The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. V S The alarmists of the Press are now obliged to have recourse to the Dublin Gazette for evidence of their favourite position, that Ireland is in a state of terrible commotion. Their scouts and correspondents scat tered through the country, having been so often de tected in the fabrication or exaggeration of outrages, have ceased to supply facts in sufficient number or variety to sate their appetite and the craving of their party for tales of violence and blood. When a crime, therefore, does come to their knowledge, they make the most of it, by first relating it with every imagi nable circumstance of aggravation ; then ringing the changes upon it in one or more leading articles, or getting some of their orators to make a speech about it ; and finally, when the Lord Lieutenant offers a reward for the perpetrators, they double back upon it again, and quote it from the Gazette as a fresh and previously unheard of atrocity. Thus they contrive to spin out each ruthless deed into the forms and dimensions of four or five ; and even so, with all this ingenious cookery, their files are sadly deso late. Like Hotspur, they often lack a relish for their breakfast, and the ink is frequently clotted in their pens for want of a running supply of fresh blood to dilute it. Tipperary was an exuberant field for this kind of game ; but it has latterly become as barren as any other county. With the exception of those crimes for which the House of Lords is, in foro conscientice, strictly accountable, it is free from all such outrages as indicate an unsafe and unsound state of society. Not Kent or Norfolk more so. Indivi dual crimes there are, and sometimes attended by very frightful and deplorable consequences. But it is so, also, in at least an equal degree, in England ; and the only wonder is that Ireland, with a redundant popula tion of two millions and a half, whose life from one end of the year to the other is a continual scramble, does not present ten instances of violence for every one that it does present, to glut the ears of its Tory enemies. and oppressors. The Baronies of Upper Ormond and of Owney and Arra in Tipperary, including the popu lous and pauperised town of Ncnagh, were signalized by the number and (taring nature of the outrages which took place within them. They are now, with the exception above alluded to—and for a further ex planation whereof we beg to refer the reader to Mr. Philip Ryan and his reverend friends—in a state of profound tranquillity. We havc,.indeed, the best autho rity, that of the resident stipendiary magistrate in charge of the district, for saying that it has not been in so orderly a state these ten years past, as during the pe riod between the month of June last and this time. We have our information from a person who received it from the lips of Major Carter himself. We do not scruule to name the magistrate, because we think the testimony highly honourable to him, as not only evinc ing a frank and kindly feeling towards the people, hut moving his efficiency in the sitnation which he fills. And no man has a better right than Major Carter to know time difference between a really sound state of so ciety and a suppressed or smothered discontent ; for he 5s still suffering in his person, if we mistake not, from the effects of too much confidence in deceitful appear ances ; and would be the last man, we should expect, to trust them again. Some years ago, in those hal cyon days ere Ireland was ‘• ilThkravized" or tithes remitted, he was attacked, while walking with his ladv, on his own lawn, and in the open day, by two assas sins, one of whom fired upon him, and the effect of that wound he will carry to his grave.. A suspicion of the reality of a Tipperary peace might very allowably haunt his mind after that ; and, therefore, we attach the greater value to his'deliberate and candid opinion, founded upon experience and observation, that it is 2cal.—Morning Chronicle. The list of registrations which we published yester day, and for which we were indebted to the research and information of the Standard, sufficed to show the enormous advantage gained by the Conservatives over Radicals and Whigs conjointly, in so far as the recent registry of votes is concerned. It was stated by our Contemporary, that out of GS returns, there were seven only in which the Whig-Itadicals exhibited any proof of a majority on their own side, derived from a compa rison of their claims and objections made good by them with those established by their adversaries; at the same time, it is to be observed, that a very partial insight is afforded by lists of claims and objections at any one registration into the real and collective state of the con stituency. Such lists give only new or contested claims. The old qualified electors, to whose right of voting no objection has been started, and whose names, therefore, remain unnoticed on the register, form, generally speak ing, the bulk of the constituent body, and arc in no degree affected by returns like those which have usually been made public with the pretension of being an indis putable criterion of the relative strength of parties. It appears, for instance, that in North Shropshire, the late registration, measured merely by a comparison of claims and objections established on either side, has gone against the Conservatives by a majority of 15 vot es ; whereas,' by taking into consideration the whole consti tuency, it is well known that the majority on behalf of Conservatism is so irresistible, that no Whig or Ra dical candidate can dare to show himself for either division of the county with the slightest chance of success. Look again at Brighton, of which the regis tration battle (if battle it can be called where only one side fought) presents a curious picture. The Conser vatives brought forward neither claims nor objections. The Radicals preferred 52 objections again s t pre-exis ing Radical voters, and succeeded in 33 ; while as a sample of the combined honesty and modesty of that faction, there were 277 Radical claimants to vote, and the claims established out of that formidable number amounted to precisely 15 ! But further, what sort of insight is thus afforded into the real condition of the town of Brighton ? The Radicals have struck off 33 Conservative votes, and have registered 15 new ones on their own side—that is to say, they hare gained an addition of 48 votes since the registration before the last. But how does such a fact elucidate the ac tual preponderancy of political interest in Brighton, where it is notorious that one at least, if not two Con servatives, would be returned by a large majority were there an election to-morrow It is, on the other hand, unquestionable that, to the extent to which such changes in the registry of votes are effected, they must, due allowance bein g always mad e for p ar ti a l acc id en t, be understood to i ndicat e a tendency, pro tanto, in the p u blic feeling towards that side of the political strug gle on which the local majority of established claims or objections is to be found. There are, of course, further elements of partial success to be considered— as, superior skill and activity in the political agents, the practical operation of certain point s of law in as sisting the claimants under one class of qualifications, and in thwarting others. But, cceteris paribus, where facts of a general nature are not notorio us l y adverse to the conclusions to be drawn from particular circum stances, the prevalent direction of the public mi n d may be fairly inferred from the average colour of th e re gistrations. We need scarcely say how these hav e shown themselves throughout the c o unties almost cas universally, and in the great m ajority of cases throughout thetowns, of Great Britain on this late oc casion. Out of 68 returns published in the Times of yes terday, and borrowed, as we have remarked,from an even ing contempora r y, con t a i n i ng a l arge num b er o f the most import an t places in the realm, there are 61 where the registrations have run in favour of Conservatism. Do we rely on this fact as decisive of the approaching con test, or as the most worthy of being taken into the calculation ? Far from it—we complain, on the con trary, of the late recorded improvement in the regis tries, as being a most inadequate a n d d e f ec ti ve measure of the growth inherent in the Conservative cause. It affords, for example, no index whatsoever of the vast and triumphant amelioration which has taken place in time political sentiments of the old electors, whom the registration contests have in no wise touched. It says not a word of those almost countless numbers among the previously existing constituency, who have been shocked and disgusted at the march of revolution, and who have discovered since the g eneral electio n o f 1835, or more properly since their experience of the desperate policy pursued by Lord Melbourne, in subservience to O'Connell—that there is no safety for the citizen, the Monarch, the Church, or S )venzent principle. so much of move vgarded as neces 'sled grievances," , 4 the correction of recognized abuses," or the attain•• meta of real benefits, the want of which is felt by the bulk of society to be a gratuitous evil. What we do mean is, that whereas trading revolutionists make re pose the exception, and experiment the rule, the wiser, more philosophic, and statesmanlike spirit of Conser vatism, reverses the above maxim as foolish and anar chical, making stability the rule, and change, when unavoidable, the exception. Such is the nature of that Conservatism which has for some time been rapidly superseding the wild and reckless appetite for innovation amongst the people of England. The latter temper has been a disease. It has had another malady ingrafted upon it—the plague of mal-administration in every department of the State. We are, thank Heaven, upon the point of shaking off both together. It ought to be added, which we are enabled to do on (rood authority, that after all the boast and bluster of . the Irish rebel gang, the greatest loss which could accrue to the Protestant cause in that country, let a dissolution come when it mav, would not exceed three or four seats at the most.—Times. From the first we considered the Association calling itself the " Agricultural Society" to have been formed for purposes far different from those which its name would imply—we have from its very birth announced and denounced it as the combination of a faction en deavouring to spread discontent amongst the people and disaffection to the Government, under the pretext of prodigious anxiety for the relief of the agricultural classes, but whose real design was to assist in the re establishment of a Tory administration—and every step of its progress has tended more and more to con firm the accuracy of our anticipations. In compliance with the importunity of the leaders of this Society, a Committee was appointed last Session to inquire into the state of the agricultural interest. The appli cation for the appointment of this Committee was urged in the expectation that the Government would have given opposition, and hence might have been drawn ample materials for exciting hostility amongst the agricultural classes ; but to the disappointment and mortification of the clamorous applicants, Ministers assented to the appointment of a Committee ; when, lo ! after the necessary inquiry, which it was pretended would reveal unparalleled suffering on the part of the agriculturists, the Committee declined to make any report, and their Chairman, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, pub lished, on his own authority, a pamphlet, stating that the agricultural interest was not in the depressed state which had been represented, and that the repeal of the corn laws would be highly advantageous to the landed interest generally. These statements remained uncontradicted by the Committee, or any person on their behalf. Notwithstanding this disgraceful expo sure of the real purposes of the agricultural agita tors, they had yesterday the assurance to hold their annual meeting, when the Chairman—Mr. Ormsby Gore, who presided in the absence of the Duke of Newcastle congratulated the meeting on the im proved state of the agricultural interest, and the high prices of agricultural produce, which, in most chari table consideration of the half-fed artisan, he feared would not continue. The utmost alarm was ex pressed at the speech of Sir Henry Parnell, at Dun dee, in which the Right Honourable Baronet stated that the appointment of the Committee necessarily implied an inquiry into the Corn-laws, and evinced that the Government felt no indisposition to have the grounds examined on which the policy of mo difying, or even repealing those laws, could be dc fended. Any allusion to the Corn-laws naturally ex cited horror amongst those who by their iniquitous instrumentality are enabled to plunder the whole com munity, not even excepting the industrial agriculturists, for whom they profess such anxious sympathy. Con sequently, these remarks of Sir Henry Parnell were made the subject of an especial resolution. A Mr. Spooner, or .Spooney, we know not which, affected surprize that the Committee had made no report, and stated that he expected no relief when he found Lord Darlington's name had been excluded from amongst its members. Poor Spooney ! Rejected and forlorn Darlington ! Much abused agriculturists ! ! ! We are g ratified that the utter failure of the display in tended to have been made yesterday shows that those of the Agricultural Association who have any regard for appearances are ashamed to be seen at its meetings, and as the public, from the paucity of attendance, ap pear tolerably well aware of the real motives of the pretended friends of the agricultural interest, we are spared the necessity of dwelling on the exposure of their factious designs.—Morning Advertiser. To the establishment of a Metropolitan University, with power to confer the degrees usually conferred by Universities, we sec no reasonable objection ; neither do we, in regard to such an establishment, disapprove of the absence of religious tests as to any particular form of Christianity ; though we agree with a contem porary Journal in thinking it neither useless nor absurd that proof of Christian communion 91 some sort should be required as a condition precedent to a degree ; but we presume Lord John Russell would describe any test by which deists, mahomedans, idolaters of Fo, or atheists, could be excluded from degrees intended for the advancement of religion and morality, as" binding, by the fetters of the seventeenth century, the talent and merit of the present enlightened age." In announcing this chartered project for emancipating the human mind in the nineteenth century, from what some philosophers call the " prejudices of Christianity," the evening organ of the Government does not fail to take a fling at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, as well as at the Established Church. This is important only so far as it discloses the sentiments of the Ministry under whose inspiration it speaks—though, perhaps, any additional testimony on that subject was super fluous. The established seats of learning and educa tion, whether at Oxford or Cambridge, Dublin or Glasgow, are not the places where the talents and intelli gence--the wisdom and worth of the Melbournes and the Palmerstons—the Russells and the Rices, and such political and intellectual luminaries of this " unfettered and enlightened age" are appreciated, or even under stood. In order that such men may receive their due meed of renown, it is necessary that they should build their own temple of fame, and also keep the key of it in their own custody, with as tenacious a grasp as that with which they hold the privy seal with which the letters patent are stamped. And accordingly they have resolved to keep the key ; for, contrary to the practice in other Universities, where the Fellows are usually chosen either by the test of superior merit, in answering at a prescribed examination in the sciences and classic literature, or some mode of academic elec tion, the Fellows of the University of London are not only all appointed in the first instance by Royal, that is, by Ministerial designation, under the sign manual, but their successors are so to be appointed through all future time. This is quite consistent with the insatiable and grasping spirit of Whig patronage. It is part and parcel of the centralising system, by which they would vest all appointments in themselves. In the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, the academic government is not an appenage of the Mi nisters of the Crown—they have, therefore, some inde pendence of character. James 11., when he attempted to subv ert the rel i g i on and l ib ert i es o f t h e nat i on , struc k at that ' independence both in England and Ireland, with th e in the att swo r d of despotic prerogative, and shivered it empt. A s sc h oo l s o f the reformed religion —as insti tut i ons Church, intimately connected with the Esta blished, where youth are trained for the ser vice of its altars the Universities of both countries a ppear ailjo tiobiestnet!s,letsian they s l hateful w i e n re th i e n e t y h e e s ey of es th o e f t p h r e ese io nt Whigfatuated James, and the Jesuit advisers who then sur rounded the throne. Even Glasgow has fallen out of favour, for daring to assert its independence in the choice of a Lord Rector. If th e Mi n i s t ers h a d th e appointment to that office, as th ey have the appoint ment of Chancellor and Fellow s in opinion d by th e c h o i ce of which h as ta k en the New London University, the re-action place among the educated you th of Scotland, wou ld no t be so apparent as it has beenof re rendered Sir Robert P ee l f o r that office, in place o f the Whig Attorney-General Sir John Campbell. Who would have heard of the Duke of AVellington being elected to the office of Chancellor of the University of Oxford, if the Whig Ministers had that appointment in their own hands, as they have that of Chancellor of the New University ? We suppose the academic, and, con trasted with a Ministerial appointment, this popular mode of election is part and parcel of what the even ing organ of the Government calls the " antiquated outworks in which Oxford and Cambridge have chosen to entrench themselves." Certainly they are out works, which prevent their being easily subjugated into a state of obsequious dependence on any Ministry. To prevent the chance of any inconvenient indications of independence in the " unfettered " University, it is closely chained by the links of patronage to the foot stool of the Whig Prime Minister. The old Univer sities are " enslaved " to the forms of popular election as they are to some certain and defined form of the Christian faith ; but the enlightened emanation of the Whig intellect of the nineteenth century is " emanci pated" from the vulgar trammels of either one or the other. It is a worthy contrivance and true symbol of the anythingarian Whig Ministry. It is usual in char ter-incorporated learned societies, to nominate two or three Fellows, or others of the managers, nomine ma prunz, and to leave the remainder to be elected by those first appointed, according to some prescribed rule ; but as the Whigs were resolved to keep all the patronage of the new University in their own hands, as we before observed, they named the whole num ber of Fellows at once ; and though among them are some names of men distinguished by scientific attainments, and otherwise highly respectable, among whom we would mention Professors Airy and Fara day ; Drs. Arnot, Crampton, and Hodgkin—yet there are others whose claims to distinction are so ge nerally unknown, that we question if any thing short of the solemn attestation of the Privy Seal could stamp them with authenticity. In reading this list of what are called distinguished men by Lord John Russell, we are obliged to confess our profound ignorance of the where and hozu their title to distinction was achieved. " Not to know them," perhaps, " argues ourselves unknown." Be it so. We make the con fession of our ignorance, conscious of what we incur for being found enveloped in so much mental darkness in the noon-day light of the nineteenth century. Some of the names, we admit, are odd enough to conferdistinction by mere enunciation, on Mr. Shandy's theory of nomen clature ; but, independently of this, we should have thought that in making a deliberate comparison between the intellect of the present " enlightened age" and that of the seventeenth century, a more splendid list ought to have been provided, to make the allusion to the age of the greatest names that England has ever seen appear something else than a most uncharitable sneer upon the intellectual pretensions of the present day. The appointment of Lord Burlington as Chancel lor is one which, if we thought much more highly of the new institution than we do, or than the public will probably think of its degrees, we should be far from objecting to. This young nobleman unites high rank and great fortune with considerable scientific abi lities and attainments. A Contemporary journal says he was Senior Wrangler at Cambridge ; we believe that is a mistake—he was all but Senior Wrangler, having lost that honour, after a severe contest, to Mr. Phillpot, if we recollect right. We need not add that he is a Whig, for so we believe arc all the " distin guished men " of the new University—either Whigs or Whig-Radicals. This, of course, was mere acci dent, as our most liberal Ministers could never have intended to make a mere party-business of an affair of science, literature, and liberal education. We have only to add that, inasmuch as the Ministerial journals are pleased to affect a lofty disdain for the ancient Universities, and everything belonging to them, care will be taken to distinguish the degrees conferred by the London University- from those conferred by such antiquated establishmeuts as Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, that the public of this enlightened age may duly appreciate them accordingly.—Morning Herald. Monday evening a meeting took place at the Court house of the borough of Marylebone of deputations from the metropolitan and suburban parishes, situated within the county of Middlesex, at which resolutions were agreed to in support of the bills to be introduced in the next session of Parliament, for extending the provisions of the Municipal Reform Act to the cases of rate-payers in counties, bo roughs, and populous towns where they have not yet exer cised control over the imposition of rates. Captain Wardell took the chair. The principal speakers were Sir John S. Lillie, Mr. Soden, Sir S. Whalley, Lord Nugent, Mr. N. A. Vigors, Mr. Hovendon, &c. CURIOUS LARCENY.—The Boston Transcript gives the following particulars of a charge brought last week at Lowell, against a young man of that place, upon which he was committed for trial. The witness spoken of is a young woman, to whom the defendant had given a promise of marriage, and appeared, it is said, with very great reluctance. The defendant and witness had been for some months intimate, in what is called in the country, a courting way. She lent him some money, for which he gave his notes. He omitted his visits, and, after a while, she, wanting the money, caused the notes to be sued. Sub sequently the suits were abandoned, the notes taken up, and . a new one given by him for 200 dollars. At the tirn of these transactions, a reconciliation took place, he promised to marry her, they mutually agreed to keep the giving of the new note a secret, and things went on in the old way. A short time before the trial, he called upon her one morn ing, found her sick abed, her nurse present, and told her that he was published to be married to another girl, and had come to settle with her, pay her the money, and take up his note. Upon his asking to see the note, she gave the keys of her trunk to her nurse, and directed her to bring her the (witness's) bank-book (in which she said the note was), without opening it. The nurse did as she had been directed, and then left the room. Neither the nurse nor the witness could say positively that the note was there, for the witness fainted, and became wholly unconscious of what passed. Upon the nurse's return to the room, she found the witness nearly, if not quite, senseless, the defendant gone, the bank book on the window, no note and no money. There are thirty boarders in the house where these events took place. Some time afterwards, upon being questioned by the girl's brother about paying the girl what he owed her, he said, " I have got up my note (or notes, the brother was not certain which), and that is all I want." After this, the girl consulted Counsel, and by advice inquired of the boar ders if they had seen any money in or about her room, and the denied that they had. After the scene at the sick-bed, and before this examination, the defendant was married.— American Paper. The Captain of the Brunswick, at the port of Hull, has complained, in a letter to the Hull Advertiser, of an in famous indignity offered to a British seaman in Russia. From the statement it appears that, on the vessel arriving at Cronstadt, the Russian Custom House officers searched her, in doing which the assistant officer opened the chest of William Britton, the carpenter, whose clean shirts he in stantly tossed out into the dirt. Britton, finding expostu lation useless, caught hold of him by the collar, when the fellow ran upon deck and complained to his senior officer. The next morning a body of police came on board and con veyed Britton before the Magistrates, when the subordi nate officer swore that he had been struck on the face and had received a black eye, and the superior officer also swore that he saw the blow struck. Notwithstanding the Magis trates remarked that there were no signs of a blow having been given, and it being ultimately acknowledged by the superior officer that he was not below at th e t i me of the alleged assault, together with the fact of five of the ship's crew positively swearing that the blow was not given, Brit ton was remanded to a loathsome dungeon for a second ex amination, which was put off from d a y t o d ay t i ll h i s health was so much impaired that he wa s ta k en to the hospital. commu nication indirect commucation was made that the affair could was s linen , obliged to nearly leave be settled for 200 rubles , but this was indignantly refused, hi recovery ,received the the ed use Britton o fhat, shoes, remained in prisonfer clean neckcloth, a o t r starved. Cronstadt, and intelligence length then was B runsw ick ee qual to 30/. or b e imprisoned afterwards Captain of the Dido, that Br i tton, on b e i ng l e f t w i t h out witnesses, was almost immediately after fi na ll y examined, and sentenced to pay a fin e six months. The shipwrights of the Good Design Society, at Hull, of which Bitton was a member, collected the money to procure his release, but the lateness of the season pre vents the possibility of any communication with Cron stadt, that port being now blocked up with ice. [ls there no British Consul at Cronstadt ?] The waters of the Seine have risen so high, and the vessels in the port rising above the quays, th e ir step ping boards were unusually steep from the quay. Two ac cidents have in consequence occurred. Two sailors, James Buckman, 24 years of age, cook on board the English galley the Economy, and Robert Blakye, 21 years of age, a sailor on board the English sloop the Betsy, were drowned under the following circumstances :—Robert Blakye was sleeping on board his ship, when about 11 o'clock he was awakened by James Buckman, who wished to quarrel with him. While they were disputing, Blakye slipped from the stepping-board into the river and perished without any pos sibility of saving him. Buckman, who was far from wishing such a fate to his adversary, regretted it very much, and was in the act of retiring with three of his comrades, but on reaching almost the extremity of the board he slipped also, fell into the Seine, and was inevitably lost. The dead bo dies of these two unfortunate seamen were found last night at a late hour.—Journal de Rouen. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, :DEC. 13. Number Dirldend Price of ___ .._...... per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Shire. 1,760 8 vet cent. Ashton and Oldham...Average 97/. 18s. sh. 142 1,482 - 41. Ashby.de.lc.Zouch Average 113/. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 51 1 ,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 1501. sh. 100 8,000 1-168 h. 91. 9s. Birmingham, 1-16th share 8 1 4 1. & 711. 217 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...1251 sh. 100 pd 321 600 . Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/. sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater 1001. sh. 102 500 48/. Coventry 1001. sh. 725 4,545 Croydon Average3l/. 2s. 10d. sh. 3 2,060; 41. Os, Dudley lOO/. sh. 78 600 71. Derby 100/. sh. 120 20,000 3,5752 3/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. SO 231 40!. Erewash 1001. sh. 500 1,297 28/. Forth and Clyde Average 4401.165. sh. 610 11,500 121. Grand Junction 100/. sh. 213 2,t 1 49i 11. Grand Union 1001. sh. 24k 1,500 Grand Surrey 120,000/. 4/. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. 70 3,098 ... ...... Grand Western 600 13/. 12s. SO. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. 4d. 23 n 749 10/. Grantham 150/. sh. 202 8 ,233 11. 15s. Huddersfield Average 57/. 6s. 6d. sh. 35 100 Kensingtm 100 sh. all pd. 10 25,323 11. 2s. Kennet and Avon, Average 39/. 18s.100. sh. 22 2,9971 201. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 530 545 1 121. Leicester l4O/. sh. 190 1,897 4/. 10s. Leicester and Northampton.. Aver 83/.los. 77 2,400 10/, Monmouthshire 100/. sh. 200 50 16/. Melton Mowbray 100/ sh. 200 . . .. .--.• .-- 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 580 3 ,000 N. 10s. Macclesfield 100/ sh. all pd. 54 2117 17/. Neath 100/. sh. 325 1,786 30/. Oxford 1001. sh. 580 2,400 51. Peak Forest Average about 78/. sh. 104 21,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. Bd. sh. ;6 5 , 669 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/. sh. 121 500 8/, Shropshire 19.51. sh. 140 800 91. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 153 3,600/. 4i per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2l. 10s. sh. 111 7 00 40/. Stafford and Worcester 140/. sh. 730 500 91. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 243 300 81. Stourbridge 3,647 2/. Gs. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. 9d. sh. 50 533 12/. Swansea 100/. sh. 220 3,'i2 11. 4s. Se'ern and Wye and Railway ...A.r 351. sh. 19i 2,604 sh. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, ; share 1001. sh. 555 8,149 1,0005 h./ 151. Warwick and Birmingham 100/. sh- 260 I,l:Wish. .5 980 122. Warwick and Napton lOOl. sh. 210 6,000 4/. 03. Worcester and Birmingham...Av.7B/. Bs. sh. 82 5,000 225. Wilts ana Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 21 800 Si, Wyrley and Essington lO5/. sh 75 126 Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 45 905 11. Wey and Arun llO/. sh. 2•21 DOCKS. 1,065 a sh. 2,000& 3p. c. Commercial OOOl. sh. 50 t 95,6671/. 6 per ct. East India . Stock 117 3.238,310 F. 506. p. ct. London Ditto Bonds 1,380,000/. it. per et. West India Stock 106 2,209 2/. I 9s. Bristol 68,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll5 1,352,752 4 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 87; 111 . .- 500,000 4f per cent. Ditto Bonds lO4 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOll Shoreham Harbour 2.500 ~,. ,„, Deptford Pier BRIDGES. 1,600 les. ilammersindi. 5Ol. sh. 20 7,‘231 Southwark, Old Av. 63/. 2s. Sd. sh. 2 1,700 11. Iss. Ditto, New, of 7! per cent. 5O/. sh. 14 5,000 Waterloo' .. 1001. sh. 4 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of Si/. 6Ol. pd 18 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 15 80,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bond. llB 6,000 17s Vauxhall Awn - age 701. 10* Sd. sh. 161 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 31 lOs Albion 5001. sh. 50/. pd 79 50,000 {sl;i7, cent. Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 101/. pd 111 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 5/. pd 5: 24,000 11 per sh. Atlas 1,200 ;sh. Si. Birmingham 1 ire 250/. sh. 551. pd 105 20,000 4/ per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 41 12,000 6/. per cent. British Commercial 50/. sir. 5/. pd 61 5,000 51. percent. Clerical, Me.1i,..a1,&c. Life, ICO/.811. 12110 s pd 31 4,000 2/ lOs County 1001. sh. 101.1x1 42 20,000 ss. Eagle 200 { 5 P er cent l Economic Lilt: lOOO/. sh. 250/. 01 375 and 301 bs. 2,271 225. per oeat. European Li, ‘ , O/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New °W. sh. 2/. pd 2 1,000,0001. 71. per ct.. Globe 20,000 5/. Guardian lo ob l. sh. 2711 pd 32 40,000 Fire 5 pct. { I Hope Life 8 p ct. 5O/. sh. 5/, pd ek 2,100 —5/. 7s..tid. lmperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 125 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 10 13,453 liis. per sh. Indemnity Marine 11'0/. sh. Si. pd 1( 2,020 3/ lOs Kest Fire 50/. sh. all pd 02 31. Ditto Life 79 10,000 105. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 28 , 5,000 Ins. ...... London, Fir.? - 4.25/. sh. 121. 105. pd 151 3,900 103. Londcm, Ship °5l. sh. 12/. 103. pd 151 30,000 5/, per cent. Palladium Lite 50/. sh. '2l. pd 21 Ss Od 50,003 Protcvtor Fire 0 01. sh. 21. pd 14560 2,500 1/. Provident I.iie 100!. sh. 101. pd 2.) 100,000 5/. percent. Rock Life ` 3 ol. sh. '2l. pd 6 6!0,220/ Id. per cent. Royal Exclulige Stock... 220 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United King.lorn Life 2/. pd V the State, but in resisting the ma is, far be it from us to impugn 1. as may by wise men be re the " redress of ascertaii v- 4 - JOINT STUCK BANKS 25,000 Agric and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 101. pd 14 5,000 Australa.ia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd 51 10,000 10 percent. Bank of ill iningham 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 14 30,000 4 per cent. London and Westininster...loo/ sh. 20/. pd 20 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. 20/. pd 30 25,000 Liverpool 100/ sh. 101. pd ' 23 50,000 6 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool] 100/. sh. 15/ pd 22 Discount 21,000 71 percent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25! pd 20,000 Provincial Bank of lreland 1001. eh. 25/. pd 40 20, 00 National Bank of Ireland 5Ol. sh. 121/. pd 13 10,000 5 per cent. National Prnvincial Eng. IOU sh. 251. pd 231 :0,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 101. pd 20 0,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 115 s 6d Bath 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 161. pd 221 V ,„„ r 5/.percent., Ditto Provincial 9 0/. sh. 19 pd 23 '' ,'''' /and Bs. 55..5 928 5/ lOs Birmingham 50/. sh. 105 4,250 2/ Os Bristol 2O!. sh. 40 1,500 3! 103 Brighton 2Ol. sh. 13 750 3/ 'Cs Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd 12 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 9 04 sh. all pd 19 4,000 4/. Continental Cansolidated lOO/. 6241. pd 95 1,000 101. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd ISO 1,000 6/. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. 10s. Equitable 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 421 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 25/. sh 201. pd 20 2,350 61. per cant. Independent 3O/. sh. all pd 50 11,0011 3/. per cant. Phoenix 501. sit. 39/. pd 21 1,000 4/. per cent. Itatcliti 100/. sh. 801. pd • 4,0,00 South Metropolitan 50/. sh. 19/. pd 19 5,200 51. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 461. pd 311 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 8/. per cent Wakefield . 25/. sh. 221 12,000 31. Westminster Chartered 6,00 n 12s. Ditto New .sf /. sh. 10/. pd 10 KO . Yarmouth 9 0/. sh. 181. pd 9 WATER WORKS. 4,800 9s. Birmingham ... 251. sh. 251. pd 241 4,443 61. Ea.,t London lOOl. sh. 1361 5 ) 500 2/ 10. fir 11d Junction ....Average 41/. 13s. 4d, sli. 5!1 2,000 21. Kent 100/. sh. 45 372 la/. - Liverpool Bootle 2'201. sh. 803 1,500 2110 s New River London Bridge Water Annuities 59 6,486 11151 Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 53 300 4 per cent. S3uth London 100/. sh. 82 8,204 3/. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 79! 1,360 I/ 141 York Building Co, Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 2,500 Aylesbury 2O/. sh. 1/. pd. 11 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 5/ pd 3 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 01 15,000 Bristol and Exeter lOO/. sh. 51x1 3 660 Calcutta and Saugur 5Ol. sh. 21. pd 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western-1001. sh. 71/. 51 3,000 Clarence lOO/. eh. 100/. pd 5n 12,000 2,500 19s. Forest of Dean 5O/. pd 28 Grand Junction 100/. sh. 50/. pd 107 Great North of England 2/. pd 01 25,080 Great Western lOOl. sh. 30/4,pd 43 2,000 8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 3 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 51. pd 14 7,100 Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 4 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd 48 5,100 20 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester-0(3.3h. 100/. p 4 285 Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 61 10,000 ... ...... London and Brighton lOO/. sh. 51 pd 8 45,000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...20/. sh. 1/. pd 0; 16,000 Ditto ditto (Rennie)...so/. en. 21. pd I; 8,001 ... ...... Ditto ditto (Cundy)...loo/. sh. 21. pd 11 12,000 London and Dover 501. sh. 11. pd 0 30,000 2 25 0 : 000 000 3 per cent. London London and and Greenwich ßiringnam ...100 9.0 1 / . ..s h lt : Cf : 1 1.1 ,0 1 2 4 ;? 20,800 7,000 12,000 London Grand Junction 5 , 1. sh. 21. pd . 11 10,000 North Midland 10(V. sh. 10/. pd 16 Northern and Eastern lOOl. sh. 3/. pd 31 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 8/. pd 28,000 South Eastern and Dover "/. pd 21 1,000 GI. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 24(1 11,000 Thames Haven 5Ol. sh. 2/. 10s. pd 1 6,000 MINES. 8,008 ...... ... Albion Copper 51. sh. 3/. pd 0i 4,000 Altcn 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 131 111,001 ~.. Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd It Ditto Subscription .251. pd 3; 2,000 Bolanos l5Ol. sh all pd 125 10,000 11. 10ii Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm .351. sh. '2O/. pd 22 6,000 Macaubas & Cocaes United 25/. sh. 2311. pd 7 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. 81/. pd 21 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 201. pd I i 10,000 ........ Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 81. pd 1) 20 , 000 ••• ...... British Iron 5Ol. sh. 501. pd 41 6,000 British Copper Cata Branca , 6;/. pd 6; Candonga 7ll. IA fi 10,000 14 C o piapo 2O/, sh 121! pd 17„, 8,500 2,850 3/. English 121 Its. pd 22 20,000 6,155 Mexican Com pany 100/. sh 541/. pd 21 3,000 Polberou Consols .................. 10/. sh. 8/. pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered l5l Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 130 30,00 0 ........ United Mexican, iss. 2 pm..... 40/. sh. all pd 2 Dittt. Scrip 3l Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 2; West Cork 501. sh. 501. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1000 ..... ... London, with Bron ze Ti c k et 75gs. sh. 201 ,500 700 King' College 1001. pd 32 MISCELLANEOUS. KOH 15s. Australian Agricultural...lool. sh. 2(1l. pd 381 6 , 000 &Alper centillritish American Land eompany . . 18/. pd 13 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company 100/. oh.. 23/. pd 3 4 200,0 00 54 per cent. Upper Canada Loan O5 City Bonds, 4 per cent lOl Imo° 111. General Steam Navigation ...15/. sh. 13/. pd 24; 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 li. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19 New Brunswick Land Company 281 Pd 251 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Int eres t 5 0c ...100/. o h. 100/. pd 130 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100!. sh. 451. pd 801 4,000 10,000 Van Die-ner.'s Land 100/. sh. 171. pd 131 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, NOV. 16, 1636. BANKS. 4500,00i1. Gl. p. ct. Bank of Scotland !N. Gs. 9d. sh. all pd 2041. 2,000,03C1. sp. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001.51 i. all pd 1654 500.000/. Sp. ct. British Linen Company .... . lOO/. sh. :,11 pd 2451. 3,000,00V1. Gl. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 180/. 5,000,000/. sp. ct. National lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 154/ 2,0 00,000. 51, p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. 50. 50/. pd 4,000, 0 04 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 30/. pa SG/. INSURANCTE6iCIPANIES. 250,0005 h. 61 P. ct. Scottish Union 201. sh. IL pd 2.7 s 7,500 SP. ct. Hercules lOOl. sh. 101. pd I'l 10s. 100,000 s p. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland —.30/. sh. all pd 7110 g, 50. 000 6 P. ct. North British 2001. sh. 101. pd 15 ,.. 1 , 000 S P. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 101. pd 16/03 5,000 6P. et. Edinburgh life 100/. sl.. 10/. pd 14/108 100,000 . ....... %Vest of Scotland lO/. pd 91 (Ls MISCELLANEOUS, 4,810 ......... Editi. - :an a - (11.;.. 1:i il7 - Cin a 1 5 0/. sh. all pd 22/. Ditto Allocated 961. 511. all pil 6 5 1. 5,400 5 per cent. tklinb.*JMilt stock Watcr 25/. sh. all pd 384 Carron . Iron Company 250/. sh. all pd 4504 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery '(0!. sh. 3' 4 4 pd 46/. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 201. sh. 16/. pd 7t/. 4,5(X1 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd 60.14 4,430 NO per cent. Glasgow Gas 5/. sh. all pd 61/. 730 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 201. sh. all pd 451. 1,260 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway...sol.sh. W. 3,000 5} per mut. Equitable Loan Company..,2sl. ob. 91. p 0 10 FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, DEC. 6. The Lord Chancellor hss appointed Richard Bracey, of Wotton under-Edge, in the county of Gloucester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, Dim. 9. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Galloway, of Prescott, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire. Wilts Regular Militia--William Vince, Esq., to be Captain, vice W. C. Grove, promoted, Dec. 2. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. Royal South Lincoln Militia.—F. Hopkinson, Esq., to be Captain, Dec. 6. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottingham. Clumber Troop of Sherwood Rangers.—J. I. Werge, Gent., to be Cornet, Dec. 3. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. ISRAEL ALEXANDER, horse-dealer, Chiswell-street. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS LEGG, carver and gilder, Windmill -street, Tot tenham-court-road, to surrender Dec. 22, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, Copthall -buildings, official assignee ; Oliver, Cheapside. GEORGE SUGGETT, merchant, Barbican, Dec. V), at one, and Jan. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Swain, Ste vens, and Co., Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Goldsmid, Iron manger-lane, official assignee. HENRY COOPER, flour-factor, London-street, Ratcliff, Dec. 21 and Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Silves ter, Great Dover-street, Southwark ; Johnson, Basinghall-street, ofcial assignee. JOSEPH DICKINSON, calico-printer, Brinals, Lancashire, Dec. 21 and Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Town-hall, reston. Ma kinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Middle Temple, London ; Makin son, Blackburn, Lancashire. HENRY WESTON, victualler; Chailey, Sussex, Dec. 22, at eleven, and Jan. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gib son, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Collins, Great Knight Rider's-street, Doctors'-Commens. JAMES ENDERSBY NICOLL and JOHN WARBUR TON, tailors, Liverpool, Dec. 24, and Jan. 24, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Mawdsley, Liverpool ; Addlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row o London. THOMAS TAYLOR, cheese-factor, Tooley-street, South wark, Dec. 24, and January 24, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, official assignee ; Smith son and Dunn, Chancery-lane, L on d on . ROBERT MUSGRAVE, haberdasher, Liverpool, Dec. 24, and January 24, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Hol den, South John-street, Liverpool ; Walmsley, Keightley, and Parkin, Chancery-lane, London. THOMAS JOHNSON, draper, Macclesfield, Dec. 27 and Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Norrisand Allen, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn, London ; Norris, Manchester. HENRY COX, soap-manufacturer, Goswell-street, St. Luke's, Dec. 22, at two, and Jan. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Wood and Ellis, Corbet-court, Gracechurch-street ; Clark, St. Swithin's-lane, the official assignee. JOHN JELLIS BRIMMER, printer, Greek-street, Soho, Dec. 24, and Jan. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, official assignee ; Hunt, Mildred's court, Poultry, London. JOSEPH HALL, wine -merchant, Savage-gardens, Tower-hill, Dec. 20, and Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Shirreff, Lincoln's Inn fields. JOSEPH BATCHELOR, mercer, Isle of Wight, Dec. 21, and Jan. 24, at eleven, at Yelf's Hotel, Hyde. Hewson, Gosport ; Dyne, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. JOHN ANDERSON, merchant, Old Broad -street, London, Dec. 22, at one, and January 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bank. ruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Roy, Blunt, Duncan, and Johnston, Liverpool-street, Bishopsgate-street. THOMAS EVANS, draper, Bridgend, Glamorganahire, Dec. 21 and Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Holme, Frampton, and Loftus, New Inn, London ; Prideaux, Albion Chambers, Bristol. HENRY ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, merchant, Old Broad street, Dec. 20, at two, and Jan. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Roy, Blunt, Duncan, and Johnston, Liverpool-street, Broad-street-buildings. JOHN INGRAM, grocer, Birmingham, Dec. 23, at three, and Jan. 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as signee ; Sweet and Sutton, Basinghall-street. GEORGE FOSTER, draper, North Curry, Taunton, Somer setshire, Dec. 21, and Jan. 24, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Jenkins and Abbott, New-Inn, London ; Clarke and Sons, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-strcet. W. Halton, tailor, Charles-street, St. James's Westminster, Jan. 5, at twelve—W. Hindley, cheesemonger, Gray's Inn-lane, Jan. 5. at one—J. Goodburn, silversmith and jeweller, Bishopsgate-street Within, Jan. 6, at twelve—T. Youle victualler, Woolwich, Kent, Jan. 4, at two—R. Dean, builder, Milner-place Lambeth, Jan. 4, at one—A. Bruce, army clothier, London, Jan. 4, at twelve—D. Morgan, tanner, Rhosmaen, Carmarthenshire, Dec. 20, at twelve —B. Righton, cooper, Eastcheap, Jan. 7, at one—G. Simpson, mariner, Upper Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, Jan. 7, at half-past one. In the Country. T. H. Dobbs, innkeeper, Gainsburgh, Lincolnshire, Jan. 12, at eleven, at the hite Hart Inn, Gainsburgh—J. Delamore, grocer, Liverpool, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool— J. Barnsly, cotton-merchant, Manchester, Jan. 10, at eleven, atthe Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—C. I. Wathen, victualler, South Hamlet, Gloucestershire, Jan. 6, at ten, at the office of Mr. W. Matthews, Gloucester—T. Bumpus, jun., grocer, Northampton, Jan. 10, at twelve, at the office of Mr. T. Howes, Northampton— J. Garton, lighterman, Myton, Kingston-upon Hull, Jan. 12, at twelve, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon- Hull. CERTIFICATES-JAN. 3. J. Wilkes, builder, Cheltenham—J. Harrison, merchant, Liver. pool—A. Horton, button-manufacturer, Sheffield—T. Hill, linen. factor, Bow Church-yard. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Coles, sen., and C. Coles, jun., West India brokers, Tower street—J. W. Roberts and J. Parkes, woolstaplers, Birmingham-- R. Scott and E. T. Winlesworth, fellmongers, Kirkdale, Lanca. shire--W. W. Garlick and T. Dickinson, plumbers, Manchester-- W. H. Barnard and C. Barnard, merchants, Liverpool—NV. 1)• Mills and E. Mills, butchers, Jermyn-street, St. James's—J. Wesi and 111. Hayward, tailors, Ernest-street, Regent's Park—T. Veni and J. Marshall, jun., slaters, Boston, Lincolnshire—G. Jackson. and D. Clark, spirit merchants, Manchester--S. Davis and 1. Kin:, boat builders, Oxford—J. Bulman anal G. I3ulman, iron mongers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W. Hulme and Co., silk dyers, Macclesfield—R. Hardy and Co., vessel owners, Hull—J. Paccy R. Westland, spirit merchants, Boston, Lincolnshire—W. Cla:y and Co., Manchester, as far as regards Edward Johnson—J. Moor.' and F. Davidson, joiners, Manchester—J. Wallwork and S. Abel. brassfounders, Little Bolton, Lancashire—P. Sangrober and M. L. Sangrober, tailors, Gerrard-street, Soho—T. Carver and Co., common carriers, Manchester—S. Isherwood and J. E. Isherwood, silk manufacturers, Manchester—S. Hancocks, sen., and Co., cotton manufacturers, London and Manchester, as far as regards P. Horrocks. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JOHN WAUGH and WILLIAM INNES, booksellers, Edin burgh, Dec. 16 and 30, at one, at the Ohl Signet Hall, Edinburgh THOMAS GILLESPIE FERGUSON, merchant, Glasgow Dec. 16 and Jan. 3, at two, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the Neu, London Price Current of Dec. Is.) SUGAR.-Although the importers of British Plantation have submitted to a reduction on last week's rates of Is. for the mid. and good yellow qualities, and ls. 6d. to 2s. on the ord. and brown descriptions, still the demand has been extremely moderate, and the business done has been less than has bee:l the case for several weeks; the quantity which has been dis posed of only amounts to 1,000 hhds. and trs., the chief part of which has been taken by the grocers; the importation dur ing the past eleven months has been 4,640 hhds. and trs. less than it was last year, but owing to the falling off in the home deliveries this season, to the extent of 25,000 hhds. and trs., the stock now greatly exceeds that of 1835, as shown by our statement ; the lowest point of the market for low brown is 525. The stock of West India Sugars is now 34,565 hhds. and trs., being 7,180 more than last year. The stock of Mauritius is now 25,322 bags, which is 13,915 less than last year (in cluding the East India Dock). The delivery of West India last week was 1,705 hhds. and trs., which is 674 less than last year. The delivery of Mauritius was 2,074 bags, being 3,020 less than the corresponding week of last year, (including the East India Dock.) This afternoon a public sale of 119 hhds. Barbadoes was brought forward, which went off without spirit at 625. 6d. a 665. 6d, for good and fine, being 6d. cheaper for the former quality, but last sale's prices for the latter. There was more demand by private contract from the grocers or refiners, the importers having submitted to a reduction on Friday's rates of 6d., but the buyers have not taken more than 600 hhds. and trs., including the Barbadoes; very good new brown Demerara has been sold at 545. The Refined trade is still in a very depressed state, and prices continue rapidly on the decline, notwithstanding the short supply of goods at market ; several of the refiners still re frain from working, whilst others are only partially so. The business done in the home as well as in the export qualities has been extremely moderate, at a decline of Is. 6d. t o 2 s .— find Crushed having been sold at 355., Lumps entitled to the double bounty at 765., and good grocery rather under the stan dard at 755. Treacle has given way I s. to 2s. Bastards hang heavy on hand, at the prices quoted. In Dutch business has been done, 345. to 345. 6d. paid for small parcels. This afternoon there appears to be more disposition evinced on the part of the shippers to do business at 355. to 355. 6d. for double Crushed, and the Market continues very bare of goods ; from the grocers there is scarcely any request, but at lower prices there are not sellers. MAURITIUS.—The Market has been in a dull state, and the trifling parcels taken by private contract have been at a de cline corresponding with that of British plantation ; at public sale a small parcel sold at 545. to 555. Gd. for ord. yellow. There has been an arrival of 5,100 bags of the new crop. EAST INDIA.—The Market for Bengal has been extremely languid, shippers as well as the grocers purchasing with ex treme caution at a reduction on last week's rates of Is. 6d. ; at auction 1,634 bags went at 30s. to 30s. 6d. for mid. white, damps 28s. 6d. to 305., sound mid. and good yellow 225. to 245., brown mid, and good 18s. to 215., damp and damaged 18s. to 21s. Manilla is cheaper; a sale of 800 to 900 bags has been made at 235. for low and mid. yellow. In Siam there has been nothing done, there being no buyers but at re duced prices ; and of Java no sales arc reported. FOREIGN.—There has been an improved request for yellow Havannah, and the prices remain firm ; the private sales have been 600 chests, fine at 305., fair and good mid. 28s. 6d. to to 295. ; with the exception of there having been some enquiry after the strong white qualities of Brazil at rather lower rates, and at which there are not sellers, nothing "else has oc curred MoLAssss.—The tr ansac ti ons i n W est I n di a have been li mited, and at rather lower prices; the sales are small parcels of mid. Demarara at 255., and fair St. Vincents at 245. to 255. The total deliveries of West India Molasses from the warehouses for home use for the week ending December 10th amount to 2,181 cwt. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.--The importers require fully late prices for Rum, but there has been less disposition - - evinced on the part of the home buyers to purchase ; the supply at Market is now better than was the case last week ; the trans actions have been confined to very trifling parcels. Tile sale for Brandy has been moderate. In Geneva the purchases have been limited. TEA.-The Free Trade Sales commenced yesterday, at prices which are about in proportion with the Company's viz.:-Common Congous, lid. a 11.-}d. ; Blackish leaf kind ditto, Is. 4d. a Is. ; Blackish leaf strong ditto, 24. a 20. Old. ; Orange Pekoe, 10d. a Is. 9d. ; Pekoe, rather flowery, 2s. ld. a 2s. 3d. ; Twankay, ls. 41d. a Is. 44d. ; Hyson Skin, ls. 3d. a Is. 7d. ; Hyson, 2s. lid. a 2s. ; 2s. 104 d. a 2s. 11d. At these prices about four-fifths of those which yesterday passed auction, have been sold. The sale began again this morning, and has gone off much the same as yesterday as to prices, with the exception of ord. Congous, which are id. cheaper ; and Hyson Skin, 4d. a sd. Canton Boheas have been withdrawn, the importers not being inclined to sell at present prices. Fokien Boheas have sold readily at 2s. 74d. a 2s. 84(1. Congous, ord., lid.; blackish leaf are as previously quoted. Twankays have been mostly withdrawn at is. 44d. Hyson Skin sold at 10. a ls. 10d. ; and Hyson. 2s. lid. a 3s. 14d. The sales will finish on Friday. COFFEE.-Jamaica good mid. at 109 s. 6d., low mid. and mid. 945. to 106 s. 6d. good and fine fine ord. 755. to 905., low ord. 745., unclean ditto 625. to 655. ; Dominica low mid. 90s. 6d. to 91s. ; Ceylon at 455. to 465. for good ord. ; Bra zil 475. for good ord; Sumatra and Semarang, the former at 365. to 375., and the latter at 425. to 435. for good ; good mid. at 925. to 935. 6d., broken 89s. to 89s. 6d. The total deliveries of Coffee from the warehouses for home con sumption for the week ending December 10th are I 47,7751b5. of West India, and 120,0721b5. of East India. TALLOW.—The Mat;ket has been in a very depressed state, for consumption as well as for delivery, owing to the large ar rivals, 19 ships with 15,000 casks having arrived during the last two days, and the prices have again given way, the nearest quotation on the spot being 425. 6d. for P. Y. C., and 435. for delivery in the spring months. INDlGo.—There has been but little business in the East In dia descriptions, but in the prices there has been no change; the quantity declared for sale in January is 700 chests. This afternoon there is an improved request for East India at the October rates. The total deliveries of Indigo from the ware houses for home consumption for the week ending December 10th, are 12,404 lbs. of East India, and 1,459 lbs. of West India. SALTPETRE.—The transactions for Rough have been only to a limited extent, yet the prices have been very firm; at auc tion 500 bags were partly disposed of at 275. a 275. Sd. for re fraction 3 per cent. British refined remains at 316. a 31s: 6d. DYES.—This afternoon 30 chests Lac Dye and 53 bags Cochineal were brought to public sale; the former all sold at ld. a 2d. advance, ord and good fetched Is. lid. a 2c. Bd. ; ordinary Blacks of the latter were taken at 7s. Id. a 7s. 4d., full prices, Silver went ld. cheaper, ord and mid sold at 6s. 6d. a 6s. Bd. COTTON.—The Cotton trade remains dull, the business done since last Tuesday being only 700 bales Surat at 4d. 6d., and 200 Bengal at 41d. a 41d. FRUIT.—At public sale this afternoon Zante Currants, da maged, in butts sold at 675. a 70s. carorcels 69s to 71s. Duroy Plums in boxes 60s. Dried Pears in boxes 67a. Dried Apples in boxes 665. Turkey pulled Figs in drums 625. a 665. Elme Raisins in boxes 475., quarter-boxes 475. a 485., barrels 465. Chesme Raisins, damaged, in boxes 28s. a 4054 half-boxes 325. a 415., drums Sultana Raisins damaged 595. COCOA.—The limited business done in the British Plan tation Market has been at a decline of 2s. ; at auction 160 bags were only partly disposed of at 525. 6d. to 535. 6d. for good ord. Grenada. Nothing has been done in Foreign ;of Brazil there is still no supply at Market. The total deliveries of West India Cocoa from the ware- , houses for home use for the week ending Dec. 10th are 2,057 lbs: Woons.—Brazil remains firm in price, and has been in steady request ; Logwood is heavy. OILS.—The operations in the Market for all common Oils have been on a very limited scale, and at lower prices, with the exception of Cod, which remains at 50/. ; at auction 200 tuns Southern went heavily, only part finding buyers at 10s. decline, ord. sold at 431. a 441., good and fine 45/. to 47/. 153. sperm is lower. Linseed Oil heavy of sale at the reduced prizes quoted. Rape has again given way in price, and the operations have been extremely limited. PROVISIONS.—There has been no change in the prices of Irish Butter since our last report ; there has been a very good business done for consumption, and owing to the light stock, higher prices are expected. Dutch has been in recp.iest, and the supplies having been short, the prices have advanced to 104 s. for fine Friezland, and 945. a 108 s. for Kiel and Hol stien. For Bacon there has been a good sale for parcels landed, and the prices have slightly improved ; the arrivals con tinue short, and there is little offering for sale. For Lard there has been an active request at previous prices. Hama continue neglected. In India Mess Beef or Pork there IS still very little business doing. The Engli s h an d Foreign Cheese trade still remain in an active state, but prices have undergone no change. Rica.—The private transactions in the East India market have been moderate, and the public sales of 3,036 bags have gone at a decline of 6d. B e ng a l m iddli ng an d good whi t e at 14s. 6d. a 16s. In Carolina there is no alteration. SPICES.-In Pimento there has been very little LusineSS done ; and 200 bags offered at auction were nearly all taken in, ordinary and middling quality at 3ad., being previous rates. For Cassia Lignea there is no request, and 220 chests at auc tion were taken in at easy prices, middling at 575. a 575. 6d., and 535. for ordinary. The arrivals of black Pepper have been very extensive; the business done has been to a limited extent at easier prices —for white there is no request, and 6 2 bags at auction were taken in at 2s. Cloves remain firm in price, but there has been little business done. Mace has been in steady request at the quot a ti ons . Th e p r i ces o f Ci nna mon remai n firm, but the purchases have b een ex t reme ly t r ifling. The buyers of East and West India Ginger have pumhased cautiously, and a decline of 2s. has been submitted to for the former ; at auct i on 207 b ags Barbadoes were with irawn at 845.-592 bags Malabar found buyers at 30s. for go a d q uality —330 bags Bengal at 265., and 34 brls. Jamaica at 61. Is. a 81. Bs. for middling and good. Nutmegs hang heavy on hand, but at lower prices there ase no sellers. FlRE.—This was thrown into much conster nation last Friday night by the breaking out of a fire la the 'warehouse of Mr. Geo. Young, grocer, and wine. 1101 ) ,' and spi r it merc h an t, s it uate i n t h e T r i n i ty , i n t h e rear eh, and i mme di a t e l y a dj o i n i ng t o , t h e b an ki ng prem i ses 0' Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co. The flames were .first di scovere d t o b e rag i ng i n t h e l ower part o f t h e b u ild' mg about twenty minutes past eight o'clock, and the alert" speedily circulating through the city, the engines well hastened to the spot, the police promptly on the alert, i!TP a vast concourse of persons had assembled to render assist' . ante. Some slight check arose at first to m a ny a pproa t lir mg the burning building from the mention that a q uanoti . of gunp ow der was d e p os it e d i n an a dj o i n i ng ware h o use but it having been soon ascertained that this bad been re; moved to a place of safety on the first alarm, the u 4 .10°1 1 energy and exertion were immediately put in force on 5 ' hands to subdue the raging element. It soon became 1 parent that the fire had existed some time before it dis closed itself, for on the door being burst open the. flanl e r were found prevailing in an immense body in th e lov!e room, affording no hopes of the building or of any portio n of its valuable contents being rescued from ch.:structio n• Every effort was consequently directed to prevent the conflagration extendi ng t o t h e a dj acent premises, 6,13, which, happily, w as success f u l , b ut wh i ch was princiPlui owing to the thick external walls of the warehouse. Ab i t 11 o'clock, th e fl ames, h av i ng ent i re l y gutted the war'o, house in w hi c h t h ey or i g i nate d , an d spent the i r fury o°l, its contents, sub s id e d, an d a ll a l arm o f th e i r f urt h er s pref!l•;, ing ceased. We fear, however, that though the c alan% was thus fortunately prevented extending t o the n" 11 ,„, range at first thre a t ene d, it w ill p rove th a t i t h a s 0n7 6 sioned a considerable l oss o f p ro p er ty, no t on ly i n l a ying ' c t building in ruins, but in the destru c ti o n o f th e goods flC i , stores of which it was the deposit. These consisted en° to pally of wine, spirits, hops, wool, and grocery, belonging. Mr. Young and other i n di v id ua l s . W oo l a l one to the o utit lue of 1,000/. has be en en ti re ly l os t, an d h o p s t o the aul° d ,.. of 5001. To ascertain, h owever , th e p rec i se ex tent nl erty wage, at present, is impossible, or what part of the poP is insured.--IVorcester Herald. SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE"—.-* T. COX SAVORY, 47, Co rn hill, L on d on , off ers for elegant and most extensive a s sortment a Silver Tea Services, vain; ing in price from 151. to 301., the service of Teapot, sugar 13 ' 0 , and Milk Ewer. The ground.fioor, and first, second, and third fil do are fitted up expressly for the di s pl a y o f Pl a te and Plated G ° and a Pamphlet is given gratis, with Drawings, and a list of Vic T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Watchmaker, it and Silver_ 47, Cornhill, London. BBS. On the 11th inst., Mrs. Yo IX ung, T of Canonbury-square, Isline of a daughter. 3lr 9 ' On the 11th inst., in Devonshire-street , Portland - pl ace, Thomas Metcalf, of a dauhter. On the 12th inst., Mrs. g Easton, Upper Stamford-street, of a:, On the 4th inst., at Heckmondswyke , Mrs. H. De Paiva, a' • daughter. On the 10th inst., the lady of J. Cooper, Esq., of Keppell-stret, Russell-square, of a daughter, still-born. D. On the 28th of April, at MARRIE Albany, Western Australia, Arthuro Trimmer, Esq., of York-on-the-Avon, Swan River, to Mary ~.4 daughter of Captain S ir Richard Spencer, CB., of z" George's Sound, Western Australia. John On the 1 0 th inst. at St. Lawr ence J e wry, London , M r. Pattinson, to Mrs. Davis, ' of Hilbutt Brough; Westmoreland. D. Lieu s. On the 9 th inst. , at Ostend, DI E Penelope Frances, wile of Colonel Fulton. On the 9th inst., ag e d 8, H enr y, second son o f B. G. 00dges' Esq., Church-street, Lambeth. On the lOth in s t., M r. R ees Davies, o f Lamb's Con& t -street' aged 47. On the llth inst., at Bruton, Frances, the wife sm wife , of s Cap Captain 0 ., e ° 0 / Henderson, R. N., and daughter of E. 3 Pon Winckton, Hampshire. On the I lth i ns t., Harold,•infant son of John Barnes , " e Charley- wond-house, Herts. DuOken-sttirieeet2,(lSti.nsJtaes.m' Elzabeth, wife of Mr. M. J. J.. Daub:: i s z . abeth, __.......e. the late J. Roberts, Esq On the 7th inst., at Ruth in, Denbighshire, Eliza , eldest &lig London: Printed and Published b y MURDO YOUNG. " f outi tit 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand , in the c of Middlesex.—Wetinesday, December 14, 1836. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1836 • ev er , Ores,