The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-23 00:00:00

rbirb Illation SUN-OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK, ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &.-... LONDON', FRIDAY, DEC. 23. NiaMixii Dividend . net at per • CANALS. per Shares. Annum. 'Paid. Share. 1,7f6 7 per eenl.Ashton& Oldham...Average97l.lBs.sh. 12 1,462 41. As hby.de.le.Zouch ....Average 1131.5 h • 12 ,xa ...e Basingstoke... lool.s h . 5 1,0b5 51. Brecknock and Abeigavenny lsol.sh. 92 11,000'146th. 121. Birmingham.l.l6th share ...MI. & 711. 180 1.000 . ».»« « Ditto & Liverpool Junct. l2 I . sh . 100 pd 21 SOO 3 1. Bridgewater and Taunton.lol ll o o, all pi - 400 51. Chelmar and Blackwater oo..sh. 101 LIM 321. Coventry 1001.1 h. 295 . Cr0yd0n.......... Average 3 11.25 10d. sh .:- 00000 .. -,1020`e 51. Os, Dudley 1001. sh. 93 400 18i. Derby lool.sh . 120 , 0 00 4 per Gent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d.pd 31 3571'1f 4' Ellesmere and Chester Average 133;.5h . 69 831 621 Erewash . O 1001.sn, 690 6,4. i ilit. Forth had Clyde lOOl. sb. 1001. pd. 152 . 4 :3 74. Grand Junction.... ........... ....MI. a n 118 3,e49t 25e. Grand Union lool.sh :6 ..500 ... Grand Surrey 1,0001 41. percent. Ditto (optional) aan . 1001. 3 , 04 .. Grand Western fIOU 13.12 . 8.8 d. Glamnrganthire, Aver. c05t1721.135.48. 110 740 121 . ( Iran:hi/N (1 . ...... ... - ..... ... .1501.5 h. 220 4 . 128 100 ...... .. Kensington lOO rh. allpd 10 25,323 0/..155. Kennet and Avou t Av. 32/.lBs. BM. sh 1234 11,6175* 1/. 105. Lancaster Average 471. Os. 8d 2734 2,6171 241. Leed sand Liverpool lOOl.O 600 544 1 , 1. 101. Leicester 140/.11. 145 1,097 51.95. Leicester& Northampton Aver 531.10 r 71 2,402 101. Monmouthshire loOl.st 200 250 131, Melton Mowbray lOO/.2h. 117 600 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001.5h. 510 3,000 11. 10s. 51acclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd. 15 247 171, Neat h 1001.51.. 365 11,400 5/. Peak Forest......... Aver age about 781.511. 55 1 ,418 %I. Regent's (or London) Av.331.165.8d.5h. 1734 5,669 el. Rochdale Average E.6l.sh. 58 /00 N. Shropshire l2sLsh. 135 800 111. 10s. Somerset Coal ....1501.5h. 170 3,4001. 6 percent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121.105.5 h. 114 700 361, Stafford and Worcester 1401.5 h . 686 100 15!, Shrewsbury 125/. eh. 280 300 91. 3toursridge.....-.... 1451.1 h. 396 3,047 21. Os. Stratford.on.Avon Aver-791. 9s. MI. sh. 33 538 1211 Swansea lool.sh. 230 3,762 21. Its. Severe and Wyc &Railway Av. 2 61.95. sh. 45 2,60055 b. 32/. 10s. Trent and Mersey, i share . lOOl. Th. 6,149 ....... Thames and Medway Av. 19 1 .. hs. Bd. sh. 2 144311 9 141. Warwick and Birmingham lool.sh 169 I,ooolBh. 980 104 Warwick and lupus. lool.sh. 117 7,000 41. Worcester & Birmingham Av.7Bl.Bs.sh. 52% 5,005 365. Wilts and Barks Average 671. 10. Bd. sh. 16 800 6... Wyrlev and Essington....... 1251. sh '74 .28 ... Win:mean lO5l. sh. 3U 1103 It Wet and Aru n. 1101. en. 25 DOCKS. 2000 & 1 3n e. COTllMere.tli ......... ••••••••••••••••••• 100i.ih. f 2 1,06515 h. e 5 per cent. East and West India ............. Stock 1133 0 ,239,31011. 3 1 1/.p.ct. London ...........5t0ck 84 Ditto Bonds 2,200 3!. 6s. sd. Bristol Average 14'1.95. sh . 75 0E 1 ,324/. 5!. par eent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 312,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 10.532 500.000 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds ... lOl 201000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years ..... ...... .. Deptford Pier 0 01. sh. 201. pd 10 BRIDGES. 1,600 11. Hammersmith .501. , :h. 2134 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 6.31.25. Bd. sh. 1.780 11. 15s. Ditto, New. of 7 1 1 per cent., ..... 501. s h . 19 a,OOO ........ Waterloo 1001. sh. 3 5,000 ..2.2a. oa . , Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 601. p 4 1834 5,000 19a. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. ... 4O/. pd 16% 60,0001. Mgr cent. - Ditto Bonds 5,848 Vauxhall .......,.Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh sB ASBUItANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion 'ool. sh. 50/. pd 69 51,000 i 6 pe r cent , 'l Allianceßritish it Foreignlool.sh.ll/. pd 1434 " 15s. 51,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOOl. sh. 51. pd 5 1 % 24,000 V. per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 14% I,2ooish. 51. Birmingham 1. ire 4501. 5h.55/. pd 10734 215,000 4/. percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 41 12,000 01. per cent. British Commerotal 5Ol. sh. 5/, pd 6% 5,001! 51. per cent. Clerical & 'Medical Life, 1001. sh.2llos pd 6% 4,000 2/ Os County lOOl. ch. 101. pd 111 20,000 ss. Eagle 'Ol. sh. 5/. pd 434 100 f . s .psv i n . l Economic Lite 10001. sh. 2501. pd 400 " 2,271 225. per cent. European Li. .01. sh. all pd 20 50,010 2s. Ditto, New 201. sh. 21. pd 174, 1.000,0001. f/. per ct Globe Stock 104 20,000 5/. Guareian .10,000 4s. di Hope sol.sh. 51. pd 5% 2,400 M. 124. 6 d. Imperial Fire 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 147 7,500 10s. 6d. Imperial Lite lOOl. sh. 101. pd 13 /3,159 5/. percent. Indemnity Marine lOO/. sh. 8/. pd 33 2,020 31 10s Kent Fire sol.sh. all pd 91 3/. Ditto Life 5O/. pd 10,000 2.5 s Law Life lOOl. sh. 101. pd 33 5,006 1.111. London, Fire 25/. sh. 12!. 103. pd 17 3,000 10s. London, Ship .......:251. sh. 121. 105. pd 17 :,00',,0001. ..• ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 25,000 5/. per cent National Loan Fund.- 201. sh 2/. 103. pd 2% 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. 2/. pd 50,000 51. per cent. Protector Life 0 0/. sh. 1!. pd 18s 0d 25,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters .... 1001. sh. 51. pd 534 2,500 1/. Provident Lite lOOl. sh. 101. pd 20 601,000 4s. Od. Rock Life 289,220/ 51. percent. Royal Exchange Stock 170 6 000 5 per cent. University Life 1001.a15. 51. pd 11 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS. 5,000 ....... Agric. and Coin. of Ireland2sl. sh. 101. pd 15,000 8 per sent. Australasia 101. sh. 401. pd 54 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Birxiingham 501. sh. 10/. pd 133 3 10,000 19 percent. Birmingham Bank . 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 13 31,000 6 percent. London & Westmi nster .. 100/. oh. 201. pd 2114 60,000 5/. London Joint Stock 50!. sh. 10/. pd 135 ; 3,008 4 per cent. Lancaster ..............«.«..1001. eh. 201. pd 30 25,000 10 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 121/. pd 19 50,000 71 percent. Manchester and Liver ] 501.8 h. 151. pd 19% pool Diseonnt 30,000 7 permit. Manchester lOO4 sh. 10/. pd 4 1 14 90,000 S per eent. Provincial Bank of Irelandlool. oh. 25/. psi 413 E 10,000 6 per cent National Bank of Ireland 501.1 h. 1711. pd 15% 10,000 6 per cent National Provl.cial Eng.loo/. sh. 351. pd 35% 10,000 .....«.. Ditto New 10i. sh. 101. pd 10% 10,000 Gloucestershire 501. sh. 101. pd 32 6,000 lOper cent Hampshire .....«....«....» 501. sh. 51. pd 9% GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 16s 10d Bath 201. sh. 161. pd 22 5,000 ..... .... British 401. sh. 161. pd 1934 0910 (5/.pereent.l Ditto Provincial .... 201. sh. 191. pd 23 9,( Hand Bs. 6s. 328 51 10s Birmingham 501. sh. 101 1,250 2105 Bristol 2Ol. sh. 36 2,250 3110. Brighton 201.01. is 750 31 105 Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 18/. pd 9 2,471 41'per cent Brighton General 2Ol. sh. all pd 9 34 4,000 7!. 10s. Continontal Consolidated ....751. 620. pd 110 1,000 BM. City of London.. ....... ....100/. sh. all pd 195 1,000 21. Ditto, New lOO/.517. 751. ?d 150 4,000 31.04. Equitable 5O/. pd 2334 10,n00 3/. percent. Imperial 56/. sh. 69 800 51. per cent. Isle nf Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd 19 2,330 6/, per cent. Independent 30/.3b. allra, 58 '2,000 M. percent. Phenix 5Ol. eh. 39/. pd 32 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. 80/. pd 64 4,000....... South Metropolitan 50/. 5h."2334/. pd 22 9,000 61.. per tient United General 501. sh. 471. pd 29 240 - 51. per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50 400 51. per sent Wakefield . ......... .....25/.5h. 22 5,000 V. Westminster Chartered ..... 5Ol. sh . 61 6,000 19s. Ditto Now .......».....«..5f /. sh 111/. pd 12 780 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd WATER WORKS 4,800 345. Birmingham 25!. sh. 25/. pd 21 4,433 8/. East London 1001.5 h. 190 5,500 21 155.. Grand Junction Average 411. 135.4 d. sh. 68 pm 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 553 11 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 325 1,500 2110 e New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60 6,486 2110 s Manchester and Salford 1001. sh. 54 1,000 5 per cent. South London lool.sh. 98 8,294 4SI, West Middlesex Average 631.1123.9 d. sh. 105 1,360 11141 York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 100!. sh. 36 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 0!, Os. Birmingham and Derby . - lOO/ pd 40% 9,500 ...... . Birmingham and Glouces ter 100/. pd 48 15,000 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter ... . . -.1001. sh. 70 pd 473( 7,500 ......... Cheltenham &G. Western ...100/.s h. 60/. 20% MOO ....... Clhrence 1001. sh. 1001 pd 3 8,1100 Dublin i end Drogheda 1001. sh. 5/. pd 6 0. 0 06 ........ Eastern Counties 251. sh. 234 pd 834 10,000 2 per cent. Great North of En gland 1001. sh. lOU pd 58 10,918 1' per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd 191 25,"00 4 per cent. Great Western ISO!. sh. 65!. pd 89% 25,000 3 per cent. Ditto New 501. sh. 501. pd 6.1% 2.000 8 per cent. Hartlepool 1001. sh. 100!. pd 14534 8,000 1 per cent. Hull and Selby .501. sh. 50/, pd 25 2,100 5 per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 95 5,1110 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 112.1.5 h, 100/.pd 18454 7,988 10 per cent Ditto Half Shares s 50/. pd 91 1 1,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. p d 45 38,000 .... London and Brighton 501. sh. 501. pd 36 24,000 90,000 2 per cent. London and Greenwich - 0 01 sit. 201. pd 5% . 25.000 N per sh. London & Bi rm i ng h am 1001 .. sh. 901. pd 1893( 95,000 21.75. 6d. Ditto Quarter Shares .251 sh. 251. pd 493 0 31,250 31. Is. 4d. Dit to New Shares . .32; sh . S ill. Pd % 45;100 3 per eh. Lond on an d S. Western Av. 4 . 31,155.0c1. 6 a3 1% * W. 1,000 Ditto New S er i, Av. 13/. 15s. 9d. 9t A 12,000 51.13 s per sir. Mancheste r and f..e . ea5...100/. s h. '7Ol. Pd 73 91‘ 13,000 10,000 41. Manchester and Birmisham 701.811.46/. 2034 Ditto Extension . g 0000 2/ . . . lils.: Midla Northnd Co . unties ...Z. 71. 00 .. / .. 5 . b .. . . .1 . 40 7 1 1 : p i l l 60 . 4,000 2/ Os, Midland lOOl. sh. 100/ pd ro . IL Os, Ditto New 401 . r•4l 3134 :0,2% 11.100 . Northern and Eastern.... s_o/.511 45e pd 35 Pr c .ston and W yrc ..... «.. 501. sh 20/. pd 36 ,OMI 8,000 4 per cent. South Eastern and Dover 5Ol. pd ese: 1,000 101. per cent. Stoc kton and Darlington ..... .s h 5/. 1001.5 h. 265 m. 50/ . 0,000 ..«.«.. Thames Haven pd 6,000 101. percent. York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd ixi. MINES. -. 51, il. :31/. psi 12 8,000 Albion Copper 151. sh • 121. 10 11 pd 1% 4,000 ]1.55. Alton /0,000 ........ Anglo Mexican,isz.s/opm.l 001. sh. 4 1 ) 1d 1 % Ditto Stibscription 0.5/. pu 2311 2,060 ........ Bolanos .....;••• ' 150/. sh all pd 9 4 40,000 11. 106 Britailianlmp.iss.sl. pm...ail.sh. 211 fpd 9 5.000 .... Macaubas & Cocaes United 25/ 5h.25/. pd 4% 11C90 ......... Ditto St. John Del Rey -.201. sh. 15/. pd 3 % 10,00 0 „«..... . Bolivar Copper Company, 20/.sh. 20!. pd 1 POMO •... Ditto Scrip ..«...N......... 101. sh. 10/. pd 2 ..« »., British Iron lOOl. sh. 70/ . p d 8 2:0,000 poo ..,,.«.. British Copper 51. sh. 411. pd 1% .«...... Cats Branca 6l/. pd 5% Candonga....,.. 7el. 5 20/. sh, 131. p 4 0 10,000 . 1 1 Copiapo Columbian, iss, 51. pm 55/. sh. 55/. pd 1 S iro ... c m English 14/. Cs. pd 3 on'onn - I. General MiningAssociatlonlo/ sh. IN. pd 4 ...yr..... • e•••••• 6,155 ... .»... °••••-- ~.fi can Company 190/.5h. COL pd 1 3.000 ....»,..P o lberou Consols ........ ... 10/. sh. 8!. pd 4 11.500. , Real del Monta, Unregistered...-. ....... sii Ditto Loan Notes ... . ....... .......150/. pd 50 39,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. 401.5 h. all pd 1 Dints Scrip l% Ditto New Scrip 0 1. 2s. pi 2% West Cork ...............501. sh 50/. pd 3 1,000 ....... LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs. sh. 12 1,500 ..... London University ... ...... 1001. sh. all pd S 700 ....... Russell . . ... ..... .......... ..........25gs. lb. 534 King' College ...... ........ ...... ...lOW. 15 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 351. Australian AgriculturaLlOOLfsh . SO/. pd 26 6,1 , 00 1. per cent. British American Land Company 351/. pd 9 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company ..... ....1001. sh. 32j/. pd 31 30,000 6/, per cent. Upper Canasta Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent .. 100 000 1/. B.s. General Steam Navigati on 151. s ti..r1Z . ... pd 25% 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock ............. .... .... . 254 14 London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 751. ; . h . 1934 ••••••••• Caoutcheuc Company 1211. pd 12% New Brunswick Laad Company , 50/. pd PI 031 41, p er cent. Reversionary Int. 50c...1001. sh 1001. pd 118 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 100/. pd 107 4,000 19,000 411. Van Dierner.'s Land.... 1001. sh. 201. pd 5% LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES DEC. 17, 1842. BANKS. IA 0,0011 , 61. p. et. Bank ot:icotlAnd ...831. (lc/M.lh all pd 162 1,000,000/ et. p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. al Ipd 161% 400.0n01. 81. p. ct. British Linen Compan y 1001.811. 411 pd 2% 600 .600 1. 71. p. ct. Commercial 5001. sh. 1 00/.pd 163 3 „ , m,( 1 04h. 6n. ct. National loo l.sh. 101 . pd 14 % 009 .001311. 81. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 501. pd 79% 1 .". °10 . 6p. ct. Western of Scothind 2OOl. sh 40/. pd 71 M. INSURANCE COMPANIE S. i 2 1 0 .0005 h. flf p. ct. Scottish Union 2 pd 18..0d. -• • 1001. sh. 10/. pd 1234 /,00 lo p. et. Hercules .dI,IOXIO lop. et. Insurance Co. of Scotlan 2 d oo .l l o . / . . h s . h. l a oi ll . p p d d 1, 014 4 • ' Q O .OOO 1,1 p. et. North 13ritigh pd 20 I AOO 10 . et. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 1834 5,000 lo p . et. Edinburgh I, re 101. pd 100,000 3j p. et. West ot Scotland MISCELLANEOUS. 4,1319 ......... Edin. and tiles. Un. Canalsol. sh. all pd 10 446,40(R DittrrAllocated. .. .. ..........90/. oh. all pd 3 ? per cent l . Edtnb. Joint St.ck Water.2s/. sh all pd 41 I,ooooh 2a per cent. Shotts Iron 1 •0_underv......50/ sh 48/ pd 36,1-1 moo 3 per cent. Edinburgh &Leith Glass.2o/.sh. 15/. Pd --- 4,30) 10 per cent. Edinburgh Cosi Gas. 25/.0. all pd 5d5 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas ...... ...... 25/. sh. all pd 1 . 2 750 71 per cent. Leith Coal Gas ....... .............. all pd 211 Edinburgh and Dalkeithtleiway 50/. sh 25 1 0 1114 ............ --,-----._.____ The Bishop of Winchester h as churches w ithi n hi s formance of sacred music in prohibit e d th e per diocese for other than ecclesiastical purposes. Sir George Clerk is expected in town to-day f rom a visit to the Marquis of' Exeter, at liurghley louse, Lincolnshire. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THIS EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Sir Robert Peel may discover the senti ments of the country toward the leading measures of his Government in the annual elections tor the Common Council of the City of London. The Corn-law and the Income-tax—the former based on the vicious principle of a " sliding-scale"—fit emblem of the slippery propensities of its champion !—the latter, his grand financial remedy for the national maladies— ' these have shared between them the decided opposi tion of the citizens ; who, in nearly all the ward elec tions, have tested the merits of the candidates by their adhesion to, or determined disapprobation of these in jurious and obnoxious measures. The Herald, cast ing about for some topic of congratulation under cir cumstances so mortifying to Sir Robert Peel, and por tentious to his party, finds it in the supposed predomi nance of dislike on the part of the citizens to the In come-tax !—" St. Thomas's Day passed away in the City without promoting Anti-Corn-law agitation. The citizens are practical people, sensitive in the extreme about the quarters where the breeches pockets lay, and they grumbled therefore at the Income-tax much more than at the price of bread." Miserable comforter ! The 'lncome-tax was the master-stroke of Sir Robert Peel's financial policy— the measure on which above all others, he rested his claims to the confidence of the country. When he proposed it to the House of Commons his tone and manner, no less than his language, showed how much he prided himself on his grand expedient—how un shaken was his confidence in the potency of its virtues, and how sanguine his expectation of universal appro bation from the country for its introduction. And now—on the earliest opportunity, before its exactions are demanded by its collectors, and it is only known through the preliminary operations of its in quisitorial investigation —to find the citizens provokingly unanimous in resenting its im position; and showing, by their mode of exercis ing the civic franchise' how they would use their electoral rights in voting for Parliamentary represen tatives, were the opportunity afforded them. Sir R. Peel is wise to discern the indications of popular opinion. He knows well what the resolutions recently passed by the Common Council in favour of free trade, and those which have been adopted by the most populous wardmotes of the City against the Income-tax, followed by its open denunciation by the inhabitants, who required from the candidates a pledged resistance to the Corn-laws and Income-tax, as the condition of receiving their suffrages for the office of Common Councilmen—Sir Robert Peel, we say, understands what these things mean ; he knows they are the precursors of a storm against which his crazy, ill-manned bark will be unable to bear up. STANDARD.—We have at length extorted, if not an account of the missing 100,0001. of the League Fund in 1841, an excuse for rendering no account. Our readers will be puzzled to conjecture the na ture of this excuse. The books have been burned, they may imagine —or carried away in the late in surrection—or the cashier has bolted —or, possibly, has received a hint from Lord Abinger, or Sir Nicholas Tindal, that the effect of his exertions in the cause of the League last autumn requires a change of air to Sydney or Norfolk Island, or the refugium of Russell Magistrates, Port Phillip ? No—nothing of the kind is alleged. No loss of books is pretended, nor does it appear that any of the confidential agents of the League has as yet met with his deserts. The explanation is that the boasted collection of • 100,0001. was all a cheat —that not more than a fourth of the money (if so much) was ever brought to book—and that the remainder must be set down to the scattered and casual expenses of the Leaguers and their friends. This is just as if a bankrupt called by the Commis sioners to account for the disposal of his cash credit should say—" Heaven help your wits, gentlemen ; I never possessed such a sum, or the fourth of it. What you see here in the books as credit to cash is merely the sum total of all that I expended— house bills, tailors' bills, milliners' bills, my wife's soirees, many good dinners, money paid for puffing advertisements, or expended at boxing-matches and horse- races: I have lumped them together, and put plus my little stock of money, down as my cash credit." We doubt whether any of the Whig-derided Commissioners would rest satisfied with an explana tion of this kind. The answer would probably be, — "Sir, you have claimed to possess a certain sum in cash (say 100,0001.) over and above all these current ex penses —account for that or abide the consequences." COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) YOUNG V. FISHER. This was an action brought by an attorney against a client, to recover the amount of three bills of ex change for 201. each, which were given for his ser vices as an attorney, and for a further sum of 71. 10s., for subsequent services. The defence was that the debt was covered by the bankruptcy of the defendant, and that the bills were accepted for the accommodation of the plaintiff, and that the services for which the ad ditional sum was claimed, were rendered before the plaintiff had taken out his certificate, and he was there fore not qualified, and could not recover his costs. Verdict for the plaintiff. The Court then adjourned to Wednesday, Jan. 11 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of December 23 , -; SUGAR.—To the surprise of several parties, the market for Raw Sugar continues in a dull state, notwithstanding the large consumption going on and prices moderate in comparison with those of former years ; this unsatifac tory state of affairs can only be attributed to the report that Government have it in contemplation to make some alteration in the duty on Foreign Sugar in the en suing year. _ _ _ TZ;:day holders of West India Sugar refused further to gave way in price, but the market was in a dull state, and the purchases for the week are only 1,000 hhds and tierces ; early in the new year, however, a better demand for Sugar is expected to take place, as the trade are but indifferently supplied. REFINED.—To-day the home trade operated with much caution, and 72s 6d to 73s is the value of Standard lumps. Bonded Crushed Sugar is selling at 27s 6d to 27s 9d and wanted. In other articles there is no variation. MAURITIUS.—HoIders of this kind of Sugar shomn firmness, and have refrained from offering any at auction, the purchases made by private contract have been upon a small scale only, but former rates have been sustained in most cases. This afternoon there was no public sale, and privately few inquiries existed, excepting for fine yellow sorts, which are scarce and wanted. EAST INDIA.—The good and fine white descriptions of Bengal Sugar have been in better request, and have commanded full rates. Manilla at full rates. Java at previous prices. Siam at 22s 6d to 25s for low to mid dling white. This afternoon white Bengal Sugar was in much bet ter request, and 3,000 bags were sold privately at 66s to 70s per cwt. _ FOREIGN.--The market has again assumed a lively appearance for Foreign Sugar, and holders display much firmness. To-day several inquiries existed for. Foreign Sugar, and 21 s t o 22 s 6d p a id f or ye ll ow Havannah. The market closed with a firm aspect. Siam was sought after, and 23s 6d paid for 600 bags common white. Mot.Assts.—The transactions have been upon a small scale but common kind a h r u e v r e ath be e e r u lower. only ; good sor t s are h e ld f or t h e f ormer currency, sustained for West India Cocoa. Trinid a d , fair red at 335, good grey 31s to 31s 6d, and one lot w i t h out certificate 28s 6d per cwt. Prices depression for Foreign, Para at c ned no f t or so first quality. C urrants s firm, 30 1,R fo u r a d . u — ll y re ui d e . ucia Raisin s h ave bean less in request not more than 35s have only been in moderate demand, and th ere are sellers can thisweek generally and bperi obtained are ai at the following rates :—Cephalonia and Zante, old sell * at 42s to 435, new 47 s to 49s ; P atras, old 44 5 to mg 455, and new 52s to 555. Bl ack Sm y rna ing at 51s, red do. 325, Sultana 52s ; and Turkey pulled Figs 50s to 70s per cwt ; in other articles there is no change. A ;RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLAND&—For fine Jamaica Rum full rates have been obtained ; but fur all other sorts of West India Rum rather lower prices have been taken. Demerara of fair quality at 2s 10d for 30 per cent overproof, and Jamaica at k3s id for 30 per cent overproof. East India at Is 3d to ls 6d with, and at Is Id to Is 2d without, certificate. • The low descriptions of Cognac Brandy have been in brisk request at 2s Id to 2s 3d per gallon, but all other kinds have become dull of ' sale. and prices are rather lower ; Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1838 hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; ditto 1839 hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d ; ditto 1840 hhds 4s 3d, puns 4s Id ; ditto 1841 hhds 3s I Id, puns 3s 9d per gallon. Geneva sells slowly at is 9d to is 10d. English Corn Spirits at 9s 7d to 9s 8d per gallon. COFFEE.—lmporters of West India have supplied the. market sparingly this week, and former rates have been sustained. To-day there was no public sale of any kind of Coffee, and the business transacted by private contract was extremely limited, but holders were not in clined to further give way in price. TEL—There is still i desire shown on the part of holders of Tea to realise, and they have pressed large -parcels upon the market this week ; prices have further declined for both black and green Tea ; the trade still entertain an unfavourable opinion towards the article, and notwithstanding the late considerable decline in prices, they purchase with much caution, taking only ample for their immediate wants. To-day there was little passing in Tea, and the market has a heavy appearance ; is 2d is the value of fair sound common Congou, cash. SPlCES.—lmporters of Cassia Lignea are still pressing sales, and prices have suffered a decline of 2s to 3s per, cwt this week. Pimento has been in excellent request, and former rates have been fully sustained. Ginger has sustained the former value, and the demand is steady. Nutmegs have susta i ned the former value, and good sorts are in request, but common are dull of sale. To• day there was some inquiry for Cassia Lignea, but t the prices offered were under those holders were dispeged to aceept ; an epinion is getting current that trices have seen their lowest. SAGO.—Prices have further irnpfbved for Sago Flour; and at 15s to 16s a gool btiiiness has been transacted, by private contract. Sligo is in request, and several parcels have been sold at 10s to 14s Gil for low and mid, 15s so 18s for good, and 19s to 23s for fine. PROVISIONS.--The market continues flat. There was a little demand for Mess Beef, for shipping ; prime new India Pork 61 15s per tierce, ditto Mess 5/ 5s per ditto ; prime India Pork 41 15s per tierce, second quality 41 8s to 41 lOs per ditto ; prime Bacon Mess 21 15s per barrel, other qualities ditto and Bacon 215 s to 2/ lOs per Larrel. It is stated that 150 barrels of prime new Hamburgh Mess beef was sold last Friday at 412 s 6d to 4/ 3s,free on board, the sellers to draw lOs per tierce short of invoice. New India Beef 615 s per tierce, Mess ditto 41 lOs to 41 12s do ; last season's India Pork 41 lOs per trc, Danish 21 12s 6d, Hamburgh 21 10s, Canada 2/ 4s ; two seasons' old Hamburgh 21 6s ; India Beef free on board 5/ I2s 6d to 51 15s per tierce, Mess ditto 41 3s to 4/ ss, Mess Pork 2l 103 to 2/ Ils per tierce, Danish 2/ Us. Something done in Irish Bacon Mess Pork last week. Dublin Mess Beef 41 12s 6d to 4/ 15s per tierce. Sligo India ditto 6/ ss, ditto Mess ditto 4/ lOs ; prime Mess Pork 2/ 15s per barrel, ditto Bacon Mess 21 lOs to 2/ lls. RlM—The market for Bengal is firm, previous rates have been fully sustained. Foreign East India sorts are wanted, Madras good low white Pearl Barley kind at lOs to lOs 6d, sea damaged Ist class 9s, and 2d ditto 8s 6d per cwt. Java at lOs 6d to Ils Gd for low to good white, and yellow 9s to lOs 3d per cwt. Carolina, at 30s fer the best, and 25a to 28s for other kinds. Patna at 15s to 21s. Rice Meal at 5:.:,t0 7s, but Rice dust is wanted at 3s 6d to 5s per cwt. - SALTPETRIE.—To-day holders of rough were firmer, and bought in the whole of 1,715 bags Calcntta at public sale at an advance of 6d per cwt, viz. mid , grey 8 to 7i per cent. refraction at 26s 6d, low grey 8 to 8 per cent 265, low white 7 4 1 to 8 : 1 per cent 265, 9 per cent middling white 26s 6d, good middling white 64 per cent 265, and unrefracted 26s per cwt : privately fine white was in request, and commanded 27s 6d to 28s per cwt. TALLow.—Holders of Russia Tallow have submitted to a reduction on last week's rates of 3d per cwt; on the spot at 47s 9d to 48s per cwt for P. Y. Candle ; for de livery 48s have been currently accepted up to the end of the ear, and for spring months. South American of good quality sells slowly ; common kinds at 41s 6d to 43s 6d per cwt. Town Tallow has met with a good sale. To-day there was little business done in P. Y. Candle, and 47s 9d is the quotation on the spot for parcels of first sort. South American at 41s 9d to 46s 6d per cwt. Oils.—For Olive Oil this week prices have declined ; Gallipoli at 511 lOs to 521, Spanish 501, and Barbary 48 15s to 49/ per tun. Linseed Oil at 30s 9d to 31s pc / cwt. Rape 41s pale, and 40s to 40s 9d brown.. Cocoa Nut Oil at 38s to 39s 6d. Palm 32s to 33s 6d for good and fine quality. Pale Seal at 401, Cod 31/ lOs to 321, Southern good and fine 381 to 401 10s, low and mid 351L0 37l lOs per tun. Sperm at the rates previously quoted. (For the remainder of the Markets, see the Third Page.) PROMISSORY NOTES. (From This Night's Gazette.) An account of the average aggregate amount of Promissory Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been in circula tion in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those circulated by the Bank of England, by Private Banks, and by Joint Stock Banks, in England and Wales, by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ireland, and by all other Lanks in Ireland, and of the Average Amount of Bullion in the Bank of England, during the four weeks ending the 10th day of December, 1t542, pursuaht to the Act of 4th and sth Victoria, cap. 50 • --- WHITEHALL, TV.c. 8. WHITEHALL, - DEc. 9. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1842. transmitted to Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, the 'Commander-in-Chief, to reyort, for promotion, the names of the Senior Lieutenants and Senior Mates of ships engaged ; the services of which ships shall, in his odinion, entitle them to such reward, and who shall not be in oluded in the fore g oing list. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Durham. Durham K. Fairies (and not E. H. Havile, as stated in the Gazette of the 16th instant), Gent., to he Lieutenant. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Banks, of Preston, in the county of Lancashire, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Wood burn the younger, of Liverpool, in the county of Lanca shire, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, DEC. 19. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Edward Silnester, of Beverley, in the couniy of York, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellar has also appointed James Tas sel!, of Faversham, in the county of Kent, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS BLASON, innkeeper, Ecton, Northamp tonshire, Dec. 29, at two, and Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall -street. Pennell, offi cial aosignee ; Pell, jun.. Northampton. CHARLES JONES, tavern-keeper, Devereux-court, Strand, Jan. 5, at twelve, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Green, Alder manbury, official assignee; Austin, Threadneedle-street. CHARLES ALLEN, saddler, Walsall, Staffordshire, Jan. 4, at two, and Jan. 26, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hill, Birmingham. HENRY PITT, wine and spirit merchant, Selby, Yorkshire, Jan. 5 and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy. Fearne, official assignee, Leeds ; Bunney and Preston, Hull. JAMES GREGORY, table-knife manufacturer, Shef field, Jan. 4, at one, and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Broomhead, Sheffield. JOHN. _HERRING and WILLIAM HERRING, merchants, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dec. 28, atone, and Jan. 27, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court of Bankruptcy. Baker, official assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne ; Williamson and Bill, Gray's Inn, London ; Ingledew, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. JOHN BENNETT, railroad contractor, Reading, Jan. 3, at twelve, and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London.. Johnson, offi cial assignee, Basinghaff-street ; • Wansey, Lothbury. JOHN BUCKTHOUGHT, currier, East Looe, Corn wall, Jan. 4, and Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Exeter Dis trict Court of Bankruptcy. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Surr, Lombard -street, London ; Lockyer and Bulteel, Plymouth. ROBERT BARNES, tanner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jan. 4, at eleven, and Jan. 27, at one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court of Bankruptcy. Baker, New castle-upon-Tyne, official assignee ; Meggison, Pringle, and Co., King's-road, Bedford-row, London ; Philipson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. GEORGE RICHMOND, corn dealer, Cowley, Ox fordshire, Jan. 7, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 31, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall street. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Cox and Williams, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Mallam, jun., Oxford. THOMAS FRASER, italian warehouseman, Brook street, Bond-street,. Jan. 10, at eleven, and Jan. 24, at one,. at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Lackington, official assignee, Coleman street-buildings ; Moseley and Channel!, Bedford-street, Covent-garden. WILLIAM BOWLER, comb maker, Castle-lane, Southwark, Jan. 7, at half-past one, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, official assignee; Collins and Rigley, Crescent-place, Bridge-street, Black friars. LAW INTELLIGENCE. PREROGATIVE COURT, Dec. 22. BLAKE V. KNIGHT. The deceased, in this case, was Mr. Edmund Blake, of Weston-super-Mare, in Somersetshire, who died on the 17th of December, 1839, leaving a will, dated the 6th of September, 1838, whereby the bulk of the property, after paying an annuity of 1501. to the widow (since deceased), was bequeathed to Mr. John Knight, the sole executor. The property was, sworn under 7,0001. Probate of this will was granted in common form to the executor, on the sth of January, 1839. On the 19th of February, 1842 (after the death of the widow), the probate was called in, and the executor was put upon proof of the will, per teste, at the suit of Mr. John Blake, a brother of the de ceased, as one of the next of kin. The will was at tested by three witnesses—a father, his son, and his apprentice—who deposed, upon their examination, that (although the attestation clause purported that the will had been signed, sealed, published, and de clared in their presence) they did not see the deceased sign the will, and that they could not depose that it was signed when they attested, and they were certain it was not sealed. One of them (the father) stated, that when they came to attest the will, the deceased said, "This is my will ; it is a small will ; it is all on one side • will you sign (or witness) it ?" Another deposed that the deceased read some part of the will at the top and at the bottom. The question was, whether the requisites of the Act, in regard to attesta tion, had been complied with. Dr. Addams and Dr. Elphinstone defended the va lidity of the will, and Dr. Haggard, with Dr. Harding, for Mr. Blake. Sir H. JENNER FUST said, this was too important a question to be decided at once. The Court must act on the words of the statute, and could only look at the consequences of its decision in order to make it more certain that it cannot avoid them without viola ting its provisions. If a will could in this manner be invalidated after probate has passed for several years, no executor would be safe in taking probate of a will in common form ; he ,(the Learned Judge) would not do so. He must consider his judgment. BIRKIIRAD V. BURDOIN. This was a question as to the will of Mr. James Burdoin, who died on the 31st of October, 1842, leaving property of the value of 10,000/. This pro perty he disposed of by a will drawn up by Sir Wil liam Clay, his brother-in-law and executor, and duly executed, whereby he revoked a former will, save and except certain legacies to individuals named in such former will. After the execution of the later will, the testator tore off the seal of the former will. The ques tion was, whether the former will was thereby revoked. Sir H. JENNER FUST was clearly of opinion that the cancellation of the fOrmer will was not animo re vocandi with respect to that part referred to in the later will ; and, on the authority of the, case of "Brook v. Kent," decided by the judicial Committee (Notes of Cases in Eccl. and Mar. Courts, vol, 1, p. 93), held that the list of legacies eontained in the otherwise cancelled will was entitled to probate as part of the later will. Dr. Haggard and Dr. Pratt were for the executors ; Dr. Robinson for the son and residuary legatee. POLICE IN TEL LIGENCE. (YESTERDAY) MANSION-HOUSE. REQUISITION TO THE LORD MAYOR TO RECOMMEND A SUSPENSION OF EASINESS ON THE 26TH OF DECEM BER.—His Lordship has received several requisitions, signed by several hundreds of the citizens of London, of which the following is a copy : " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, M.P. " MY LORD,—The concurrence of Christmas-day and Sunday threatens the deprivation of a highly important holiday. Under any circumstances; tha loss of an opportunity of relaxation and enjoyment must be, matter of regret, but when, as in the present instance, the evil is likely to be aggravated by a more than ordinary" profanation of the Sabbath, it is doubly to be deplored. " We, the undersigned, therefore, my Lord, respect fully submit the propriety of your Lordship originat ing some measure to obviate this evil. Proceeding from the first Magistrate of the Municipality, a re commendation to your citizens to observe the Christ mas feast by a suspension of business on Monday, the 26th inst., cannot be disregarded by them, and must influence the cities and towns throughout the kingdom." The LORD MAYOR, upon receiving the requisition, said it would give him the greatest pleasure to carry out the views of so numerous and respectable a body of requisitionists, by officially recommending that Monday, the 26th, be kept as Christmas-day, but he could not think of making any recommendation of the kind without consulting the principal merchants and bankers of the city, and ascertaining their senti ments-upon the subject. - John Filcher, a broker, was charged by a person of gentleman-like manners and appearance, named Charles Frazer, with having seized his best bed, under pre tence of having been directed by the landlord to execute a distress warrant to the utmost, after an agreement to withdraw had been entered into. The complainant stated that, on Saturday last, a distress warrant had been put into his house for rent, but lie arranged with the landlord, who, compas sionated his misfortunes, and consented to take a bill for the amount due, and he gave half-a-crown to the man in' possession. On the Monday, however, the defendant entered the house, and demanded Bs. Alderman GIBBS—For what ? The tomplainant— For his trouble, although he knew the landlord had withdrawn the distress warrant ; and he then seized my best bed. Alderman GIBBS (to the defendant)—What right had you to demand Bs. of this poor man, after the landlord agreed to withdraw the distress ? The defendant here handed in the distress warrant, in the belief the appearance of that warrant would be a sufficient answer to the Alderman. Alderman GIBBS repeated the question, without looking at the warrant. The defendant—On the day I made the levy they told me it was inconvenient for my man to sleep in the house, and they asked me to take an undertaking, and I did so, and I did not remove anything till the Tuesday. The complainant—l signed no undertaking. The defendant—Your wife signed it for you, and that's all the same thing. Alderman GIBBS—The undertaking of the wife is of no use whatever. To what amount are you, in your opinion, entitled ? The defendant—To five and sixpence at least—three shillings for the levy, and half-a-crown for being in possession. He never paid a shilling of rent. Alderman Ginns—That's between him and his landlord. You must give up the bed, Mr. Filcher. The complainant—He broke the little crockery I had for the use of my wife, four children, and myself. Alderman GlBBS—lndeed ! Well, he must return you the bed. The defendant—Am I not entitled to be paid for the levy ? Alderman Glans—No, not under such cir cumstances. A cab-driver, named Harding, was fined 40s. for having driven for hire a cab without a Stamp office plate. Alderman Gibbs was occupied for a great length, of time in investigating a case relative to a policy of insurance, in which Mr. Richard Moxon was com plainant, and Mr. Henry Bent was defendant. We refrain from stating the particulars until the whole of the evidence shall have been completed. The matter, which is of some public interest, was postponed for a fortnight, in consequence of the necessity of having the testimony of a gentleman now in Scotland upon some important point. GIOVANNI BATTISTA SALVI, wine merchant, Duke-street, Portland-place, Jan. 14, at two, and Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall street. Groom, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street, official assignee ; Lovell and Halliwell, Great Ryder-street, St. James's. THE MAGISTRACT.—The desire for a complete change in county " justices' justice" system is daily increasing, and the glaring misconduct of many of the "great unpaid" is fast hurrying en that desirable change.—Nottingham Review. Tun IxcossE-TAx.—The country has now but one plain and simple, duty to perform towards itself. Let the universal feeling have its full and public expression : from the chambers of commerce and the assemblies of the agricultural classes, from the opposing camps of political par tisans,.L-from all, in fact, who in their antici patory experience of the working of the In come-tax machinery 'feel the i ncrease d oppres sivenesa of the " evil to come," let the , call for its abolition arise. Now is the time for effort; this is the period for lifting aloud the public voice, and for preparing the thousands of peti tions against the Income-tax, which ought to be ready to pour into the House of Commons the moment when it shall assemble. If the people now do their work with united zeal and firmness, and if they require of their representatives in Parliament that support vhich they have a right to demand, we see every robability of ultimate success. But there must be no , hesitation, no delay, noappearance of apathy in the matter ; the people must by their position evince their de termination, and show that they are not prepared easily to take a denial.—York Courant. SIGNS OF THE TIMES.—We understand it is a po sitive fact that in a first-rate inn, not 14 miles from Worcester, the sum of 9d. was all that was recently taken in one day ; and that the receipts of two days w ere not more than 7s. 6d.! The farmers, we regret to. say, seem to be panic-struck (fearing in many instances tos pend even a 6d. in luxury), and multitudes oi:labourers are out of employ, while, as a matter of course, when supply increases the demand, those in work have to submit to reduced wages. We hear that up wards of sixty able-bodied .men lately applied for re lie for work, to the Board of Guardians of an agri ctiltural Union in this county. In our County Police Re port, it will be seen that a man stated he was turned out of his employ because he would not thrash wheat for 13d. a day, The Corn-laws are a labourer's t question, truly !—Worcester Chronicle. CANDLEWICK WARD. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. NOTICE TO MARINERS.—NEW ZEALAND. The follOvving has been received - at Lloyd's : - Extracts from Harbour Masters' Reports. No. 1, Approaches to Auckland by Sea. Commanders of vessels steering to or from the port of Auckland should be careful to avoid- the under mentioned dangers : • A rock, off the north side of the Island of Waiheke, distant about four miles, even with the water's edge at high-water, with deep water extending to a short distance around it, from which the following bearings and land marks were taken : North-eastern end of Waiheke—due east (magnetic). THE CITY CORPORATION. TAXES, Some dispute arising yesterday as to the Ward clerk's expenses, a Committee was appointed to exa mine and report thereon. The bill having been originally 521., which was commuted to 401., the inhabitants considered that if the whole was a fair charge it ought to be paid, and, if not, all the items should be examined. Mr. ELLIOTT said that the Corporation had, on two late occasions, made considerable movement respecting the remission of import duties, and especially those on foreign corn. It would have been better had they first looked at home, to their own bread and potatoe tax ; but this perhaps was prudent, following the policy of the prig who had just snatched his neigh bour's watch, he ran along the street crying stop thief, hoping thereby to draw off all suspicion from himself. Now, the Corporation levied taxes on all . the necessaries of life, and imposed besides heavy imports on trade and commerce, which materially affected the prosperity of the citizens. First the Corn-tax, which yielded about 9,0001. a year, to collect which 13,0001. was ex pended, leaving a real loss of 5,0001. a year; then their potatoe-tax, 6,500/. ; cheese-tax, 560/, ; their salt • tax, 18/. ; their oyster-tax, 313/. ; and, more cruel still than all, their coal-tax, which yielded about 140,0001. a year, collected at about a cost of thirty per cent. Nor could any merchandise be brought into the City,—no bread, no meat, no potatoes, nor other vegetables, without payment of City tolls levied in a vexatious manner, and at an enormous expense. Further, no man could set up in the humblest trade without paying, in the shape of freedom, about 141. trade-tax to the . Corporation. All these acted in a vexatious, as well as an expensive manner, on the trade of the citizens, and injured business in the City. The bad management of affairs caused all local charges to be heavier in the City than in any other part of the metropolis. The cost of the unpaid Magistracy alone was 32,0001. a year, including 25,0001. for the Lord Mayor-,--sums of such magnitude, that they almost staggered belief, nor would he (Mr. E.) venture to name them, had they not been admitted by the Corporators themselves. Their police, which was most inefficient (a great portion of the time of their Commissioners being taken up in place-hunt ing) ; no report was ever made of the state of crime in the City ; no connected correspondence kept up with the Metropolitan force ; the men were disor ganised, and the streets of the City swarmed with vagrants of all kinds, costermongers, chaunters, shoonies, spunk-fencers, and the whole race of cadgers choked up the lanes, and presented disgust ing objects, and yet the City police cost, at the very lowest, 42,0001., while in Marylebone, a much larger district, and much more easy of protection, only 25,0001. a year was paid. The manner in which the money wrung from the public was squandered might be further illustrated by the fact that 12 of the City functionaries who had the local affairs to look after, of about 120,000 persons, inhabiting 17,000 houses, the one-thirteenth part of the metropolis, were paid al together 54,8301., while twelve of the first officers of State of the British empire, who ruled the destinies of some twenty-five millions of people, besides colo nies, over which the sun never set, and inhabited by millions of people, were paid but 45,4801; a year—a sum too much, yet less, by 9,3501., than the City sinecurists got. Now, had such unblushing extrava gance been permitted by rich and proud aristocrats, he (Mr. E.) would not be surprised, but it was a misapplication of the wealth the people toiled to produce, by the hands of humble s hopkeepers and tradesmen— so true was it that none oppressed the people as the people oppressed one another. If such things were done by Sir R. Peel or the Duke of Wel lington, the Ministers dare not face the House of Commons a single day. After some further obserVa dons, Mr. Elliott concluded by moving a resolution. Mr. EVANS said that it was easier to talk about re forming the Corporation than to Effect it. The last speaker had been connected with a body of intelligent men, who had laboured for more than a year in ex posing the abuses, real or supposed, of the Corpora tion of London, but they had not done much. He admitted that many of the items of expense, and espe cially of the Lord Mayor, were very great indeed, and should be glad to support any measure for their re duction. Bird Island, E. by N. + N. • Northern end of Huba Kid, W. 4 S. Peak of Rangitoto, S.W. a W. 2. A- rock, situate to the eastward. of the Island of Tiri Tiri Mantangi, distant about one and a half miles, having two feet of water on it at low water, and fifteen fathoms close to on every side, from which the following bearings and land marks were taken A remarkably white rocky islet, at the north eastern side of Tiri Tiri Mantangi, N.W. - by W. IV' (magnetic.) Southern end of Tiri Tiri Mantangi, S.W. centre of Little Barrier. • Inland due north, Peak of Rangitoto , S. ; Castle Hill, E. 4 S • (Signed) DAVID ROUGH, Harbo ur Master. No. 2. The town of Auckland, on the southern bank of the :river Waitemata, is situated in lat. 36 deg. 51 min. 36 sec. S. and ion: 17 4 - deg. 43 sec . E., nearly. The entrance to the Waitemata is on the . western side of the Gulf of Shauraki'(on the Frith et the Thames), and is screened from the north-east by the Islands of Rangitoto, Motu Tapu, and a sue' Cession of bold precipitous islands, lying off the north west end of the large island of Waiheke. ... DIRECTIONS. 1. Vessels bound to Auckland from the northward, after making Point Rodney, should steer for the island of Tiri Tiri Mantangi, taking care to avoid: small rocky islet, lying one league n orth, 53 des.lld (magnetic), from Port Takatow, passing it on either side, steer for RanB' Kupia, between that island and the Main, and no w ater, approaching either, no less than five fathoms When to the wfstvvard of Rangi Toto, the btu,ie north head of the river Waitemata becomes vis u9 thc ; Vessels coming from the eastward should enter Barrier Frith between Cape Colville and ' the Great Bardriof Island, passing on either side of the small is lan nt dista d Motu Apokei, which lies about a leagtte N.N.W. from the Cape, when a course may be shaped by the mid , channel between Tiri Tiri IVlantangi A nd Motu Tapit, which, nearly joins Rang' Toto, .b Wheran--liu' Taontot over which the peaks of Rangi Tot are v sial a e : Then proceed as if coming from the neuter Vessels drawing less than 18 feet mar e nter I %i' Tchawake channel on either side of II of eked IT pass, to the southward of 'the group Waiheke Motu . Tapu and Rangi' T to to the en I ~ . trance of Ili alternate ; but this channel is not rece e l: mended to strangers unaided by a pilot• In excellent of stress - of weather, or other emergency_,, I, I r p or shelter may be found inside any part ofn aiu e l ar , under the east end of Motu Tart, the,passages so free and the channel leading ,to it, being perfectly from dangers. formed Di On approaching, the entrance of the riv er care must be taken to avoid a ledge of rooks, extending i n o re, which may be avoided by keeping the North-westerly direction from the southern North Head i. southward of west (magnetic) until a remark, bal_ rock on the south shore, resembling the bastion 0111 fort (called the Bastion Rock) bears south. onag; netic). With a fair wind the North Head may ;41 rounded at half a cable's length distance, and 3 Ti t. channel course will lead to the anchorage shore Off town. With a beating wind tack on the so llth _. o n the no r t h in coming into six fathoms' water, and shore, which is much steeper, at the first shoe l . c t as o f the only dangers within the Heads,. are a ei m i - oni land that projects half a cable's length ..... ;out a low sandy point on the north sh o re ' h ea d , NOrth a quarter of a mile inside the and a mud flat, which lines the southern shore, too distance of nearly one-third of a. mile, throughout 1. whole river, and all the bays on both sides are shoal. These dangers will be avoided by attention to t t .o o ; lead, and the directions given above. The naviga i r. of the Gulf of Shouraki, with ordinary care, is pet'' fectly safe ; but attention is required in hazY *eat , in or at night, to avoid many small islets, which ear height from six or eight to a hundred feet, and a 1 are generally surrounded by deep water. the The only known exceptions to this rule e n re , ipg . Perlusin, 30 deg. 7 min. South, and long. 1 7u i - 4 ;, 18 nun. East, according to D'Urville, and a r ee n 's which the sea breaks occasionally (called f ro m Rock), lying about four or five miles N-1• 1- •• 11 : C a l A the north-west end of the great barrier. There ''' sunken rock reported to exist on the north side ofh Waiheke, and is marked on the charts about 11°I., from the centre of that island, a long league off shli the position, or even the existence of which, ;3 °- positively known. These rocks, as will be seen by reference td the The chart, are out of the ordinary track of shipping' bu contrary winds may oblige vessels to approach tir,lll,:t and therefore are worthy of notice. The rocky ', sl ' t of Takatoa Tenon, above alluded to, stands eigh t ' tee n is accurately laid down by Baron, pos itie above high-water mark, and is bold too. Its High-water at Waitemata,' on full and c hange, 611 ' 45m.; rise and full about ten feet on the spring tides. The flood runs to the southward within the Frith of the Thames, but to the north on the coast. No. 3.—The Harbour of Auckland. D'Urville. Of these harbours (in the Fith of the Tbailleste ) the safest and most commodious is that of the Walthe mata, a deep estuary on the south - w est side of. 1 Gulf. Auckland is situated on the sou th bank, ant two miles from the entrance. The anchorage in fr ds of the to wn h as exce ll en t h o lding ground. All,11,;110. of weather h as b een ex p er i e nced, but no yesse. rii) 1 perly moored, h as d r i ven from her berth ; tor ti p y aware of any vessels having sustained injury in ° manner whilst at anchor in the port. NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNS WICK LAND COMPANY. A special general meeting of the Directors and Proprietors in this Company was 'held yesterday, at the George and Vulture Tavern. Mr. BENSON took the chair, and said the meeting had been called at the instance of Mr. Pouncey, in order to lay before the public the position of the Com pany, and what were their prospects for 1843. The Report stated that not more than 26,0001. had been forfeited. The arrears on the capital of 154,0001. had all been paid up, making the total available capital of the Company 181,9501. stock. A further call would probably be made in January next, in order to pay the loan of 4,0001. to the bankers. This call would enable them to meet the demand of 4,0001., the ex penses of the year, 1,500/., and leaving a surplus of 500/. The Directors recommended the 26,000/. for.• feited shares to be retained until the stock •market became more enterprising.. The Report, in conclu sion, stated that Mr. Burchell had been appointed referee in Manchester, and he had disposed of 1,600 acres.of land, and that several settlers in New Bruns wick had offered to purchase 9,000 acres of land, pro vided the 'first instalment of a shilling were laid out in making roads. The Chairman then stated that the colony was going on. prosperously. After a long discussion the Report was adopted, and the meeting separated. t the Yesterday afternoon an inquest was hel d a be- Star and Garter, Green-street, Leicester-striae, aged...., fore Mr. Gell, on the body of Catherine G eararh n 40 years. Christopher Sparke Filmer, of De nri le n i - d s y marsh, stated that about twelve o'clock on 'ark, last, as he was walking through St. James s. in near to t e ornamental water, he saw sometuwfnet, the wa and on going to the edge, sa w 3 ~h 43-o f a a i cloak, 'umbrella on the ground, and the beaq: d i n female floating in the water. Witness Nv 3l .6 icl about four or five yards, until he was up to morello, uao , die, in hopes of reaching the body with the but could not do so ; he, however, having g, e i t p d to otherumbrella, tied them together, and was en a " - pa per a P a r get the body on shore. Witness unpinn ed Inma te from the umbrella, on which was written--,,35. of Marylebone workhouse—leaving this day tc e ,'" e s, ter, Jones. Catherine Gearan." Mr. Jame s d °ll de• Master of Marylebone workhouse, identified thed on ceased as being a pauper in the workhouse offkannght for the last twelve years. She was fornserlY " 113- 'de up in the school. On Monday evening she w. as o . to teeted pilfering a sheet and some article belong the , the house, and was threatened to be taken hef ere ipg Board on the following day. On Tuesday il wr c t..-- she discharged herself, and left the house. yerdi ' Found dead." b, 'n fin e MILDNESS OP THE SEASON.—PaIm bran the 1 river bloom were last, week out on the banks of ; Ti l e d - 0 5 s; Wharfe, near to Harewood-bridge • and on day last, Mr. T. Ruddock, farmer, of Ll dh° 6l l lsh Green Pannal, near Knaresborough, gathere u 5 very of fine mushroo ms i n th e open fields, whi ch Bre ' remarkable circ u mst ances at this a dvanced seils°ll. 1 ork Courant. at h The lnspecto rte Home-office. of Prisons transac ted business this morning —__— . .1 IR TE S. E ~, ~ sur geou , B arn ett, sq On the 16th inst., the wife of Henry t . of Ar Blackheath, of a son. 4 ' . ' sq.' On the..l9th inst., the lady of George Mapl e' pleby Hall, Leicestershire, of a sen. On the 20th inst., at W•olwich, the lid) _.......--• R. Nedham, Royal Artillery, of a daughter of tAill-ptain WOO • vi e MARIED On the .22d of _Septembe r, at Wynberg Church, to Good Hope, A. Stuart, Esq., Bengal Medic Sell; .0, stip Frances Emily Susan, only child of Frederick Louis Esq.n 21 , of Brighto in n. IWO O the st st., at She ffi eld, the Rev. Thorns tirgiou Howard, M. A., to Maria, youngest daughter of the late wl Wilson, Esq., of Brightfield, Sheffield. On the 21st inst., at St. Michael's, Bath, Edward 0 7: of Esq., of Brislington, to Ellen, youngest daughte W. Parry, Esq., formerly of Grasmere, Westmoreland. mot On the 21st inst., at Great Hallingbury, William , the of the son of the Hon. John Hay Fo r b e s, of Medwyn! one Aptie, Judges of the Court of Justiciary i n S c otland, to MeV' of second daughter of the late John Archer Houblon, Hallingbury-place, Essex. ' De. r i On the 22d in s t., a t St. Mary's Brya ns ton-squar e, o Thompson, of St. Leonard's-ori• S ea ,. ", Maria Del lu ji 1' Hyde-park ' -place, L on d on , the widow of ' Colonel Henry mar, of the Dutch Service. DIED. On the 29th of June at Ridge Side, Evendale , Laun"- col- Van Diemen's Land, Sarah, the wife of Arthur Thomas let Ont,n t, E the 20th ult., at Montreal, Canada, Thorns, nu Esq., M.D., surgeon of the 71st Light Infantry. • elet On the 15th inst., at Haining, Selkirkehire, Robert Esq., of Clifton and Haining. On the 17th inst., Richard Foster, Esq., of Cambrid ' ge. , li o On the 17th inst., at Marlborough.place, Brighton, Kite. ft On the 19th inst., at Hastings, Ann Aplin Ki te, daughter the late Robert Kite, Esq., of Islington, aged 24.. Piml , On the 21st inst., at Upper Belgrave- place , , anne, the wife of W. C. Marshall, Esq , sculptor. On the 21st inst., Hyla Holdem, Esq , of Wasperton, wi he ck, 21 y the snst., at Sidmouth, count Colonel John Grey, l a{ e of the Royal Scots Greys. 0, 0 Noll rav the London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN No .0 oun 112, ty of Middlesex, Friday, at The Sun Office . December% 29, 1845t,,• ENGLAND, Bank of England £18,841,000 Private Banks 5,085,885 Joint Stock Banks SCOTLAND. Chartered and Private Joint Stock Banks 3,091,228 IRELAND. _ Bank of Ireland Private and Joint Stock Banks... Total Bullion in the Bank of England £10,511,000 HENRY L. WICKHAII. Stamps and Taxes, Dev. 23, 1842. COURSE OF EXCH./ Amsterdam CF. 12 8i Ditto, at sight. Rotterdam .........2 U l2 9 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months 26 5 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 10 Frankfort on Maine 1521 Petersburgh, 3 Us. .4364 Berlin. Vienna, effuc. 11. 3 M lO 2 Trieste, ditto lO Madrid Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona Seville NGE.—( THIS DAY.) 'Gibraltar ~. Leghorn .... Genoa 26 20 Milan Venice 47 Naples ......... 40 iPalerino, per oz 120 i Lisbon Oporto 52 Rio Janeiro 25 Bahia Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days sight 46i Philadelphia 4€ PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Fo:eign Gold, bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold C0in...3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9i silver in Bars... 0 4 lla THE LONDO GAZETTE (THIS E ENING.) WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 21. An Address of congratulation on the Birth of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, from the inhabitants of Van Diernen's Land, having been transmitted for pre sentation to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, has been presented by the Marquis of Exeter to his Royal High ness, who was pleased to receive the same very graciously. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 23, 1842. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—General Henry William Marquis of Anglesey, K.G. and G.C.8., from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Colonel, vice General Viscount Bill, deceased, Dec. 20. 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant-Gen. Sir James Kearney to be Colonel, vice the Marquis of Anglesey. appointed to the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, Dec. 20. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 23, 1842. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint the following officers to take rank, by B reve t, as un d er - ment i one d ; t he commissions to be dated Dec. 23, 1842 : To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army—Major G. Browne, of the 41st Foot ; Major G. Hibbert, of the 40th Foot ; Major T. Skinner, of the 31st Foot ; Major J. Simmons, of the 41st Foot ; Major G. H. Lockwood, of the 3d Light Dragoons. To be Majors in the Army—Captain A. Ogle, of the 9th Foot; Captain G. Baldwin, of the 31st Foot; Captain M. Smith, of the 9th Foot ; Captain F. Lushington, of the 9th Foot ; Captain F. White, of the 40th Foot. To be Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the Army—Lieut.-Colonel S. Bolton, of the 3lst Foot, vice Colonel T. Mackrell, killed in action. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 23. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint the follow ing Officers, of the East India Company's Forces, to take rank, by Brevet, in her Majesty's Army in the East In dies; the commissions to be dated 23d December,lB42: To be Lieutenant-Colonel—Major G. Huish, 26th Bengal Native Infantry. To be Majors —Captain R. Codrington, 49th Benga Native Infantry • Captain T. Polwhele, 42d B enga l N a • tive Infantry ; daptam F. Abbott, Bengal Engineers Captain T. E. A. Napleton, 60th Bengal Native In fantry; Captain G. Burney, 38th Bengal Native Infantry; Captain John T. Leslie, of the Bombay Horse Artillery; Captain J. 11. Craigie, 20th Bengal Native Infantry ; Captain J. Ferris, 20th Bengal Native Infantry ; Cap tain G. C. Ponsonby, 11th Bengal Cavalry ; Captain J. Alexander, Bengal Artillery ; Captain W. Anderson, Bengal Artillery ; Captain J. T. Lane, Bengal Artillery; Captain C. Blood, Bombay Artillery ; Captain W. Rid dell, 60th Bengal Native Infantry ; Captain H. M. Law rence, Bengal Artillery ; Captain T. Hare Scott; 38th Bengal Native Infantry ; Captain D. F. Evans, 46th Bengal Native Infantry ; Captain J. Macadam, 33d Ben gal Native Infantry. To have the local rank of Major in the Army, in Affghanistan—Brevet Captain F. Mackeson, 14th Bengal Native Infantry. To be Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the East Indies—Lieut.-Col. G. P. Wymer, 38th Bengal Native Infantry. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 23. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint the follow ing officers to take rank, by Brevet, as under-men tioned ; the commissions to be dated Dee. 23, 1842 : To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army—Major C. Warren, of the 55th Foot •, Major G. A. Malcolm, of the 3d Light Dragoons ; Major D. L. Fawcett, of the 55th Foot ; Major J. B. Gough, of the 3d Light Dra goons; Major N. Maclean, of the 55th Foot. To be Majors in the Army—Captain J. Paterson, of the 26th Foot ; Captain W. Greenwood, of the Royal Artillery ; Captain W. R. Faber, of the 49th Foot ; Captain A. O'Leary, of the 65th Foot; Captain 11. C. B. Daub eneY, of the 55th ; Captain D. Mac Andrew, of the 49th Foot Captain F. Nigston, of the 18th Foot ; oE i o.nceira C ci o g. l ie nil, tp iF i2 t l l: s e ostrhthle, Army. 9oB t Captain F. Whittinghatn, of the 26th Foot. To be Aides-de-Carnp to the Queen, with the rank of t , h L lio e o u t t. ; . e L b i l e o u n t el E C . oLl lV ol l ne o ue lris P. , of the 49th Foot. • WAR-OFFICE DEC. 22 , Her Majesty has been pleased t o appoint the follow ing es °ffi3crus' drmnoeftheentityd la Marine s , to take rank, by ; the com m i ss i ons to be dated To be Majors in the Army — Captain J. 'Whitcomb ; Dec 23 t, as undermentioned Captain F. S. Hamilton. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 23. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint the follow ing officers, of the East India Company ' s forces, to take rank, by brevet, in her Majesty's army in the East In dies ; commissions to be dated 23d December, 1842. To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Major F. Blundell, Ma dras Artillery ; Major C. W. Young, 14th Madras Na tive Infantry ; Major J. Campbell,4lst Madras Infantry: To be Majors—Captain W. H. Simpson, 36th Madras Native Infantry ; Captain F. A. Reid, 6th Madras Na tive Infantry ; Captain R. Shirreff, 2d Madras Native Infantry ; Captain T. I'. Pears, Madras Engineers ; Captain R. C. Moore, Madras Artillery, ADMIRALTY, DEC. 23. Naval promotions which have taken place in conse quence of the recent war in China : Commanders to be Captains—ll. Boyes, Esq. ;C. Frederick, Esq. ; C. Richards, Esq. ; H. Kellett, Esq. ; R. , B. Watson, Esq. ; W. 11. A. Morshead, Esq. ; R. Collinson, Esq. ; E. N. Troubridge, Esq. Lieutenants to be Commanders—J. Tudor, Esq., the Honourable East India Company ; R.B. Crawford, Esq.; J o T, MtCleverty, Esq., the Honourable East India Com pany ; C. Wise, Esq. ; G. Skipwith, Esq. ; J. G. Harri son, 'Esq. ; C. Starmer, Esq. ; J. Fitzjames, Esq. ; 11. C. Hawkins, Esq. ; J. Stoddart, Esq. ; P. A. Help man, Esq. Mates to be Lieutenants--Mr. H. Clarke, Mr. A. T. Freese, the Hon. East India Company ; Mr. E. L. Strang ways, the,Hon. East India Company ; Mr. E. W. Van sittart, Mi. A. R. Henry, Mr. H. F. N. Rolfe, Mr. A. P. Greene, Mr. H. S. Hillyar, Mr. H. Phelps, Mr. A. An derson, Mr. G. H. Hodgson, Mr. N. Vansittart, Mr. C. K. Jackson. In addition to the above promotions, orders have been NOTICES OF BANKRUPTCY. THOMAS RICHMOND, coal-meter, Stepney-green. JOHN DAWSON, tailor, Huddersfield. BAItNABAS BUSHELL, seller of horses on com mission, Harrison -street, Gray's Inn-road. ELIZABETH BROCHARD, Gloucester-place, St. Pancras. JOHN WEBSTER. beer-seller, Bradford, Yorkshire. WILLIAM SAUNDERS, pig dealer, West Hendred, Berkshire. *THOMAS LYNCH, licensed victualler, Bradshaw street, Manchester. JAMES SCOTT. linen-draper, Deptford. CHARLES MORRIS KING, Jun., attorney, Old Ford-road, Bow. EDWARD FOX, beer house keeper, Sheffield. DANIEL BANFIELD HICKIE, schoolmaster, Hawkshead, Lancashire. CHARLES GOUGH, attorney-at-law, Upper Sey mour-street, St. Pancras. HENtY ANDREWS TAYLOR, artist, Halton,Whit kirk, Yorkshire. JOHD TASKER, tailor, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. JOHN GARFORTH, manufacturer of las tings, Ha lifax, Yorkshire. ROBERT PARRY PUGHE, schoolmaster, New town, Montgomeryshire. JOHN 'WOMACK, baker, Doncaster, York. JOHN COOPER, farmer, Scholes, York. THOMAS PRESTON, civil- engineer, Lower George street, Chelsea. DANIEL HOPKINSON, coachman, Masbro' York shire. JOHN SHACKELL, accountant, Beauvoir-crescent, Hackney, Middlesex. JOHN EDWIN PIPER, chemist, Watney-street, Commercial-road, St. G eor ge-in•the-East, Middlesex. THOMAS MOORE, licensed victualler, Carrington, Cheshire. THOMAr', JORDAN, auctioneer Birmingham. SAMUEL DAVIES, labourer, Vern, Shropshire. MATTHEW KNOWLES, cooper, Tadcaster, York shire. THOMAS COLES COX, milkman, Cheltenham. THOMAS WADE, grocer, Castleford, Yorkshire. JAMES ROGERS, billiard-table maker, Exeter. GEORGE ODELL, painter, Wellingborough, North ampton§hire. RICHARD' BUTTERY, wood-ranger, Little Wen lock, Shropshire. THOMAS APDERMOTT, military knight, Lower Ward, Windsor Castle. HENRY BURGH, farmer, Stanley's-end, Gloucester, JOSEPH GARDNER, licensed victualler, Hall street, Dudley. JOHN GILLIBRAND, coal dealer, Birmingham. JOHN WILLIAM HENTIG, jun., gentleman, Judd place East, New-road, St. Pancras. HENRY DELCOUR, appraiser, South Molton-street, Oxford-straet. EDMUND NASH NORCOTT, Captainlon half-pay in the Navy, St. Martin-in -the-Fields. THOMAS RUSSELL WILKINSON, mercantile clerk, Saint Pancras, Kentish-town. JAMES SMITH, cheesemonger, Lombard-street, Chelsea. BOLTON EDWARD STRETCH, Lieutenant on Half-pay, Westbourne-street, Eaton-square. JOHN KAY, beerh ou se• keeper, Doncaster, Yorkshire. JOHN MAY, beer retailer, Golcar, Yorkshire. SIMEON HOLBOYD, grocer, Clayton, Yorkshire. ROBERT BARKER, saddler, York. WILLIAM SCRUTON, grocer, York. JOHN EDWARD PEARSE, beerseller, Manchester. SECOND NOTICES. JOSEPH BUICK ATHERLEY, chemist, Wardle worth, Rochdale, Dec. 29, at two, at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy. Fraser, official assignee, Town Hall-buildings, Manchester. WILLIAM BOURN, blacksmith, Much Wenlock, Shropshire. TIMOTHY TERRY, paper -hanger, Shrewsbury. JOHN HUTCHINSON, butcher, Sunderland, Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court of Bankruptcy. Baker, official assignee. FREDERICK WILLIAM NAYLOR BAYLEY, author, Salisbury-square, Fleet -street, London, Dec. 28, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Lack assignole. FRANCE,WILLIAM engraver, Liverpool, Jan. 20, at twelve,_ at the Li verpoo l Di str i ct C ourt o f Bank ruptcy. Bird, official ass i gnee . ROBERT FRANCIS, dealer, St. Mary Bredin, Can terbury, Jan. 1 9, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street. THOMAS DYER 111 schoolmaster, Hoxton Old Town, Dec. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basing'hall-street. Green official assignee. WILLIAM HENRY''4VILLIAMS, beer retailer, Poplar-row, New Kent -road, Jan. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bank rtptcy, Basinghall-street. Johnson, official assignee. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns Made in the Week ending Dec. 20, 1842, is 335 . 1 id. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. The mildness of ject of general remark. During the day, the atmo sphere is as soft as the prevailing weather is the sub - remark. at night the tem perature is far from co ld . I n cense • quence of this, that of an ordinary April, and even some of the spring flowers have made their appearan ce mentioned last week that a butterfly had been seen in the neighbourhoodin the fields and hedges. We of our city. Bees have also been observed in various places, and yesterday quantities of m ushrooms were gathered in the fields near Bath. .A -L gentleman was kind enough to bring to our office yesterday a bean stalk, of the ' broad Wir.dsor kind, having on it full bloom lof the finest description, and 'which, when first gatb.ered, was as fragrant as if it had been the produce; of the usual season. It was taken from a farm garden at Bathford. We can hardly expect this state of things to last much longer ; but however this may be, there i s deep reason for thankfulness to the Giver of all good that, in addition to the bountiful harvest, so mu c h• of the winter has passed away with out any suffering, through inclemency of weather, to the indigent poor. —Bath Chronicle. The Lord Chancellor leaves town to-morrow for I his seat Turville, near Maidenhead, where the Noble and Learned Lord, we understand, intends to pass the Christmas vacation. CURIOUS STORY. A somewhat strange story is just now occupying the attention of the lovers of gossip in the neighbour hood of Walnut-street. There dwells in that street a person named Parkes, whose business avocations lead him frequently into the country. Mrs. Parkes, who is close upon the period of her accouchement, keeps no servant, so that when her husband is absent, she and her two children are the sole occupants of the house. On Friday last, according to Mrs. Parke's account, a man called at her residence and requested permission to speak with her. This being accorded, the stranger inquired if her husband were in Liverpool at that time ? She replied in the affirma tive. He then begged to be infor me d w h en Mr. Parkes would set out for his next journey. Mrs. Parkes informed him that her husband would leave home on the following day. The stranger thanked her, apologised for the trouble he had given, and departed. On the following day Mr. Parkes set out on his journey, in fulfilment of his ar rangements. On Sunday morning last, about two o'clock, Mrs. Parkes states, she was aroused from her sleep by a noise in her bed-chamber. She looked up and saw a man with a light in his hand, and, on atten tively observing him, she saw that he was the same in dividual who called upon her on Friday. Filled with alarm, she uttered a cry of terror, upon which the fellow advanced to the bedside, and told her that if she ut tered another sound, he would put her to death. He immediately tied her hands and feet, and, putting a rope about her neck, fastened her firmly to the bed post. She had in the bed her two children, who were awakened by these proceedings, and the elder of whom, seeing a man binding his mother with ropes, began to scream. Mrs. Parkes now became con scious that there were other villians below stairs, for she heard one or two voices cry out to their com panions above that he was to silence the brat. The man by threats induced th e b oy t o cease hi s cr i es, and he forthwith proceeded to bind him also, and a younger child about three years old. The party then searched the house for money, and suc ceeded in finding about 81., the property of Mr. Parkes' employers. Having obtained his booty, they quitted the house, leaving Mrs. Parkes and her chil dren still bound on the bed. Not the least extraor dinary part of 'the story is that which follows. Mrs. Parkes, when she was assured that the villains had left the house, screamed for assistance, but, though the next cottage is only divided from her dwelling by a thin partition, she could not succeed in getting any assistance.. Strange to say, the whole of Sunday passed away, and still she and her children remained in the same position, unable to extricate themselves, or to make any of the persons outside aware of their situation. Thus they remained till Monday* morning, when the little boy succeeded in freeing himself from his fetters, went to the window and gave the alarm. The party at the next door, it appears, never during the whole time heard the slightest sound or disturbance. The police have been made aware of the circumstances, and are endeavouring to procure some trace of the delinquents —Liverpool Courier. A valuable Newfoundland dog was lately sent to the Veterinary College, .at %Camden-town, by the Duke of St.Alban's, the dog having been taken sud denly ill. The animal grew worse, and ultimately died one day last week. He was opened, and it was then discovered that the poor animal had swallowed a stone about the size of an egg. This stone had lodged in the centre of the stomach. It appears that the Duke, his master, was in the habit of throwing stones into the water for the deg to dive after, and it is sup posed that in bringing one of the stones up he swal lowed it. CORx-LAws.—We learn that R. Cobden, Et 1 ., M.P., after attending the Glasgow and Edinbur rh demonstrations in favour of free trade, will vi ;it Dundee. The Dundee Anti-Corn-law Associatiu,n have invited him to attend a soiree to be held in Dundee on the evening of the 16th January. He will be accompanied by Colonel Thompson. The free traders in Forfarshire, Perthshire, and Fifeshire, will thus have an opportunity of listening to the best prac tical expounder of the evils of the Corn-laws whom the men of Manchester have as yet sent forth, t o combat a monopoly fraught with injustice to all classes of the community.--Scotsman.