The Sun. — London, England, 1839-01-30 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. When the Tory Government of the Duke of Wellington was broken up, under circumstances, in which no Whig that ever whined would have dreamed of relinquishing the sweets of office, he was succeeded by an Administration of so-called, or rather self-called, Patriots, whose peculiar boast it was, that they were to eschew the evil ways of their predecessors ; that, so far as human frailty would admit, they were to discard all motives, impulses, tenden cies, &c., other than such as had the public welfare for their sole and unmixed principle of action. Together with " peace, economy, and reform," their watchwords were " government 'without patronage," and " influence without one particle of bribery or corruption." Nay, so high did they pitch their key-note of political temperance, purity, and chastity, that people who took them at their own words ex- pected to . see the several Members of the ‘Vhig Cabinet and their subaltern functionaries not merely "governing without patronage," but " serving without salary," and ad vertising in the public journals for candidates of all shades of politics, without distinction, to prove their fitness by public examination for each office as it might happen to fall void. How far such prospects have been realized, and the pledges which gave them countenance fulfilled, let the history of the last six or seven years, but more especially of the last three or four, make answer. Whig peace has been dishonour—Whig economy has made the revenue bankrupt—Whig reform has excited those convulsive throes throughout the kingdom which are the ordinary har bingers of fatal revolution. As for " Government with. , out patronage," we have it not, but the reverse ; for of patronage without Government the amount is unex ampled and awful, the public money being profusely and disgracefully lavished by Ministers, who are slaves to the recipients of their own bounty, and who grovel in the dust before those whom they g orge with tribute from the na tion's treasury. We are badly enough dealt with in Eng land by these no-patronage Ministers. Here we are eaten up by swarms of commissioners and other vermin ; but tbose who desire to see " no patronage" in perfection had better step across the Irish Channel, and remark how the process of " patronage without Government," or perhaps it night be more correctly said, of government exercised by those whn received the patronage, not by those who dispense sto tl.is hour carried on. Tv' °instances of the " no-pa tronage" s) stem have long since been stated to us. The first is that of a certain counsellor, who was appointed by her Ma jesty's Government Assistant-Barrister of a county. The said Assistant-Barrister, however, made, as we understand, such "a havoc of blunders" in his very first attempt to discharge his judicial functions, that for very shame he was removed instanter to another, less important county, where his ignorance could do less mischief. What says the law in relation to these Assistant-Barristers, and to the rules which are to regulate their selection ? The Act provides that none shall be appointed Assistant-Barristers but those who are of six years' standing at least, and who for two years at least, next preceding, have been practising barris ters. This personage, however, never practised at the bar, or left it many years 'before his late :appointment. Is this man's nomination, therefore, legal ? Has he the requisites for the judicial function demanded by law ? Arc leis decisions lawful ? Are they binding ? Can they be lawfully enforced.? This is a nice predicament wherein to place the administration of justice. But it is a case which must inevitably and. speedily be inquired into by Parlia ment. The next case we shall notice is a whacker, of which the merits sautent aux yeux,and we can, therefore, af ford to dismiss it briefly. Mr.A.B.Blake, we believe, a"Privy Councillor," is the chief party, but not the only one, con nected with this piece of "no patronage" jobbery. One of the first acts of this gentleman as a Privy Councillor, we have been informed, was to " sign and attest Lord Mill grave's proclamation for a change in the liturgy of our Protestav Established Church," he (Mr. Blake) being a " zealous Roman Catholic." The job in question, However, was his conversion of the Chief Remembrancer ship of Ireland—for which he still receives a salary of 3,500/. per annum, and to which he was appointed in lieu of the Marquis Wellesley, as to an efficient office— his conversion of it, we say, into an absolute sinecure! And why ? Because he became a Commissioner (a salaried one, we presume) of the Board of Education, where he acts by no means as a sinecurist, but actively in prosecu tion of the understood end of that Board—viz , the put ting down of the Protestant religion and the Protestant interest throughout the whole of Ireland. But how came Alt. Blake to be Chief Remembrancer of Ireland ? Lord Wellesley•had been s r, and paid a deputy out of the in come for discharging its duties. However, an effective Chief Remembrancer became a thing desired. Lord Wel lesley was provided for by a very liberal salary, of, they say, from 4,000/. to 5.000/. per annum. Mr. Blake's appoint ment added 3,500/. per annum to the public expenditure. However, he did the business, and it was all right. But the Learned Gentleman being a reputed dabbler in politics, and Privy or Private Councillor to the Lord-Lieutenant, could not of course find time for such variety of engage ment. So that department which furnished the least ample field to a managing, not to say manceuvr . ng genius, like that of the Learned Gentleman, was sent to take care of itself (;he Learned Gentleman first taking care of the salary), and the commissionership" being an attrac tive theatre for party po!itics, became his chosen recrea tion. But how, in the meanwhile, fared the business of the Remembraucer's-office, a most important one ? We have seen Mr. Blake become Deputy Remembrancer under the name of Chief to save Lord Wellesley trouble, the salary of both amounting to about 8,000/. per annum. We next find him relieved from the whole duty, though not from a single fraction of the salary, by the additional appointment of a Mr. Acheson Lyle to take the part of Chief Remembrancer under the name of Deputy, with a salary over and above both Blake's and Lord Wel lesley's of 2,0001. per annum—the country thus paying 10,000/. a-year for an office of which the whole duties are discharged for one-fifth of the sum ! Such is Whig economy, and such the Government without patronage ! We tell Mr. Blake that it ill becomes him to swell the clamour against pluralists in the Established Church, when he sets an example of such offensive and mischievous plurality in his own person. If he be a Remembrancer, let him per form the duties. If he will be a Commissioner, let him give up the Chief Remembrancers' wages.—Times. The Journal des Debats announces the meeting of the French and English Commissaries appointed to 'arrange, if possible, an alteration in the tariffs of the two conntries. It states with exactness the wretchedly small amount of commercial relations between countries so wealthy and con tiguous, and the chilling effect which the prohibition stem has had on the great wine districts of France, which ought to furnish its rich produce to the world. The Journal des Debats, however q is wrong in attributi ng thi s t o a w an t of a free and fair spiritin both countries. England, for these many years past, has shown the utmost desire, and made the greatest exertions to open a trade with France, without being at all met with a similar spirit on the part of the statesmen of that country. The article in the Journal des Debats is, however, written in a good spirit ; the more im portant, as the writer seems to have been no stranger to the facts under the consideration of the French Commissaries. The Journal offers a reduction of the duties on iron and steam-engines, and the'admission of our cotton and linen threads at a lower rate, in return for our diminishing the duty on wines and brandies ; and for admitting their silk at a bona jide duty of 30 per cent., instead of raising it to 45 and 50 per cent. in an indirect way. The question of our duties on brandy is not fairly stated by the French writer, who leaves out of account the excise duty on our own spirits, equal to at least one-third of that at present charged on foreign brandies. As to wines, we fear it will not . be so easy to change the national taste as the French imagine, or to persuade the English to drink the lower growth of French wine at any price. They should have a fair trial, however, and the more fully it succeeds the better. Diminishing an absurd duty on bottles, for which no doubt o r Comm's ales are prepa e 1 , would prove of material ad vactsge. Whilst on the subject of commercial treaties, we may . mention an important fact, which is, the recent con clusion of a treaty between the United States and the kingdom of Sardinia, in which the latter has abandoned the system of monopolies, and granted full liberty of transit to all commodities across the Sardinian Sates into Limburg. Sardinia is willing to extend the same privilege to England. —Morning Chronicle. So far as we know, and we think we know about as much as our neighbours upon the subject, the notion that the Conservative party is in any danger of being " broken up," or " divided,' or " weakened" by the Corn-law agita tion, is a mistake and a delusion. We look upon it, in short, as sheer fudge. It is a trick got up by the Times, and its wretched partners in turucoatism and other iniqui ties, for the purpose of giving that Journal an importance which does not belong to it. The Times, which found it convenient to turn from rabid Radicalism to obstreperous Conservatism, upon other questions of public interest finds it convenient, from its peculiar connection, to be the op posite of Conservative upon the Corn-law question. It suits the Times, and therepon it becomes the cue of the pa rasites of the Times, to represent this as a wonderfully Important matter. That Journal and its instruments would have the world believe that the Conservative party cannot he united upon the Corn-law question, because the Times is on one side, and the Conservative nobility and gentry of the kingdom on the other. For the purpose of promoting this swaggering impertinence, the stale trick was yesterday resorted to by the Times of put ting a feigned letter into its first leading column to show how the advocacy by that Journal of the repeal of the Corn laws was not a break-up of the Conservative party ! Why who ever said it was, except the turncoat confederates of that turncoat Journal, and a certain greasy crowd of gaping simpletons, who have but two sources of ideas upon earth, namely, their larders and the Times Ncwsaper ? A more gross and palpable trick than that of the Times of yeater. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1839. his refusal to grant the warrant. The affidavits in answer set forth that the order was for the payment of 7s. a-week, that the mother of the child had other children, and that the de fendant did not believe that the whole of the money he paid was appropriated to the maintenance of the child of which he was the putative father. The COURT (stopping Mr. PLATT in support of the rule) ob served that while the order was in existence it must be en forced.—Rule absolute. COURT OF EXCISE. JAN. 29. IMPORTANT CONVICTIONS. Messrs. Morrelle, of Piccadilly; Messrs. Sherborne and Sams, also of Piccadilly ; and Mr. Johnson, of Regent street, this day appeared before the Honourable Commis sioners, to answer informations laid against thcm,by Excise officers, for having retailed from their establishments foreign brandy, and various descriptions of liqueurs, being wholesale dealers. The penalty sueed for by Mr. Mayow, the Crown Solicitor, against earl] defendant was 50/. It appeared from the evidence of the officers that the two first firms were in an extensive way of buSiness as Italian and liqueur merchants, and that Mr. Johnson was a wholesale brandy and liqueur merchant; that they (the officers) for the purpose of laying informations against the defendants, had gone into their warehouses, and had purchased a single bottle at each house. The defendants allege.] that as their business in no way in terfered with the licenser] retailers in spirits, the Excise had hitherto tolerated their selling single bottles of liqueurs, upon which they paid heavy Customs' duty, and if they were pre vented from carrying on their business as usual, that depart ment of the revenue must suffer greatly, and the trade in fo reign liqueurs would totally be put an end to. The CHAIRMAN having consulted with his brother Commis sioners, said that the Court were of opinion that an alteration of the law in favour of this class of dealers in foreign liqueurs was very desirable, but all that the Commissioners could do at present was to reduce the penalty fiorn 50/. to 31. in each case. _ . . . The penalties were immediately paid, and Mr. Johnson in timated that it was the intention of the trade to represent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer the peculiar hardships to which they were subjected by the new course adopted in the Excise department. EXCHEQUER COURT-YESTERDAY THE CANADIAN PRISONERS. (From our Second Edition of last night.) At the conclusion of Sir F. Pollock's speech, shortly after four o'clock, Mr. Wightman rose to address the Court upon the same side, but he was interrupted by Lord ABINGER, who said, as they would be obliged to hear the gen- tlemen who app,ared for the prisoners, in reply, it would be impossible to get through with the arguments this term. However desirable it might be to 1 ave the case decided, the further hearing must he postponed till next term. It would not make much difference, as it was unlikely that the Court would have given judgment during the present term. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then said Mr. Batchelor was heartily tired of the prisoners, and as Governor of Newgate and the Sheriff of London had declared they would not again be taken in at Newgatoy it became desirable that they should in the meantime be put into some other custody. He pledged himself that they would not We removed from the jurisdiction of the Court. Lord An►NGER said the Court had no power to make any order upon he subject. It was at length arranged that they should be removed to the Peni. tentiary on the order of the Government. POLICE INTELLI GENCE. TOWN-HALL Yesterday, the Rev. Mr. Abdy, the minister of St. John's Southwark, appeared before Sir JOHN KEY, Bart., to answer the complaint of Mrs. Deamer, a respectable-lopking female, for an assault, committed under the following rather singular circumstances Mrs. Deatner, who resides at No. 105, Tooley-street, said, " My husband is a neAsman and tobacconist, and, about a quarter past four o'clock on last Sunday afternoon, the Rev. defendant came into our shop, and designated me as a wre t c h e d profaner of the Sabbath, and said that I should not sell any newspapers." Sir JOHN KEY—You have no right to sell newspapers on the Sunday. Mrs. Deanwr—lf we do not sell the Sunday newspapers on . • the same day they are of no use to us ; besides, every shop in the parish of St. Thomas is kept open on Sunday. Sir JOHN KE7—You are not justified in serving during the hours of Divine service. Mr. Dearro•—We must sell our Sundav newspapers, other wise they are of no use to us. The Rev. - Defendant came into the shop, and hallooed in a most abrupt manner to me, and at the same time he swept all the newspapers off the counter, and then attempted to shut the door, and in the course of my preventing him, he hurt my shoulder. Sir JOHN KEY—In resisting his shutting the door your shoulder was hurt? Mrs. Deamer—Yes ; I do not deny resisting his attempt to close my door. lam living in St. John's, and Mr. Abdy belongs to St. Glare's, and there is no afternoon service in the parish in which my husband is living: Sir Jolts KEY—According to your own showing, Ho not see any case of assault, for you say your shoulder was hurt in en deavouring to prevent the door being closed. I will hear what the defendant has to say. The Rev. Mr. Abdy—On the day in question I saw the shop of the complainant open, and, to prevent the slightest charge of being actuated by any feeling of ill will, I wt nt previously to another on the opposite side, and desired the per sons belonging to it to close. I then crossed over to this per son's shop, but, on the honour of a gentleman and on the word of a Clergyman, I never committed an assault, neither did I sweep away the papers from the counter ; but I felt, as all true Christians must feel, the deplorable manner in which the Sab bath -day is desecrated. Mrs. Deamer—The Rev. Gentleman, after he had halloed to me to close the shop, rushed out and ran away. The Rev. Mr. Abdy— I can assure you, Sir John, that such was not the fact ; it would b 3 highly indecorous for a clergy man to be seen running ; that I was in a hurry I am ready to admit, and on leaving the shop I certainly walked away very fast; and, unless my eyes deceived me very much, there were two females in the shop at the time 1 entered, to whom I com plained of the desecration of the Sabbath. I can also assure you that I did not touch one of the papers • at the same time it is probable I may ha v e, by chance, knocked down a placard hanging at the d oor . After leaving the shop I had occasion to proceed to the burying.ground, and I there saw a police constable, whom I desired to go and take notice of what was going on in the shop. - 111;s. Deamer —There was, I can assure you, not one person in the shop excepting myself ; my husband was asleep by the side of the fire. Ultimately the summons was dismissed. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, -- - ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 29. Number Dividend Pric of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share 1,766 7 poi cent. Ashto ...d Oldham....Average 97/.lBe. sh. 135 ~082 41. Ashby , se-lesZouch Average 1151.5 h. '73 1,260 Basingstoke 1001.0 h. 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 1501. sh. 90 8,000 1-16 sh. 91 Os. Birminham, 1.1.6 th share Bil. & 7IL 218 a 000 Ditto an g d Liverpool Junes...l lo U sh. 100 pd 26 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/ sh. all pd 64 400 41. Cheliner and Blackwater 1004 sh. lei 500 481. Csventry ' 004 sh . 733 4,545 Croydon 2,060 , 4 4/, Os. Dudley loo4sh. 6. 000 10 . Derby 100/. sh . 135 20,000 4 per cent, ilanime and Mayne 4ll. 13s. 4d .pd 30 3,5754 3/. Ellesmere and Cheater Average' 33 I.sh. 81 231 621. Erewash l.st.. 775 1,2117 9.81. Forth and Clyde Average £OOl. 6s. ch. 5 X103 1,600 121. (hand Junction 1(04 sh. 203 , t,5494 11. Grand Union sh v 4 1001. sh. 20 11,500 Grand Surrey 0,000/. 4 1 . per cent. Ditto Optional) Loan lOOl. 13 3 *196 Grand Western IOW. sh. all pd 12 600 13/.125. Rd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. 4d. 23f 749 10t. Grantham 150/. sh. 203 6,238 2/. Os. Huddersfield.... ...... Average 571. 63.6 d. sin 36 100 5328 11. Is. Kennet i till Avon, Average 39/. 18s.10d. sh . 28 2,8971 30'. Leeds and Liverpool 100/ sh. 740 5151 131. Leicester I4O/. sh. 2224 1,897 61. Os. Leicester anal Northampton... Aver a 3/. ins. 90 2.400 10 /. Monmouthshire loo/ .sh. 201 150 10/. Melton Mowbray 1001. eh . 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 560 300 11. 10s. Macclesfield Ran. sh. all pd. 51 247 171. Neath 1001.8 h. 325 2,400 51. Peak Forest A vel.ge about Mei. 104 1,418 12e. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. his. Bd. sh. :6 5,669 6/. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/0. 108 500 81. Shropshire /251.5 h. 137 800 91, 108, Somerset Ccal 1501. sh. 1514 3,6004 44 percent Ditto I,ock Fund Stock 121. 10.. sh. 114 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 710 500 9/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. .280 300 2!. Stourbridge 3,647 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon... verage 791.95. tel. sh. 40 33 151. Swansea lON. sh. 230 3,762 1/. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 351. sh. 39 .80a4s0. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 4 sha r e 100/. sh. 600 8,149 1.3005h.} 16/. Warwick sad Birmingham 1001. sh 281 1,0004.2, 910 15s. Warwick and ',lepton lOOl. sh. WI 6,999 4/.os. Worcester and Birmingham...Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 71 5,000 255. Wilts and Berke .. Average 67/. 108. Bd. sh. '23 800 3/, Vli yrley and Essington 1251. sh 75 126 I'os In West and ~ run DOCKS. 1,6001 1 a'ool.sh. 56 3p. C Commerc al 1,06.5a5h i East and West India Stock 112 3,239,3104/. 555. p.ct. London Stock 66 Ditto Bonds lOl 2.209 21. 19s. Bristol 68,3244 51, par cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 110 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOOl 4500 ..... Deptford Pier 201. sh. 20/. pd 11 BRIDGES. 1,600 IN. Hammersmiti . 5Ol. sh. 21 7,231 Southwark, Old .Av. 631.25. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 74 e, cent. 501.0. 14 5,000 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, O ld Annuities of 8/. 5,000 16s. 43. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 201 00,0004 5/. per cent. Ditto Bond' l2O 5,918 lis ASSURANCE COMPANIES Average 70/. lOs. 3d. ah, 23 . 2,000 3110 s Albion 500/. sh. 50/. pd 74 „ AA s 5 per cent./ Albance,British& Foreign 100/. sh. 104/. pd 144 50 '"""' i and 15s. .5 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd 64 24,000 4 1. per sh. Atlas 5O/. sh. 51. pd 144 1,290 Ish. 5/. Birmingham fire 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial WI. sh. 5/. pd 6 5,000 5/. per cent. Clerical, Mediaan&c. Life, ICOI sh. 2110 s pal 4 4,000 21 105 County 1001. sh. 101. pd 42 20,000 ss. Eagle 501. sh. 5/. pd 54 „„,, S 5 per cent./1000/. sh. 2501. pd 375 `"'" and 301 bs.j 2,271 225. percent. European Li a ' l ol.all pi 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 2/. pd I:,' ~ 1,000,0001. 71. per ct Globe Economic Idle Stock 14%- 20,000 51' Guardian lOO/. sh. 274/ pd 394 tO,OOO Os. ed. Hope 50/. sh. 51. pd 5 , 2,400 5/, 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 500/ sh. 50 1 . pd 1301 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 10/. pd 104 13,458 4/. per cent. Indemnity Marine 100/, sh. 8/. psl 244 2,020 3/ 10s Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 82 3/. Ditto Life. 79 10/ . 00 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 281 5,10 in 10s. London, Fir., 23/. sh. 121. 10s. pd 174 3,903 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 12/. Ris. pd 174 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 500,000/. 30,0110 51. per cent. Palladium Lit.: 50/. sh. 2/. pd 21 9, ild 50,003 4/. per cent. Protector File 2 0/. sh. 2/. pd 16, Oil 2,500 IL Provident laic 00,000 ss. Rock Life 201. sh. 14 pd 61 99,220/ 5/ per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 229 6,000 5 per cent. University Life 'Oa sh. 5/. pd 54 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 74 JOINT STOCK BANKS 25, 00 0 S percent. Agric andCumm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 101. pd 5.000 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd 70 10,300 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 5O/. sh. 10/, pd 13 10,000 10 per cent Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 164 31,000 5 perpent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 20/. pd 244 60,003 51. London Joint Stock 5 1 /. sh. 101. pd 131 .J,OOO 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. .)l. pd 11 11 25,1)00 Liverpool 1 001 sh. 10 /. pd 31 100,000 '74 per sent Manchester and Liverpool 501. sh. 151 pd 2) District 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 1001. sh. 25/ pd 27 20,000 Provincial blink of lreland 100/. sh. .251. psi 43 50, , 00 National Bank of 'lreland s"l. sh. 174/. pd 17 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 351. pd 34 10,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 101. pd 2( 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 501. sh. 5/. pd i GAS LIGHT AN 1.) COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 1/ Os Od P a th 2Ol. sh. la pd 2 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 16/. pd 2 5, '"" , t r5/.perceni land Bs. 6s. j Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pl 2 , 928 5110. Birmingham 5O/. sh. 9 1,250 21 Os Bristol 2o'. sh. 3 1,500 3/ lOs Brighton 2O/. sh. 1 750 31 lOs Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 18/. pd 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General '2O/. sh. all pd 1 1,000 51. 10s. Continental Consolidated 1,000 101. City 01 London .................1001. sh. all pd It 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/.los. Equitable .. SOL pd 1.7 10,000 24 per cent. Imperial 800 51. per cent. Isle ef 'llianet 2 51. sh 2Ol. pd 2,350 61. per cent. I ndependent 9Ol. sh. all pd 9,000 3/. per cent. Phoenix 501. Mi. 39/. p 3 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 1001. sh. 804 pd 4,010 South Metropolitan 5 1 ,1. s h. 191.14 8,200 51. per cent. United General 5O l. sh. 461. pd 210 5/. per cent. Warwick 519. sh. 400 51. per cent Wakefield 2,0 0 0 3/, Westminster Chartered 0,000 12s. Ditto New 8.60 Yarmouth 20/. sh. 10!. pd WATER WaIIKS. 1,800 9s. Birmingham 251. sh. 251. p 3 1,434 61. East London 100!. sh. 5,500 21 lOs Grand Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 2,000 2/. Kent 100/.sh. 372 10/. Liverpool llootle 9 201. sh. 1,500 21 lOs Now Rives London Bridge Water Annuities 6,496 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford lOOl. sh. 1,000 4' per cant. South Lonami 100/. sh. 8,294 44 West Middlesex ....Average 634 12s. 9d. sh. 1,300 1114 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 Birmingham and Derby 5O/. pd 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 15,000 Bristol and Exeter 1001. sh, i'f) pd 660 Calcutta and Saugur 501. sh. 21. pd 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western 1001. eh. 20/. 3,000 Clarence lOO4 sh. 1001 psi 12,000 8.000 60,000 Eastern C0untie5.......... ........... sh. 131. pd Grand Junction 100 1 . sh. 951. pd Great North of England 30/. pd 5,000 Great Western lOOl. sh. 65/. pd 2,000 Hartlepool 100 /. 811 . 1001 . pd 8,000 Hull and Selby 50 1 . sh. 201 , pd 10,006 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 2,1(10 34 per cent. Leeds and Selby. lOO sh. 1,500 11.58. Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd 5,103 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lol.4sh. 100/. p 4 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 36,000 12,000 London and Blackwell 50/. sh. 31 pd 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich Ol. ale. 204 pd 25,000 Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd 33,090 14,000 6,000 Ditto New Scrip... 12,000 13,000 Manchester and Leeds 1001. sh. 501. pd 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/,sh. 10/. pd Ditto Extension - 1 pd ....,..... North Midland 1001. sh. 551. pd Northe id Eastern .1001. sh. 154 pd _... -4or. ,ern an , 1.- 2,600 ... . . :.-... Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 3 0 1. pd 28,000 South Eastern and Dover 9/. pd 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOOl. sh. 0,000 1 1,400 6,000 York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 121, pd • MINES. • 8,000 Albion Copper 5l. a , 31/. pd 4,000 IL ss. Allen 151. sh. 121. hi pd 10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 51, pm.... 1001. sh. :0 'id Ditto Subscription ''.s/. pu 2,000 1"!. Bolanos l5Ol. sh all pd 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm .35/. sh. 21(1. pd 6,01:0 Macaubas & Cocaos United 251. eh. 2 , I. pd 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 9 04 sh. 14/.lpd 50,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. '2Ol. pd 10,000 • Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 101. p 4 20,000 British Iron 5Ol. sh. 501 pd 6,000 British Copper 5l. sh. 411. pd Cata Branca 63/. t d Candonga 7 3 1. 14 1/ Copiapo '2Ol. sh, 13/. pd Columbian ; iss. 5/. inn....... 551. sh. 55/. pd English 12/ 10. NI General Mining Association...2o/. sh. 174 pd Mexican Company 1001. sh. 55V. pd Polberou Consols . lO/. sh. 8/. pd Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 30,000 ...... ... United Mexican, iss. 2pm ....401. sh. all pd Ditwt. Scrip Ditto New Scrip 5l pd West Cork 50/ sh. 501. pd LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs sh. 1,500 700 King' College 1001. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 10.000 15s. Australian Agricultural...JOU sh. 2811. pd 6,000 4/. per cent. British American Land Company 2nl. pd 10,000 01 per cent. Canada Company 100/. sh. 301. pd Vio,ooo 51. per cent. Upper Cana,:a Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent 1/. 6s. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 14/. pd 10!. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 11. London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. 8,000 New Brunswick Land Company 5 01.- pd 2751 51. per cent. Reversionary I n t erest 5 0c. ..100/. s h. 1001. pd 2 , 633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 751. pd 1,0110 ' Thames Tunnel 50!. sh. all pd 10,000 Os. Van Die_ner.'s Land 1001. sh. 171. pd 10,000 8,500 .. 2,850 W. , 20,000 6,155 3,0u0 11,500 :20,000 240 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, DEC. 26. 1838. BA 1,500,60N. 6/. p. et. Bank 0 1 Scotland 5. S3l. 6s. Bd. sh. all pd 1901. 2,000,0)(1. 5 p. et. lit yal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 162/. 500,01.1. Ei P. et. Btinsh Linen Company 1001. sh. pd 2401. 3,000,000/. 6/. p. ct. Commercial iooi. sh. 1001. Pd ' 1771. 5.00, , 14',.. o. et N,tional . ............... lool.sh. 101. pd 1611. 2,00 ,, ,0001. 61. p. ct. Gl asgow Union 250/. sh. 501. Pd 841. 3,000,11,0/. 4 P. ct. Western of Scotland 2001, sh 401. Pd 59/. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250.0005 h. 6114 ct. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 1/, pd SOs. - ,500 6/ p. ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 10/. pEI 161. Os. inc,ooo sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd 10/. Os. 50,000 6p. et. North British 200/. sh. 10/. pd 201. _ _ _ . 1.000 sp. et. Caledonian Fire WM sh. 10/. pd 9.0/. Os 5,000 Bp. et. Edinburgh 6..'...' 100/. sh. 101. pet 14110 s 100,000 3} p. et. West of Scotland lOl. pd 710 s MISCELLANEOUS. 4,810 ... Ditto Allocated ...9131. sh. all pd 471. • 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.... 251. sh. all pd 391 Carron Iron Company 250/. sh. all pd 441, ?,000sh 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery... 5Ol. sh 4 , 4/. pd 524 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass —.204 sh. 16/. pd 811 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 6111 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 56/. 750 - 71 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 501. .200 Edinburgh :,id Dalkettn itaihvay...so/. sh 381. 3,900 5 oer cant, Equitable - Loan Company,., - .151, sh.pci 81. 1114. day, was never pl iyed off by a Jew retailer of Birming ham jewellery. The letter is introduced as if to miti gate an apprehension which never existed, except in the minds of the dullest and stupidest of the earth but, at the same time, pains are taken, even in that very letter to insinuate the enormous damage which the Conservative party must sustain from the separation between it and the Times upon the Corn-law 'question. It is, for instance, stated that " dividedness may for some time and to some extent incapacitate them (the Conservatives) for harmonious co-operation on several im portant points." Fiddle-di-dee " Dividedness," indeed ! Not the slightest fear of any such thing, good letter-forger ! SO you may keep your very sincere apprehensions and your particularly honest crumbs of comfort to yourself. From the portion of undisguised Times-ism which follows the letter we have been alluding to,we cannot but concludethat a vivid consciousness of the hoax he had been playing off was strong upon the writer's mind, and that he found it impossible to rid himself of the humour of swaggering facetiousness. For what do our readers suppose he goes on to say ? Why, that if he had been wholly silent upon the Corn-law question, or had taken the opposite side from that which he formerly advocated, such " utter want of principle as either of these courses would have exhi bited" must have been a monstrously serious thing. Did ever any half-drunken clown, in any booth, in any fair, ex hibit more comically outrageous audacity than this ? The Times pleading that it cannot take the opposite side from that which it once advocated, owing to its regard for prin ciple ! ! Well done, turncoat tumbler, Times. We are only surprised that it should not have been 'gravely an nounced that the Times, whatever unkind suspicion might have been attached to its character, was determined to prove that it was not "a rogue in grain," and therefore would be consistent upon the Corn-laws.—Morning Post. MONEY AND CITY NEWS. (FROM THE MOANING PAPERS OP THIS DAY.) TIMES.—It has transpired that large amounts of stock have recently been sold on account of the Scotch banks, chiefly in the 3f per Cents., and the known sagacity of these parties in all their operations in the funds, has given rise to some conjecture as to the motives by which they have been in fluenced on this occasion. The great firmness of the funds for some time past, under circumstances calculated to cause alarm to the stockholder, would imply that they were absorbed more and more into settlements and other fixed investments, where the interest of money, and not the available capital, is the chief consideration, and the prospect therefore would be a very uncertain one, with such large holders as the Scotch banks, of repurchasing hereafter at a profit the stock thus sold, supposing the sales to have been made upon speculation, and hence the conclusion is, that there is some motive more immediately concerning themselves which has led to the operation. This would seem to give some credibility to a rumour which has been current for several days past in the City, that Government have it in contemplation, in the course of the next session, to intro duce a law by which the circulation of notes under 51. shall be prohibited in Scotland and Ireland, as it already is in Eng land, of which the northern banks could not fail to have early intimation, and to prepare themselves for the emergency with as little delay as possible. It is undoubtedly a great anomaly in countries so nearly and closely connected, that there should be a currency so different in its character in use among them, and those who desire to keep up still a small note circulation are bound to adduce to the Legislature the most unanswer able reasons for retaining such a privilege. By the advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 436 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 101:. ar.d the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13. 51, it follows that gold is 2. 20 per cent. dearer at Hamburgh than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 8 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31 17s. 104 d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 35, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25. 15, it follows that gold is 0.80 per cent. dearer at Paris than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London is 109} per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America, being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex change is .07 per cent. against England. A favourable turn, though but to a very limited extent, was observable in all the continewal exchanges this afternoon. Paris short was quoted 25 25 to 30; Amsterdam, 12 11 to a ; flamburgh, 13 84 to 4. The enterprise with which the im portations of foreign grain have been carried into effect, as commonly happens in the commercial operations of this country, has gone too far, and the usual reaction follows. The extent of the scarcity, too, may have been somewhat exaggerated. CHRONICLE.—The brokers and jobbers at the Stock Exchange having been chiefly occupied to-day in preparations for the settlement of the foreign account, which takes place on the 31st instant, and is considered a heavy one, there has been little done in any of the markets, English or Foreign, other wise than as regards the settling, and there is consequently little change from yesterday's quotations. Consols for money were last marked at 928 to k, and 924- buyers for the account. Exchequer Bills, 64 to 66 prem. ; Bank Stock, 202 k to 203; and India Stock, 254} to 255 k. Spanish Active Bonds left off a shade higher, being 20 to -I; Deferred, 81 to 9; Passive, 5 to i; Portuguese Five per Cents„ 35 to k; ditto Three pct. Cents., 22 to 4 ; Dutch Five per Cents.. 1028 to 8; ditto Two-and-a-half per Cents., 54i to 55i; Belgian, 981 to 991 ; Mexican, 24 to ; Colombian, 28 4 to i; Brazilian, 79 to k ; Danish, 76 to k; and Peruvian 17 to 18. London and Birmingham Shares were 77 to 79 prem. ; ditto (new), 23 to 24 prem.;, Southampton, 43 to 44 per share; Great Weitern, 11 to 12 prem.; Leeds and Man chester, 19 to 21 prem.; Manchester and Birmingham, dis. to par ; Birmingham and Derby, 11 to 10 dis. ; Brighton, 4 to 3i dis.; and Blickwall, 2f to 1 R dis. American Securities continue firm, but to-day there has not been much doing in thorn. Alabama Five per Cents. were 91 ; Indiana Five per Cents., 82 to 83 ; Kentucky Six per Cents., 96 to 97 ; Illinois Six per Cents., 93; Louisiana Five per Cents. 96 to 4; ditto Citizens' Bsnk, 96 to ; Mississippi Five per Cents., 92 to 93 ; New York Five per Cents., 92} to 93 ; Ohio Six per Cents.. 98 to 99; Ten nessee Six per Cents., 96 to 67 ; Virginia Six per Cents., 93 to 1; Pennsylvania Five per Cents., 9 5 to 96 ; Suu th Caro lina Five per Cents., 95 ; and Upper Canada Five per Cents., 91 ; United States Bank Shares were 24i to 25 ; New Jer sey Railway, 99 to 100; American Life and Trust, 82 84 ; and Farmers' Loan Shares are 11i. Nothing particular occurred on 'Change today. Bills were rather more plentiful ; but there was no material alteration in the rates. On Amsterdam, short, the rate of exchange was 12 Of to 121 ; ditto, three mouths, 12 3; Paris, short, 25 20 to 25 25 ; ditto, three months, 25 471 to 25 50 ; Hamburg, 13 81; Rotterdam, 12 31 ; Trieste, 10 2 to 10 2f ; Leghorn, 301 to 301 ; Marseilles, '25 55 ; Frankfort, 150 ; Cadiz, 371 to 37k; and Madrid, 371 to 37k. The exportation of the precious metals from the port of London for the week ending on Saturday last, consisted, according to the official returns, of 5,137 ounces of silver, and of 24,250 ounces of gold, with also 7,618 ounces of gold bars. Of the silver, 4,637 ounces were shipped for the West Indies, and 500 for Sierra Leone. Of the gold, 1,750 ounces were shipped for Boulogne, 22,250 for Ham burg, and 250 for Rotterdam. The whole of the gold bars to Hamburg. PO ST.—The Funds have been but little dealt in to-day in either market. The news from Constantinople was not of a favourable nature, as regards our relations with the Court of Persia, and, in the absence of business Consols showed a dis position to recede in some degree. The proclamation said to have been issued by the Shah of Persia to preveat the intro auction into that country of British manufactures, in violation of a treaty entered into for the purpose, will, in the opinion of commercial men writing from Constantinople, if acted upon, prove the ruin of many English houses in the trade, and there seems to be no reason to doubt the accuracy of the information received upon the subject. It is. indeed, stated in some of the papers, upon the authority of their Constantinople correspon dents, that no proclamation of the nature alluded to •has been authorized by the Shah, but we have made the requi site inquiry into the matter, through well-informed com mercial channels, and have certainly found nothing in any pri vate letter to make it appear that things are not as bad as they have been represented to be. The circumstance of the Governor-General of India having determined to send a mili tary force into Cabul, for the purpose of deposing Dost Ma homed, the close ally of the Persians, notwithstanding the raising of the siege of Herat, was alone sufficient to show that the state of affairs in that direction was not so satisfactory as could have been desired, and that the good faith of the Shah was not much depended upon by his Lordship. A confirma tion of the sinister reports prevalent at Constantinople was, nevertheless, considered necessary by the mercantile interest at that place, and further accounts would evidently be looked for with the greatest solicitude. Consols left off at 921 to f for Money, and 92f buyers for the Account. Exchequer Bills closed at 645. to 665. prem. ; India Bonds at 61s. to 635. prem. ; and Bank Stock at 202} to 3 ; India Stock declined to 2541, in consequence of the intelligence from Constantinople. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BEN CH.—JAI r. 29. DOE DEM. CIIADBORNE V. GREENE. Lord DENMAN delivered judgment in this case. This was an action of ejectment, and the question raised for the consi deration of the Court was, as to the sufficiency of the notice to quit. It appeared that the defendant had become tenant of certain premises, upon a holding for a year, but with liberty for the tenancy to continue till either party gave the other three months' notice to quit. No-notice had been given at the end of the first year, but the holding had continued. A three months' notice had subsequently been given, but it was con tended that this was not a sufficient notice, after the eipiration of the first year of the tenancy, for that the tenancy then be came a holding from year to year, and consequently that there ought to have been the regular half year's notice. The Court adopted that argument, and therefore made the rule absolute to enter a nonsuit. THE QUEEN V. CODD, ESQ. Mr. Er LE showed cause against a rule for a mandamus to be issued to the defendant, a Magistrate of Middlesex, com manding him to issue his warrant aginst one James Woodward fora refusal to pay the sum of 151. Is., claimed to be due from him under an order of affiliation duly made upon him. The vtlidavits on which the motion was founded stated the pound ings which had been taken, the making of the order, the non payment of the money, the application to the defendant, and MARLBORO UGH-STREET. THE BIRMINGHAM RAILROAD. —A Gentleman, named Lis ter, accompanied by his son, an officer of the 78th Highlanders, came to ask the advice of Mr. CONANT, the Sitting Magistrate, in the following matter : Mr. Lister said that his son came from Scotland to London a few days ago, performing part of the journey by the Bir mingham Railway. When at Birmingham he tendered the fare to the book-keeper, who, on taking the money, asserted there was a bad half-sovereign among it. The book-keeper was told that the circumstance was most unlikely, as Vle piece of gold, with other money, had been obtained from the Glas gow Bank. The cash-taker persisted in saying it was b a d , and then Mr. Lister, jun., after remarking there was not time to dispute on suet! a point, offered another piece of gold in exchange. The man took the money, and refused to give up the alleged bad half-sovereign. T he train being ready to start, Mr. Lister, jun., was obliged to take his place, .and to leave without receiving back the coin he at first tendered. After a short conversation between the parties, Mr. CONANT said he had no jurisdiction in the m a tt er , as it had occurred at Birmingham. If the circumstances were pub lished it would, perhaps, have the effect of ascertaining whe ther any other persons had experienced similar treatment. The parties thanked th e Magistrate and retired. WORSHIP-STREET. Doc STEALlNG.—Yesterday John Johnson, a young mar, was re- examined before Mr. Codd, the sitting Magistrati,, upon a charge of stealing a valuable dog, the property of Mr. Kirsh, a traveller, resident at 'present in Burlington -street, fiord-street. Mr. Coop said that after the prisoner's repeatedly following the dog until it was stolen, and his afterwards offering to get it restored for 25a., there could be no doubt that he wes con cerned in stealing it. He therefore sentenced the prisoner to pay 255. a . ,3 value, and 20 3 . fi ne, or to b e imprisoned one month. The prisoner was committed in default of payment. A DESCENDANT OF LORD NELSON.--Mr. CORD announced in the course of the day that he had received several sums of mo ney to the amount of 21. 55., for the use of William Webb Cheeseman, whose case was reported last week in the papers. That unfortunate person it appeared had a few years since been master of a large scholastic establishment, but by a series of misfortunes he, with his wife and child, had fallen into a state of abject misery. Last week he came to this office to c omplain of a baker, wh o h e sa id h a d cheated him out of the price of a small loaf, and the Magistrate found on ques tioning him that he stood in the relation of cousin to the re nowned Lord Nelson. Subsequent inquiries made it appear that unavoidable misfortunes had reduced him to his present miserable condition, and Mr. Codd, who was acquainted with some of the Nelson family, sat i s fi e d himself, by personal in quiry, that the poor applicant' s accoun t of his family connec tion was correct, and earnestly recommended the case to the notice of the public. The Magistrate now handed over to the applicant the let ters containing the money. - The applicant expressed his gratitude for the assistance now extended to him; but his earnest wish was to be placed in a condition to earn h is own support ; and if he had friends to etiable him to reach Australia, he felt confident that he should succeed there. His wife, however, was averse to going abroad. Mr. Codd desired him to draw up a short memorial to Lord Glenelg, the Colonial Secretary, who, he thought, would assist him in such an object. The poor fellow then hurried off home with the money which he had received, and was desired to return on Thursday to see if anything further had offered. A letter frrom Valenciennes states that on the 22d instant a dyke near Crepins had burst, and the whole country had been in consequence inundated. The toscin was sounded in several villages as a signal of distress. In the evening a part of the causeway between Conde and Valenciennes had Wien in and was covered with the flood. FROIII LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. From the " Dublin Gazette" of Frit'ay, January 25, 1839. Crown and Hanaper. Office, J.inuary 19, 1839 In pursuance of an Act passed in the fortieth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled " An Act to regulate the mode by which the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, to serve in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, on the part of Ireland, shall be summoned and returned to the said Parliament," I do hereby give notice that the Right Honourable John Viscount De Vesci has been chosen to be the Peer to sit and vote on the part of Ireland, in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, in the room of John Baron Farnham, deceased. _ C. FITZ-SIMON, Clerk of the Crown atkd flanaper. WHITEHALL, JAN. 25, 1539, The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Cornewall Lewis, Esq., one of the Poor. law Commissioners for England and Wales, in the room of the Right Hon. Thomas Frankland Lewis, resigned. WHITEHALL, JAN. 29 The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed un. der the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting upto Joseph Hawker, Esq., Norroy King of Arms, the office of Clarenceux King of Arms, and Principal Herald of the south, east, and west parts of England, the same having become vacant by the decease of Edmund Lodge, Esq., late Clarenceux. WHITEHALL, JAN. 29. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, granting unto Francis Martin, Esq., Windsor Herald, the office of Norroy King of Arms, and Principal Herald of the north parts of England, vacant by the promotion of Joseph Hawker, Esq., to the office of Clarenceux King of Arms. WHITEHALL, JAN. 22. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Samuel Barker, of Manchester, Lancashire, Gent., and Edward Augustus Iliykr, of Gravesend, Kent, Gent., to be Masters Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. THOMAS CARTER, stockbroker, Throgmorton-street, BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. THOMAS FORD, builder, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. - WILLIAM HANCOCK, bookbinder, Glasshouse.yard, Aldersgate. street, to surrender Feb. 5, and March 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Clark, St. Swithin's.lane, official assignee; Evans, Lin. coin's Inn.fields. JOHN TANNER, victualler, Bristol, Feb. 6, and March 12, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Harmar, Bristol ; Bicknell, Ro berts, and Finch, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. JOHN DAY, ribbon manufacturer, Coventry, Feb. 13 and March 12, at one, at the King's Head Inn, Coventry. Hardwick and Davidson, Cateaton.street, London ; Wilmot, Coventry. WILLIAM SUTTON, coal merchant, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, Feb 8 and March 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basingliall street, official assignee; Braithwate, Serjeant's Inn, Flea street. DAVID BLACK SOB LEY and THOMAS CREWDSON, mer chants, Liverpool, Feb. 13, and March 12, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Adliugton, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bed d-row, London ; Payne, Liverpool. R`CIIARD PATTISSON, printer, Liverpool, Feb. 13, and March 12, at eleven, at the Clarendon.rooms, Liverpool. Taylor, Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford.-sow, London; Carson, Liverpool. JOHN II 0 W, carpenter, Frith-street, Soho-square, Middlesex, Feb. 12, at twelve, and March 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Clapham, Great Portland-street. JOHN LAMB, victualler, Chancery-lane, Feb. 5, and March 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Beetholme, New Inn, Strand. ROBERT WRIGHT, jun., and JOSEPH CLARKE, builders, Liquorpond-street, Middlesex, Feb. 5, at one, and March 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Basinghall. street; Pocock, Bartholomew-close. FRANCIS LITTLE, druggist, Manchester, Feb. 12, and March 12, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London; Bent, Manchester. THOMAS WILSON, miller, Beverley, Yorkshire, Feb. 5, and March 12, at eleven, at the George Hotel, Kingston-upon-Hu , l. Dyneley, Coverdale, and Lee, Field-court, Gray's Inn, London ; Shepherd and Simpson, Beverley. _ ROBERT CULL, upholsterer, Ramsgate, Feb 8, at six, and March 8, at twelve, at the Spread Eagle Inn, Ramsgate. Egan, Waterman, and Wright, Essex-street, Strand, London ; Sankey, Canterbury. LUKE LONG, victualler, Tonbriclge Wells, Feb. 5, and March 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbot, official assignee ; Sleep Parish.street, St. John's, Southwark. SIMEON CHARLES WARNER, coal dealer, Walworth.road, Sur rey, Feb. 8, at half past eleven, and March 12, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Finsbury-square; Willoughby and Jaquet, Clifford's Inn. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-strect. C. Alderson, flour factor, Laurence Pountney-hill.place, Caption. street, Feb. 24, at half-past twelve'--P. Selby, merchant, Angel.court, Throgmorton.street, Feb. 21, at twelve—J. Ingram, grocer, Birming ham, Feb. 21, at one—J. Cecil, leather seller, Upper Thames-street, Feb. 21, at half.past twelve—E. Bunn, Hermitage place, Clerkenwell, Feb. 21, at half-past eleven—W. Blox ham, merchant, Abingdon-street, "Westminster, Fcb. 21, at eleven—H. Howard, looking glass manufac turer, Loudon-wall, Feb. 21, at twelve. In the Country. J. P. Mortimore, cabinet maker, Devonport, March 13, at eleven, at Elliott's Royal Hotel, Devonport—W. North, tanner, Spilsby, Lincoln shire, Feb. '25, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Spilsby—B. Brown, flax spinner, Leeds, Feb. 28, at the Court.house, Leeds—E. Hill, mercer, Burslem, Staffordshire, Feb. 19, at the Crown Inn, Stone, Staf. fordshire—W. Brough and S. Smith, colour manufacturers, Sulcoates, Yorkshire, Feb. 21, at eleven, at the Kingston Hotel, Kingston-upon. Hull—G. Dawson, innkeeper, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Feb. 22, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, East Retford, Nottinghamshire—J, Bratt, draper, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, Feb. 20, at twelve, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham—R. Ferns, J. Langford, and J. Had. field, merchants, Manchester, March 2, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES —FEE. 19. J. Bratt, draper, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. '2O 170 69 45 31:6 61 J. and T. Brunsdon, butchers, Cheltenham—J. and S. Holdgate, pawnbrokers, Manchester—W. Hope and J. Telford, brush manut+c turers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—R. Fry and W. Fry, jun., tea mer chants, Liverpool—J. Partington and Co., machine makers, Chowbent —H. Andrews and T. It. Pearce, paper hangers, Bristol—J. Peate and I. Slater, tailors, Manchester—J. Farthing and It. Tarrant, tailors, Goa well-street—J. and H. Nuttall, woollen carders, Rochdale—S. Scott and Co., mercers, Carlisle—E. Wood. jun., and Co., manufacturing chemists, Burstein, Staffordshire (so far as regards E. P. Thomson) —S. Walker and D. Gourlay, tailors, Northampton—C. C. and F. Parks, tailors, Three Crown-square—J. Hague and Co., woollen manufacturers, Dews bury, Yorkshire (as far as regards J. Hague)—S. Teague and L. Higgs, builders, Birmingham—T. Woodhead and R. Najl, printers, Chester. field—G. P. Hill and H. M. Daniel, attorneys, Worcester—C. Smithson and Co., attorneys, Southampton.buildings, Chancery-lane (so far as regards B. Dunn)—E Johnson and Co., cloth merchants, Huddersfield —C. Davis and Co., Sheffield warehousemen, Houndsditch. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the New London Price Current of last Evening.) SUGAR.—There has been no improvement in the demand for West India Muscovadoes during the past week ; importers have refused to sell at lower prices. Demerara, low middling at 605; Jamaica, rather better 61s ; Grenada and Demerara, good middling 62s 6d to 635. This afternoon importers refused to submit to any reduction in prices. At public sale 100 hhds Barbadoes brought 65s 6d a 68s per cwt. REFINED.—Prices have undergone no variation, but the demand from the grocers has been limited. In double crushed we have no sales to report. Treacle at the late advanced rates. In Bastards previous rates have been supported. Pieces at former quotations. This afternoon, prices remained firm for Refined Sugar; standard goods are • most in demand, and command 775. per cwt. Treacle is dearer-30s 6d paid for common, and 32s to 338 for the best old make. M AURlTlLM—Previous rates have not been supported by 6d per cwt ; at public sale 2,742 bags sold heavily, fine yellow at 635 a 645, low to mid 57: a 585 6d. This afternoon at a public sale of 6,386 bags, prices gave way Is for the better, and 6d for the lower descriptions, tine yellow sold at 63s a 63s 6d, good 61s a 625, mid to good mid 58s 6d a 60s 6d, good grey 68s Oda 595, low brown 51s per cwt, all however was sold. EAST INDIA,—The grocers have purchased sparingly of Bengal, but no further reduction in prices has been submitted to; at public sale, 800 bags sold as follows, mid yellowish white at 65s to 665, washed 64s to 665, damps 65s to 675. Manilla and Siam are held for late rates. This afternoon the auctions consisted of 1,895 bags Cochin China, 1,279 bags Siam, and 542 bags Bengal, which sold at previous rates, and in some cases rather higher, good mid to good strong white Siam brought 28s to 30s, mid rather soft 275 6d a 28s, washed 22s 6d a 26. 6d; Cochin China mid soft 25s a 26s 6d, washed 225 (id a 23s 6d ; Ben gal brought 65s 6d a 67s 6d for good bright yellow, and 64s 6d a 66s for damps. FORZIGN.—The market is quiet, and in Havannah and Brazil we have no transactions to report; holders, however,are not inclined to force sales. MOLASSES.—Prices of West India have undergone no variation, but the demand has been limited and confined to two parcels of fine Deme rara at 325. COFFEE.—Prices of West India have undergone ne further depres sion, at public sale 124 casks only partly found buyers, Berbice good mid at 108 s 6d a 109 s. In East India descriptions no change has occurred. We have had no auctions of Mocha or Ceylon, and the transactions have been confined to small parcels at former rates. 120 casks and 226 bags liavannah from the Cape, at 9d duty, were sold at public sale; the quality was very good, from palish fine fine ord to coloury low mid, and the prices 65s to 735. In Foreign the operations have been confined to the public sales of 1,847 bags, 53 boxes, 18 serons from Valparaiso, and 111 bags Bahia, which sold very briskly , the prices of the former were as follow —pale yellowish fine ord clean' and heavy, like Batavia, 46s to 49s 6d, coloury fine ord 535 to 571, superior even ditto 58s to 625; the Bahia fetched 40$ 6d for mixed quality, and 42s to 44s for coloury good ord ; 2,695 bags Brazil have also been offered at auction, about half was sold at 1 s decline, good to fine fine ord coloury brought 425 to 475. This afternoon only 25 casks 57 bags British Plantation, 21 bags Cheribon were offered at auction, the former sold at previous rates : Rerbice, good middling at 111 s, middling 104 s to 105 s; Demerara, unclean 90s ; the latter brought 61s 6d for damaged, and 65s 6d for sound pale. COCOA.—The demand for West India has subsided; prices have re mained firm. In Foreign there is no variation. Rum, BRANDY, ♦ND HOLLANDS.—Prices remain firm for all descrip tions of Rum, but the demand has been limited. Brandy at late rates. Geneva at former prices. British Corp Spirits 108 6d per gallon. lemoo.—The quarterly sale of East India has concluded. The quan tity brought forward (including 3,158 chests of old goods, bought in or withdrawn from former sales) was 9,403 chests, 7,630 of which con sisted of Bengal, &c., 1,154 Oudes, &c. 321 Madras, 112 Kurpah, 151 Manilla, and 65 other sorts, which presented the following assort ment, 600 Bengal fine shipping quality, 1,950 mid to good ditto, 1,231 mid shippers, 1,417 fine consumers and ord shippers, 1,542 mid to fine consumers, 1,112 ord and low ditto, 321 Madras, 112 Kurpah, 942 Oude, 151 Manila, and 60 from Bombay. The rise, as compared with the October sale, is for Bengal is Is a Is 3d, good and mid is 3d a 15 9d, ord and good ord Is a Is 6cl; Madras fine and good is 3d a is 6d, mid and ord 9cl a Is 3d; (Jude, &c., good and mid Is a Is 6d, ord and very ord 9d a Is. The number of chests cold is-35 chests from Os a9s sd, 1,142, 83 a Bs 11d, 3,394, 75 a 7s l Id, 2.098, 6s a 6s I Id, 851, 58 a 58 11d, 681, 4s a 4s 1 Id . 147, 38 a 35 11d, 17, 6d a 25 I ld, 14 lots Warehouse Sweep. lugs as 10d a4s 2d; 1,068 of various sorts were withdrawn. Peovistosts.—ln the Irish Butter Market in some few instances lower prices have been accepted ; the best Irish Butter is to be obtained at from 96s to 100 s, and fine Friezland steady at 110 s. Lard dull, but not lower. Bacon cannot be purchased on easier terms, prime qualities still being worth 51s a 54s per cwt. TEA —The rates previously established at the sale have been fully supported, and the biddings have again been animated; the trade have purchased freely of black and green Tea, and large parcels of the former have again been taken on speculation; 185,000 packages have now passed auction, of which the large quantity of 100,000 have been actually sold. The sale will conclude to-morrow. Congou, common since our last had sold at is lid, but middling coarse and rather strong Is lid to le 2id, but middling blackish leaf rather strong Is 3d to Is 11 flavor 2s 24d to 2s 6d per lb. Rim—This afternoon 2,397 bags Bengal at public sale were all taken in at 19s 6d a 205 for good mid white rather dusty. CINNAMON.—At the public sales which occurred . yesterday the bid. dings were very languid, and upwards of 300 bales were bought in. Ist sort Ceylon sold about the same as last sale, 2d sort about 3d lower, 3d sort and broken about the same as last sale. The next sale will take place on the 29th April. SpicEs.—On Wednesday at auction 590 bags unsifted Sumatra sold rather easier,ord dusty went at 30 a 3d. greyish 3d, fair 31d ; since then 2,350 bags at auction principally sold at stiff prices, common Su matra at 3Ld, the remainder was bought in at 4d. The better descrip tions of Cassia Lignea are in demand, fair quality at 60s a 61s, but for ord suits there are very few buyers, and 120 cases mixed and inferior offered at public sale were taken in at 55s a 565. Pimento is not offered on lower terms. ' " " •••• •••• TALLOW. —For P. Y. Candle last week on the spot, prices declined to 553 3d a 55s 6d for first quality, but during the last two days prices have rallied to 56s 3d a 56s 6d. For delivery in the last three months the operations have been trivial, the last price paid was 51s per cwt, at which there aro free sellers. In town Tallow quotations hate again given way. 01Ls.—For common descriptions of Fish Oils prices have undergone a slight decline for most sorts. For small quantities of Sperm buyers have been compelled to pay the advanced rates of 901 a 91/ ; the stock is very light ; at public sale 9 tuns ord Sperm sold at 881 lOs to 8015 s ; 140 tuns of other kinds went as follows-70 tuns Southern for export only at 221 a 241, Cod 301 a 31s, pale Seal 34/, brown and yellow 27/ a 311. Linseed at 28s. Rape is not cheaper. SALTPETRB.—For Rough the demand has been only for small parcels ; 3,000 bags Calcutta have been offered at public sale, 2,300 bags were taken in at 28s for 81 to 5 per cent. refraction, the remainder sold rather cheaper, refraction 4i at 2es a 28s 6d. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I firati.. s. to s. 89 84 B. to A. 35 39 70 81 82 88 62 80 70 77 28 33 34 40 32 37 31 42 28 , 33 26 34 8. to s. s. to s. 5. s. 27 31 40 42 - 28 44 24 28 38 46 22 20 38 4bl 36 38 20 '24 36 42 20 29 48 50 24 49 21 25 36 44 24 26 32 14 42 6 74 83 70 80 IRISH MARKETS. ,KET NOTE for the WEEK Per Quarter. Boston Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Horncastle Lincoln Spading Stamford York DUBLIN MA rum 43 0 NDING JAN. '..5 4(1 0 0 0 50 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 0 Bere l6 stone :36 Barley 196 Oats l4 stone 0 Flour, per cwt ... BEt a tie 0 Oatmeal -..-.....-.. 8 stone Sold to Bakers only. .6,281 Cwt. Flour I 22 0 I 25 6 I 24 4 . Average price of Wheat and Flour 65, 4,1. per sack. Firsts from 225. od. to 254 Od. Receipts of Flour, 1 -I ' 7 V 3 Seconds from 19s. 0,1. to 22a. 01 Sala of Do. 18,003 .... Wi J. rth from 10s. Od. to 12s Od. PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf...-. 11d. I Half Quartern s4d CORK MARKETS.-Jan. 26. - - - - 9.1 0 II 0 I - 95 0 18 6 23 5 16 '2 0 - 0 Wheat (per 205t.)...25s to43s. 01.1 Oats (per 14st.) 75.641. to 14.3 4d Barley (per 16st.) ...10 6 22 0 I Flour (per cwt) 16 0 32 0 Oatmeal (per cwt.)• l2s. od. to 16., tid. Peet; 4d. to 7d. ; Mutton, sd. to 6d. ; Veal, 4d to 6d. ; Pork, qd. to sd. ; Fresh Butter, 10d. to 11d. per lb. PRICE OF Burma. . 'l', the Merchants. To the Country First Quality BBs. 79s. Second 86 77 Third Fourth 7O Fifth 62 t3 Sixth =S 3B CLON NELL MARKETS.— Jan. t. 6 Per Cwt. s. d. s. d. 8. d. 90 0 Hides (raw) 0 to 24 0 12 3 Bacon Pigs 18 0 40 0 52 0 Heads 28 0 0 Per Bag. Fleur, Second .. ... -- 44 0 I Flour, Thirds --Household.-- 0 42 0i Fourths 22 Per Barrel. Rapeseed 20 0 0 Barley 13 0 15 0 Bere 8 4 10 0 ! Coals 0 3 5 1. d. New Butter .........SS oto Oatmeal 12 0 Rendered Lard 0 1 32 0 u . - 0 Per Stone. Wheat. 1 8 110 Tallow (rough) 4 0 6 0 oats 0 8 0" 9 1 Potatoes 0 3 0 4 KILKENNY Wheat (per barrel) 28e. Od. to 311 s. Od. Barley l4 0 16 0 Oats ...... ..... 8 6 9 6 Flour (per bag) 25 0 44 0 Butter(percwt.) 9O 0 92 0 Bacon Pigs 4O 0 41 0 Coals 1 • 1 2 MARKETS. Beef (per 1b..., Os. Od. to Os. 5(1. Mutton 0 5 0 6 Pork 0 4 0 5 Veal 0 5 0 6 Fresh Butter 0 0 1 0 Salt Ditto Potatoes (per U.) 0 2 0 0 INGRATITUDE.—When Brennan, the noted high wayman, was taken in the south of Ireland, curiosity drew numbers to the gaol to see the man loaded with irons who had long been a terror to the country. Among others was a a banker, whose notes at the time were not held in the highest estimation, and who assured the prisoner that he was very glad to see him there at last. Brennan, looking up. plied," Ah Sir, I did not expect this from you, indeed I did not ; for you well know that, when all the country refitted your notes, I took them." Miss PARDOE'S NEW WORK, " THE ROMANCE OF THE HAREM.•'--Those who are acquainted with Miss Par doe's charming book " The City of the Sultan," need not be told that she enjoyed, during her lengthened residence in Constantinople, opportunities never before accorded to any other living foreigner, of acquainting herself with the " Ro mance of the Harem." We understand that her new work embodies all her unique knowledge of the arcane of that sin-, gular topic, with a series of brilliant fictions, in which her rich imagination ranges over the wide field of Turkish fiction and tradition without ever departing from that truth of keeping and costume which is so essential to verisimilitude of effect, The result car, scarcely fail to be a work of universal popularity. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF MISREPRE" SENTATION—JAi;ET, OR A GLANCE AT HUMAN 'NATURE.--- " This work is the result of watchful observation in collect ing the materials, and of much care, thought, and painsin working► them up. To the dash and effect of modern com position it has no pretension. It is a fiction of Miss Austin's school. Its merits are a nice and miniature delineation of those persons and that life with which the masse of readers are familiar. Much truthfulness of dialogue, a keen but never a malicious satire, and the serious sensible reflections of a well-ordered mind on the incidents which such a sub• jest may produce. The characters are admirably drawn, not only with the mixture of vice and virtue inseparable from humanity, but with that lowliness of mental feature which is the characteristic of the mass, and which forms the essen tial element of comedy as opposite to tragedy."—Spectator. PLATE.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS Manufac turing Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, London Opposite the Bank of England). The best wrought FIDDLE PATTERN SPOONS and FORKS, at 7s. 2d. per ounce. The following are the weights recommended, but the art►cles may be had lighter or heavier, at the same price per ounce. oz. a. d. X s. d: 2 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons 30 at 7 2 10 15 4; 2 ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 2 7 3 *„ 2 ditto '1 able Forks 2 ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 2 7 3 8 4 2 ditto Gravy Spoons lO 7 2 3 11 8 1 ditto Soup Ladle 10 7 2 3ll 4 ditto Sauce ditto lO 7 8 3 16 4 ditto Salt Spoons (gilt strong)... 1 0 0 1 ditto Fish Slice 12 ditto Tea Spoons lO 7 8 316 8 1 pair ditto Sugar Tongs (strong) A Pamphlet containing detailed Lists of the Prices of various Patterns of Silver Spoons and Forks, Silver Tea and Coffee Ser vices, and of the different articles of Plated Ware, may be had on application, or will be sent into the country in answer to a paid letter ; the Plate Rooms of this Establishment contain a large selection of every article requisite to complete a service. THE NEW FLAT GOLD WATCHES. The price in gold cases, with vertical movement £7 7 0 Ditto, with well-finished horizontal movement, in double bottomed engine-turned cases, jewelled in four holes, . with silver dial T. COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith and Jeweller, 47, Cornhill, London ( Seven doors from Gracechurch-street). r N.B. fhe Horizontal Construction is particularly recommended for its superior accuracy. BIRTHS. On the 27th inst., in Cambridge-place, Regent's Park, Mrs. , Herman Merivale, of a son. On the 27th inst., at Walthamstow, Mrs. Wm. Morris, of a son. - At Coilsfield House, Ayrshire, N. 8., on the 24th inst., the lady of J. S. Hay, Esq., of a daughter. On the 30th December, at the Government House, Fredericton, New Brunswick, the lady of Captain Tryon, 43d Light Infantry, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 29th inst., at St. Marylebone Church, James John Cur tis, Esq., of George-street, Portman-square, to Mary, only daugh ter of the late Edward Schaw, Esq., of Schawfield, in the island of Jamaica. DIED. On the 9th inst., at St. Andrew's Chapelry, Plymouth, Mrs. Lampen, aged 71. At Exeter, on the 18th inst., aged 82, Maria Snow Rosdew, relict of the late Wm. Rosdew, Esq., of Bramford Speke, Devon. At Gravesend, on the 21st inst, Commander Edward Williams, R. N., aged 79. On the 21st inst., in Grosvenor-row, Chelsea, Mr. William Shirley, aged 40. On the 24th inst., at the Rectory, Newton St. Loe, Somer setshire, Sarah, the wife of the Rev. Peter Gunning, A.M., and eldest daughter of the late Rev. James Phillott, D.D., formerly Rector and Archdeacon of Bath. At Brighton, on the 25th inst., aged 52, Thomas Meakin, Esq., of Norton Folgate. On the 25th inst., aged 12, Sophia, the daughter of Z. A. Jesse], Esq., of Finsbury-square. At Bromley, on the 22d inst., aged 14, Louisa, daughter of the Rev. William Vernon Harcourt. On the 23d inst., in Golden-square, Aberdeen, Stephen Pellatt, Esq., aged 46. On the 23d inst., in Cheapside, Francis Edwin, third son of Mr. S. Matthews, Lower Tooting. On the 25th inst., William Hobman, Esq., aged 69, many years first Gentleman Rider on the Royal Establishment of his late Ma jesty George IV. On the 25th inst., at Epsom, Ann, the eldest daughter of Mr. Puttock, solicitor, of tha place, aged 22. On the 25th inst., ,Sarah Susanna. wife of Mr. William Heide man, of Loraine-place, Holloway, formerly of the Cape of Good Hope, aged 41. In Upper Spring-street, on the 27th inst., Thomas, son of Thomas Cadett, of Reigate. aged 6 years and two months. On the 27th inst., in Mecklenburgh-square, aged 6, Henry Wetherill, only son of Henry Weston, Esq. On the 26th inst., at Woodford, aged 26, Francis Ellen, daugh. ter of the late John Wood, Esq., of Walthamstow, Essex. On the 26th inst., in Seymour-street, Euston-square, Miss Anti Manner:, second daughter of Mrs. Thomas Manners, of Ripon , Yorkshire, aged 33. On the 26th inst., in Wilton-street, Eleanor Matilda, widow o f . Wm. Augustus Pengree, Esq., of Lloughor, Glamorganshire. On the 26th inst., at Dodington, Kent, aged 88, Harriot, relic of the late Rev. Francis Dodsworth, of that place, and of Moro ton-Watlass, Yorkshire. London: Printed and Published by 1111LIRDO YOUNG, of P'°' 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No 112, Strand, in the coun t ; of Middlesex. —Wednesday, January 30, 1839. 1