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U. and lie. • 441, and be. per cent. meat. 104 104 it per sh Cos per sh 24 li per cent. 5 per cent: 6 per cent. b per cent; per cent. 1X per cent. 34 _ . 21. 10e. Q 1 ee. 21. 10e. Iper cent. 4/. lee. 11. 14e. 91.135. p. sh. 31. £. 3 Per cent. Its. per sh. $. 5a perch !fir cent. 514 per cent. 71. Os. per sit sjii. per sh. kis. per sh. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 1%1. per sh IW. per .h. 11. 11. a. 3Lper share .844 d par sb IL 17s. pr it 113 a per sk 11. 51. 15$. Ll. 1 - 18. 10d. 16 per cent. per cent. JO per cent. 10 per cent. 11. 91. '3. 6d. 1. 10s. !'per cent. Kie. per sh. 11. JUL per sh. U. ta. 14 is.. /per cont. 8 per cent. ii4e. andi in. 64. ba. j tper cent. iper cent. 64 per cent •per cent 6 per cent. 6 per cent. • per cent. 6 per cent . 71 per cent 6 per cent, iPor cent. 1G per cent. /per cent O per cent. bper cent. eiPer eeni; t per cent 3 p perercent cent. • 16 per CIRD t ;.! 1.. r 'L-..~ o 'l Docks. Commercial ... British Ditto Provincial...." Birmingham.... ..... Binning. & Staffordsh Bristol Brighton Ditto General City of London ..... Ditto New Continental Consolid Ditto New Equitable Imperial Isle of Thanet Independent Phoenix Ratc1iff.......... ..... ... South Metropolitan., United General ..... Westmins. Chartered Ditto New Water Works. Birmingham East Lon d on—. Grand Junction.......av Kent ........ ....... ••••••••••••••••• Nw Ely Len. Bride An. Manchester and Salford Vauxhall, late S. Lond. West Middlesex .av Yrk BuldgCo.Les.Prop Xron Railways. • Birmingham & Derby Birmint. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ..... Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties Edinburgh & Glasgow i Grand Junction„ ..., Great North of ngind t Great Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths... . Harwich (Braithwaite) Hull and Selby Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Selby ..... Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Halt-Shares London and Brighton Ditto Loan Notes London and Bl3ckwall London and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto Thirds London and S. Western London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Manchstr and Birming Midland Counties North British Norwi' h & Brandon Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss. 5/. dis Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen and Havre Stockton & Darlington South East. and Dover Yarmouth and Norwich fork and N. Midland Ditto New Shares Mines. Albion Copper ...... Alten .... ...... ........ Anglo Mex., iss.sl. p.m Ditto Subscription— Bolanos Ditto Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss. 5/. p.m. Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron ..... Candonga....... ....... Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo ...... . ........ Columbian in. 5/. p.m General Mining Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy Mexican .............» Mining Co. of Ireland Real del Monte, Unreg Ditto Loan Notes Rhymney Iron Santiago de Cuba ' United Mex., iss.2l. pm Ditto Scrip Ditto New Scrip Literary. Londn, with Sin. Ticket ! London University Russell King's C011ege....... .., Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agriceltur Brit. American Land, Canada ..... Upper Canada Bonds Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Met. Wood Pay., iss. I/. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick (Land) New Zealand ..... Penins. & Orien. Steam 50 Royal Mail Steam Reversionary Int. Soc South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Land LIST OF SCOTTISH COM DEC, 7,1 , Bank of Scotland..." Royal sank ........ British Linen Compny Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank National Bank Western Bank Caledonian Insurance Hercules Insurance..., North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of Scott. Edinburgh Lite Inc, Scottish Union Incur Standard Life Incur., Dalkeith Railway Edin. and Glas. Rail °bug. and Green. Rail. Dundogoind Ar r jail. Canals. M.. I n and Oldham... Aabby..sle.la-Zouch..av Basingstoke Breckneck & Ahergay. Birmingham,l-16th sh. Do. and Liverp. Juno. Chelmer & Blackwater Coventry Cromford .. Dudley ... .... Danube and •Mayue.... Ellesmere and Chester Forth a nc6137e7.:...... Grand Junction ..... Grand Union ..... Grand Surrey Grand Glamorgansh. ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham 11 Kennet sad Avon ...av Lancaster Ueda and Liverpool.. Leicester ........ Leicester & Northamp. Loughborough Monmouthshire ....... Montgomeryshire Melton M0wbray........ Mersey and 1rwe11..... Macclesfield Neath Oxford 00000 ....•—•..••.. Peak Forest..-.. 00000 ay Regent's (or London).. Rochdale vv Shropshire ............... Somerset CoaL..-....... Do. Lock Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester 5hrew5bury,............... Stourbridge.. ...... ....-.. Stratford-on-Avon-AT Swansea.... ....... .......... ..•••• eeeeeee ••••••••• • Severn & Wye & Rail. Trent & Mersey, sh. Thames & Medway..av Warwick and Binning. Warwick and Napton... Worcester Sr Binning. Wilts and Berks......av Wisbeach ..... Wey and Arun—,. •••• 00000000 •• • East and West India London Ditto Bonds Bristol.... ........ ........av Do.Bnds,var.amounts St. Katharine Ditto Boi ' DI itte Southampton ...... Bridges Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 7% pr c Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. of 8/, Ditto New ditto of 71 Ditto Assurances. Albion Alfred Life' Alliance Brit. and For Ditto 3farine Atlas Birmingham Fire British Commercial Cler. Med. & Gen. Li fe County Economic Life ..... European ..... Ditto New Freemasons Globe Guardian Hope Life........ ..... Ditto Fire ...... ..... Imperial Fire Ditto Life.... .. . . Indemnity . Marine......... Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire Ditto Ship National Loan Fund Neptune Marine Palladium Life.,.,, . Protector Life Provident Life Rock Life R yal Exchange Sun Fire ...... Ditto Life......„ University Life Universal Life... ..... Union Fire and Life Joint Stk Sank' Australasia ..... ............ Ditto New Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westminstr Ditto New........ London Joint Stock Metropolitan. ......... Provincial of Ireland Ditto New National of Ireland Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto New Gloucestershire. Union of Australia Union of Landon Gaslight di. Coke Bath 100 o 100 0 100 0 50 0 rbir ti Nbitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. PRICES OF SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 27. Dividend Per Annum. Amount Names of Com panies. Psid. l l Pri X s. d. X I. 97 18 0 113 0 0 -- 100 0 0 150 0 0 8 15 0 - 7 100 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 41 13 4 133 0 0 100 00 I 100 0 0 100 0 ( 100 0 0 .- 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1'72 13 4 100 0 0 150 0 0 -- 57 6 6 39 18 10 47 6 8 109 9 0 140 0 0 83 10 0 142 17 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 -- 100 0 0 100 0 0 . 100 0 0 All►paid 100 0 0 100 0 0 78 0 0 33 16 8 85 0 0 125 0 0 150 0 0 12 10 8 140 0 125 0 0 -- 145 I 0 79 9 8 .- 100 0 0 26 9 3 50 0 0 19 5 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 78 8 0 67 10 8 105 0 0 .- 110 0 0 100 0 0 .... Stock Stock i 167 9 0 Stock soon 50 0 A 69 2 8 50 0 0 109 • 0 70 10 3 80 0 40 0 '5OOO 0 5100 25 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 11 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 55 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 100 9 0 210 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 1 0 5 0 0 1000 0 0 250 0 0 20 0 0 All paid 20 6 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 3 0 0 Stock 100 1 0 38 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 25 0 0 210 500 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 513 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 2 0 25 0 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 11 10 0 20 0 0 210 0 50 0 0 2 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 1 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 9 Stock 100 0 0 5 0 100 0 0 6 5 204 0 0 0 0 40 0 10140 0 40 e 50 0 0150 100 1 0 I " - 25 100 0 i 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 710 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 1710 0 190 0 0 35 e 0 20 0 I 10 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 8 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 16 0 8 40 0 0 18 0 0 20 0 0 19 0 0 77 10 0 - 50 0 0 20 0 0 - 20 0 •- 20 0 0 20 lO9 • 0 100 0 0 100 9 • 75 0 0 75 0 0 31 5 0 59 0 0 28 0 0 50 0 0 560 0 50 0 0 50 0 • 25 0 0 20 0 0 90 0 0 30 0 0 500 0 390 0 100 • 0 90 0 0 50 9 0 25 0 0 58 0 0 48 0 0 50 9 0 - 50 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 - 41 13 4 - APO 0 0 - 30 ' 0 - 100 0 0 - 63 12 9 - LOS 0 0 - e too 0 o too o O 70 0 ' O 5 0 5 0 O 23 0 0 50 0 o 100 0 O 100 0 O 75 0 O 50 0 0 12 0 o O 2 0 1 0 50 0 0 O 10 0 0 0 ICO 0 0 O 100 0 0 O 50 0 0 I 50 0 0 110 4 0 0 o 1100 0 2 92 0 0 , a 2 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 70 0 0 50 N 0 30 0 0 70 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 710 0 20 0 0 6 0 0 50 0 0 45 0 0 50 0 0 tis 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 A 0 12 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 18 0 0 ao A 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 .50019 15 0 o 113 io 100 0 0 1100 o 1541 0 0 1150 V 0 35 8 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 I°° 75 20 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 . 7 10 0 tO - 0 01 g 0 55 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 60 0 0 , 50 0 0 25 0 0 7 0 0 150 e 0 5000 5000 25 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0! 40 0 0 2 10 0 75 0 0 - 1 100 0 0 100 0 25 0 0 - - 100 0 0 11 o o 10 0 o 1 1 O ) SO 0 0 2: O 0 95 10 II 1 O 0 ; 9410 0 4; • 0 0 1 14 0 0 2 9 0 110 0 1 2 0 01 5 0 0 0 0 , 3 0 0 0 0, 1 7 0 0 - 0 0 21 25 0 0 0 • 50 0 0 et - 3' 100 0 0 100 0 0 lit 2 0 0 20 0 0 91 SA 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0/ SO 0 0 4 'A NIES' PRICE:, 100 1 17( - 117 10 0 10 0 10 10 0 0 121 0 1 21 0 1 20 50 e 50 e 10 25 0 0 si 9% 50 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. GLOBE.—To offer violence to a dead body, even though it be that of an enemy, is regarded, by the general consent of civilised society, as an act of savageism at once degrading and disgraceful to the perpetrators. If any considerable number unite in the offence, it shows that the general state of society in the place where it occurs is brutalised. What, then, shall be said of the scene which the Earl of Limerick's funeral exhibited ? The body of the deceased nobleman was on its ce • way to the tomb of his aneestors, followed by his nearest relatives, and attended by about 70 1,000 of his tenantry, attired in hatbands and scarves ; 7o the respectable inhabitants of Limerick testified their 5 regard for the deceased by wearing hatbands and 160 weepers ; and most of the shops were closed. A iris large number of idle persons, who came in 9, 35 from the neighbourhood and the adjacent 23080 country, were collected in the streets and prin -105 cipal thoroughfares. "As the procession passed"— 31 54 the description of the scene is furnished by on e w h o 63 440 witnessed it, and whose account we give in another Ito column—" As the pr.,cession moved along th ere was its 25 a good deal of shouting and groaning." Such 2 0 demonstrations of dislike to a deceased nobleman, 210 even had his life been marked by acts of in -8 famy, would have been indecent demonstrations. 185 21 None but the lowest vagabonds would have IN indulged their personal feelings at such a time, 0 840 and whi!e beholding such a scene. The spirit of 139 the individual h a d p asse d t o it s final audit; and 71 1140 his body was on its way to be consigned to the IL° tomb. While such a scene is passing slowly and 117 solemnly before the eye, the spectator—if he be not 3 72 devoid of intellect or destitute of moral sensibility— Sea instinctively reflects upon his own mortality, and in -5°5 dulges the self-abasing considerations which the scene 4o 25 suggests. The Earl of Limerick had committed no 12 620 offence against society. He had perpetrated no po -123 sitive injustice—he had inflicted no injuries upon in -480 dividuals. The infirmities of ad v a nce d age h a d corn . 2 9 0 pelled him to withdraw himself from public life, and 3 '4 in the bosom of his family seek the repose which 240 his decayed physical strength required. In private t3° society the deceased n o bl eman h a d acqu i re d res p ec t. 10 He had the character of being considerate and hu -167 mane toward his numerous tenantry. He was chargeable with no vice, and, confessedly, exempli fied many private and social virtues. And yet, at the funeral of such a man—as though the crowds of peasantry whom the procession had st attracted to the spot had been divested of ti e 120 138 feelings, whil e th e y r e t a i ne d th e f orm , o f men —as though demons had seized upon them, and 89 employed men to gratify their malice against the 117 human kind by impelling them to bring this reproach lop , upon humanity—the outrages, thus commenced, con tinued to increase in enormity until they reached their climax. It will be asked, what had provoked this eliy disgraceful attack upon a funeral procession ? p this outrage upon the dead—this brutal break -3g ing in upon the sanctity of domestic grief—this :Is% assault upon the persons, extending to ender'. 120 gering the lives, of those who were performing 2 0(1 the last rites of humanity to the remains of one who had ceased to be numbered among the living ? IV hat had provoked the savages of Limerick—or rather of ie its neighbourhood —to enact the scene we have (le -146Z scribed? The scene was " got up" as a demonstration against the union. The Earl of Limerick was among those who, at the time tt.at Mr. Fitt had resolved to unite the two countries under one Parliament, assisted 5 34 the Government in its negotiations with the leading men " who opposed the measure. The repeal agitators have IL 13 2° s succeeded in enlisting the passions of the Irish pea • sentry in their " cause." They have taught them 141 49% to believe that the union of the two countries is 16'a the source of their physical anl social evils. Many 189 of these calamiti e s—the e xistence of w hi c h we a d. 16 mit and deplore—are created by themselves. Others 27 " 1 1 arise out of causes which the repeal o f th e un i on, 45% 5 % could it be effected, would enhance and multi -18 ply. To the lamentable state of the relations 16 2 % which exist between landlord and tenant—a state of {as things that existed bef o r e th e un i on , and which the 21s. union has m o difi e d an d di m i n ished—may a still 24 larger share of th e gr i evances w hi c h afflict Ireland be 5 182 traced. These are not topics to which the repeal 2 agitators allude in their addresses to the dupes 42 who crowd around them. The union of the two 13 N countries is, according to them, the sole cause of the woes and wants of Ireland. " Hurra for repeal !" 44is shouted by th em a t th e t op o f th e i r vo i ces, 46 4 The names of those who took any prominent part loge in bringing a b ou t th e un i on , are b an d e d w i t h 15 infamy in the speeches of the agitators; and, living 26 % or dead, are exhibited to popular indignation as 14 enemies and traitors to their country. It was, 45 therefore, as a party t o th e un i on — as one w h o to * approved and aided its accomplishment, nearly fifty IN years ago—that the E ar l o f Li mer i c k' s f unera l 37 171, procession was assailed by a mob, and his remains 25 treated with indi g nity. It was a d emons t ra ti on o f 275, 1.% patriotism—a practical declaration of the Irish people in favour of repeal. We designate the proceeding as 22 an act of savageism, which every Irishman, who has any respect for his country's name will condemn and 25 130 denounce. Such acts necessarily tend to weaken the sympathies of Englishmen for the inhabitants of a 25 country in which they are perpetrated, and thus to 7 % discourage the efforts of those who pity, and would 150 aid them ; and to retard the progress of the practical 73 measures by which their real c a l a miti es wou ld b e 70 32 removed. 8.1 20 STANDARD.—GeneraI Napier has incurred th e 60 displeasure of the Times by defending its designed 4C victim, Lord Elle n bo roug h, i n one o f th e most in -76 teresting and eloquent books of our day—the 34 " History of the War i n Si n d e ;" an d th e Ti mes 62 la% indulges its resentment against the gallant officer this morning in an attack upon, disguised under the 28 form of a defence of, the obsolete and grotesque and 225 most mischievous privil e ge cl a i me d by th e Ch anne l 90 se Islands, the privilege namely of retaining the laws 6 ° 57 and practices of the t w elfth cen t ur y, an d o f no t h av i ng 35 the benefit of English laws. The attack upon Gene -127 ral Napier, charges him with having exercised his lawful authority, in an " offensive, impolitic, and dis- PS courteous manner." To support this charge not one 97 word of proof is offered, or can be offered—the Gene -6434 ral pardoned a pri soner , an d w h en t h e l aw f u l aufno -6 rities refused to respect the act of grace, sent a milli -15 et% tary party to release him. In this he did precisely 2.7 what it was his duty to do. The pardon is a separate 1 1 °:,% question. Properly or improperly pardoned, the man, 90% ! once he received his pardon, was de jure a free 2 man. His imprisonment for a single minute was 7o illegal, and it was the Lieutenant-Governor's duty 11 to protect a fellow-subject from an imprisonment, of 213 the illegality of which he had judicial knowledge by 99 h: all the means at his command. The offensiveness, the 51 m , 12% impolicy, the uncourteousness was all on the side of 7 % those who began the use of forcible measures to re -226 SiSt the Queen's prerogative of mercy. The Times ' 27 is obliged to give up the judicial proceedings of the 76 Channel Islands as incurably corrupt, while it affects 1 _ 2 114 to maintain the integrity and fit ness o f th e constitu tion under which the judicial system has been cor -114"% rupted ; this, we su b m it, i s nonsense . W ere no t t h e 7% Legislature p ersona lly id en ti ca l w ith t h e courts '1 of law as to a great extent it is, the Legislature that se allows the growth of a corrupted administration • of justice is not worthy of trust. It is, says the 24,e. Times, like an o ld cor p o r a ti on . It i s a grea t d ea l 23.5 worse than an old corporation, for they never 41% 27 oppressed any one, or resisted the royal authority l at " when exercised for the protection of th e p eop l e . But grant it only as bad as the old corporations. al( I Their charters did not protect th e m, th oug h 3 many of them older and more explicit, 3 and derived from a clearer authority than the 4 7 Channel Islands' charters can plead. The strangest 31 i of the Times' arguments, however, is that the s victims of oppression in the Channel Islands are 11 " aliens, fugitive Englishmen, or persons ac cidentally connected with the island." The r facts are not so ; but what if they were ? they would not much redou n d t o th e h onour o f i t% these hospitable islands. We trust that the matter I % will not rest where it is—we hope that the case will come under the cognisance of Parliament, and then 4% it will be seen w h et h er Englishmen are the only vic -18 HMS of oppression —wheth er " the poor sufferer," as 17 Sir Robert Peel once called her—the Exchequer— has not reason to complain. . 4 304% MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 28.) 7% 5% The Produce markets having been closed since Friday, B we have few transactions to report, and our remarks are necessarily brief. On Wednesday, however, business will be resume d ; at present f ew auc ti ons are d ec l are d. 3 )' , The arrivals have increased from all parts since this day e week. In the early part of the new year, a material increase in the demand for Produce for home consump- NI tion it is expected will take place, stocks in second hands )m being small, and less than at this period in 1843. SUGAR.—The West India Sugar market has been ' 34 closed all the week ; but business will be resumed on Wednesday, when 100 hhds of Barbadoes will be sub mitted to public competition. REFINED Sugar is wanted by the home trade, and the supply at market being small, prices have an upward tendency ; several purchases made by the town and country trade upon the following terms :—Brown Lumps at 725 to 72s 6d, standard lumps 73s to 73s 6d. Tittlers low to mid 72s to 73s 6d, good 74s to 755, fine 76s to 83s, Hamburgh loaves 73s to 81s, double ditto 82s to 90s, and wet lumps 70s to 71s per cwt. Refined is cheap in proportion to raw Sugar; there is a difference in the value of fine yellow West India and standard lumps of only 5s per MA.URITIUS.—By private contract some parcels have been disposed of at firm rates ; the quantity at market at present is small, but ere long it will be increased, five vessels having arrived with 21.749 bags and 420 casks. The stock exceeds that of last year by 9,371 bags. We quote good and fine yellow 59s to 665, mid and good mid 555 to 58s, low 53s to 545, good and fine brown 49s to 525, and inferior 44s to 48s per cwt. • EAST INDIA.--B enga l is wanted, and the rates paid by private contract are rather above those of the last Proprietors' capi tal 14,553,000 Rest Public deposits (including Ex chequer,Savings banks, Cc minis sioners or Na- AonalDelat,and dividend ac counts) . 7,075,258 Jther deposits 8,348,738 Seven day and other bills 967,934 £34,055,4431 £34,055,443 M. MARSHALL, Chi e f C ash i er. Dated the 26th day of December, 1844. TIIE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) ADMIRALTY, DEC. 27, 1844. The Lorils Commissioners of the Admiralty have pro moted Mr. ,John Francis Tottenham, mate of the hya cinth, to tine rank of Lieutenant. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE„ DEC. 27. The Lo ;el Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household has appoii nod the Hon. Mortimer Sackvill a West to be one of the (ientlemen Ushers Quarterly W r aiters in Or dinary to - 11( , r Majesty, in the room of the Hon. Heneage Legge, (Itece ased. .DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 2C The Que en has been pleased to appoin t Frederick Sedley, Esq., to be Inspector of Police for - the island of Malta. WHITEHALL, DEC. 26. The Queen has been pleased to direct lei:tiers patent to be passed Ipraci.n. the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight (3f the United Kingdom of Gra: it Britain and Ireland wit() Chevalier Robert Schomburgh , recently at the head of tl ie expedition for exploring the boundaries of the colony of British Guiana. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 26. Corps of Royal Engineers. —Second Captaii a A. Gordon to be Captain vice Rutherford, retired on to 111-pay; Fisrt Lieut. R. G;. I 1 a milton to be Second Captain , vice Gordon ; , Second Li ;uteri ant E. W. Ward, to be Fi ;st Lieutenant, 1 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER • 27, 1844. auctions for white and yellow ; brown has sustained the former currency. We quote the white 68s to 695, good middling and good G3s 6d to 65s 6d, middling 61s to 655, common 58s to 60s ; brown, low to middling 41s to 455, good and fine 46s to 495, low yellow :50s to 535, middling 54s to 575, good middling and good 583 to 635, and fine 64s to 70s per cwt. Several parcels have arrived since this day week, and the stock shows an increase over that of last year of 59,621 bags. Holders of Foreign free-labour Sugar enter tain a favourable opinion towards it, and supply the market sparingly. There are several purchasers of Ma nilla rather under former rates, but holders refusing to sell thereat, check business ; good yellow is worth 19s to 19s 6d per cwt. Java cannot be purchased but at full rates. There are, however, not many buyers at present. The stock is a small one. FOREIGN.-Holders of all descriptions still manifest firmness, and supply the market sparingly. In Haven nah there has been little business transacted, but mer chants will not sell excepting at very full rates ; if they would take rather lower prices, it would be the cause of several parcels of yellow finding purchasers. There are not many orders for Brazil at present, but previous rates are fully supported; there are buyers of white and brown rather under former quotations. CoerEe.-For the mid descriptions of West India several inquiries have existed, and the supply being small, former rates are fully supported. Holders of East India show firmness, and the market has been sparingly supplied with all descriptions. Previous rates are fully sup ported for Ceylon, and a fair business has been transacted by private contract in good ordinary at 52s to 52s 6d per cwt. In Plantation kinds the operations are upon a more extended scale at former terms. There are pur chasers of Mocha rather under former rates. The stock is 1,017 bales more than it was last season. Other kinds of East India are not offered upon lower terms, and there is nothing pressing for sale. RUN, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-An increased desire has been shown to purchase Leeward Island Rum ; holders are firm, and at 2s 3d to 2s 3fd per gallon proof a good business has b een transacted. In Calcutta the operations are upon a more extended scale at 2s 2d to 2s 23-d, proof with certificate. In Demerara sales to a fair extent have been made at 3s to 3s 3d for strong descriptions. The market for Jamaica is, however, in a very dull state. For Leeward Island Rum prices are 4d to 6d, and for Jamaica 9d to Is per gal above those of that time. The Brandy market has a firm appearance, and there has been a good deal doing in all descriptions. Prices rule as follows, viz., Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 2d, puns ss; ditto 1839, hhds 4s I Id, puns 4s 9d ; ditto 1840, hhds 4s 11d, puns 4s 9d; ditto 1841, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; ditto 1842, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s sd; ditto, 1843, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d, common 2s 8d to 2s l Id, and middling to good middling 3s to 3s 10d, Bor deaux common 2s 6d to 2s 8d per gallon. Geneva is wanted for shipping at is 9d to is 10d, and fine fit for duty is worth 2s 4d to 3s 6d per gallon. The market is still very firm for English Corn Spirits at 103 2d per gallon, cash ; the supply is Mill small. TEA.-The trade are still turning their attention to wards black and green Tea. There has been a very good demand for Congou of all descriptions, and the advanced rates previously established are fully supported -common has been fetching 101 d to 11d, and good common llid to Is per lb. In the sorts worth from is Id to is 2d a favourable business has been done. Pouchong has met with ready purchasers, and prices are firm at Ed to lOd. and superior at lld to is 2d per lb. Twaakay is firm in price, and in excellent request ; common has been fetch ing is 3d to is 31d. In Hyson several purchases have been made at firm rates-common has been selling at 2s 6d to 2s 7d, middling to good 2s 8d to 3s, and supe rior 3s 2d to 4s 6d per lb. Other kinds of Tea fully sus tain the former value, and are wanted. RICE.-The market is still scantily supplied with Bengal: it is much wanted and buyers are compelled to pay stiff rates, low white fetching Its to I 1 s 3d, mid thug Ils 6d to ifs 9d and good to fine 12s to 12s 6d, the sorts most in request are those from 11s to Its 6d per cwt ; none has again been offered at auction, and the stock is still diminishing, yellow Madras has been taken readily at 8s 3d to 8s 6d per cwt, at which holders are firm, and the supply has become small. The better kinds of white Java are not much wanted, and lOs 6d to Its is the value ; but yellow and inferior white kinds are in demand at 6s to lOs per cwt. Of cleaned Rice several parcels have been disposed of at firm rates, Patna at 14s to 18s, and Caro lina 23s to 27s per cwt. SPICES.-Holders of black Pepper show firmness, and there is a less quantity offering for sale, but a fair de mand has existed ; Sumatra is 2 4 Ld to 2id, Penang 2d to 2id, and Malabar 2id to 34d per lb. Cassia Ligneat at 56s to 60s for low mid and mid, 61s to 62s for good mid, 63s to 66s for good and fine, and 52s to 55s for low to gne ord. For Pimesto prices are going up, the supply being very small. Nutmegs are in fair demand, at firm rates. Mace is still dull of sale. FRUIT.-The market is in a quiet state for Currants, but there is no desire on the part of merchants to press sales, the stock not being a large one. Raisins have been taken sparingly at the former currency. Ixprao.-The low rates that prevail for East India are still attracting attention, this is not to be wondered at they being from 6d to is per lb under those of last season, and this in the face of an increased consumption, and an abundant supply of money. In Bengal several purchases have been made, but holders are compelled to submit to a reduction on the rates of last quarterly sale of 3d to 4d per lb. Other descriptions of East India in small parcels are selling rather under the rates of the October sale. SALTPETRE.-Rough is wanted, and prices are fully supported, but the market is scantily supplied, sales by private contract have been made at 24s to 26s 6d, and tine at 27s to 27s 6d per cwt. OILS.-This has been a quiet week for common de scriptions of Fish Oils, but in prices little variation has taken place ; pale Seal is 331 lOs to 344 and Cod 311 to 31/10s per tun. Sperm fine British 871 to 891 per tun. Linseed at 23s 6d to 24s per cwt. The market is firm for Rape, and the demand is on the increase ; sales on the spot made at 34s to 34s 6d for pale, and at 33s 6d to 34s per cwt for brown. Palm has been taken with cau tion, fine is worth only 25s per cwt. Cocoa Nut is dull of sale at 24s to 27s for low to fine. Olive Oil is not offered at any further decline in prices, but there are not many purchasers. TALLow.-Purchases to a fair exeent have been made in Russian Tallow on the spot, and prices rule firm ; merchants are not inclined to press sales, and are obtaining 40s 3d to 40s 6d per cwt for fine P. Y. Candle, but for forward delivery few purchasers are to be met, with. Town Tallow has declined in value in conse- r quence of the large supply ; but at 40s 6d to 41s per cwt nett cash ; there has been a very good demand. Other kinds of Tallow are unaltered in value, but the supply good. COURSE OF EXCH., Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. 12 61 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 131 Altona l3 131 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70 Ditto, 3 wionths 25 95 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 9.5 Frankfort on Maine l2l A.NGE.--(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.,. Leghorn . 3O 50 Genoa Milan• ..,...... Venice 47 Naples • -... Palermo, oz llBi Lisbon .. Oporto Rio Janci , e, 24 I Bahia Buenos sirs New Yo.k. ,:..2?dyssight Pnrci4.4 EULLION, PER OE. Foreig'z • ;44j, bars... f. 3 17 9 Portu: 114 Rid Coin 3 17 5 New li o t.! . , [cone 0 0 0 New I)c,ars 0 4 9} Silver tsars 0 4 111 retersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 __. Vienna, effee. fl. 3 M 954 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36i Cadiz Ed ilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Sevilla — BANK OF ENGLAND. (From Friday Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act, 7th and Bth of Vic toria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 21st day of December, 1844. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. X. Notes issued ... 28,151,730 .C. Governrnent debt 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion - 12,558,119 Sil►er bullion ... 1,593,611 £28,151,730 M. MA Dated the 26th day of Dec £28,151,730 [SHALL, Chief Cashier. !ember, 1844. BANKING D : :PARTMENT. Government secu- rides (includ ingDeadWeight Annuity) 13,548,619 Other securities 10,763,777 Notes Gold and silver coin vice Hamilton, Dec. 18 ; First Lieutenant H. W. Lu gard, Ito be Second Captain, vice Harness, seconded ; Second Lieutenant W. H. J esse to b e Fi rst Lieutenant, 1 vice Lugard, Dec. 20. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Gentleman Cadets to be Second Lieutenants—J. F. E. Travers, vice Desborough, promoted ; Hon. E. T. Gage, vice Russell, promoted ; N. S. K. Bayly, vice Shaw, promoted ; G. Barston, vice Lennox, promoted ; G. Leslie, vice Henry, pro moted ; A. M. Archdall, vice Flint, promoted ; C. Wright, vice Taylor, promoted ; J. E. Thring, vice E. Swinton, promoted ; W. M. King, vice Pipon, promoted H. L. F. Greville, vice Paterson promoted ; S. R. B. Swinny, vice Lucas, promoted ; 11. Bent, vice J. D. Shakespeare, promoted ; F. R. Glanville, vice Hamley; promoted; H. J. W. Jervis, vice Field, promoted, Dec. 19. Corps of Royal Engineers—Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants—J. G. Jervis, vice Galton, promoted H. W. Tyler, vice Barlow, promoted ; J. C. B. De Butts, vice Scott, promoted ; W. S. Stace, vice Ross, promoted; G. S. Tilly, vice Tuglis, promoted ; E. Stanton, vice Hope, deceased, Dec. 19. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 21. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieut. E. A. Wylde to be First Lieutenant, vice J. L. Brainier. to half-pay. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannan- shire. Stirling, Dumbarton, Claektnannan, and Kinross Militia, commonly called the 90th Regiment of British Militia—J. F. Erskine, Esq., to be C a pt a i n o f a com pany for the shire of Clackmannan, vice Young, de ceased, Dec. 10. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Joseph Craven and John Hardman, dyers, Wakefield Yorkshire. BANKRUPTS. Levi Israel Themans, tea dealer, Sidney-place, Com mercial-road, Middlesex, to surrender, Dec. 31, at one, and Feb. 6, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Alsager, official aasigaee, Birchin-lane. Bevan, Old Jewry. Ann Seed, licensed victualler, Liverpool, Jan. 6, and Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Wilkin, Fur nival's-inn, London ; Wardle, Liverpool. Charles Strange and Robert Parsons, merchants, Baglan, Glamorganshire, Jan. 14, and Feb. 4, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Weymouth and Co., Angel-court, City. Christopher Watson, jun., tea-dealer, Darlington, Jan. 10, at half-past one, and Feb. 12, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyn e District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; James and Hamilton, or Richardson and Glover, Leeds. Joseph Raymond King, druggist, Bath, Jan. 8, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acra man, official assignee, Bristol; Mansford, Bath. POLICE INTELLIGENCE QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday Michael Hughes, W. Davis, G. Gilson, H. Lane, H. Harding, T. Doling, W. Meredith, J. Branch, M. Cassidy, J. Wilson, and W. Addinay, 11 sturdy young paupers, two or three of whom were under 16 years •f age, were charged with creating a serious riot, and doing considerable damage, in the workhouse of St. Luke, Chelsea, and violently assaulting Mr. Sutton, the master. Mr. Rycer, the chairman, and several others of the Board of Guardians of the parish were present, attended by their clerk and solicitor, Mr. Lowland, who stated that the conduct of the defendants had been of such a character that he had received directions from the board to prosecute with the utmost rigour of the law. - Mr. Sutton, whose eyes were blackened anel face much discoloured and swollen, stated, that defendants after being regaled on Christmas-day with roast beef and plum-pudding became, with many others, so disorcerly in the course of the afternoon that he found it necessary to visit and request them to preserve more order, which he did in the kindest way. At 8 o'clock in the evening, the usual time at which the inmates of the house retire to rest, he received a message, stating that defendants requested leave to remain up another hour, which he refused to give them ; and, in about a quarter of an hour afterwards, he was informed that they refused in the most positive terms to go to bed. He then went into the day-room, where he found defendants and others, and recommended them to go to bed quietly ; observing, that if they did not obey in the course of five minutes, he should feel it his duty to send for the police and give them into C 113• tody, upon which they left the room and he followed them. On arriving in the yard, Watson, a pau per, who had since absconded, made a dead stop, and the others following his example, refused,to move, when finding it necessary to take some decided step, he or dered the watchman to lock Watson up. Defendant Davis immediately rushed at witness and struck him a violent blow in the face, observing, " I'll kill the Witness laid hold of him by the collar and dragged him into his dwelling-house, but Davis called for assistance, and the other defendants surrounded the master, knocked him down, and beat him in the most savage manner. The blows fell so thick that] he was unable to say how many struck him, but he recognised Hughes as being most active in the attack upon him. Defendants at tempted to force him down some cellar steps, but he succeeded, with assistance, in getting away from them, and went for the police. On his return, he found that the defendants had broken 97 squares of glass and three sashes in the tailors' shop and their sleeping-room, and had knocked out the panels of a door in their endeavours to get into the old man's room. Mr. Sutton in conclu sion said, that the whole of the defendants were actively engaged in the riot, and that he had been considerably injured by the attack made upon him. Joseph Lamb, a watchman in the house, confirmed a. portion of the master's statement, and added that he was preceding defendants with a lantern, to show them into their bedroom, when Davis came np, and observing " Here goes for the lantern," kicked it oat of his hand, and broke it into pieces. Defendants made nj desperate attempt to force their way into the women's room, and behaved altogether in the most outrageous and violent manner. Another watchman, in giving a corresponding account of the riot, expressed his opinion that, but for timely aid, Mr. Sutton would have been torn to pieces. Defendants denied having created a riot, struck the master, or done anything amiss. Davis and Hughes were loudest in their protestations of innocence, and one' of the other defendants said he had been drinking a. drop too much, and did not remember what occurred. A lad, about 17 years of age, was called by one of the party, to prove that he was in the sleeping -room at the time of the riot, but he admitted, in answer to a question from the master, that his father, who was upwards of 90 years of age, and who was maintained in the work house, had given him his pint of beer allowed on Christ mas-day by the guardians, which, with his (the boy's) own pint, made him so drunk that he went to bed at four o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Ryder observed, that he wished to offer an obser vationlon the statement made by one of the defendants, " that he was drunk, and did not know what had oc curred." It was the desire of the board of guardians, in common, he believed, with the ratepayers of the parish, that the inmates of the house should be treated with kindness and liberality, but at the same time it was their earnest desire that they should not indulge in any ex cess. He had learned from the boy that he obtained the drink by buying that belonging to other paupers. He (Mr. Ryder) much regretted that the endeavours of the authorities to make them comfortable should be met with so bad a return. Mr. BURRELL observed that he should send the case to the sessions, when other evidence which Mr. Lowland bad been desirous of calling, but which was unnecessary in the present stage of the proceedings, could be pro duced. Defendants, who of course were not provided with bail to answer for their appearance, were sent to prison W ORSHIP -STREET. Yesterday llis, th e d r i ver o f one o f Wil son ' s Hollowayomnibuses, named the Favourite, w as ch a r ge d before Mr. Bingham with h av i ng , b y f ur i ous d r i v i ng , caused serious injuries to a littl e =g i r l ten years o f age , Henryen ry the daughter of a tradesman named Powell, residing in Gee -street, Goswell-road. It appeared from the evidence of two witnesses, named M'Allum and Thomas, that between eleven and twelve o'clock on the preceding day their attention was at tracted by the rapid career of two omnibuses, which were proceeding down the City -road at a most dan gerous rate, in the direction of Finsbury-square. At the entrance of the square, the driver of one of the omni buses, No. 4,241, belonging to the Paddington Convey ance Company, and which was on the wrong side of the road, for the parpose of passing a gentleman's chaise immediately in front of it, urged his horses on to the footway, where the injured child and her brother were orossing. and before there was a possibility of their saving themselves, both the children were hurled to the ground and trodden under foot by the Conveyance Company's horses. As the wheels of the omnibus were on the point of passing over them, however, one of the wits nesses rushed forward and fortunately succeeded in snatching them from their perilous position, and carried them to the residence of Dr. Jeaffreson, a surgeon in the squar • e At the moment of the occurrence the vehicles came into such violent collision that two of the spokes, they said, were smashed out of the wheel of the pri soner's omnibu s ; but, notwithstanding the serious mis chief they had produced, both drivers continued their career in the same reckless manner, and were soon out of sight. Sergeant Cuthbert, 17 G, stated that at 12 o'clock he was summoned to the house of Dr. Jeaffreson, where he found the two children under the care of that gentleman wild Dr. Leeson, the divisional surgeon ; from the latter of whom he received directions to convey there in a cab t o she residence of their parents. One of the children was fortunately injured to only a trifling extent, but the other—the little girl—was ascertained to have received severs I very serious contusions on the lower part of her p erso n, and both the surgeons were at first apprehensive lest concussion of the brain should supervene, and fatal results ensue. The sergeant added, that on leaving Dr. Jeaffreson's one of the witnesses pointed out the prisoner, who was on his return journey to Holloway, as one of the parties implicated in the transaction, and he imme diately took him into custody. He had previously dis patched a constable named Bailey to the Bank to appre hend the other man, but on the officer's arrival there he ascertained that the driver had absconded to avoid the consequences of his misconduct ; and their subsequent efforts to o•apture him had been ineffectual. A medica: certificate was put in, describing the nature of the injuries the child had sustained ; and The prisoner . on being called upon for his defence, im puted the whole blame of the transaction to the other driver, who he s a.;d had lashed his horses into a gallop, and driven with such violence against his vehicle as to render his (the prisoaer's) horses wholly uncontrollable. Mr. BitiGnAm said it was manifest from the evidence of the witnesses that ti‘e prisoner was much less culpable than the other mau who had escaped, and he should, therefore, allow him to put in bail for his appearance on that day week, by which time it was probable the other driver would be in, custody. PUNCH'S ALMANACK FOR 1845. We subjoin the following extracts : " SOLILOQUY OF A SHERIFF'S OFFICER. " Hilary Term ! Pshaw ! There's nothing hila rious about our terms now. This is a precious land of liberty, this is ! ven a sheriff's officer can't find a shoulder to turn his hand to. Time vas, yen I took my two bottles and my six bodies a-day. But now I thinks brandy-and-vater a luxury, and hasn't as much as a diaman' ring to my finger ; I yonder ven they'll gladden my heart vith a execution ?' for the sheriff's officer who wouldn't serve a fellow-cretur in a distress isn't vorthy of the name of Levy ! So I may as yell sell Madame Tassaud my top-boots to stand by them figures of Vellington's and Blucher's. " CLIMATE OF LONDON. " Professor Howard, in analysing the climate of London, took some fog home in a basin, and found it to contain nine parts smoke to one part porter. He undertook to extract a pint of stout from the atmos phere of Oxford-street on a very foggy day, if the fog only lasted till he had completed the operation. " EXTRAORDINARY STATISTICAL FACT. " A lady in Fitzroy-square has a cat which in the course of last year broke fifty plates, six cream-jugs, two brass candlesticks, three soup tureens, fifteen tea cups, and one poker ; and has eaten no less than thirty chickens, two sweetbreads, seven turkeys, three legs of lamb, ten gooseberry pies, and three pots of pre served apricots. Nevertheless, this extraordinary cat is the greatest favourite with the cook and all the ser vants. " WORTHY OF ATTENTION. "Advice to persons about to marry—Don't. " THE ART OF PACKING. " A carpet bag should be packei by placing the clean linen in first, including the frilled shirts. After which stuff in the coats and boots, garnish with shaving tackle, and ram down with hair brush. If the pack ing is not then successful, insert your foot into the bag, and pull fiercely at the handles. It does not matter about the carpet bag being wide open at both sides, so as it is closed with a padlock in the middle. " MUSTARD. " The lodging-house variety is very scarce. It may sometimes, however, be raised in about a week from the kitchen, by ringing for it regularly every morning. " TRH LANGUAGE OF DOOR-KNOCKERS. " RAT signifies—Pots, taxes, pa-per, duns, D'ye want any apples ?' physic, the dustman on boxing day, and servants' followers. 1 ‘ RAT-TAT announces—the postman, the comical cousin, and the downy' dun. RAT-TAT-TAT—is the signal of a poor relation, a charity-touter, or a bill of exchange. " RAT - TAT - TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT—RAT.TATETT in dicates a footman in full powder, the polka-professor, the pet-parson, or the chimney on fire. " RATTA.-RA-TATA—but no, a gentleman's knock cannot be described by the most ingenious phono graphy. APPROPRIATE BIRTHDAY GIFTS. " The most appropriate birthday gifts are such things as nobody wants, or nobody would use. Velvet braces lined with satin, and embroidered with but terflies, are the best adapted for any relative engaged in a light fancy business, as a South Sea whaler, &c. Painted French garters will do well for a grand father with one leg in the grave ; a silver-mounted riding whip is likely to suit an uncle in the navy ; and a cocked hat is just the thing for a friend who is a Quaker. " TO EPICURES. " WIIAT TO EAT—WHAT TO DRINK—WIIAT TO AVOlD. ' —Turtle, Champagne, and 'Ham sandwiches a penny.' " AMUSEMENTS FOR TILE YOUNG. "A kitten should always be kept where there are children ; when they are tired of pulling its tail, they can put it into their father's boots. A box of colours is also a source of great amusement, affording them an opportunity of daubing their faces, and of appearing in illuminated pinafores. It is well to let them know where the preserves and pickles are kept, so that going after the jam they may get a bite at a capsicum. On wet days they should be allowed to put peas into the piano, and thump the keys with their drumsticks. Train them to pull gentlemen's whis kers, and wipe their lollipopped hands on ladies' dresses. " ORNITHOLOGICAL DEBUT. " The cuckoo makes its first appearance before a British public early in spring, and trusts to that in dulgence which an English audience is never known to withhold from strange birds, who come in the cha racter of foreign vocalists. " DIRECTIONS FOR FINDING A POLICEMAN. " Look down every area in the street; if you do not by accident see one, ring the bell and inquire if the policeman is in the kitchen. Repeat this at every door, and you cannot fail eventually to find one. " BOILING. " The boiling point varies in different localities. In Belgrave and Grosvenor-squares, Mayfair, and Spring gardens, the pot can hardly be boiled under 3,000/. a year ; whereas up at Camden-town the pot will boil at 1501. or 2001.; and about St. Giles's or Spital fields, at 7s. or Bs. per week. " LITERARY. " June is Nature's publishing season, when she sends forth several of her periodicals. That splendid annual the strawberry begins to appear in parts, and the gooseberry comes forth in numbers. Some apples and pears may also be expected, as specimens of some early editions of those beautiful standard works in Nature's library. " CONFESSIONS OT A CONDUCTOR. "'Buses is erroneously said to hold only 13 insides; if they like they can hold a great many more, besides bundles and wet umbrellas. Man is a squeezable animal, and 'buses is like carpet bags, there's no knowing what they will hold till you tries 'em. Con sequently, though your 'buss seems full, shove 'em in, and drive on, and they are sure to shake down and fit in as close as wood-pavement. Bad sixpences is useful on rainy nights, for stingy women as won't pay more than the fare for themselves and a carawao full of parcels. When short of passengers, stop at the corner of every street to make obserwations and dance the Polka on the foot-board. " EXPERIMENTS IN CHEMISTRY. " Potato is nothing but starch ; but a piece of potato dropped into a glass of grog would not have the effect of stiffening it. " CHEAP FURNITURE. " You must not give a house-warming if you have bought cheap furniture, for the warming of the house will melt the glue, and the furniture will fall to pieces. A house may be furnished for 401., if your necessities are conSned to a deal table and a knife box, a couple ofjapan chairs, and a Pembroke two-flap. It has been said that the cheap furniture is made of green stuff, but the stuff is not half so green as those who buy it. " HINTS FOR SHOPPING. ". If you want to purchase a piece of tape, go to Waterloo House, and ask to look at everything new in dresses, cardinals, cloaks, muffs, carpets, and fea thers. Having fixed ;upon what you would purchase if you had the money, say, ' you see nothing to suit you,' buy your tape, and resolve, by future rigid economy in the house -keeping, to squeeze that duck of a polka jacket' out of the pies and puddings. " A FEW WORDS TO THE LAUNDRESS BY ONE OF TIIE TRIBE. " Don't never wash for a two-pair back, if so be you can help it. He's sure to miss one of his two shirts when you takes home the basket. Squares is good, and so is terraces if they're opulent, as they don't go to tea-gardens on Sundays, and so can't have their feelings hurt by seeing you in their silks and muslins (which, in course, you've sent to a wrong party) at the Condick, or Copinghagen, where you may take 'em to air 'em. " EXPORTATION OF BRIDES. " Mothers with a multitude of daughters should divide the favours of their family fairly between their native country and the colonies. Thus those daughters who are blessed with aquilines and raven tresses will be found admirably adapted for home consumption, whilst snubs and doubtful auburns should be de voted to the Indian market. N.B.—Squints will do for Canada. " HOUSEHOLD WONOMY. " The cheapest way to furnish a room is to paper it with postage stamps. For this purpose put all your friends under contribution. You will only re quire 33,542 to paper a small room. The most expe ditious method is to advertise for a ladies' horse, a Nat de Paris, or a grand piano (letters post paid), and with the answers you will receive you will have sufficient to paper your largest room, and a cupboard to spare. " POPULAR DELUSION. " It is the greatest fallacy to suppose the post was invented merely to carry letters. The postage was reduced to enable tradesmen to send their goods at a cheaper rate. The central de pot of this new Parcels' Delivery Company is at St. Martin's-le-Grand, where cats, turbots, trunks, eggs, dogs, coal-scuttles, lobsters, chairs, butter, and every arti c l e o f f oo d an d furni ture, from an oyster to a four-poster, are received up to seven r.m. N.B.—Cats, turbots, coal-scuttles, and four-posters are not admissible through the opening in the letter-box, but must be delivered in at the window. "ROW TO MARE A GUY. " Get a head of long hair turned up at the ends, and put it on a chapeau Francais, take a pair of mustachios, an imperial, and eye glass ; add to these a blue satin scarf, with a gold pin like a beadle's staff, braided coat, crimson waistcoat, ladies' boots, canary kids, a tremendous swagger, and a very small riding whip. Put these together on a block, turn it into Regent -street about three o'clock, and you will have succeeded in making a perfect guy. " IMPORTANT TO BORROWERS. "The present quotations in the money market for 501. bill are 101. in money, and the rest in good cholera Cape. The advantages of this system are— you can have your bill discounted by the father, be j sued by the son, arrested by the uncle, sold up by the nephew, and locked up in the sponging -house the first cousin. " Certain cure of a cold in a prima donna. Stop her salary, or put a rising vocalist in her part." THE LOSS 'of the BRIG FIRE FLY —INTERESTING NARRATIVE. The brig Firefly, Captain Kerr, commander, bound for New Calabar, on a trading voyage, and laden with a general cargo, left Liverpool on the 14th ul' shortly after noon. After clearing the docks and entering the river, she was towed as far as the Light-house by the Mona steam-tug, from which point she set sail at four P.M., steering N.N. West, aided by the influence of a favouring breeze. The atmosphere even then was somewhat hazy; light rains, too, fell, with intervals between, up to eight o'clock, after which the fog became more dense, ac companied by drizzling moisture, with little inter mission up till pretty near the hour of midnight. Previously Mr. Dick, M.D., and surgeon to the ship, had been on deck, assisting to keep a good look out ; but on observing that vigilance was duly exercised, and the greatest pains taken by the captain, the second officer, and the watch on duty, he at length ventured to retire to rest. His sleep, however, was not a long one, and whether sound or otherwise, scarcely two hours had elapsed, when lie was aroused by cries of "Keep her off—keep her off —helm to port—helm to port—hard to port—hard to port," &c., &c. These sounds were sufficiently alarm ing, and anon a fearful shock ensued, accom panied by such a creaking of timbers, that convinced the surgeon that collision of some sort had been the fate of the Firefly, in all probability with some other vessel, despite the persevering efforts made on deck, to avert, by every means, the possibility of such an accident. Immediately the surgeon left his cot and rushed on deck in his shirt, haunted by the idea that the vessel was about to sink in deep water; while the first object that met his view, was the steamer that had occasioned the whole mischief, proceeding on her course, as if nothing had happened, although vociferously hailed to turn back. On ascertaining these signals of distress, Mr. Dick rushed back to the cabin, threw on such garments as he could most readily find in the dark, and then ran forward to ascer tain as correctly as possible under the circumstances the full extent of the injury the brig had sustained, stopping by the way to encourge the men en gaged at the pumps, depressed rather than animated by the impression that their's was indeed a struggle between life and death. The bows when attentively examined were found torn and stove, more particu larly the starboard bow ; and from these and other appearances, it became too certain that the vessel would soon founder, however untiring and herculean the ex• ertions of her crew. After orders had been given to launch the boat, in the hope of attracting the attention of the steamer that slackened not her pace, she after a little time was discovered returning with two lights on her star board quarter, and then for the first time the com mander inquired whether the brig had been damaged by the collision ; but when answered in the affirma tive, in place of dispatching his boat to the wreck, he requested those on deck to send their own to the steamer. Although this appeared *range, the boat was launched as speedily as possible, and when the men sent to guide it were about to put off, the word was given that not a single rowing-pin was forth coming. After some little delay a piece of wood was found, fitted if split, for the purposes required ; but, unfortunately, every axe was amissing. In this way half an hour elapsed—the steamer, in the meanwhile, plying round the Firefly going off, perhaps, out of sight, and again returning, re called by the outcries of the sinking crew, and the lights exhibited on the starboard of the wreck. Such, indeed, were the panic and confusion, heightened by the thick darkness which brooded around, that every oar for a time was amissing until the surgeon picked up one among the crew's feet. Calls were again made for the Firefly's boat, and an answer returned that it was out of order. By this time the carpenter had announced six feet of water in the hold, and the steamer being then at some distance, Mr. Dick jumped into the long-boat to essay whether it could not be got afloat ; but in rain, from want of an axe to cut the fastenings. It was then he felt a decided emotion of terror, and a sink ing of heart, more easily conceived than described; but the fit was momentary, and, in place of relax ing, he redoubled his efforts to secure the only remain ing chance of of escape—the steamer brought along side as nearly as possible. Hailing and rehailing were, as a last effort, resorted to with the greatest energy, while two lights were kept moving to and fro in the brig, in the direction in which the steamer had on the last occasion disappeared. And at length her red lights were perceived at the distance of 400 or 500 yards, twinkling dimly through the haze, and bear ing down on the Firefly. At this juncture the men had abandoned the pumps in despair, on finding the vessel filling so fast, while the helmsman, who had similarly deserted his wheel, was seen under the dim light of the binnacle, tearing his hair, and exclaiming unceasingly, "Lost! lost! lost !" By persuasion, however, he was wiled back to his post, and then the Kroomen, six in number, resumed operations, in all probability at the most critical moment supervening the collision. It is astonishing what willing arms applied to pumping can effect, in the case of an accidentally disabled ship, and again there was a momentary gleam of hope when the steamer re-appeared within forty or fifty yards ; and at length alongside, although not until the main deck was level with the water. Thus favoured at the eleventh hour, or rather beyond, the boat was got round; but, when at length afloat, from the want of gearing, seemed to be little, if at all, under the control of the crew. Never can the writer, who communicates, forget the heart-rending cries simultaneously raised when the steamer for the last time stopped short at a distance of about fifteen yards, as if those who manned her dreaded the con sequences of a second collision, and durst not risk it for their own safety. The wild shrieks uttered, with the moanings that died more faintly away, were suffi cient to melt a heart of stone. " Come alongside —we're sinking, sinking !" would have found mourn ful echoes had the solid land been nearer, and con trasted dismally with the three hearty cheers which saluted the ill-fated barque when she left her moor ings in the port of Liverpool little more than twelve hours previously. The steamer at length within grappling distance, the surgeon lost no time in springing into her rigging ; and then commenced a fearful struggle to get over her bulwarks, rendered th e m o re difficult from so many clinging to the same points, and the terror of cattle close at hand, threatening amidst the darkness to toss every adventurer overboard. The horned animals cleared, Mr. Dick immediately made for the quarter-deck to survey the wreck ; at that awful moment not a sound was uttered, although shortly after the wail of woe was distinctly heard. Again all was still, for a few moments, when a gurgling sound again smote the ear, and though the gulf between the two vessels was then fifty or sixty yards, a rope was instantly thrown overboard. As near as may he at the same time, the commander of the steamer exclaimed, " I'll go no nearer at so great a risk, for the sake of a single individual." On this Captain Kerr said the surgeon should take a note of the determination—surely even one life was precious ; and a life-buoy, in consequence, was thrown over board, the steam-master remarking that to approach nearer might risk the foundering of both vessels. The cries of distress had now become fainter, al though gurgling sounds were still audible, as of pro ceeding from persons struggling in the water. Ces sation, however, quickly followed, and then the com mander of the Britannia steamer, Dublin, inquired of Captain Kerr and his friend whether there was any necessity for tarrying any longer ? To this question ; Captain K. having made no answer, the surgeon said he feared all hope was lost, but expressed in the same breath his conviction that a boat might have been dispatched in time to save them all. To this the ready answer was, that no sooner had the collision occurred, than they became all masters on board that his crew refused to obey their head officer, and that one man in particular averred, that if they ven tured to go alongside the wreck, every soul on board would jump into the boat, and infallibly swamp her; and not only this, but that his venturing to return in the first instance was contrary to the wish of all on board—a circumstance which accounted for the numerous returns and departures of the steamer. Out of the twenty-three individuals that embarked in the Firefly all were eventually s a v ed excepting the chief mate, the individual who was heard struggling in the water. But he had been somewhat wilful, as was afterwards ascertained, by maintaining that his vessel was not much damaged—that she would still float—and that, in place of a boat, it would be better to crave a tug from the steamer into Beaumaris har bour. His last words were, " I'll not desert her, I'll stick to the last," after which he ran aft to the cabin, in place of seizing the rope thrown overboard. [ln reference to the above catastrophe, our readers will recollect that weeks have elapsed since we stated that portions of the wreck of two vessels with name boards had been picked up on the shores of Galloway, partly on the Borgue shore, and partly near Garlies town. In consequence of these notices we received a letter from the surgeon of the brig Firefly, the pro perty of Messrs. A.W. and G. Maxwell and Co., Liver pool, to the effect that the boxes containing surgical in struments,books,&c.w ere his property,and that hewould repair to the spot, with the view of claiming them, so soon as Ms health, shattered no doubt during the late shipwreck, enabled him to undertake so long a journey. In our last number we mentioned the pains taken by Mr. M'Dougald, superintendent of the rura l police, Kirkcudbright, to avert pilfering, and preserve everything as far as possible intact against the visit to Galloway of the lawful owner. From a private source we learn, that the cabin of the Firefly, from being situated on deck, was upset during the oolli- DIED. „„ g . At Kingston, J ama i ca, on t h e 9th of July, slur On the 29th o f September last, on board her A lB,-- d Pilot, Norman Shairp, Esq., R.N. On the 24 t h i nst., Margaret, second daughter °f Carlile, Esq., West Brixton, Surrey. On the 24th i nst . , at Lyme Reg . is, Dorset, J-- ' 4BPII ward, Esq., aged 70. 96 '0 1 On the 25th inst , Alfred Baker, Esq., late of HAY" II Silverten, Devon. • On the 25th inst., Mary Ann, wife of Frederick Too Esq., of Upper Clapton. On the 25th inst., at Buckhill, near Caine, Robert 1 10 0 ° Esq., M.A. aged 72. On the 25th inst., William, the eldest son of Mr. N Gowland, of Harleyford-road, aged 18. On the 26th inst. at Norfolk-crescent, Hyde Park, or dalen, daughter of Major-General Pasley. 90 1 On the 26th inst., at Blackheath, Edwin Howard, youni ' son of the R. Ritherdon, Esq. On 26th inst., in Gloueester-road, Hyde Park-Car de r, Ralph Il enry , th e s i xt h son o f t h e l ate A i ajo r Ralph Sneyd, aged 12 years and 10 months. • ' 4 London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNt ;M I No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sus Office. No. Strand, in the Preoliact of the Savoy, in thq COllllll tdiddleeez, Friday, December 27, 1844. sion, and subsequently washed by tidal influenel.h, tho shores of Galloway . while the frame-worl, ili-fated vessel itself ;vas discovered at sea, keel uQ~ wards, and towed by steam to the port of Liverr o To these f a ct s we h ave on l y to add, that the A iffj , narrative rests exclusively on facts supplied b Y,,,hi r t Dick, surgeon o f the ship, - although oonit e marred in effect f rom th e l ac k of space, whic" vents us entering into every minute particular'] Dumfries Courier. WILL OF THE LATE MR. DU B. p it Froin an exami na ti on o f t h e w ill o f the hite Dunn, now on record, it appears that prior to the moval of his superb Chinese collection to Eurot i i i . had made pr ov i s i on f or l eav i ng i t to the city of i". l, delphia. Aft er appo i nt i ng h i s executors, the i f l i ec proceeds :—" I give and be quea th my Chi n ese c° rba tion, and all the goods and chattels comprisig eto . same, or in an y way b e l ong i ng to or inc i den t ther er, to Governeur Emerson, M.D. John B. L ati rof James H. Bradford, M. 8., Frederick Brown, 9 . 13 1 .55 B. Langd on , i n t rus t , to h o l d, preserve, an d as After may be pra c ti ca bl e , t o perpetuate the same." the stating th e s y s t em an d organ i sat i on of the Oils" to . will proceeds to endow the institution with the P r f, ceeds of his interest in Laurel-hill Cenie te , c l, for the purpose of insuring, preserving, a nd re 6 ,,,, e y. tating the Chinese collection. He desires that the We tees shall invest the sum of 10,000 dollars whi, ch „ t r est will receive from his executors, and apply the in'i ot and income thereof in purchasing wood or Oti s both, and potatoes, to be distributed during i s . clement weather of each winter among deserring. e o digent persons. N or did M r. D unn ' s charitahle4lrgs stop here. Aft er p rov idi ng f or t h e paymen t 01 id et legacies to th e trustees, will directs that sliew b i t any time, the Chinese collection, contrail 1 ' 43 , its earnest hope by a n y ca l am it y , cease to exi st, present character, certain sums shall be paid to Peedtees, after which th e res id ue o f t h e f un d or Prc'cii, of of the colle c ti on , prov id e d i t did not exceed t h e so w . 50,000 dollar s , s h a ll go to t h e Union 13enj lent Asso c i a ti on o f Phil a d e l p hi a, to be apPile the the followin g o bj ec t s , viz. :—" I desire and , p i o n rise the managers or di rectors of the etbe Benevolent Association of Philadelphia, to inv el ,',o same in good s ecur iti es , an d to pay the intere st re' income thereof t o a b oar d composed of tWe'cosil spectable ladie s o f th e c it y o f Philadelphia, 'oh ° , sl? be appointed by the said managers or directv; t he nually, and whose vacancies shall be supplied t'. co s, said manag ers or di rec t ors, so often as they dear. The said board o f l a di es s h a ll k eep regular 011.`a Ii? of their proc e edi ngs , an d s h a ll apply and use O f r e , terest and income for the relief and benefit e lf spectable mar r i e d women i n t h e i r accouehel33,,sei, who are indigent or in very moderate circuronis; by giving th em ass i stance i n their own do'o places or apartment s , f urn i s hi ng t h em w i t h a nuri 0 physician, clothing, and pecuniary aid besi' d i e !,:io l exceeding thirty d o ll ars i n t h e case of one inw'thisl' on one occasion, a s th e sa id b oar d o f l a di es me of best. The benefits of this fund are to extend t e rt io, parts of the city of Philadelphia or li l ' e h tie; and to the wives of mechanics generally, and - e t 11 : serving of professions, and of any age. If anY u P,I, the said fund should remain after providing thy' en sum of 50,000 dollars, in manner aforesaid , ' e b desire said trustees to distribute the same arlic 4 t hisl' charitable and literary institutions as they link!, e lls' most eligible." Such were the munificent anuo s se ritable views of Mr. Dunn, whilst prosperity see s upon his affairs. Unhappily, a train of circuingl it ed occurred by which hi s es t a t e was so muc h dePre c s bore as to preve n t hi s carry i ng out hi s views 15 10 4 expres se d, w ith j ust i ce to his family. Th e WO of his will relating to the Chinese co llecti° ll o, l 3 revoked in a co di c il ; b u t t h e cont i nuance of bi i . t , is dispositi on t owar d s hi s f e ll ow-c i t i zens is shliti' other liberal bequests to charitable and literarl gin gle tutions. To the Indigent Widows and 1 0,0 0 ° \\'omen's Society of Phil a d e l p hi a h e leaves 10, 00 dollars ; t o th e A pprent i ces ' Lib rary Compar)3l., dol' dollars ; Union Benevolent Association, 1 0 + 00 0 lars ; the American Philosophical Society, : 1,0 00 dollars ; the Academy of Natural Sciences, " 0 t he dollars. These last bequests are contingent 11 1 ) ° , to r winding up of his estate, which, with judic.iot w soP nagement, is deemed sufficient to corer the _ ros itl• ground marked out by the hand of noble gen' —Philadelphia Inquirer. - n o Nll 4l° GROSS ABUSE of th e PAR, - POWER IN AMERIC A' -"-- r t s of ve The public e ar h as become familiar with repo.ornor t the exerci s i ng o f th e par d on i ng power 1 1 to o Porter, of P enns yl van i a . Th e l ates t 10 6 ecu tire which his E xce ll ency h as i n t erpose d the el„ the clemency in favour of a rogue, is furnished liSoci, Shippensburgh Weekly New'. The story i 5 !`. ll „ e r ently ludicrous to excite a s m il e , b u t suc h gross versions of delegated authority on the part of a b functionary are too serious a matter for laughter. d . It seems that one John Piper, a notorious 1 _" is foco blackguard, who h a d t a k en a very active ps7„d the late election, had com m itt e d an assau l t an d 1 .7 14 g - f at upon the editor of the paper above-mentione cL oe which he had been indicted by the grand jury trial is thus reported : a , toil AR COMMONWEALTH V. JOHN PIPER, INDICT,— ASSAULT AND EATTERT. Called up by the Court. The Corani°n. Court—Call a jury in the case of " wealth v. John Piper." Sam Hammill—You need'nt call a jur.Y . , ;, s ion? Prosecuting Att orney —Will t h ere b e a 81 1 1 — n iyer Sam Hammill (with a gr i nn i ng sm ile and ing lip)—No, there won't. Prosecuting Attorney—Well. a l il4l Sam H amm ill—lf t h e C ourt please, I shed `6 b; CA' to have an oppo r t un it y to ma k e a speec h in 'n t int ° and lash the dastardly coward that brought Court. Court—Mr. Hammill, we don't want to hen (00' Sam Ham m ill—l h ave h ere a previous POI' 0g folding the paper) from Governor Porter (l 500 the p ar d on t o t h e C ourt), got on the pe tition 0 t be good Dem ocra t s o f Cumberland county, u nciel c io o broad s ea l, t oo . (Thi s was said as Saul 65 ' with a most hyena grin.) f r) ll The Court was astounded, the bar woke Ur .1 its slumbers ; jurors, witnesses, and spectatlP' were surprised at this new and speedy mode ° bf posing of criminal cases. And ther:the rne", " re f which the previous pardon had been obtained , tf . tition of 300 good Democrats of Cumberland C- 0- . 1 ; . 0 Verily, verily, democracy is not what we took be; w e knew it to be bad enough, in all onuse but this new m ovemen t " caps the climax."---PLtes dies paper. A G ,eon -INT.—At the South Lancashire threw Assizes ou the 17th inst., before Mr. Baron Gu rot CL'''; ‘ rape cases were tr i e d . In two the offenders we'io victed and sen t ence d to transportation for li f e . third his Lordship 'stopped the case, as enere W" suffici en t ev id ence of resistance. Ilis Loreiship Übi e so that, with respect to the resistance in such o ' l o %ished it could be made more generally known , all cases of that nature the parties ettacLed wereJ":OlVJ in adopting every means at their disposal ; tlaflpo, eo ' employ the w ea p ons w hi c h nature had given t se c,1 1 1 : claw, bit e , or even put the man ' s eyes o u t, for pose of protecting themselves from his violersce•ingsi" great difficulty was, owing to the nature of s'Jc h b e ries, in m a ki ng suc h a matter public. But, t",, - f oU" - , 1 ° women might teach th e y ounger , t h at i n co s° - 00' o r attacks the best course to adopt was to fly at 03 ,: g ree', 4. 1 the party, and use their nails with the utmos ; r: 4 0 1 . 11 violence. If such a course were adopted, ho 1 04 -- „col" that cases such as they had been inquiring int° ,:i become less frequent. The Dowager Lady Huntingfield and M P :lOc Lady Huntingfield have, within the last few daY", * l 4 ' rally contributed to the comforts of the indigen",„"ofy, on the family estate, in Suffolk, by causing or . iti' clothing, &c., t o b e g i ven away, as well as large `Ps of coal. :tr BIRTHS. Of ii, k o• On the 22d inst., a t S a li s b ury, M a. James HuseeYt 01` On the 24th inst., Mrs. Graham,of Gloucester-ree d ' 01 ,1 cester-gate, Regent's-p ar k, o f a eon. ray. On the 18th inst., at Ballachin House, Strath.— lady of Captain Robert Scott, of a son. On the 19th inst., Mrs. Butler, wife of H. Butler, ° I. and heir. $llO 0 . Ou the 23d inst., in Basinghall-street, Mrs:Thomas Wadd, of a son. Icb °l' On the 24th inst. at the Priory, Elm-grove, - p e': Mrs. Edward Cok, of a daughr. On the 24th i o nst., the wife te of Dr. Willis, Dover" on , of a so n . On the 25th i ns t . , at Brighton, Lady Knighton, °f a 1 still-born. o f/ On the 26th inst., the wife of William Greet, Ems'' ___---" daughter. MARRIED. Tipll'll' On the 23d i ns t ., at S t. Benet Fink, Mr. Wil dauglz' of Priest- hill, Wetherby, Yorkshi re , te Ell en , younger ave' ter of the late Mr. William Hamper, of Threadnee" k ‘ l,W s 4 41 / 4 %1 4 . t h b te l t irp o %04y. k i ot ta lc 4% 4 4 .'4 w lty po , kk to• P h i q bit 01 1 1 tu, lr~, tlk a • sort WtV t 'l,el or u he w i4kle - .et Pa- Ai !' t