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M. Hebert, the Procureur-General, gave some ac count of the views of the committee, of which he formed part, relative to the drawing up of the address. M. Laroche Javelin spoke of the j inrney to Lon don, and then, breaking off, touched on the execution of Marshal Nvy, which he prcceeded to defend. The discussion on this subject terminated at half past four. The evident feeling of the Chamber was, that the Legitimists had offered no justification to warrant the rejection of the paragraph. M. Thiers was expected to speak. THE CAUSES OF THE DIFFICUL TIES OF THE COUNTRY BRIEFLY AND PLAINLY STATED. The country having contracted, chiefly in a paper money at a high rate of interest, and with corn realiz ing in it 103. per bushel, and labour 5s. per day, a debt of the fearful amount of 800,000,0001., the Legislature decided, in 1819, that all money and all past as well as future monetary engagements, should be declared to mean, or be kept in subordination to the part of maintaining for, a certain very scarce article of foreign produce termed " Gold," the "fixed," or " standard,' or " monopoly " price of 31.17s. 100. per ounce. The effects of this have been :- 1. To increase the fixed burdens and annual taxa tion of the country 66 per cent. 2. This increase, taking the said fixed taxation at 50,000,000/., amounts to no less than 33,000,0001., or a total taxation of 83,000,0001. in paper money. These positions I thus prove :— In this country, where there are no gold mines, corn and labour form the true standard of all value. This is a truth so universally acknowledged, that it were almost unnecessary to repeat it. AppIT it to the case under consideration, and a few minutes calcula tion will suffice to show that the following is a correct account of the different amounts of corn and labour required under the two currencies to provide for the said fixed burdens and annual taxation of 50,000,0001.:— vrio1819. • is 1543. With corn at 10s. per bushey With corn at 61. per bushel, 100 millions of bushels were 166 millions and upwards of required, (bushels are exacted. UT TO 1819. In 1543. With labour at is. per day, . With labour at 3e. per day, 200 rnilliops of days were re- 333 millions and upwards of juired. days are exacted. Being a clear increase of upwards of 66, instead of upwards of 66k per cent., both in corn and labour— the standards of all value. There cannot be any argu ment advanced against this position that will bear a moment's test ; for, the agriculturist must take to market and sell, and pay over to the tax-collector the proceeds of ten bushels at 6s., in place of six bushels at 10s., to discharge the same amount of taxation, and in like manner must the working man give in the ratio of twenty days' labour at 3s. instead of twelve dap at 5s. this virtual, actual, and appalling in&ease of 33,000,000/. per year in the amount of the taxation of the country, together with the corresponding in crease in the calla of the mortgagee and annuitant of every other public, as well as private, description, has thus operated :- 1. Tens of thousands of persons have had their in comes so immensely augmented in value, as to be led to pass their lives in idleness, and in merely con suming wealth, who would otherwise have been use fully occupied in producing wealth. 2.- Hundreds of thousands of the productive classes have had to endure both the increased taxation, and the increased privations, toils, and anxieties neces sary to support the system, and, at the same time, to sustain a competition with the labour of compara tively untaxed countries. This state of things, in due course, wrought a fearful increase of misery and degradation and crime. Additional police and gaols, and, with them, addi tional rates, became necessary. The productive classes, finding trade unprofitable and their capital disappearing, ceased to employ labour. Then came loud cries of " Reform reform"—" The poor will eat up the land." The Ministers were indignantly ex pelled from office. New ones were chosen. Disregarding the cause, and essaying to remove the effect only by an aggravation of the cause, the new Ministers determined that they would prevent " the poor eating up the land," by making them work at whatever price for their labour they could get, or to be subjected to the alternative of confinement in a workhouse. _ _ _ . Not perceiving how both their tenantry and their poor labourers, and all the other suffering productive classes, were being wronged ; nor, that it was a widely dif ferent class than the poor who were " eating up the land," the short-sighted landed proprietors assisted the Ministers to pass their "New Poor-law Bill." This Bill rendered necessary still more gaols, in ad dition to hundreds of huge buildings that very much resemble them, called " union workhouses," where married people are separated and kept in idleness. More and more police, even a " Rural" one, and more and more criminals, and county and other local rates followed, as naturally as midnight succeeds the twi light. The poor-rates, which in 1741 were 750,0001., became, in 1841, 7,500,0001. The taxes, which had been only 2,000,0001. before a Bank of England mo nopoly was permitted, and which were only 20,000,000/. in 1797, were inadequate even at 50.000,0001. This horrid state of things drove the Whig Minis ters from office in 1841, in like manner that the blighting and strangling effects of the measure of 1819 had been the real cause of the expulsion of tke Tory Ministers in 1831. The Conservative Ministers, profiting not by the lessons of the past, began to enforce even a still further carrying out of the principles of 1819, by in troducing a measure to effect another reduction of the value of every description of produce (and conse quently of labour, too), unless the farmer or manu facturer sacrificed the difference, not forgetting also to add thereto another " touch of taxation. " Scarcely had this taken full effect, than a general rising took place throughout the populous and labour ing districts of the country ; and although this was suppressed, and kas since been providentially allayed by the sudden and unexpected rise of a trade with China, it has been only to give place to another of still more alarming character. With the value of their produce reduced to the extent of 30s. per acre, although all the rent and tithe put together payable to their landlord and clergy did not previously amount to 253. per acre, the yeomanry and peasantry of Ireland and Wales have been so far tempted or driven to welcome and abet the instigations of sedition, that the presence of an army of 30,000 men in Ireland, and of a body of London as well as of rural police in Wales, have been deemed necessary. This again entails further expense. To the esta blishment of Poor-law Commissioners were subse quently added (very probably and naturally needed too) Bankruptcy Commissioners. 'These are followed by Commissioners to inquire into the state of the laws of• landlord and tenant in Ireland, and others to in quire into the laws respecting turnpikes in Wales— commissions, in short, to inquire into every cause but the cause itself! From what has been said, it must be pretty appa rent that the 33,000,0001. per year, or 825,000,0001. in 25 years, exclusive of interest, forms but a very small portion of the loss that has accrued to the productive classes and tax-payers of the country, from the memorable Bill of 1819. In another communication I shall endeavour to show, with the same brevity and plainness, the gene ral effects of what I hesitate not to term the present barbarous and confiscating standard of value, and Bank Charter; and I entertain no doubt whatever but I shall succeed in showing, as clearly as I have now done, the wrong of 825,000,0001., that the entire loss that they have occasioned the productive classes and the country generally, cannot be less than 2,000,000,0001. A CONSERVATIVE WHO THINKS WE MAY PAY TOO DEAR FOR THE GOLD WHISTLE. Chelsea, Jan. 15, 1844. FULFILMENT or A DREAM.—A young man named John Gray, residing at Cinderford, who for some years Past, since the death of his father, has been the support of bes sister and widowed mother, before he went to his usual work, at the Crump Meadow Coal pits, on Monday morning last, told his mother that he had dreamed he was at his work, and that a large stone fell upon him and killed him ; and though his mother made rather light of it, it was with reluctance he went to his work, and that not before he had twice returned to wish her good-by, for fear his dream Mould come to pass. He then went to Liu employment, but had not been is the pit many hours before an immense block of stone, as much as four or five men could move, fell upon h im . O n the remova l o f the stone his body presented a shocking e, spectacl b eing crushed in the most frightful manner, lie lingered somewhat less than an hour in the mas t indescribable agony, when death released him from his Coroner's inquest has been held this morning,neerin and ver s. - dict of " Accidental death" returned. Thus aged mother been deprived of her only surviving so n , al bad another killed in a similar manner about four h aving years since.—Bath Journal. STATE OF TIRADE IN NEWCASTLE.—It is gratifying to know that the duties received at the Newcastle -Cus tom-house during the last year have amounted to the unusually large sum of 494,5241., being an actual in crease of 61,737L above the receipt of 1842. Could any circumstance more strongly proclaim the growing pros perity of this important district ? It is also interesting to learn that the quantity of coal exported in 1843 ex ceeded that in 1841 (the year previous to the duty being levied) by 5 0 , 000 tons, the quantity in 1841 being 737,388, and that in 1843 787,379 tons respectively. In the intermediate year, 1842, the quantity exported reached to 848,971 tons, but it is right to bear in mind that during the first six months of that year the demand was excessive in anticipation of the new duty ; so that we now fairly hope the depression in our local commerce has seen its worst, and that the steady improvement already so visible in the manufacturing districts will be speedily followed by corresponding effects on the banks M the Tyne and Wear.—Newcastle Journal. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Tuesday a Court was 1 , AI for the dispatch of a great ; deal of public business. The petition of Mr. Samuel Wells against the r2turn of Messrs. R. Taylor, Obbard, liodgsor, and Gresham, as Common Councilmen for the ward of Farringdon \ i t h out having been sent from the Court of Grand Me ardinote to the Court of Aldermen, the petitioner was called, and immediately attended at the bar. After some conversation amongst the members, the se veral cases in which Mr. Wells had petitioned were post poned for a fortnight, some of the gentlemen whose re turn has been impugned having at the same time ex pressed a hope that the Court would endeavour to decide on that day, and save them the additional expense of producing counsel and witnesses on subsequent days. Alderman COPELAND, in bringing up the Report of the inspectors of weights and measures, said it was with great satisfaction he called the attention of ,the Court to the exertions of the inspectors for the last twelve months. — (Hear.) When the Court considered that the labours of these two excellent officers were calculated to render benefit to those who needed protection and assistance most, in consequence of their limited means, he was sure it was unnecessary for him to say more to prove the value of the new appointments.—(Hear, hear.) The services already rendered in the poor and populous neigh bourhoods of the City of London, in every district of which the inspectors gave evidence of remarkable impar tiality as well as vigilance and activity, were most sen sibly felt, and he trusted that their unabated zeal and exertions would further increase the advantages derived from their appointment. The report specified that 90 publicans had been, in the year 1843, summoned and convicted ; that 40 butchers had been summoned and convicted ; that 10 bakers had been summoned and convicted ; that 46 coal-dealers and general shopkeepers had been summoned and convicted ; that 17 greengrocers, cheesemongers, and tallow-chand lers had been summoned and convicted ; that 3 oil and colourmen had been summoned and convicted ; that 10 greengrocers had been summoned and convicted ; that 4 marine-store owners bad been summoned and convicted ; that 4 tobacconists had been summoned and convicted ; that 3 metal dealers had been summoned and convicted; that 15 provision merchants had been summoned and convicted ; and that 5 wharfiugers had been summoned and convicted. The total number of deficient weights and measures was stated to be 379. The total z umber of unstamped weights and measures, 1,396 ; the total number of false balances, 163 ; the total number sum moned, 247 ; the total number convicted, 247 ; and the number appointed to be heard, 30. The leport, which was signed by Mr. Knott and Mr. Harvard, the City inspectors, was ordered to be entered on the journals of the Court. At a former Court, upon the motion of Alderman Fairbrother, the sum of 4002 per annum was added to the salary of Mr. Bullock, to whose high talents and merits every one in the assembly bore the most ready testimony. Alderman Baows at the present Court rose to move the following resolution :—" That the Court, appreciat ing as they do most highly the zeal and abilities of Ed ward Bullock, Esq., as manifested in the discharge of his duties as one of the Commissioners of the Central Criminal Court, and recognising his first claim to an increase of salary, deem it to be nevertheless their duty to rescind their regulation of the 5th of December last, viz., ' That the sum of 4001. be added to the salary of Edward Bullock, Esq., in respect of his duties at the Central Criminal Court,' from a full conviction that his claim to an additional salary will be duly recognised by the Court of Common Council, by whom he was elected." The resolution was agreed to, after some conversa tion amongst the members. The Court of Aldermen has the undoubted power to vote the addition, but the former resolution was re scinded, from respect to the Court of Common Council, from whom the Learned Gentleman received his appoint ment. Upon the motion of Sir PETER LAURIE, it was re solved " That no addition be made by the Court to the salary of any officer, unless previous notice on the sum mons for the Court, stating the addition proposed to be made to the salary." Alderman FAREBROTHER rose to move that the elec tion of a deputy governor to the gaol of Newgate be postponed until the duties to be performed by such de puty are settled ; and that a committee be appointed to consider such duties, and to report the same to the Court. . . —___ The motion having been seconded, Alderman Wu.som rose to move, as an amendment, that the nomination of a deputy-governor be made at the next Court. Alderman T. WOOD seconded the amendment. After considerable discussion, Alderman BROWN submitted the following, which Alderman Wilson consented to substitute for that which he had proposed :—" That the Court do, at its next meeting, proceed to nominate a fit and proper person to be by them recommended to the Governor of Newgate, to be by him appointed as turnkey of the prison, and afterwards appointed deputy governor thereof, subject to the approbation of the visiting magistrates." Alderman Brown's amendment was then carried. Sir PETER LAURIE moved that so much of the pre sentments of the Wardmote Inquests as regards parties carrying on trades within the city, either by wholesale or retail, be referred to a Committee of the whole court, to consider the best course to be adopted thereon ; and to report. He should not enter upon the important matters connected with the subject which had excited so much interest in the City, but he should briefly advert to the conduct of one of the wards, which had at the grand wardmote accused the Court of neglect, and maintained at the same time that the authorities of the ward ad mitted there were nearly one hundred persons in it who refused to take up their freedom, and yet not one of these individuals had been returned to the Court in the presentment.—(Hear, hear.) Alderman COPELAND said he looked upon the subject of obliging poor retailers to take op their freedoms and allowing rich wholesale dealers to conduct all kinds of commercial pursuits without requiring them to perform the duties of citizens, as a very serious grievance. It was his determination to have all parties in his ward who were not free presented, and to ascertain by an appeal to the law whether merchants and wholesale dealers were not compellable to be free. The RECORDER said that retail dealers were proceeded against under a bye-law, which did not apply to whole sale dealers. The point, then, was not whether whole sale dealers could not be reached by that bye-law, but whether the Corporation could not make a bye-law which would reach them ?—(Hear, hear.) Alderman HUGHES HUGHES deprecated all argument upon such a subject in Court at that time. When the subject was submitted to a Committee, he should take care to attend it, and give and receive all the informa tion that could be collected on a matter which the Court well knew very particularly interested him. The motion was then agreed to. Alderman WILSON presented a petition from the In quest of Castle Baynard Ward, calling attention to the state of Puddle Dock. — The petition was referred to the City Solicitor.—Ad• journed. COURT OF SEWERS. A special meeting of the Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of Westminster, and parts of the county of Middlesex, was held on Tuesday at the offices of the Court in Greek-street, Soho, for the purpose of proceeding with the examination of applicants for the contemplated appointments of new Assistant-Surveyor and Fourth Clerk of the Works, and other business. Mr. WILLOUGHBY took the chair at twelve o'clock, and the examination of the different applicants for the office of the new Assistant•Surveyor (of which there were no less than 32) having been concluded, it appeared that the Court had selected only six gentlemen out of that number to be put in nomination as candidates at a future day It was afterwards proposed, and after some little discussion carried, that only three of that number should be put in nomination, and that the election should take place the first Court day after Friday. next. Every Commissioner present, with the exception of Mr. Leslie (who protested against the whole proceeding), having sent in to the Chairman the names of the three gentlemen they thought most efficient to fill the office, The CHAIRMAN announced that the choice of the Court bad fallen upon Mr. Fowle, Mr. Hawkins, and Mr. Hughes, to stand as candidates for the office of the new Assistant Surveyor. These gentlemen were then called in, and informed of the decision of the Court ; as were also the other three gentlemen who had been omitted; the latter of whom with drew, after a high eulogium had been passed upon them by the Chairman for the talent they had displayed in the answers given by them to the questions put by the Court. The Court then proceeded to examine the candidates, and their testimonials, for the office of Fourth Clerk of the Works. Six individuals applied for this office, and out of that number only one—a person named Phillips— proved himself at all competent to fill the office. After some discussion as to whether another advertisement should be put in the papers calling for further applica tions, it was determined that that step should not be adopted. Mr. Phillips was then called in, and received no doubt, to him, the gratifying intelligence of the pro bability of the Court electing him to the office on the next court-day after Friday next. It was then inti mated to him that he must attend on that day, but the Court, doubtless thinking it unnecessary, issued no sum mons, warrant, or decree, for the purpose of compelling him to do so. _ The CHAIRMAN having officially announced that the election would take place on the first Court day after Friday next, Mr. LESLIE suggested that it would be but decent that the election should not take place till the Court had decided upon his motion, the effect of which was, that neither of these officers should be appointed. The CHAIRMAN said that the Court could not specu late upon the result of a motion to be proposed by any Honourable Commissioner. He then called upon Mr. Leslie to proceed with the motion of which he had given notice, with respect to the appointment of Chairman. Mr. LESLIE then, in an able and unanswerable speech, which we are unable to give at any length in consequence of the lateness of the hour at which it was brought for ward, and the bad arrangements of the Court to dispel artificially the d ec li n i ng li g h t o f d a y, b roug ht forward his motion for th e re p ea l o f t h e 17 t h B ye -l aw , u nd e r w lit hi a ch los t s he to y k e n lee ow ted unr ut adechwaihrmataanahnonriutay they madelly.Hew such tot a totally election. The Court was constituted under the authority aci gn Theun d e Corfo justice, a Court, bye law, in of the statute of Henry the Ei g hth, b at t h at statute gave e th le e c m cin n g o aauchttimrtyan annually,toelecta chairman.as w which was at variance with th e principles t law, and common sense. The statutes of H enr y t h e Eighth and Elizabeth had been found defective, and to remedy those defects the Act of the 3d and 4th of Wil liam the Fourth, chap. 22, had been passed ; and that Act had been further improved by an Act passed in the present reign. Now, what did the Act of the 3d and 4th of William the Fourth provide ? Why, that the chairman should be elected daily. He knew bow . be should be Wet on this point, and that WO by staling that that Act did not apply to that Court ; he mserted fearlessly that it did, after having lia:1 conversation6 with some of the most eminent legal men of the present day. It Wai true they had the opinions of Sir Y; m. Horne and Sir J. CAmpbell, when Attorney and Solicitor-Generals, that i6 did not atiect them ; but it must be remembered that ;hose opinions were founded on cases got up by some of the mysterious proceedings whic h had for years surrounded that Court, and which he wished to put :an end to. It was not his desire to hold any threats over the Court ; all that he was anxious for was the public interest, and the public good ; they all sat as Commissioners there for that purpose, and that alone, and nothing on earth should induce him to swerve from the line he had chalked out for himself, which was to make the Court as serviceable as possible to the public. As he had said before, he wished to hold out no threats, but if his pre sent motion was negatived it was his determination to morrow to direct his solicitor (of course at his own ex pense), to apply to the Court of Queen's Bench, that the order made by that Court (the Sewers) should be en tered on the files of the Court of Queen's Bench. The Hon. Commissioner concluded by moving that the 17th Bye-law should be rescinded, as contrary to the Statute of Sewers, particularly the 3d and 4th of William IV. Some considerable discussion then took place, in which Mr. White, the Chairman, and several other Commis sioners, joined, which ended in a show of hands being taken, when there appeared— For Mr. Leslie's motion 6 Against it 8 Majority against Mr. Leslie's motion —2 Mr. LESLIE submitted that two Commissioners pre sent not having voted there was no legal majority against his motion ; but the worthy Commissioner's observations were totally unheeded amid the noise of the Commis sioners leaving the Court, no doubt anxious to get home, fearing their dinners might be cold. The Court adjourned at half-past six o'clock. THE STATE OF THE STREETS. On Tuesday the foreman of Mr. Gore, the contractor for cleansing the streets of the city of London, appeared on a summons before the Commissioners of Sewers, at Guildhall, to answer the complaint of police constable Davies, No. 431, for not cleansing Mansion-house-street. The patentee of the new sweeping machines was in at tendance, and, upon being called in, he was at great length questioned by the Court as to the efficiency of the machines, which he declared to be most admirably adapted to the cleansing of the streets, provided the men who had them under their control worked them properly. It was, however, to be regretted that the men considered them an innovation, and did all to impede their utility. In proof of their excellency, the patentee referred the Court to the satisfaction which the machines gave to the inhabitants of Regent-street. There no dirt was to be found, and the same result would be produced in the City, if the men in the employ of the contractor did their duty. The foreman of Mr. Gore was then called in, and in answer to some of the members of the Court, he said that Mr. Gore was confined to his bed, and unable to attend. Mr. Deputy Westwood, the - Chairman, wished to know whether the new machines were suitable to the streets of the city ? The foreman replied that they were not : they were a complete failure. In fact, no contractor, however anxious he might be to keep the streets free from mud, could do it while using the machines. The construction of the machines was such, that they spill as much mud as they take up ; for instance, if one of them is employed in Cornhill, and is there loaded, by the time it arrives at Puddle-dock it is found not to be more than one-fourth full. The vibration is so great that the mud is shaken out ; besides, the brushes are not adapted for the streets. A Commissioner—You do not put good horses into them. The foreman—The horses are excellent when first put in, but from their constru.tion and weight they are sufficient to kill any horse. The machines them selves weigh nearly two tots, and that is too much for the h.,rses. A Commissioner—How many horses have been killed since you have used the machines ? The foreman — Only two. A Commissioner—The horses which you use are re duced to skin and bone, and how is it to be expected that they can draw the machines ? The foreman—The horses, when first used, are as good cattle as can be seen. The Chairman—The contractor, it is stated, has left off the use of the machines ; is that the case ? The foreman—Yes ; they are found to be totally unfit for the work ; and on Monday 40 men were put on ; and if the state of the streets required, his employer was made to put on 50 more. Mr. Gore pays the patentee 1,600/. a year for their use, besides keeping them in repair. A Commissioner—Is it your opinion that the men will keep the streets cleaner than the machines ? The fore man—Yes ; there is nothing better than manual labour. The Court at some length discussed the merits of the two systems, when it was agreed to adjourn giving an opinion for a week, for the purpose of enabling the Com missioners to have practical proof of de effect of manual labour in opposition to machinery. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORWMG, JANUARY 18: 1A44. On Saturday two little ragged and famished-looking boys, named William and John Hoscroft, of the re spective ages of 10 and 12 years, were brought before Mr. Broughton, at Worship-street, charged with having stolen a cow-heel from the shop of a tripe salesman, in Pitfield-street, Hoxton. About six o'clock on Friday evening police constable Kemp, of the N division, observed the prisoners looking wistfully in at the window of the shop, and, after watching them a few minutes, he saw the elder one snatch a raw cow-heel from off the show-board, which they both began to de vour with the most ravenous avidity in the presence of the policeman. On being taken into custody they cried bitterly, and said they were compelled by hunger to commit the offence, as they had not eaten a morsel of food since the previous day. They were then conveyed to the station-house, but the owner of the shop refused to appear against them.—Mr. Broughton asked the officer whether anything was known respecting the prisoners. —Clements, one of the summoning officers attached to the Court, said that he knew the boys, whose father had been a police man in the 11 division, but he died about six years since, leaving a widow with a family of nine children totally unprovided for. He believed that they were in a state of deplorable distress ; but to the best of his knowledge neither of them had ever before been in custody.—Mr. Broughton observed that the ap pearance of the prisoners was that of complete living skeletons, and directed Clements to make inquiries as to the state of the unfortunate family, and report to him the result when he sat on Monday.—Yester day Clements reported to the magistrate that, pur suant to his orders, he had visited the unfortunate widow, who, with six of her children, occupied a wretched room at the house, No. 2, Poole's-place, Spitalfields, and a scene of greater wretchedness and destitution he had never witnessed. There was not a morsel of food in the place, and the only furni ture consisted of an old table and two broken chairs. She had sold her bed last year to procure food for her children, and they had all been since compelled to sleep on the bare boards, with nothing to cover them but the scanty rags that served them for personal clothing. All they had to depend upon was the occasional employment which the poor woman obtained as a charwoman, and the laborious earnings of the two eldest daughters, who worked as machine-winders, but whose conjoint exer tions never produced more than 4s. or 5s. a week. He had expended 5s. in the purchase of food and other necessaries for the unfortunate family.—Mr. Brough ton highly approved of the conduct of the officer, and ordered them to be furnished with a sufficient sum from the poor-box for he further alleviation of the distressing case. SURVEY OF BASS'S STRAITS. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The following communication has been received a Lloyd's :— " Colonial Land and Emigration-office, 9, Park-street, Westminster, Jan. 13. " Sir,—I am directed by the Colonial Land and Emi gration Commissioners to transmit: to you the inclosed communication, respecting the results of the survey of an important part of the coast of New South Wales, by her Majesty's sloop Beagle, &c. (Signed) " S. WALCOTT, Secretary. " ' Her Majesty's sloop Beagle, Hobart Town, March 14. " The portions of Bass's Straits, surveyed by her Ma jesty's sloop Beagle, and the Government cutter Vansit tart, during the last year, are as follow :—From sixteen miles eastward of Comer Inlet to Western Point on its northern shore, and from Cape . Portland to Circular Head on the south, with the islands occupying the greater part of the eastern entrance between Wilson's Promontory and Cape Portland ; Comer Inlet was found to be navigable for vessels drawing fourteen feet, and the eastern side of Wilson's Promontory to abound with good anchorages in westerly winds ; but the most important part of the survey has been that of making known the numerous anchorages among the islets fronting the western shore of Flinder's Island, and that the eastern entrance of the strait between Craggy and Flinder's Islands is free from danger. The only dangers in that part of the strait are Endeavour Reef and Beagle Rock. The knowledge of a clear passage be tween Craggy and Flinder's Islands, and of the an chorages on the western side of the latter, is of great importance to the commercial interests of the two colo nies ; for many vessels have been driven past Port Dal rymple in westerly gales, and wrecked on the western shores of Flinder's Island, in consequence of not knowing where to run for an anchorage. A very useful anchorage will be found on the east side of Hummock Island ; in four and five fathoms ; and that island may be known by its three remarkable hammocks on the extremes and centre, which, when first seen, gives it the appearance of three separate islands. Vessels may reach the anchorage by either passing round the northern or southern end. The latter is most convenient, as the anchorage is close to it. The tides are strong among the islands fronting Flinder's Island. Vessels approaching Hummock Island from the northward should keep a good look out for a rocky patch about a mile off the north-west point of Flinder's Island. On the south line of the strait from Cape Portland to Circular Head, a distance of 130 miles, there are only three anchorages, Waterhouse Island, Fort _Dalrymple, and Emu Bay. The latter and former are safe only in westerly winds. A good loop; out should be kept in passing inside Ninth Island, as the shore front ing it has several outlying rocks off it.' (Signed) " 6 J. I. STOUE3.' " 1 - NTELLTGENC5:. COURT t'IT' CH NCER Y, Jag. 17 slammit e. INNEs. • The Lord CI:anoelq - w,u, or , th , ., wiole day with the further argumet.ti in this part.iicard ariw.cd. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Jan. 17. BERNSVOAD r. ARMAGH. The Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole day with the further arguments in this part-heard case, which came before the Court upon exceptions. !COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 17. ( Sittings in Banco. ) THE QUEEN v. THE GRAND ;UNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an appeal against a decision of the magistrates as to the amount upon which the Grand Junction Railway Com pany ought to be assessed to the poor-rate of a certain parish through which the railway passed. The question at issue was whether the Company was to be rated upon the whole of their receipts or only upon their tolls. The Solicitor-General bad last term been heard on behalf of the Company. Mr. M. D. HILL, this morning, was heard on the same side, and contended that it was evident from the Act of Parliament that the tolls, and the tolls only, were rateable. The South Western case did net apply to the present case, inas much as no tolls were received on that Railway, and it was not to be reasonably expected that tolls ever would be re ceived on that line. But on the Grand Junction line tolls to a large amount were received, with respect to the carrying trade of the Company they were to be considered merely as carriers, carrying on their business in common with other car riers who used that railroad and raid the Company tolls for the use of it. The rateable value of the railroad, then, was the amount of tolls actually received by the Company from ether carriers for the use of the railway, plus the amount of tolls which the Company would have had to pay for the use of the road as carriers if they had not been the occupiers of the railroad. Mr. KELLY replied, and contended that the amount of actual receipts was the basis on which the rate should be calcu lated. The annual value of the property was what a tenant would give for it, and if a landlord were to let the railroad, he would take all contingencies into his calculation in fixing the amount of the rent to be paid. Mr. HILL replied. The COURT took time to consider its judgment. BAIL COURT, Jan. 17. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) CICOAGIC V. MOLD. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 681. 8s. 6d., the balance of an account arising out of goods which had been supplied by the plaintiff, a silk mercer, to the defendant, a dressmaker. Verdict for the plaintiff. Damages 68/. 8s. 6d. Costs, 40s. The plaintiff brought this action to recover the sum of 2,903/. 17s. 6d. and interest. The defendant was a farmer at Mayfield, in Sussex ; the plaintiff was a timber merchant at Lambeth, and a mortgagee of the defendant's farm. It was stated in evidence, that, in 1837, Mr. Woods foreclosed a mortgage which he had upon the plaintiff's estate. The defendant having repreent,d his case as a hard one to Mr. Drew , a solicitor, Mr. Drew spoke to the plaintiff on the subject, and the estate having been valued by a sur veyor at 3,000/., the latter advanced the money for which the action was brought, and the defendant again took possession of the farm. No mortgage deed was executed. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages 3,460/. Es. 6d. — -- - — ( Sittings in Banco.) The Court took the special paper to-day, and was (templed the whole morning in listening to arguments relating to tech nical points of practice. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HORSE. Yesterday several proofs were exhibited in the Justice-room of the injudiciousness of departing from the regulation laid down by the Lord i%layor for preventing the obstructions which have so long disgraced the great thoroughfares of the City. His Lordship, after having inflicted the extreme fines in the cases proved before him, after the public notice given that there should be no exemption, was obliged to accept the services of a brother Magistrate in the performance of the duties, on a day appointed for the hearing of various charges against omnibus and cab.drivers for loitering. On that occasion the Akierman who acted as locum tenens for his Lordship, disposed of the cases without inflicting either serious penalties or censure. The consequence was, a report was quickly circulated amongst the fraternity that the severity of the Mansion-house was at an end, and Curnhill, the Poultry, and Cheapside, began to resume their former appearance, and the drivers disregarded the orders of the policemen, who were ordered to compel them to move on at a proper pace. Yesterday twelve omnibus drivers were summoned by the policemen, who declared that the defendants had relapsed into their old style of crawling. His LORDSHIY-1 shall sit on every Wednesday myself to meet with people of this description ; and I shall suffer no case to escape. Let the summonses be made out accordingly. His Loomis'? listened calmly to the numerous ingenious reasons of the defendants, but inflicted the full penalty allowed by the law in every instance. One driver was summoned under peculiar circumstances. He had, he acknowledged, loitered, but he could not help it, as two omnibuses, the owners of which wanted to drive him off the road, cra wled along, the one before and the other behind him, and prevented him from receiving a passenger. The Loan MAYOR. having been informed by the policeman that the case of the defendant was such as had been represented discharged the man without putting him to the least expense, and fined the two delinquents to the full extent. GUILDHALL. On Tuesday George Bowles, a porter. working at the wharfs in Thames-street, was charged with stealing a quarter of oats, the property of Mr. Muggeridge, of Thames-street. Mr. IIumphreys, the solicitor, appeared on behalf of Mr. Muggeridge, a corn merchant, at the bottom of St Andrew's-hill. On Friday last he had 270 quarters of oats brought up to Puddle-dock, in two lighters. In one 20 quarters were put. In the other 250 quarters, contained in 500 sacks, were stowed. About eight o'clock on Sunday . evening the prisoner was found on the laystall adjoining the wharf, carrying a sack of oats away, and as he admitted they did not belong to him, he was detained on suspicion. On the following morning another sack was found lying in the manure in the lay stall, and it was observed that a shoot from the lay stall to the wharf had been lowered, and there was no doubt the thief had obtained access to the wharf from thence. The prisoner was not employed on either the wharf or laystall. Samples would be produced of the oats found on the prisoner, and those contained in the barge ; the sack would be identified, and it would be proved that two of the 500 sacks brought up in the Louisa were missing. Sir GEoncE CARROLL committed the prisoner for trial. James Marden,.a young man employed as clerk by Mr. Finiger, a furrier, in Noble street, was charged with ab sconding with 301., which his master entrusted to him to pay into Messrs. Masterman's. Mr. Finiger stated that the prisoner had been in his employ several months, and on the 8th of January he gave him two crossed cheques for 221. 12s., and as much cash as made up 30/., and desired him to take it to Messrs. Masterman's, to bring back the pass-book, and to bring a new cheque which he wanted for immediate use. The prisoner went away about three o'clock in the afternoon, and he saw no more of him until he was ap prehended on the 15th, when he had got rid of all the cash except about 30s., but had the cheques still in his possession. When the prisoner saw him he accounted for his conduct by saying that he lost a sovereign, and being ashamed to return he went on spending the money till he was apprehended. Witness had warned him the less he said the better it might be for him. The ledger-keeper from Masterman's proved that 30/. was not paid in to Mr. Fiuiger's account, and policemen F 92 produced the two cheques, which he took from the prisoner. The prisoner said he was tipsy when his master gave him the money, and being so at the time he missed the sovereign he spent more money in drink, and was afraid to return to his master. The prisoner was committed for trial. BO W-STREET. A young man, who was dressed in the garb of a stableman, named Henry Alford, was charged before Mr. Twyford with obtaining, by means of forged orders, a quantity of horse brushes, h orse blankets, &c., from Mr. Davies, brush-maker, of 33, trand. It appeared that the prisoner was formerly a stableman in the service of Mr. Henry Gray, the extensive livery-stable proprietor, in Earl-street, Blackfriars. He was, however, dis charged from this employment about three months ago. About a fortnight back he presented two orders, signed " Henry Gray," to Mr. Davies, in the Strand, requesting him to send half-a-dozen brushes of a particular kind, halt-a-dozen other brushes, and a quantity of horse blankets. Mr. Gray was not in the habit of dealing with Mr. Davies, but knowing him to be a respectable man, and in such a way of business as likely to require so many brushes, the latter gentleman immediately executed the order. It was afterwards discovered that the order presented by the prisoner had been forged. In con sequence of this information was given to the police, and about a week ago the prisoner was taken into custody by a City policeman. There were three other similar cases of forgery against the prisoner. The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and he was fully committed for trial. Charlotte-Scott, charged with forging the name of an old woman for the purpose of obtaining . the sum of 601. from the Provident Institution in St. Martin's-lane, whose case ap peared in The Sun of the 10th instant, was brought up yester day afternoon for final examination, and fully committed to Newgate for trial. Two young men named Henry Johnson and Henry Timson, both of whom had been remanded, were sentenced to three months' imprisonment each, the one for attempting to pick pockets in the pit of Drury-lane Theatre, and the other for attempting to pick pockets in the Adelaide Gallery. Timson was committed as a rogue and vagabond, and a solicitor who appeared for him gave notice of his intention of appealing against the decision of the magistrate. MARLBOROUGH - ST REET. John Lowry was on Tuesday charged with having at tempted to pick the pocket of Mrs. Belcher, of Holies street, Cavendish-square, at flee Haymarket Theatre. It appeared that the complainant and her son were waiting at the box entrance of the theatre, on Monday evening, when an attempt was made to pick the com plainant's pocket by the prisoner. The prisoner was just at this moment spied by Mr. Gibbons, son of Sir John Gibbons, the magistrate, who instantly went off and procured a police constable. The prisoner was seized by the constable, with his hand in the lady's pocket, the prisoner having contrived to raise her dress unperceived.—The prisoner was remanded for a few days. BENEVOLENCE.—A donation of 14 from T., was thank fully acknowledged. CLERKENTVELL Joseph Headford, a respectable youth, 18 years of age was placed at the bar, on Monday, before Mr. Green wood, charged by Mr. John Samuel Hunt, of the firm of, Messrs. Hunt and Mortimer, the extensive silversmith's of 24, Harrison-street, Gray's Inn-road, with stealing three ounces and twenty-five pennyweights of silver. It appeared in evidence that the prisoner had been ap prentice to the prosecutor fouryears, and was respectably connected. In consequence of some suspicions that he was dishonest, George Dixon, a private watchman, em ployed in the manufactory, was deputed to keep a strict watch, and on Saturday evening hist, about six o'clock, when the whole of the workmen had left the premises, the prisoner remained behind, and was seen by Dixon to 00 into the ehltsers' shop, when a 109k up a gglipt from a bench, and empti ' something into a palwv, which he put into his poeitc.. H o wns stopped Dixon as he r as leavinp, the premize.;, who told him he On not go until Mr. Hunt \ca.; sent for. They had a strrvie, anti th prisoner tuceectied in shop, fiere, in tt the moment, the prisoner left . his umbrella on the bench, and the three ounces of had i,o , ri no b:71 - 1A, found in a sheet of Punch's Alrawrcle, and on th, prisoner was found a corresponding sheet of the same publication. Mr. Hunt was sent for, and the prisoner was given into custody. The prisoner was cautioned by Mr. GlIEENWOOD, that as he had no professional adviser, it would be as well for him to say nothing. He adopted that course, and was remanded until Thursday next. LAMBETH-S 7 REET. On Tuesday Thomas e.lds, a ti‘11-collector at Strat ford, in Essex, appeared before Mr. Henry, to a.n.wer a summons taken out at tke instanc , of the Messrs. Meeson, coal. merchants, &4!.. nt StrAford. and whit.% charged him with chargin.t toll wOgf::011S of th;. complainants, the same heitr! - ex m;•. Mr. Ellis, of Cowper's-court, City, s4)iicitor. appear, d on behalf of the complainants ; and Mr. Clarkson, the barrister. and Mr. George Daere, deck to the ...rust ,:e (.f the road, attended for the defendant. The bria facts of the case are these :—The Messrs. Meeson had contracted with the Directors 4,f the North eastern Railway to cart a quantity of timber from their wharf, at Stratford, to the Company's Stratford station ; and having to pass through the turnpike-gate with each load, they were charged a fresh toll at each journey. The complainants considered that the fill charged for the first ,journey was sufficient in law for the whole day, and therefore claimed exemption on each of the subse quent passings. The question here raised being one of considerable public importance, its decision was looked for with more than ordinary interest. Mr. Clarkson said that since he had entered the Court his attention was directed by the worthy magistrate to a case, the " Queen v. Roscoe," in the 8th folio of " Alder son and Ellis," which was perfectly analogous to the present. and wherein the Court was unanimous in its opinion that a second toll could not be legally charged. Mr. Ellis observed that the complainants themselves were trustees of the road in question, and having only one object in view, namely, that of obtaining the decision of his Worship on the point in dispute, they would be satisfied by the defendant paying the costs. This was agreed to on the part of the defendant, and the parties left the Court. The decision is one, as has been before stated, of great importance to the public. Michel Palraszoushi, a tall military-looking man, was charged with stealing two prayer-books from the Catholic Cha pel in Bermondsey-sireet. The prisoner had ken observed in the Chapel on two or three oee Isions of late, and some books having been missed from near the spot where he sat, he was watched and followed when the service concluded. When stopped and searched two prayer-books were found in his possession, and he was given into custody. Amongst the documents found in the prisoner's possession were a passport and also a petition, from which it appeared that the writer was a Pole, and had escaped from Siberia. where he was banished for the part he took against the Russians. When questioned as to the cause of his coming to this country, his reply was that he had been wandering over the Continent, and that he came to London thinking he would be safer than remaining in Hamburgh. He added that he was in distress, and knew not where to get food. He was asked whether he had applied to the Polish Com mittee ' • but he replied in the negative. The Magistrate said that instead of committing the unfor tunate man fir trial he should commit him for 14 days for un lawful possession, and recommended him to apply to the Com mittee when he came out. THAMES POLICE. A very simple-looking man came before Mr. Broclerip on Tuesday, and said he wanted to ask the Magistrate's advice on a case of the very greatest importance. Mr. BRODERIP—I do not sit here to give advice. I never give advice to any one. Tell me your case, and I will tell you whether I can apply the law or not. The applicant proceeded to state that he resided at Old Ford, near Bow, and on Monday, while engaged in his own workshop, he saw a lady's reticule lying in the middle of the road, and lost no time in securing it and placing it in a hat, which he deposited in his own house. Before he had an opportunity of examining the contents of the reticule a lady waited upon him, and asked if he had found one ? He replied in the affirmative, and im mediately produced the reticule with its contents un touched. The lady recognised it as her own, and pro ceeded to overhaul it in his presence, and exhibited great satisfaction that the contents of the reticule, consisting of ten 51. Bank of England notes and some silver, were undisturbed. She politely thanked him for his honesty and the alacrity with which he had produced the reticule, and " most liberally" presented him with 2s. for his trouble. He accepted of the money, but having mentioned the circumstance to a friend, he was advised to demand " savage money "—(A laugh)—of Is. in the pound. Mr. BRODERIP supposed the applicant meant salvage money, and he could assure him he was not entitled by law to make any demand. The applicant—Don't your worship think that 2s. is very little for 501 ? Mr. BRODERIP said it was certainly a very small re ward, but the law did not allow him to snake any demand. The applicant seemed very much to doubt the accuracy of the worthy Magistrate's opinion, and left the Court, apparently much dissatisfied. On Tuesday Richard May, potman at the Royal Oak' Deptford-road, Rotherhithe, was placed at the bar 'be fore Mr. Jeremy, charged with obtaining money by means of a false voucher, for wine sold by John James, landlord of the above house, to a lady named Lainson, residing in Millpond-row. Mr. James, on being sworn, deposed that he ordered the prisoner to deliver half•a-dozen of port wine at Mrs. Lainson's house. but never authorised him to re ceive payment for either wine or spirits. The prisoner, however, subsequently made out a bill in his (Mr. James's) name, attaching his own receipt at the same time, saying that he had paid for it at the bar. Mrs. Alice Lainsoa deposed that she received the bill from her servant, who said the prisoner was waiting for payment. The bill was receipted, and if not paid th, acknowledgment was to be torn off. Witness immedi ately paid the amount, 24s., to the prisoner. She had also paid for wines ordered or the prisoner, and which she supposed came from the Royal Oak. One parcel of wine came in October, the other in November. Mr. James said he believed the prisoner had ordered wines and spirits from other houses, which had been de• livered to the parties as coming from the Royal Oak, the bills made out in his name, and payment made ac cordingly. The prisoner was remanded to Maidstone Gaol. WOOLWICH. - - Yesterday Henry Tyson, aged 22, and most respect. ably-dressed, w as brought up by Police-constable Glad win, 122 H, and placed at the bar for final examination, on the charge of being an escaped felon from Castle Ruthin Gaol, Isle of Man. The former depositions having been read over, the following additional evidence was adduced:— Gladwin, 122 H, stated that on Sunday night he met the !prisoner in High-street, loitering about, and think ing it suspicious he watched him some time, and then asked the prisoner where he came from and what he was doing. The prisoner tried to evade him, but finding he could not, said he was very uneasy in his mind, and said, " Tell me where a police-constable (the witness being in plain clothes) is to be found, that I may give myself up, for I am one of the escaped felons from the Isle of Man." He said he was a police-constable, when the prisoner said, " Take me, my mind is so uneasy I cannot rest." He took him to the station-house. and found by the flue and Cry that the prisoner exactly corresponded with the description of one of the six that escaped on the 10th of September last. He had since corresponded with Mr. Inspector Bullion, of the police at Douglas, Isle of Man, who confirmed the prisoner's confession. Prisoner—As far as I can I will confess the whole truth, it will be such a relief to my mind. I enlisted into her Majesty's 6th Regiment of Foot, and rose rapidly to tie a sergeant, when I and a private laid a plan to rob the officers' quarters, and dill Sr) ; hut in the act heard the cry of " thieves," and made our escape and deserted. We were puzzled how to change our military dress for plain clothes, when we determined to break into a farm house, and procure a change, which we did, and left the others be hind. We were, however. apprehended for the burglary. and committed for trial on the 10th of August. Hughes, on the 10th of September, liberated us from the cells, when with an old patten - we forced open the gaol doors, and got over a high wall, and made the hest of our way down to the water-side, sad there found a pleasure yacht belonging to a gentleman named Gawne, into which we all got immediately and put out to sea, and were there two nights and two days without bread or water :.nd al most famished with hunger. We landed on the Welsh coast (our intention w as to have gone to Ireland, but the stress of weather prevented us doing so), and then stove in the vessel and scuttled her, that caused it to be sunk. After landing here, we all separated, each taking a different road, and he had neither seen or heard of them since; but wandered about the country till ho came to Woolwich, was questioned by the police-constable, and he then determined to give himself up to justice at once. The Worthy MAGISTRATE said he must remand him to Ruthin gaol to take his trial, and the officer was therefore to take him in safe custody to that gaol, where he would be dealt with according to law. A labourer, who gave the name of Benjamin Milne, was brought before Messrs. King and Roots, the presiding Magi'. trates, at the Town-hall, to answer a charge of committing a daring robbery upon a young lady named Julia M'Lean. Miss M'Lean deposed, that on Sunday evening she was re tensing home from church along the Ham-road, when she ob served a person, who resembled the prisoner, walk past her, and, when he had got a short distance, he stopped short until she got up to him, when he snatched at her reticule, and tore it violently from her arm, and ran off with it. She gave an alarm immediately, and several persons went off in the direc tion the man had taken who robbed her. The prisoner was soon afterwards brought to her, but although he very much re sembled the robber in size and general appearance, she could not speak positively to his identity. Sergeant Martin, of the V division, deposed, that, upon hearing of the robbery, he went to a lodging-house in Kings ton, known by the name of the Quart Pot, and he there appre hended the prisoner from the description Miss M'Lean had given of the man who robbed her. She could not, however, identify him. Witness afterwards made a search in the direc tion in which the man ran away, and he picked up the reticule, which was wrapped up in a handkerchief, and lying under the doorway of an old house. The constable added that he could not trace the property in any way to the possession of the prisoner. p i; y i gi theyo t u b s o , ih10 but ut 131do In answer to the charge, the prisoner declared that he was innocent, and he said he had come to Kingston to sell Con greve matches, and he had no other means of gettirg his living I n a n o a so Ir as iut Ar ffi olitiaesenand said ey t ivd h ae e gna c cb a e s o e nod w f a f :th r v e e a r r:o 4 b 9 s b u n e: as sendt h e T r e h was e h ‘ i l 91 con/CctiClit ..:ND OTUER COMPANII .0 . 1, TITE.SDA Zlazuc:4 c: It:. - pa:aieo. Vaxis.79. Ashton and Oldham Ashby.de.la-Zoneh..av Basingstoke Blecknock & .kl , ergay Birmingham, 1.111t sh Do. and Liverp. 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Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Met. Wood Pay., 181.11. Mex. and S. American NewBrunswick (Land) New Zealand ...... Penins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Steam Reversionary Int. Soc South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Land LIST or SCOTTISH COM JAN. 3, Bank of Scotland Royal Bank British Linen Compny Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank Western Bink ...... Central Bk. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance Hercules Insurance North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of Seotl, Edinburgh Lite lnsur. Son' VA Union Insur Standard Life Insur Dalkeith Railasy Edin. and Glas. Rai iwy G:asg. and Green. Hail. Dui.deo,tid thr ktaiL per Cent. tper cent t per cent. per cent. "iper cent. ( per cent. t per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. t per cent. (per cent. GRAY'S INN. JAN. 17.—John Romil cRtlY appointed one of her NINieSty'A Col sett this day, as a Leacher a the Uea. §Qc 51. 5s. 4 per cent. 7s. per share 5 per cent. 3l 6s. 5 per cent.1 & 30s. bds. 5% per cent. 5 per cent 5 per cent. per cent. 5 per cent. 4s. 2s. 6d. 12 percent. 9s. per sh. EV. 5s. per sh is 10d per sh W per cent per cent. Si. 55. per sh 2341. per sh. 12s. per sh. 4 per cent. 33 16 8 85 0 0 125 0 0 150 0 0 12 10 8 140 0 0 125 0 0 145 0 0 79 9 8 100 0 0 26 9 3 50 0 0 19 5 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 78 8 0 67 10 8 105 0 0 110 0 0 36 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 ( 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 5' 0 0 200 0 0 2.5 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 • 17 10 35 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 '100 0 0 ,75 0 0 162 10 0 118 0 0 50 0 0 50 9 0 20 0 0 3000 39 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10' 0 0 100 0 0 100 • 0 5" 0 0 25 9 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 9 29 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 59 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 59 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 • 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 32 0 11 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 10 0 0 Lio 0 0 50 0 0 50 a 4. 50 0 'f 100 0 7 0 a 100 0 0 1 100 0 0 40 0 0 45 0 0 15,0 0 20 0 0 101) 0 (1 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 20 0 0 90 0 - 7 0 0 40 4 ) 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 0 - 150 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 : 40 0 0 75 0 0 ' 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 ,100 0 0 100 0 0 3 0 0 15 0 6 14 0 0 26 1 4 !.. 0 0 1 i0 0 30s1,ni 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 ' 1 10 0 0 3 0 0 4 10 0 0 7 0 0 4 — 75 0 0 4 _ 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 - , 52% 1 - 100 0 0 '100 0 0 1 12% 25 0 0' 20 0 0 1 50 0 0 50 0 01 5% 20 0 0 20 0 01 4 PANIES' PRICES. 1844. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25. 2590 - \.'" . .f..,:S .7 •'i '7: ..!:. 1 ) i" .; -.••••, 4:1 i.oaror,I 7.— Lig', Nt.rtherl% breeze and cl,:ticiv DeA L. J AN 16.—Win., A. M. . E. :mode! ate ; F. It. N.to N. light breeze.— Arid. WE-stmilister, Hoviy, N ew York. Shl; John Graham, Cape of Go,,,1 Hope ; Bat b,,,tes. l'ENZ A NUE, JAN. 15.-- A! rd. :'.onareh. Matt, C.;iePo• 11.ritacomit:. JAN. Li Eronoline, Forster, frera Leoiie to London, has ly!eti repaired, and is ready tor :ea. OFF THE WIGHT. JAN. 15 —Adam, Biemars, New Or' leans , Phoenix, Havannah, for Hamburgh. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 15.--.Arrd. Janet Willis, Demerara. DONAGRADEE, JAN. 13.—The John and Robert, from Ardrossan to Liverpool, struck on the Foreland Point, 10th instant, but was assisted off and proceeded. Arrd. 11th, Bar clay, Maryport, for Dublin, leaky, hating been on shore eu Ballyferris Point. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Wind N.E., 5ne.—S1d. steamer Alban, Ireland. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Arrd. Barbara Gordon, Ritchie, St. John's, New Brunswick. Fa Latotrrn, JAN. 16.—Wind N. E.— Sld. The Royal Ter steamer. Constant,nopl e. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Wind N.E.—The Jessie, whi ch arrived here, 14th inst., , roin Havannah, has hauled into O. Pool to be caulked, and ahtp a new foremast RAMSGATE, JAN. 16 —The Johanna De VrieR, from Any' sterdam to Trieste, put in here, 13th inst., after being on the Long Sand, is leaky, and is discharging her cargo, and must g ° on the slip to repair. JERSEY, JAN. 15.—The Mary, Anderson, of and (rove Sunderland, struck on a rock off this island 10th inst., e' d anchored in a dangerous position, but was extricated next dal and brought into the harbour, with forefoot and part of store carried away. SToowaw AY, JAN. 9.—It has blown a very heavy gale ti: ) " day. The Elizabeth and Mary, < f Stockton, from Riga to Bel;; fast, drove on shore in Branahay Bay, but is expected without much damage. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 16..—Wind, variable and light.—Arrd' Clydesdale, Piercy, Laguna ( let ult. ) ; Perdonnet, Tapsholt New Orleans; S;ddons, C o bu, N ew Y or k (27 t h u lt.). 01 " Thomas Sparks, Monongahela, Georgiana, and Bahamian OW posed). Sld. Royal Sovereign, Valparaiso; Commodore Na' pier, Easson, Rio ; Bombay Packet, Africa ; Garroift Charleston ; Europe, New York. Coal:, JAN. 14.—Sld. Hercules, New York. The Sarah, or Jane, Smith, from Sunderland to Yarmouth , is reported to have been abandoned the 13th inst. off F 103. borough Head ; crew saved. THE ALLEGED DETENTION OF A SUM Of MONEY BY THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT• The following letter has been received at Lloyd's :— Foreign-office, Jan. 15, 1844. Gentlemen,—With reference to my letter of the 5th inst., $ am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to acquaint you, that bet Majesty's Government have been informed by Lord Howard e$, Walden. her Majesty's Minster at Lisbon, that M r . C o nti" Smith has received from the Portuguese Minister of Finance $ note, stating his readiness to make over the proceeds of the sale of the Chatham to any gmeral representative of all the parties interested, who may be empowered to give the Porty guese Government a general release, or, in lieu thereof, to fur' nish that Government with adequate security, &c. &c. (Signed) CANNING. To Messrs. Melhuish, Gray, and Co. VESSELS szexan WITH,—Nassau, Amsterdam to Bataeig• Nov. 28th, lat. 22 S., Ion. 29 W. ; Brazilian Packet, of sad from Newcastle. 9th ult., lat. 2 S., l on . 28 W. ; O c ean, o' Philadelphia, 16th, lat. 13 N., Ion. 33 ; Leo Nicholas, Bares lona to Charleston, 25th, lat. 26, Ion. 38, by the Monarch, sr: rived at Penzance. Tioza, New Orleans to Li ver pool, 7T inst., lat. 50, Ion. 20, by the Clydesdale, arrived a t Liverpoo l ' Britannia (steamer), Liverpool to Halifax, 10th, lat. 56,1 0 ' 16, by the Siddons, arrived at Liverpool. MARKET NEWS.--(YESTERDAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE. There was a very small quantity of English wheat 011 show, yet the demand for it ruled heavy, and the 19 advance in prices was barely supported. In foreig n wheat only a moderate business was doi ng , y e t the ce , ., tations were maintained. The supply o f b ar l e y bell* more than equal to meet the want s o f th e d ea l e rs, til e value of that description of grain had a downward ten . dency. The malt trade was extremely inactive 11 ; barely late rat es . O a t s , b eans, peas, and flour, moved o" heavily. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. [ Oate. I , ._ _.u. 1 , 900 ( FL 3 , 1 40 qrs.! 2 470 eirt , I 3 t4 1" :""" r - 20 j 3 ' 030 i -- 2,940 2 ,610 I 'sip 1 _..... Malt, 6,040 qrs. WHITECH.A.PEI. We had only a moderate supply of meat. Prime and veal sold steadily, at full prices ; but, otherwise, LP: demand ruled heavy. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; rout, ton, 3s to 4s 4d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s Sd ; and pork, 3s 4s 2d, per 81bs, by the carcase. ‘ 1 ' Walls End Belmont 19 Ell Walls Nand d n r a d I ..: 2 1 1 6 Walls End Hetton 5 Walls End Lambton .......... 0 Walks End rembertnn ...•. 1, 6 WallQ End Russell'sHetton ' 9 6 walls d les% 0 Cowpen it0 Llangannech Coal Car's Hartley 15 0 Chester Main ........... 16 1 Davison's West Hartley 15 9 Hastings Hartley 15 6 Holywell Main 17 , :rd.:, iledheugh 13 6 West Hartley ........ 15 6 Wylam 15 i Walls End Clennell 15 0 Walk End Hilda ... 17 6 Walls End Killingworth ... 11 V STATE OF TRADE. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) Wi t MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVEN1NG.-01.1r cloth an d d market has been unusually feverish and unsettled to-day, ca u b %0 by the extensive speculation in s.iverpool, and which tended to advance the staple some 10 per cent. since Fri; last. In this state of things, and with th e pro b a bility ei lis still further advance, neither spinners nor manufacturers se e to know what to ask, and as t o con t rac t s f or f uture delive s they are out of the question. The usual extensive purchasers of cloth and yarn not lite ta disposed to give the ativanced rates asked, seem inclined to ' 0 cos their oars, and to wait to see what the chapter of ac cidse s , may turn up, so that it i s utt er l y i mposs ibl e to g i ve any (Pl°tIt tions, in the absence of anything like extensive purchases. , would be impossible to describe the sensation which the Lill pool speculation is producing. BOMBAY TRADE WITH CHINA' A private letter from Bombay has the following " Since the settlement of the tariff by Sir Henry v o tinger, the trade with China is improving. Who Woo. a have anticipated, a ftw months back, the calm 0. a god feeling that now pr,vails between the Chinese til% Eaglisl• ! I doubt, h owever , if we shall b e a b le to get tea, sugar candy, &c., any cheaper by the arrangeroari that has been entered into: these articles are at Pr l sent much dearer than they were before the No i , r: allude to Bombay. H ow t h e good folks in Eng"ea manage to dispo se o f tea at the prices pu bli s h in the newspapers, is an enigma to me , t he have at this time three American vessels in t . ; 0 1 harbour, bound to China, to convey and 0 ' 1 ,1 the escort of the American Envoy to his Celestle Majesty, in order to negotiate for a free trade with ta United States ; but I am told that the treaty entel d into by Sir Henry Pottinger comprehends " all Europ5 Powers," placing them on an equal footing as regar,i trade. Such being the case, it was whispered to the wort ) Ambassador, that the High Commissioner would V e j probably, condescend to receive him, which sF(Pi o g to raise his choler. Th e o pi um t ra d e i s as flouruhig as ever ; the prices given for the drug are enertcfi t g, ships leave this for our new se t t l ement , Hong-3017r laden with no thi ng e l se ; i t i s, t h ere f ore very Clio that our Government wink at, if not countenance , ;if trade. Sir Henry P o tting er h as , i n d ee d, d ec l are d, that e , any opium should be se i ze d on t h e coast b y the ChOepot he will not interfere, nor will her Majesty's Goverfl 0 be answerabl e f or th e va l ue o f any op i um so seized- --41 at leaving it entirely to the parties to traffic to any Ote they please." ° ef n ti NEWSPAPERS TO CHIN A —Th e following --„cv was issued on Tuesday at St. M ar ti n ' s -l e -G ran d an d t h e bes; 0 , offices i—" General Post-office, January, 1844. The V g ise master- General has rea s on t o f ear t h at some rnisappreh°400 exists with regard to th e t ransm i ss i on o f newspapers to `'istf not addressed to H ong - K ong , an d h e conside7s it nee es t o therefore to point out.th a t suc h newspaper s are liable_ bi postage of 2d. eac h, w h en f orwar d e d b y private ships 73o, packet via Southampton and 1 umbay, and.' to a postage O. id when forward e d v i a M arse ill es. Thi s postage must be ps i d , advance, or th e newspapers cannot b e forwarded. This t c or lation does not a ppl y to H ong- K ong, to which c olony ; papers may be forwarded via Southampton free of po 6 t7of when, however, they are t ransm i tte d via Marseilles. °'01$ private ships, th e y are su bj ect to a postage of 3d. and I I ' , respectively. by c omman d, W. L. M oberly, secretary.' Aro Pii4)MULGATION OF THE STATUTES. ---ACCOP.00 to the resolutions of hie h Houses of Parliament, a scher°4. 0 0 recently adopted for the promulgation of the statutes, and tbs1 a return made in the early igtrt of last session, it ap l iear s at to, in the year 1841 no fe wer th an 4,135 A cts were sen t: , pe public offices, to cities, counti es , an d b oroug h s, to Sberor o t he other persons. It s ee ms th a t 1,202 statutes were sent, i d, two Houses of Parliament-421 to the Hou se o f Lore s ,0 681 to the House of Commo ns . Oth ers to Sh er iff s, c lerk the peace, &c., as well as to persons in Wales and Scotland/ MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at Cheltenham, William G Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Mitchell, of Barnstaple. Ds gl o f On the 13th inst.. at St. Ge orge ' s , Bloomsbury. e „ Lloyd, youngest son of th e l a t e R ev . John Lloyd n ee, Plas-51adoe, Denbigh, to C a th er i ne J u li a , t hi r d clang the late Philip Francis, Esq., of Fulham. DIED. Willi illi On the 7th inst., at Park-place, Cheltenham, Julia son, O the wife of Thomas Allport, Esq. P ei n the 10th inst., at Dunany House, Ireland, Fran ce* , , Bellingham. Ire' „00 i On the 10th inst., at Birr-bar rac k s , Ki ng ' s Count'', n of t h Mary Anne, the wife of J ames Buckeridge, uleorna 16th Regiment of Foot. Sei rer* On the 11th inst., at C o l n b roo k, B uc k s , Sarah eldest daughter of W. Richards, of Old 'Change. ' x i's, l' Ild On the 12th inst., at M a ili ng D eanery , L e wes, '' g Raikes, aged 62. , A 0 1 1 On the 12th inst., at Great Ealing, Sarah Fiel" n ; 'We / daughter of the late 111e rick Field, Esq of Eves ba—' ., rl cestershire. 4 Rot e On the 12th inst., at Saxraun.lham, Suffolk, A'r. col Freeman. he : e On the 13th inst., Mr. Henry Capel, of Loughboroug , Brixton, 0$" On the 16th inst., a t B ear -wood, B erks, Cather'e 10 the eldest daughter of John Walter, Esq. t 00 e On the 17th of O c t o b er, at D acca, Benga l, Reber sj to Duncan, Esq., surgeon, 4 9 t h N at i ve Infantry . ugh , ' On the 7th inst., at Li s b on , F ranc i s , e ldest son 0 c i, . i t Francis Patten, E sq ., o f t h e c i ty O f Rochester, 1( e„ 9 1 % fi ci ‘ i On the 7th i ns t., at R ue d e Ch a ill ot , Paris, Ir-. o eof Bray, Biz O g n ie t s h s e ad 1 e. 0th inst., Mr. Jeremiah Bryant, of Caldecete. i$ 8 London: Printed and Published by MURDO Y wo o d $ No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 1 120 , 6 0 the Ceuuty of Middlesex, Thursday, JaitusrY . 100 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 SO 0 0 100 0 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 12 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 ' We, (laeq that earliest pe lien s Prop h ‘‘ 1St. ,rOpriet01 C eart th a en ded in Arneer 5, a l ore ( met 2d. • fiendto t w e '!Ps, by r , Ise, as in %justice a line of th e iiitsr oirs 12,14Pitatic t o u " ° Pur 'nd fri th ooa or ; Piece Ufeth of it. --- BIATIiS. On the 13th of Aug us t, at Launceston, Van Diemen ' e pri er Mrs. George Borradaile, of a eaghter. te l ' OR the 9th inst., at W000ttollu Rectory, near Nertharn , the wife of the Rev. 1. Prideaux Lightfoot, of a son. grl' On the 10th inst., at Elmstead, near Bromley, Kent , J. F. Pott, of a daughter. o f IV' On the 13th i nst., at U pper Belgrave-street, the wife - Mills, Esq., R.N., of a daughter. $rd On the 15th i nst ., at F are h am, H ants, the lady o f Ed' ( Paddon, Esq., of a daughter.