The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-28 00:00:00

LORD ELLENBORO UGH. (From the Morning Herald.) In our remarks upon the disgraceful pan phlet brought out to prejudice the defence of the late Go vernor-General of India, and upon the equally dis graceful use made of that pamphlet by the Times, we said that it was neither our duty nor our wish to in culpate the Court of Directors. We have to-day the gratifying opportunity to acquit these gentlemen of all suspicion of any connexion with the author of that pamphlet, or with his usher and auxiliary in the Times. One and all the Directors disclaim a knowledge of the author of the pamphlet or of the Times' writer. The suspicion on the subject that in the minds of some thoughtless persons for a moment attached to the Honourable Court, has upon their indignant dis claimer, devolved upon Lord Auckland, we believe unjustly. Lord Auckland, whatever his other quali fications for the high office that he lately held, is a man of honour; and no man of honour could involve himself in this dirty affair, were there not other insur mountable barriers between Lord Auckland and the Times. There is no reason, indeed, to suppose that the pamphleteer and his usher (if they are not the same person) rank in station, as he or they certainly do not rank in ability or honesty, above the common class of mean and spiteful persons who constitute the order of writers of " letters to the Times," and " own correspondents" of the Times. It is as easy to mag rsifv' a dismissed and discontented footman into an Indian Director or an ex-Governor-General, as to multiply a raw chaplain into " three naval officers" of experience. As in the case of the Indian Directors, so in the case of Lord Auckland, we are unwilling to identify the vindication of Lord Ellenborough with the condemnation of another. The conduct of the Noble Earl has substantive merits of its own quite sufficient to support his claim to the honours which his Sovereign has conferred upon him, and to the gratitude which his country will render in full mea sure when the whole truth shall be known, without borrowing aid from the errors of his predecessor in office. Of those errors we should not say one word on the present occasion were not a reference to their effect rendered necessary by the impudent falsehood asserted by the Times, that the Earl of Ellenborough found a triumphant campaign prepared for him upon his arrival in India. A few words, indeed, will suffice to confirm the expectation of victory! and triumph!! which we have already given in the glow ing language of General Napier. A few words will prove that if Lord Auckland was preparing for his successor a triumphant campaign, he was preparing it by an arrangement for an ignominious and a final re treat. On the 3d of December, 1841, Lord Auck land, anticipating the fall of Cabul, addressed a dis patch to Sir Jasper Nicolls, stating that, as after Cabul had fallen, there would be no inducement "to retain the remainder of the country, it would become the duty of the military and political officers so to shape their measures as would best promote the end of retiring with the least possible discredit." What a preparation for a triumphant campaign ! The fall of Cabul followed ; and on the 10th of February, 1842, Lord Auckland directed General Pollock to confine himself to measures for withdrawing with safety from Jellalabad (the walls of which, accord ing to the Times, were " impregnable") the garrison in that place, to Peishwar, not very obscurely tender ing Jellalabad to the Sikh's Durbar as the price of their co-operation, or, at least, neutrality. Again, on the 15th of the same month, Lord Auckland ordered General Pollock to direct all his efforts and measures to the withdrawal of Sir Robert Sale's force from Jellalabad with the least possible delay; and, on the 24th, Lord Auckland distinctly suggested the neces sity of ransoming, by the payment of money, the prisoners in the hands of Akbar Khan—a degrading proposition, which it is now audaciously asserted was first conceived by Lord Auckland's successor. Lord Auckland, indeed, recommended economy in the bar gain, but still he proposed to ransom them with gold, not, as the old Roman said, " with steel :" that was left for Lord Ellenborough. The fate of the armies insulated in western Aff ghanistan was manifestly regarded as desperate by Lord Auckland, for not a single dispatch was in the awful crisis addressed to Ghuznee, to Kelat-i-Ghilzie, or Candahar—not one measure adopted for the relief of the thousands of gallant men dispersed in these in sulated and remote positions—they were abandoned. Compared with this the oblivion of the treaty of Lahore, of which Lord Auckland then gave proof, was a slight testimony to his Lordship's utter despair. This was the state of preparation for a triumphant campaign, in which Lord Auckland left the British arms in India. Our readers will not be displeased with another extract from General Napier's work, depicting the state in which Lord Ellenborough found his new Goverament, military as well as civil : " Lord Ellenborough arrived too late to prevent, but in time to remedy, the most dangerous evils menacing India from kis predecessor's impolicy, which he denounced in a vigorous proclamation, designed as a warning to future Governors. The beacon burned bright, but the flame spread too wide, and scorched Many, whose cries have never ceased, though few men, not personally interested, regard them. Previous to his coming the ship was rocking in the shallows ; but when his strong hand was felt she ceased to strike the sands, and, answering to the helm, was steered into deep water. Nevertheless, the very men whose political iniquity had then brought India to the verge of ruin, are now, with incredible effrontery, imputing all their own crimes and absurdities to him, and most especially in what relates to Sinde ; wherefore it is fitting to state exactly his share of the subsequent transactions in that country, and leave judgment to the common sense of mankind. " He found the publi c m i n d con f use d w ith t error by the Cabul catastrophe, the surrender of Ghuznee, the blockade of Kandahar, and the seeming inability of General Pollock to relieve Jellalabad. Colonel England was soon afterwards defeated by an inferior force at Hykultzie, and fell back to Quettah, leaving General Nott, as it was supposed, to certain destruction. He found the finances embarrassed, the civil and poli tical services infested with men greedy of gain, gorged with insolence, disdaining work, and intimately con nected with the infamous press of India, which they supplied with official secrets, receiving in return shameful and shameless support; for, thus combining, they thought to control the Governor-General, and turn the resources of the State to their sordid profit." We will now give from the pamphlet of his Lard ship's accuser an account of Lord Ellenborough's proceedings upon his arrival : The earliest impressions and earliest declarations of Lord Ellenborough were such as became a British Governor-General. Soon after his arrival at Calcutta he addressed the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Jasper Nicolls, in language well suited to the circumstances which surrounded him. Whatever course,' it is observed, we may hereafter take, must rest solely upon military considerations, awl have in the first instance regard to the safety of the detached bodies of our troops in Jellalabad, at Ghuznee, at Khelat-i- Ghilzie, and Candahar ; and, finally, to the re-esta blishment of our military reputation, by the infliction of some signal and decisive blow upon the Affghans, which may make it appear to them, to our subjects, and to our allies, that we have the power of inflicting punishment upon those whO commit atrocities and violate their faith, and that we withdraw ultimately from Affghanistan, not from any deficiency of means to maintain our position, but because we are satisfied that the king we have set up has not, as we were er roneously led to imagine, the support of the nation over which he has been placed.' In a subsequent part of the same letter his Lordship adds, ' We should con eider that the object of striking a decisive blow at the Affghans—a blow which might establish our military character beyond the Indus, and leave a deep impres sion of our power, and of the vigour with which it would be applied to punish an atrocious enemy, would be one for which risk might be justifiably incurred, all due and possible precaution being taken to insure de cisive success.'" " We believe," adds the Times, " there is no Eng lishman who would not fully approve these sentiments of the new Governor-General ; although we must confess that we should have liked them better bad they been accompanied with less general theory and more of sound practical direction." A State manifesto is, however...not "an order of the day," and " practical directions" would be as much out of place in the one as mere theory would be in the other ; and if we are to regard the address to the com mander-in-chief as an instruction, it is just such an instruction as a wise man always issues to a subordi nate in whom he has the proper confidence : I tell you what you are to do as your end; it is for you to arrange and direct the means. But waiving any pro test against the military criticism of the Times, the question is, did the Earl of Ellenborough accomplish all that he proposed to accomplish, and what it be came a British Governor to propose ? Did he accom plish this real miracle of recovery and restoration honourably, effectually, and without any unnecessary expenditure of blood, of money, or of time ? We know that he effected it all in one —no, it were in justice to call it one—in several simultaneous cam paigns; all closed within the compass of a few months, and all closed with uniformly brilliant success. This, we repeat, is the only question—was the Governor's success complete and prompt, and obtained with. out any treachery to ally or enemy—without an unnecessary exposure of his soldiers—or a pro digal outlay of money ? If this question he an swered, as it must be answered, in the affirma tive, we are not concerned to inquire how his Lord ship achieved such glorious results. " The infamous press of India," as General Napier most truly calls it, followed by an almost equally infamous part of the press of London, dogged e ll th e G overnor - General s measures ' found a f au lt, o f course, in every measure which th e i r i mag i ne d fulness of ,VO - * : * knowledge and self -supposed profoundness of saga city could not comprehend, ie all its motives and its "ci,,sasa-s. y 1),;,, purposes, and where they could not, with all the help of ignorance and self-conceit, find a fault, they ssess invented one; but their blund er i ng misapprehensions THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING- 1 DECEMBER 28 184 k. and falsehoods make up the whole of the articles of impeachment against Lord Ellen borough—the misapprehensions and the lies of " the infamous press" of 1842 are treated as indis putable history by the infamous press of 1844. If a general in one place was, from want of carriages, disabled from advancing—the Earl of Ellen borough vacillated. If the heat of an Indian summer incapacited the army of another general for active operations, again the Earl of Ellenborough " vacil lated." If a derangement of one branch of a corn • bined movement, which must be combined in order to ensure success, caused a general pause, it was all the vacillation of the Governor-General. Our renders would be incompetent to comprehend a detail of all the difficulties and chances of a complicated cam paign, if we were capable of offering such a detail; but this we certainly are not ; but we can point to a few of the incidents that are carefully suppressed by those who ascribe every delay and every variation in the military movements of 1842 to Lord Ellen borough's vacillation. Hear General Pollock on the 20th of April, after being some time delayed by the want of carriages : " I have maturely considered the question of our advance by the road to Cabul, and I confess that I see too many difficulties to warrant our risking such a course. The forces I have the honour to command, if well supplied, is ready to march anywhere, and if I could have advanced by the route of Candahar, our success would be certain." Experience of the difficulties and risk of a rigid plan of operations led the Governor-General on the Ist of June to address the following letter to General Pollock : " MR. MADDOCK TO MAJOR-GENERAL POLLOCK. " Allahabad, June 1, 1842. " I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th ultimo, and to express the extreme regret of the Governor-General that your army should be so deficient in carriage as you represent, and thus unable to move. " 2. The retirement of your army immediately after the victory gained by Sir Robert Sale, the forcing of the Khyber Pass, and the relief of Jellala bad, would have had the appearance of a military ope ration successfully accomplished, and even trium phantly achieved. " 3. Its retirement, after six months of inaction, before a following army of Affghans, will have an appearance of a different and less advantageous cha racter. " 4. It would be desirable, undoubtedly, that be fore quitting Affghanistan, you should have an oppor tunity of striking a blow at the enemy ; and since circumstances seem to compel you to remain there till October, the Governor-General earnestly hopes that you may be enabled to draw the enemy into a position in which you may strike such a blow effec tually. You have already full powers to do every thing you may deem necessary for the comfort of your troops, and for their efficiency. " 8. It will be for your consideration whether your large army, one-half of which would beat, in open field, everything that could be brought against it in Afghanistan, should remain entirely inactive during the period which must now apparently elapse before it can finally retire. Although you may not have, or soon be able to procure, the means of moving your whole army, you may possibly he able to move a part of it rapidly against some portion of the enemy's force incautiously exposed, and of giving it a severe blow." In the same way the Governor-General writes to General Nott : " If you should be enabled by a coup-de-main to get possession of Ghuznee and Cabul, you will act as you see fit, and leave decisive proofs of the power of the British army, without impeaching its humanity. You will bring away from the tomb of Mahmood of Ghuz nee his club, which hangs over it; and you will bring away the gates of his tomb, which are the gates of the Temple of Somnauth. These will be the just trophies of your successful march." But we will not suffer ourselves to be misled, or mislead our readers into an investigation for which we are both incompetent ; though as our inquiries would be honest and modest, not quite so incompetent as the " infamous press" by which Lord.,Ellenborough has been assailed. 'We have already laid before the readers of the Herald the opinion of General Napier as to the military policy of Lord Ellenborough. We will now refer them to a still higher authority—the highest military authority in the world, or probably that ever was in the world—the Duke of 'Wellington. On the first night of the session of 1843 the Duke of Wellington offered the following spontaneous testi mony to the services of Lord Ellenborough in India:— " I have seen something of Governors-General, and I know a little of military affairs, and I say I stand here prepared, and shall be ready any day to justify, every order or movement one way or other which the Governor-General gave, from the moment he took upon him the administration of the Government of India up to the present moment. My Lords, lam ready to do that, and let the Noble Lord come and make any charges he please against my Noble Friend the Governor-General—let him make thorn when he pleases, and I shall be ready to reply to them. My Lords, I say that the Governor-General, as soon as he took the Government, did as much as he was able to do according to the state of preparation which he found there at the moment. lie could do no more than he did. Every order he gave, wheth..l. to halt or to march, was an order absolutely necessary for the safety of the troops at the moment, and that not occasioned by any act or omission of his, but by acts done, or omitted to be done, previously to his ar rival. My Lords, lam at least obliged to say thus much in defence of an absent servant of the Crown, who I firmly believe has done his duty to the public." With this testimonial in his hand, the Earl of El lenborough can well afford to smile at his anony mous pamphleteer accusers and at the military critics of the Times. DEATH FROM THE INCLEMENCY OF THE WEATHER. A sad instance of the vicissitudes to which the poor are exposed, and of their many trials, happened last week. A man named John Matthews, belonging to the parish of Brink worth, and who had been com mitted to the New Prison here, for two months, for having left his wife and children chargeable to the parish, was discharged on Wednesday, the 11th inst., his term of imprisonment having expired. The weather was then, as eur readers no doubt recollect, bitterly cold, and he was most miserably clad, having exchanged his warm woollen prison dress for his own clothes— mere rags; the upper garments consisting of an old waistcoat and a thin slop. He was also suffering from a diseased heart, a complaint of long standing. On leaving the prison he had a loaf of bread and four pence given him for his sustenance on the road home —a distance of nearly twenty miles. lie had pro ceeded only about three miles when he was driven by the cold into a public• house—the Bell at St. Edith's Marsh—where, in order to have the benefit of the are, he purchased a little beer and ate part of his loaf. Soon after leaving this house he found himself unable to proceed, and took shelter in a skilling near the road, in which there happened to be some straw ; here, according to his own account, he remained from the Wednesday evening till the Monday morn ing, during a most intense frost, and having nothing to eat excepting the remaining portion of the loaf which was given him on leaving the prison ! On the Monday morning he left his shelter and crawled to the Shoulder of Mutton public-house at Bromham, where he was taken care of by the landlord, who is overseer of the parish, and who, on the Wednesday afternoon, conveyed him in a comfortable covered cart to the union-house at Malmesbury, where he was im mediately taken in, placed in the sick ward, and where every attention was paid him. On reaching Malmesbury he appeared in pretty good spirits, but was unable to walk, his feet being so badly frost bitten that Mr. Jeston, the medical attendant, de clared he must lose them. On Saturday night he expired. An inquest was held on Tuesday, when a verdict was returned of " Died from the inclemency of the weather."— Wilts independent. NEW MERCIIINT SEAMEN'S ACT. —On Wednesday next the New Merchant Seamen's Act will come into force. There are sixty-five sections and several sche dules in the Statute. During the present month sea men in the merchant service have obtained tickets of registration from the office: near the Tower. From the let proximo no seaman can be taken to sea without the regaisite ticket, under a penalty of 101. The Act is "to amend and consolidate the laws relating to merchant sea men, and for keeping a register of seamen." By the preamble it is declared that the prosperity, strength, and safety of the United Kingdom and her Majesty's domi nions depend greatly on a large, constant, and ready supply of seamen, and that it is expedient to promote the increase of the Number of seamen, and to afford them encouragement and protection ; and it is fut. ther declared to be expedient to keep a register of seamen. Agreements are to be made in writing between master and seamen, stating the situations, wages, and length of service of the men. Parish boys may be sent to sea, with their consent, or boys soliciting alms. No seaman is to be discharged abroad, nor to be abandoned or left behind, without the sanction of the consul of the place, as great mischief has been caused by such proceedings, the poor men having been reduced to great distress, and have, according to the language of the Act, been tempted to become pirates. By the 64th section it is provided that if any person being a Malay, Lascar, or native of the territories under the government of the East India Company, or if any Asiatic or African seaman, having been brought to the United Kingdom on board any ship, shall be found to be in the United Kingdom in distress for want of food, clothing, or other necessaries, the Commissioners of the Admiralty may supply such assistance to every person or seaman, and to maintain him until he shall be sent on board some ship to be taken back to the place from whence he was shipped. The assistance rendered is to ' income a debt, and may be recovered from the owner or master of the ship on board whereof such person or seaman was brought to the United Kingdom from Asia 1 or Africa. PROGRESS OF THE IMPROVE MENTS AT BIRKENHEAD. (From the Liverpool Times.) On Saturday last we took a ramble through the town and township of Birkenhead, in order to ascer tain, by personal inspection, whether the public works commenced with so much spirit a couple of months since were proceeding with equal vigour. On landing at the Woodside slip, we found that the first thing that engages the attention is a long double rosy of solid piles, one row driven into the bed of the river, and the other into the pier, forming a stage for the laying of the blocks of atone for the addition to the pier. The work is proceeding very expeditiously ; it is now nearly half finished, and when completed will add greatly to the comfort and safety of pas sengers, by furnishing a shelter from the wind and wares in all kinds of weather, and from whatever point the wind may blow. To the north of the landing slip there are similar evidences of activity. A great number of workmen are employed in excavating the 16-acre basin and beaching ground, in cutting the foundation of the wall's, and in excavating the new cut into 'Wallasey Pool, so that vessels may have a temporary pas sage up and down until the low-water basin is completed. To facilitate these operations, an enor mous embankment of clay and rubble-stone has been thrown up. This keeps out the tide, and enables the men to proceed with their work uninterruptedly, The wharf walls on the west side of the 16-acre basin are also building. Further north, and at the termination of the embankment above alluded to, a still larger, though only temporary work is in pro gress. This is the construction of an enormous cof fer-dam, which will inclose a space of about 75 acres, within which the main body of the works will -be erected. This coffer-dam will run from the termi nation of the embankment down to low-water mark in about an easterly direction, and in a northerly line up to Wallasey Pool. The huge piles are driven into the soft bed of the river by a steam engine ; the opposite piles are connected by an iron rod ; on the piles are nailed strong planks, and within the space thus formed, which is several yards in breadth, clay from the adjoining land is thrown. This clay, saturated every day by the inrushing waters, as it is deposited, settles down into a solid mass, which will, when sufficiently lofty, be impervious to the waters of the Mersey, and enable the men to carry on their operations undisturbed by the flow of the river. Commencing at the south-west corner, two lines of the coffer-dam, one running towards the river and the other towards the pool, have already been carried to a very great length, and the work is conducted with all possible vigour and expedition. Altogether, we believe, there are about 2,000 men employed on the docks ; but it will be seen, from what we have stated, that a large portion of the work now going on is only temporary, and intended to enable the contractor to finish the docks in the least possible space of time. Mr. Tamer, son-in-law of Mr. Tomkinson, the contractor, superintends the works. Admission here is, of course, denied to those who are not on business ; but even though this were not the case, we would not advise any one who has not the habits and costume of a " navigator" to plunge into this strange, but slip pery, sloppy, and comfortless-looking place. It is, no doubt, very interesting to watch the progress of such vast works, and observe the means by which they are accomplished ; but it is not very pleasant to walk on sodden clay, or in the slimy bed of the river, where nothing but a pair of navigator's boot will keep out the water. To the west of this scene of activity there is another of a somewhat different character. Along the fields lying between Corporation-road and Wallssey P. 01. and forming the site or the range t f warehouses pro posed to he built by the Birkenhead Dock Warehous ing Company, about 200 men are employed in Egging and preparing clay, wherewith to make the bricks for the contemplated warehouses. Clay is found here in great abundance, and close to the surf ace . I n some places the men have already cut to the de; th of about seven feet, and still itteet with solid clay. Huge hills it, already excavated, lie scattered about, for an immense distance up the road. In other parts of the township, also, great preparations for brick-making are going on, and in some places large kilns are burning. In passing along Bridge-street, the visitor will see on his right hand, nearly opposite the end of Lord street, what he will no doubt regard as a rather singular structure. It is a large building, constructed altogether of iron, and the men are now engaged in fixing up the iron roof. The length of the building is about 180 feet, and its breadth about forty feet. In the west front there are two rows sf windows, thirty six in number, and part of the low er row are filled in with iron strips, so as to form an imitation of Venetian blinds. This structure, we believe, is building by Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co., of Birmingham, for the Messrs. Sandbach, of this town, and is intended as a sugar refinery and rum manufactory. Passing a little farther on, in the direction of the Pool, the ears are saluted with the clang of a hundred hammers. This noise proceeds from the iron ship building and boiler-making establishment of Mr. John Laird—a most interesting place to visit even on ordinary occasions, but at the present time particularly so, as there is now in course of erection in the yard a first-class iron steam-frigate, the frame-work of which is fast approaching completion. The length of this vessel is 210 feet, its breadth 37 feet 6 inches, and its depth 23 feet. Viewed externally, its size is very great, but on mounting the scaffolding that surrounds it, and looking from its bow down into it (there being nothing to intercept the view from stem to stern), its magnitude seems surprisingly great. The view, too, from this point is most interesting. In the midst of this huge iron valley (forsuch it seems) a num ber of fires are blazing up, the blast beingcommunicated to them by an air tube carried through the vessel, and worked by a steam-engine in the yard; whilst ever and anon white hot rivets are snatched from the fire by the Cyclopean workmen, and inserted in the rivet - holes of the plates, and then there is a ceaseless clang of a hundred hammers, beating them in, making altogether a din which, reverberated from the sides of the iron vessel, is for a time nearly deafening. What would our forefathers have thought at such an enormous mass of iron floating on the seas ? and how would they have marvelled had they been told that such a vessel was lighten than one constructed of wood ? The frigate, above her water line, is built flush, which, of course, adds to the elegance of her appearance, and it does not deteriorate from her strength, although it adds considerably to the amount of the labour. Her engines, which will be the com mon beam engines, will be of 550-horse power. They are being constructed by Mr. George For rester and Co., of this town. She is intended to carry two enormous guns, 220-pounders, one forward and one aft. In the interior of this establishment other processes are going on, such as the preparation of plates for the frigate by sinking and counter-sinking, &c., which is done with astonishing facility by the means of power ful machinery—the construction of boilers, and of iron boats for the shallow rivers of India, similar to those which were built by Mr. Laird a short time ago. An iron steamer for the South-Eastern Rail way Company intended to ply, in connexion with that line, between Folkstone and Boulogne, is also about to be built here. Her model shows that she will be an extremely swift and beautiful boat. Her length will be 150 feet, her breadth 22 feet, and her depth 11 feet. Her engines will be of 140-horse power. Turning off from this establishment, where every facility and information was cheerfully afforded to us by the manager, we passed through several newly laid-out streets, well designed as to direction, of ample width, macadamised in the centre, and having good footways, and saw at nearly every step workmen occupied in the finishing or erection of houses—all, apparently, quite as neatly and substantially built as those of Liverpool—and, getting into Conway street, entered the new park at the road leading from the corner of Park-street East. This is a work which, as much as any other undertaken by the commissioners of Birkenhead, indicates a wise forethought and attention to the health and recreation of the inhabitants, and it is one whi,:h will increase in utility and be more highly appreciated as building extends and population in creases. In the park, notwithstanding the frost, a large number of men still find abundance of occupation, chiefly in the formation of the ground, so as to give to it a diversified and picturesque appearance, in the making of c arri age an d cross roa d s , an d i n the lay ing of drains. The site was originally a gently rising flat, having scarcely a single undulation of any bold ness in its whole extent; and the visitor who, remem bering this fact, plunges across the park, so as to include in his course the two lakes, will have good reason to admire the skill which has been displayed in the laying out of the ground. When standing in the bed or on the frozen water of the site of the great lake, the earth works in its neighbourhood appear to be of vast dimensions, and even when rambling among what appear to be chains of hills, the height of some of them appears to be very considerable The object sought has been obtained—that of making a considerable undulation of surface, so as, when planted, to make a pleasant landscape—to afford pic turesque views, and provide that charming variety of open and secluded walks which will entice even the most indolent to exert themselves, and the most listless to admire the combination of artificial skill and natural beauty. We could see, even in the depth of winter, and having within view nothing but heaps of bare earth, spots that will be most lovely and attractive when grass has grown, when flowers, and plants, and trees are springing up, and a glorious summer sun is shining above. Returning from the second or smaller lake to the central road, which leads in a slightly curving line up to Mount •Clanghton, you come to another range of hills, which line the road for a considerable distance up, on the left-hand side. Some of these are of considerable elevation; others sink so as to give glimpses of those in the vicinity of the larger lake. About half-way up this fine broad road, it is crossed by paths winding to the right and left. To the right there is an extended champaign view, and to the left a view of the whole of the artificial hills, which now assume an amphitheatrical form, and which, when planted, will no doubt look extremely beautiful. At the head of this road, and seated on the height of the rising ground, is Claughton Hall—a mansion now in course of erection by Mr. William Jackson. It is large, built of fine white free- s t one , an d i s alto gether a beautiful structure. Even at this distance from the town of Birken head, there is a good deal of building going on, the houses erected consisting chiefly of large and handsome ones in rows or of detached villas. In Grosvenor-road, two blocks of fifteen neat, stone fronted, and substantial dwellings, are just on the eve of completion. In the front, they have a good-sized garden-plot, and they command an extensive and varied prospect, in the foreground of which is the new park. The aspect of the latter from this point is not, as might be anticipated, as yet very prepossessing; but when the black mounds are planted, and the work of the gardener has been finished, it will be wonder fully improved. Skirting the township along the road, you come to a point where there are ways leading to Clif ton-park, Holt-hill, and Oxton-hill ; but we kept to the left, and entered Grange-lane. Here two good-sized hotels and a considerable number of dwelling-houses and shops have been erected. One of the hotels has as its landlord Mr. Smith, who for many years kept a house just above the Woodside Ferry. An old-fashioned farm-house just below, which was a short time ago isolated and rural looking, now looks completely out of place, and presents a curious contrast to the new and modern-built erection in its vicinity. On approaching the town, the evidences of pro gression multiply amazingly; and it is not a little startling to see on every hand houses which, but a brief time ago, were supposed to be country residences, with their garden plots and green-houses, now form ing a portion of a long and unbroken line of street, and perhaps having in proximity to them a handsome shop, with plate-glass windows and so brilliantly lighted that the plants in th e adjoining green-house may at least have artificial light, if they have been in some measure deprived of that of the sun. In the principal streets of Birkenhead the shops are extremely good ; many of them would now be con sidered very handsome here, and the occupiers seem determined, in fitting up and stocking them, not to be surpassed even on this side of the Mersey. The new market is fast approaching completion. With the exception of the cornice, the outer walls are complete; the interior, which is fitted up with iron, will shortly be finished, and men are now engaged in laying the iron roof. Notwithstand ing the doubt recently expressed, the walls seemed to us abundantly strong. The total cost of con structing this handsome building will be from 17,000/, to 20,0001., and the Commissioners have already let a sufficient quantity of stalls to produce a rental of 1,6001. a year. EXTRAORDINARY CASE, IF TRUE.—On Wednes day night, about ten, Mr. Barry, a gentleman residing at 67, Lower Gardiner-street, discovered an interesting looking young woman on the steps of his hall-door, nearly naked, and almost dead with cold. Ile, in the most humane manner, procured her clothes, and had her taken to Sackeille-place station-house, where every at tention was paid to her, and, after some time, she reco vered, and told the following story :—She said her name was Anne Reilly, and that she came from a place called Thornville, near Dundalk, in the county of Louth, and that she was on her way to see her brother, who is a cabinet-maker at Kingstown ; that alsout four o'clock in the evening she arrived by one of the Swords' cars, was set down near a bridge, adjoining the city, and met a respectable-looking young woman, from whom she in quired could she recommend her to a decent lodging. The young woman, in reply, said she could, and brought her to a house where there were three young girls, and a middle-aged woman, with a dark mark on her face. About six o'clock she partook of tea. She then became quite stupid, as she alleges. from the effect of some drug, and went to bed, where she immediately fell asleep. About nine o'clock, when she awoke, she found herself standing in a lane, with her back against a wall, almost naked. She afterwards made her way to the steps of Mr. Barry's hall-door, where she was found by that gen tleman. When she went into the house, she had in her possession a thirty-shilling note, a sovereign, and three half-crowns, beside a blue cloth cloak, large cape, a white straw bonnet, a blue cashmere new frock, two petticoats, a pair of black cloth boots, a pair of shoes (single tie), a pair of gray worsted stockings, a pair of white ditto, a pair of stays, a yard of white muslin, tied round the bonnet ; all of which were taken from her. She gave a very minute description of the parties alluded to, but could not tell the locality of the house. The police were in search of the parties all day on Thursday ; but up to a late hour they were not successful in discovering any of them.—Freeman. Between eight and nine o'clock on Monday night, a stack of wood, of very large dimensions, containing several thousand faggots, situate by the road-side near Sawbridgeworth, in llerts, was discovered to be on fire ; and after a short time it was completely destroyed. The stack was the property of Mr. Barnard, maltster, and there is little doubt it was wilfully set on fire. The conflagration was distinctly observed here.—Chelmsford Chronicle. EXTRAORDINARY SnirwuecK.—The Esk trader, Captain Stokes, left Newcastle on Saturday afternoon, shortly before high-water, on her voyage to London, with a valuable general cargo. She was towed by two powerful steamers from the usual berth at Newcastle quay down the river, and on rounding the Whitehill point, near Shields, she grounded, in consequence of taking the point too closely, on a rocky bank, which ex tends some distance into the river. She heeled round and was towed off, as was supposed, with little damage. The steamers towed her slowly down the river and across the bar, without any leak being discovered. She being supposed all light, went to sea. The wind blowing from the east, it was desirable to give her what is called " a good offing," and she was towed out about seven miles. The steamers then left her, and in about an hour afterwards it was discovered that she was making water rapidly. The pumps were entirely useless against the rapid progress of water, and the long-boat was launched, into which the crew had just time to get when the Esk went down. The crew were unable to save anything, and had they not been prompt in launch ing and getting into the bout, all hands would have suffered. It was broad daylight, and several other ves sels were near, into one of which the crew was taken. It is supposed the vessel was strained by getting- on the bank, and the heaving of the sea caused her to spring a " bulk-head." It is somewhat remarkable that a vessel belonging to the same company, also called the Esk, likewise foundered at sea, a hen all hands perished, in her voyage from Newcastle to London, some years ago, and the vessel which foundered on Saturday was built to supply her place.—Doncaster Gazette. CHANNEL ISLAND SPIRITS.—The Commissioners of the Customs have received a letter from Mr. Trevelyan, one of the Secretaries to the Lords of the Treasury, signifying that, having laid before their Lordships the Board's report on a memorial praying that the duty on certain Channel Island spirits may be paid according to the quantity ascertained after vatting, instead of that ascertained at the time of importation, he (Mr. Trevelyan) was commanded to commnnicate to the Board their giveno er s Lordship's concurrence in th e course recommen d ed b y them, and to desire that they wou ld cause i n f ormat i on to to the parties interested. A th n a d t etffheect Commissioners, adverting to the course recommended by them, alluded to by their Lordships— viz., that duty should be charged upon all deficiencies of Guernsey and Jersey spirits ascertained to have arisen between the period of importation and that of the re gauge, prior to their reduction in strength, under the Excise regulations, for home use, but 'hat no duty shall be charged on any deficiency arising from such process, orders have been issued that the memorialist, and others by whom applications have been addressed to their Lordships, be apprised accordingly, and copies of this order have been furnished to the revenue officers at the several docks and other stations, for their information and future government. A PUBLIC THARESGITING DAY IN AMERICA.— A Boston paper makes the following estimate of the good things consumed by the people of Massachusetts on Thanksgiving Day, viz. :—" 5,000 ducks, 130,000 chick ens, 20,000 geese, 35,000 turkeys, 50,0001b5. of beef, pork, and other meats, 25,000 bushels of potatoes, 28,000 bush els of turnips, 8,000 beets, 10,000 bushels of onions, 20,0001b5. of cheese, 25,000 gallons of apple sauce, 2,000 gallons of cranberry sauce, 737,699 pumpkin pies, 100,000 apple pies, mince pies 25,000, other pies, 75,000, and eggs 1,000,000. In the preparation of the above there would be used, at a rough estimate, 80 hhds. of mo lasses, 100 boxes of llavannah sugar, 100,000Ibs of all spice, ginger, cloves, nutmegs, and other spices, 900 bar rels of flour, 90,0001b5. of butter and lard, and 600 hhds. of milk." A New York paper says—" If the 'tarnal Yan kees gormandise at this rate, it is worthy of considera tion whether New York ought not, in self-defence, to hold her Thanksgiving earlier. As the case now stands, we are a fortnight later than Massachusetts, Connec ticut, &c., and have to take our chance out of what they have left." Honnintai OCCURRENCE.—On Saturday week the wife of a person named David Monteath, one of the cot . tars on the farm of Ingleston, in the parish of Irongray, went to the farm mansion, nearly a quarter of a mile distant, without the proper precaution of shutting the door, leaving within a child from three to four years of age, and an infant, two months old, in the cradle. During her absence a brood sow, the property of one of the adjoining cottars, entered the dwelling, when the child left with the infant ran out from a sense of danger, as we presume. Its cries soon attracted the notice of the person to whom the sow belonged, who immediately made towards the scene ; but, shocking to mention, upon reaching the door of the cottage she found the sow shaking and tearing the little innocent. No time was lost in rescuing the infant from the savage beast, but before this could be done its cheeks, neck, Ind arms were sadly lacerated. A medical gentleman was pro cured as soon as possible, and upon first inspection ho thought the little one would not long survive. We under stand, however, that it i s s till li v i ng , th oug h i n a very precarmos state. Even should the accident not prove fatal, the disfigurement that must follow the severe in juries it has received will prove very distressing. Such an occurrence should serve as a caution to mothers not to leave their little ones unprotected. The poor child is still alive, but suffers very mach.---Dumfries Courier. SPIRIT of PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—To offer violence to a dead body; even though it be that of an enemy, is regarded, by the general consent of civilised society, as an act of savageism At once degrading and disgraceful to the perpetrators. If any considerable number unite in the offence, it shows that the general state of society in the place where it occurs is brutalised. What, then, shall be said of the scene which the Earl of Limerick's funeral exhibited ? The body of the deceased nobleman was on its way to the tomb of his ancestors, followed by his nearest relatives, and attended by about 1,000 of his tenantry, attired in hatbands and scarves; the respectable inhabitants of Limerick testified their regard for the deceased by wearing hatbands and weepers ; and most of the shops were closed. A large number of idle persons, who came in from the neighbourhood and the adjacent country, were collected in the streets and prin cipal thoroughfares. "As the procession passed"— the description of the scene is furnished by one who witnessed it, and whose account we give in another column—" As the procession moved along there was a good deal of shouting and groaning." Such demonstrations of dislike to a deceased nobleman, even had his life been marked by acts of in famy, would have been indecent demonstrations. None but the lowest vagabonds would have indulged their personal feelings at such a time, and while beholding such a scene. The spirit of the individual had passed to its final audit; and his body was on its way to be consigned to the tomb. While such a scene is passing slowly and solemnly before the eye, the spectator—if he be not devoid of intellect or destitute of moral sensibility— instinctively reflects upon his own mortality, and in dulges the self-abasing considerations which the scene suggests. The Earl of Limerick had committed no offence against society. He had perpetrated no po sitive injustice—he had inflicted no injuries upon in dividuals. The infirmities of advanced age had com pelled him to withdraw himself from public life, and in the bosom of his family seek the repose which his decayed physical strength required. In private society the deceased nobleman had acquired respect. He had the character of being considerate and hu mane toward his numerous tenantry. He was chargeable with no vice, and, confessedly, exempli fied many private and social virtues. And yet, at the funeral of such a man —as though the crowds of peasantry whom the procession had attracted to the spot had been divested of t} e feelings, while they retained the form, of men —as though demons had seized upon them, and employed men to gratify their malice against the human kind by impelling them to bring this reproach upon humanity—the outrages, thus commenced, con tinued to increase in enormity until they reached their climax. It will be asked, what had provoked this disgraceful attack upon a funeral procession ? this outrage upon the dead—this brutal break ing in upon the sanctity of domestic grief—this assault upon the persons, extending to endan gering the lives, of those who were performing the last rites of humanity to the remains of one who had ceased to be numbered among the living? W hat had provoked the savages of Limerick--or rather of its neighbourhood —to enact the scene we have de scribed ? The scene was " got up" as a demonstration against the union. The Earl of Limerick was among those who, at the time that Mr. Pitt had resolved to unite the two countries under one Parliament, assisted the Government in its negotiations with the leading men who opposed the measure. The repeal agitators have succeeded in enlisting the passions of the Irish peas sentry in their " cause." They have taught them to believe that the union of the two countries is the source of their physical anl social evils. Many of these calamities—the existence of which we ad mit and deplore—are created by themselves. Others arise out of causes which the repeal of the union, could it be effected, would enhance and multi ply. To the lamentable state of the relations which exist between landlord and tenant—a state of things that existed before the union, and which the union has modified and diminished—may a still larger share of the grievances which afflict Ireland be traced. These are not topics to which the repeal agitators allude in their addresses to the dupes who crowd around them. The union of the two countries is, according to them, the sole cause of the woes and wants of Ireland. " Hurra for repeal !" is shouted by them at the top of their voices, The names of those who took any prominent part in bringing about the union, are banded with infamy in the speeches of the agitators; and, living or dead, are exhibited to popular indignation as enemies and traitors to their country. It was, therefore, as a party to the union—as one who approved and aided its accomplishment, nearly fifty years ago—that the Earl of Limerick's funeral procession was assailed by a mob, and his remains treated with indignity. It was a demonstration of patriotism—a practical declaration of the Irish people in favour of repeal. We designate the proceeding as an act of savageism, which every Irishman, who has any respect for his country's name will condemn and denounce. Such acts necessarily tend to weaken the sympathies of Englishmen for the inhabitants of a country in which they are perpetrated, and thus to discourage the efforts of those who pity, and would aid them ; and to retard the progress of the practical measures by which their real calamities would be removed. STANDARD.—GeneraI Napier has incurred the displeasure of the Times by defending its designed victim, Lord Ellenborough, in one of the most in teresting and eloquent books of our day the " History of the War in Sinde ;" and the Times indulges its resentment against the gallant officer this morning in an attack upon, disguised under the form of a defence of, the obsolete and grotesque and most mischievous privilege claimed by the Channel Islands, the privilege namely of retaining the laws and practices of the twelfth century, and of not having the benefit of English laws. The attack upon Gene ral Napier, charges him with having exercised his lawful authority, in an "offensive, impelitic, and dis courteous manner." To support this charge not one word of proof is offered, or can be offered—the Gene ral pardoned a prisoner, and when the lawful autho rities refused to respect the act of grace, sent a mili tary party to release him. In this he did precisely what it was his duty to do. The pardan is a separate question. Properly or improperly pardoned, the man, once he received his pardon, was de jure a free man. His imprisonment for a single minute was illegal, and it was the Lieutenant-Governor's duty to protect a fellow-subject from an imprisonment, of the illegality of which he had judicial knowledge by all the means at his command. The offensiveness, the impolicy, the uncourteousness was all on the side of those who began the use of forcible measures to re sist the Queen's prerogative of mercy. The Times is obliged to give up the judicial proceedings of the Channel Islands as incurably corrupt, while it affects to maintain the integrity and fitness of the constitu tion under which the judicial system has been cor rupted; this, we submit, is nonsense. Were not the Legislature personally identical with the courts of law as to a great extent it is, the Legislature that allows the growth of a corrupted administration of justice is not worthy of trust. • It is, says the Times, like an old corporation. It is a greal deal worse than an old corporation, for they never oppressed any one, or resisted the royal authority when exercised for the protection of the people. But grant it only as bad as the old corporations. Their charters did not protect them, though many of them older and more explicit, and derived from a clearer authority than the Channel Islands' charters can plead. The strangest of the Times' arguments, however, is that the victims of oppression in the Channel Islands are " aliens,' fugitive Englishmen, or persons ac cidentally connected with the island." The facts are not so ; but what if they were? they would not much redound to the honour of these hospitable islands. We trust that the matter will not rest where it is—we h o p e th a t th e case w ill come under the cognisance of Parliament, and then it will be seen whether E ng li s h men ore t h e on l y vic tims of oppression—whether " the poor sufferer," as Sir Robert Peel once called her—the Exchequer— has not reason to complain. INHUMATION OF THE REMAINS OF WEBER.—The final inhumation of the remains of Weber, the composer, took place at Dresden on the night of the 14th inst., with great solemnity. The body was brought from Magda burgh by the railroad, and deposited in one of the great rooms of the station. Thence, at eight o'clock, it was carried across the Elbe in a barge hung with black, and ornamented with musical trophies. On landing, it was received by a guard of honour, composed of 500 infantry, forming a semi -circle, within which it was placed, and attended by all the musicians of the Royal Chapel and the two theatres of Dresden, with about 300 other artists and dilettanti, each carrying a long wax taper 'and a crown of laurels. Many came from Berlin, Leipsic, and Munich. About 400 instruments and voices executed a hymn written for the occasion by Dr. Reissiger, and composed by M. Wegener. This being finished, the procession moved to the Catholic chapel attached to the grand cemetery, in which the im posing funeral service was performed. At the termination of the service the remains were taken from the catafalque, and deposited in a grave prepared by the side of those of the deceased's son. When the grave,. was filled up, all the mourners threw their wreaths of laurel upon it. The whole of the procession and other cerenoonies were per formed by the light of innuaierable torches, and the windows of the houses in the streets through which the cortege passed were illuminated. In the evening of the 15th, Freyschutz and the funeral hymn were performed at the theatre. LAIABETIIEXTENSION RAILWAY.—Several of the inhabitants of Lambeth are about to call a public meet ing, to consider of the best means of succe tisfully op posing the proposed extension of the London :Ind Scuth- Westera Railway, at Nine Elms, to the brieiges. The dissentients to the proposed extension are, httowever, few in number, the general feeling being in fr h your of th,® scheme, LANA ANL Dividend _ per 4hnum. per cent. 41. 22L Jbl. 44 105. pot cent. 4t. 401. .15/. IL se. al ITs. Bd. 1.100. 944 104 17s. 6d. 101 6 percent. 98 201. IL las. 154 11. 105. PAIOES OF SHARES ,LS, RAILWAY b, BANKS, ASSURANCE ) OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 27. Amount of Share. 100 • 0 Stock Stock 147 9 0 Stock 50 - 0 0 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 100 • 0 70 10 3 500 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 1000 0 0 20 0 0 2000 20 0 0 Stock 100 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 Stock 100 0 0 100 0 0 You 0 0 40 It 14 50 0 i. 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 50 0 0 2.511 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 I 26 0 0 50 0 0 25 I 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 6 30 100 0 0 63 11 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 5i 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 • 0 20 0 • 20 • • 50 0 • 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 32 0 • 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 • 0 100 0 0 0 ft 6 20 0 0 50 0 U 50 0 I 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 1511 0 0 3500 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 20 0 0 .10 0 0 55 0 0 20 • 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 GO 0 0 25 0 • bole 2.5 0 0 4000 X & iL 41 13 4 I 'lOO 0 0 100 0 0 All Paid Loo 00 2 a 0 33 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 7 10 0 6 0 45 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 Is I 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 S I 0 14 10 0 100 0 U 25 • Ibo • 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 6 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 8 20 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 0 'l5O e 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 2 10 • 75 0 0 - 100 0 0 100 0 25 0 -- 100 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 too o 1 90 I o 50 0 0 95 10 0 100 0 0 9YIO 0 15 0 4 , 14 0 5 4 0 110 0 o's 0 0 10 0 • 3 0 0 10 • C 7 U 0 - 175 0 4 25 0 0 50 - 0 0 50 • 0 100 0 0 100 25 0 • 20 be 0 0 50 20 0 0 20 O 0 0 • O 0 • 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 4 0 raid. ,Price. 1 100 b 0 13% 66% 6 6!4 .217 tse if,m6 80% Yti 70 213 51 , 4 12% 21,6 '1734 I:i2 20 6 4 34 ie A 4 4% 118 " ri ! 4 'pm b 4'4 40% 37)6 10s% 31 sii 4 'ANTES' PRICES. 18; j2:3145. 50 Assurances. 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(per cent. !pet: cent. , el. 6d. per cent. 'l9a. 12 in. & be. 1/. st. 6 per cent. per cent. 5 per cent. per cent. 11. U. 5 per cent. per cent. 11. 4s. 5 per cent. ICA per cent 51 percent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. fiper cent. per cent, per cent. A per cent. $ per cent. .1. per share Ss. per share 10 per cent. per cent. 164. IL ss. 11. 7s. 5/. and bs. 1 41. .And be. per cent. went. 101. s/ per eh Zs per .h 21. A per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent t per cent. 134 per cent. SI. 41.101. 21. 19s. 21. 10s. tper cent. 4/. Itis. 11. 14s. 2/. 13a. p. sh. 3'. $l. S per cent. era. per ah. SI. 5a per sh SO per cent 3 1 i per cent. 71. Os, per eh 4341. per sh. 12s. per Eh. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. i%l. per sh 101. per sh. 11. 14s. 21. per share .3s 4KI per gh W. 17s. pr et 1131 per sk 11. 11. 50. 15s. it. ii; IN. /5 per cent. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. ... L 11. 31. 'a. 6d. I. 10s. rper cent, giOs. per sh. 1/. 101. perch. Names of Com panies. Dann's. As.. and Oldham... Ashby.de.la-Zotich av Basingstoke Brecknock & Ahergay. Birmingham,l.lfithsh. Do. and Liverp. June. Chelmer & Blackvrater Coventry ..... Crom ford Dudley Danube and Mayne.... Ellesmere and Chester Forth and C1ye1e......... Grand Juncti0n......... Grand Union Grand Surrey Grand Western Glamorgansh., ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham Huddersfield .... .....av Kennet Lad Avon ...av Lancaster .......„.....av Leeds and Liverpool Leicester Leicester Sr Northamp Loughborough ........av Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire." Melton Mowbray Mersey and IrwelL Macclesfield Reath .." ....... Oxford Peak F0re5t............av Regent's (or London).. Rochdale.. 1.• Shropshire .........-...... Somerset Da. Lock Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester Shrewsbury Stourbridge Stratford-on.Avon...av Swansea 00. •••• Severn & Wye & Rail. Trent & Mersey, ti sh. Thames & Medway..av Warwick and Birming. Warwick and Napton... Worcester & Earning. Wilts and Berks......av Wisbcach ..... ...... Wey and Arun....... Docks. Commercial East and West India London Ditto Bonds Bristol av Do./Inds, var. amounts St. Katharine . Ditto ....... Ditto Bonds Southampton Bridges Hammersmith Southwark, new Subs Ditto New of 7)4 pr c Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. 'KU, Ditto New ditto .171 Ditto 80nd5....... ..... Vauxhall. AV U. 48. U. 15s. tper cent. 5 per cent. andl be. Eper cent. Iper cent. .4 per cent f, per cent IST op I!! per cent. 6 per cent, .8 per cent. 6 per cent 7i per cent. _ . 6 per cent. ipor cent. 16 per cent. 7per cent. D per cent. bper cent. Oper cent. :per cent. 5 per cent. per cent. per cent, .—On Christ- INDIGENT BLIND VISITING SOCIETY mas-day 100 of the most necessitous blind on the books of this charity, together with their families, had tickets for meat and bread, varying from 21b. to 41b. each, pro vided them at their own dwellings by the Society. We are glad to learn this, as it shows the Committee care for the boslies ga well as the souls of their poor blind. MARKET IN TELLI GEN CB., "5' Ics 81g 63 10134 21% 1 3 6 20 /1! 24 120 6% 53. 400 IL - 1U av% leo 27.5 t 454 N 15N 45% 10 16% 37 ITh i 25 27 1 ., 1.% , A l O . l COAL MARKET. vow - Prices per ton at the close of the market West Hartley, 29s ; Carr's Hartley, 27$+, ,folt ll 4 Main, 31s 6d ; Morrison's Hartley, 24s 6d ; 25 s ; Ord's Redheugh, 25s ; South Pontops 2J 'lti 6 " Wylam, 25s ; Wylatn, 25s ; W. E., Steivare ti, W. E., Tees, 30s.—Ships arrived, 2. sl BIRTHS. On Thursday morning, the 26th inst., at b'r r esi ` l s;; ltlei Heaton, of a daughter still-born, the wife of 5 / I . 4 o cie t ' ' 'of W. Burgess, Secretary to the Lansdown Statistical the 'toy On the 21st inst., at Clifden-park, Hampshire , th e R. E. Chapman, Esq., f a son and heir. On the 23d inst., at o Ince Blundell Hall, Lap c°ll.l. lady , of T. W. Blundell, of a son and heir. to tre e4 On the 24th inst., Mr. William Ridge, of Cf °s Islington, o f a d aug hter. f: 4 On the 25th inst., at Lincoln, the lady of F. (late Captain 1 1th Hussars), of twins, a son and dstilef , On the 26th inst., at Brighton, Mrs. C. P. i Westbourne-terrace, Hyde Park-gardens, of a son . il ocee' On the 26th inst., in Harley-street, airs. IlenrY " of a son, still-born. On the 27th inst., in the Strand, Mrs. Charles daughter. On the 19th inst., in lif th il e ß C ß at l h E ed D ra . l Church, Sa lisbur ffe " J. Phillimore, Esq., D.C.L., to Charlotte Anne, Y.„`,?„ ll t v. , daughter of the late John Denison, Esq., Ossing ton, ' On the 26th inst., at St. George's Church, lianu o vf m rr ico , t`' Mr.. William Hurry, jun., of Ranelagh-street , Diana Jane Taylor, of George-street, Portman-squar DIED. clie On the 4th inst., Mary Ann, the wife of Mr. Thonos' 'il l of Tibberton-s qLare , I s li n gton. ° i . lf ' On the 14th inst., at Rose-hill, near Oxford , tu . 13• P` ' of Major and M rs . M a h on , o f Strokestown House' common, aged 13. of tLI late Mr. Thomas Wood, of Portu 1 On the 19th inst., Mr. Henry M. Wood, second o n Itif r ga -street, fields. I ,' ei ti r On the 20th inst., Mr. Thomas Townes, of Manc' - street, Gray's Inn. road. - g ig °l. On the 21st inst., Mr. J. Jeffer, of College-green' ' I. 0%•• t On the 22d inst., Mr. llenr Coleman, late f 1i01100.,e y 0 0 11 On the 23d • inst., at Camberwell, Emma HiscoX' ~ John Tanner, Esq., aged 84. dAti / On the 23d inst., in Windsor-terrace, Clifton, Bill r Y' ter of the late Captain Young, R.N., aged 65. Lincoln'9 4`": London: Printed and Published by AIURDO y 0V 11,7 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , f,tr Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in t he t, '" Middlesex, Saturday, December 28, 1844. (From the London New Price Current of Dee. 2S ; ) e The Produce markets having been closed since Fieus;,. we have few transactions to report, and our remark! / e 0 necessarily brief. On Wednesday, however, 111111 ,4 will be resumed ; at present few auctions are deehecio, The arrivals have increased from all parts since this e l week. In the early part of the new year, a Ise te rl increase in the demand fir Produce for home e ees°„, :ie Lion it is expected will take place, stocks in secon d hs, being small, and less than at this period in 1e43. be e SUGAR.-The West India Sugar market hits el oe closed all the week ; but business will be resillwr"-e. Wednesday, when 100 hhds of Barbadoes will be so mitted to public competition. a ik . REFINED Sugar is wanted by the home trade, s n eo d supply at. market being small, prices have an n i l " e ecl tendency ; several purchases made by the towa ump s country trade upon the following terms :-Brown 6e, at 72s to 72s 6d, standard lumps 73s to 7 „ 3 , to Tittlers low to mid 72s to 73s 6d, good a e '; to 755, fine 76s to 83s, Hemburgh loaves 7 ' 7 e• els, double ditto 82s to 90s, and wet lumps 70 5 to per cwt. Refined is cheap in proportion to raw 51/ 4 n 1 t there is a difference in the value of fine yellow ' India and standard lumps of only 5s per cwt. te ee MAURITIUB.-By private c.intract some parcels l,e; been disposed of at firm rates ; the quantity 5t 111 , eye at present is small, but ere long it will be increincrea ses 'ee vessels having arrived with 21.749 bags and 420 spy's The stock exceeds that of last year by 9,371 bag te iti quote good and fine yellow 59s to 665, mid and gow: 4s $l.l 55s to 58s, low 53s to 545, good and fine lemma 525, and inferior 44s to 48s per cwt. o ld EAST INDIA.-Bengal is wanted, and the rilti n LV by private contract are rather above those of th e l s auctions for white and yellow ; brown has susta in. ' t oss former currency. We quote the white Os ° eli te good middling and good 63s 6d to 65s 6d, tniddlig 68s, common 513 s to 60s ; brown, low to middling 41 555 , 455, good and fine 46s to 495, low yellow 5 04 , t x a s ,to middling 54s to 575, good middling and glee° ', e els 635, and fine 64s to 70s per cwt. Several P . ' te et have arrived since this day week, and the 4 , 01 shows an increase over that of last yesr e t ' t er' bags . Holders of Foreign free-laour Suga r ths tam a favourable opinibn towards it, and supelbee market sparingly. There are several p ur chasers ° . eto nilla rather under former rates, but holders re fs 19 5 sell thereat, check business ; good yellow w c ' ri to 19s Gd per cwt. Java cannot be purchased bugs( rates. There are, however, not many buyers at 1 The stock is a small one. o sires s FOREIGN.-Holders of all descriptions still gire firmness, and supply the market sparingly. In bl e ier' nah there has been little business transacted, isu t i f oof chants will not sell excepting at very full rates ; 1 , e of would take rather lower prices, it would be the eau, ere several parcels of yellow finding purchasers. Tb et es tes not many orders for Brazil at present, but preei o ? l ,, re ge are fully supported; there are buyers of white an d rather under former quotations. Id° • COFFEE.-For the mid descriptions of West several inquiries have existed, and the supply (PO small, former rates are fully supported. Holde rs ° r e p el/ India show firmness, and the market has been siteee supplied with all descriptions. Previous rates are 4 'od ported for Ceylon, and a fair business has been tonio by private contract in good ordinary at 52s to 5 25 ne e cwt. In Plantation kinds the operations are ;reef' more extended scale at former terms. There ti r * Vhe chasers of Mocha rather under former rides' Ott, stack is 1,017 bales more than it was last season. isa kinds of East India are not offered upon lower ter u ' l4 there is nothi ND ng pressing for sale. g eS I RUM, BRAY, AND HOLLANDS.-An increa-ea e d ve • has been shown to purchase Leeward Islan d holders are firm, and at 2s 3d to 2s 3e -d per ell °ll t age a good business has been transacted. In Ustea t to operations are upon a more extended. settle st_, 2 „ l a te s 2s 21d, proof with certificate. In Demerara ss''''grea fair extent have been made at 3s to 3s 3d for descriptions. The market for Jamaica is, howeleeee 44 very dull state. For Leeward Island Ramerie el - iths l to 6d, end for Jamaica 9d to Is per gall aboveth oee° sod time. The Brandy market has a firm appear s t s l ;loe l " there has been a good deal doing in all defie"e f the Prices rule as follows, viz., Cognac, best brands ° t oe vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 2d, puns ss; dit t° kibd i hhds 4s 11d, puns 45 9d ; ditto 184 0 s l ei/ 4s 11d, puns 4s 9d; ditto 1841, blid . 4tiee 44; puns 4s 8d ; ditto 1842, hhds 4s 7d, Pan . ed to ditto, 1843, hhds 45 sd, puns 4s 3d, common ( 2 )c l i; Boy' 2s 11d, and middling to good middling 35 to 35 _ l e en eve i 4 deaux common 2s ed to 2s 8d per gallon. 6 t fer wanted shipping at ls 9d to ls 10d, a nd fin e pos esS duty is worth 2s 4d to 3s 6d per gallon. Tka , ed Pe r is still very firm for English Corn Spirits a t 10 gallon, cash ; the supply is still small. den t ' r TEA.-The trade are still turning their ette n s f ed wards black and green Tea. There has bee n „e 0 0 , good demand for Congou of all descriptions; settee advanced rates previously established are fully tiitr-geoa -common has been fetching lON to lid, ; L 1 . 0 v 01 1 013 , common lied to Is per lb. In the sorts worth Isouebene to is 2d a favourable business has been done. pt 6d t° has met with ready purchasers, and pr i ce s are 1.41. i fi firo llll I od, and superior at lldto ls 2(1 per lb. Trig ak t f ou , price, and in excellent request ; common hs3 pure g has t se ing is 3d to Is 31d. In Hyson several pti- r c iting p , been made at firm rates-common has be en 1„e tope 2s 6d to 2s 7d, middling to good 2s sd to 3s, it stay rior as 2d to 4s Gd per lb. Other kinds of Tea L" ' tain the former value, and are wanted. 11 a RICE.-The market is still scantily sup Bengal: it is much wanted and buyers are coUlre' pay stiff rates, low white fetching lie to lit 3d , - 6 ,1, tiling lls 6d to lls 9d, and good to fine 12s to 1' 2 , 5 ,1a the sorts most in request are those from 11s to tics per cwt ; none has again been offered et 1 11 ; c 1r0 and the stock is still diminishing ; yellow 6il per has been taken readily at 8s 3d to S e s s urPlf cwt, which holders are firm, and :repass are has become small. The better kinds of w lr ' e e e lue ; b tlt , not much wanted, and 103 6cl to 12s t he at 66 e yellow and inferior white kinds are in demt hoe beets- los per cwt. Of cleaned Rice several parcels and coo' disposed of at firm rates, Patna at 14s to 1 55, lina 238 to 27s per cw t. se SPICES.-Holders of black Pepper sheet' firl3'n* de; there is a less quantity off e ring for sale, but it ; g 91 0 mend has existed ; Sumatra is 2-eel to 21-d, Piaen LAC to 2ed, and Mal a bar 2id to 3id per lb. Ce te ,. goo: at 566 to 60s for low mid and mid, 615 to 6 25 Or 1c mid, 63s to 6Gs for good and fine, aucl's2s to 53 h s e o ppli to fine ord. For Pimesto prices are going 11 P' ut st being very small. Nutmegs are in fair demo n rates. Mace is still dull of safe. rrs tl;l ' FRUIT.-The market is in a quiet state for C. II O F rei° but there is no desire on the part of merchants . I _ o bee ° sales, the stock not being a largo one. Raisin s , taken sparingly at the former currency. Ea s t 11, 1 1 INDIGO.-The low rates that prevail for o de are still attracting attention; this is not to be w 0 1 los at they being from 6d to is per lb under th° se n ,rtie:i season, and this in the face of an increased coil se er t o and an abundant supply of money. In B ea g a lle d le purchases have been made, but holders are coelPe rly . e submit to a reduction on the rates of last euer e idie s ' s of 3d to 4d p e r lb. Oth e r d esc riptions of Efts' o f 19 " small parcels are selling rather under the r ste, - October sale. i re Ohl/ SALTPETRE.-Rough is wanted, and prices weede supported, but the market is scantily supplied' ea, po private contract have been made at 24s to 205 0' fine at 27s to 27s 6d per cwt. r oe • OILS.-This has been a quiet week for co ra 00' 1 1 scriptions of Fish Oils, but in prices little 1. 0 ,1 5 1 has taken place ; pale Seal is 331 10s to 344 al'i,,ef 011. to 31/10s per tun. Sperm, fine British 87 1 to 89* re, erfi s Linseed at 23s 6d to 24s per cwt. The mar ke s:lo for Rape, and the demand is on the increase ; 6,1 the spot made at 34s to 34s 6d for pale, and a t 311feelti 348 per cwt for brown. Palm has been take s is (I ` tion, fine is worth only 25s per cwt. Cocos se, e ll e is se e of ash? at 24s to 27s for low to fine. Olive ue' re fee offered at any further decline in prices, but We not many purchasers. be le Teueow.-Purchases to a fair exeent bs,Yeee e ,• made in Russian Tallow on the spot, and P r 'oa firm ; merchants are not inclined to press sales , ce sel'i obtaining 40s 3d to 40s 6d per cwt for fine P. "f* be Ol t but for for wa rd delivery few purchasers are t ° „ e oes ,e c with. Town Tallow has declined in valu e "los quence of the large supply ; but at 40s 6d t° e tese" cwt nett cash there has been a very goo d but tb Other kinds of Tallow are unaltered in value, supply good. a r , lila Pric or 6 Ti kti t , ittle trazia elder PAID Vii i tdin grew N o Av to, Toed 4e the, tr„ tip I. 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