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the natives as beings of an inferior class, unfit to mix in the same society, to dwell in the same build - I irg, much less to sit at the same table. Thus we , had acted in Mysore, notwithstanding the strong opi nions expressed by the late I Marquis of Wellesley and his brother the Duke of Wellington, in favour of a contrary policy.—(Hear, hear.) The effect of this conduct towards the natives was visible in the dete rioration of their character. They had no voice-:::in the making of the laws by which they were governed. They had no share in the executive government, and very little in the adminis tration of justice. There was now - a commission sitting tajrame a body of laws for the administration of justice the empire, and it was composed altoge ther of Europeans.—(Hear, hear.) It was vain for us to - attempt to. elevate the character of the Hindoes by education, through the means of universities, public, schools, and other such institutions, whilst we with hold from them every inducement toself improvement, all the roads to wealth and honour, by means of public employments, being closed against them. In support of this view, he quoted largely from Sir Thos. Munroe and others. In truth, the public seminaries were of little use for the purpose of elevating the character of the natives. Those of high caste would not send their sons to them, be cause • there was no market for the talents of an educated native ; therefore it was only the inferior castes who availed themselves of these in-. sttutions, and they only sent their sons there to qualify them for the office of copyist in the public departments. Thus those expensive establishments for promoting education were of little or no use. It would be quite otherwise if natives were employed in public offices of high rank and im portant duties, for the discharge of which they were, by their knowledge of the language, manners, habits, temper, and prejudices of the people, immeasurably better fitted than Europeans, however talented, could be rendered by any education. The. Hon. Proprietor then argued at great length to prove the fitness of the natives for office, and to disprove the allegation that ti ey could not be trusted. He referred confidently to the trial that had been made of them as Judges in coijts of law and justice, which he said was by no means a fair or adequate trial. He was convinced that Ow administration of the Government had not telded to the improvement of the country. Under the rztive chiefs, property was as safe as under our Government, and the police was far better. All the great works for which the country is remarkable, were constructed under the native chiefs. Here again, the Honourable Proprietor referred to the same authorities from which he had quoted bjore. In a dispatch from Lord Minto, in 1811, the countries under the British Government were described as infested by murderers and robbers ; z:nd in 1841 the state of things was precisely the same. In the latter year the Indian newspapers describ ed the prevalence of murder, and affirmed that whatever other blessings the En glishG overnment might have con ferred upon Hindostan, the security of life and property could not be numbered amongst them. In this respect, the contrast was very greatly in favour of the worst native Governments. He had heard it objected, that if we opened the door to the natives of Ilindostan for advancement in civil offices, we should be obliged to do something for them also in the military department.—(Hear, hear.) He would ask, why not ? Our Musselman predecessors had not scrupled to avail themselves of the high military quali ties of some of their Hindoo subjects. Our own history in India contained ample evidence of their fitness for military command, and at the time of our occupation of Benares (as we understood) the best governed pro vince in India, according to the authority of the historian Mill, was under the able Government of a Hindoo, who was also a military commander of ealinent abilities and distinguished success. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving a resolution to the effect, " That in the opinion of this Court the substitution to a greater extent of the agency of natives of India for that of Europeans, in the civil administration of their own country, is a measure which is equally called for by considera tions of justice, economy, and sound policy ; that it is desirable to give full effect to sec. 87, cap. 85, of 3d and 4th William IV., which enacts That no na tive of the said territories, nor any natural-born sub ject of his Majesty resident therein, shall by reason only of his religion, place of birth, descent, colour, or any of them, be disabled from holding any place, office, or eroyloyment under the said Company,' and that the Court of Directors be recommended, in further ance of this object, to instruct the Governments of - India to appoint natives to all offices in the Civil Ad ministration under the different Presidencies, for which they may be duly qualified." blaaaiovr had great pleasure in seconding the motion believing that the substit u ti on p ro p ose d ould he both morally and financially for the benefit of India. The CHAIRMAN would not follow the Hon. Pro prietor through the whole range of his observations, I.lit he trusted he should be able to show the Court :hat they ought not to sanction the motion, which was, in fact, a tacit censure on the Government of India. He could not jign in the desponding view taken of the Indian fWce. Before the late wars, there had been a surplus of revenue, and he trusted that now the wars were at an end, there would again be a surplus. By law, native ofli s power to adjudicate over Europeans. Bengal there were no less than 52 native Judges et a superior class, (Ind 400 native Judges of an infe rior class, with salaries varying from 100 to 300 - rupees a month. There were also 180 deputy collec tors, with salaries from 300 to 500 rupees a month ; other alterations had been made since Sir Thomas "I'donroe's time, so that Sir Thomas Monroe, in those passages quoted by the Honourable Proprietor, had alluded to a very different state of things. In Madras, also, the natives were extensively em ployed. It was the earnest desire both of the local and home authorities that natives should ire employed in every office for which they were duly qualified. It was curious that the Hon. Proprietor had never proposed any thing of the sort while he was a Member of the Madras Government. Allusion had been made to the degraded state of the natives. Now, on that point he would read a passage of a letter from Dwarkanauth Tagore. That enlightened Indian had stated that he was convinced it was for the advantage of India to remain connected with England, and he stated that the conduct of England to India was such as to challenge the admiration of the world. Now, if the picture of India put down by the Hon. Proprietor was correct it would not challenge the admiration of the world. The Directors had always endeavoured to improve and elevate the native character, in order to fit the natives for fillip.. the Government employments. They were being educated, and had made great progress in science, particularly in the science of surgery and me di c i ne. He trusted the Court of Proprietors would not cast a censure on the Court of Directors by consenting to this motion. _ Mr. BARBER supported the motion. He did not consider it as a censure on the Directors ; on the con trary, he considered it IA as purely prospective in its operation. Allusion had been made to the expenses of the Afghan war. It was believed that the war had been undertaken with the approbation of the Court of Directors. He trusted if such had not been the case, that the Court would at once state so, and repudiate the responsihility of the war. He consi dered the question of great importance, both as a question of economy and of justice, and, therefore, he should support the motion. _ Mr. FIELDEN alluded to the increased wealth of the natives, as a proof of the valuable and efficient protection afforded to them by the present Government. A great proportion of the funded debt of India was held now by natives. They could not have held that under the Native Governments. The motion was premature ; the time had not arrived when the na tives could be trusted with further power, and he should therefore oppose the motion. Mr. WARDE N contended it would be impossible to carry into effect the recommendations of the motion, until a radical change should have taken place in na tive manners and native institutions. The Court might rely on the sincere disposition of the Court of Directors to ameliorate the condition of the natives to the utmost of their power. Mr. CLARKE was glad that the principle of the me . tion was admitted on both sides. The difference be tween the Proprietors and the Directors was merely one of degree. There were quite sufficient natural influences at work to prevent their going too fast. He thought the discussion of this question was doing great good. The carrying out of that great principle would give us a moral power in India of infi . nitely greater effect than any physical power, inas much as it was upon our moral power in that coun • try that we must ultimately depend. He should have liked to have seen an alteration in the wording of the • motion, stating that the Court had beheld with de tl;e efforts of the Directors to carry out the prii,ciple, and expressing a hope that they would carry . 1 t out to a still greater extent. Had the mo tion ben worded in this manner, it would probably have been ca:ried unanimously, and it would have produced a great effect in India if it went out there in that form. Mr. DurrEawoarn -lianny, a Director, said, that as his name had been ; o ff: than once mentioned by the gentleman who had breught this sultject forward, he felt bound to trouble th e Court with a few obser vatipns. The principle which ty k - Hon. Proprietor ad vocated was as fully recognisedb y t,l'e Directors and the Government of India as b y the Ili on. G e ntleman himself, with, this difference that they were aware t .'f the vital ne cessity of carrying it out grade Lally, an d G y_dy as they could find fitting persons. All o riginal cases, from one farthing to a million of money, were in the I"jst in stance referred to natives, care: being taken that s:,len natives should be found, upon a rigid examination, w be property qualified.—(Hear Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE ( ordiaity supported the motion and - gave his opinion 1 bat , the Hon. Gentleman, Mr. Sullivan, had been rather harshly dealt with by the Chair. If the Court of Directors were sincere in the wishes expressed by the last speaker, that the principle of the resolntion should be carried out as far 23 practicable, they could not object to the motion, which, if passed, would be known in India, and give the natives a confidence in their intentions, which they had no reason hitherto to feel. The resolution could not possibly do any harm, and it might do a ,great deal of good. Mr. SULLIVAN, in explanation, said that when he was a member of the Council of Madras he was the person who recommended the appointment of a native to a high office.—(Hear, hear.) It had been said, that he was wrong in his assertion that we always removed the natives from office in newly ac quired territories, and thrust Europeans into their places.—(Hear.) Well, let any one show him an in stance to the contrary.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") What was the use of vague assertions of a disposition to adopt a better policy in future ?-1— (Hear.) Why not at once pledge the Government to do so by some such resolution as he had read, but which he would not now press, believing that the discussion w,hich had taken place would not be with out a beneficial effect.—(Hear.) He would either withdraw the motion, or adopt any amendment the Court might suggest. The CHAIRMAN was of the same opinion that the discussion would do good. Mr. CLARK proposed an amendment, to the effect that the Court appreciated the efforts of the Directors to give employment and encouragement to the natives of India, and that the Court, equally with the Direc tors, recognise the principle of conferring upon the natives offices of trust and emolument, as far as was consistent with the safety of the British empire in India. After a short conversation, the amendment was car ried unanimously. HILL COOLIES IN THE MAURITIUS. A PROPRIETOR called the attention of the Court to an extract from the Bengal Hurkaru, which appeared recently in the Times newspaper, relative to the al leged ill-treatment of the Hill Coolies in the Mauri tius, and their discontent with their condition in that colony. The CHAIRMAN said that he did not believe there was a word of truth in the statement.—(Hear, hear.) He came to the Court prepared with documents from the police-office at Calcutta, which would satisfy any Proprietor that there was no truth in it.—(Hear.) A very large portion of the Hill Coolies had returned to Bengal, and brought with them a considerable amount of savings in silver ornaments and in money ; and in the depositions taken at the police-office no complaint was made or dissatisfaction expressed, but the contrary.—(Hear.) STATUE OF THE MARQUIS WELLESLEY. In answer to a question from a Proprietor, The CHAIRMAN said that the statue of that distin guished Nobleman was in progress, and he hoped to see it before long in whatever suitable place the Court might please to assign to it. RAJA OF SATTARA. The CHAIRMAN stated that a Court would be called for the Bth of February next, to consider Mr. Lewis's motion respecting the Raja of Sattara. The Court then adjourned. IRELAND. SHOCKING MURDER NEAR DUBLIN. DUBLIN, DEC. 19.—At an early hour yesterday morning the body of a man was found in a burning lime-kiln, at Miltown, near this city. The discovery was made by a boy, named Patrick Tynam, who is in the employment of a dairyman, residing near Clas son's-bridge, at the western extremity of the village of Miltown. He stated that he proceeded about six o'clock in the morning to the lime-kiln, which is im mediately adjoining his master's premises, for the purpose of warming a quantity of brewer's wash for the cows over the fire with which it was filled. There was, at the time, no appearance of daylight, and he perceived no trace of any persons near the kiln. After iring the wash to the cows, he again went out of the stables, when he immediately perceived a strong smell of burning flesh proceeding from the kiln. He says it at once occurred to him that some of his em ployer's ducks might have fallen into the fire, and he accordingly hastened towards the door of the kiln, on opening which he was horrified at beholding the body of a dead man, with the throat frightfully cut, stretched on the top of the burning mass. Assistance was instantly procured, and the corpse taken from the fire, in which, from its appearance, it could not have been lying many minutes. The boy asserts positively that not more than a quarter of an hour elapsed be tween his first and second visit to the kiln, and in the interim he heard no noise and saw no persons passing near the place. The remains have not yet been identified. They are those of a young man, apparently about twenty five years of age, five feet seven inches in height, and with long black curled hair. He had on Oxford grey trousers, red striped cotton shirt, and shoes, but the remainder of his dress appears to have been stolen or lost. When found, the body was lying on the right side, which was partly discoloured from the smoke. The fingers of the right hand, and the right foot, are much burned, but the head and trunk ap pear to have sustained but little injury from the fire. The wound on the throat extends from the windpipe to the right ear. Dr. M‘Carthy, Coroner of the County Dublin, was in attendance during the day, and signified his inten tion of holding an inquest on the body at eleven o'clock next morning. A party of the City police and constabulary were also early on the spot, but not withstanding the most active inquiries on their part during the day, no traces that could lead to an expla nation of the fearful deed have been discovered. The general impression among the speetators is, that the murder had been committed at some distance away, and that the body was afterwards conveyed to the lime-kiln with the intention of having it consumed before any discovery could take place. The spot where the deceased was found is not far from the . place where Garlibardo, the Italian boy, was murdered. An inquest was held this day, and the inquiry is now in progress. A man who works in a factory in the vicinity has been arrested upon suspicion. it is said that the deceased was a tailor, and that he has been recognised by some persons in that trade. The Lord Chancellor has been pleased to appoint Francis Hernaman, Esq., who has been engaged many years as a banker and merchant at Torquay and New ton Abbott, to be an official assignee of her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy for the district of Leeds. THE MAURITIUS.—This colony is in a most unsa tisfactory state. Everybody complains. Since the emancipation of the slaves the colonists have great dif ficulty in obtaining labourers. Those who come from India only engage for a year, and their expenses are paid out and home. At the end of their year most of them return to their country, taking with them the money they ha ve earne d, an d th e consequence i s th a t the a circulatin g me di um i s gradually leaving the colony. —Gaul; have . The P usey i tes h resolved on influencing in their favour, by means r cial of the pecu provincial considerations, as many as they can Where it may be deemed desibev,in they mean either newspapers. to purchase old newspapers entirely and appoint a Puseyite editor, or establish new ones. They have just purchased a journal in a populous to wn i n one of A the midland counties, and have given 'NL for it. Correspondent of Dundee Warder. ACCIDENT TO LORD WORSLEY, .M.P.—We under stand that Lord Worsley is suffering from the severe injuries he received on Saturday week, by being thrown from his horse when out hunting. It appears that his Lordship, on losing his seat, was thrown, and his horse fell upon him, by which he received some contusions, which happily are not so serious as was at first anticipated. However, such were the injuries sustained in the fall, that his Lordship, by accounts received from Manby Hall on Monday, was still com pelled to keep his chamber, and it is likely some weeks will elapse before the Noble Lord will be able to again resume the sports of the field. His Lordship and Lady Worsley were to have left Manby for Brocklesby this week, but, in consequence of the ac cident, their removal has been deferred for the present. DISTRESS AND DESTITUTION.—We are sorry to have to record the death of a poor man named Cold well, who died on Saturday last from sheer destitu tion. From the evidence on the inquest, it appeared the deceased had been long out of work, and subsisted by the kindness of neighbours almost as poor as him self. On Saturday he attended prayers at the Ca. tholic chapel, and was found in a kneeling posture, immediately after the service, a corpse. It seems strange, that in a town where charity is ever going about seeking to do good, that this poor fellow's dis tress should have escaped observation and been at tended with so lamentable a result.—Cheltenham Examiner. At the inquest held on Monday, a ver dict was returned of " Died from want of the common neccs,aries of life." SUICIDE FROM THE WANT OF POWER TO EAT.— Mr. Baker held an inquest on Monday, at the Coal meters Arms, Heath-street, Stepney, on the body of Robert Campbell, aged 72. From the evidence of the witnesses, it appeared that the deceased's spirits had been recently muc h a ffli cte d by a f ear th a t a com plaint, under which lie suffered, Ind which in a great measure prevented him from eating any solid food, would eventually cause him to die of starvation. Ile often expressed his horror at the idea of such a death, and, from the want of power to eat, grew very thin and emaciated. On the afternoon of the 6th inst. his wife went out to post a lette r , an d upon h er re t ur n in a few minutes, saw him sitting up in bed and bleed ing from a razor wound he had inflicted on his throat. Mr. Falkner, a surgeon, was called in and attended him. The surgeon said, that the deceased would have soon died from the complaint under which he was labouring, but there was no doubt th a t th e woun d i n the throat accelerated his death. lie died on M o nday morning. Verdict, " Temporary insanity." SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The greatest proportion of Free Trade has been talked lately in agricultural districts, and at agricultural meetings. The initiative in this talk has been taken by Tory Peers or Ministerial Members, and the Whigs present have had nothing to do but to say ditto to it; and modestly to express their satis faction that the gentlemen who tripped them up in the counties, and turned them out of the Govern ment, have so soon followed the doctrines, for start ing which they supplanted them with the farmers. The time is evidently arriving which Von Raumer predicted—when the Corn-law question would be carried with the assent or acquiescence of the farmers themselves. And a certain sort of credit is due to the Peel Government for hastening that time. It would have been difficult for any other party to take a course which has disappointed so much hope, caused so much suspense, and done so much mischief. All classes, who supposed themselves interested in staving off commercial reform, are now convinced that the carrying of its main articles, when first proposed, could not have injured them so much as delay and suspense have injured, and are still injuring them; and that till they touch bottom in some settle ment, which has at least so far the attribute of finality, as to justify taking a lease, or laying out capital in improvements—it is vain to hope for agricultural any more than commercial prosperity. We owe this to the Peel Government—that it has shown up the pre tence of protection, and the hollowness of the league of monopoly, in the shortest time the exposure was possible. The farmers would not believe us when we told them, on the eve of the last elections, that their professed friends would prove false metal, — that they could not, and would not, protect agri cultural monopoly. We were not believed—but the effrontery of the Standard solely seeks to discredit us now —now, when every move which we anticipated towards commercial relaxation has either actually been commenced, or is announced by landed speakers to farming hearers. The lesson has been completed, within a shorter period than could be anticipated. The doctrine of " protection " (monopoly) as regards corn (we need not name cattle) is formally repudiated by those who turned out our party for renouncing it. Is this a fact, or are all the speeches of the Rut lands, Dickinsons, Aclands, fictions ? Are all the com pliments with which Mr. Sanford, Mr. Wilbraham, Lord Yarborough, Lord Fortescue, have greeted these speedy convertites, gratuitous and unmerited ? Then why are they not thrown back ? Why do these interesting Conservative novices in Whig doctrine bear their blushing honours so meekly ? The faint disclaimer of Mr. Miles of the small share ascribed to him in these palinodes is the only breath of disavowal which we have heard uttered; for Mr. Dickinson's essay at disavowal was like Balaam's at cursing, and really was nothing but a repetition of the new es poused doctrine ascribed to him. STANDARD.—We must repeat it, we are not the enemies of Irish landlords, though to the system, which unfortunately for them and for the empire they have inherited, we vow an implacable hostility. We can easily see all the difficulties, the engagements, encumbrances, and debts, by which the present race of landlords are trammelled in every attempt to liberate themselves and their estates from the condition in which both are placed ; and though these difficulties are the legacy of the folly and vices of a former race, it is not for men to visit even in opinion the sins of the fathers upon the children. All that we ask from the existing genera- tion of landlords in Ireland, is proof of a disposition to begin the line in which they ought to retrace their course—even a halt in the downward road would afford encouragement. A complete reform must be the work of time. Why Is not this reform, at. least, unequivocally begun ? The enemies of the landlords tell them that their sole reliance is upon the British bayonet, and, no doubt, to the protec tion of the British bayonet they and all men who respect the laws are entitled ; but it is really as tonishing that brave men and proud men should persist in leaving themselves open to such a taunt. The natural relation between a people and its go vernment places the former as regularly in the place of the defenders, the latter in that of the de fended. This relation will be reversed on particu lar occasions, but the general rule is that the classes defend the Government, not the Government the classes. We wish to say nothing offensive of Irish landlords, but we would respectfully ask, does this rule prevail generally as regards their class ? It will be answered, perhaps, that the position of Irish landlords is peculiar ; that they are surrounded, and even closely pressed, on their estates, by a hostile po pulation—a population worked upon by unfriendly priests and by secret associations. The situation of Irish landlords is in this respect peculiar and melan choly. It is not our wish to extenuate any of its di fficulties, and if these difficulties were irremovable we should despair. They are, not, however, irre movable ; they may, on the other hand, be removed much more easily, and in much less time, than at first sight they may appear. Let the landlords moderate their rents, and take all just and merciful oppor tunitiesto establish upon their estates a faithful, intel ligent, and solvent yeomanry. This is a course of proceeding which we firmly believe would cost nothing; for the defalcations in a highly-rated ren tal reduce the income of an estate upon an average of years to what would be but a moderate rent in fact. This proceeding would, we say, cost nothing, and its good effect would be felt from the very first. A part of an estate thus disposed of would guarantee peace and industry to the whole, by planting, as it were, a garrison in the neighbourhood. Three or four estates thus reformed would go far to insure the peace of a county. THE SUN, LONDON ) THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 18421 MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—The following was posted today at the Stock Exchange : "FROM THE COMMITTEE OF SPANISH AMERICAN BONDHOLDERS. " Austinfriars, Dec. 19, 1842. " SlR,—Herewith we beg to accompany a translation of a decree issued by the Mexican Government, rati fying the agreement made by us in behalf of the said Government with the holders of Mexican bonds, dated the 10th of October last, whereby an additional pro portion of the Custom-house revenues of Vera Cruz and Tampico is appropriated to the discharge of the foreign debt. We think it right at the same time to state, that we are empowered by the Mexican Go vernment either to issue stock for the amount of our commission and expenses under the said assignment, or to deduct the same from the proceeds of the new assignment made on the Custom-house revenues by the aforesaid degree. We remain, &c., " F. DE LIZARDI and CO. " G. R. Robinson, Esq., Chairman, &c." " Palace of the Nation, Mexico, Oct. 10, 1842. " DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND FINANCE FOR THE Stir. GOVERNMENT OF TUB MEXICAN REPUBLIC, IST SECTION. " llis Excellency the Provisional President of the Republic has been pleased to issue the following decree : " Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, General of Divi sion of the National Armies, and now President of the Mexican Republic, hereby makes known to all the inhabitants thereof— " That in consideration of the advantages which result from the agreement made in London on the 11th of February, 1842, with the holders of Mexican bonds, whereby a saving of 2,500,000 dollars is effected in favour of the National Treasury ; taking also into consideration the circumstance that the decree in virtue whereof said agreement was made, although a ppar te e e n pe t ri l ev y vee w pn i ut t eb h dl i t ei h ti s e t yb e s a a t n i n c tg t h i eofnor.othf properwtiht mG carriedeo,v N r v r ii cn e ht n o t ie di a d l n de o f t ec r exe cution according to the forms prescribed by the Con stitution which was then in force ; and, finally, taking into consideration the wants of the National Treasury at the present moment ; in use and exercise of the powers granted me by the seventh article of the settle ment of Taenbaga, as sworn to by the Representa tives of the Departments, I have seen fit to issue the following decree : " Article 1. The additional amount of 34 per cent. of all the duties receivable at the custom-houses of Vera Cruz and of Santa Anna de Tamaulipas shall be set aside and reserved for the redemption of the foreign debt, in pursuance of the agreement made by the agents of the Republic on the 11th of February, 1842, with the holders of Mexican bonds. " Article 2. The additional amount of the custom duties spoken of in the preceding article shall be set aside, and preserved for the purposes therein stated, on and after the Ist of January, 1843. " Wherefore I orderand direct that this decree be printed, published, and circulated, for its due fulfil ment and observance. " Palace of the National Government, in Mexico, Oct. 10, 1842. " ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA. " Y. FaIGUEUOS, Minister of Finance.' "All which I communicate to you for your in formation and government. " FRIGUEROS. " Messrs. F. de Lizardi and Co., London." The impression from the perusal of this decree has been of a satisfactory kind, since it is an act proceed ing from the Mexican Government without any knowledge of the differences between the house of agency and the shareholders relative to the surplus issues of stock which have taken place, and of such a nature too as to create an additional provision to meet those issues. At the same time it is proper to remark, that it does not afford a complete justifica tion to the agents, who only now receive the authority to pay themselves by a portion of the remittances or by an issue of new bonds. On the whole it is to be hoped that the Mexican Government will stand in point of credit in as good a position as before these occurrences have taken place ; and that they will not relax in their efforts, not only to maintain, but to im prove that position. Before dismissing this subject it may be observed that the members of the Stock Exchange have ex pressed much dissatisfaction that the decree did not make its appearance earlier in the market than was actually the case. Indeed, the delay requires some explanation, as it is generally believed that the above correspondence was in the possession of parties at such an hour yesterday as would have enabled them, with the least forethought and diligence, to have m ' s.de it public at the first opening of the market. As such delays invariably lead to the suspicion that some un fair advantage is taken of the exclusive possession of information of this description, they should be avoided as much as possible. It will be seen that the fluctua tions which have taken place since the appearance of the decree have produced a considerable impression on the market; and hence we cannot wonder that those who sold stock the first thing in the morning, and at the lowest price of the day, should consider themselves In the English funds today nothing remarkable has occurred, farther than the continued heaviness in prices, originating with the unpleasant aspect of af fairs between France and England relative to the Barcelona insurrection. The "time bargain" dealers appear doubtful of operating either way, and hence, in the general suspense, business is almost at a stand. Mexican has fluctuated between 3O and 32k, the two extreme points of the market, under the influence of the announcement of the decree of Santa Anna re gulating the payment of the dividend to the foreign creditor. There was not a great deal of business transacted, and nothing like enough to support the ad vance which in the first instance occurred in the quota tion. From 32i, the highest quotation gained, a re action followed, and 311 to was the final one noted in the lists of the day. In other securities no new feature was observable. The premium on gold at Paris is 121 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 461, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 671, it follows that gold is 0.84 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hatnburgh, the price of gold is 4311 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10%d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchango of 13 84, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 94, it follows that gold is 0.68 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1064 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 3.07 per cent. against England ; but the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. POST.—In the foreign house, Mexican Stock was the principal interest dealt in. Some further explana tions afforded by Messrs. Lizardi and Co., respecting the conversion, served to give a new impulse to the market for such securities. The Actives were done, at one moment, as high as 321, but, along with Consols and the other descriptions of stock in which there were transactions, they eventually receded, leaving off at 311 to 1. The explanations of Messrs. Lizardi and Co. will suffice, it is hoped, to dissipate the suspicions enter tained, or said to be entertained, in certain quarters, as to the fact of the late conversion of Mexican Bonds having been in accordance with the instructions of the Government of the Republic. Messrs. Lizardi and Co. having obtained, through the embassy, the documents requisite for the substantiation of their perfect right to proceed on the principle they have done, even in the mode of settlement of their charge for expenses and commission, lost no time in laying the same before the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders. The correspondence appears above. The agreement entered into between the bondhold ers and Messrs. Lizardi and Co., is fully recognised, and it is of importance that the appropriation of reve= nue at the Custom-houses of Vera Cruz and Tampico should be extended in the manner proposed. This is an advantage that the bondholders have been long de sirous of securing, and, in acceding to their wishes, the Mexican Government are believed to do the very utmost the financial situation of the Republic will admit of. _ _ The renewed attacks on Messrs. Lizardi at the pre sent moment are curiously ill-timed, and equally so are the strictures passed on the conduct of those who have defended them. It had been asked why, instead of commencing their investigations with this Mexican affair, the Committee.of the Stock' Exchange did not look a little into the more serious matter of the clandestine issues of Spain ? The reply to this in quiry-, is, that "two blacks do not make a white," and although th ere can be little desire to question the accuracy of the proposition, it may be obser ve d, th a t a house of high s t a nding, like that of Messr s . Li zar di and Co. show but a proper degree of se lf- es t eem i n refusing to treat with parties who, in pursuance of their interested purposes, assume first one colour and then another, as the occasion may require. The Com mittee of the Stock Exchange and the assailants of Messrs. Lizardi and Co. present a fair specimen of this chameleon-like s pecies in co nnex i on w i t h t h e Mexican business, wh ile, in his inconsistent treatment of the two cases in which he is acting as agent, a lead ing capitalist and contractor furnishes another. CHRONICLE. — A. shopkeeper and subscriber sent us some useful observations lately on the subject of the tea duties. Our Correspondent remarks that— " About 1836 it was represented by the importers and merchants that the difficulty of distinguishing Bohea from Congou tea was so great, that it would be better to have a fixed duty on all teas, which was ac ceded to by Government. What was the next thing applied for ? Why, that Bohea tea should be admitted at a duty of ls. 6d. per lb. till July. By July such an immense quantity of Bohea was imported that, I believe, some may yet be on hand. At all events, Bohea tea that cost 9d. per lb. in 1836, was sold by the merchants in March, 1840, at 4s. 9d. per lb., hav ing only paid Is. 6d. duty. If it had been at the ori ginal duty, 95 per cent., it might have been sold at 20d. per lb., and that might now be the wholesale price. We were told such stuff as Bohea would not be imported at 2s. Id. duty, an d th a t the poor would have a better article. "Was that immense importation before July a proof of giving the poor better tea ? But what is now the fact ? Why, that instead of about 10,000,0001b5. of Bohea tea (as usual) being landed in 1842, only about 570,000 are imported as Bohea, and the rest as Congou, Pouchong, or some such change of name, the article being the same, or, like most other things of modern manufacture, worse." The most important fact brought out in the above letter is the extraordinary falling off in the importa tion of Bohea tea, which has been diminished from 10,000,0001b5. to 5 70,0001b5. The actual quantities imported this year up to the 30th of November last, were of Bohea (Canton) 478,0001b5., and of Bohea (Fokien) 107,0001b5., being in all 585,0001b5. ; the great bulk of the entire imports for this year of 29,305,0001b5. being imported as "Congou " to the amount of 19,300,0001b5. Why is this ? The;:jan swer is, that as all teas pay the same duty, the im porters class their teas as of the higher qualities, so that the poor are robbed, and " Congou " has nearly driven "Bohea " out of the market. Yet a great part of the teas imported as " Congou," consists of nothing but "Bohea' under another name. At least 10,000,0001b5. of the 19,000,0001b5. imported as " Congou," most probably would be more correctly classified as " Bohea," and would be so classified if the duty were taken on the ad valorem principle. On looking back to the list sent us by.a City house, of their retail prices before and after the treaty, we observe that " Bohea" is sold at 3s. 4d. and 3s. 3d. per lb., while " Congou," with its varieties, rises from a minimum price of 3s. 7d. up to ss. per lb., the latter being the tea generally in use amongst the families of the middle classes. Merchants avoid the blunder of putting a low-priced name upon their chests. They ha ve a v e ry sparing supply of "Bohea," but " Con gou" they have to any quantity, and this " Congou," too, is disguised by a pleasing variety of qualities and flavour. 'Chas we have first of all, " ordinary Congou," then 4, useful Congou ;" next, " good Con , gou, full flavou r ;" after that " strong Congou blackish leaf;" next, `fine Congou, Pekoe Souchong kind . following that comes " fi nest C ongou , wiry blblackish— leaf, full rich P ekoe S ouc h ong fl avou r." This last grandiloquent combinat i on o f un i n t e lligible w ords which, b e i ng .- int er preted, m eans simply a pound of good bl ac k tea, fit for family use — closes the amusing c a t a l ogue of " Congous. The list then begins ag a i n with 4, Souchongs, P ouch ongs , " and other assimil at i ons to " hongs, " un til th e rea d er i s lc ' stin „ nom enc lature. Now all this artificial a Babylon of names, and reache s the green tea " on scale o f"Congous" has been invented by the tricks of trade, to enhance the price of black tea. The im porters, we pr esume are t h e first inventors, and the retail deale rs improve upon th e ir ideas until poor " black tea" is expelled almost from society, a victim of this endles s transmigration into the vitality of " Congous." These examples show the manner in which the uniform dutyon eou s the opinion is, " that of 2s. id. per l b . h a s worked in practice, and h ow err the poor ha ve t h us o b ta i ne d a better article." They have got, t o b e sure, an a rticle with a better name, but it is simply an old friend with a n ew face, lookin g down upon th em from a p i nna cle of price which they are totally una b le to reach. Gap a l l d ra rDd en . Dover, Some and STRANDED WINE.—One hundred and forty - five bheoegnshpeiac.n the d k s ed of clar e t (being about 7 00 gallons) have lodged 1 of the claret i s o f super i or q uality. Itis supposed t o have formed par t o f the cargo of a polacre-ri dge d up store-houses between of Jury's the Lord G'' vessel, from the circumstance of a mast and rigging belonging to such a description of vessel have also been picked up. As yet no part of the wine has been claimed. The marks can be ascertained at the Custom-house, Dover, and possibly the owners or consignees may yet come forward.—Dover Telegraph. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec. 21 The Court was occupied to-day with hearing cause and lunatic petitions. CAMPBELL V. BROWNRIGG This was a petition under an appeal from an order of the Vice-Chancellor of England, and related to the right construction of the terms of the will of Lionel Hook, Esq., late in the service of the Hon. East India Company, by which he left to his daughter Isabella the sole use and right of a sum of 50,000 sicca rupees to be invested either in Indian or English Government Stock, but both principal and interest to be at her own disposal. In case she married and had children the said 50,000 rupees were to go to such children in equal shares. She did marry, but died without issue, and the question was whether her vested right still continued, the contingency by which it was to have been affected never having occurred. VICE. CHANCELLORS' COURT, Dec. 21. (Before the VICE-CIIANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) The Court disposed of a long list of cause petitions, all of which were unopposed, and then proceeded with motions, of which the case of Feld 'v. Simpson, already part heard, occupied the greater part of the morning. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir JAMES 'VIGRAM.) COOPER V. TURNER His HONOUR gave judgment in this case. The facts were strictly these :--On the 25th of, May, 1829, the defendant became bound by a covenant to pay 5001. upon a certain day. The covenantee died in the year 1837. The personal representitive of the co venantee had filed his bill against the covenanter to recover the 5001., and the arrears of the annuity which was to be paid by the covenanter. The covenantee, by his will, had given the covenanter a legacy of 5001., payable out of the 5001., stating by his will that that sum was due to her with interest. The covenanter contended that the money due upon the covenant would not carry interest. The relation in which these parties stood to each other was that of mother and son. He thought it impossible, under all the circum stances, to doubt that no claim was ever intended to be made. It appeared that during the life of the mo ther accounts were from time to time settled between the mother and the son ; and although the mother lived with the son, no charge was made by the latter either for rent or wages ; and, on the other hand, no claim was made by the covenanter for interest. His decree would be to declare that at the time of the death of Elizabeth Turner, Richard Turner was in debted to her in the sum of 5001., and also to the ar rears, if any, of the annuity of 3001., secured to her by the same indenture. The Master to take an account. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 21 BEALE V. LEAF-SLANDER. The parties in this case are both surgeons, prac tising in the neighbourhood of Stepney, and this action was brought to recover damages for certain slanderous words spoken by the defendant to the in jury of the professional character of the plaintiff. The alleged slanderous words were to the effect that the plaintiff was not a regularly educated surgeon, that he was ignorant of his profession, and that the death of one of his patients was owing to his unskilful treat ment. For the plaintiff, a number of eminent sur geons,:Mr. Aston Key, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Tyrrell and others were called, who gave him a very high character as a surgeon, and testified to the diligence with which he had pursued his studies as a pupil. They also Astified the practice which he had pursued in the case of the deceased patient alluded to by the defendant. Mr. Tyrrell particularly said that it was a case beyond the reach of art. It was also proved that the plaintiff passed his examination at the Col lege of Surgeons, and obtained his diploma in 1841. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD having addressed the Jury for the defendant, The Jury retired to consider their verdict, and in about half an hour found for the plaintiff—Da mages, 1001. BEALE V. BALE. This was a similar action by the same plaintiff against another surgeon, arising out of the same case. Mr.!Sergeant TALFOURD, for the defendant, offered an apology, and consented to a verdict, with 40s. damages. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec.2l. IN RE .JAMES SEDDON. The bankrupt in this matter was a Manchester warehouseman, and had passed through the Insolvent Court in the year 1832, at which time he was, de scribed as a gentleman. The amount of debts he then owed was 2,7C01., a part of which it was alleged had been contracted without due means of payment. The debts now in his schedule, as a tradesman, amounted in the aggregate to about 12,0001., while it was calcu lated that his available assets would realise only about 1,1001. A number of debts due to him also appeared in the schedule, but although they were stated to be about 4,000/., scarcely 1001. could be realised from them to the estate. The choice of assignees having been fixed for this day, after the admission of a few proofs, Messrs. J. Slater, of the firm of Slater and Campbell, and Wm. Weston, of Bishopsgate-street, were appointed. IN RE RICHARD NEWCOMBE. The adjourned examination of this bankrupt having stood over to this day, from the 15th ultimo, in order to produce certain vouchers for goods shipped to Bengal, and also a banker's book to show the amount of money drawn from Coutt's bank from the 17th of March last to the 25th of June, the date of the issuing of the fiat; it was again resumed, and after affording the required information, he was declared entitled to pass his final examination and get his cer tificate. IN RE HENRY HILL. In this matter, the facts of which have already been reported in The Sun, a further dividend of 4s. in the pound was declared, making in the aggregate 7s. in the pound already declared. ADMIRALTY COURT, Dec. 20. THE LOUIS A .-SA LVAGE . This was a question as to he amount of salvage to be awarded for the salving of a derelict. The Louisa, a French galliot, bound from Cronstadt to a port in France, having suffered severely in a collision with a Swedis i h brig, bound to Marseilles, in the North Sea, on the 31st of October, was abandoned by the master and crew, and being descried next day by three fish ing vessels, employed in their usual occupations, they boarded her, and in five days brought her safely to London. The value of the ship and cargo was 4,0001. Dr. ADDAMS and Dr. ELPHINSTONH urged the merits of the service, and claimed an ample reward to the salvors, 24 in number, their vessels making an aggregate of 174 tonm. The QUEEN'S ADVOCATE and Dr. WHITE, for the foreign owner, did not deny that the salvors were entitled to a fair and proper reward for a service ex ceedingly meritorious. Dr. LHSHINGTON observed, that the ancient rule had been to allot one-half of the property salved in such cases ; but that practice had been properly aban doned, and the rule was to give an adequate and suffi cient reward according to the circumstances. He should in this case allot 1,2001., out of which he should direct 201. to be paid to the French crew of the Louisa for their clothes, which had been left on board and not restored. THE BEULAH. In this case the Court, on the 3d of August last, awarded to the owners, master, and crew of the steam tug Copeland, belonging to the Shipowners' Steam tug Company, the sum of 5001. for salvage services rendered to the Beulah transport, which had got ashore near Dungeness. The Company had distributed the sum according to rules laid down by themselves, whereby they (the owners) took 4151., and allotted 851. to the master and crew. Of this latter sum the master claimed 5 per cent. poundage (251.), and the engineer 2 per cent. (101.) and of the remaining sum the captain took one-third. Four of the crew (three of them stokers), to whom a sum of 41. 15s. each had been allotted as their proportion, now applied to the Court for a more equitable apportionment. Dr. ADDAMS, for the owners, argued that the ar rangement made ,by the Steam-tug Company had been fully known and assented to by all the persons employed in their vessels, whose ordinary duties might be said to be of a salvage character, and they were paid their wages whether employed or not. Dr. HAGGARD, for the mariners, contended that the scheme of distribution was manifestly inequitable, and the Court had in other cases assumed the rate of wages as the criterion of distribution. Dr. LUSHINGTON regretted that the question had arisen, because he d ou bt e d th e possibility of laying down any rule that could govern other similar cases. He should have been sorry to disturb an arrangement which had been some time in existence without, as far as appeared, any previous dissatisfaction, but, on the contrary, with an harmonious result. lie had, how ever, received no explanation satisfactory to his mind respecting the enormous proportion of the share of the salvage given to those on board the tug taken by the master—namely, 251. out of 851., and one-third of the remainder, the mariners receiving only 41. 15s. He should direct the 251. and the 101. not to be taken from the 851., and this sum to be distributed according to the scale stated in the paper. On Monday evening last, a very interesting girl, 11 years of age, the daughter of John Lee, tailor, Bath Parade, fell head foremost into a copper of boil ing wort, no one being in the brewhouse at the time but a girl about the same age, who immediately ran out and gave an alarm ; when assistance arrived, the whole body appeared immersed, the legs only being visible. The unfortunate sufferer expired in the course of a few hours. As the parents are suffering the greatest privations for want of employment, we earnestly recommend their case to the Christian sym pathy and prompt attention of a benevolent public. An inquest was held on Wednesday—Verdict, Acci dental death.— Halifax Guardian. . POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) BO W-,STREET. ANOTHER ATTACK ON THE BLASPHMOUS PAPERS IN HOLYWELL-STREET.—OH Tuesday Philip James Green, a man of respectable appearance, was charged with stealing a written paper from the shop of Thos. Patterson, of 8, Holywell-street. George Clarke stated that he was shopboy to Mr. Patterson, and that he was in the shop in the after noon when the prisoner came up and asked him to take a placard from the window. Witness told him 1* could not do so without the sanction of his master. The prisoner repeated the request, and on witness again refusin g he (prisoner) jumped upon the counter, and pulled the paper from the window, and gave it to a person with him. After a short time he asked him for it again. Witness had in the meantime sent for a policeman, and he gave the prisoner in charge. Mr. JARDINE inquired if there was any further evidence ?—F 97, took the defendant into custody in Holy well-street. The prisoner gave the paper pro duced into his hands in the station-house. Mr. JARDINE asked if the prisoner had anything to say ? The prisoner said he saw the witness (Clarke) takinc , the shutters down from the window, and saw the pracoods. He then went on into the City, where he saw his son, and having consulted him, they agreed that they had better take the paper down. They went together to the shop, and he believed that what the boy had stated was perfectly correct. Mr. JARDINE—Who put up the placard, boy? Clarke—l did myself. Mr. JARDINE—Who directed you to put it up ? Clarke—That question I refuse to answer. Mr. JARDINE—Why do you decline to answer the question ? Clarke—l have no particular reason. Mr. JARDINE—Did Patterson tell you not to answer the question ? Clarke—Yes, your Worship. Mr. JARDINE said that the prisoner was charged with theft, but the circumstances went to prove that it was not a theft. He did not think that the prisoner ought to have been given into custody. If Mr. Pat terson wished to proceed against him, his way was by action of trespass. He (Mr. Jardine) should not give any opinion whether he was right or wrong. He should, therefore, order him to be discharged. The prisoner thanked Mr. Jardine, and withdrew. The owner of the shop (Patterson) then stepped forward, and said he had an application to Make, that the reports which had appeared in some of the morn ing papers might be contradicted. Mr. JARDINE said he had nothing to do with what might appear in the public press. Patterson said he wished to know whether the protection of the police was to be withdrawn from him, because he happened to exhibit in his window papers which did not exactly agree with the rigid notions of some parties ? Mr. JARDINE said the applicant must make a direct application, and he would attend to it. He (Patter son) knew, as well as he did, that he was to be pro tected. Patterson said he wished to know whether he could take a warrant against Mr. Bruce. Mr. JARDINE—For what? Patterson—For robbery. Mr. JARDINE—I must know the circumstances of the case, before I grant a warrant. • Patterson said the facts were—that Mr. Bruce came to the shop and broke the window, and then removed the paper, which was, in his opinion a robbery. Mr. JARDINE said, that Patterson assumed that it was a robbery, whether it was so or not. Patterson said he had a witness who would prove tht Mr. Bruce had stolen the paper. Mr. JARDINE answered that, if Mr. Bruce had been guilty of felony, the applicant could give him into custody. Applicant—Then you refuse to grant a warrant. Mr. JARDINE said, he should decidedly. Patterson then applied for a warrant against Mr. Bruce, to bind him over to keep the peace. Mr. JARDINE said, he must know first whether there was any danger to be apprehended from him. Applicant stated, that Mr. Bruce had threatened to Weak every bone in his body. Mr. JARDINE said, there was not sufficient to justify him in granting a warrant, as he did not apprehend a breach of the peace. Patterson then requested that he might receive the Bs. that had been paid into Court for him for the broken windows. Mr. JARDINE granted this application, and Patter son then withdrew. BLASPHEMOUS PUBLICATIONS. A respectable looking young man, who gave his name as Thomas Pearce, corn-merchant, of Queenhithe, was charged with stealing a pamphlet from the shop of Thomas Patterson, of Holywell-street. The boy Clarke was put into the box to be sworn. Mr. TwirToup--Boy, do you believe in Heaven ? Where do you believe you will go to when you die ? Clarke—l am not old enough to judge. Mr. TWYFORD—How old are you ? Clarke— Fourteen. (A thrill ran through the Court, which was crowded.) Mr. TwYFORD—Then I shall not take the evidence of• the boy. Have you any other witness, Mr. Pat terson ? Patterson—No, Sir. Mr. TWYFORD—Then the prisoner is discharged. The facts were these. The gentleman was passing along Holywell-street this morning, and upon seeing the exhibitions which are constantly displayed in Patterson's window, he desired the shopkeeper to take down one print, which he thought was more demora lising than the rest. The man refused, and then Mr. Pearce took hold of the paper himself, and carried it from the shop. Patterson followed him and gave him into custody, and he was conveyed to Bow-street. A person of the name of James Bell, was charged with assaulting John Courtney, the private watch man at Drummond's Bank. The prosecutor stated that he was in his box last night, when the prisoner came up to him, and asked him where he was ? Witness told him he was at Charing-cross, within the " Liberties" of Westmin ster. He went away and ewe back twice, and put the same question to him. - On the third time he spoke rather cross to him, and then the prisoner struck him a violent blow on the eye, which nearly knocked him out of his box. Prisoner had no recollection of the occurrence. Mr. Twy FORD said it was a most disgraceful as sault, and he should fine the prisoner 51.—The money was paid. MARYLEBONE. James Young, a young man dressed in the extrette of fashion, was placed at the bar, charged by Major Malcolm, the honoured bearer of our dispatches from China, with robbing Lady Malcolm, his mother, of her bag, containing a 51. Bank of England note, four sovereigns, and other property. Major Malcolm stated that yesterday evening, about half-past five o'clock, Lady Malcolm and he arrived at the terminus of the Great Western Railway, from Maidenhead. His Broughani was waiting, and while speaking to the groom, he heard his mother say "My bag is gone; somebody has cut it." He turned round quickly, and saw the prisoner running behind the Brougham, then doubling round some omnibuses, and afterwards walking rather smartly to the entrance gate. lie followed, and overtook him just as a porter had taken him into custody. He was given in charge to the Railway Police. The bag was found upon the ground with all its contents safe. Mr. RAWLISSON asked the prisoner if his proper name was upon the sheet, and Mr. Payne, the barris ter, who defended him, said that he believed it was not, and recommended the prisoner to give it, as it would ultimately be known. Prisoner—My name then is James Powell, of Burney-cottage, Dover-road. Joseph Hallet, a porter at the terminus, said, he heard Lady Malcolm say to Major Malcolm, that her bag was lost, and seeing the prisoner run, he followed, and caught him at, the gate, when he taxed him with the robbery. The prisoner said that it was a mistake, he was not the man. Sergeant Williams said the prisoner was well known as being a principal among the swell-mob for the last three years. _ _ Payne said that he did not think a case of felony had been made out, as one principal witness was wanting to prove that the prisoner had cut Lady Malcolm's bag. He would leave it to the Magistrate whether her attendance was not requisite to substan tiate the case. Major Malcolm made an observation to the Magis trate, and Mr. RAWLINSON said, that as Lady Malcolm was of advanced age, and the contents of the bag were found uninjured, he should dismiss the prisoner this time, but he might rest assured that the police would have their eyes upon him for the future. Mr. Payne—You have had a narrow escape, Sir; take care of yourself after this. EXTRAORDINARY FIRE.--OD Monday week, before daybreak, as the London mail was approaching Hunt ley, a village between Gloucester and Ross, the guard, in passing a van loaded with goods, discovered some thing on fire inside the waggon, and immediately called and gave the alarm to the driver, who quickly climbed up the side of the vehicle, removed the tar paulin, when the flames burst out with great violence. The horses becoming much frightened, started off at full gallop, and with such speed that the guard of the mail was obliged to call out to the coachman several times, to enable them to keep a-head of the fiery vehicle in the rear, which blazed away for several miles, the affrighted animals galloping at the top of their speed, till the whole of the goods, which consisted of hops, grocery, and drapery, and the body of the waggon, were totally consumed. The driver of the van is severely burnt, and the value of the goods con sumed is very considerable. LONDON 15OCKS.—In consequence of the nu*ncrous fatal accidents that have occurred lately by persons falling into the docks and being drowned, and which accidents have generally occurred after dusk, the Directors of the Dock Company have resolved that iron railings shall be fixed up round those portions of the docks where accidents are likely to arise. 1 MARKET NEWS. CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNE SPA The arrivals of English Wheat since Monday bare been on a very limited scale, yet the demand for that article to-day was in a sluggish state, at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath, late currencies. No Fo reign Wheat has been received this week. We had a fair retail business passing in fine parcels, at about stationary prices. Barley and Malt met a slow in quiry. In Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour, next to no • was passing. thing Wheat. English Irish Foreign ARRIVALS. 1 Harley. , I 5,020 qrs. Oat, Flour. 3,030 irs I --- SACO Malt, 1,1'50 qrs. WHITECHAPEL. We had a good supply of Meat this morninu, which moved oft slowly, at the following prices :—Bee f from 3s 2d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 4ci to 4s 2d ; Veal, 3s 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per Sibs, by the carcase. 8d to COAL MARKET. Ships arsivcd since last marKet.day, 161 Attair's - l6 • r. s. Walls End Todd's Benham 14 9 W a ll s End Belmon t ........ 2 0 ‘ , 6 W. E. Braddyll'stletton 21 Y. Walls End Harwe11 ....... 21 „" Walls End Hetton ............ 21 Wang End Lambto n ....... „ 2 1 u Walls End M 19 0 Morrison ...... • • 19 " Wails'End Shine ........ Walls-End Caradoc ............ 2 1 1 ! Walls Eud Quarrington ..... 2 0 "., Walls End south Durham 19 • Walls End Tees H etton n n Walls End West Tees..... lg 9 Charlotte IS 6 Holywdl Main l7 6 Ord's Redheiigh l5 0 Ravensworth West Hartley IT 0 Tanfiald Moor Bute's l5 0 Wylam Walls EndClennell l7 3 Walls End d.o6forth Walls End Hedley l9 3 Walls End Hilda . ~. !8 Walls End Killingworth Walls End Newmarch Walls End Nor.humberlai ~. II 6 ... 18 1 Lid 18 9, COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Peise• Wheat. Barley. oals. Beans. ------- --- ,--- ---- ------. ---..... A to 1- Per Quarter: a. to s. a. to a. s. to a. s. to 11. -• .... Carlisle 6B 31 -- 29 -- 06 ..- -- -- liexham 4i 72 36 38 23 23 • - n --- ..- Morpeth - Penrith - 06 33 25 -- - "- Sheffield t_...,_ _ 84 ...... 32 .... , 2 3 .... 43 -- Ninchesr 52 56 27 39 2 0 2 35 4 ° Ad. Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. ad. I. J. s.d. s.J. 'A mod , o 0 Carmarthen 63 70 00 40 00 1 9 56 °6 00 U 0 Cowbridge 7 6 80 3 6 46 2 30 5 0 ?: : r i ll ?I : : Swansea - Per 8011. 00 Barnardcastle 11 0 16 6$ 9 9 0 411 7 4 9 6 I : i : 0° : : 0 0 on Durham l2 013 006050 6 6 i j; 11 0 60 Richmd Stockton IRISH MARKETS. OUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the Week endi ng DEAC;elr6l4e. From I 3: 6 25 1 2,160 Wheat,perbarrel 4 o 'lone ss. 18 !,) 0 -- a c Sere _.............. 10stone.. '' .... u 7, 6 19 ••• 2,607 Harley 12,063 Oats 14 stone Boill o I 41 Flour, per cwt 8 stoic 1 919 flahnoll .... C ifnL.: :1 I: ' 12 0 1 ° 1 -- AL 2,160 Wheat,perbarrel4o Sere 10 stone... 2,607 Barley 12,063 Oats 14 stone Flour, per cwt.... 8 1,212 8 stone Sold to Bakers only. 10,533 Cwt. Average price a Wheat and 1 Receipts of Flour, 15,418 sec ," Gales of Do. 10,533 Thirds 1g 0 16 . 4)i _ _ no k. E ttooo id:: 004 fromr FMCS OF BREAD. Quarters I.oat CORK M A7dlalik:lat—UuDaecTl.l7.l7:l;o p s 01 Wheat (per 20at.)173 Od. to2-2s. Od.lUatr iper list. " 4, • 17 6 Barley (per 1634)10 0 13 0 IFlour (per cwt 1». 6 9 Oatmeal (Vet cwn)....... • . .... 9.. Od to 04 61 " Beef, 6d. to Cie. —Mutton sd. tG 6•1. Veal, 40 t pe r rib, . 7 Pork, 4d. to sd.—Fresh e.—Mutton, lei ; 1 1 d. cc ----d PRICE OF BUTTER. he COlll i try To the 61crchants. To t . . Fi rst Quality." 0000000 ""....... 774 ...„....•........ .'" o o . 0. &Tend ... 72 .........• ... • ••• "'"'":„ 50 "Third ". 61 NW 00000 ...POW SW •• . 45 Fourth ...•...•. 55 '''..... 41 •.. 00000000 " 0000000000 .". , 0000000 -I• 00000 I. . Fifth ".•••••••••• 51 ........•"•..... 00000 •.... 00 Sixth •••• 40 1.....•- ...I ••• • 00000000000 CLO N.MELL Al A n KETS,— Dec. 17 Per I. wt. i.. 1.. ,S 1. 4 . New Butter 00000 ....t.O oto 16 (1 1-I:det (raw1........, b " 29 0 Oatmeal 0 1•' 0 Bacon P.g5.......•• 9 -- 0 Rendered Lard 0 62 9 Head5.................. xl Per Bat. Fleur, Second — 0 30 c. It lour, I mrthl....w ., "' —Household V 23 0 I ---- fourtits...."l Per Barrel. ''''' 3ape5e0d......... 2O 0 0 I Barley .......... ..... BeTC••••••• ....... «mi - 0 8 0 1 C•xxle ..». «....»...« "' - Wl.cat s pec barrel )20, K A I d L A K 0 E lo ra M Bee A ;MT& ~ ~ 1 , Or. ad 0 0LT 00 1 Barley 12 0 19 0 Mutte . r..1 . :"...: tau l4 0 15 0 l'ork ..........- 0 6 0 2 ' , lour (per bag) 25 0 h 9 0 v ea l ....«..s»• 4 0 0 1 0 Butter(per cwt.) 0 0 98 0 preen Wier ....- 0 OPI Bacon Piipt .... "45 0 0 46 'gait DDitt0.......» ?, 6 9 u • Coal. ..... ...... 0 0: 0 il ! STATE OF TRA OZ FROM A C ORRESPONDENT.) 10 3 h a ve a ,, MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING .--We throughout the week a very limited demand for .L 5 0 ., descriptions of power and hand-loom printing el°t,°o, as well as for most kinds of what are mestics. Every effort has been made, but inettht; tually, to support the rates paid on this day se'l t he but it was tolerably evident in the early Part ° l e y day that thole manufacturers who might pres,sach known as_nec, would have to recede a little in their demands. pr i c es the market up to its close has fully verified, and have a further downward tendency. c ony The increase in the weekly production is n° w considerable—a fact at once evident, if it be cin l Y t ; e atto sidered that some 20 or 25 per cent. of the mills which were working short time for L." ago are now all of them at full work and hours; and by many, therefore, it is deemed extrernelYt doubtful whether the demand will be found Sightstiffieil: to meet the production. Nor should it be lost i , of, that the present small stocks of cloth and Yr as • a mainly attributable to the turn out, by which a 01, wer e than month's production of both goods and twist kept out of the market, and if such had n ot be . e O , sorne rnonftkoli the case, most well-informed parties feel satisfied tliq' no advance whatever could have taken place. Twist is also dull of sale, and the turn in favour of the buyer. A large demand is anticipated when pur' chasers appear for spring shipments. ' •W e WELCH MUTTON AND POliK.-•-FOT a eons' d eia time past the carts of nearly all the 11Iontgomerph3 and Merionethshire carriers have been filled with 'lin t _ quarters of small Welch mutton, destined for 0 : London market, which are sold in this town at 4d. 1r pound, and of which the London coaches almost Jan): carry very considerable loads. The quantiqr t1;111, sent, owing to the lowness of the price, has WI i ti , creased do this season; and as it can be carried to ° ld n from this town for Id. per pound, may be 5° there for 6d., and afford a fair profit, althoug we believe the price demand ed there is very much_ higher. The trade in Wel ch , L i t' has also lately assumed a degree of Or ; 0 ance suited to the vast amount of cap and feeding, into Wales by the superior tending it, which renders pork reared in the Prineilni, superior tomuch that is fattened elsewhere. In S i r c.ei lt shire several extensive dealers have recentlY of an d Uz i _ l d agents into Merioneth, Montgomery , shires, who remain there during the winter, purchasing at the doors of the feeders all ,s, fat pigs they can procure at prices ruled by hrel'pg, bury fairs, and taking them away in light s P ev , waggons, by which they are conveyed to S hr n ep bury at a very trifling outlay either of time or ID ° , ip and thence proceed either by the river Severn ottric,s vans to the densely-peopled distriots of the ee l L c ber, autumn At'be and ironworks. In the course of October, °vfront and l December, hundreds of these pigs, weleicnhrews' 0 to 25 score pounds each, weekly reaen '''' e or bury, and are mostly taken off into Staffordshir id the canal, or into the lower parts of Shropshire i_ie. Worcestershire . by the Severn.—Shreivshury CVO 'itt evening, , EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—Tue sda y r brother othe r Mullins, o f sixty-six thethe huw seven,C astle, Mr. Baker held an inquest at . the Edinbillv o iv f i Mullins E d wa, Rhodeswell, Limehouse, on view of Joan that' ond morning, he called at his house, 11 , 1 7 000 3 findinghim within, he made search fur him, an u coal , his hat lying on the banks of the Regent's Ba rde decyeaesaersd,ofdaepgose.edi‘jr. t °ll which runs at the bottom of the deceased's no, Fearing some accident had happened to him, n e l t be eured the drags, and in a short time the body - p a deceased was got out. He was quite dead. had t ied fastened a bucket round his neck, which he l it de' tight with his handkerchief. The father of t : thr ee ceased had been drowned about Christmas, for t Y v ein years ago, and the deceased, at th is time o f the. / t h e e ms always very dejected and low-spirited. t w o d. fu ll moon he was gen erally very iiigh t Y an t hroats li nj There were two incised wounds on the eby a one in the region of the heart, apparently Ina u . o t te penknife, but neither of them were held sofa ° s boiv have caused death. There being no evidence to re how the deceased came into the water, th e t r g Y ed 4 turned a verdict of—" Found dr owned in the -'-'" Canal." toi ° B IR T H S. On the 18th of November, at. Malta , the lady .1 of " Fitz-Hkrbert, of the Rile Brigade, of a on. St e p p ' Esq., on of th the d l9 a t u h gh in te st r .., at Exeter, the lady of Th °l/115 00 11,111 On the 19th • mat., at Westbourn.vill a lady of William Page Pen ' Penney, Esq., of a son. MARRIED Ols oi :h On the Ist of November last, at St: John's, N.,e°11111141; • w --r Es , manage; of the 1355 k of oil OP"' America, Ali] merica, to Susannah, second daughter of the late . , Esti, Edinburgh. eldest daughter of William Payne, Esq., On the 19th inst., Charles , Eat- , j un " -• $ ' 5: J.oho'sle sq, 4, T iling Essex. , Cre ° l On the 20th inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, Jo' e . /i d IVir' ' jun.,_ of Regent-street, to Frances, eldest daughter - Blake, of Pittsmoor, She ffi eld. DIED. On the Bth inst., in London, Thom as, second sot ! 4 r ' Jones, Caepant Llanderfel, Merion ethshire, aged 3roce, On the 13th inst., at Acton, Suffolk, Richard 1 , 7 of the Rev. Lawrence Ottley, aged 4 months. pre On the 17th inst., at Bluehayes House , near E%el* the wife of Lieutenant-Genera l Thomas, amanged..,73' 4011 • 'l l ' the On the 18th inst., at Putney , C. Cha p , so n • On the 18th inst., at Kingweston, H e nry, sit Dickinson, Esq , M.P., aged h months. ,; Gellersl o f On the 18th inst., at Castle-bill, Em-ng' • 'of Frederick Wet herall, G. C. H., aged 88. On the 18th inst , Caroline Lucy, wife 4t er Mill-wall, Poplar, timber*.merchant, aged 2 2 ° Gleti ce ,i On the 19th inst., at Chavenage, near Tetburf, s, „ge t he shire, John Delafield Phelps, Esq., F. R. So F i i;abe t • l '' On the 20th inst., in Gower-street, Martha .1-.• wife of John Adolphus, Esq. London Printed and Published by IL Etp lig, S TB49' No. 112, Strand, at The Sun OfEce o° . • he A' the County of M ddlesex, Thursday, be cein— r