The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-21 00:00:00

MONEY and COMM ERCIAL NE WS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. In the Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday a fair business was done. Sales 4,000 bales ; of which !° 0 Were Am er i can , an d 400 S ura t, on specu l a ti on Railway Shares were dull, an d th e mar k e t was h eavy Eastern Counties, 84 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 481; -iiverpo o l an d M anc h ester, 1 9 0 ; B r i g h ton, 36 ; iii rmingl-arn, Quarter, 49 ; Paris and Rouen, 25. We are looking for the West India mail, due yes , Ley, and expect some early i n timation of its ar r i va l 4 ° ll l Southampton. The chief news of interest will Probably be from Mexico. thEverythi ng i n th e Cit y g i ves no ti ce o f th e c l ose of e year, and business, except in special department; it are generally animated about Christmas, such as dlePruit market, is being gradually narrowed. Prices, for other be expect e d, ar e now i n f avour o f th e b uyers °r other articles, as well as Tea, the holders being eti°llopelled to offer some inducement to parties before €7 will add to their present stocks. After January text a brisker demand is expected. have so often before discussed the rights of the n eedless bondholders that we f ee l it t o b e a l mos t t o re - en t er t h e li sts, a l t h oug h a f ew words ,n st be said in re f erence t o a d ecree th a t h as b een t ,_ll rived by their agents, a ft er th e i r h av i ng i ssue d ,°re than th e s tip u l a t e d amoun t o f b on d s, i nstruct i ng eni to take that course. How this is to be recon toied, unless by some previous instructions, remains hbe seen ; and at all events the agents should a ve,_ made such known to the bondholders, whose t a 7rest was so materially affected. This' is a new t rture in the affair. With regard to the further pro tils!°.os made by the Government for the payment of d„ e t ,loterest, by setting aside more of the Customs' 4 "ies, this cannot but be satisfactory, and if acted do to will repai r , t o th e f u ll ex t en t, th e ac t ua l i n j ury th e by th e over -i ssue, t h oug h i t may not w i pe away i ii) e l odium a tt ac hi ng t o th e pr i va t e i ssue. Th e bond -11 will take it as a sort of conscience money, I ,q thank th e i r l uc k y s t ars a S ou th A mer i can Go ,Zttnent will act so honou ra bly as t o d o th em j us ti ce a fault committed. One discussi on a t th e I n di a H ouse to-clay upon the i "Ject of th e Aff g h an war , prom i ses t o b e o f i nterest pi o a , Pecuniary poi n t o f v i ew ; b u t th e ques ti on of ern 03ing. natives in the civil admini s t ra ti on o f I n di a i s toe of far greater importance, and involves serious ° ,,siderations of justice and policy. ' h a ` be position of a ff a i rs i n F rance i s no t cons id ere d to improved, as regards Spain, and the apprehen of some unfortunate misunderstanding between lt Great Po wers ga i ns s t reng th t o suc h an I lt ,"nt as to depress th e f un d s more th an usua l o f r!' there h av i ng been a decline of +to I per cent. on )e " te . rday' s va l ue. C onsols have been done for the 4, 4 1, 11 g as low as 934 t o 934. Reduced Three-and rif per Cents. have realised 100 3 1 to 101, and the base per Cents. 94 to 941. Exchequer Bills have °, marked 495. to 51 s . p rem i um . Th e S av i ngs ' 4 / 4 broker bought Reduced at 944. lie Canada Guaranteed Debentures are steady at 14 b reign Stocks opened rather buoyantly, but have e declined. Spanish Actives are 184 to 18k, the Two -and-e per Cents. 231, Mexican 311 t o 31, an d D u t c h 1a -Half per Cents: 524 to 4. q,ailway Shares are barely su pp or t e d. Edi n b urg h `/lasgow are 2, Brighton 14, and Midland Coun p dscount. Great estern 25 to 2rem. 'IIICiES OF SHARES W THIS DAY ATO NE. burgh R and Glasgow A ILWAYS. Pa so r 4" 111d0 Western 4 11 and lirighton ...... 50 In d l .Counties D "ern and Eastern tto e_ • stbk ............ 1 t aster n anti Dover SO Da ta Scrip 41 % . CIIESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DBC. 20.—There itfet'Y little b us i ness d o i ng ' i n Sh ares, and prices are 4 eh t ed, accordingly. South E as t ern S cr i p , 17 ; W' el ", en ester and Birmingham, 20 t o 204 ; S ou th toi6 o eln, 611 to 62 ; London and Birmingham, 188 ARKET NEWS. (THIS I)AY.) to k , EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY e arrivals of English Wheat since Monday have It t i o °ll a very limited sc a l e , y e t th e d eman d f or th at k th ie to-day was in a sluggish state, at barely, but at ha n g quotabl e b enea th, l a t e currenc i es . N o Fo kit.: Wheat has been received this week. We had a t l i(etail business passing in fine parcels, at about Ikt h , llo 7 prices. Barley and Malt met a slow in 11/44. In Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour, next to no• *Waspassing. I nns. ........ ...... ARRIVALS. IB .rley. 5,020 qrs. Oats. I Flour. 3,030 qrs. -- sac Ics Malt, 1,750 Rir Y WHXTECIIAPEL. jund a good s u pply o f M ea t thi s morn i ng, w hi c h off slowly, at the foll ow i ng p r i ces : —B ee f f rom 1 1, 0 to 4s ; M u tt on , 3 s 4d to 4s 2 d ; V ea l , 3s 8d to .L 4 r th t 4 ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d p er alb s , b y th e „. i4i l / 1 14, t iol tto Ovi,P,•••• q V / .- Ith, kin ... ... • ..... ‘Ot, 11 0 4 ‘ , f a h , r1 0) 4 ,.. 4 Ytiqe ih tb ek r k ..... "Rno„; COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans Peas. "s. to s. 1. to s. s. to s. s. to 5. a. to s. 57 72 26 36 20 31 35 41 38 51 61 27 SS f 0 24 56 (.0 22 0 13 21 36 40 e 50 6 24 30 2) 25 35 33 36 53 10 2T) 85 22 31 43 44 39 • 05 21 29 :0 26 3.3 40 56 63 22 26 IG 21 91 36 27 •• 55 ( 2 27 20 20 :5 33 36 5t 3. 19 $3 SI 44 16 29 32 20 28 3t 42 33 40 51 68 26 32 22 34 4 52 62 32 35 25 31 36 44 40 —.. 1 5$ 6u 1.7 28 20 25 :2 36 35 69 8( 34 31) 32 36 411 8 39 26 50 - -- 27 22 43 •• 51 22 21 s.d. s.d. s.d. s d, s.d. s.d. s.d, s.d. 5.6. s d 70 5 6 3 0 46 36 40 00 9 0 01. 0 HULL CORN MARKET. It. White (per Quarter) s2s. Ms. 565. Red Foreign 2, Malting. 29s. 30s. grinding 251 Os. 28s. W I HU. '%t. White (pe ... 525. 545. 565. lied •••••, .. 443. 484. 535. Foreign .. ... 44 , . 50s. 53i. "eY, Making..., .... 'As. 295. Sus. (),, Grinding ... __. ..... 251 Os. •265,, ,_ '4, British k a .. Foreign (in bond) l6s 188.205, P,.us se, Gr e y 265, 37s 288. 1.4, Blue and White 36s 38s. 40s. kieed . ••• • 4a - 4 '2 Per sack 'eed (per 10 quarters) 1 1 1 14 HAMBURG Ott, .: 115 !/ik s 294 to :!GO \N; 4a;:dchurg3B•l' ..,41111alt, white 318 to 384 . • red tansaick 24to 3 01 11!Sklenburg 241 to 360 ..... 324 t0:96 1( t) , stein \ 4 W Kl enburg `1.4 riks .... an !t l ll dKa 190 to 215 ißsbu r Al'T.le ran ian kilo.' Nn alt A 1 d C OT' a is l'enncs.ee 7 '410 2d t so il Itad COF 96 to 11 ki i„tr; ............. . 14 . ...... k 4 , 44 ' ... R (Wit 1114 4% %h..t hite S . U ... G A s l ,ito % .4,11„ trown 3% 4 4e ' 4 • ............... 2% '4 Manilla. Brow MARKETS. Barley, Alecklenburgh ;62 to 213 Holstein adel t 199 urg" 1 18 t to o Odezbruck 174 to 192 Oats, Elder ll4 to 150 -- Mecklenburg -- Holstein 146 to MI -- Upland 'Pease, Mecklenburg , 210 to:s t Beans 222 to 246 Buck Wheat 231 to 501 Rapeseed, Hanover Malt Tares roN. Mar.'nham Madras 5% to 6% 441 5 , 4 3% 414 4% 6 Sur at i Domingo Domingo n; t0:3% Lie Guaym 3) (2 6), Porto Itico 434 6 Ilayannah : -;•A 6). hB3 Discount.) Bahia, White tos% Brown s►,r 4% Pernambuco, White 4% 6 Brown 3 54 n, 4% to STATE OF TRADE. (FROM A *CORRESPONDENT.) 1(1 1 ,: C RESTER, TUESDAY EVENING.—We have had tc,uout the week a very limited demand for all t h r i( ms of power a n d hand-loom printing cloths, V tiQ, '" for most ki n d s o f w h a t are known as do ; Every effort ha s b een made, but ineffec titlt to support the rates paid on this day se'nnight; W as tip was tolerably evident in the early part of the the j those manufacturers who might press sales I . l4 Tve to recede a little in their demands. Such 11/ : f 'et up to its close has fully verified, and prices t [e .urther downward tendency. 1 4j i,Ni c k i r ",erease in the weekly production is now very p i n•N a ° l e—a fact at once evident, if it be only con 'lly I. that s ome 20 or 9 .5 per cent. of the cotton } i k() 4r %hich w ere wor ki ng s h or t t i me some mon th s t i tl lkr e now all of them at full work and for full t t qtk a i n d by many, therefore, it is deemed extremely lb ee whether the demand will be found sufficient th a t the production. Nor should it be lost sight the present small stocks of cloth an d ya rn s is Olti: 4 tributable to the turn out, by which a full l o ;Production of both goods and twist were thus of the market, and if such h a d no t b ee n s tid va e ) most well-informed parties feel satisfied that th . twi t ",oe whatever could have taken place. is also d u ll o f sa l e , and the turn in favour of % s ' e r• A large demand is anticipated when pur appear for spring shipments. shth t ) t Al , el 3 Or VICE -ADMIRAL EVANS.— On Tuesday' I"tity instant, at his residence at Oldtown, in this tO. ij died Henry Evans, Esq., Vice-Admiral of the f it de am es ervedl v esteemed and respected through life, s" of Admiral Eva n s is deeply regretted by his `illyto 4 oit f • 7, ry . • kot friends.—Co rp ,onscrtatzve. 1 ‘ ,2, 14 / 31 ,,,kt4' HALL. —Viscount Melbourne continues " v e in health, and is daily . to be seen either g . or taking carriage dri ve s i n the park. The k s bl e V. Lady Holla n d, w h o h a d b e en visiting the 1 , 4 1 ' tow n z acount for some days, left on Saturday last Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston de ta,,,ti; e same day also for the metropolis.. Lord lha,) Beauvale, Mr. George Lamb, and Mr. n, iv are still staying with his Lordship. The v ,lltl atid 'rs : Cowp er , w h o h as b een ma ki ng visits in sh ire - "trd ay. and Nbrfolk, was expected to arrive AIN. LAW IN GENCE CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Court was occupied to-day with hearing cause and lunatic petitions. CAMPBELL V. BROWNRIGG. This was a petition under an appeal from an order of the Vice-Chancellor of England, and related to the right construction of the terms of the will of Lionel Hook, Esq., late in the service of the Hon. East India Company, by which he left to his daughter Isabella the sole use and right of a sum of 50,000 sicca rupees;to be invested either in Indian or English Government Stock, but both principal and interest to be at her own disposal. In case she married and had children the said 50,000 rupees were to go to such children in equal shares. She did marry, but died without issue, andbt he question was whether her vested right still continued, the contingency by which it was to have been affected never having occurred. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY). (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) The Court disposed of a long list of cause petitions, all of which were unopposed, and then proceeded with motions, of which the case of Yeld v. Simpson, already part heard, occupied the greater part of the morning. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir JAMES IVIGRAm.) COOPER V. TURNER. His Howouß gave judgment in this case. The facts were strictly these :--On the 25th of May, 1829, the defendant became bound by a covenant to pay 5001. upon a certain day. The covenantee died in the year 1837. The personal representative of the co venantee had filed his bill against the covenanter to recover the 5001., and the arrears of the annuity which was to be paid by the covenanter. The covenantee, by his will, had given the covenantera legacy of 5001., payable out of the 500/., stating by his will that that sum was due to her with interest. The covenanter contended that the money due upon the covenant would not carry interest. The relation in which these parties stood to each other was that of mother and son. He thought it impossible, under all the circum stances, to doubt that no claim was ever intended to be made. It appeared ,that during the life of the mo ther accounts were from time to time settled between the mother and the son ; and although the mother lived with the son, no charge was made by the latter either for rent or wages ; and, on the other hand, no claim was made by the covenanter for interest. His decree would be to declare that at the time of the death of Elizabeth Turner, Richard Turner was in debted to her in the sum of 5004 and also to the ar rears, if any, of the annuity of 3001., secured to her by the same indenture. The Master to take an account. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) BEALE V. LEAF—SLANDER. The parties in this case are both surgeons, prac tising in the neighb our h oo d o f St epney, and this action was brought to recover damages for certain slanderous words spoken by the defendant to the in jury of the professional character of the plaintiff. The alleged slanderous words were to the effect that the plaintiff was not a regularly educated surgeon, that he was ignorant of his profession, and that the death of one of his patient. 3 was owing to his unskilful treat ment. For the plaintiff, a number of eminent sur geons,:Mr. Aston Key, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Tyrrell and others were called, who gave him a very high character as a surgeon, and testified to the diligence with which he had pursued his studies as a pupil. They also justified the practice which he had pursued in the case of the deceased patient alluded to by the defendant. Mr. Tyrrell particularly said that it was a case beyond the reach of art. It was also proved that the plaintiff passed his examination at the Col lege of Surgeons, and obtained his diploma in 1841. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD having addressed the Jury for the defendant, The Jury retired to consider their verdict, and in about half an hour found for the plaintiff—Da mages, 1001. BEALE V. DALE. This was a similar action by the same plaintiff against another surgeon, arising out of the same case. Mr.iSergeant TALFOURD, for the defendant, offered an apology, and consented to a verdict, with 40s. damages. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) • IN RE JAMES SEDDON. The bankrupt in this matter was a Manch'ster warehouseman, and had passed through the Insolvent Court in the year 1832, at which time he was de scribed as a gentleman. The amount of debts he then owed was 2,7(0/., a part of which it was alleged had been contracted without due means of payment. The debts now in his schedule, as a tradesman, amounted in the aggregate to about 12,0001., while it was calcu lated that his available assets would realise only about 1,1001. A number of debts due to him also appeared in the schedule, but although they were stated to be about 4,0001., scarcely .1010/. could be realised from them to the estate. The choice of assignees having been fixed for this day, after the admission of a few proofs, MeSsrs. J. Slater, of the firm of Slater and Campbell, and Wm. Weston, of Bishopsgate-street, were appointed. IN RE RICHARD NEWCOMBE. The adjourned examination of this bankrupt having stood over to this day, from the 15th ultimo, in order to produce certain vouchers for goods shipped to Bengal, and also a banker's book to show the amount of money drawn from Coutt's hank from the 17th of March last to the 25th of June, the date of the issuing of the fiat ; it was again resumed, and after affording the required information, he was declared entitled to pass his final examination and get his cer tificate. IN RE 'HENRY HILL. In this matter, the facts of which have already been reported in The Sun, a further dividend of 4s. in the pound was declared, making in the aggregate 7s. in the pound already declared. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) BLASPHEMOUS PUBLICATIONS. A respectable looking young man, who gave his name as Thomas Pearce, corn-merchant, of Queenhithe, was charged with stealing a pamphlet from the shop of Thomas Patterson. of Holywell-street. • The boy Clarke was put into the box to be sworn. Mr. TWYFORD —Boy, do you believe in Heaven ? Where do you believe you will go to when you die ? Clarke—l am not old enough to judge. Mr. TWYFORD—HOW old are you ? Clarke— Fourteen. (A thrill ran through the Court, which was crowded.) Mr. TWYFORD—Then I shall nottake the evidence of the boy. Have you any other witness, Mr. Pat terson ? Patterson—No, Sir. Mr. TWIrFORD—Then the prisoner is discharged. The facts were these. The gentleman was passing along Holywell-street this morning, and upon seeing the exhibitions which are constantly displayed in Patterson's window, he desired the shopkeeper to take down one print, which he thought was more demora lising than the rest. The man refused, and then Mr. Pearce took hold of the paper himself, and carried it from the shop. Patterson followed him and gave him into custody, and he was conveyed to Bow-street. A person of the name of James Bell, was charged with assaulting John Courtney, the private watch man at Drummond's Bank. The prosecutor stated that he was in his box last night, when the prisoner came up to him, and asked him where he was ? Witness told him he was at Charing-cross, within the " Liberties" of Westmin ster. He wept away and came back twice, and put the same question to him. On the third time he spoke rather cross to him, and then the prisoner struck him a violent blow on the eye, which nearly knocked him out of his box. Prisoner had no recollection of the occurrence. Mr. TWTFORD said it was a most disgraceful as sault, and he should fine the prisoner 51.—The money was paid. MARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY). James Young, a young man dressed in the extreme of fashion, Was placed at the bar, charged by Major Malcolm, the honoured bearer of our dispatches from China, with robbing Lady Malcolm, his mother, of her bag, containing a 51. Bank of England note, four sovereigns, and other property. Major Malcolm stated that yesterday evening, about half-past five, o'clock, Lady Malcolm and he arrived at the terminus of the Great Western Railway, from Maidenhead.: His Brougham *as waiting, and while speaking to the groom, he heard his mother say "My bag is goner somebody has cut it." He turned round quickly, anti saw the prisoner running behind the Brougham, then doubling round some omnibuses, and afterwards walking rather smartly to the entrance gate. He followed, and overtook him just as a porter had taken hhn into custody. He was given in charge to the Railw : ny Police. The bag was found upon the ground with all its contents safe. Mr. RA*Lissori asked the prisoner if his proper name was upon the sheet, and Mr. Payne, the barris ter, who defended him, said that he believed it was not, and recommended the prisoner to give it, as it would ultimately be known. Prisoner—My name then is James Powell, of Burney-cottage, Dover-road. Joseph Millet, a porter at the terminus, said, he heard Lady Malcolm say to Major Malcolm, that her bag was lost,and seeing th e pr i soner ru n t he followed, and caught him a t the gate, when he taxed him with the robbery. The prisoner said that it was a mistake, he was not the man. Sergeant Williams said the prisoner was well known as being a principal among the swell-mob for the last three years. Mr. Payne said that he did not think a case of felony had been made out, as one principal witness was wanting to prove that the prisoner had cut Lady Malcolm's bag. He would leave it to the Magistrate whether her attendance was not requisite to substan tiate the case. EAST INDIA .HOUSE. (THIS DAY.) Major Malcolm made an observation to the Magi& trate, and COURT OF PROPRIETORS. The General Quarterly Court of the Proprietors Of East India Stock was held this morning at twelve o'clock, in the Court-room at the#East India House, in Leadenhall-street ; Sir James 'L. Lushington, Chairman of the Court of Directors, in the chair. The minutes of the proceedings of the last Court were read by the Secretary. The CHAIRMAN laid before the Court the accounts for the quarter. Mr. ltAwmxsoN said, that as Lady Malcolm was of advanced age, and the contents of the bag were found uninjured, he should dismiss the prisoner this time, but he might rest assured that the police would have their eyes upon him for the future. Mr. Payne—You have had a narrow escape, Sir; take care of yourself after this. WELCH MUTTON AND PORK.—For a considerable time past the carts of nearly all the Montgomeryshire and .Merionethshire carriers have been filled with hind quarters of small Welch mutton, destined for the London market, which arc sold in this town at 4d. per pound, and of which the London coaches almost daily carry very considerable loads. The quantity thus sent, owing to the lowness of the price, has vastly in creased this season ; and as it can be carried to Lon don from this town for id. per pound, may be sold there for 6d., and afford a fair profit, although we believe the price demanded there is very much higher. The trade in Welch pigs has also lately assumed a degree of import ance suited to the vast amount of capital drawn into Wales by the superior tending and feeding, which renders pork reared in the Principality superior to much that is fattened elsewhere. In Shrop shire several extensive dealers have recently sent agents into Merioneth, Montgomery, and Radnor shires, who remain there during the autumn and winter, purchasing at the doors of the feeders all the fat pigs they can procure at prices ruled by Shrews bury fairs, and taking them away in light spring waggons, by which they are conveyed to Shrews bury at a very trifling outlay either of time or money, and thence proceed either by the river Severn or in vans to the densely-peopled districts of the collieries and ironworks. In the course of October, November, and December, hundreds of these pigs, weighing from 10 to 25 score pounds each, weekly reach Shrews bury, and are mostly taken off into Staffordshire by the canal, or into the lower parts of Shropshire and Worcestershire by the Severn .—Shrewsbury Chronicle. EXTRAORDINARY FIRE.—On Monday week, before daybreak as the London mail was a pp roac hi ng Hunt ley, a village between Gloucester and Ross, the guard, in passing a van loaded with goods, discovered some thing on fire inside the waggon, and immediately called and gave the alarm to the driver, who quickly climbed up the side of the vehicle, removed the tar paulin, when the flames burst out with great violence. The horses becoming much frightened, started off at full gallop, and with such speed that the guard of the snail was obliged to call out to the coachman several times, to enable them to keep a-head of the fiery vehicle in the rear, which blazed away for several miles, the affrighted animals galloping at the top of their speed ; till the whole of the goods, which consisted of hops, grocery, and drapery, and the body of the waggon, were totally consumed. The driver of the van is severely burnt, and the value of the goods con sumed is very considerable. ACCIDENT TO LORD WORSLEY, M.P.—We under stand that Lord Worsley is suffering from the severe injuries he received on Saturday week, by being thrown from his horse when out hunting. It appears that his Lordship, on losing his seat, was thrown, and his horse fell upon him, by which he received some contusions, which happily are not so serious as was at first anticipated. However, such were the injuries sustained in the fall, that his Lordship, by accounts received from Manby Hall on Monday, was still com pelled to keep his chamber, and it is likely some weeks will elapse before the Noble Lord will be able to again resume the sports of the field. His Lordship and Lady Worsley were to have left Manby for Brocklesby this week, but, in consequence of the ac cident, their removal has been deferred for the present. DISTRESS AND DESTITUTION.—We are sorry to have to record the death of a poor man named Cold well, who died on Saturday last from sheer destitu tion. From the evidence on the inquest, it appeared the deceased had been long out of work, and subsisted by the kindness of neighbours almost as poor as him self. On Saturday he attended prayers at the Ca tholic chapel, and was found in a kneeling posture, immediately after the service, a corpse. It seems strange, that in a town where charity is ever going about seeking to do good, that this poor fellow's dis tress should have escaped observation and been at tended with so lamentable a result.—Cheltenham Examiner. At the inbuest held on Monday, a ver dic...f, was returned of " Died fiorn want of the common necessaries of life." AFFGHAN WAR. Mr. SALOMONS rose to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice, relative to the Affghan war, more:particularly with regard to the expense attending that war. He was now enabled to bring it forward under happier auspices, than he could have done at the last Court. Now, instead of having to allude to the desertion of Caubul, lie could refer with plea sure to the successes of our arms in that country, and to the adoption of a line of policy, which sepa rated us for ever from any further connexion with Affghani,tan.—(Hear.) He congratuated the Court on the adoption of this line of policy. The Hon. Proprietor then passed a high eulogium on the conduct of the troops under the command of Generals Nott and Pollack, and more particularly the glorious defence of Jellalabad, by Sir Robert Sale, to the conduct of whose heroic lady a great part of our successes znignt be attributed. It was impossible to bring forward his motion without alluding to the achievements of that army, and he congratulated the Court of Directors and the British army on the successes which that army had achieved. He also congratulated the Court and the country on the change of policy which had taken place. The policy of Lord Auckland was a great blunder, and it was to the honour of the present Government that they had changed it. He was opposed to what had seemed to be the policy of the Directors for some years past, namely, to submit in everything to the Executive Government. They should, therefore, review the conduct of the Court of Directors, and of the Board o f C on t ro l , i n under taking this war. He was ',glad the policy was abandoned, although he did not ap prove of the terms on which that change of policy had been announced by the Governor-Gener a l. The war was on e o f a European character ' and it was necessary to k now if th e Di rectors had taken those measures for the protection of the natives of India. It was necessary that they should know all the protests made against the war, and also what were the instructions of the Secret Committee to Lord Auckland. He knew that political questions ought not to be lightly entertained by this Court, but in a question of this nature it was the duty of the Court of Proprietors to interfere, as that Court was better fitted for the discussion of such questions than Parliament ; and notwithstanding the war was at an end, the policy on which it had been undertaken ought to be discussed; for if it had been undertaken for European objects, the whole expense of it ought not to be thrown upon India alone, It was their duty to watch narrowly the finances of India. In two years the revenue of India had been deficient five millions, and judging from what took place at the close of the Burmese war, there would be every probability of that deficit increasing. He moved that there be laid before the next Court a statement of the expense of the Affghan war, an account of all loans raised to cover the expenses of that war, and also a copy of the protest of Mr. Tucker, and any other Director, agains the war. Mr. LEWIS seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN objected to lay the accounts at pre sent before the Court, because they could not pos sibly be yet made out accurately ; when they could be so made out there would be no objection to laying them before the Court. There had been one loan raised redeemable at five per cent., to which 3,800,0001. had been subscribed, and he thought there were no reasons why further subscriptions should be received. He certainly objected to the production of the protests. The motion was then put, and negatived without a WonuaN ABBEY, BEDFORDSHIRE.—The Duke of Norfolk arrived on Friday last, from Arundel Castle, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford. The Duchess and the Ladies Howard had previously ar rived from Fornham Hall, Suffolk. Dinners, concerts, and private evening parties will be given, and their Graces will receive a succession of visitors until the close of the next month. The Earl and Countess of Albemrle Lord William Russell, Lord Foley, and the Hon. Miss Foley, and Lord Charles Russell, have been among the visitants; and his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex and the Duchess of Inverness are expected on their annual visit to their Graces about the second week in the ensuing month. EXTRAOIIDIXARY SUICIDE.—Last evening, at seven o'clock, Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Edinburgh Castle, Rhodeswell, Limehouse, on view of the body of Edward Mullins, sixty-six years of age. Mr. John Mullins, brother of the deceased, deposed that, on Monday morning, he called at his house, and not finding him within, he made search for him, and found his hat lying on the banks of the Regent's Canal, which runs at the bottom of the deceased's garden. Fearing some accident had happened to him, he pro cured the drags, and in a short time the body of the deceased was got out. He was quite dead. Ile had fastened a bucket round his neck, which he had tied tight with his handkerchief. The father of the de- Tased had been drowned about Christmas, forty-three years ago, and the deceased, at this time of the year, was always very dejected and low-spirited. At the full moon be was generally very flighty and wild. There were two incised wounds on the throat, and one in the region of the heart, apparently made by a penknife, but neither of them were held sufficient to have caused death. There.being no evidence to show how the deceased came into the water, the Jury re turned a verdict of—" Found drowned in the Regent's Canal." TILE DUKE or BOURDEAUX.—A letter from Dres den, of the 12th instant, given by the Quotidienne, in announcing the arrival there of the Duke de Bor deaux, which we have already mentioned, on a visit to the King of Saxony upon his Majesty's invitation, states that the Prince had visited the field of battle at Culm, in company with General Latour Foissac, where, in 1813, the General effected his retreat from superior forces, by cutting his way through the Rus sian columns, and bringing the remnant of his regi ment back to the French army. The letter adds, that his Royal Highness was received with every mark of affection by the Royal Family of Saxony, and that before he returns to Prague he will visit -Leipsic.— Galignani. SUICIDE FROM TIIE WANT OF POWER TO EAT.— Mr. Baker held an inquest on Monday, at the Coal meters Arms, Heath-street, Stepney, on the body of Robert Campbell, aged 72. From the e v idence of the witnesses, it appeared that the deceased's spirits had been recently much afflicted by a fear that a com plaint, under which he suffered, and which in a great measure prevented him froth . - eating any solid food, would eventually cause him to die of starvation. He often expressed his horror at the idea - of such a death, and, from the want of power to eat, grew very thin and emaciated. On the afternoon of the 6th inst. his wife went out to post a letter, and upon her return in a few minutes, saw him sitting up in bed and bleed ing from a razor wound he had inflicted on his throat. Mr. Falkner, a surgeon, was called in and attended him. The surgeon said, that the deceased would have soon died from the complaint under which he was labouring, but there was no doubt that the wound in the throat accelerated his death. He died on Monday morning. Verdict, " Temporary insanity." INGENIOUS ROBBERY. - -Yesterday the police re• ceived information that, about eight o'clock on Sunday evening, two women knocked at the door of the house of Mr. Johnson, butcher, No. 37, Adam-street, Wrest Portman-square, and said they smelt fire, and while the inmates were gone to examine the premises, they decamped, stealing a great coat, a body coat, and other articles which were hanging in the passage. Both were between thirty and forty years of age, one five feet two inches high and the other taller. Both were respectably dressed. At the late Isle of Thanet Agricultural Society's meeting, an opinion was expressed by Mr. Boys and several Kactical agriculturists against the use of four horse ploughs in the Isle of Thanet, where the use of one horse might generally be dispensed with. Mr. Coleman said, he had been over 50,000 or 60,000 acres of land lately, in his engagements in the apportion ment of tithes, and he could say, without fear of con tradiction, that this county might produce two bushels extra per acre if the land were more highly cultivated. —Kent Paper. His Serene Highness the Prime of Mecklenburg Strclitz, and suite, embarked early this morning on board the General Steam Navigation Company's mail packet, Countess of Lonsdale, Captain R. S. Stranack, for Hamburgh, The Lord Chancellor has been pleased to appoint Francis Hernaman, Esq., who has been engaged many years as a banker and merchant at Torquay and New ton Abbott, to be an official assignee of her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy for the district of Leeds. LONDON Docics.—ln consequence of the numerous fatal accidents that have occurred lately by persons falling into the docks and being drowned, and which accidents have generally- occurred after dusk, the Directors of the Dock Company have resolved that iron railings shall be fixed up round those portions of the docks where accidents are likely to arise. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN IN 6, _DECEMBER 21, 1642 post which he had held under the previous govern went, and to put a European in his place—the Eu ropeans adding to the insult by invariably treating the natives as beings of an inferior class, unfit to mix in the same society, to dwell in the same build ing, much less to sit at the same table. Thus we had acted in Mysore, notwithstanding the strong opi nions expressed by the late Marquis of Wellesley and his brother the Duke of Wellington, in favour of a contrary policy.—(Hear, hear.) The effect of this conduct towards the natives was visible in the dete rioration of their character. They had no voice in the making of • the .laws by which they were governed. They had no share in the executive government, and very little in the adminis tration of justice. There was now a commission sitting to frame a body of laws for the administration of justice in the empire, and it was comp ose d altoge ther of Europ e ans.—(Hear, hear.) It was vain for us to attempt to elevate the character of the Hindoos by education, through the means of universities, public schools, and other such institutions, whilst we with hold from them every inducement toself improvement, all the roads to wealth and honour, by means of public employments, b e i ng closed against them. In support of this view, he quoted largely from Sir Thos. Munroe and others. In truth, the public seminaries were of little use for the purpose of elevating the character 4: the natives. Th ose o f hi gh caste would n ot send their sons to them, be cause there was no market for the talents of an educated native ; therefore it was only • the inferior_ castes who availed themselves of these in stitutions, and they only sent their sons there to qualify them for the office of copyist in the public departments. Thus those expensive establishments fur promoting education were of little or no use. It would be quite otherwise if natives were employed in public offices of high - rank 'and im portant duties, for the discha rge o f w hi c h t h ey were, by their knowledge of the language, manners, habits, temper, and prejudices of the people, immeasurably better fitted than Europeans, however talented, Could be rendered by any education. The Hon. Proprietor then argued at great length to prove the fitness of the natives for office, and to disprove the allegation that they could not be trusted. He referred confidently to the trial th a t h a d been made of them as J u d ges in courts of law and justice, which he said was by no means a fair or adequate trial. He was convinced that our administration of the Government had not tended to the improvement of the country. Under the native chiefs, property was as safe as under our Government, and the police was far better. All the great works for which the country is remarkable, were constructed under the native chiefs. Here again, the Honourable Proprietor referred to the same authorities from which he had quoted before. In a dispatch from Lord Minto, in 1811, the countries under the British Government were described as infested by murderers and robbers; and in 1841 the state of things was precisely the same. In the latter year the Indian n ewspapers describ ed the prevalence of murder, and affirmed that whatever other blessings the English Government might have con ferred upon Hindostan, the security of lif e an d property could not be numbered amongst them. In this respect, the contrast was very greatly in favour of the worst native Governments. He had heard it objected, that if we opened the door to the natives of Hindostan for advancement in civil offices, we should be obliged to do something for them also in the military department;—(Hear, hear.) He would ask, why not ? Our Alusselman predecessors had not scrupled to avail themselves of the high military quali tieof some of their Hindoo subjects.—(Hear, hear.' (LEFT SPEAKING.) RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. Lzwts_, in bringing forward his mo ti on re l a tive to the Raja of Sattara, trusted he should not be met with a motion of adjournment. The subject of the guilt or innocence of the Raja of Sattara had been discussed in the Court, on which occasion Ge neral Lodwick, who had been one of the Sattara Commissioners, gave it as his opinion that the evidence was not sufficient to support the charges against the Raja of Sattara—that the Raja had not had a fair trial, that he had not been permitted to be present at the inquiry, that he had not been permitted to have the assistance of an advo cate, either native or European, to support his cause, and that he had been refused a copy of the depositions of the witnesses. These statements had produced a strong sensation in the public mind from the source from whence they had emanated. General Lodwick had been a member of the Commission. Ile had en tered on the inquiry with strong prepossessions against the Raja. He had heard the evidence of the Soubadars, and of Ballajee Punt Nattoo, and in consequence of their representations, General Lodwick had suggeMed to the Bombay Government the pro• priety of making the inquiry. Under these circum stances, it was not surprising that the statements of Gen. Lodwick should have produced a strong sensation in the Court. The other members of the Commission thinking that their conduct had been reflected on by that statement, had presented a petition to the Bengal Government in vindication of their conduct. That petition had been brought forward in the Court of Proprietors by an Hon. Proprietor (Mr. Fielden), who had evidently come forward under the guidance of high authority. FIELDEN w —NO, no ; I deny that. I came for ward solely on my own responsibility, without any connection with the Court of Directors. The CHAIRMAN said that since their last meeting additional papers had been received, and it would be impossible for the Court of Proprietors to come to a just decision on the subject until those papers should have been laid before them. He always wished to put a stop to the discussion. The Court of Proprietors had twice shown a desire by their votes that the discussion should be brought to a close. Of course if the Hon. Proprietor wished to bring forward the discussion, it would be impossible to prevent him ; but if the dis cussion were to go on, it would be for the advantage of all parties that the additional papers recently re ceived should be laid before the Court. He would, therefore, suggest to Mr. Lewis the propriety of post poning his motion until those papers should be printed. Mr. LEWIS said his only object was to : elicit truth, and to establish if the Raja was a guilty or an inno cent person ;- and if the Hon. Chairman assured him that these additional papers were calculated to throw light upon the question of the guilt or inno cence of the Raja, he would postpone his motion until the papers should be printed, on the under,stand ing that a day should be fixed before the next Quar terly Court for the discussion. The CHAIRMAN intimatecrhis assent to Mr. Lewis' proposition, and the motion was withdrawn for the present. ADJOURNMENT. Mr. LEWIS postponed his mot i on re l at i ve to the practice of moving adjournment s of the Court of Pro prietors by way of amendment to a motion. EMPLOYMENT OF NATIVES. Mr. SULLIVAN said that, in advocating the important question which he was about to submit to the Court, it was only to remove the injurious misapprehensions which prevailed respecting it, and he was induced to bring it forward only from an imperious sense of duty. It was to him, besides, a matter of serious importance, as a great part of his property was in vested in India ; and in twenty months the book debts in that country had fallen from a premium of 12 per cent. to a discount of 1 per cent. The Hon. Member then went into a statement to show the great dete rioration which had of late taken place in funded and a other property in that part of our posse ss i ons . In former, difficulties the Indio Government had always in prospect some certain means of relief; if they were at war, they had vi c t ory i n th e perspective, and when they conquered they either gained territory or pecuniary compensati on f or th e i r expenses. Even the Burmese war—th e mos t dis astrous of all—was scarcely an exception to the ge neral rule ; for not only was considerable territory added to our dominions by the success in that war, but a large sum of money was extorted from the enemy to indemnify us for our expenses. The Com pany to trusted that no re cruit h t h a e d i r n o e x l i o m n u g s e t r e d a tr m e a o s n u o r p y o , ly i and n b e one now looked to a revenue from a tax upon opium.—(Hear, hear.) 1 . Vithou t a re d uc ti on o f expenditure it was Impossible to retrieve the financial difficulties of the Government. It was the opinion of every person a cquainted with the affairs of British India, that the b est way to im prove the condition of the inhabitants of th at emp i re , and to render its possession valuable to us, was to admit the natives to offices of trust and emolument. The lion. Member then quoted several authorities in support of this opinion, and showing that under the Mongol and all the Mohammedan dynasties, Hindoos were eligible to all offices in the State. These au thorities had hitherto had n o weight, and it was on this account he thought it time to bring the subject under the consideration of the Court. There were now upwards of 800 Europeans holdin g offices in India, whi c h, before our possession of the country were filled, under the Mohammedan rulers, by n ative Hindoos. But the employment of Hindc os in these situations would give the Government a m ean „f very great r e t renc h men t; because a llindoo wou ld b e as well off upon one -f o urth of the income which would be necessary to an European of the same rank. Yet from the time of our occupation of any new territory, it - was our practice, hitheito, to remove every llindoo, or other native, &Om the LITERATURE. MRS. HALL'S IRELAND, No. XXVL How, London, 1842. The present is a double Number, and contains —in addition to two excellent maps of the counties of Donegal and Mayo—views of that romantic locality entitled the Kelleries, in Gal way ; and of Achill, a large, wild, thinly peopled island, lying a mile or two off the Irish coast of Mayo. This last view is very carefully finished off, even down to its minutest details ; and the group in the mountain foreground, consisting of a sportsman, and a pretty-looking, bare-legged peasant-girl, who is leaning with a free and easy air against a little white, shaggy pony, produces a very pleasing, and picturesque effect. The work, we understand, will be com pleted in one more Number. • DUBLIN REVIEW, No. XXVI. Dolman, London, 1842. The chief defect of the Number before us—a defect, by which this Review has been charac terised almost ever since its first establishment —is the general tediousness and want of spirit and variety of its articles. True, they contain infbrmation, and of no uninteresting nature, but this information is put forth in so tame and life less a manner, that it loses at least half its value. This is particularly the case with the notice of " Faber's Foreign Churches," which it is quite a task to read, though it is by no means wanting n a certain sort of knowledge, compounded in learly equal proportions, of theology and his . The review of "Palmer's Letters to Wise .tin" is another heavy article; but as it is on a subject in which many people are interested just now—namely, Catholicism, it will,we suppose, find attentive readers. " Spain and her Resources," speaks of Mr. Prescott's account of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella in just such terms as that eloquent and impartial history deserves. In the course of his notice, the Reviewer gives a brief, intelligent, biographical sketch of the famous Cardinal Ximenes—one of the most illus trious statesmen that Spain ever produced, and whose whole chequered career is a romance of the wildest character. In an article, headed " Depopulation, Fixity of Tenure," the Reviewer gives the following anecdote :—" The Right Hon. J. W. Croker, who is generally co ns id ere d one of the pri nc ip a l conductors of the Quarterly, and whom, from his long absence fr o m Ireland, we may now set down as an Engli s h Conservative, when first he came to London, wrote a work on the condition of the Irish peasantry, which a literary friend once declared to us was the best, most vigorous, and most scathing exposure of the iniquities of the Irish landlords that he had ever read. It was soon withdrawn, and we have never been able to get a copy." The remaining articles are of average merit. :ury The Cheltenham stag-hounds, on Tuesday, had a narrow escape of adding another item to the long cata logue of " dreadful railway accidents." The meet had been the Rising Sun, and the stag having given its pursuers a smart run thence in a circuit round the town, crossed the railroad near Badgeworth, just as one of the Gloucester trains came up. The fore most dog was instantly crushed beneath the carriages, and had the train been a few seconds later, the whole of the pack must have shared the same fate, as the hounds were at the mom en t com i ng f u ll s p ee d down the bank, but the engine being at full speed also, the train had passed before they crossed in pursuit, fol lowed by such of the field as were up at the time. The stag was captured all safe at Badgeworth.— Cheltenham Looker-on. MEDICAL PRIVILEGES.—A paragraph, which ori ginated, we believe, with the Globe, recently appeared in our columns, to the effect, " that degrees in medi cine, or diplomas in surgery, of Scotch Universities or Colleges confer no privileges out of Scotland, do not qualify to hold medical or surgical appointments under the New Poor-law Act—the Militia or Prison Acts of Parliament." We have since referred to the Prisons Act, 4 George IV., c. 64, and we find by the 33d section that the latter statement is wholly untrue. We are inclined to believe that the statement relative to the Militia must be also untrue—for no such regu lation exists in the army, the navy, or in the East India Company's service, in which medical men with Scotch degrees or diplomas stand on the same footing as English. The Globe added " the Poor-law Com missioners have recently dismissed all those who hold Scotch diplomas from their offices under them as un qualified." We are enabled to give a decided contra diction to this, and we believe not a single dismissal has taken place.— Gloucestershire Chronicle. DEAN PARK, NEAR WANSFORD.—The Earl and Countess of Cardigan have been receiving .a succession of visitors, including Lord George Paget, Lord Maid stone, Hon. Col. Anson, Mr. De Burgh and Mrs. De Burgh, and some of the leading members of the Mel ton Mowbray Hunt, who have formed the circle. DESTRUCTION OF Fism—The slaughter of salmon in the Teviot and its tributaries has been, and is still, carried on to a disgraceful extent, hundreds of fish being taken daily, and that without the smallest hind rance being offered.—Kelso Mail. BUEGIILEY HOUSE, NEAR STAAIFORD.—The Mar quis end Marchioness of Exeter are entertaining a dis tinguished circle. There was to be a grand ball at the Assembly Rooms, Stamford, last night, under the auspices of the Marquis of Exeter, Marquis ofGranby, M.P., Earl of Lindsey, Hon. Colonel Lowther, M.P., and Lady Eleanor Lowther, Sir J. Trollope, Bart„ M.P., and Lady Trollope, Dowager Countess of Lindsey, &c. VELOCITY or SOUND.—In a still night, the voices of the workmen at the distillery at Battersea may be heard at Westminster-bridge, an interval of three miles. The watch,-word at Portsmouth, it is said, can be heard at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, a distance of four or five miles. The echo in Woodstock-park is repeatedseventeen times by day and twenty by night. The artillery, at the siege of Genoa by the French, was heard at Leghorn, a distance of ninety miles. The firing at the battle of Waterloo was heard at Dover, at a distance, in a direct line, of 140 miles, of which 110 were over land, and the remainder over - water.—F. Winslow's Health of Body and Mind. MONEY MARKET and-CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The following was posted to-clay at the Stock Exchange : "FROM THE COMMITTEE OF SPANISH AMERICAN BONDHOLDERS. " Austinfriars, Dec. 19, 1842. " SlR, — Herewith we beg to accompany a translation of a decree issued by the Mexican Government, rati fying the agreement made by us in behalf of the said Government with the holders of Mexican bonds, dated the 10th of October last, whereby an additional pro portion of the Custom-house revenues of Vera Cruz and Tampico is appropriated to the discharge of the foreign debt. We think it right at the same time to state, that we are empowered by the Ms.xican Go vernment either to issue stock for the amount of our commission and expenses under the said assignment, or to deduct the same from the proceeds of the new assignment made on the Custom-house revenues by the aforesaid degree. We remain, &c., " F. DE LIZARD' and CO. " G. R. Robinson, Esq., Chairman, tk.c." " Palace of the ation, Mexico, Oct. 10, 1842. " DEPARTM ENT OF S TATE AND FINANCE FOR THE SUP. GOVERNMENT OF THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC, IST SECTION. " His Excellency the Provisional President of the Republic has been pleased to issue the following decree : " Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, General of Divi sion of the National Armies, and now President of the Mexican Republic, hereby makes known to all the inhabitants thereof— " That in consideration of the advantages which result from the agreement made in London on the 11th of February, 1842, with the holders of Mexican bonds, whereby a saving of 2,500,000 dollars is effected in favour of the National Treasury; taking also into consideration the circumstance that the decree in virtue whereof said agreement was made, although apparently with the sanction of the Government, did not receive publicity at the proper time, which legal defect prevented its being forthwith carried into exe cution according to the forms prescribed by the Con stitution which was then in force; and, finally, taking into consideration the wants of the National Treasury at the present moment; in use and exercise of the powers granted me by the seventh article of the settle ment of Taenbaga, as sworn to by the Representa tives of the Departments, I have seen fit to issue the following decree : " Article 1. The additional amount of 31 per cent. of all the duties receivable at the custom-houses of Vera Cruz and of Santa Anna de Tamaulipas shall be set aside and reserved for the redemption of the foreign debt, in pursuance of the agreement made by the agents of the Republic on the 11th of February, 1842, with the holders of Mexican bonds. " Article 2. The additional amount of the custom duties spoken of in the preceding article shall be set aside, and preserved for the purposes therein stated, on and after the Ist of January, 1843. " Wherefore I orderand direct that this decree be printed, published, and circulated, for its due fulfil ment and observance. " Palace of the National Government, in Mexico, Oct. 10, 1842. " ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA. " 6 Y. PRIGUEROS, Minister of Finance,' "All which I communicate to you for your in formation and government. " FRIGUEROS. "Messrs. F. de Lizardi and Co., London." The impression from the perusal of this decree has been of a satisfactory kind, since it is an act proceed ing from the Mexican Government without any knowledge of the differences between 'the house of agency and the shareholders relative to the surplus issues of stock which have taken place, and of such a nature too as to create an additional provision to meet those issues. At th e same ti me it is proper to remark, that it does not afford a complete justifica tion to the agents, who only now receive the authority to pay themselves by a portion of the remittances or by an issue of new bonds. On the whole it is to be hoped that the Mexican Government will stand in point of credit in as good a position as before these occurrences have taken place ; and that they will not relax in their efforts, not only to maintain, but to im prove that position. Before dismissing this subject it may be observed that the members of the Stock Exchange have ex pressed much dissatisfaction that the decree did not make its appearance earlier in the market than was actually the case. Indeed, the delay requires some explanation, as it is generally believed that the above correspondence was in the possession of parties at such an hour yesterday as would have enabled them, with the least forethought and diligence, to havo made it public at the first opening of the market. As such delays invariably lead to the suspicion that some un fair advantage is taken of the exclusive possession of information of this description, they should be avoided as much as possible. It will be seen that the fluctua tions which have taken place since the appearance of the decree have produced a consickrable impression on the market; and hence we cannot wonder that those who sold stock the first thing in the morning, and at the lowest price of the day, should consider themselves aggrieved. In the English funds to-day nothing remarkable has occurred, farther than the continued heaviness in prices, originating with the unpleasant aspect of af fairs between France and England relative to the Barcelona insurrection. The "time bargain" dealers appear doubtful of operating either way, and hence, in the general suspense, business is almost at a stand. Mexican has fluctuated between 30j- and 321, the two extreme points of the market, under the influence of the announcement of the decree of Santa Anna re gulating the payment of the dividend to the foreign creditor. There was not a great deal of business transacted, and nothing like enough to support the ad vance which in thefirst instance occurred in the quota tion. From 321, the highest quotation gained, a re action followed, and 3i t to was the final one noted in the lists of the day. In other securities no new feature was observable. • The premium on gold at Paris is 124 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 103 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 46k, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 67f, it follows that gold is 0.84 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 431:1- per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 B+, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 92, it follows that gold is 0.68 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1061 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 3.07 per cent. against England ; but the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. POST.—In the foreign house, Mexican Stock was the principal interest dealt in. Some further explana tions afforded by Messrs. - Lizardi and Co., respecting the conversion, served t o g i ve a new impulse t o t he market for such securities. The Actives were done, at one moment, as high as 32k , b ith Consols and the o th er description s of f u s t i a o ck lo i ng m in which there were transactions, they eventually receded, leaving off at 311 to -8-. The explanati ons o f M essrs. Li zar di an d C o . w ill suffice, it Is hoped i to dissipate the suspicions enter tained, or said to be entertained, in certain quarters, as to the fact of the late conversion of Mexican Bonds having been in accordance with the instructions of the Government of the Republic. Messrs. Lizardi and Co. having obtained, through the embassy, the documents requisite for the substantiation of their perfect right to proceed on the principle they have done, even in the mode of settlement of their charge for expenses and commission, lost no time inlaying the same before the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders. The correspondence appears above. The agreement entered into between the bondhold ers and Messrs. Lizardi and Co., is fully recognised, and it is a importance that the appropriation of reve nue at the Custom-houses of Vera Cruz and Tampico should be extended in the manner proposed. This is an advantage that the bondholders have been long de sirous of securing, and, in acceding to their wishes, the Mexican Government are believed to do the very utnidst the financial situation of the Republic will admit of. _ _ renewed A The attacks on Messrs. Lizardi at the pre sent moment are curiously ill-timed, and equally so are the strictures passed on the conduct of those who havo)defended them. It had been asked why, instead of commencing their investigations with this Mexican affair, the Committee of the Stock Exchange did not look a little into the more serious matter of the clandestine issues of Spain ? The reply to this in qu;ry, is, that " two blacks do not make a white," and although there can be little desire to question the accuracy of the proposition, it may be observed, that a house of high standing, like that of Messrs. Lizardi and Co. show but a proper degree of self-esteem in refusing to treat with parties who, in pursuance of their, interested purposes, assume first one colour and theu,another, as the occasion may require. The Com mittee of the Stock Exchange and the assailants of Messrs. Lizardi and Co. present a fair specimen of this chameleon-like species in connexion with the Mexican business, while, in his inconsistent treatment of the two cases in which he is acting as agent, a lead ing capitalist and contractor furnishes another. CHRONICLE.—A shopkeeper and subscriber sent us some useful observations lately on the subject of the tea duties. Our Correspondent remarks that— " About 1836 it was represented by the importers and merchants that the difficulty of distinguishing Bohea from Congou tea was so great, that it would be better to have a fixed duty on all teas, which was ac ceded to by Goveriment. What was the next thing applied for? Why, that Bohea tea should be admitted S V N ,-- - - ....„ ft 7 :•., ',,,A. ~4. 4' 2 ,1; . V:,t. , -_.= - - ,A- f.i' -.A,' - , i ' • -, 1 ,- ~ at a duty of Is. 6d. per lb. till July. By Witty mull , _ A an immense quantity of B o h ea was importe4-tkati - -I' - ' — believe, some may yet be on hand. At aliqi4nisV.V:-; MT Bohea tea that cost 9d. per lb. in 1836, was sold by the merchants in March, 1840, at 4s. 9d. per lb., hav ing only paid Is. 6d. duty. If it had been at the on • ginal duty, 95 per cent., it might have been sold at 20d. per lb., and that might now be the wholesale price. We were told such stuff as Bohea wouldhot be imported at 2s. Id. duty, and that the poor would have a better article. "Was that immense importation before July a proof of giving the poor better tea? But what is now the fact? Why, that instead of about 10,000,000165. of Bohea tea (as usual) being landed in 1842, only about 570,000 are imported as Bohea, and the rest as Congou, Po uc h ong , or some such change of name, the article being the same, or, like most other things of modern manufacture, worse." The mo s t important fact brought out in the above letter is the extraordinary falling off in the importa r tion of Bohea tea, which has been diminished from 10 ,000,0001b5. to 570,0001b5. The actual quantities imported this year up to the 30th of November last, were, of Bohea (Canton) 478,0001b5., and of Bohen, (Fokien) 1 07,0001b5., being in all 585,0001b5. ; the great bulk of the entire imports for this year of 29,305,0001b5. being imported as "Congou 'to the amount of 19,300,0001b5. Why is this ? The an swer is, that as all teas pay the same duty, the im porters class their teas as of the higher qualities, so that the poor are robbed, and "Congou " has nearly driven "Bohea" out of the market. Yet a great part of the teas imported as " Congou," consists of nothing but "Bohea" under another name. At least ' 10,000,0001b5. of the 19,000,0001b5. imported as " Congou," most probably would be more correctly classified as " Bohea," and would be so classified if the duty were taken on the ad valorJm principle. On looking back to the list sent us by a City house, of their retail prices before and after the treaty, we observe that " Bohea" is sold at 3s. 4d. and 3s. 3d. per lb., while " Congou," with its varieties, rises from a minimum price of 3s. 7d. up to ss. per lb., the latter being the tea generally in use amongst the families of the middle classes. Merchants avoid the blunder of putting a low-priced name upon their chests. They have a very sparing supply of "Bohea," but " Con gou" they have to any quantity, and this " Congou," ( too, is disguised by a pleasing variety of qualiti es a nd flavour. Thus w e have, first of all, " ordinary Congou," the n " useful Congou ;" next, " good Con gou, full flavour ;" after that "strong Congou blackish leaf;" next, "fine Congou, Pekoe Souchong kind ;" following that comes " finest Congou, wiry blackish leaf, full rich Pekoe Souchong flavour." This last grandiloquent combination of unintelligible words —which, being interpreted, means simply a pound of good black tea, fit for family use—closes the amusing catalogue of "Congous." The list then begins again with " Souchongs, Pouchongs," and other assimilations to " hongs," until the reader is lost in a Babylon of names, and reaches the green tea on " llyson" nomenclature. Now all this artificial scale of "Congous" has been invented by the tricks of trade, to enhance the price of black tea. The im porters, we presume, are the first inventors, and the retail dealers improve upon their ideas until poor " black tea" is expelled almost from society, a victim of this endless transmigration into the vitality of " Congous." These examples show the manner in which the uniform duty of 2s. ld. per lb. has worked in practice, and how erroneous the opinion is, " that the poor have thus obtained a better article." They have got, to be sure, an article with a better name, but it is simply an old friend with a new face, looking down upon them from a pinnacle of price which they are totally unable to reach. SUN.—The Stock Market did not leave off better than it opened, and there was a report that pigeon ex presses brought the prices of the French funds rather lower this afternoon. Consols were 933 to 93 3, closing buyers at the latterprice. The usual purchase was made in the Reduced Threeper Cent. Annuities at 943 by the Government broker. Exchequer Bills brought 495. to .51s. premium ; and Reduced Thiee-and-a-Half . per Cents., 101 to 3. Bank Stock was 1711 to 172 i. In the Foreign Market there was no buoyancy, but Mexican Stock slightly improved, on account of decree received, it is said, by the Acadia steamer, directing that one-fifth of the Customs' duties should be set apart for the completion of the dividend upon the foreign debt. The Bonds were 303 to 31 ; Spanish Actives closed at 184 ; and the Three per . Cents. at 243. Brazil Stock was firmer at 691 ; Russian Bonds brought 1123 ; and Dutch Five per Cents., 1001 to 1. Since the morning the only sales in the Sh are Market have been i n Great Western at 25, and in the New at 144 premium. Brighton were 133 to 14 discount. A luta alasia Bank Shares realised 14 prem. The thmand for Bills of Exchange was about equal - to that of last post-day, and the rates paid did not vary to any extent, being these :—Amsterdam, 12 54 ; Antwerp, 12 54 ; Frankfort, 151! 3; Paris, 25 . 873 c. to 921 Hamburgh, 13 113 3; and Trieste 9 59 to 10. The following are the official i eturns of the ex - ports of Bullion from the port of London for tLe week ending Thursday last : oz. Silver Coin to Calais Silver Bars ditto COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 Si:Gibraltar .. . 46 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 9 Genoa Antwerp l2 Si Milan Hamburgh M. B. 13 14 Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 26 0 Palermo, per az 120 Ditto, 3 months 26 5 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 5 Rio Janeiro 25 Frankfort on Maine ...1521 Bahia Petersburgh, 3 Us. ... 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, effec. fi. 3 M lO 1 Philadelphia 4l Trieste, ditto lO 2 IrarcEs OF BULLION, PER oz, Madrid Cadiz Bilbao 36 Portugal Gold C•in 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville ... 36 New Dollars .... • • ...... 0 V 9 Silver in Bars ..... 0 411 IRELAND. SHOCKING MURDER NEAR DUBLIN. DUBLIN, DEc. 19.—At an early hour yesterday morning the body of a man was found in a m b il u o rn is in i g n lime-kiln, at Miltown, near this a extremity xem, t c rp i ee t r flock. residingiiletnye doe The dlvfhtnih d acebe i ha s or c ui o set i ses village risyz was made by a boy, named Patrick Tynam, s t o h n e ,s e - m hr p id lo g 3 e -m , employment theof awdeasitreyrinli oofelolcikltoinwtnh.e morningi He stated t to the h li im mediately adjoining his master's premises, for the purpose of warming a quantity of brewer's wash for the cows over the fire with which it was filled. There was, at the time, no appearance of daylight, and he perceived no trace of any persons near the kiln. After giving the wash to the cows, he again went out of the stables, when he immediately perceived a strong smell f burning flesh proceeding from the kiln. H e that into s t o h n o i e fi or fire, his an dem ployer's at d o n necke smight occurred il a v t e o accordingly hastened towards the door of the kiln, on opening which he was horrified at beholding the body fa h l i l m en of a dead man, with the throat frightfully cut, stretched on the top of the burning mass. Assistance was instantly procured, and the corpse taken from the fire, in which, from its appearance, it could not have been lying many minutes. The boy asserts positively that not more than a quarter of an hour elapsed be• tween his first and second visit to the kiln, and in the interim he heard no noise and saw no persons passing near the place. The remains have not yet been identified. They are those of a young man, apparently about twenty. five years of age, five feet seven inches in height, and with lass black curled hair. He had on Oxford grey trctuers, red striped cotton shirt, and shoes, but the remainder of his dress appears to have been stolen or lost. When found, the body Wa s lying on the right side, which was partly discoloured from the smoke. The fingers of the right hand, and the right foot, are much burned, but the head and trunk ap pear to have sustained but little injury from the fire. The wound on the throat extends from the windpipe to the right ear. Dr. lkilearthy, Coroner of the County Dublin, was in attendance during the day, and signified his inten tion of holding an inquest on the body at eleven o'clock next morning. A party of the City police and constabulary were also early on the spot, but, not withstanding the most active inquiries on their part during the day, no traces that could lead to an expla nation of the fearful deed have been discovered. The general impression among the speetators is, that the murder had been committed at some distance away, and that the body was afterwards conveyed to the lime-kiln with the intention of having it consumed before any discovery could take _place. The spot where the deceased was found is not far from the place where Garlibardo, the Italian boy, was murdered. An inquest was held this day, and the inquiry is now in progress. A man who works in a factory in the vicinity has been arrested upon suspicion. It is said that the deceased was a tailor, and that he has been recognised by some persons in that trade. TILE MAURITIUS.—This colony is in a Most unsa tisfactory state. Everybody complains. Since the emancipation of the slaves the colonists have great dif ficult), in obtaining labourers. Those who come from India only engage for a year, and their expenses are paid out and home. At the end of their year most of them return to their country, taking with them the money they have earned, and the consequence is that the circulating medium is gradually leaving the colony. —Galignanis Messenger. DRY MEASURE. —The measure when used by the proprietors of fruit -stalls is different from any other. It is formed by battering the sides of pewter pots, and occa s i ona ll y placing leaves in the bottom. A balance, made from the bottom of a small candlestick and the lid of a large saucepan is well adapted to the dealings of itinerant vendors.—Puuch.