The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-15 00:00:00

London and N. Wt tern 100...12 126i / 4 128 Do Quarters (L. & B.) 22 97 10% ... Ditto, New IPito,Fifths - 2 .., Do. 414.Siiares(L.M.) 25 Do. 10/. ( & B.) A. 10 1 , 0. 10/. (M. & B.) 10 Do. 10'. 4M. Sr IL) C. 1 ..... Loud. & IV r•sterr 1) .N w 50/. ..... 42%.. SO% •• ••• Do. New 40/. 34 Do. "Ic,ntlis (Com , oi.) 50 Ditto ditto .... 40 Ditto. Third 5........... 15 Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls London, Salisbury, and Yeovil . Londonilerry&Coleraine 30 ...... Londonderry and Ennis killen 3O ••• ..... •••• Lowestoft (4 per ct.) Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 13 ••• inzhe,ter,Bumton,and Matlock 4% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire —lOO Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto ( No. 3) 11 1 4 — ...... ••• Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 40 Ditto ditto . 13 .••.....•••.••• Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire l5 . Do., Grimsby Dock 2O Do. Idanchester and Lincoln Union..... 4/. 2s. — Midland .....100 871 88% Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 50/..Shares... 25 —lB% 19 18 1 h 19 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do.Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ......124 Ditto, Brist. & Glocatr. 40 Ditto, ditto ......18/. 2s. 6d Ditto,Leieest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.100 Midland Great Western Irish Bliddlesbro' and itedcar. 5 --------- 6 per cent. guar. NewcastleandGarhsle...loo Do. Quarters 25 N l / 4 wmarket ........ . Do. Extensi o n Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ..... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk .... ........ ...100 Do. New 201. Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 — Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 9 pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 Northißritish ....... ... 25 Ditto, Halves .. - - V 10 , 4 42112334 30 11 3 , 11% 88% 1 18% 16 1,4 , Ditto, Quarters.; Ditto, Extension O% ..... Ditto, Thirds ...... North & South-Western 2 North Staffordshire North Wales ... 3% — North-Westem . Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate lO Royston and Hitchin ... 2 Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (Nor. Div.) Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 ...... Shrewsbury and Birm... 9 Ditto ditto. Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... ..... - Ditto Oswestry ..... 18% — - Ditto New - Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO - ••• •• Shropshire Union i 5 South Devon 5O ...... .... ..... ... Do. Preference Routh Staffordshire 6% 3 South Eastern Do.. No. 1 2B D0.,:NO. 2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30 ...... 21 3 4 Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 6 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 8 .. Thames Haven D oc k ••• ..... ••• and Railway ........... 17% — Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 4 Waterford and Kilken n y 17% -- Waterford and Limerick 47% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. 5O Do. do. do. ... 25 ~bn. do. d o . ... 10 .• ••• ••• „," eat Corn wa ll "eat London 20 I) 1) .... . °. Do. Ist Cl ass ... 20 ••••••••••••••• .. w t. .% Do. 2d Class 20 - _ vir-, junidtesohravtai& Staines, 14 ..... _ South Western ..... .12 . wi lts, Somer se t,& Wey- .. ... v.mi n uth "rk, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ... ...... .. 25 .. ... 29 29% 28 23 Do. Original New and 27 Berwick .. ...... ... .. 25 ..... 27% 7 1, ... .. Do. A x t ens i oa N o . 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 15 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ..... 8% 8 ...... 8 York and North Midl a nd 50 ...... 56 1 4 %... ..... ... 56% Ditto, Preference Do. East unit W est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). Boulog - ne and Amien5... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) 17 ... Ceylon - ...... D emerara l5 . Dendre Valley 4 Direct Bombay and Madr as ss. . „. Dutch Rhenish East . Indi - •••• • Gre at . Indian Peninsular '4 — ,!,nuvain a. la Sambre ... 7% — 4•11-1teraboure 7%•••••• tl pitto .....- N.a_drid and Valentia... 2 , i'''ur and Liege ...... 20 6P Y..... ...... orthern of France...-. 12 .. .. .. 4 Orle ansp ar , and Bordeaux... 7 T , l s and Lyo ns ll ..... 'O. D 10 Paris and n • • 1i,,_.3 Orleans - /t4„r_isiland Strasbourg ... 9 S 4 ' 41 4 .and Havre ...... 20 .._ 9' ,7 and Meuse ...... 20 . ToStrasutZ urg,and Basle ... 14 , I , o.. ur_ s and Nantes r. l. . . _ n ay, Jurbise, Lan- W e ; t "' and Hassell ...„. 20 Flanders ..... .. ..... 8 3 / 4 ..... tlni JOINT STOCK BANKS. nu Ditto New tralia ..... 25 ... ..... ...... 2 %...... ..••• 131 MINES. 137 i„ -enarvon Iron & Coal 50 „ 4 ,_! l !an Imperial ...... q ` illa nCoeaes&Cuiaba 30 1 . IdLO" 11 3 / 4 10% 2 LA 3 1 -4 / 2' 11 3 4 22'/2 7 5 29 1 A - 1% 1 2;4 17;i 9% 25 1 4 YD'S SHIPPIN G.—(THIS DAY.) d „, L O NDON, 0 JAN. 15.—Wi n d S . W ., light breeze, an v, oudy . trota LONDONDER RY , J AN . 12.—The Shamrock, Postell, ' Liverpool lo Rio Grande, has put into Loch Foyl t ° la 15 degrees t W., with loss of bp a t s , bulwarks, &c., t ki other considerable damage, having been struck by a l ea 17th ult. 11R 11AMSGATE, JAN. 14.—Wind N.W. by W.—Ar . rd. 13, attandern Oberg, Surinam for Hamhurgh, with loss . Ranger four anchors and chains, with rudder damaged, hs4tiger, Nunn Rio Janeiro; Lark, Hooper, Grange liin''',(inth for Bordeaux with loss of two anchors and chains, idlass damaged, ' and sails split; Earl of Stanhope, Qitaan, London for Trieste, leaky. 1,1-,ivtaPooL JAN. 14.—W ind N.W., ( ( 14 , Lady Mona, Valparaiso ; Fame, Bahia ; Beraga New c gale.—Arrd. (Ste Maunsel), Laguna ; T. B. Wales, Crocker, Dec., 14i: ea rls, lost spars and sails in a hurricane, 23d aura lon. 64 ; Monmouth, Parry, New Orleans; New 3' Ann, Patten, New Orleans ; Metoka, Thompson,. Mobi l Orleans and New York ; Washington, Wilkie, lir ea__ Clarissa Andrews, Colby, Mobile ; Elizabeth . att,ltee, .Faifield, Mobile; Oscc de, Barstow, Charlest d on i: L. ParrY, tJava ; Helen M'Gan, Tucker, Phila e e ro a)_ TA y, Tasley, Philadelphia ; Sherwood, York; 1,,,a1';1Y, Philadelphia ; Liverpool, Eldridge, , l'o„,_'.oe, Xnight, New York ; Veloce, Cam N pb e e w ll,New •" 14th, Fanny, Honduras ; Conquerer, Kerr,. il.iarleston. Sld. 12th, Atlantic, New Orleans. 13th, oe_cluehanna, Philadelphia ; Canada (steamer), New fi,,,dc• Off port, 14th, Patna, Templar. The Dickey Sam, ttlnti hence for Lima, drove o!' shore last night, on the o,‘_in between Formby and Waterloo, having parted her to s, and remains with masts cut away and dry at low 4ter; three men drowned. QOOIINGTON, JAN. 10.—The Gulph, of Poole, from tt Mag a to London, was totally lost near this place yes ttl4, • crew saved. kil t (14 kcALDY, JAN. 11.—A schooner was seen on Cro bt Wand this morning. .ex s ,, Atit .t.QUARD, JAN. 11.—The longe Antonins, from ti il ve rP, ran foul of a schooner, when off the Small ti 4 thouse, had her bows stove, damaged her bulwarks tecair4,Ader• This morning the vessels in the harbour int considerable damage from a heavy sea roll l' ' ll /./Po in ~ itn, AN. 1 1.—The Skea, Chepstow, for Dub list: Pttrt, I 't 4 fro her chains this morning, and drove upon Dub got ~ft.tlt4le beach, making no water; will endeavour to be I , oi next tide. di'ifl',. JAN. 12.—The Bon Pere, from Nantes, which offereden the Oyster Bank, has got off with assistance, I). 3ehefgin S o ...k t , j Sher cargo. tti ath w ,Aaa. Arril. Syren, Gilbert, Sydney, New „ Ppli" 4 .'s ; Johannes Marines, pelt, Batavia, and 15 " t r % . 1 3t ( 1 4 ,,,„ ,1 1.1 _ an anchor and chain, having been on shore % l qt ‘ l e s , ; Lady Clark, M'Lean, Calcutta; Scotia, " I lta end, treka Richard Dart, Callao; Union, Liddle, 4 ; bialla, Buenos Ayres; Christina; Wm', Buenos Ayres; Sea Bird, Hamer, Cape Coast Cattle, with los of uu unh,r, and chain, and gaff. and supplied; Guineanian, I)iteham, Africa; Venus, Odgers, Africa; Ann I.llza, St. Domingo; Progress, Abel, St. John's, N,w Brunswick. Arrd. from the River, Osbert, Dal rymple, Dominica. Put back, Malabar, lor Bombay; Australia, for the Falkland Isles. Arrd., Chance, Verrangies, Madras; Naiad, Rose, Berbic, ; Acadia, Dunn, Baltimore; Ceres, Honduras. PuliwinnALN, JAN. 11.—The William and Mary, from Youghal for Liverpool, wtnt upon the beach this morning. The Economy, of Port Madoc, ran upon the beach last night; crew saved. SWANSEA, JAN. 14.—Wind W.N.W., very stormy.— Sid. Mary, Ridley, Cuba. The Maria, of St. Ives, from Pentrath, which sank on the 7th instant, has entirely broken up. No part of cargo has been saved. BALRANALD, JAN, 6.—Wind N.W.—A small schooner belonging to Hartlepool, Swan, Master, from Liverpool to Ballina, put into Buner Sound last week, with decks swept, loss of sails, and considerable part of cargo thrown overboard; remainder much damaged. HULL, JAN. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Queers Victoria, Patching. Charleston. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 13.—Wind W.N.W., hard.-14, W.S. W. to W.N.W., very hard and squally.—Put back Eliza, for Trinidad. COWES, JAN. 13.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd.Koophandel, Antwerp, for Ilavannah, reported to he leaky. HAMSGATE, JAN. 13.--The Indeliendance, of and from Hartlepool for Boulogne, got on shore on the brake this morning, but came off; making much water; was obliged to be run on shore on the Main, to prevent her sinking, has since been got off, after throwing about thirty tons of coal overboard, and brought in here. Thu Arthur, Sunderland, for Caen, has arrived here with bows damaged, loss of bowsprit, &c., having struck the pier. CLYDE, JAN. 10.—Arrd. Jane Green, Harrison, Mauritius. 11th, Franconia, Boyle, Savannah. 12th, Mary and Ann, Colville, Demerara; Dalmatia, POll5- land, New Orleans; Brooksley, M.Ewen, New York. 13th, Madamaska, ditto; Mount Vernon, Grey, Mobile. Sld. 11th, James Titcombe, New Orleans. BRISTOL, JAN. 14.—1 t blew a violent gale last night at N. to N. W., and continued all day. Arrd. 13th, Alice Brown, Trinidad. FALMOUTH, JAN. 14.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Sea Lion, Dyer, New Orleans, and sld. for Havre; Arm, Palmer, Callao, with part of cargo thrown overboard; Earl Balcarris, Morris, Loudon for Cork and Bombay, with loss of tore and main topsail, yards and mizen top mast sprung, sails, &c. Put back, 12th, Maria, for Cork, with damage and leaky. DUBLIN, JAN. 12.—Wind W.S.W. to S.W.—Arrd. Dido, Wiley, Prince Edward's Island. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 13.—Wind W.—Arrd.Margaretha, Torgien, Buenos Ayres; Phantom, Sanders, Surinam. The Sarah Prinsep, Shapley, from Rio Janeiro, 10th inst., very leaky during the voyage, has been placed on the mud to discover the leak, supposed to be under her bottom. WHITBY, JAN. 12.—The Vivid, of Sunderland, was wrecked at Bailiwick on the 10th inst., during a gale at N.E.; crew sated. YARMOUTH, JAN. 13.—The Caledonia, London to Hartlepool, got on the Cross Sand this morning; came off with loss of main and mizen masts and rudder, and making a little water. The London, of Newcastle, was assisted in here this morning, leaky, and with loss of mainmast, and two of crew. HARWICH, JAN. 14.—Wind W., strong and squally.— The Sarah, London, for Shields, in Ilollesley Bay, on the 12th inst., was run foul of by the Favourite, of Shields, and received some damage. Coal, JAN. 12.--Wind N.W.—Arrd. Madelina, Schact, Bahia; Invincible, Percy, Baltimore; Susan, Rankin, New York; Lydia, Durkie, St. John's, New Brunswick. CARIIIRCITEEN, JAN. 11.—The Jeane Ann, Bordeaux to Cork, drove on shore in Dingle Bay this morning, and will be a total wreck; crew saved, cargo' expected to be lost. FISHGUARD, JAN. 11.—The Yong Antonia, Antwerp to Bristol, is high up on the beach, and beats heavily; must discharge. The William, from Drogheda, has put in here with damage. STAXIGO, JAN. 11.—The Janet, of and from Port Gordon to Scrabster, went on shore during a gale yes terday at Auchingale; one man drowned. The Pheasant, of Sunderland, from Shields to Barbadoes, went on shore yesterday at Duncunsbey ; three of the crew drowned. HARTLEPOOL, JAN. 13.—The brig reported on shore at the Gull is the Friends, of Stonehaven, Clyde to Sun derland; cargo discharging. LIMERICK, JAN. 12.—The Rapid, for Liverpool, which fell over yesterday, is much strained, and must discharge. Arrd. Edward, Hughes, New York. BELFAST, JAN. 13.—Wind W.—Arrd. Urgent, Pollock, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. Sarah, Pernambuco; Christiania, New Orleans; C a.rlotte, New York. CAUTION TO MARINERS.— DOVER, JAN. 14,—The Phoadix, of London, which sunk at anchor on the 11th instant, after being in contact, lies nearly opposite the Flagstaff of No. 1 battery, about lf mile distant, in the way of shipping. She is covered at three••quarters flood. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. Coastwise, as A ell as by land carriage and samples, the arrivals of English Wheat for our market, last week, were on a very limited scale. Those of Spring Corn were again small. The supply of Flour by railway was sea sonably large. Several parcels of Barley and Oats came to hand from Scotland in good condition. The Foreign importations, compared with those of the preceding week, were very moderate, viz, 18,817 quarters of Wheat; 8,648 ditto of Barley; 4,637 dttt• of Oats; 3,747 ditto or Rye; 675 ditto of Beans; 1,634 ditto of Peas; 1,688 ditto of Tares; 2,453 ditto of Linseed; 18 ditto of Rapeseed; 10 ditto of sundry seeds; 2,680 sacks and 2,954 barrels of Flour. As nearly the whole of the Baltic fleet has st length arrived, the importations during the next two or three months will doubtless be small. The quantity of English Wheat received fresh up to-da) from our various grain districts was very small, especi cially from Kent and Cambridgeshire. The samples were in very middling order, owing to the prevailing humidity. The stands were scantily filled with parcels of each description, while the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was steady, and last Monday's prices were supported in every instance, and at which a clearance was effected. The near approach of that period when the present scale of import duties is to cease, viz., the Ist proximo, formed a strong inducement for the millers not to purchase beyond their immediate wants. We were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with free foreign Wheat. Really fine samples of both red and white moved off steadily, at very full prices. The middling and inferior kinds were in but moderate request, at late currencies. There was more disposition shown to purchase wheat in bond, the price of which is nearly on a par with free qualities, at the extreme prices of this day week. The supply of foreign Barley was large, that of English rather limited. There was more doing in fine malting samples, at very full prices, Grind ing and distilling sorts wero neglected. We have to report a very inactive sale for all kinds of malt, at almost nominal currencies. Selected samples of Oats were steady at full quotations. All other kinds were quite as; dear. The supply was far from extensive. In Beans scarcely any business was transacted. Inferior parcels of foreign were easier to purchase. Peas of all kinds were dull, at our quotations. Indian Corn no minal. Flour was unaltered in value, with very little doing in it. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. ifiheat—Essex & Kent, .31a1t—Chevalier 59s to —a Red. 40s to 52s Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 46s 57s Lincolnsh., Feed. 17s 20. Norfolk and Lin- Potato • 20s 24s coin, Red..... 445 50s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White •• • • 46s 51s Black . • ... 15s 19s Irish, Red.... • • —S Cork, White..... 17s 20s Ditto,White •. • • —s —s Scotch, Feed. • 20s 24s Rye—Old —s s Beans—Tick ....• .... 27s 31e New... • . 28s 30s Pigeons 358 36s Barley—Grinding . 24s 26s Peas—Grey .... • ..... 33s 35s Malting . •••• .... 28s 30s Maple ... •• • . .. 338 358 Chevalier .... •.. 31s 32s White... • • • ... 30s 32a %Salt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ......... 32s 34s f01k.... •. 575 58s Flour—Town-made... 41s 46s Brown .•• • • • •• • 46s 54s Suffolk •••• • • • ..• 36s 38s Kingston and Ware 585 59s Stocktn & Norfolk 365 ars SIVIITECIMELD. The past week's imports of foreign stock into London were as follows: From Beasts. Schweningen 44 ... Antwerp Sheep. 329 Pigs. Ostend.:. .. Nordwyek....... 59 ... Nieu Diep .... 67 ... 30 ... 438 ... 20 ... Katwyk ..... 18 ... Total 188 Corresponding week in 1848.: 85 Difference .. 103 more. THE SUN, Calvo9. 14 ... --- 14 ... - ... 22 ... ••• ''''' 817 ... 50 ... -- 1,123 ... 27 306 less. 23 more. As the principal cattle-shipping ports in Holland are now closed, the imports of foreign stock for some time hence will, doubtless, be small. Still, however, as the home supplies are on the increase, both in number and quality, we do not anticipate any decided improvement in value. As we showed last week, the arrivals of foreign stock into the United Kingdom during 1848 were less than those of 1847, by upwards of 20,000 he - ad. We should not be surpri3ed to find an equal decline in them this season, as we have every reason to expect heavy receipts of both Beasts and Sheep from Norfolk and the other eastern grazing districts. The fact is the foreign graziers have not derived that amount of benefit from our mar kets they were led to anticipate, and nothing but com paratively high prices here will form an inducement for them to ship largely. The number of foreign stock in to. day's market, as will be s( en by the annexed return, was limited, even for the time of year, and of very in :crier quality. The Beasts and Sheep sold somewhat freely, at a trifle more money, but Calves were much neglected. W ith home-fed Beasts we were very scantily supplied this morning, the result, doubtless, of the low prices lately obtained here for tha t description of stock, and which have induced many of the leading graziers to refrain from forwarding their stock at the present mo ment, and their quality exhibited a material falling off. Although the attendance of buyers was not to say large, the Beef trade was firm, at an advance in the quotations realised on Monday list of quite 2d per 81bs. A few very superior sorts sold at 4s ; but the more general top figure was 4s 2d per 81bs. There wa s a considerable off in the numbers of Sheep, there being a deft , .• ciency of abo u t 5,000 head compered with last week s supply; hence the Mutton tr axle was firm at fully, but at nothing qUotable beyond, the currencies raid on thi s da y se nnight. The priniest old Downs sold feely at from 4s 8d to 4s 10d per 811)3. Calves, though in short sup ply, moved off slowly at last week's quotations. Prime small Pigs sold steally; other kieds of Pigs slowly, at , ate rates. The bull oc k droves from the north of Eng lnd. comprised about 1,000 short horns. From Norfolk, butloix, &c , we received about 1 000 Scots, short horns, &c.; and from other parts of England, 500 Herefords, • runts, Devons, &c. The Scotch steamer did not arrive in time for the market; pri fair clearance of the stock hi Per 8103.0 s 3. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts... 3 2 3 6 Second quality •• 3 8 3 10 Prime large Oxen • • 3 10 4 0 Prime Scots • • • 4 0 4 2 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Prime small ditto .. 4 2 4 6 iockling Calves ..18 0 25 0 Inferior Sheep • . • 3 4 3 6 ,or to the close of which, a ad been effected. Ink the offal. a. d. to s. d. Second final. Sheep 3 8 4 0 Coarse-woolleddltto 4 2 4 6 Southdown Nether 4 8 410 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs ...... 310 4 4 Small Porkers .... 4 6 4 8 Quarter old Pigs • .16 0 21 0 Lambs .......... 0 0 0 0 Beasts. 2,78 t TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sheep. I Calves. 1 Pigs 14,400 1 99 155 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. I ISB 960 40 I NEUTGATE AND LEADENNALL. Only moderate supplies of Scotch and country-killed meat have been received up to these markets by rail way and steam-boat conveyance, since Monday last, viz., 240 carcasses of Beef; 1,800 ditto of Mutton; 130 ditto of Veal, chiefly from the west of England; and 4,500 ditto of Pork. With meat slaughtered in the metropolis, we have been heavily supplied, in most ex cellent condition. Fur all kinds of meat, the demand has ruled extremely (lull, owing, in some measure, to the changeable state of the weather, and prices have had a downward tendency. Very few carcasses of foreign meat have appeared on sale. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Becf,inferior•• •• •• 2 6 2 8 , Mutton, inferior .. 2 8 3 2 - middling • . 210 3 0 ; middling.. 3 4 310 - primelarge 3 2 3 4 prime .. 4 0 4 4 - prime small .. 3 4 3 6 i Pork, large...• .... 3 4 310 Veal•. ••• • • • ...... 3 4 4 4- small ..•• .... 4 0 4 8 sonouGn AND SPXTALFTEILDS. Comparatively speaking, the imports of Foreign Pota toes into London last week were small, viz. 113 sacks from Havre, 195 tons from Dunkirk; and 30 tons from Abbeville. Coastwise the arrivals have been limited, they nut having exceeded 3,500 tons, chiefly from the north, and in very middling condition. All kinds of Potatoes are a dull inquiry, and prices have fallen from Ss to 10s per ton. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. We continue to be very moderately supplied with the best new Hops, in pockets, the demand for which is firm, at prices quite equal to those paid last week. In all other kinds of Hops a very moderate business is doing, at late rates. LONDON, WOOL. The import of Wool into London last week was con fined to 39 bales from Gibraltar. Public sales of about 30,000 bales of Colonial Wool will take place at the end of the present and beginning of next month. In the private contract market an extensive business is doing in nearly every description of Wool, especially in the finest qualities, and prices are freely supported. The accounts from the manufacturing districts indicate a rise in the value of Wool. TALLOW. Our market is heavy tor all descriptions of Tallow. owing chiefly to the large stock on hand, and prices are 6d per cwt lower than on Monday last. P. Y. C. on the 'pot is quoted at 41s 6d to 41s 3d•per cwt. Scarcely any business is doing for forward delivery. Rough Fat, 2s 5d per 81b. Town Tallow, 42s to 43s 6d per cwt net cash. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court in tho Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, to-day, and heard appeals. STEWART V. FORBES. The arguments in this part-heard appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England were com menced on Saturday, and the case stood again on the paper to-day for the resuming of the arguments. The question in the case, related to long and intricate ac counts between two large mercantile houses, one carrying on business here and the other in the West Indies. The ease was argued at considerable length before the Vice-Chancellor of England, who, at the conclusion of the arguments, stated his opinion to be that the case must go to law, but the parties being anxious to obtain the decision of his Honour, by the consent of all par ties, his Honour consented to give judgment in the case, and took time for that purpose. Ultimately the Court gave judgment, dismissing the bill with costs; and from that decision the plaintiff appealed to this branch of the Court. On the case coming on on Saturday Mr. Bethell, on behalf of the defendants, sub mitted that the plaintiff having consented to take the judgment of the Court on the whole case after the Vice-Chancellor had stated his impression to be that the matter must go to law, was stopped from bringing the present appeal; upon this point some con siderable argument took place on Saturday, and Mr. Bethell was to have replied this morning, but The LORD CHANCELLOR on taking his seat, stated that he thought the objection of Mr. Bethell was a correct one, that the defendant was bound by the consent he bad given, and ordered the appeal petition to be dismissed, with costs. It Mr. J. Parker thought he could sustain the appeal on the ground that the matter ought to have been decided without the intervention of a jury, he would hear him upon that then or on some future day. Mr. J. PARKER said his clients had always been of opinion that the case should be decided without an issue. Mr. BETHELL inquired whether Mr. Parker was pre pared to argue that question now, because if he was, he should take a preliminary objection to his doing so. Mr. J. PAniEn said lie .vas not, and the matter was ordered to stand over for a few days. ATTORNEY•GENERAL V. WILSON. This case came before the Court upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England. Our readers will doub.less recollect that some time since the case was argued for a great many days before the Court below, and the question involved in it is, what class of Dissenters should have the preference in the management of a charity established some centuries ego by Lady Llewley. It having been decided in the case of the " Attorney-General v. Shore," that the Unitarians were not entitled to have the management of:the charity; the English orthodox Dissenters, consist ing of the Iwiependents, the Congregationalists, and the Baptists, claimed to be entitled, while the defendants, the members of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, asserted that they were the only parties who ought to have the control of the charity. His Honour the Vice-Chan cellor of England decided in favour of the English or thodox Dissenters, and from that judgraentthe present appeal was brought. Th 9 arguments appear likely to occupy some consider able time. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) CORRAGIO v. LEE. The further arguments in this petition were resumed this morning. The case came before the Court on a petition praying that the solicitor having the conduct of this cause should cease to conduct it, and another be appointed; also that the present receiver of the estate be discharged. The petitioner is entitled to an annuity arising out of the property which is the subject of the cause " Sims v. Lee," and the petition was founded upon an allegation that the property, consisting of two farms, Tuberry Lodge Farm and the Warren Farm, situated in Berkshire, were underlet at rents much be• neath their value, and that Tuberry Lodge itself was aad had always been a handsome manorial seat until the present receiver let it to a country gen tleman (Mr. Morris), who keeps therein a pack of fox•honnds, stowing away meal and corn in the dining-room, and allowing the dogs to run through the apartment and offices, whereby great injury has been done to these estates, which are held of the Fellows and Scholars of Magdalen Hall, at the University of Ox ford, for a term of twenty years, renewable from time to time, on payment of a small fine, upon these condi 'tons—that the several houses and buildings shall be kept in good repair, the timber remain unlopped, and that the premises shall not be underlet without the ex press permission of the Fellows and Scholars of Mag dalen Hall. The petition stated that these three condi tions had all been violated, and that the Bursar of the College had in consequence threatened to vacate the lease, and to turn the lessees out of the premises. The petition further stated that the Bursae was about to take a survey, on the part of the College, of both farms, with a view to evict the lessees fur breaches of covenant; and that, if such eviction took effect, the petitioner would lose thR security for the payment of the annuity of 801. during life. The arguments were proceeding when our reporter left. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VIOE•CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) Very little business, and that of a totally unimportant character, was done in this court to-day, in constluence .1 the absence of Mr. Bethel!, who was engaged in the Lord Chancellor's Court. (Before the Vice• Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) His HONOUR having disposed of the bankrupt and cause petitions in his paper, proceeded to hear the arguments in YETTS V. THE NORFOLK RAILWAY COMPANY. This case came before his Honour upon motion and demurrer, and the short facts of the case may be thus stated :—The plaintiff was a shareholder of the Norfolk Railway Company, and bad refused to pay the third call advertised, on the ground that the money was not required, and that if it was obtained it would be used contrary to the direct wishes of the great body of the shareholders. The plaintiff filed his bill to prevent the directors from taking proceedings for the enforcement of the payment of the call or the forfeiture of his shares. To this bill the defendant demurred. The arguments appear likely to occupy some consider able time. (Before the Vice Chancellor WICRAM.) LOADER V. CLARK.—JUDGMENT. His HONOUR gave judgment in this case to-day, di recting an issue to try whether at the time of the transfer of the stock mentioned in the cause to the defendants, the father and brother-in-law of the plaintiff, there was a trust declared in favour of the children of the marriage, in consideration of which the transfer of the stock was made. CHANT V. BROWN. The further arguments in this part-heard cause occu pied the Court the remainder of the morning. QUEEN'S BEN uH.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. THE BISHOP OF EXETER. _ - The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved this morning for writ to be directed by this Court to the Archbishop of Canterbury, to inquire into the truth of certain matters wherein issues had been joined. The case had been brought against the Bishop of Exeter for refusing to institute and induct th e R ev . M r. G or h am i n a li v i ng within the diocese of Exeter. The declaration was in the usual form, and tho Bishop pleaded that he had exa mined Mr. Gorham, and found that he held, maintained, and affirmed certain unsound doctrines and opinions con trary to the true Christian faith, v i z., t h at sp i r i tua l re generation is not given or conferred by the sacrament of baptism, and that infants are not, therefore, regenerated by the performance of that ceremony; and the plea went on to say that he considered him unfit to hold the living, and therefore refused to induct him into it. The replica tion alleged that he was not unfit, and th a t h e did not hold unsound doctrines, and he (the Attorney-General) apprehended that the issue between the parties was one which could only be tried under the spiritual law, and in one of the spiritual courts. The Attorney-General referred to several authorities to show that the question could only be settled by the law spiritual, and that al though the Bishop of the diocese was the judge of the matter, it had bcen laid down that inasmuch as his proceedings were not put upon record, the cause might be referred to the Metropolitan Archbishop. The only other matter for the decision of the Court was whether the rule in this case should be absolute, or whether it should be a rule to show cause. The writ would issue to the Archbishop of Canterbury for the purpose of try ing, under the law spiritual, the matter in dispute— whether the clerk holds sound or Unsound doctrines. Mr. Justice WlGllTMAN—Generally, are the parti cular doctrines mentioned? _ The ATTORNEY - GENERAL—The plea states that he holds unsound doctrines, to wit, the two doctrines I have mentioned. if your Lordships wish to determine the doctrines, we will demur to the plea, but the Bishop has not demurred to the replication.—(Laughter.) Tho Archbishop will have to examine the clerk, and will have to report npon his general fitness by reason of his hold ing sound or unsound doctrines. . trir. Justice COLERIDGE—Then, supposing the clerk held one doctrine before the Archbishop, and another be fore the Bishop ? Lord DENMAN—The meaning is that he did hold them at a cert•tin tirnp. Mr. Justice PATTESON—The question to be deter mined is the exact point upon baptismal regeneration. Lord DENMAN—We will wait and see whether the Bishop consents to the writ going to the Archbishop, be fore consenting to the motion. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) The second nisi prius sittings in term commenced this day, but no case of public interest came before the Court up to the hour of our going to press. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The January adjourned Quarter Sessions were held this day at the Court-house, Clerkenwell-green. The Court was occupied the whole morning in hearing ap peals, chiefly relating to the settlement and removal of paupers. The appeal of the Hammersmith Bridge Company against the poor-rate of Hammersmith, that of the Vaux hall Bridge Company against the poor-rates of St. Mar garet's and St. John's, Westminster; and also that of the Windsor, &dues, and South-Western Company against the pour-rates of the four parishes of Staines, Feltham, Ashford, and Twickenham, were postponed to the next Quarter Sessions. CABINET ARRANGEMENTS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The. Ministerial arrangements consequent upon the death of Lord Auckland are now completed and Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, has accepted the office of First Lord of the Admiralty. By this appointment the Crown and the country recover the services of an experienced Minister,—of a man perfectly conversant with the details of public business, and peculiarly fitted by his experience in a financial office, under a former Government, to promote all such reductions in the ex penditure of the navy as are consistent with the efficiency of that most important branch of the service. The nego tiations which have ended in this appointment have been somewhat protracted by a laudable attempt on the part of Lord John Russell to strengthen his Administration by offering the department of the Admiralty to Sir James Graham. The offer was made in a spirit of frankness and good feeling, with a sincere desire to bury in oblivion all past differences which may have interrupted the harmony of men now holding the same opinions, and which are prejudicial to the permanent interests of the country. On the part of Sir James Graham the offer was received with a perfect acknow ledgment of the public motives which had suggested the proposal, although after some consideration he declined to accept it. Had that offer been accepted it would naturally have led to some further modifications of the Cabinet, with a view to extend the basis of the Govern ment; but under the existing circumstances we believe no further changes are likely to occur. It has been the custom to throw a veil, which history itself has not always removed, over those abortive combinations which usually precede any important change in the distri bution of public offices ; but, in the present in stance, the transaction between the Government and Sir James Graham is so creditable to both parties, that we rejoice it has transpired. It is a renewal on the part of Lord John Russell of those liberal dispositions towards his former opponents which led him to offer places in his Cabinet to Lord Lincoln and Mr. Sidney Herbert on the formation of the Go vernment, and which subsequently conferred upon Lord Dalhousie the most magnificent appointment which can be held by a subject of any Crown. We record the fact with the more pleasure, inasmuch as it rebuts the charge of domestic influence and family connexion sometimes urged to excess against the Whig Government. It is the misfortune of the Whigs, as well as their strength and their glory, that long adherence to the same political traditions has gradually welded their leading houses into near family connexion ; but Lord John Russell has not neglected any opportu• nity which has been afforded him, to show that, in choosing his colleagues, he looked be yond his relations. We feel the more called uponito make this observation, inasmuch as we were led to protest with—what has turned out to have been—unne cessary promptitude against the return of Lord Minto to the Admiralty. No such appointment was contem plated by the Government, and Lord Minto himself at once declared not only that he put forward no claim what ever to the office which he had formerly filled at the Admiralty, but that he held his present office of the ' Privy Seal entirely at the disposal of the Prime Mi nister, if it could be the means of facilitating the pro jected arrangements with the remnant of the moderate Conservative party. We mention these circumstances not because they are of any great weight or importance in themselves, but because they convey correct impres- sions of the share taken by several eminent persons in these arrangements which are creditable to themselves and to the country. HERALD.—The new Cabinet appointment has at length been decided upon. The Right Hon. Francis Thornhill Baring, M.P. for the borough of Portsmouth, and who held the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer in the late Lord Melbourne's Administration, is to be the new First Lord of the Admiralty. We announced on Saturday that there was some foundation for believing that the Earl of Clarendon would succeed to the vacant post. It would appear that difficulties have arisen, which the transfer of the Earl of Clarendon from Ireland to the Admiralty would have increased rather than have removed, and that it has therefore been resolved, with the Right Hon. Gentleman's assent, to introduce Mr. Baring into the Ministry. In the House of Commons the Board of Admiralty is held to be sufficiently represented, but it being absolutely necessary that one of the Lords should be in a position to answer for the department in the Upper House, there is little doubt that a peerage will accompany this appointment. POST.. 2 -Airtongst the club rumours which; are pre valent, by no means the least probable is the following:— Sir James Graham is said to have been sent for by Lord John Russell and to have been offered the Colonial Office. Lord Grey to go to the Admiralty, and Lurd Lincoln, with Mr. Cardwell, to receive important ap pointments. The motive of this arrangement is alleged to have been the tear which the Ministry entertain of an attack, tee powerful for their parliamentary strength, against their present colonial policy, in the ensuing ses sion of Parliament. The conditions, however, which, according to the statement, were exacted by Sir James Graham, could not be agreed to by the Prime Minister, and the proposal accordingly fell to the ground. IRELAND. MR. DUFFY'S TRIAL. DUBLIN, JAN. 13.—At Green-street to•day, the case of Gavan Duffy was renewed. Messrs. Napier, Q C., and Butt, Q C., have concluded their argu ments, and the Attorney-General has just risen to reply to them. DUBLIN, SUNDAY EVENING. -At the conclusion of the Learned Attorney• General's address, the Court, after some consideration, fixed on Thursday next for the delivery of their judgment, the state of business in the Queen's Bench rendering it impos:sible for them to appoint an earlier (lay. There have been further incendiary fires in Down. The conflagrations have been effected by gun-cotton; none of the incendiaries have been yet arrested. In a poor-rate appeal case which came before the Assistant Barrister fbr Cavan at the Bailieborough Sessions, his Worship decided that the rate wa s il legally struck. It is thought that this important decision will affect every union in Ireland. The stormy weather has again set in here, and the arrivals of the London mails are much retarded. A proclamation was issued last night, calling in all arms in the possession of persons unauthorised in the disturbed baronies before the 18th of January, under penalty of imprisonment with hard labour for two years. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STOURTON STEEPLE CHASE. The following are t he official acceptances for this race:— The Doctor, Wolverhampton, Prince George, Vic tim, Knight of G wynne, Marengo, La Sylphide, Peter Simple, and Khondooz. HOOTON PARK STEEPLE CHASE. Fanny Ellslrr , Lincoln, Dicky Misfortune, Carlow, The Witch, Equinox, Rover, Pantaloon, and Royston Gower. DRURY-LAN E THEATRE. —M. Dejean has, in very handsome manner, insitt d the boys of the Green wich Hospital schools, 800 in number, to a juvenile fete, to be given on Wednesday morning next at this house, and has provided a bill of fare of the most at tractive char❑ctt-r for his youthful visitors. The invita• tion has, with the permission of the authorities of the schools, been accepted ; and the railway company have kindly undertaken to furnish gratuitously a train to convey the boys to and from London on that day. The entertainment (an announcen.ent of which appears in another column) will be something beyond the common run, and such as the admirers of horsemanship, &c., will find much to their taste. Upwards of 800 boys will sing the choruses of the National Anthem, and perform seve ral pieces specially arranged for the occasion. A paragraph appears in another part of our paper, copied !rum the United Service Gazate, announcing. that Captain Binstead, R.N., is likely to be appointed Liar tniur Master for London, which statement is totally untrue. MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1849. Cbtrbf Wbition TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING, Six O'CLOCK. CHESTER CUP. 35 to 1 agst Cossack 45 to 1 agst Chanticleer 45 to 1 agst Mrs. Taft 50 to 1 agst Geraldine 50 to 1 agst Fugleman 50 to 1 agst Peep o' Day Boy 50 to 1 agst Blucher METROPOLITAN STARES. 25 to 1 agst Lugar DERBY. 1,000 to 15 agst Indus FRAN CE. Orders have been dispatched to Cherbourg to arm the sailing frigates La Forte, l'A]ceste, and La Clorinde, together with the steam-frigate Gomer. The insurgents imprisoned on board the frigate Triton are to be removed, and that fine vessel is to be armed forthwith. The corvette, La Thisbe, lying in the harbour of I'Orient, is to be immediately armed. M. Fawtier, an ultra-Republican, has been elected by an immense majority as representative of the peo ple for the department of the Upper Rhine. He had been dismissed by M. Leon•Faucher from the office of Prefect. The Credit says : The most alarming reports are being every day ad dressed to the Ministers from the departments, describ ing the deplorable situation of our commerce, manu factures, and agriculture. Business is not improving. The public works commenced in several directions are being successively abandoned, and notwithstand ing the extraordinary efforts made by our manufacturers during six months to support their esta blishments, they now find all their resources exhaused. Another serious fact to be remarked is, that the farmers are selling their produce at a loss of from 30 to 40 per cent.. when they are so fortunate as to effect a sale. What are Ministers doing in the face of such menacing facts ? They are lost in their dreams of a restoration. They have withdrawn all Parliamentary Bills presented by their predecessors, and they have not replaced them by even one measure. Is it fair on their part to remain in office after having given such proofs of incompetency ? Can they expect to reconstruct a solid edifice with ma terials reduced to dust? We address these questions to the electors who are about to be called on to elect a new Assembly." SPAIN. We have received Madrid papers of the Bth. The Clamor Publico publishes a letter from Vera of the 4th instant, announcing the entrance into Spain of two bands of factions : one composed of 500 indi viduals, under the command of Zariategui, entered by Echalard ; the second composed of 100 men, under the command of Saux, entered by Zugarra mendi. MADRID Bor.se, JAN. B.—The Three per Cents. closed 19i- ; the Five per Cents. 9i cash ; the Debt without Interest at 3 7-16 cash ; and Coupons at 6 for paper. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. The Ministers of the Central Power have published a document on the subject of the conduct of Denmark in regard to the Duchies. They allude to the con ciliatory steps taken by Germany, and to the viola tion of the treaty by the Danes, in reinforcing the garrisons of the Isle of Alsen, and by the declaration of the King of Denmark, that there is no legal authority in the Duchies. The Ministers conclude by declaring that they will oppose the menacing measures of Denmark by precautionary: measures alone, that they propose observing the armistice as closely as possible, as well as to the other measures agreed upon, and that they will obviate, as much as possible, giving :rise to any useless dangers. According to the Hamburgh Correspondent, Hamburgh intends granting Schleswig its independence so far, that it is to contribute ac cording to its population to the public debt, to the civil list, and to the budget of war of Denmark, and that the remainder of the contributions shall be regu lated by the States of Schleswig. A line of customs is to be established on the banks of the Eider and separate Schleswig and Holstein. On receiving information of this at Schleswig a meeting was immediately called, and it was resolved to address a protest to the Ministry of the Empire against this project. The project of concluding peace on the basis of the intermediate position of Schleswig between Holstein and Denmark, is violently repudiated by those in terested. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JAN. 7.—While our armies are proceeding victoriously against our Hungarian fellow-subjects, we have unhappily been visited by the outposts of an enemy whom it is not possible to withstand. Within the walls of our city there are at this moment no less than eleven cholera corpses. It is indisputably the Asiatic cholera in its worst form ; every case has proved fatal. It is confined exclusively to the mili tary hospital at present, and this need excite no sur prise, if we reflect for one moment upon the continual fatigue which our soldiers have undergone, and still continue to endure; the night watches, especially in the intense cold, are scarcely bearable. It is remarkable that we have as yet had no snow, and this is also the case in Hungary and Moravia. Our authorities have adopted every possible measure of precaution.—Allgemeine Zeitung. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, JAN. 13.—L'Independance of this day contains the following facts reLitive to the Belgian Treasury :—" On the 24th February, 1848, the day on which the French Revolution broke out, the Bel gian Treasury had bonds in circulation to the amount of 27,259,000 f. On the Ist of May this sum was reduced to 14,414,0001.; on the Ist Septem ber it was only 8,655,0001., and after divers fluctuations, it fell on the 4th of January to 4,314,000 f. The sum of 23 millions has therefore been repaid, without return, and without loss to the holders. The reimbursement was effected by means of the resources which the forced loans gained the Treasury, which is thereby to fulfil all its engage ments with scrupulous punctuality, and at the same time to its own advantage, for the loan costs it less than keeping the Treasury bonds in circulation. The country has in fact lent to itself, to its own profit; all have lent to all, and thus the generality have reaped the advantage. In order to continue the emission of the Treasury bonds it was necessary to raise the interest to 8 and 10 per cent. at least; while to consolidate it by the ordinary means, it would have been necessary, as in France, to make a loan by sacrificing a third, and even snore, of the capital. By the forced loan, divided into small con tributions, the Treasury has borrowed at the normal interest of 5 per cent., and never perhaps was a better and more intelligent operation made in finance. "The affair of Risquons• Tout, which, but for the energetic measures adopted for its suppression, and for the apprehension of the ringleaders has been treated in a rather singular manner in France. It appears that in a recent sitting of the Assembly the Minister for Foreign Affairs made some remarks which induced M. de Lamartine and M. Ledru Rollin to reply. M. de Lamartine stated that he had nothing whatever to do with it, and must again solemnly disavow all participation in the famous ex peditions of Savoy and Risquons-Tout. This espe cially concerned M. Ledru Rollin ; but M. Ledru Rollin exonerated himself with equal energy from all connexion with the international attempts. To these disavowals we must boldly reply, if it was not you it was your commissioners. HOLLAND. TIIB HAGUE, JAN. 13.—CONVOCATION OF THE NEW CHAMBERS.—His Majesty has nominated thirty-nine members, who are to compose the First Chamber of the States-General, out of a list of 130 candidates submitted to his Majesty. The names are given at length in the Staats Courant. The number of members returned and confirmed for the various provinces are as follows :—West Brabant, 5 ; Guel derland, 5 ; South Holland, 7 ; West Holland, 6 ; Zealand, 2; Utrecht, 2 ; Friesland, 3 ; Overyssel, 3; Groningen, 2; Drenthe, 1 ; Limbourg, 3. His Majesty has also issued the following royal decree : " We, William 11., &c., &c. " Upon the report of our Minister of the Interior, January 10, 1849, No. 133, " Seeing Art. ; of the Provisional Electoral Law, we have decreed, and do decree : " Our Minister of the Interior is charged to convoke the Chambers of the new First and Second Chambers of the States General for Tuesday, the 13th of February next, on which day the opening of the new Legislative Session will take place. " Our Minister of the Interior is charged with the execution of the present decree, a copy of which shall be sent for information to the First and Second Cham bers of the States-General, and inserted in the official journal. " The Hague, Jan. 11, 1849. " WILLIAM. The Minister of the Interior." We have already mentioned that M. Thayer, Postmaster-General in France, and M. Latitte, chair man of the Boulogne and Amiens Railway, had arrived to negotiate for the continuance of the mail service, as at present performed from Dover to Boulogne. and we are happy to announce, as the first fruits of their mission, that it has been arranged by Lord Clanricarde that the present arrangements, which were to have been changed on the 15th instant, will be continued to the Ist of Fe bruary, which will give time for further consideration.— Times. O FF DOVER, J.N. 10.—Merina, Danneman, St. Do mingo, and mailed for Bremen. Itaira.sacca MA RLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) Mr. 7 hcesas Bruce, a linendraper, and Richard Carter, a bricklayer, were placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with obstructing the police in the execution of their duty. Police-con-ruble 15 D, s t a t e d th a t on S a t u rday night, about twelve o'clock, he was called to quell a disturbance between some soldiers in Quebec-street. A large crowd of persons had assembled, amongst whom was the pri soner Carter, who joined in hooting the police. Wit ness desired him to go home, and not to annoy him. The prisoner refused, and, as they were conveying one of the soldiers to the station, he persisted in following close behind them, and called out " Down with the police." As the prisoner still kept on hooting, witness took him into custody. Police-constable 187 C said, on Saturday night, about twelve o'clock, he was engaged in conveying a soldier to the station, when the prisoner Carter came behind him, and excited the mob to rescue the soldier; and as he re fused t 3 go away, he (Carter) was taken to the station. The prisoner Bruce then came up, and called out " Well dine, soldier." Ile then laid hold of witness's cape, and tore it fr.( m his shoulders. Another constable who h.d witnessed the transaction at that moment came up and took him into custody. Police-constable 84 D corroborated the evidence of the last witness, and proved that the prisoner Bruce endea voured to rescue the soldier. A solicitor, who attended for Bruce, then called two witnesses who attempted to prove that the assault upon 187 C was the result of an accident caused by the pri soner trying to save himself from being run over by a cab, which was passing at the time of the row. In reply to Irr. BINGRAM, 84 D said the act was nut the result of accident. He was close by the prisoner and saw him deliberately take hold of the constable by the cape, and, at the same time heard him call out, " Well done soldier." Carter had been locked up since Satur day night, and Bruce was bailed out on Sunday. Neither of them offered any violence to the constables. Mr. BINGHAM said if any witnesses had been called to prove in any way that Bruce accidentally tore the con stable's cape in the manner alleged by his witnesses, he (Mr. Bingham) should have at once discharged him. He had no doubt whatever that it was not the result of accident, but that the defendant, seeing the soldier in custody, had his sympathies ex cited in favour of the soldier. The defendant's con duct in calling out " well done, soldier " verified that fact. As he had not proceeded to further violence, and had been locked up all night, he should discharge him, providing he paid 7a. 6d., being the amount of damage done to the constable's cape. As to the prisoner Carter, he had been locked up since Saturday night, and as that was no slight punishment, he (Mr. Bingham) should discharge him by paying a fine of ss. Mr. Bruce immediately paid both the fines. GOLD MONEY AN UNFIT INSTRU MENT FOR SO GREAT A TRADE AS ENG LAND'S. " The present condition of trade, manufactures, and commerce is deplorable. Produce of every description is only saleable in small quantities, and at an enormous sacrifice. Bills of Exchange and the most valuable securities are inconvertible into cash, even at great depreciation except in the most in significant amounts. Foreign orders for produce and goods cannot be executed, for want of the customary facilities for disposal of bills drawn against them. Con fidence is all but annihilated, and the currency of the country is in a great measure withdrawn and hoarded." —Liverpool Memorial to the First Lord of the Treasury in October, 1847. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—lnquiry into the laws of money and the science of exchange is not a mere dilletanti amusement :which a man may take up and lay down just as he pleases. The memorial quoted above shows that a barbarous money system like the gold, as an instrument to carry on our extended trade—a trade thrust upon us by the necessities of an enormous population, who are beginning to be dependent upon foreign commerce for all raw ma terials and food—is absurd and most injurious; and that we must invent a scientific money if we wish such commercial revulsions as we were witnes , es to, in this town, in the memorable October of 1847, not to recur every three or four years, in what Mr. Jones Loyd calls "an established cycle." We must set ourselves to discover a sound monetary system, which, by facilitating exchange, would render labour always available—would supply the wants of our people—empty our shops and warehouses—end would cause to disappear that frightful tic stitution and misery, which seem such extrordinary and unaccountable concomitants to our wonderfully ad vanced powers of production. It is the WANT Ol ♦ SCIENTIFIC MONEY that shall expand and adapt itself to our growing necessities, that may be attributed that extraordinary spectacle which must have struck the most thoughtless among us—a spectacle presented to our eyes on any given day, in any given street, of men able to work, and willing to work, having no work to do, and in want of everything; and these same streets containing rows of shops full of the goods wanted by these very men, and the proprietors list less behind their counters, lamenting the lack of customers. A willingness to produce, and an intense desire to con sume, and yet the healthy circulation stopped by enchant ment! Production divorced from consumption!! " Oh! if the invisible accursed nightmare, that is crushing out the life of us and our's, would take a shape—England * * full of wealth—of multifarious produce, supply for human want of every kind; yet * * dying of inanition, with unabated bounty the laud of England • • waving with yellow harvests—thick studded with workshops— industrial implements—with fifteen millions of workers, understood to be the strongest, the cunningest, and the willingest our earth ever had—with hunger, nakedness, and misery for their reward," is owing to our present barb:..rous gold money, and to the want of a circulating medium, which shall adjust itself, and increase with the wealth which it is its peculiar ltn,ction to circulate and distribute. . What that scientific money shall be, I will examine hereafter, arid I call upon your readers to help i❑ so im portant an inquiry. . I can dit,cover no principle, only clever expedient in the letters of a London Banker. The California discoveries demand instant exertion in this investigation. PACTOLUS. Liverpool, Dec. 31, 1848. IDOLATRY IN INDIA. TO 7'HE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,--I have perused the letter of "An East India Proprietor," which appeared in your paper of the 10th inst., with much satisfaction, and shall be obliged if you will indulge me with inserting the following remarks. People who compare the rule of England in India with its rule in other colonies, are apt to conclude that the system works well, and therefore should remain undis turbed. In other words, that the present charter should be renewed. It was not many days ago that a Member of Parliament said to me " Give India to the Colonial office and it will be lost." The circumstances are totally dis.iimilar. If India were by nature less rich than it is, if its powers of production did not surpass those of any country in the world, long ago it would have been a desert. The East India Company have done their ut most to ruin the country, its population has been thinned by famine, and its revenues aro well nigh exhausted; they have changed and changed again, to find the means of extorting more and more, till they have left but one system, which an ordinary observer can recognise—a system of universal poverty. What have the East India Company done in the way of education? what to advance the people in affairs of government? Take Madras as an example. They have given 5,000/. per annum to educate a country possessing a population of twenty millions! they have established a high school at Madras! but where will there be found a school appointed by the Government within the pro vinces? Their Governments are composed of foreigners—not a man of the country being permitted to take a share in them; the only individuals capable of imparting the knowledge essential for due government, and for the welfare of the country, are wholly excluded! Would this be so, if India were subject to the Colonial-office? Is it so at the Cape of Good Hope? Is it so at Ceylon? In which are the inhabitants of the country most fitted by education and intellectual acquirements to be asso ciated with their governors? _ . The strength of the East India Company is the ignorance of the people, and to maintain this has been their constant endeavour. The East India Company will tell you that their laws and administration of justice have given security to life and property! " Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant"—they have taken away the incentive to theft, they have reduced the country to a nation of paupers, and now pride themselves on the fact that people do not steal! The calendars of the circuit courts will show that during the past fifteen years (an interval I speak of from personal knowledge) the cases in which property to a large amount has been the ques tion are rare indeed. " An East India Proprietor" would do well to con sider whether the interference of authority to establish the Christian religion in India is not more likely to stir up an opposition to its introduction than to aid its dis semination. Had the missionaries, as in former days, been left to perform their own work, without the inter vention of secular authority, they would have done more than has been accomplished. I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, EAST INDIA PROPRIETOR SECUNDUS. 14th January, 1848. DISASTROUS FIRE AT ALLERTON Yesterday . ncl" .3i,tvale, d b e morning the premises of Mr. James Lowther, i i"ngsub two Allerton, took fire, and, before the flames coui i. dued, a considerable amount of property, The alarm of valuable horses, were totally de.star.o.y; e a t three, imme fire reached the station abouts,h il fire direction brigade, o I. diately upon which the b found that the barn, two were dispatched from Mr. Hewitt. On his army were on fire, and the dwell e Liverpool,naee cottages, and Lowther was in the most imminent " , house of Mr. several houses . a plentiful supply of water was - pond, and poured upon danger. Fortunately-, A neighbouring . . from procured which were raging with great violence, is the flames, consequence o f a heavy blowing gale at the ti me. B y t h e greatest e x ertions on the part of the fire brigade, the fire was eventually got under control, but not until a barn, two cottages, and an outhouse were destroyed, with all they contained. There were a number of horses in one of the stables, but such was the rapidity with which the flames extended, that the whole of them could not be rescued. Two of the animals were burnt to death. Some of the people had a narrow escape, and one female was obliged to make a hasty retreat almost in a state of nudity. Mr. Lowther's house narrowly escaped being destroyed. He was insured in the Royal Life Assurance Company, but his loss, which at present cannot be cor rectly estimated, will it is feared, be very considerable.— Liverpool Mercury. MARYPORT, JAN. 12.—Arrd. Ocean, Huddart, Quebec, with part of stanchions, bulwarks, skylight, &c. carried ~way. REMARKABLE INCIDENTS CON NECTED WI'T'H tnE LIFE OF THE LATE LORD NELSON. It has often been remarked upon what a slender balance the fate of many things hang, and how much the smallest event may accelerate, or retard and destroy, the most important matters connected with the affairs of life. In the year ISOS, memorable in the annals of Great Britain for the glorious battle of Trafalgar, when the gallant Nelson fell, a French and Spanish squadron, sailed f,,r the West Indies with objects of conquest and plunder in view. Lord Nelson was not long in ascertaining this, and was soon in pursuit of that fleet. His Lordship arrived in the West Indies at the time the combined fleet was there, and which it would appear meditated an attack upon the Island of Trinidad, at that time und e r the government and mili tary command of Sir Thomas Hislop, a distinguished and gallant officer, who having secret information of the intentions of tt e fleet, lost no time in placing the island in a complete state of defence, forming also a determina tion to resist to the last extremity. It so happened this fleet consisted of exactly the same number of ships that was stated to compose the fleet of Lord Nelson when he was last heard of, but as he was considered to be at a great distance at that time from the West Indies, it was never contemplated that he could possibly be in the West Ind:es or in the neighbourhood of the Island of Trinidad. When early one morning the signal was made from the windward signal-posts of the island of the approach of a fleet of men-of-war, amounting exactly in number to the information received of the combined French and Spanish squadron, which, as already stated, was p rec i sely the number of Lord Nelson's fleet. The officer in charge of the signal-posts immediately conceiving that this was the combined squadron, set fire to all the buildings of the port, and made good his retreat to the port of Spain, the capital of the island, after throwing all the guns over the preci pice and destroying the batteries. The fleet, which afterwards proved to be that of Lord Nelson, conceiving from this proceeding that the island, as had been previously reported, was in possession of the enemy, continued its course, and towards evening,wheu it;was too dark to observe signals and discern objects on shore, anchored in regular line of battle in the Gulf of Paris, within a short dis tance of the strong batteries known by the name of His. lop's Advance; the flag-ship, the Vanguard, being the head ship, and close under a tremendous battery of thirty-two pounders and nearly a dozen of heavy mor tars, one discharge of which was sufficient to have sunk several line-of battle ships in a moment. Thus were the British fleet and the forces on the island playing at cross purposes—the former conceiving the place to be in the possession of the enemy, and the island in return conceiving the fleet to be a hostile one ; and in this awkward and critical situation a night of anxious uneasiness was passed by both parties. At length towards morning it occurred to Lord Nelson to send a boat well armed and manned, with muted oars, towards the shore to see how matters stood. The boat pulled cautiously towards the beach where several English sentries happened to be posted, who were then passing the word to one another, and on the officer in command of the brat listening attentively be distinctly heard English voices and English language, on which he lustily called out " Who's there? Are you friends? If so, here is an English man-of-war's boat coming on shore." And onwards dashed the boat, and in an in stant the lieutenant found himself not in the presence of a guard of French and Spaniards, but in the middle of a party of the gallant 37th Regiment of Infantry, then quartered in the island and stationed at Fort George. The first thing to be done now was to apprise the Go vernor of this extraordinary circumstance, and the next after that to apprise the officer in command of Hislep's Advance' and to prevent his firing on the British fleet; and he was fortunately prevented just in time to save the fleet, at all events the Vanguard, the flag-ship, from de struction, as the officer was at the very moment the aide-de-camp arrived preparing the fuzees for the mor tars, the men with lighted matches standing ready at the guns; and in a few minutes more, in all probability, the Vanguard would have been at the bottom of the Gulf of Paris—a wreck at the tomb of the gallant Nelson, and the battle of Trafalgar would never have been fought. Instead of St. Paul's containing the ashes of the gallant hero, a watery grave would have been his lot, and that, too, lamentable to say, accomplished by British guns and British soldiers. DEATH OF SIR JOHN BROOK STONHOUSB, We have to announce the decease of the above baronet, who expired a few days since at Clifton, at a very advanced age. The late Baronet was formerly in the civil service of the Bengal establishment, and was many years Registrar of the Zilla Court of Ghazeepore, but had long since retired from his duties in India. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his uncle (the 12th bart.) in 1810. The de ceased is succeeded in the ancient honours of the family (the baronetcy created as far back as 1628) by his son, now Sir Timothy Vansittart Stonhouse, in the civil ser vice of the East India Company, at Madras, born 1799, and married to Miss Sturt, eldest daughter of the Rev. William Sturt, of Long Critchil, Dorset. Cant. CoN. IN HIGH Lira.—ln an action which has been brought against a Noble Duke for criminal conversation, which has formed the topic of much dis cussion in the higher circles, and which has given birth to many rumours, an application was made on Friday to a judge at chambers, by Mr. Edwin James, u counsel for his Grace, for further particulars in p res • ect of the dates and the occasions upon which the alleged offences were stated to have been com mitted. The Learned Judge, after a lengthened discus sion, intimated his opinion that the information which was afforded by the statement in the declaration was very vague and Inaccurate; but added, that the rule of practice in such cases prohibited him from making the order applied for. The case will, in all probability, come on for trial at the sittings after the present term. The damages are laid at an unusually large sum—several thousands.— Observer. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH -STAFFORDSHIRII.--• BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.—SOTUaiSRS continue in cir culation as to the probable candidates for the represen tation of South Staffordshire ; but, considering the varied chances of success, there is evidently a growing feeling in favour of a practical man, like Mr. Forster, of Walsall. Commercial matters, such as those of South Staffordshire, require an adequate representative. Mr. Forster, it will be remembered, was the first Member returned to Parliament for the borough, with which, as banker, his name is so honourably associated. His opinions are Conservative, and his great knowledge of the manufacturing as well as agricultural interests of Staffordshire would render him a valuable representa tive of the Southern Division. Until the funeral of Earl Talbot, nothing will be definitively announced. CARDIGAN ELECTION.—Mr. John S. Harford has issued an address, !dated the 11th instant, to the elec tors of the Cardigan burghs, vacant by the death of Mr. Pryse Pryse, whom he opposed at the last general elec tion. Mr. Williams, the late Member for Coventry, is spoken of as likely to come forward. DUDLEY, SATURDAY.—This evening the last o the quarterly meetings of the iron-masters of this district was held here at the Swan Hotel, when the prices, of which you have been already apprised, were fully con firmed, and with every reasonable prospect that they will be maintained throughout the ensuing quarter. The attendance was numerous, and some brisk orders w ere said to have been taken for foreign as well as do mestic purposes. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—The season commences this evening with Paer's one act operetta, Le Maitre de Chappelle, and Auber's charming opera, Le Domino Noir, in which Mons. Conderc and Madlle. Charlton will make their appearance. SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY.—Handers Judas Maccabeus, which gave such great satisfaction at the last performance by the above society, is to be repeated next Friday. STORM IN MORECAMBE BAT.-011 Wednesday last, a storm raged in Morecambe Bay that exceeded in violence any experienced for a series of years. Being the highest of the spring tides, too, such an immense body of water was driven up the bay as to cause an overflow of the banks in a great many low-lyigg °T h a t , lions. The surf was blown with violence agains_s_ ng windows of many houses situate near the shore, n e. übg great alarm to the inmates and doing e co c erable damage. At Greenodd the water overflow e d t he n a nd col. and road, carrying away a quantity of timthe tide was liers' basket rods. At Barrow, wherreem em bered, the within a few inches of the highest evtehre patent slip, Vraa steamer Helvellyn, repairingcet she rested and forced it is feared, great in highembankmentsusa between Barrow and di iven from the blocks on . w ni ti f ; g h , banks, nj and covered 11 upon the shore, j cy. The railway l njury. Up the Duddo s P a ie n l ds lik t e h w ethe Broughton, damaging Kirkby to the line railway from be a week before the tr ains so much that it will likewise sustained Nanny and Betty , can run • the schooner overflowed thes i of Fl eetwood, was driven near to Dunnerholme• she did driven on shore not re but some difficulty ceive much inju ry , will be experienced / e Journal. in getting her o Car ERRATUM. 1 our report of the gas t• mee mg in Farringdon Without, in our Saturday's publication, we that Mr. Manby movedthe • s tated third resolution—it s h o uld have been Mr. M at a y. A POLICE Doc. —A dog, of the bull-terrier breed, belonging to Mr. Tibb ey, of Hereford, some time ago evinced a strong partiality to th e mem b ers o f t h e police force, and at the commencement of their night duties is atte ndance regularly i n attend at the station-house to accom pany some one of the officers upon whom his choice for the night may have fallen. Upon one occasion the officer, wishing to get rid of his canine attendant, some what rou g hl y t h rew him over Wye-bridge into the river, but in a few minutes the dog was again at his heels.— Gloucester Journal. UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION. The Imperial Austrian Government have presented to this institution a selection of their military maps, exhibiting nearly the whole of that great empire in thirty sheets. The execution of these maps is of the highest order, and to a soldier they exhibit the whole varied face of the country with unusual perspicuity, and although crowded with names of towns and villages all are most distinct and visible. The maps were presented through Baron Koller, Austrian Charge d'Affaires. AN EXPENSIVE UNDERTALING.—The Chapel-hill pits, belonging to the British Iron Compan are a length freed from the enormous quantities o water— the accumulation of years—which have so long flooded them, and coal has at last been found. The water, two years ago, when operations were first commenced, W ag 84 yards deep, and the expense attending its draining is estimated at no less a sum than 10,0001. This includes the erection of engines, stacks, and whimseys and the losses occasioned by breakages, &c. The pits have been previously worked, but it is known that an excellent mine still remains to compensate the enormous outlay in arriving at the treasure.— Were:ester Chronicle.