The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-10 00:00:00

LoYD'S SHIPP GL-( TH S DAY) D- 1 .- S.? 1 dgni oreeze "e• a! -Wind this day at noon, S. to A . P.ti • D • don 2-) ' .—Win b d E., moderate.—Sld.• Lon amatea ; Thunderer, Plymouth. DFC e llve, Queh Jc. Lute, 9 —Arrd. Le, Miramichi ; Wolfs J' .ouriA DE r , ,9.—Reward, Salmon, Ceylon. C. 9.--Wind N.E.—Arrd. H. M.S. • 211'4, Malta. . .44 I . l vEitrooL, DEC. 9.—Wind S.E. light.—Arrd. j. Jlerton, Cbatterten, Calcutta.; Herald, Jones, Cal o',., Hottinguer, Purshy, New . York. Arrd. otr ' l eorgiana, New (Mean:. The Queen Victoria packet, froth Dublin to this port, is ashore near Bligh. Ski. Scotland, New York ; Brvand, Honduras ; Shenan doah, Philadelphia ; Isirminghain, Boston. CLYDE, DEc. 8.- - krrd. Simtlaud, Johnson, St. "hn's, New 13rur.swick ; Winton, Duncan, Quebec; Pit back Rainbove, Scott, having been in contact. A t et ) RlC, DEC. 7. Arid. Cath ar i ne , Whit eway , L , n t° ; Ann Grant, Le s t er ; Honduras; L arc h , C•& - .pc ; Traveller, Needham, Mirainichi. Dr.c. Hiram, Warlimade, Bra- T , ( -hill Justus, Bl ec k, Rio Janeiro. d Oß '....s.nouTu, DEC. t3.--.'rnsi. Oriental packet, , m e xandria; S a pph o , London, for China; Highbury, from St. Vinee's. ',74. Ocean Queen, Mauri ,4B; Bernard, Sierra Leone; her I‘lajesty's ship . p, West Indies. Arr:i. oil, Rock, Scorpion, Gib- IV*, in 15 day.?. A PALAIO UTH , 0,,--Wind E., fresh breeze.— rd. Aliddlebt:ry, T :.caldericirk, Batavia, left Aug. 14, Oc'z. i 6, toun'l to .77kliddleburgh ; Linnet Packet, Brazil • °PP Sciato ,y, Dac. Calcutta. Orr PEN-IA:Not; W ) r leans fo f Thic.'6.—Elizabeth, Gibbon, Nevi' Antwerp; Portland, Clough, New' York eL D , II D'Ark ; N ew York, Wachler, ditto for Bremen ; ) "'.le, Marsh,• Quebec. e D.Ec..B.—The Richard, for'dibraltar, on ra inination, must disc:targe her cargo. f° °ET Set LL y, DEc. s.—Archangel, uyt, Havanna]) I' Rotterdam. • ZNTLAND FRITH, DEC. 4.—Arrd. Cockburn, „ l ar, Grenada. 1.4'014E, (I SLAND OF BOMIIOLM), NOV. 30.—The w rie nbritt , creu, Raescl:, from rein el to Hamburgh,. 4.l..rrecfte on the S. E. point of this iFland, on the th ea G Inst. Cr ew , p asz;engers, an d greater part o f t h e 1. 0 saved. s, DE c. 2. The A ppa ranee, Wedshom, Th Christianstadt to London, has been hauled a s hor e , I b ' It of the cargo an d M ater i a l s save d , an d t h e re expected to be got sa f e ashore. Th e T enance , • e lsh, from St Petersburgh to London is stranded ;near thi s port, crew s'ivedoind materials expected to b e t 1410(1 , bul the vessel, it is feared, cannot be got off. The ~ ,k ig icoar, Lindsay, f rom St. P eters b urg h t o L on d on , 411 ? ashor e a t Il an it ea d , S trand, and sprang. a leak, bu tßept at an .c h or one an d a h a lf mi l es from the St r , n , u , by working her engines until the morning of Iv , 29th, Nit hen the wind shifted toW.S.W., and she ev .,, V ilt ashcze., Crew and materials saved. fr i : h " l rsllAGEN, DEC. 3.—The Dygden, Nicholson, t es - V ...erg to Marseilles„got in eontact with a (r.ame - unknown) in the Bay of Finland, and 06-Pus in here tolliscliarge and repair damages. . ,7xuAvEx, Dac. 3.—The Johannes Christophe, b, p .anlburgh, put back here .this morning, leaky, 4'4 been in contact ivith a ves..l off the Texel. .1( ,lex, (ISLAND OF FOIIR) DEC.' 2.—The Astrom, : 1 6 ° 'g, from R o tt er d am t o liaraluirgh, has been as -4:4 inhere leaky, and is discharging, having been ° re on the grounds off Amreint. G IN TELLIGEN . ;cE . MARKET CHAMPION MEETP: I G . ___ FRmAy. At ' a T iv ird Tics for the Puppy Stakes. - I,ord Stradbroke's 4 „s . r 'o beat Mr. Dunn's Barwell Jnior ; Mr. Saberton's 'etbriar beat Mr. Etwall's v .; in-if-you-can. Ties, for the An - Aged Stakes.=Lord Strad- Milmrva I.Bowles's Busy Body ; Mr. Thy ' 8 Railroad brat Et w all's IVestwind. Ezning Staks,.—First Ties.—Lord Stradbroke's hPlaien beat Mr. %Tipan's Velure ; Lord Glentworth's --'ulaehe beat Mr. Bryant's Ephraim. I .l),P ll Ppenharn Stakes, Morant's Musgulman t Tnr.Bowl es N The Bride ; Mr. It. B a gg e ' s T en d r il -tt4Mr. Dobede's • Douglas not run. .-kitatland Sta - kes, Saberton's Streamer beat llr % ,,loody' s P r i nce ; Mr. Dunkald's Datum beat Mr. - ctrvall'a hornpipe. L ETTIZNG AT MANCHESTER.—FraDAY. 'lVi n it ßY---E4- to 1 agst A B r iti s h Y eoman, 25 t o 1 agst , (t 4k eseur, 22 to 1 agst Murat, 40 to 1 egst Newcourt, A e ll), do to I agst Si r ik o l, ( ta k en ) , 40 to 1 agst r r ino? (taken), 50 to 1 cost Illackdrop, (taken). Is 4/( 5..--8 at; to 1 agst M ar i a Da y, 10 to 1 t Wee Pet, to Ntatrix „ ags, ICSty, 20 to 1 agst Laura f, 25 to 1 agst 4 °N - EY and CO AMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO TIIREE. coria questio' 3 is the subject of debate in almost - 14 %)' circle in the, City, and from the rumour having it first fibtainerA circulation in the Stock Exchange, it jj l l'aw received credence in other quarters, .where .e,3t,s:,`lnfidently asserted that Sir Robert Peel has " i beCled some ofur leading merchants upon the ira*,,,t s ', 4l 4 for a furth er modification of the obnoxious ' 1 44 I:„ L, iguided by whose advice, a fixed duty has at , e,e,4 rcs•ilvcd upon. a o Lye: pool market yesterday cotton was not tr ad e demand, neither the speculators nor the sale "Ix rating freely. American drooped. The I,4 o i l ver'.; only 1,000 bales of this description, and !je t , ° f Surat to the speculators, and 200 bales Ame -41:Vall 300 Surat to the trade. Total 3,000 bales. 'fate Shares a fair bUsitiesS was done at mode- Atid tes. Eaitern Counties were Edinburgh lasgow ' 48 ; Grand Junction Halves, 95k ; and Paisley, 15i; Great Western, 90; Bir -4046 • and Manchester, 201; and North Mid (l, , 11 ‹ t „.,.. -4 ! usual return for the month of the Bank of Z,,,m , nd business transactions appears in the Gazette. te r ii-braces the period from September 10 to Decem and as compared with the previous statement eirt:z uation.— -"rember Last time £l 5, exhibits the following results Jatloil.Last time £l9 : ,903,000 .19,562,000 b Decretve . 341,000 e posits.—Last time 9,072,000 Now . 8,957,000 Decrease 4kt Urities.—Last time N0w.... 13 tillio n ,_N ow List time 115,000 21,934,000 21,210,000 Decrease. 724,000 9,984,000 9,789,000 Increase Rest. —Last time Now „ £195,000 2,784,000 2,675,000 It • Decrease £73,000 Nt b I M-1 be seen from the above that the Bank has tr en e erk inclined to promote rash speculations on the t te k B.t h of the China news by affording suddenly in- It leZ Inonetary facilities, though when the ele ttiv o,f sound trade snore decidedly exhibit them lia t n fa circulation may be expected to increase. til it : Ihinds are rather heavy. Consols for special 11 4: 1 1 , e _ l ' are 94k, and for time 93:k ; Exchequer*Bills N ell eliaained firm under the influence of the large .4 0 aSt is made are 51s. to 535. premium; India tw s . , and A•h aie 4CO 455. to 475. preMium ; New Three-and :l)er c ' I,sor Cents. realise 1011; the Three-and-a-Half 1 , 1 111t.: 41 ts. 100 - to 101 • aml the Three per Cent. An aaukv394l- to 944 • in ' Bank and India Stock there • E • Le 2 , o , . • T -n no trEnsactions. , 4 44 ti e s accoui ats from Spain are again unfavourable, ,aca t i:,'e llom'ls are rather lower. The Actives have 11 4 N ., 11 ,"1 from n 18* to 17* 171. The Three per Cents. flrtr4 been at 23 to I. Mexican stock is held more ( Ire ht 31. Oldham Bonds arc 92. The exchange Cerit: ri d 3 goes on well. Dutch Two-and - a - Half per p'• at ii 421. St.• Or 8 hares there is not quite so brisk a demand, Aal t litot :At ions are generally firm. Great . Westerni ', 11 18: 4 , 4 Y - ..re 25 ; ditto New, 14; ditto Fifths, .5; •4 4 - "eqer and Leeds Quarter, : . if ; Northern and 4 4d 7. 1 E;erip, 5A to 51; Paris anif Rouen, 5 i to 6 ; ••t.k te °Ili?: and North Midl an d, 431 to 441 premium; I liseno 11l ( jounties are 14i t ; and Blackwall about 11 ...u nt AR ' , - - p_ : I ES OF SHARI'S THIS DAY AT ONE. '144 't A tr.viATs. Paid. Per Share. 13, 11 ( .%eonties : 11 1;4 t63 : 3 ., e t li p e r ntutes Si. 6s. ad. 12,: l l• q.,,, a 50 l oto tto p, ft hi ; . • 4 kit 1 4 and Illac_li • 1 1 '''' .. . IE4 5B to it t lil a lla a n r d es Le w c a d , o •.• 70 2 it, bit e o r Zan.d Easte 7 rn iL r • Ltr m... / Il ltncli) t. " ork , oueo ... .... . ...... 20 14:1(I IVort).l Midland. ~/ 3t 4te ne II , V.,'TEtt, STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 9.—The 4 ,_to c i i '. l (fur Market is much the same as yesterday. 4 1 4 ,,„ 1 1 , 8 5ti • 1 1scarce :—M a nclieste r and Birmingham, 20 ; to :i ' o u est ? r and Leeds, 70-1- to 711; ditto Half, 30f 1 411 4 , 1 4- ; : -ILdinburgli and Glasgow, 48 to 49; ditto, e ll, 5 to 51 ; South Eastern Scrip, 171 to 18. h Itov liamAist Soctrry,—The Committee of the 4 -h• li . Humane S oc i e t y h ave , on th e r e presentation of n r nos Ormiston M‘William, %ho was senior l'ary.' i lt °nicer of the :Niger expedition, awarded hono 411d er medallions to Torn Osmond," a Krooman, of t`i4William Guy," an African boy, in admiration th e ,, l e noble courage and humanity displayed by V, in h aving jumped overboard to the rel i e f o f on u‘Villuiett Clerk, of her Majesty's steamer Albert, l' esse l night of th e 7th o f O c t o b er , 1841, while that o h tt was lying off Blurje. a chief town of Kakundah, that .light bank of th e i‘Tiger. We are not aware h's e distinction has on any former occasion been 11 -N4 upon a negro. MARKET NEWS. DAY.) C 0 VEXT-GanD YAM Our market this morning Was, for the period of the year, largely supplied with Vegetables, the quality of which was very superior. Although the attendance of dealers was rather numerous, the demand was in a very sluggish state, at comparatively low rates of cur rency. Both English and Foreign Fruit was very abundant, and cheap. Nearly 3,000 tons of Potatoes have, we hear, zoached the Pool this week, from dis tant quarters, and we had .a heavy supply on offer to-day. Potatoes, from 3s to 4s 2d per cwt. ; Tur nips, 2s to 2s 9d; Carrots, 3,6 d to 5s 6d; Coleworts, or Greens, 2s to 3s ; and Leeks, is 2d to is 9d per • dozen bunches; Onions, is 6d to 2s 6d; Apples, is 3d to 3s; Pears, 4s to lOs 6d per half sieve; New Oranges and Lemons, 8s to lOs ; and Walnuts, 10d to ls 6d per hundred; Brocoli, - lOs to 18s ; and Celery, 12s to His per dozen bundles ; Endive, is 6d to 2s 3d per score ; Savoys, is 3d to 2s; and Red Cab bages, 2s to SA per dozen heads. NEIXTGA.TE, LEADENHAMM. We had a very large arrival of country slaughtered meat here to-day, which, with that killed in Lon- Idon, experienced a dull sale. Beef from 3s to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 2d; and ' Pork, 33 Sd to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. Poultry —The supplies not having been quite so great this week, the demand has somewhat improved, and the quotations have been fairly supported. Turkeys, 4s to 7s ; Geese, 4s to Gs ; Capons, 4s to 7s ; Rabbits, 6d to is 9d; Hares, 2s to 3s Gd ; Partridges,. Is to 2s ; Pheasants, 2s to 3s 6cl; Grouse, is Gd to 2s ; and Pigeons, 8d to is each. Fowls, 3s Gd to 7s 6d; Chickens, 2s 6d to 5s 6d; and Ducks, 3s to 5s per couple. NEWP 02,T. lire have had little business doing in our market at the annexed rates : Beef, from 3s to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 3s 10d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; and Porli, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per 81bs bi the carcase. En; LXINI'GSG.4I.TM. Our supplies of Fish have been aK:m large, while the demand has ruled heavy. . ur'bots from lOs to 233; Cod Fish, is to 10s: ~.taddocks, Gd to is 3d ; T Whitings, 4d to $d ; Alaekerel, 8d to Is; Dory s, 2s to 4s ; Crabs, 8(1 t'. ; and Lobsters, is 6d to 3s Gd each; Soles, '„d to 3s per pair ; Smelts, Is lOU to 3s; Fesh Herrings, Is to 2s; and Thames Ploutiors, is 2d to 2s per dozen ; Salmon, 9d to s 4d; Crimped Skate, 6d to 10d; and Eels, 6d to 1s 3d per lb ; Sprats, 3s Gd to ss; and Oysters, 16s to 26s per bushel. VTZ-IXTECUALPEL. We have been well supplied with each hind of Meat this week, which has sold slow ly, as follows : Beef from 3s 2d to 3.3 8d Mutton, 3s to 4s; Veal, 33 8d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 35 10d to 4s 4d per 81b., by the carcase. HUNGERFORD. There has been but a limited amount of business transacted here in any article, and prices have ruled much the same as at the other metropolitan markets. The price; of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from id to 7#d ; of Household do., oid to 61d per 41b. loaf. HIDE MillitlCE'r. R aw. Aides at per ston e o f 14 lb s .—B es t Steers and „ I . l '..ifers, ss. Bd. to ss. 10d. ; middling Hides, SS. 2d co is 6d ; inferior do., 45., Bd. to ss. Sheep and Calf skins, at per skin.—Market Calf, 6s. 6d. to Bs. 6(1. ; Long-woolled Sheep, 3s. to 4s. ; short do., 2s. Gd. to 3s. 6d. HAT IiCLEMZETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Cuarse meadow Hay, 3/. to 3/. 165.; useful ditto, 4/. to 4/.65. ; fine upland ditto, 4/. 6s. to 4/. 10s.; Clover Hay, 4/. to 51. 10s. ; Oat Straw, 1/. 163. to 11. 18s. ; Wheat Straw, 1/. 18s. to 2/. per load. Both Hay and Straw met a very (lull inquiry, at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND.-Coarse meadow Hay, 31. ss. to 41.; useful ditto, 4/. 2s. t 0.4/. 65.; fine upland ditto, 4/. Bs. to 41.135. ; Clover Hay, 41. Os. to 51. Bs.; Oat Straw, 11. 16s. to 11. 18s.; Wheat Straw, 11. 18s. to 2/. 2s. per load. Supply moderate, and trade heavy. WHITECHAPEL.-Coarse meadow Hay, 31. to 3/. 10s.; useful ditto, 3/. 15s. to 41, 4s ; fine upland ditto, 4/. ss. to 4/. 10s. ; Clover Hay, 4/. Os. to 51. 15s. ; Oat Straw, 1/. 16s. to 11. 18s. ; Wheat Straw, IL 18s. to 21. per load. A good supply, and a heavy inquiry. COAL M Ships arrived since r. d. Adair's Buddle's West Hartley l7 e Chestar Main Holywcll Main t7 6 Old Tanfieli Ord's Redheugh l5 e Pont( p Windsor ..- 16 Ravensworth West Hartley 16 8 Wylam Walls End Barnard Walls End Clennell l6 6 Walls End Elm Park . l9 Walls End ..... 18 3 Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth 18 6 Walls End Nor. timberland 17 9 Walls End Riddell's Walls End Wharncliffe l9 3 • A ItKET. last marltet ,clay, 33 W.',E. Braddyll'sHatton 22 0 Walls End East Iletton l9 0 Walls End Iletton 2l 9 Walls End Lambton -1 9 Walls End titewart's Walls End Cassnp 2l 9 Walls End Hartlepool Wall; End Kelloe ----- 21 9 Walls End Adelaide 1 , 6 Walls End Brown's Deafly.), 20 0 Walls End Coundon Tees.., x 0 0 Walls End Gordon lB 3 Walls End Seymour Tees 2O S Walls End South Durham 19 9 Wales 3 Walls Elul West Tees 1.4 0 Liartley - i 7 0 PRICE OF BREAD. the highest !Ike of Aoevi iti the !Metropolis Is Ncl, for the Ilb Loaf. Good Bread may be had at 03 OF SEEDS Per Cwt. I Sew nglish Rea Clover...GOs 753 St. Foin Old Pitt.) Ditto —s —s —s Rye Glass New Foreign Ditto.-- —s 5Gs ;5s Paccy Grass Old Ditto Ditto —s —s —s Linseed, fur feeding ...--, New White Clover 50s 50s a'sDitto, for sowing Old Ditto Ditto —s s —siDitto, for crushing .... New Tre.oil —s 17s 25s:Iiem.' Old Ditto —s Ills lgs'Canary .- Ird - olium s —s —s Per Bushel. English Cutaway —s Vs 45s White Mustard.... 93 Cd to lls fd Foreign Ditto —s 40s 45s,Brewn Ditto 10, Od to 12s td Coriander —s 14s V.UsiTares 081 to Gs :e Per Quartet -s tSs 4s .5 £Bs Ws • S —8 -s 50s 561 .3 Ms (ir.s -s 48s s(s .s 42s 4Ss -s 70s 901 PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton 66666 NI. X 4 l 1 9 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil 3 . U Lins.,ed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 1000) ll 0 Itsq,e , ake, per ton 6 0 PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP &c. per 112 Town Tallow .. ......... —42 11 61:11elting Stuff' £ 14 ( Yellow Russia White 0 0 elGraves Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 b 0 PRICE OF RAW FAT, per static of Bibs. Price of fallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) • , s. 10'. COUNTRY MARE BITS Wheat. , Barley. I Oat. cleans, t'. -b~ Per Quarter, Bath Blandford tridport shard , Exeter Gloucester duildforil Newbury ... Reading Salisbury s. to S. 53 64 46 52 —57 48 56 5a 60 52 5H 45 62 14 62 42 63 45 8. to 8. 25 23 20 27 26 32 27 34 f 2 2'7 31 8 29 26 32 - s. t s. 22 28 LO 23 .5. to S. 40 41 39 42 14 !ZO 21 21 18 24 24 26 1 39 18 tO 36 44 26 38 36 26 38 27 34 42 60 4• 44 28 94 .. Los. 40 44 32 36 40 44 n 38 36 38 31 33 3t 36 U 8 40 Sherborrie 5O 56 21 32 20 24 SneptonAlaliet 58 70 28 32 20 '6 Uxbridge 37 43 2.1 28 Warminster 44 56 t 4 30 'X 25 £6 42 Worcester 151I 51 60 22 33 :•C. 20 38 42 /coy') M 60 24 28 22 24 32 44 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY. The arrivals this Week wero short of all kinds of Grain: Wheat advanced fully Is. per quarter, and Bar ley steady ill price. Oats and Shelling as before. Beans without variation; Wn eat, Red, 36 38 Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel. Essex and Kent New 48s. to 50, sxtra 52.. Norfolk and Suffolk New 445. 50s. ... 525. Boston and Wisbeach New 445. Us. ... 4118. Yorkshire N w 423. 455. ... 48;. Engl'sh, White New 48,. 54,. 55.. Old lt d 425. 475. white 525. k °nigh fted 4s. 481. 535. Per quar.er imperial. Batley, Norfolk anal Suffolk New :tia. sat 28s. xtra 31;. Yorkshire a d Lincolnshire 2ss. 2.75. „,. 28 1 . Se Ach Urieding Per qr. of 631 b. to tlp , bushel. Beans, New 2B; 31s. -s Old . 0;. 32, :3s. Oats, Potato a$ d d /healing Ioe.. to 1034 d , Foreign lid to 10d. pet Stops" Shalling "41. to 2.51. per Lead. Malt Itipeseed -I.os. 30'. Os. 311. Os. per Li,; CANTER B U RY MARKET. Wheat, white...-. -s. to 60s. 50 , 5. to CO3 let 48;. to -s. 475. to 50/ Barley, Malting ...... 31s. to 33; Grinding.. -s. to -s. Oats 21s. to '2ss. ...... 01s1-... -a to--s, Bean 31s to 325. ...., •••1/.. to S. Pease CIiELTENII ARK ETS. Per Bushel. s. d. to a, d.; Per lb. hat tiarley 3 0 3 9 Beef Mutton d. t, d. 6 7 6 7 Oats" 3O 39 Beans 4 0 5 0 Moak 5 0 8 0 Veal Pork Lamb 7 I) Hay 41.53; to 4/. 108. Od. per lon. CHELMSFORD M ARKET. Wheat, :White 4B to 56 O a Red 42 50 Pease, Gray 27 Farley Chevalier SO 32 Beans, Tick 2B 55 Grinding LEEDS CORN MARKET. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b ...........•......... 5` ) 3. to 61% ...- York. and Lincoln. 60lb .... ..... . 491. to 58s. 6 Barley, Norfolk and Swlfolk - Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 253. Lo 30c --- Grinding' Beans 631b.... 13, to 35% I - nats, votatoe 2os. to wi,... At ---Mealing, ' , Or. 101 to 11d. Eng. lUd. to 12n. pe stmi.e Shelling Between 3ix and seven o'clock this morning the body of a female, about eighteen or nineteen years of age, was fbund • drifting with the tide near to the Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge. It was first observed by some men working a sand-barge, who got it ashore, and it was then removed to the vaults of St. John's church, where it remains to be owned, and awaiting the holding of the Coroner's inquest. The deceased had no stays on, and her apparel denoted that she was in a state of extreme want and destitu tion. Her features are small, but handsome, and in life she was, no doubt, remarkably good-looking. Her height is about five feet. RAILWAY SmatEs.---Within the last few days ori ginal shares in the London and Birmingham Railway have been sold in the market at• a premium of 101/. per share, upon 901. paid up ; or considerably up wards of cent. per cent. About two years and a half ago, when the same shares reached 1001. premium, the members of the Stock Exchange hailed the event with " three times three." Yesterday the shares of the Birmingham and (a rand Junction Railways were sold precisely at the same figure, namely, 1901. per share ; but in the case of the latter the amount paid up / ix 1001.—Railway LA W INTELLIGENCE. Cll ANCERY.2- P THIS DAY.) he was himself connected. Witness thought he was then perfectly well. Cross-examined by Sergeant Wunn—The de ceased had told witness that he had been in the habit of consulting a Dr. Hawkins, relative to his health. He had also consulted Sir James Clark, pre vious to effecting the policy of insurance. Witness could not say.why the deceased had consulted so - many parties. Dr. Billing stated that he was a Fellow and Exa miner of the Royal College of Surgeons. Ile was well acquainted with the deceased plaintiff, and with his family. Witness considered him to be a person of a generally good constitution. In the year 1838, the deceased consulted witness as tb the state of his health, and witness found that he was out'of condition generally. No dangerous symptoms, however, were perceptible. That was before the deceased had gone abroad. LITERATURE. JONES V. SMITH. The further arguments in this part-heard case oc cupied the Court the whole day. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) The Court was occupied this day with cases already part-heard, none of which presented any points suffi ciently interesting to require a report. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir JAMES WIGRAM.) FESTING V. JOHNSON. His HONOUR gave judgment in this case. The cause came before the Court upon the construction of a will raising questions both as to real and personal estate. The case as to the personal estate had, in fact, been argued three times; it was argued as far as the par ties thought necessary at the time, when the case was argued as to the real estate. When he gave his opinion as to the real estate it was suggested that a more favousable view for the plaintiff might be taken as to the personal estate, and he consented that the case as to that . should be re-argued. The case, in fact, was this :—A real estate was given in effect, if not in terms, to such of the children of Martha Belt Johnson as should attain the age of twenty-one years, and he had expressed an opinion that th e i n t eres t f the children was contin gent on the real estate. The argument at the bar with regard to the personal estate was, that the gift Was. to be taken as a gift to the children, payable at a future day. Supposing that to be the case, the chil dren, having prima facie a vested interest, would not derive any actual benefit until the day of payment. A gift of personalty at a future day, would not, in the ordinary course, carry interest. It had been conte n d e d that in this case the legacy payable at a future day, would carry interest in the meantime. His Honour then referred at Considerable length to the will of the testator, and said the testator in effect gave his wife the income of his residuary personal estate for her life, subject only to the payment of annuities to Mrs. Festing and an other lady, and he provided undoubtedly for the main tenance of the children in the event of the mother of the children dying during the life of his widow, avery strong argument from which to infer that he did not mean them to he unprovided for after the death of the widow and mother. Now, if he was to read the legacy as a legacy to the children when they attained the age of twenty-one, he concurred in the opinion of Sir William Grant, expressed in another case, that it was to be regarded as a contingency. The most fa vourable way of recording it for the children was to make the gift to the children immediate, this being the only construction upon which he could give the children an interest in the legacy, and he would con strue the gift in favour of the children, as though the legacy was given over to the children on their attaining 21. Then what was the rule of the Court as to vested legacies payable at a future day ? The rule was that the parties did not receive interest until the day arrived. He admitted that it might be inferred that the testator intended to give interest before the children 'attained 21; but the question was, whether he had, in fact, given such interest, or whether he had so given it as to justify the Court in deciding that there was a manifest intention to give it? One point relied upon for the legatees was that of severance. It was said that the direction in the will amounted in effect to a direction to sever, or, at all events, a direc tion to sever in certain events which might happen. Although that point had often been relied upon, it was impossible that it could be maintained in the present case. The moment the residue become payable, the executor was bound to pay over sufficient to answer the legacy, whether payable or not; but the mere fact of that retainer was by no means the same thing as the testator directing sever ance of a legacy to take place in every event. Lastly, it was said that in this case the testator had placed himself in loco parentis to the children. Now, a gift to children, payable at a future day, had certainly been held to carry interest, on account of the relation in which the testator stood to the legatees, but it had been repeatedly decided, and was unquestionably the law of the Court, that a gift to grandchildren did not imply that the testator placed himself in loco parentis to the legatees. In this case there was nothing but the relation of the testator as the grandfather of the legatees, from which he could say that he had placed himself in loco parentis. Upon the whole he thought it better that he should disappoint what the testator intended, than introduce distinctions so subtle that whilst they might subvert general rules of law they could not themselves be reduced to any definite prin ciple. His opinion, therefore, was that the real and personal estate must be treated in the same way, and he could not give the plaintiffs what they asked. QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius after Term, before Lord DEN MAN and a Middlesex Special Jury.) MILTON V. GRIFFIN AND OTHERS. This was an action of trespass for an alleged illegal seizure of goods. Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Petersdorff appeared for the plaintiff,' and Mr. Jarvis conducted the defence. The plaintiff was a widow lady, and had a son car rying on business at Uxbridge. This son became a bankrupt, and the assignees seized certain goods in the plaintiff's possession, alleging that they were the property of the bankrupt. The plaintiff alleged that the goods seized belonged to her, and brought this action to recover their value. The case, which was of no interest except to the parties concerned, had not concluded when we went to press. Dr. Todd Thompson stated that the deceased had consulted him in the year 1836, and complained of debility and indigestion. He had consulted him again in 1838 and in 1839 for the same state of health. He did not then seem to be afflicted by any complaint of the liver or the lungs. The deceased again con sulted witness by letter, in the month of June, 1839, and in his letter he stated that he had a spitting of blood. Witness prescribed for him accordingly, as in cases of pulmonary hemorrage. From the state of the patient afterwards, and from the circumstance of his death by consumption in 1840, will,ness should be induced to draw the inference that the deceased had tubercles on the lungs in the month of April, 1839. Tubercles might, however, escape an examination with the stethescope. Witness had formed a bad opinion of the health of the deceased in. the early part of 1839. Witness would not then have given him a certificate to an insurance-office. Mrs. Elizabeth Holy stated that she had known the deceased since his childhood. He was generally con sidered a person of good constitution. Until the year 1840 Mr. Welshire had not been subject to a cough. The case was proceeding at the hour of our going to press. PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATIONS, 6^c. By Frederick C. Bakcwell, author of " The Natural Evi dences of a Future Life," 4-c. Harvey and Barton, Gracechurch-street. Mr. Bakewell, who is well known as a correct and clever writer, and a careful thinker, has, in this unpretending volume, supplied the young with many explanations of common occur rences, and the aged with many very pleasant recollections. It will enable them to impart much useful knowledge which they might forget or he unable to explain without such a help to the memory. Its great recommendation is that it illustrates the most important truths of physi cal science in a manner at once easy, correct, and playful. The diagrams and illustrations are well chosen and neatly executed, serving, as figures should serve, to explain in an instant the princi ple to be taught. To give a brief specimen of the book we will quote a short passage on Flying, a subject at present rather popular, which may serve to explain to the most sceptical the possi bility of achieving what is, in tact, now said to have been achieved. Having first shown very clearly that. the " weight of a bird, or the force with which it is drawn to the ground, supports it in the air," which naturally makes the little girl who is one of the interlocutors, say "how very odd," the writer proce e d s t h us — The attempt to fly has been often made, but without success. The weight of.the human body is so great that awe have scarcely strength enough in our arms to raise ourselves, even when taking hold of un yielding substances ; and all attempts to get a par chase or hold upon the air strong enough to raise the body from the ground, have hitherto failed. The most successful attempt at flying that I have heard of was that of an ingenious baronet of Yorkshire. He proceeded upon the principle of obtaining a horizontal motion by downward pressure, in the same manner as birds do when they fly through the air, without moving thei*vings. He constructed wings, which he attached to his b o dy, an d h av i ng ascended' to the top of a tree, he then launched himself into the air. The wings immediately expanded as he began to de scend, and presented such an extended surface to the resistance of the air as to cause a very gradual descent, and by inclining one of the wings to the ground, the flying Baronet was enabled to give to his fall an ob lique direction, so as to arrive at the bottom of another tree at some distance. Thus he may be literally said to have flown from tree to tree. * * * I can suppose it very possible fora man to support himself, and move through the air, provided he commenced his aerial excursion from a considerable height. The most probable means by which man can hope to tra verse the air at will, is by the aid of steam-engines, or some other moving power. * * * It is possible for steam-engines to be made not heavier than a man, yet possessing more than ten times the power of one. If a proper apparatus could be invented to work against the air by such an engine, the attempt to fly, hitherto so unsuccessfully made, might indeed be carried into effect. With this quotation we must leave the book, recommending it to our readers as both instruc tive and entertaining. INSOLVENT COURT—(THIS DAY The Court was occupied during the day in hearing applications for bail. Very few of them being opposed, but little occurred likely to interest the general reader. In the country bail. cases several were heard, in which the parties applying stated that they should be enabled to file their petitions through the assistance of the Society for the relief of persons confined for small sums ; upon which, the Learned Commissioner said, the professed objects of the Society were not to enable parties to get out on bail, but to enable them to take the benefit of the Act. If those persons, there fore, applied the funds granted by that Society to getting out on bail they were guilty of a diversion from the object for which the money was advanced, and if it were the other way, and that the money came from their own pockets, they could scarcely be deemed fitting recipients of the fund. IN RE WHEATLEY. The insolvent in this case was registrar of births, deaths, and marriages for the Lambeth district. His case was partly heard yesterday, when it was ad journed to this day in order to allow the insolvent to resign possession of the house No. 9, Prince's-row, Lambeth, to Mr. Southey, by whom he was opposed at the last hearing. Having complied with the order of the Court, he was sworn and discharged forthwith. IN RE RICHARD LOUIS WEST. In this case the insolvent had been a horse-dealer and job-master. He had become bankrupt in the year 1834, when the debts owing were about 5,7001., out of which ss. in the pound was paid. In 1837 he passed through this Court, but no dividend was then available fur his creditors, and the sum he now sought to be released from was about 8001. It appeared that he had been in the habit of buying largely at the northern horse fairs, and about eighteen months ago he bought four carriage -horses from a breeder named Well 3, which he brought up to Lon don, and one of which he alleged was diseased. Not having accounted satisfactorily for the disposal of these horses in his schedule, the case was adjourned to get further evidence. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A respectably dressed girl named Elizabeth Ives was charged on suspicion of stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Mr. Derwentwater Radcliffe, of the Strand, her master. Mr. Radcliffe stated that the prisoner had lived with him as servant about six weeks, but owing to her being insolent she had been discharged. Since she had left they had missed a quantity of wearing ap parel and table linen. Since this discovery he (Mr. Radcliffe) had visited a patient in his capacity as surgeon, and speaking of the circumstance of the prisoner's leaving, the gentleman said he was sur prised that the girl had ever been in witness's house, as five years ago she had been discharged from her place for .felony, and was sentenced to a punishment for it. Witness was astonished at this, and made further inquiries, and found that the prisoner was a most disreputable character. He therefore gave her in charge for stealing the articles he had missed. The prisoner, in her defence, said she was innocent of the charge. Mr. JARDINE said he should remand the case for further investigation, owing to the previous bad cha racter of the prisoner. She was, therefore, remanded till Tuesday next. Four boys, named M acart h y, D ow ns, Bell, and Hallett, were sentenced t o one mon th' s imprisonment each for attempting to pick p oc k e t s i n Covent-garden market this morning. The officer said that robberies were continually being committed on market days, seven or eight oc curring every Saturday. SALE OF THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S FAT STOCK. —On Wednesday the annual sale of the Duke of De vonshire's fat stock took place in his Grace's farm yard, at the pretty village of Edensor, a short dis tance from the princely Chatsworth. The attendance upon the occasion was most numerous, it being esti mated that about 2,000 persons were present. This unwonted confluence is attributable not only to the excellence of the stock brought to the hammer, but to the prestiv attaching to the name of the Duke of Devonshire:, whose high character and truly noble conduct in his exalted station have rendered him deservedly popular. The auctioneer . was Mr. Nicholson, of Chesterfield, and the following are the prices at which some of the lots were sold. It may be stated that the condition and appearance of the' stock generally was such as to reflect great credit on Mr. Swapfield, his Grace's bailiff :—A fat bullock, a very fine animal, was, after a spirited competition, knocked down to Mr. Turner, of Sheffield, for 70/: Mr. Turner was also the purchaser of a fat pig for 201.55. A cow was bought by Mr. Tomlins, of Bas low, for 361. Mr. Wyatt, of Chesterfield, was the pur chaser of two, at the respective prices of 361. and 281. ss. Messrs. Middleton and Shimwell bought two others for 281. 10s. and 271. Mr. Cocker, of Edensor, purchased a highland bullock for 281. 155., and Messrs. Nale and Creswick, of Chesterfield, another for 271. 15s. Mr. Arkwright, of Sutton Hall, bought a bull-calf, not seven months old, for 22/. Another, not,five months old, was purchased by Mr. Taylor, of Pilsley,' for 101. 15s. The total produce of the sale was 1,6331. 4s. 6d. The result of this sale, and the high prices given for the stock, has put the farmers and graziers in good spirits ; they looking upon them as an indication that " things are about to mend." COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) WALTER V. GOOCH. The plaintiff in this case is a timber merchant, and brought this action upon a guarantee, to recover the sum of 601., being the value of timber furnished by the plaintiff to a person named Johnson, who was building a set of stables at Notting-hill. It appeared that before the work was completed Johnson required a further supply of timber, and ob tained it to' the value of 1001. from the plaintiff, on the guarantee. of a person named Connop. The latter was paid, and the present defendant set up against the plaintiff's claim of 601. against him, that the payment of the second guarantee satisfied the first. The question at issue here was, whether the first dealing in which• Gooch was a security was a part of the second in which Connop was concerned, and in which the plaintiff's demand was satisfied; or was it a special and distinct transaction ? The Jury found that the two dealings were distinct and independent, and accordingly gave a verdict for the plaintiff. UNION HALL—on-us DAY.) William Singleton was charged with creating a disturbance in the Victoria Theatre, and assaulting Mortlock, the officer, in his attempt to remove him. On the preceding night the defendant went into the pit of the above theatre, and had not been there long before he commenced making such a noise as to interrupt the performance. In order to attract attention, and make himself as con spicuous as possible, he stood up on the benches, vociferated that he was the "immortal Kean," and gave an imitation of his Richard, to the great discomfiture of the audience and the performers. The constable at length made his way to that part of the theatre where the " would-be actor" was standing, and over and over again requested him to desist ; but words having no effect on such a " customer," an attempt was made to remove him, in doing which he struck at and kicked the constable, and it was with difficulty he was at length expelled from the pit, and lodged in the station-house. The defendant was what is termed " down upon his luck" while at the bar, and apologised for his con duct. He was fined 20s. and discharged. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY. WELSIIIRE V. BROWN. This was an action brought to recover a sum of 3,0001. the amount of a policy of life insurance effected with the Law Life Insurance Company, of which the defendant was the representative in this case. The Attorney-General, Mr. Platt, and Sir G. Lewin appeared for the plaintiff; and the Solicitor- General, Sir T. Wilde, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. White, conducted the case on behalf of the defendant. DETERMINED SUlClDE.—Yesterday forenoon, shortly after nine o'clock, as a police-constable of the K division was passing down a narrow lane running by the side of the City and Tower Hamlets Ceme tery, Bow-common, he observed a man stand ing in a curious attitude against the rail ings of the cemetery. On going up to him, he found that he was suspended by a handkerchief from the railings, his feet nearly touching the ground. He immediately cut him down, and, having procured assistance, had the body conveyed to the Rose and Crown, Bow-common, where it was identified as the body of a man named William Ottley, living at Brom ley. The body was quite cold, and had been hanging some time. The deceased's friends can assign no reason for his committing the rash act. THE LATE MURDERS IN IRELAND.-The Dublin Gazette contains the offer of the increased sum of 1001. for the discovery. and conviction of the murderers of Mortimer, the middleman, at Freshford, county Kilkenny. A reward of 100 1. is also proclaimed for the apprehension and conviction of the person who fired at and killed Michael Hanly, at Greenwall, Tip perary, on the Ist inst. TESTIMONIAL or RESPECT.—The friends of the Rev. C. A. T. Smith, M.A., late Curate of St. An drew's Church, Plymouth, have lately presented him with the sum of 1001., as a token of personal regard, and to give some public avowal of their grateful sense of his ministry during the nine years in which he has officiated in that parish. In the course of the past week, the brooms have disappeared from the mast-heads of many of the ships in the various docks and canals within the port, which may be regarded as a very palpable indication of a favourable move in maritime affairs. The shipwrights, too, who have—very much to their disadvantage —been idle hands about the banks of the Thames for some time, begin to find occupation. The value of tonnage is improving, and with the spring we may expect more general and increased activity.—Shipping Gazette. ST. MARY, NEWINGTON BUTTS.—The poll upon the vestry question, namely, whether application should be made to Parliament for a Bill to light, pave, and improve certain parts of the above parish, closed on Wednesday, when there appeared a great majority against the proposed Bill. It is, consequently, aban doned for the present. We learn by accounts from Paris that the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have been giving a series of sumptuous banquets at the " Grand Hotel Bristol," in the Place Vendome, since their arrival in the French capital. An English nobleman's retrenchment very frequently bears a strong resemblance to a foreign no bleman's profusion. The month of December has been ushered in in this vicinity by the singing of thrushes, blackbirds, and , other warblers of the feathered choir, while during the present week swallows have been seen flying strong on the wing, and the hedges round are adorned with several sorts of field flowers, in full bloom ; and in the gardens belonging to Bate's Golden Lion here, ripe strawberries and blossoms are now to be seen on the natural beds. These are striking proofs of the mildness and salubrity of the air in this neighbourhood.— Western Times. sincerely EXTENSIVE FAILURE IN THE C ORN T R A DE AT V regret to announce that tII L . Fernandez and Sons, corn merchants, sole millers, and ; wine merc h an ts, were made bank rup t s, on Th urs d ay l ast. N:LEFiniEen L t m firm —We of Messrs. L Thus are other Tory names added to the victims of Sir Robert Peel's sliding-scale !At the corn market, at Wakefield, yesterday, the stoppage was the subject of general conversation, and great alarm prevailed in consequence. It is said that the liabilities of the firm are not less than 90,000/.—Leeds Mercury of this day. THE GAS MONOPOLT.--On Thursday evening a public meeting of the gas consumers and a large num ber of the householders of the borough of Marylebone, took place at the Colosseum Tavern, Portland-road, for the purpose of taking steps to destroy the existing gas monopoly in the borough by the formation of a company, to comprise the consumers of the gas them selves, upon the same principle as the Commercial Company, recently established by the tradesmen and consumers of the eastern portion of the me tropolis. Mr. A. M. Hyde was called to the chair. Mr. Waples said it was high time the gas consumers of that borough followed the example which had been set them by the Licensed Victuallers and other tradesmen at the eastern end of the metro tropolis. He proposed that they should form them selves into an Association or Company, to protect themselves from the barefaced robberies which were at present perpetrated upon them. No one could doubt the benefit which would accrue to the con sumers themselves, and therefore he hailed with de light the present proceedings.. Mr. Seridge said he would call the attention of the meeting to the present state of thraldom and subserviency in which they (the gas consumers of Marylebone) were held by the present gas companies, who, }, -aving coalesced together for the purposes of monopoly , could do just as they liked with them. The only way to relieve themselves from this difficulty was, not only for the inhabitants of Marylebone to be con sumers of gas, but to become manufacturers of it also. They had endured this monopoly for the last 16 years, and it was now time to shake it off. Experience had taught them that they could obtain a reduction of 30 per cent. in this necessary to trade, and at the same time give a fair profit to the capitalist. Mr. Freeman inquired what would be about the charge for each 1,000 feet of gas . Mr. Haig said it could be had, and was supplied by the Commercial Company, at 75. per 1,000 feet, and the quality would be the same, whilst the existing companies charged 9s. Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and resolu tions were unanimously adopted, expressive of an opinion that a Consumers Gast Company was highly necessary to destroy the existing monopolies in that necessary article of trade. A provisional committee was then formed to carry out the object. The Commerce publishes the following extract from D.Z. ;Jacqueminot's address to the electors of Paris :—" Gentlemen, I have shed all my blood for ray country, and I am ready to shed it again." It appeared from the opening statement of the At torney-General, that the plaintiff had been a land-sur veyor, residing at Hitchen, Herts. In the month of May, 1839, he had effected the insurance in ques tion with the Law Life Insurance Company, having referred the Company's agents to a friend of his, and to a medical gentleman of the name of Johnson, as to the state of his health. The plaintiff was then 29 years of age. He had paid the premium on the policy in 1839, and had paid another premium in May 1840; but towards the end of the latter year he died, and died of pulmonary consumption, as was admitted upon all hands. After his death the amount of the insur ance policy was claimed by his executors. The claim was resisted by the Company, on the ground that the deceased had made false representations as to the state of his health, and had concealed circumstances which he ought to have disclosed, and which would have guided the agents of the Company in the matter. Dr. James Johnson was the first witness called on behalf of the plaintiff. Witness knew the late Mr. Welshire. He first became acquainted with him in 1836, when he was consulted by Mr. Welshire for an attack of influenza. In 1838, the deceased went abroad, by the advice of witness, for the benefit of his general health. In the month of April 1839, the deceased ap plied to witness for a certificate, he being at the time, about to insure his life. Witness then examined him carefully, and could detect in him no traces of any disease. He appeared to be wholly free from any pulmonary complaint. Witness then gave a certificate in which he stated he considered Mr. Welshire a good insurable life. A series of questions were afterwards put to witness in writing by the agents of the Law Life Insurance-office ;, and to those questions witness answered to the satisfaction of the Company. (The certificate and the answers of witness to the agents of the office were put in.) Witness had been in practice as a doctor for the lost forty years. Cross-examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Wit ness resided in Suffolk -street, Pall-mall. When the deceased came and consulted him in 1836 he had re covered from the influenza, but indigestion and de bility followed from it, and were not then removed. Witness believed that the deceased called upon him three or four times in the course of the year 1836. Witness did not see him again until 1838, when wit ness, as well as he could recollect, recommended him • to go abroad. The deceased had not called again until 1839, when he applied for the certificate. Mr. Hall Thompson stated that he was profession ally connected with the United Kingdom Insurance Company—he was the consulting surgeon ; and he was also a proprietor of the Company's shares. He had known the deceased, who had consulted him three or four times in the course of the year 1836. Witness had again seen him in 1839, and after examining him witness thought the state of his health so good that he recommended him to insure tit the office with which THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER lO, 1842, EASTERN AND WESTERN STATES OF AMERICA. 3 Vols. Fisher, London; 1842. With these volumes Mr. Buckingham con cludes his account of his travels in America. We cannot say that there is any very particular novelty in his reflections or his descriptions ; in deed the subject is one so completely exhausted that it is scarcely possible to say anything new upon it; nevertheless, he has contrived to pro duce a very readable work, easy and fluent in style, cordial and conciliatory in point of sen timent, and by no means deficient in happy, characteristic sketches of American life and manners. Mr. Buckingham is by no means an enthusiastic eulogist of brother Jonathan; he wisely tempers admiration with discretion, and does justice to all his good qualities, while he does not omit to remind him of his de fects. He corrob ora t es , we perce i ve, the obser vations of Mr. Dickens as regards the increasing demoralisation of certain portions of the transat lantic press ; and speaks with equal commenda tion of the good order and morality that are everywhere apparent in the manufacturing town of Lowell, whose establishments are admirably , regulated, and whose numerous operatives, fe male as well as male, are in a happy, contented, and prosperous condition, and distinguished by the strict uniform morality of theiz conduct. In the course of an entertaining chapter respecting, the extent, character, &c., of that " great Fa ther of Waters," the Mississippi, Mr. Bucking ham speaks in warm terms of approbation of the beauty and variety of the landscape scenery on its banks, materially differing in this respectfrom Boz, who sketches the scenery as detestable, and the stream itself as being every way worthy of it. BARCELONA. The following telegraphic dispatch was received at Paris on Thursday. We attach little credit to its contents, as they appear to be of French ma nufacture : " PERPIGNAN, DEC. 4.—On the 27th ult. there was some agitation at Valencia in the public mind. Tarragona has formed a Provisional Junta. At Vi nares there has been a Republican insurrection. " DEC. s. —Accounts from Perthius of this morning announce that the bombardment of Barcelona com menced on the morning of the 3d at eleven o'clock . and the people say, before they surrender, they will hoist the French flag. Catalonia is rising en masse to assist Barcelona. The National Guard of Figueiras and Girona have marched to join the insurgents. The arrival of the British ships of war at Barcelona had incensed the population. This news is confirmed by the conductor of the diligence from Figueiras, who heard the tocsin sounding along the road, and v, ho saw the National Guard taking part in the movement, shouting at the same time, Down with the English —the French for ever ! !'" We received yesterday the Constitutional of Bar celona of the Ist and '2d inst. This journal, which previously to the revolution was not remarkable for its attachment to, the Regent, has become one of his most ardent supporters. It calls upon the people of Barcelona to confide to him, as the true guardian of their liberties, and " to fraternise with Espartero and the army." The reception of the Regent on his ar rival at the head-quarters of the army is stated to have been enthusiastic.. All the inhabitants of the environs of Barcelona flocked to the spot, and greeted his ar rival with -the strongest marks of satisfaction. At noon, on the 30th ult., the Regent made his appear ance in the Fort of Montjuich, which fired a sa lute in honour of his presence. Previously to this visit, the Junta, either from a conviction of the hope lessness of resistance, or really pleased at the oppor tunity of restoring tranquillity to the city, had ordered the disbanding of th e three battalions of foot and of the squadron of cavalry, which had been hastily organised by the preceding Junta, of which M. Manuel Carsy was President. The order was carried into effect without difficulty. In announcing that the late Junta had been dissolved at the desire of the people of Barcelona, the Constitucional contradicts some reports which had been in circulation of its hav ing laid its hands upon the municipal funds. On the 30th ult. M. Carsy, the late President of the Direct ing Junta, issued the following address, which is given by the Constitutional of the 2d inst. : " Companions in arms, and all Catalonians I—The turn which events have taken in this capital places me under the harsh necessity of giving in my resigna tion as member of the Junta recently created, for I have never been faithless to my oath, and it is now proposed to treat, whereas by a few days of perse verance, we should have been sure of victory. We, who came forward as your chiefs, can raise our heads with pride, and with fronts free from stain. If we have been wanting in skill, we have not been traitors. Our acts will prove that we have shown courage and fidelity. I feel persuaded that you have no doubt on this point, and this is the only consolation that re mains to me." A letter from Barcelona, dated the 2d instant, at five in the evening, says : " Two deputations which were sent to the Regent by the Junta were not received. The conditions which they proposed were rejected. The Regent caused them to be informed, that by ten o'clock in the morning of the 3d, should the town not have surrendered at discretion, the bombardment would commence." The steamer which brought the letters to Port Vendres did not quit Barcelona until three o'clock on the morning of the 3d. About 100 officers of the free corps made their escape in this vessel. No doubt was entertained of the unconditional surrender of Barcelona. AUSTRALIND. Letters and papers, coming up to the 10th of August last, have been received from the Western Australian Company's settlement of Australind, by the overland mail, from India, and via Falmouth. Nothing can be more satisfactory than the contents of these dispatches. All the town sections and 150 of the rural allotments had been selected, and the settlers were permanently located on their respective pro perties. The utmost activity and energy prevailed in the settlement ; cottages, and houses were springing up in town and country ; three hotels were in the course of construction, and such was the general opinion en tertained throughout the colony of its flourishing prospects, that town sections, attached to rural allot-. ments (under the denomination of " mixed allot ments "), and which cost the purchaser only ss. per section were selling at 201., 251., 301., and eyen 351. each. For some of the rural allotments large sums have been offered, and favourite spots for gardens were letting at a high rent. One of the letters received remarks that, " The pleasing feature in all these proceedings is, that what has been done, and is doing, is the work, not of speculators or strangers, but of our own indus trious settlers ; who, together with the old settlers are purchasers of land at these high prices." We extract the following letter from the Perth Inquirer of the 3d August, 1842 : " TO THE EDITOR OF THE PERTH INQUIRER. " Sir,—Little being know at the Swan of the pro gress or proceedings at Australind, I take the oppor tunity of a few leisure minutes to say a few words on the subject. " Within the last few months the advancement of this settlement has been highly creditable to the Aus tralindians ; indeed, I doubt even if Perth made such progress in so short a time. The surveys are nearly completed, houses are. appearing in every direction, farms are progressing, and indeed everything augurs well for its future progress ; but, above all, none de spair, all hope for the best, and unanimously work together for the attainment of the one desired end— the prospering of the settlement. And why should it not prosper ? It is the finest district in the colony as yet known, possessing good soil, good feed, and abundance of water in the dry season. I am an swered, perhaps, that the hundred-acre sections can never succeed ; but that I deny, for these reasons : First, with regard to agriculture, why, there are but few farms on the Swan that have even a quarter of that quantity in cultivation • and secondly, with regard to the cattle run, there will always be more feed in the mountain than will be required. Then, perhaps, I am asked, what is a man to do with any por tion of the north-west corner of the Com pany's large grant ? Why, I answer, that every inch of the sandy lands is highly valuable for the cul tivation of vines, they being all of limestone formation and well sheltered ;* moreover the anchorage in Koom banah Bay had been tried and found to be perfectly safe, even in north-west gales. The estuary I grant is shallow, but might be improved at but a trifling expense. Indeed, if the Australindians will only continue to act in unity, I have but little doubt that in a few years it will be the first district not only in the colony, but on the continent of Australia. " One thing in favour of the settlement is, it is well directed, for although I have not the pleasure of knowing Mr. Clift on , th e Chi e f Commissioner, still I must say from what I have heard, that his exertions, arrangements, and the personal superintendence of everything, reflects the highest credit on himself and the Directors of the Company. " Another is the unity and friendship existing be tween the Australindians ; ever ready to assist each other, bound together by the association of remembrances of difficulties endured in the early settlement of the district, and desirous of seeing each other prosper, they will, and must succeed. Let us therefore, of the northern district forbear our croaking that Australind cannot succeed ; let us re member that on the prosperity of Australind depends the prosperity of W e stern Australia—that if ;t fails, Western Australia will then be like Dr. Goldsmith's definition of a ghost. ' A thing often talked about but seldom seen.' The interests of Australind and Western Australia are essentially blended together, hand in hand must they advance, and thus, and thus alone, will Western Australia ever be what she ought, and earn the right of being placed among the thriving and supporting colonies of our mother country.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, "DELTA." The editor of this paper, in his remarks on this letter, observes :—" We are glad to hear such favour able accounts of the progress of the settlement at Australind. We are quite alive to the value of the new settlement, and only join in the universal feel ing, when we say that we wish it every imaginable success:' The following is an extract from a private letter very recently received from Mr. Marshall Waller Clifton, the Western Australian Company's Chief Commissioner in Australind _ _ _ " I have unfeigned pleasure is assuring of the pros jerity and rapid progress of this settlement. Already full confirmation of all that I have expressed has been given by the general and unqualified estimation in which our town-site and country land have been held, and by the-extraordinary value already put upon our allotments, not by speculat ors , b ut by people amongst us, and in the colony. And I cannot too strongly declare that for beauty, natural advan tages, and bright prospects of a rapid c areer t o great ness, we have much indeed to b oast o f . The beauty of our situation daily becomes more and more striking. The forest here consists of magnificent red these dgum, tre a mi and a t •e wc. in ita 'no an g d eat num pepPer mmianliternthyo,ug * A Vineyard Society had been formed under the pa tronage of his Excellency the Governor, for encouraging the cultivation of the vine, and subscriptions to a con siderable amount had already been mewed. bars, they are majestic records of by-gone ages • and the general aspect of the country is lovely in the ex treme. The hill, or rather sloping bank, on which our crescent stands, cleared of all but stately trees, is strikingly beautiful. " Although only two months have elapsed since I gave out the town allotments 33 are already occupied, and houses building; 101. and Si. per annunit ground rent have been agreed for some on seven yearS leases; others sold at 251. and upwards, and Clifton and Stirl ing offer 501. for one in Koombany-road. At present the houses and stores constructing are only of ma hogany, but they are neat and comfortable. A mail who came out in the Diadem, a Cambrigeshire thatcher, is invaluable. His thatch with rushes a foot in thickness, is really beautiful. I hope soon to see storehouses begun. If we should have surplus labour from the number of emigrants, I shall com mence quarrying for my house, for we have lime stone within half a mile from where it will stand. The granite and quartz and other stone on the hills is seven miles from the town only, and eventually no doubt will be used. Clay for bricks and tiles we have also in abundance. The soil on the flats of the river is most excellent, and even the sand before my cottage windovA g in a garden, having only Koombany-road between it and the estuary, is exceedingly fertile. I have now coming on in it the finest crop of potatoes and peas I ever saw ; and I hope in three months to see it covered with melons, and water-melons. " The gardens reserved on the other side of Bruns wick-street, under the hill, I am getting cleared by degrees. I have given the officers gardens in it, and all are at work in leisure hours to bring it into culti vation. The houses building on the Brunswick will have the most splendid garden-ground around them. I hope, the moment I have a pair of oxen, to clear the inclosure in Victoria-square and the flat at the Brunswick end of the Park, and to get wheat next season and potatoes for the general supply of the emi grants and the establishment. 251. seems the mini mum price of an allotment here." MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS:: FROM THE MORNING PAYERS OR THIS DAY. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. TlMES.—lnquiries instituted into the late sales of Exchequer Bills show that they were made with the view to discharge a dividend declared in the estate of Ross and Ogilvie, bankrupts, who failed in 1804. It appears that this firm, who were engaged in business as hankers and army agents, have not paid a dividend to their creditors since 1817. At that date they paid 7s. Gd. in the pound, and since, under the operation of the new law of bankruptcy, a dividend of 48. 6d. int the pound has been declared, to pay which Exchequer Bills to the extent of 77,0001. were sold by crier of the Accountant-General in Bankruptcy. It is stated, that under this estate the Government, for a compr.l-. mise of a claim they make, receive 55,0001. to 60,0001. From the general gossip of the market it had been premised that these sales had been made with the ob ject of avoiding the fall which a reduction of the in terest on these securities was likely to cause in the premium ; but it does not seem to be anticipated, in well-informed quarters, that any change is likely to take place in the rate paid upon them, unless it is on the principle of assimilating the March issues to those which are redeemable in the approaching month of June. The corn-trade was thrown into considerable con sternation to-day by the announcement of another of those failures which of late have so repeatedly shown the embarrassment which prevails in this branch of business, but which seemed for a while to have paused. Messrs. J. L. Fernandez and Sons,.who have long been known as a firm carrying on a most respectable busi ness as corn-factors in Wakefield, have, it is under stood, suspended their payments. Of the fact there seems to be no doubt, although an evening paper al ludes to it as a " scandalous rumour." The two actions brought by Messrs. Acraman and Co., of Bristol, against the London and County Bank, far a considerable sum of money in respect of securi ties deposited with that bank by Messrs. Coils, Thompson, and Co., and which were specially ap pointed to he tried in the Court of Exchequer on Tuesday next, have been withdrawn by the plain‘ tiffs. This affair is well known in the city, where it has been a topic of frequent discussion. The turn it has now taken may have legal consequences of a very important description. CHRONICLE.—The treaty of peace with China induced some sales from the public funds in anticipa tion that money would increase in value to invest in manufactures, but it is now the current opinion that the monetary, mercantile, and manufacturing inter ests must lay their account with further changes in our commercial system during next session of Par liament. The " sliding scale" of 1842 is already looked upon as doomed. The sugar duties are also on the hooks of reform, and thus all that has been done by the new tariff was merely a step to further change, a disturber of every thing, and a settler of nothing. This state of transition, in which the country is placed, not without fears, too, that the question of" currency" may be involved in that of " corn," causes fresh anxiety in the public mind, and must make men cau tious, or at least doubtful, in their dealings. We never expected any permanency—any real re- lief to trade from the legislation of last session, which brought forth an odious Income-tax, an untenable at tempt to patch up the Corn-laws, and merely adopted enough of free trade principles to expose the indus trious classes to competition with the cheap-labour goods of the Continent, without giving them the be' nefit of cheap food, and the increased demand for their labour, with better prices, which would have been ex perienced by the practical application to our commer cial code, of the principles of free trade with foreign nations, as respects the great leading articles of con sumption. POST.—Some explanation is demanded of us on the subject of the remittances made on account . of the Mexican dividends. The state of the case i s very simple. The produce appropriated out of the receipts of the Custom-houses at Tampico and Vera Cruz, and transmitted to London for the month of Septem ber, has been 111,106 dollars, and, assuming that the future appiopriations continue about the same, month by month, it results that there will be more than sufficient to cover the amount of dividends on the whole of the active stock declared by the agents to be now in circulation, which is 5,400,0001. The half year's interest on this sum, at the rate of five per cent. per annum, is 135,0001. Th e Custom-house reservations, taken at the above amount per month, give for the h a lf year a total: of 150,0001., leaving a surplus of 15,000/. to be applied to the redemption of the debentures, or to the payment of a future divid en d, as t h e case may be. The debenture holders will do right, however, to keep their claims in view, and to insist upon a fair and honest distribution of the funds, as authorised by the stipulations of the last arrangement concluded between the Mexican agency and the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders. They gave a great deal of money for their debentures, which they see much cause to regret, as they are now a dead letter in the stock lists, and from no other cause apparently than an apprehended disposition on the part of the Mexican authorities to give to all the active and more numerous class of Bondholders, and nothing to them so long as it can be by any possibility avoided. SUN.—Stocks left offfirmly this afternoon, and a fur ther purchase was made in Exchequer Bills equal to that of the morning —viz., 50 , 0001 . The premium was firm at 525. to 535. Consols remained at 931 to 94 ; Bank Stock was 172} ; and Reduced Three-and a-Half per Cents. brought 100 k. The Foreign Market was quiet. In Mexican no thing further was done. Chilian left off at 91 to 92 Spanish sold at 18 1 1 for the Five per Cents., and touched 238 :is for the Three per Cents. There was no falling off in the demand for Railway Shares, which kept up their high prices. Bills of Exchange were .firm again, the alteration from the quotations of last post-day being very slight. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending onthedahyoorsfest,hemmailot:lanpdrefinxieerct. c to each. The return includes the money received for em passengers, t n a de n eek d d iz e Name ..Parcels' carriages, of Railway. Miles Opened. Dec. 3 Birmingham & Derby Janet. 48 2 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 3 Brandling Junction 25 2 Chester and Birkenhead l5 4 Dundee and Arbroath 164 3 Edinburgh and Glasgow 46 4 Eastern Counties 3 Glasgow and Ayr ... 40 3 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 224 3 Grand J unct., Chester &Crewe 113 3 Great North of England 45 4 Great Western Nov. 9 Hayle Dec. 3 Hull and Selby ..... 3l Lancaster & Preston Junction 204 2 Liverpool anti Manchester 3l 3 London and Birmingham.-- 1124 8 London and Blackwall 34 3 London and Brighten Ditto Shoreham Branch 5 4 6 London and Croydon lO4 8 London and Greenwich 34 8 London and South Western 33 1 n n ec Manchesterhhee i s t t e e r r , as d ol Lt B i r mi ngham e e e n d , s an d B u 553 1 71 0 14 3 Midland Counties 3 Newcastle and Carlisle 604 1 Newcastle and North Shields 7 4 Northc:riidairanid d Eastern 3 North 724 2 North Union Preston and Wyre .... 2 1 2 4 3 Sheffield and Manchester.-- 8 South Eastern ...... . 3 Taff Vale ............... 30 4 Ulster 24 3 York and North Midland 2B Total. R. a. el. 1,170 7 11 1,504 15 7 842 17 11 310 le 4 215 11 2 1,573 19 10 810 12 8 S 2 7 7 645 19 8 6,413 19 2 1,153 19 JO 10,278 8 7► 264 1 6 954 8 4 3,550 8 7 12,502 15 6 513 17 2 2,644 4 2 217 7 O. 733 17 5 4,546 0 10i 555 0 11 2,127 10 3 3,756 8 1/ 2,102 0 4i 1,395 2 3 295 19 2 1,001 3 8 3,391 8 7 - A 825 6 7 193 0 9 1,459 15 3 566 7 0 346 11 2 1,282 5 9 PORT TALBOT, DEC. 7.—The Law Ogilby, Moab, has been surveyed, and ha received DO iN 111 W