is at a loss, and pay- 1 ments are so long deferred that the clothiers are much put ELECTION OF COMMON COUN about for money. Things were in a bad state last year I CILIVIEN. at this time, b u t we h ave gone worse and worse. The WARD OP FARRINGDON WITHOUT. working classesre a somewhat relieved by the redu c ti on ' TIIIRD AND LAST DAY. in the price of food, yet there are vast numbers who The Court opened yesterda morning at ten o'clock, are gradually si n ki ng i n t o t h e gulph of pauperism, and the poll terminated at tw o P.M. and those who have yet managed to do without paro• i At half-past three the Chairman declared the num chial support, are, at our fortnightly petty sessions, I hers voted for each candidate to be as follows—viz., summoned by scores to show cause why they cannot Mr. Bedford pay to the support of others, and they bring reasons Mr. Obbard.... 489: Mr. Barnard of a heart-rending nature in plea to be excused; they Mr. - Williams cannot support th emse l ves !! T a k e one case as an Mr. Edkins . . 456 Mr. Pearce 353 example. It was for an arrear of some twelve or Mr. Burn i poor woman who a q ppeare 437; Mr. Wooll a tt 3 49 Mr. Anderton to answer to the overseer's summons, stated that they Mr. Stokes 436,' Mr. Ramsha w (D e p.) 338 had six children, her husband was confined to his bed Mr. Walker by sickness, and all they hal to depend upon was Mr. Taylor eight shillings per week, his allowance from a sick- Mr. Sidney club. N o m a tt er , if suc h unfortunates have not money The announcement of the result o f th e contest if they ha ve money's worth :the law is impe ere is not rious. , called forth pla u dit s f rom th e f r i en d s of the elected BRADFO RD M ARKUT, THURSDAY.— The an average a tt en d ance o f merchants at the piece mar- dates,g e ntlemen. They, as well as the unsuc cess f u l candi addressed th e mee ti ng . ket to-day, a n d th e purc h ases made are of a limited A resolution was pas s ed that th e pr ocee di ngs o f th e character, b e i ng c hi e fl y small lots to assort with stocks wardmote be advertised in the usu al morni ng an d of plain g oo d s a d apted to the winter season. There evening papers. trade. Sh or t-ti me wor ki ng, which is ver still continue s th e same monotonous state in the yarn Thanks were the n vo t e d t o th e W ors hi p f u l Ch a i rman . tial, still c on ti nues to b e found the most su ityed pru to the den- The worthy Ald erman re t urne d thanks. present prices an d d eman d . There is not that ani- TIT wardmote th en a dj ourne d a t seven o'clock. CORN HILL WARD. mation In the woo l t ra d e t h at we noticed a fortnight Alderman Sir John Pi x ie, B ar t., p res id e d, an d th e ago. The spi nners appear to have resisted any fur- electio n conc l u d e d at one o ' c l ock. The follow i ng ther attempt t o a d vance, an d t h e staplers state that it were the numbers of the votes : is quite impossible to fetch wools from the growers Angell (Deputy)... 49 Johnston to meet the prices offered by the buyers ; consequently *Lund the supply in the market is not materialli augmented. llarrison MANCHESTER,THURSDAY EVENING.—fhe increased Thomas production of cloth consequent on all the mills which were some tim e s i nce on s h ort t i me, now working The first s i x can did ates were declared duly elected. full hour s , h as ev id ent l y h ad some ' effect on the cloth The usual vo t e o f t h anks having been passed to the Alderman and mem b ers of the Common Council, the market, as e v id ence d i n t h e decl i ne of prices of all wardmote adjou rne d. descriptions of p r i n ti ng c l ot h . The season just before Christmas, tho ug h a l ways rat h er a dull one by corn- CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN. parison, is not su ffi c i ent to account for the great in- The Lord Mayor p res id e d yesterday, and the poll, disposition to p urc h ase w hi c h now so generally pre- which commenced at twelve o' c l oc k, t erm i nate d at one, vails. The mark e t h as no t i n any way i mproved since in the election of the old members. The following Tuesday ; inde e d, if any c h ange at all, neither the were the numbers at the conclusion of e poll : demand nor th e p r i ces are h ar dl y so b uoyant as on that Mr. Smith (Deputy) . 86 I Mr. , ash 7l Beaton 74 day. Two or th ree wee k s more will test the opinion Mr. Brown r. Hoyle .... .... 83 Mr. Lark 7l here express e d more f u ll y. Th ere i s not much doing m in Twi s t, an d th ose sp i nners who press sales are corn- - Mr. Brass polled to a cce pt a s h a d e less price. The first eight candidates were duly elected, and severally returned thanks. CORPORATION REFORM. Mr. Joins FROST rose to bring forward a motion to the wardmote, which he had previously proposed on the Wednesday, but . which, on the recommendation of the Lord Mayor, he had agreed to postpone until this day. It was not his intention to impute blame to any particular person, but he contended that there was gross mismanagement in conducting its affairs. Ile held in his hand the report of the City funds for 1839, from which it would appear that in that year a sum of no less than 170,0001. was expended. No such sum, he contended, should be expended, without con siderable advantages resulting. He had selected a few of the items, at the head of which he would name the sum of 4,0001. spent in the conservancy of the Thames. Mr. Frost then specified the items of the expense. He concluded by proposing a resolu tion to the effect that it was the opinion of the ward mote that the exception of the City of London from the operation of the Municipal Reform Act was much to be regretted, as it permitted an extravagant outlay and unnecessary imposts, and deprived many citizens of their most important privileges. Mr. MooaE proposed the following amendment : " That the wardmote request the members of the ward to promote, by all means in their power, all practical reforms and economy connected with the Corporation, consistent with upholding the dignity of the Chief Magistrate, and becoming the ancient in stitutions of the City, and which may conduce to the interests and benefit of the inhabitants at large." Mr. LEONARD seconded the amendment, which, on being put by the Lord Mayor, was carried by a con siderable majority. The usual votes of thanks were passed to Sir M. Wood, Bart., Alderman of the ward, the members of the Common Council, and the Right lion. the Lord Mayor, after which the wardmote dissolved. CORD Wsk INER S' ;WARD. Yesterday, at three o'clock, the election of Common Councilmen of this ward terminated as follows : Mr. Muddell Mr. Croucher Mr. Lett .... Mr. Joyce ...... .... 60 Mr. Alderman WOOD declared the first six to be duly elected. CHRISTMAS BENEVOLENCE TO THE POOR. Mr. Thomas Adams, the Rector's Warden, was yesterday honoured with the Queen's commands, through the medium of the Earl of Liverpool, the Lord Steward, to cause to be distributOd this day (in order that the festive season of Christmas might not pass over without the poor and needy enjoying "Christmas cheer"), to each of the inmates of the several alms-houses in the town, and also to all those families (who reside in the borough) whose necessi ties compel them to be recipients of out-door relief from the Board of Guardians of the Windsor Union, bread, meat, plum-pudding, &c., in the following pro portions :—To each single person, 41bs. of meat. 21bs. of bread, 11b. of plum-pudding, one peck of potatoes, one quart of ale, and a sack of coals. Where the fa mily consists of a man and his wife only, 61bs. of meat, 4lbs. of bread, 2lbs. of plum-pudding, one peck of potatoes, two quarts of ale, and one sack of coals ; and for each child the following addition will be made :-21bs. of meat, albs. of bread, lib. of plum pudding, half a peck of potatoes, and one pint of ale. Upwards of one hundred families,-avers ging five per sons in each, w ill th us be enabled, on Christmas-day, to participate in those "seasonable enjoyments," through the bounty of their Sovereign, which, but for the Royal benevolence, they would have been deprived of. The! Rev. Mr. Cope, of Harnham, adjoining Sa lisbury, has requested the ministers of the parishes of St. Martin and Harnham, to select forty of the most deserving poor of those parishes, for whom an excel lent dinner of Christmas fare is to be provided on Christmas Day, in a spacious apartment on Mr. Cope's premises, which has been purposely prepared, in a very comfortable style, for the occasion. The Duke of - Northumberland has caused to be dis tributed, through the parish authorities, a good sup ply of coals, potatoes, and other necessary articles to the poor of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. The parishes of St. Marylebone and St. Pancras have ren dered great assistance to the poor of those pa rishes by a seasonable supply of those articles. St. Clement Danes has likewise issued a quantity of coals to the poor of that parish ; atd several parishes in the City have contributed largely towards the alle viation of the distresses of their poor, and some bene volent private individuals have distributed seasonable gifts to the necessitous. A circular has just been issued by the guardians of the poor, calling on the benevolent to subscribe a suf ficient sum to provide the poor of Minster Union with roast beef and plum pudding on Christmas Day; the appeal is strengthened by the fact that the poor-rate is not available for that purpose.—Rent Paper. CHRISTMAS -DAY IN THE PRISONS. For the most part, the inmates of the criminal and debtors' prisons are, on Christmas-day supplied with good old English fare. At Newgate the prisoners (i nc l u di ng th ose un d er sentence) will attend Divine service in the morning, and will afterwards be each supplied with 11b. of roast beef, potatoes, bread, and a pint of porter, at the expense of the Lord Mayor. Mr. Cope, the Governor, will provide an excellent repast for the turnkeys. The numbers are —men 136, and females 26. Of the number there are sixty transports. At Giltspur-street Compter, Mr. Whithair, the. Governor, will, also at the expense of the Lord Mayor, provide each of the prisoners with lib. of roast beef, bread, potatoes, and a pint of porter, after having attended Divine service. Males 163, and females 30. I3ISIIOPSGATE WARD. The election for the Common Councilmen for this ward terminated at four o'clock yesterday, when W. T. Copeland, Esq., M.P., and Alderman of the ward, announced the result as follows : Mr. Deputy Peacock 199 Mr. Tozer Mr. Deputy Stevens 199 Mr. Tagg Mr. Filcher ....... 193 Mr. Hall .. 173 Mr. Bennett Mr. Wilkinson .. .. 187 Mr. Ashby ... l7O Mr. Jones Mr. Johnson lB5 Mr. Welch Mr. Patten The first fourteen gent elected. lemen were declared duly CANDLEWICK WARD. The polling was resumed yesterday, at one o'clock, and continued until two, when the worthy Alder man, Sir G. Carroll, announced the numbers polled to be as follow : Evans Baldwin .... . 72 *Saunders Bond *Dakin The first six gentlemen were declared elected ; the two new candidates in the room of Messrs. Downes (Deputy) and Austwick. HORSEMONGER-LANE.—There ore eighty poor debt ors, chiefly on tally-bills, sixty master debtors, and fifty criminals. The latter, and the poor debtors each alternate year receive 4lbs. of beef, under the will of Mr. Carter, of Allhallows, but this year, unfor tunately, they will not receive it, and have conse quently no extra allowance. QUEENHITHE WARD. The wardmote was re-opened yesterday, in St. Michel's Ch urch, Queenhithe, before Alderman Hooper, and at two o'clock the poll closed. The numbers stood thus : Mr. Acocks 69 *Mr. Upton (c.) .. . . 49 Mr. Tyler Mr. Curtis Mr. Goss (Deputy)... 55 I The first six gentlemen were returned. By the above a Conservative has replaced a Conservative (Mr. Howell), and a Liberal has replaced Mr. Smith, a Moderate. GENERAL PENITENTIARY MILLIIIANK..-480 male and 162 female prisoners, in all 742, will receive no indulgence or extra allowance whatever. On Thurs day last the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Major Jebb, and other gentl emen , ma d e a thorough inspec tion of this prison. WESTMINSTER BRIDEWELL, TOTHILI,FIELDS.--308 male and 107 female prisoners, in all 415, will each receive an extra allowance of meat, besides porter. BRIDEWELL, BRIDGE -STR EET , BLACKFRIA7IB, and the 13ridewell contiguou s to Bethlehem, containing 200, az also the Debtors, Whit&roSs-street, are pro vided with Christmas fare, at the expense of the Lord Mayor. In the Borough Compter, wherein are 18 prisoners, a simil ar repas t w ill also be provided by the Lord Mayor. All the prisons under the Corporation of London are supplied by the Lord Mayor on Christ mas Day, and by the Sheriffs on New-Year's Day ; and on Twelfth Day the prisoners in the Borough Compter will be regaled by the High Bailiff. ILPORD GAOL.—The inmates, 54 males and four females, will each have roast beef, plum-pudding, vegetables, and beer. WooLwicu.—The convicts, about 3,500, will have each a pint of porter, and extra food. MIDDLESEx HOUSE OF CORRECTION, COLDRATH• rißr.ns.—No extra allowance or indulgence. THE QUEEN'S PRISON.—The gifts which were for merly received at the Fleet and Alarshalsea, are now appropriated among the inmates of this prison, which at present are 280. - [ADVERTISEMENT.] GAZETTE E XTRAORDINARY. War-office, Tuesday, the 20th Dec., 1842. The Nobs Commissioners of the " Milling" De partment have this evening received the following dispatch from Sir Editor Bell, commanded to be pre sent at the adjustment of the protracted differences between the American Giant (Charles Freeman) and the Tipton Slasher (Bill Perry); and also to take cognisance o f th e a dj us t men t o f the interesting dis cussion between James M'Ginty, a subject of that part of her Majesty's dominions called Scotland, and John Gorrick, known by the assumed name of B un- garee, who has appeared in her Majesty's " milling cribs" as the champion of the renowned family of th e Bungarees in the colony o . f Australia. To the Nobs Commissioners of the " Department. The Father Thames Steamer, 20th Dee., 1842. The Official Dispatches, which were published in an Extraordinary Gazette, are given exclusively in Bell's Life in London of Dec. 25. The price of the two sheets Fivepence only. FUNERAL OF LADY DENBIGH. —The remains of this deeply.lamented lady arrived at the Rugby sta tion by mail train, on Friday night, from whence they were conveyed to Street-Ashton House, the seat of Colonel Feilding, where they will lie in state a few hours. The funeral procession will leave Street- Ashton, on its way to the family vault at Kirby, on Saturday evening, at ten o'clock. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, Lord Ducie, Lord Howe, and several other noblemen, with the tenantry of Lord Denbigh, are expected to join the procession. Newn ham Maddox, the seat of Lord Denbigh, at present occupied by Mr. Errington, will be closed on the day of interment, Mr. and Mrs. E. and family leaving on that day for Leamington. FRAMPTON PARK.—Mr. and Mrs. Brinsley Sheri dan will receive company during the recess. Mrs. Sheridan and the Hon. Mrs. Dawson Darner and Mrs. George Bankes patronise the county ball at Dorchester, on the 10th of January, of which Mr. Sheridan and Colonel Darner are stewards. COLEMAN-STREET WARD. This ward returns eight members, and the follow ing are the names of those returned : Mr. D. T. Allen (c.) Mr. Davis Q.) Mr. W. Hunter (c.) Mr. Johnson (1.) Mr. Hailes (c.) *Mr. Bracher (1.) Mr. Hall (c.) *Mr. Phillips (1.) The last two are new candidates, and have replaced Messrs. Cousins and Griffiths, Conservatives. FARRINGDON WITHIN. The polling commenced yesterday morning at eleven o'clock, and finished at three, when the Alder man, Mr. T. Kelly, announced the numbers to be as follow : Mr. Dep. Pritchard...246 Mr. Hayward l7O Mr. Dep. Westwood. 245 Mr. Virtue Mr. Holt ...... ....• . ..206 *Mr. Fisher 160 Mr. Ridley .... 188 Mr. Taylor . Mr. Ashurst.. ...... ..187 Mr. Wheelton . 156 Mr. Bonsor ..... ..184 Mr. Rutter .151 Mr. Hartley Mr. Eagl e t on . 1 1 7 7 1 7 :3Afirr.. Morris ..,1d? : 5 1 1 42 1 On the numbers being declared, a long discussion took place as to the decision, Mr. Rutter and Mr. M`Lauchlan being equal on the poll, which was put an end to by the matter being referred to the Court of Aldermen. ALDERSGATE WARD. Th e following are the gentlemen elected for this ward : Mr. Godson (Deputy) (c.) Mr. Stacey (/.) Mr. Lerkin (/.) Mr. Norris (Z.) Mr. Mottram (c) Mr. Smith (c.) Mr. Dc Jers e y (c.) Mr. Wood (c.) BRIDGE WARD WITHIN. Mr. Pewtress (Deputy) Mr. Davidson Mr. Cope Mr. Hill *Mr. Lowe Mr. Knott Mr. Matthews *Mr. Chadwick. There were two other candidates, but they retired after the first day's poll.: Th e p o ll was , however, kept open pro forma until yesterday, when it finally closed. * New candidates. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel, the Ocean, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom house last night, with the Dutch mail. THE FATAL FIRE IN GOODMAN ' B•IIELDS.—The unfortunate girl, Nancy Holland, who threw her self out of the window, with her ill-fated sister Julia, at the recent deplorable fire in Little Pres cott-street, is in a fair way of recovery. She still remains at the London Hospital, and remains also un conscious of the frightful death of her mother and sisters, but suspects some accident has befallen them, from the circumstance, she says, of none of them coining to see how she goes on. The remains of the poor children, Summers and Proudfoot, were decently in terred on 'Wednesday, followed to the grave by their relatives and a large concourse of persons. The sub scriptions set on foot on behalf of the sufferers are ex tending favourably. GENERAL _HOLIDAY AT BRIGIITON.—A requisition, signed by up-wards of 200 of the princi pal tradesmen of Brighton, having b een presented to • ' the High Con stable, requ(!sting him to appoint Monday next to be kept as a da y of rejoicing and thanksgiving for the successes in China and India, he has issued placards requesting t le inhabitants to close their shops on that day ; and it , is intended to be kept as a general holi day throug hoot Brighton. BARCELONA. I DEC. 16.—The Regent is expect e d Jo enter Barge , . ! lona in three or four days from the pment date._and---,> it is said that he will leave for Medi* ;tqweptht. the , end of next week. It is, however, probable ffitlet‘CM reports which have reached here of the appearance of two or three predatory bands in the mountains of Gerona will have the effect of detaining him longer than he anticipated. To say that perfect tranquillity is restored in this city by the entry of the troops, would be more than the truth. It is true that there is no longer any open hostility, but men's minds are not the less unquiet. Those who were instrumental in exciting the insur rection have not lost their hopes of being again able to create, and perpetuate, disturbance in the province. The utmost consternation, too, has been created by the promulgation of the decree of the Regent which appeared here yesterday ; and as the Catalan is pro verbially hostile to anything which makes an attack on his pocket, that part of it which imposes a contri bution of l 2,000,000 reels on Barcelona, is that which most sensibly affects him, and which, it is feared, will produce unfortunate results. One of the first conse quences has been, that several of the commercial men who had emigrated, but who had taken no part in insurrection, have determined to remain some time longer in France ; and others who had re mained here, have already come to the determination of closing their houses and manufactories, and dis charging their workmen. A contribution of 12,000,000 reels (120,0001.) on a city whose entire population does not much exceed 150,000 inhabitants, seems to them excessive and unnecessary. The official reports already published, and the terms of th e d ecree itself, would show that the majority of the respectable Inha bitants of Barcelona took no part in the insurrec tion; and, it is asked, why should those whose houses were destroyed by the shells of Montjuich be compelled to pay for the crimes of those who had neither houses nor property to lose ? The decree is also inconsistent in another part it states that the Regent does not wish to open old quar rels ; and yet the Government compels the city of Barcelona to repair additionally, at its own expense, that portion of the citadel which had been pulled down by the revolutionary party in the month of Oc tober of last year. The contribution of 12,000,000 reals, the repairs of the citadel, the completion of the quintas of 1840-1-2, the abolition of the privilege of coining, and the ma nufactory of cigars, are the principal penalties in flicted on Barcelona in consequence of the late revolt. It is expected, however, that the exceptional state in which the city is at present will be removed in the course of two or three days, military law being that which now governs. Twenty-three military executions will, it is also said (but I do not believe it), take place, in addition to the extreme punishments which have as yet been inflicted on the insurgents. Brigadier Castro, who surrendered Atarazanas, and who has demanded a court-martial on his conduct., lies dangerously ill at Gerona. The citadel of Barcelona, the forts of Montjuich and Atarazanas are f urn i s h e d w i t h s i x months' pro visions, and this supply is to be kept up without any diminution. A month's pay is about to be issued to the men and officers who have taken part in quelling the late in surrection, as well as to the widows of those who fell in action against the insurgents, and the amount will not be charged to their accounts. The feeling is abroad, that it is the intention of the Regent to speak firmly and decidedly to the French Government on the part believed to have been taken by their accredited agents in the late disturbances. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Miss Adelaide Keinhlc formally took her leave of the stage last night, in the character of Norma, in ' which she began her triumphant career. She has successively appeared in Elena Überti, Figaro, Son nambula, Semiramide, and .lfatrimonio Segreto. The present occasion, in which she bade farewell to the public, was an impressive one. On her first entrance last night the applause of the crowded audience was so great that her feelings were overpowered, and she could scarcely proceed. She collected herself, but during her first recitative she might frequently be ob served, as she turned aside, to wipe from her eyes the tears which the acclamations of the public had drawn forth. The :sustained note which precedes " Casta Diva," and which she will recollect as having caused the first decided acknowledgment of her vocal powers, when she commenced her career last season, produced the same effect as ever, and awakened once more the plaudits of the audience. The aria " Ah, bello, a me ritorna," created such delight, that, although the scene had changed, its repetition was demanded. Miss Kemble was then led on by Mr. Cooper, and although some of the audience mercifully cried out " Shame, shame !" she made a sign that she was willing to repeat the air, which she did amid renewed applause. From this moment she took courage, and she went through Norma with an evenness as a singer, and with an energy as an actress, which, if she has equalled on former occasions, she has certainly never excelled. The whole of the last scene—the dejected removal of the wreath from the head when Norma declares that she has broken her vow—the enraptured attitude of momentary joy when she hears so late a confession of Porno's love—the agony with which she suffered herself to be dragged along the ground as she followed Oroveso—the sudden delight with which she rose when she learned that he would protect her children—all these were expressed .with a sort of inspiration, which seemed the result of great excitement, and which will render the effect of her farewell indelible on those who witnessed it. The curtain had hardly descended on this scene, when countless voices were raised for the appearance of Miss Kemble. She soon appeared, led by Mr. Cooper, and, as some bouquets were thrown on the stage, picked. them up and kissed them with fervour. As she retired, followed by the loudest applause, she covered her face, and wept bitterly. Such was the impres sive farewell of a lady who has, for a short but bril liant period, held undisputed supremacy over the London public. Miss Kemble's retirement into the privacy of do mestic life will, we hope, be a happy circumstance to herself, though a matter of great regret to the public —all the greater for the consideration, that in her we lose the last of the Kemble's. ST. LIONARDS-ON-SEA.—This favourite marine resort is now full of fashi ona bl e company. The nsoptfa pass ml Sefton u s t t h c h e h e holidays ei p d arooyfvseFdwe expected btihn_ Dowager C o untes s ax n o t eth f dt o S r e e h ni f un t ar o a tinin u e it h a os tr h ou e a a ar l r t yr h iv e a p rf d intends n E t ca n rrlo s d her Ladyship and the Ladies Molyneux. TRADE BETWEEN PRANCE AND SPAIN IN 1841. --M. Mateo Duren, the Consul of Stain in Bordeaux, has published a return of the trade carried on between that country and France during the year 1841, and which shows that the balance was considerably against Spain, her exports to France being only 37,162,689 francs, whilst her imports amounted to 100,893,906. As compared with the results of the preceding year, there appears a falling off; i n 1841, of about 5 ,000,000 of francs in the exports, and of 4,000,000 f. in the im ports. The principal articles f or w hi c h S pa i n was tributary to France were cotton cloths, which figure among the items for 36,127,019 f.; linens for 12,999,094 f.; silks for 9,890,720 f.; woollens for 8,649,026 ; haberdashery for 3,279,459 francs machinery for 1,820,749 francs ; paper, books, and prints, for 1,529,028 f., &c. The returns made by Spain consist almost entirely of raw mate rials. The principal articles were wool for a value of 9,764,541 f. ; lead, 6,707,388 f , cork, 3,719,733 E ; dried fruits, 3,032,498 f.; mats, 1,691,599 f.; oil, 1,688,805 f. ; silk, 1,041,648 f. ; grain, 758,982 f., &c. The only manufactured goods to be found in these tables are linens, which only represent an amount of 143,808 f. ; and silks, of 103,433 f. The commercial intercourse between France and Spain is far greater by the land frontier, than by sea, the exports from France by the first being 61.029,292 f., and by sea only 36,064,614 f. The number of vessels employed in the trade was 2,543, measuring 163,357 tons. Of these, 1,121 cleared the Spanish harbours with car goes, and 296 in ballast ; and 677 sailed front the French harbours with cargoes, and 449 in ballast. Ei.oermeNr.--The quiet (at this season of the year) town andineighbourhood of Epsom were yesterday thrown into a state of great excitement by the elope ment of a young lady of great beauty and accom plishments, the eldest of a family of twelve, with a clerk of the Surrey Branch Bank in that town, where her father holds a responsible situation. Every ex ertion has been made by her afflicted parents to dis cover her retreat, but, unhappily, as yet without effect. The workmen engaged in one of the quarries on Durdham Down, about a fortnight since, came upon a number of bones embedded in the earth in one of the fissures of the rock, at about 30 feet be low the sur face. This had b een go i ng on for some time, and a boy had collected some of the remains, and sold them as old bones, before the circumstance came to the know ledge of some parties connected with the Philosophic Institution ; but it having come to the ears of the Committee, they voted a small sum of money to work that part of the quarry, in order to ascertain whether a cavern existed there or not, and also to s e l ec t suc h remains as might fall in the way in the progress of the work. Accordingly an excavation was made in the fissure, about 10 feet deep, or 40 feet from the surface. In the course of this proceeding, a con siderable quantity of bones an d teeth were collected, for the most part in a state of p er f ec t preserva ti o n; these were chiefly taken t o th e I nst i tut i on, an d, on being examined, there were f oun d teet h o f th e b e ar, hyena, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, ox-deer, elephant, and the head and horns of the ox, and portioi is of bone of these and other animals.—Devizes Garet le. How delicious and how entrancing must have bees the feelings of Adam, when he awoke in Ei len to find himself—a landed proprietor.—Punch.