The Sun. — London, England, 1839-03-11 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION CHURCH-RATE ABOLITION , SOCIETY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The Committee of the Church-rate Abolition Society have at length put forth an answer to my latter of the 14th of February last, in which, after some strong as ertiens, they inform their readers that they do not mean to take any further notice of any reply that I may snake,A. this is a very convenient mode of getting out of a difficulty, but few will think, after the language these gentlemen have used, it is either a creditable or a satisfactory one. I should ,have instantly replied to this production, but I had some doubts of its authenticity until I saw its state ments reechoed and reasoned upon by the twin Secre rary, the Editor of the Patriot Newspaper -Ist. The Committee affirm, in contradiction to my state ment, " that the audit of October last was the first audit the accounts had ever been subject to ;" that there was a previous audit in April, 1837. If this was the case, it is -nether proof of the duplicity and mismanagement to which the accounts of the Society were subject. Wh) was that audit not produced? why was it not regularly entered in the Treasurer's book ? The audit of October last, irc:uded the whole of the monies paid and received from the commencement of the Society, and the 39 signatures, which are boasted of, are so many attestations that I bad cast up the pages to which they are attached—there was no break in the account--there was no balance stated as due or owing from this audit of April, 1837—but the whole n.ade one total of : surely I was justified in describing this as the first audit, seeing that no other examinatif n of recounts was considered formal enough to be notic.A. 2. My statement is said to be untrue, that the amou,it of t au.t it had been received, and expended on the personal r, t : .o,sibility of the Secretary ; and we are told, de' the i'ateiy told, that the money was received by the Colic, tor, And p iid direct to the Treasurer, and by him reimbursed, by oiders signed by Members of the Committee. I dare 'hero to the proof of this. Let them turn to the ledger of the Patriot—let any two indifferent persons turn to that .eerunt, and if they do not contradict the Committee's statement, then, and not till then, will I consent to be uranded as a propagator of untruth. 3. The objectionable charges are said to have been in curred by order of the Committee. This I most indignantly deny, dtirt so palpably false is the assertion, that the journey hien some of these charges was incurred was undertaken wit , tout either the knowledge or consent of the Committee, and produced so strong a feeling of disgust in the minds of some of our most active members, that the Commitee :.ever afterwards rallied. 4. r am charged with misrepresentation in alleging cer tain words' to have been used by my co-auditor in October. 1 - 15, , ,e the Committee forgotten the meaning of words when they use such language? The words in question were applied to an account against the Society in the ledger of the Patriot, of monies received and disbursements made ; the whole was such a jumble of erasures and inter ineettiis, that the words distinctly applied to the state of the accounts—there could be no misrepresentation, the manner was so illegible that the matter could not be ascer- tained. When I first read this statement of . the Committee, do confess that I was astounded, and had began to question tip> evidence of my own senses; and in order to satisfy my mind that I had not misled myself by any false impressions, I ventured to call upon a gentleman who was, during the time of the greatest activity of the Committee, one of its most energetic members, and who took a lively interest in all the proceedings, and I have that gentleman's authority to say, nay, I use his own words, " That he had read the Patriot Editor's Introduction to the Com mitte,e's Statement with deep disgust—that he had read the statement itself with amazement—that in going over it paragraph by paragraph, he could (except in one instance) of his own knowledge demonstrate its falsehood in every point —that he bad repeatedly, both by letter and otherwise, urged the necessity of the Secretary summoning the Corn. mittee, when many of its members thought it desirable the Committee should be alive and acting, but without effect— that the words of my former letter were literally true, that the Secretary used the Committee as the veriest utensil." The main points of misapplication remain untouched; if the particular cases that I have mentioned had been shaken, it would be no answer to the general charge. This can only be answered by the publication of the accounts in detail, and until that is done, not all the abuse that vulgar minds can invent will wipe away the impression that there is that -n the accounts which will not bear publication. ROBERT BESLEY. P. S.--I have treated this matter as an emanation from a Committee. It is very desirable that the public should know who are the real authors. I have directed the at tention of several of the old members of the Committee to the Statement, and they all disclaim and• participation in it. Can it be that the Committee is reduced to one or two individuals ? An amateur performance, under the sanction of 1 the L , rd Chamberlain, is to take place at the Strand ITheatre this evening, the proceeds to be devoted to the Printer's Pension Society. FALL OF A HOUSE.--EXTRAORDINARY PRESERVATION OF LTFE.—On Sunday morning, about half pait five o 'clock, a tenement in the Netherbow, Edinburgh, I eemediately adjoining to the house so well known as having been the residence of John Knox, fell suddenly to the ground. The tenement was of considerable age, and ilike most of the very old houses in Edinburgh, it 1 was built, in a grgat measure of wood. Suspicions as to ! its stßbtlity hid been entertained for some time ; but we believe that no immediate danger was appre hended—indeed, so far was this from being the case, that "I we understand repairs were going on in some of the rooms, with a view to their being tenanted. The ground-floor in front was occupied by a grocer, a toyman, and a • fl,sher, in three separate shops; but the other apartments were unoccupied with the exception of one room, where a Family consisting of seven persons was residing. The wife was out_of bed at the time of the accident, being engaged in kindling the fire; her mother-in-law was also up, and e'es sitting in a chair at the corner of the room—the ethers were in bed. They were first alarmed by the cracking of the timbers, and the rocking of the tenement, and in a ) few minutes after the whole building gave way, fall :, C 3 -; for med into the street. The family of course fell •- 1 with the house, except the old woman, who was sitting I on a wars ee,aee aid Lest give way ; tLe ethers f4li to the. hound, and were speedily covered with rubbish and dust. It fortunately happened that the flooring above them was I made of stronger materials than any other part of the build ing, and it became bent by the superincumbent weight of the ruins into the form of an arch, which formed a shelter to the unfortunate individuals below against the stones and rafters that were falling in all directions. Under this shel jter they continued until relieved by the active exertions of the police and others whom the noise of the fall had brought to the spot; and when taken out, it was found that they had all escaped with comparatively trifling injuries. Among , teem was an infant of about two years old, who escaped with less hurt than any of the others. The old woman, ; who was left at the top when the others fell, succ ded in making her way over the ruins to a place of safety: The articles in the grocer's and toyman's shops were, as might be expected, totally destroyed. The catastrophe at -1 traeted numbers to the spot in the course of yesterday, i wher e th e a pp earance o f recen t h a bit a ti on —th e k e ttl e on 1 the grate, and various domestic utensils hanging by the well in the recently occupied house, formed a singular I contrast to the ruins that were spread beneath them.— : Edinburgh Paper. The contemplated matrimonial alliance between the Marquis de Fayal, eldest son of the Duke de Palmella, and the great Portuguese heiress Madlle. Sampayo, with a fortune of two millions sterling, will not, it is rumoured, solemnised for two years. The visit of the Duke to Lisbon, where he has just arrived, is connected with the le:ejected alliance. The relict of a late gallant General and Baronet will, it is reported, ere long be led to the altar by a foreigner of distinction ; her Ladyship is far advanced in life, and very infirm. Lady Elizabeth Hay, daughter of the Marquis of Tweeddale, and granddaughter of the Duke of Manchester,who is said to be about to form a matri monial connexion with the gallant Marquis of Douro, is the fourth child of a numerous family of ten children, her Ladyship's eldest sister is married to the eldest pr sent son of the Earl of Dalhousie. IRISH AGITATION.—Mr. O'Connell has ad dressed a letter to Mr. Ray, in reference to the failure of the former gentleman's motion for the assimilation and extension of the Irish franchise. It has in it little novelty either of form or matter. Increased agitation is urged, Eegland's want of sympathy is insisted on, and the first s'ep in the " experiment" has met with a " contemptuous cpposition " in the House of Commons; more petitions therefore, more Precursors, and more Irish members, and no honest Irishman will be left unconvinced of the neces sity of hoisting the banner of repeal, to be laid down only at the threshold of the Commons' House of Parliament in Colleee-green. "My first impulse," writes Mr. O'Con neil, "is to rally for Ireland. We have not Precursors enough, I asked for two millions. I have not as yet got tr ore than one-twentieth of that number. I again ask the people of Ireland for two millions of Precursors." OLDHAM.—Several of the cotton factories have this week commenced running, or allowing the hand , to work in them only four days per week, and some eight hours per day. The hatting trade is universally brisk ; in- deed, the hands have not been so busy for the last ten years past, and within the lest month wages have been ad vanced about seven per cent. —Boton Free Press. SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER.-POST R . TEM EXAMINATION.—An inquest was held on Wednesday before Mr. Wakley on the body of an infant found expo.ed in Bedford-squar& The inquiry was adjourned to ad nit of a post mortem examination being held. Mr. Wak'ey stated that for the future he should not follow the cust )m of his predecessor, of having post mortem examinatiens after the Jury were summoned ; he should always direct theta to be performed before the inquest was first held. This is the first case in which Mr. Wakley has ordered a post mortem exemination. In a case heard before the Insolvent Debtors' Court, a detaining creditor who bad discounted a bill of exchange for the insolvent, said he was not a regular dis counter, and never took more than 30 per cent. ! STEAM LIFE-BOATS FOR PRESERVING LivEs AND PROTERTL—We regret to learn that, dot- Ititbstanding the hopes raised by what Mr. Leathom said nn this subject, so popular in the town, in the Common Council, it has proved a total disappointment. Sir John Ross, as Chairman of the Salvage Company's Directors, e me here on Thursday, with a view of closing the ar rengement with our Dock Committee, when he found theni as cold as ice on the subject, declaring, one and all, they had no power to apply the funds in that way. It was I a Pity they bad not, in their wisdom, discovered their want of Power sooner, and not have raised expectations, to be followed by disappointment, in the town, nor put Sir John t o the expense and trouble of coming here on a need less errand. There seems t o o much trifling in this. For the satisfact i on of the public, they ought to show, from un diLubted authority, the want of power ; or, it is probable, will be satisfied of its truth. The Company's propo sal was to form the_ establishme . nt, and of the real extent ggested b the Dock Cotumiee on their paying half el,a_Tcse a., o / f it, reserving to the i st eamer the benefit of a, T iare4 l, 2 a 4 g . e on saving merchandize.—Liverpool Al- _ 4 ( t.....\-\,_ 11; - -- 1 --- - . • . • 1 S CIRCULATION OF " THE SUN." The Sun is now published as early as Five o'clock in the morning, with a full Report of the De bates in Parliament. The Sun is now, in fact, a MORNING & EVENING PAPER. The MORNING EDITION may be had within a circle of about twelve miles of London, (post free), by Ten o'clock, embracing the towns and neighbourhoods of Barnet, Wal tham Cross, Romford, Woolwich, Croydon, Kingston, Hounslow, &c. 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In Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, and other places, at. a distance beyond 400 miles, in Scotland and Ireland, the EVENING or MORNING EDITION may answer best, according as the mail arrives in the evening of morning. Subscribers will please to notify to their respective News'-agents, or to this Office, what Edition of The Sur will answer their purpose best. N. B. Advertisements sent to The Sun as late as midnight, will be inserted in all the Editions —Morning, Afternoon, and Second or Latest Edition, thereby giving them general circula tion in town and country, without any addi tional charge. Sun-office, 112, Strand, London, March 11, 1839. NORTH DEVON ELECTION. T HE DAYS of POLLING are FRIDAY and SATURDAY next. ___ Mr. BULLER'S LONDON COMMITTEE sit daily at No. 3, Cleveland Row, Westminster, whet a arrangements for conveyance to the Poll will be made, and any information given and received. EDWARD DIVETT, Chairman. PARISH CONTRACTS. ST. LUKE, MIDDLESEX , 1 , ..7 To BUTCHERS, BAKERS, CHEESEMONGERS , CORN-CHANDLERS, LEATHER-SELLERS, UNDER TAKERS, LINEN, and WOOLLEN DRAPERS, HO SIERS and Others. The GUARDIANS of the POOR of this Parish hereby give notice, that they will meet at the Workhouse, on WED NESDAY, March 20, at Six o'clock in the evening precisely, to CONTRA CT for the Supply of the following ARTICLES for Six Months, from the 25th day of March inst., viz. : Meat, Candles, Butter and Chess.. Split Peas, Oatmeal, Bread, Linen Drapery, Malt, Leather, Woollen Drapery, Milk, Soap, Hosiery,, Vinegar, Coffins and Shrouds. Potatoes, Oilman'i Goods, All persons intending to make proposals are requested to ap ply at the Clerk's O ffi ce, as above, for a Form of Tender, in which is included full particulars as to the quantity and quality of all the Articles required, and the terms of payment. No other form of tender will be received. The Contracts are to be liable to be altered before their termination, if rendered neces sary by any rules or priers made by the Poor Law Commis sioners.—By order of the Guardians of the Poor, ROWLAND WILKS, Clerk. Board-room, Workhouse, City-road, March 9, 1839. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. THIS EVENING, MARCH 11, Will Us performed the New Play, in Five Acts, called RICHELIEU, Olt THE CONSPIRACY, Written by Sir E. Lytton Bulwer, Bart. The Characters by Mr. Elton, Mr. Diddear, Mr. Mac!ready, Mr. Warde, Mr. An dersen, Mr. Vining, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Phelps, Mr. G. Ben nett, Mr. Howe Miss E. Phillips, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Yar mold, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Bender, Mr. Paulo, Mr. Go:4h, Mr. Thorne, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bur det, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kirke, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Wal dron, Mr. Ayliffe, Mr. A ndrews, Mr. T. Matthews, Miss Helen Faucit, Miss Charles, Mesdames Reed, Corder, Lee, Valanduke, Mathews, Mew, and Morgan. After which, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO. On Tuesday, Richelieu, with the Invincibles. On Wednesday there will be no performance. On Thursday, Richelieu, with Fra Diavolo. 't *7'o 9kt Zile LONDON : MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1839. Concurrent accounts agree in stating that not less than one million quarters of corn have been purchased abroad and brought hither within the last six or eight months. As the whole quantity was a demand made by this country over and above its ordinary demands, which are settled by way of barter, it must in the first instance, though ultimately it will be paid for by the produce of our labour, be paid for by bullion. Supposing it pur chased at 355. the quarter, a drain of gold must have arisen to the extent of 1,750,0001. Ac cordingly we find by the last returns of the Bank of England, that the average amount of bullion in its coffers had decreased since the return of the pre vious month by upwards of 800,0001. ; but it was decreasing before February, and both the Chroni cle and the Times state that it is now decreasing with an accelerating rapidity. The former says, though without giving any authority for its asser tion, that the stock of bullion is actually very much below the 8,106,0001. mentioned in the return, while the latter declares the decrease during the last three months, exceeds any decrease in the same period of time since the resumption of cash payments. We apprehend, however, that the Times commits an error. The return up to De cember 11, 1838, gives the stock of bullion 9,362,0001., the return published in the Gazette on Friday gives it at 8,106,0001., which is a difference in the stock between the two periods of 1,256,000/., and not, as stated by the Times, of 2,439,0001. But the smaller diminution is quite enough, going on more rapidly in the last month than in the two preceding months of the average to deserve public attention. In conjunction with the expor tation of bullion to pay for corn a great destruction of paper money has taken place in Belgium, which will require a permanent supply of bullion to fill up a large portion of the vacuum. As Mr. POULETT THOMSON'S lying law, declaring the promises to pay of the Bank of England, the sol vency ef which is very doubtful, to be an actual payment every where but at the Bank counter, makes those promises the main currency of the land, on which other paper currency rests, and as the Bank profess to limit or extend that as the bullion in its coffers decreases or increases, a considerable reduction of the Bank circulation to preserve that body in safety, of private and joint-stock bank:paper, and a considerable pressure in the Money Market may, ere long, be anticipated. If, as some persons say, prices have been kept up by an extended issue of paper by private banks and joint-stock banks, and they should be forced by the operation of the Bank of England to lessen their accommodation, prices, may be expected to fall considerably, and no slight degree of mischief will ensue to the holders of stock of all kinds. We, however, make that ob servation in passing ; for our main purpose is to direct the reader's attention to the effect of the Corn-laws in producing fluctuations in prices, through the medium of disturbing the currency. With a free trade in corn, our demands on other countries would be pretty much the same from year of years could not be to year, and on an average subject to flucutation. Then wheat would be ' bought with cloth or hardware, and not with gold. None would be required to be sent abroad for its purchase. That gold goes abroad is plainly the consequence of the Corn-law forbidding a regular and settled trade, and allowing the importation of corn, when prices reach a famine level. Thus a de rangement in the currency must, with the present Corn-law, be always consequent on a defective harvest, adding amazingly to its natural erils. First, in consequence of the rise in price produced by the deficiency, ther- is, as there has been through the last autumn an increase of joint-stock and other private bank paper ; then, as the gold goes away, comes the Bank screw, and the amount of paper is curtailed, and prices fall more than, but for the ex portation of gold, would be the case. As prices fall, however, speculation and undertakings of all kinds are checked, and coming as that will just as the spring trade should flourish, will necessarily produce a great declension of that. If, indeed, our country possessed as formerly a great superiority in manufactures, a part of that gold might be sent back to pay for our manufactured produce ; but as the Saxons and Prussians and Russians can now supply themselves cheaper on the Continent than in our markets, and get Colonial produce cheaper from Cuba and the Brazil than Jama►ca, little or none of it will come back to us ; and an additional impulse will be given to the descent of the country on the road to decay, weakness, and ruin. The gold will remain out of the country, prices will continue pro bably to fall till they reach the level, or tumble below those of the Continent, and then a tolerably fine harvest will involve the agriculturists in the same ruin which the selfish folly of the landlords is obviously bringing on trade. Such monstrous injustice as taxing the bread of the industrious people to enrich the idle, worthless landlords, never yet brought prosperity to a people. The course of nature gives no such bounty on Atheism. tory to find that, but for the restriction under which the Committee was appointed, they would have advised the immediate adoption of Mr. Hill's plan, a uniform penny postage. The Committee, taking into account the serious loss to the Post-Office revenue by the privilege of Parliamentary franking, have also recommended that it be forthwith abolished, and that the privi lege of official franking be placed under strict regu lations, the petitions to Parliament being, as at pre sent, allowed to go free. These are great steps gained, and we congratulate Mr. WALLACE and Mr. HILL on the favourable reception which their plans, at first regarded as impracticable, have ma with from a . Committee composed of men of all parties. The Ministers, it is supposed, intend to move to night that Mr. DUNCOMBE'S motion relative to the theatres, which was carried in the affirmative on Thursday week, be rescinded. Or at least they mean to move, being reinforced by the ultra-Saints, some negation on that motion. We know that such a course is not without precedent in modern times —the Malt Duties, to wit—but it is clearly con trary to the usages and orders of the House, as the following extract from its Rules and Orders, dated April 3, 1604, will prove :—" That a question being once carried in the affirmative or the negative, cannot be questioned again, but must remain as a judgment of the House." In spite of this rule, however, the Ministers mean, it is said, but we earnestly hope not, to call on the House of Commons to undo its work of Thursday week, and commit the House to a full and deliberate ap probation of the Popish observances advocated by the Bishop of LONDON. In Protestant countries, such as Scotland, no such observances are known ; and it will be most lamentable, should it turn out to be the case, to find the chosen Ministers of the Reform and Liberal party standing up for Popery, and making the Lord-Advocate, and the rest of their Presyterian supporters, vote directly in the teeth of Presbyterianism. About three months ago we explained to our readers the reasons why the Royal Exchange could not then be proceeded with, and laid before them the arguments by which the claims of the Trea sury to have a veto on the acts of the Building , Committee were supported. The Times, the Spec tator, and several other Journals, took the part of the City functionaries who protested against the claims of the Treasury, and threatened to apply to the Queen's Bench for a mandamus to make the Treasury carry the Act into execution. The in stant the Parliament assembled the whole question was submitted to a Committee of the House of Commons, which has adopted the following unani mous resolution : " That it is the opinion of this Committee, that as, in addition to the funds furnished by the Gresham Committee for the erection of the building itself of the Royal Ex change, the completion of the works thereof and of the approaches thereto involves a large expenditure of public money, the plans and estimates of the said building and of the approaches thereto, as proposed by the Trustees and the Corporation, ought to be submitted to and approved by the Lords of the Treasury, before any of the said works shall be undertaken." . . In another part of our paper will be found a let ter from Mr. O'CoNNELL, wherein that Hon. and Learned Gentleman intimates, with more than his usual di3tinctnes3, what are his present purposes and prospective objects. He counsels his country men to put no faith in the British Parliament, states that the antipathies to Ireland are shared alike by Whigs, Tories, and Radicals—and im plies that the hate of the latter party is intense, even to the length of extermination. For proof of this deadly and inveterate hatred of the. Irish, Mr. O'CONNELL relies on the rejection of his motion to equalise the franchise—and on the disinclination of both the Tories and the Radical Reformers of England, to lend to Ireland some millions of pounds for the construction of a Railway from Dublin to Cork, &c. Pitying the Irishman, who supposes there is any hope for his country, save in severing the Union, the Hon. Gentleman publishes his plan. First, the " Hereditary bondsmen," are to be appealed to through the Pilot, Newspaper. Secondly, the Precursor Society is to be adjourned to the 25th, when he will attend. Thirdly, fourthly, and fifthly, Mr. O'CONNELL will try twice to get passed a measure equalising the Parliamentary franchise be tween England and Ireland, and if he succeed not, then he will commence his Repeal agitation : if, at the end of the current Session, the British Parlia ment do not confer substantial benefit, he will that moment struggle for the restoration of the Irish Parliament. Our attention has been invited to a project just set on foot, for the establishment of a Country Bankers' Board of Agency in London, which pro mises, so far as it is yet developed, to be productive of great advantages to banking establishments, and the country generally. The proposed agency is to occupy itself solely with transacting the business of Country Bankers, under the management of a Board resident in London. As the plan is very simple, and by no means clogged with complex details, we shall endeavour to give a clear outline of it : It is proposed that the Agency shall consist of twelve Directors of the highest respectability and credit, who shall each, as a qualification, deposit 2,0001., to be invested in Government securities in the names of four of their own body. Under their joint management, Country Banks are to deposit certain sums, each in its own name, as its own sepa rate protective capital, to be invested in Govern ment securities or East India Bonds, as may be agreed upon ; and the interest upon each deposit is to be employed in paying the ex pellees of the Establishment. In no instance is the deposit to exceed the sum necessary for carrying en the business of each particular Bank ; so that in nine cases out of ten the deposits of Country Bankers will not amount to one fifth of their pre sent deposits in Private London •Banks. Where the business of Country Banks is so great as to require a deposit which might seem excessive, it is proposed that in lieu of a part of it, the payment of a small commission equivalent to the interest of the sum withheld, be substituted, in order not to deprive such Banks of the benefit of the Agency. As all investments are to be made in the name of the Banks furnishing the capital so in vested, all risk from the failure of London houses is avoided. Elections of Directors to be by ballot, subject to the approval of a majority of the Country Bankers, who are to meet annually for that purpose. In all other respects the Agency will be placed, as far as is compatible with the necessary freedom of commercial action on the part of the Board, under the direct control of the Bankers employing it. This, we believe, will settle the question, and the Gresham Committee has already acquiesced in the resolution. For ourselves, we apprehend that not. a Committee of the House of Commons, but a Court of Law, is the proper body to construe an Act of Parliament, and that consequently, if the City gentlemen are disposed to be peculiarly liti gious and troublesome, they might yet appeal. In that case the Government might find itst:lf obliged to carry another Bill through Parliament. We hope that such will not be the case, and that the building of the new Royal Exchange may be speedily commenced. We have been looking in vain for tidings of the rich Spanish Grandee whose expected arrival in England was announced with such a flourish five weeks ago by some of the papers. A Sunday Journal about. that time stated that the Marquis EMPRKSTOGANADOR, or some such high-sounding title, was coming with all speed, for the purpose of raising money here, and that the friends of liberty might look fortard with certainty to the Government of the Spanish QUEEN being supplied with what had been aptly designated the strongest sinew of war." This was confirmed by a Morning Contemporary, who had made due inquiry on the subject, and who communicated the important in formation that nothing could more readily tend to weaken the cause of the Pretender than a display of life and vigour in the different departments of the State, " while the grand obstacle to dashing mili tary movements would be overcome by placing adequate funds at the disposal of the Minis ter." A Correspondent, at the time, called our attention to these statements, and more than insinuated that the object of the Marquis was to get money, not to carry on dashing military move ments, or to assist the Liberal cause, but to be distributed by the Camarilla at Madrid among the creatures of the Court, or the Civil and Military Functionaries of that insolvent nation. From that day to this we hare not heard a word of the Mar quis. Something has been said about the Loan, a great deal more, we believe, than the jobbers in these schemes relish, but the flourish has nearly died away. The Sunday Paper has not re turned to the subject, and our Morning Contempo rary—who proposed to have the loan on a grand scale, and advanced the doctrine that Spain had failed in raising money because she asked too little—the other day changed its tone, and gravely asserted that only a trifling loan would be required, which, according to the first averment, means that there will be no loan at all. An Evening Contempo rary a few days ago, indeed, stated distinctly that such was the general impression in the City. We heartily rejoice at the result. We have from time to time recommended JonN BULL to keep his hands in his pockets, and Lord MEL BOURNE lately, in the most earnest manner, im pressed on him the same salutary advice, probably for reasons of which the public are ignorant, but which iate accounts from Spain begin to develope. A plan is in contemplation to bring the Carlists acd the Moderate party to an understanding—before this can take place the loan-mongers want to get the money—a small sum, no doubt, is all that can be required, and when that is accomplished, the three parties will settle the matter among the TI - selves, and the English creditor will be robbed and laughed at, as he has hitherto been, for lending money to a bankrupt nation, without revenue, with out credit, without faith, and without patriotism. We have been expecting for the last month to see some communication from the Marquis of LON DONDERRY to the LORD MAYOR on a subject which has lately attracted so much public attention, and with which the Noble Marquis is so well ac quainted—the coal monopoly. A letter has at last appeared, marked by more than the usual brevity of his Lordship's epistles, but distinguished like all his literary productions for courteous language, ele gance of expression, and conclusive reasoning It is a hard blow for the LORD MAYOR, and coming from such a quarter, and abounding as it does with such irrefragable logic, it must give him ten. fold more annoyance than all the anonymous epistles and slanderous attacks directed against him by the plundering, interested monopolists. The Noble Lord can have no interest in stinting the London supply—on the contrary, all his in terest lies the other way, for the cheaper the coals are in London, the greater will be the demand at Newcastle, and as a Select Committee of the House of Commons decided last year that a ton of best coals could not be put on board a ship in the Tyne for less than 105. 6d., including prime cost, he may always reckon on that price. The mono poly to him must therefore be injurious, and he can have no motive in coining before the public but to put as end to this needless agitation, to disabuse the LORD MAYOR, and to convince the inhabi tants of London that the price of coals has been fixed by a decision of this Committee, as unaltera ble as the law of the Medes and Persians. The following is the laconic, elegant, and unswerable The advantages, public and private, which this plan is capable of realizing, if properly brought into action, are most important. In the first place, by enabling Country Bankers to employ the surplus capital which they are now obliged to sink in Private Banks in London, in their immediate localities it would give a fresh stimulus to agricultural and manufacturing in dustry. It would check that spirit of neck-or nothing speculation which is engendered in London by merchants having at their disposal the wealth, as it were, of the whole country, without the payment of interest, or often sufficient guarantees for its faith ful management. Country Bankers would be no longer at the mercy of their London agents, and con sequently much would be done in the way of effectually checking the pernicious influence of panics. The failure of one Bank would extend no further, as regards the proposed Agency, than to draw from it the amount of its own deposit ; and as the business of the Board would be restricted within the limits assigned above, it could not fail, under any circum stances short of a national bankruptcy. From the high character and great wealth of the gentlemen who, we have been informed, are ready to assume the direction of the proposed Establishment, we are not surprised that the hopes entertained of its success are exceedingly sanguine. leler : " TO THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. " Holdernesse House, Feb. 23, 11139. " MY LORD—The enclosed is the whole story, which you seem to know nothing about ; and one ton of northern coals is worth three of your 225. coals to the consumer , and all your monopoly grades included. " I am your obedient servant, " VANE LONDONDERRY. " N.B.—The facts speak for themselves." Now, the "whole story" is founded on this re port which states that taking into account, wages of men and boys, waggons, grease, ropes, corves, spontage, tret, discount, and scorage, del-credere commission, half-metage paid by one party, and half-rnetage paid by another, lights, ballast, and lighters, sacks, screens, weighing apparatus, wages of men for loading, screening, carting, shooting, (why did it not include also the gallons of beer and the tobacco ?) and a great many oth er ite ms which leave the reader in utter astonishment,that coals going through so many and so complicated operations, could be sold at the low price of 325. 6d. per ton. At the end of each of the lists of particulars, excepi one, are put down the vague terms " risk and pro.. fit, ' but the first probably is so great and the other so small th a t th e C omm itt ee , i n order not to injure the publi c cre di t o f t h e tra d ers , did not consider it prudent to specify the amount. The Lord Mayor must be mad to suppose that the best coals can be had for 225. ; and, according to the Gallant Mar quis, his Lordship, instead of benefitting the public, is actually inducing them to pay 665., independent of the " monopoly grades," for coals which they can have for 325. 6d. This shows how plain and clear a great statesman can make a complicated question, and how much the public should be on their guard aga i nst t h ese d o i ng s of the Chief Ma gistrate, who " seems to know nothing about the story." The Third Report from the Select Committee on Postage has just been published, and, among others contains the following important resolutions with regard to the reductions of the postage of letters. We give the substance :—That it is expedient to reduce the postage of all inland letters conveyed any distance beyond fifteen miles, to a uniform rate of 2d. per half ounce, increasing at the rate of Id. for each additional half ounce, and that fora distance of 15 miles and under from the post-office where the let ter is posted, there'should be a uniform rate of Id. per half ounce when the charge is paid in advance and 2d. when paid on delivery. It is equally satisfac- A " British F armer ," advocating the Corn-laws, in the Morning Pose makes the following state ment :—.- " They who compare the increased production of o THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1839. country with the increased population for the last twenty years, will find that the latter has more than kept pace with the former, nay far exceeded it. Let those men, al o, take the growth of wheat in this country for the last four years, and they will find that the surplus of the three first, 1 over and above the demand, was more than equal to the deficiency of the last. But what has become of that sur- ' plus ? Why, from the ruinous low prices of 1835 and 1836, the farmers were corapellcd (from want of the power of keeping it) to turn it to the best account, which was, feed ing beasts and sheep to an amazing extent, rather than sub mit to the price of 355. or 40a. per quarter. It has been stated from good authority that a million and a half of quarters of wheat were given to cattle in the years 1835 and 1836 ; which quantity being a surplus over and above the consumption of those years, might, had the farmers been in a condition to have kept it, been advantageously employed to meet the deficiency of 1838, which was pro duced by an unpropitious season." This is rather a remarkable statement, which, supposing it correct, as we believe it is, leads to more inferences than the " British Farmer" is aware of. At the time when the farmers of England were obliged to give their wheat to beasts and sheep, the handloom weavers and other artizans in the manu facturing districts were suffering severe distress, petitions to fix a minimum rate of wages, Com mittees, and Commissions in 1835 and in 1836, all attest the conjunct existence under the Corn laws of distress in the manufacturing districts, and low prices, when the farmers gave corn to their hogs. On the night of the opening of Parliament the Earl of WINCHILSEA also stated that in the years 1822 and 1823, when the price of agricultural produce was also extremely low, there was great distress in the manufacturing districts. Now, what is the cause of the co existence of these two states ? The hand-loom weavers it is plain had nothing to give the farmers for their wheat, or they would have been as glad to purchase as the others to sell. Why had the hand-loom weavers nothing to give ? Their trade, their productive power, arid the trade gene rally of the manufacturing districts, and the in crease of people there, had been checked by the Corn-laws which prohibited the manufacturers from exchanging their produce with whomsoever they liked ; they could have got something to give in exchange for the farmer's corn if they had been al lowed to sell their cloth in Russia or Prussia ; but their industry having been hampered and checked by restrictions, they could get nothing, and however much they might want, the farmers would not give them a grain of wheat without payment. But why did not the farmers and the landlords, who had this large increase of produce amongst them, set the manufacturers to work for them ? Why, the farmers had already as much of the manufac turers' goods as they wanted or could pay for. The landlords have no particular penchant for the productions of Manchester; they prefer those of Bordeaux, or Florence, or Rome, and, if they had any surplus income they bought wines, articles of vertu, or hired opera singers and dancers. But a a great increase of agricultural produce, with a restriction on the industry of manufacturers, is pre cisely the condition of things intended to be brought about by the Corn-laws ; and th e resu lt i s m i sery and distress to both farmers and manufacturers. We may draw two important inferences from this statement. The first is, that abundance is a curse to the farmer, unless the manufacturers be allowed free scope to their industry to obtain wherewithal to purchase the farmer's crops. Such restrictions as the Corn-laws prevent enterprize, prevent the gra dual increase of people, and when abundance comes it finds no market. After prices have fallen very low, as in 1822 and 1835,a stimulusar ises to manufacturing enterprize, speculation becomes excessive, no cor responding production of corn can suddenly take place to keep food up to population ; the low prices of the abundant year check cultivation, and in a year or two, as in 1826 and 1827, as in 1838 and 1839, distress, and something like famine, approach. The second is, that the forced increase 'of agricul tural production by a Corn-law, while the restrictions are kept on the manufacturer's industry, does not ex tend their home market for manufactures. The far mers and landlords are already supplied with all they want of the produce of our manufacturers, and till the prices of their crops fall ruinously low, no advantage and no extension of the market accrue to the manu facturer. The corollary is, that the notion of ex tending the home market for our manufacturers by restriction, like the Corn-laws, on their foreign trade, is a palpable delusion. The sad conclusion from the whole is, that by the stupid or mad inter ference of the Legislature with the trade in corn, which is as much a part of the or der of nature as the seasons themselves, or as differences of soil and climate, both years of abundance, which in the course of nature biing gladness to the heart of man, and sears of scarcity, which in the same course only inculcate caution and dependence on a higher power than himself, become dire curses to a people whose affairs are re gulated, not by God's, but by the Devil's laws. Madrid Papers of the 2d instant have reached us. The REGENT had completed recovered from her indis position. In the :capital, the expectation of a speedy end of the civil war was very general. It was not doubted ti•at ESPARTERO and MAROTO had entered into nego. ciations for that purpose. On the 12th ult., the following Decree was published at Barcelona : " Domestic cloths and stuffs of all kinds, arriving by land, shall not be expedited by the Custom-office of this city, unless they be accompanied by certificates of their origin, indicating the marks on the boxes, the number and quality of the pieces, and the name of the person to whom they are consigned. This measure has been deemed ne cessary, to prevent the introduction of foreign cloths and stuffs as articles of domestic produce, and will be carried into operation on the 18th of February next." The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have been received. On Friday the Ministers finding that there ryas a clear majority against them placed their resignations iii the hands of the KINe. According to private accounts, his MAJESTY, though greatly regretting the triumph of the Coa lition, was rather surprised at the tenacity with which Count MOLE and his colleagues clung to office ; and it is remarkable that the Moniteur neither adds that the KING accepted the re signations nor declined them—or that the circum stances gave him either pain or pleasure. Another remarkable feature in this affair is the conduct of the Duke of ORLEANS. When Count MOLE was before threatened with expulsion from office by the Opposition, his Royal Highness visited him almost daily, apparently with a view to convince the Chambers of the good understanding which subsisted between the Premier and the heir-appa rent to the Throne. Now it is observed that his Royal Highness stands studiously aloof, a passive spectator of the constitutional struggle in which all parties in the Chamber are engaged. This con duct of the Duke, at all times the most prudent, is now regarded as a sure indication of the necessity which the KING feels of adopting, in a modified form, the policy of the Opposition. On Saturday, at noon, the KING had a long in terview with 'Marshal SOULT about the appoint ment of a new Cabinet. Of what took place during the interview nothing transpired up to the departure of the London mails. It was only known that the KING had immediately summoned the Duke DE BROGLIE, with a view, as was supposed, of offering him the Department of Foreign Affairs. A Morning Contemporary, in the habit of theorizing upon every political event which occurs in France, gets completely into the clouds, in attempting to solve the Ministerial riddle. We take a simple view of the question. In our opinion, the Royal consultations and closetings are all devices to gain time—to allow for the settlement of the Belgian Question. This, we believe, is the true reason why the KING is so long before having an interview with the only man whose support has become essential to the existence of any Govern went that may be formed—namely, M. TRIERS. There remained but seven election returns to be known on Saturday. The Opposition Journals claim a clear majority of fifty-three votes. The French Government has refused to allow M. PAPINEAU to proceed to Paris without an English passport. Lord GRANVILLE was applied to by the friends of PAPINEAU, but his Lordship thought proper to decline giving one before receiv ing instructions from the Government here. The son of the Duke of Rovigo fought a duel on Friday in the forest of St. Germain, and received a sword wound through the lungs. It was not possible to convey him to Paris. A letter from Alexandria of the 14th February says : " 1 have to announce the return of the Viceroy. A courier has been despatched direct from Menehieh to lbraham Peelle. His father desires to have a conference with him. This circumstance gives rise to all kinds of reports, especially as four ships of the line and two frigates have all their guns, and their full complement of men on board, as if they were to put to sea. There are, besides, two ships of the line, which are daily performing evo lutions. " The French and English Consols had scarcely set out for Cairo when the Russian Agent also set out, though he had assured them be should not do so. An aviso has sailed for Malta."—Courrier Francais. BOURSE—re/us, SATURDAY, Maitex 9. HALF-PAST THREE.—The delivery of the letters from England began only at noon, the packet having got into Calais yesterday but at three, p.m. Business has been very flat generally. For the ac. count the Three per Cents. opened at 79f 35c., declined to 79f. 20c. and closed at 79f. 25c., a rise of sc. The Five per Cents., es divi dend, from )08f. 66c., declined to 108 f. 50c., and closed at 108 f. 55c., a fall of 15c. For money the Three per Cents. are 10c. higher, and Five per Cents, are 10c. lower. The Bank of France Shares have improved 10f. The Laffitte Bank I,ooof. and 5,000 f. shares not quoted yesterday are 10f. higher than on Thursday. The Bel gian Five per Cents. have not varied; the Three per Cents, are sc. lower ; for the account, 69f. 45c. The Spanish Active has declined per cent. ; from 21 it improved to 211, and then declined to 203 last price. The Versailles Right Bank Railway Shares have de dined 10C, and the Versailles Left Bank sf. The Rouen have crept up to 2f. 50c. The St. Germains not quoted for money are, for the account, 630 f. first Highest Lowest Last Price. Pilee. Price. nice. French sper Cents lO9 60 ... lOS 60 ... 10-3 40 ... (H 45 4 per ( ents lO2 50 ... 10'2 50 ... 102 i 0 102 :0 3 per Cents 79 15 . 79 15 ... 79 15 ... 70 15 Bank of trance Latfitte Bak I,ooof. 1013 —lO4O —.lO 0 ...1040 ,0046. :h bt 1 - 1 —5203 —.5195 ...52it i Belgian 5 per Cents lOl ... 101 ... 101 ... 101 3 per Cents C9 35 ... 69 35 ... 69 D 3 ... 69 23 Bank. 667 50 ... b7O ... 567 50... 570 6. , anish Ac lye... 2l ... 21' ... 20 ... 20 3 4 Neapolitan 99 65 ... 99 65 ... 99 !SS ... !.t 65 Roman • 585 ... 585 ... 185 ... 185 ... 937 50 •40 ▪ 435 435 ▪ :3112 AO ... Ns RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R. B 595 ... 595 L. 8.185 ... 165 Rouen 937 50 ... 9W Orleans ... 435 Strasburg to Bale 322 50 ... 325 DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. THE HAGUE, MARCH 7.-1 n the sitting of the Second Chamber to-day, reports on various petitions were brought up. The central section made its report on the project of law for introducing some modifications of the existing re gulations relative to the inportation of wrought gold and silver. BERGEN-OP-ZOOM, MARCH 3. —ln the course of last week several detachments of infantry have passed through this town to reinforce the garrisons of Finland and its several forts ; the men of the 12th division of infantry, who were absent on furlough, and have been called in, have also arrived. BELGIAN FRONTIERS, MARCH 2.—lt is generally re ported on the frontiers that there have been disturbances at Ruremonde (in Limburg), caused by the measures of compulsion for levying the half-year's taxes, lately ordered by the Belgian Government. The inhabitants are said to resist the payment on the ground that the Government abandons them, and they therefore consider themselves as separated from it, and not obliged to pay taxes in advance. The compulsory measures are said to be suspended till further instructions shall be received. HANOVER, Maftcn 5.--On the 2d of this month, that is to say, two days after all discu'sion in the Second Cham ber was become impossible, in consequence of the declara tion of 27 Deputies, who protested against the legality of the present Assembly of the Estates, and said they would take no part in its deliberations, the Assembly was pro rogued by a Royal Rescript, which says that the Deputies in question, as well by their not appearing in the Assembly as by their protest against the legality of the existing Con stitution of the year 1819, have ceased to be members of the Chamber, and that in consequence there was not a sufficient number present in the Second Chamber on the fourteenth sitting to proceed to business, in order, there fore, not to hinder the course of public business, and to save the country needless expense, the Chamber is pro rogued, and the necessary steps shall be immediately taken to elect new Members in the room of those who have re fused to act. The interest which the Parliamentary drama ought to excite seems to be diminishing, not only in the public but in the Chamber itself : for these two days past our representatives hardly appeared in sufficient numbers to hear each other speak. CONSTANTINOPLE, FIB. 13.—The High Admiral, Ahmed Feuzi Pacha, sailed on the Bth for the Dardanelles, where he arrived on the following day, at the same time, with Hadschi Ali Pacha, who is appointed Governor of the ports. Mehemet Musaf Pacha, late Governor of the Dar danelles, is going at Governor to Nissa. The Beige says that M. Barthels has received permis sion to communicate with his family and his counsel, DUTCH FUNDS.—AMaTeaDAM, MARCH 9. Money. Bills. Actila] Debt, 234 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A unnit Syndic, 434 per cent • 944 94% Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. 704 79% Commercial Company, 4', per cent 175 176 Ditto (1532 and 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 9 734 99 Exchange on London, One month ll 97% Two months BELGIAN I , UNDS—BRUSeaLe, MARCR Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. 9,4 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 3 per Cent. 694 Loan of City, 1532, 4 per Cent H7 Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent ll9 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 57 National Society Brussels Papers, "March 9. AUSTRIAN FUND'S. —VIENNA, MARCO 6. rive per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Thresiper Cents. Bank Shares 1475 —,ll4!enzeineZeitunt. March 6 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BaBLIN, MANCH 4. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent 103% 10234 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 102% 1011 Xxcli,inge on London, three monen 6 1205£ —Prussian State Gazette. March 5. MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh supply of English Wheat was better than of late, and tolerably good of Barley and Beans. The stagnation in the Wheat trade continues, and the general report states English Wheat at 3s. ; goad foreign Ss. to 45., and tender parcels ss. per quarter lower than this day set - might. Barley for malting, is Is., and for other pur poses '2s. per quarter cheaper, Beaus and Pease hardly maintained last quotations. Good Oats have slowly obtained last currency, but other sorts declined per quarter, The Flour trade excessively heavy, and ship parcels were lower, with little disposition to pur chase. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP Wheat, Red (old) —White (old) —9. —s. —Red 1838) 6oi. e2e. tine 645. fl6s. Superfine 618. 725. White (1838) ....635. I:ss. -- Fine 68s. 70s. Superfine 745. '7Bs. —Foreign free 60s 78s. fly( 425. 455. Barley 34s. 40i. Grinding 34s 365. Malting 40i 434 Malt 56s 65s Fine New ties. '7os. Pease, Grey, New 355. 365. Maple New 37s. 28s. White 40s. 42s Boilers 425. 445. Beans, Small ( new) Vs, 4 Is (old) 46s. 18e. Tick (new) 34s 35_ (old) Harrow (new) 375. :38s ----- (old) 435. 458 Brank Oats, Feed New 235. 27(1 Poland 4 New 9 45. 2Ss Potatoe 284.30;. 1,1 • w 284.305. -- Scotch 2Bs.3s. -- Irish 225.... 24 .2.65. Flour Town (per sack) .... 605.6 it , seconds 56 North Country Bran II s 12 NOON DURING LAST WEE,. ;arley. Oat.. j 1. hi IF ,768 qrs. 4,4;3 Ire 4,921 acks !,581 ,434 16,9e3 HFIELD. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LC Wheat. I B 2,967 irs 6, English Foreign - S MIT A moderate show of Cattle, Trade in Bef and Mutton fair, done in Lamb. Veal and Pork i 4s. 6d. Veal 4s. Bd. to ss. 4d. 4s. Sd. to ss. 4d. Beasts 2,6 Calves SO. , but the quality generally good. at last week's prices. But little in short supply. Beef 3s. 6d. to Mutton 4s. 6d. to ss. 4d. Pork , 70; Sheep 18,680; Pigs 350; ERRATUM.—In our report of Mr. Westhead's speech at the meeting of the Manchester arid Birmingham Railway Company, by a mistake of the printer's " Bar wick and London" was inserted instead of " Birmingham and London." THE SUBLIME.—The Sherborne Mercury, in describing a ball which took place last week in Dorsetshire, says—" Dancing was kept up with great spirit until Sul doffed his nightcap and squinted through the sky 1" The Countess of Albertsdorf, late Miss Graham, who a few months ago published an interesting pamphlet on the mysterious history of Gaspard Hauser, is said, in a letter from Munich, to be preparing another for the press, which will expose some highly important facts, and give a clue to the discovery of the perpetrators of his atrocious murder.—Galignani's Messenger. , . _ _ _ . On Sunday evening the horses in the Hereford mail-coach ran away at great speed up the street of Lud low, dashing the vehicle with such force against a buttress of the old gate as to shiver it to pieces and kill two of the horses ; the coachman had his arm broken, and the guard escaped unhurt.— Worcestershire Chronicle. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVEIt.—THREE LIVES LOST.—Saturday, about twelve o'clock, as a water man named Ralph, accompanied by three young men, named Connel, Smith, and Sapping, was proceeding down the river in his boat, when opposite Millbank Connell and Smith rowed the boat athwart a barge (Ralph having fallen asleep had left the boat to their guidance), when it instantly upset, immersing the whole party in the water. Cannel, Smith, and the waterman, sank underneath the barge, and met a watery grave, but Sapping swam to the shore and thus saved his life. The body of a new born male infant, wrapped up in a dirty piece of calico, was found within the railings on the West side of Bedford-square, nearly op. posite to the residence of Mr. Wakley, the recently elected Coroner. It was immediately taken to St. Giles's Workhouse, where it was examined by Mr. Bur gess, the parish surgeon, who said, that it was a full-grown, finely proportioned child ; but, that he could not without a post mortem examination give a decided opinion whether it was born alive or not. An inquest will be held to morrow on the body. BOULOGNE, MARCH 4.—Yesterday, Sunday, the election for a Member to be sent to the Chamber of of Deputies , as the representative of this town, Calais Devres Marquise. &c., took place in Boulogne, and the following is the state of the poll at its close : —M. Delessert, 412, M. Thiers, 161, M. Delassa blonier 51 ; rejected votes, 6. There are two or three things worthy of note on this occasion. In the first place, there never had been an opposition in this neighbourhood ; in the next, the number of electors must have greatly increased, as on no former election have more than 350 persons given their votes. Most of the authorities sup ported the Government candidate; and in France this is a great and decided advantage. But the cause of Liberalism is progressing, and this being the first essay in the cause, its friends are sanguine that the result must be favourable to it in any future contest. M. Thiers is also a candidate to represent Cherbourg. Our letters from Malta, we regret to say, speak of several losses sustained by our shipping in the Medi. terranean during the late storms. Two English brigs, bound for Constantinople, had been lost at the entrance of the Dardanelles ; their crews succeeded in getting en shore. The brig Smyrna, laden with corn, had been lost off Cape St. Angelo, one man drowned. Th• Clyde, with corn, bound for Falmouth, had arrived at Malta, where she was obliged to unload, having sprung a leak. The following ♦easels had likewise arrived at Malta, to repair injuries sustained at sea :—The Harriet, from Odessa to Liverpool, with wool ; the John and James, which had been struck by lightning off Algiers ; the Devonshire, the Rockcliffe, the David Grant, and the Sophia. Ordinary Extraordinaries Unprovided Superannuated Commissariat Supplies 1839:40. To be expended Deduct Credits : By Sale of Lands, Premises, and Oldl Stores, Rents of Canteens, &c £611,617 755,674 4,168 161,520 260,308 1,793,287 93,287 Ordnance th the pre- 1833-9. ( £557,89 5 660,06 3 3,179 166,96 9 262,29 8 1,650,401 103,453 To be voted 1 1,700,000 11,546,9 51 Being more by 53,7221. for the Ordinary, 95,6111. fo the Extrordinaries, and 987/. for the Unprovided ; bu less by 5,4491. for the Superannuated, and 1,9901. for tb Commissariat Supplies. The total sum to be voted i 153,0491. more than last year's vote. • - - LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MARCH 9.—Wind N. N. E., moderate. March 10.—Wind N. W. to S.W., moderate.—Arriveiand pro ceeded for the river the Brothers, Thompson, from the South Seas, with the rest of the homeward-bound. Sailed the Amelia, Thompson, for Amsterdam. Came dcvvn from the river in tow of two steamers the Thomas, Mar quis, Marius, and Capulla, and remain. PORTSMOUTH, MALacx 9.—Wind N.E. March Wind E. to S. S. E.—Arrived the Marquis of Hasting 9, Naylor, from London ; and Janthe, from Luthland, after being on shore on the Spit, but without apparent damage. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 10.—Wind S. E.—Arrived the Olympus, Cowel, from Calcutta. Sailed the Marquis of Camden, Read, for Bombay; Regulus, Sydney; and Breeze, Tozer, Lisbon. FALMOUTH, MARCH B.—Wind N. E. to E. S.E. 9, E. to E. S. E., strong breezes.—Arrived the Favourite , Robinson, from Calcutta—sailed from Ascension Januar) . 22 ; Richard Maunt, Sing,ridge, Odessa, with carg° shifted; Welcome. Rainlege, Glasgow. Sailed the Mort packet, for Brazil ; Saucy Jack, Thompson, Bristol; Northesk, Kingroad; Linnet packet, Halifax. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS' CITY, TWELVE o'cLocir. I The usual average return of the liabilities of the Bank of England, embracing the period from the 11th Dse• 1838, to the sth instant, which has appeared in the Gazette, gives the following results, viz., that the average of the month, ending sth instant, as compared with the average of the month ending the 11th Dec., shares are increasing in circulation of 138,0001. ; a decrease in the deposits of 957,0001. ; and a decrease in the stock of bullion, of 2,439,0001. Wherefore, it appears that the decrease in the liabilities, is 819,0001., and this represents the decrease in the total quantity or money in the month ending the stk inst., as compared with the month ending Dec. 11. The yearly comparison is as follows ;--The average o f the month ending the sth instant, as compared with the ave rage of the month ending the 3d April 1838, shows n decrease in the circulation of 516,0001., a decrease in the, deposits of 2,559,0001., and a decrease in the stock o ' , bullion of 3,015,000/. Wherefore it appears that the de crease in the liabilities is 3,075,0001., and this represents the decrease in the total quantity of money, in the mon th ending 3d April, 1838. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 9.—The demand for Cotton to-day has been fair from the trade, and about 5,000 bags were sold, including a cargo of 1,100 bought 7 by a dealer, at steady prices. By the overland express, on Saturday, from the Fis t Indies, it appears that the commercial information frorn. Bombay is not of a favourable cast. Shipments to Englan d were almost suspended. Freights had fallen to 50s. Pe r ton. The Exchange for six months' Bills was at 21. id. Pe r rupee. The imports of Sugar from the China Sea ba n glutted the market, in consequence's.: which a considerab le decline took place in that article. From Calcutta the commercial news is less important. It appears by the accounts given of the crop, that the In digo exports to England will only be about 1,200 chests. against 25,000 last year. Money was plentiful. The severe measures which have been inforced by th e Chinese Government against Opium importations have re sulted in an almost total stoppage of the trade. At Singa pore there was a deficiency in the supply of produce f's the European trade, so that large ships found a difficulty in procuring freights. Arrivals this Morning—Two French and two Ostend Mails. Ship letters from South Seas and Calcutta. We have no accounts as yet of the arrival of the Gre at Western steamer from New York, which is anxiously expected. For a Monday morning, and double post day, we base a very great scarcity of arrivals. The news from India in respect to the military Ino"" ments, are looked upon as favourable ; but in regard t° commercial affairs it is rather of a gloomy cast. T, be Continental information received of most importance is tu t resignation of the French Ministers. Consols opened this morning at 93 1 4 for the Account ; Money 92- 93 ; Exchequer Bills 64 66 ; India Bond' 64 66 ; Bank Stock, shut ; India Bonds shut. The Foreign Market is inactive at present, with the ex ception of a. little doing in Spanish Active at 201 ; Por tuguese 34 354 ; Three per Cents 214 22 ; Se7gla s 1013 102 ; Brazilian 803 ; Scrip 1 to 13 • Colomb ian 294 ; Mexican 23i- 24 ; Dutch Two-and-a- lialf per Cen t ' 551 ; Five per - Cents 1034 3. The accounts received front Manchester this morning have not a bright appearance, owing to the animated de' mand for cotton at Liverpool, which has continued to a ct upon the market here, and caused a still further advanc e both on goods and yarn, though not to a greater extent than the increase 011 the price of cotton since that time so that the spinners and manuf ac t urers d er i ve no ben"' from it under the circumstances. The working of slier ; time, which seems indispensable for the protection of th eir interests, is rapidly ex t en di ng . A general meeting at t. ° cotton-spinners and manu f ac t urers o f St a l e yb r idge and t" . e t neighbourhood was held on Wednesday evening, when l was resolved that the respective firms composing the M sociation should commence on Monday next, working thret days a wee k on l y ; to cont i nue f or s i x mont h s, un less ! change of circumstances should arise ; and we hear that t the example i s lik e l y to b e f o ll owe d b y a ll t h e s pinners a Ashton -und er L yne. A s t hi s reso l ut i on w ill apply c on' s number of large es t a bli s h men t s , p ro d uc i ng a very siderable quant i ty o f goo d s an d yarn, i t i s lik e l y t o produc e an importa n t effect upon the markets; and also, we gr „ e sorry to say, u p on t h e con diti on o f th e wor ki ng classes 1 " the neighbourhood. CIC PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLO Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bends Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds ... , 7 04 Ditto Account - Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds ll tte Account 1 4 Colombian Bonds Ditto Account ............... Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic.... ........... Columbian Bends, 19'24 Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Danish Bonds 76li%' Ditto Bonds, 1554 .............. Ditto Account Ditto Account ............ Greek Bonds ' French, 5 per cent. --f e. Ditto Bonds, 1825 — 4 per cent. Ditto Account — 3 per cent. — 7 Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — Exchange. ...... . --5 Ditto Account ......... Dutch, 2!4 per Ditto, I per Cent Ditto Account . .............. Ditto Account Neapolitan Ditto Aecount ..... . . ...... HALF-PAST . OlVD• t , W e have received the Antwerp Papers of the 10th ins They do not contain any news of importance. From the Calcutta Price Current, of Jan. 4 : IMPORTS FROM EUROPE— COTTON PRICE Goco s— ; PRINTED AND COLOURED. —Red Cotton Cloth has b ee ,, inquired after, but the demand has not led t o a ny busio` . of consequence ; other coloured goods are now tot neglected. COTTON Twisr—COLOURED —Nothing has lately 1 1: . done in any colours, although German red of fair (Pr .° ties is not without inquiry. WOOLLENS —For these the market is still diStreSSed• INDIGO.--Extensive transactions are daily taking 01 in this staple, both by p r iv a te a n d publi c sales, at a i t further advance on previous quotations. COTTON.—Little doing in this article. The crop this side of India is reported to be abundant, and of ,g,l ° , / , quality; but on the Bombay side the quantity has l' - short from long continued drought. SUGAR. —The market is now cleared of good qt laliti e f having been bought up on speculation. On the arrival the last mail the crop of the season is represented to °‘ less. thy` Raw Stu[.—The new bundle, as it arrived last is as readily bought up ; but latterly purchasers are holt' off, in consequence of the high prices demanded. heel . GOVERNMENT ADVANCES.—Since our last there If.as a great falling off in the business, effected thro9g ll export warehouses. The advances lately obtained, SO against shipments of saltpetre, amount scarcely 1,000 rupees. , ore GOVERNMENT SECURITIE S .—At preP;ent tnere 1s to disposition evinced by the holders of the 4 per cent' ioa s submit to the current rates, at whi c h seve ral transac t a t hare occurred. Bank of Bengal shares continue 3,350 rupees. EXCHANGE lic are still .ates of the previous wee_ ~s e s current : the . present remitting rates of the agency appears not to exceed 22. The resignation of the French Ministers has not bo i l blc effect on the funds. On the contrary, Consols, ° o de wore in the morning 93 to 93i for the Account, are a v t e be• lower, and may be quoted 93 ; Money, 92k 93. t . „ "" g ds, quer Bills rather lower, 64 65 to 63 ; , n - ish nothing done ; Bank Stock shut ; India also; °,P o T ti - 01- Active, 20+ ; Portuguese a shade lower, 341; '"' a; bian, ; Dutch Two-and- a . H a lf per Cents. Five per Cents. 1034. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. India Stick .......................... Ditto Bonds ........................ 'Ditto 0 1 t Annuities ......... .• `Ditto New Annuities r c i• ....... Ex. Bills, 1,0001 ...... Prn iDitto 500 .................f5l . a P , I Ditto 5001- ............. de Bank Stock for Opg ......... India Stock for OPg ......... Consols for Act ............. N FUNDS er cen t ' Portuguese Bonds, 5P ..... --- Ditto, New Ditto ............. Prussian, 5 per ce nt.. .... sp lll R p u iat s nt s , s, a h n m, l be l t o pa n el .......... ........ golf IFDi French, e t c t , h, o ca , hn ( g o s:ei n pp s . cr e. o . c d c. .: a . nn. t DDuitttcoh,,Wecrencte.n.t... .. .. .. .... joy, The Rank Stock 3 per cent. Rea 3per Cent. Ccits 93 :ssi per Cent. Red New 3 4 per Cent NO% New 5 per Cent Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 Oct. 9359 Jan. 1860 , FOREIG Asturian, 5 per cent 101 N Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayr, s, 6 per cent.... Chillan, 6 per cent — Colomb,an, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 — Danish, 3 per cent 76% Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct — Mexican, 5 per cent — Ditto, (i per cent., 1525 — Peruvian, 1525,6 per cent..." SH. Eastern Countios Railway Great Westeni Railway . r. - London and Brighton Railw, I ondon and Blackwall Rails Manchester and Birmingham Ditto ditto lo' .................... .......................... .......................... av ..................... . '1 . 0 ; 76 ........... Extension .................. RES. EVENING EDITION. ORDNANCE ESTIMAT The following is the- Recapitulation of the Estimates for the year 1839-40, compared wit ceding year : I ____ u 1 - i