The Sun. — London, England, 1839-01-23 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JoURN A.I.S. The " Flag Officer," and we make bold to believe, the Times Journal, which at humble distance has from time to time followed in his footsteps, have dune the State some service within the last two months. They have brought about a pretty general overhaul of the Navy in most of its branches. They have got Lord Minto stared at for the impudence—Captain Berkeley laughed at for the folly, of his boastings with regard to ships, men, and ge neral preparation for war. Further, they have prepared the public mind to distrust, without full examination, the facts and assurances of that grave authority Sir John Bar row, both of which have been pronounced by him with a degree of peremptory confidence exceeded only by that of his costly predictions on the subject of the North-West Passage. The sneers of Sir John Barrow at all who have ventured to impugn the wisdom and excellence of Lord Minto's Administration are not by any means the least unsuccessful portions of an attempt which, as a whole, can hardly be said to have succeeded. He qualifies Captain Craufurd as a young, presumptu ous, and somewhat blameworthy " commander," because he had trusted his own senses and personal expe rience in forming his opinion of the Russian Baltic fleet. Sir John Barrow would have had Captain Craufurd " draw the attention of the department under which he holds his commission" (that is, the attention of Lord Minto and the two secretaries, or one of them) " to any remarks he had to communicate." What then? What would the gallant of ficer have got by it for himself, or done by it for his country ? Why, it appears that he would have only been taught, by virtue of some official reprimand, the vast extent of his own " ignorance, both as to the reduced state of the British Navy, and the increased state of the Russian." In other words, Captain Craufurd would have had the salutary lesson, impressed upon him by order of " my Lords," that a naval officer must on no account presume to trust his own eyes, or ears, or observation, or conviction, upon any one professional fact regarding subjects to which his whole life has been devoted, but must be satisfied to have all the useful results of his own science and activity cushioned for ever by the pedagogue mandate—" Silence, you Sir, or I'll put you on the black list and stop your promotion." So with regard to . the" Flag Officer." It is more than once, in a tone affectedly contemptuous, doubted whether the pamphlet which has " drawn so much atten tion," and thereby, with or without the concurrence of Lord Minto, accomplished so much practical good, was " really" written by a flag officer, or only by some imper tinent pretender, who knew no more of the British Navy than (to all purposes save that of patronage) the present First Lord himself. Now, on this point we give the country our word that the little but valuable pamphlet in question is actually what it proclaims itself—the work of a British flag-officer, and that its appearance as an anonymous production is owing to considerations in which self-interest has no concern. But is the answer of the Secretary to the Admiralty, able and respectable as we admit him to be, a satisfactory refutation of some of the most important statements brought forward by the " Flag Officer." What do we hear of the Russian fleet from this Manifesto of of Lord Minto ? Does he tell us that there is no fleet of Russian men-of-war in the Baltic ? or that, being there, they are not half-armed or half-manned, or ready for fight ing, or in condition for active service, or in any respect better than so many Mintaridden English seventy-fours would be, sent as they are to sea, just fit for troop-ships, but ironically described as " men•of-war I" Not at all. Sir John Barrow, even if ordered to tell falsehoods officially under a warrant from my Lords, could never, we are sure, prevail upon himself to " go the whole hog" in a manner so disgraceful. He accordingly avows no small quantity of truth touching this same Russian Navy. He tells us in deed—and it is extremely comfortable to be assured of it from so high a source—that Russian ships are not so well built, nor of such strong materials, as the British ; that they are, on the contrary, very perishable, seldom lasting more than 7 years, so that after makinc , one successful descent upon the British Islands, they probably would not be able to repeat it during more than five or six consecutive summers at most ! This is, as we have said, consoling. At the same time, Sir John Barrow admits that there is, or was until the frost set in, a Russian fleet in the Baltic of upwards of twenty sail-or-the-line, with a number of heavy frigates, completely (and more than completely) manned, formidably armed, regularly exercised and manoeuvred, with four months' provisions always on board. Now, we do not think that either Captain Craufurd or the " Flag Officer" affirmed anything beyond such facts as these, or more justly alarming to Great Britain. Indeed, Sir John adds, with much apparent frankness, that it is " the warlike indica tions" on the part of Russia, her constant preparation and readiness for immediate action, which ought to keep England at all times " on her guard against sur prise." Let us ask, then, on the showing of the Secre tary of the Admiralty, in what state of preparation " against surprise" was England placed by the Minto Board of Admiralty during the last spring, and summer, and autumn, when so many critical and angry questions were at issue between this country and the Autocrat ? What number and force of teen-of-war had this country at her disposal against a sudden attack from Russia upon any portion of the United Kingdom, from Leith, by theThatnes, to Portsmouth, Plymouth ! We say, deliberately, not one single ship of the line, but three guardships. Two demonstration-ships, viz., the Victory and San Josef, are neither armed nor manned, nor if they had been both, sea-worthy, for both are old and rotten, as is described by the letter on the Navy in this day's Times, from the pen of a highly distinguished officer. The Howe, at Sheer ness, has not men enough to weigh her anchor. The Bri tannia, at Portsmouth, the same—the Royal Adelaide, at Plymouth, ditto. Neither Sheerness Dockyard, with the ships in ordinary up the Medway, nor Portsmouth Dockyard and garrison, with its invaluable works and manifold naval establishments, nor Plymouth Dockyard and garrison, could for the last four years have stood two hours' can nonade or storm by five thousand Russians. 'We say so now, because the Baltic is frozen up ; and the Ministry, wretched as they are, may turn the terrors with which such a recollection ought to inspire them to account, and early in the spring have these bulwarks of the empire in a decent state of defence. We have now a charge of something like misrepresentation so bring against Sir John Barrow while enumerating the classes of our Navy. But it no doubt proceeds from the ignorance of that highly-respectable gen tleman, he being what is vulgarly called a " civilian." lie boasts of our having forty-two heavy frigates of forty six guns, " carrying 32-pounders." Now, every child in Portsmouth knows that these are the old (we may well call them obsolete) class of eight-and-thirties, after wards denominated forty sixes, which never carried more than 18-pounders oc the main deck, and carronades above. Moreover, that they were quite heavily enough accoutred, pot to say distressed, by that inferior armament. What, then, is the meaning of their being now promoted into " heavy frigates" carrying 32-pounders ? Why, the Ad miralty has resorted to the desperate expedient of re• boring the old 24 (and in some cases 18) pounders, widen ing their calibre to that of two-and-thirties, but weakening the metal in the same proportion, whereby the gun is of worse than questionable safety, and exposed to the immi nent danger of bursting if loaded with the regular 32- pounder charge, or fired often and rapidly in a continued action. This very class of frigates was complained of by the " Flag Officer" as unfit for the service to be required of them ; and here we have the Secrc tary to the Admiralty gravely exalting them to the rank of " heavy frigates." This sort of patchwork will not do.—Times. We yesterday inserted a r• port of the proceedings at a meeting of the Coffee-house-keepers' Association, held on Monday evening. The resolutions which were unani mously adopted at this meeting, in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laws, cannot fail to excite great interest at the present moment. The example which the Coffee-house keepers have set as a body or society, will, we doubt not, be followed by other bodies or sccieties, not only in the me tropolis, but throughout the country. And this, let us re mark, by the way, is the most effective course which could be adopted in agitating for the repeal of the bread tax. It is not enough that a certain number of petitions, nume rously signed, should be presented to the Legislature, pray ing for the extinction of the corn monopoly ; petitions must be poured in in thousands, even though some of them should not boast of so large a number of signatures ; for the extent to which the feeling in favour of or against any measure is usually measured by the number of petitions presented on the subject, and not by the mere number of signatures adhibited to the parchment. It is only when petitions proceed from all parts of the country, and from all classes of men, that our Legislators can be persuaded that th ere is a general feeling in favour of or against any particular measure. Wherever, therefore, there are Soci eties of individuals who feel the pressure of the Corn-laws ---and what Society of working men is there that does not groan under their burden ?—we would earnestly beseech such Society to follow, without delay, the excellent ex ample set them by the Coffee-house-keepers, in adopting resolutions and signing petitions for the purpose of crushing this most iniquitous monopoly. Some of the facts which were stated to the meeting to which we have referred place the injustice and oppression of the bread-tax in a most striking light. A Mr. Hare, the keep er o f a co ff ee -h ouse , men tioned that even in his: small way of business the Corn-laws were deducting from his income not less than 441. per annum. Why, the bare fact of these laws pressing so severely on any industrious class of the community ought of itself to procure their repeal. But when it is considered that the pressure of the bread-tax is so great in the case of tile" bard-working classes throughout the country as t o compel thousands of families, at this moment, to live upon oiM loaf a day, when they might have, and would require, ono"and a half, the argument for the extinction of the corn monopoly acquires a force which the Legislature, one would think, will not and cannot resist. Mr. Forbes ; the Secre tars to the Coffee-hon,,,a,"ert' So , ietv. very justly , th re t -I,,r;.eu at e meeting, that " TiOt to be e:.pee.r,i that a body of hard-working tradesmen could enter into the minutiae of the manner in which the Corn-laws operated upon all the great interests of the country ; but," added Mr. Forbes, " they (the Coffee-house-keepers) were perfectly aware that they pressed very heavily upon them, their customers, and the community at large." Mr. Forbes then went on to contend that to feel the pressure of these imposts was of itself sufficient to justify the most strenuous exertions for their total repeal. This is the common-sense view of the question. It is by no means ne cessary that before a man complains of a grievance and seeks to get rid of it he should be able to understand the minutiae of the manner of its operation ; it is enough for him to know that a certain effect is produced by a certain cause, to justify his most strenuous efforts for the removal of that cause. And it is enough for the industrious por tions of the community to know that the Corn-laws are now nearly doubling the price of their bread, without troubling themselves about the subtleties of the question, to warrant their having recourse to every means which the law allows to procure the immediate and total repeal of these odious imposts.— Morning Advertiser. In our columns to-day will be found a copy of a Memo rial presented yesterday to the Lords of the Treasury by that respectable, intelligent, and influential body of pro fessional men, the Solicitors of London and its vicinity, deprecating the project which the Government have had some time in view, for so modifying the arrangements of the Post-office, as to make them conducive to the desecra tion of the Sabbath in the metropolis of this Christian empire. Our readers are aware of the early and uncom promising opposition which we have given to this Sab bath-desecration project in every shape and form. It would be an idle affectation of humility in us to deny that our timely efforts contributed to elicit from tl,e Government a disclaimer of the more comprehensive plan of Sunday traffic through the instrumentality of the Post office, originally contemplated. But though compelled to abandon, for a season, at least, the grander scheme of a Sunday delivery of letters in the metropolis, the " little go " of a transmission of country letters through London on that day was kept in reserve. They hoped, if they could once but make a beginning in relaxing the Sunday regulations of the Post-office, all the rest would follow in time as a matter of course, the public mind being gradually familiarised to one little additional innovation after another, until all the wheels of Post-office machinery should have been put in motion, and every postman, every clerk, every merchant, every professional man—in short, every person in the metropolis, who has to receive and answer letters of business, might exclaim— " Even Sunday shines no Sabbath-day to me." The London solicitors look at the subject in this light, when they say to the Lords of the Treasury, " Your me morialists deprecate even such an alteration as the trans mission of letters through London on that day, and they are convinced that if such a step were to be taken, the re sult would be, in the first instance, the receiving and deli vering of letters at the head offices, for such as might send or call for them ; and ultimately, the opening of the Post-office on that day for every other purpose. That any such innovation, by throwing profes sional responsibility on your memorialists on that day, would be a means of rendering the due observance of that day by them, their clerks, and dependants, most difficult, and of depriving them of the rest to which they are entitled on that day." Surely, if we only looked at the Sabbath in a secular point of view, we should consider the setting apart one day out of the seven for the purpose of rest from the business—the responsibilities and the cares of active life, as an institution of profound civil wisdom, and its observance a duty both of public policy and humanity. To the indus trious poor what a source of refreshment is a well spent Sabbath from the severity of weekly toil, and what a means of repairing that bodily strength which unceasing drudgery would prematurely exhaust, and of enjoying the domestic comfort which on no other day can be so well enjoyed, and by thousands not at all. Let us, then, upon every view of the question, religious, political, and philanthropic, join in the application of the memorialists, and say with them " We pray that the cessation from business which has hitherto existed in the London Post-office on the Sabbath may continue to be observed."—Morning Herald. The apprehensions now felt by the public foi the safety of our Indian empire in the present complicated and hostile state of its relations with several of the native Powers will not be abated by a knowledge of the fact, which we confi dently assert, that the impendin g hostilities with the reigning Prince of Caboul are regarded both by the Court of Direc tors and the Board of Control as impolitic and dangerous. We aver, and challenge contradiction to our allegation, that express instructions were sent out some time ago to Lord Auckland to alter his course of policy with respect to the north-western States of India. But the British Minis ters were too tardy in issuing their instructions, or the Oriental Satrap too haughty and self-willed to obey them. Morning Post. MONEY AND CITY NEWS. (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.) TIMES.-By the advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 438 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 1 and the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13. si, it follows that gold is 2. 78 per cent. dearer at Hamburg than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 8 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10.4 d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 35, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25. 15, it follows that gold is 0.80 per cent. dearer at Paris than in London. The shipping interest has not been in so flourishing a state since the war as it is at present, owing almost entirely to the efforts made to fetch corn from all parts of Europe. Freights have risen enormously, and this trade yields so much bet ter a return than any other, that the ordinary operations of commerce are seriously impeded. Gold is going out to a considerable extent, and is said to be much in demand in the north of Europe, in Russia particularly, independently of the corn payments. This has become in itself a lucrative trade, the expense of sending gold to Hamburg not being more than a per cent, while the difference in value between the two places, as shown by the calculation above, is rather more than 2i per cent. An advance has been made at the Bank in the price of bar geld, which is now 3/. 18s. 2d. the ounce, which will necessarily cause the preference to be given to sovereigns or ccin in the exportation of the precious metal. The foreign exchanges, in consequence of the very exten sive exportations of bullion, were rather firmer this afternoon. Paris, short, was quoted 25. 27i to 321 ; Amsterdam, short, 12. to 2; Hamburg, 13. 84 to i. The funds wore a better appearance to-day, and Consols improved to 92} to for Money and Account. Some uneasi ness prevails in the market, however, in consequence of the late advance in the price of gold at the Bank. This makes a total rise of sd. in less than three months, the price marked up to the 6th of November last being 3/. 17s. 9d. ; rallied on the 13th of November to 31. 17s. 10id. ; and now, as before stated, to 3/. 18s. 2d. Considerable exportations of gold continue to take place through other channels than the Cus tom-house, and one eminent firm took yesterday from 80,000 to 100,000 sovereigns for export to the Continent. Bank Stock was 2021 to 3; India Stock, in which no transactions took place, was nominally 256 to 7 ; Exchequer Bills, 665. to 68s. ; India Bonds, 635. to 655. premium. CH RONICLE.—Tho Censol Market has rallied from the depression:it underwent yesterday, and the transactions in it have been rather considerable. At the close of business they left off firm at 92i to 1 for money, and 922 to for the ac count. Exchequer Bills were 66 to 6S prem. ; Bank Stock, 2021 to 203 ; and India Stock, 2.56 to 257. There is nothing particular to notice in the Foreign Funds, but they were, on the whole, also much firmer, and there ap pears to be a greater disposition to deal in them. Spanish Active Bonds closed at 181 to Portuguese Five per Cents., 351 to 4 ; Ditto Three pur Cents., 221 to if ; Dutch Five per Cents., 1021 to ; ditto Two-and-a- Half per Cents , 542 to Belgian, 981 to 994 ; Brazilian, 771 to 78 ; Co lombian, 281 to 4; Mexican, 24 to k; and Peruvian 17 to 18. There has been scarcely any business done in the Share Market. London and Birmingham were 77 to 79 prem. ; ditto (new), 24 to 25 prem. ; Southampton, 42 to 43 per share ; Great Western, 11k to 12f prem. ; Leeds and Man chester, 19 to 21 prem. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 1 to 4 prem. ; Brighton, 32 to 1 dis. ; Blackwall, VI to k die. ; Greenwich, 162 to 17 per share ; and Birmingham and Derby, 10 to 8 dis. In the American securities there is no alteration to notice, with the exception of the United States Bank, which have been done at 251. There was but little inquiry for bills to-day, except on Paris, the rates of which are ag a i n co nsequent l y l ower . There is an impression that the Bank ar e d e t erm i ne d to se ll n o more gold bars, which has tended also to keep the rates on Paris low. On Paris, sight, the rate is 25 17i- to 25 20; ditto, three months, 25 421 to 25 473- ; Amsterdam, sight, 12 1 to 12 11; ditto, three months, 1.2 21 to 12 3 ; Rotterdam, 12 31 to 12 3i ; Hamburg, 13 8 to 13 tql ; Frankfort, 149,1 to 150 ; Marseilles, 25 50; and Madrid, 371 to 37i. The salei of public lands in Spain, with a view of decreas ing the public debt of thrt country, have several times been alluded to, as showing the quiet and gradual curtailment of the charges of the nation which is going on. In one of the late numbers of the Madrid Gazette, a statement is published of the sales of national property in the different provinces dur ing the month of September, comprehending also the total sales in the previous months, by which it appears that the up set price of the lands sold in September was 1 1,578,439 reals, while the sum realized was 26,005,077 reals, being more than double what was contemplated as the product of the sales. It is indeed curious to observe the increase in this respect which has taken place in almost all the different provinces. The total amount of money in pounds sterling which these lands pro duced, taking the exchange at 371, was 7,359,2841. 9s. id. HERALD.—It is not generally known that a considerable amount of the business in dry goods of British manufacture for the New York market has, for some time past, been carried on by means of credit bills drawn on London houses. To rendew o4r general readers more familiar with the nature of this operation, it wi:l by necessary to explain that some of the firms in the American trade are in the custom of granting cre dins against seeuritiea lodged with their eorrespondents in and other Arne.-iewi t o , tgen t F , or dealers, who pay cur mantifP.etorers by draft, on these Lon don houses. Our commercial readers will at one= see tbi.tt this is the revival, or rather continuance, of the custo , adopted by the American merchants prior to the year 1837, and a practice which the Bank of England fostered by their ready discount of a description of paper almost analogous to accommodation bills, and which, in fact, are what dis count brokers term pig-upon bacon bills. Of course every one must remember that this system brought into life a great many mushroom firms, and that at last, when the Bank of England become frightened at the phantasmagoria of their own creation, they knocked them down as though they were nine pins, and, at the same time, hurried some of the oldest houses in that trade into the vortex of the panic. S e v era l in stances have lately occurred, in which bills of the nature to which we have referred, and which in fact are similar to those in use prior to 1837, have been r , jected, not only by the Bank of England, but by some of the leading bankers and others of our monecracy, on being presented for discount, although drawn upon orms known and presumed to be of great wealth. Some paper has also been rejected, because it was drawn against cotton and stock speculations, and it is well known that there has lately been as much gambling in the former as the latter, whilst we believe some bills have been Thrown out which were drawn in the north of Europe against speculations in foreign corn. We understand that the bills which have been more parti cularly rejected I ave been accepted by firms that have more lately entered into this mode of transacting business, and to those acquainted with the commercial money market of New York, it will not be necessary to point them out, whilst those of the older houses as yet have not been so rigidly treated. We have referred to these very impot tant circumstances because there are symptoms that the speculations in Foreign and British stocks and shares, in cotton, corn, yellow, &c , which have been so lavishly carried on during the past year, have paved the way for a crisis, should there, unfortunately, be a considerable break down in any one of those favourite branches of speculation. We have some solid reason to believe !hat this experiment of rejecting bills of the nature to which we have referred, when pre sented at the Bank or elsewhere for discount, arises out of none of those freaks with which the Bank direction has been frequently charged, but that it is the result of mature deliberation, having for its object a check of that dangerous system of traffic by which foreign resident merchants obtain undue credit on British ca pital, or rather credit bills. The leading members of the money market who are usually consulted by the Bank direction are understood to have fully accorded in the views taken by the Directors, and, in several instances, have rigidly followed their example. Thus, a new principle has obtained in our Money Market, which promises to become custom, and, in time, will render all foreign commercial transactions more stable. Money continues to maintain the same rates in the discount market, to which we have lately referred, and in steady de mand. A great many bills, drawn against speculations in cotton, silk, corn, &e , have been thrown into the London market lately, which accounts for this demand in some respect; also, there have been many bills presented for discounts aris ing out of transactions in the exchanges of the United States and the northern ports of Europe. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. 22 A rerson, apparently in a humble station of life, addressed the Lord Chancellor at the sitting of the Court, and prayed for advice. He said he was the plaintiff in a suit which was now ready to be heard, but the solicitor refused to take any steps for that purpose until he was paid a sum of money, which it was not in the applicant's ability to procure. The Loan CHANCELLOR could not interfere—he had uo power. The applicant retired with an air of much disappointment. VICE- CHAN CELL OR' S COURT, JAN. 22. RAWSON V. SAMUEL. His HONOUR delivered judgment on the motion to dissolve the injunction in this cause. The injunction was dissolved so far as it restrained the trial of the action at law. But execu tion was stayed until the general amount should be taken. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1839. HARDING V. HARDING. After a petition in this cause, which originated in a matri monial quarrel, had occupied the Court a considerable time, the further hearing was postponed until a supplemental bill should be filed for the purpose of bringing the matter in a proper form before the Court. IN RE SHANK. Mr. STUART presented a petition that the Accountant-Ge neral should be ordered to accept a payment of a legacy to an infant under the statute. A testator gave a legacy to his god son without naming him, and the Accountant-General objected that the infant legatee ought to have been named. His HONOUR thought a mere description sufficient, and made the order upon an affidavit of the identity and infancy of the legatee. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, JAN. 22. THE QUEEN U. ST. LUKE'S, CHELSEA. Sir W. FOLLETT moved for a rule for a mandamus com manding the committee of the vestry of this parish to pay the money due on account of the maintenance of the poor under the order of the Poor-law Commissioners. The COURT granted the rule, and, according to the prece dent in the case of the Queen v. Todmorden, yesterday, made it absolute in the first instance. THE QUEEN V. THE OVERSEERS, &C. OF TODNICRDEN. Mr. TOMLINSON yesterday applied for a mandamus, to be directed to these defendants, commanding them to pay, under the order of the Poor-law Commissioners, their share of the expense of the Union of which the parish of Todmorden formed a part. The COURT granted the rule, and directed that it should be absolute in the first instance. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JAN. 22. WHALLEY V. WILLIAMSON. This was an action brought by an attorney for breaking and entering certain premises, which was tried at Stafford in 1836, when a verdict passed for the plaintiff, damages Is. An ap plication was then made to Baron Alderson, who tried the cause, to certify that the plaintiff should not be allowed the costs. The Learned Judge took time to consider until he arrived at Worcester, when he granted a certificate. Fourteen months afterwards an application was made to the same Learned Judge on the part of the plaintiff to rescind that for mer order, which he did ; and the plaintiff then obtained a rule to show cause why the Master should not proceed with the taxation. That rule stood for argument to-day. The COURT, without deciding as to the authority of the Judge to rescind the certificate at all, held that that power could only be exercised within a reasonable time, and that the time suffered to elapse in this case was most unreasonable. Rule discharged. DOE DEM. LOYD V. WILLIAMS. This was an action of ejectment, in which the question was as to the testamentary capacity of the defendant's fatker, but which now came before the Court upon a rule calling on the defendant to show cause why the venue should not be changed from the county of Radnor to the county of Hereford. The affidavit upon which that rule had been obtained set forth that the defendant was a bone-setter of great eminence in the county of Radnor, and that he had so much weight and influence that the lessor of the plaintiff could not have a fair trial in that county ; and it further alleged that there were only twenty nine Special Jurymen in the whole county. The COURT thought that there was not the slightest ground for the application, and discharged the rule. ADMIRALTY COURT-JAN. 22. THE THOMAS WOOD-SALVAGE. An application was made to the Court that the proceedings in this case should be commenced de novo, on the ground that the Magistrates of Great Yarmouth, who orninally hear.' the cause, had taken evidence not upon oath, depending principally upon the averments of the agent for the salvors. An award of 4001. was granted fur salvage services. The LEARNED JUDGE having referred to the Ist and 2d of George IV., c. 75, said that it was the intention of the Legis lature that the Court should be authorised to admit fresh evi dence in an appeal. lie directed that the additional matter in this case should be inserted in an act or petition. THE DISPATCH.-SALVAGE. This vessel, a trader between London and Stockton, was dismastcd in October last, had signals of distress flying, and four feet water in the hold. Two fishing smacks, one with a crew of nine, the other of eight men, went to her assistance, and having laid by all slight, part of the crew of one of them, at the peril of their lives, succeeded in boarding her. She was taken in tow, being on her beam ends with all her masts gone, and after a serv►ce of four da3s was carried into port. The vessel and cargo was valued at 2 4001. The Magistrates of Great Yarmouth, from whose decision this appeal was entered, awarded 5101. The LEARNED JUDGE Was of opinion that the tender (250/. ) was wholly insufficient, and that the decision of the Magis trates, though liberal, was not excessive. He would affirm their sentence. POLICE iNTELLI dENCE. MANS;UN- 110 USE. Three boys named Clayton, Reynolds, and Stevens were brought before the LORD MAYOR. They had left the Union workhouse at Peckham to look, as they stated themselves, for employment, but not having suc ceeded, were obliged to apply to the Union again. Mr. Thwaites, one of the City of London relieving officers, said that the three boys h a d regularly discharged th e mse l ves from the workhouse at Peckham, because they were unwill ing to work. The LORD MAYOR asked. what was meant by saying the boys discharged themselves. Thwaites said that they wrote letters to the authorities, stating that they should no longe r be a burden upon the esta blishment, and that they were going to pursue industrious oc cupations. If they omitted to give that sort * of notice, they were sure to scale the walls, and after staying away for some time return again. One of them called upon him at twelve o'clock at night, and complained that the food was not suffi cient for people who broke st ones. Mr. Booker, one of the old p ar i s h o ffi cers o f Bi s h o p sga t e , said the bo)s were, to his knowledge, quite ungovernable. Reynolds, who appeared to be a very shrewd fellow, said that the committee had, after examining them on Thursday, told them that they might discharge themselves at any time , f they found anything offer to their advantage. They did ac cordingly discharge themselves in the hope of getting a ship ; but they were delayed so long by the forms of the work house, that when they reached the dock they were too late for the ship. What could they do then but apply to the re lieving officer. It. was stated by several persons who said they knew the boss, that not one of them would go to sea ; that they wire, ket, no-re vajzborris, :Alto could rot bo to Yror-i ir to proviclo for :s--There's no truth in that. The tact is, my Lord, i terribly used since we wrote to you complaining of our treatment. LORD MAYOR—I do not believe that you have been ill-used. Reynolds—The soup we get, my Lord, is very bad indeed. Mr. Payne—lt is excellent, as good as I could desire. I took some myself when I was down at the house. But the fact is you will say any thing in defence of your bad conduct. Reynolds—Our writing to your Lordship was not liked at all. The LORD MAYOR—When [ went down I found everything very good : soup and bread, and ever) thing, were excellent. Reynolds—Yes, my Lord, there was good reason for that, and the soup was good for a little while ; but now it is all the other way, and the master will keep a sharp look-out that his p'g,s are not robbed any more. The LORD MAYOR—You don't complain that you have not a full allowance? Reynolds—They say that there is a full allowance, but there s not. Alter some further conversation of this sort, Clayton, against whom the charge of insubordination was persevered in, was sent to Bridewell, and the other two pri. soners were ordered to be remanded until further inquiries should be made. _ _ A poor Irish woman, named Hurley, was brought before the LORD MAYOR in a state of great distress. The LORD MAYOR— What is her business? Mr. Booker— She goes about with poultry, and a more honest hard-working woman there cannot be. The LORD MATOR—Then she shall not go upon a desperate chance to Ireland. She shall have the means of procuring a good basket of poultry immediately, and, Mr. Booker, ou will have the goodness to see that she re-commences business properly. UNION-HALL. Yesterday E. Pearce, a shoemaker, was brought before Mr. JEI:E111Y, charged with stabbing R. Hodgson, a broker's a-sist ant. The broker's assistant went to the shoemaker's house in order to take an inventory, for the purpose of levying a dis trrss•warrant on the furniture of the latter, when the prisoner snatched up one of his working knives, and stabbed the com plainant in the at m. The prisoner was committed, under Lord Ellenborough's Act, for cutting and maiming. MARYLEBOIVE. Mr. Nesbitt, a perit - a - ner:;;dinginNVigmore-street, Ca vondish-square, attended at the office to resist a claim made by ccitain firemen, for having been present with their engir.es on the previous day, at a period when one of his (Mr. Nesbitt's) chimneys %iris, as alleged, on fire. In support of the claim a chimney-sweeper, named John Ratcliff, was put into the witness box. Mr. RAWLINSON-NOW, what have you to state? Sweep— Vy, I yes a going past Mr. Nesbitt's house at one o'clock yesterday, ven I seed more nor a yard of flame cum bang out of the top of von of the chimleys; that ere's all I knows about it, my Lord. Mr. RAWLINSON—Did you go in doors and apprise the in mates of their being in any danger? Sweep—No, my Lord, not by no means votsomdever, I did'nt consider it vos busi ness for to do so; but I did this here, I fetch the ingin. Mr. RawuNsoN—You were quite pleased to see the flame were you not ? Sweep—ln course I vos, so I vont tell a lie about it by saying I vosn't. Mr. RawwlsoN—Well, you are at all events a very candid witness. I dare say you wouldn't have any objection to see all the chimneys in London on fire? Sweep—No objection in the least, and that's the blessed truth. Mr. RawuNsoN—You're a very pretty sort of a fellow, stand down. . Other witnesses pro and con. were examined, and the fire men ►•ere granted the "third scale" reward. THAMES OFFICE. Yesterday Captain Eyles, master of the ship Malcolm, ap peared to answer the demand of Robert Sherard, a seamen, who claimed a balance of 181. 17s. wages, due to him for his services on a voyage from London to Calcutta. Mr. Pelham, the solicitor, appeared for the complainant, and the case set up was this:—The seaman was taken ill at Calcutta, and by the advice of the surgeon and the captain of the ship he went ashore to an hospital, where he was laid up for one month, and the captain wished to deduct the sum of 51. Bs. for hospital expenses, which the seaman refused to pay. It was contended on the part of the sailor, that as he bad fallen ill in the performance of his duty, he had a right to be cured at the expense of the ship. Mr. BALLANTINE said that unless the captain could show that the seaman had brought on his illness by his own in discretions and irregularity, he was bound to pay the medical expenses. Captain Eyles said he bad no doubt the man was attacked with dysentery in a severe form, but the owner thought he ought to pay the hospital dues. Mr. BALLANTINE said the man had a right to medical at tendance and medicine at the expense of the ship, and the owner must be satisfied the complainant's illness was not of his own seeking. He ordered the sum claimed to be paid, with costs. THE LATE MURDER IN GLASGOW Thomas 3l‘Kinnis, the prisoner, has undergone a long examination before the proper authorities, and the only won der now expressed by those who have seen him is, that he should have been able to conduct himself with any degree of propriety, and that he should have been allowed to go at large, there being no room for doubting tlAt he labours under a se. rious hallucination of mind. He has made the fullest con fession of his guilt, but does not view it in a criminal light. He states in substance, with the incoherence of a lunatic, that for the last six years he bad been in a dreadful state of distress; that things were come to a crisis, and having had the greatest love for his sister, who was a most vir tuous girl, and for whom he would hay.e, travelled the whole earth, he had, after mature reflection, come to the determination of removing her from want and misery. Every means he had tried to preserve her without effect ; and on the Saturday night previous to the commission of the deed, he had resolved to save her by putting her out of the world. With this intention, he rose about one o'clock on Sun day morning, after his sister was in bed asleep, and having put on his trousers, he struck a light to see the position in which she lay. that he might the more effectually put her out of the dreadful pain in which she was. After this he extin guished the light, because be would not for the whole world have let his sister see who it was that touched her. He said he did not know the best place to strike, as he had never wit nessed a murder committed before, although he had seen a man of the name of Hare armed with daggers. He then got his knife, and just gave her the slightest stab, because he thought whenever it touched her she would have expired at once. He would not for thousands have done it had he thought otherwise, as it was all for her good ; but she got up, jumped "out of bed, and grasped him by the neck, which irritated him, and he then saw that the business would have to be completed. In the struggle his hand was cut by the knife, but after repeated stabs, his sister fell, and her head striking on a tub, he saw all was over. After this he laid her out, and covered the body with a sheet. He then took off the shirt he had on which was bloody about the neck, where his sister had grasped him, and put on a clean one. He afterwards went to a friend's house in Salt Market, where he told what he had done, and where he was apprehended. When asked by the Su perintendent of police, after the examination, whether he would wish to be confined in gaol or bridewell, he scorned quite startled, and declared that such gross tyranny had never been witnessed in time. He bad done a great deed, in which he was justified, by saving the poor woman whom be loved ; and would he be sent to Bridewell for doing so ? The body of the unfortunate young woman has been interred, and her murderer committed to prison. If anything had been is ar t ing to convince us of this man's insanity it has been furnished, as we above noticed, by a mass of his writings, which have been found in the house since the commission of the horrid deed. From these papers, and, indeed, from his conversation, it appears that lie had thought himself super-human, and he describes with endless proxility how he walked in glory with the pretty " girls," and instantaneously descends from his pa. radise to describe the movements of a fly on the wall, or the flight of a crow in the air.—Glasgow Herald. Sunday morning last, about three o'clock, the report of a s t a gun t B hav x i ) g , in be e Kent, h e heard two i n one keepers,of the named woo T d so u f m e i r )l Colonel el Best, Cuckow, proceeded in search of the poachers, and discovered two men, one named John Ireland, having a gun. C uc k ow o seized the gun, and while the muzzle was in the direction of the keeper's body, Irelar.d is said to have pulled the trigger, using at the moment most violent language. Fortunately, however, for the keeper, who would probably have been shot dead, the cap snapped without commuaicating to the powder. The gun was afterwards found to be very heavily loaded. The other poacher ran away and escaped, but, assistance being at hand, Ireland was handcuffed, but so violent was his resistance, that it took seven men to do it, and they then wheeled him in t'. barrow to a place of security. He bit the hand of Cuckow so violently that they were obliged absolutely to choke him off. PARISH ABUSES.—In the course of the hearing of a case, under the Street Act, at the Queen-square police office yesterday, against a slop-seller, in Strutton-ground, Westminster, the defendant declared that while he continued to purchase milk of the inspector of nuisances for the parish, he was not interfered with, but on his bestowing his custom upon another he was compl a i ne d o f . About six o'clock last evening as a man of the name of Lemon, an assistant engineer at the Royal Hospital Brewery, Greenwich, was attending to his duties, his apron became entangled with one of the cranks, which drew him into the machinery, and before he could be extricated he war so in jured that life soon became extinct. Lemon had been many years employed in the establishment, and was much respected. He has left a wife and numerous family. For some time past the Clutton Union has furnished the applicants for relief, with bread at the undeviating price of sixpence for the 41b. loaf, and has given the option to each per son, above 60 years of age, to so take this quantity weekly. The effect is, that a man and his wife at ss. per week, who take 81b. of bread for ls. are benefited, at the present price, about Sd. per week.--Bath Journal. GANG OF ROBBERS.—An extensive gang of rob bers have been discovered at Hampton. They have not only committed most extensive depredations of lead, copper, hares, and other articles in the above vicinity, but have likewise ex tended their predatory visits to Heston, and even to Kew -gar_ dens, without any clew to their detection being discovered until the night of Monday, the 14th inst. FRoM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, 1. 1h: ), The Queen has been pieas, , ti to grtatt the place and d of the Dcanry of Exeter unto the Right Hon. and Reverend Lord Wriothesley Russell, Master of Arts, in the room of Doctor Whit tington Landon, deceased. WHITEHALL, Jaw. 21. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto William Pigott, of Dullingham, in the county of Cambridge, Esq., for and on behalf of his only son, Christopher William Jeaffreson, hereto fore Christopher William Pigott, an infant, her royal licence and authority, that the said Christopher William Jeaffreson may (in compliance with a condition contained in the last will and tes tament of his maternal grandfather, Christopher Jeaffreson, late of Dullingham House, in the parish of Dullingham aforesaid, Esq., a Lieut.-General in the army, deceased), henceforth continue to use the surname, and take and bear the arms, of Jeaffreson only ; such arms being first duly exemplified accor dingC to the laws of arms, and recorded in the Herald's Office, otherwise the said Royal license and permission to be void and of none effect : And also to command, that the said Royal concession and de claration be recorded in her Majesty's College of Arms. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—HILARY TERM, 1839. 2d Victoria, Jan. 19, 1839. This Court will, on the Ist day of February next, hold Sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the business in the Special Paper on the Ist, 4th, sth, and 6th of February, and in the Crown Paper on the 2d of February. The Tithe Commissioners for England and Wales have appointed John Job Rawlinson, Esq:, of Graythwai , e, in the county of Lancaster, Barrister at Law, to be an Assistant-Commissioner ; and he has been duly sworn, according to the provisions of the Act for the commutation of tithes in England and Wales, before An thony Preston, Esq., a Master Extraordinary in Chancery, Jan. 17. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, and of the City and County of the City of Gloucester, and of the City and County of the City of Bristol. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia— Elasign T. Earle to be Lieutenant, vice Croad, deceased, Dec. 29. Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—W. R. Watson, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 29. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM JESSE and WILLIAM THOMAS JESSE, tick manufacturers, Bourton, Dorsetshire. BANKRUPTS. HENRY HOOD HOPE, oil and colourman, Goswell-street, - to surrender, Feb. 1, at one, and March 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, official assignee; Coote, Son, and Ashbee, Austin-friars. THMAS MORRIS, builder, Worcester, Feb. 7, and March 5, at twelve at the Bell Inn, Worcester. Finch and Jones, Wor cester •, White and Whitmore, Bedford-row, London. FREDERICK SCHENK and JOHN HEAPY, watch makers, Brighton, Feb. I, and March 5, at twelve, at the Town hall, Brighton. Bennett, Brighton; Dax and Bicknell, Lincoln's Inn .fields. _ _ _ WILLIAM MADDAMS, cabinet-maker, Theobald's-road, Red Lion-square, Feb. 1, at half-past eleven, and March 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Old Jewry, official assig nee ; Williams, Alfred-place, Bedford-square. JOHN WHITCHURCH BENNETT, lodging-house keeper, York-road, Lambeth, Jan. 30, at two, and March 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, Basinghall-street, official assignee; Foster and Lyon, Fish-street-hill. EDWARD MASON, innkeeper, Kington, Herefordshire, Feb. I and March 5, at twelve, at the Red Lion Inn, Leominster. Smith, Chancery-lane, London ; Hammond, Leominster. JOSEPH JOHNSON, sadler, Cockermouth, Cumberland, Feb. 1, and March 5, at eleven, at the Globe Inn, Cockermouth. Murrays and Rymer, Chancery-lane, London ; Bragg, Cockermouth JOHN WOOD, laceman, Manchester, Feb. 2, and March 5, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Jones, Trinder, and Tudway, John-street, Bedford-row, London : Browne, Not tingham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. T. Edwards, tailor, Hatton-garden, Feb. 13, at eleven—E. Johnston, milliner, Dover-street, Piccadilly, Feb. 13, at twelve— J. Cooke, tailor, South Alolton-street. Feb. 13, at one. In the Country. T. and J. Brown, iron manufacturers, Leeds, Feb. 19, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds-=M. Marshall, cut nail manufacturer, Sheffield, Feb. 14, at eleven, at the Town Hall, Sheffield—l. Munday, baker, Gosport, Southampton, Feb. 14, at twelve, at the Red Lion InnFareham, Southampton—C. Evans, corn factor, Spout-lane, Shropshire, Feb. 14, at eleven, at the Shire Hall, Shrewsbury—E. Scott, miller, Hilborough, Norfolk, Feb. 14, at twelve, at the Duke's Head Inn, King's Lynn, Norfolk—J. W. Barrett, grocer, Abingdon, Berkshire, Feb. 14, at ten, at the Golden Cross Inn, Oxford—P. Hammond, grocer, Cumberland street, Sheffield, Feb. 14, at twelve, at the Office of Mr. B. J. Wake, Castle-street, Sheffield—J. Edmondson, miller, Marsden, Lancashire, Feb. 22, at twelve, at the Swan Inn, Bolton, Lanca shire—J. Atkinson, merchant, Dalton, Yorkshire, Feb. 15, at eleven, at the George Hotel, Huddersfield. CERTIFICATES—FEB. 12. J. H. Gurney, victualler, Broad-street, Bloomsbury—R. Mar tin, linen-draper, thiford-street—C. Cooke, grocer, Birmingham —W. Underhill, innkeeper, Wells, Somersetshire—G. Alcock, hackneyman, Heaton Norris, Lancashire—R. English, grocer Oxford-street = a_Wildgoose, grocer, Macclesfield, Cheshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. P. Platt and J. Bolton, cotton spinners, Ashton-under-Lyne— J. Robinson and Co., coal merchants, Adwalton, Yorkshire—J. Harvey, sen., and J. Harvey, jun., undertakers, St. Mary-axe— J Beard and T. Garfitt, brush manufacturers, Oldham—W. Bur cham and Co., stock makers, Huggin-lane, Wood-street—W. D. M'Andrew and Co. (as far as regards T. Watson)—J. J. Johnson and F. V. Martin, wine merchants, Threadneedle-street—J. Heck mann and C. Kellers, fur dyers, John-street, Brick .lane—J. Row ling and T. Wainman, stuff dyers, Leeds—J. and T. Doggett, ironmongers, High-street, Shoreditch—G. and M. Beaumont, scribbling millers, Honley, Yorkshire—P. Jones and T. Cooke, cloth-factors, Basinghall-street—J. Jose and W. Rogers, chemists, Kingswood, Gloucestershire—J. Davison and R. Clark, horse-hair manufacturers, near Carshalton, Surrey—E. Fortescue and Co., wine merchants, Birmingham—J. Marshall and Co., common brewers, Bishopwearmouth, Durham—W. Boulnois, jun., and C. Howard, wine merchants, Tower-street—J. and S. Kenworthy, shopkeepers, Ashton-under-Lyne—J. Humphries, carpet manufac turers, Kidderminster—H. Brittin and W. Elkington, grocers, Bicester, Oxford9hire—D. Chandler, jun., and S. Chandler, bakers, Shipton Bellinger, Hants. ; R. Clark and F. Phillips, Carshalton, Surrey, snuff-grinders. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. WILLIAM WISHART and WILLIAM MT ASH, drapers, Kirkaldy, Jan. 28 and Feb. 12, at twelve, at Mrs. M'Glashan's Inn, Kirkaldy. GEORGE CRUIKSIIANK, Star Hotel, Montrose, Jan. 31 and Feb. 16, at two, at the Star Hotel, Montrose. JOHN CROOKS, ROBERT CROOKS, and ANDREW JAMES BONAR, bottle manufacturers, Alloa, Feb. 1 and 15, at two, at Saunder's Inn, Mar-street, Alloa. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the New London Price Current of last Evening.) SUGAR —The British Plantation market has become ex ceedingly quiet; the demand from the grocers has been limited for brown as well as for yellow descriptions, and the refiners have also come forward cautiously, but importers re main firm, and have obtained previous rates for all quali ties, although the purchases have not exceeded 800 hhds and tierces since our last ; some of the merchants have even with drawn their samples from the market, and the show last week was small, and the assortment indifferent. This afternoon at public sale 100 hhds Barbadoes sold readily at prices in some instances 6d higher, mid to good brought 64s a 67s 6d : the demand by private contract, however, was very limited, the purchases amounting to only 300 hhds and tierces, but prices remain firm. REFINED.—The supply of goods being small previous rates of 75s Gd a 76s for standard lumps have been supported; for exportation we have still no transaction to report in double Crushed. A good demand has prevailed for Treacle, and prices have advanced to 29s 6d a 30s for common, and 32s for best old make. Bastard and Pieces have sold steadily at previous quotations. Dutch Crushed Sugar is held fur 32s 6d. 323 refused for a large parcel. MAURITIUS —There has not been much life in this decrip tion, and former prices have not been supported by 6d to is ; 5,400 bags have been submitted to public competition, fine yellow sold at 65s a 66s 6d, good 63s a 64s 6d, mid to good mid 59s Gd a 62s 6d, ord 57s a 58s Gd, low soft, 563 'o 575, good to fine brown 563 a 57, low mid 54s a 54s 6d, mid to good grey, 58s a 625. EAST INDIA.—The grocers have purchased sparingly of Bengal, but no further reduction in prices has beet , submitted to ; the lower descriptions have been the most in demand; at public sale 6,000 bags sold as follows—fine white at 68s 6d a 693, good mid to good 67s a 68s, mid 66s a 66s 6d, low mid 653 a 65s 6d, ord greyish 62s a 63s 6d, good damp and damaged 65s a 66s 6d, ord 60s a 61s 6d, two small lots fine and very fine strong white 693 6d a 755, 252 casks brown Lave also been brought forward and sold at high rates, mid soft to good strong at 51s 6d a 575, fair 48s, damps 455 a 47s ; several parcels of low greyish white were taken by refiners; the transactions in other descriptions have been confined to the public sale of 6,900 bags Siam, 5,564 bags 267 casks 138 cases 204 boxes Manilla, and 84 baskets Java ; the Siam sold readily at previous rates, low soft to fine dry white at 255 6d a 31s 6d, damps 25s 6d a 29s 6d; Manilla met a dull sale, and only 3,000 bags were sold at easier rates, mid and good mid yellow at 22s 6d a 23s 6d, washed 19s 6d a 21s 6d, the remainder was bought in at full prices. Java went at 29s a 293 61 for good strong grey, 26s a 27s for good dry yellow, and 28s 6d a 293 for damp. FoßEicx.—Havannahnd Brazil are h e ld f or prev i ous rates, at auction 74 boxes damaged yellow Havannah, sold at 25s 6d to 27s 6d for mid_and_go2d. MOLASSES.— West India are held for the rates previously established, but the purchases ha ve aga i n b een limited. TEA.—A brisk demand has prevailed at the public sale since our last report; th e p urc h ases s i nce this day week have been principally in Congou and Twankay, which have sold at and under is 6d per lb; Congou, ordinary coarse and new have brought Is Id a is lid, but middling little coarse Is 3d a Is 3d, but mid rather coarse and rather strong is 4d a is 6d, preferable to but mid little blackish leaf old Is 8d a is 104 d, Pekoe flavour and strong 2s 2d to 2s 7id ; Tvi:ankay but mid is Is 2 i d, mid is 3d to is 33d, good mid Is 51d to I s 6cl; Canton Baca but mid rather faint and new Is 3d to is 4d ; Young Hyson mid 3s 3d to 3s 34d ; Hyson, fine ss. The total luantity passed the sale is now 141,000 packages, 69,500 of which have found buyers ; the Sale will not be brought to a conclusion before Tuesday or Wednes day next. COFFEE.—The market for all descriptions of Coffee has been in a dull state since this day week, but a small part of 10e, casks 256 barrels and bags at public sale were sold. Jamaica good mid at 120 s to 121 s, low mid and mid 106$ to 108 s, fine fine ord 101 s to 103 s, good ord 95s to 965; Dominica fine fine ord and low mid 100 s to 105$ ; Demerara, good to fine ord 898 to 100 s ; Ceylon—good ord cannot be purchased under 975. Mocha— late rates have been maintained. Of other descriptions 1,700 bags (subject to the 9d duty) have been offered at public sale, not above 900 bags were sold, at 3s under the general valua tions; good bold ord Semarang went at 60s 6d to 61s, mid dling 58s to 593 6d, dark 565. Ist class sea damaged 595, 2d ditto 53s to 565; sound yellow Batavia sort, much broken and mixed 57s 6d, very inferior 53s t0 , 54s 6d the remainder, r• : • ' 7,11 - • r - ' ord Rio at 42; a 45s 6d, which is lather cheaper. This afternoon 100 casks British Plantation at public sale only partly found buyers at is decline, mid to good mid Ber bice sold at 106; a 1093, good ord 94s a 98s. COCOA. —For British Plantation the demand continues to improve; 490 brls and bags Trinidad at public sale went is dearer, low mid red sold at 43s a 445, mid to good 45s a 48s. Foreign is not held so firmly; 317 hags P4rA at auction sold at 36, a 36a 6.1. Rust, BRANDY, AND HOLLAND; -Vl,r pri rat:- are required ; the purchases have been coi:fined to 100 puns Jamaica, 30 to 35 per cent over proof, at 5s 2d ass 4d. The demand for Brandy ha; been very trivial, and prices are look ing down. In Geneva importers are not inclined to submit to lower prices. British Corn Spirits at 103 6d. per gallon. ;;SPICES.--For Pepper there are a good many orders here, principally for common Sumatra a shade undcr 4d per Ib, white is rather cheaper, 24 bags at public sale scld at is 3d for bold dark quality. Pimento at public sale 155 bags sold at 3id for mid shipping quality. Cassi3.Dgeea steady. PacivlsioNs.—For Irish Butter there has been a fair de mand, and fully previous rates have been obtained. Of Dutch fine qualit'es have sold freely at 1103 a 1124. For Ilacon rather higher rates have been obtained, prime small nu iv_ has brought 545. Lard at the advanced rates of 72; a 74s for the brit bladdered: TALLOW. —The demand for Petersburgh Yellow Candle on the spot has been limited, and prices have declined to 569 a 56; 3d for first quality. For delivery in the last three months there has been nothing done, and the (potation is nominal at 523. Of Tallow the supply is still large. COCHINEAL.—Prices have slightly improved; at public sale 130 bags sold readily, Honduras low to good silvers at. hs 9d a 6s 9d, ord to good blacks 6s 10d to 7s 9d, Mexican silvers 5s 10d a 6s, blacks 6s 6d a 6s 10d. INDIGO.—At the Quarterly Sale of East India there has been a brisk demand for Bengal. Since this day week prices have improved, and the average advance established on Octo ber rates is now Is 6d per lb ; some fine runs have sold at prices Is 9d to 2s above those of that period. The Oudes have sold very irregularly at an advance of is to Is 4d oa October rates. To-day there was not so much animation in the biddings as on former days, previous prices however were maintained: 722 chests have passed, out of which 150 were bought in. The prices paid are as follows :—Bengal, purple and violet 8; 6d to 93, good to fine violet, Bs3d to 8s 93, low to middling ditto 7s 6d to 8s 2d, violet and copper 6s lld to Bs, consuming descriptions 63 3d to 7s I Id, ordinary and low ordinary ditto 5s 3d to 6,3 d, Thrash and dust 3s 2d to 41 7d ; Oude 3s lid to hs lid per lb. The total quantity passed the sale is 5,242 chests, out of which 3,908 have actually found buyers. Per Quarter. Balton. COUNTRY CORN MARKE rs. Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Horncastle Lincoln.. Spalding btamford York DUBLIN MA Wheat. a. to 8. 89 84 70 84 82 88 62 80 70 77 7t 70 SO Barley. s. to s. $5 34 28 33 34 40 32 37 31, 42 28 33 26 34 Oats. Beans. s. to s. s. to a. 27 31 40 12 28 44 24 28 38 46 22 20 38 20 24 36 42 20 29 48 50 24 • 49 21 25 36 44 24 26 32 44 IRISH MARKETS. KET NOTE for the WEEK :NDING J l'eaEe. 6. I. 36 38 A+4. Is. From • To A..ragr - 170 Wheat, per barrel 2(1 stone 35 0148 0 2 3 0 Bere l6 stone 0 0 0 0 '6 Barley 233 Oats l4 stone l6 6 18 6 16 7 0 Flour, per cwt ... 8 eau* — 0 0 ..... 0 0 Oatmeal —.................. 8 stone — 41 0 0 Sold to Bakers only. 16,281 Cwt. Flour 22 0 25 6 24 4 Average price of Wheat and Flour 56, 4(1. per sack. Receipts of Flour, 11,743 Firsts from 225. (Id. to 25s Od. -e . conos .. from 19s. Od. to 22s Od. Sales of Do 18,0031 . Tnirds .... PRICK OF EIREAD. Quartern Loaf ll4 j Half Quartern Mid CORK MARKETS —Jan. 19. Wheat (per 205t.)...19 , i ed. to l2s. Odd Oats (per 14st.) es. NI. to 15s. 21 Barley (per 1651.)...10 6 kli 0 1 Flour (per cwt) 16 0 31 0 Oatmeal (per cwt.) l2s. (Id. to W. 6d. Beef, 4d. to 7d. ; Mutton, sd. to tid. ; Veal, 4d to 6d. ; Pork, 4jd. to sd. ; Fresh Butter, 10d. to Ild. per lb. PRICE OF strrrea. To the Merchants. To the Countr! First Quality BB,. 795. Second 66 77 Third Fourth 7O Fifth 62 l'3 Sixth -8 0, 8 CLON NELL MARKETS—Jan. ,9 Per Cwt. s. d. s. d. s. d. 90 0 Hides (raw) oto 24 if 12 3 Bacon Pigs 38 0 40 0 52_0 Heads 2B 0 0 s. d. New Butter S3 oto Oatmeal 12 0 Rendered Lard 0 Per . Bag. 44 0 1 Flour, Thirds .-- 0 32 o 42 0 1 -- Fourths 22 u -- 0 Per Barrel. Rapeseed 20 0 0I Barley 13 0m 6 here 8 4 10 oCoals ...... ..........-...., 0 3 5 Pertone. Wheat. 1 8 1.10 I Tallow (rough) 4 0 8 n oats 0 8 00 1 Potatoes 0 3 to 4 Flour, second ....... Household...— 0 KILKENNY MARKETS. Wheat (per barrel) 28s Od. to 38s. Od. Beef (per 1b.......... Os. Od. to Os. 6 41 Barley l4 0 16 0 Mutton 0 6 0 6 Oats . 8 6 9 6 Pork 0 4 0 5 Flour (per bag).... 25 0 44 0 Veal 0 5 0 6 Butter(per cwt.)... 90 0 92 0 Fresh Butter 0 0 1 0 Bacon Pigs 40 0 44 0 Salt Ditto Coals 1 0 1 2 Potatoes (per 5t.)... 0 2 0 0 On Monday night, about ten minutes before seven o'clock, an accident, attended with loss of life, took place opposite Northumberland House, Charing-cross. An elderly man, named John Doule, in the employ of Messrs. Bennett, builders, Vauxhall, was with his son (each of them had the care of a cart, which was laden with timber) proceeding to wards Parliament -street, when the foot of the father striking against a stone he stumbled and fell into the road. The fore foot of the horse came in contact with his forehead, and be was then run over by the wheel of his own cart before it could be stopped. He was conveyed to the hospital, when the surgeons found that the chest of the unfortunate man was li terally smashed. Life was extinct, and the body presented. A distressing spectacle. A boy was on Monday committed to the House of Correction for twenty-one day!, from Queen-square Police office, for "tossing" in Turk's-row, Chelsea, on S un day morning. -- VICTORIA PATTERN PLATE.— A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, London, (opposite the Bank of England,) inform the public that in addition to their many patterns of plain and shell Silver Spoons and Forks, they have finished this very elegant new pattern, a fter the admired style of Louis XIV. The following are the wual weights : oz. s. d. £. s. d,- I dozen Victoria Pattern Silver T a ble Spoo n s 4 9 at 7 6 li 0 0 I dozen ditto Table Forks 4O 7 6 15 0 2 1 dozen ditto Desert Spoons 25 7 6...... 9 7 0 I dozen ditto Desert Forks 0 5 7 6 9 7 6 1 pair ditto Gravy Spoons 13 7 6 417 6 di:to Soup Ladle II 7 6 4 2 0 4 ditto Sauce Ladles l2 8 0 416 0 4 ditto Salt Ladles (gilt bowls) 2 21 1 ditto Fish Slice (pierced and strong) 3 19/ 1 dozen ditto Tea spoons l4 8 0 512 s i pair ditto Sugar Tongs Fiddle pattern Silver Spoons and Fot ks 7s. 2d per ounce. King's pattern Silver Spoons and Forks 7s. 4d. ditto. A Pamphlet of the prices of plate may be had on application. PRIZE CUP S.—New and Second-hand SIL VEK PRIZE CUPS are offered at very REDUCED PRICES, and electionmay be made from a great variety, both of Sizes and. Pat terns, at I'. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors from Graceehurelt-street). Drawings of Cups will be forwarded in answer to a post-paitl. ap plication. It is desirable Letters for Drawings should mention either bhe Size or about the Price of the Cup cr Cups that may be required. B IR TH S.. On the 16th inst., at Aldenham, the lady of the Rev. T. Spyers, of a son. On the 19th inst., at Castle Hill, High Wycombe, the lady of J)lin Rumsey, Esq, of a son. On the 2 0 .`, inst., at Enfield, Middlesex, the lady of Mr. S. L. Lue.'7.a, of a son: On the 20th inst., at Highgate, Mrs. Neumegen, of a son. On the '2oth inst., the wife of Wm. Hedges, Esq., barrister-at— law, of a son. On the 20th inst., in Devonshire street, Portland-place, Mrs. Thomas Metcalfe, of a son. On the 12th inst., at Crosswood, the Countess of Lisburne, of a son. At Winchester, on the 19th inst., the lady of the Rev, William Blackstone Lee, of a son. MARRIED. On the sth inst., at St. John' s Ch urc h , H orton, Mr. George Munton, late of te island of Jamaica, eldest son of D. S. Mun ton, Esq., of the Lower Deptford road, to Miss Barbara Marriott Hayes, youngest daughter of Geo. Hayes, Esq., of Kingsland-road. On the 17th inst., at St. John's Church, Leeds, Mr. Charles Horace Robinson, wool-merchant of Leeds, to Ellen, eldest daughter of George Smith, Esq., of the same place. On the 18th inst., at Brompton Church, Middlesex, Mr. Daniel Riddiford, to Harriot, daughter of Mr. R. B. Hone, of Eastbourne, Sussex. DIED. At 19, Union-street, Edinburgh, on the 14th inst., Mr. Alexan der Sutherland, aged 25, eldest son of Mr. John Sutherland, bookseller. At Wall's-end, on the 17th inst., John Wright, Esq. On the 17th inst., Jane, the wife of Mr, Richard Atkins, jun., of Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. On the 17th inst., at York, James P. Needham, Esq., surgeon. On the 18th inst., at Kilmarnock, Lieutenant William Wyllie. On the 19th inst., aged 74, Peter Thompson, Esq., of Enfield, Middlesex. On the 19th inst., at St. Alban's, James Brown, Esq., F.A.S., aged 88. On the 19th inst., in Red Lion street, Clerkenwell, Mr. Henry Mendham, wine -merchant, aged 40. On the 19th inst , Mrs. Fanny Wootton, mother of the late wife of Thoma ; Smith, Esq., Dorset-place, Kennington. Q - ri the 20th inst., at Dulwich-common, Fanny, the wife of John George Graeff, Esq., aged 35. On the 20th inst., aged 82, Thomas Redhead, Esq., of Snare hill, Norfolk. On the 20th inst., in Coldbath-row, Blackheath-road, John Lewis Rutley, Esq., of Great Newport-street, aged 66. On the 19th inst., in Mansell. street, Goodman's-fields, Mrs. Phebe Jones, aged 86. On the 19th inst., at Dalston, Mr. John Watson, aged 75. At George town, Van Diemen's Land, on the 27th of Septent. ber, aged 41, Mary Ann, wife of M. C. Friend, Esq., Lieut. R.N. 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