The Sun. — London, England, 1839-01-12 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 0 minutes after 0 1 Evening 3O minutes after 0 ANGLO-SPANISH RAILROAD COMPANY. CRISTINA RAILROAD. This Railroad is forming under powers granted by his late Ma jesty Ferdinand VII. It commences at a Mole or Pier on the coast of the Bay of Cadiz, near Puerto Santa Maria, and, passing that place, terminates at Jerez, ten miles from the Mole. Steam-boats will be employed between the Mole and Cadiz, distant four miles, thereby avoiding the dangerous bar of the river Guadalete. The surveys have been made by an eminent English Engineer, and the estimates for completing the whole line, including engines, &c., is 120,0001., which is to be divided into 4,800 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, £2 per Share. Bankers in London—Messrs. Wright and Co., Henrietta-street In Madrid—Senor don Jose Safont. Solicitors—Messrs. Amory and Coles, Throgmorton-street. Every thing being ready for continuing the works, it is expected the Line will be opened within fifteen months, as a large portion of the Capital is already subscribed. The immense population, and great traffic and commerce exist ing between the cities and towns contiguous to both ends of the Line, in this strictly commercial and prosperous part of Spain, together with the cheapness of land and labour in that country, promise a remuneration very much greater than any derivable from Railroads in England. _ _ _ The Beard of Directors is formed, and will appear next week. The original Plan and Section may he seen at the Company's Offices, No. 9, New Broad-street, where a Prospectus may be obtained, and where applications for Shares are to be made, ad dressed to the Secretary L. 31. CUTHBERT, Secretary. MR. WESTMACOTT'S NEW JOURNAL. On SUNDAY, February 3, 1839. TH E R G U S; Or, BROAD SHEET of the EMPIRE; THE LARGEST, THE BOLDEST, AND THE BEST SUNDAY CONSERVATIVE NEWSPAPER. 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We are glad to perceive by an article which we copy from the Glasgow Argus, that we have misap prehended our Contemporary, who did not mean by enforcing his own judicious plan of agitation against the Corn-laws to discountenance other kinds of agita tion till his plan is brought into operation. Accord ing to our view, the present agitation by meetings, lectures, &c., ought to be incessant, in order to gain the great point of defeating the landlords on first mooting the question in Parliament. Our Con temporary, and the manufacturers generally, need not be reminded that when the Orders in Coun cil were mooted in Parliament, there was no great op posing interest concerned. The landlords were quies cent. All the trade of the empire was on one side. A great grievance inflicted by an exertion of the prerogative was to be redressed—not an Act of the legislature to be undone ; and before they can be heard at the bar of Parliament on such a question, the landed interest constituting a majority of Parliament, must be defeated. Though we most cordially support Mr. WEIR'S plan, and think the manufacturers cannot by large subscriptions give a too earnest proof of their zeal and determination, still we can only hope for final success, by arousing the indignant moral feelings of the community against those, whom Mr. J. C. DYER called at the Manchester meeting on Thursday " Insolent Lords who live like vampires on the people." We would not cool the zeal of our Con temporary and the manufacturers, but excite it, by reminding them of the difficulties of their task ; at the same time we are bound to say, now that they have fairly embarked in this holy cause, that their utmost exertions will be required to secure success. In another part of our Paper, for example, is a re port of an attempted meeting of the Ward of Bishops gate, to procure the Repeal of the Corn-laws, which appears to have been a failure. It may be appre hended that the West India Monopolists, as well as the monied classes, who have mortgages on land, and an immense number of persons connected with the landlords, by interest or relationship, or fearful of a ge neral depreciation in the value of property, by lowering the price of corn, together with all the tithe-owners and all the farmers who have leases, or who take their opinions, like their land, from the insolent vampire Lords, will rally round the landed interest, and_sup ports its iniquity. Our Contemporary, the Chronicle, we are afraid, underrates the power and the connections of the 32,000 persons whom it describes as the land owners, and by underrating them, may cause us to be defeated, by promising us too easy a victory. It is also, we are afraid, in error as to the people being ready to second an appeal to them on this subject. The lead. ers of the Chartists have all discountenanced Corn• law agitation, and have declared, like Mr. PURDIE at Glasgow, that they will oppose it unless it be pre ceeded by resolutions in favour of Universal Suffrage. We regret this very much ; we did our best from the first to make it otherwise, and if we have not succeeded, it has been mainly owing to the bad feeling which we observe with much sorrow exists between the master manufacturers and their men, and which has by no means been lessened by the late ill-timed proceedings against Mr. STE.. P E Ns. They have made themselves, for many years, as wa s stated by the Chroni c l e on Th urs d ay, the ThEy " have tax gatherers of the landlords. wrung from the pale-faced mechanic," regardless of him, the means of paying the landlord's iniquitous rent ; and have not manfully bestirred themselves to protect their own workmen from the enormous exaction, till the ruin reached themselves. Now when the day of trial is come, they are not supported, in as noble a cause as ever humanity was engaged in, by the very men c o ok.. l v os , e especial interest it is that the Con, s, be r e p ea l e d. At Manchester, as4 . " 7 nAt:lthd at Glasoow, there has been - r • 4 s- no public meeting, because the hostility of the unenfranchised classes is dreaded ; and if the property of the manufacturers cannot succeed, physical force will not, on their own conditions, be on their side. For the public meetings, which formerly were the or gans of public sentiment, the manufacturers are now unhappily obliged to substitute meetings of Chambers of Commerce—a modern, Frenchified institution, un known to the Constitution. We observe this alienation of masters and men with deep regret, as tending to ensure for a time the continuance of the dominion cf the vampires, and ultimately hastening on a violent revolution. Some, perhaps many, of the disappointed manufacturers threatened with ruin, will in that case form the same opinions of the Legislature as the unenfranchised classes, and will unite with them for obtaining Uni versal Suffrage, &c. The Chartists are everywhere excellently organized ; and need but very little coun tenance and assistance from persons of pro perty to attain their object. If, therefore, any considerable body of manufacturers should be driven by the indifference of the Government, or the obstinate rascality of the landlords, to make common cause with the Chartists, the Parliament itself will be endangered, if not overthrown. Not the Corn-laws are now on trial, for they have been con demned long ago, but the Ministers and the Legisla ture ; and if they should not, from a sense of what is due to the public welfare, put an end to the Devil's laws, they will next be vehemently assailed, and most probably destroyed. We cannot conceive any conduct more praiseworthy than that of the Chief Magistrate of a great commu nity, who, in addition to his official duties, and in de fiance of many interested parties, and possibly also disregarding the wishes of many of his colleagues, uses his name, influence, and authority, in behalf of the suffering poor and the fatherless, and those " who have none to help them." Notwithstanding the many liberal men, the WOODS, and WA ITIIMANS, and Kays, who have filled the office of Lord Mayor of London, but little attention has hitherto been paid to the interests of that class. Till the present LORD MAYOR came into office, the helpless poor in the streets were chased like thieves from one district to another, or dragged before a Magistrate and committed to prison because they could not find elsewhere relief. Now not an instance of this sort occurs ; and why ? Because the City Magistrates carry the provisions of the much abused Poor-law into effect, and compel the Guardians of the Poor, or (as they may sometimes be more properly described) the Grinders of the Poor, to do their duty. The Stipendiary Magistrates, piqued that their jurisdiction was abridged, generally dismissed all applications for relief, with the laconic reply, that the New Law gave them no power ; and the parish functionaries, whose profits and patronage were also somewhat abridged, were not backward in increasing , the odium raised against the new system. The pre sent LORD MAYOR, however, has discovered, for the benefit of the poor, that he has the power to order relief ; and he has also discovered, what none of the city Solons, Whig or Tory, ever before discovered, that the high price of coals inflicts great suffering on at least a tenth part of the whole population, and that the cause of all this suffering is a cruel combination, of which Aldermen, Members of Parliament, and many of the richest of his fellow citizens are members. lie is, as might be expected, assailed by all those who lived on the oppression of the poor. They have opened upon him like a nest of hornets, from the north and from the south ; and in the public Papers, and in letters with names, and in many without names, he is denounced because he interferes with the rules of the trade for the sake of gaining a little fleeting popularity. From what occurred, however, at the Mansion-house the other day, we are glad to find that his Lordship views all these attacks in their proper light, and is only the more convinced that he has made the attack in the right quarter, and that it is his duty, as Chief Magistrate, not to rest till he has broken up a com pany of conspirators, who, year after year, have pocketed annually not less than a million sterling of the money of the inhabitants, and robbed the Corpo ration of no small portion of the coal-tax by diminish ing the supply. If coals were sold at a moderate price, probably. fifty per cent. more would be con sumed, and consequently the coal fund would be in creased to that extent. We are convinced, however, that until the subject is taken up by Parliament the evil will never be thoroughly eradicated. There are so many interested in evading any regulations for the good of the public, that the only effectual remedy is to pass an Act declaring the trade free, and allowing every ship-owner to import coals without the incum brance of any of those functionaries whose only care has hitherto been to raise the price for their own sor did purposes. Our readers will perceive, from our report, that the Court of Queen's Bench granted a rule nisi for a mandamus, on the application of the Parish of St. George, Hanover-square, to compel the Justices of Middlesex to quash a county-rate, made on the 27th October, 1836, pursuant to the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench in last Michaelmas Term. The increase in the expenditure of the county-rate of Middlesex is so great, that the quarterly-rate to be made on Thursday next (the county day) will be five farthings in the pound, estimated to produce within a fraction of THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS. Are the Churchwardens and Overseers of the metropolitan parishes all asleep ? Madrid Papers to the 3d instant have reached us his morning. By a Royal decree the province 01 Andalusia was declared no longer in a state of siege. In the sitting of the 2d, M. PITO PIZARRO brought forward his budget for 1839, the discussion of which was postponed. Several letters were read from Gen. CLONARD and the Government, relative to the events at Seville, and among the rest one from General NARVAEZ, announcing that he had gone into exile to a foreign country, to escape the attempts upon his life directed by ESPARTERO. In this letter NARVAEZ truly states that Spain is vir tually without a Government—all the legislative official, judicial, and royal functions of the kingdom being directed by a vindictive and ambitious traitor to the QUEEN and Constitution. It was supposed that, acting under the advice of the British Ambassador, NARVAEZ had taken refuge in Gibraltar. ESPARTERO was at Logrono on the Ist inst., but too much occupied with Cabinet intrigues to trouble himself about the prosecution of the war. Mr. PETER BORTH WICK was about to pay a visit to his old friend Don CARLOS. The interview was expected to be very touching and impressive, as PETER was to appear in the garments in which he first essayed the perform ance of Othello, at the Surrey. On the 19th ult. General O'DONNELL, by com mand of ESPARTERO, ordered the expulsion from San Sebastian of all fathers and mothers having sons in the service of Don CA rams. Their goods were declared forfeited, with the exception of their personal attire I And this to weaken an enemy whom the cowardly and traitorous Commander-in-Chief has the means of de feating in the field, did he but dare manfully to take it ! Never was there such a set of contemptible scoundrels as the officers of the Spanish army exhibit at this moment. They wear swords but to enable them to plunder the defenceless. The Paris Papers of Thursday, received this morn bring the continuation of the debate in the THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 18 '. The Diario di Roma, the Papal official Journal, suppresses the paragraph in the King of the FRENCH'S Speech, relative to the evacuation of Ancona. Five per Cen t s FR 10 ( ENCH FNDS.—PARIS, JANUARY 10. iOc U Four per Cents., 109. f. 40c. Hire, per :'cats., 701. zoc. Nolte de Naples, 9of. 25c. Roman Five per Cents., 100% Ditto 10 •',' Spanish Actives, 17% Spanish Passives, 4. Ditto Spnish Differes, (i%. Belgian Five per Cents., 11/ft; Belgian Three per Cents., 671. 65c. Belgian Bank, 3991, 50c.... Excimivnis us LONU,,N.— Ise month, paper, 251. 17%c; mom y, 25f 1 - )t: T . .tet months, paper, —l. —c ; money, 25i. --. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY (THIS DAY): TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVRRPOOL COTTON MARKET, JANUARY 11.—The de mand from the trade has b en very moderate, but the market has been kept alive by the operations of specula tors, who have taken, during the week, 22,500 bales of Ameri can, 500 Surat, and 500 Pernams. The prices to-day are much on a par with those of Friday last, a fluctuation of Is. Bd. per lb. having occurred, as the influence prevailed upon the demand from speculators. Little is doing to-day, the sales being 2 000 bags of all kinds ; the market fl-it. Arrivals this morning :—French and Dutch mails, ship letters from Demerara, Oporto, and Antigua ; Calcutta, 12th August and 13th July ; Mauritius, 6th November; and St. Helena, 14th November.—( Old de,tes ) The Gazette of Madrid publishes the following decree, which is of great importance in respect to the Spanish rela tions with France:— " Her Majesty the Queen Regent wishing to put a stop to the extraordinary smuggling which at present prevails in cattle on the frontiers of France, to the detriment of the na tional industry, revenue, and the public treasury ; and, consi dering that the cause arises from the excessive duty for their entrance into Spain, her Majesty is resolved that a reduction of the duty shall take place according to the tariff hereafter." HAMBURG, JAN. 4.—Mails are still due. THE FUNDS. We have very few arrivals this morning. The operations in the various Funds arc dull. Consols oprned this morning at the leaving eff pries of yesterday, 944 -?- for the opening ; Reduced 931 i ; Exchequer Bills 66 68: India Bonds 63 65 ; Bald( Stock 202; 203 In the Foreign Market the same dullness prevails in specu lating as in the British Market. Spanish Active 17i- i ; Portuguese 33A- i ; Three per C en t s . 2i ii a ; Belgian 96.1 • Brazilian 771 78; Columbian 23_1 281; Mexican 241 4 : Dutch Two-and- a -H a lf per Cents. 541- i ; Five p er C ents . 2i- it. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 203 India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ... ............. 93y, Ditto Bonds 8 per Cent. Cons. 92k.% South Sea Stock — :iii, per ('cut lOl 1 .074 ' Old Annuities ................ ..... Ditto Red. 100%74 New Ditto New 3;6 per Cent lOO% ~ i 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... Bank New 5 per Cent. Long A nnuities toexpi re Ditto ............... 500 Jan. 5, 1860 l4 13-16 15 Ditto Small . 18 66 pm Oct. 10, 1839 ..14 is -16, Ditto Commercial Jan. 5, 19,61) l4 11-I6; Ditto Advertised , Jan. 5, 188 1 Jan. 5. 1870 - . Consols for Account 9 -I'4 % PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account Chilian Bonds i ~ tto Account Columbian 11onds Ditto Account Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account. Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent. ...... —ROE 75e. Ditto Bonds, 1825 — ---- 4 per cent. Ditto Account — ---- 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent.... _ --. Exchange. Ditto Account Dutch, 2 ,', per cent. Ditto, 6 per Cen t ‘ ,l% , Ditto Account Ditto Account Neapolitan per cent 102%11, I itto Account — PRICES OF' SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK aid. Per Shale, s Real del M onte Mining Co., Registered 63 Ditto Unr eg i stered /. P 10. 6d. Great Western Railway Compaey .... Brighton Railway .._ ... 65 710 798.4 4 Loudon and Blackw a ll R a i lway l9 London and Croydon Railway Company 2l) Ditto New Scrip COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. Amsterdam C.F. 12 4% Gibraltar 4B Ditto, at sight Rotterdam,,,,,, 2 U. l 2 4X Genoa 25 80 Antwerp,., Hamburg, M.B. 13 10 Venice ,ll Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 40 Palermo per oz. 118 Ditto 3 Ms. 25 65 Lisbon 535( Marseilles. Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 151 Bahia Petersbuigh, ruble .3 Us. 10% Buenos Ayres Berlin 48 Neste ditto lO 8 PRICEph OF BULLION, PER OZ Itadrid .56% Portugal (bold, coin £0 0 8 Cadiz..., 36% Foreign Gold, in bars 317 1016 Bilboa ..., Barcelona eville 56 :Silver. bars. standard 0 5 o!i i PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 10. 3 per Cent. Consol s Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1830 34 par Cent. Debentures Bank Stock 19 5 54 City Debentures, 4 per cent.... Royal Canal stock ..... •• Grand Canal Stock B Austrian Metal'iques, 5 p er cent. Dino ditto 3 perce n t. Anglo-Russian Loan lOB% RN Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Paper Inscription, 6 per cent 1 2yi 103!4 Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series 98U 984 Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Reg ency B ends, 5 per cent. — Ditto, 3 per cent. Dutch *,,, per Cents._ _.. I W4 ;, 537 1 ' ; Ditto 5 per Cents 5:3 1 Polish Bonds, 3 per c en t s . " New Tickets 13011; 153% Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 71% 71 Norwegian Lean of 1Er.34, 4 per cents. Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent —. Greek 4 per cents. MS, guaranteed by France _. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, JAN. 9.-13 51 ; two months, 13 4%. ST. PETEKS BURGII , Dr.c.;2s—Three months. 11 15-.16. CHRISTIANIA, Dec, 2 4 2 . 2 —w 2x.—"Three on , t 11 1 8 2 , 2 5 . 11%. STOCKHOLM, DEC , VIENNA, DEC. 24.—T wo m o n ths, 9 52. —Hamburg P a p ers , J an. 9. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JAN. 9, Money. Bill s . — Tm ec m t o h n s Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ADint,toor,tdsiyttroKiisz4esir cent. pere en t 54 5414 101% 101% 941( 95 14 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. 79% 80 Commercial Company, 4., per cent 1731 174% Ditto (1i;32 and 1833) 5 per cent. Loan 1830, 4 per cent. Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 0'7% Two months l2 -PAST . We are r a th er i n a dull state in the HALF City to the present hour. No further arrivals or any news to communicate. Letters from Berlin, of the 3d January, confirms the move ment of the three corps of the Prussian army, probably with the view to concentrate a corps of Observation. This measure, it is stated, is justified by the affairs of Belgium, as well as by the French movement of numerous bodies of troops that have marched from Verdun and Chalons. Consols may be quoted at present the sate as in the early part of the day, 94+ -I for the opening; Reduced 92i li ; Ex chequer Bills, lower, 168 68 ; India Bonds, 65 ; Bank St oc k, 203. Government b ro k ers have purchased from five to six thousand Consols at 92,1, ex, div. In the Foreign Market lit t l e doin g , Spanish Active, 17i; Portuguese, 33+ ; Three per Cents., 2 1, ; Mexican, 24+ ; Dutch Two -and.:- Half per Cents, 54+ ; Fiv per Cents. 102+, Great Western, 13- prem, ; Brighton, 3 dis. .THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 941 I v 4 C- - _URRAN'S DESCRIPT ION OF A SPEECH MADE By SERGEANT HEwITT.--The Learned Sergeant's speech put me cxactly in mind of a famil ar utensil in domestic use, commonly called an extinguisher: —it began at a point, and on it went, widening and widening, until at last it fairly put the question out altogether. MR. CROSSET PELH VAI.--There is little doubt that this gentleman, who was Member for the county of Salop, died last August at the Mauritius. Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, a summary of which will be found in another column. Contrary to general expectation, the death of the Duchess of WURTEMBERG had neither arrested the attacks of the Opposition, nor mollified the personal asperity of the Ministerial party. Criminations and recriminations were bandied about in a spirit of individual animosity for which it would be hard to find a precedent in the annals of Parliamentary warfare. Before the close of the sitting the Chamber more resembled a bear-garden than a legislative assembly. The grand trial, how ever, was reserved for Thursday, when it was ex pected that a division would take place on the Minis terial Amendment upon the first paragraph of the address, which would decide the fate of the Cabinet. Respect for the personal feelings of the KING,- afflicted by the loss of his favourite daughter, would, it was presumed, operate favourably for Minis ters upon a division. The Ministers were perfectly aware of this, and determined to turn an event likely to influence the vote of the Chamber to the best ad vantage, by accelerating a crisis which, under ordinary circumstances, they would have strained their whole influence to retard as long as possible. There is no news of the slightest interest in the Paris Journals. The lamented death of the Duchess of WURTEMBURG, and the debate in the Chamber of Deputies, are the only subjects which find a prominent place in Thursday's Papers. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR was occupied the whole of the morning with hearing Lunatic Petitions, none of with pos. sessed any points of public interest. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls' this day took petitions. After disposing of the unopposed his Lordship proceeded with those that were contested. IN RE BL`GBY FREE SCHOOL, The petitioner in this case prayed that it might be declared by the Court that several alterations made in the arrangement of the school, and in the election to exhibitions, and in the class of inhabitants to whom the benefit of the school was con fined, might be declared to have been improperly made, and ought to be rectified ; that the trustees might be restrained from electing any foreigner to such exhibition in any case where a free boy was willing and fit to be elected, and that the benefit of the school might be extended o the inhabi tants of Rugby, and those residing within twelves miles thereof, of whatever duration their residence there might have been. Mr. PEMBERTON, for the petitioners, stated that the petition was presented as well under the Act of the 52d of Geo. 111., as under the provisions of c-rtain Acts that had been passed for the reguulation of the school ; and the object of it was to have what the petitioners considered to he abuses valid' had crept into the administration of this very important and useful foundation, corrected under the authority of the Court. These abuses consisted principally in alterations made in the constitu tion of the school, which, although more convenient for wealthy persons, and individuals who desired to attain great learning, had rendered the foundation less useful to that class of persons for whose benefit the charity was established. The petitioner also complained that the exhibitions were disposed of by the Trustees, not for the benefit of free scholars, but for the bene fit of strangers, and that the Trustees had by certain regula tions, not warranted by the rules of the founder, or by any thing that had been done by the Court confined the benefit of the charity in a manner that could not be justified by requir ing that the inhabitants whose sons were to participate in the advantages of the foundation should have resided for two years in the town of Rugby. By an instrument dated the 22d of July, 1567, Lawrence Sheriff, citizen and grocer of London, conveyed certain property to Trustees in trust, that after his decease they should, with the profit of the premises, and with such money as he should leave by his will, build near to the Mansion-house of Lawrence Sheriff, in Rugby, a convenient school-house, and four lodgiNgs for four poor men, and should cause " an honest, discreet, and learned man, being a Master of Arts," to be retained to teach a free grammar school in the school-house, which should serve chiefly for the children of Rugby and of Brownscover, in the county of Warwick, and next for such as should be of places thereunto adjoining. The schoolmaster was to have the mansion-house to dwell in and a yearly sllary of 121. By the same deed directions were given for the appointment of four poor men from time to time, who were to, occupy the four lodgings so to be built; and they were to receive each seven pence by the week, and were to be called " The Almsmen of Lawrence Sheriff, of London, grocer," Lawrence Sheriff made his will on the same 22d of July, by which he bequeathed to his trustees 501. towards the building of the school-house and alms-houses, and 1001. for the purchase of land, of at least the clear yearly value of 45/ , to be conveyed to the use ex pressed in the deed, but by a codicil he revoked the legacy of 100/ , and gave to his trustees upon the tame trusts a third part of a freehold in Middlesex. The testator died in 1568, and out of the monies he left, a school and almshouses were erected at Rugby. Mr. PEMBERTON, after stating the different rules and regu lations that had been adopted from time, to time for the ma. nagement of the school, proceeded to read the hffidavits. The Learned Gentleman had not concluded when we left. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) PALMER V. THE lIUNGERFORD MARKET COMPANY. Lord DENMAN gave judgment in this case, which had been argued during the last term. It was a question arising out of a demand for compensation under the Hungerford Market Act (11th Geo. IV. chap. 70), the plaintiff having made certain improvements, valued at 441. 10s., in premises rented by him from Mr. Wyse, which the Hungerford Market Company had subsequently purchased. After stating the terms of the agree ment under which the plaintiff held the premises, and the de cisions which had been come to by the Court in several similar cases arising out of the compensation clauses of the Act, the Court was of opinion that the plaintiff was not entitled to the compensation claimed, and therefore the rule must be dis charged. POOLE V. CROWDER AND ANOTHER. This was an,action of assumpsit upon an agreement tried be fore Lord Denman at the sittings after last Term, in which a verdict was had for the plaintiff. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had on the ground of the verdict being against the evidence, and also on the ground of misdirection. It appeared that Mr. Aubrey, an Italian gentleman, came from Naples to England, bringing with him the will, a codicil, and other documents, of a person named Dean, who had died there, and which enti tled Mr. Aubrey to certain property. The plaintiff, an attor ney, being (as was stated) in possession of these papers, the defendants, Messrs. Crowder and Maynard, also attor neys, being employed by Mr. Aubrey, applied to the plaintiff to deliver up the papers to them, and entered into an agreement to pay him a sum of one hundred and fifty pounds and also the amount of his bill of costs, on condition that the papers were delivered up to them. An action was subse quently brought by Mr. Poole to recover these two sums, and the defendants pleaded, first, that the plaintiff had not de livered the papers, and secondly that theplaintiff had deceit fully represented to defendants that he had the originals in his possession—that it was with a view to obtain those originals the defendants had entered into the agreement, and that it was subsequently ascertained that the papers were in the pos session of Mr. Palmer, a solicitor, of Trafalgar-square, to whom they were Subsequently obliged to pay 901. tor them, Mr. Palmer having a lien for that sum on the papers. The Learned Counsel contended that the plaintiff had no right to recover under these circumstances. Court—Take a rule. CRIMINAL INFORMATION.—THE QUEEN V. POSTLETHWAITE. Mr. WIGIITMAN (who spoke in so low a tone of voice as to be nearly inaudible) said, he had been instructed to apply in behalf of Mr. Gale, a Magistrate of Lancaster, for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against the defendant, a gentleman residing at Ulverton, for having used language derogatory to his character as a Magis trate. There were several affidavits all to the same effect, and he would read one which set forth that a meeting of the rate-payers of Ulverton had taken place, for the purpose of considering the propriety of raising a rate for paving, watching, and lighting the town, and that some of the rate-payers in quired out of what funds the expenses of certain lawsuits insti tuted by Mr. Postlethwaite and Mr. Woodham a solicitor, against the inspectors of police should be defrayed. It was further said, that as Mr. Postlethwaite had been convicted in a sum of 51. before the Magistrates for an assault upon the police, it clearly showed that they were only doing their duty. It should be observed that one of the Magistrates before whom the conviction had taken place was Mr. Gale. Mr. Postle thwaite, who was present, said, " Yes, but one of them is a partial one." The meeting was subsequently adjourned to the 15th November, at the National School, and a great number of rate-payers attended, and some difference of opi nion was expressed as to the discussion which had taken place at the former meeting, and particularly as to the de fraying of the expenses of the law suit which deponent thought it necessary to explain. Speaking of that, deponent said, " Mr. Postlethwaite has commenced an action against the police, and he has charged one of the Magistrates with partiality—l call upon him to proceed with that action, and to name which of the Magistrates it is who is partial." Mr. Postlethwaite then called out and said, " I will—it is Mr. Gale." The Chairman remonstrated with him for using such language, and making such statements, but he replied " It is so—l will maintain it." He (Mr. Wightman) had several other affidavits of persons who were present, and heard the words spoken, and they were all to the same effect. Mr. Gale himself had also made an affidavit. He denied that he had ever been guilty of partiality or corruption, and there were the affidavits of several Magistrates and gentlemen, who knew him well, and spoke to his character. The words spoken directly charged a Magistrate with partiality in the execution of his duty, as regarded the conviction of Mr. Postlethwaite, and he ( Mr. Wightman) submitted that this was a case for the interposition of the Court. Lord DENMAN—Take a rule. THE CANADIAN PRISONERS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL applied to the Court to fix some day for bringing up the Canadian prisoners who had been re moved from Liverpool by writ of habeas corpus. It was de sirable that an early day should be fixed for hearing the argu. ments Mr. ROEBUCK wished to be presented with a copy of the re turns before the case came on for argument. Lord DENMAN said, if desirable, the case might be heard on Monday. He believed it would be consented to, that the prisoners should be brought into Court without any interme diate attendance at Chambers. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL assented. Mr. ROEBUCK said he had made an application to see the prisoners since they came to London, but had not been allowed. It was of great importance that he should sec them before the argument took place. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that so far as he was con cerned, every possible facility would be given to Mr. Roebuck to have communication with his clients. Lord DENMAN thought the Secretary of State was the proper person to apply to. They were not at present in the custody of the C our t. He thought the Learu e d C ounse l ould be permitted to see his clients, and that no objection would be offered after the intimation of the opinion of the Court. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that a copy of the return should be handed to Mr. Roebuck in the course of the day. The hearing was then fixed for Monday. AIL Co URT. T (T HIS DA Y.) ADMISSION OF AN ATTORNEY. Mr. ADDISON made an application to the Court on behalf of an attorney whose name did not transpire, praying that his name might be placed on the printed list of the Master for this Term. The proper notices were given last term for admis sion, as this term ; but two days before the beginning of this term, the gentleman, who resided in the country, sent an intimation to his agent in town that he could not come up for the purpose of being admitted during the present term ; and, it therefore became necessary to repeat the notices, in order that he might be admitted next term. But this difficulty pre sewed itself; there was not time, after the receipt of this gen tleman's intimation, to give the three days' notice required, and, therefore, the Master could not place the name on the list without the sanction of this Court. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Were fresh notices given regularly before this term? Mr. ADDISON__Yes. Mr. Justice PATTESON— A second set of notices ? Mr. ADDISON—Yes, but they could not be delivered three days before, and therefore the sanction of the Court was re. quired. This was a case where double notices had been given. Mr. Justice PATTESON said it was a case where he should be glad to let the party in if he could. The Master informed him that it had been done before, and therefore he would allow it in this case. His LORDSHIP then proceeded with the nisi prius cases. CURIOUS CLAIM OF EXEMPTION BY A JUROR.--One of the Jurors addressing his LORDSIIIP, requested to be excused on account of his profession as a schoolmaster. If compelled to serve he must give the boys a holiday. Mr. Justice PATTESON—I think that will not exempt you from serving. Applicant—l have been excused on that ground at the West minster Sessions. Mr. Justice PATTESON—They have stepped a little beyond their authority in excusing you. It is very inconvenient to the boys, no doubt.—( Laughter. )—Application refused. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY, M'GEORGE V. EGAN. IMPORTANT TO BOARDING-SCHOOL KEEPERS. Mr. HUMPHREYS applied in this case for a nonsuit or a new trial. It was an action brought before the Sheriff for 191. los., being three months' remuneration for the maintenance and instruction of a young lady ; the verdict was for the plain tiff. The evidence for the plaintiff was, that the wife of the defendant had taken the young lady to school, and that he had visited her while there. The defendant was by marriage the uncle of the young lady. Now he ( Mr. Humphrey) sub mitted that there was no evidence at all to fix the liability on Vie defendant. The father of the young lady was living, though in the country, when she was sent to school— her mother had been dead some years. Surely it could not be said that any uncle who visited his niece at school— even though his wife had taken her there—was liable for her board and education. How many cases were there of chil dren, whose parents, residing in the country, being committed for a short, time to the care of an aunt or uncle, who might, by merely taking them to school and visiting them there, be fixed with the liability for all expenses incurred, if such a doc trine was to be held. What authority had the wife, again, by taking her niece to school, to bind her husband ? In order to prove the husband's liability all the, tradesmen in the neighbourhood had been called at the trial ; butcher, baker, green-grocer, &c., because it was proved that the wife was in the habit of ordering onions and parsnips, and the husband in the habit of paying for them, that, therefore, he must pay for the little girl's school.—(Laughter.) The Learned Counsel submitted that this evidence was totally inadmissible. It might as will he contended, that because a cook or a footman ordered meat and bread which their master paid for, that if they took a girl to school—even without his knowledge —yet he was liable. That certainly would be monstrous The LORD CHIEF J USTIC E —Where is the father? Mr. HUMPIIREYS.-He died, my Lord, after the little gill had been put to school. Mr. Justice BOSANQUET. —Why did you not then take her from the school? Mr. HUMPIIREYS.-Why, my Lord, that would have been the very way to fix ourselves with the liability ; for it would have been at once said that we admitted our liability previous to the father's death. The Learned Counsel said he did not complain of the Under_ Sheriff's direction, for he told the Jury that it was the slightest case he ever knew ; whereupon the Jury found for the plaintiff. And that very same Jury had sat for 14 weeks before, and had never once found a verdict for defendant.—(Laughter.) Lord CHIEF-JUSTICE.-You want to spoil the prescription. —( Loud laughter.) Mr. HumenrtEys—My Lord, I think it is unreasonable.— (Renewed laughter.) The COURT unanimously were of opinion that though the evidence undoubtedly was very slight, yet it was evidence to go to a Jury; and they were not disposed to disturb the verdict. DUNTLEY V. JESSICK. This was a case of a rather singular nature. A writ of in quiry had taken place before the Sheriff of Northamptonshire as to certain injuries alleged to have been inflicted by de fendant on plaintiff's son, who had since died in the workhouse of the King's-evil. The Jury found a verdict for plantiff, damages 2001. Mr. Serjeant GOULBURN moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside. This affidavit stated that through ignorance of the law the defendant (who was a small farmer) had not attended the inquiry, which was, there fore ex-parte. The evidence for the plaintiff was simply, that two yrars and more before the lad's death his master, the defendant, had in a passion kicked him, and that an abscess had a long time after arisen in his side, which was occasioned probably by a blow. On the part of the defendant it was now sworn that the kicks were ordinary kicks—that the lad had not complained at the time—and that he had Leen quite well for above two years afterwards ; and further, that the injuries of which he died were occasioned by a cold. The Court granted a rule Nisi. EXCHEQUER COURT-(THIS DAY TUCK V. TUCK. This action was tried before the LORD CHIEF BARON at the sittings in Westminster after last term, when a verdict was foiled for the plaintiff—Damages 80/. 4s. 9d. Mr. PLATT now moved for a rule to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had, or why the verdict should not be reduced by the sum of 30/. The action was brought upon an I 0 U, for 90/. The plaintiff proved the handwriting of the defendant to the I 0 U, and upon that claimed the verdict. The defence was, that the defendant had at various times paid the plaintiff the sums of 221. 10s., 171. 175., and 30/. At the trial it was proved that after the action was brought, the plaintiff admitted that he owed his uncle (the defendant), the sums of 5/. and 41.155.6 d., being his share of expences incurred in a visit to Melton Mow bray, which the Jury allowed. He (Mr. P.) now contended that he was entitled to the payments which were made by three cheques, which were in evidence. There had been many pecuniary transactions between the parties, and when a sum passed, an 1 0 U was given; or, if the money passed by a cheque, the document stood as evi dence of the transaction. The I 0 Uin question was dated 27th March, 1837. The cheques were drawn by the defendant upon Drummond and Co., and were crossed in the handwriting of the plaintiff, clearly showing that they had passed through his hands. The first two were dated before the date of the I 0 U, which the Lord Chief Baron took to be a settlement of the entire accounts between the parties, and di rected the Jury to put those two cheques out of their con sideration. Lord ADINGER—That was proved by your own witness. When he proved the admissions as to the 5/. and the 4/. 15s. 6d. he said the plaintiff said, " I only want to do what is right by my uncle. I remember having 5/. from him, and the half of the expenses of the trip to Melton Mowbray are still due. We forgot these sums, but I will allow them." Mr. Baron ALDERSON—Then that reduces the question to the 301. cheque which is dated subsequently to the I 0 U. Mr. PLATT would then confine himself to that point. At the trial the difficulty which arose was that the cheques, being crossed, would only be paid to some one who had an account with Drummond and Co., and the evidence was, that the plaintiff had none. He accounted for that in this way. It was in evidence that it was the duty of the young man to collect moneys for the firm of Tuck and Hornley, who were coal-merchants, and to pay over the money so collected to another clerk, named Glover. At the times when he received those cheques he paid them to the firm, who did bank with Drummond, and kept the money he had collected. Lord ABINGER—The evidence was, that when either of the partners collected money they paid it over to the young man, who entered it to the general account, and the Jury found that the cheques had been paid in that way. But how did the cheques come into your possession, if it has ever been paid?— (The cheque having been handed up.) This cheque has never been paid—it is not marked in any way. I may tell you what I did not tell the Jury, that Drummonds never re turn cheques—it is a rule of their house never to do so. If they arc wanted in a Court of Justice, they send a clerk with them. Mr. PLATT said the cheque in question had been returned, which he could verify by affidavit. The fact was that the 301. had been paid, and he then held in his hand a receipt for it, but, unfortunately, it was not stamped. The COURT. —There will likely be no occasion to use it. Verify the fact of the cheque having been paid, and take a rule for a new trial, unless the plaintiff agrees to reduce the verdict by the sum of 301.—Rule granted. CORN-LAWS.—A requisition, dated the 9th of Ja nuary, numerously and respectably signed by the inhabi tants of Liverpool and its vicinity, has been presented to the Mayor of that town, requesting that he would convene a town meeting on the subject of the Corn-laws. The Mayor has appointed Wednesday next, the 16th instant, at one o'clock, for a public meeting. CORN LAWS.—WARD OF BISHOPSGATE._ (From a Correspondent of the Times).—Yesterday the in habitants of the above ward were summoned to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament to make such a revision or alteration of the Corn-laws as the circumstances of the country demand. At the time fixed upon for the commencement of business (11 o'clock), Mr. Alderman Copeland found himself surrounded by an assem blage which (including four Common Councilmen, the ward clerk, the two beadles, and one little boy), constituted altogether fifteen souls, the concentrated essence of 30,000, the number of the ward's population, to all of whom the worthy Alderman had been constrained to issue his summons. After the business had been formally opened, the Alderman smiled, the vast concourse chuckled in sympathy, and Mr. Deputy Peacock, seeing the absur dity of the whole proceeding, put an extinguisher upon further jocularity by at once moving that the meeting do adjourn sine die, to the evident contentment of all, save, perhaps, the two gentlemen whose labours in seed time and in harvest had been productive of a crop so scanty as their granary then p resen t e d. Th e mot i on was carr i e d nevi. d w . It is surmised that this untoward failure will henceforward induce those very active and pains-taking individuals entirely to cut the Corn-law question, and q uietly leaste the unra velling of its intricacies to hands less clumsy their own. DR. ELLIOTSON. 6, University.street, Bth January, 1839. GENTLEMEN,--I beg leave to return the Certificates you have given mo, of Matriculation at your College, and of ad mission to your Course of Lectures on the Principles and Prac tice of Surgery, Chemistry, Materia Medica, Practical Ana tomy, and on Physiology,as after your conduct towards Professor Elliotson, I consider that it is impossible for any one possessing the least independence of spirit, or respect for his own charac ter, to allow himself to be identified with you, in ary way. I can ill afford to part with the amount I haVe thus given up, but rather than countenance the &grant act of injustice with wiiicl► you stand convicted before the world (which I must do, by any farther attendance at your College), I would make a much larger sacrifice. I must state, however, in justice to you, that your present conduct is not without some precedents, but it might have been hoped, that in the 19th century, no imitators of those disgraceful transactions, would have dared to show them selves, or so boldly to set at defiance the spirit of the age. Socrates was put to death for demonstrating the unity of the Godhead ; Galileo was cast into a dungeon, for stating that the earth and planets revolve round the sun. The immortal Har vey was driven from his practice and his country, and lampooned from one end of Europe to the other for proving the circulation of the blood ; all these things are now teught as truths by your Professors, and as half a century did not elapse before the repentance of his countrymen succeeded to their condemnation of the Athenian philosopher, so, I venture to predict that the present generation will not have pa=sed away before the persecutors of D. Elliotson, will be objects for the finger of scorn to be pointed at, and in your own Hall, the memory of that man will be hailed as immortal, whom you have now conspired to eject and deride.—l am, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, RICHARD PENNY. To the Council of University College. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. 11.—Wind S. W., fresh.—Arrived and pro ceeded for the river the Amelia, Durton, from Demerara ; William Gray, Gray, Oporto ; Thomas Daniel, Cherry, An, tigua ; and Ware, Talbot, Barbadoes. The outward bound remain. Put back the Forrester, and several others, which sailed yesterday. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 11. —Wind W. S. WV., fresh breezes. Arrived the Roxburgh Castle, Cumberland. from London ; William Bryan, Roman, ditto ; President, Chadwick, ditto ; James Ray, ditto; D'Arcy, Phillips, Sunderland ; Governor, Corney, London, with loss of bulwarks, and sails split, &c. ; Jim Crow, London ; and Farmer, Angel, ditto. Sailed the Cato, Palm, for Seaham ; and Ariadne, Fenwick, ditto. The Diligence llowel, is on shore on No Man's Land, but it is ex pected that she will be got off next tide. PLYMOUTH, JAN. W.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Pene lope, from Galipoli ; Tamy, London ; Louisa, Elliot, —• Put back, the Fly, Gibbs, for Figueira. FALMOUTH, JAN. W.—Wind S. to S. W., strong breezes and squalls.—Arrived the Robert Newton, Mosey, from Ta ganrog ; Zephyr, Kimes, Cephalonia ; Dit On, Le Gros, Messina ; Tomlinson, Wallace, London ; Black-eyed Susan, Watkinson, Shields; Ellen, Potter, Guernsey; Devonshire (steamer), Mills, London ; Robert, Duncan, ditto, with cargo shifted. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 11.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrived the Actress, Toolo, fron New Orleans ; Timoleon, Winsor, Savannah ; Pearl, St. John's, N.B. ; Ward, ditto; Augusta, St. Michael's. COWES, JAN. 11.— Arrived the Rabarzar, from Elsinore. Sailed the Cabul, Summers, for Antwerp. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 9.—Arrived Myross. Quin, Dungawin. DOVER, JAN. 7.—Arrived off, Charlotte, Überry, Marseilles. MARGATE, JAN. 11.—Arrived off port the Princess Victoria, Lee, from Calcutta ; Posthumus,. Remington, Demerara; Governor, New York; Lord Ogilvy, Mowell, Vaztezza ; and North Star, Bennett. —. RAMSGATE, JAN. 11.—Arrived the Antoinette Maria, from London. WEYMOUTH, JAN. 11.—Arrived off port the Isabella, Morris, from Calcutta. SWANSEA, JAN. 10.—Arrived the Maria Hardy, Dobson, from Cuba. PENZANCE, JAN. 10.—Put back the Resolution, Davies, for Swansea. MILFORD, JAN. 10. —Arrived the John and William Edwards, from Littlehampton, with cargo heated, and must discharge. Sailed the Thames steamer. Williams, for London. HULL, JAN. 11.—Arrived the Eliza, Ray, from Seville. BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 10 —Arrived the Active Success, Bur ley, from Newcastle, with loss of boats, bulwarks, and part of cargo thrown overboard; William and Ann, Smith, from Hull for Leith, leaky, pumps choked, and must discharge ; and Spera, cargo shifted, leaky, and must discharge. REDCAR, JAN. 9.—The City of York, of Stockton, has been towed up to Middlesburgh, with loss of foremast and bowsprit. HARWICH, JAN. 11.—The Margaret, Dixon, from Shields to London, was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand last night crew saved. ILFRACONIBE, JAN. 10.—A vessel on her beam-ends, decks out, and the heel of bowsprit out of water, and supposed to be a Pill pilot skiff; was fallen in with this morning. HULL, JAN. 11.—The Gift went ashore near Paull the 7th inst.--two of the crew drowned. The vessel has since been got off. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 31.—A vessel, supposed to be the Ever done, has been driven on share near Formby, four men saved. The cargoes of the Monkey on shore near Southpool, and Ann Paley, on shore near Blackpool, will be saved, the late( without much damage , if the weather continues moderase. The Bill Buoy has been driven from her moorings, and Cap tain Dunham has gone out the duplicate to replace it. The Majestic, for New Orleans, and the Mary, Bebby, Medcalf, for Trieste, which put back last Monday, must discharge, the latter vessel in consequence of the Pilot running her and her anchor in docking. HULL, JAN. 10.—The Sarah brig, from London to Gain -Is3rough, is totally wrecked off Cleeness—crew saved. The Flora, Metor, from Maldon to Goole, is on shore in the Humber, with loss of anchor, &c. ; expected to be got off. The Phcenix, Brody, of Inverness, is on shore at Lesspurcy with loss of anchors, &c. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Supplies of Vegetables continue very good, particularly Turnips and Cabbages. Not much business passing, and prices same as last week. Owing to the crop of Apples being scarce, prices arc looking up. New Peas, 10s. per pint ! New Potatoes, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Old, 70s. to 808. per ton• HUNGERFORD MARKET. There were fair supplies to-day of most kinds, but every article is now high in price. This necessarily limits business. Fish—Turbot, 7s. to 155., 205., 255., and higher; Cod, 2s• 6d., to 55., 103., and 15s. ; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. each; Soles, 10d. to 4s. per pair. Meat—Beef, 7id. to Bfd. ; Mutton, lid. to 81d. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. and 9id. ; Pork, lid. to 80. Vegetables not scarce but still dear. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL, Meat of all kinds was in good supply and demand, and prices of all kinds were unaltered. Beef, 2. Bd. to 7s. 101 Mu'ton, 2s. 10d. to 3s. 10d. and 4s. Veal, 3s Bd, to 4s. 10d. Pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. Irish, 3s. to 3s. 6d. Geese and Poultry in good supply-the demand fair, and prices rather higher. The prices were-Woodcocks, 3s. to ss. ; Wid geons, Is. to 2s. ; Teal, Is. to 2s. ; Snipes, Is. 6d. to2s. ; Leverets, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; Hares, 3s. to 45.; Pigeons, Is. to Is. 6d. ; Wild Rabbits, Bd. to Is. 2d. ; Tame, Is. 3d. ; Ducks, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; Wild, 2s. to 3s. 6d. ; Geese, ss. to 7S. Gold Plovers, Is. to is. 6d. Turkeys, 4s. 6d. to 15 5 . Chickens, Is. 6d. to 2s. Eggs continue to decline. The price to-day 6s. 7d. to 6s. Bd. per 120. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. There being a brisk demand for Fish, although the sup plies were good, prices were high. Turbot, 7s, to 10s., 155., 205., 255., and 30s. ; Cod, 2s. 6d. to 55., 10s. and 158., and some 205.; Soles, 9d. to 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters, :is. to 4s. ; Whitings, 3d. to 6d. each ; Haddocks, Bd. to Is. 2d. each. HAY MARKET. Hay and Clover in good supply, but straw continues scarce. The demand was brisk, Hay 803, to Ioos., llOs., and 112 s. 6d. ; Clover, 84s. to 115 s. ; Straw, 30s. to 405. per load, according to quality. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE COLONIAL MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Our reports of the sales will have previously shown that a fair business has been done for home consumption. Raw S u gar has advanced 6d. to Is. per cwt. Coffee, Cocoa, Spices, Rice, Rum, Cotton, and Indigo, have all been firm, but not higher. Tea at the quarterly sale, which has followed day after day, has on the whole been lower than the prices of last sale. The quantity which has passed the hummer this week is about 56,000 packages, about:one-half of which has been sold. There was uo sale to-day ;it resumes on Monday. The Im ports of all kinds at the Customs have been light, owing to adverse winds. A fair business is already advertised for next week, and the quarterly sale of Indigo, consisting of 9,435 chests, commences on Tuesday. THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 203 [ India Stock 257 3 per Cent. Red 93%IDitto Bonds 63 3 per Cent Cc.is 92%, Ditto Old Annuities — 3,,, 2 per Cent. Red 100 %1Ditto New Annuities New 3y4 per Cent .00% Ex. Bills, 1,1001 23,id 08 pin. New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 18 pin , Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 68 pm. Jan. 1860 Oct. 1850 Jan. 1860 ____ FOREIGN FUNDS Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent ' — Russian Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent —l73i Ditto, Consolidated — French, 5 per cent. 109 f; 75c. Exchange French, 3 per cent 7i f. 75 • Dutch, 25i per cent. Ditto, 5 per cent.... . . 10230 iIiARES.-(THIS DAY.) Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent. Brazilian Bond' Buenos Ayr. s, 6 per cent ChiTian, 6 per cent Colomb,an, 6 per cent 2 5 74 Ditto, 1824 27li Danish, 3 per cent Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 2 4 14 Ditto, (i per cent., 1825 Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent (CLOSING PRICE OF S Great Western Railway London and Brighton Railway London and Illackwall Railwa! London and Ctoydon Railway London and Croydon Railway Manchester and Birmingham I, Ditto Ditto E. 79 10J4, , Y 13 . :New Scrip) Lailway 19% k tension If it were not for the exertions of the Lord Mayor and those by whom his Lordship has been assisted, it is be lieved coals would be double the price they are at present. Bu and I pany Duch( Beresl for San dish clerk