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amounted )untcd to T i o Italy an vrtcd 10 tity grown here, and be more dependent on foreign coun tries ? They were also told that foreign corn could be had at half the price of that grown at home; but if 80s. could now be had for it, surely this was a sufficient induce ment to import it.—(Hear, hear.) He could only conclude then, that the cause of their not having it was that it could not be had.—(Hear.) He was convinced of the necessity that they should have cheap bread, but not by doing away entirely with a duty on corn, 'out by modifying it to a lower scale.— ( fiear, and " No, no.") He had heard Mr. Paulton, alien Lecturing on this subject say, that as corn rose in price the wage s of the manufacturers fell; this he did not believe, but Le considered that the whole question should be well sifted. :and he thought that a modification of duty would be attended with the best practical results. —( Hear.) Mr. Srue - c considered that the agricultural interests had fair play long enough, and who, he would ask, had been the Corn -law. makers ? The House of Lords and their nominees in the Commons. —(Hear, and cheers.) They never would get a r edress of their grievances until the people were pro perly represented in Parliament.—( Cheers. ) diBl- Fame a lt oget h er disagreed with Mr. Moore, as to his relief that wages were lowered when the price of corn was 13; $b, for, in such cases, the man who laboured before for ten iletiTS a-day, would be compelled to labour for eleven hours, in order to maintain his family, and thus every eleventh man aas 'thrown out of work and supplanted.—( Hear, hear.) The resolution was then put and carried. Mr. BERTON said that in proposing the next resolution, be did so with mingled regret and pleasure —regret that a 'fleeting should be called for the purpose of effecting a repeal of those laws in the nineteenth century, and pleasure in pro. Poring a r eso l ut i on so agreeable to his feelings. The resolu- Was---• " That this meeting being of opinion that the foregoing evils and distresses have arisen from the impolitic tax which has been allowed so long to continue upon the first necessary of life, and recognizing the axiom of the good of the great. 'est number' as the only true principle of government, regards with feelings of disgust a law which has had for its object the prornotion of the interests of the few, to the disadvantage of the many ; and feels it to be an imperative duty to claim for their fellow -countrymen and themselves, the repeal of the existing Corn-laws in the ensuing Session of Parliament ; a nd therefore agrees to pctiticn both Houses of the Legisla ture accordingly." He was sure they would find no difficulty in agreeing to this r esolution. He would ask what was the avowed purpose of the Corn-laws? The landholders, who spoke of them, said that they were for the p ro t ect i on of the farmer, merging in this the real purpose —the protection of themselves. —( Hear.) In reference to the price of corn he would show, by a comparison, the disadvantages 'ander which this country laboured. He took the prices in. the year 1835 : " The higheet quotation of white wheat of the first quality at Hambur g is 2 35. led. 74 rix doll ars current t h e l ast, which answers to of .:ne quarte r ; an d t h e hi g h est quotation of red wheat the f.rst quality is 70 rix dollars current the last, which answers to 225. Bd. the quarter, and therefore the mean price at hamburg of white and red wheat together is 235. 3d, the 'Platter. " The highest quotation of white wheat of the first quality 41 London is 455. the quarter; and the highest quotation of 'red wheat of the first quality is 41s. the quarter ; and therefore the mean price in London of white and red wheat together is 435, the quarter. It appears, therefore, that wheat is 85 per cent dearer in London than at Hamburg ; and that with the su m of 2/. 3s. a man may buy 14 bushels of wheat at Ham bushels in, whereasL ondon.h wit the sam e sum h e can buy only eight "The highest quotation of Zealand white wheat of the first quality at Amsterdam is 195 florins the last, which 'equals 31s. sd. the quarter; ;curl the mean price of wheat in London being 43s the quarto-, it follows that wheat is thirty-six and one-eighth per cent. dearer in London than at Amsterdam. " The highest quotation cf red wheat of the first quality at Antwerp is eight and three-quarters florins current the hec tolitre, which answers to 365. sd. the quarter ; and the highest quotation of red wheat in London being 41, the quarter, it follovvs that wheat is twelve and five-eighths per cent. dearer in London than at Antwerp. ," The highest quotati on of red wheat of the first quality et Stettin is thirty-one dollars current the wispel of twenty four scheffels, which equals 21s. Id. the quarter ; and the highest quotation of red wheat in London being 41s. the quar ter, it follows that wheat is ninety-four and a half per cent. 'dearer in London than at Stettin ; and that with the sum of 21 is, a man may buy fifteen and a half bushels of wheat at Stettin, whereas w ith t h e same sum he can buy only eight bushels in London. " Tho mean or average of the prices of wheat at Hamburgh Amsterdam, Antwerp, and Ste ttin, is 28s. ld. the quarter; and the mean price of wheat in London being 435. the quar ters it follows that the mean price in London is fifty-three and °ne-eighth per cant. higher than that of the four above-mea tinned places. The present duty on the importation of foreign wheat into tagland is 495. Bd. the quarter, which is equal to the follow jag rates :—To a rate of 213/. 12s. 2d. per cent. on theprime cost of wheat at Hamburg; to a rate of 1581. ls. 10d. per cent. 'on the prime cost of wheat at Amsterdam ; to a rate of 1361. 7 s. Bd. per cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Antwerp ; to a rate of 2851. 11s. 6d. per cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Stettin; and to a rate of 1761. 175. Id. per cent. on the mean price of the four abovementioned places." • It was said that the Corn-laws were inoperati-e, and this Lad been denied ; but they were inoperative for the purposes for which they were intended. The Marquis of Chandos had at an ordinary dinner at Aylesbury, in 1838, made some obser vations, to which Colonel Thompson had replit d. He would state both the observations and the replies. The observations of the Marquis of Chandos had been— " At this moment let me congratulate you that the agricul tural interes, is progressing and not retrograding. It is some thing to have achieved even this. We are certainly at this time in a better position than we have been for some years, during which I have had the pleasure of dining annually at your market table. During these years we have seen and be wailed much distress, and it is now a matter of no small satis faction to know that the condition of the farmer is improved." The reply to this by Colonel Thompson was— h" So, in spit e o f t h e C orn -laws, the agricultural interest, thas retrograded and has been distressed; and if it is not so at is moment, it i s some thi ng to h ale achieved even this/ A Strong hint to the agriculturists, as well as the classes who complain of the Corn-laws, that the Coin-laws are, from be ginning to end, a blunder for the advantage of a few. If men Mt their own prices on their wares, and cannot prosper after all, can anything be wanted to'prove, that there is some inhe rent Source of retribution, which makes the injury to others impolitic as well as cruel ?" Again : the Marquis of Chandos had said— "We are no monopolisers—we did not keep up the price of corn —corn has been up in price, the ports have been ° Pened, and t h ose who hold the keys of the granaries stored with corn, know all about the modes of raising prices and titheeping them up, but not we, who have no more to do with it a n any other class of her Majesty's subjects." To this Colonel Thompson replied— .," Fancy t h e manufacturers saying all this—and having all Jae tim e a tax on home-grown corn. t hat e The c h arge aga i nst the agricultural mnopolists is—nor 1t t t h h e e y y k s e e e l p l their corn at their own time and market, but corn from coming into the market at any time at 411 * A ploughman would know the difference between theltwo." ._T, hose arguments of Colonel Thompson were unanswerable, he trusted, then, that they would use all their best exer 410n$ to blot out this stain from the statute-book, if they valued th„ • the ornmercial interests by which only this country could „. 17 °e--( Hear and cheers.) LIGGINS seconded the resolution, which was carried Unanimously. It was then resolved that petitions for a repeal of the Corn- S hould b e presented to the House of Commons through b een k. Wood, and t o th e H ouse o f L or d s ; an d t h an k s h av i ng thanks voted to 'the Chair ma n, M r . D e puty J aques re t urne d ati lts, after which the meeting separated. COURT CIRCULAR. s, "'m ad an ount Melb ourne h audience yesterday of her 'alesty. in the f o ll owing joined the Royal circle at dinner last even- W ei tt the New Palace :—The Marquis of Headfort, Viscount , borne, Si r J o h n H o bh ouse, Mr. and Lady Mary Aber -01,1. and the Right Hon. G. S. Byng. Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the r A e i s . l°e nce of Vi scount M e lb ourne, i n Down i ng-street. The vilnisters assembled at three o'clock. There were present— ]) sen unt Melbourne, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Greannon, Lord J o hn Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Th enel g, the Earl of Minto, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Joined °lll , and Viscount Howick. The Lord Chancellor broke his collrag_ues soon after four o'clock. The Council up soon after five o'clock. A confer ence which occupied nearly thr:e hours, was he ld at the Foreign Office on Tuesday evening between the I;;Presentatives of the Four Great Powers ; namely, France, nussia Austria, an d P russ i a , u p on th e su bj ec t o f t h e Belgian questi on. r_ a ors Turkish, R u s s i an , A us t r i an , an d Hano ver i an Ambas transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. e' Van d e W eyer. the B e l g i an Mi n i ster, an d M r. Steven hll' the Ame r i can Mi n i ster , translcte d b us i ness yesterday at 'e Foreign Office. ti n T rs h e e c S u e a c r re d t s ary at War transacted business yesterday at the i ) Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign partment for Lord Ponsonby, the British Ambassador at Consta ntinople; and f or th e Marquis of Clanricarde th e British Minister at St. Petersburgh. f °l' Li Despatches were f orwar d e d yester d ay f rom D o w n in g -st ree t etches Sir John Colborne, G. C. 8., the Governor o f the Canadas. Despatch es were f orwarded yester d ay f rom t h e F ore i gn De p ar tment , for the B r iti s h A m b assa d ors res id e nt at the Courts et Stockholm and Copenhagen. °) , The Ch ancellor of the Exchequer left town on Tuesday Rht for Hastings. Sir John Hobhouse arrived in town yesterday. , E LVOIR CASTLE.—F r id a y, S atur d a y, an d Mon ay forty persons of rank dined at the Duke's table. The t2sitants remaining at the Castle on Monday were Lord - y or rester, th e H onoura bl e Captain and Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley, Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Drummond, 141 % Croker, Sir F. Trench. Lord and Lady Wilton had left for Melton Mowbray, Sir R. Peel for Drayton, Lord, Hill for t own , an d the I\t - Irini-: ENfter for I •gley. 4 - IP6ky Litinsu gLirg iceqtici; th e cti read,' Duk e o f Wellington, who i s expected in town, f rom s tra thfieldsaye, the week after next. LONDON : THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1839. We hope from the reduction of the prices of Grain at Mark-lane on Monday, that they have at length reached their acme. It was high time, for the aver ages of the week ending the 11th instant reached to 81s. 6d., and the average of the preceding six weeks to 78s. Bd. But though the price has begun to de cline, the evils of the short crop, and the very high price, in limiting employment, in lessening foreign trade, and in diminishing the revenue of the country, will all be most acutely felt hereafter. The severity of the paroxysm may be over, the dreadful weakness resulting from it will be permanent, and such another may end in death. At length the people seem to be aware of this, and the report of the meeting held at Cripplegate yesterday bespeaks knowledge and zeal. The Ward resolved, without the least opposition, to petition for the repeal of the existing Corn-laws. At Leeds too, on Tues day, there was an excellent public meeting of the inha bitants, at which resolutions were adopted, and a peti tion founded on them for the total repeal of the Corn laws. The meeting was very numerous. Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR attended, supported by all the adherents he could muster, and endeavoured to substitute a reso- lution favourable to Universal Suffrage for those re lating to the Corn-laws. We are happy to aay that he was signally defeated, and as that is one of his strong holds, we trust that, should his partisans make similar efforts in other places, they will be in like manner discomfited. His defeat was shameful, because it was coupled with an exposure of interested incon sistency, which ought to make his misled followers doubt his sagacity and his prudence. We hope that this example will encourage the shop-keepers, mer chants, and manufacturers of other places to meet in public, and if the Chartists endeavour to interfere with the proceedings, to convince them that they are not to have everything their own way, even at public meetings. At the Birmingham Town-council, on Tuesday, it was resolved by a very large majority to call a public meeting of the inhabitants to petition for the total repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws ; but our Correspondent informs us the Chartists are to offer counter resolutions. His words are remark able, and as he is a calm and reasonable man, we think them well worthy of the attention of the public. " I do not know," he says, " whether the Chartists will succeed ; but such is the present excited and angry feeling of the working classes with the present House of Commons, that I should not be surprised at their doing so." The worst thing, there fore, we could now wish the landowners and the clergy is, that they should be able to preserve the Corn-laws. At the meeting of the Birmingham Town Coun cil, the following resolution was also adopted, and it is worthy of notice, as showing how sweeping and determined the manufacturers are now become : " That the Mayor, Joshua Scholefield, Esq., M.P.; William Chance, Esq. ; Robert Webb, Esq. ; and the Secretaries, Messrs. William Boultbee and Julius Partridge, be requested to attend the meeting of the Anti-Corn-law Association, at Manchester, on the 23d instant, to urge upon that meeting the great importance of entrusting their cause in the House of Commons to a Member who shall stand pledged to the country, to take the sense of the House on the total repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws, and to refuse the substitution of a fixed duty for the present system." There will now be no end to this agitatio❑ till the Corn-laws are repealed, and we learn with satisfaction that it is confidently expected that Ministers will sup port the plan for hearing the Abolitionists at the bar of the House of Commons. One thing is quite certain, Mr. POULETT THOMSON finds it necessary to notice the opinions of his constituents ; and the Manchester Guardian contains an article in which the President defends himself from the imputations of some of his friends at Manchester. We cannot to-day re print the article of the Guardian, but we shall give it to-morrow all the benefit of our circulation. The Tories of the Ward of Coleman-street—a very formidable set of gentlemen, no doubt—have deemed it expedient to show their fellow-citizens that they, at ! cas !, have pluck enou l7 h to `„et up a guzzle in the t•itr bfmour of their principles (N r : 33 and, accordingly, met for this purpose at the London Tavern last night. It would appear that the Ward .ONPON BICItAiE TO-NIONROW 111U1i AlW.l . ll.ii ' I. Mwning 5 minutes Liter 4 ; Evenicg. 2.2 minutes after TTIS Majesty the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, AL His Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, His Maesty the KING o f PRUSSIA , having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several Distribu tions of Money, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES, and do NOT EXPOSE the Shareholders to Blanks) offer possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, and HEINE BROTHERS at LUBECK, have ceased to contract for Lotteries, but are NOW SELLING SHARES for any of the said DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY, at various irices. The Distributions contain various portions from 91. to 20,000/. and upwards. Orders for less than 101. cannot be attended to. Persons desirous to purchase may receive PRE VIOUS to giving any orders, the Prospectus and particulars, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBUR Gil. MR. WESTMACOTT'S NEW JOURNAL. On SUNDAY, February 3, 1839. 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All that the adopted of Coleman-street Ward could find to say in his novel capacity, was a few sentences of very stale and very clumsy abuse of the QUEEN'S Ministers, The gentleman next in consideration to the Chair man was a Mr. POWLES-a clerk, we believe, ill one of the Dock Companies—whose office it was to read a twaddling Report, the main object of which seemed to be to get the rich non-freemen to contribute to the City guzzling funds, by coming down with 151. a-piece for their freedom—an object truly worthy of a Tory Association. One worthy gentleman, by name HEATH, sagely remarked, that if the Tories had had 400 more votes at the last election for the City, their candidate would have got in ! To which it may, perhaps, he a good an swer, that if the Liberals had had 400 more votes, he would have been kept out—your IE, in such cases, is a wonderful peace-maker. After a Mr. PEA RSE had beslavered Mr. Hons- LEY PA LATER, as one Tory never fails to do another, the party separated, if not much wiser, certainly much merrier, than when they met. We are happy to see, by a letter from Mr. PATER NOSTER, inserted in another column, that measures are in progress for the organization of a Society for the protection of persons afflicted, or presumed to be afflicted, with insanity. Such an institution has been long wanted, and its necessity has lately been brought home with irresistible conviction to the public mind, by the exposure of the horrible treatment to which the inmates of private madhouses are subjected. Mr. PATERNOSTER'S ow•n cruel case was the first that drew attention to this subject. His dear-bought ex perience must have furnished him with much valuable information respecting the secret doings in these dens of iniquity ; and he mad• rely on our assistance in his endeavours to exhibit them in their true colours, and to procure the adoption of a more humane and rational system of treatment. The great success of the steam-tugs, in saving so many of the passengers and crews of the vessels wrecked in the Mersey by the late hurricane, has sug gested the propriety of having a suitable number of these steam-boats in every harbour along the coast. The number of persons saved on that occasion pro bably exceeds the whole number saved by the exer tions of the Humane Society for the last ten years. This alone is a powerful recommendation to the chari table and humane ; but there is also another .recom mendation which cannot fail to have due weight with those interested in a pecuniary view—the underwriters at Lloyd's and shipowners. The Fire Insurance Companies find it advantageous to keep up large and expensive establishments in London for the preserva tion of property, and but for this system they could not afford to insure houses at even double the present rates. Why shoirld not Ship Insurance Companies follow the example ? The great proportion of ship-. wrecks takes place on the coast, and often near har bours, wh-:re boats of this description, if under proper management, could speedily afford relief, and the ex pense of such an establishment, compared with the saving, would be a mere trifle ; we doubt even if there would be any expense at all, as the whole outlay might very possibly be covered by rates paid for towing vessels out t o sea or into - h ar b our aga i nst wind antib tide. Without steam nearly all the persons saved at Liverpool must have perished, and we cannot help looking upon this fact as one of the most gratifying results of the invention of the steam-engine, and as affording a conviction that the numerous Humane So cieties throughout the country will speedily direct their attention to the most powerful meAns of saving human life ever discovered. The Paris Journals, the whole of which we have just received, announce the defeat of the Opposition on the paragraph of the Address respecting the evacu ation of Ancona. On a division, on Monday, Minis ters, for the first time, found themselves at the head of a majority of 29—there having lbeen 228 votes given for the Ministerial Amendment, and 199 against it. But this is not to be taken as any in dication of increasing strength, as, upon the question of Ancona, the Royalists were pledged to vote with any party favourable to the evacuation of the Papal territory by the French troops. The advises from Madrid are of the 7th, but they are, politically speaking, of little co nsequence . I n t h e annexed brief extracts from the French Journals is a paragraph from the Madrid Gazette, embodying the only positive announcement contained in them M. Pahz, Counsellor of State, arrived on the 9th at La Rochelle, with a commk , sion from the Government. The In dicateur of Bortbaux, of the 13th, states that there had been riots at Ro . tan. The corn market was attacked, carts loaded with corn were stopped and the sacks opened and plundered. The National Guard restored order. Numerous arrests have taken place. " The Arniorican of Brest states that a load of corn had caused a riot at I'ontivy. The sacks were cut open with knives, and the corn lost. This passed in presence of the civil authorities and of the troops. The three summonses pre scribed by the law, sufficed to make the mob disperse. A great number of persons have been arrested."—Le Constitu- The Madrid Gazelle of the 7th contains a decree which appoints a commission which is instructed to go the islands of Cuba and Port Rico, to examine the state of those colo nies, and to present the draft of a law for their future go vernment conformably to the 2d additional statute of the con stitution of 1837. According to the position of the army it appears from official documents that the French army on the peace esta blishment has 311,419 men, and 62,149 horses ; and on the war establishment 420,265 men and 121,892 horses.—Lc Commerce. BOURSE.—PARIS, TUESDAY, JAN. 15. HALF-PAST THREE.—The vote of yesterday in the Chamber of Deputies, favourable to Ministers, has had its influence on the home stocks. For the account the Three per Cents. opened at 78f. 90c., and rose to 79f. with a good deal of briskness ; after hanging at from 79f. to 79f. sc. they took a start, and closed at 79f. 15c., being a rise of 30c. The Five per Cents. opened at 110 f. 60c., declined to 110 f. 40c., and rose to 110 f. 70c., and closed at 110 f. 65c., also a rise of 30c. For money the Three per Cents. are 25e., and the Five per Cents. 20c. better. The Bank of France Shares are 10f. higher. The Laffiite Bank I,ooof. shares are sf. lower, and those of 5,000 f. unvaried. The Belgian Bank are 10f. higher. The Spinish Active has had but the one price of 174. The Portuguese Three per Cents. are the same for money as for time. The St. Germain and the Versailles Left Bank have each risen sf. First Highest I owest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 4 per Cents. ap r Cents. Bank of France 2615 —.2625 ...2610 —.2625 Laffitte Bank I,ooof. Sh 5,000 f. Sh Belgian S per Cents. 3 per Cents. 66 40 ... 66 40 ... 65 40 ... 66 40 Bank 5:15 ... 605 ... 595 ... 605 Spanish Acti►e Passive Portuguese 3 per Cents. Neapolitan Homan Coupons RAILWAY SII R • S. St. Germain 695 595 ... 595 ... 505 Verzailles, R.B. L.B. Rouen 93 9 ..930 ... 930 939 Orleans St asburgh to Bale 332 59 ... 342 50 ... 319 50 ... 342 50 Bordeaux to La •1 este 419 ... 410 ... 4W 410 ... 30 ... 30' russels and German Papers have been received this morning. The former state that all alarms, origi nating in an apprehension of the solvency of the Belgian Bank, are happily removed. A paragraph relative to a frightful railway accident near Brussels will be found elsewhere. The German Papers are destitute of inte resting intelligence. sELci lAN 4 , I/ NDS-13aussrm, JAN. 15 Actual Debt, 23 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan 5 per Cent. Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. Spiv 3 per Cent. 67% Loan of City, 1832.4 per Cent Society of Commerce, 454 per Cent 124 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent........ 60 —Brussels Papers, Jan. 15. A USTRTA N FUNEts.—VrEwNA, JAN. 7 Five per Cents. ....... Foal - per Cent:. ..................... ...................... . 101% Bank Shares Three per Cents. 1542 —4llgemeirteZeitung, Jan.l2. LUNATICS' FRIEND SOCIETY TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slit,— I have the greatest pleasure in informing you that I have this day succeeded in holding at my Rooms the first meeting of a Society for the purpose of taking into considera tion the present state of the Law of Lunacy, investigating the Treatment of Lunatics, and the Abuses of Lunatic Asylums, and devising a more huniane and rational systenl than that which now disgraces our country Knowing as I do from painful experience the gross abomi nations of the present system—the cruelties practised under the guise of friendship, and the inviolable secrecy in which the perpetration of the blackest deeds is wrapped, I cannot but hail this event as the happy omen of future good to suffering thousands, who now pine in hopeless agony in those earthly hells—Private Lunatic Asylums. Whose hair is grey, but not with years; Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears : Whose limbs are bowed, tho' not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose ; For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And theirs has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are banned and barred—forbidden fare ! A Provisional Committee has been formed for the purpose of organising the Society, collecting facts, and securing the assistance of those benevolent individuals who take a particular interest in this subject. The Committee will for the present meet every Wednesday, and a public meeting will shortly be called, at which a petition to Parliament will be submitted to consideration. When the plan of the Society is more mature, and a suffi. cient number of names obtained, I shall be happy to forward you an accou n t o f our proceedings, and a copy of the resolu tions passed, which I trust may find a place in your valuable columns, in which the good cause has been so warmly espoused In the meantime, any communications of facts and cases, made to me, will receive due attention, and may be the means cf promoting the object which the Society have so much a heart,_l have the honour to be, Sir, your obliged, faithfu servant, RICHARD PATERNOSTER 46, Haymarket, Jan. 16, 1839. NI ONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE 0' CLOCN. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET OF WEDNESDAY.—The sales in cotton to-day do not exceed 2,000 bags of all kinds, with out change in prices. Cape of Good Hope Papers have beer, received to Nov. 18 THE HARVIi.ST.—We regret to learn that some difficulty has already been felt in some places in procuring reapers at thi,. cad of the colony, and, as the present harvest is close at hand, should the same deficiency occur generally, all classes of the community, as well as the farmers, may suffer to a serious extent. Incidental notices of the state of the emigrant Boors, lead us to conclude that their present condition is truly deplorable. Their numbers have been thinned by disease, their cattle and sheep are fast disappearing, and on the renewal of hosti lities with the natives, their utter destruction seems far from being improbable. Should they return, in obedience to the Governor's invitation, they will be received with kindness. Hobart Town Papers received to the 15th Sept. : In this colony an alarm has been sounded at the decrease of our revenue, and yet it will be found that the deficiency here, in proportion to the population, forms no comparison wit% the deficiency in New South Wales, which amounts to no less a sum than 100,7981. 6s. 4d. Launceston Paper, arrived to the 3d August.—The pro ceedings in Council since our last, have been of little imme diate interest; several late English Acts have been extended to the colony. We believe the Council breaks up this week." We have received Penang Gazettes to the 19th August : The Orestes arrived hero yesterday, from Madras. We observe that the transport-barque Star, with the detachment of the 48th Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant Lang, had arrived at Madras, all well. (From the Penang Price Current of ISth August.) IMPORTS FROM EUROPE. COTTON MANUFACTURES..—.Large imports during the week, from Singapore, of British cottons, as well as American shirt ings; but we have not heard of any sales of importance during the week. Excuatenes—We hear of sales of 1,700/. sterling of first. rate bills on England, at two months' sight, at 4s. 20. per dol. The only arrival this morning of consequence is that from Belgium, which appears to be of a very war-like description. The Dutch as well as the Belgian armies are in movement. Infantry, cavalry, and artillery, both Dutch and Belgians, are proceeding from all quarters to the frontiers ; still it is the prevailin g opinion that not a gun will be fired on either side. Consols o ened this morni ng a t t h e c l os i ng pr i ces of ves i - day, at 92i Money, ex. div.; for Account, 92i 93 ; Ex chequer Bills 67 69; India Bonds 63 65; Bank Stock 2021 203 ; Spanish improved, 184; Portuguese Stock closed at 35i Cents., improyed t o 36/' 1- ; Dutch Two-and- a - H a lf per , 54if ; Bel g i an 99i • Colombian 294. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS ' DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock tlit'.2 , 4 3 2,4 ; India Stock 7% 3 per Cent . R e d . • 93.) t , t, ; Ditto Bonds per Cent Con. 9 ) li% : Sou' li Sea Stock 3 1 .4 per Cent , Old Annuities ............. ........ Ditto-- Red. 100%44 ; New Ditto New 334 per Cent IOON% ; 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent. Bank Long A nnuities toexpire Jan. 5, 1860 !Ditto ' ' SOO 15 14 15-16 Ditto Small 67 70 pm Oct. 10, 1859. l4 13-167 Ditto Commercial pm.J.,..n. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1881 —__...' Bank Stock for Account April 5, I SS(3 ---• India Stock for Account ... .. Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for Account 92'i, 3 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Peruvinn Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds I) tto Account Colombian Bonds 2 4 Ditto A ccount Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 Spanish Bonds . Ditto Account 29.74414 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account. " ..18:1, i 1A % Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent. ...... ... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 -- 4 per cent. Ditto Account -- 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent.... --- Exchange. Ditto, 6 per Cent 2 5 14 Ditto Account Neapol s.pi, Dittoitan A ccount i Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK aid Per Share. Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (i ssue d at 5/. pm ) P 20 Ditto Maclubas Cocaes 25 111,; Cobre Copper. Fttlyinnev Iron Mining Company 55 31h East. r, Counties Railway .. 13 Great Western Railway Company 65 783 Brighton Itailwav Anti Dryrot Company British North American Bank" 25 21% Canady Company 3O ..'5 , ,.i HALF-PAST ONE. (From the Belgian Observateur.) The following is an extract from a correspondent on the frontier :—" For these two days past a great movement is operating day and night in the Dutch army, which appears to be concentrating on the Belgian frontier. The troops which left the principal points of Holland are most part of them already arrived at the Dutch head -quarters, at Filbourg, where an extraordinary activity prevails since Friday last, the Grenadiers and three squadrons of heavy ca valry wore passed in review by the Prince of Orange the moment they arrived there. They expect at Filbourg, from Breda, several light batallions of artillery. Yesterday was settling day in the British Market ; and this is pay day for the differences of the various accounts adjusted yesterday, which is also going on well. By the ship Favourite, arrived at Swansea, letters to the end of September have been received from Lima. The above vessel left Callao on the sth of October, but she brings no news of importance. The state of affairs in Peru at the time of her sailing was much the same as reported by the previous arrivals, by way of Valpariso. Consols for Money are not quite so good as in the early part of the day, when they were 92-4, at present 921 ; for Ac count, 924 93. Exchequer Bills, 67 69 ; India Bonds, 64; Bank Stock, 2021 ; India Stock, 2564 257+. In the Foreign Market more business than usual has been doing. Portuguese Stock reached in the morning 36/, but are not so good at present, 36i. Three per Cents., 231 ; Colombi an reac h e d 29 k , not so good, 29 + ; Mex i can, 25 ; in p e r t the Danish, 75-1-; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, a4l ; Five In Shares very little doing; prices much the same as efnotrse.n,oloon Spanish, 2. M a o n s i t sh o , f l t B h i c . Foreign Funds are lower than yes terday. For the G /gig, made up from the Returns of the CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AenLd.A.IVLR.AXE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englarhl and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat Bls Ed. 1 Oats Barley IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE !..T,X WEEKS rItEcEDING. Wheat vs. s d , 1 Oats ......... 265: 01 1 Beans 41s. sd. B ar l ey 37, 3J 1 Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat .. ...... Is. pd. I Oats ......... 7s. W. Beans ss Qd Barley tis. 'ld. I l it " THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY AND HUNGERFORD FISH MARKETS. The supplies were better to-day, but prices were not lower. INDIGO SALE.—THIRD DAY. This sale progresses with spirit, and prices continue Is. to Is. 6d. per lb higher than those of last sale. Up to the present time about 22,000 chests have passed the hammer, about half of which have sold. COLONIAL MARKET. There is not quite so much spirit in the Market as there was; indeed, the demand may be said to have come to a sort of pause. T DEATH OF MR. STIRLING— NG, THE VENERABLE CORONER FOR MIDDLESEX.—A few minutes after two o'clock this was o Stirling,lec E the venerable Coroner for the Western Division of the county of Middl es ex, di e d, at Grove House, Battersea. The sa d event has been anticipated forsome mornii days. He Thomas elected Coroner in March, 1816, after a severe contest with M essrs. Gude and Taylor. Mr. ig Stirling is said to have been in his 94th year. MEETING AT WANDSWORTH IN FAVOUR OF UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.—A public meeting of the Wands worth Working Men's Association was held the night before last at the Crown Tavern, Wandsworth, and was numerously attend• ed. Resolutions in favour of Universal Suffrage and deprecating Household Suffrage were unanimously agreed to, but we can net h , lci reora for t:;, rf..po - rt. of the several speeches by which the resolutions were supported. If eloquence be a test of abilities, we may, however, remark, that the working men are admirably qualified to possess the rights they demand. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) TDB ciDEEN V. THE MAGISTRATES OF MIDDLESEX. The ATTO RNEY -GENERAL said he had a motion to make in a short matter in the case of the Queen v. the Magistrates of Middlesex; and as the Magistrates were to meet to-day, it was of the greatest importance that they should receive the directions of that Court. A rate for the county of Middlesex had been made by them in October, 1836; and there was an appeal against that rate by the parish of St. George, Henoesessquere, trot on the ground of its inequality, but on the ground that there shouid have been a suspensive clause introduced until the balance in the treasurer's hands had been teduced. The appeal cams before the Sessions in January, 1837 ; and the Sessions dismissed it, subject to the opinion of the Court of Queen's Bench, on the facts state,; ; and they directed that if the Court was of opinion that under all the circumstances the appellants were entitled to relief under the third objection, then they would alter and amend the rate according to the provisions of the 3d of Geo. IV., by changing the date from October the 27th40 November I Oth. A certiorari was obtained on the part of the appellants not to remove the rate, but to remove this special case, and a rule nisi was obtained by them to show cause, not why the rate should be quashed, but why the order of sessions should not be quashed. The case came before the Court about the middle of last term, and the Court came to the conclusion to which, of course, the Magistrates bowed, that the rate had been improperly made, there being a proviso in the Act of Parliament, that until the balance of the old rate in the hands of the treasurer was less than two-thirds, there should be a clause introduced to suspend the levy of the new rate. The Court was of opinion that the proper time to ascertain the balance in the treasurer's hands was when the accounts were audited, and not at the time of making the rate. On that ground their Lordships had made the rule absolute for quashing the order of Sessions. The appellants then went hack to the Sessions, and made a motion to quash the rate, but the Sessions refused, saying it was impossible—that they had no jurisdic. tion, no continuances having been entered, and there could not be unless by a mandamus from that Court. Then came an application to their Lordships for a mandamus to the Middlesex Magistrates that they shall now enter continuances in the appeal against the County.rate, which is virtually an order to the Sessions to quash that rate. He wou'd contend that, in the first place, the application was frivolous and unnecessary, the party having no interest in making it. The Court was aware that by the 12th of Geo. 11., before there could be an ap peal the rate was to be paid, and then there might be an appeal. If the Court quashed the rate, a new one would be immediately made. What benefit, therefore, could arise to theappellants. The Magistrates, however, had no interest, or no wish upon the subject, they were merely anxious to take the directions of that Court, and they would be strictly governed by it. In the present case, however, they were asked to do what they had no power to do. Lord DENMAN—Did they give any judgment The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—They refused to quash the rate; and I shall presently show your Lordships that they could not do so. The application of the appellants was to bring up the order of Sessions, and not the rate itself, and he apprehended that a mandamus was to order that to be done which they had no power to do. That was the first difficulty in which the Magistrates were placed, A mandamus was granted to the Court of Quarter Sessions to hear, but not to determine, because their Lordships could not dictate what the judgment of the Magistrates should be. In the present case what did the appellants ask. Not that the Court should call upon the Sessions to hear, for that they had already done, but to decide. He could not see upon what principle the Court could assent to it. Then another ground of his objection was, that the question arose out of the ladies of of the appellants themselves, for they ought to have removed the rate as men as the case, in which case the Court would have had jurisdiction. By the 18th section of the 12th of George 11., a provision was made for removing the rate by writ of certiorari, in which case your Lord_ ships would have had it judicially before them, and if they thought proper might have ordered it to be quashed. But if it had been quashed by any other authority, actions might have been brought against the parties who had collected any money under that rate previous to its being quashed. These were the grounds upon which he submitted that the mandamus ought not to go. Having stated to their Lordships the difficulty in which the Magistrates were placed, and the objections that presented themselves to the mandamus, he had thew his duty. The Magistrates were only solicitous to bow to the decision of the Court, and to construe the law according to its decision. Mr. PRENDERGAsT, on the same side, said the decision of the Court turned upon this point, not that theiate was illegal, but that it ought to have contained a restrictive clause, It was clear that this point was no longer of importance to the parishioners, for although it might not have been improper to collect the rate then, it was proper to collect it now, and, therefore, so far as the general justice of the case went, the parties had no pretence fur applying to the Court. Your Lordships were aware that as soon as three fourths of the former rate had been expended, the Sessions had the power to take off the re strictive clause. The only object the appellants could have was, to set the matter right on future occasions, and they had therefore got all they wished for in obtaining that decision The Learned Attorney-General had directed their attention to the clause which provided that if the rate was quashed by any other in certiorari, actions might be brought against any parties who had collected money under that rate. The de cision of their Lordships, therefore, would be productive of very serious consequences. According to the provisions of the Local Act, the Justices were authorised to hear and determine, or to quash, alter, or amend, the rate appealed against, or give such other relief as might seem fit to them. Now he appre hended that there was a clear discretionary power in the Magistrates either to alter or amend the rate or to quash it. But, if the Court granted the mandamus, it would be directed to the Justices to do a le gislative act. It was quite clear there was no just ground of com plaint against the rate. The mere complaint was that the collection ought to have been suspended ; and, if the adding of the clause now is nugatory, the present application is equally so. Mr. BODKIN, for the appellants, said that complaint had been made that on a former occasion he, Mr. Bodkin, intimated that the Justices were trying to evade their Lordships' judgment. The Learned Attor ney-General, however had not noticed that after the last meeting of the Justices, the result of the decision of the Court had been communi cated, and because that did not in terms quash the rate, that they would not do it, and that was stated publicly at their meeting. That was why the present question had been raised before their Lordships, the order having been declared illegal, it was thought as a natural conse quence that the Justices would have quashed the rate. But the Justices having_ held a meeting, where it was said that i❑ consequence of the form of the rule they did not intend to quash the rate, or put the county to any inconvenience, the appellants were compelled to come to that Court as the only mode by which they could obtain a remedy. Three objections had been taken to the present mule. First, that the Justices had no power to quash the rate at the Cane the application was made, and then there was an_ other &ejection that it was not usual far that Court to dictate the judg ment to be given by the Court below. Perhaps not in ordinary cases, but in the present case the parties were sitting, not merely as judges, but as parties to the inquiry, and if the Court thought that justice could not be obtained without the rule, if not in the present form, at least in some other, then they would, he apprehended, have no difficulty in making it absolute. Mr. Justice Comatose—Why not bring up the rate ? Mr. BODKlN—Probably if it had been brought up the Court would not have had the power to quash it, because it depended upon the word ing of the case. Lord DENmAN—We might have done what we thought right. Mr. &mare—There was nothing on the face of the rate to show that it was bad, and he thought the objection of not bringing it up, came with a bad grace from the other side. Their Lordships would recollect that several points were brought under the consideration of the Court upon the special case granted by the Justices, but they were not to go into the Court, having decided that the rate was substantially bad, there being more than three-fourths of the former rate in the Treasurer's hands. The great principle upon which writ of mandamus issued was where a wrong was committed, without any other remedy, and that was the case of the appellants. They had paid a large sum, upwards of 1,0001. upon a rate which their Lordships had decided to be bad. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—But you are not prejudiced by that. You wou'd have to pay it out of the next rate. Mr. Bons ter--No ; for there was another point raised, as to whether money charged to the Lunatic Asylum should have been introduced into the county rate or not. If the Court was of opinion that these sums should not have been included, it would make a considerable dif ference to the appellant party. They were therefore prejudiced in that respect. There was an express power to charge a certain portion of the sum paid to the Lunatic Asylum upon the owners of property, and therefore the appellants were prejudiced to that extent. They were prejudiced also as to the costs of their appeal, and on these grounds he submitted that the rule ought to have been made absolute. Mr. DOANE followed on the same side, and contended at some length that the Court having decided that the order of Session must be quashed, had virtually decided that the rate shoud have been quashed. The Learned Gentleman cited several authorities in support of this view of the case, and concluded by observing that if the Magistrates would not do what they were legally authorised to do, that Court had the power, and ought to compel them to do it. The Comte having conferred together for some time, Lord DENMAN said that they were in hopes they could have brought the case within the 18th section of the 12th of George 11., but it was c'ear they could not do so. If they directed the rate to be quashed, they would certainly expose parties to actions at law, even if the man damus went on altered terms, the effect would be the same, and the same bad consequences would arise. Had the parties brought up the rate they might have been able to do it, but not having done so, the rule for the mandamus must be discharged. The other Judges expressed the same opinion. GEARY V. HARVEY ESQ., M.P. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had been instructed in this case to move for a rule to show cause why the verdict for the defendant should not be set aside and a new trial had. It was an action of assumpsit on a special contract, tried before Lord Denman in the sittings of last term. The defendant was the proprietor of the True Sun Newspaper, and the plaintiff, Mr. Geary, a reporter, who had been engaged by him as a Parliamentary reporter for that paper. The declaration alleged that in October 1837 the plaintiff' was engaged in that capacity for the whole of the then ensuing session of Parliament at a salary of threeguineas a-week, that salary was to be paid during the Session. It appeared in evidence, that fifty guineas were paid into Court on the plea that the plaintiff had not sustained damage beyond that amount. The question, therefore, for the Jury was the amount of the damage. It appeared also in evi dence, that the plaintiff had been engaged on the terms stated in the declaration in October, 1837. The Session began on the 15th of No. vember in that year, and on the 16th of December, the defendant gave notice to the plaintiff that he was not to be continued in his employment after the 23d of that month. This was in consequence of the defen dant having, in the mean time, sold the Newspaper called the True Sun to the proprietor of The Sun. The plaintiff was dismissed, but the Session was continued to the 16th of August, and the action was commenced on the 10th of January, 1838. At the trial which took pace after the conclusion of the session it was proved that the ses sion continued down to the 16th of August, and that, unless the con_ tract had been broken on the part of the defendant, the plaintiff would have been entitled to his salary up to that time. The plaintiff sent in his claim for the sum of 1071. 25., and taking the fifty guineas paid into Court, there would then be a balance due to the plaintiff of 541. 12s. The question chiefly depended upon what deduc tions should be made in respect of the plaintiff not having been called upon to do the duty which lie would have been obliged to have performed if he had continued in the service; but the Learned Judge in his summing up told the Jury that if the action had been commenced after the termination of the session, then the plaintiffmight have been entitled to have relied upon the evidence he had with re spect to the duration of the session, but the action having commenced while the session was pending, the Jury were only to look to the pro bable length of the session, and not to its actual period of existence. Now from that direction he (the Attorney-General) begged leave to except ; because, as the fact had been ascertained before the trial, although it was contingent at the time the action was commenced, it could be put in proof. He (the Attorney. General) confidently submitted that the plaintiff was in the same situation as if lie had brought the action after the termination of the Session, because the cause of action was the same, namely, the plaintiff's dismissal during the term for which he was employed. This was the only action that could be brought, as no fresh one could be sus tained after the Session had terminated ; and therefore it was clear that the plaintiff was entitled to recover all he had a right to In the present action. He would lay it down as a general rule, that where the Jury were to ascertain the amount of damages arising from any injury, they might not receive evidence of any fresh da mage ascertained, but they might receive evidence of acts subsequently accruing between the time of bringing the action and the trial. In support of that preposition he would put this case—suppose an action had been brought for a nuisance, whereby the plaintiff's health had been injured ; the leaiiitsff then might surely give in evidence the state of his health to show the damage he had sustained by that nuisance. Mr. Justice LirrLEDALE—Do you say that he is entitled to recover the whole of the 107/. ? S li pi The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—No, I do not that it was for the Jury to say what deductiot Lord DENMAN—The plaintiff might have mean time. The real question is, whether pet mencement of the action is the period at which the Jury are to Calcu. late the damage. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL would put another case. Supposing an action had been brought by a person who had broken his limb, he allegesin the declaration theinjury he has suffered, and that from it he is likely to lose the use of his limb, upon such a case would he not be at liberty to give evidence of the state of his health and his limb up to the time of the trial? Lord DENMAN—That is evidence of the extent of injury then sus.. tained. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL would suppose further, that the plaintiff had had his leg amputated between the commencement of the action and the trial, could not he then have put that in evidence? Lord DENmAN—Certainly ; but, then, could you recover the sur. geota's bill ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Certainly not; but it might be made the subject of special damage, which cannot be the case here. He would suppose the limb restored and the plaintiff came to that Court, would he would ask, be entitled to call surgeons to prove that it was possi ble he might have lost a limb. Lord DENMAN—A party bringing an action cannot have the choice of getting the real as well as the probable damage. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL would put anothcr case. Would it not be com; etent for the defendant, if, subsequently to bringing the action, the plaintiffhad obtained another engagement equal to the salary he was to receive from the defendant, to have pnt that in evidence, in order to the diminution of the damages ; and if he could, surely, on the prin ciple of reciprocity, the plaintiff would be entitled to tender similar evidence. Lord DENMAN—The question with me is, whether you are entitled to that reciprocity, when you bring an action for an uncertain amount, which is to be made certain in a certain event f Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—This case is very different from personal Injury. The AT TORNEY -GENERAL—The plaintiff did not in the present case allege any special damage subsequent to the commencement of the action, but he complained of a contract being broken, by which he had lost the profits he would otherwise have received. It the contract had not been broken the plaintiff would have received the amount he required. He submitted to the Court that in all cases of the nature of the present, where actions were brought for a direct injury on both sides, any facts might be given in evidence which had accrued between the bringing of the action and the day of trial. It was admitted to him that it might be done by the defendant, and be could not conceive why the plaintiff should not have the same justice d call out to him. Lord DENMAN, after consulting with the other Judges, said they wished to consider the subject before they decided whether they would grant the rule nisi or not. • • t ay\ivif.:(bu Ic t Vettifik . titu er the period of Ihr kotii COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) PYBERS V. SCUDMORE. THE MAIDSTONE ELECTION. Mr. THESSIGER moved in this case that a rule which had been ob. tained by Mr. Sergeant Wilde, on the part of the plaintiff; for changing the venue from Maidstone to London, be discharged with costs. The action was one of slander, brought by the late Mayor of Maidstone, against the defendant, fur having circulated a report that he (the plain tiff) had been guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury before the Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to try the Maidstone Election Pe tition, in stating that he saw a gentleman go up a certain staircase to a Committee-room at the election. The defendant had justified, averring that the plaintiff had committed perjury, inasmuch as from the position in which he stood at the election, lie could not see the staircase in question. The plaintiff; in support of his application to change the venue from Maidstone, had filed an affidavit, in which he averred that political excitement prevailed to such an extent, not only in the borough of Maidstone, but throughout the county of Kent, that it was impossible he could hare a fair trial ; and to show this he set out extracts from divers Maidstone Papers, casting reflections on him with reference to his character, his personal appearance, his political opinions, &c., stating, among other things, that he had " a squint which ena bled him to see round a corner."—(Laughter.) The Learned Counsel represented these paragraphs as trivial, and as having been published a considerable time ago, and urged that it would be most absurd to stig matise a whole county as so corrupted by party feeling that there could not be fund in it a single jury, not even a special jury (for this was to be made a special jury case), to try fairly and impartially the questiou whether the plaintiff had committed perjury ; and he contended that as, in order to make out defendant's case, which was, that according to the situation in which plaintiff had stood, he could not see what he had sworn he saw, a personal view on the part of the jury would be neces sary. That view would be difficult, perhaps impossible to be obtained if the case were tried in London, whereas, if tried at Maidstone, it would be perfectly easy. Mr. CHANNEL followed on the same side. Mr. Scgeant WILDE argued that the rule must be made absolute. He urged that it was essential that the administration of justice should not only be pure, but unsuspected. The question at issue was to the plaintiff one of most vital importance—his character, his reputation, his highest interests were at stake. In applying to have the venue changed from Maidstone, he stated on oath, that he believed a feeling not merely of political, but of personal prejudice and animosity existed against him, and which had been excited by the Provincial Press, which altogether prevented the possibility of his having a fair trial in that place; and it was not even suggested that he had any other mo. tive than what he thus stated for his application. There was no four. dation for stigmatizing the Jurymen of the County of Kent, by re. movin; the trial to London, though it was idle to say that on political questions juries were not liable to party feelings. The Learned Ser. geant went at great length into the authorities on the subject. The COURT were unanimously of opinion, that, on the plaintiff un. dertaking to pay the additional expenses, both of the view and of the trial, he might remove the trial from Maidstone to London. Rule made absolute. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) THE QITEEN V. THE INHABITANTS OF STOSESLET, Mr. TEMPLE moved that a mandamus should be directed to the inter. Wants of Stokesley, in the North Riding of the county of York, com• manding to fix and determine the amount to be collected by the inspec tors, to carry the provisions of the 3d and 4th William IV. c. 90, into effect, relative to the lighting and watching of the town. The Learned Gentleman stated the proceedings which had takea place, at Stokesley at consideraUl2 length, after which Mr. Justice PATTESON said that the matter ought to be put into some course of inquiry, but there would be some difficulty, because they were not only to meet, but to determine the amount, which was in their dis. cretion. —Rule nisi granted. TUE QUEEN V. TilE CORPORATION OF NORWICTI. A rule was granted last term, calling on the Corporation of Norwich, to show cause why an order made by them, for the payment of certain law proceedings arising out of the appointment of charity trustees for that borough, should not be removed by certiorari into this Court. Sir W. FOLLETT now applied for an enlargement of the rule, on the ground that there bad not been sufficient time to prepare the necessary affidavits since the service of the rule on the 20th Dec. last. The application was opposed, and after some discussion, Mr. Justice PArrEsoN said he would consider the matter before givirg his decision. SPRING ASSIZES. CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES. Northern.—Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Baron Alderson. Oxford.—Mr. Justice Patteson. Home.—Lord Abinger and Mr. Justice Littledale. Western.—Mr. Baron Gurney and Mr. Justice Erskine. Norfolk.—Chief-Justice Tindal and Mr. Justice Vaughan. Midland.—Lord Denman and Mr. Justice Bosanquet. North Wales.—Mr. Justice Williams. South Wales.—Mr. Jastice Coleridge. OYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. 16.—Wind N. W., moderate. —Arrived and remain, the 13olina, Waddel, from Hobart Town; Magnet, Mann, Demerara; Ada, Tregarthen, ; Harmony, Page, Guernsey. Sailed the Ann, for Calcutta; Jopsa, Jamaica; Alexander, ditto; Mary Catherine, Hobart Town ; Mexborough, Grenada; Forester, Anglesey.; and several others. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 16 —Wind N.N. W., fine weather.—Arrived her Majesty's steamer Meteor, from Liverpool. Sailed the Roxburgh Castle, Cumberland, for Plymouth and New South Wales; President, Chad. wick, New York ; Sprightly, Arnot, Rouen ; Prosperous, Miller, Fel. mouth; Marianne, Taylor, Liverpool; Oporto packet, Pritton, Teign. mouth. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 15.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the Convivial, Hampton, from . Off port, the Edgecumbe, Roberts, from Bahia. Sailed the Sampson, Sturges, for New York; Echo, Stirs, Havannah ; Louisa, Elliot, St. Michael's. FALMOUTH, JAN. 15.—Wind N.N.W. to W.N. W. moderate breezes, and cloudy.—Arrived the Funchal, Porret, from Marianople ; Catharine, Thornton, Cephalonia; Hercules (steamer), London. Sailed the Turk, Pinto, fur St. Michael's; Cawton, Boyse, Trieste; Rapid Bristol ; Harmony, Halifax; Talbot, ditto; Ellen, Potter, Gijon; Johanna, Swansea. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 16.—Wind N, moderate breezes.—Arrived the Gipsy, from Waterford; Robert Napier, Londonderry; Clio, St. John's, New Brunswick; Reales, Smyrna; Martutins, Malta; Hibernia, Dub lin ; Julia, Crane, Lisbon ; Mary Ann, Genoa; St. J. Baptiste, Bilboa. Off port, the Parker, from Demerara. COWES, JAN. 16.—Arrived the Pefi, Fenny, from Smyrna ; King Al fred, Knill, St. Michael's. DOVER, JAN. 16.—Arrived the Olive Branch, Lorwood, from New_ castle for Jersey, lost mainmast, having been in contact with a vessel. Sailed the Leopard, for Hamburgh. Off port, the Chippewa, Miller, from Singapore; Navarino, Henry, Valparaiso, sailed Oct. 10; Sol. lick, Hillstarr, Marseilles. GUERNSEY, JAN. 14.—The four casks of oil reported to have been picked up here, are marked VBA RJ D 3 1-0 P, and contain (tali. poli, and not fish oil. Some spars and timber, apparently of a Chassie Marie, have been picked up to the southward. PENZANCE, JAN. 15.—The Ruddlestone Buoy, which parted its moorings in the late gale, has been replaced. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 16.—The La Jeune Eliza, from Bourdeaux, was on shore in Bootle Bay, and has been got off, after discharging a gat load of the cargo, damaged by the recent bad weather. The Harlequin, tram Glasgow, has been got off the strand In Bootle Bay. BRIDGEWATER, JAN. 15.—A quantity of deals have been drifted on shore along the coast during the past week. Sr. IVES, JAN. 15.—Some American deals were washed on shore this morning, apparently not long in water. LANCASTER, JAN. 16.—The Mora Castle, from the Isle of Man to Liverpool, is a complete wreck; cargo and materials nearly all saved. BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 15.—The Russel, Mackie, from Shields to Lon. don, has put in here with damage, having been in contact with the Na. vigator, of Dunkirk. MARGATE, JAN, 16.—Arrived the Jeune Victoria, Kzian, from Sables, for London, with loss of anchors and cables. Offport the Mag net, Main, from Demerara. RAMSGATE, JAN. 16.—Arrived the Sea Flower, Harrisen, from London to Sunderland, with loss of main beam, bulwarks, Sic. Sailed the John Borthwick, for Honfleur ; Waners, ditto; Thetis, Hall. Rouen. SI;(;;ElIAM, JAN. 16.—Sailed the Maria, Moulmein, for Jersey; Brighton, Green, Waterford. Hutt, JAN. 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Diana, Hamner, from Antwerp; Tiger, Knocker, Hamburg. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 15.—The brig China, of St. John's, New Bruns wick, was fallen in with on the 10th instant, in lat. 4.73 N., long. 8,26 \V., dismasted and abandoned—no boats, three masts standing, and one water cask in the main-top ; and the Jane Clark, Stevenson, on the Ist instant, off' Cape St. Vincent, for Malta, with loss of boats, bulwarks, &c., by the Beer and Wingyett, arrived here. GUERNSEY, JIN. 13.—Arrived the Baron Von Crashaw, Stralsund. The Marshall, late White, from Leghorn to Liverpool, was taken into INlenora 6th inst.—Captain dead, and mate inefficient. The Patience, Harrison, from London to'Sunderland, foundered off the Wellbank on the 13th inst.—crew saved by the Bramham, of Yarmouth. The Alcides, of Ipswich, and the Rose, of Perth, bound to London, were abandoned at sea on the Sth inst.—crew saved by the Elizabeth Appleby, from London to Newcastle, arrived here with loss of sails, bulwarks, anchor, and cable. A boat marked Eden, of Sunderland, v:as fallen in with in the Medi. teranean Channel by the Fortitude, arrived here from Newport. The Alit, Hall, of Aberdeen, is wrecked near Sunderland—part of the cargo and materials saved. I