The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-08 00:00:00

ebtrb 72bition THE FUNDS—(CLOSING PRICES) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced ... 1 100) 3 per Cent. Consols: • 00% New 3 1 4 per Cent •. . 104, Long Annuities to expire Jan 1860 12 3-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ... 11 15-16 India Stock for Account India Bonds, 1,000/ — Ditto under 1,000/. . . Bank Stock for Account 21 211 is Consols Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1 1 /,d 65 pm. Ditto 500/. Ditto Small ... 66 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS. Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 401,4 Columbian Bonds 6 per Cent l4l/ Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. . - 0 I , 2 Ditto 3 per Cent. .. • 3 6 1 /, ; ?, SHARES. Pirect Northern, 2 1 ,," ! paid 2 3" /8 Dublin and Belfast Junction, 2.' 2 paid ... 5 Dublin and Mullingar, 2 1 . /f} paid Eastern Counties, 25 paid - Great North of England, 100 paid 14 6 3 /4 Ditto, New Shares, 5 paid 2SU 4 Great Western, 75 paid... ...... ••••• Dittu Half Shares, 50 paid Lancaster and Carlisle, 10 paid /4 London and Birmingham (Stock) .. 228 Ditto Quarter Shares, 2 paid London and Blackwail, 163 7 1 , London and Greenwich, 12.7,y paid London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9, raid ...... London and York. 2 1 ,2 paid Midland, 100 paid Newcastle and Darlington Junction, 24 paid 63 Neweaatic and Berwick, 11.; paid Northern and Eastern, 45 paid 59 1\ orth Kent. 2 3 4 paid Norwich and Brandon, 8 paid Portsmouth Direct, 1 paid Richmond and West End Junction, 1 paid 2 1,.i South Devon, 10 paid South Eastern and Dover, 331 paid 411.i South Wales, 2 1 / .; paid West London, 0111 Shares, 20 paid 7 'York and North Midland, 50 paid Ditto Scarboro' Branch, 10 paid 321,. Ditto Extension.. FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens, 2 paid Orleans and:Bordeaa, 2 I.aid 4 4 /4 BLACKWALL RAILWAY COM PANY.—(THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was held this morning, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of receiving the re port of the Directors on the subject of a proposed branch railway, from the Stepney Station of the London and Blackwell Railway, through Stratford, Leytonstone, Wanstead, Woodford,Chigwell, Loughton, and Abridge, to Epping. The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by J. N. Daniell, Esq. After the notice calling the meeting had been read, The SECRETARY proceeded to read the report. He commenced by stating that the attention of the Directors basing been called to a considerable tract of thickly-po pulated country, lying between the Eastern Counties' and Northern and Eastern Railways, they thereupon de termined to ascertain what were the facts as ' to the amount of the present existing traffic in that part of the country, not making use of either of the railways Lefore-melitioned, and the amount was found to be much larger than they could possibly have anticipated. The traffic returns had been made by persona in whom the Directors felt the most perfect confidence. The following was the traffic of one week, taken at the beginning of November last : Estimated Number of Con- number of veyances. Passengers. Double-bodied carriages 504 1,512 Single ditto Gigs and taxed carts Vans .. 874 1,748 .. 3,041 6,792 ... 113 226 Stage coaches Omnibuses Horsemen 275 2,475 183 2,196 ". • ... 878 Total passengers Goods—Waggons, 516, at 3 tans each Carts, '2,132, at 2 tons each .. 1,548 4,264 5,e 12 Deduct one-third empty Total tons These returns did not include the multitudes who visited Epping Forest and the neighbourhood during the sum mer months on pleasure excursions. The revenue from traffic beyond Stratford was estimated as f 'Bows : Passengers-411,502, at, Is £20,575 205,751, at ls. 15,430 411,502, at 2s 41,150 77,155 Coach parcels, usually est'mated at one-tenth of the pa,senger traffic Assume only one-third of the goods traffic after the deduction previ ously made of one-third, or 1,300 tons per week carried various distances, say on the average eight miles, at 2d. per ton per mile 7,715 4,506 Giving for the grow receipts, from that part of the line beyond Stratford Add half the existing traffic between Stratford and the City, or 3;34,980 passengers per annum, at the average fare of 53. 89,376 6,987 Gross annual receipts 96,354 Deduct for working expenses, calculated at 40 per cent. 38,541 Net receipts per annum £57,813 The line was fifteen miles in length, and the only ex pensive portions would b those which approached the termini. From the detailed estimates, which had been prepared with great care, the Directors were satisfied that the cost of the whole work would not exceed 500,0001., upon which amount the estimated revenue would pay more than eleven and a half per cent. per annum. Should the meeting concur with the Directors, it would b.• proposed to apply to Par liament to obtain an Act authotising the construction of this line. The CHAIRMAN said, that as the shareholders had been assembled for the special purpose of considering the report, he trusted that on that occasion they would ab stain from introducing any other topics. This arrange. ment would, he thought, be conducive to the convenience of all parties. At the last meeting it was felt to be very desirable that the immense extent of country lying beyond the Blackwell terminus, and a great portion of which was at present unserved by their rail way, should not be left in that condition. It was not likely that any other company could be induced to join in incurring the expense necessary for constructing a railway over a most expensive district of one mile and three qnarters. It was equally unreasonable to suppose that any company could be formed for the purpose of making a railway for that district. The Directors having turned this matter over in their mix.ds, aad having seen how necessary it was that some step should be taken to secure a fair return fur the enormous capital expended, bad now the plea sure of submitting to this meetil.s a report in re f erence to the project. They had, at first, indeed, thought there must be some good reason which had in duced other companies to select the valley of the Lea in preference to that of the Ribble, but after duly consider ing the subject, they had arrived at the conviction that there was a valuable opening for such an extension of the line as they now pr posed to make.—(llear, hear.) Even if the Blackwell Railway Company did not under take the project, still a cempany might be formed in conjunction a ith their own, which would carry the line as far as tetepney.—(llear, hear.) In the estimates which had been made great care had been taken to make every necessary deduction, and he believed that they might fully be relied upon by the shareholders. The Eastern Counties Company had been invited to unite with them to secure this object ; but they had since adopted a resolution declining ail co-operation. The question, then, fer determination was, whe ther or not they should proceed. Supposing they were to do so, the matter would stand in this posi tion. If the Board of Trade objected to the scheme, which he could not believe a likely event, the money would revert again to the parties who had advanced it; if the Board of Trade approved of the scheme, that money would remain as part of the capital of any company which might undertake the line, whether it were the Bleckwall or some other company in co-operation with it; and lastly, if they did not choose to carry out the project after obtain ing the sanction of the Board of Trade, the matter would en I with the expenditur e of a few hundred p_unds. At all events, there could be no question that the for mation of the line woi. Id be an advantage to the Blackwell Company, and h e s h ou ld, t h ere f ore pro pose the following resol u tion:--"That, in the opinion of this meeting, it woul be of great advantage t o th e interests of the Shan holders of the London and Black- wall Railway that a railway should be formed from the Blackwell Railway at Stepney to E pp i ng. „ Captain PAGE seconded the reso l ution Mr. LEVY said he thought the Directors had great confidence in the forbearance of th e shareholders, since after giving them only half- a - crown for th e l ast two or , three years, they now called upan them for a further advance of half a million. He knew a great deal about the traffic on these roads, having been employed by the Government to check it during a considerable period, and he never saw such an exaggerated statement as that bid, re the meeting. —(Hear, hear.) L was made out that 740,000 people came from Strat ford to London in the year. That was about 2,000 a day. Why the whole population of Stratford did not reach that amount.—(llear, hear.) What was to come from these places ? Take the case of Epping. flay was brought to Whitechapel, potatoes and cabbages to Spitalficlds, and a few sauSa4cs from Epping. Could they expect that all these would in future come by railway? (Hear, .ear.) Tie believed that if they had taken the whole country they could not possibly have selected a worse line.— ( Hear, hear,) E:ping itself had never been able to support a stage coach. They might expend 500,000/. in constructing this line ; but if it ever paid one farthing in the pound for the cutlay, lie would undertake to eat all the places which would be served by it.— (Laughter.) C c )r 11 Ti Vi 41 ',I V I Dr. BowluNa, M.P., thought the Hon. Proprietor was rather too hasty in his prophecy. He said that if the railway prospered, he would eat all the towns. Mr. LEVY—And you with them.—(Great laughter.) . Dr. Bow RING—W hen it was proposed to send a steamer across the Atlantic, a Noble Lord said , if the attempt succeeded, he would pledge himself to swallow the boiler. It could not be denied that they had the best terminus and he felt every confidence that the estimates given in the report, would be fully borne out by the result. Only sixpence a share was necessary to be guaranteed, and he thought that sum would be well expended in going before the Board of Trade. fices—when it will be thought that money may be as properly, and much more profitably, laid out in providing docks and harbours—in promoting a well-considered system of colonisation—m extending religious and secular edticatioh, and the means of comfort to the poorer classes—as in equipping fleets and armies, important as the due equip ment of fleets and armies mast always be. A great deal has been done, and will be done, in this country by individual enterprise and by pri vate benevolence ; but there are objects of the greatest national importance (we may cite the construction of refuge harbours) which present no temptation to individual enterprise; and there are others of no less importance, es the fall extension of religious and secular education, too vast to be ade quately effected by private benevolence. Sir Robert reel, no doubt, acted with true wisdom in leaving to private - enterprise the Irish railways, so pro mising of prosperity and - civilisation to the sister island ; but if the construction of the Kings town harbour had been left to private en terprise, the whole western coast of the Irish sea would be at this moment without one safe port. In the same way it is manifest that the edit cation of the people cannot be safely confided to private benevolence. Without a reasonably well supplied exchequer, however, no Government can undertake anything beyond routine expense. We are aware that there was, at one time, a sufficiently strong objection to leaving with an administration the command of more money than was absolutely necessary to carry on the public ser vice. The successive Whig administrations of the first two-thirds of the last century had reduced peculation and robbery to a perfect system, and there was no reason to hope that money at the mercy of a government would be applied to any but corrupt personal or party objects ; unless, indeed, it should go to pamper that passion, the indulgence of which was said, and then truly said, to be " the pastime of kings." The checks, however, imposed upon the public expen diture during the last fifty years (we are proud to say self-imposed by Tory and Conservative Government are, it is confessed by all, a sufficient guard against any misapplication of ; it ; and kings have had enough of that game which was once their peculiar pastime, from 1793 to 1815, to serve them for one good century, even were not the British people too wise to join in the game, upon any save the- strongest provo cation. We are thoroughly persuaded that were' the revenue from the present taxes augmented 20 or 30 or 40 per cent., as, if these taxes are con tinued, and the world -remain in its present happy state, it will be, the increase would be to any Bri tish Government a dissuasive from war—because it MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London Neic Price Current of Jan. 7.) St All.—To-day) In consequence of importers of Went India Sugar stibmittitie td pfiCbs fathei Udd e r those previously quoted. by private contract., buyers were induced to come forward with increased freedom, and a large business was transacted in grocery and re fining descriptions ; in all, 930 hhds were disposed of. At public sale, 100 - hhds of Barbadoes and r,E4B hhds 13 tierces 71 barrels of.St: Lucia were tatiti.lt ffir ward, the former all sold at the previous currency—good yellow at 638 6d, good middling 60s to 625, middling 578 to 59s 6d, and low 53s 6d to 54s ; the latter was disposed of at and after the sale, but rather under the former cur rency, viz—fine yellow at 645, middling 55s 6d, to 575, low 54s to 555, brown 53s to 53s 6d, and low 52s per cwt. REFINED..—To-day there was not much buttnens done in the Refined Sugar market ; standard lumps are 73s to 733 6d, and brown lumps 72s to 72s 6d per cwt. An increased desire was shown to purchase Bonded Crushed, and a further advance occurred in the value ; there are not further sellers under 31s per cwt. Metritrnus.—The market having been much better supplied, has produced a . decline in prices of 2s to 3s for good and fine yellow, Is to Is 6d p e r c wt f o r inferior brown and grey descriptions. At public sale fine yellow at 60s to 63s 6d, good middling and good 56s to 59s 6d, low to middling 52s 6d to 55s 6d, very low heavy 49s 6d, good brown 495, low 425, good to fine grey 56s to 595, low to middling 52s 6d to 555, and washed 43s to 60s per cwt. The principal part consisted of bright yellow of good and fine quality. EAST INDlA.—There has been an excellent demand for Bengal Sugar, and previous rates are maintained for white and yellow, but brown, of which the supply has principally consisted, must be quoted is per cwt cheaper. This afternoon 2,727 bags of brown Bengal were offered at public sale, and all sold upon former terms—middling brown at 42s 6d to 435, and damp 41s to 42s per cwt. FonEwsr.—To-day there is an increased desire to purchase Foreign Sugar, and in consequence of the firm ness of merchants, buyers were compelled to pay higher rates. Of yellow Havannah 7,000 chests were sold pri vately at 21s 6d to 23s for mid to fine, but principally at 21s 6d to 22s 6d; 200 chests inferior at 21s partly for exportation and the remainder for refining under bond. 1,300 bags of Manilla at 19s 6d to 20s for yellow, being all 6d per cwt above the rates previously quoted. MOLASSES.—A considerable increase has taken place in the demand for all descririons of West India, and the large quantity of 550,puns found purchasers at rather higher rates, viz.—Antigua at 22s to 23* 6d, fine 255, Nevis 225, and Barbadoes old 25s per cwt—prices are much lower than they were last season, and this circum stance causes buyers to come forward more freely. East India are more in request, and prices have taken an up ward turn. After some further discussion, the resolution was agreed to, there being but three dissentients. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a resolution, authorising the Directors to take the necessary steps for applying to Parliament. Mr. R. MANGLES, M.P., seconded the resolution, which was put and carried. _ It was then proposed and carried—" That a further meeting of the Company be called before any distribution of shares be made to the public." A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, and the meeting adjourned. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OP THIS DAI. • GLOBE.—.The remaining points in controversy between the Bishop of Exeter and the laity continue to occupy more space in publicity than perhaps any other subject. We agree with the Times in con gratulating the public on having obtained concession of that which the Bishop made a great point of, by preference, because it was a small one. We so far concur with the Right Reverend Prelate, that we consider the smallest point equally good with the greatest namely, one t l o n e s t t r i y e n t h w e heg g er bt t uri re n— hie to rar t e -r h y ; have a right, ex cathedra, to impose unde sired innovations (as regards this generation, and many generations back, they are so)—or whether a Protestant hierarchy is under the obligation to con sult the Protestant community in some shape, before introducing novelties (to them) in their discipline or worship. If, again, the title of Protes tant hierarchy is not accepted, if—as Mr. Pal mer said, in one of his writings he, and those thinking with him, would leave the Church, if it expressly adopted the Protestant de signation—if, as Mr. Gladstone says in the Quarterly, our Church was notfrunded by the Reformers of the sixteenth century—and if the inference to be drawn from this (although it by no means follows as a neces sary consequence) is meant to be, that those Reformers had no right to make any fundamental changes in it—if all this, we say, is admitted, then we are thrown back for ecclesiastical titles to some state ofthings previous to the Reformed, and previous to the corrupt Roman era. Now, to find this, we must go a great way back. We must go a great way back to find the ecclesiastical system free from those characters which the Anglican Church hes struck out of her symbols as unscriptural. We must, in short, go back to primitive times ; and this our Anglican doctors indeed say they do. Well, we have no objection. But if we do this in good earnest, we shall find that it was not " the Reformers of the sixteenth century " who first took it into their heads that the laity should have something to do in controlling Church matters. "We cannot fail to recognise," observes a recent Church-writer (Conybeare, ",„'Bampton Lectures for 1839") " many minor differences between the earlier discipline of the Church and that which still remains ; and this is particularly striking in the more direct in terference (luring the primitive ages of the lay membets of the congregation in the election of Bishops and Presbyters. Bingham, in his invaluable storehouse of Ecclesiastical,Antiquity, the." Origines," produces many authorities to show that 'the power of the people on such occasions was not barely testimonial, but judicial and elective ; that in the ap pointment of Bishops they exercised exactly the,same consent, suffrage, veto, election, and choice, as the inferior clergy; and the same privilege was like wise on some occasions conceded to them in the designation of Presbyters. The testimony of Cyprie:o is very important on these points. - In the 87th Epistle, p. 172, he strongly insists, that t• le whole analogy of the appointment of the priesthood under the old covenant, and every order of ministers under the new, demonstrated ordinationes sacerdotales non nisi sub populi assistantis conscientia fieri oportere ; ordinatio junta et legitima est, gime omnium suffragio et judicio fuer:t examinata ; and he himself apologises (Ep. 33) for having been under the pressure of the times of persecution obliged to ordain a very meritorious individual by his own single authority, without having had an oppor tunity thus to consult the Church. It appears then that the laity were considered pars magna ( f " the Church" in those primitive times which our orthodox Anglican doctors are fond of appealing to. And with reference more particularly to ques tions of discipline (more important than the present Ones) it is clear that, in the earliest ages of the Church, those were not decided, as it were, over the heads of the laity, but, on the contrary, remitted to their express concurrence. " A painful con troversy arose," says the writer above cited, " as to the terms on which the lapsed brethren, as they were called, were again to be admitted into the bosom of the Church they had for saken in her hour of trial. He (Cyprian) throughout scrupled to issue any determination on the subject from his own judgment alone; and declared .his desire to remit its decision to the public synods of his Church, which appear to have included its lay as well as clerical members. He will take no steps, he says , sine petite et conscientia plebis." Th a t F a th er o f the Church who had perhaps most resemblance to Henry of Exeter (ifive may judge by the tone of his fulminations against Vigilantius) —we mean Jerome—by no means, however, extrava gated in the direction of " dropping-down-deadness" before Bishops. On the contrary, he devoted much of his monkish labours and temper to demon strating not only his personal disposition to defying episcopacy when it came across his way—but the non existence of any original distinction in office between Bishops and Presbyters. On 'the whole, we cannot think that ecclesiastical sticklers will take much by their motion, if they insist on driving us back to primitive times from " the Reformers of the sixteenth cen tury." The plain question we take to be—whether the Church-going people are to adhere to the general style of worship of the ages after, or the ages before, the Reformation. Of course a very unblameable pre ference may be entertained either for the one, or the other. We do not undertake to decide on any grounds applicable to all religious communions, between altar:land communion -table, priest and minister, sacrament of penance, and doctrine of re pentance and remission. We do not undertake to say what human forms most approach divine truths.- But we do say that the people of Eng land, who have hitherto been accustomed to one set of forms, •as those most expurgated from ad mixture of superstition, have a right to be con sulted before the usage of centuries is changed in conplaisance to the feelings of certain scrupu lous clergymen—whose scruples, for the most part, point Romewards. In fact, it is shrewdly suggested by a correspondent, that the Bishop of Exeter himself, however satisfactory a testimony he adduced lately to his own Protestantism, in stating that he had withdrawn from the Cambridge Camden Society, because they patronised windows with pictures and mottoes indicative of " Mariolatry"—has placed himself in a singular position towards ;Protestantism, and august Protestant personages I STANDARD.—It certainly is not the least gratifying of the proofs of the advancing intelligence of the country, that, notwithstanding the successive announcements of the rapid improvement of the revenue, we hear little or nothing from the people of a reduction of taxes. The millowners, no doubt, clamour for a diminution of the cotton duties, though they never had cotton it so low a price, and hke demands are heard from other classes, but the claims for reduction are all class claims, in which the people take no part. It cannot, however, be supposed, that the present generation have more pleasure in paying taxes than the generation before them; and, therefore, we must conclude that their contentment with the ex isting financial arrangement arises from a conviction that a hasty reduction of taxes may be in the end more injurious than beneficial. In short, that the " ignorant impatience of taxation" (to borrow the late L ordL on donderry's happy though much abused phrase) has given place to an enlightened consideration of the future. The reductions of the late Administration have demonstrated that such relief may be bought too dear, and fully exposed the fallacy of Lord Syden ham's theory of fructification from deficit. Never theless, it is scarcely to be expected that, with that steady and rapid improvement of the revenue, which may be anticipated from the continuance in office of an Administration that has, in four short years, so wonderfully reversed the financial state of the country— it is scarcely to be expected, we say, that if Sir Robert Peel s 'Government continue to hold office, the public will not look at its hands for a remission of taxation. We fear the time has not yet arrived when all men will see, what all thoroughly-in formed men see already, that the contribution to a public revenue wisely laid out in providing for the national defence, and in promoting national fin ywyse-hetaielthwh teetoahethhaevesepeopleul provements, is the most profitable of all investments ; that double tax es becaoylleetivmelaydeantdoinpdriodviudcuealidyr Asble t ba ha d t a bu d t leaandds_i e fi h teoi a e l nfeto collective I h e e ct iv revenue, lesson—thatarising fr h u a m l f _hed the ta u ,wore valuab le h portion of the taxes, le ads _ • d di ts lu tt i -e u s iB s e and individual . instruction remains to be inculcated yan experience; for which, perhaps, the mass of the people are not yet prepared. The , time, however, will come, and question less the measures of the present administration are well calculated to advance its arrival, when the public will feel that defence and war are not the only good reasons for a nation's making large pecuniary aacri • - , RicE.—ln consequence of the short supply of Bengal previous rates are sustained, but at present there are not many orders; none has been offered at auction, and privately only small parcels have been disposed of, low white at Ils to its 3d, mid Its 6d to Ils 9d,, and good middling to fine 12s to 12s 6d ; the market will, however, be better supplied shortly, when moderate rates may be looked for. Other kinds of East India are not much wanted, but merchants insist upon full prices, and_ require lOs to 12s for white Java, 9a to Os 6d for yellow, andlar yellow Madras 8s to 8s 6d per 'cwt. The market is firm for cleaned Rice, and many purchases have been made at 14s to 18s for Patna, and at 23s to 17s per cwt for South Carolina. CorszE.—For West India the market has presented a firm appearance since this day week : the cheapness of Coffee in comparison with that of last year deter im porters from pressing sales, and the trade in consequence are more inclined to get into stock ; of middling and good kinds there is still a scarcity. Public sales, chiefly of Berbice, are announced. In East India there has generally been more activity. Ceylon has sustained the • former currency. In Plantation kinds the operations are upon a more extended scale : good ordinary pale 'went at 52s to 535, country damaged, first and second class 50s 6d to 51s, pale broken 48s, sound pea berry 69s to 69s 6d, and country damaged first class 65s per cwt. To day the market presented a firm appearance for all descriptions of Coffee; there was no public sale;; 'privately several parcels of good ord Ceylon were disposed of at 52s to 52s 6d; in Plantation the operations were upon a more extended scale at former 'terms. For other sorts of Coffee the demand is op the increase f or h ome consumption. ! Tan:—Firmness still . characteri , es the market for Black and Green Tea. Common has been fetching lld t 4 goodeommontl_lidto is Old ; but middling to good blackish leaf Is Oid to Is 6d ; fine .1s 7d to Is 9d, and Pekoe flavour Is 10d to 2s 7d per- lb. Poucliong is much wanted, and prices are still going up; large parcels have been disposed of at 7d to lld for clean quality, and superior at Is to Is 2d per lb. Twan keY•has been in' good request; common is fetching is 3d to is 3fd s bright leaf Is 4d to is 9d; superior and Hy son kind is Is 10d to 2s sd. Hy son is greatly wanted, sales of common made at 2s 7d to 2s 7-fd; mid 2s 8d to 2s 9d; good 28 10d to 3s• ' find and very fine 3s 2d to 4s 6d per lb. Young Hyson h is met with ready purchasers, and prices are still on the adiance. Hyson skin is selling rather ,above the rates of the last auctions. In fine Scented Orange Pekoe sales made at 3s 4d to 3s 5d ; there is a scarcity of this kind of Tea. In Flowery and plain Orange, more • business has been done upon former terms. Gunpowder and Imperial are much in request. SelcEs.---The stock of - Pimento being small causes holders to require full rates, but the demand is only for small parcels, at 30 to 40 for low to fine quality. There are_ sellers of Cinnamon rather under the rates that prevailed at the last quarterly sale. In Nut megs the 'transactions _ are upon a more extended Scale, at former terms. Although prices are very low for Mace, still there are few orders. Cloves are not cheaper, but the demand his been limited. East and West India Ginger are more in demand at firm rates. In Black Pepper there has been rather more business done privately, holders - show firmness, and none been offered at auction. We quote Sumatra 2-1-cl to 23d, Penang 2fd to 21d, and Malabar 2i-cl to 3fd per lb, white Bella more freely upon former terms. There has again been rio public sale of Cassia Lignea ; it is wanted, and owing to the short supply prices are advancing, 53s to 55s 6d.paid for ord to tine ord, 56s to 61s for low to mid ,62s to-64s for good mid to good, and fine thin 65s to 67s per cwt. • Rust, BRANDY, Ai price, and T 2 he d re to ha 2 s s been 3d only a limited bu sin ess value tntr:;fanpsarcotoefd Leewardstrength . Jamaica ja l m sl a a i n ca d Rum since we last wrote, but holders are not inclined to p fu e r r th g er allo g n ive is the is not much wanted; and for 100 puns of common quality rather smoky 30 to 32 per cent overproof 3s 6d has been accepted, being rather cheaper ; for clean quality 30 to 33 over 3s 8d to 4s is asked ' 4i 2d to 4s 6 d for good, and 5 s to 5s 6d per gallon for fine. Demerara has been taken sparingly at 3s to 3s 4d for strong. Geneva shipping sort is in de mand at is 10d to is lld ; fit for duty is worth 2s 4d to 3s 6d. English Coin Spirits lOs 2d per gallon cash. To-day, in consequence of lower rates being accepted, for Calcutta Rum, buyers were induced to purchase more freely, and the large quantity of 430 hhds, and 170 puns sold at 2s 2d proof with certificate, but subject to an al lowance of 2d per gallon, in consequence of being old import, and a deficiency of strength, so the real price is 2s proof. Of Leewards 100 hhds were sold at 2s 3d proof, and 50 puns of Demerara 33 per cent overproof at 3s 3d per gallon. Isaias.—Since this day week there has been little business transacted in Bengal for home consumption or exportation, and prices remain as previoussly quoted, that is, 2d to 3d per lb under those of the last quarterly sales ; in other kinds there has been little passing, and the rates taken are rather under those of the October sales. SALTPETRE.—The market is firm for Rough, and the stock here being small still deter merchants from effer ing any at public sale. A fair demand has been expe rienced by private contract, and very full rates have been paid. FRUlT.—There has been an improved demand for Red Smyrna Raisins, and several parcels have been disposed of at 46s per cwt. Sultan as of middling quality fetched 61s, fine are held for 62 s and 635. In Valencia Raisins the price is firm at 50s. Currants are not much in re quest at present, but holders are reluctant to reduce their prices. Zante and Cephalonia 475, and Patras 49s to 50s per cwt. • Wools—The market has an improving appearance for Wool • there has been a good demand, from the , home tra de, and full rates are paid ; the accouats from the manufacturing districts are more favourable for Woollen goods. The arrivals of Wool here since this day week have been 472 bales, 244 bales of which con sisted of Colonial. . would commit the country to such civil im provements as are the surest hostages for peace, while the influence of such proof of our national wealth upon foreigners would have just the same pacific tendency. A large and even re dundant revenue, applied to civil government, is, in the present condition of Europe, the best possible guarantee for peace, while, we need not repeat it; such a revenue, so applied, is the fertile seed of internal prosperity and happiness. Every class, therefore, which calls upon the public to join in demanding a remission of taxes for its own class benefit, really solicits the . public to sacrifice, by so much, its guarantee of peace, its seed of prosperity. In offering these opinions we must be understood as speaking merely from ourselves, as, indeed, merely repeating what we have constantly , laboured . to inculculate—the mis chief of reducing the revenue—what we laboured to inculcate, whether it was "the Government of the Duke of Wellington,pr of Lord Grey, . or Lord Mel bourne that sought , popularity, by, diminishing the revenue.. We hope that we speak with a better hope of success than formerly, because we know that the more revenue the more good the Government can effect ; hut of Sir Robert Peel's financial purpose we really know nothing. ". We are assured;` on what we deem competent au- .4 thority, that notwithstanding the strong expectations of a Brevet, those who indulged hopes of being included within its range are doomed to disappointment. There will, after all, be no Brevet.—Evening Paper. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (YESTERDAT.) OLD COURT. (Before the PECORDKR.) David Rees, aged 35, labourer, was charged with stealing, on the 21st November last, a firkin of butter, value 405., the property, of Wm. Carr. Mr. Wfuurts defended the priioner. It appeared from the evidence, that the firkin of butter in question had been placed outside the prosecutor's shop door, in the Walw.orth-road, to be in readiness for a carrier, who was to have removed it. The prisoner, who was acting in concert with a man who drove a cart slowly along, first attracted tie atten tion of an intelligent little boy, • named John Charles Woodford, in attempting to carry off a. bale of hosiery from the shop door of a Mr. Lyons, who lived opposite the prosecutor ; but Wing himself foiled through the watchfulness of The boy Woodford, he dropped the. bale, and crossing over the way was seen to take up the firkin of butter and throw it into the cart, trusting to the dense ness of the fog, it'll:lkb was prevailing at the time ; to escape detection ; however, the boy, who still kept. his eye upon the movements of the pri so n e r, instantly ireve . the-alarm to the prosecutor's shopman, upon which7the latter went over tosthe cart, and in it saw the firkin of butter belonging to ilia master, which he took hold of, but was instantly, struck back by the man who was drii ing, and who immediately whipped his horse furiously, and. escaped in the fog. , The prisoner, who was well known to the little boy, Woodford, was not token into custody until a month after the occurrence. , The driver of the cart has sever been discovered.—Sentence, seven years' transportation. Ellen Carroll, aged 38, , a widow, was convicted of stealing .40s. 6d., the property of William Thurgood, her master, the proprietor, of the Black Horse, Barbican. A previous conviction for felony was then proved against the prisoner. —Sentence, seven years' transpor tation. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Samuel Tyso, the coachman of Mr. Joseph Somes, M.P. for Dartmouth, was summoned before the Lord Mayor and Sir John Pine for having assaulted the conductor of one of Hollingsivorth's omnibuses, and for having obstructed the driver in passing through the City. George J. Sandford, conductor of Hollingsworth's Chelsea omnibus, stated that on last Thursday even ing, as he was following Mr. Hollingsworth, who drove the omnibus, the defendant, who was driving a carriage with ladies in it, - obstructed the passage of the former, and prevented it from going along through the City when there was plenty of room. Ft:9m Temple-bar Cheapside . the obstruction was conti nued. The witness, by, the direction of Mr. Hol lingsworth, got down to speak , to the ladies in the carriage, and civilly asked them th e i r a dd ress , b u t they refused to give it to him; and when he asked the defendant, that person whipped him, and cut a piece oat of his cheek. Witness took • hold of the horses, but not till he was struck by the coachman. Hollingsworth stated that he was driver as well as Froprietor of the omnibus. A s h e was driving alon g leet-street the defendant obstructed him several times, and prevented him from passing, although there was plenty of room. There were cabs ' omnibuses, and other vehicles going and coming. Witness re quested to be allowed to pass, but the defendant re tused, and at Ludgate-hill put. his finger to his nose, as much as to say how do you like it ? Witness thought the coachman out of his mind, and when he reached Cheapside told the conductor to go down and ask the ladies for their address, intending to write to, the owner of the carriage on the subject. When the conductor went forward to do as he was directed, the defendant began to whip George Adams, the driver of one of Glover's om-, nibuses, stated that he 'was behind Hollingsworth's omnibus, and saw the defendant driie the carriage right across the road to prevent Hollingsworth from going along, although there was quite sufficient room. Other witnesses testified to similar effect. The defendant said that he offered no impediment to the passing of the omnibus, and did all he could to pass en,.bitt there was no room at all, as the streets were excessively crowded. The conductor got down in Cheapside and took hold of the horses' heads, and then he (defendant) certainly, struck him with the whip. Mr. Somes's footman stated that it was quite im possible for the defendant to get on more quickly than he had done, and that he presented no impedi ment to the omnibus. The Loan MAYOR, after having strictly examined all the witnesses, said that the assault was clearly proved, but he and Sir John Pine were not satisfied with the evidence in proof of the obstruction. The defendant was then bound in his own sureties to appear at the sessions to answer' for the assault. John Robinson 'and A(fred Wilson, two young men, were fined ten shillings each for knocking at doors and ringing bells at three o'clock in the morning. The Lord MayOr received 2.1. for the poor-box from A. L. A. X. COCHINEAL.—The market has a firm appearance ; there are several purchasers, and in some cases the rates offered are rather above those ptcvieusly quoted ' • but merchants are unwilling sellers, and still refrain from offering any at auction. TALLOW.—The market has been better supplied with South American, and a decline in prices has taken place ; at auction 411 .pkgs were disposed of at 31s 3d to 38s 9d for low to fine quality. 9 casks of North American fetched 395 6d for good quality. New South Wales is plentiful, and lower rates are taken ; 288 casks at auction fetched 36s to 41s 6d for mid to fine quality. Ia Russian there has been little business transacted on the spot, and in some cases the rates taken are rather under those previously quoted, Y C selling at 40s to 40s 6d per cwt: the trade only purchase sufficient for their present necessities, and the stock is large for the period of the year ; for forward delivery there has been very litt'e passing. Town Tallow has been in good demand, prices are low, and rule at 40s 6d to 41s 6d per cwt, nett cash; there is a fair supply at market. OILS.—For Rape Oil there are ready purchasers, and prices are advancing, pale fetching 36s to 36s 6d, and brown 35s to 35s 6d per cwt. There has beeh a good demand for Linseed Oil on the spot and for delivery, the low rates that prevail causing buyers to operate largely. Palm has been taken sparingly, and not more than 24s 6d to 25s is to be obtained for good and fine quality. Cocoa Nut has been little called for, and parcels could only be disposed of upon lower terms, 24s to 27s ac cepted for low to fine quality. The consumption is inter fered with by the cheapness of Tallow. Olive Oil has met with more attention. Although the stock of comoon descriptions of Fish Oils is Tory small, amount ing to only 1,400 tuns, still prices are going down, and buyers h ave pur c hased reluctantly. lor Cod 301 103 to 311 accepted ; pale Seat 33/ lOs to 341; straw 32/ to 32/10s ,• yellow 30/ to 311; brown 281 to 291 lOs ; and low to fine southern 281 to 331. Sperm is wanted, and holders manifest firmness, several purchases made at 881 to 901 per tan for fine British. On Wednesday last a boy employed in the Plymouth Journal printing-Offee: picked op on the pavement of Bedford-street, Plymouth, two bank-notes, one of lOU, and the other of 50/.' 'A cotichinan, who saw the boy pick them up, took the lad . to the Devon and Cornwall Bank, where the notes' Were left for the owner. ' The Lady Thomas Hay, who is at present sojourn. ing at the Hotel Brighton, in Parts, gave birth on Tues day last to a daughter. The infatt, we regret to state, survived its birth only a few hours. Her Ladyship is going on well. The hour appointed for holding the first Cabinet Council previous- to the meeting - of Parliament is three o'clock on Thursday next. It is expected all the Minio tiro will be present, GOLIAII ENGINES.—Four cf thy , largest locomotives ever constructed are to be built for the Sheffield and Manchester R a il way. 'The cylioders are to be eighteen inches, th e stro k e two f ee t d iameter, and all six coupled. The weight of the kengines alone, when loaded with fuel and water, is 24 tons. It is calculated that on a level they will d raw separaXe l y tOn3."--Tyne Mercury. fig-1,2.1,0 00 to 2,000 -,? THE SUN, LONDON, WtDNESDAY EVENING, SANITARY 8 1346 TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Queen's Own Royal Yeornenry-ttlyn. 1 G. ,AnsOn, commonly called Viscount Anson, to be Captain; vice Hordern, deceased ; Cornet W. Briscoe to be Lieutenant, vice Holyoake, resigned, Nov. 16 ; Cornet M. Blackis tone to be Lieutenant ; J. Sanders, jun., Gent., to be Cornet, vice Blackistone, promoted, Dec. 28. WHITBHALt; D. IQ; 184$, -The Lbfd dlithuiellor has apPOitited Thoinas Simpson, of Yarm, in the county of Norfolk, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th Geo. - IV., c. 27. sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and_ Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof, for the year ended the 10th day of October 1844, amounted to the sum of three millions three hundred and sixty eight thousand two hund'red and seventy-four pounds, four shillings, and twopence •, the Commissioners for the RedUction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of eight hundred and forty..two thousand and sixty-eight pounds, eleven shillings (being one fourth part of the said surplus of three millions three hundred and sixty-eight thousand two hundred and seventy-four pounds, four shillings, and twopence) will be applied, under the the provisions of the said Act, be tween the 7th day of January, 1845, and the sth day of April, 1845, to the following purposes, viz.:— To be applied to the purchase of 5t0ck....C242,068 11 0 To be applied to the purchase of Exche quer made out in purstiance of the Act of 57th Geo. 111., cap. 48 600,000 0 0 £842,068 11 0 Add Interest receivable on account of Donations and Bequests, to be applied to the purchuse of Stock 3,615 1 0 £845,683 12 0 S. HIGHAM, Comptroller-General. National Debt-office, Jan. 6, 1845. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Tapscott, baker, Winehead, Somersetshire. BANKRUPTS. William Youle, commission agent, Addle-street, Wood-street, City, to surrender Jan. 15, at tw,lve, and Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Langley, Bedford-row. Thomas Chandler, builder, Bow-lane, City, Jan. 13, at two, and March 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Farrar and Lake, Goodliman•street, Doctors'-commons. John Mandeno, market gardener, Grove-street, Hackney, Jan. 15, at two, and Feb. 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab church-lane ; Jenkinson, Cannon -street, City. Thomas Revely, jun., plumber, Newcastle,upon-Tyne, Jan. 17, at half past one, and Feb. 26, at two, at the Newcastle-upon Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Hanle, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Chisholme, Hall, and Gibson, Lincoln's Inn-fields. John Barff, merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 27 and Feb. 7, at eleven, et the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, offi cial assignee, Liverpool ; Sharp; Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London ; Moss, Liverpool. James Booth, woollen cloth manufacturer, Cartworth, Yorkshire, Jan. 18, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee, Leeds ; Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, Chancery-lane, London ; Floyd and Booth, or Battye and Clay, Huddersfield. William Lutwyche, brass founder, Birmingham, Jan. 21, at ball-past ten, and Feb. 15, at twelve, at the Bir mingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Bir mingham ; Harrison and Smith, Birmingham. ford, Yorkshire—W. Pawson and J. Kenworthy, woollen cloth manufacturers, Leeds—J. Woollatt and G. Walton. upholsterers, Derby—T. Baker, J. Davis, P. Harris, and W. Paars,mi ; coal masters, Kingswinford, Staffordshire— T.. Grundy and Co., 4taltersi and J. German and . Co., cotton spinaers, Prestoil, Lent'asictiM—R. Dickson, R. W a t son , R. W. R o b inson , an d J. Wood, fustian manufacturers, Manchester (so far as regards R. Dickson)—E. Beard and C. H. Chitty, brewers, Lees, Sussex—A. Windus, E. Beard, and C. H. Chitty, wine merchants, Le*es, Stisset (so far as reprds C. H. Chitty)—J. Beynon, J. Jones, and R. Beynon, Can , bossers, Margaret-street, C aven di s h- square —H. Whit e and R. B. Baas, attorneys, Halesworth, Suffolk—E. and F. Farnden, hatters, Long-acre—J. Currie, L. Currie, sen., L. Currie, jun., and A. Currie, distillers, Bromley, Middlesex (so far as regards the executors of L. Currie, sen.)—H. Brown and W. H. Marston, plwnbrokers, Coventry—J. and W. Moore, millers, Sellinge, Kent— W. Jackson and J. Ranger, auctioneers, Trowbridge, Wiltshire—W. Pass and J. Shelmerdine, attorneys- at law, Altrincham, Cheshire—W. Casson and G. B. Withington, attorneys, Manchester—P. Murphy and J. Kirkland, grocers, Blackmore-street, 1) arry-lane— W. A. Palian and W. Pindar, drapers, Gainsburgh, Lincolnshire—J. Hannah and T. Heath, wine mer chants, Bridge-street, Westminster—A. I). Cuffiey and J. Heigh way, paper-hangers, Manchester—C. Lewis and K. J. Inman, tin-plate workers, Stangate-street, Lambeth—H. Shaw, J. T. Shaw, and R. Shaw, printer. 4, Fetter-lane, Fleet-street (so far as regards R. Shaw)—S. Skinner and S. Closs, jun., saddlers, Spring street, Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park—W. Masterman, W. Peters, D. Mildred, J. Masterman, J. Masterman, jun., and F. Mildred, bankers, Nicholas-lane, Lombard street (so far as regards W. Masterman). SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Alexander Walker Maclean, hotel keeper, Glasgow, Jan. 10 and 31, at two, at the office of J. Clark, Glasgow. Andrew Aitchison Waddell, writer, Glasgow, Jan. 11 and Feb. 4, at one, at the Royal . Exchange Coffee house, Glasgow. John Alexander, mason, Glasgow, Jan. 13 and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the chambers of Murray and Galloway, Glasgow. IRELAND. THE CHARITABLE BEQUESTS COMMISSION. DUBLIN, JAN. 6.—The Cotilmissioners held their first meeting this day, at their office, Lower Gardiner•street. Mr. R. O'Carroll, the new Roman Catholic secretary, and Nlr. W. P. Mathews, the Protestant secretary, attended. A second meeting of th© Commissioners is to be held in the course of the week. MEETING OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS. A special meeting of the Roman Catholic prelates is to be held in this city on the 22 , 1 instant. One of the objects of the meeting, it is said, is to consider the pre sent state of the public mind, not only in reference to the Charitable Bequests Act, but also in regard to the statements put forward in the newspapers respecting a concordat with Rome, and the payment of the Roman Catholic clergyLhy the State. In the report of the Repeal Association'this day, Mr. Smith O'Brien alluded to the excitement produced by the Charitable Bequests Act. This was the first refer ence to the subject at the Conciliation REPHAL ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the Ass, elation was held this day in the Conciliation Hall. Counsellor Mullen in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said, he trusted that the same, spirit, energy, and determination which had actuated the p eo pl e of Ireland during the two past years would continue to animate them in the► press-nt. It was to the Association they were indebted for the defeat of Lord Stanley's Registration Bill, and it had likewise been the means of preventing bad legislation for the two past years, and he trasted it would also he the means of extending good measures during the ensuing session of Parliament, and although these measures might fall far short of the great object for which they were contending, yet he would accept them without prejudice to the opinions which he entertained. The SECRETARY commenced the business of the day by reading the following letter from Mr. O'Connell, enclosing 511., the amount of his own subscriptions and those of the immediate members of his family for the year 1845: " Darrynane Abbey, Jan. 3, 1845. "My dear Ray,—l have been so employed, whilst within doors, on the Charitable Bequests Bill and its 'pernicious accompaniments, that I am totally unable to send_the address to the Irish people. You shall, I trust ; have it for the next day of meeting, " In the meantime I enclose you 511. for my family subscription to the repeal rent for 1E 1 45, thus:—Daniel O'Connell, M.P., 51. ; Maurice O'Connell, M.P., 51 ; John O'Connell, M.P., 5/. ; Daniel O'Connell, jun., 51 ; for Morgan O'Connell, Esq., 11. ; Mrs. O'Connell Fitz simon, 11. ; Miss O'Connell Fitzsimon, 1/. ; Eily O'Con nell Fitzsimen, 11 ; Kate O'Connell Fitzsimon, 1/. ; Christopher O'Connell Fitzsimon, I/. ; Thomss O'Con nell Fitzsimon, 1/. ; Henry O'Connell Fitzsimon. 11 ; Maurice O'Connell Fitzsimon, 11 ; Daniel O'Connell (Maurice), IL ; John O'Connell, jun., 1 L ; Fanny O'Con nell, IL; Mary O'Connell, 11.; Mrs. O'Connell, Aghadda, 11.; Mary O'Connell (Charles), 1/.; Teresa O'Connell, IL; Kate O'Connell, IL; Daniel O'Connell, IL; Mrs. French, 1L; Daniel O'Connell French, IL ; Christopher O'Connell French, 1/. ; Nicholas O'Connell French, 11. ; Harriett O'Connell French, 1/. ; Mary O'Connell French, 11 ; Alice O'Connell French, 1/. ; Mrs. Morgan O'Connell, 1/. ; Mrs. O'Connell (John), 11. ; Daniel O'Connell, IL ; James O'Connell, 11 ; John O'Connell, jun., 11. ; Bessy O'Connell, 11. Total, 51/. " I will be in Dublin to rally for the repeal as speedily as I can tear myself from this delightful spot. " Give, or renew, my notice for Monday week o f a motion to make such arrangements during the next ses sion of Parliament as may preclude the necessity of the repeal Members attending in London. I have a strong impression that the repeal cause—the only thing in which the Irish people have a real interest—can be best managed and promoted in Ireland.—Believe me to be, very faithfully yours, " DANIEL O'CONNELL. "T. M. Itt;y,Esq." On the motion of Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN, seconded by J. I'. SOMERS, M.P., the letter was inserted en the minutes. The SECRETARY read a letter from Mr. Steele, dated Fenagh, county Leitrim, announcing the success of his mission, and stating that tranquillity had been com pletely restored in the disturbed districts. Mr. SittiTH O'BRIEN handed in the renewed subscrip tions of Sir Simon Bradstreet, Bart., and several gen tlemen. Mr. J. M`Nevisz brought forward a number of re ports, amongst them one on the army estimates, and having moved their adoption, proceeded to address the meting. On concluding, the Learned Gentknaan was loudly cheered. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN having seconded the adoption of the reports, and moved the thanks of the Association to Mr: Davis, by whom they were prepared, proceeded to address the meeting. After. a few prefatory observa tions, the Hon. Gentleman said, that after the most ma ture consideration, he had arrived at the conclusion that his services were of more utility to his country in the Conciliation Hall than in the chapel of St. Stephen. He had the approval of his conscience and his constitu tion for arriving at that determination. The Cork Ex aminer, one of the ablest supporters of repeal, had ad vocated the policy of sending repeal Members to Par liament. He differed entirely from that journal. They might as well tank avour to persuade the wolf to relin quish his prey, as induce the people of England to grant a repeal of the union. Had not their grievances been pressed upon the attention of the Legislature and Eng land generally-till they had almost become a bye-word ? Redress was only to be achieved through their own ex ertions. They should act "n the public mind, and en deavour by every means possible to win over that pr.e tion of their countrymen who stood apart from them, and when that desirable object should be obtained they would be In a position to demand and enforce the resti tution of their Legislature. It was wrong to attribute the non-attendance of the repeal Members to their Parlia mentary duties to idleness ; for his part, wherever he was his entire time was devoted to the public service. The English newspapers were congratulating each other on the decline of the repeal cause, but he could tell them that he was not acquainted with a man who was a re pealer in 1843 or 1844 who was not a repealer at that moment. Their policy was uniform—their opinions unanimous. It had been stated that Mr. O'Connell had lost his influence—that he was no longer able to direct the power he had raised up—but he could inform the people of England that he was still the acknow ledged and recognised leader of his countrymen, and he was confident that nothing could ever occur to inter rupt the harmony which existed between them. An en deavour had been made to create disunion amongst the people of Ireland, and certainly if the British Minister meditated such to bo the result of his Bequests Act, he could not have gone a better way about creating such a result. But he told that Minister he would be disap pointed. The prelates who had accepted office under that Act, had declared the measure as being deficient in many respects, and he was sure that unless these defi.cts were remedied, they would refuse to assist in carrying out a Bill which was so obnoxious to the country at large. The decline of the repeal rent had also furnished their friends on the other side with a subject of gratula tion, but he trusted that the people of Ireland would contradict that assertion, by systemising that taxation— a self-imposed taxation, which should continue till the union was repealed. The people should supply them with the means, he was going to say, of carrying on the government of the country, but he would not expose himself to an indictment of 36 yards length, and he would say, all the operations incidental to the carrying on of the agitation. After some further observations, the Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud cheers. Mr. °Tea (barrister) moved that the Committee of the Association should be directed to prepare a general view of the proceedings of the Association fir the past year. The Learned Gentleman then commented at some length on the various political phases through which the people of Ireland had passed during the last forty-five years, and detailed the several constitutional triumphs they had achieved, and concluded an eloquent address amidst general applause. After the dispatch of some routine business, Mr. Smith O'Brien announced the rent for the week to be 243/. 15s. ld.—The meeting then adjourned. VICE-REGAL COURT.—The Lord Lieutenant enter tained the following party at dinner on Saturday, at the Vice •regal Lodge :—llon./Sliss A'Court, Lord Eliot, Lady Jemima Eliot, the Primate, the Archbishop of Dublin, ; Marquis of Waterford, Marquis of Headfort, Earl of ! Meath, Earl of Roden, Earl of Cbarlemont, Earl of Lei trim, Earl of Donoughraore, Earl of Miltuwn, Earl of Wicklow, Earl of HOSSP, the Dean of St. Patrick's, Sir William Betham, Sir William Leeson, Colonel Bowles, Mr. A'Court; Lord Francis Gordon, and Mr. Daly, Aides de-Camp in Waiting. • THE LATE STATE TRIALS.—The alterations which were made in the Court of Queen's Bench this time last year, for the purpose of affording additional tworamo- , DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. B. Pow, ship broker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—second and final ,div. of Is. ild. in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 11, or any succeeding Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. pyspn, scythe manufacturer, Sheffield—first div. of 7s. 6d in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. J. Dixon, linendraper, Sheffield—second and final div. of 2s. 4d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr,Freeman, Leods. W. Batty, currier, Hull—first div. of Is. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. H. and G. Sehonswar, merchants, Hull—third div. of Bd, in the,pound, on any,Wednesday, as the office of Mr. Freeman, Lgeds. R. Pullen, flax merchant, Selby, Yorkshire—seCond and final div. of 44d. i n th e p oun d, on, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. R. Currie, bookseller, Newcistle-upon-Tyne—first dir. of 4s. in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 11, or any succeeding Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker; Leeds. W. Hayton, coal fitter, Sunderland—third and final dir. of Id. and 7-15th parts of a penny, on Saturday, Jan. 11,,0r any succeeding Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. H. Kerr, tailor, Mulgrave-place, Woolwich—fifth div. of 24d. in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 11, and two fol lowing Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab church-lane, City. _ _ J. Ward, ironfounder, Upper Ground-street, Christ church—second div. of Is. Bd. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry : E. Tuck, silversmith, Haymarket—first div. of sd. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office Of Mr. Tur quand, Old Jewry. J. Prior and H. Brady, brush manufacturers, Hull— first div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound,, on - any . Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. J.. Wilson, linen manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —first and final div. of Is. 3d. and 8 10ths of a penny in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 11, or any succeeding Saturday, 'at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. T. Rodham, grocer, Newcastle•upon-Tyne—first and final div. of 9d. and 7.loths of a penny in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 11, or any succeeding Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. R. Drew, licensed victualler, Compton-street, Regent square, Middlesex—first div. of bid. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. - E. H. Foster, tanner, Hathern, Leicestershire—second div. of 2d. and - seven-eighths of a penny in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street. J. Cockburn, merchant, New Broad-street, City— fourth div. of 3id. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. T. Donkin, victualler, Cambridge=first div. of 2d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr Turquand, Old Jewry. J. Hurley, plumber, Woburn, Bedfordshire—second div. of 4d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. C. Graydon, ship chandler, St. Ann's-place, Lime house—second div. of 6d. in the pound, on any Wednes day,. at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. J. S. Daintry, J. Ryle, and W. R. Ravenscroft, bankers, Manchester—fourth div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, or any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. A: Tregear and T. C. Lewis, print sellers, Cheapside, City—first div. of 20s. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Belcher, , King's Arms-yard, Cole man street. J. Balls, livery-stable keeper, Holloway-road, Isling ton—first div. of 3s. in the pound, on any Wednebday, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Cole man-street. A. Portway, tea dealer, Braintree, Essex—first div. of 3s. 6d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of %Ir. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street. J. Baker, grocer, Romsey, Hampshire—first div. of 58: in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street. J; Scholefield, cutler, Cheapside, City—first div. of 4s. l Id. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman street. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Wacey, bookseller, BeeCh-kreet, Barbican, Jan. 28, at one—J. and R. Dewe, booksellers, Oxford, Jan. 28, at half-past twelve—J. Oliver and J. York, bankers, Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, Jan. 30, at half-past eleven—J. Oliver and J. York, coal masters, Tipton, Staffordshire, Jan. 30, at twelve—A. Lett, timber mer chant, Commercial-road, Lambeth, Jan. 30, at half-past one—T. Roberts, Blackman-street, Southwark, Jan. 30, at one—T. G. Thorn, builder, Southampton, Jan. 30, at twelve—E. Ashwell, butcher, Yeldon, Bedfordshire, Jan. 31, at twelve. _ _ _ In the Country. G. Potter, S. Potter, and J. Krauss, calico printers, Manchester, Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court— W. Cochran and J. P. Robertson, mer chants, London, Jan. 30, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—W. P. Robertson, merchant, London, Jan. 30, at half-past twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day, herein-mentioned. T. Sherwood, baker, Reading, Berkshire, Jan. 30—J. Burgess, farmer, Cratfield, Suffolk, Jan. 30-W. Smith, builder, Gloucester -street, Hoxton, Jan. 29 —W. Brookes, grocer, Gilbert-street, Grosvenor-square, Jan. 28-T. and'J. Walker. upholsterers, York-road, Lam beth, Jan. 28-A. Akehurst, baker, East Melling, Kent, Jan. 28—R. Parkinson, cloth manufacturer, Calverley, Yorkshire, Jan. 22-A. W. Pollock, commission mer chant, Liverpool, Jan. 29-R. E. Walker, merchant, Li verpool, Jan. 29-W. Cross, lead merchant, Chester, Jan. 29—S. Ecles, cotton manufacturer, Manchester, Jan. 30—C.' Mann:banker. Romford, Jan, 28. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. A. Forshaw and R. Forshaw, jun., merchants, Li verpool—S. and H. W. Wilkins, stone masons, Judd place West, St. Pancras—E. T. Clarkson and E. E, Whitaker, attorneys, Caine, Wiltshire—R. C. Edleston. H. Fisher, and R. C. Edleston, attorneys, Nantwich, Cheshire—W. P. Budd, W. Woodward, J. Bletchly, W. A. Long, and W. Oliver, carriers, Bristol—G. John son, L. Eastwood, and E. Tavo, joiners, Manchester— D. Fletcher and J. Payne, schoolmasters, Denmark hill, Camberwell—J. Cramond and A. Schuyler, jun., ship agents, Lime-street—T. Giles and G. Foster, yarn manufacturers, Horbury, Yorkshire—T. Marston, sen., and T. Marston, jun., gold beaters, .Birmingham—C. R. Ayers and R. Parkinson, architects, John-street, Berkeler:square—R. Blackbird and W. R. Hunter, ship brokers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Burnley, A. Burnley, S. Burnley, and J. Burnley, woollen manufac• turers, Batley, Yorkshire (so far as regards A. Burnley) —l'. Crook. sen., and P. Crook, jun., cotton manufac turers, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire—M. Blandin and G. A. Brown, merchants, Liverpool—lL Guy and W. I). Burrell, jun., booksellers, Chelmsford —J. Neville, J. Ainsworth, and J. Beardsworth, attorneys. at-law, Blackburn, Lancashire (so far as regards J. Beardsworth)—E. Hall and J. Burnet, plumbers, Lytham, Lancashire—M. Kokes and W. Arebste; furnishing undertakers, Blackman-street, - Borough—W.' Buckle, J. Smith, -and J. Booth, worsted spinners, Brad- datioti the bar and public during tile late State trio are in course of r rnoval. Workmen have been ft:also:le days employed in removing them, so that the Court rear upon the first day of term (Saturday next) resume its . original appearance. RIOT IN LONGFORD.—The Government, with the ututdst promptitude, sent the Adjutant-General fr n cith Atilleine to this town on Monday last, to investiga te riot which Well place, as far as the detachment of tat , 54th I.( giment, pssilng through here, was concerned, and the particulars cf which we gave last week, b u t tne result has not heel; mid:: known yet. .11e proceeded _ Tuestitty to R a iti nattor e i in the county Leitrim, where the detachment is stationed : Captain Hill, R.M., 11 °' I ert Curtis, Esq., county inspector, and two of the Ocr, stabulary, also pr,ceeded there, and we have heard? of the soldiers have - identified by the peliesP being concerned in the riot'.l-LC,."a ford Journal. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE SARI.: GswritOT, Z c i e w o —On Monday evening lust, between -- sis:- and . s ; e n ate I o'clock, a most dari:.g attempt was made to assts..., this gentleman ; he was on his mum from his countrY residence at Bracklen to his house at Edgeworthsicn and when within a short distance of the latter 00 , 5 person named - William Kerrigan came up to hint, e n presented and snapped a pistol at him, which provide r tially only burned priming. Kerrigan then ran but the Edgeworthstown police being up to the spot°, few seconds, and receiving the name of the offender ftr Mr. Geffroy they went in pursuit of Kerrigan, and, el a fatiguing leare, succeeded in arresting him, 116 . marched him into Longford gaol on the following molt!' ing, to take his trial at the n ex t ass i zes . It apP,t" that Mr. Geffroy elected Kerrigan's father some toi" ago from some land.—Longford Journal. On Thursday night last a threatening notice Iv ° served on Mr. William Johnston. of Kilgarvin, threater ing him with the death of the Sheppard' in the open 410 if he did not surrender some land he held from which th. • widow Byrne was ejected.—Athlone Sea 694 • The Lord Chancellor has given a donation of 304 the Wexford Lunatic Asylum. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF KNOCKMAROON.—A most. appalling accident, attest., with the loss of the lives of four children ; took plaC,""' Saturday evening, about four o'clock, at the little harp l e i of Knockmaroon, which lies contiguous to the southen' and western boundary wall of the Pheenix Park, IT: the low road to the Strawberry Beds and Lucan, The Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in the it extensive and valuable improvements in the Ph:P; Park, constructed a new road at the back of the 891 1 , Hibernian Military School, through what is famil ia r s ;. known as the Furry Glen, about midway from the gur i , mit level of the ground to that of the valley alorigOtre g fi River Liffey. The place w as so ronianiically besu - s in its aspect that it was resolved to add to its 11 21 * - ,7, ance by forming the upper part of the glen into an ficial lake, nature having, provided , for,a supply of by a rivulet which ran along, emptying itself into, i g'„ Liffey, and formed the boundary. between the, peri,i of Chapelizod and Castleknock. The usual prece4. l S .: for permitting the overflow of the lake to pass away: . , provided for by means of a sewer. The boundary ITV the park was at the bottom of the glen, and about yards from it were the houses, the.inmates of which 2;:: victims. It would appear that the masonry work 9f;7 1 , • sewer gave way, and Ole great body Of 'Water speew"_ . filled the lower glen, as it - is stated to the height o f s°:, or eight feet, the opening in wall being quite cient to let off the rush of water; its weight soon ur down about twenty or thirty feet or the walls. a nd s overwhelming flood swept into the housei, and in s' l i r anima, s. before any human help could be affeirded: - 1 6 children, end a cow, the chief support of one poor : were drowned. An officer ? whom we understood 1 Mr. De Laney, of the Ist Royal Dragoons, who riding fortunately along the road, with intrepid hums 2 4 which does honour to him, rode into the water, succeeded 'in rescuing an aged woman and three Cl I dren from destruction. Three others of the 11 0 ° I were not approachable. The names of the sufferers Roger Fox, by trade a weaver, but who is a fire now on board one of the London and Dublin steam 1 and at present on duty, lost three children, the. et t l: eleven years, the youngest an infant, the third four years old. One of the children, aged nine; provitlii tially saved herself by climbing on the top of her fatti d 4 loom, and was found in that position half d.ad, citPtlf? ; with death-like grasp to it. The eldest girl,-it , posed, lost her life in her anxiety for - the infant t; a. youngest sister. The poor mother was at market,l,,,, viding some necessaries for the week's support, 110, 1 1 1 b turned but to witness their dead bodies, and that OlLil cow, their chief means of support. A man pt t 42 Joseph Coyle had one child drowned. A poor man named Mullen, by trade a Binh h,.-lieing on r o il ot bank of the Liffey, the opposite side of the road; his house and.furniture all wrecked and -destroyed. d . respectable tradesman name d Butler had his furnin,,, destroyed. It was to the: courage, decision, and hot' nity of Mr. De Lacey that this • man owes the serration of his mother and children's lives. „ Al !- rot furniture, bed-clothes, store of potatoes, tiring, were all destroyed, and a scene of more unquil% misery than these wretched dwellings presented not be imagined Some prompt measure of should be devised for these suffering families; but is imperatively incumbent upon the Commissioner! Woods and Forests to compensate them for the in)" thus unwittingly inflicted upon them. The bodie 6 ; the four children lie in a public-house awaiting 0 quest. THREE YEARS IN CONSTANTINOPLE ; 011, /3°' TIC MANNERS 01 THE TURKS.—A work under the title (from the pen of Charles White, Esq ), is annotg for immediate publication, and is likely, we underfit l to supply a more complete account of Turkish society, manners than has ever yet been given to the world.,,' following is an extract from the Prospectus though numerous works have been published o n tbel ject of Constantinople and Turkey, their pages, he° ably and pleasantly written, contain little correct in t mation as to the habits and social usages of the Turf population, and it is admitted by all who visit Con g i tinople that the►.e , is no work in our language to la' travellers, or residents, can apply for data or - for it 7i c es factory explanation existing institutions and pree," e it with wbich they come in contact. The object of no' volumes—the fruits of minute research and laboriou s vestigation (luring a three,years' re s iden ce i n the To r ) capital—is to supply the deficibncy in questiout li thereby to Offer to the public a work which...e lo ,"o 6 inAruct;ve and amusing to general readers, valusu i l e o a book of reference, and a guide, not only to irave',,iib but to all those who may desire to become familiar ro,t the laws, habits, and social condition of, perhap s ',,'"' most remarkable people in Europe at the present i as ATROCIOUS CASE.—A man of the name of WIW, was charged before the Gorbals Police-court, on T b ,r day, with committing a savage assault on his witiuf, gravated with being previously convicted of a ono° offence. From the evnlence, it appeared that l' . ll/ returned home drunk early in the morning, wb e oe' dragged his wife out of bed and forced her on th e A whereby she was severely burned, and threats' het hold her on the fire " until the spittle boiled 0 0 01 mouth !" The presiding magistrate, Bailie GC ;re after animadverting on the atrocity of the offene e ',, i ' e lif , gretted that he could not inflict a heavier punis h ', o A and sentenced the culprit to pay a fine of SL, or to Di e Bridewell for sixty days. The prisoner was re l9 o lo' from the bar, grumbling about the severity of the V I ment.—Glasgow Argus. yft AIARYPORT AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.-- W 9, 44 happy to announce that this spirited Company hfi f ', tended their terminus to Crown-street, in Boteh er t'ill and that on Monday last passengers were taken up ° t wo; new station. We inay add that if the late severe had not intervened, the line would have been ° PO throughout on New Year's-day. As it is, the 01/ e veo may be expected to take place about the Ist of . ruary.—Carlisle Patriot. BIRTHS. On the 3d inst., at Convamore,iho Countess of O tc''' of twin daughters. jr a On the 2d inst., at Cromarty, the lady of Gspt4i ll „ of! Graham, late of the Hanoverian Grenadier Gluts' ;,' daughter. o l O f On the sth inst., the lady of Charles Powia, E' , Majesty's Customs, of a son. D ee' On the 6th inst., the lady of Charles Barr, Esq., of A of a son. OP : On the 6th inst., Mrs. William Hodge, of Grea t borough-street, of a son. DP On the 6th inst., at Regent-square, Mrs. Henry - Pil e , of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Manchester-street, Itlancliester 4ll° j . the lady of H. S. Russell, Esq., of a son. ----- MARRIED. I , v o , On the Ist inst., at the parish church of Lancastero JOO, Hatton, Esq., surgeon, of Oxford-street, Manchester..,.. f t third daughter of the late E. M. Burton, Esq., of . 1-1 " Lancashire. 4 0 ( On the 2d inst., at the parish church, Bulteagb, toP bt (terry, John Crosbie, Esq., to Marianne, eldest &to* e j, Marcus M'Causland, Esq., Fruit-hill, Londonderry der On the 4th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Alaxan i , grave, Esq., to Mary, daughter of George Hodgkial ° of York-terrace, Regent's-park. te DIED. On the 3d inst., at Torquay, Catherine, relict ofdteDroBlll4 P 4, Rev. Charles Chester, Rector of Ayott, St. Peter's , eq't On the 3d inst., Martha, the wife of John Parker, ' ~t Cloudesley-terrace, Islington. t ret; .1 0 , 0- , ~i , On the 30th of December, at Brighton, Lady Vgl I , o o",air of the late Sir R. Wilmot, Bart., of Chaddesden, Pe r- i 0 , 14 On the 2d inst., Francis Sophia, second daughte sigst„ Henry and Lady Fletcher, of Ashley-park, SurreP r o f 9 : years, and ms the 4th inst., Emily, eldest daught e , „r • same, aged 5 years. )01.1"0( On the 2d of November last, at Toromungalu,V,;isit ° General M. Riddell, commanding the Southern , ce t the Madras Army. e °° On the 31st ult., James S. Flower, Esq., late ch, ~,, P„ fi of the Maidstone East Indianian, aged On the 2d inst. at Lansdown-crescent, Cheltenbtfo'isli" M. Hume, daughter of the late J. Hume, D.D., L °l. G , of Sarum. jr.l On the 3d inst., at Pelham crescent, Broniptonf Ai Newman, of the Haymarket. Wi lk e On the 4th inst., in the Precincts, Canterburlto 000 and on the sth inst., Archdale Todd, the infant tri ll or the Rev. George Wallace. OOO On the 4th inst., at Eton College, Susan, th e third 06, of the late John Slingsby, E s q., of Windsor. si / . V On the 4th inst., Harriet, .the w i f e o f Mr. Tll ol° , e I 13 0t' Tollington-park, Hornsey-road. I. r. On the sth inst., at Torquay, Maria, the wife of jr ijol Esq., of Donningt on, Berks. 1 5 On the sth inst., at Upper Harley-street, Tho m f, dli e worth Hunt, Esq., aged 83. 315 1. ' On the sth inst ,at Lambourne Cottage, Essex' Aof . relict of the late Rev. M. Lewis, aged 68. o re, ' t oo On the 6th inst., in Seymour-street, Euston-s,grd 0° Mary Fisher, relict of Mr. C. Fisher, II0• 00° ' r• Bromley, Kent. of late On the 6th inst., Feodore, youngest daughter 0 ~ Mullett, Esq., late of Guildford-street, Russell - IKP°- London: Printed and Published by MURDO of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun 00 089 0; 00f Strand,t n the Precinct of the Ssvoy, in t lie Weducticisy, Jamas tit Leo. I