The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-28 00:00:00

" 'We are seven" has been curiously and comically criticised before ; but it does certainly appear to us that this magic number never presented so farcical an appearance as when Sir Robert Peel, late—and cer tainly proximate—Prime Minister of England, was rejected by a majority of seven as unworthy of receiv ing the distinction of the freedom of Glasgow. Is not this, we beg to ask, a political compliment to the Right Hon. Baronet ? All that is respectable in Glasgow has rallied round the standard of Conservatism. The champion of this Conservatism in Scotland, equally as in England, is Sir Robert Peel. The voice of the empire with grateful cheering acknowledges the past services, and anticipates the future exertions, of the Right Honourable Baronet ; and a majority of seven in the Town Council of Glasgow endeavour, as best they may, to insult the first commoner in England. Of the two modes of conferring distinction, we unhe sitatingly say this is the most striking. That the young gentlemen of the University of Glasgow, that the wealthy, influential merchants of that, important city —that the respectable classes, howsoever engaged in the paths of honourable effort, should have hailed the advent of Sir Robert Peel as a greatly desirable dis tinction, is perfectly natural. But—with all respect for these distinguished citizens—belonging, as they do, to that class of noblemen, gentlemen, clergymen, magistrates, and independent members of society, who —by the open admission of Lord Melbourne—are opposed to the present Government, we must say that by far the most complimentary act we ever could have anticipated in honour of Sir Robert Peel is the refusal of the Town -council of Glasgow to inflict upon him any public compliment. It is impossible not to rejoice at this. We sil en tly w i s h e d t h at no " h a lf-f ace d fel lowship,, might in any way discountenance the Con servative manifestation at Glasgow. Yet we should have indulged no stronger feeling than a generous dis dain towards the unhappy adherents of the Whig- Radical Government had they controlled their inborn vulgarity. But having presumed, in a frog-like fas hion, to inflate their political insignificance to very bursting, we have thought it proper to mark signifi cantly the scorn with which such paltry insolence must be received by independent-minded men.—Times. Alas, for the poor Tories now ! All their fondly cherished visions of a split among the Reformers are utterly dissipated. Need we add, that they have fled —never to return ? The Liberal party, of all shades of opinion, are now more closely united than ever. The Conservatives will find this, to their cost, on the meeting of Parliament. We are sure our readers will anticipate us in our expressions of unbounded joy at this determination of the Reformers to merge all minor differences in their opposition to the common foe. We rejoice at this, on account of the great cause which all have at heart. We farther rejoice at it, because of the mortification it will cause to the Conservatives. And, lastly, we rejoice at the circumstance, because we were among the first, the most earnest, and the most perse vering, among our Contemporaries, to press on all Re formers the infinite importance of union at the present eventful juncture. How far the advice we so urgently tendered, on this point, to the advocates of liberal principles, has contributed to bring about that cordial union which now subsists among Re formers, it is no t f or us to say. N or is that a matter about which we are disposed to trouble our selves. It is enough for us to know that such union does exist ; and that in its existence we see the conti tinued 2.nd yet more complete defeat of Toryism, and the continued and yet more decided triumph of right iirinciples in the Government and the country. We believe we are justified in saying that the union to which we refer is not only more cordial than any which heretofore existed, but that it will be much more lasting than any previous compact, expressed or implied, into which the different classes of Reformers had ever entered together. It is a union grounded on the principle of both parties—the extreme Reformers and the more moderate class—making corresponding concessions to each other. Hitherto there has been a want of reciprocity between them, or if there was any, it was like Irish reciprocity, all on one side. The Ra dicals have heretofore been the only parties making concessions ; they have conceded much for the sake of the common cause to the persons calling themselves Whigs. The latter arc now to meet the Radicals half way. The Government of Lord Melbourne is, if we must be still more explicit, to be yet more extensively popularised. This is the basis of the new alliance between the two reforming parties in the country. It is a broad and satisfactory basis ; it is one which cannot fail to cement and perpetuate the union which heretofore existed. We speak advisedly when we say that immedi ately on the meeting of Parliament Lord Melbourne will furnish the country with proofs which must be satis factory to all, that he duly comprehends the spirit and necessities of the times, and is determined to act with the energy becoming the occasion. It will then be :seen that the confidence of time Radicals in the libe rality of Lord Melbourne's forthcoming measures has not been misplaced; but that he is deserving of all the support they have agreed to give him. We are grievously in error, if eight days elapse after the meeting of Parliament, before his Lordship unfolds a course of policy to be steadily pursued by his Go vernment, which will inspire an unbounded joy in the breast of every genuine Reformer in the coun try. The Tories, if we are not mistaken, are begin ning to have some shrewd suspicious of what a few weeks will reveal. Of this we are cer tain, that they look forward to the corning Session with fear and trembling. They see that all their late feeds run a great risk of going for nothing. The prospects of Conservative ascendancy, which were then so rife over the well-covered table, and while the bottle was kept in due circulation, are all blasted now. It is no wonder that with coming events cast ing their shadows before, the Tories should be mor tified beyond measure, and that their journals should be giving vent, as they have been doing for the last few days, to the most bitter denunciations of the Reformers, because they will not act on Tory ad vice, and divide themselves, that they may be con quered.—Morning Advertiser. During the long and arduous contest which we have had to maintain for the reform of the criminal law, against prejudices, and passions, and inveterate habits, opposed to the suggestions of calm and dispassionate reason, and even repelling the unanswerable evidence of facts, if we have experienced much of the painful ness of ignorant or interested opposition, we have also learned the value of perseverance in a right course. When, for instance, it was the received and settled opinion of a large and influential class of society— when it was the undisputed, because the unexamined, doctrine of a great many otherwise intelligent persons —that to remove the law of blood from the offence of forgery, would be to take away its firmest support from the system of paper credit, and thereby ruin the com mercial interests of England, we did not fear to' grapple with the prejudices, the ignorance, and even the into lerance which were opposed to enlightened legislation on this important subject. Day after day did we labour to show that th e law, by its unreflecting severity, counteracted its own object, and actually encouraged the commission of the crime which it was intended to repress. Having at length succeeded—not without support which we have at other times acknowledged—in clearing away the unreasoning opposition given to the principle of a mitigated law of forgery, and having had the satisfaction to see the views which we had so long pro mulgated upon this question sanctioned by the decision of the Legislature, what next occurred ? Who can forget that, during the very year following the repeal (with two exceptions) of the capital provisions of the law of forgery, a serious and systematic attempt was made to alarm the public mind on the subject, and to make it be believed that forgery was in a state of rapid and fearful increase ? Who does not recollect what co louring and currency was given to that notion by the proceedings at the Mansion House, where, upon every occasion of a charge of forgery, though such charges Were still more frequent under the capital law, it was said to be a natural consequence, which every sensible man had foreseen, of the abolition of the punishment of death—though that punishment was notoriously as in eirecgve in practice as it was objectionable in principle ? IV E nieat,timpt—obstinately as it was carried on for , , e to enlist the fears of society in favour of a : --, , its , r 7 ,, 0 4 . • law of blood, did not alarm us. We were ~.; , .a+. 3 ''' # d 411; it ; of time enabled to give an answer which .- - #1 N. --. :iiagtlie, ; _ ,4 -.11; aat rest. We laid before the public the 4 414 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1836. a more creditable use of the spoil than their great leader desired. What was to be done ? Every pauper fed would be a subject seduced from the Agitator's al liance ; emery vagrant housed would be a soldier with drawn from the Agitator's camp. It was an awful crisis. Mercury descended to the assistance of Jove-- Mr. Shiel advanced to the assistance of Mr. O'Connell. Mr. Shiel, however, is too wise, after the demon stration which his hearers have already afforded of their sentiments, to avow himself hostile to a provi sion for the Irish poor. He does not profess a doubt of the duty of the Legislature to provide relief, nor venture a denial of the propriety of the means by which Mr. O'Malley would have it provided. While he risks an occasional sneer, indeed, at " theories," and "abstractions," and "extempore expatiations," he seems to admit that, in the proper time, the " theories," and the " abstractions," and the " extempore expatia tions," will have his valuable support. But he recall the attention of his audience to a matter of more pressing urgency. It is true that in one of the prin cipal cities of Ireland you may see eight, ten, twelve persons inhabiting one filthy closet, with an old broken blanket for their covering, with a torn rush mat for their bed—but to Mr. Sheil that is a " theory:" true, that in one parish of that city you may find two thousand persons in a state of destitution, by which we mean absolutely without a daily meal—but to Mr. Sheil that is an " abstraction:" true, that in every street of that parish honesty is hurrying into crime, purity submitting to pollution, beneath the frightful pressure of almost indescribable afflictions— but to Mr. Sheil these are " extempore expatiations." He sees a more imminent evil—a more appalling cala mity. And what is it ? We like Mr. Shiers speeches, for we generally learn something by them. He is cle ver, and knows what is going on pretty well ; he is vain, and divulges it pretty freely. Two years ago he told us what passed at Lichfield House—now he in forms us what is about to pass in Downing-street. We believed him as an historian—we trust him as a prophet. He knows as accurately as most men both the acts and the intentions of the Government, whom he serves and threatens alternately. Here, then, is Mr. Sheil's announcement of an impending crisis, so terrible in his eyes that it ought to supersede alike the relief of want and the prevention of sin : " Parliament meets on the 31st of January. The Mu nicipal and Church questions must be almost immediately afterwards brought forward. If the Lords throw out the Bill, as they will beyond a doubt do, a dissolution is inevit able. For that dissolution we ought to be prepared. We ought, in truth, to think—to speak—of nothing else, or, in other words, to the registries, which are at hand, our at tention ought to be exclusively directed. Discuss poor laws at such a moment At such a moment assemble here to listen to dissertations of hours in length on the subtle question by which the mind of the acutest and deepest thinkers can be engaged ! Away with such info.. tuation !" On such grounds Mr. Sheil moves an adjournment of the debate on Mr. O'Malley's proposition. We disapprove that proposition, of course, as cordially as Mr. Sheil. But do not let our disapprobation be con founded with Mr. Sheil's. The order of precedence in which he would place his measures for the improve ment of his country is not ours. We think it more important that the hungry should be fed in Limerick than the Papists should be aldermen in Belturbet ; and we are sure that we were commanded to clothe the naked long before we were advised to attend to the registries.—Mornin g ; Post. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 27. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1,760 II pei cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971. Ns. sh. 142 1,182 41. Ashby.de-le-Zouch Average 113/. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 51 1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150'. sh. 100 8,000 1-16 sh. 91. 9s. Birmingham, 1-16th share .8- 4 1. & 711. 217 4,000 ... Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l2s/. sh. 100 pd 321 600 . Bridgewater and Taunton ....lOU sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Cheliner and Blackwater 100/. sh. 102 500 481. Coventry 1004 sh. 725 4,545 Croydon -. Average 31/. 2s 10d. sh. 3 2,0601 41. Os. Dudley lOO/. sh. '7B 600 71. Derby 100/. sh. 120 20,000 3,5751 3/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. 110 231 401. Eyewash 1001. sh. 500 • 1,237 241. Forth and Clyde Average 4001.165. sh. 605 11,500 12/. Grand June' - lOO/. sh. 215 2,8491 1/. Grand Union 100/. sh. 2 .I.;.! 1,500 Grand Surrey 120,600/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. '7O 3,096 Grand Western 104. sh. all pd (500 13/.125. Bd. Glainorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 230 749 10t. Grantham 150/. sh. 202 6,235 1/. 158. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 341 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 25,323 11. 2s. Kennet a. id Avon, Average 391. 18s. 10d. sh. 22 2,3971 204 Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 530 5451 121. Leicester l4O/. sh. 190 1,897 41. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 23/.los. 77 2,400 101. Monmouthshire 100/ .sh. 200 50 16/. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 200 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 580 3,000 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 54 247 17/. Neath 100/. sh. 325 1,786 301. Oxford 1004 sh. 580 2,400 5/. Peak Forest Average about 73/. sh. 104 21,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. Bd. sh. 16 5,669 6/. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/. sh. 121 500 8/. Shropshire /25/. sh. 140 800 9/. IN. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 153 3,600/. 41 per cent. Ditto bock Fund Stock 12/. 10s. sh. Ilf 700 40/. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 730 500 9/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 243 300 8/. Stourbridge 3,647 21. 6s. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 79/. 9s. Od. sh. 50 _ 533 12/. Swansea 100/. sh. .. "20 ___ . 3,762 it. 4s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 351. sh. 19i 2.600; an. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, ; share 1001. sh. 555 6,119 1 1 ,6,00' °(:* 1. 5 1, h ' . .1 15/. Warwick eat' Birmingham 1004 sh 260 960 12t. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 136; 6,000 4/.os. Worcest , n and Birmingham...Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 8..2 5,000 225. Wilts an 1 Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. Bd. eh. 21 800 3/, Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh 75 126 Wisbeach •..105/. sh. 45 905 11. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 22; DOCKS. 2,600 & i3n c. Commercial 100/. sh. 56 1,065 sh. • ' 108,66711. 6 per ct. East India Stock 117 3,238,310;4 50s. p.ct. London Ditto Bonds 1,380,0004 it. per ct. West India Stock 106 2,`.:01 21. 19s. Bristol 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll5 1.352,752 4 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 87 1 500,000 4; per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lol} Shoreham Har bour 2.500 ........ Depttbrd Pict BRIDGES. 1,600 les. Haminersin.ti 5O/. sh. 20 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 631. 2s. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 IL 158. Ditto, New, of 7i per cent. 5Ol. sh. 14 5,000 5,000 18s. Sd. Ditto, Old Annuities of S/ 6Ol. pd IS 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 15 60,0001. 5/. per cent. Ditto Bonds llB 6,000 17s Vauxhall Av'rage 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 161 practical evidence of official returns, which showed a diminution instead of an increase of the crime ; and the voice of civic prejudice has not since raised itself on this subject in opposition to the progress of civilised legis lation. We have left the admirers of exterminating law without the shadow of a plausible pretence for appealing to the selfishness or timidity of mankind in behalf of their barbarous system. The prejudices which we had to overcome in effecting the mitigation of the law of forgery, and several other capital laws, were not greater than those against which we had to contend in advo cating the equal and impartial administration of justice between the Crown and the accused in cases of felony. Again and again had we to impress upon the public mind, by reiterated argument, the propriety of removing the gross anomaly which withheld from persons charged with felony the right of making a full defence by Counsel, which was allowed in all cases of treason and misdemeanor. The obvious injustice of permitting the Counsel for the prosecution to address the Jury, and to avail himself of all his resources of ingenuity or eloquence to distort or colour circumstances in favour of guilt, while the Counsel on the other side was not allowed to address a word to the Jury in answer to the most perverted reasoning, or highly-coloured state ments, ought never to have been part and parcel of the judicial practice of a civilised people. Need we say how many efforts were necessary, how long a struggle was maintained, before a usage which sinned against the first principles of justice was obliterated from the administration of the law among us in the nineteenth century ? The perseverance of Mr. Ewart in one House of the Legislature, where he intro duced the Prisoners' Counsel Bill three or four times, and the commanding talents of Lord Lyndhurst in the other, who had taken up the measure after Lord Brougham had been the means of defeating it, accom plished this victory ; but, as in the case of the forgery laws, the victory of sound and rational justice has hardly been achieved, when a systematic attempt is made in certain quarters to prejudice the public mind against this obvious improvement in the administration of the law—obvious to all but the interested and the ignorant—and to excite a feeling in favour of a return to a practice so opposed to the principle of judicial fairness and impartiality, that, if attempted to be in troduced into our Civil Courts, and applied to cases of property, instead of being confined to questions affecting liberty and life, it would be repudiated with universal indignation. Some of our civic " Liberals," and some of the Magisterial Solons of the Metro politan counties, are, it appears, greatly alarmed by the increased expense which is said to arise to both city and county from the working of the Bill. In questions of property, no expense is said to be too great by which justice can be procured ; it is only in cases which, in nine instances out of ten, affect the dearest interests of the poor, that justice is weighed in the scales of a Jewish calculation against pelf. As to the civic " Liberals," when they express an utter horror of indulging the poor with even-handed justice at any expense to the corporate funds, let us remind them how they assisted to carry that Central Court Bill of Lord Brougham, which has extended the criminal jurisdiction of the Corporation, as we have contended, most unconstitutionally, over portions of the counties of Surrey, Essex, and Kent. Previously to that centralising experiment having become a law, there was a 'Winter Assize on the Home Circuit, and a great proportion of the prisoners—now tried at the Central Criminal Court—were tried in the Assize towns of their respective counties—they were tried by the King's Judges, which few of them are at the Central Court, and the expellees were paid by the counties within the prisons of which they had been committed. We observe—by a return lately pro duced by Sir Peter Laurie—that a considerable ad• di tional expense was entailed upon the county of Middlesex, in consequence of the increase of the jurisdiction of the Old Bailey Sessions, by Lord Brougham's Bill, or rather the Bill of Mr. Shelton, which the Noble and Learned Lord had made his own by adoption. It appears by the return to which we have alluded that the expense of the Old Bailey Sessions for one year, from November Sessions 1833, to October Sessions, 1834. was in round numbers 4,8001., and that the expenses of the Central Criminal Court for one year, before the Prisoners' Counsel Bill had become a law, was 5,4701. Of course with this increase the Prisoners' Counsel Bill could have had nothing to do. And there is no doubt that as to pri soners for theft, technically called larceny, a consider able increase of crime, and of course of expense, has been occasioned by another measure of which Lord Brougham, if not the original author, was the most zealous and energetic advocate—we allude to the Poor Law Amendment Act, which, if in a few places it has saved something upon the poor rate by reducing the pauper allowance to a famine scale, has as certainly throughout the kingdom increased the expense of prosecutions, by driving great numbers of destitute persons to rob and steal. The recent increase of robbery in the highway—still a capital crime—can only be accounted for by the operation of the Poor Law Amendment Act. We say to the save-all patriots— the men who measure justice to the poor by a pocket rule, as Mr. Spring Rice measures knowledge by su perficial inches—we say to those spurious Reformers, and to the Middlesex Solons, apply to Parliament for the repeal of the Whig Poor Law Amendment Act, and also for that thorough reform of the criminal code which the Whigs have so long promised, and so long evaded ; and the consequence of succeeding in those applications will be a considerable diminution of crime, and of the expense on its prosecution. Besides, we un derstand that, until recently, a practice prevailed at the Old Bailey Court, which does not prevail else where, of not allowing for the fees of Counsel in the expense of prosecutions. This was different from the practice in all other counties but Middlesex, as in all but that county the fees of Counsel were, like the other items of expense, thrown upon the county-rate ; but in Middlesex the prosecutor him self paid the Counsel's fees. Latterly the fees of Coun sel have been charged upon the county, which so far makes an apparent, but not a real, increase of the expenses of prosecutions. There are other points con nected with the opposition given to the Prisoners' Counsel Bill, which we shall notice at a future oppor tunity—especially the illiberal attacks made by two or three Barristers on this Bill, whose opinions have cer tainly met with no countenance from the ablest and most learned men in the profession. To suppose that any attempt to go back to the old system of one-sided justice could be successful is perfectly ridiculous. Why is it that the practice which has obtained from ancient time in Scotland, of allowing prisoners charged with felony to make their full defence by Counsel, causes no complaint in that part of the United Kingdom ? Let the advocates of mutilated and one-sided justice on this side of the Tweed tell us the reason if they can—or " for ever hold their peace."—Morning Herald. The Popish Parliament now sitting in Dublin has been occupied for some time in the discussion of a motion brought forward by Mr. O'Malley. It will be remembered that its members have recently resolved that, though they will take from the Protestant Church whatever portio n o f it s revenues th e y m a y, f rom ti me to time, be able to abstract, they will be satisfied with nothing short of the entire destruction of the Esta blishment. Mr. O'Malley now proposes that the en tire property of the Protestant Church, which his com peers have thus determined to plunder, shall be devoted to the relief of , the Irish p oor . Up on th e pri nc ipl e o f Mr. 'Malley schem e we h ave a l rea dy offered some comments, and we shall hereafter return to the consi deration of it. But we mean to-day to deal only with the fashion in which the leading agitators of Ire land have met this interference with their preroga tive. Mr. O'Malley recommends robbery in the first place, and charity in the second ; he would plunder religion, and he would relieve penury. Mr. O'Con nell applauds the first half of the plan, but vehe mently condemns the second. He is ready to strip a Bishop, but reluctant to feed a beggar. He is an accomplice with any man who will steal a chalice from a Church, and an informer against any man who will put a loaf into a cabin. Spoliation Is to him plain duty—clear right ; but charity involves subtle ques tions, intrinsic difficulties, deep metaphysics, political economy. Mr. O'Connell, however, was beaten by Mr. O'Malley. The Popish Parliament having con fiscated Church property, appeared disposed to make ASsli RANCE COMPAN7MS. 2,000 31 lOs Albion 500/. sh. 50/. pd 79 50,000 pf n e , l : l r s n , t 'l Alliance, British & Foreign 1004 sh. 104!. pd 11; 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd 5j 24,000 11 per sh. Atlas 1,200 }sh. 5/. Birmingham 1 - ire 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire , 2501. sh. 50!. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 50/. sh. Si. pd 61 5,000 5/. per cent. Clerical, Aledi ..al,&c. Life, ICOI. sh. 12110 s pd 31 4,000 21 les County 1001. sh. 101. pd 42 20,000 ss. Eagle 200 E per rDent. a 1 Economic Lite lOOO/. sh, 2501. pd 375 and 301 be. 2,271 225. per cent. European Llic 0 0/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 0 01. sh. 2/. pd 2 1,000,000/. 71. per ct. Globe 20,000 51. Guardian lOO/. sh. 27a1 pd 32 40,000 6s. lid. Hope 501. sh. 51. pd 51 2,400 id. 7s. 6d. Imperial hire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 125 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 1001. sh. 10/. pd 91 13,453 12s. per sh. Indemnity Marine 1004 sh. 8!. pd if; 2,020 31 101 Kent Fire 501. sh. all pd 92 31. Ditto Life. 79 10,000 168. Law Life 1001. sh. 101. pd 28 5,000 10s. London, Firo 25/. sh. 121. 10s. pd 151 3,900 10s. London, Ship 25/. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 15 30,000 5/. per cent. Palladium Lit,: 50/. sh. 2/. pd 2! 8s Od 50,000 Protector Fite 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 18.6 d 2,500 1/. Provident Li le lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 20 100,001) 5/. per cent. Rock Life 20/. sh. 21. pd 6 659,2201 U. per cent. Royal Exch.aige Stock... 220 5,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. Si. pd 4 50,000 4 per cent. United KingdornLife ___ 21. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,000 Agric. and Cum m. of Ireland 251. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 Australa'ia 4Ol. sh. 40/. pd 10,006 10 per cent. Bank of Bit iningliam 5ll. sh. 10/. pd 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank ...... ...... . 50/. sh. 5/. pd 30,000 4 per cent. L on d on an d Westininster...loo/ sh. 201. pd 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. 20/. pd 25,000 Liverpool 100/ sh. 10/. pd 50,000 6 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool] mu ti. 151 pd Discount 21,000 71 percent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/ pd 20,000 Provincial Bank of Ireland 1001. sh. 25/. pd 20,' (10 National Bank of Ireland 5Ol. sh. 121/. pd 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. - 100/. sh. 251. pd 19,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 501. sh. 5/. pd GAS LIGHP AND COKE COMPANIES, 2,500 115 s (3d Bath 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 161. pd 5,000 [ 51 .,;71 3 71 . 1 Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd 923 5/ 103 Birmingham 4,250 2/ Is Bristol 20.. sh. 1,500 81 lOs Brighton '2ol. sh. 750 3/ les Ditto, New '2O/. sh. 181. pd 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 4,000 41. Continental Cansolidated lOO/. 6211. pd 1,000 101. City of London lOOl. sh. all pd 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,1)00 4/. 10s. Equitable .. 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 2,350 6/. per cent. 1 ndependent 3O/. sh. all pd 9,001 31. per cent. Phenix 501. sh. 39/. pd 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff 100/. sh. 80/. pd 4,0400 South Metropolitan 544/. sh. 111. pd 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 46/. pd 240 51. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 400 8/. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 12,000 3/. Westmbister Chartered 6,004) 12s. Ditto New 5ll. sh. 101. pd BGO Yarmouth 20/. sh. 181. pd WATER WORKS. 4,800 As. Birmingham 251. sh. 25/. pd 4,013 61. East London lOO/. sh. 5,500 2/ 10s Grand Junction .... Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 2,000 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 1,500 21 lOs New River London Bridge Water Annuities 6,486 I/ 15s Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. :•00 4 per cent. South London 1001. sh. 8,204 3/. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. 9d. sh. 1.360 11 14.5 York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. IRON RAILWAYS. Aylesbury 0 0/. sh. 1/. pd. Birmingham and Derby 51. pd 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester' 10/ pd 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 15, 1, 410 ..«..... Bristol and Exeter IOU sh. spd 060 Calcutta and Saugur 5O/. sh. 2/. pd 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western... 100/. sh. 71/. 3,000 Clarence lOOl. sh. 100/ pd 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 21 pd 60,000 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 2/. pd ...... ... Grand Junction 1001. sh. 501. p I ......... Great North of England 2l. pd 25,080 Great Western lOU sh. 30/.;pd 2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/. pd 8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 100/. sh. 5/. pd 7,100 Leeds and Selby 100 ih. 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd 1,103 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo(l.sh. 100/. pd Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 10,000 45,000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') -201 sh. I/. pd 16,000 Ditto ditto (Rennie)...sol. sh. 2/. pd B,o'ol Ditto ditto (Cundy)...l 00/. sh. 2/. pd 12,000 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich . ...... 20/. els. 204 pd 25,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 70/. pi 20,000 7,000 12,0110 London Grand Junction 5' 1. sh. 2/. pd 10,000 ....... Manchester South Union 100/sh. 21. pd North Midland 100/. sh. 10/. pd Northe"a and Eastern lOO/. sh. 34 pd 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 8/. pd 28,000 South Eastern and Dover ..2/. pd 1,000 61. per cent. Stockton and Darlington IOO/. sh. 9,000 ......... Thames Haven 501. sh. 2/. 10s. pd 6,000 York and North Midland 50 5h..31. pd MINES. 8,001 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 3/. pd 4,000 Alten 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 10,000 ......... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd Ditto Subscription 9.51. pd 2,000 Bolanos , 1501. sh all pd 10,000 11. 105 Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm .35/. sh. '2Ol. pd 6,010 ....... Macaubas dr Cocaes United 2 5/.sh. 231/. pd 11,000 ...... ... Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. fig pd 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 201. pd 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 101. sh. 81. pd 20,000 British Iron 501. sh. 50/ pd 6,000 British Copper Cata Branca 614 pd Candonga 7l/. pd 10,000 11. Copiapo 2O/. sh 1211 pd 8,500 2,850 31. English 12/ Its. pd 20,000 General Mining Assoclation...2ol. sh. 151. pd 6,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh. 5411. pd 3,000 Poltierou Consols 10/. sh. 81. pal 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 30,000 ... ..... United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. ~..401. sh. all pd DWG. Scrip Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd West Cork. 50/. s h. 50/. pd LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Tick e t ...... ...75 gs . s h . 1,500 700 King' College 100/. pd MISCELLANEOUS 10,001 155. Australian Agricultural...lool. sh. 2611. pd 37 6,000 6/.(per centlßritish American Land Company 10,000 6/ per cent. Canada Comp an y 1001/: , sh. 23/. pd 34 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 95 City Bonds, 4 per cent lOl 15,000 IV. General Steam Navigation ...15/. sh. 13/. pd 25 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 11. London Coro. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19 8,000 Caoutchouc Company 251. sh. 2il. pd 2f New Brunswick Land Company 98/ pd 251 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary InterestSoc...loo/. ch. 100/. pd 130 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. 411. 451. pd 801 4,000 10,000 Van Dienen's Land 100/. sh. 17/. pd 131 2,500 24. 1361 51.1 45 305 21 1 I 107 oi 401 Of 13f :4 125 # 22f 6 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, DEC. 13, 1836. BANKS. 1,500,0004 61. p. ct. Bank 01 Scotland 834 6s. Bd. sh. all pd 2091. 2,000,0304 54 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 1664 500.0004 Bp. ct. British Linen Company 1004 sh. 411 pd 2451. 3,000,0004 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 1 0 2/. 5,000,000/. 5 p. ct. National lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 184 2,000,0001. 54 p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 501. pd 691. 4,000,0001. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 30/. pd 3 61 . INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250,0005 h. 61 p. ct. Scottish Union 201. sh. 1/. pd 275. 7 ,50 0 sp. ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 10/. pd 1 1 1 15s. 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd 7118 s. 50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 101. pd 151. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pd 16/0s 5,000 6p. et. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 14/5s 100,000 . West of Scotland lO/. pd N 15s MISCELLANEOUS. 4,610 .....Echo . and Glas . Un. sh. all pd 224 Ditto Allocated 98/. sh. all pd 651 . 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb.:Joint Stock Water 25/. sh. all pd 384 Carron Iron Company 2501. sh. all pd 450/. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron nunnery ...... sol.sh. 391. pd 411 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 161. pd 81. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd 6044 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 25/. sh. all pd 611. 750 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 201. oh. all Dd 454 1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway...so4Bh. 55/, 3,000 51 per ant. Equitable Loan Company 251. oh. ill, pd 10 FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. This Gazette contains Orders in Council declaring Bethnal green, Hampstead, and the Cities of London and Westminster, poll ing places for Middlesex ; Farnham, Godalming, Epsom, and Chub ham, for the western division of Surrey ; Burton-upon-Trent and Uttexeter, for Staffordshire ; and East Leake, Lowdham, and Sut ton-upon-Trent. for the southern division of Nottinghamshire, and Nuttall, for the northern division. THE YOUNG WIFE. A woman runs a risk of being spoilt by the flattering period that precedes marriage. She is of necessity, then, a first object, and custom has added to the homage which love would willingly render. An individual of the family, who may before have been but little considered, rises at once to importance ; and the person whom she most values is ready to execute the slightest expression of her will. The sooner that a woman can divest herself of any un reasonable expectations which the devotion of the lover may have excited, the greater the probability of her securing permanent attachment. Courtship is a dream, from which it is better to awake voluntarily than to be reluctantly roused. It is better to return to ordinary habits—to the sober and calm fulfilment of daily business, in the place assigned by duty—than to cherish an artificial excitement,. and cling to a false position. It is a proof of judgment in a woman, when she bestows attention on her husband's character ; when she sets herself to study his peculiarities, and to consult them to the utmost of her power. This is the management which is not only allowable, but praise worthy ; for its object is not the ob taining sway, but the promotion of mutual felicity. " It is certainly much to be lamented when a young wife yields to a timidity or listlessness, which prevents h er from makingindependent efforts ; when she nurses the nervous ness which unfits her for all useful services ; when, what ever be the call upon her, she is herself in need of aid ; and, from never having thought of exerting herself, is incapable of doing so when the emergency arrives. Incidents daily occur which mark either the helplessness or capability of every woman. Sudden alarms, trifling accidents, throw one into uncontrollable agitation ; whilst another calmly avoids or relieves the mischief. One is unable to put forth a hand to help herself ; the other, without appearance of effort, is ready to help all besides. One cannot stir without sup port ; the other is continually employed in some useful or benevolent purpose. One reclines upon a sofa, establishing no claim on others but her own incapacity ; the other, by her perpetual good offices, lays up a debt which is willingly paid on demand, and thus provides, in the best way, for her future exigencies. It not unfrequently happens that a young married woman is oftener alone than she was previously accustomed to be ; and that she misses the family circle by which she has hitherto been surrounded. Let not this, however, depress her spirits, or render her too dependent on her husband for entertainment. Let it least of all lead her to seek, too fre quently, relief in company. One of the first things she should learn is to be happy in solitude; to find, there, occu pation for herself; and to prove to her husband that, how ever she may enjoy social intercourse, and especially desire his presence, she needs not either a sister or a friend to en tertain her when he is away.—Female Improvement. CORONERS INQUEST. LAMENTABLE SUICIDE BY PRUSSIC AClD.—Monday afternoon, an inquest was held at the Prince of Wales, Great Barlow -street, Marylebone, before Mr. Stirling and a respectable Jury, on view of the body of Mr. Samuel Ri chard Anthony, aged 50, who committed suicide by taking prussic acid, under circumstances of a very determined and afflicting nature. Mr. William Saunders, of No. 49, Mornington-place, Hampstead-road, deposed, that the deceased had been in his service as butler for the last 35 years, during which pe riod he (deceased) had invariably conducted himself as a worthy respectable man. Witness never discovered any failing in his disposition, but an extraordinary irritability, which at times produced such violent excitement as to cause him to commit the most extravagant absurdities. Within the last two months witness had observed so marked an al teration in his conduct and manners, as to lead him (wit ness) to the impression, that the mind of the unfortunate man was disordered. Witness saw him last alive between 8 and 9 o'clock on Friday night last, when he appeared in a very abstracted and dejected state. On the following day witness was made acquainted with the melanch o l y d ea th o f the poor man by swallowing prussic acid. By the Coroner—The mind of the d ecease d , I h ave heard, has recently been much disturbed in consequence of a connexion which he had formed. He has had a family of children by my housekeeper ; but I cannot positively state whether they were married. Redding, the beadle, said that the deceased had about five or six weeks since married a young woman named Ellen Smith, who resided with her parents at No. 25, in Great Barlow-street, and where the deceased took the poison. A respectably dressed man, a friend of the deceased, was present at the marriage ceremony between the deceased and Ellen Smith about six weeks back, at St. Martin's church. The Beadle said, that the deceased's wife was in attend ance if she was required. The jury considered it necessary to examine her. She gave her name as Ellen Anthony, widow of the deceased. Since her marriage the deceased had acted like a man de ranged in his intellects. Witness a few weeks back had knocked a cup of poison out of his hand which he was about to swallow. He had frequently of late showed her pistols and razors, at the same time threatening self-destruction. On Friday night, about 9 o'clock he came from Morning ton-place to where witness resided. He was in a very ex cited state. He took a phial out of his pocket and drank the contents before witness could prevent him. Mr. Davidson, surgeon, was sent for, but he (deceased) expired in two mi nutes after he took the poison. The phial was labelled, " prussic acid—poison." After other evidence was heard, confirming the state of the deceased's mind, the jury returned a verdict of " Tem porary Derangement." Lord Prudhoe has arrived at his scat, Stanwick Park, near Darlington, on his way to Alnwiek Castle. WHITEHALL, DEC. 24. The King has been pleased to present the Reverend Samuel Campbell to the Church and Parish of Berriedale, in the Presby tery and County of Caithness, vacant by the transportation of the Reverend Donald Maclachlan to the Church and Parish of North Knapdale. WHITEHALL, DEC. ',6. The King has been pleased to present the Reverend Edward Ser jeantson, A.M., to the Vicarage of Kirby Stephen, in the county of Westmoreland, and diocese of Carlisle. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 26, 1836. Corps of Royal Engineers— Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants:—G. F. Mann, W. C. B. Fulton, S. Westmacott, and C. A. Broke, June 18 ; C. E. Stanley, Dec. 13. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants—J. M. Adye, vice Dermzz, promoted ;F. A. Camp bell, vice Elliott, promoted ; H. P. Goodenough, vice Maclean, promoted; 0. B. Mackie, vice C. R. Wynne, promoted; C. A. Balfour, vice L. W. M. Wynne, promoted ; G. B. Shakespear, vice Ramsay, promoted ; 14. G. Alston, vice Jones, promoted, Dec. 13. WHITEHALL, Dec. 17 The Lord Chancellor has appointed Frederick Brown Colberg, of the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gent. to be a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Errington Bell, of South Shields, in the county of Durham, Gent, to be a Master Extraor dinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. EDMUND DOWLING, grocer, King-street, Tower-hill. RICHARD CARRUTHERS, cheesemonger, Lower Thames. street. BANKRUPTS. EDWARD MATHEWS, silkman, Lad-lane, London, to sur render Jan. 10, at one, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, Basinghall-street. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, King's- Bench-walk, Temple ; Higsox and Sons, Manchester ; Lackingon, official assignee, Basingliall-street. THOMAS MARSHALL, cheesemonger, High-street, White chapel, Jan. 5, at half-past Twelve, and Feb. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Pennell, official assignee ; Hutchinson, Crown-court, Threadneedle-street. _ _ JOHN PLATT, cheesemonger, Burland, Acton, Chester, Jan. 25 and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Blossoms Inn, Chester. Black_ stock, Bunce Vincent, and Sherwood, Paper-buildings, Inner Temple, London ; Harper and Jones, Whitchurch, Salop. JONATHAN WHITE H AYTHORN, cotton-thread manu facturer, Manchester, January 16, and February 7, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Sale, Spring Gardens, Man chester; Baxters, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, London. JONATHAN NIC HOL SON, carpet-bag manufacturer, South ampton-court, Holborn, Jan. 6, at one, and Feb: 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, Sambrook-court, Basinghall street, official assignee ; Newton and Dickson, Furnival's-inn, Holborn. MICHAEL FOWLER, cattle-dealer, Jan. 7, at two, Feb. 7, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch lane, official assignee ; Hardwick and Davidson, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside. JOHN PAUL BEDFORD, music -seller, Percy-street, Tot tenham-court-road, Jan. 10, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 7, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Pancras lane, official assignee ; Casley, Guildford-street, Bedford-square. JAMES ELLIOTT, currier, Derby, Jan. 7, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Derby. Keddell and Baker, Fen church-street, London ; Williamson, Derby. JOHN BOOTH, jeweller, Southampton, Jan. 3, at ten, and Feb. 7, at one, at Totterdell's Commercial Hotel, Portsea, Hants. Ivimey, Chancery-lane, London ; Paffard, and Lowe, Portsea. SAMUEL DOUGLAS, omnibus proprietor, Poplar, Jan. 6, at two, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Braham, New Inn ; Goldsmid, official assignee, Ironmonger-lane. RICHARD WITHERBY, merchant, Nicholas-lane, London, January 5, at two, and February 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee; Swain, Stevens, Maples, Pearse, Hunt, and Stevens, Frederick-place, Old Jewry. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Banlruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. Key, linen draper, Isleworth, Middlesex, Jan. 17, at twelve —R. Smith, woollen draper, Regent-street, Jan. 19, at twelve— C. Dod, shipowner, Lime-street, City, Jan. 17, at one—J. Cooke, tailor, South Molton-street, Jnn. 17, at two—J. Hamilton, King street, St James's, Jan. 17, at twelve—J. W. Refry, Budge-row, Watling-street, Jan. 17, at eleven. In the Country. G. A. B. and G. A. Fielding, brewers, Portsea, Jan 19, at twelve, at Totterdell's Commercial Hotel, Portsea—J. Parsons, grocer, Buckinghamshire, Jan. 27, at ten, at the Roebuck Inn, Oxford—J. Unsworth, ironmonger, Radcliffe, Lancashire, Jan. 18, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester—H. Force, cabinet maker, Exeter, Jan 21, at twelve, at the New London Inn, Exeter—J. Gibson, Northwick, Cheshire, Jan. 18, at twelve, at the Anchor Tavern, Northvvich—G. Walker, draper, Newport, Jan. 23, at twelve, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester— J. Ecroyd, grocer, Liverpool, Jan. 23, at two, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES—Jaw. 17. H. Breakwell, tailor, Throgmorton-street, City—S. Horsfall, dyer, Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire—G. R. Nayler, grocer, Ex mouth-street, Spa-fields—S. Hills, schoolmistress, Hammersmith —J. Deeley, miller, Battle Bridge Mill, Rawreth, Essex. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Tucker and G. Colman, common brewers, Bristol—J. and W. Dorset, tallow chandlers, King-street, Westminster—C. Eve rett and Co., Manchester (so far as regards J. H. Smith) — J. Clarke and G. Hannent, cork manufacturers, Norwich—G. Stone and T. F. Gibson, silk manufacturers, Spital-square---- W. Jenkinson and W. Bow, machine makers, Salford, Lancashire —E. Kirby and Co., silver plater, Sheffield—W. B. Fosbrooke and J. Parker, Loughborough, Leicestershire—S. D. Stone and Co., Bishop's Hatfield, Hertfordshire—S. Rogers and Co., bankers, Lon don—W. Foxhall and Co., ironfounders, Wakefield—W. Alcock and Co., earthenware manufacturers, Stoke-upon-Trent—T. Mor ris and W. Fielding.joiners, Manchester. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the New London Price Current of Dec. 27.) SI:DAR. -The British Plantation Sugar Market was ex tremely lively all last week, from the refiners and grocers there was a very animated and general demand, and the im porters have obtained an advance on previous rates of Is. a Is. 6d. for brown, and 2s. a 2s. 6d. for yellow qualities ; the daily sales have averaged 1,100 hhds. and trs. ; Berbice good brown has been sold at 555., St. Vincents dark grey at 565., Grenada mid. yellow 575. a 585., Demerara good mid. 595. a 60s. ; Jamaica rather better 60s. 6d. a 61s. ; Dominica good with much colour 645., Antiguas fine 635. a 665. For refined goods from the grocers there has been a brisk demand at an advance of 2s. ; sales of Lumps to pass the standard made at 78s. a 795., and rather under at 775. 6d. ; the export qualities have met with a good sale at is. 6d. a 2s. advance; parcels of double Crushed sold at 365. 6d. a 375. ; goods are extremely scarce, and the refiners are reluctant to make contracts for de livery; Bastards and Treacle heavy of sale. The transactions in Dutch crushed amount to 250 hhds. at 345. 6d. INlnuarrius.-There has been a brisk demand from the gro cers for parcels by private contract, and the prices paid rate Is. 6d. a 2s. per cwt. higher. EAST INDIA.--From the grocers there has been a very ani mated demand by private contract for Bengal Sugar at an ad vance on previous rates of Is. 6d. a 2s. ; parcels of ord. and good mid. white have been disposed of at 31s. a 355. FOREIGN.-The off•~rs made of Is. to 2s. under former rates for yellow Havannah and good white Brazil continuing to be refused by the holders, there have again been no transactions. MOLASSES.-There has been a good demand for West India, and prices have improved Is. ; sales of good Demerara made at 265. 6d. a 275., and some middling of other islands at 245. 6d. a 265. COFFEE.-The West India Coffee Market has been in a very languid state, the grocers purchasing just sufficient to supply their immediate wants, which at present are extremely moderate. Of Jamaica there has been none offered at public sale, and at auction only 41 casks and 32 bags have been brought forward, when only a part was disposed of at a reduc tion on previous rates of Is. 6d. a 25., Berbice mid. sold at 90s. a 925., Demerara unclean mid. 80s. The arrivals have been rather heavy, amounting to 310 hhds., and 550 bags, the chief part Demerara and Berbice. The East India Market has been quiet for the descriptions admissible for home con sumption at duty, and Ceylon has given way a 'trifle ; small parcels of good ord. have been disposed off by private contract at 705., and 490 bags at public sale sold at 70s. a 70s. 6d. for similar quality ; sea damaged first class went at 68s. 6d. Cey lon is not to be purchased under 495. a 505., and fine Sama rang 48s. At auction 356 bags Sumatra sold at Is. 6d. a 2s. advance, ord. to good ord. country damaged went at 375. a 41s. 6d., one lot 435. Mocha is held firmly, but the request has been only for small parcels. Mysore, 328 bags, at 6d. duty went at 795. a 81s. 6d. for fine green, and one lot of yellow 81s. For Brazil the holders have obtained an advance of Is., for small parcels 58s. a 595. has been paid; for St. Domingo the holders still refuse to sell under 50s. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-There has been an im proved request for Rum since our last, and the importers have obtained fully former rates; the transactions have been 100 puns. Jamaica, 29 per cent. over proof at 4s. 7d., 30 over 4s. Bd., 33 over 4s. 9d. ; and 100 puns. Leewards, 7 and 6 per cent. over at 2s. Bd., 8 and 9 over at 2s. 9d., 10 over at 2s. 10d. Geneva is dull of sale. Brandy has met with a steady demand. Cucon.—The request for West India has been confined to trifling parcels at barely previous prices. There is still nothing to report of Foreign. TALLOW.—There has been an improvement both in the de mand and price of this article. St. Petersburgh Tallow Candle of fine quality has sold on the spot at 435. 3d. a 435. 6d. per cwt. Little or nothing done for arrival. COTTON.—A good demand has existed for the East India descriptions, chiefly for the ord. and mid. qualities of Surat, for which an advance of id. a id. has been obtained ; all other kinds remain firm in price ; the transactions have been mostly to execute export orders. The sales comprise 350 Bengal 4id. a 44d. and 2,070 Surat 4d. a 61d. PaovisioNs.—The demand for Irish Butter, the prices for which still come high from Ireland, has been extremely moderate, just sufficient to meet the immediate wants of the cheesemongers, at steady prices. Foreign has met a pretty good sale, the supplies having been less this week than the last, and in some cases the buyers have been compelled to pay high prices ; fine Friezland has brought 104 s. a 108 s., and Holstein 106 s. a 112 s. Bacon is very firm in prices, but there is not much business doing ; prime Waterford landed cannot be purchased under 345. per cwt. India and Mess Beef and Pork are dull of sale at the quoted prices. Lard continues to meet a good demand at late prices. Both English and Foreign Cheese are dull, yet in the prices there is no reduc tion to quote. SALTPETRE.—There has been a brisk demand for Rough by private contract, and a public sale of 2,057 bags which took place on Friday, only a part found buyers at former rates Calcutta refraction 91 to 31, mid, and good 265. 6d. a 285. FRUIT. -The business doing continues limited, and scarcely_ any alteration in prices has taken place ; the best parcels of new Turkey pulled Figs have been all sold at 11.55. a 1205.; and parcels of inferior at 60s. a 80s. ; for new red Smyrna Raisins in barrels there are enquiries, but at present none in the market. TEA.-The sales of Free Trade which succeeded the Eas t India Company's December sale have concluded. The jilt porters, with some exceptions, being influenced by the pressure of heavy stocks, and alarm e d by the low prices of the East India Company's unprotected Tea at their recent sale, deter mined upon submitting to such rates as would ensure buyers., Of the quantities brought forward, w e e stimate the total sol d at 27,000 packages, and with the exception of the finest blackish leaf Congous, and Fokien Boheas, of which kinds there were not many, all descriptions have experienced a fall below any prices that have occurred since the commencement of the free trade with China. The following are the prices :-- Canton Bohea, 6/d. to 7/d. ; Fokien ditto, Is. Id. to Is. 2i -d• Congou, mid. coarse and new mixed leaf, 100. to 10id• mid. blackish leaf strong and Pekoe flavour, 2s. to 2s. 4d. ; Campoi, Is. Bd. to Is. B}d. ; Caper, Is. 3d. to Is. bd. ; Orange Pekoe, 10d. to 2s. Iod. ; black leaf Pekoe, Is. 9 d' to is. 9/d. ; flowery Pekoe, 2s. Id. to 3s. 6d. ; Hong Wig , l.s. 10d. • Souchong, Is. 2d. to 3s. 6d. ; Pouchong, Is. iod. to 3s. 6d. ; Twankay, Is. 41d. to Is. 91d. ; Hyson Skin. l$• to Is. Old., is. 21d. to Is. 9,1c1 ; Hyson, 2s. to 4s. 6d. ; Young Hyson, ls. Bd. to 2s. 7d. ; Imperial, 2s. 9d. to 3s. sd. ; Gunpowder, 3s. 6d. to 4s. sd. Tea of sorts in fancy pakagas 3s. to Bs. Total quantity 63,532 packages. OILS.-In the prices of Fish Oils little variation has taken place ; the market has been exceedingly languid, the only buyers being the home dealers, and they have taken only trifling parcels. From the shippers there has been no request. Rape has sold heavily at former rates. Linseed Oil on the spot bas been in good request at 365. Palm is rather cheaper, small sales made at 325. 6d. a 335. SPICES.-For Pimento the request has been again mode rate, but still the holders refuse to submit to lower rates- Pepper continues firm in price, and has met with a good de mand; at auction 182 bags Sumatra sold at 3d. for good light quality ; white is dull, and a reduction of 4d. has been sub mitted to, only a part of 43 bags at auction were disposed eft good mid. at Is. bd. a is. 7d. ; mid brown, Is. 31d. a Is. 7d. 36 bags long taken in at 445. for good fair. The Ginger Market continues quiet, and 166 bags Malabar, offered at auction, were all taken in, good fair bold at 335. 6d. a 345. Cinnamon has been taken only in trifling lots at former prices. For Mace there has been little request, and 17 casks at auction went rather below late prices, fair bright flakey Bencoolen sold at 7s. a 7s. 10d. The purchases made in Nutmegs hay s been trifling at a decline of 3d. a 4d. ; only a small portion of the 21 chests 21 casks at public sale found buyers, good bold brown at 6s. 6d. a Os. Bd. ; mid. limed firsts, seconds, and thirds, at 6s. 2d. a 6s. 3d. ; Cape were bought in at 65. s a• Cloves are still neglected. The holders of Cassia Lignea de manding advanced rates has prevented business, and 200 chests offered at auction were bought in, good mid. thin false packed at 615., good coarse at 60s. WooL.-The Foreign Wool Market is rather firmer, end the small quantity that has sold has been at a shade better prices. English Wools are brisk, and Id. a 2d. per lb. in ad vance has been paid. Rtes.-East India kinds are firm, but little has been done. Carolina secures a steady sale•at 325. to 345. per cwt. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS TOM-HOUSE, DEC. 27. The Ursus, Furbeison, from Skein; Maas, Blake, Rot' terdam. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING. The City of Glasgow, Fairbairn, for Boulogne; Sumatra, Richards, St. Vancouver ; Lord Hawkesbury, Overton, Os tend. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. The Sarah and Elizabeth, Dawson, for Sydney; Sepping°' Rogers, Jamaica ; Alexander Robertson, Whitely, Berbice; City of Glasgow, Fairbairn, Boulogne; Giraffe, Major, Rot• terdam; Sampson, Sturges, New York. EAST INDIA. Arrived the James Tureen, Turcan, from Calcutta, at Liver pool, sailed in July, from Saugur on the 29th, St. Helena on the 29th of October : Marco Bozarris, Warnsinck, from Ba tavia, off Dover, sailed from St. Helena on the 28th of Octo ber; the Annabelle, Anstruther, from the Maurititii, o ff Pen zance, sailed on the 9th of October, from the Cape on the ISt of November ; the Resolute, Schnyder, from Batavia, off Pen zance. Arrivals at Singapore.—The Hortensia, on the 11th of August, from Liverpool and Batavia ; his Majesty's ship Ra leigh, on the 11th, from a cruise, sailed the 12th ; the Victory, on the 16th, from Calcutta and Malacca, and sailed on the 21st for China; the Adasier, on the 16th, from Bombay, and sailed on the 16th for China ; the Marion, on the 16th, from Calcutta; the Hythe, Drayner, and Ingleborough, on the 16th, from Bombay ; the Coventry, Purdu, on the 2151, from Madras, and sailed on the 21st for China ; the Saillur don, on the 21st from China; the Lonach, on the 21st, from Calcutta, and sailed on the 23d for China ; the Malcolm, Ey lea s on the 23d, from Calcutta and Malacca; the Lady Grant, on the 24th, from Bombay, had spoken the Cresses, from Ben gal to China, on the 17th ; the Prince Regent, Bites, on the 24thr from Bengal. Arrival in the Straits of Sunda.—The Bussorah Merchant, Aug. 9, from London for China. Arrival at St. Helena.—The Navigateur, Oct. 26, from Nantes, and sailed Oct. 29, for the Mauritius. Madras, Aug. 18.—The French ship Alexandre, wh ieli t , passed the R oa d s a f ew d ays ago , we h ave h ear d is no a wre ck at Coringa, having gone on shore with all sailiN set. t is said that the Riht Hon. Sir Roilert Wilma Horton, B art ., i s on t h e eve of resigning the Government of Ceylon, and returning to England. Since his departure from England, the Governor has succeeded to the title Oa estates of his f a ther, the l a t e Si r R o b er t Wil mot , _Bart., °' r Osmaston. Influenza has prevailed to a great extent in Aber' deen during the last ten days. We believe it may be without exaggeration, that within that time half of the OW sons have been attacked, and business has in conseque2ric° been greatly impeded. The sloop Neptune, Phillips, of Leith, from Gigs' gn w for Derry, was wrecked on the Argyleshire coast, ]he ll a mile south of Easdale, on Wednesday morning, the j t -Ith inst. She left Lamlash Bay the preceding Saturday, and got by Sunday evening to the mouth of Loch Foyle, w:aerc she was so completely disabled by the gale of Mon.daY morning, that she had to run for Islay, but the wind veering about, she could not make a harbour in that island, Itnd was drifted on to the coast of Mull, and from that across to the shore south of Easdale, where she struck aga inst rock a little off the land, and foundered. There were five hands on board, including the master, two of whom sw..anl ashore, and one of them reached the village about $ ll o'clock in the morning, when a boat was instantly man ne d with ten men, who, on pulling up to the vessel, after several attempts, succeeded in getting off the three men in salietY , and all the five are now doing well, and fast recovering from the effects of their severe fatigue. The vessel is deep under water, but it is expected may be got off. She Wa s was not insured.—Caledonian Mercury. A LOST LOVER.—A.mong the persons killed at St. Cas was Sir John Armitage. The fate of this gentle' man was excessively lamented ; he was a volunteer, but without having intended being one upon this expedition his mind was far differently engaged, in making preparati;e oo for his approaching marriage with Miss Howe, sister of the three gallant brothers who successively bore the title of Lord Howe. Sir John went to the levee at the time when officers and volunteers were taking leave of his Majesty t° join the army. The brave old King (whose mind was be ot upon the expedition), supposing Sir John, who had been a volunteer on a previous occasion, had still the same in) l;; tary spirit, asked him " When he meant to set o ut 1 Taken, as he was, by surprise, Sir John answered " TO - ;" and unhappily kept his word. The lady, s ev o ral years after, married Sir William Pitt. A black collar , which she always wore around her neck, concealed a splen did brilliant necklace, given to her as a nuptial present by her ill-fated lover—a man very greatly and generally es" teemed. He was Member of Parliament for York.-- 11 ' race Walpole's Letters. The NEW FLAT GOLD WATCHE t, The price in gold cases, with vertical movement £7 7 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. N.B. fhe Horizontal Construction is particularly recommended for its superior accuracy. BIRTHS. On the 25th inst., in Shoe-lane ' Mrs. E. R. Ilearn, of a son. On the 19th inst., the wife of J. Nichols, Esq., Leicester-place , Leicester-square, of a son, still-born. On the 23d inst., at Cowes, Isle of Wight, Mrs. Wm. Middle mist, of a daughter. On the 23d inst., the lady of T. 31. Wadd, Esq., of Basinghall street, of a (laughter. On the 23d inst., Mrs. E. Dalton, of Grove-lane, Camberwell, of a son, who lived but a few hours. In Sussex-place, R e gent's-park, the lady of W. L. Ogilbh Esq'' of a daughter. On the 25th inst., in Wilton-ereseent, the lady of Geo. Drum mond, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 26th inst., at St. Bartholomew •the- Great, George James Grant, Esq., of Sydenham-grove, Surrey, to Elizabeth Srugcdietzly: eldest daughter of John Evans, Esq., of Cripplegate - buil din g s, and of Fenwiek-street, Liverpool. DIED. On the 20th inst., in King-street, Portman-square, James Alex ander De 'Ziemer, Esq aged 67. On the 2 •' 4th inst Doughty-street, Edward Hill, Esq., cf Rickmansvro r th. On the 25th inst., in South Lambeth, Mrs. Katherine Herman, aged 85. On the 25th inst, in Great Coram-street, Wm. Forrest, Esq. On the 24th inst., at Brook House, Lewisham, aged 75, An na Maria, relict of J. G. Millward, Esq., of London: Printed and PUblislied by Al URDU YOUNG. of r d ,, cl ; 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand , in the soulv of Middlesex.—Wednesday, December 28, 1M