The Sun. — London, England, 1839-02-02 00:00:00

CORN LAWS. Be Ftem.—We are given to understand that a letter has been re" ceived by a Member of Parliament from Mr. R. Stewart, one of the Lords of the Treasury, intimating that the Corn-law question is to be taken up at the ope.ning of Parliament. Deeply convinced as we are, after many years' anxious study of the question, that nothing short of a total repeal of the Corn.laws can be nefit the country, and that to be safe the repeal must be immediate, we urgently press upon the attention of all the necessity to " beware of trepans." From conversations with the delegates at Manchester, and with the most intelligent inhabitants of various places we have recently visited, we are assured that the conviction, that anything short of a total and intinekliate repeal c f the Corn-laws, will prove unavailing, is universal among their opponents, from Trent to John o'Groat's House. If the powerful body entertaining this opinion he but true to itself, it must prevail. As the Corn-laws are at present they cannot continue. No agri, culturist will Tong endure a system which allows corn to enter and beat down prices at the exact moment when high prices are essential to him. A move must be made, and if the body organised at slanchester remains firm and united, it can decide the result of that movement. Sir Robert Peel, we are assured, has declared his opinion that the Corn.laws must be modified. Lord John Ru'sell suggests a low fixed duty. We must listen to the tempting of neither charmer. Let par ties and partizans sink or swim, let us,abide by that which can alone save the country—total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws.—Glas. gow Argus, the sentiments of which we cordially echo. THE RECENT ASSASSINATION.—The Pilot con firms the expression we conveyed yostercUty. " The Limerick Chronicle, a Tory paper," says the Pilot, " was the first to allude to the report, and dared to name the young nobleman; and tee Mail next did all it could do to circulate and virtually to sanct;on it. It is now right to vindicate that nobleman from the foul calumnies of the Tory organ. We protest solemnly we never alluded to tha respectable name when we noticed vague rumours. Our correspondents in the neighbourhood never alluded to it, We believe it never had existence but in these Tory papers, and now repudiate and dismiss the foul slander for ever." On Thursday Robert Fawcett and William Holden, toll collectors at the Marsh gate turnpike, Lambeth, were swore° !led at the instance of Algernon Smith, a Queen-square officer, for havina taken of him toll when he was conveying prisoners from Quern- square police.office to Horsemonger. lane. The information was laid under the Act 30th George IV., c. 62, whereby it is provided that "any horse or carriage travelling with any vagrant sent by legal pass, or any prisoner in custody under a leg.. warrant, or returning after having been so employed." was exempted from toll. fa the present case the toll had been enforced, thereby subjecting the parties taking it, or their employers, to a penalty of 5/. The case aas not defended, but the information was dismissed upon pay ment of costs. CAUTION. WHEREAS, in the ni,c.:ht of Tuesday, the 29th ult., BANK NOTES, of which the following are the particulars, were STOLEN or LOST, viz.:- 101. Bank of England, No. 6,939, dated 11th February, 1837. 51, Cambridge link (Foster and Co), No. 4,185, dated Nor. 23, 1835. (Payable at Messrs Prescott, Gi-ote, and Co.'s. ) 10/. Hitchen Bank • • A 386 101. Baldock ditto 101. Ditto 101. Cambridge Bank 3,731 101. Huntingdon ditto 6,347 101. Ditto 101. Ditto 101. Ditto 51. Ditto • 7.136 Si. Ditto Si. Ditto Si. Ditto Si. • Ditto 51. Ditto 5/. Bedford Huntin7don Banl• B 8,517 51. Marlborough Bank 2,310 hi. Baldock Bank 7,444 Si. Cambridge Bank 51. Ditto 5, 759 The Public are hereby cautioned against receiving any of the said Notes ; and requested, in case of any attempt to regociate the same, to give irnm. cdiate notice to Mr. Burnaby, Chief Clerk, Public ()like, Bow-street, London. February 1, 1839. OFFICE OF COIL‘II:•.;. , ;:ONF.Hs OF CoMPENSATIoN, N. 12, Manchester-buildings, Westminster, Feb. 1, 13:39. AI A ITI; 'Tiffs. TVOTICE is heieby given, tliat 34 UNCON IA TESTED, and 41 CONTESTED CLAIMS (a List of the Numbers of which may be seen at this Office) having been re ceived from the Colony o f , the MAUR rrius, the Commissioners or Compensation wiil proceed to take the same into consideration on TUESDAY, the sthinstant ; and that Certificates - of the Awards upon the Uncontested Claims which shall be made upon that day wil, be deliverable at this Office, on SATURDAY, the 16th instant. By Order of the Board, HENRY HILL, Secretary. rintlE UNION BANK OF LONDON • Capital 3,000,0001., in Shares of ;50/. each. Dl:tnctnr.s, Sir Peter Laurie, Alderman. i Thomas Meux, Esq. Andrew Spettiswoode, Esq. A. Cockburn, Esq. George Webster, Esq. David Skaiffe, Esq. John Barnes, Esq. Benjamin Boyd, Esq. J. W. Sutherland, Esq. Peter Laurie, Esq. W. M. Nurse, Esq. James Farquhar, Esc. Major-Gen. Archibald Robert-I W. P. Craufard, Esq. son, Hon. E.I.C. S. j John Connell, Esq. The Directors give notice that it is their intention to commence business on MONDAY Next, the 4th of February, at their Tempo rary Offices, No. 8, Moorgate-street, Lothbury. Applications for Shares, accompanied by a deposit of 21. per Share, in accordance with the Prospectus (Copies of which may %.% obtained) continue to be received as under : London—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, New Bank-buildin;s. Liverrol—Liverpool Commercial Bank. Birmingham—Birmingham and Midland Bank. Edinburgh—National Bank of Scotland. Glasgow—Western Baal( of Scotland. Dundee—Eastern Bank of Scotland. Aberdeen—North of &Aland Bank. Dumfries—Southern Bank of Scotland. London, January, •18119. WEST KENT GAS-LIGHT, COAL, AND COKE COMPANY. 350-larmer-street, Gravcend January 21st, 1839. Notice is. hereby given, that APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be RECEIVED until the 18th of February, 1839, immediately after which the Direetors will proceed to the Allotment. Applications fc.: t:: remaining Shares may be made to (post paid), and Pruspm!' braineeof, the Secretary, 38, Harmer street, Milbin ; 'the i ..‘kers, 135, Regent-street, London; the Surrey, Kent, and Ft:, Banking Company, 71. Lombard-street, London, Gravesend, and- Itnebester ; at.lN o. 4, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars ; Mr. R. Cele, 11, Tot:mil - muse-yard, London ; Mr. J. C. Coupes, Post-office, Gravesend; Mr. E. Clemitson, Dentt.:n Wharf, near Graves.ezd. By order of the Board, WM. RD. CRO(GON, Secretary. - 1011e.A.STENNE BITUMEN COMPANY. _IL'S This Company are prepared to enter into contracts for exe cuting Carriage and Foot Pavements, and to Keep, them in Repair in the usual manner, or to Sell the Material.to Paviers for these and other yrtrposes. The Company have perfect confidence in the unqualified success of the expennientll specimen laid down by them in Oxford -street, and they challenge a contradiction from any competent judge. The surface is impervious-to water and the pavement requires no hogging-, and is entirely free from mud and dust, is more durable than any de scription of stone, and will ultimately be much less expensive. R. FOULERTON, Secretary. 21, Moorgate-street, Jan. 28. 1839. BAS'rENNE BITUMEN COMPANY. The Shareholders are informed that Messrs. M. A. GOLD SMID, ROWAND RONALD, and MONTEFIORE, have been obliged to RESIGN their SEATS in the Direction of the Corn tinny; the two former in consequence of their intended residence abroad, and the latter from indispensable private engagements. The works of the Company hare hitherto given the most perfect satisfaction to the management; and no doubt is entertained of the advantages-of Bitumen for ail the purposes for which it has been recommended, nor of the ultimate success of the undertaking. The , funds placed at the disposal of the Direction are sufficient for all the purposes required, without any call upon the Shareholders. The sales of the Tar on. the Continent are rapidly increasing, and every effort continues to be made by the Agents of the Company to extend the knowledge of its value, which there is no doubt will ultimately insure ample profits ; and the Directors feel the most perfect confidence in the successful application of the Bitumen to a great variety of purposes during- the ensuing season. A Public Meeting of the Shareholders will be held in the month of May, when the state of the Accounts will be submitted, and by which time Reports will be received of the success which has attended the various experiments made on the Government works, parochial and other paving, &c. By order of the Buard, R. FOULERTON, Secretary. Offices, 28, Moorgate-street, Jan. 24, 1839. THE UNITED MERCANTILE and TRA VELLERS' ASSOCIATION, and General Mutual Life Assurance and Annuity Society, 68, Cheapside, for securing An nuities to Aged Travellers, Warehousemen, Clerks, and others, and Endowments to their Widows and Children ; and for Mutual As surance of Lives and Survivorships, Granting Annuities, and the Purchase and Sale of Reversionary Property and interests. T R. U ST YES. The Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor. Janes Pattison, Esq„ M.P. George Grote, Esq., M.P. I Thomas Brockelbank, Esq. DIRECTORS. CNA IRMAA—The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR. Disrutr CNA IRMA:I.—WM. HUGHES HUGHES, Esq ., F. A. and L. S. Giles Redmayne, Esq. Peter Rolt, Esq. Joseph H. Waiter, Esq. James Webber, Esq. Robert Wilcoxon, Esq. ♦UDITORS. Edward Baker, Esq. Robert CurrehEsq. Thomas Dp.keyne, Esq. Joseph Dowson, Esq. John Evans, Esq. Mr. John Crowden Mr. John Mannett Mr. John Robert Wiley Mr. John Stokes Mr. George Fred. Finden Mr. William Tilt Mr. W. Williams. BANICEItS.—Messrs. Prescott, Grote, Ames, Baillie, and Grote. So'dermas—Messrs. Newbon and Evans. PHYSICIAN—George Cursham, M.D. CONSULTING SU GGEON—Eusebius A. Lloyd, Esq. Life Assurances and Annuities of every description are granted by the Association. To those parties who desire to secure a provision for the decline of Life, the system of Deferred Annuities, as granted by the So ciety, offers great advantages. A reference to the Tables will show that a person aged 2.5, by the appropriation of less than 4s. 6d. per week, will obtain, at the age of 55, at his option, an Annuity of 501. for the remainder of his life, or is•sum in Cask of 5771. 10s., and other sun=s in proportion ' • and in the event of his dying before the attainment of that age, ALL the Premiums paid to the Association will be returned. Books of Tables and Forms of Proposal may be obtained at the Office, No. 68, Cheapside, London; or of the Agents in the Country. JAMES DRANSFIELD, Actuary and Secretary. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Ctoch. rrHE , CITY OF - LON CL[ DON COMMERCIAL JB. TRUS' John Davenport, Esq., M.P. Ge9rge Grote, Esq:, James Pattison, Esq., M.P. Robert Snow, Esq., Banker. COMMEETT:E OF MANAGEMENT. James Anderton, New Bridge-,Lemon Hart, Fenchurch street street !Alderman Harmer Thomas Balls, Trig Wharf ;John Harvey, Ludgate-hill - Samuel Baylis,White Cross-strectJohn Hancock, Bread-street-hill Thos. Burton, Alders ate-street John Johnson, Milbank-row . Henry Butterworth, Fleet-street !Henry Marriott, Fleet-street Frederick Cowper, St. Paul's'- Ntigee, St. James's-street Churchyard !Joseph Robinson, - Water-lane, Sir James Duke, M.P. - • Tower-street G. W. Edwards, Mark-lane Joseph Thompson; Cheapside • Alderman Farebrother 'Thomas Wood, Ald. and Sheriff' BA NlZERS.—illessrs. Prescott, Grote, Ames, Baillie, and Grote. The objects of this Club are to provide the Merchants, Bankers, Professional Gentlemen, Manufat.tturers,- Traders, and others, in London and the Provincial Cities and Towns in the United King dom, who visit the Metropolis, with a CENTRAL CLUB, com prising a Chamber of Commerce, and a commodious Exchange Room, similar to those at Liverpool, Manchester. Glasgow, Bristol, and elsewhere; Rooms for Private Business, Dining Rooms, and convenient Sleeping Apartments, with all the usual accommodations of existing Clu'os. The Club to consist of Fifteen Hundred Members. Admission Fee, Ten Guineas for the first Five Hundred 'Mem bers, Fifteen Guineas for the second Five Hundred, and Twenty Guineas for all additional Members; with an Annual Subscription of Four Guineas. Gentlemen residing in the Country desirous of being elected Members, are requested to accompany their applications with re ferences in London. Applications for Admision to be made by letter (post paid), ad dressed to the Committee, at their Temporary Offices, 21, Old Jewry, where Prospectuses may be obtained, and any further in formation, of _ . A. J. BAYLIS, Hon. See. I, Devonshire-square, City. Feb. 4,-1839. CALIFORNIA This day was published, in One Volume decoy Bvo., with a New Map, by Arrowsmith, Plans of the Harbour, and numerous En ,, raVings price 14s cloth boards, A v HISTORY of UPPER and. LOWER CALIFORNIA, from their First Discovery to the present time, comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Pro ductions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c. A full View of the Mis sionary Establishments, and Condition of the Free and Domesti cated Indians. By ALEXANDER FORBES, Esq. With an Appendix relating to Stearn Navigation in the Pacific. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhiil. ,HIS Majesty the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, Nis Majesty the EMPEROR. of RUSSIA, And His Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA. having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several Ditribu tions of Money, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES. and do NOT EXPOSE the Shareholders to Blanks) offer great many possibilities of obtainipg LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HANIBURGII, and HEINE BROTHERS at LUBECK, are NOW SELLING SHARES for any of the said DISTRI BUTIONS of MONEY, at various prices. The Distributions contain various portions, from NINE POUNDS TO TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS and upwards. Orders .for less. than 101. cannot be attended to. Persons desirous to purchase may receive PREVIOUS to giving any order, the Prospectus and Particulars, upon acidressins, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAAIBURGH. TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. ----~ In consequence of the great alterations in the ar rival of the Mails in several parts of the Kingdom, we have been induced to decide on publishing a Morning Edition of. The Sun, which will appear on Wednesday next, in time to be de spatched by the Morning mails. By this arrangement such of our Subscribers'as may receive the Evening Edition too late, can suit themselves by having a MORNING EDITION, containing the close of the Debates in both Houses of Parliamept, and all other news arriving in London up to the hour of Morning Publication. The Evening Edition will contain all the news occurring in and arriving in London up to the hour of PosL In short, nothing will be left undone to improve the Paper in every respect. Those Subscribers who wish to be supplied with the Morning Edition will please to notify the same to their respective Nevts Agents, or to The Sun Office; 112, Strand, London. Second Editions, containing the Debates in Par liament up to the hour of post, in the Evening as- usual. N. B. The Paper will be ENLARGED, to the extent of about Eight columns of its present Size on Wednesday next, which will enable us to give the Debates more fully, and more of variety for those readers who do not, or have not time to read all the Debates. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter from Bristol on the Corn-laws shall apppear on Monday. . 4 -, 6 ' ti 5 1:14, - ‘ l4 ; t:2- ,„,,• • - " St l iff- 'Ai CT; r>4 • ~~~~ ~~~~-a"Q LONDON : SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1839. We have always advocated the total repeal of the Corn-laws on the principles of morality and honesty. We cannot for one moment believe that any kind of property can be long safe in a State of which the Le. gislature habituslly and openly decrees that the property of many shall be continually plundered by means of a tax for the benefit of the few. The many will not long, after such a question becomes a matter of public discussion, submit to be plundered, and either the Le gislature, composed of landowners, must support its plunder by additional violence, if it be able (that is by adding murder to :robbery ; for when a man is shot or hanged, it makes all the difference between justi fiable homicide and brutal murder, whether the person ordering or committing the deed have right on his side), or its own injustice will assuredly bring about its annnihilation. We are alarmed, we con fess, by the open conflict which is now beginning between the Legislature on one side, fighting under the spear-head bariner olphinder, and the bulk of the , people on the other, with. the large golden, suo-illu mined letters of Justice on their ample 'flag, covering t he whole land with its shadow. We are alarmed, too, for the morality of the nation, and can only expect to see misery prompting the people at large to act on the lessons taught by the practices' of the aristocracy and the priesthood, and, like them, invading the pro perty, and supporting the invasion by taking the lives of their fellow-creatures. We fear attacks on property and sanguinary conflicts,: Already it is boldly declared that the infamous Corn-tax is the right of the landowner, and therefore to -he upheld by force ; already he and his serfs meet and demand the continuance of the tax alit&refer to the armed yeo manry as a sure hindrancelq any persons doing that, without the sanction of law, which they make the law to perpetrate. Already the most alarming conclusions are adopted, and necessarily adopted, by thole who seek to find arguments to justify the open commission of robbery, by the highest and last authority of the empire. A writer in the Morning Post, for example, coolly reasons that it is of no consequence that the legislature takes 26 millions from one class to give to another, because the whole produce of the empire is nevertheless consumed by the people. Here is the passage : Admitting, then, that a tax of twenty-six millions is now . raised for the benefit of one particular c l ass , i t i s qu i te evi dent that, as the value of all the produce of the land, if con sumed at home, is ultimately income to some one or other, the income of that class would be less that amount. On this fact, that the income of the rich, though it be plundered from all the eaters of bread, is still the income of that class, columns of verbiage are strung together to show that these laws should be continued. We have already seen these laws lead to the recommen dation of a vast system of infanticide, and now those who defend them are driven openly to defend what they acknowledge to be plunder.. When public writers put forth such opinions in defence of such practices, society, instead of a collection of mutually dependent and mutually aiding men, appears little better than a collection of banditti, and trembles on the verge of anarchy. • In another place will be found a paragraph ex tracted from the Glasgow Argus, which expresses, we believe, the almost unanimous sentiments of the manu facturing districts. If the bulk of the Chartists do not Support the abolition of the Corn-laws, it is because their demands extend beyond it. Such a fact seems to us worthy of Mr. O'CONNELL'S attention, who is inclined, we are afraid, by his speech 'to his constitu ents; to give the demands of the people of England only a feeble support. The landlords of Ireland, free from Tithes and Poor-rates, receive the greatest advantages from the Corn-laws, and have a strong pecuniary interest in supporting them. t Th e people of England, therefore, will look with close scrutiny and suspicion at the conduct of the Liberals who represent Ireland, and if they should now act adversely to the interest of the English in Parliament, on the subject of the Corn-laws, it wi!l,add amazingly to the difficulties of the crisis Such a course of conduct would, we apprehend, obtain a triumph for the Tories, and replace HADDINGTON and HARDINGE in the Government of Ireland. The English will not suffer their manufactures to be ruined, to cnrich the clearing landlords of the Sister Island, and they will only deeply injure their own country and the whole community by sacrificing political justice to their pe cuniary profit. At a meeting at Stockport, of which an abridged report appears in our Paper, it was stated that, ere long, calicoes will be woven in,Germany and sold in Man chester. But we know that already ginghams have been ordered from Elberfeld in considerable van tides. We learn also that that growing seat of in genuity and skill is supplying the English market with velvets, cutting out out own silk manufac turers. We hare of late, indeed, had so many proofs of the advance of the continental nations in manufacturing ingenuity, that we already dread the possibility of recovering , the ground England has lost, and begin to apprehend that justice cannot now arrest decay and starvation, prompting the most violent conduct. Mr. PAULTON who has become so celebrated in the north of England for his admirable lectures on the Corn-laws, has arrived in town, and purposes, we un derstand, to give lectures in the Metropolis. He is urged to this by the Anti-Corn-law As• sociations, which evince both their zeal and sincerity by leaving nothing untried which can pro mote their success. We anticipate for Mr. PAULTON, who will direct his exertions. to rouse the Chartists from their supineness or remove their opposition to the . Corn-laws, a career of brilliant usefulness. Arrangements arc nearly completed for a dinner upon a most extensive scale, to be given at one of the large Theatres, to the Deputation appointed by the different manufacturing towns, to assemble in London for the purpose of urging the Repeal of the Corn-laws. The dinner will take place in about a fortnight, and neither pains nor expense will he spared to do honour to the country gentlemen, and promote the object of their mission. The boxes are .to be appropriated to ladies, and both music and singing will be provided of the very first class. The announcements will not be advertised till the Deputation can be consulted as to the most convenient day, but we anticipate one of the greatest treats which London has witnessed for some years. We particularly call the attention of our commer cial readers, non-resident in London, to an advertise ment in our Paper of this day, announcing the forma tion in the City of London of a Commercial Club, in tended to consist of gentlemen connected with commer cial and professional pursuits residing in the provincial districts, as well as those living in London. The great advantages of this reunion must be ma nifest to every one who reflects on the subject, and we confess our astonishment that such a Society (models for which are to be found in every considerable com mercial town in the United Kingdom) should have been so long delayed. It has our cordial good wishes for its success, which the respectability of the Trustees and the Committee of Management fully guarantees. We have received several communications, animad verting with severity on the conduct of the Church Rate Abolition Society, to which, as they were ano nymous, we did not pay much regard. When, however, a man of Mr. CHILDs' respectability pub licly charges. the Society—as he does, in a letter inserted elsewhere—with having betrayed the cause entrusted to their care by the general body of Dis senters, we cannot conceal our opinion that those who have had the management of their affairs are bound to give an, account of their stewardship. If they do not— if, after being thus arraigned, they refuse to plead at the bar of, pliblia opinion—more especially, if they do not repel the ~pecuniary part of the charge—the character of 'the' Society is gone for ever. We trust, therefore, that they will not lose a moment in satisfying the public mind on the subject. • The French Mails and Papers of Thursday have not arrived this morning. PRIVY COUNCIL.--(THIS DAY.) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to-day at the Council Chamber, Guildhall, for the purpose of hearing the further ar guments in thespetition presented by some of the Sergeants-at-Law, ger, Lord Denman, Lord b against the throwing open of the Court of Common Pleas. Th e L or d s present were, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Ch ance ll or, Lo Lo n r d sd ß a 1 7 , 1 itghhea Lordtn L Lord eAf'yn Justice circ! , 0 1, of the Lord A Cou in rt of Common Pl eas M r. Justice Vaughan, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty. IN THE MATTER OF THE sERCEANTS-AT-LAW. Mr. AtIsTIN concluded his argument in behalf of the Sergeants. The ATroRNEY- GENERAL appeared on behalf of the Crown, and had not concluded his address when our Reporter left. QUEEN'S EEN - CH.-(THIS DAY.) The Court took a Crown paper this morning. No case of interest occurred up to the time of our reporter leaving. CIRCUITS. SOUTH WALES. (Before Mr. Justice Wituams and Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) Days and Pines appointed for holding the Levu A ss i zes. Glamorganshire—Saturday, March 2, at Swansea. Pembrokeshire, Town &County—Saturday, March 9, at Haverfordwest. Cardiganihire—Wednesday, March 13, at Cardigan. . Carmarthenshire - -Saturday, March 16, at Carmarthen. Brecknockshire —Saturday, March 23, at Brecon. Radnorshire—Saturday, March 30, at Prestcign. THE SUN., LONDON, SATURDAA, FEBRUARY 2, 1,,!:;i9. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, FEB. I.—Wind. N.N.W., fresh.—Arrived last evening, the Dauntless, Pinder, from Calcutta. Sailed yesterday, the Ocean Bride, Robinson, for Shields. Caine down from the River last night and to day, and sailed, the Lady Hilda, for Barbadoes; City of Adelaide, Donalds, Australia; Hector, Morgan, Jamaica; Sarah, Witney, St. John's, New Brunswick; Circassian, White, Lisbon. PORTSMOUTH, FEI. I.— Wind, N. to N.N. W., fine.—Arrived the Toronto, Greswold, from London ; City of Rochester, Campbell; ditto ; Yanston, Jarvis, ditto; Amelia, ditto; Charlotte, Smith, Sunderland. Sailed the Toronto, Greswold, for New York. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 31.—Arrived the Matthew, Brown, from Liver pool to Newcastle, with loss of topmasts; City of Limerick (steamer), Dublin. Called, the May Flower, Cuming, for St. Michael's. F.swiotrru, JAN. 31.—Wind,N.N.E , strong gales, with snow.— Ar. rived the City of Limerick, Moffatt, Dublin. LIVERPOOL, FED. 1.---Wind N.N.E. moderate.—Arrived the Express, White, from London ; Ellen, Chambers, Dundee. Sailed the Virginia, Higgins, for New York; Helen, Smith. Boston; Magister, Muslaw, New Orleans; Ellen, Gille, Demerara; Aristides, Hutchings, Rio Janeiro ; Evergreen, Mosan, St. John's New Brunswick ; Hender, Lowthean, Calcutta; Donna Maria, Steel, Oporto; Theodosia, Thomp son, Jamaica ; Diana, Robson, Havannah ; Petrel, Calcutta; Vesper, Hicks, St Michael's; Robert Watt, Johnson, Savannah; Margaret, Lis tel, New Orleans, King of Tyre, Lisbon. MARGATE, FEB L—Arrived off port, Hector, Gibson, Honduras. RAMSGATE, FEB L—Arrived Troer Vriendem, Bakker, Amsterdam. DOTBR.—Arrived the Trois, Arnis, Gibson, from St. Andrew's. BaisroL, FEB I.—Arrived the Anna, Wativiii, from Sydney, New South Wales; Ajax, Stark, Jamaica; Emily, St. Vincent. Sorriisatrrox, FED. l.—Arrived the Sportsman, Williams, Cork. SHOREHAM, FEB. I.—Arrived the Britannia, Bowden, from Dublin. SLIGO, JAN. 26.—Sailed the Olivera Premiera, for St. Übe's. HULL, Fan. I.—Wind W.N.E., moderate.—Arrived the Industry, Adams, from St. Übe's ; and Thames, Cox, London, from Newcastle, with loss of anchor and cable. • DucLitt, JAN. 31.—Arrived the Devonshire, steamn, from London. Conti, JAN. 30.—Sailcd the Horatio, for Jamaica. .WATERPOitri; -Ls N..62.4)-.—Sailed the Penelope, Cappiere, for Gallipoli. KtKos - rowx,.JAN. 31.—Arrived'the Whelly, Weilbank, from Lon don ; and Waverley, Morgan, ditto. JAN.- 30.—Arrived the Mountaineer, Hutchins, from Leghorn ; and Lancaster, Norman, Smyrna. BRIDLINGTON, JAN..31.—.1t• has blown a perfect hurricane the last twenty-four hours from N. to 1 .. .N.8. ; a great number of vessels have slipped their anchors, and gone to 'sea. The Betsy, Iverson, of Lon_ 'don, has parted with anchor and chain, and is now riding with the ether. The Orbitt, Sissimond, after parting with three anchors, drove on the beach, but WWI afterwards got off, crew and stores saved. DARTMOUTH; JAN. 31.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Hope, Isbell, from Newport to Dunkirk. In coming through the Needles, in a heavy squall, she missed stays, and went on shore on the Sand Bank, w!4ere she remained three hours, when she came off, and proceeded, without damage. LOCHINDALL, JAN. - 25.—The Ann, of Liverpool, and Scotia, of Rothsay, which were on shore near here, have been got off, and proCeeded. RIINL, JAN. 31.—1 t is blowing a heavy gale from N.N E. The Speedwell, from Aberystwith, has been brought in here with consider able damage, having been on shore. BRisTor., JAN. 31.—The Confidence, Phillips, which sailed hence the 4th ult. for Liverpool, it is feared has foundered during the late gales : a boat, marked " Confidence, Philllips, of Liverpool," has been driven on shore in St. Bride's Bay, 14th Ult. PENZANCE, JAN. 3L—lt blew very hard last night and this morning, and continues.—Arrived the Rivicre, Rosewall, from Glasgow, with da mage and sails split ; Agnes, Harris, Ipswich, very leaky. Put back, the John and Mary, Thomas, for Strangford ; British Queen, Burton, Cork, with lost of jib boom. LIVERPOOL, FEB. I.—The Byker, from Trieste, which was o❑ shore near floylake, has been got off without apparent damage, and brought in here. The Lion, from Glasgow, which was on shore near the Red Noses, has also been got off, and brought in here. HOLYHEAD, JAN. 31.—The Thomas and Mary, from Aberavon to Liverpool, drove from her anchors this morning during a heavy gale from N.N.E. to N.E., and in taking the ground unshipped her rudder. The Jane, from Balbraggan to Cheder, i. on shore near the Point of Ayr —crew saved. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCS. LIVERPOOL, COTTON -MARKET, FUDAY.—NoTIO of the cot ton at auction to -day was sold. We have had aelull market throughout the week, afford ing little satisfaction either to buyers or sellers, the former having great difficulty in supplying themselves at any reduction on our quotations of. Friday, and the latter in obtaining the prices that were then current.; if anything, the business done has been in favour of buyers. Speculators have taken 5,700 bales of American. The sales to-day are only 3,000 bales of all kinds. The market flat. We have neither arrivals of any foreign mails or ship letters this morning. We have a complete blank morning, both for arrivals and intelligence from any quartrr to the present time of our writing ; in consequence of - which the British as well as the Foreign Market are in a dull state. We do:not hear, as yet, of the arrival of the Royal William steamer, from New York, or of the Lisbon mail. Consols, which closed yesterday at 921 i for the Account, opened at 92i; Money, 92/ "i ' • Exchequer Bills, 66 68" ; Bank Stock, 2024 203 ; India Bonds, 63 65 ; India Stock, - 2541 2551. In the Foreign Market the prices are much the same as the closing. Spanish Active, 20ii ; Portuguese, 35} 36 ; Bel gian, 981- 99; Brazilian, 791 i; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54i i.. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 203 1 India Stock , 255 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 9214% South Sea Stock 10 4 ,4, 3;4 per Cent lo , -,4 Old Annuities — Ditto Red. 10 9 204 , New Ditto New 5t per Cent too . 99 3's 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent. • ' roci;h. Bills, £1,000 Bank Long Annuities to expire - - Ditto 500 Jan. 5, 1860 . l5 1-16 Ditto Small 6,i 69 pm. Oct. 1 , 1, 1859 l4 zs . Ditto Commercial pm. Jan. 5, 1860 Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880 - .Bank Stock for Account April 5, 1880 --llndia Stock for Account — Jan. 5, 1170 — , Consols for Account 92 ', PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'cLocK. Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds 9 8 34 9 Ditto Account — Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds t Ltto Account Columbian Bonds , 1 Ditto Account -. Ditto Account ( Ditto Metallic — Columbian Bonds, 1824 2 8 ,4, !Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account — , Ditto Account 2olg 1. 4% Greek Bonds —' French, 5 per cent. ...... ... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 ' --- 4 per cent. Ditto Account -- 3 per cent ... ...... —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent..., ..,i -- Exchange. — f. —c. Ditto Account Dutch, 211 per cent. — Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account... . .54 , 4% Ditto Account Neapolitan Ditto Acc0unt........ ...... 10215% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. .. ••••... ..... 65 7611 7 14 9 V. ty . 10 Great Western Railway Company.. Brighton Railwav :.4..richester and Birmingham Railway Do. Do. Extension COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. kmsterdain C.F. 12 4 Gibraltar 4B Llitto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 414 Genoa Antwerp... Ilmburg.. Al,oria ,„, 1',.: i,, 3 days' sight 25 35 Pal trlllo ........._. per oz. 119 Di ztt , ...... ..... ... ...... 3Ms 'ls 60 Lisbon ll , larseille Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maiit.,, ELM. 15114 Bahia O5 I'etersbutgh, ruble 3 Us. 11% Buenos Ayres — Berlin Vienna, effective tl. 2M lO 3 Philadelphia 46 fi Ltste ditto lO 4 PRICE OE BULLION, PER OZ liadrid ,`.. 7 14 Portugal Gold, coin ...t.:3 17 6 Cadiz—. ~.... '471,4 Foreign Gold, in br.rs 8 I 0 it lbw. ... 13,reelona 'l6% New Dollars S!‘"li‘C .36% I Silver. bara. standard 0 5 0% PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUMLIN, JAN. 31. 3 per cent. Consols .*, per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1330 3!-.', per Cent. Debentures Bank .Stock .., — City Debentures, 4 per cent.... Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock rIAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Jam. '29. Bills. Money. 4 iti.trian MetPl'iques, 5 per rent. Die' o ditto 3 per cent. — Oitto cOtto 21 per cent I:itto Bank Shares 1497 h 95 Agglo-Russian Loan 10 7 7i; 107% Russian 5, per cents. Metal, Paper In , cription, 6 per cells - lu4 Russian I irrerlption, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese iiegency Bonds, 5 per cent — . I Otto, 3 per cent — fliitch S rer Cents. Di! ta 5 per Ce nts P.,ltsh I;.nds, 3 per cents. NOW Tickets 155'4 155 • Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents ... 71% 7i% Norwegian I.:Ntri of 1134, 4 per cents .si,aiiish, in piastres, 3 per Cents Corto4 Lean, 5 per Cent — Greek 4 per cents. 133, guaranteed by France EXCHA NOES ON LONDON. II %sumac, JAN. 29.-13 54 ; two months, 13 4. STOcE;WL:II, JAN. 22 —Two months, 12 4 Sr. I'll, I;.satmuir, JAN. 17.—Three months, 11%. —Hamburg: Papers, Jan. 29. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, JAN. 26. Bills. Money. St. Schukl. Sch., 4 per cent. lOl% 102% ('ru , sian Engiish Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 11)2',4 101% jk.s.change on London; three months 620 —Prussian State Gazette, Jan. u 7. IIALF-PAST ONE. We still co ttinue in the same dull situation as in the early part of the morning, and do not hear of any foreign arrivals, with the exception of the Hamburgh mail, said to be off Gravesend. In the course of next week it is expected that something of a decisive nature will be received from Belgium in answer to the last protocol. Tire rion-at rival of the French mail is supposed to be owing to a heavy fall of snow in France. A general report prevailed in the course of the morning that M. Thiers was appointed President of the new French Ministry, but we could not trace the above to any authentic source. Consols have continued during the morning at 92i for the Account ; Money 92i with scarcely a bargain doing ; Ex chequer Bills 66 6 ; India Bonds, nothing done, 63 65; Flank Stock, 203; India Stock, 255. The prices in the Foreign market continue as in tho morn ing ; Spanish Active 20 ; Portuguese, 353 , 36; Three per Cents., 22i ; Belgian, 98i 99 ; B raz ili an , '791-• 80 ; Co -28-4 ; Mexican, 23i 24; Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents. 54i i; Five per Cents., 1024 Censcis jor the Account, 94. TITRES 0' CLO CM The General Steam Navigation Company's packet, the Gira f fe, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-house, yesterday at seven o'clock A.M. It has been ascertained by authority, that 3832, trees were blown down during the late storm in the Earl of Derby's domain at Knowslej. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. Vegetables of all kinds, except Greens, were plentiful, particularly Potatoes, which are 10s per ton lower than last week. No fruit in the market of any consequence, except foreign. Plants, bs to 5s 6d per dozen ; Asparagus, Gs to lOs per bundle ; Celery, is to 2s per bundle ; Onions, is 6d to 2s per sieve ; Carrots, 5s per dozen ; Brocoli, is 9d to 3s per bundle ; Turnips, 4d per bunch ; Oranges, 2s 6d to 16s per 100 ; Lemons, 4s to lOs per 100 ; Apples, 4s to 20s per bushel; Rhubarb, Is to 3s per bundle; Scakale, 2s to 2a 6d per punnet; Cucumbers, fis per brace; Spinach, 2s 6d per sieve; French Beans, 5s per 100 ; New Potatoes, 2s per lb ; Old, 40 s t o 80s and 85s per t on . NEWG ATE AND LEADENIIALL. Meat was in good supplY. Th e d eman d was equa l to th e su pply, and prices are unaltered. Beer, 2 s. S d . an d 3 s. 10d .; M u tt on , 2 s . 10d. to 3s. 10d. ; Veal, 3s 81 to 4s. Bd. ; Perk, 3s. Bd. to 4s. M. ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. 6d. Game and Poultry were in but moderate supply and de inand. Prices as last quoted. HUNGERFORD AND CITY FISH MARKETS. Supplies were good, and trade moderately brisk, at the following 78. to 10s. 15 3 ., 2 05., and 255. each; Cod, 2s. 6d. to Soles, 9d. to 3 s . 6d . per pa i r; L o b s t er s, Is. to 4s. 5 p s r . i ; c 105., andTu prices: — Turbot, ; each ; Whiting, 4d. to Bd. each , Some very large Jack Pike, weigh ing 20 and 25lbs. each, were at market. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. If any one were absurd enough to doubt for a moment thc decidedly loyal disposition of the English pecple, the greeting which her Majesty received last night at Covent •garden Thea tre would have been sufficient to banish such doubts for ever. Every place from which a view of the Queen could be ob tained, even at the expense of stretching and pushing, was taken, and immediately after the opening of the doors every single nook was crammed—pit, boxes, and gallery presenting one enormous mass of heads." Her Majesty entered her box at about half-past seven o'clock, when the whole mass was at once seized with one fit of enthusiasm. Hats and handker chiefs were waved, and the bursts of acclamation were posi tively deafening. These acclamations were repeated between each verse of the national anthem, and at the end of the line Long to reign' over us," the sounds were increased. Her. Majesty courtesied graciously to the audience, and was evidently moved at the testimony of the affection and loyalty of her sub • jests. During the whole of the performance of The Lady of Lyons, and two acts of Rob Roy, which she had commanded to be played, she bestowed the greatest attention. The prin cipal singers of the national anthem were the Misses Rainfortie and P. Horton, and Messrs. Fraser, Bedford, Burnett, and Leffler, so far as we could distinguish arnemg the quantity of persons on the stage. Towards the, end of the evening a vast coecourse of persons assembled in Hart -street, Long-acre, and James-street, anxiously expecting the appearance of the Royal carriage, and when at the close of the performance, a little after twelve, the carriage drove down Long-acre, it was followed by a train of acclamations which seemed like a con tinued reverberation of the enthusiasm manifested in the house. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen went in State last evening, escorted by a party of Life Guard;, to honour Covent-garden Theatre with her presence. Her Majesty was attended by the Marchioness of Tavistock, Lady in Waiting ; and the Earl of Albemarle, C.C. H., Master of the Horse. Her Nt ijesty',; suite were LI five of the Royal carriages, end consisted of Lady Lyttcltor, Lady of the Bedchamber; Hon. Miss Murray (in Waiting), Hon. Miss Spring Rice (in Waiting), Hon. Miss Riga. Hon. Miss Cavqn,;ish, • and the Hon. Miss Anson, Maids k.f Honour; Lady Harriet Clive (in Waiting), and the Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, Women of the Bedchamber ;. the Duke of Argyll, G. C. H., Lord Steward ; the Marquis Conyngham, K. P., Lord Chamberlain ; the Earl of Ilchester, Captain of the YeoMen . of the Guard; Lord Lilford, Lord in Waiting ; Lord Hill, G. C. 3., Gold Stick in Writing; Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, Comptroller of the Household ; Hon. Col. Cavendish, Silver Stick in Waiting ; Sir Robert Otway, Groom in 'Waiting; Colonel Wcmyss, Equerry it► Waiting; Lord Kilmarnock, Page of Honour in Waiting ; Sir Frederick Smith, Mr. Martins, and Mr. Montgomery, Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting; Mr. Samuel Hancock, Exon of the Yeomen Guard in Waiting. Her Majesty gave audiences yesterday to the Earl of Albe mark and Viscount Melbourne. The Duchess of Kent walked for some time yesterday it the garden at Buckingham Palace. . _ The Duchess of Gloucester honoured the French Ambm sador and Countess Sebastiani with her company at dinner en Thursday evening, at their residence in Manchester-square. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the re sidence of Viscount Melbourne in Downing-street. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duneannon, Lord John Russell. Viscount Palmerston, Lord Glenelg, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Minto, Sir John Hobbouse, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and Viscount Howick. The Council sat two hours. The Bishop of London, the Bishop of Nova Scotia, and a deputation, had an interview with Lord Gleneig yesterday at the Colonial Office. The, Mayor of Manchester and Mr. Alderman Kershaw had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Home Office. Despatches were sent off last evening from tlColonial office, for the Governors of the West India coloni The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council sat yesterday in the Council Chamber, to consider a petition praying for an extension of Kollmann's patent for pianofortes. The Lords present were—Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Brougham, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, Mr. Justice Vaughan, and the Judges of the High Court of Admiralty. The Court granted an extension of the patent for the term of seven years. The Russian and French Ambassadors and the Prussian Mi nister assembled at the Foreign-office at five o'clock yesterday afternoon. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS Lord Stanley, in St. James's-square, from Knowsley, near Prescott, Lancashire; LOrd Ellenborough, in Eaton-square, from his sear, Southam, near Cheltenham; Viscount Sandon, M.P., in Grosvenor. street, from Sandon Hall, the family seat, in Staffirdshire ; Sir William and Lady Lumley, in Green.street, front Brighton; the Marquis of Douro, at Apsley House, from a visit to Lady Ann Culling Smith ; Sir Augustus and Lady Clifford, in Eaton.square ; Lord Eglintoun, from Brighton ; Captain Stephens, Equerry to the Duke of Cambridge, at Cambridge House,' from Brighton; the Earl of Shelburne, at Lans. downe [rouse, from ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Fox Maule, at their new,resi derree, in Grosvenor-street, from Airthrey Castle, Perthshire ; Mrs. Prendergast, in Upper Seymour-street, Portman.square; Sir Robert Chester, in ditto, from his seat, Bushey, Hcrts; Sir F. award Bulwer, Bart., M.P., in Charles-street, Berkeley square; Lord Fingal, from Brighton ; Lord and Lady Lovelace, in St. James's.square, from Oak ham Park, Surrey ; the Hon. Miss Hope Johnstone, in Albemarle strect, from a tour ; Lord and Lady Barham and family, at their new residence,: in Cavendish-square; Sir Wm, Parker, at. the Admiralty, from a tour. DEPARTURES. The Marchioness of Queensbury, for Regency-square, Brighton ; Lord Lindsay, for the seat of his father, the Earl of Balcarras, Haigh Hall, near Wigan ; Captain and Mrs. Garth, from Thomai's Hotel, for their seat, in Berks ; Mr. and Mrs. Assheton Smith, from ditto; Lord Northwick, for Thulestane House, Cheltenham; Mr. Under-Secretary Backhouse, from Hans.place, for Lancashire ; Prince' Michael Soutzo and suite, from Mivart's Hotel, for Athens; Miss Burdett Coutts, from Stratton street. on a visiting tour ; Lord Errol, for Pembroke Lodge, Richmond; Mr. Croker, for his villa, at West Mousley : Mrs. Drake, from Farrance's Hotel ; Lord George Hill, from ditto. CHANGES. The Marquis of Douglas, at Leamington Spa, from the family seat near Broderick Castle, Isle of Arran ; the Earl and Countess of Man. vers, at their seat, Thoresby Park, from a visit to the Duke of New castle, at Clumber Park; Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Dickens, at Brighton from their seat, Stoke, near Chichester. The Duke of Beaufort will come to town on Mon day afternoon from Badminton, for the purpose of joining the distinguished company at the Duke of Wellington's banquet. In the course of 'the ensuing spring, a series of dinners and concerts will be given, at the family residence in Arlington street, by the Noble Duke and his Duchess. The grand salon has not yet been thrown open to the beau monde. For the splendour of its decorations and furniture it is not excelled in town. Lord Canterbury's visit to town is understood to be connected with his Lordship's claims for compensation arising out of the destruction of some of his property by the fire at the Houses of Parliament. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., arrived in town on Thursday, accompanied by Lady Peel and family, from Dray ton Manor, Staffordshire. We are happy to say the Right Hon. Baronet is in excellent health. Although the Duke of Wellington will give a grand entertainment, it is not the in tention of the Conservative leader of the House of Commons to give a dinner on Monday to his supporters. Sir James Graham, Bart., M.P., and Lady Graham have arrived in town from their seat, Netherby, Cumberland. Count Zichy has left town for Austria, in conse quence of the death of a near relative. Lord and Lady Grantley have been placed in mourning by the demise of Sir William Beechey, the vene rable artist, her Ladyship's father. MODEL OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—On Thurs day, the 24th ult., a beautiful model of Buckingham Palace, the workmanship of a self-taught artist, Mr. A. B. Tomlins, of Woolwich, was presented to the Queen by Sir Henry Wheatley for inspection, when her Majesty was most graciously pleased to express her admiration of its Correctness, and to consider it a work of great ingenuity. The state apartments in St. James's Palace have been re-embellished, preparatory to the commencement of her Majesty's levees and drawing-rooms. The gardens and shrubberies have been also put in order, by direction of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, who have lately taken charge of the edifice. His Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca, accom panied by Baron Ostini and Dr. Karina, returned to Mivart's Hotel last evening, from a visit to Mr. and Lady Caroline Maxse, at their seat, near Midhurst. His Serene Highness the late Landgrave of Hesse Homburg, Governor-General of Luxembourg, who has just died at the seat of his Government, was collaterally related to the Royal Family of England, his brother, the late reigning Landgrave, having married her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth, new the Dowager Landgravine. Prince Philip, his brother, succeeds the Landgrave. The Duke of Sussex met with a slight accident while stepping out of his phaeton at Kinmell Park, but his Royal Highness is going on well. On Sunday last a sump. tuous entertainment was given by Lord Dinorben, in honour of the birth-day of the Royal Duke. THE" FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES Bank Stock ..... 2113_ .1 -1 FUNDS. India S' - >ck . 053 .., ..... .. 3 per tent. Red o , l,i'Ditto Bends 3 per Cent. Cc,. 024 Ditto Old Annuities 3',. per Cent. Red ICIA, Ditto New Annuities New 311, per Cent 9OA ,Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2%d 68 pm. New 5 per Cent — i i Ditto 50 , 6B pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto 500! C 9 pm. Jan. IS6 ' . Oct. 1850 Jan 1630 — Consols for Act 92 FOREIGN FUNDS - - Asturian, 5 per cent Portuguese Fonds, 5 per cent.. 72% ll.ilgian, 5 per cent lin Ditto , gew Ditto Brazilian Bonds 7974 Prussian, 5 per cent Buenos Ayr.-s, 6 per cent. Cliiiian, 6 per cent ;Ditto, Metallic Colomb,an, 6 per cent Spanish, 5 per cent 20% Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent 'l6 French,s per cent —f. —C. Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange —f. —c Mexican, 5 per cent. French, 3 per cent —f. —r. Ditto, it per cent., 1525 Dutch, 2% per cont. Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent (Ditto, per cent. ...102% (CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES.-(THIS DAY.) ~ Great Western Railway,,,,..-, — 77 London and nrighton St olvras London and Birmingham Railway 65 Manchester and Birmingham Railway Ditto Ditto Extension THE IRIsH FREE PRESS AID MR. O'CONNELL The Dublin Pilot has the following account of the scene which occur, ed at the dinner given to ►Mr. O'Connell laati.. week " They sat out the remaining portion of Mr. O'ConnelPs harangue, and then takiug up their hate and coats, commenced to leave the room, whirl) was the signal for renewed outcries, which rose to such a terrible extant that loaves of bread were flung at their persons, and blows of sticks showered on their heads, until they left the room. Mr. Staunton himself was absolutely assaulted by manual violence on his way out of the room, and personal violence would have proceeded Wither, but for the interference of the. stewards and other gentlemen." This is said to have occurred at a •dinner given to Mr. O'Connell by the " largest and most respectable portion of the citizens of Dublin ever seen," and strangers would therefore - suppose that the persons thus insulted and assaulted at such a • , respectable weettag, had been caught picking pockets, or bad obtained athnission by forged tickets, or at least had - been guilty 'of some gross breach of decorum in the presence of ladies and gentlemen. Nay, some would S u pposo that the offence was one of such an atrocious character that it could be expiated only by some punishment greater . than " manual violence," meaning, we suppose, " pedal" violence, applied to the person in a way which, only cowards and the basest of mankird will endure. Nothing of the -sort. Mr. Staunton, we believe, is one of the most respectable mew • in Dublin—the persons at whose heads were " showered loaves of bread. and blOWs . of 'sticks," were reporters of that portion of the Press which has been Ofthe Most signal service to the cause of freeib.m is Ireland,'and, cOnSequently, to that very class who had ns , ernbled to do Mr. O'Connell honour; yet for some cause, real or imaginary, they are subjected to treatment which,. in England .or Scotland, no assembly of ladies and gentlemen .'World inflict cn the lowest criminal caught in flagrante delicto. We cannot think so lightly of the inhalytunts of Dublin. The 'lrish are proverbial for their I:oliteness and gallantry; and no' assembly of—lrish gentlemen could have conducted themselves in away that would disgrace even the wild men of Xrkans,s—the propotinders and execu tioners of Lynch law. •If a-few lawless drunken persons corn- • mitted any acts like those . deSc;ribed, the respectable portiefl of the assembly ought to lose no time in denouncing and dis owning them. I RhLAND. Mr. O'CoNNEtt's POLICY,— At the conclusion of the proceeedings of the meeting of Mr. O'Connell's constituents, held last Wednesday, outline of which, from theyen of our Dublin. Correspondent, appeared in the last nuteber of The Sun,- Mr. O'Connell said—" I now go td Parliament with these distinct pledges :—Eirst. that the people of Ire land will not be content with less than perfect equality with the people of England; secondly, that they are ready to give up the question of re peal, on conditicn of getting their lull equality ; and, thirdly, that if they refuse us that equality we vrill again raise the standard of repeal, and never take it down until we have a Parliament sitting in College green." LOAD CLONCUARY.—The following is a letter from his Lordship to the Editor of the Dublin Evening Post:--". Lord Cloncurry thinks that the grant annually voted to Maynooth should be 50,0001." Toe WEATFICR..—We , have had very .cold and inclement weather for the last two days, and yesterday evening ( Wednesday) a smart fall of snow, accompanied by: severe frost. • In consequence of the ad verse state of the wind last night and this morning, the London mails due last night, had not arrived up to half.past two o'clock this day. 10 Limerick, and other parts oftheSouth, the weather has been ex t remelY cold, with severe frost and s a partial fall.of snow—Dublin Evening Post. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. PORTSMOUTN, Faa. I.—ln Harbour—The Britannia, 120, Flag Shil'; Victory, 104, Ordinary Guard Ship; Excellent, Gunnery Ship; Hold George YaLlit ; - Salamander and Messenger, Steam Vessels; SeallOwer , Cutter; and Tender, Fanny. In Basin.—Not any thing in Commission. In Dock.—The Cracker, Cutter. At Spithead —The Ganges, 84, and Daphne, 18, both for the Med i ' terranean, via Lisbon, and Electra, 18, for the West Coast of Solt h America. ARRIVALS, SAILINGS, &c., DURING THE WEEK. JAN. 28.—Arrived the Salamander, Steam Vessel, for the North Coast of Spain, and the Electra, 18, went out of Harbour. J. 29.—The Seaflower and her Tender, Cracker, were paid off: JAN. 30.—The Seaflower and Cracker were re-commissioned by Lieut. Robilliard. Jar/. 31.—Arrived the Spitfire, Steam Vessel, from the Eastward, to em'oark the Supernumeraries for the Cornwallis and other ships for th e West Indies, which having done, she proceeded on her voyage. Pan. l .—Sailed the Gossamer Tender s with supernumeraries for the Powerful, st Stteerness. The Ganges, Daphne, and Electra, were paid advance yesterday, and will sail in a day or two for their respective destinations. The first take' about 130 Supernumeraries from the new raised men on board the Bri tannia, and the two others 30 ench. On Monday the Earl of Hardwick went over the Dock-yard and minutely inspected the various Store.. houses as to their contents, &e., previous to the meeting of Parliamen t- What the result of his investigation has been, remains yet to be asce r tained; but I think, with pe r h a p s an exception of one article, nerneni/ chain.cables, he has not any cause of complaint. CHURCH AND MINISTER'S RATES• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Christchurch. February 1, 163 9 • 0 SlR,—About 200 of the inhabitants of this parish have bee , ' ec moved yesterday before Messrs. Burbage, Johnson, and Weston, t ' Magistrates of the county of Surrey, for non.payment of Church .4 7 Minister's Rates, many of them for 4d., 5d., and 6d. each ; to which 1 5 _ attached the sum of Is. for the summons, which has been merciies s l " enforced by the Bench selected by the Vestry Cl er k, he attendi n g behalf of the Churchwardens, and also as legal adviser and Clerk to the* Magistrates, and pocketing all the fees. Mr. Blake, on behalf of himself and several others, gave notice that he objected to the validity of the rate, and under the proviso of the Ac t which says that when the validity of the rate is questioned, the Magi , " trates . .should forbear giving judgment, they consented to rio so in al l those cases where a written notice was given; but the rest of the stun' mouses were called on, and the parties were asked if they objected tr the rate, and, on replying in the affirmative, were told that an orde r would be made on them for the payment of the rate, but that orde r would not be followed by a warrant of distress before the question of th e validity of the rate was decided. This order they decided on making without asking any of the parties if they had any cause to show why t he order should not be made on them, although summonses to show ca n ' t' were served on them; thus subjecting the parties to the expenses of th A e order, to satisfy the cupidity of the lawyer, who sust a in s th e d ou ble an anomalous character of Vestry Clerk and Magistrate's Clerk. The exciting question of Church-rates, so remor se ly exac t e d by the Church, as by law established, and in this parish by the Churchward en, Mr. Thomas Hawes, who some time since allowed his name to be OHS to a placard, calling on the inhabitants to resist Church.rates, but na l/ expresses his determination to enforce the payment of them, mus t weaken the confidence of the public in the professions of public men. I would respectfully request you to give publicity to the above, an d thus expose the mode in which justice is administered to the poor, Ma n/ of whom have this'day been deprived of the means of providing nece caries for their families, by exacting from them fees for summonses in many cases of the Minister's Rate, twice or thrice the sum claimed. Th e Magistrates meet at the workhouse, and no publicity is given to thei r proceedings, as is the c: se at the public Police-offices; and the salutad and powerful protection which that invaluable blessing, the pubiA Press, gives to the poor, is not available. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS GOODE, 27, Collingwood-street. BELGIUM AND HOLLAND. • MILITARY PREPARATIONS. BRUSSELS, JAN. 30.—The troops of the two countries stand prepsr eel for combat, and ne pains are spared on either side to render their aortic ° equally effective. Both are in excellent order, and 'animated with $ similar spirit ; but if the Dutch now imagine that they can penetrate into the country and carry victory in their train, as they did on a fernier occasion, they and their partisans deceive themselves most grossly. Th e positions occupied by the Dutch are nearly similar to what they we re Previous to their attack upon Belgium in 1831, with this clif" ference, that their masses are more concentrated towards the ir left and centre. Their extreme right rests upon Bergen.op-Zoom, which they have, however, only two battalions. Their right and left centre occupies Rozeodaal and Breda. Their head-quarters and centre are cantoned in Tilburg and its vicinity, 10 communication with Eindhoven, where the Duke of Saxe- W ei suir 1s posted with eleven battalions, two brigades of cavalry, and four br'' gades of guns (called the Corps of Observation). Their left rests upon Helmont and the neighbourhood, and they have recently' thrown two battalions into Graave, in order to watch Venloo. T he total force of this first line consis's of 34 battalions of infantry , four brigades of cavalry, and 10 field batteries. A second line, con. sisting of '2;3 battalions and six batteries is echeloned in reserve to the right and left of Bois-le-Duc. The whole of these troops can be concentrated on the extreme frontier in two or three marches' It must be observed that the marshes called Le Marais de Pe el ' which extend from near Helmont to the Meuse,. render any military operations on that quarter impossible, and thus serve to cover the left flatsk of the Dutch and the right of the Belgian , ' The forces of the latter, which consist of about sixty battalions of ) 13 " fantry, and four brigades of cavalry, with a numerous and efficient ar' tillery, are echeloned within two marches of any given point of con centration. The left occupies Turnhout, with its advances at Wog. straten, Poppet, &c., and its reserves at Ilerenthals. The centre 0 posted at Diest, with its reserves at Louvain and Tirlemont. The ee' vanced corps under General Magnan, consisting of twelve battalion , ' five batteries, and two brigades of cavalry, are staticned at the Beve r " leo camp. The right rests upon Hasselt. A corps is posted at Tougre , watching Maestricht, and the extreme right, uuder General Daises garrisons Venloo. Ample magazines and stores are formed at the mos t eligible points, and it would be easy to concentrate 40,000 infantry , 5,000 cavalry, and twelve battalions of eight guns each, within fort,' eight hours. The Belgic headquarters are still at Brussels, but Ar e re,dy to move to the front upon the slightest symptom of aggression. THE WEATHEtt.—The frost, which commence d on Tuesday night, still continues with some severity, and bee been attended with a snow-storm, mere violent than has been remembered for several years. It commenced on Wednesdai night about ten o'clock, and continued until about two o'clock on Thursday morning, the wind blowing a perfect hurricane from the N. N. W., accompanied by drifts of light fleecy snort so violent that foot passenger sin the roads round town were scarcely able to stand up against them. During the early par t of Thursday morning it froze most intensely, the mercurf sinking as low as 16 degrees, being 16 degrees below freezing • I , , oint During Thursday seve ra l ver y h eav y f a ll s o f sn o w took pl a ce, which rendered the roads so heavy and slippery, that yesterday morning the omnibusses and coaches from Blackwal l) Isleworth, Richmond, Hampstead, Highgate, &c., were corn' Hied to have additional lt,in-es. So early as Thursday after noon numbers of fool-hardy persons ventured on the ice on the round pond and the long water in Kensington-gardens, also on the ornam en t a l wat ,. rs in St.' James's and the Regent , Parks, but they were inanediaely driven off by the men be" longing to the Royal Humane Society, who with the greateSt promptitude were despatched to the spot, on Mr. William* the superintendent, leiirning that the waters were alreadi frozen over. During yesterday, notwithstanding the dange" roes state of the ice, being principally composed of fro ze n snow, i.umbz.rs of skaters exiebited their evolutions on the lee' several of whom got immersed in the water, but were speed' ily extricated by the men of the Royal Humane Society, wh i were in attendance in strong numbers. ......,_ L( Yester kind; b► the form the case, Alden ‘ 7l) °, we riePut Mis es in 131 ackwa petition , THE 11r. a report 4 ChanB re, Pectin be eonsid t o the ne The C It was TO al.. it 1 1;7 Abo,,, a t 70i1,ed '"ing . t!: Uoil the ;:itt, the Prod ue he ere( %tired whirl "Pie Prpp E ° f 211 1( t 4II al th e t: pot Act Colt