The Sun. — London, England, 1836-02-22 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Our readers will easily conceive that the play of Hamlet, with.the part of Hamlet left out, would be about as perfect a dramatic representation as the comedy now playing by the Tory party, with the " omission of the part of Peel. N the minor characters of the drama, the Tories undoubtedly mus ter strong. The Guildenstierns and Rosencrantzes are to be found in great abundance. The competitors even for the higher role of Polonius are sure to be found in considerable profusion, among a party which boasts of so many excellent " na tural" copies of the great original. Claudius and Gertr ude, also, may not be without worthy and fitting representatives, though Ophelias are somewhat more difficult to find ; but what substitute can there be for Hamlet? With out Peel, my Lords and Gentlemen, what can you do ? Will you venture upon meeting the audience with your principal performer absent, or will you pack up your " properties," and embarking your fortunes in the Derby dilly, adopt some new plot, and indulge in the pleasant dreams of more successful combinations ? But be not altogether down-hearted. What if the Duke stays away ? you have Roden and London deny in the Lords ; and if Peel recedes, does not Stanley come forward ? And have you not a Hardy and a , Walter, whose eloquence, both transcendant (see Standard), leaves it only doubtful which of them is entitled to be pronounced the greatest orator of mo- dern times ? You are beat in Parliament, and have lost your strong holds in a few score Corporations but you have incorporated the " Dilly" in your ranks The Carlton Club is entirely yours, and you can hire Exeter Hall whenever you choose to engage the M'Ghees and O'Sullivans to stir up " No Popery, and cry down National Education ; and if Peel and Wellington and Lyndhurst-will not countenance your schemes—if they absent themselves from your -benches in Parliament, and your banquets out of it—if they are absent when you want their:aid, and silent when their voice is required in the darling cause of bigotry and ignorance--if they refuse- to - -mix up .. personal motives with political hostility, and keep aloof at the very time when a grand effort is to be Maths to crush- a much dreaded - and powerful- individual, upon the most contemptible- of pretexts—if your internal differences are becoming more and more obvious to the public, and your ranks thinning from desertion s —still you have the Royal _Prince, -and the English Deputy, and the Orangemen of two islands. Many Lords and Bishops will still follow your banner; the Agnews and the. Inglises, and The Percevals, will hardly forsake you, and you have the prejudices of three-Universities, and *the bigotry and ignorance of the whole empire, arrayed with certainty on ycur side. .Your prospects, therefore, are not wholly destroyed, an d hope, with a sanguine temperament, may still shadow forth to you dreams of Government when the virtues of Cumberland, the wisdom of Londonderry, and the comprehensive intellect of Roden, and Kenyon, and Winchilsea,Shall be properly estimated, andsvhen Stanley shall, perhaps, supply the place abandoned by P ee l. At all events, it would be inhuman for us to deny the " pleasures of hope" to. a party whialv entirely devoid of every other geroundeof-consolat:on. Morning Chronicle. The subject brought before . the house of CornMeos on Friday last by Lord Dudley Stusr . :, was one of the highest importance to the 'coinniercial interests, the colonial possessions, and the greatness and pose-r of the British empire, both in Europe. and Asie TF:c schemes of conquest at the exiiel:s!3 or Staft•;, so ably combined by Russia, an:l folowNl out such skill, perseverance, and aliimung 1.1:-.)idav, demand a deeper and more effectual - a'ti.'enfion._tlidnetl . l.4 hare yet received from this country, or.Jritle-,ing . • by apisso - ances, from the Government, The - pouitssdeseiVino, of notice with regard to RiiiSiar are ‘Try Alumerotis:and very grave ; nor can they isee even enumerated, much less expounded, in the course of a brief newspaper article. In little more than a single century Ii uSsia has grown from a fifth-rate European Power, to one which is only not of the first-rate, because"; in the eyes of -many shrewd observers, she stands unrivalleed=.and alone. We do not perhaps agree, not yet -at :least, with those who regard the Muscovite empire as so pre-eminent, save in _ _tile two attributes of vast extent_ and of gross and in creasing population. - But"no sane mind that she is an ambitious and aggressive, artful and in sidious, most faithless, most unprincipled, and most formidable Power—with aujacity and • euterpriSe to undertake, anti with physical Means to execute, anv project of self-aggrandizement, unrestrained - by the slightest sense of moral discrimination between justice and extreme atrocity. The modern history of Russia is that of a State which has made one iniquitous en croachment the foundation of another, and has built fresh claims against all'her neighbours u p on the num ber and magnitude of the wrongs which she has already perpetrated. She first violated the . public law of Europe, by which she had bound herself to respect - the rights of .the Pplish nation ; and then grounded on its unsuccessful resistance to the infraction of those rights, a claim to annihilate it as a distinct and recognized race, which claim she has enfOrced :nis'otherwise than by brute and savage power. Russia iu her proceedings towards Turkey has manifested the same profligate and odious design of making one oppression the means of facilitating a second. Whatever. the 'shalloW and foolish presumption of Mr. Poulett Thomson may tempt him to put forth in Parliament with a view to depreciate that curious and authentic publication called the Portfolio, how ever he may pretend to disparaoe the Portfolio as " absurd," the enlightened world will form a dif ferent judgment. If ever there was demonstration of a political truth, it wag, contained in that despatch of M. Pozzo di Borgo (Portfolio, No. 7), which, dis closing the apprehensions entertained by Russia of the consequences of those great Turkish reforms set on foot by the present Sultan, admitted that the last war with the Porte had been precipitated, to disturb and interrupt such reforms. Here, again, Russia committed a crime—plunging two nations into blood and misery, that one of them might be prevented from making any progress towards civilization—fol lowing up that war by conditions of peace so grind ing, that the persecuted Sultan could never fulfil them without total ruin—resforing the Russian treasury by tyrannical pecuniary exactions from Turkey, in return for a small mitigation of which Nicholas has retained, contrary to the spirit of the treaty, a fortress which at once lays open the heart of the Turkish empire to his armies, and reserves to himself the command of the Danube, not against the Turk alone, but against all European Powers, Great Britain herself included. In further prosecution of this criminal and 'outrageous policy, Russia has since excited the rebellious Pasha of Egypt to invade the Turkish territory in Asia Minor; and, as the price of protecting the Grand Seignor from the disastrous fruits of a conflict into which she had betrayed him, extorted from his fears the signature of an instrument, by which Turkey con sented to violate in favour of Russia the privileges heretofore enjoyed by Great Britain and other States under the express stipulations of treaty—viz., the in sulting convention of Hoonkiar 'Skelessi, according to which Russia became, in fact, supreme Sovereign of the Turkish waters, and arbitress of a question with which previously she had never had the slightest con cern, —to wit, whether British men-of-war shoUld or should not, have permission to navigate the Darda nelles and Euxine I Here, then, was a blow Osten: sibly against Turkey, but improved into an offence and outrage upon England, which it is in vain for Lord Palmerston to varnish over by flippant apo looies or misconstructionss of the treaty itself, or boastings of the power of England to vindicate her own rights when threatened. We all know quite as well as Lord Palmerston the intrinsic power of this great country ; we all know that if fairly pitted against Rus sia, and with her force efficiently directed, she would =ash tile head of the Tartar. Emperor against the dockyard gates of Sebastopol, or the inmost defence of Crnristadt. B u t t h e cons id erat i on h er e is, that there will be no menaces beyond those which have been already launched at Great Britain—that the object will h ave been attained by Russia, and the victory won before such shallow st a t esmen as Lord Palmerston perceives.the approach of any imminent danger—that, in And, we shall have been takenb y seea surprise. n y- GQ forbid that rational Englishmen should thisig in a general war, but an aggravation of all the worst calamities with which our foreign prospects are THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1836. at this moment overcast. Mr. Attwood, whose , visions are of paper bullets, will make as few converts, we hope, to his warlike as to his equitable adjustment of the national difficulties. The motives of the' Brum magem Tyrtmus" are pretty obvious, and England will scarcely be roused by his appeal in favour of one-pound notes and Warwickshire gun-barrels ! But it becomes a serious question for the country, whether personages of the political calibre of Lord Palmerston, and some others whom we could name, in high office, are not sensible encouragements to other Powers to go to war with England, whether she likes it or not. No more bitter sarcasm could be delivered against that Noble Lord than the reference made by Mr. P. M. Stewart, on Friday last, to his Lordship's speech on the Polish question in 1832, when he expressed a disbelief in the bold and criminal designs then ascribed to Russia as against the unfortunate Poles—just akin to his present cynfidence, in the smooth and easy fashion after which his diplomatic Lordship and his allies are now to dis pose of the embarrassments caused to us on the side of Turkey. To keep a formidable naval force on foot we acknowledge freely to be a sound measure, one by ' which peace may most probably be preserved, and the risk of war avoided. Nor do we suppose that Minis ters, however stupid, will listen to the wild nonsense of discarding all attention to the interests of our foreign policy, as an excuse for breaking down the defengive force of the empire. We repeat, therefore—keep a • good fleet at sea ; but that is not sufficient—take care who is at the helm. The disasters and disgraces of the Whig warfare of 1806 will never be .wiped, out from• • the stained standard of this empire) they are the only m ili ta ry degradations we have suffered within the las 35 years. — Times. Among the various important subjects alluded to in the House of Commons, upon the discussion of Lord Dudley Stuart's motion respecting Russia, there was one of no slight interest in a mercantile as well as in a political point of view ; we allude to the notice taken -ofiithe union of customs' regulations, and 'commercial imposts, throughout _a great number of the German States, which is. generally called the PrusSian, or Prusso-Germanic - League. We are inclined to agree with the Right -Hon. the President of the Board of Trade, that the subject was rather irregularly intro duced into a discussion upon the designs of Russia ; for, however profound and extensive the interference of that Power may be in the purely diplomatic or military affairs Of all the States of Europe-north of the Rhine; there is no reason to suppose that she took any share in the formation of this commercial. union. The opi-; nion of the best informed persons upon questions of foreign commerce is indeed exactly the . reverse, and it is believed that the Prusso-Germanie cus toms' league one of the few things which took the crafty Ministers of Russia by . surprise. 'The speech delivered • by the Right Hon. President, which, he said, he was _alone itn,Wccd to make by the allusion of other Members to the 'Prussian league, is in several respects a very curious - one. In the firA place the remonstrance he made against the introduc tion of the topic at all, and particularly against the :supposition that Russia could have had anything to i'6; with it wort' all the appearance of anger, - and the • brief way in which he disposed of4h9 pretensions of f the Portfolio, whose disclosures the Ministerial Papers have of 'late b( en extolling to the skies, showed how 'very: little, sympathy he had upon this qnestioa with the writers o these Papers. He could not ooceive, 'he said, how the subject of the Prussia!) leagne'should have found its way into the debate, unless it had arisen from the statements contained iu "an absurd publication called the PorVolio.7 Let .ohr readers bear' in mind that the publication so contemptuously alluded to by the Minister is Very bostile - -to Russian • views and Russian Diplu uu and - let .the. marked enmity to it be compared with the'subsequent tone of the Right Hon. Pim . - dent's speech', when adverting directly to Russia. He insisted strongly that . the trade with Russia was of great importance to this country, and called upon the Hon. Member for Tvnemouth to bear witness that it was all carried on in •British vessels. He- tetuarks.d that this was altogether through the grace and favour of Russia, for there was nO freatfuor agreement by which Russian or other foreign ships should be excluded from the trade, lie then went on to censure, in very car ' nest terms, the-strong language which Mainieen used against Rus . sia. "It was nOt," . he said, "by calling the people of a great nation barbarians, and assailing - them by every species of abuse, that good - was to he obtained ; " and he added,' that " to . create an7ry feelings, and to embitter the sentiments of those with whom it was our interest to stand well, was anything but judicious." This is. remarkable language from a member of the present Government especially when we recollect that personS connected with that Govern ment have used the very bitterest expressions against Russia• in the House of .Commons ;, and the Minis terial prints have added all the 'weight in their power to *those expressions of hostile feeling. It may be worth while, for many important reasons, to consider how it happens that the Right Hon. Mr. Thomson should feel so s tr o ngly the advantages of behig on good terms with Russia, and deprecate so earnestly any language or course of policy which might give offence to that Power. But to return to the Prussian leacrue. The Right Hon. President of the ; Board of Trade does'not seem to be quite so clear about its tendencies as lie is respecting the impolicy of quarrelling with Russia. He says that it limits the power of Prussia, because when she stood alone she had it in her 'own power to make what regulations she pleased, but now she can only make them in conjunction with the other States. He mentioned, also, the advantages of having only one line of Custom-houses to pass, instead of a great many, as heretofore. Here, again, we must say that Mr. Thomson is able to see advantage where few but himself would be so ingenious as to discover any. But what is most curious is this—that while in detail he denies that there is any disadvantage from the-league, and endeavours to show that the results will not be injurious; but beneficial, he afterwards ad mits, in general terms, that lie thinks the league,'upon the whole, disadvantagtous to this country, and then again, before he has done, he alleges that experience has not shown that the 'league is disadvantageous to the commerce of Great Britain. It is not very easy to know what to make of such statements as these, following close upon one another. The simple fact is, that the tariff on British produce, to which so many German States have bound themselves by this league, is a tremendous increase on the duties formerly levied. We do not see how any commercial man can dciiht that this is disadvantageous, and when carried to a great extent, as there seems reason to fear .that it may be, very seriously and even alarmingly so. If any one would be aware of the facts upon the subject, we would refer him to an article in Blackwood's Magazine for January, which, though written in a flighty and over-vehement style, is, notwithstanding, full of very important infor mation. Coming from such a quarter, this inforMation may, we suppose, be fully depended upon. We learn there that . the Prussian league, at the latter end of 1830, comprised only Prussia and Hesse. Darmstadt, containing together 14,020,000 inhabitants, and that a Hanoverian counter-league was in existence, in which agreat many States joined, making altogether 14,130,000 inhabitants. But so active has the policy of Prussia been, that at the close of 1835, the Prus sian league comprised Prussia, Bavaria, Wurtemburg, Saxony, Baden, Nassau, Hesse Cassel, Hesse Darm stadt, Frankfort-on-the -Maine, and other small States not enumerated, making altogether upwards of - 25,000,000 of people, while the Hanoverian counter league had dwindl e d away to - not hi ng at a ll. Now what is the nature of the Customs' regulations to which the Stat es compr i se d i n the Prussian league have agreed ? Instead of a moderate ad valorem duty, which we understand to have been the former regulation—a duty which did not amount to more than 10 per cent—there is.-decreed a duty of ls. 6d. r p e e t r s, apoililnd all id re c ig o l t i t t o o n n p c i a e l c i e co" .. e od s,oyse.lveNtSo,wv,ealvsettheeencso,sytelolf,ea piece of calico of f our pounds weight is about 65., this duty is equivalent to 100 per cent. The duty on fus - - tian comes to about 55 per cent., on cotton prints it is from 40 to 50 per cent., but on cambrics and musliws not quite 30. The duty on woollen or worsted goods is 965. per 110 lbs.—on carpets 60s. for the same weight. Cast iron work is to pay 3s. per 110 lbs.— wrought iron work 18s., and fine hardware, 305., for , the same weight. Now these are tremendous duties, PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK Si 0 CKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, 'FEBRUARY 19. Number Dividend Price per Share. of per Sbares. Annum. • Paid. ~760 4 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham....Av erage 97/ 18s. sh. 1,482 6/. Ashby.de-le-Zouch .. ...... .Average 1131. sh. 65 1 , 260 ~.•..... Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 5 1,005 Si Brecknock and Abergavenny l5O . sh. PO 4,00015 h. )21, los, Birmingham, 1 share ...... . ....... .. l7/. 10s. 257 4,00.) Ditto and Liverpool Junct....loo/. sh. all pd 301 ,600 Bridgewater and Taunton ....1001. sh. all pd 61. 400 5/. Chelmer and Blackwater .... .. . .... lOO/. sh. 102 2 500 42/. Coventry 1001. sh. 4,516 Croydon Average 31/.25. 10d. sh. 2 , 0601 31. 10s. Dudley lOOl sh• '7B 6110 4 6/. Derby 100/ sh. 120 20,000 10,000/. 41. • Danube and Mayne 411. 13s. 4d. 10/. pd 8i 3,5751 231 431. Erewasti... ............................. .... . 100/. sh. 400 1,297 29/. Forth and Clyde Average . 4UO/ .16s. sh. 590 1,500 12/, Grand Junction . IV/. SS. 231 '?,8491 Gr and Union ................................. 100/. sh. 25 1,511 Grand Surrey ....................... ....AWL sh. 3,096 per cent. Ditto (optional) ..... .......... .- . . .... 100/. 600 13/. 12s. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4h. 280 1,960 Gloucester and Berkley ................. 100/. slt. 15 749 10i, Grantham .... . ............................. 150/. sh. 202 6 , 2 3 S U. 10s Huddersfield ..........Average 57/. 6s. 6d. sh.: 30 100 25 ,328 11. Kennet and Avon, Average 391.85. 10d. s s h. 2 , 1 2,897 1 201 . 1401. sh. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. h. 53149 0 513 12/. Leicester 90 ' 7 4/. Leicester and Northampton... Aver B3/. 10s. .78 550 5/. per cent. Liakeard and Looe Uni0n...... 251. sh . all pd . 130 2,409 9/ . Monmouthshire .. . ...................... . . ' 350 9/. Melton Mowb ra y 10 100/ 0/ s h. 570 sh. 2 00 500 Zl, Mersey and Irwell . 3,000 - Macclesfield 1004 sh. all pd. 56 247 151. Neath lOO 100/, s h 300 100 1,786 321. Oxford 'lOO/. Sh. 60 0 522 2/. Oakhara - ' ;1301. at. 38 2,400 4/. Peak Forest Average about 7Sl..sh. 105 21,418 14s. Regent's (or Lond on ) Aver. 33/. 16s: Rd. sh. 15 ,1 5,069 5/. per cent. Rochdale Aveirage 851. sh. 141 500 8/. Shropshire . ..... ~..125/. sh. 140 800 11)1. Somerset Coal ' 150/."Sh. 160 45,060/. 61 percent. Ditto Lock Fend Stock EY. 10e. sh.. 12, 700 36/. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sit. 690 500 111. Shrewsbury . 125/. sh. 245 300 Si Stourbridge 3,647 1/. 10s. Stratford-on-Av .11.-Average 791. 9s. Bd. sh. 39 533 13/, Swansea 100/-sh. 215 3,762 IL Severn and Wye and Railway -.Av 35/. sh. 171 2,60 Asti. 32/. 10s. Trent and Mersey, -4- share 100/. sh. 620 1,110 ... ...... Thames and Medway...Aver. 19/. Is. Bd, sh. 2 1,0005h.1 i r ., W a rwick and Birmingham . • IOOL sh 280 1,0000.5 ''' 910 9 1, W a rwick and Napton lOO l. s h . 220 .6,1' 3/. IN Worcester and Birmingham-Av. - M.Bi. sh 85 '5,1.1 255. Wilts and Berks .. Average 07/. 10s. 8 1 / 4 1. sh. 19 .i i 6/. Wyrley and Essington ll5/. sh 75 ...I/•Wisbelch lO5/. sh. 45 ,905 I/. Wey awl Arun llO/. sh. 2a l -s DOCKS. CANALS. 2,6008: 1 3 . P c. Commercial 1,06515 h • 193,667,3/. 4 per cent. East India 3,298,31014 50s. p. ct. London ....,- Ditto Bonds 1,530,00 01 . 5 /. per ct. West India ' Stock 113 2,.(11 3/. 6s. 40. Bristol A v e ra g e 1 1471. 1t1,,. sh. 5 65,324/. fir Notes,tes, various per cent. Ditto otes, amounts • • 110 1.152,752 3p r cent. St. Kat harine . Stock 851 500,003 41 per cent. Ditto Bond s 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bon ds for 10 y ears Shoreham Harbour 25 Deptford ,Pier BJUDGES. 1,600 Hammersmith 5O/. sh. 23 7,231 Southwark, Old - Av. ( 2/. 2s. , Bd. sh. 2 1 'OO 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 73 0 per cent ~100/ sh. 21 5;000 5,000 il. 2s Ditto,' Old Annuities of 84 ... ..... 601. pd 24 , ' 5,090 10s. :h1 Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 201 0,000/. 51. per cent. I‘it , o Bands 5,918 17s. Vauxhall - .Av 'wage 49/. Os. Od. sh AS-URANCE COMPANIES fi,ooo 3110 s Albion . • 500/. sh. 50/. pd 761, 55,86 „, c 5 per cent.l Alli a nce, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 10 /. pd 12 1 ' .. 50,000 0 per cent. Ditto, - Marine 1 10 0 /. sh. 51. pd r. 4 vl.OOO i : 1 per sh. Atla 501. sh. 5/. pd 131 1,201 , 151 i. 41. Birmingham Fire '950/. sh. 551. pd 1 11 5 '20,000 4/ percent: British Fire . 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,00(1 .. 6/per cent. Brit sh Commercial 50/. sh. 5/. pd rk 5,003 3/. per cent. Clerical, Medical,&c. I ife,lCo/.sh. 12/10s pd 31 4,000 21 105 •County lON. sh. IN. pd 42 10,000 ss. Eagle 50/. sh. 5/. pd 6 C 5 per cent., too 'and 30/ s. i Ecalmm'c Life lOOO/. sh. 2501. pd 213 2,271 '53/.lr cent. Di tto, Li : e °N. sh. all a 22 50,000 9 , , , .... Ditto, New 10,00/. 71. per ct. lobe Stock 1571 1 00,000 0 .1/. G Guardian 100/..sh. *204 pd 35 ,„ r „., Fire •"? p ct.l Hope 504 sfi. Si. pd 6 ''•""'-' tLife 8 p ct. 3 . . . :,/. 7s. 60. Imperial Fire 5001 sh. 50/. pd 120 OS. Imperial Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd VI . 51. per cent. Indeinriity Marine 1 , (W. sh. N. pd 151 31 ins . Ke -, t Fire 50/. sh. all pd 92. 31: Ditto Life ,qi 10,' 00 his: Law Life _...;;..............,. ;1. -1001. sh. 10 1 3 p p d 10. 20 :191)0 London, .ire sh. 12/. I 151 31 00) . ..• -... Londra, Ship 9 5/. sb. 111/. 10s. pd 111 3, , ,0 ,t) T/. perc.ent. Palladium Life 50/, _O. '2l. pd '2l 7, *(1 250,001 ls. hd. 1 rotei.tor Fit. • 9 97 ch. 2/. pd 1/17 , 00 2,500 , 1/. Provident Life llO/. sh. 1. , /. pd Mt 100,000 ss. - Rock Life ` l Ol. sh. '2l. pd 11 649,21:•0, 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange • Sto. k... 19 - Sun 6,600 5 per cent. University. Life 50,00(1 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life ..... JONT STOCK BANKS 5,009 , A tiqfrala -ia lO/. sh. 49/. pd :".8 10,0: 0 101er cent. Bank of Birmingham 5(l. sh. 104 pd 1, 10,000 19 per cent. Biiiningbarn Bark . 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 11 18,000 '2 per cent. I.ondon and Westininster...loo/ oh. 15/. pd 17 3,000 Lancaster ' lOW. sh. 20/. pd 30 25,110 0 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. 1 d 17 30,0:0 74 per cent. Manchester anA I,iverpooll 100/. 5h..10/ pd 22 Discount '2),00) 1 6 percent. Manchester 100/. sh. gO/ pd 35 1 20,000 El per cent. Provincial Bank of 1 reland 100/. sh. 251. pd 441, 2 0 , 4,0 - '- National Bank cf 1re1and...... 50 /. sh. Pi. pd , 1 5 10,000 . 10,000 ,10 per cent. Glnucestershlrc 5O /. sh. 5/. p d II 0,000 ...,...... Hampshire 50/. sh 5/. pd 9 i ----- • 4 O'.S LIGHT AND (AU COMPANIES. 500 -1/ 12s Bath -I ' - , 901. sh. 1(1/. pd 25 5,(X0 el. per cent. British 4O/. sit. Bd. pd 214 5,600 ta,;(nd ercentl 8 5 . 5. s - Ditto Provincial 2 O/. sh. 19 lx) 22 814 5/ 10s Birmingham 5O/. sh. 105 4,250 '2l Os Bristol ..... .... 2O . sh. 40 1,500 Brighton 9 0/. sh. )51 751) Ditto, New 9 0/. sh. IS/. pd 12 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 201. sh. all pd 19 4,000 3/. Continental Cansolitlated lOO/. 511/. pd 94 1,000 10/. . City of London IOW. 0. all pd 1,100 0/. ' Ditto, New lOOl. sh. 604 pd 4,000 41.1'5. Equitable.... 4O/. pd 20 European 5/. pd 4 1 10,100 5/. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 423 POO 5/ per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd 20 2,350 61. per cent. Independent lO/. sh. all pd 501 I,5^Q 71 per cent. Leeds OW' sh. 2 , (1. pd 25 9,0,0 3!. per cent. Phoenix - 501. sh. 39/. pd 24 1,000 41. per cent. Ilateliff 100/. sh. 101. pd 6:) 4,0'0 ' South Metropolitan 5 . 1. sh. 13/ pd. * 8,200 5/. percent. United General . • 501. sit. 45/. pd 563 210 5!. per cent. Warwick - . 40 0 115 s• Wakefield, ". ' • 251:51t. , . '224 12, 111 0 34 'Westminster Charter,. , 'O/. sh. 47 6, 0 01 12. Ditto,. New iol. sh:: 104 pd .t• 1 81,0 . Ya•-niontli -)0k-slr.--1-81,pd li . . WATER WORKS. 4,000 ."4,4:3!1 5/. ; East 1:Oat - in. - 100/, sh. 1:31 4,0')) 2/ lOs , Grand Junctieit At,re ,: Ili Ms: tel sh. 51 2 . 2,000 2/. Kent lOO4 sh. 46 : 13 8 104 ' Liverpool Bootle 2204' sh. 310 1 ,500 2/ lOs - NeW hover Lisndon Bridge Water Annuities. - 58 6 , 1 80 11. Mencheitet and Salford 1,000 4 per cent. South Londob 1001. sh. Bl 8 , -0 0 ;3/. West Middlesex ....Average (W. 12s. 90. sh. 77 1,e60 1/ Lis .. York Building Co. Les See Prop 100 /. sh. 35 3 - ' I IRON RAILWAYS. .~ 661) • - Bolton and Leigh lOO/. sh. 100 2,000 Clarence 10(/. eh. 100/. pd 42 2,500 1(0. Forest of Dean • 50/. pd 28 30,000 30,040• 2,000 Ilartlepool ' 100/. sh. 100/. pd 80 2,100 Hull and ` , „elby 5O/. sh. 4/. pd 8 2,100 Leeds and Selby lOO sh. 120 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh all pd 48. 5 , 1 00 1) per cent. Liverpool and,Manchester...loo/.sh. 100/. psi 2)4 Ditto Quarter Shares '2s/. pd 61 Loughborough Average 142/. 17s. sh. London and Brighton ... ...... lOC/. sh. 5/ pd 171 Ditto ' ditto (Gibbs'l...2o/. sh. 1/. pd 01 Ditto ditto (Rennie) .London and Blackwall 50/ sh. 3 /. pd 5 Loud° 1 and Dover 501. sh. 1/. pd 14 30 ,000 London and Gravesend 2Ol sh I/. pd 14 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich • :201. sh. 201. pd 291 25,000 London and Birmingham - 100/. sh. 50/. pd 1221 20,400 ...... ... London and Southampton ',o/. sh. 101. pd 251 *London and Croydon 2/. pd 35 20,000 Northern and Eastern lOO4 sh.' 12,500 North Midland lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 11 2,500 l'reston and Wigan 3O/. pd 2,000 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 3/. pd 10 1,000 6/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington ...............10 07 . sh. 240 SOO MINES. 'Albion Copper 5/: ob. 3/. pd 14 ) ...... Alten ' 15/. sh. 10/. lOs pd 9 1 .. Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm...JOU. sh. all pd 44 ' Ditto Subscription .9.5/. pd 5 2 2,000 10,000 3/. •...s. Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm. 6,0 , 0 Macaubas &Cocaes United 25/. sh. 22/. pd 14 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 74/. pd 44 . Cata Branca 61/. pd 10 Candonga 7ll. pd - 9(1. sh lO/ - - -100/. sh, 513, Stock 112 Stock 59 E. YO .••• z,s~ ,soc► :3,~: J ..iOO/. sh. SC. pd 9.1 pd 70 1441 10,000 45,000 ak, 12,000 8,000 • ' 4,000 ..... 10,000 - 20/. sh. 16/ pd . 124 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company - 20/. sh. 201. pd 10 10,000 I)itto Scrip. 4/. pd 51 20,001 11. 10s. British Iron 5Ol. sh. 501. pd 301 6,000' British .Copper 5l. 5h..31/. pd ,51 8,500 , Columbian, iss. 5/. pm. 2,950 31. English 12/. 1C s. pd• Is 20,000 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 51 1.. p 31 2,000 Polberou Consols 10/. sh. 8/. pit 9i 41,500 ‘ ......... Real del Monte, Unregistered - 150/. el 130 191 Ditto Loan Notes United Mexican, iss. 2pm ....401. sh. all pi 4 l Ditto Scrip 4i 2/. Ditto Subscription Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 41 5,f00 Union Gold, Iss. 21. ss. pm.... 221/. sh. 41/. pd West Cork 50/. sh. 40/. pd 36 ' LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. voo London, with Bronze Ticket 75 gs. sh. 20 0 ......... ......... London University 10 0 /. sh. all pd 25 1,50 ,00 ...... ... 'R usse ll 25gs sh. 8 King' College 100/. pd 40 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 10s, Australian Agricultural...loo/. sh. 2041. pd 401 1,0=•0 I/. Auction Mart 50/. so. 19 6,000 ......... British American Land Company . l3/. pd 11 1 - 10,00 0 61 p er cent. Canada Company IOW. sh 201. pd . 30,± 200,000 5/. per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent lO3 15,000 IL per cent. General Steam Navigation ... 15/. sh. 131. p d 251 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2, 0 1/ .0 0 • London Coin. Sale Rooms ......... Av. 22/ 75/. sh." 19 New Bpinswiek Land Company • pd 2,7,54 57. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd 1301 ' 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New .............. .: ... . . 100/. sh. 45/. pd 70 4,009 ...... ... Thames Tunnel ..... . ......... . ..... 50/. sh. all pd 10,00 0 Ilanl)iemer.'s band............ 100/. sh. 171. pd Ili LIST OF SCOTTISH RY O A COAIPB36 ANIES' PRICES, 1. BANKS. 1 , 00,00 V. 61. p. ct. Ban% of Scotland ...... S 3/. 6s Sd. sit. all pd 204/ 2:000,0X r. 53 p. et. ' Ithyal of Scotland ............... 100/. sh. all nil 171 500,0:0• ii p. ct. British Linen Company ...... 1001. sh. :X pd ‘,4( 3,900,00(1. 61. p. ct. Commercial .................. 5001. sh. 100/. pd 17' 5,000,00/. sp. ct. National ........................ 100/. sh. 10/. pd 1 2,00 9 ,0 90 /. 41. p. et. Glasgow Uni on ...... . ........ '2501. sh. 50/. pd i t 900 O t o/. 4p. ct. Western of Scot land ....... 2001. sh 304 pd ' INSURANCE COMPANIES. 00;h VI p. ct. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 1/, pd 500 9p. ct. Hercules 1001. sh. 10/. pd 7 lite,ooo sp. et. Insurance Co. of Scotland....lo/. sh. all NI 50,000 6p. et. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 1,000 sp. et. Caledonian Fire 1001. eh. 10/. lid 5,000 6p. et. Edinburgh life lOO/. sh. 101 pd 100,000 4p. et. West of Scotland lO/. pd MISCELLANEOUS • Edin: :aid Glas Un. Cana1...50/. sh. all pd 9 Ditto Allocated ' '../ hall - - • ' • pd 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint - Stock Water.... 251. sh. all pd Carron Iron Company 2501. O. all po 2,0005 h. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery... 5O/. sh. 3rl. pd 10,00 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2O/. sh. 16/. ix 0 1 4,500 lOper cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 4,450 lOper cent. Glasgow Gets , 750 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 554 sh. all 141 20/. sh. all pd ,- 1,200 5 per cent, "Edinbursh and Dalkeith Railway...so/. fib. 5,00 51 per cent. Equitable Loan Company 251. Bh. 91. pd 30,0 0 0 131 Oe [4l Ills [Ol !Os 4,810 NAVAL (FENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 20.—We learn by a letter from Port Royal (Jamaica), dated January ISt (received by last packet), that the Snake, 16, Commander Richard Laird Warren, arrived there on December. 24, after.a rough pas sage of 41 days from Spithead, with important dispatches for the Marquis of Sligo, the Governor. She was seven days in a gale of wind, off the „Western Islands ; during which she lay to, under snug canvas; well ; but the_officirs and crew experienced more discomfort than in any other similar class of vessel. The Snake is of Captain Symond's construction. The Island was tranquil. There were lying at Port Royal, the Forte, 46, Commodore Pell, C. 8., the Dee, Commander Ramsay, and Meteor steamer,. Mr. Hen derson, commander. The Gannet, 18, Commander" Max well, Scylla I£3, Commander Carpenter, and Skipjack schooner, Lieutenant Usher, had just proceeded on a cruise. The Cormi,s, 18, Commander Hamilton, was - at Montego Bay. 'George Cockburn, in the President; 52, Captain James'Scott, was on his return from the North American part of his command ; having arrived at Bermuda, from Quebec and Halifax, intending to visit all.the. Leeward and Windward Islands, previously to resigning hiseQmmand to his successer (Sir Peter Halkett). There had been no unfortunate breaking out of endemic fever among, either of the squadron since the loss of the junior Lieutenant (Mr. Grey), the surgeon, three midshipmen, ant_ some 'of the crew of the Rainbow. The Snake was refitting at Port Royal. The Serpent and Larne had been ordered to Eng lang, to be paid off, their period of service-having expired. The Opossum paiket arrived at Falmouth on Monday frOm St. Thomas's, and . the _Skylark on the . same day from Rio de Janeiro. By the former w.e learn that the Star, previous to the arrival of the for Mer. at Nevis, had sailed for Jamaica in,company with his Majesty's brig Cruiser, which had been sent from BarbadoesAin assist her. Her mail had been sent to Jamaica, for the purpose of being forwarded to Halifax. The Opossurrt arrived at Barba does the 3d January, where he found Majesty's ships Belvidera, Racehorse, and Savage. The Renard 'packet arrived at St. Thomas's the 20th January, and was expecttd to sail in about eight days for . Falmouth. The Preside& frigate, with Sir George Cockburn's 114 g, left Barbadoes for Jamaica on new --ar's day. The Skylark sailed from Rio 18th December, leaving there his Majesty's shipS Dubt lin, Wanderer, and Cockatrice ; November 19th, left at Bahia. his Majesty's ship Actawn. November . 28, sailed from-Rio his Majesty's schooner Hornet ; 30th, arrived his Majesty's ship Cockatrice. Various speculations are afloat as to the extent of the in crease of the navy, and who will be appointed to commandi. It is most probable, however, that eight sail of the line will be commissioned, and the remaining additional seamen will be employed in frigates and smaller. vessels.- If they: are to be:formed into - a squadron, and kept at home ready for any exigency, a vice and a rear-admiral, it is said, will hoist will hoist their flags ; and in the club-houses, Sir Pulteney lalcolm seems to be-fixed on the former.. If they should be dispersed to different stations, and the only squadron to be an experimental one, for the trial of the qualities of cer tain ships in the autumn, or first three months of next winter, Sir Frederick Maitland will he employed for that special service. The Hon. ',Ca.pfain Bouverie . will, it -is supposed, get the command of the Vanguard ; the Hon. Captain Rous will certainly commission the Pique ;;.and ,ru mour sends Captain T. B. Sullivan, in the -Stag, as com modore in the South Seas. - The . -other officers spoken of to command ships are, Captain R. Barrie, Hon. Sir. A. Maitland, J. Coghlan, Sir R. C. Coghill,. M. F. F. Berkeley, and H. W. Bruce. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Rowley is pushing hard for the Mediterranean command ;. ,but pro bably the talked-of baronetcy to the Gallant Admiral is to but his pretensions aside for some other officer. The .Leveret, 10,. was at the 'Gambia on the 24th . No vember ; Wasp at Vera Cruz on December 13, to specie to England ; the Liverpool, a large 'line-of-battl 'lip, under the charge of Captain . Cog - an of the-ttlndif navy, Was at the Cap; of Good Hope on the 2d IX:cell - 112r. This ship is a present from the Imaun of Muscat to the • • King of England. The Coniet, steamer called in here on Sunday•last, on her way to Plymouth and Dublin. The Strathfieldsaye, with convicts on board, under the charge of Mr. Wilson, surgeon, sailed' on Thursday for Sydney. The ship Camden, Captain Ryan, arrived to-day,' to embark' the Right Rev. Dr. Broughton, Bishop of AuStralia, and fainily, and seventy othei passengers. ',This. ship rode - but the late. gale in the Downs without the least injury,,while nearly every other ship lost, anchors and cables, some of which came in here yesterday morning, and having obtained anchors and cables, proceeded in the course of the day on their outward voyage, The ,following are still here, getting supplies :—Sir Edward Paget, Walker, for Madras ; James Laing, Gedney, fosr New South Wales ; William Manning, Quelch, for St. Kitts ; Nereide, Royal, for Hudson's :Bay ; Eveline, Jamieson, for Van Diemen's Land ; and Posthumous, for Demerara. The Camden, with the bislior,will sail at daylight SAI-Inorrew (Sunday). At Spithead—Scout. In Harbour-:- - -Britannia, Melville, Excellent, Royal George, and Romney. PROMOTIONS AND APporvtitENTs.,--Lieutenants Hen. D. W. Pelham, Jupiter ; Henry Jellicoe, Canopus ; Thu mas 0. Knox, late Magicienne, to the rank of Commander; Mr, S. Y. Brown, Mate, who brought home the Alban steamer from Malta ; Mr. Gordon, • Mate-of Jupiter, and now appointed to . her ; and Mr. M‘Mur_do, Mate, to th e the rank of Lieutenants ; Mr.. John Killock, Master's As sistant from the Pike, to be Second. Master of the,Pickl.! schooner ; Lieut.. J. S. Keatley, formerly Commander a the Royal ChaAotte, on the Weymouth 'district, to the Bere Codst Guard. Station,_ Lyme Regis ; Lieut. John Halkett,' to be Flag Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Sir P. Ilalkett"; Mr. JOseph fterwood,' to be Second Master of the Scout.; William Gunn, Surgeon to the Cho ; Mr. J. Mallard, late of the Spartiate,• is appointed Clerk in charge of the Terror, at Chatham ; Mr. Roger L. Cur tis, Midshipman, to the Britannia ; 7Mr. A. C. Gladstone, Mate, and Mr, JOhn Astle,. Midshipman, to the Scout Mr. F. Leigh, to the Excellent; the Admiralty has thought p`roper to order Lieut. Thomas Matthias to rejoin his ship •the Caledonia ; and Lieut. James A. Lcgard to go back to his ship the Volage'; Lieut. -Matthias haVing been superseded. against his wish, by the Admiral corn tnanding in the Mediterranean. —Hampshire Telegraph. and though Mr. Thomson may feel no uneasiness res pecting them, but rather a degree of satisfaction, in the prospect of the compulsion to reduce our own im port duties—for their high scale is the ostensible ground of this Prussian league—still we think that so impor tant a commercial union against Great Britain deserves to be well and seriously considered. The estimated export to Germany of cotton goods alone, under the ad valo rem system, was to the amount of 2,320,000/., upon which the dirty levied by the German Custom-houses is estimated at 255,0001. Upon the present systems the duty on the same amount of goods would be up wards of a million sterling. This is surely an impor tant matter for the consideration of a commercial com munity.—Morning Herald. • We learn from the Leeds Intelligencer that consi derable dissatisfaction is felt by the most respectable portion •of the inhabitants cm account of the manner in which the commission of the peace for that borough, under the Corporation Bill, has been filled up. The persons recommended by the Town Council, to the number of eighteen, are all in the Commission, but Lord J. Russel has added four to this number, in mock deference to therepresentations of adeputation of the in habitants sent to London to remonstrate against the list of the Town Council, but to remonstrate against this list on any other ground than that of its being too short. The remonstrance was that the persons recommended do not present such a proportion of the intelligence, respectability, and public spirit of the town of Leeds as ought to be found among its municipal Magistrates. And to this the practical reply of the Noble Secretary was not an improvement - e the materials of the list, but an augmentation of its length. It is to be 'ex pected that the moment the Noble Lord can find time for literary labour, a moment not, we suppose, very distant, he will, seriously set to work to transform Don Carlos into a tolerable -tragedy, by tacking to it two. or three -additional acts. Lord lohn, -we see, is suspected . bye our • able, pro vincial- contemporary—above- Mei:Aid - led not to have taken the trouble of thinking for - himself in the matter of the LeedS - COMmission 7 This ivould be quite right, and greatly conducive to success no doubt, if the re• modelling or, improving of the tragedy were the matter in hand. But Secretaries of State, in afFairs apper taining to their 'daces, are expected to act in some de gree.upen their own judgment. We cannot bring the subject more clearly under the inspection of our readers than by transcribing the observations of the. Leeds Intelligencer on the proceedings which , have ,been going on :—" Now, the sort of earwigging that has; been going on at the Office of the Home Department may be inferred from this. Although Mr. Baines an nounced, a fortnight ago, that the whole of the packed list sent up by the Council -would be appointed, and stated in his paper.on Friday the extension of that list by the addition of four names, no official intimation was received by the Mayor, or any one authority in Leeds, till Saturday evening last, and the Commission did not c ome down till Tuesdal , evening. It is therefore as deer. I I as that the original list - was packed in private before the Council voted'. on it that Mr. Baines has been carrying On a - hole-and-corner correspondence with Lord John- Russell ; and as, the question of the local Magistracy, so important to the borough of Leeds, has manifestly been made -to depefid, In' a great de gree, upon what Mr. Bairreslias been pleased to sta c in his communications, •We demand of him, in the name of the borough, 'the publiCation of, his written statements, and an accurate minute of his personal intimations. The deputation., as. their only .means of defence against Mr. Baines's taunts and aspersions, wore driven to poblish their written ' representation' to Lord Jahn Russell, and have, through us e given the substance' of their conversation with .Mr. Phillips. Let us, then, have , equal candour and honesty on the other side—let Mr: -Baines show his boasted love of publicity and discussion by following the example of the ' Tories.' If he shrink from this call the inhabitants of Leeds will. at once see to whom the charge of underhand proceedings, so profusely thrown out by Mr. Baines and with those whom ho is connected, are most truly applicable. Whether our requisition be complied with or not, however, the manner in which the Leeds magistrate; have been appointed is likely to be fully brought . ,before Parliament and the public. Lord WharnclitY: liar - given notice of . a motion (postponed from Tues day last to Monday next) on the 'general question of the recommendations of Town Councils. . We are not aware of the terms of the Noble Lord's intended ma tion, but we hope that he will ask for copies of cor respondence, because that, we arc persuaded, would develope a system of corruption and jobbery little su3- pected by the public, and ,wholly unknOwn under th i Old Corporations, bad as many of them -undoubtedly were, espeeially where the Whigs reigned, as at York, Nottingham, Gloucester, Be6.'' The concluding paril gragb of this article will be generally read with ; Ole highest satisfaction. Lord Vtliarncliffe is a Nobleman who is not by any means likely to have taken the snh ject up Without having carefully examined his g round, and, fortunately; he is a Nobleman who,: when he trts once undertaken to bring forward any question in Parliament, never fails to do the fullest Justice to. it.— Morning Post. FIRES. Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, between three and four o'clock, in Hatfield -street, Stamford-street, Blackfriars road, the lower part of the premises of Mr. Bessel, plumber &c., were discovered on fire by one of . the foot pass3ngers, who lost no time in alarming the inmates. Within ten mi nutes after the alarm was given, the engine from the West of England station in Waterloo-road arrived, and was quickly followed by the engines belonging to the London Fire Engine Establishment stations in Southwark and Wa terloo-roads, with a strong muster of men, and the activity of the firemen and an excellent supply of water from the Lambeth Water-works, enabled the firemen successfully to confine the flames to the lower part of the house. How the fire originated is not precisely known, but it is conjectured through a clothes-horse having been placed too near the kitchen fire and igniting. • The stock is consumed, but Mr. Bessel is fortunately insured in the Westminster Fire-office to the full extent of his loss. Yesterday afternoon, a little before three o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs. Eddington and Sons,,tailors,in George-street, Great Surrey-street, and for some time burnt with great rapidity. The premises are situated between Charles-street and George-street, and considerable difficulty was experienced by the firemen in attempting to extinguish the flames, but after some time they succeeded. The fire originated by the kitchen chimney taking fire, and the timbers igniting. Messrs. Eddington and Co. are insured in the Sun.. Fire Office. Saturday night a fire• broke out in the house of Mr. Dennis, lighterman, Moss-alley, Bankside, Southwark, and the neighbourhood being very confined in its situation, and some of the inhabitants of the poorer class, the most seri ous apprehensions were for a'time entertained of their loss. In a few minutes two of the London Establishment engines, with several firemen from the Southwark Bridge station, were drawn by hand to the spot, and a plentiful supply of water having been procured contiguous t o t h e fire the alarm was speedily put an end to, but not till consider able damage had been done to the furniture and building, which is fortunately covered by insurance i n the LIM ' oti Fire Office. The fire is believed to have originated through leaving some linen on a clothes horse befare the fire previ ous to the family retiring to rest. ( i l p u t i r o i n c.,, THE LATE STORM.—The damTrogafenaarldiliDsat;escr ,1 , the late hurricane and by the extraordinary high tide of Thor,: day last has been more than was at first supposed. An im mense number of boats and barges have been swamped on the lost, Thames, wbi l ande largecargoes, quantitiesconsistingo f c corn n of i n g t o h o e d g s and goods and furniture in the warehouses and dwellings along shore, have been spoiled or destroyed by the eruptions of the flood during the high wind. On Thursday afternoon a tier of Col lier ships lying near the Dreadnought Hospital ship at Green wich broke from their moorings, and , owing to the violenc e o f the gale, became unmanageable, and , coming in contact with each other, considerable injury was done to the ship s . T wo lost their bowsprits, and another got ashore. One c o lli er lying at anchor ahead of the Dreadnought got adrift, an d, 6 while swinging with the flood tide, her rigginc , caught th e fi gu re head (a lion of colossal dimensions) on the bow s o f t h e Hospital ship and brought it down. The lion fell on the d ec k s of the ,collier , and car r ied away p art of her tafra il and some of her bulwarks. A man on board very n arrowly escaped w ith his life when the figure-head fell. The destitute, condition of many shipwrecked seamen who have suffered during the late gale is deserving of the humane consideration of the public and the maritime community. Numbers have reached London bereft of clothing, alrqpst starving, and houseless. WA VERLEY NOVELS. —The autograph manuscript of " Guy Mannering" was sold at . Evans's, last week, for sixty guineas. It is a curious circumstance that many expressions in the original manuscript which are in English are in the printed copies in Scotch. This shows that Sir Walter Scott frequently thought in English, and translated nurse' "r:.to Scotch. Ihe " Monastery" brought 451. as. 11,000 STATE OF TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury.) LEEDS, FEB. 20.—Business has been quite as brisk at the Cloth-halls this week as for some time past ; the stocks on hand are reduced very low, and prices are a little higher. There has also been more business done in the warehouses this week than last. BRADFORD, FEB. 18.—It is impossible to vary the ac count of the piece market, which we gave so fully last week. Business continues brisk, with favourable indica tions that the briskness will be lasting. The demand which we have reported for a few weeks in the yarn market still continues, and the prices are rather higher in conse quence. It is to be hoped that prices will not be more advanced, as it will be the means of checking the demand. There has been considerable business done in- wools the last few days, partly by the spinnerS, and partly on specu lation, by the shippers. Prices are very little altered, if anything they are rather higher. SHIPLEY.—The clothing trade of Shipley continues in a very flourishing condition. The demand is now principally for goods of a somewhat finer description than those which had been chiefly manufactured previous to the last, month or two. Nearly all the manufacturers are_workiug upon orders, which arc accumulating, owing to 'the scarcity of hands. We noticed a short time since the scarcity of cottages in Shipley, and the inconvenience to which the workmen were in consequence subjected ; and we are glad to hear that a great number are now in course of erection: HALIFAX, FEB. 13.—For stuff goods generally there has been a brisk demand to-day, and last week's prices have been fully supported. Indeed the demand has been so good, and the stocks on hand are so very small, that many manuficturers have been induced to supply their cus tomers with goods that will require° a fortnight or three weeks to execute,oand, in almost all instances, we under stand, a small advance in price has been realised. In the yarn and wool markets there has been no perceptible varia tion from last week. ROCHDALE, FEB. I.s.—The market was upon the whole brisk, yet the finest qualities were little sought after ; mid dle and low sorts were in good demand, and several manu facturers obtained a little advance. During the last week several of the principal manufacturers have advanced the wages of their workmen, and y e t they are n o t a bl e t o ge t hands sufficient to supply their orders. - MR. LISTER'S " GRANBy."„.-44 popular, moral, and highly imaginative, novel forms the eleventh volume of Mr. Colburn's " odern Novelists." It is got up with the usual attention proprieties and eleffancies. - A most beautifully engraved rtrait of the author, by Finden, forms the frontispiece, and an exciting scene from the work, a vig nette title-page to the volume. Of the novel it.would be al together useless to speak. Upon it the approving fiat of the public has gone forth."— Metropolitan Magazine. MAIL ROBBERY.-011 Sunday morning the man who usually meets the Salisbury mail - at Beekington, to convey the From° bags to that town, was, on his return about six in the morning, • when within about two miles from Frome, as saulted by four villains, dragged from his horse, and robbed of ten mail bags .and their contents. The bags were found, in the course of the day, in a field, with many of the letters torn open ; but the loss is not yet ascertained. Mr. Jones,. post 'master cf Frome, and others, have used every exertion, and four bad characters are now in custody at Front°, on suspicion. IRON STEAM BOATS. _Mr. Laird, who has already built iron steamers to navigate the Euphrates, the Shannon, and some of the rivers of America, is going to build one for the Nile, ordered by the Pasha of Egypt. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE DEAL, FEB. 19.—Wind N. E.—Arrived from the river and remains in the Downs the Abram, M'Gillvie, for Mauritiup. Arrived from the river and proceeded the Glasgow (steamer), M‘Lecd, for Limerick. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 18.—Wind N.E. to E.—Arrived the So lace, Britton, from Zante. FALMOUTII, FEB. 1.9.--Wind N. to N.E., stormy. HULL, FEB. 19.—Arrived the Jane, Tatlior, Davis' Straits. STROMNESS, FEB. 19. —Arrived the Vicwforth, —, from Davis's Straits. PORTSS!OUTII, FEB. 19.—Arrivgil the the Nereid, Royal, London, with ibis of two . anchors and chains, and sailed for Calcutta River ; Eucluie, Jameison, from London, lost anchors, chains, and windlass, upset, bound to Hobart .Town ; Maria; Jobson; from London, lost anchor and chain, bound to Bahia; Sir :Edward Paget, Walker, from London, bound for Madras ; Medina, _London, for Cape Casso Caslle ; Pos thumous, Remington,-from ditto; La Guinilau, Wm. Manning, from Guelch Ditto-to. St. Kitt's, William 'IV. ; and Biissel, ditto, to Bridgwater, bead damaged, all with loss of anchors and chains ; the Charlotte, Wylie, from Africa ; and Topa?, Harvey; from Berbice. • LIVERPOOL, FEB. 18.—The Maningsford, Campbell, bound to Demerara,:-was aground on Bitrbo, Nov. 15, she is now at anehor in the Slayi - tc; The :Sir Watkin, for Sierra Leone, was in contact in the Slayne, ea ..nis morning, with, the Little 'Penn, for Waterford, and carried away bowsprit, cutwater, &c., of the latter ; and Sophia `Humphreys; • for Newfoundland, is at anchor in the Slayne, with damage, havingbeen ran foul of. IVAIiGATE, FEB. 19.---The • Beacon Buoy, of the Keraish - Knock, has been picked up, stranded here. A boat, marked . Doubtful," ofSunderland; was washed on shore this day. DOVER,' FEB. Rusco Castle, • Murray, for Con stantinople, was got into the harbour last night's tide, with less damage than was expected. COWES, FEB. 19.--Arrived the Saeraminto, Gibbon, from London,. windlass broken, and lost both anchors. PENZANCE, F a. 18.—Arrived the GeOrge. the Fourth, . Gales, from .WaMrford, towed in with loss of mast. • DARTMOUTII, FEB. 18.—Arrived off port the Hythe, Dray ner,•from London, lost anchor end chain; bound to Bombay. ROSCAFF, FEB. 13: boat, marked " Fanny, of Jersey, John Carrill," has been picked up off the Isle of Baez. OSTEND, FEn. boat, marked " Royal Sovereign, Geo. Smith, Ramsgate,". has been picked up at sea and breught here. Lhe James Laing, Godfrey, front► London to-Sydney, has arrived at Portsmouth, after being ashore on the Owers. The Darlington, Bell, of. Newcastle, is on shore near Bramcoate. . The Solid, from Rio Janeiro to Hamburg, was on shore near Cuxhaven the 17th instant, and full of water. The Henry add William, of .Lynn, is on shere near that port. Whe.Martha, Lewis, and-Thomas, from' Spalding, and the Nancy, Girdley; from Wells to .Wisbeach, are on shore at HallinborowTh. The Nancy, Clark, from Sunderland..to London, is totally wrecked on the Pye Land--crew saved. • The I\lerly, of •Stockton, was carried in to Harwich yester day a derelict. The Friends' Increase, Spicer; has arrived at Harwich, dis masted', bOund to London. The Hope, Wigan, or Shields, and Hope, of Wisbeach, are innk near Lowestoffe—crews saved The Union, Walker, of Dundee,,Brunswiek, of Rye, May, Williams, of Shields; and Venus, Beale, of Weymouth, arc on shorenear Lowestoffe. - The' Royal William, Cooper, from Wisbeach, has been towed into Grimsby, waterlogged, bound to Leith.: The Reformation, Hall, of Wisbeach, is on shore at Grimsby. The Sincerity, of Hull, is totally wrecked near Shields. The Amiens, Hearn, is an shore near the entrance of Ply mouth harbour. The Trafalgar, of Wells, is totally wrecked near Cambrose. The :John, Reid, of Port Gordon, is totally wrecked near Scarboroug--crew drowned. The George and Elizabeth, from London to Shields, is on shore on the Long Land. VESSELS ENTERED. INWARDS AT THE CUS- TOM:HOUSE,. *FEU . . 20... The Dart, Block, from Ostend; the Vissery, Bres, Wor cum ; Duchess of Northumberland, Jobling, Madras, Cor zinga, and Cape of Good Hope; Belfast, Middleton, Calais; Columbine, Strannaek, Hainbu'rgh. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, FEC. 20- " The Union, de Jonge; for Ostend ; Eugenia, De Gornag, Lisbon . ; Balelutba, :Melroy, Hamburgh, and St. John's, New foundland f' Mexican, Goldsworthy, Newfoundland; Heroine, Murray, New Calabar ; Lightning, Vezey, Syra and Smyrna; Trayeller, Pallot, Madeira and 'Pernambuco; Laurel, 'Clen nen, Elsineur and St. Petersburgh. ' CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, FRB. 20- The Frederick, Brown, for Sierra . Leone ; Jane, Scott, St. Vincent's; the Essex, White, Constantinople, Malta, and Gibraltar ; Leila, 'Orfeur, Constantinople and Odessa; He roine; Thompson, New Calabar ;. John Pcrrie, Morton, NeW Calabar; Union, De Jonge, Ostend; Harriet, Page, Ostend, Bruges, and Ghent ; Alkmarr, Heath, Rotterdam ; Ellen , Blair, Venice ; Tree Gebroeders, Mays, Antwerp; Pink' Whitnall, Dunkirk; Unity, Stevens, Lisbon. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, FEB. 2 0 • The , Margaretta, Markman, for Cadiz; Swallow, Artis, St. Michaels; Botley Wood, Wotten, St. Michael's. • . 't. . ` /, ~Q A Yuttre•P-8 1713TERD0 FEB. 20. Ulverstone; Nimble, -Colbeck, Whi te h aven ; Alice The. Redbreast, Carpente r , f rom Li s b on ; Fame W r ight, Proton , Barron ;, George Grad . , 'Welsh; fr om . Garbeston Moore; Isle sof - Man. - ; ENTERED FOR LOA.DING, FEB. 20- The •Init,;;lteltu‘, l3rornar, for Elsineur ; Vigilant, 31agob , Havre, &c. ; John Porter, Jenkinson, Halifax; Lime, Pearson; QuebeC;' Mary,. Henderson, Restigouche ; Emerald,, Camp bell, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Janet, Poe, Trieste. CLEARED` OUTWARDS, FEB. 20. The Reliance, Beynon, for Demerara ; Andrea Feladcfro, Craviotto, 'Trieste ; Castries, Mondel, St. Lucia ; Dee, Cor-: hill, Ramsey ; Alciope, Bennett, Beunos Ayres ; U n ited States,- Turner, Philadelphia ; Byron, Ackerman, New York ; ..Veni._.land Nancy, Cowen, Derbyhaven ; Lunenburg, Ben ; Hannah, Briggs, Demerara; FranconiE!, ,C.Tabtrke, ' New York ; Tuscan, Waye, Leghorn ; Sarah Baker, . Gulf - of Mexico. SAILED, FEB. 20. The -MarY,- Brown; for Philadelphia ; Delhi, Bombay Michigan, Badger, New O r l eans; S o l way, Procter, Li nt ia; St. George, Crawford, Mauritius ; Brooklym, Richardson; New York ; - Hector, .Crisp, Mobile ; Melantha, M oor e, Cuba; Martin, Martin, Barbadoes ; Flora, Rooderki r k, Rotterdam ; James and Th omas , C ar li s l e, Ch ar k tston ; Gipsy, Pugh, Bahia; Archer, Matthewson, • Barbadoes ; Percia, Hale, Boston ; Ann, Blackie ; Africa; Ceylim, Hamilton, New 'York ; S ir John Tobin, Griffiths, Demerara ; George, Wright, Margin' ham ; Exchange, Cole, Cant on ; British Tar, Blankhorn , Philadelphia ; St. Cloud, Colburn, New Orleans; Lysander's"; Currie, Calcutta. TELEGRAPHED. Off pert the Hindoo, from Demerara. (ADVERTISEMENT.)--T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith. &c., 47, Cornhill, L on d on , i n f orms the Public, that he offe: SILVE WATCHES, 'on 'the celebrated PATENT LEVE R CONSTRUCTION, (the most accurate on which a watch Ca ° be made) for SIX GUINEAS EACH, with all the latest in" provements, i. e. the detached escapement, jewelled in four holes , capped, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamelled dial, and main" t ‘ a v i N n at i .c n hu g e. p s p ower to conti nue go i ng w hil e w i n di ng up. l u f re i h n ase H d u i n n. ti e n z g eha C n a a s e es . , I . os. 6d. extra.—Second-hard B IR TH. On the 20th inst., the lady of John G. Reyncll, Esq., of Chao' cery-lane, of a son. • On the 19th inst., in Torrington-square, the wife of Sir Harm s Nicolas, K. C.M. G.', of a daughter.. On- the 19th inst., at '24, Park-crescent, the lady of Neill Mal' cohn, jun., Esq., of a daughter. On the 19th 'inst., at Hamble, near Southampton, the lady o f the Rev. G. Morris, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., Mrs. H. Hill, of Frederick-street, of a soli. f On. the 20th hist., at Pa r k-pl ace , N ew P ec kh am, t h e l a dy ° Mrs. Thomas Phillips, jun., of a son and heir.. On the 21st inst., at Plaistow Lodge, Mrs. J. Saunders of a 5°11 : On the 18th inst., at Botiq the lady of the Rev. R. ,-, Trench, of a son. MARRIED. - '• On the 11th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Athlone, by the rte ir " Orange'Kellett, Ann Jane, elde s t d aug ht er o f J o h n B ruce, of Al l : burn Lodge, Athlone, Esq., to Campbell F a i r , o f L ava ll ey, co uutJ of Mayo, Esq. . 4 * • On the 18th inst. ' at Deane, Lancashir e , E. S . Horrifige, of Stratford-upon-A von , to Margaret, daughter of J. Cross, EA'' of Alortfield, Lancashire. On the 20th inst., at St. Pancras New Church, Henry, son o , f J. Pigot, Esq., of Ardwiek, near Manchester, to Lavinia, younger daughter of J. Cumberland, Esq., of Camden New Town. 1)IED. On the 19th inst., at Clifton, aged 36, the Rev. J. Warne, M. A' • Priest Vicar of Exeter. On the 19th inst., in Woodstock-street, 'Bond-street, aged 69 ; Pierre Crepiti, Eaq:, f ormer ly H ea d C oo k t o hi s M a j es ty - Georg" the Fourth. • On the 11th inst., at Bath, the Rev. R. Harsey, Vicar of st• Lawrence, Isle _of Thinet, aged 68. On the 15th inst., Charles Daubeney, infant son of G. wain; Esq. On the 14th ult., in the Island of Nevis, Philip Protheroe C 12% ton, Youngest son of the late R. Claxton, Esq., of Bristol. On the 15th, at 4, Brunswick-sq uar e, Ma t gare t J ean , the clues * child of J. Parker, Esq., aged nearly 6 years. On the 15th inst., at the R ec t or y, B r i x t on De ver ill , Wilts, Joe, wife of the Rev. R. Meek. . On the 12th inst., at Hadley, near Barnet, aged 18, Emily, the youngest (laughter of T. Trollope, Esq. tee On the 17th inst., at 10, Aldgat e , aged 15,-Jane, second (laugh of Lieut.-Col. R. Jones, Royal Enginepis. On the 15th inst:, in Great James-street, Bedford-row, ag ed 4° ' William James King, Esq. On the 17th inst., in Cado . vo-place, aged 37, Carotin Chris' tiana, wife of Major Goldstnid: • On the 15th inst., aged 67, Hannah Moore, for 49 s ear s serva l ' of Mrs. West, of Little Bowden, Northamptonshire. On the 14th inst:, at Skethrige Rectory, near iirecon, the Fee• W. Rowland. On the'lsth i nst., age d 3 years and 5 months, Emma Neu f v ,- :Ile , daughter of G. L. Taylor, Esq., of Lee, Kent. - ill On the Oth inst., aged'2 years and' 6 months, Cl ara , the °I daughter of 111 r. H. 11. Haas, St. James's-street; On the 14th inst., Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Yard, E 5 4" Brimswick-terrace, Brighton, . lied hy cif° On the 15th inst., at Bicester, Oxfordshire, aged' 24 1 Mary, ' of Mr. John Gibbs. - 7 ...!......t t -_,......... _ _ „ 4 „„ - „„,...........-- , London : Printed and Pu _...---- t % 0 ' MratDO YOuNG, 49: t i 112, Strand, at The s z Office, N - 4 112 Str a nd, in the ow" i ; , . , i Of Aliddletma. ./ / __ .. .1. * - 11 1 -1 _4llof.`