The Sun. — London, England, 1839-01-25 00:00:00

THE COURT OF COMMON COUNCI [Concluded from The Sun of yesterday.] -. ' Mr. NORRIS, after some introductory observations, said that the question had at length forced itself upon the country in its most formidable shape ; it was not now simply whether the British public should have cheap or dear food, but whe ther the population should be practically starved down to the limits of our native produce by a system of re<triction which insured a permanent scarcity at all times, and with it want of employment and desperate poverty amongst the labouring classes, and produced such fluctuations that em barrassment in our shipping and mercantile interests, and derangement of our whole fieancial system were its sure re sults..---( Hear, hear, hear.) The difficulty of the question was, that those who possessed the advantages of the mono poly had the means of making not only the laws of which we complained, but all other fiscal regulations which aggravated, for their own advantage, the many evils of this monopoly, and which, as population increased, bore harder and harder on the poor, the industrious, and injured classes of the people.—( Hear.) There was not an article of luxury, or even of necessity, which could not be purchased as the ap, or cheaper in this metropolis than at _Amsterdam or Paris, st Antwerp or Hamburgh. It would be fair, therefore, to make comparison of the price of corn in these respective places and in London, the result of which comparison would be a proof that during the last half-dozen years we had been paying an average of from So to 70 per cent. excess on the price paid in the places named ; indeed the difference in price between foreign corn under the bonded lock, and home grown produce in the market, calculated on the probable quantity consumed in a year by the British public, was more than equal to the interest of the national debt.—( Hear, hear.) One argument often used to extenuate the injury inflicted by the existence of this bread-corn monopoly was, that without this or some such protection the British farmer would not be remunerated for cultivating, and that consequently some of our inferior soil would go out of tillage. Why, this empty fallacy was an swered by the fact, that without this protecting duty, in the 15 years immediately preceding it, being called into existence, 1,410 inclosure bills passed the House of Commons, and in the fifteen succeeding years, with the full benefit of the Corn Bill, only 380 such bills were applied for. Some gentlemen had ventured to suppose that unless prices were permanently high the foreign grower would not cultivate to supply us— a striking example of the contrary of this proposition was shown in the price and the quantity of coffee supplied to this country now, and, as compared with the quantity and price, at a period when little encouragement was given to its cultivation. In 1814, we imported 100,0001bs. of coffee from countries not contiguous to us like the corn growing coun tries, but from the far west, from islands, the nearest of which was more than three thousand mites from Europe, and since that period, by the encouragement of increased consumption, the facilities of growing had been improved, until we now got four times that quantity at less than one-half the price per pound. Cotton, another article of foreign produce, and of immense importance to us, had since 1814, been increased, by the same principle, in the quantity sent us, from eighty million pounds up to three hundred million, that was to say, nearly four times as much, and the price had gone down to cinesfourth what it was at the period alluded to, and yet that article, like coffee, had a limited extent of country congenial to its growth, and, unlik e corn , ne i t h er so universal in the facilities of its production, or so essential in its uses to the existence or happiness of man. The truth was, that under our system of Corn laws, is hich were as barbarous in their operation as they were liad . in principle, the continental farmer would not, could not, for the precarious contingency of our market, attempt to grow for us. The unnatural and destructive fluctuations of price prevents him from doing it to any greet extent. Since 1815, the average annual import had been upwards of 1,300,000 quarters. In some years scarcely any, in others (1827 for instance) more than 2,000,000 quarters. In 1830 above 2,700,000, and in 1832 one-sixth of that quantity. Foreign farmers could not, therefore, be expected to cultivate for us on such terms, nor could merchants be expected to enter on the speculation of bonding without some combination amongst themselves to insure a certainty of profit on their hazardous enterprise. The mean average fluctuation of price in the five years ending 1789. a period when no laws existed to affect the price, was 4s. 10d. per quarter, and the mean average fluctuation under the present graduated duty in the five years ending 1832, was 15s 10d., showing, therefore, a difference of I Is. per quarter less of fluctuation under a free system than under the present law. In 1829 the price of wheat varied, during the year from 565. up to 755. per quarter; and, indeed, continually since, the fluctuations had b een greater than pr ev i ous t o the adoption of the present scale of duties, the professed object of which was to pro duce a fishy of price and a steady supply. If, however, this country be compelled to legislate on the principle of inde pendence of foreign produce, most assuredly such principle ought, if adopted, to be carried to the fullest extent in its application. Think of the inhabitants of the county of Mid dlesex eating only of its produce ; the citizens of London providing for themselves : the official organs of the Government adopting the Government plan of inde pendent production, and growing at their garret windows, or on the tops of their Downing-street resi dences, the corn for their official " loaves ;" the officers of the Royal Household growing corn for the regal banquets on the battlements of Windsor Castle. This would be an exemplifi cation of the great principle of local independence, and would be, by the lanksided and meagre-looking victims of its folly, a splendid satire on the impolicy and injustice of such enact ments.—(Cheers.) Mr. Norris concluded by moving an amendment in the place of the third resolution, to the effect of a total repeal of the restrictions upon the importation of corn. Mr. Wirsts seconded the amendment. It became them, as men of character and humanity, to pray for the total repeal of those laws, leaving it to the Members of the House of Com mons to propose, if they thought fit, a modified duty. He concluded by stating that there existed no doubt that the poorer classes of society required a total repeal of the Corn-laws, and that such being the case the Court ought to come to the determination that that, and that alone, was the wise, the just, and the politic course to be adopted.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. GADSDEN said it had been stated, and cheered, in that Court, that the farmer was not at all interested in the question, because his rent would be as much reduced as the abolition of the duty required. There never was a greater fallacy than that. The Court had sincerely been told that the poorer the land the greater the expence of tillage. He knew many farms in Essex which, to grow wheat, required expenses amounting to U. ns. an acre, without allowing one farthing for the rent or tithe. Suppose the farmer, now, to get 30 bushels of wheat from that acre, and that he sold it for 7s. a bushel, which would give 101. 103., how was he to pay rent ? If the land lord gave him the land free, he could not grow corn without protection. If the Corn-laws were repealed the poor lands throughout the country must be thrown out of cultivation, and how were the agricultural labourers to be provided with em ployment ? Alderman WHITE belonged to a trade which was formerly one of the most extensive in the country, and the consequence was that it was liable to the most constant fluctuations. The high favour in which it stood had rendered it one of the mos sickly trades that had ever existed. He meant the silk trade, But one wise and far-seeing Minister arose, who at once re. CORN W moved the restrictions, and - the trade became as healthy and flourishing as any that ever existed in the country. He meant Mr. Huskisson.—(Cheers.) The removal of the restrictions by that great man at once made us larger exporters of silk to foreign countries. Mr. Gadsden had told them much about the 51. 2s. an acre of land cost for tillage in Essex; but he would ask why should such land be in cultivation at all?-- ... (Hear, hear.) If the Theory of Mr. Gadsden were carried out at all we must become growers of our own claret and champagne. Mr. MAITLAND said, that it would be sinning against the first principles of free trade, to do aw_ay with every restrictive duty on foreign corn. He stood not there to argue in favour of the present scale of duties. Should they afford an exorbi tant protection to the agriculturists, he would concede that they should be revised, and the protection diminished. But he would never concede giving to the world a wild chimera to curry favour wilh the capitalists at the real expense of the operative himself. The effect of thus agitating the coun try against the Corn-laws would be soon to paralyse entirely the landed,intereats. After amo. further observations to the same effect were made, the debate wag, upon the motion of Deputy Corney, adjourned, and tl:e Lord Mayor fixed Monday for the conti. nnation of it. The Court adjourned at a late hour. The following resolution was also proposed : That the misting restrictions on the importation of Foreign Corn, while they confer a temporary and questionable advantage on a small class of the people, entail a heavy and increasing burden upon all the rest of the community. That by their operation the price of food is enhanced to the artisan, the mechanic, and labourer, at the same time that the demand for their labour, and their consequent means of purchasing it are diminished—that in the same ratio that the manufactures of this country are impeded and discouraged, those of other nations are fostered and encouragrd in a successful com petition with our own in those departments in which but for these unwise restrictions this country would be without a rival, while the foreigner on his part is restricted from growing the food of which we stand in need, and which it would be his interest to produce. That this Court do therefore petition the Cotnmons House of Par liament to remedy this great evil, by substituting for the present fluc tuating, but generally exorbitant rate of duty, such a moderate charge, to be periodically diminished until it become nominal, as shall be suiti. cient to prevent the change from pressing with undue severity upon any portion of the cultivators of the soil—and further, that this Court have leave to appear by Counsel, and to produce evidence at the Bar of the House in support of the allegations on which such petition is founded. GREENWICH. Yesterday, agreeably to advertisement, a meeting was con vened at the Greyhound Tavern, Stockwell-street, Green wich; but the room long before the hour when the chair was to be taken became so crowded that George Borett, Esq., President of the Greenwich Association, came forward and in formed the meeting that the Committee had been very hand somely offered the use of Mr. Metzler's Reading-room. The meetinf , adjourned thither accordingly. On the platform we observed Capt. Napier, R N. (who. on his appearance, was greeted with immense cheering), Capt. Feed, R. N., Col. Fead, of the Guards, Thomas Lewin, Esq., Barrister, and others. Mr. BORETT rose and stated the meeting had been called in consequence of a resolution of the Reform Association. Care had been taken that the Members for the borough might have been present, and in the course of the evening their letters would be read ; but, however, they had declined to preside, in consequence of which he ( Mr. Borett) had to propose another gentleman to the chair, and when he named that gentleman he was sure his proposition would meet with little opposition, as be had paid more attention to the subject than any other man of his acquaintance. He concluded with moving that Joshua Hargrave, E-sq., should take the chair. Mr. GEORGE SMITH seconded the motion with pleasure, a s _ Mr. Hargrove had paid more attention to the subject than any other gentleman whom he knew. The motion was carried with acclamation.. The Chairman (Mr. HARGRAVE) said the Corn-laws had been existing for many years, but they had dore no good, on the contrary, were ruining every class of the community. Mr. LEWIN rose to move the first resolution, which was to the purport, that the present system of Corn-laws, without benefiting the agricultural interest, inflicted most serious in. jury on every other portion of the community except the land owners, and that they clashed with the interests of the manu facturers to a very great extent, by which they were driven from foreign markets by the competition of foreign manufac turers. He did not wish to offend any one when he made the comparison, but he considered labour as merely a market able commodity.—( A voice, " Certainly it is.") That part of the resolution which represented the Corn-laws to clash with the interests of the manufacturer in particular, that every one knew to be true. There was Prussia would not take many articles from us, because we would not take from them their corn--( Hear, hear)—and besides, they had now arranged to manufacture for themselves. He believed that every protecting duty was injurious, because no trade could be protected without injury to another class ; because every protection must injure all other classes as much as it benefited one. It had been said the landed interest was more taxed than other classes; then he would say, let all be taxed equally—that was the right way. Let the landlord make out that, and then let it be removed. Mr. PAINE rose to second the resolution. High prices of corn did not bring high prices for labour in the market, con sequently the Corn-laws inflicted very serious injury.—( Hear, bear.) The Czar of Russia would gladly let us have corn from Odessa, but he could not for the prohibition of the Corn laws. Was it not, therefore, absurd that we should not avail ourselves of the many adrantages we possessed of iron, of coal, and all the elements for manufacturing, seeing that we could not raise as much corn as to supply our population. He believed that last year there had scarcely been an average crop, and with the present restrictions, it occasioned in the moneyed class a spirit of monopoly. The foreigner did not know whe ther to bond his corn or to sell, and as long as the Corn-laws existed the evil must exist. The CHAIRMAN was desirous to impress upon their minds, that whatever might be the protecting duty—whatever article it might affect, the consumer always was the one that paid the duty. Mr. BURT proceeded ingeniously to show how the Corn laws operated, by making corn, which could be had for ss. or 65., to be raised to the price of Ms. or I Is., and illustrated his argument by citing a steam-engine he had seen valued at 1,5001., and tracing the labour and the increased price of wages through all its stages, showing how much the artificial price;of corn, occasioned by the Corn-laws, had enhanced the value of the engine. He alluded to the fact of the 41b. loaf in France being only whilein England we must pay for the same loaf I Id. The resolution was put from the Chair and car•icd unan mously. Mr. JONES said it was obvious the reason why the laws had been originated, and why they had been preserved.—( Hear.) There were 658 Members in the House of Commons. They had entered into a conspiracy to maintain their own interests as landowners at the expense of the welfare of the country at 'large. They would not be induced to remove the incubus until the strenuous and unanimous voice of the people was raised. He begged leave to move the resolution that the,Corn laws be abolished. Mr. HARTNOLL, Editor of the Greenwich Patriot, in se conding the resolution, stood there as a convert. There had been two reasons of great importance that had influenced him when he was not an enemy to the Corn-laws. He took into consideration the immense wealth produced by the land. Taking the calculation of one of those who had addressed them, there were produced annually 50,000,000 quarters of corn. Taking the quarter at 21. in value, they would have nothing less than 100,000,000/. of wealth annually. There was a weighty consideration in that, and seeing the prosperity the country had so long enjoyed, he thought they ought to be tender with respect to interests of such magnitude. The second idea which had ruled him when he was not unfriendly to the Corn-laws, was the idea of national safety, and the opinion that this country, especially as it was so isolated, ought not to trust to foreign countries for its food. But lie had changed his opinion, and he now candidly confessed it, considering there was nothing worse than persisting in a wrong opinion.—(Cheers.) He was a " repentant sinner." —(A laugh.) He was first induced to conversion when the gentlemen of his own opinion began to put forth arguments. He saw such arguments were untenable, and he saw the pressure of the question owing to the distress that bad spread itself, and he saw that all other considerations must give way to the one of giving food to the community.—( Loud cheers. ) One of the Corn-law supporters had said that these laws were excellent, because the moment you stood in need of food you could have it. When they called for the corn, would the corn come ? They might not have enough corn in the country for more than a week, and they would be placed under the most disastrous circumstances. He had calculated the amount of bread in physical dimensions requisite to supply this country for a week. A column of loaves twenty feet high and twenty feet broad, extending to Shooter's-hill from where they then were, was what would feed this country for a week. He would undertake to say that the corn imported into this country in a week would not fill all the snuff-boxes in it.—(A laugh. ) Captain NAPIER then rose and said, that connected as he had been, and hoped still to be, with the borough of Green wich—( Loud cheers)—he would say a few words. It did not appear to him safe to repeal the Corn-laws totally at present. Let them have a low and fixed ditty for the present.—( Cries of" No, no—Repeal, repeal.") All great changes were dan gerous• He doubted whether they would carry the country along with them if they made such large demends, because the members of the Legislature were, as they well knew, land owners almost exclusively. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. STEVENS, Editor of the Greenwich Gazette, rose to move that the petition which had been prepared by the Corn tnittee of the Greenwich General Reform Association, should be presented to the House of Commons, and that it should he presented by Mr. C. P. Villiers, Member for Wolver hampton.—( A voice, " Why not by the Member for the Bo rough ?") Ile proceeded to read the petition, which showed, in strong language, the evils of the Corn-laws, and prayed for their total and immediate repeal.) He would tell them why the petition was not proposed to be entrusted to the Mem bers for the borough Qf Greenwich. They had both been re quested to attend this meeting, and they had both declined for various reasons. Mr. HALLEY seconded the motion. Our manufactures were greatly depressed, and such a state of things should not be al lowed to continue. We were exporting by 7,000,0001. value less than we were exporting a very few years back. Lieut. HICKMAN moved a vote of censure on the Members for the borough for not attending. The motion was not seconded. After a desultory conversation, The CHAIRMAN was desirous to state an historical fact— namely, that when Bonaparte issued his Milan decree he de termined to shut every port against us ; but it was most re markable that we never had imported more grain than we did at that time. A number of voices now called for thanks to Captain Na pier, and a motion to that effect was moved, seconded, and carried unanimously. It was followed by three hearty rounds of applause. _ The Gallant CAPTAIN returned thanks, and the meeting separated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALL'S_ Y ESTERD/ Y- Tll E DERBY. A very thin attendance, and not a dozen bets made. The fol lowing are the latest quotations :- 3 to 1 agst John Scott's lot—offered - 6 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's lot 7 to 1 agst John Day's lot 11 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Bro. to Bay Middleton—offered 15 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Flambeau—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Erin-go-Bragh 17 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dev of Algiers 21 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's lot—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Ilderim 28 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Westonian—taken 28 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epidaurus 30 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's The Lord Mayor 30 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Bulwark 40 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Kremlin—taken 40 to 1 asst Duke of Grafton's /Ether (Pastille colt)—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wapiti—offered 40 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Brother to Quo Minus—taken 2000 to 30 agst each of Scott's lot, 17 in number—taken 1000 to 15 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Valaincourt 1000 to 15 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Chimborazo 1000 to 15 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Oronooko 300) even between Dey of Algiers and Erin-go-Bragh—taken 200 even Oronooko agst Chimborazo—taken LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. DERBY BETTING. I is 1 agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Bay Middleton 15 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Flambeau 16 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Erin-go-Bragh 200 to 11 agst Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epidaurus CHESTER TRADES' CUP. I I to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's King Cole—offered—take 12 100 to 9 agst Captain Healey's Van Buren—taken 100 to 13 agst Colonel Peel's lon—offered 18 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Modesty —take 20 18 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Harkaway-20 taken 20 to 1 agst Sir T. Stanley's Cowboy—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Topham's The Drone 20 fp 1 agst Mr. Barrow's Eaglet 20 to 1 agat Lord Stanley's Ole Bull 20 to I agst Mr. Fowler's Gilbert Gurney—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Fowler's Heron —taken 25 to I agst Mr. Allan's Percy—taken freely 200 to 10 agst Mr. T. Walter's Vertumnus—taken 500 to 20 agat Lord Normanbv's Gipsy —offered 11'0 to 3 agst Mr. Buckley's Dick —taken freely 200 to 7 agst Lord Westminster's Sir Ralph On the evening of Sunday week two prostitutes, named Martin and Donald, residing in Craven-street, Gray's Inn-road, quarrelled while in a state of intoxication, and fought. Donald was severely beaten, and, as is alleged, kicked by her opponent, and has sin ce di e d . Th e C oro ner having been informed of the circumstan ce , a J ury was sum moned yesterday afternoon, but the inquiry was adjourned to have the body examined. The woman Martin is in custody. On Wednesday afternoon a woman Denham, in an ad vanced state of pregnancy, slipped off the foot-pavement in Eyre -street-hill, Leather-lane, as a hlewer's dray was passing. One of the wheels of the vehicle went over her legs, crushing them in a shocking manner. She was removed to Bartholo mew Hospital without hope of' recovery. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1839. MONEY AND CITY NEWS (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF - THIS DAY.) TIMES.—It appears by this morning's letters that the late proceed ings of the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank occupy very general attention in that part of the country. That the Directors, after their meeting of the 16th inst., which has been already adverted to, and which it seems was what is called a dividend meeting, should declare a dividend or profit of 2} per cent., at the same time that they announced a loss by bad debts of 375,0001, such loss exceeding by 145,0001., the amount of the reserved fund of the bank, is one of those unaccountable measures which we must assume to be peculiar to joint-stock banking; it is one, at least, which in ordinary cases could only be treated with ridicule and contempt. There should have been, at all events, a suspension of the di vidend until an inquiry had been made into the recent management of the bank, and the origin of such extraordinary losses, which the Direc tors themselves should have invited. By avoiding this course they only create the suspicion that the losses are even greater than they declare them to be ; and a dividend paid out of capital, as this must be, can never prevent the shares from falling to a discount, or sustain the credit of the Bank itself. The advances on which the above estimate of loss is founded amounted in the whole to 650,0001., and were made to two or three houses which have recently stopped pay ment, on securities which are presumed to be inadequate as well as inconvertible, by the very amount of loss which has been adopted by the directors, which is merely a calculation, and may be verified or not by the event. A belief prevailed, as may be collected from the Man chester letters, that the Bank in question cannot legally proceed against these parties, so as to make them bankrupt, on account of their being shareholders ; but the short Act of the last Session removes that difficulty, or gives, at any rate, the sante power of proceeding against a shareholder as against any other creditor, A remarkeble rise took place to-day in Spanish securities. The Ac tive stock, with the May coupons, advanced to 204- to 3, at which quotations it closed. Various rumours were afloat to account fur this sudden rise of 2 per cent., but the real cause must probably is the im pending change in the French Ministry, which it is supposed will bring into office men who are believed to be favourable to a direct and armed intervention in the affairs of Spain. This must be a very loose reliance, fur generally nothing can be more fallacious than to judge of the future conduct of public men by language loosely uttered when out of office, and not having accession to the official information by which, when in office, their course must be shaped. However disposed a new French Ministry may be to interfere directly and by force in the adjustment of Spanish affairs, there are other Powers not equally inclined to the same views, and without whose concurrence it is little likely that, strider any circumstances, France would venture on any decisive steps. In the present inactive state of the money-market, however, any specu lation by which business may be created and fluctuations in prices pro duced, finds favour with the jobbers; and although the sellers of Spa nish were numerous, which shows the different view taken of the matter in other quarters, yet the speculators for the advance had the best of it. An exposition of the affairs of the National Bank cf Austria has re. cently been made public, from which it appears that the general move ment of its business for the year 1638 had amounted to the sum of 1,736,000.000 florins. The gross profits of the bank amounted to 4,536,000 florins, and the net available amount was 3,953,000 florins. The discounts had increased so largely that a determination was come to to limit them for the future. Such a resolution contrasts advantageously with the different system too generally acted on elsewhere, in spite of so many fatal warnings, of extending operations out of all measure upon a show of an apparently large balance sheet of profit, without previous careful examination as to the solidity of the transactions on which they are based, or a cautious calculation cf the possibility of a reaction where money and commercial speculations have been pushed beyond due bounds. From a circular addressed by the Board of Trade to the different Chambers of Commerce in, France, it seems that by the treaty between France and Bolivia, concluded in 1834, silks of every kind, the manu facture of France, are not to be valued for duty at the Bolivian custom liciu,es, at more than half the price of similar silk goods coming from China. Considering that in the common course of trade extensive ship ments of silks are often made on British account from Canton on ven ture, or to order fur different markets in the Pacific or elsewhere, such a stipulation can hardly be other than disadvantageous for those con. cerned in the China trade, chiefly carried on through the mercantile agency of this country. It is quite clear that with the heavy impost of double duties the silks of China, superior and more durable of quality as they may be, can never compete successfully with the cheaper fabrics of France. CHRONICLE.— A better feeling has been shown throughout the day in the English Stock Market, and there is every appearance of a further improvement. Consols for money closed at 921 to .1„ and 923 t0 4 for the Account. Exchequer Bills are 65 to 67 premium; India Stock, 254 f to 2551.; and Bank Stock, 2021. / 2 to 203. There has been a great deal done in the Spanish Market, and a marked TiS2 has occurred in the price of the Active Stock, the open ing quotations being 18f to 1, and the closing 20a to 44. a difference of 1 per cent. Some large purchases were made on account of orders from Paris and Madrid, under an impression, which seems very general, that arrangements for a Man on an extensive scale, are under considera tion. The purchases were both for money and the account. Portu guese Five per Cents. have rallied to 36 to ; and 221 to 23 for Three per Cents. ; Belgian Stock has fallen about , 3„ per cent, being last marked at 981 to 99. Dutch Five per Cents, left off at 102 A to %; and the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 541 to 55 1 8, being, in both cases, a depression since yesterday. Colombian closed at 281 to 29 ; Mexican, 241 to a ; Chilian, 27 to 29 ; and Peruvian 17 to 181. Shares are still heavy, with very little business going on. Birming ham (old) left off at 76 to 75 premium ; ditto new; 23 to 24 prem.; Southampton, 42 to 43 per share; Gre a t W estern, 10 to 11 prem. ; Brighton, 31, to 3a Blackwall, 1 !,4 tc. 1 dis. ; Leeds and Man chester, 19 to 21 prem.; Gosport Junction, 1 to* prem. ; and North Midland, par to a 4 prem. Chevalier de Figanniere, who nas been lately appointed Minister to Rio de Janeiro, has arrived in London, we understand, from Lisbon, having been sent expressly to confer with Mr. I. L. Goldsmid on the subject of the settlement of the debt due by Brazil to Portugal, the ba lance of which, it will be remembered, is to be applied to the redemption of the Portuguese loan of 1 536. This is considered as a strong evidence of the determination of the Government to do justice to the foreign creditors. Much inconvenience has been felt by all parties connected by trade or otherwise with our possessions in the Mediterranean from the system in use in the various lonian Islands of making all payments in specie, as it has necessarily had the effect of causing great scarcity of money, and making the rate of interest on loans most usuriously high. To ob viate this great drawback to the expansion of trade and commerce, and with a view of rendering assistance to the natives on equitable terms, it is proposed to accede to the terms of the Government, and to form a bank, tinder the denomination of " The lonian State Bank," with a capital of 100,0001. in 4,000 shares of 51. each. It is brought forward by many influential persons connected with Corfu, Zante, Cephalonia, &c., and Sir Patrick Itoss, who was governor of Corfu, where the head establishment is to be situated, is amongst the directors ; as is also Mr. Charles Hancock, of the house of Balfe and Co., of Corfu. The Lo. cal Legislature, in 1837, passed a law, authorising the formation of a bank, " with a view of encouraging," as the Act declared, " the spirit of industry and enterprise in the States by means of the circulation of capital, and of facilitating and extending commercial operations, re straining usury, improving and increasing the value of landed property," Sic. The bank is to be one of deposit and issue. The chief establish. ment is to be at Corfu, with branches at Zante, Cephalonia, and else where, as circumstances may render expedient. The lonian Islands are certainly most advantageously situated in the Mediterranean for spreading the operations ofthis bank over an extensive field. The prospectus remarks, and we believe justly, that "of the suc cess of the proposed undertaking no reasonable doubt can be entertained. A large trade exists between the lonian Islands and this country The import ofcurrants from Zante and Cephalonia of itself constitutes an im. portant branch of commerce. There is also a considerable and increasing importation into the islands of British manufactured goods, which thence find their way into the neighbouring continent. The trade in this re spect, and generally, may be greatly extended by the introduction of a circulating capital. HERALD.—The publication of the ordonnance of the King of the French, prohibiting the exportation of corn from any of the western ports of France, has created some sensation here, It proves that if this country was, by law, to be rendered dept ndent upon foreign States for a supply of corn, the slightest adversity of circumstances, either as regards crops generally, or any political movements on the Continent, must place us entirely at the mercy of the continental corn-growers. This circumstance will, we trust, open the eyes of the mores reasonable advocates for the abolition of the Corn-laws, since it is quite demonstrable that the edicts of a few of the continental powers would, in practice, quickly upset all the false theories of the grindin millowners, the advocates of the present Poor-laws, arid all the shallow political economists who follow in the wake of Joseph Hume and his satellites. One of the most important features in the market for public securi ties, we allude particularly to the Foreign Market, which has occupied the attention of the thinking portion of the community here, is the fact that lately there has been a very extraordinary, and at th e same time, a most undue degree of speculation carried on in the Spani s h securities. From the strictest inquiry we cannot ascertain that there has been the slightest solid excuse tbr this renewed gambling in the bonds of bank rupt Spain. The knowing ones, that is, the parties who are working the present rig in Spanish, would fain gull thepublic with theimpression that they are i n possession of some mighty Spani s h s t ate secret that will shortly convert the s e secur iti e s, which, at present, are worth little more than the hazard of a die, into a sort of Eldorado, a Golconda for all the ' gulls who will take the dirty paper at 20i per Cent. Others pin their faith upon th ese securities, under t h e impression that the change of the French Administration will bring the Thiers party, with Marshal Soult at their head, into power; that a decided intervention will follow, which will, in the end, restore the Spanish finances to a state sufficiently healthy, that the confidence of the leading capitalists of Europe will again be renewed, and that new loans will once more become the mania of the day. It is fully possible that M. Thiers, if he takes office, may succeed Imattracting dupes to his future promises for Spanish na tional integrity, but i t i s pretty evident t h a t tho se w h o may swallow the bait will have to rue their gullibility. OLD GLORY. Grisley, Wolverhampton, .lanuary 16, 1839. —To Sir Francis Burdett, Bart., M. P., 6.c. , I have the honour to forward an address, signed on behalf of the work. ing men of Wolverhampton by upwards of one hundred of their number. It is respectfully requested that you will ad dress your reply to me; as in the event of your acceding to the wishes of the requisitionists, I have undertaken the necessary arrangements of providing a suitable place for the meeting, &e.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient ser vant, GEORGE W YNN. To Sir Francis Burdett, Bart., M.P., 6 c., " WOLVERHAMPTON, JAN. 16, 1839.—Sir,—We, the un dersigned operative mechanics of Wolverhampton, for our selves, and on behalf of our fellow workmen, take the liberty respectfully to address you, in consequence of being informed, by advertisement in one of our borough newspapers, that you are about to visit this place. As the occasion of your intended visit, coupled with similar visits to other towns, proclaims you actuated by a desire to promulgate among the working classes of England the political senti ments entertained by yourself, we flatter ourselves that this address having an object in unison with such views, will meet your approbation. Recollecting the past services courageously rendered by Sir Francis Burdett to the cause of the people's liberties—participating, from bitter experience, in Sir Francis's recent denunciation of the Whigs as disappointers of the country, and knowing that Sir Francis was unceasingly opposed to those Tory administrations under the effects of whose misrule England is still groaning. the working men of Wolverhampton respectfully desire to listen to propositions from Sir Francis Burdett. Old associations, former sense of gratitude, and a variety of circumstances, render them anxious to have an opportunity of removing, if possible, those impres sions which the recent accusations of the press have caused to disturb that high opinion of Sir Francis which thirty years' experience of his political career had created. Our object being nothing but the people's good—our care being any thing but for the quarter front which that good may proceed, renders us indifferent to the mere title of the party from which we may expect the desired benefit. We would follow that mall, be he called Whig, Tory, or by any other name, who ' propounds the best remedies for the evils uuder which we suffer, and evinces the most sincere desire and greatest ability for their accomplishment. With these feelings it is that we respectfully invite you to meet us and our working brethren, on the opportunity afforded by y our ex p ec t e d v i s i t , an d , b y communicating your sentiments, to give us an opportunity of judging whether the measures which you recommend are beet calculated to promote our interests, and consequently render it our duty to endeavour to place and support you in a situation for carrying them into effect. It may occur to you, in objection to this invitation, that the opportunity we seek would be afforded by our attendance at the particular meeting for which you are coming hither; to prevent such an impression, we beg to assure you that, independent of the ex pense which being present at the purposed dinner would entail, and of the impossibility of accommodating all of us on that occasion, we cannot consent to identify ourselves with an exclusive party, as would be the case in uniting with the Operative Conservative Association.' As we would (in the event of a favourable reply to this communication) consult your convenience alone in appointing the - precise day and hour of meeting, perhaps you will have the further kindness to inform us whether Tuesday, the 29th inst. (being the day fol lowing the dinner) will suit you, or to name some previous or later day. We shall have great pleasure in exerting ourselves to make all possible arrangements for your personal accom modation on the occasion. Waiting the favour of an early reply, we have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servants." [Here follow the signatures.l We are enabled, by the kindness of Mr. Wynn, to present to our readers a copy of Old Glory's reply to the address. It is copied exactly from his autograph letter, with all its beauties of punctuation, orthography, and phraseology, that the public may see the condition of mental imbecility into which he has fallen. After reading it who can help " pitying the sorrows of the poor old man." Bartlett was, in the vigour of his days, distinguished for his clear and expressive style of com position, and his strict accuracy; but now, alas! how wretched and silly has he become : _ " Foremark, January 21st, 1539. " Sir,--As I left London the morning your letter arrived, and have been travelling and visiting in my way here, I could not answer your letter sooner. I beg you will assure the operatives of Wolverhampton, in whose name you write, that I am very sensible of the obliging manner in which they con vey to me their sentiments, together with an invitation to din ner on the 29th. But for one consideration I should accept it with pleasure. The invitation runs thus, that they may have an opportunity of hearing from me, to whom they are, in spite of newspaper abuse, much inclined to listen, my pro positions for improving the condition of the opcn&ves.' Now, as I have no such proposition to make I do net feel justified in putting them to great trouble and expense to no purpose, and which could only produce dissatisfaction and dis appointment. This subject is indeed one of the deepest interest, and the highest importance, like that concerning the beginning, and ending, of the world, it has puzzled philosophers of all ages, all others sink into insignificance in comparison with it. It ought to engross the chieiattention, to be the cheif object, and end, as it is the paramount duty of all government. It is one upon which I have bestowed all the pain, labour, and re flection, of which I am capable. The result witl, I fear, prove as little satisfactory to those I am addressing as to my self, viz., that there are only two means of producing any amelioration in the condition of working people, viz., either diminishing the number of those who live by labour or aug menting the funds which pay the wages of labour, one or other of these effects must be produced before any material advan tage imparted to the working people of the country, and their class raised to that point in the social scale which all men must equally and devoutly desire; and whoever shall point out the means, and practicability, of attaining this end, this long despaired of, I will not say neglected, end, will well de serve a statue of gold. Of this however lam quite certain, that no possible good to the working men can be derived from combinations against capitalists, their employers, from vio lence, and disturbance, which, from whatever cause it spring, is their certain Lain, whether political or otherwise, justifiable or unjustifiable, to them it works never-failing woe, mischief, and suffering, certain, immediate, and frequently irreparable, whether instigated by shallow pretenders, crackhrain'd enthu siasts, paid patriots, false prophets, or lying impostors.—l re main, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, " F. George Wy nn , E sq., G ra i sley, Wolverhampton." EURDETT. BRUSSELS, JAN. 23.—The average prices of Wheat being 23f. 44c., and of Rye, 14f. 19c. per Hectolitre, the regulations respecting importation and exportation remain as last week. ITINERANT BOG.—Sunday night, the night of the eventful storm, three acres of the Bog of Glounamucka lough, within four miles of Newmarket and eight of Kan turk, moved completely from its position, and after traversing a distance of a mile, and crossing a rapid river, landed on the opposite side. Not an atom of surface is to be seen where the bog left, but mere yellow mould. The occurrence fortu natety has not done any injury to houses or cattle, but it is an incalculable loss to the owner of the land, Mr. James Barry, as the bog rests on the very best portion of his farm. —Li inerick Chronicle. David Barclay, Esq., of Eastwich Park, Great Bookham, in the county of Surrey, has most generously raised the wage s o f t h e labourers, who, are constantly employed on his estate, to 14s. a week, amounting from a hundred to a hun dred and fifty men. Besides numerous acts of charity this ex ample is one among the many which ought not to escape our notice, and will prove to the employed who are their real friends and benefactors. PENNY THEATRES.—At Union Hall onWednesday four men and three women were charged iwith having been found performing in a penny theatre in Lambeth. Some of them were fined, and others sentenced to imprisonment. One man, in attempting to escape, jumped from a window 16 feet high. and broke his leg. On Tuesday afternoon, as Mr. Foster, a gentleman who resided at No. 17, Burton -crescent, was walking along Mableden-place, near his OA II house, he fell dawn in a fit of apoplexy, and in a few moments expired. A coroner's jury yesterday returned a vordict of " Died by the visitation of God." (From the Manchester Times of to-morrow.) A capital joke has heen played off at the expense of poor old Daddy Burdett. One of those nondescript things called a Conservative dinner having been announced to " come off," as the sporting men say, at Wolverhampton, on the 28th in stant, and Apostate Burdett, Lords Bradford, Sandon, In gestrie, and Mr. Bingham Baring, having been invited to chop Tory logic for the benefit of their brother operatives, the operatives and liberal mechanics of Wolverhampton hit upon an excellent expedient of bringing " Old Glory" to the test, as he had expressed bis desire of promulgating his " political sentiments" to the working classes there. An ad dress to the fallen Baronet was therefore prepared, and Mr George Wynn was requested to forward it. The Staffordshire Examiner says, " We are at a loss to form an opinion as to the reply which ' Old Glory' may think fit to return to this well conceived invitation. It is scarcely to be expected that by accepting the challenge he will dare that exposure and confusicm with which a face to face meeting with the honest operatives is sure to overwhelm him. On the other hand, he will scarcely dare, by refusing it, to prove at once that though professing to seek opportunities of addressing the working classes, he shrinks from meeting them otherwise than in pitifully small numbers, at those operative Conser vative' feeds, whither some mere half score of working men arc dragged by ten times their number of Tory masters. Under these circumstances, the most probable effect of the re quisition will be to prevent the defilement of our liberal bo rough by a visit from Sir Francis Burdett, and consequently cause disappointment at toe forthcoming Tory feed. Sir Francis will stay away fr o m th e one out of dread of the other meeting. He will probably inform the requisitionists that other engagements must prevent his attending either the ' Operative Conservative Dinner' or their p ro j ec t e d meeting, and that he had never promised to attend the former. This at least will expose the despicable clap-traps resorted to by the Conserva tives in order to secure full attendance at their feeds. It will prove that Sir Francis Burdett never was expected' to at tend the dinner on the 28th inst., and again it will enable us to saddle our Tory Contemporary with the title of Convicted Falsifier!' By the bye, we understand that a party of Radi cals have engaged a band to attend and play Jim Crow in front of the Star and Garter during the dinner. This popular air is certainly admirably adapted to greet the ears, on such an occasion, of a party which announces a rat for its ;neat visitor, a rat for its great President, and holds its meeting at the house of a rat ; and which moreover is principally composed of wheel-about' individuals." UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. w.- 1 OXFORD, JAN. 24.—A Co - nn•regation was this day holden for granting d egrees, &c., when the f o ll ow i ng were con ferred : Bachelor and D octor of Divinity by Accumulation *..ov• Thos. Rowley, of Ch r i st Church. medicine_ H. Powell, Exeter College. Masters of A rts—Alfred Catty, Exeter Coll. ; +Jo h n Smith, ditto; G eo . Hulme, Ball. Coll. ; F. W. Faber, Uni versity Coll. ; Arthur Kensington, Trinity Coll. ; Walter H. Awdry, Magdalen Hall ;011. *ve m . Ad a ms, Merton Coll. ; Geo. D. Miller, Wadliam , • Richard R. J. Macpherson, Queen's College. Bachelors of A r t s —Granville E. H. Vernon, Christ Churc h C Coll. ' - Matt. J. Briekdale ditto ; *John Nlahony, ditto ; Wm. Barnes, ditto; Wru. L ' . Darell, ditto ; Henry J. Law ford, ditto; Thos. K. Chambers ditto; Edwd. H. Linzee, ditto ; 0. F. Owen, ditto ; Edwin P. price, Lincoln Coll.; Chas. S. Ross, Magdalen Hall ; Chas. F. Trower, Balliol Coll. ; Wm. Hulme, ditto ; Wm. Brewster, Trinity Coll. * Grand Compounders. ..—....._ A correspondent state s that it is the intention of the Directors of the Great 'Western Railway Company, in refe rence to the accident which occurred to the North Star train, on the afternoon of Friday, the 11 th instant, at Southall, while certain members of the Royal Hunt were crossing the railroad, to institute Proceedings against Major Lloyd, whose horse was cut in pieces, and all of the parties who can be iden tified, conceiving it necessary for the safety of the public, and to prevent the recurrence of similar disasters, to make an ex ample of opulent offenders, in preference to punishing poorer trespassers. The Lords of the Treasury have been pleased to authorise the following allowances for deficiencies in foreign spirits in bond, until the pleasure of Parliament shall be taken on the question. For every hundred gallons hydrometer proof, for any time not exceeding six months, one gallon ; ex ceeding six and not exceeding eighteen months, three gal lons; exceeding two years and a hall, and not exceeding three years, seven gallons; and, for every additional year, two gallons. THE HOUSELESS POOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia—l beg leave once more to trouble y,,u with a few re marks respecting the Houseless l'uo;. A. out a month ago a paragraph appeared in your Paper of a weting being held at the Mausion House, of the Committee of the Institution fur the Houseless Poor, stating that a general meeting of the subscribers was to be called about the middle of January, and a report laid before them. Not having seen any advertise ment in any paper for the calling such meeting, or hea r d o f any such meeting taking pl ace , an d the Asylum for the Houseless not being yet opened, and January drawing to a close, permit roe, Sir, to ask a few questions as to this Institution, through your valuable Journal. First, what is the meaning of this delay ? Is there no destitute persons this winter, who stand in need of nightly shelter? Or, have the Society no funds to dispose of ? Or, have the Committee undertaken a task they cannot accomplish ; and have now just discovered that this Institution, in the way it has hitherto been conducted, produces greater evil than good ? For at present the Com mittee appear to be paralyzed as to their exertions, and are idle spectators to the mass of misery there is at the present time among the poor in this great metropolis; and if report speaks true, with a fund of somewhere about 10,0001. at their disposal. If it is not the intention of the Committee to open the Asylum again, why not announce the fact, and dispose of the funds in some other way for the benefit of the poor, for whose use it was subscribed ? The Committee are well aware that when the Asylum was open, it was inflicting a serious evil on the-inhabitants of the parish of St. Luke, by causing a great number of casual poor to be thrown a burden on that parish. I now ask, if they are aware that the Asylum not being open is also a serious evil, inas much as the poor, from all quarters, make their way to the spot in Playhouse yard to see if it is open, and very many, by so doing, become casual paupers on the parish of St. Luke, which, in these feverish times, the parish-officers, with all their vigilance and humanity, are in many cases at a loss how to act in justice to the poor and the rate-payers? It was a most unfortunate thing for the parish of St. Luke that the Houseless AsylKin was ever removed from the most opulent city in the world to their overburdened poor parish. If the Committee are at a loss how to dispose of the funds in band, I appeal to the Committee and to the subscribers at large, if it would be any more than an act of strict justice, if they were to remit a few hundred pounds to the parish of St. Luke, as a compensation for the (no doubt unintentional) injury inflicted on that parish, in consequence of the Houseless Asylum ? At the present time they are inundated with casual paupers from all parts of the kingdom, from the cause before stated ; therefore justice demands some explanation from the Committee as to the course they mean to pursue (and that without delay), and not hoard up the funds at a time when provision of every kind is at a starvation price, and hundreds, nay, thousands, of their poor fellow-creatures are perishing in this great metropolis for the want of the common necessaries of life, who are buffetted about from place to place under this new cruel Poor-law Act, until they are eat up with disease and wretchedness, and many relieved by death. Your's respectfully, RICHARD WARD, Guardian of the Poor. 27, Banner. street, Jan. 23, 1839. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—We observe that a paragraph from the Brighton Ga 2ette has appeared in most of the London Papers, which states that the Christmas cake sent by her Majesty to her Royal Fl>ghtiess the Princess Augusta was a present from G,rmany. You will oblige us by contrmdicting this statement, as the cake was manufactured by ourselves, and it is calculated to do us an injury by depriving us of the credit that is our due, from the pleasure testified by her Majesty on its reception. We remain, Sir, your obedient servants, W S. WALKER and Co. 51, Pall-mall, Jan. 23, 1839. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR —To those who are at present haunted by the bugbear of returning Romanism in this land, I would seriously recom mend the perusal of Mr. Sandcrson's Essays on the Apoca lypse ; a work which Bishop Ridley, were he now living, would not hesitate to call opus aureum. Though published less than six months ago, a second edition is called for already, a convincing proof of the great demand there has been for it. Should the subscription now in progress for the monument to the Memory of the Early Reforthers who were burnt at Ox ford, produce a statue of each of them, I trust that in the hands of all of them will be placed either the above work by the learned Sanderson, or else some other in which the Apostoli cal claims of the Established Church arc advocated upon the like grounds, and with equal strength. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your very obedient servant, OXONIENSIS. Atheumual, Pall-mall, December 29, 1838. NOVEL MODE OF NAVIGATION.--The French Government steamer Veloce has been fitted out on a new principle for working the vessel with either sails or steam, and is now on her voyage from Rochefort to Mexico, for the purpose of testing this important invention. When fallen in with of late by a Spanish ship, north lat. 40. long. W. of Paris 14., the Captain reported that her rate of sailing under topsails, studding sails, and royals, had been for two days and a half upwards of eleven knots an hour. THE SUSPECTED MURDER OF A POLICENIAN.— On Wednesday a youth named Holland was charged with being concerned in the murder of police-constable Barton, by throw ing him into the Regent's Canal, at Bromley. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the transaction. Inspector M'Craw said that, from what he had been able to learn, it appeared the parties had arranged, in the event of anything being said about the matter, to agree in their respective statements that the thing took place after Christmas ; but he would be pre pared on the next examination to prove, by the testimony of a lad who was on board a barge in the canal, close to where the murder took place, that it was on the night of the 18th of October, and that the prisoner arid three other persons at present iu custody were those who flung the deceased into the water. As a further corroboration of the fact, he would be further prepared to prove that on the same night a till was stolen from a public-house in Bromley, and that the prisoners were the parties engaged in that robbery. The prisoner was then remanded. Monday morning an inquest was held at the Swan Inn, Old Brompton, before Mr. Baker, the Coroner, on view of the body of Mr. John Lowe, aged 36 years, who died from the effects of locked jaw. It appeared that the deceased car ried on business as a turner at Old Brompton, and on Wed nesday last, was in the act of sawing a piece of hard wood, when he rather severely lacerated one of his fingers, which he soon afterwards had dressed by a surgeon in the neighbour hood. On Thursday he complained of a pain in his back and jaw. Deceased continuad to get worse until Friday afternoon, when he died. The surgeon who attended him stated that the affection of the jaw proceeded from the injury to the finger. Verdict, Died from locked jaw. On Monday information was forwarded to the Parish officers of St. Andrew. Holborn, that a man named Wade and his family were in a state of extreme destitution, at their re sidence in Field-lane, Holborn. Inquiries having been in stituted, the room in which the unfortunate individuals were discovered was found to be totally destitute of every article of furniture, and exposeti to the inclemency of the weather, the windows being all broken. The man Wade was found asleep in a cupboard, and had evidently been drinking, while five children were surrounding the dead body of an old woman, their grandmother, and crying bitterly. They stated that they had not tasted food for a long time, that their father was a plasterer out of work, and that a few days ago their gran-d -mother left home for the purpose of procuring some employ ment, when she met with an accident which obliged her to re turn. Ever since she had been very ill till Sunday morning, when she died. Immediate steps were taken to relieve the urgent distress of the family, and a communication was made to the Coroner that an inquest might be held on the body of the old woman. • WHO ARE THE THIEVES ?—Messrs. F. and T. Clerke, flour-dealers in Brunswick-street, a short time since, complained of an entrance having b , en made into their shop on Christmas night, or St. Stephen's morning, their desk broken open, and a sum of 4,500/. stolen, 600/. of it in gold, and that the " robbery" disabled them from meeting the seve ral demands upon them of various merchants in the trade. The claims on them were considerable, but they had previously, such a character, that it is said many of the creditors avowed that they (the Clerkes) might have owed them twice as much. The circumstance became known on St. Stephen's Day, and next day the Clerkes were arrested for debt at the suit of the largest of the creditors, and three porters in their employment were taken into custody until the facts should he inquired into. An investigation was then entered upon, which lasted some days. It ended on Saturday last, when a warrant was issued against the Clerkes on a charge of attempting feloniously to defraud their creditors. There being no evidence to inculpate the three men, they were liberated on Friday. The Messrs. Clerke have since been committed for trial. ENGLISH OPERA -HOUSE CONCERTS.—This without exception, the most successful project ever entered into by instrumental performers in this country ; and we rejoice at it ; and if the result be unpleasant to the managers of our theatres, we cannot shut our eyes to the fact, that they have in the same measure been instrumental in causing the same. The unmerited neglect, and the grudgingly paid salaries which have been doled out to the talented musicians of Eng land, who were constrained to apply for, or accept of engage ments at our theatres, have been always sources of vexation and chagrin to the whole profession. Then the universal pre ference shown by our nobility and gentry to bands of strangers who were brought here under some one talented performer, and whose only excellence consisted in their playing together for some time, was quite enough to have broken up the desire of any but such men as our own countrymen to cultivate the science; but that which is inherent in them, resolution, surmounts wonderful difficulties;—their industry is great,and their capabi lity not to be surpassed ; but should any one doubt this latter quality in them, let him attend these concerts, and if round- ness and mellowness of tone of the wind instruments—if deli- cate fingering, and energetic and at the same time finished execution with the bow, be not enough to convince him of the fact when the orchestra is in full swing, then let him wait and listen to the solos of that inimitable artist Harper on the trum. pet, Platt on the horn, Willey on the violin, Cooke on the hautboy ; and, indeed, a long string of names which we could recount, and who possess all the qual;lies which make good performers, and possess them too in an eminent degree, and e think he will own that we are right. These concerts are doing more to improve the taste of the British public for music, than anything that has taken place in our time. I'HE MARKETS oU.N . U*; V GO ;.:k MAIIKETS DURING TILE: •.s. andt7ril 75 76 : ., 1 41 .4 Ut`) 4(1 42 ....------ C 6 74 21 2 . 1 ..4 :3 42 4+ 'a:uhriige--......... - 75 ; - :34 ' - 25 - 46 r:iarn ....- 64 8 1 28 38 118 2.2 38 42 Huntingdon --- ;56 7 ,1 13! 38 24 29 58 4:2 Lung :4 , irton--. ,58 7; 1 - - 1 90 30 34 Louth _ ,: 58 78 ;26 :2 :0 • 4 35 42 nn------ 56 77 12? 31 16 "Ii! :8! 32 , Jcwarit. ----.....- .63 82 24 31 19 28 31 43 , ottingtiarn -- 314 79 2s 31 lti 28 35 Llv t'et-rboro , ig h - 59 82 35 42 22 29 38 48 Plymouth .--- 58 80 30 .34 20 23 - - Pmiteliact..-- -....- '77 - 4 - 27 - 43 Sleaford ~---- ~.- ,65 80 36 38 ;22 28 41 43 Uppingham ~.--.... ,(B 84 24 30 ilB 28 :32 44 Wisbech--,........:- 163 82 - -I - 20 30 32 DEVIZES CORN MARKET-Jan. 24 4 Per Sack. sd. s. d Per Quarter. s. $l. 4 . 0 First Wheat........ :4) oto 41 0 Barley Second I bird 1180 Sacks of Wheat sold/ Flour (per bag) - 0 • 0 36 1 at the average of Bread (per ga11.)... / 6 LEEDS CORN MARKET.- Jan. 22 Wheat, Norfolk and Stiflblk, 601 b. ~ --- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Sullitlk '6ls. to 40 3 • r , ---- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe 975. to 284... ne ( to : t o , 4 17. 1 5 ieoi -Healing, For. Ild. t 01 1 1,4,1 Shelling :304 to 335. pet 1 0 1. Rapeseed, English, 301 to 32/ ...... ... ... Foreign, :30. to 321. per la L.VERPOOL COItN MARKET.-Jan. '4 . 2 WHEAT, English. White, per 79th. Red ll 3 11 , 0 -_- Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White. ------- R e d 9 0 1 0 0 Foreign...... OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, ver 451 b. 4 0 s - Irish , . 1 1 90 0.. 0 32 .1 to 11 1 0 :23. 46 : 3 3 , 3 , - Foreign 000 BARLEY, English, Malting, per hop. quarter 43 47 6 - Scotch and Irish, per 6olbs. - Feeding 53 ' 0 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter r)o o f ) . 7 4 0 - Irish, &c. 44 0 4 ' o, - Foreign PEASE, Englisn, per Imperial quarter 52 0 r'' 0 --- Foreign 48 e 5- , 0 Fouuit, English, per 2801 b: 66 0 i''' 0 ---- Irish 58 0 ~ 0 OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 24011) • • 45 6 3 ' 0 INDIAN CORN, IX r 44011,. - ~...„. 34 0 'q' 0 RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week enaing Jan. 21 ~1 3 1 ' Wheat. I Oats. 1 Barl e y Fl our. os‘ oo , (its. Ors . Qr s . !Foreign , 1 - ls.l Irish, Rec. Seks . l'' ' 5 10,%74 9,839 1 6 03 173 , 1 0 507 WI SIR JOHN MILBANKE.— The following are tional particulars of the late fracas in a ballroom at. S B: 4 bury :—An altercaCon took place bet ween Si r J o h n Milben"k, who officiated as master of th e ceremonies, and Mr. Poa c solicitor, during ) w hi c h Si r J o h n struck Mt. Pocock IG,tot neck with a stiletto, he was unfortunately in the lla btc ti l carrying about w ith hi m . Th e woun d i s not dangerous, 110, Sir John has expressed his deep contrition for his lat e / perance, and d ec l are d h e did. not mean to i njure his r?,,. friend at the time. Sir John has undergone two exam en tions before the Magi s t rates, an d is remanded till Mond a i, hut, as Mr. Pocock h as d ec l ared his determination Obi prosecute, it is suppos e d Si r J o h n will be liberated on 1,1,1 day. The most material evidence was given on Wednes; by Mr. C. Wheeler, who was present, as follows George Pocock, solicitor, was present, arid wished to ( 15° quadrilles, while Sir John Milbanke wished for country danc es Mr. Pocock made a sig na l, by clapping hi s h an ds for band to commence, upon which Sir John Milbanke t w o Mr. Pocock it was not his place to address the band , d he (Sir John Milbanke) was master of the ceremonies , t o no one else ; th a t h e (M r . P ococ k) h a d b roug h t some of " or friends there for the purpose of insulting him ; and if be e 1 any of his friend s were not sat i s fi e d w i t h t h e proceedings, if e, could have th e i r money returne d them. Sir John Milbgn and Mr. P ococ k t h en h a d a conversation in an under•W°o and afterwards Sir John left Mr. Pocock, and walked up tp the end of th e room . H e t h en returned shortly afterwar sot Mr. Pocock, when witness saw Sir John Milbanke raise ;1 1 hand and strike M r . P ococ k on the left side of the neck II:no what appeared to b e a k ni f e . M r. Pocock then moved ti' the spot, and Sir John Milbanke approached witness, a b rij , raised the dagger produced by Inspector Enright t° i neck, at the same ti me u t ter i ng some words which etty not audible. Witness then left the room. He aftere l looked into the room, and saw what appeared to b ut et be a scuffle. Mr. Pocock then joined him, and pointege, his neck. Witness then put up his hand, and raised s it Pocock's waistcoat, and saw the shirt against his left biles. marked with blood. M r . P ococ k t h en accompanied witris down stairs, wh en w it ness h ear d M r. P ococ k tell some Pei , to fetch a surgeon. He afterwards told witness to g o for e , Clark, which witness did. Dr. H. Clark, and Meso l ' us i Mackey an d G. B. Code, surgeons, all d e p o s e d t o the wev, not being d angerous; and after long consideration yesteru t o and after hearing Mr. Missing for the defence, the Magistf refused to find bail till Mr. Pocock should appear hee-fra them. —Hants Ad ver ti ser .—Si r J ohn Penistoia milb°'st who is charged with having used a dagger in a ballroom, e , born in 1775, and is consequently 64 years of age ; he e ll,/ ceeded his uncle, Si r R a lph N oe l, i n 1 825, t h e former WO , an only daughter, the Dowager Lady Byron_ Sir -e aunt was the late Viscountes s M e lb ourne , mot h er to t he P i t . Minister. The Ba r o ne t h ae severa l sons, t h e e l dest o f IV P ° oB Mr. John Noel Milbanke, is Secretary of Legation 10. 010 Germanic Confederation. Sir John Milbanke is first c° ll ;,, to the Dowager Countess Cowper, to Viscount Melbour the Dowager Lady N oe l B yron , an d to the Countess ofvo, lace. The family of Milbanke was raised to the Baronet" in 1665. —Observer. A letter from Rome announces the apprOaC",,, departure of the Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia for ge,P t io . His Imperial Highness, it adds, had been received with „-rt. utmost cordiality by the Pope and the whole of the Co On visiting the church of St. Paul, the treasurer prese t s , him with a very fine series of medals of all the Popes front iy Peter down to his pres e nt H o li ness . Hi s I mperial High/leo afterwards went to St. J o h n d e L ateran, where medals vieco distributed to the whole of his suite. It is said that the Pri° o has been so much grat ifi e d b y t h e reception he has met °Jig; that be has written to the Emperor for permission to r etort' Rome to make a longer stay there. et' " The Life o f W as hi ng t on ," b y Mr. Aldo Sparks, is given, ve r b a ti m an d ent i re , i n M r. Colburn'e '„-00 volumes just published, which also comprise Washingt ° , - ,, diaries, speeches, &c., and various miscellaneous p a pers 00 lating to his opinions and habits, selected by Mr. Sparks f r l e original sources. M an y o th er va l ua bl e d ocuments are 9, added, to render the work as acceptable to the reader es P ° o sible. Among th e " cur i ous " papers w ill b e found " Extra-01 from a Cor res p on d ence b etween G eorge 11 1. and Vol North, relative to th e American War," which were selec ted by Lord Holland from the manuscripts of Sir James M'eo tosh, and pr e se n t e d by hi m to M r. S parks—one of the Os, valuable documents connec t e d w i t h t h e A mer i can revo l u tie These volumes will be found to comprise mare of Washil.; ton's personal history than has e ve r b e f ore b een laid berate the public, Ovalle at the same time they give a most comPl i e n d narrative o the great public events of that interesting pe r 's, which saw Great Britain deprived of her American coloo e ; and a new nation added to the empires of the world. E veri pf thing that could throw light on Washington's earlier care' s is here given, and this portion of the work is the more yalus - , from the very little that was previously known on the subjecvi Indeed, those most conversant with the history of this r e d s man will find an i n fi n i te d ea l o f new matter i n these volutrA, that cannot f a il to a ff or d t h em much L.formation an d gra,t, i : cation, especially at thi s i m p ortant cr i s i s, w h en our Caw)) territories have become the scene of a new warfare. ---- . 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