The Sun. — London, England, 1839-12-07 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. • ~, ABD-EL-KADER• ..The Hadji Abd-el-Kader Oulid Mahiddin, who has jut trenewed hostilities with France, belongs to a most am dent family of Marabouts, and descends, like his kir unman, the Emperor of Morocco, from the Fatimite Cr kph*. He was born at Guetna, a sort of seminary se Jar Mascara, on the Hach em territory, where the ) Larabouts, his ancestors, assembled a number of young I men to instruct them in letters, theology, and jurispru dence. Abd-el-Kader was educated as well as an Arab can be by his father, Sidi Mahiddin, who turned to the best account his intelligence and energy. As yet but a boy not a passage of dm Koran perplexed him, and his explanations were readier than those of the ablest corn mentators. He, likewise, diligently applied himself 'to oratory and history, and so successfully that he is now the most eloquent speaker in his country (an immense advantage among tlit. Arabs) and perfectly acquainted with the annals of Lis nation. Nor did he neglect the c exercises of the body, in which he excels, he being generally reckoned the best horseman in the Barbary States. In short, at the early age of twenty he was distinguished 'for all the qualities which men like to be hold in those whom they place at their head. Abd-el JL.ader is now about thirty-one years old; he is of middling height, with little embonpoint; his coun tenance is mild, expressive, and distinguished ; his eyes are very fine, his beard thin and dark, and his teeth, which are ill set, are blue spotted ; his hands, of which he takes particular care, are extremely fine and delicate ; his head is generally somewhat inclined towards the left sb oulder ; his manners are affable, and most polite and dignified ; he seldom is betrayed into anger, but always keeps a command over himself ; in short, to quote the words of an intelligent and impartial French officer of Tank who has been employed upon negotiations w ith the natives almost ever since the occupation o f Alg iers, "the whole person of the Emir is fascinating, and it is diScult to know and not to like him." Abd.el-Kader is a man of great bravery, yet his mind is perhaps better adapted to Government than .to mili tary affairs. Though gifted with great fortitude and perseverance, he has occasionally betrayed some dejec. tion in the arduous circumstances he has had to con tend with. His manners are pure, even rigidly so ; be has but one wife, whom he most tenderly loves. Three years ago his family consisted only of a daughter, then four or five years old, and of a son,born a few days before the French entered, and destroyed m ascara . When in his capital he dwelt with his fa mily in a rather fine house, but which was not the palace. H . e lived there without any guards, and as a private in dividual. Every day, at an early hour, he repaired to the palace, or beylick, to transact public business and give audiences. In the evening he returned to his house, and again became a private individual. , . Abd-el-Kader is equally unpresuming in his dress, has costeme being that of a mere Arab, without any 1 'sort of ornament or badge of distinction. If he displays any splendour it is about his arms and horses. At one time he wore a burnous, the tassels of which were of gold, but one of his brothers-in-law, whom be had appointed Laid of a powerful tribe,having indulged in that station in a pomp which had excited some discontent, he sent for him, and after censuring his conduct, added, " Follow my example ; I am richer and more powerful than you, yet see how I am dressed ; I will not even retain those paltry tassels that you see banging to my burnous." He immediately cut them off, and from that moment has never worn the slightest bit of gold or silver about his person. Abd-el-Kader is very fond of study, to which he de votes the few hours that he can spare from his active Ilife. A little library accompanies him in all his move ments. W hen on any expedition he displays much more of royalty than when in town ; he then lives under a superb and convenient tent, in a nook, of which, elegantly fitted up, he gives private audiences and attends to state affairs. In the camp he employs his time as follows, when the day,- is not taken up with military operations :—On re aching his tent, after a day's march, he keeps by him bat one servant, and after some minutes devoted to stressing and cleanliness, summons his secretaries and principal officers, in succession, and works with them till four o'clock ; he then presents himself at the entrance of his tent, and himself says the public prayers ; he next preaches for half an hour, taking care to select a reli gious text that may naturally lead him to inculcate the notions it suits him to propagate upon war and politics ; nobody, however, is obliged to attend his sermons. Some moments after he sits down to table with his chief secretary and confidential friend, Miloutl-13 .n- Arach, his brothers, when they are with the army, and 1 the oftener one of his agas. The dishes served up to him are few in number, but good and carefully prepared. Abd-el-Kader appears to have religious feelings aid l due notions of Providence ; but he is no fanatic. He does not dread discussing religious matters with Chris tians, and he argues with politeness and without aspe rity. He is an honest man, and has well-established moral principles ; though subtle and cunning, in a diplomatic point of view, he is a faithful observer of I his word. Nothing is more foreign to his nature than 1/4(cruelty ; he governs the Arabs with just ce and mild ness, thereby confuting chose who maintain that they can be governed only by t-rror. Whenever it has been in his power he has acted with clemency and generosity towards his enemies. Two only have suffered death under his government, and that after due trial—the i ' Qadi of Arzew and Sidi-el-Gomarez, Sheik of Angad, 1 who was hung at Mascara, in August, 1835. I The conversation of Abd-el-Kauer is very animated, and at times witty. In private life he is con s idered parsimonious ; but as a Prince he knows full well how and when to be liberal. In financial and commercial matters his notions are most of them erroneous. The remarkable man whose portrait we have just derived from authentic di.ta, is the most formidable foe that the French have to contend with in their eforts to assert their pretended rights over the vast territory extending from the Mediterranean to the Sa Lara, and from the frontier of Mo rocco to that of Tunis. Whilst pursuing the ob ject of their ambition at an enormous expense of men and money, and by the alternate employment of force, treachery, extortion, and cruelty, Abd-ei-Kader, un daunted by the strides of his powerful neighbours, has gradually risen, by dint of bravery, sagacity. and perse verance, to the possession of no small share of the empire which they would exclusively secure to them selves. Whilst their policy has fluctuated under the influence of systems as various as the Administrations formed at Paris, or the many Governors-General sent out to Africa, the young Emir has steadily pursued his object, and become unto the Arabs a leader and a centre of action--a leader whose talents and gallantry in the field his Gallic enemies have a!ready tried.—Morning Post. CHANGE IN THE SEASONS.-It is rather ex traordinary that " the hollow cuckoo" is heard in various parts of the country, at this unusual' period of the year. In conjunction with the fact, that the trees, which can scarcely be said to have been divested as yet of their foliage, are again budding in several places—the sup position that " a second summer" is at hand is by no means groundless. A letter from Carrick-on-Suir states " the country people were astonished at hearing the harbinger of Spring on the hills a few evenings since. What think you of this? Surely, the seasons are changing. The trees are budding ; I saw some wood bine quite green to-day. It is really singular. But we should admire the works of the Lord, and thank him for whatever he is pleased to ordain. There is a remarkable softness in the atmosphere—the temperature being much more genial than it was a month since ; it is true that frost occasionally visits us at night, but of a description not unfrequent in the early part of Spring or Autumn, and no stranger at times even to summer. The harvest however, is beyond redemption—the poor are deplorably situated as to fuel and other necessaries—the potatoes, in localities which hitherto supplied them abundantly, cannot be dug, and may be pronounced useless. On the whole the prospect is awful to contemplate, should not a guardian Providence interpose.— Waterford Chronicle. IMPORTANT INVENTION.—We learn that an application of machinery, entirely new to this country, is now in progress of being established in our own neigh bourhood, which will be of great importance to the West Indies. 'We refer the cleaning of coffee imported in the husk. It may not be generally known that the coffe e of commerce is the seed of a pulpy berry, not unlik e the cherry. The processes to which it is subjected, before being exported from the countries in which it is grown, are simple, but somewhat tedious, consisting of pulping, washing, and drying in the sun. It is also capable of being dried in the berry, in which state not only is the quality of the seed superior, from the aroma being better preserved, but it is less liable to sour, which is sometimes caused by the fermenting wash, and it is not subject to be broken into what the trade call triage, and otherwise become less valuable. From not hating the means of removing the husk, however, it has not been imported into this state ex , except in small quantities, for the use of those wko know its superior quality. But we are glad to learn that machinery has been prepared for carrying on this branch of trade at Greenbank Mills, in addition to the cleaning of rice. The produce of the first experiment ' in cleaning coffee has been shown us b y Mr. Macfie, from the superior appearance of which, we are confi dent that every West Indian proprietor will soon be induced to prefer having his coffee cleaned in this country, and so far relieve himself of the often trouble some negligence of the negro population.—Greeno c k .Advertiser. A COACHMAN'S COMPARISON OF GEN TILITY.—Perhaps the following illustration of a coach man'sw notions of comparative gentility. is wor ho sportedt preserv ing. It was made by a well-known Whip, his bits o' blood" between Bolton and Manchester, and given in answer to a person who asked him what he bad got inside ?=',A. Manchester man, a 13olton chap, a Wigan fellow, - Ad a Liverpool gentleman. BRUSSELS, DECEMBER 4.—The average prices 01'v/if - eat last week 'was 25f. 71c., and that of rye, 13f. 89. c. According to the new law the exporta tion of both is prohibited, and the importation of wheat free of duty ; but rye remains subject to an import duty of 21f. 50c. per 1,000 killogrammes. LATE EXTENSIVE FORGERY AT BATH._ APPREHENSION AND CONFES SION OF THE FORGER. (From the Bath Chronicle.) James Sealy, the principal in the late inge nious forgery, has been apprehended. Last Tues day he underwent a long examination befog the Magistrates at Chandos House, when he made an wimple confession of the whole transaction. The pri soner is forty-two years of age, but appears considerably older, and he has lost the sight of his right eye. He is of a very diminutive size, and was shabbily dressed. So far from being daunted at the situation in which he was placed, the prisoner was remarkably communica tive on the subject of the forgery. He was also very facetious, and related many anecdotes of his chequered life, coolly observing that he supposed that he had obtained some notoriety in the world, and that his name would be handed down to posterity. The Magistrates asked the prisoner if he had any answer to the charge. Putting his hand in his pocket be said, " I wish to read this paper," producing a written statement. After receiving the usual cau tion, it was read by the prisoner in a firm audible voice, amid the most profound silence and in tense interest. The following is a copy :—" About the month of January or February last, a person of Frome recommended me to Thomas Candy as a person who could engross ; this was told me by Thomas Candy himself ; I was not then at home, but at Mr. Hawkes's office in Frome. In the evening Thomas Candy came to my house, and asked me if I could engross ; I told him I could ; he said he wanted me to do some skins ; I was much surprised at hearing him use the word skins,' as most people who are not aware of the nature of deeds, generally call them writings ; he did not then bring any papers with him, neither did he tell me of what nature he intended them to be ; after I had been with him about an hour at a public-house, where I had two glasses of beer, he said he wanted me to look over an abstract, which he would bring to me in the course of a day or two ; we then parted, and I went home ; he asked me to come to his house at Marston on the following Sunday ; I went, and Thomas Candy produced me an abstract, and asked if I could make some deeds from it ; his mother, himself, Francis, Theophilus, William, and, I think, one other brother and sister were present. Mrs. Candy was dressed in mourning. Thomas told me his father was dead, ' and had crape round his hat. I was a complete stranger to the whole family. In a few days Thomas Candy called on me again, and asked me what skins were necessary. I told him, and he procured them• I engrossed them, taking the substance from the abstract, which was in the hand-writing of Fran cis. Previous to my engrossing them, Mrs. Candy, ' her daughter, and two sons, Thomas and ano ther whom I did not know by name, called at my house ; Mrs. Candy was dressed in widow's weeds ; she told me her husband was dead, and at the same time said, there was no fraud intended ;it was not as though any person would be a loser ; they wanted to raise a little money for a short time, or till they could get the deeds from the trus tees under her settlement ;' I advised her and her sons to file a bill in equity, and compel the trustees to give up the deeds ; Mrs. Candy asked me who she had better em ploy ; I recommended her to my then employer, Mr. Hawkes ; she said she did not like to employ him, but, turning to her son Thomas, remarked, Tom, as you are going to Bath, you had better get a lawyer there to do it ;' this was finally arranged ; she asked me what I should charge, I told her I could not exactly tell, as I did not know how many folios it would be ; she also asked me when I could get it done ; I replied some time in the course of the week. Tom came to me with two or three of his brothers, and looked at the deeds after I had engrossed them ; there was no signature then, nor seals, nor endorsements. Tom then said, pointing to one of the skins, "Fhis skin must be dirtied ;' I informed him it was not yet finished, on which he took and rubbed it on his velveteen jacket, and dirtied it a little, and I took my pounce patch and rubbed it in the coal ashes, so as to give it the appearance of originality. I made my ink from the common ink, and mixed it with sonic garden mould, and tinged the red ink with a little black. I made use of very common wax, and the tape, which was a bright green, I discoloured with vinegar. Tom called a short time after, and asked me if I had finished : on my replying in the negative be was very angry. He gave me two sovereigns and I promised to let him have the skins the next night ; he did not, however, come to hip appointment. In a few days he came and gave me irty shillings, and asked me for a receipt for 41., say- lug that he had a great deal of trouble, and that h e should keep 10s. I agreed to this. He said he wanted the receipt to produce to his mother. He took the ,seeds away with him, along with a quantity of old useless leases, which he let me have to take off the stamps to affix to the blank skins which he provided for me. Some time after this he brought me a de claration, which he said he had got done at Bath by a lawyer'; clerk, who was a very clever fellow, signed as declared before Lord Cork. This I copied, and he left uly house. In about three or four months afterwards tie came again, and told me he could not get the deeds from the trustees, and must have some more made, but never told me in what way it was to be done ; at an other time he called, and gave me the name of a field on which he wanted to raise about 150/. ; he said the tool of an uncle of his was now at the point of death. He wished me to make some deeds, and a deed of gift, bet went away without giving any instructions. In about a week or ten days he paid me another visit, when he told me had no uncle, but that I must make him s, in- (leek and furnished me with the name of a field, as well as the names of some parties. I wrote them on two skins, and afterwards affixed an old stamp, taken from one of the old leases which he had at his house at Marston ; I was to have had 3/. for my trouble, but only received 55., and this was out of 10s. which he had borrowed upon a watch that day. I have learned since I have been absent from Frome, and while I was at Coleford, that Thomas Candy, or one of his brothers, had paid my wife a sovereign ; on the Sunday I left Frome, now a month ago last Sunday, I called on Mrs. Candy, and told herself, Thomas, and another, that the forgery was discovered, and that we should all be transported (meaning himself, and the Candys, already committed); about a fortnight after I had written the last deed (but a month before I had let the things go), Thomas brought me a letter from the Stamp Office, Somerset House, respecting the administration to the effects of a Thomas Candy, and, in a conversation with him, it came out that his father was then alive ; this was the first time I heard he was living : I said, You never to be sure swore your father was dead, when you knew him to be alive.' I said had I known it I never would have written a single word, and added, how could you deceive me so ?' I also said, If you do not mind you will get yourself hanged, but I can make the necessary return to Government, provided you furnish me with the cash to pay the duty.' About a month after I had made out the first deeds, Tom, in company with his two brothers, told me I must make out a certificate of baptism, and one of his brothers, Theo philus or Francis, I forget which, also telling me the name (which I cannot now remember), and that I was to put such a date to it as to make it appear that be was of age some time ago. I accordingly made out the baptism, and signed my own name as Curate at Gear Hill, a little village beyond Marston." At this astounding announcement the Bench of Ma gistrates and the whole of the Court seemed perfectly amazed, and all eyes were immediately fastened on the prisoner ; he, however, met their gaze with the greatest unconcern, and looked as if he thought it was a master piece of art. We refrain from giving the latter part of the . pri soner's statement, hoping, for the credit of human na ture it is not true, as it relates to alleged most hortid and dreadful threats uttered by that part of the family who are now in custody, against the father. A thrill of horror pervaded the whole Court on hearing the alleged denunciations of the sons against the parent. Colonel Bailey then told the prisoner that he stood fully committed to Ilehester gaol, to take his trial at the next Assizes. The prisoner, while in custody at the Guildhall, to which place he was brought by the Frome officer, re marked that his motto was " Dum vivimus vivamus," and that the severest misfortunes could never make the least impression on him, it being a matter of perfect indifference to him in what quarter of the globe he had his habitation, or whether he fared sumptuously every day, or whether he endured the degradation of slavery, and eked out his existence in chains and dungeons. SELLING SPIRITS AT FAIRS.—At the last meeting of the bench of Magistrates at Croydon several persons attended to answer informations issued a t th e instance of the Board of Excise for selling spirits in the booths at Croydon fair without being duly licensed, whereby they had incurred a penalty of 501. I t w ill b e recollected that a short time ago similar proceedings were adopted against other parties, when the Magistrates inflicted mitigated penalties of 121. 10s. The question sought to be established by the Board of Excise in volves a point of very great importance to licensed victuallers. The Magistrates upon the forme r occasion expressed an opinion that not only had a publican no right to lend his license to a party to enable him to sell spiri ts at a fair, but that be had no right to sell spirits there himself, and that the license was merely intended to protect him upon his own premises. The Commissien ars of Excise, how ever, it appears, entertain a different opinion, and, ac cording to their interpretation of the law, a licensed victu a ll e r may legally, under his license , sell spirits away from his own premises. The Magistrates, therefore, to this extent, appear to be at issue with the Commission ers of Excise. The defendants in the present ins tance admitted that they had borrowed licensed victuallers' licenses, and declared that they were ignorant that it was an illegal proceeding. They pleaded guilty to the Informations, and the Magistrates inflicted a penalty of 121. 10s. All t h e persons whe have been convicted under the cir cumstances a b ove ment i one d, it is under stood, intend to p et i t i on t h e B oar d o f Excise for a re mission of the penalty, on the ground that they have I infringed the law solely through ignorance. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA Y, DECEMBER 7. 1839. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, Dac. 5, 1839. The Queen has been pleased' to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Lieutenant-General Sir John Colborne, G. C. B. , anal Ow heirs finale of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Seaton, of Seaton, in the county of Devon. WHITEHALL, Dic. 5. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Marquis of Breadalbane to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the shire of Argyll, in the mem of George William Duke of Argyll, eleceased. PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK, A SSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 6. slumber Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton and 01dharn..Average971. IBs.sh. 118 ~082 41. Ashby am-le-Zu.sh ~....A-acage 1151.5 h 72 1,260 Basingstoke lOO/.sh. 5 1,005 51. Brecknock 2nd Ahergavenny 150, sh. - 8,0001..16th. 91 6s. Birmingham, 1.16 th share 8;1. & 711. 219 I, 100 Ditto and Liverpool Junctl!•l9/ sti. 100 pd 26 600 3/. Bridgewater and Taunton .100/. sh. all pd - 400 41. Chelmer and Blackwater 1001.5 h. 101 500 481. Caventry, I ON. sh . 690 4,545 Croydon ......... . Average 31/.24.10d. sh. - 2,060; 41. Os. Dudley lOOl sh. 100 600 141. Derby 1001. sh. 135 ?0,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 4ll. 13s. 4d ,pd 2'7 3,575; 41. Ellesmere and Chester... Average 133/.41a. 80 231 621. Erewash 100 J. an. 800 1,297 301. Forth and Clyde ....Average 44111.165. th. 600 4100 10 Grand Junction 1001. sh 182 i 1,8491 11. Grand Union 1001. sh 25 11,500 Grand Surrey 0,000/ 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. 63 3'196 Grand Western 100/. sh. all pd 14 600 131.125. ild, Glamorganshire, Aver. cost 1721. 13s. 48. 220 749 10/. Grantham 150/. sh. 203 6,238 2/. Os, Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 6d. oil. 351 100 Kensington 100 s 0 . all pd. 10 5:328 1/. ss. Kennet and Avon, Aver. 391.185. 10d. sh. 27 2,897; 301. Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 750 5451 151/• Leicester . ......_ .... ... - • . •-- 140/. sh 230 ,897 64 - os. Leicester and Northampton Aver. 231.10 x. 7904 2.400 10/. Monmouthshire 100/ .sh. 201' 150 101. Melton Mowbray 1001. eh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 565 3,000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd 50 247 171. Neath 1001.26, 325 2,400 51. Peak Forest . ... .. .. AN et.ge about 78/. sh. 104 1,418 128. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.166.8 d. sh. 12 5 , 509 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/. sh. 112 500 81. Shropshire ..1251.5h. 137 800 91. 10s. Somerset Coal 1501. sh. 150 3,6001. 4e percent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121.105. sh. 11; 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 710 500 91. Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 280 900 91. Stourbridge ..„.........,._ 1454.5h. 400 3,647 2/. Os. Stratford-on.Avort Average 791.95. bd. sh. 45 533 16/. Swansea 1001. sh. 240 a, 762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway AT 351. sh. 39 , 1,6001 sh. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 600 8.149 1,0005h.1 161. Warwick and B i rmingham 100/.0 9711 i,ooolsh. 980 150. Warwick and hap,„ lOOl. sh. 196 6,000 41.05, Worcester and BirrninghamAv.7B/.Bs. sh. 70 5,000 258 Wilts and Berks Average 671. 10s. Id. sh. 28 006 3i. by yriev and Essington 125/. sh 75 126 905 la. Wey and Arun 1101. h. 221 DOCKS. t. 600 kl3o. c. Commerc al . 4001. s h, 361 1,06511 h. ~ East and West India Stock 107 9,230,31011. 60s. p.ct. London ...........5t0ck 64; Ditto Bonds ... lOl 2.209 21. 19s. Bristol 08,3241. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1.352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 10 1 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 210.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOO 8.500 ..... Deptford Pier 201. sh. 201. pd 10 BRIDGES. 1,600 10s. Hammersm di • ... 501. sh. 22 7,231 Southwark, Old .Av. 631.21. Rd. sh. 21 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, Now, of 71 ri cent. 5Ol. eh. 14 5,000 5,000 225. 08. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6Ol. p 1 21 5,000 19s. 3i. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 21 30,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 17s Vauxhall.........,,Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 251 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion .5001. sh. 501. pd 73 50,000 fa rc r i ce nt .}Allianceßritish &Foreign 100/. sh. 11/. pd 14 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 5/. pd 5 . ; 24.000 11. per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 14; 1,200 Ish. 51. Birmingham I' ire 2501. oh. 55/. pd 1074 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire . 250/. sh. 501. pd 40 12,000 61. percent. British Commercial 5Ol. O. 5/. pd 51 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical & Medi ,•el Life, 100!. sh. 2110 s pd 4; 4,000 2/ 15s County 1001. sh. 101. pd 42; 20,000 ss. Eagle 50/. sh. 51. pd ,-,„,., f 5 per cent.] Economic Lite MOM sh. 250/. pd 400 " Z and 301 bs. 2,271 225. per cent. European Lip. "0' sh. all pd 22 50,000 20. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 2/. pd I; 1,000,000/. 61. per ct Globe Stock 1311 20,000 5/. Guardian lOO/. sh. 271/ pd 254 'O,OOO s. 6d. Hope 501. sh. H. pd 51 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 500/ sh. 50/. pd 1274 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 104 13,450 4/. per cent. Indemnity Marine 110/. oh. 8/. psi 25 2,020 31 108 Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 92 3/. Ditto Life 501. pd 79 10,000 163. Law Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 291- 5 000 10s, London, Fire "Si. sh. 12/. 10s, pd 18 3,9(10 108. London, Ship 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 18 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. eh. 5110,0001. 30,010 5/. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. 2/. pd 2/ ss 50,000 4!. per cent. Protector Fite .0/. sh. 2/. rid lOs Od 2,500 It. Provident Lire lOOl. sh. 101. pd 19 00,000 ss. Rock Life .0/. sh. 1/. pd 61 89,220/ 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stork.., 210 11,000 5 per cent. University lafe lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 54 59,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 5/ pd 74 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 8 per cent. Agric. and ('om, of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 Australasia 4O/. sh. 40/. pd 6',1 10,400 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5O/. sh. 10/. prl 121 1 11,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 501. sh. 101. pd 231 r,1,000 5 per cent. London and Westminsterloo/ sh. 20/. pd 21.4 60,000 5/. London Joint Stock 50!. sh. 10/. pd 111 .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. 204 pd 1-,0 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 231 50,000 '7l per cent. Manchester and Liver,/ pool District 5O/. sh. 15/ pd 12 20,000 7 percent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/ pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of I relandloo/. sh. 25/. nd 431 xo,+'oo National Bank of Ireland 5 11 /. sh. 171/. pd 16 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. 100/. sh. 35/. pd 314 10,000 !0,000 Gloucestershire 50/. oh. 10/, pd 25 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 501. sh. 51. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 16s Od Bath 2Ol. sh. 10/. pd 22 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 161. pd 21 57. percent./ Ditt o/and Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd 25 928 51 105 Birmingham 5O/. sh. 93 1,250 2/ Os Bristol 2,250 SI 10s Brighton 8 0/. sh. 11 730 3/ lOs Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd 9 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 17 4,000 61. 10s. Continental Consolidated 75/. 021/. pd 105 1,000 101. City of London ION. sh. all pd 195 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,000 3/.os. Equitable 5O/. pd 80 10,000 94 per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 53 900 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 20/. pi 18 2,350 6/. per cent. 1 ndependent nor. sh. all pd 50 (1,000 41. per cent. Phoenix .......... ..........,. .... .50/. sh. 39/. pd 214 1,000 V. per cent. Ratclifr 1001. sh. 801. pd eo 4,000 South Metropolitan 5Ol. sh. 111/. pd 11 9,200 41. per cent. United General .... ........ ...50/. sh. 461. pd 37 240 51. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 4011 5!. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 22 2,000 nt. Westminster Chartered 6,0011 Ifs. Ditto New , 51/. sh 101. pd 11 7 8 / 1 57, per cent. Yarmouth 201. sh. 181. pd WATER WORKS. 1,800 10s, Birmingham 25!. sh. 25/. pd 20 4,434 (sr. East London lOO/. sh. 163 5,5(1) 110 1 Grand Junction Average 41/ 13s. 4d. eh. 67 2,000 '2l. Kent lOO sh. 414 372 IN, Liverpool Bootle 220/. sh. 320 4500 2/ lee New River London Bridge Water Ann 62 6,486 2/ lOs Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 55 1,000 4 per cent. S outh Londo n 100/. sh. 1041 4,294 4/ , W est Middl esex Average 6 31. 121. 9d. eh. Oil 1,360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 ...... ... Birmingham and Derby 8(1/, pd 55 9.560 Birmingham and Gloucester 15,0(10 Bristol and Exeter 1001. sh. 40 pd 12 660 Calcutta and Saugur 501. sh. 2/. pd 0 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western 1001. sh. 30/ 4 3000 Clarence lOOl. oh. 100/ pd 351 12,000 8.000 ... ...... Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 5/. pd 60,006 Eastern Counties 25/. oh. :F/. pd 41 Grand Junction lOOl. oh. 100/. pd 1118 Great North of England 0/. pd 20 5,000 ..,,,.... Great Western lBOl. sh. 65/. pd 54; 2,000 Hartlepool 1801. sh. 1001 pdl2s 8,000 Hull and Selby 501. s h. 354; p d 191 10,0011 Leeds and Manchester 1001. oh. 5/. pd 194 2,100 3/. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 65 1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swannington .501. sh. all pd 75; 5,100 10 percent. Liverpool and ManchesterlOCLsh. 100/. pd 195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 61 36,000 ... ...... London and Brighton 5O/. sh. 301 pd 141 1.,000 ...... ... London and Blackwall 501. sh. 101. pd 12; ?0000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich _ 'ol. sk. 20/. pi 124 25,000 London and Birmingham 1 001. sh. 904 pd 1411 Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd 211 30,090 14,000 - ..... 6,000 Ditto New Scrip 71. pd 2; 12,000 London Grand Junction 50!. sh. 51. pd ofl 13,000 Manchester and Leeds ...100/. sh. 60/. pd 671 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh 25/, 124 I )itto Extension 7/ pd 4 North Midland 1001. sh. 851 pd 77 Northeen and Eastern 1001 sh 25/ pd 14 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 30/. pd 341 28,000 South Eastern and Dover l5/. pd 14 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh • 2401 9,001 ... ...... Thames Haven 5O/. sh 2/. 10s. pd 1,4410 Westminster and Greenwlch , so/. oh. 2/. pd 0 6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd 374 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5!. s 21/. pel 12 4,000 11. 58. Alten 15/. oh. 121. ii rpd 10 10,000 .... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.lool. sh. ii' `i d 1 Ditto Subscription 95/. tni SI 2,060 10/. Bolanos l5O/. s h a ll p d '7B 10,000 I/. 108 Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 35/. sh. 20/, pd IS 6,000 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 14/. pd 14 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 20/. pd 8 10,000 Ditto Scrip 10/. oh. 10/. pi 91 20,000 British Iron .... ............. . ........ sh. 50/ pd 71 6,000 Bri' ish Copper 5l. sh. 41/. pd 14 cv i , , • ~nca 64/. nd 81 Candonga 10,000 10 Copiapo 8,500 ... Columbian, iss, 51. pm.... 55/. sh. 55/. pd 21 2,850 3/. English l4/. Go. pd 31 20,000 General Mining Association2o/. sh. 184 pd 8 6155 Mexican Company 100/. sh. 551/, pd 44 3 , 008, Polberou Consols .. lO/. sh. 8/. pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 54 Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 160 30,000 ... ...... United Mexican, iss. 2 prn..4o/. sh, all pd 14 Dittt, Scrip li Ditto New Scrip 5/ pi 2.1 West Cork 50/. sh. 501. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 • London, with Bronze Ticket......7sgs. sh. 19 1,500 700 King' College 1001,pd 19 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 154. Australian Agricultural.loo/. sh. 2614 pd 444 6,000 41. per cent. British American Land Company 221. pd 9 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 30/. pd 08 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 9l City Bonds, 4 per cent lOl 20,000 11. 6s. General Steam Navigation 151. sh. 141. pd 241 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 254 2,000 14 London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. 19 8,000 Caoutchouc Company 1211. pd 12 New Brunswick Land Company ...50! pd 2,754 51. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50c....1001, sh. 100/. pd 133 2,633 54 per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 135/. pd 114 4,000 ......... Thames Tunnel .501. sh. all pd 9 10,000 6s. Van Die_ner.'s Land ......1001. sh. 1711 pd 51 LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES NO V. 29, 1839 . BANKS. L,500,006/. 64 p. ct. ?lank of Scotland...B3l. 6s. Rd. oh. all pd 1781. 2,°°° ',,, °00/ ,' 5 11 P. ct. Rryal of Scotland ............ 1004 sh. all pd WI. . ~•,,..,""n• a p. ct. Brinsh Linen Company... loo4 sh. all pd 531. ° ,,'"'"'„,,,'„„ m "'""" 61 . p. ct. Commercial ............... 5001. sh. 1 001. per„ 173/ . . 4 " finf ,''',,,,," s n. ct. National . . ... . ............ ...lOW. sh . 101. pd 161. '''''"'"" 61 . p. ct. Glasgow Union . . ... . ..... 2501. sh. 501. pd 871. - 4,00 0 , 0 00 1 . 4p. ct. Western of Scotland ....2001. sh 401. pd 601 INSURANCE COMPANIES. g59 ,' " ,,, th • gip. ct. Scottish Union ...............201. sh. 14 pd 2% . 100,000 3 in W A . V, 6 1 p. ct. Hercules .. . .... .. ... .. .. 100/. sh. 101. pd 13 1 1. ~ - n z sp. et. Insurance . C . o. of ' .......... .101. sh. all pi 10/. Os. Tna.-7 6 P. ct. North British ...............2001. ah. 10/. pd 1911 . -1- S P. ct. Caledonian Fire. ........... 1001. sh. 101. rxll9l.los. 5, 0 00 6p. et. Edinburgh Life ............ 1001. sh. 101. pd 14110 s. , 4 1 , , ,, 5g 1010 MISCELLANEOUS. ip. ct. West of Scotland .................. ... 101. pd 7, 6.. 4,518 ... ..... Edin. and Glas. Un. Canalsol. ah. all pd 10/. Ditto Allocated .. -. . __....--961. sh. all Pd 474 5,400 5 per cent. Ed inb. Joint Stock Water.2s/. sh. all pd 351 Carron Iron Company ...2501. sh. all pd 44/ 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery ...... 50/. sh 48/, pd 544 10,000 3 per coat. Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2ol.sh. 16/. pd 8! per cent. Gl Edinburgh asgow G aC50a..1..G................................ s . h h .. all all pd 501. 5 5 001/ 70 7 7 1 i Per cant. Leith Coal Gas . . .... . ... 201. sh. all pd 501.: 1,200 3 . 0 - . ner Cont. Voiii table Loan Con , ow , v u5l . th. on g., lir, v ...... ... Edinburgh and Dalkeith. Raihvayso/. sh 3•71 __-.-.,.... PARISH FIRE ENGINES.—Mr. Ballantine, of the Thames Police-office, on Wednesday, refused to sign a certificate f or t h e usua l rewar d to the keeper of a p ar i s h engine, bec ause , a l t h oug h i t h a d been brought t o t h e premises on fire in good time, and the man had exerted himself vigorously, the machine was of so paltry a cha racter and so incomplete that it could do no good. DESTITUTION IN PAISLET--On Monday a public meeting was held in the Court-hall, Paisley, for the purpose of f orm i ng a com mittee or dep o t f or sup plying those in d est i tut i on w i t h clothing. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, DEC. 6. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. BROOKE.--HOSPITAL 0% ST. LEONARD, NEWARK. The information in this case was filed on the certi ficate of the Charity Commissioners, for the purpose of setting aside certain leases granted in May, 1828, by Dr. Brooke, Master of the Hospital of Sr. Leonard, Newark, in Nottinghamshire, and for a scheme for the further regulation of the HosOal. The case was opened at Westminster by Mr. Pem berton, in the middle of last Term, but a suggestion having been made that the parties were likely to come to an arrangement it was ordered to stand over. No agreement between the parties having been come to the arguments were resumed late on Wednesday, when Mr. Blunt, who was with Mr. Pemberton, was heard in support of the information- Mr. KINDERSLEY, who appeared for Dr. Brooke, and Messrs. GIRDLESTONE and HULL, who appeared for the mortgagee of the lessees, were heard on Thurs•. day, and Mr. Pemberton having concluded his reply yesterday, The MASTER of the ROLLS gave judgment as follows, from which the main facts of the case may be collected : —This information is filed to have certain leases set aside and a scheme settled for the due administration of the charity. The state of the case is somewhat singular. The first origin of the charity is not traced, but it appears to have been a very ancient foundatio❑ fur the benefit of a few poor people. There was a regulation made in the year 1417, by which it is stated that this was a foundation for the benefit of the poor, and that it was to consist of certain particular persons—the master, two poor men, and a chaplain, and the master was to have towards his use and sustentation the residue that re- maineki after maintaining the two poor persons and the chaplain. It is said the lands are now worth 1,300/. a year, and that the gentleman who has been master for fifty years has out of that revenue (he is not in receipt of the whole) allowed a sum of 50/. a-year for the sup port of the three other members of this Foundation. To suppose that that could be the intent of the founders, or any thing approaching to it, would not, I apprehend, enter into the mind of any rational person. The real question is, whether the documents that are produced on this occasion do not, in point of fact, give him the residue, after he has performed the trusts which ought to be performed before he has a right to appropriate any thing else to his own use. It is said most truly, that if it had been left merely upon the first foundation, and the Act of Parliament passed in the reign of Charles the First, for the maintenance of a few poor people, and he had had a large fund to dis ribute, certainly no one member of the persons entitled to a portion of the fund would have been allowed any exclusive or additional benefit any more than was necessary to keep up the discipline of the foundation in question. But it next appears that the Bishop of Lincoln, who was the visitor in 1417, examined and investigated this matter, and the recital in the Act of Parliament is that the Bishop of Lincoln by an instrument under his Episcopal See con firmed by the Dean and Chapter under their Chapter Seal, desiring to remove all doubts that might arise concerning the hospital in future times, did ordain and decree there was, and should be, one master of the hospital, who should have the management, rule, and custody of the same, and should order and dispose of the rents and profits to the use of the poor, and about the affairs of the hospital ; and that there should be two poor men and one chaplain, who should be received into the hospital by the master for the time being, and be maintained with the fruits, rents, and profits of the same ; and the residue to be converted and disposed towards the sustentation and use of the master, the supporting of the hospital, the defending the rights and privileges of the same, And towards the repairing and building of the hospital. There was also a provision in the same instrument, that whatsoever should at any time be given to the hospital should be employed by the master thereof for the time being, "to the uses aforesaid" all of which was to be foundation, they may be considered justly entitled to. The Act of Parliament did not in terms confirm the order of the Bishop of Lincoln. The Bishop, as visitor, had no right to direct any particular distribution of the funds ; but we must take this into consideration. It appears the Bishop did go into evidence in the mat ter, and being desirous to remove doubts which affected the property then, he stated this to be the establishment, and by the Act of Parliament which passed two cen turies afterwards, this establishment was recognised, and has not been altered. Under those circumstances, it does not appear to me that I can deviate from the instrument executed by the Bishop. An exchange of lands having been effected, leases were granted in the way authorised by the Act of Parliament. In the house that was to be erected for the four persons there were to be four rooms and four chambers over them, and I cannot help thinking it was intended the master should be a person associating there with the others. There was to be no equality, because he was to have the government of the hospital, he was, in fact, to be the master, but a provision was made for his residing in the hospital. That circumstance shows there was no intention even at that time that the master should receive 1,2501.. himself and give 501. to the others, or that he should make anything like an arrangement of that kind. Leases have been from time to time granted according to the power given by the statutes, and in that respect the defendant, Dr. Brooke, has in no way varied from the practice of his prede cessors. It is due to Dr. Brooke to say that he has merely followed in the steps of those who went before him, and that he has not been actuated by any feeling to do wrong. Indeed the question is not whether 'here has been any moral fraud on his part, but whether, being the master, he has not acted ignorantly, in a man ner inconsistent with his strict duty ? This view of the case has certainly been taken by the Counsel at the bar who opened this case against Dr. Brooke, and he goes out of Court without any imputation on his moral character or honesty. What Dr. Brooke has done is to allow 20s. a month to a poor man, whom he calls " the chaplain," to read prayers ; 18s. a month to each of the two other persons, and to make some small additional allowances, all of which are stated in the information as having been certified by the Commissioners. I certainly do not think that that state of things can be allowed to continue ; and there must be a new method of proceeding adopted for the maintenance of those persons who are by the foundation to be maintained. It was intended by the foundation that there should be a priest or minister to perform ser .ice. The master, instead of keeping the government of the hospital in himself, has shifted his trusts into the hands of the lessees, and has directed them to make payments from time to time. Now what are the funds which may be applicable to the charity in the time of the successor of the present master, if the leases stand, I have not any means of knowing. Mr. Hull has in formed me that the sums which are reserved, the old rents, together with the sums made payable by the leases to the poor men and the so-called chaplain or mi nister are sufficient. It must be ascertained what are the revenues which are now, and which in the time of the successor of Dr. Brooke may be applicable to the maintenance of those persons and the future master. Whether it is necessary to set aside any leases is hardly ripe for my consideration, because that portion of the revenue which the master had a right to dispose of he might pledge in any way he thought fit, and the persons to whom he has pledged it are entitled to the benefit of their mortgage. I, therefore, cannot do anything in tbis till I ascertain what is the revenue which does re main in this state of things, and what ought to be applied, having regard to the worth of the whole, for the benefit of this foundation. It may turn out there is sufficient without disturbing the mortgage. I conceive it is for the benefit, not only of this Charity, but of all parties in cases of this kind, to set things right as much as possible for the future, passing over, as lightly as you can, the past, when you find that errors in the past time have been committed with entire innocence, as I firmly believe they have in this case. His LORDSHIP then directed a decree to be made declaring that the Chaplain should be a person in holy orders, and directing a reference to the master to make the above-mentioned inquiries. A conversation then took place upon what additional allowance should be made in the interim to the inmates of the hospital. The amount was ultimately left to the discretion of Dr. Brooke, the Master of the Rolls ob serving that he did not like to order that they should receive an additional 1/. or 15s. a week, without in quiring what sort of persons they were ; as :t might do them more harm than good, of course the Court would judge hereafter whether Dr. Brooke had allowed an adequate additional sum. 96, CHEAPSIDE, AL D 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET PICCADILLY. -- DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VISION.—At length those dreadful maladies are completely obviated, without torture and serious risk by medical treatment. The Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists to their Majesties the King and Queen of Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, &c. &c., havo constructed a Voice Conductor, and newly invented Spectacle Lenses, which will be found in most extreme cases to effect instant relief. It is seldom or ever that an invention of striking merit is laid before the pub lic that ignorant pretenders do not start forth. In no case is this more observable than in Ireland, as well as England, bytpersons who not only assume the name of Solomons, but actually as having a connexion with their house. Numerous ladies and gentlemen are daily calling who have been misled by these pretenders, and who have made purchases of their spurious imitations, which they term Voice-Conductors and Spectacles, supposing them to be the Messrs. Solomon? invention, which not only proved to be useless, but pro ductive of very ill effects. The Messrs. Solomons do sot employ any agents or travellers. Their improvements in the materials are secret to themselves, and are solely con fined to their establishments, 39, Albemarle-street, and 96, Cheapside. SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.—Conventional distinc tions are otherwise kept up on the Continent than in our own aristocratic frame of society, and man there meets man as if the same heaven shone over the heads, the same earth sustained the steps of one and all.— Mrs. Gore. WHITEHALL, Dim. 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint by letters patent under the Great Seal, the Right Honourable Thomas Erskine, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas ; Joshua Evans, John Samuel Martin do Grenier do Fonblanque, and Edward Holroyd, Esqrs., three of the Com missioners of the Court of Bankruptcy ; William John Law, Esq., ono of the Commissioners of the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors ; and William Crawford Wynn Ellis, Benjamin Hawes the younger, Thomas Alers Hankty, George Carr Glyn, and John Horsley Palmer, Esqrs., her Majesty's Commissioners, to inquire into tho present state of the laws relating to Bankrupts and Insolvent Debtors, and the administration thereof, and whether it be expedient to make any alteration therein ; and, par ticularly, whether the several Courts by which such laws are now administered may not be beneficially united, or so ar ranged as to co-operate with and assist each other ; and by what means the full benefit of such laws may be secured to, and the better administration thereof provided for in, the country districts. The following places have been duly registered for solemnising marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of the 6th and 7th of William IV., chap. 5 : St. Ann's Church, Leeds, Yorkshire. The Baptist Meeting-house, Sutton, Cambridgeshire. The Coughton Roman Catholic Chapel, Coughton, War wickshire. WAR-OFFICE, Dic. 6. lit Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Surgeon T. Lewis, M.D. from the 4th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Parry, wh• exchanges, Dee. G. _ __ Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon T. C. Gaulter, M.D., from the Uth Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ore, promoted is the 79th Foot, Dec. 6. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign J. T. Oswald, from the 35th Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord G. Loftus, who retires, Dec. 6. 4th Regiment of Foot—Surgeon W. Parry, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Surgeon, vice Lewis, who exchanges, Dec. 6. sth Foot—Captain W. Clime, from the 97th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major W. Harris, who retires upon half pay Unattached, receiving the difference, Dec. 6. Bth Foot—Ensign W. Bayly, from the 2d West India Re giment, to be Ensign, vice Turner, who retires; G. A. Young, Gent., te be Ensign, by purchase, vice Seymour, who retires, Dec. 6. 23d Foot--Second Lieutenant A. B. Brooke to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Duff, who retires, Dec. 6. 35th Foot—G. C. Lees, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Oswald, appointed to the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards; Assistant-Surgeon W. A. Heise, M.D. from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeen, vies Gaalter appointed to the Bth Light Dragoons, Dec. 6. 45th Foot—Lieut. F. 0. H Bridgeman, from the 82d foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Gray, promoted, Dec. 6. ' 75th Foot--Capt. B. Gray, from half-pay Unattached, te be Captain, vice H. Y. Gold, who exchanges, Dec. 6. 79th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. A. Ore, from the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Lorimer, deceased, Dec. 6. 93d Foot—Captain G. Dui; from half-pay of the 19th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice H. P. Bourchier, who ex changes, Dec. 6. 97th Foot—Captain W. Clune, from kalf-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice S. Z. Thatcher, who exchanges, Dec. 5 ; Captain Sir E. Waller, Bart., from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, paying the difference, vice Clune appointed to the sth Foot ; Lieut. R. Lisle to be Captain, by purchase, vice Waller, who retires • Ensign F. W. Lane to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lisle ; T. Lynch, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lane, Dec. 6. Ist West. India Regiment— Lieutenant-General Sir W. Nicolay to be Colonel, vice Sir H. King, deceased, Nov. 30. 2d West India Regiment—G. A. . Kippen, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ba3rly, appointed to the Bth Foot, Dec. 6. HOSPITAL STATF.—Ts be Assistant-Surgeons to the Ferces—J. Al'Gregor, Gent., vice Morier, who resigns; G. M. Webster, M.D., vice Heise, appointed te the 35th Foot, Dec. a. BREVET.—To be Majors in the Army.—Capt. G. Duff, of the 93d Foot, Jan. 10, 1837 ; Capt. 11. Stack, of the 45th Foot, Dec. 6. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign Atty, of the :31st Foot, are William Frederick Willes. The names of the Ensign appointed to the 16th Foot, on the 15th of February, 1839, are Charles Lorenzo De Winton, and not Charles Lorenzo Wilkins, as previously stated. [This Gazette contains a notice that writs have been issued for electing a Temporal Peer of Ireland, to succeed to the va cancy made by the demise of George, Earl of Kingston, in the House of Lords of the said United Kingdom.] DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. SAMUEL GROOCOCK, builder, Leicester. ELIZABETH EAMES, corn-chandler, Peckham. :iii - iii . s 7- PoYNTON, silk-mercer, Liverpool, ELIZABETH SAUNDERS, grocer, Cliesham, Bucks. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. MARK NOKE, upholder, Maidsnhead, Berks. BANKRUPTS. ALFRED RABETT and SA MUEL FULLER, ware housemen, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, to surrender Dec. 17, and Jan. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Dickson, Bucklersbury ; Lackington, official assignee. RICHARD BROsTER, victualler, Bermondsey, Dec. 17, ' at one, and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fisher and De Jersey, Aldersgate-street ; Green, Alderman bury, official assignee. JOHN SPENCER, tailor, Winlaten ' Durham, Dec. 81, at eleven, and Jan. 17, at one, at the Bankrupt Commission Rooms, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Kent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Nicholls and Son, Cook's-court, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London. GEORGE THOMAS SIMPSON, surgeon, Curzon street, Mayfair, Dec. 17, and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Tribe, Great R 1.16- sell-street, Bloomsbury. EDWARD HUMPHRYS, engineer, High-street, Lam beth, Dec. 21, and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, official assignee ; Cranch and Son, London-street, Fenchurch-street. REUBEN HUNT, paper-manufacturer, Sandling Mills, Maidstone, Dec. 21 and Jan. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Cranch and Son, London-street, Fenchurch-street. WILLIAM BRIDGER, draper, Uxbridge, Dec. 13, at one, and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sole, Alderman bury. JOHN BROWN and THOMAS BRUTON POWELL, calico-printers, Stubbins within, Tottington, Lancashire, Dec. 20 and Jan. 17, at twelve, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Hampson, Manchester; Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London: Clay and Swift, Liverpool. THOMAS WILSON and WILLIAM WILSON, mer chants, Liverpool. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Fol lett, Bedford-row, London ; Clay and Swift, Liverpool. WILLIAM JONES, shoeing smith, Oxford, Dee. 13, and Jan. 17, at nine, at the Town-hall, Oxford. Dudley and Son, Oxford; Robinson, Hine, and Robinson, Charterhouse-square, London. HENRY TRENT and EDWIN WARD TRENT. rape makers, Old Ford, near Bow, Middlesex, Dec. 20, at •ne, and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Ba singhall-street, official assignee ; Church. DIVIDENDS, R. Cull, upholsterer, Ramsgate, Dec. 30, at twelve, at the Spread Eagle Inn, Ramsgate—J. G. Cannell, saddler, East Dereham, Norfolk, Dec. 28, at one, at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich—J. Appleyard, corn merchant, Leeds, Dec. 28, at one, at the Court-house, Leeds-0. P. Wathen, clothier, Woodchester, Gloucestershire, Dec. 30, at twelve, at the George Inn, Stroud—W. Yarington, money scrivener, Swaffham, Norfolk, Dec. 27, at eleven, at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich— R. Spincer, cattle salesman, North Stoneham, Southampton, Dec. 30, at three, at the Dolphin Hotel, Southampton—lV. Mangnall, manufacturing chemist, Manchester, Dec. 30, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—T. and W. Preedy, grocers, Oxford, Jan. 3, at two, at the house of Mr. T. Lucas, under the Town-hall, Oxford—J. D. and E. Penn, shoe manufacturers, Northampton, Dec. 31, at twelve. at the Goat Inn Northampton—E. Bowser, draper, Llanelly, Car marthenshire, Jan. 1, at one, at the Mackworth Arms Inn, Swansea, Glamorganshire—J. Beardmore and J. W. Water house, lace manufacturers, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Dec. 28, at two, at the Castle Inn, Bakewell, Derbyshire—J. and J. Walker, cloth merchants, Leeds, Dec. 27, at twelve, at the Court-house, Leeds—W. Robinson, jun., merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 28, at one, at the office of Messrs. Davenport and Collier, Liverpool—J. Poulton, grocer, Lane-end, Staffordshire, Jan. 9, at one, at the Eagle Inn, Lane-end—D. Worthington, flour dealer, Manchester. Dec. 28, at twelve, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester—R. Graham, linendraper, Cheltenham, Dec. 27, at two, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham. CERTIFICATES.—DEc. 27. B. Baker, marble mason, Liverpool—J. Pickles, calico dealer ; Manchester—J. Ridsdale, chemist, Darlington, Durham. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. . J. Tucker and E. Houlditch, surgeons, Exeter—J. S. Royle and T. Alain, tea-dealers, Liyerpoo:—J . Bell and J. Gibson, com mon brewers, Darlington, Durham—R. Allred and J. Allred. blacksmiths, Leigh, Lancashire—W. Dawes and H. Frazer, attor neys, Sergeant's-inn, Fleet-street—W. Lucas, J. Lucas, and W Lucas, jun., common brewers, Hitchin, Hertfordshire-- B. Hooper and Alfred Hooper, ironmongers, Melksham, Wiltshire—F. Mangles and E. Abloott, ship-chandlers, Wap ping—H• Lyon and P. Mullin, coach-makers—J. H. Bromley and J. S. Sharp, hatters, Rochester—J. Johnson and D. Lit tlejohn, iron merchants, Liverpool —W. H. Allan aid W. Thacker, Leadenhall-street—H. Jones and J. Jones, dentists, Pall-mall —F. Hunter' aud J. Hunton, jewellers, York—J. Read and J. Clementson, earthenware-manufacturers, Staffordshire Potteries—J. H. Hedlev and W. H. Dutton, surgeons , Green wich—E. Eady and . Eady, farmers, Burton Lattimer, Northamptonshire—C. Santer and J. Barron, hay-salesmen, West Smithfield—J. Heller and H. Heller, coach body-maker., Lambeth—W. Robinson and G. Parton, colour-makers, Burs lem—J. Spark, A. Spark, and J. Spark, jun., wholesale tia manufacturers, St. Giles's—J. Reynolds and P. Charlton, bankers, Wellington—F. Burtt and W. Burtt, grocers, New Windsor—R. Benson, J. Cropper, E. Cropper, D. Hodgson, and Hugh Mure, Liverpool—A. M'Glashan and A. R. Da vidson, coppersmiths, Long Acre—J. Wildman and J. Balm forth, tailors, Rochdale—J. Barlow and George Raw, coach proprietors, Saint Helen's, Lancashire—W. Knight and J. Nettleship, jun., architects, Kidderminster—W. H. Fellows, W. Stunt, C. G. Whittaker, and T. Fellows, miller, Eynsford, Kent. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. FRANCIS IkIACKENZIE, merchant, Dingwall, Dee. 9 and Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Caledonian Hotel, Dingwall. - WILLIAM GRAHAM, farmer, Steps, Cadder, Dec 11 and Jan. 3, at twelve, at the King's Arms Tavern, Glasgow. THOMAS MACKAY, coal dealer, Dingwall, Dec. 12 and Jan. 2, at one, at the Caledonian Hotel, Dingwall. BANKRUPTCY ANALYSlS.—According to the analysis given in the Companion to the Almanac for 1840, the number of bankrupts in England and Wales, from November 1, 1838, to November 1, 1839, was 930 ; the number in the corresponding twelve months of 1 837-8 being 93 6, or 26 more. The greatest num ber of bankruptcies in the year ended the Ist instant were in the months of July (124), and August (104), the least number in December, 1838 (56). 1' he' -TCuoeusndaciy of F e b ruary f or e l ect i ng a suc cessor of Edinlpirgh have ap pointed the T cesso r to the late Dr. Hamilton, Professor of Mid wifery in the U niversit y . :t POLICE INTELLIGENCE• MAN SION-HOU USE. The Commissioner of the City POliee has commenced the duties of his office very actively, and has already made several regulations which are likely to prove es sentially beneficial to the public. He narrowly watches the conduct of the men under his control, and investi gates every complaint with very great care. Francis Drake, lately a member of the City Police Force, was brought before the Lord Mayor in custody of Sergeant Pattison, by the order of Mr. Daniel Whit tle Harvey, the Commissioner of the City Police,charged with having neglected his duty, and been found intoxi cated at half-past one o'clock on the morning of the 23d November last. The defendant was also charged with having absented himself and with having taken with him some of the police clothing in contradiction to and in contempt of the regulations. He had enlisted, after abandoning the situation of policeman, with the 4th re giment of Dragoon Guards. Evidence was given to that effect, when The Loan MAYOR said—l fine him forty shillings, and if he is not able to pay that sum he must go to pri son for seven days. Drake was then committed for seven days. It was stated that in ordering this case to be reported to the several divisions, the Commissioner desired it to be expressly understood that the crime of deliberate falsehood, with a view to deceive and mislead, was con sidered by him 'so criminal in its character, and so per nicious in its effects, that he should invariably visit the party guilty of it with instant dismissal from the service. The regulations made by the Lord Mayor and the Commissioner of the City Police, as regards the driving of omnibuses through the City, prove, we are happy to say, to be excellent in their effects. His Lord ship has received several letters on this subject, in praise of the new regulations. BOW-STREET. A young woman named Anne Croley, was yesterday placed at the, bar, by constable Trotman 47 F, charged with stealing a quantity of plate and jewellery, the pro perty of her mistress. The constable on going his rounds through Drury lane at ten o'clock on Thursday night, met the prisoner, who was in a state of intoxication, and having stopped her to ascertain if she knew where she was going, or what she was about, a number of silver spoons and other plate fell from under her shawl. On stooping to gather up the articles, Bagnall, another constable, came up, and seeing what had occurred, he removed the prisoner's shawl, and found concealed under it the remaining part of the property. Miss Mary Anne Broughton, proprietrix of a lady's boarding school in Ayliffe-place, Whitechapel-road, identified the plate as the property of her mother, and valued at nearly 1001. The prisoner had been in her service only for three days, and absconded taking away the entire contents of a chest in which the property had been deposited, with a quantity of jewellery produced, and she did not see the prisoner again until she received information from the police, that she was in custody. Constable Bagnall produced, in addition to the pro perty which he had found upon the prisoner, a gold eye-glass, and a beautiful brooch set in pearls, with other articles which he discovered had been pawned by the prisoner at Mr. Townsend's in Little Russell-street, Covent-Garden, at five o'clock on the evening she was taken into custody. Mr. JARDINE SAid it was quite unnecessary to enter more fully into the particulars at the present stage of the case, and ordered the' prisoner to be brought up again in a week, with directions to the police to use their exertions in tracing any other property that may have been stolen. TV ORSHIP- STREET. LOW-PRICED BAKERS.—Yesterday Mrs. Beedle, the wife of a baker living in Goldsmith's-row, Hackey-road, appeared to a summons issued against her husband, which charged him with having used in his shop a pair of unequal scales. Upon the case being called on Mr. Hunt, the defen dant's solicitor, said he was instructed to plead guilty to the charge, but he trusted the Magistrate would take a lenient view of the case, as his client was personally ignorant of the defective state of the scale, and her hus band was an invalid in the country. Mr. GROVE said that in all cases of fraud on the part of bakers he was determined to deal with the utmost rigour towards the offender, as the suffering parties were principally the poor, to whom bread was indeed " the staff of life." The particulars of the case, as de tailed by the party complaining, constituted a gross fraud, and the evidence must be gone into. In Turkey the baker committing such an offence would have been bastinadoed almost to death's door, and afterwards branded, that all honest men might for ever avoid him. The case was then heard, when . The MAGISTRATE said—Had it been proved that either the defendant or his wife was cognizant of the fraud, he should have inflicted the full fine of 5/. ; as it was he should reduce the penalty to 40s. The fine was paid. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. isnbAD. le Metropolis is 10%d. for the 411, 9cl, SEEDS. Per Quarter St. Foin — --ii 45= 66 Rye Grass —s 465. 4... ?acey Grass s —s. - E Linseed, for feeding —s. 45s 52s Ditto, for sewing —s. 545. 514 Ditto, for crushing —s 425. 46., Canary —s 70s. 80 Hemp —s 33s 4U, Per Bushel. PRICE. U. The highest price of Bread in th Loat. Good Bread may be had at PRICES Of Per Cwt. New English Red C10ver...55i. 90s Old Ditto Ditto —s. —s. —s New Foreign Ditto —s. 565. 30s. Old Ditto Ditto New White Clover sos. 655. 70s. Old Ditto Ditto New Trefoil —s. 183. 30s. Old Ditto —B. 12s. 225. Trefolium s. 28s 30s English Carraway —s. 525. 565. Foreign Ditto —s. 50s. 56s Coriander —s 20s. 255. Rapeseed, English fine (per L White Nlustard 11s. IJ4. 143. cd. Brown Ditte I 58. M. 19$. (Id Tares ss. 6d. 7,5. 6d st) 281.31/. Foreign 26/. .281. PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d, Horse Hides, German 12 22 Spanish l3 24 Calf Skins,3o to 401b.(doz) 15 22 40 50 --50 60 -70 100 Seal Skins, large... small 2O 22 Kips Basils 6 11 Bellies Shoulders I 2d. to 4d. par b. more. 0' Per lb. d. to d CropHldes,3o to 401 b. each 11 13f - -4 0 50 l2 16 ---50 60 00000 ••• 13 18 Bull Hides ... Butts, V triol ... - English .. 15 V - Foreign Foreign Hides Dressing Hides,. ... 11 14 Slsave - d... 13 17 Bes , Saddlers' Hides... 15 Ifia Horse Hides, English.. 11 1 , Call Skins. if rounded PRICES OF HOPS. Farnham rockets (per cwt.) o_ Os. OZ. Os. to 01. Os. East li.nt Pockets 4/ Ns. 51. 15, to 61 O. Ditto Bags '/ los. 01 Os. to 4/. 4s Mid Kent Pockets 3/. 10s. 41. 10s. to 5 1 12r. Ditto Bags 3/. 10s. O.:. Os to 4.. Oi. Sussex Yearlings O/. Os. 31. 3s. to 31. 10 , Old illds PRICE OF OIL. RapeOil,brown, per ton, 34/. 10b.—Refined,36/.os—! inseednil, 22/. Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (1 ;4), 141. i's.—Rape ( ake, per t0n,71 PRICE of TALLOW, SOAP, etc. per I lidb. Town Tallow s2s. Od.lYell. , w Soap... Yellow Russia 49s. rd. Mottled White Soap Ditto .. Melting Stuff . Ditto Rough ..- PRICE F RAW FAT, per stone of 81 , . . .. _ ... Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tafkiw Melters) 2s. lid. PRICE uF CAN ULES. The price of good Store andles in the Retail Shops is as follows: Candles, per dozen, Ss. Ocl. ; inferior, 7s. od. ; Moulds, 9s. 6d. Sixpence per dozen discount for cash. COAL MARKET. sod' s. cl. Adair's Chester Carr's Hartley 2O 1] Walls End Perkins 2l 9 Holvwell Main 2l 0 Walls End Riddell's .... ...... 23 0 Original Windsor's Pontop 20 0 Walls End Hetton ... 21 9 Ord's Redhugh Tanfield Moor 23 6 Walls End Russell's Hetton 24 6 West Hartley 2l 6 Walls End Stewart's 25 6 Willington 22 6 Walls e:nd Whitwell Walls Eud Bell and Brown 22 6 Walls End Hartlepool 23 6 Walls End Brown's' — 0 WJs End Adel: ide Ditto unscreened l7 6 Walls End Brown's Deanery 22 9 Walls End Clarke and Co l9 9 Walls Eud New Tees ..... .... 23 ti Walls r'nd Heaton .. 22 9 Walls End Seymour Tees... 10 0 Walls End Hilda 22 01 Walis End South Durham._ "e 3 6 Walls End Killingworth Walis End Newmarch .... . 21 s Ships arrived sin last market-day, 14. (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 6.) SUGAR.—There has been an increased disinclination manifested on the part of grocers as well as refiners to purchase West India Sugar this week. Barbadoes fine fetched 67s 6d to 68s, good 66s to 675, low and middling 63s to 65s 6d per cwt ; privately, Jamaica of good brown quality has been sold at 57s 6d, rather better Demerara 58s; mid yellow Jamaica and Antigua 61s, good middling 635, and fine middling Jamaica at 66s per cwt. This afternoon the merchants refused to submit to any further reduction, but the demand was very limited both for the scale and pan ; the total sales for the week are only 1,100 hhds and tierces. REFINED. —Refined Goods: prices have given way since we last wrote is per cwt, 77s to 77s 6d has been accepted for standard lumps, and 74s to 76s 6d for low end good brown lumps; the supply of goods is on the increase. Bastards have met with a dull sale, and lower rates have been submitted to. Bond e d Cr u shed Sugar at3 3 4 7 s s 3d 6d: for five weeks hence 34s per cwt. Loaves, i Olbs at and 141bs at 36s to 36s 6d. Pieces common i at 22stio22so6eisd, and good bright at 26s to 275. Bastards 13s 6d per cwt, have fetched 17s to 18s. Treacle EAST INDIA.—For colory descriptions Dutch Crushed Sugar at 32s 6d, del.ivea.rtanbsleoaft B A e m o ste a r l da fo m ii e r s f 9 o g u found have been submitted to ; prices have been paid, but for commtthoanekeranenmdianibnardotwgn sorts lower rates by is to is 6d per cw s low s damp6d and brownone lot and middling white low buyers, good middling strong colory white at 68s to 68s 6d, at s w 3 a s s washed owt were ; middling 66s to 67s 6d, .. good 63s to 63s 6d, damps 61s 6d good greyish white 65s to 66s 6d, fine bright middling and to 66s 6d, drained upon 58s to 63s s 6d to 535, and very low dabs 40s t y o e yellow 3d, washed w t o a brown vd 6 ns d 5 , 82 s 6d, fair foxy to 42s per cwt. Tkis afternoon, 1,601 bags Siam were offered at auc tion, and sold at a decline of 6d to Is per cwt, low to good white went at 24s to 26s 6d, washed 21s to 255, damps 23s to 26s per cwt. M A URITIUS.—This afternoon the biddings were languid, and for Sugars under 60s prices gave way 23 a 3s, those at and above that figure cannot be quoted more than 6d a is lower, fine yellow sold at 65s a 665, good 63s 6d a 645, mid to good mid 60s a 635, low dingy 56s a 575, mid to fine bright brown 54s a 68s, low dark brown 45s a 50s, black 40s a 40s 6d. FOREIGN. —In yellow Havannah the private purchases have been limited this week, at previous rates ; Brazil is ___ , 0 . held firmly ; brown sorts sold at 18s 6d to 19s for low yoUN'" soft, and 20s to 21. 6(1 for good and fine pilaf', white Printed, :trarki, at Th, Stu, Office, No 112, Strs"' I il2. , and Published by, 1111113D 0 ,in t he December 7 18 39 . was principally taken in at t Al iddlesex.—Saturday, , county o 24s Gd to 25s Gd for middling, Lo 'Z i o o . '" ' --.ElOOO OOl° and 22s to 23a for very ordinary soft. B I R TUN. On the 4th inst., in Merrion-square, Dublin, the Baroness de Robeck, of a son. •gett, On the 4th inst., at Hill-place, tar lady of Charles Esq., of a son. -t eob- On the sth inst., at Hampstead, the lady of Charles field, Esq., of a daughter. On the 6th inst., in Upper Berkeley-street, Portman-Ware the lady of Francis Gibbons, Esq., of a daughter. rt . hoar On the sth inst., at Highgate, the wife o f John L. la' Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, of a son. On the 6th inst., in Great Cumberland -street, the la d l °f Thomas Allason, Esq., of a MARRIED. On the 3d inst., at St. Juhn's Church, Clerkenwell, Me' John Beck, of Leamington Priors, to Jane Mary, eldest daughter of Henry Jackson, Esq. On the 3d inst.. at Brighton, Mr. Charles Warneford, 91115 ;eon of that place, to Emma, daughter of the late Rich° Galley, Esq., of Kingston-upon-Thames. DIED. On the 4th inst., at Hastings, William Henry Stringer, ?_4l; the eldest son of the late W. Stringer, Esq., of Ashford, Nen On the 4th inst., Louisa, the wife of Mr. James Fig' aged 2h. - EVENING EDIVION. COFFEE.—The small supply of de an descriptions of British Plantation checks business ; the re has appeared a fair disposition on the part of the trade to p urchase, parti cularly of fine ordinary and middling sorts, and stiffer prices have been offered ; but in consequence of ' the cause stated above, the operations have been on a smal I scale by private treaty. 14 cks 20 puns 2 trs Duten and 1 . 7 eks of Jamaica have been offered at auction, the former went at 1073 to 109. 6d for low mid coloury Berbice, 97s to 99s for ragged, Donierar.l low mid 110 s, fine and fine fine or dinary 104 s 6d to 108 s, low Triage 60s to 66s 6d, the latter fetched 98s 6d to 99s 6d for good ordiaary, which rates are is 6d above last week, at whiCh some t aarcels have been disposed of privately. East India and otb,sr clean descriptions nave brought rather higher prices in most cases. This afternoon all clean descriptions were in steady re quest privately for home consump tion ; 362 bajs Ceylon, and 516 bags, &e. of other kinds, subject to the 9d duty, were offered at auction, the former sold at 101 s to 103 s 6d for good and tine ordinary, iufe, rior 97s to 995, the latter fetched the full value. OILS.—Cod at 301, and Pale ~, S eal at 2915 s to 291 103 per tun. Linseed Oil at 235. Rape on former terms. COCOA.—West India does not appear to be much r wanted by the home trade, but in p,rices no variation has occurred. At auction 123 bags, 24 casks Grenada, were only partly disposed of, viz. good red at 46s to 46s 6d ; middling, 44s to 45s ; dull red, 42s to 44s 6d per cwt. RUNT, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—There are buyers of all kinds of Rum to a fair extent rather under previous rates; but the merchants refusing to sell excepting on former terms have caused the purchases to be limited, and con fined to u few small parcels of Leewards 2 per cent. uncler proof at 3s 2d, and 12 over at 3s 7d. Of East India 300 puncheons have been sold equal to 3s ld per gal lon for proof, and a small parcel of 2 per cent. over proof at Is 10d. The import of West India is 1,000 puns less than last year; but the stock is 1,900 puns larger than at this period in 1838. Brandy of good quality has sold to a fair extent for home consumption ; but shippers have bought very sparingly. Geneva hae been in steady request at the rates of last week. British Corn Spirits in Pea request at our quotations. FRUIT continues to be taken off freely, and there is little variations in the quotations since last week ; in Valencia Raisins the business last week was extensive at 445, and large sales have since been effected at 455, and there is now only one parcel of second-rate quality offering at that price, nearly all that have arrived up to the present tune having been disposed of. MOLASSES.—In West India few sales have been made, but the merchants generally will not submit to lower prices ; at auction 78 casks, 25 tanks Mauritius sold at 22s 6d to 24s 6d per cwt. NITRATE OF Sou4.—A fair demand has again 1 0 7 , veiled for this article, and 19s has been paid for Wu" parcels. SPlCEs.—Pimento is still only in limited request, bu t prices remain firm, and buyers have been compelled to pay 3d for small parcels of mid quality by private contract; none has been offered at auction.—For Cassia Lige" there are buyers to a fair extent, but the unwillingness of holders to sell has restricted business by private contract, and 120 boxes at public sale went 2s above pre vious rates, good thin bright quill fetched 74s a 74 s 6d, l?°: mid and mid coarse 68s a 70s 6d per cwt ; the stock is prin cipally held by capitalists. —Black Pepper has been 10 steady request privately at previous rates; 836 bags gu, ud light Sumatra at auction sold at 3id a 31d per lb; is favourable as to the future prospects of the article. 16 bags white at public sale fetched Sid for mid quality. 14 casks 20 bags Long were taken in at 25s for good fair. —Nutmegs are taken sparingly by the home trade, and for export there are few orders, but prices do not give w a Y 7 casks at public sale, imported from Rotterdam, 0 1 taken in at 3s 3d for fair first quality. Cloves are still only in limited request, and 3 casks 2 cases 18 brio t: public sale were bought in at previous rates, viz. fair IT Amboyna at Is 3d, and good bold Cayenne Is p!. l . o pinion In East and West India Ginger the sales have been litu! tL A by private contract, but former rates have been su Cinnamon and Mace in small parcels have fetched lat e pporte.. rates. TALLOW.-Since we last wrote, for P. Y. Candle on the spot prices have advanced to 48s 6d a 48s 9d for first e"wt . quality. For delivery in spring months 48 s 6d P was Town Tallow has sold steadily. This afternoon there the a good deal of business doing in Russian T allow 00 spot as well as for delivery at the rates quoted above. e e, SALTPETRE.-ThiS afternoon 998 bags Rough wer fered at auction, and sold at 25s to 25s 6d for mixed white 44 per cent. refraction, being its full value. TEA.—The monthly Tea sales consisting of 41,8 91 p k g s or 3,538,015 lbs were brought to a conclusion this after noon. The sale opened with much animation , and during the three first days the demand was brisk for all kinds of black as well as green Tea, and prices each day ilfl proved. The total quantity actually sold is 29.600 pkgs, a large portion of which has been taken by speculators. The following arc the "prices paid :—Bohea, Canton (2s Id duty) 2s 11 d, Fokien (Is 6d duty) 3s Oid to 3s lid ; Congou, common 2s 6d to 2s 74d, but mid coarse 2s 8d to 2s tid, but mid rather strong 2s 9d to 2s 9id , but mid blackish leaf 2s 10d to 2s 10 d, ditto rather strong 2s 10:id to 3s, ditto strong 3s Oid, to 3s Id, ditto Pekoe flavour 3s 1: 1 ,c1 to 3s 3d; Souchong 2s 'lid to 4s l d; Caper 2s 7d to 2s Bid ; Orange Pekoe, ordinary 2a 94d to 3s 6d ; good to fine scented 4s to 4s 4d ; Pekoe, black leaf 2s B,ld to 3s Old, flowery 3s 6d to 4s ; Twankay, fair common 2s IGd to 2s lOid, fine brightish leaf, 2.1; lqd to 2s 1 lid. Hyson kind 3s 2d to 3s 4 i d ; Hyson Ski,: ord 2s 3d to 2s 61d, mid to fine 25 9id to 3s 2id ; Hyst?n , good 2s lid to ss - , very ord 2s 6id to 2s Bd, mid as , d u . Young Hyson, ord 3s 3 fine and very fine to 5s to 8 9 B t., 8d to 6s; Imperial 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Gunpowder 4s to 6s 6( 1 id to 4s 6d, good and very fine_l: To-day large purchases were made in Company's C°I1: you at 2s 6d for cash, and 2s 7A-ri to 2s 8d with months' prompt. Rice.—This afternoon, 2,069 bags were offered at sue' tion, low white Java sold at 88 6 d to 9 s , which is ra t her lower, low yellow Manilla taken in at 10 s. a three COUNTRY CORN ➢IARKETS. Wheat Barley Oats. Beans. Pease. Per Quarter. Andover ... Banbury -- Basingstoke— Cirencester Cc,ven Derby. H wden ..-- Hungerford— Malton Maidenhead.. Nottingham Wantage -- Warwick -- wor ;ester York g. to 8. 64 78 64 '72 8. to S. 32 48 36 46 37 4 4 32 37 38 40 S. to S. 99 3R 28 32 29 31, t - . 4, 29 S . to S 10 5 S. s. a 44 4 40 2 64 SO 58 76 42 46 40 42 68 72 68 '76 38 a 4 3G 46 20 38 US 31. 30 40 56 44 50 5e 40 42 36 43 3' , .... --. s 7 40 57 80 68 76 6 82 57 79 08 80 32 42 35 38 35 4' l 33 45 SO 4G 40 46 25 39 w 33 25 32 29 36 22 '2B 32 37 -. --_ 37 42 48 53 36 46 --- ao to ..... 4t l -.. 43 - 72 7 7 - ii 82 ai 38 22 30 ... ..... Per Bush 0. s.d. s. d. s.d. s d. s.d. s. d.' s, d, s, d, Birmingham R 0 96 4 6 6 0 40 b6'l 50 70 EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—Dec. 4. . Vineat. Barley. I Oats. Pease. First 825.0d. 45a tid. I 2Ss 4d. 475. Od Second - 7O 0 38 0 i 24 0 44 0 Third Average price of Wheat 3/ 2s 4d s d, sOi• Bu 7J Beane• 47i Od 44 0 40 U PRICES OF PR Os. 6d. to Os.Bd. 08 0 8 CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) Wheat. Barley. --"------- s. d. to st. d. s. d. to s. d. 1 1. ti• t ° % g g Frur0....... ...... — 0 82— 0 40 ( 0 !)., Helstone - 0, 3 ' St. Austell — 0 9 4 0 4 6 " 3 Bodinin 0 1 0 4 0 5 0 0 3!' Li skeard 8 6 9 0 3 9 4 : . 3 3 Launceston .... Can - milord Penzance cwt. 0" . MINING INTELLIGENCE. Ton , • 11 0 Quantity of Copper urea sold at Redruth last week... 3,400 ~ Average Produce 7A, g Quantity of fine Copper 243 ad' Amount of Sale. 17.4141 2 .6 --Average Standard :110t 3,. 1...„...--Oats. d. MINING INT Quantity of Copper Ores sold at Average Produce Quantity of fine Copper Amount of Sale, 17,414/ 2 .6 TWO MEN DROWNED. -- Our Marti : u-- v Market is unfortunately marked with more intosica t l than business, and we have thi s week to record tb death of two men, who , there is every re ason to be' lieve, fell victims to the excessive use of ardent sPiri"; What renders this case the more striking is of them was to have been married this week. that °l' s Courier. —lnverno ow LADY'S FLAT GOLD WATCH E S T dials, Ten Guineas each. Highly-finished HORIZON , o id GOLD WATCHES, with engraved or engine-turned 'en. dials, jewelled in four holes, and either engine-turned oer ele graved cases are offered, price Ten Guineas each. TheSectiy, gant little W a t c h es will be found to perform very c°r t hey' and a printed warrant is given with fixed term s, on whi ch will alway s rece i ve an attention required. T. COX SAVORY, o• rs ir°iron Watchmaker, Jeweller, &c., 47, Cornhill :( Seven D Gracechurch-street), London. (VISIONS S.C. Ikef, per lb. Freshßutter, lb. s. 10.1. to 1. 14. Mutton Salt Ditto.--,.. 011 I 0 Vea1.—...—.........—...... 0 9 1 0 Ditto, per cv0t..85 0 91 0 , orK ..... 0 0 0 6 Eggs, per dos. —0 0 I 1 Lamb, per qr. ...... 3 0 3 6 OatStraw(ki. , .).... 8 6 12 0 Fellow, cwt.......-40 0 4 . 1. 0 Wheat Ditto,.. 6 6 9 0 2uartern Loaf .-0 9 09i Barley Ditto ...., 5 0 . 8 (,), Potatoes, I.llb. ...... 0 4 0 0 Hay, 1 4 erst--- — 1 2 1 ' EDINBURGH MEAL MA RK ET.— Dec. 3. Per Sack of 2S011). Imp , l'er Stow , , I.lio. !Ink 2 g Feast Oatmea' Second ditto B.lrleyineat . Peas emeal . IIO 0 Pe asemeal .........•.•••• .•'• 0 . Pot Barley from 335. to 555. per sack. GLASGOW CORN MARKET.—Dec. 4. s. d. Wheat, per 2401 b. S. d. s. d. Oats, per 2641 b. s• d• ~ 2 3 0 British, old SS 0t039 0 Irish ...................... 21 t 24 0 -- new 26 0 33 0 British .............. _.,,,. . 91 ° Canada, free o— 0. Beans, per :26ju 1b,24 6 9/ Irish Barley, per 3201 b Scottish ................. n 4 0 25 English 35 0 36 0 Pease, Scottish ...... 1,, 0 22 0 Scottishpier 1401 b... K 4 0 60 0 Irish