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C ONC L U SIVE EVIDF.YCE.--If the direct written testimony in favour of the purity and perfection of BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, given, alter analysis, by three of the most eminent Chemists or the day, needed any con firmation, it will be found in the fact., that it is employed, in preference to Foreign Brandy, under high medical direction, in many of the principal Hospitals, Infirmaries, and other Public Institutions in the Kingdom ; among which it may suffice to name Guy's, St. George's, and the Westminster Hospitals in the Metropolis ; and the Manchester, Bristol, and Brighton In firmaries. Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield Bats, leading to St. John-street. Price, pale or coloured, in quantities not less than Two Gallons, Eighteen Shillings per Gallon. T ;.. - -----________7____ HE NEXT DISIRI3UTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, AUTiIORISEDard GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O £6O £7O £BO £9O £lOO £llO £1'.20 £l5O £2OO £4OO £6OO £BOO £l,OOO £1,540 £5,000 and £:13,000 sterling. Amounting together to £70,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at H AMBURGII, Or. to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL, DR U RY-L.A.NE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 4, Will be repeated a New Grand Opr.ra, in three Acts, calledTllE BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnheim, Borraci •' Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Rainforth; Qucen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime. entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or 'VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colum, bine, Miss Cation; Clown, Mr. 1. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dresi Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. fxl. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Second Price 3s. ; Pit 3s , Second l'rice Maldle Gallery 25., econd Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6J. THEATRE RYAL COVENT-GARDE? M. JULL O IEN' , S CONCERTS. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING, PART 1. Overture. Euryanthe—Weber. • Quadrille, Opera Stars, in which will be introduced the most popular opera Dances—Jullien. Solo, Violoncello,:Mr. Hancock. Surprise Symphony, The Andante, Minuet, and Finale—Haydn. Valse, La Valse a Deux 'I emps—Jullien. Solo, Violist, Master Thirlwall. The English Quadrille—Jullien. PART 11. Opera, Don Juan, Grand Fantasia, with Nobs—Mozart. Burtette Quadrille, entitled Dancing for the Nlillion—Jullien. Solo, Bassoon, M. Baumann. Galop, from Gustavus the Third—Aul'er. Doors Open at Half past Seven, commence at Eight ivate o'Clock Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 6d. ; l'r Boxes, I/. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-office of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New Mood-street; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Juihen's Office, 3, Maddox-street, Bond.street. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YM A RKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSI6:►t, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 4, Will be performed Murphy's Comedy of KNOW YOUR OWN MIND. Dashwood, Mr. C. Mathews; Lady Ball, Madame Vestris. After which, the Unparalleled Pertorntinces of l'rotessor RISLEY and his SON. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCK"! King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELI'UI. The Best Pantomime of the Season _Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, JANUAIti 4, ',he New Drama, embracing Extraordinary Effects, Powerful Cast, and Novel Scenic Display, called THE BOHEMIANS; or, Tse Rogues or Faris. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Wright, Wtelati4, Maynard, Mrs. Yates, Miss E. Stanley, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which a New Grand Christina , Pantomime, called HAIL. LEQUIN BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enormous S,lendour and Wonderful Effects! Columbine, Miss dullen ; Harlequin Qnic r,silcer, by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, fr om the Theatres Royal, Covent-gat - den and Drury-lane; Panta. 1 iron, Mr. Johnstone. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery. ls. ; Sec , tul price nt Nine. Doors open at Six, commences at a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Air. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 4, Will be performed LUCREZIA ROI:GI A. Don Alphorso, Mr. Surdini ; Germano, Mr. Allen ; M•nito Ors•n•, Mrs ii. I'. Grattan; Gubetta, Mr. Walton ; Lucrez , a adame Engehia Grtera. Alter which, a Farce, in which Mr. argil Mrs. Keel, y wiil perform. To conclude with a New Mivical linale,que I.ect..cle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing t. , otig, Mrs. 11. kir:Aian; Poo. Pon, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe-Leaf, Ml,ti It. li,trs. DAv IDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TIIEATII.E. As usual, the funniest and most successful Pantomime. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 4, Will be repeated THE BOHEM IA Ns OF PARIS. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, R. Homier, Johnson, Smith, Mrs. H. Vining, and all the Members of the First Company in the World. After which an entirely new Grand Co:nic Pantomime, with Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and Tricks, every thing new and of the mo s t costl y descrip.iim, HARLEQUIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray,and A EIO U. rarlequin, Mr. W. li. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller; Panta loon, Mr. Haws ins ; Columbines (alternately) .dins M. R. Fair brother and Miss Sharpe. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Patty. Proprietor. Triumphant Success of the Splendid Christmas Holiday Fetes.—West minster-Bridge is now opea. THIS EVENING, JANUA:tY 4, Will be performed the splendid French Spectacle of THE VIC TORIES OF MURAT, THE SOLD! Lit OF r RANCE ; or, The Oeneral, Prince, and King. New Scenes in the Circle, and unequallchr Feats ot Horsemanshin. To conclude with a Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HA II LE QUIN TAM O'SHANTER, and his FLED MEG ; or, The Witches of Alloway Kirk. Ilarlegnin, Mr. Citson ; Columbine, Millie. Cushnie; Clown. Mr. King; Pant,loon, Mr. iirlathews. Acting and stage Manager, .Mr, ba . ; tu u , matt ,. 55.; Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, :k ; •2s. ; 6.1t1,1 y, Is.; Uril.icr Gallery, id. Box-otlice open daily train en nil loour. ••••tag2 loxes, One Guinea; Hall-price to Ditto, Halt-rt..Guitica. Privato Boxes, Two Guineas; Hall-price to Ditto, One Guinea. Half-price, Hall-past right. wT ROYAL VICTORIA 1 HEATIZE. THIS EVENINO, JANUARY 4, Will be performed THE CROSS ROADS OF LIFE; or, The Scamps of London. Devereux, Mr. Freer ; Frank Danvers, Mr. Nanti; Louisa, Miss Vincent. After which, HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF L M. BETH ; or, 'the Three sisters of Witch %%Wow Deil. Harlequin, Columbine Chapin , M o ; Clow, Mr. Scarhrow; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; iss M. Schmidt To conclude with THE LAST kV I'I'NESS. 'IIIK WEATHlilit.--;_• , cr; thot.tc!.•.. AN. 4. THERMOMETER, Lowtsst. 36 ; :l5 ; Noon, 47. Bknonkrrcn, W.` 4 .lV. NoTE.—The mnaber 32 on the Theron denotes the freezing point. and 55 temp. rate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, awl rain at 2th 1.1(411 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. ... 51 m inutes after 0.1 Evening ... 16 minutcs alter I v , , , :1 0 „ ' :7 1 :: i. 4. , , l ... i? '.. . 4 '.. .... .. L,- .„ ', ~\. ,8 , 4 01: , 74 ,g,, .. . . _Ltit_ 7 ' Ali ? . • , 4 . ... ~ , Y.. . • - `,..' , ••• ....,. ... , ... 4 . • - . , .4",._, ..,,,,.,".''' 'VW 00' , SECOND EDITION; RCITIL LONDON, 7111URSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1844 According to accounts from Bombay, dated the Ist of December, British troops were moving in various directions towards the Punjaub, where a crisis was speedily anticipated. The greatest disorder prevailed, many of the native inhabitants had fled for shelter within the British frontier, and the . foreign officers, the only parties that could conduct an army with suc cess against the Affghans, who threatened an inva sion, were fast resigning their commands and leaving the country. Lord ELLENBOROUGH was about to set out for that quarter, when important operations would commence. The whole of llindos:an under the Bri tish dominion is perieclly tranquil, and forms a con trast honourable to -England, when compared with the disturbed state of Gwalior, Lahore, and other dis tricts governed ..by native Princes. From China the accounts on the whole are satisfactory. The trade along the coast was carried on without interruption. A supplementary treaty of much importance had been arranged by Sir HENRY POTTINGIitt and the Chinese Government, and, with the exce,Aion of some he diffe shufflrent ing on the part o f the old Hong ► merchants, t Authorities showed every desire to observe with good faith the new relations between the two countries. An anti-League movement, we perceive, has " come off" in Sussex. At the new Corn Exchange at Chichester, an adjourned meeting of the principal landowuers and farmers of the Chichester and Steyning districts was yesterday held, ostensibly for the pur pose of discussing a resolution to found a requisiti on for an agricultural meeting of the whole county, which will be held at Steyning. We are quite willing to give the parties who attended at Chichester on this occasion all credit for the sincerity of the I views avowed by them—as well as for their enormous fallacy. But it does seem very strange that plv..ctical men,—that men, who may be presumed to have their eyes open, if we cannot give them credit for being by any means " wide awake"—should be so blind to the progress of passing events, so insensible to the march of the great questions of free trade, and corn-law abolition, through the land— heralded as these are by no small array of " pomp and circumstance; " no trifling auxiliaries of influence, talent, and station ; as not to see at least that they are altogether too late a-field ! They have not come "to time." Two eventful years—two hurrying years, crowded with all sorts of combina tions, announcements, and developments—with newly awakened perceptions of national interests, and the results of an universal demand that all tuture legis lation shall be for the welfare of the great community, not of mere class interests of the empire—two years, we say, have come and have passed since the period at which they might have hoped to make out a case to arrest the decree of 'public opinion. But that decree has past. Corn-law protection has no better legs to stand on than Pennsylvanian repudiation or Walbrook withholding. The Chichester meeting was a very poor affair' however, and may wend its way quietly to oblivion — a point which it will reach promptly, -without a rail road. The speech of Mr. NEWLAND contained a suffi ciently fair resume of the relative statistics of produc tion and taxation as to agriculture and manufactures (which it will ever be one of the distinctions of the last year to have so widely diffused among the people); but Mr. NEWLAND'S argument was a melancholy failure in applying them in support of the doctrines he advocated. The news from Ireland is of an interest which in creases, with the approximation of the State Trials, in intensity. This is no more than was to be expected, but there is one additional feature of painful import ance about it, with the presence of which we could have willingly dispensed. We allude to the palpable disposition on the part of the law officers of the Crown to press the proceedings against the State traversers with a degree of " sharp practice" which savours too much of hostile prepossession against the offenders! In these matters,—in Crown prosecutions —under any circumstances—we hold that the ancient theory of our law which was always avowed, but ge nerally so little acted on, and which in the modern practice of our Courts upon the whole, has been much more largely acted upon and practically re cognised, than contended for in argument by counsel t or affirmed and ruled by judges ; is the more ex p edient as well as the more humane. This sound theory is, to leave the law, which is to govern judgment in the cause, unstrained, and as little as possible qualified ; but to afford the parties to be tried on charges of having violated it, all reasonable facilities and in dulgence to enable them to prepare for their defence and vindication. The law knows nothing of the indi vidual delinquent ; and any considerations specially affecting his personal case, are therefore not to be assumed as those which should govern its own admi nistration. But with regard to the affair of the pending State trials in Dublin, this doctrine, for ob vious reasons, it is absolutely essential to act up to. We do not feel it necessary to pronounce any opinion on the published correspondence between the solicitor for the Crown, and the several solicitors for the va rious defendants, or to decide between the merits of Mr. PIERCE A.TAHONEY'S long notices to Mr. KEMMIS, and Mr. KEMMIS'S brusque reply to them. All we have to say on the point is,—that we earnestly trust, for the sake of all parties concerned, but most ear nestly of all for the purity and majesty of the law, that no occasion will be afforded for any just com plaint hereafter, that the strictness of technical pro cess has been wrested, by the law officers of the Go vernment, to the purpose of hampering, hurrying, or otherwise prejudicing the defence for the State tra versers. In another part of the paper will be found intelli gence from Madrid, dated Dec. 27, of great import ance. On that day the QUEEN dissolved the Cortes, following the advice tendered to her by her fugitive Minister Oi.ozAGA, for which he was threatened with impeachment, and barely escaped assassination. NARVAEZ will thus have two months more of des potic rule, and by that time Queen CHRISTINA and he will throw aside the Constitution as an old almanack. The change which has taken place in the public mind, with regard to the principles of trade, within the last two years, forms a remarkable phenomenon in the history of the country. Every day we receive reports of meetings held in large towns and small towns—even in county market towns, frequented only by farmers, and in cathedral towns, under al most the undivided influence of the Church, assem bled solely for the purpose of discussing the taxes on bread, sugar, and the other principal neces saries of life. These meetings are not held in the open air ; they are not got up to catch the multitude; they are unattended by any appearance of violence ; they are not the monster assemblies that distinguished the Reform era ; or that during the last year have caused such alarm in England and Ireland on the Repeal question. They arc the meetings of men, it is true, bent on a purpose, and a great purpose; but the speeches are not mixed up with any threats, or with any furious abuse, either of landlords, tenants, or monopolists of any descrip tion. All is left to the calm voice of reason and the power of argument ; and r.ever was a peaceable and rational agitation so triumphantly victorious. Some twelve months ago every free trade meeting was in fested by a body of Chartists, who, in despair of ob taining their rights, thwarted every attempt to obtain partial relief; counter resolutions were moved, and not unfrequently carried, or, if they failed in their purpose, a serious uproar was the consequence. Chartists now attend these assemblages like other people, and, as a testimony of their sincere repent ance, subscribe their mites to the great League fund. In another part of the paper will be found a report - of a meeting held on Tuesday evening at Oldham, one of the most radical boroughs in the kingdom, when all the lower classes joined heartily in the cause, and every man gave according to his means. Pounds, and crowns, and half-crowns, and even shillings, were poured in from all quarters, and by eleven o'clock a very handsome sum was placed in the hands of the Treasurer. Manchester has raised 20,0001. Liverpool 6,0001., and almost every town has followed in the wake. But, what is most remarkable of all, there is an utter apathy on the part of those oppoied to the League. Even in Essex, the county above all others likely to raise a loud noise against COBDEN and BRIGUT, the attempt to form a counter league has been an utter failure, and but one other county, Sussex, has yet followed the example. The clergy are silent; the farmers almost to a man support the reform of the corn-laws; and even the Duke of RICHMOND, the most rational, yet most determined anti-corn-law man in the country, in place of getting up meetings to sup port his party, and making strong speeches against the men given to change, confines his labours to the praiseworthy task of writing articles on agricultural improvement for a Farmers' Journal. This happy result is • honourable to the English character. The English are obstinate in their purposes; they are often headstrong,and'unwilling to give up their opinions; but when reasoned with as rational beings, when all the facts of the case are laid before them, and they are left to judge, their verdict is seldom wrong. That is the course which Mr. COBDEN has pursued. lie has appealed to their reason and their judgment — he has shown that he has no more interest in the ques tion than any other member of the community—and they have almost unanimously decided in his favour. We regard the question as settled. The .strong Go vernment, even with all the corn-law Lords and Commoners at its back, is too weak to strive with the voice of the nation. We have little to add to the intelligence from Paris given in another part of the paper. On that day the Chamber of Deputies assembled to appoint a Commit tee for drawing up an Address to the Royal Speech, when seven Ministerialists out of the nine Commis sioners were chosen. Their names are MM. ST. MAAC GIRARDIN, NIZARD, DESMOUSSEAUX DE GIVRE, BIGNON, BAUMES, HEBERT, and FRAN9OIS DELES SERT. The Opposition Commissioners are MM. BETUMONT and Ducos. M. BIGNON was supported both by the Conservatives and the Opposition. 380 Deputies took part in the ballot, In one of the bu- reaux 11. THIERS put some questions to M. GUIZOT relative to the visit of the Queen of ENGLAND, and asked whether the new and friendly relations between France and England had produced any good fruits relative to the question of the right of search, or the affairs of Spain. M. GUIZOT said, with regard to the first question, negotiations had re-commenced, and England had consented to these negotiations, and every consideration would be given to the wish of the French Chamber and of the French public in these negotiations. And in refe rence to Spain, the mutual understanding between England and France would give more security to that country. In some of the bureaux propositions were made for inserting a paragraph in the addresss con demning the conduct of the Legitimists who visited the Duke of BottnEaux. N. BERRYEIL and his friends refused to make any other reply to questions put to them on the subject, than that they would answer before the Chamber. BOURSE-PARIS, TUESDAY, JAN. 2. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 123 60... 123 95... 123 60... 123 90 Four'per Cents 104 65... 1(14 65... 104 65... 104 65 Threes s2 10... 82 25... 82 10.. 82 20 Rank of France 3225 —.3225 —.3215 ...3217 50 Belgian Bank 707 50... 710 ... 707 50... 710 Belgian Fives 2. 1840 1074 107 k ... 107 i ... 1074 Dutch '2 per Cents 564 ...56 ... 56 ... 56 Spanish Active , 291 ... 29i ... 291 ... 291 Passive ...... 5 ... 5 ... ... 5 Neapolitan ..... ........ 107 ... 107 107 ... 107 R oman RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain 7BO ... 780 ... 780 Versailles, L. 8... Rouen Rouen to Havre ...... Orleans. Strasburg to Bale. 215 ... 215 ... 212 50... 212 50 Avignon to Marseilles 655 ... 660 ... 655 ... 660 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, L.B. lB2 50... 185 ... 182 50... 185 Rouen Rouen to Havre , 638 75... 642 50... 638 75 .. 642 50 Orleans Strasburg to Bale 213 75... 213 75... 213 75... 213 75 Avignon to Marseilles 660 ... 660 ... 645 .. 645 Sir Robert Peel is expected to arrive in town this evening, from his seat Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is also expected in town this day. Others of the Cabinet Ministers are expected to arrive in town in the course of a few days. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 4.—Light airs from W. S. W.,and cloudy. DEAL, JAN. 3.—Wind S.W., moderatr.—Arrd. Maria Somes, Baker, Calcutta; Pearl, Earl, Newfoundland. DOVER, JAN. 2.—Arrd. Vargas, Lopez, St. Jago de Cuba, for Hamburgh. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 3.—Wind S, to W.S.W.—Arrd. Ma lacca and Duke of Bedford, Loudon, for Madras; Erin, ditto, for Dominica; Quebec, ditto, for New York. BRISTOL, JAN. 3. —Arrd. Maria, Thomas, Berbice. MARGATE ' JAN. 3._-The Ocean, Watson, from Sierra Leone to London, on shore near Kingsgate, is bilged and quite a wreck—cargo discharging in a damaged state. MILroRn, JAN. 2.—lt commenced blowing hard from W. S.W., at 8, p.m. yesterday, and soon afterwards shifted to N. W., with a violent show squall, and blew a strong gale. CORK, JAN. I.—Arrd. Wanderer, Newfoundland. Sid. Elizabeth, New South Wales; Lauriston, Trinidad; Indian Queen, Barbadoes ; Glengariff, Jamaica ; Henry Duncan, Marian, and Woodstock, Charleston. YARMOUTH, JAN. 3.—The Williams, Buckton, from Dordt to London, which arrived in the roads yesterday, has come into harbour leaky and will have to discharge. HARWICH, JAN. 3.—The Agnes, of Jersey, from Hartle pool to Mistley, is on shore on the Cork sand, but expected off next tide. BEAUMARIS, JAN. I:—Arrd. Hardware, Shaw, St. John's, for Preston. SHEERNESS, JAN. 2.—The John and William (not the John and Mary), of Blyth, bound to London, which got on the Maplin Sand 30th ult., came off the 31st, after discharging part of her cargo. WELLS, JAN. 2.—The Jane arid Ellen, Backing, from Goole, came on shore this morning westward of the harbour. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 3.—Wind E. S.E. to S.W., moderate.— Arrd. Fairfield, Wilson, New York. Arrd. off, American, Savannah. Sid. Devon, and Patriot King, Calcutta; Agnes, Monte Video; Bazelius and Solid, Rio; William Russell, Pernambuco; Birkby and Isabella, Demerara; Jas. Duncan, Trinidad ; Wanderer, Margarita ; Zenobia, Havannah ; Bir mingham and Intrepid, New Orleans. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended December 30,18.13, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 4.94 Ild. Oats ... 183 51,1 Beane 3O;. Id Barley 323. 3d. I Rye AVERAGES OF THE LAST Sll WEEKS. Weeks ending WHEAT. BARLEY.I OATS. I RYE. j BEANS. PRASE. --- ---k--,-- 51 7 32 1 19 0 30 8 52 4 1 33 4 51 0 31 8 19 0 30 7 31 10 33 0 51 1 31 8 18 8 30 1. 32 0 33 6 50 0 32 0 Hi 6 30 0' 31 6 32 0 50 9 3'2 2 18 7 29 9I 30 10 30 10 ,499323 18 5 31 4130 130 6 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS W heat 50.. Bd. I Oats ... ...... 18s. Si . ) Bea Peas w . 31 23 .s 5d ed Barley 323. 02 Rye ......... M)s. 521 e &. DUTIES OW FOREIGN CORN. Wheat ... ...... 203. Od. I Oats Barley .......... es. Od. Rye ......... 10s. 6 d.1 Pease ... los. 6d. Nov. 25 Dec. 2 THE SUN, LONDON, TITTIRSDAY EVENING, JANITAR Y 4, 11444. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31; useful ditto, 31 5s to 31 lOs ; fine upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 31 16s. Clover Hay, 31 to 51. Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per lead. Both Hay and Straw sold heavily, at about stationary prices. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 I6s to 3135; useful ditto, 31 5s to 3/ 13s ; fine upland ditto, 3115 s to 41; Clover Hay, 31 5s to 51 ; Oat; Straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 9s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 12s per load. A short supply, and a sluggish demand at late rates. WarrEcHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31; useful ditto, 31 5s to 3/ lOs ; fine upland ditto, 31 12s to 31 IBs ; Clover Hay, :3/ 5s to 51.; Oat Straw, 11 6s to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply good, and trade dull. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, JAN. 3.—For the time of year, the supply of each kind of stock on offer to-day was good, and of full average quality; still, however, the general demand was somewhat active, and, in some instances, the quota tions had an upward tendency.—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 34 4d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s to 4s 4d per 81bs, to sink the offal. Supply— Beasts, 31 ; Sheep, 2,040; Calves, 49; Pigs, 38. RoMFoRD, JAN. 3.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were in steady demand, at very full prices; but in other kinds of stock comparatively little business was transacted. — Beef from 3s 2d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s 23; and Pork, 3s to 4s 2d per 81bs. Suck ling Calves, 205 to 30s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 24s ; and Mulch Cows, with their small calf, 161 to 1915 s each. LEWES, .1 AN. 2.—We had a moderate supply of stock here to-day, and which moved off steadily, as follows : Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s ; and Perk, 3s to 3s 10d per filbs. N.HKEI' last market.day;)l4, COAL M. Ships arrived since s. d. s. d. Middle's West Hartley .... 15 6 Walls End Hotspur ;l7 3 Davison's West Hartley ... 16 6 Walls End Killingworth l7 6 Hastings Hartley New Tantield Moor l4 0 Walls End Haswell . ...... ... 20 6 Ord's Itedheugh l4 6 Walls End Hetton ....... ..... tO 3 Pontop Windsor l4 0 Walls End Pemberton ... .. 18 3 Ravensworth West Hartley 15 6 Walls End Russell's Iletton 19 0 Taylor's Hartley ' l5 6 Walls End Stewatt's 26 3 West Hart1ey........... l6 0 Walls End Caradoc 2O 3 Nest W y lain l5 : Walls End Adelaide Wylam Walls End Clark and Co. Walls End .losforth Walls End Heaton lB 0 Cowpen Malls End Hilda ... 17 6 Howard's W. Netherton.. 15 6 FLANDERS MAIL. BaussEns, DEC. 30.—The Senate, in its sitting to-day, closed the first part of the session ; it voted unanimously on the project of law on the duty on salt, and likewise the project of law on the dotations and the public debt. The budget of the ',public debt, providing for the payment of the interest of the several loans ; of some arrears, and of the expenses, amount to a sum of 3 i,216,442f. In this sitting the Minister of Public Works announced that, after the holidays, he intended to present to the Chambers a project of law on the labour of children in the mines. BRussxns, JAN. 2.—Yesterday being New Year's Day, their Majesties, having with them the Duke of Brabant, the Minis ters, the Officers and Ladies of their Household, received suc cessively the Diplomatic body, the Deputations of the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives, of the several Courts of Justice, and different public bodies. BELGIAN FUNDS, DEC. 30.—The 31st being Sunday, and Monday being New Year's Day, there is no later quotation. FROM THE SULINA, MOUTH OF THE DANUEL—Nothing whatever has been done during the year 1843 to effect the pro mised cleaning of the Sulina Mouth ; on the contrary,the danger of entering or quitting it has become more dangerous than ever, in consequence of the further accumulation of sand, and of the ballast that has been thrown overboard. GENERAL NEWS. (FROM A CORRISPONDINT.) PRISONIR'S PROTERTY. — The Circular Letter just put forth by the Lords of the Treasury to justices of Quarter Sessions, is one which magistrates will, we think, be very re luctant to act upon, inasmuch as the legality of it (according to the doctrines of Lords Coke and Hale, eminent judges in their day) is questionable. If the property of a prisoner be in ventoried, and he is acquitted upon trial (and all are innocent until proved guilty), the party taking inventory, or seizing the property, would be liable to action ; and the property of some other person, by mistake, would be inventoried or seized, and there action would also lie. The editors of the Justice of the Peace, a very able weekly publication , in remarkin g u p on this Circular, ' observe :—" Justices must be very careful to de scribe the property, so as to enable the sheriff to identifj , it, for if he takes another person's, an action will lie. Altogether the Circular is tether a lame affair, considering that the prisoner, or his family for him, may sell his goods by actual sale, that a vendee may legally buy them, and that where they are not sold, it will be only because they are not worth it ; and in such case it will be hardly worth taking them for the use of her Majesty, even if they could be identified when the time comes for them to be taken." That time would not be till after a conviction (unless where an accused flies after ver dict of Coroner's inquest jury, as in the case, for instance, of Lieutenant Alonro), and, even then, abundance of actions would be sure to arise, SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vitbitc Optnion. " Who runs may read." POTLEIGN. The Overland Mail has arrived, with intelligence from India to the Ist, and China to the end of October. It is, in general, very favourable, The Queen of Spain by, and with the advice of the Cama rilla and Queen:Christina' has, without ceremony, put a speedy end to the labours of the Cortes. By the same advice she will probably follow the course of Charles 1., and try to do without Parliament. At Madrid, on the 26th, the Three per Cents. were done at 25 5-16 at 60 days, and 25+ 4 for cash ; and the Five per Cents. at 208 cash, and 19 at 60 days. On the occasion of the New Year, the following were the presentations at the Tuileries :—At eleven in the morning, the aides-de-camp and orderly officers of the King and Princes ; at half-past eleven, the Ministers and Marshals of France ;at twelve, the grand deputations from the Chambers of Peers and Deputies ; deputations from the Courts of Law and Accounts; the Royal Council of Public Instruction; the Institute; the Prefect of the Seine ; the Prefect of Police ; the Magistrates and Municipal Council of Paris ; the Consistories of the Re formed Church of the Confession of Augsburg, and the Israe lites ; the Prefect of the Seine-et-Oise ; the Mayors of de partments; Generals, and other superior officers not forming part of the garrison; at half - p ast two o'clock, the Officers of the National Guards of Paris and the banlieue, Versailles, and other communes of the Seine-et-Oise ; the Staff of the In valides ; the Staffs of the first division, and of Paris and of Versailles; at four o'clock, the Ambassadors and foreign resi dent Ministers. The Journal de Toulouse states that it is proposed to esta blish a railroad between that city and Bordeaux. It is said that an Anglo-French company has been formed, the Director of which had arrived in Toulouse, and had been most favour ably received by the moneyed men of the place. The Toulouse journals of Saturday remark that that town had been for eighteen days in a continued fog, while Marseilles and its environs had enjoyed an equal duration of fine clear weather. The Champagne wine merchants met at the Hotel de Ville of Rheims, on the 27th, to adopt measures for preventing the imitation of Champagne, which every year is increasing. It was decided-1. That a committee should be formed, to watch over the interests of the wine merchants. 2. That this com mittee should enter into communication with other commit tees ; and, 3, that a subscription should be raised to defray the expenses. At ten o'clock in the evening of the 21st ult. a somewhat violent shock of earthquake was felt at Giromagny and the en virons, in the Haut Rhin. Its duration was about two seconds, and it was preceded by an electric light, which overcame all the lamps and candles. A few days ago a patient in the insane ward of the hospital at Niort broke off the branch of a tree, and killed with it three other insane patients. He was about to destroy a fourth, when he was overpowered by the keepers. The following melancholy intelligence from the Russian frontier appears in the Frankfort Gazette:—.6 The ukase, or dering the removal of the Jews from the frontier districts into the interior, is at this moment being carried into effect. Nearly one hundred thousand persons are affected by this mea sure. They receive passports which indicate their place of re sidence, and they are expected to have all their property sold off within a few days after." The Berlin Gazette states that an order has been issued by the Court of Russia, forbidding the public functionaries of the Russian provinces of the Baltic to wear either beard or mustachoes. LAW AND POLICE. Several omnibus drivers were fined at the Mansion-House, for loitering with their vehicles in the city. The young man who on the previous day was charged with attempting to drown himself at Blackfriars-bridge, was again brought up at the Guildhall, but still refused to give his name. The sitting Alderman stated that he was informed it was Joseph Bowes, and that he was one of the six prisoners who have escaped from Nottingham Gaol. A young man, respectably dressed, who gave his name as George Smith, was charged at Bow-street, with stealing a cigar-case containing eight compartments, with lids, and a great quantity of cigars, from the counter of Mrs. Anna Maria Lyons, No.:.', Wellington-street, Strand. He was committed for trial. Joseph Bamford, a young man, was charged at Queen square, with having employed two children of very tender years to utter a counterfeit half-crown. The evidence was conclusive and he was committed. Wm. Cowley, driver of a Brompton omnibus, was charged at Marlborough-street with racing with another omnibus, whereby a passenger, named Richardson, was thrown down and sevely injured. The defendent pleaded that he acted under the orders of his master, who was conductor at the time, and had he not obeyed he would have been discharged, This was not allowed as an excuse for breaking the law, and he was fined 31., ordered to pay Mr. Richardson's doctor's bill (1/. I Is. 6d.), all the expenses of the summons, and to have his licence sus pended for 21 dayss George Orso, driver of Fox's Kentish-town omnibus, was charged at Marylebone with having caused the death of Lucy Elizabeth Baker, a child about ten years of age. He produced evidence to prove that he was driving at a moderate rate at the time, and was admitted to bail. COURT—FASHIONABLE. The Duke of Bordeaux is expected to arrive at the Redford Hotel, Brighton, on the 6th from Portsmouth, where apart ments have been engaged for some days for his Royal Highness and a numerous suite. The Duke of Richmond, Earl of March, and a select party, will be entertained by Colonel Wyndham to-day, at Petworth House. . . . . The Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol shortly leave town for Brighton, and purpose residing there for at least three month;, The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn have for the last fortnight received a constant succession of visitors at Barons Court, Tyrone, Ireland. We understand the Marquis and Marchioness may be expected at the Priory, Stanmore, at the close of the ensuing week. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Hon. H. T. Liddell, M.P., and family, Sir Hedworth Williamson and family, and a numerous circle, are assembled at Ravensworth Castle, on visits to Lord and Lady Ravensworth. The Mar quis and Marchioness of Normanby were to leave there for Mulgrave Hall, Yorkshire, this week. Colonel and Lady Laura Meyrick are on a visit to Lord Brougham, at his villa, near Nice, at which place the Gallant Colonel and his family will spend the winter. The Earl of Chichester has been labouring under indisposi tion arising from a severe cold, and was, in consequence, unable to preside at the sessions at Lewes on Monday last. 'fhe Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Earl and Countess of Craven, Lord Folkestone, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Lushington, Colonel arid Mrs. B. Drummond, Sce., are now on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Verulam, at Gorhambury, Herts. The Earl of Devon is shortly expected to return to Powder ham Castle, Devon. The Noble and Learned Earl will not be o f next month. in town before the 2 d The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, who are still sojourn ieg in town, had a dinner party on Monday last, which was at tended by the Earl and Countess of , Tankerville, Mr. and Mrs.. d'Horsav, Lord Castler ea g h, Mr. Charles Gore, &c. Viscount DUIICaDIIOII and the Hon. Misses Ponsonby, were expected to arrive on Tuesday last, at Bowood, the seat of the Marquis of Lansdowne, from his Lordship's brother's (Lord de Maulay) seat, Canford House. in Dorsetshire. a n t:t e e t r e n r o i o n n tha VIISCELMAIVE OI7 .s. The weather has ag ain sudd e nly c han g ed. On Wednesday ethcao%uvrsceamofetle orn .which still continues, the thermi;.• night being about 16 degrees higher than it was on the previous night. During the last twenty four hours the temperature has been most remarkable, as will be seen from the weather table. The greatest cold during the night, 35 degrees, was one degree above the highest tempera ture of the previous day, and the temperature at noon was 13 degrees higher than at the same lisur on Wednesday. Such sudden changes must have injurious effects on the public health. Brighton is expected to be very gay during the sojourn of the Duke of Bordeaux at that place. A series of three sub scription balls, patronised by the Duke and Duche ss o f Somer set, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, and all the leading nobility and gentry in Brighton, will take place here this mon th. Mi.. and Mrs. Kean appear in Hamlet, at the theatre, on Friday evening. It is generally believed, in quarters likely t o b e we ll in formed, although the appointment has not yet actually takenplace, place, that Sir Jahleel will succeed the late Sir Eel ward Brace as Commander -in-Chief at the Nore. The Queen Dowager has contributed a donation of 251. to tire fund for defraying the necessary expenses of the erection of the new district church at Bewdley. During the last fortnight quarter-hour trains have been run ning daily, Sundays excepted, on the . Atmospheric, Kingstown and Dublin Railway , fr o m eleven in the morning to four in the afternoon, and not the slightest delay or accident has occurred.. Passengers are carried free of expense, as the line is not open to general traffic, the negotiations between the Company and the Lords of the Treasury being still pending. A meeting of the Liberal electors of Tipperary county is call erl for Thursday, the 4th inst., at Clonme!, for the purpose of taking into consideration the course most proper to be adopted to supply the recent vacancy in their representation. CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Tuesday forenoon Mr. W. Carter, Coroner for Surrey, held an inquest at the Wal nut-tree, Lambeth-walk, on view of the body of Mrs. Mary Anderson, a widow lady, lately residing at No. 2t), Iticlimotid-street, Walnut-tree-walk, who died suddenly in l a ie w r ok b; b l y on a ' l t o l: i v a rs k d n a o y ek l irig last. Mary Rivers deposed that bt .- tween eleven and twelve o ' c l oc k on Thursday night she wt:s in the and found deceased in bedhe deceased's bedroom. Wit ness immediately ran up stairs, groaning heavily. She almost immediately after becazne summit - de. Witness called in medical assistance, but the de ceased was dead before the surgeon arrived. Has no reason to believe that the deceased had taken poison. Mr. Al. F. .Wagstaff, surgeon, o f W a l e ot-place, said he was called in to see the deceased, and found her quite dead. There were no marks of violence on the body, and witness could nut perceive that she had taken any narcotic or poison. He could not say positively what was the cause of death ; it probably arose from disease of the heart. Mr. Anderson, having been sworn, said the deceased was his mother. Wit ness believed that she had saved a considerable sum of money, which she kept in two bags. The deceased had told witness that in case of her death he was well provided for ; and she had also frequently lent him sums of money, which he had repaid to her. The deceased dined with witness on Christmas day, and was then in very good health. Witness saw her on Thursday last, and upon calling at her residence on Friday ho found that she was dead. On entering her apartments be found the contents of the drawers, &c., turned upside down. He discovered two empty bags, which he knew to have been formerly filled with money, and all the cash he could find in the room amounted to seven farthings. The witness concluded by stating that he felt certain his mother's property had been pur loined, and hoped the Coroner would, grant him a search-war rant to examine the other lodgers' rooms. The Coroner ob served that they had met to determine the cause of death. If Mr. Anderson had any just ground of suspicion. his course would be to apply to a magistrate. He (the Coroner) would advise him, however, to rake another search before he did so. Other witnesses having been examined, the jury without hesi tation returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony. THE LF,AGUtt FUND, BIRMINGHAM. — On Tuesday evening a preliminary meeting took place at Birmingham, for the purpose of making arrangements for a great meeting to be held there in aid of the League Fund. Mr. Scholefield, M.P., took the chair. Resolutions pledging the meeting to co operate in the great work of aiding the League were passed, and a Committee of gentleman was appointed to superintend the necessary arrangements for the ensuing meeting. SUPPOSED SIIIPWRECK.—There is too much reason to fear that soma large vessel has foundered at sea within the last ten days, the fate of which may be for ever wraped up in mystery. We learn that all along t h e Covend and kirkbean shores, part of the wreck and cargo of a vessel have been cast up by the waves, including a piece of deck, which had evidently belonged to a vessel of considerable burden. The cargo seems to have been a general one, a considerable quantity of oranges and dried Itruit having been thrown ashore; and a cask, con taining linen, and marked " Hood and Co., Glasgow," was found not far from Soutberness.—Dumfries Courier. CRIMINAL COURT.-(TIIIS IJAY.) NEW COUR7. ( Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) Several cases of petty larceny, of a very ordinary description, were disposed of during the morning. Thomas Smith was charged with stealing 701bs of lead, on the 16th of December, the property of Mr. Gunstore, his master.--Guilty. To be imprisoned in the House of Correc tion for three months. Thomas Knight, aged 14, and Thomas Smith, aged 12, were charged with stealing, on the 27th of December, four handkerchiefs, value 10s., the property of Mr. Henry Mills, and another. The case was clearly proved, and the prisoners found Guilt= The first prisoner had been convicted of a previous offence. Both of them belonged to a well-known gang of thieves. The Learned JUDGE said he thought the best thing he could do for such young incorrigible thieves was to transport them for seven years, with an understanding that they should be sent to the Penitentiary. Mary Davis was charged with stealing a cloak, and found guilty of the offence, and was sentenced to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for six calendar months. James Ashton, a little boy, was charged with stealing a loaf from a baker's cart, on the let instant.—Not Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.) Henry Robins, Frederick Howard, and George Smith, three well-dressed young men, and noted members of the swell mob, were placed at the bar charged with the following rob bery from the house of Mr. Derbyshire, a surgeon, in London street, Cavendish-square : Joseph Leathert, a house-decorator ho for his own plea sure hunts down half the thieves in L don, and who is gene rally known as " the amateur thief-taker," said that yesterday afternoon at three o'clock he observed the three prisoners in the Strand, near Charing-cross, and knowing them well, he determined to watch their movements. He followed them into the Park, through Buckingham gate into Pimlico, where they tried many shops without success. He (witness) was obliged to leave them there, but met them at a later hour at the corner of Dover-street, Piccadilly, and fol lowed them through the Burlington Arcade, up Bond-street, Oaford•street, John-street, Charlotte-street, Mortimer-street, into London-street. The prisoners at many shops in those streets tried what they could do in the " conveyancing trade," but were unsuccessful. They stepped in London-street at Mr. Derbyshire's shop, and Smith, first looking over the window-sash, went quietly up to the door, opened it, and went in. In a few minutes he handed a great coat out to Howard, who went under a coach-way of a mews, and there pulling off his own, he slipped it on, and afterwards his own on the top of it. Witness then went back and observed Smith in the shop again, handing out a parcel to Robins who waited near the Boor. Witness then called a policeman, and with his assist ance took them into custody. He might add that they were all well known, and Howard had on the preceding Tuesday been engaged in a robbery of a jeweller's shop in Regent-street, and well described in the Hue and Cry as a young man dressed in the most fashionable manner, and sporting a gold-headed cane. Mr. Derbyshire identified the articles produced as his pro perty, and the prisoners were committed for trial. THE CIRCASSIANS AND THE RUSSIANS. MOSDOK, Nov. 21.—1 am enabled at present to communi cate some details relative to the serious events which lately took place in the east of the Caucasus. At Teflis it was extremely difficult to ascertain the real facts. Schamyl, the chief of the powerful tribe of the Tschetsehenses, had penetrated, in the be ginning of the month of September, into the district of the tribe of the Avares, who inhabit the valley of Koisu. The troops under the orders of Schamyl, were estimated at 10,000 men. With this force the hardy chieftain besieged the little fortress of Ungoula, which was garrisoned by three companies of Russians. The mountaineers succeeded in cutting off the river which supplied the fort; and the garrison, after having been deprived of water during six days, was compelled to sur render at discretion. During the siege the Russian Lieutenant- Colonel Wasiliski advanced, at the head of a battalion, by a forced march from Chunsak, to the relief of Ungoula. This force was attacked by Schamyl with his entire army in the gardens of a village, where the Russians were encamped. After a determined resistance, the entire Russian force was put to the sword by the mountaineers. Whilest these events were passing M. Blak de Blagenan, the General commanding the province of Dagestan, marched from the fortress of Temir- Chantschme, with all the disposable force he could collect in the province, to attack Schamyl, but the loss of the fortress of Ungoula, and the massacre of Colonel Wasiliski's battalion, forced the Russian General to take shelter in the fortress of Chunsak, where he was besieged by Schamyl, whose forces were increased by the population of the Avares to 20,000 men. The Russian General, who feared that the fortress of Temir- Chantschme, a most important place, might fall into the hands of the mountaineers whilst it was destitute of troops, made several attempts to force a passage through the ranks of the besiegers, in order to return to Temir-Chantschme, which was his usual head-quarters, but he failed in all his attempts. Prince Argatinski, another Russian General, arrived with 5,000 men to the relief of the garrison of Chunsak. At the approach of this force Schamyl raised the siege, and withdrew into the mountains of Tschet-schen, having compelled the en tire population of the Avares to follow him, first having laid waste the entire country. The loss of the Russians amounted to 3,000 men, amongst whom were forty-five officers. The Tschetschenses captured twelve pieces of artillery.— Times Correspondent. ANCIENT RUINS IN TEXAS. We have been informed by a gentleman who has traversed a large portion of the Indian country of Northern Texas, and the country lying between Santa Fe and the Pacific, that there are vestiges of ancient cities and ruined castles or temples on the Rio Puerto, and on the Colorado of the west. He says, that on one of the branches of Rio Puerco , a few days travel from Santa Fe, there is an immense pile of ruins that appear to belong to an ancient tem ple. Portions of the walls are still standing, consist ing of huge blocks of limestone regularly hewn and laid in cement. The building occupies an extent of more than an acre. It is two or three stories high, has no roof, but contains many rooms, generally of a , square form, without windows, and the lower rooms are so dark and gloomy that they resemble caverns rather than the apartments of an edifice built for a I human habitation. Our informant was unable to de scribe the style of architecture, but he believes it , could not be erected by Spaniards or Europeans,) as the stones are much worn by the rains, and indicate that the building has stood several hun dred years. From his description we are induced to believe that it resembles the ruins of Palenque or Otulun. He says there are many similar ruins on the Colorado of the West, which empties into the Californian sea. In nne of the valleys of the Cordileras traversed by this river, and about 400 miles from its mouth, there is a large temple still standing, its walls and spires presenting scarcely any trace of dilapidation, and were it not for the want of a roof it might still be rendered habit- able. Near it, scattered along the declivity of a mountain, are the ruins of what must have been once a large city. The traces of a large aqueduct, part of which is, however, in the solid rock, are still visible. Neither the Indians residing in the vicinity, nor the oldest Spanish settlers of the nearest settlements, can give any account of the origin of these buildings. They merely know that they have stood there from the earliest periods to which their traditions extend. The antiquarian who is desirous to trace the Aztec or Toltec races in their migrations from the northern regions of America, may find in these ancient edi fices many subjects of curious speculation.—Texas Telegraph. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.—Last evening, shortly before o'clock, a destructive fire broke out at No. 7, Fore-street, Limehouse, belonging to Mr. Duncan Dunbar, bottle-mer chant, &c. The fire, when first perceived, was burning furiously in the first floor of the building, and owing to the highly inflammable nature of the stock, the flames were not long in forcing their way into the upper floor. Information of the outbreak was speedily conveyed to the various engine sta tions. A plentiful supply of water was fortunately flowing I from the premises in the neighbourhood, and a portion of the engines were got to work under the direction of Mr. Braidwood, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade. The fire was confined to the building in which it commenced, and by half-past 8 o'clock it was entirely extinguished. The damage done will fall upon the Imperial Fire-office. No sooner had the engines arrived at their stations from the fire in Limehouse, than intelligence was received that another fire had broken out in the neighbour hood of Leicester-square. In that direction several engines were dispatched; on reaching which, it was ascertained, that the outbreak had taken place in the extensive range of premises belonging to Messrs. Elam and Co., woollen-drapers, of 53, Leicester-square. The tire commenced about 9 o'clock, from some unknown cause, in the second floor front, and when it was first seen it, had obtained a strong hold of the furniture, &c., in it. The inmates, finding they could not master the flames themselves, very ju diciously kept the doors closed until the firemen came, otherwise, it is highly probable, that the entire building would have been consumed. The damage done will fall on the Westminster Fire-office. FUNERAL OF SIR EDWARD BRACE, K.C.B.— SEIEERNFSS, JAN. 2.—The funeral procession of this highly respected and meritorious officer took place this morning, and his remains were placed on board the Myrtle steam-vessel, lying in the Ot thianee Camber, to be conveyed to the family vault, at Fareliam, near Portsmouth. At a quarter before eleven o'clock minute guns, from the Camperdown and Ocean, announced the imposing procession to be moving from his resi dence in the Dock-yard, and a detachment of the 77th led the way, followed by a portion of the Royal Marines. The coffin was borne on a carriage similar to those used for removing artillery, and drawn, with ropes affixed, by seamen, followed by the officers belonging to the Camperdown, Ocean, Vestal, and Larne. Captains Sheriff and Fisher, Superintendants of Sheerness and Chatham Dockyards, with other officers, were also in attendance. At a vaster after eleven the Myrtle left the port, minute guns still firing from the Camperdown, which ship exhibited deep mourning. The deceased officer was Com mander-in-Chief of this port, and was 73 years of age. NOVEL DISCOVERY. The antiquarians of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, were much puzzled the other day by the discovery of a very curious looking document, which an old parish clerk recognized as " A Churchwarden's Account." However, there was something written on it which, for a long time, could not be made out ; at last, an old gentleman having somewhat better eyes than the rest, discovered it to be the word " audited."— Punch. THE COALWIIIPPERS' ACT.—Yesterday the new law for the regulation of the coalwhippers, who deliver the col liers of their cargoes on the Thames, came into operation, and the office for the registration of the men was opened for the first time at nine o'clock in the morning, and continued open till nine in the evening. During the day 450 coalwhippers regis tered their names, and a certificate signed by the Ileuistrar was furnished to each man, stating his name, place of abode, and age, for which a charge of 4d. was made. Every man who pre sented himself was also required to state whether he was mar ried or single, if able to read and write, if a basket man, and how long he had been so. M. BEAUMONT'S NORTHUMBERLAND ESTATES.— Since the estates of T. W. Beaumont, Esq., in Northumber land, have been placed under the management of Mr. Waken ridge, important improvements have been everywhere in trodumil. The land is undergoing a general tile drainage ; farm buildings are being improved ; thus not only is the value of the estates increased, and the comforts of the tenantry added to, but extensive employment is afforded to the labouring classes in the neighbourhood.— Tyne Mercury. Mr. Arbuthnot still continues in a very weak state of health. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THI?EE. A very large business was done in Cotton again yesterday. Sales, 12,000 bales. Speculators took 3,500 American and 1,500 Surat. The transactions were at full rates, and com prised 1,200 Egyptian at 61d to 81d; 1,200 Pernambuco at 6d to 61d; 500 Maranham at 51c1 to 6d; 2,500 Surat at 31d to 41d, and the rest American at 44d to 6d per lb. The French Railways were rather easier, but the others were much the same. Eastern Counties were 101 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 591; Grand Junction, 236; Birmingham Quarter, 284 ; North Midland, 90%; Paris and Rouen, 331 ; Rouen and Havre, 12*; South Eastern, 3714 ; Paris and Lyons, 3 7-20; Do. and Orleans, 341. The private advices by the Overland Mail have not come to hand, nor are they looked for until to-morrow. As was ex pected by practical men in the City, the trade-of the five ports of China opened in the first instance to British trade, have been rendered equally free to the other nations of Europe ; but still the prestige will for many a year be in favour of this country, so deep a foundation having been laid in favour of British intercourse by the East India Company when it had its commercial privileges, and indeed since, by the honesty of the mode of dealing with the Celestials since the intercourse was opened. A most steadytrade appears to be carried on with China,as we intimated under this head, when the previous advices were received. But not much addition has been made to our previous stock of information, as the present dates are but a day or two later than those before obtained from Kong •Kong ( Victoria now called), Canton, and the Chusan ports. The new season crop of teas was expected to be most plentiful. The exports will be, no question, immense indeed; up to the commencement of the month of July, not far short of 50,000,000 lbs. had been ex ported, a great increase, if our recollection serves us right, on the quantity shipped off in the corresponding period of last year. the West India Mail has not yet arrived.' A slight tendency to decline has been exhibited by the public securities. Still the supply of Stock is not large. The Commissioners made their usual, of late, appearance in the house, and took a considerable amount of stock ; but though the market was heavy at one period of the day, Reduced Three per Cents. rallied to 971. Consols for the Account have fallen from 97 to 964. A slight fall has occurred in the premium upon Exchequer Bills, but India Bonds have again realised 80s. premium. Bank Stock for the Account, as well as for Money, has been quoted at 186, and the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities at 1021 1. There has been rather a heavy market for Spanish Stock to day. Political excitement it is feared may be carried on pending the approaching election for the new Cortes ; the more so, as it apprehended that " Christina gold " may be supplied freely to produce results in favour of the party of which she is the head. Spanish Consols have fallen since yesterday, from 221 to 211, and the Three per Cents. from 301 to 291. The extreme points just noted are the highest of yesterday, and the lowest of this day, at least up to the hour our remarks were written. A slight tendency to recede has been exhibited by the Dutch funds. Belgians are higher. Mexi cans are higher, but Peruvians are a shade lower. A most firm market has prevailed for Shares to-day, but not sufficiently extensive to call for particular or especial re mark. Railway Share property, we may truly say, is becoming of immense national importance. The annexed list of prices will show that business in these investments is extremely active. Not a bargain was made in Joint Stock Bank Shares. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List ) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 31 per Cent. Reduced Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 India Bonds, 1,000 Ditto under 1,000 BO Bank Stock for Account Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills, 14d. lid. 1000/. 500/. Ditto Small lOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 1031 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent... 321*: Ditto for the Account Ditto Deferred Stook... 9il Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent. Ditto for the Account 214111 Ditto Three per Cent. Dutch 21 per Cent s4*l Dutch 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Derby ... 100 - to Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Eastern Counties Ditto Scrip .. B/. 6s. Bd. ...... 121 13 Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto New ...... .............. 121...... 141 to /Pato Registered Great Western London and Brighton ...... 50 Ditto Loan Notes London and Birmingham 100 238 ...... to Ditto 1 Shares London and Greenwich London and South Western ... 41% .. 76/ 751 to 76/ Manchester and Leeds Midland Counties 100 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 15 Northern and Eastern worth Midland lOO 9ol— ... to 91 Paris and Orleans Paris and Potien ..... 20 .. 33 South Eastern and Dover f !Ditto Scrip York and North Midland SO l2O MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 3.—Our marke has been very buoyant to-day with a continued demand for stock—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, +141; Lancaster and Preston Three-fourth Shares, 241; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 411; Manchester and Leeds, 1011; Paris and Lyons,: 31 b-16 ; Rouen and Havre, 121 ; 'South Eastern, 37i 1 Manchester and Salford Bank, 111; Lancaster Canal, 26 ; Rochdale Canal, bOi ; Manchester Assurance, 91. FASHIONS FOR JANUARY, 1844. (From the World of Fashion.) FURS.—Furs are now being used both for trim mings and linings ; the most favourite furs being sable, kolinslii, and zibeline. For neglige, we see round pelerines are most in favour, and also those with long ends falling in the front, somewhat similar to the ends of a scarf. CAPS.—The slight change which is observable in the form of the caps, is merely that they are a degree smaller. For a morning, plain muslin is preferred, without ribbon. The crown made very small, and having broad lappets of muslin, falling on each side, behind the ears. Another, and rather a more be coming style, are those of plain India muslin, trimmed with two rows of Valenciennes, and ornamented with a broad blue silk ribbon, pose upon the front, and shaded with a second row of lace, falling over the garniture. Caps composed of net are generally formed of what is called the illusion tulle, and having three folds of the same, divided by a frise of capucine ribbon. WALKING DRESSES.—The toilettes de villa are made of levantine, or poult de soi, of the dead leaf colour ; the first having a plain skirt, flat body, high, and rounded point at the waist, and plain sleeves. The others having the skirts trimmed with two broad cut flounces, the top one being shaded with narrow ruches similarly cut; high and plain corsage, atriplecouture, and pointed waist. This corsage is trimmed with three small cut frills, placed upon the side seams, and ending on the shoulders. Plain sleeves, with jockeys formed of three narrow frillings. BONNETS.—The most novel and the most remark able are those in black velvet, lined with satin, or those of royal velvet gris de fer, trimmed with rib bons, both sides alike, and feathers of the same co lours. Those of green or violet velours (Tingle, are also much worn, decorated with marabout feathers of the same colour, and ribbon in the interior. lIATs are both of velvet and satin ; those of pink satin are generally trimmed upon the brim with three rows of point d'Angleterre, divided with folds of satin ; two other rows of lace fall over the back, shading the bavolet or curtain, which is slightly raised, a branch of splendid shaded roses being placed upon the left side. CLOAKS.—The Manteau Valaque, is progressing rapidly in favour. This elegant wrap, which is nei ther cloak, pelerine, nor scarf, yet is a combination of all three, unites all the grace and advantage of the different models. A more elegant appearance has lately also been given to it, by the trimming of fur, which the present cold weather has induced our fa shionables to adopt. For instance, those in black velvet are generally lined with white satin, and en circled with borders of sable or ermine. Those made in cachmere are, on the contrary, trimmed with lace. A very pretty trimming for this kind of cloak is that of a rich fulling of velvet a deux tkes, put on plain, and harmonising with another of the same descrip tion, encircling the entire border of the cloak. MANTEAUX CIIALES are becoming general fa vourites ; they are mostly made of black velvet, lined with pink satin, and trimmed all round with swans down. — ROBES DE CHAMBRE are made in pink cachmere. and lined with white silk taffetas, trimmed up th e fronts of the jupe with broad facings of pink em broidered velvet, descending over the edge of the sleeve, and forming a point in the front, just upon the facings of the jupe. Sleeves ala religieuse, covering half of the front of the arm, and faced with em broidered velvet. Under sleeve of embroidered Scotch cambric, the sleeves of fulled muslin, and manchettes of embroidered muslin, falling over the hand. MATERIALS for the present month are principally the P6kin moive cameleon, in the most lively colours ; the Royal smala, Caledunienne, le velours Damasse ram - Lire Pekin, one of the han4soinest stuffs for the present year, the Royal dunkaby, white, and covered with running flowers. Fashionable colours remain the same as last month; such as emerald green, grenat, blue sapphir, mai; ; and for evening toilettes, white, pink, ainl blue, are the most generally in vogue. • BRIGHTON, WEDNESDAY.—Apartments are taken at the Bedford Hotel for the Duke of Bordeaux. His Royal Highness has been invited to Brighton by the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, who, it will be remembered, en tertained the Duke at Alton Towers on his arrival in Eng land. TILE CLOCK OF ST. CLEMENT'S.--Hamlet, Prince of Denmark has said. " What an extraordinary piece of work is man !" but the Mr. Hamlet, late of Prince's •street, the jeweller and watchmaker, would certainly exclaim, " What an extraordinary piece of work is the clock of St. Clement's !" fhe hands met for several hours the other day, but they re corded no minutes, and we cannot say what passed. There is some talk of putting on additional hands, in order to work the clock, but we beg leave to give notice, that until it works of its own accord, we shall go on working it. We have heard it whispered that a popular author is preparing a new work of fiction, to be called" St. Clement and his Times." The sub ject, considering that all the four times of the four faces are different, will admit of infinite variety.—Punch, OVER INDIA AND CHINA (From the Times.) The Indian Nail has arrived, with letters and papers from Bombay to Dec. I. The principal items relate to the prevalence of great sickness in the two newly-acquired possessions of Sinde in India, and of Hong-Kong, in China. Peace prevails throughout British India, although the preparations fin- war were busy throughout the north-western districts. An army of about 15,000 men was assembled on the banks of the Sutlej, and another was collecting at Agra; the former to con►pel the Sikhs to adopt some regular fixed system of government, and the latter to force the Government of GwaliOr to make proper arrangements. The fall of the Indus, consequent on the ces sation of the monsoon, has always produced a description of malaria in a country where no im provements have been carried during centuries; and it was not to lie expected that the British troops should not suffer in districts where every advantage was sacrificed to making hunt ing grounds for the Ameers. In Hong-Kong the sickness has arisen, as the Chinese say, from the nature of the waters of the islands, which they pretend cannot be used for any time without the worst result. It was even asserted that the British authorities con templated the abandonment of that island since the death of the much lamented Mr. Morrison. Much attention has been directed towards the Punjaub. The chiefs are represented as dis• united, the soldiers are mutinous, and the pro vinces are distracted by their fears, for they dread an invasion from the Affghans at Pesha wur, and of the British at Lahore. Moulton ill described as highly disturbed; the inhabitants, who do not profess the Sikh religion, are in dread of massacres and plundering. Many of the natives are seeking every opportunity of abandoning the Sikh districts, and of escaping with their property into Hindostan. Even the French officers are quitting Lahore. General Ventura, the last of the foreign favourites of Runjeet Singh, has solicited leave to resign the service, and to retire to his own country. Two of the other junior officers have bees dismissed. General Court had left, and General Avitabile was at Calcutta. It is difficult, even in India, to obtain .correct intelligence of what is going on at the Court of Lahore, and many of the rumours circulated have proved unfounded. Heera Singh, the young Minister, appears still to retain power' ; he is, at it is known, the son of Divan Singh, who was the all-powerful Minister of Runjeet, and of his successors, until his death, in Sep tember last. Heera Singh, who has the puppet -child, King Dhuleep, in I►is custody, is now said to have obtained the aid of Goolab Singh, his father's eldest brother, and a leading Hill Chief, who, at the head of 2:2,000 men, came in the beginning of November to the capital. Goolab Singe is looked upon as hostile to the British• and will, it is thought, bring about a decided conflict, by influencing his nephew and the Court not to assent to any proposals coming from the Government of India. A crisis was expected at Lahore, when the Governor-General shall :have reached the banks of the Sutlej. Several corps of the British troops were in movement in that direction. The number of troops at Ferozepore, Loodiana,.and Umballa, was estimated at 14,000 men. Major' General George Hunter commanded at the two former places, while Major-General Sir Robert Dick had the command of the Sirhind and Mee' rut divisions. The last intelligence from Lahore states that Heera Singh had entered into a combination with Futteh Jung, the son of Shah Soojabt which had excited the jealousy of the Sikb soldiery, who threatened to attack and plunde r both those young men. It was expected that there would be an attemp t on the part of the soldiers to pillage the wealthy inhabitants of the towns. The news from Caubul current during the month was, that Dost Mahommed had bee n murdered ; but though believed by many, i/ eventually turned out to be a fabrication. It i 5 true that his position is far from an enviable oriel he has named his son, the notorious Akbar, to be Governor of the Hill country, near Jellalaba d ' whence it is thought that he will attempt, er e long, the invasion of Peshawur. Peshaw ar is described as in a ticklish position, for there ig no longer an European General to defend it, an d all the plunderers round the Kyber Pass ar e anxious for an opportunity to sack it. In the central part of India the affairs of Q% lior are at present most interesting; the Arta of Exercise is assembling at Agra. On Sunda , the 19th of November, a dispute took place be: tween some of the troops at Gwalior, whit ended in their fighting with each other, w 10; 400 were slain on both sides. Khasgeewalla, usurper, who, some months ago, had endeavour ed to oppose the influence of the British, had bee n taken prisoner, and nearly sacrificed by t ll O insubordin a te and enraged soldiers. He wa g saved with difficulty, and the insurgents appeas e merely by the promise that he sh o uld be giv ea up to the Hon. Company. Judging from the army assembling at Ag ra ' and from the approach of the Governor-Gel - W il t ' it was at one time supposed that the settlewell of the Gwalior question had been decided 1 1 1 3° ! 1 0 , humour spoke of certain cessions of territory Bundelkuud, in the Doith and the Deccan, Wl ' ins been demanded by the Governor-Gene t as bein g so s i tuate as to b e requ i s i te for t convenience of the Honourable Company) 311 4 also that a great portion of the rabble troop should h e di s b an d e d, an d t h at a cont ingent l er V e under the command of British officers, shook' i organised in Gwalior, as in the iNrizam's & fli t° nions ; and, finally, that the expenses ca used e the Company by the irregular proceedings of t it Gwalior Government should be defrayed. it /1 , 1 0/ thought ther e w ou ld b e considerable di in obtaining the consent of the Gwalior Gove r i i; inent to those conditions, but the dread of t corning of the British had obliged some of ill 01 leaders at first to make a show of subinissi ° o , but they have attempted to de c eiv e , an d the cc :o sequence was, that the m os t d ec id e d moist/ le were about to b e a d o pt e d b y t h e G overno r7- #1 neral. A sort of expectation had been ra' s tD e that the res o l u ti on h a d b een adopted bYite British st a t esman now govern i ng India a!or, tether to take possession of the states of Gya il l y Hence the p ro b a bili ty o f t h e s i ege o f t hat C .: 0 1 was spoken o f, part i cu l ar l y as t h e na tives ' tp , t t• i tr w ie u d gh tt%eggerated notion of its stre n go, a capture in 1780, by Major PoP i l lo t at; tie head of about 2,000 raw Sepoys, harry forgotten, nor its surrender in 1804, to Sir White. There appears to be a general acquiesce. throughout India to the British taking fin al P p' session of th e t e rr i tor i es t h at once were oe diah's. There is no lawful sovereign, fo r tea child n ow ca ll e d to govern i s h ut a n ad t ! .. .„ r e pt son ; and th e o pp ress i ons o f th a t Goverow lis a have be en suc h, t h at t h e w h o l e po p u lation to become British subjects, in order to be s a nd from the continual pillage of the relentless unpaid soldiery. „ ort oier/ Butid e lk un d, w hi c h i s c ontiguous to (5 lOU • also requires th e a ppli c ati on of force to e' tal) • a regular s y s t em . At p resen t there is ain ° tiov tude of t ur b u l ent c h aracters , w h o se ek for % c ol' portunity o f con f us i on , i n or d er to enrich r i ctie re , selves, either by plunder or by conquest• e ra' was but little doubt thaA the Governor-6°oyr W Cl ii as soon as the para moun t ques tion 0- ..e6 Mr was decided, would adopt e ffi c i e nt ineas ai _ introducing order a n d t ranqu illity among' t mountaineers of Bundelkuud. jeY: There was a small insurrection in tb e.nelP j/ ,a poor territory of Shekawatee, sou th 0 ...e vt. when a chiet raised 5,000 or 6,000 tneu,:e a tbrtress, a n d h ur l e d d e fi an ce against 01 pc' thorities. Major Foster, at the head of the AO' kawatee Brigade, proceeded to attack LAND MAIL tr, ~' ~~~ ~a