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impel engineer of the Company, and reflects the greatest credit on him, on Mr. Forsyth, the assistant engineer (who has had the persoitalsnpervision of the greater part of the works), and on Me. Thomas Brogden, the contractor for the whole ef the works of the station and approaches. We understand that the omnibus establishment of the Company,. which was quite necessary while the passenger station was in Oldham Road, is now con siderablyreduced, being limited mainly to the omni buses plying between the 'Victoria Station and the present station of the Liverpool Railway, in Liver pool Road. We believe, however, that omnibuses from the principal hotels will ply to and fro m the Victoria Station, at small charges. Every accommo dation will be given to the pub'ic, in the requisite supply of coaches, cabs, &c., which will he allowed to stand on the carriage-drive of the approach, just without the gates of the station, a certain number being admitted within the gates before the arrivals of the trains. On inquiring at the station yesterday morning, we learned that the new half-hourly short trains to Miles Platting, &c., had filled very well throughout the day, and that no accident of any kind bad arisen to mar the satisfaction of a successful opening. We learn that the stationary engines an,l endless rope are not yet in operation, though quite perfect. The trains during the day were taken up the incline by two en gines, which drew twelve carriages with ease. Each train has with it a loaded, small, square waggon, called the brake waggon, which is provided with a brake so powerful as to be thereby enabled to stop the train at any part of the incline, in case of acci dent. Thus there is no accident that could take place, even the breaking of the endless chain, or the failure of the stationary engine, that could cause more than a few minutes' delay. To some extent connected with this station, flank inF the entrance to the inclined approach to the railway from Great Ducie-street, is an edifice of con siderable size, erected for the proprietor, Mr. Robert Gill, by Mr. Bellhouse, from a design by Messrs. I. and J. P. Holden, of this town. It has been named the Palatine Hotel, and stands on the site of the College Inn (formerly the Castle Inn), and the ad joining land between the College wall and the street. This handsome and capacious structure pre sents a frontage towards Great Ducie-Street of 110 feet, and a semicircular return front along the ap proach to the station. The style of its architecture is what is called the early Italian, or Romanesque ; and the whole of the front is constructed of the same material as the station-house —the pierre-point stone—which has a very good and pleasing effect. In conclusion, we may express our gratification at so large a portion of this important line of railway junction and communication being effected within the town—indeed, so near the very heart of the town — yet at so comparatively small a sacrifice of valuable property. The centrality of the Hunt's Bank Sta tion, and the advantages we have adverted to, will be the more striking when it is considered, that (when the Liverpool junction is finished) it will be the point from which the transit from this town will be commenced on the following railways :—Manchester and Leeds Railway and thence to Selby and Hull; also by the junction with the great eastern lines of railway from London north ward to Scotland ; with the North Midland and its extension southward towards Birmingham, Derby, and the midland counties ; and with the York and North Midland line to York, Newcastle, and Edin burgh. The Manchester and Boller) Railway, with its continuation to Preston and Lancaster. The-Liver pool and Manchester Railway, with the Bolton branch; the North Union to Wigan and Preston, and thence to Lancaster, Carlisle, and Newcastle, and the north western line to Scotland. FREE TRADE SOIREE and MEET. ING AT BOLTON. A splendid asirie and meeting, in aid of the great League Fund, took place at the Temperance Hall, Bolton, on Wednes day night. Mr. Cobden, 111. P., Colonel Thompson, Mr. R. R. R. Moore, and Mr. W. Evans, attended as a deputation from the League, and, on making their appearance on the platform, were greeted with loud and long continued plaudits. Mr. Henry Ashworth and Mr. Edmund Ashworth, members of the Council of the League, were also present. The meet ing was crowded; there was at least a thousand persons present. The chair was taken by T. Gregson, Esq., Mayor. Colonel THOMPSON first addressed the meeting. He said to /show the enormity of the corn-laws, to show their monstrous injustice, they might be compared to a law which should be passed to put an end to the wine trade with Portugal, in order that wine might be made from grapes grown in our hot houses at home. He said the thing was perfectly practicable, and would, no doubt, for a time work well for gardeners, joiners, and glaziers; but would the community stand it?— (Cries of " Hear, hear.") Yet the law for " the protection of British industry" as it was called,— (Laughter)—was just such a law in effect. Such a law could not stand ; the agriculturists themselves began to see that, and were preparing to give up the game.—( Hear, hear.) It was Arne, that a small knot of foolish men in Essex the other day made a feint of establishing a counter agitation to put down the League ; and, to show how much in earnest they were, they got one 50/. towards it.—( Laughter.) But nothing had been heard of this Anti-Anti-Corn -law League since. If they have not given it up, they seem to be ashamed of their cause; and when people became ashamed, and began to despair of their cause, depend upon it that cause would not last long. Mr. Coeuerr next came forward, and was received with loud cheers. After passing a high eutog ium upon Colonel Thompson, in this c ause, whose efforts, he said, had been directed to the subject long before either he or his friends were alive to its importance, he said he did not come there to argue the question that night. Ile thougiserht the people of Bolton, after the suffering, destitution, and my to which they had been so recently subjected, did not want convincing of the impolicy . of the corn-laws. Why no class of men, even those of a certain partylin politics, but had long ceased to believe that the corn-laws were for the good of trade. But thee., they bad another reason for holding aloof from this agitation; when ana a few of them mig ht be seen coming out of their mills the question of repeal was proposed, and shaking their heads— beads never very remarkable for the quantity of brains in them (Laughter) — an d these men said, " Oh, it may be very well fof us that the cern-laws should be repealed, it may suit the put.. pose of those who have mill property, but what hese is to become a fa of the agriculturists ?"—(Laugliter.) Now t were ir sample of the sort of men, and their wisdom, who prided them selves on having stuck to their party and opposed repeal. These poor creatures had got a notion into their heads that it was im• possible for all classes to prosper at once—they thought one elass mast of necessity flourish at the expense of another ' and their saying was " turn and turn about."—( Laughter. ) Why these men were absolutely to be pitied. 'The agriculturists, for whose benefit it was pretended the law was passed, were going a-heed of these men. The League had already the oldest and best families of the aristocracy, the largest and most wealthy landowners with them—the Fitzwilliatns, the Spencers, the Ducies, the Bedfords, the Radnors, and the Grosvenors.— (Cheers.) Yes, they had and would have the best of all classes with them ; they were fast flocking round their standard —every day brought with it an aeeession el strength ; and having obtained the assistance of such men as these, what need they care about the rest ? Mr. Cobden w.nt on to speak of other topics, and addressed the meeting for nearly an hour, frequently interrupted by loud and long-continued bursts of cheering. Mr. R. R. R. MOORE next addressed die meeting, detailing the proceedings of the League hitherto, and the course pro • posed for the future. He cowhide,' a powerful appeal to the meeting by showing the futility of all the attempts yet made to counteract their agitation, from the calumnies of the pi ens which attributed to them the turn-out in the manufacturing districts of last year, down to the nailing of their tracts on barn-dsors, and the burning of them by a veracious clergyman in his church at Norwich, who declared to his congregation " that they smelt of blood"—acts which, in-lead of answering the end intended, but stimulated people's curiosity to read them.—(Applause.) He then announced the following sub scriptions, as already received in Bolton, and as intended to bead the subscriptions in the room : Messrs. Callender, Bickham, and Cross (doub'e their sub scription of last year), 200/. ; Messrs. 11. and E. .Ashworth, 200/. ; Messrs. J. R. Barnes and Son, Me/. ; Messrs. Robert and Jos. Lord, 50/. ; Mr. Thomas '1 homy on, 100/. ; Messrs. Arrowsmith and Sons, 50/. —Teta), 700/. Subscriptions immediately began to flow in from the body of the room, and Mr. Moore announced the following Messrs. J. Crook and Son, 50/. ; John Cutler (or Cotterill), Market-street, 21.; Collected by ditto, I 2s. ; Joseph Had dock, 11. ; John Barnes, I/. ; Wil Baxter, Blackburn-stree, Hervey and Southwar k, 5/.. team } Barlow, rts. ; Joseph Arrowamith, 10/. ; J. and J. 'Brierley, 10/. ; Thomas Kirk ham, ss. ; James Shu ttleworth, 10s. ; George Mee, ss. John Mitchell, ss. ; and an immense number of names put down for small sums. Mr. Moosea announced at half-past ten e'elnek that the subscription in the room had reachtd to 505/. 4s. Od., making with the 700/. to head the list, a total of I ,2().51. es. 9d. 'The anaeuneement was received with loud (-Leers. After votes of thanks to the Chairman , cud to the Deputa tion, the meeting sep DARING BURGI,AIiN. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3 About two o'clock this morning a daring burglary was committed on the premises of Jr./ Richard Nicks, No. 2, Bilbury-street, in this town. secupied by him in carrying on the business of wine and spirit merchant. It appears that the office was closed and the doors of the premises were secured by the yers.n t barged with that duty, about eight o'clock last night, who then left, as was c h a t duty, person sleeping on the premises. At about two o'clock this morning a noise was heard by an individual residing in Morley-street, which is near the back of the premises, such as would be occasioned by ver b y heavy blows en some sub distance capable of strong resistance, ut as this noise soon scon tinued, no further notice was taken of it by the neighbour. Bat this morning, on Mr. Hicks's servants proceeding to open the premises, it was at once perceived that some party or parties had entered them through a doer at the back, near Charles. street, and then proceeded to the office, where an iron sale had been dislodged from the wall, where it hail been fixed with masonry, and carried :away. On proc eedin g to the o p en yard behind the premises it was discovered that the iron safe bad been taken thither, and there broken to pieces by blows from a large stone, which was lying with the pieces, and its contents taken out and looked over, and a portion taken away. The safe contained a number of papers and a bill for 501. , which became du e th is da y , and cash in notes, gold, and silver to the amount of 651. 16s. 't he papers aid the bill remain and were found strewed about near the mutilated safe, but the whqle of the cash is g one. The p ullet men on the. beat in vehßth the premises are situate heard nothing whatever of the matter. It appears that it takes him upwards of one hour to go his round., the beat being au extensive one. No clue exits to trsee the depredator or depredators, but the police are on the alert to discover them if possible. Thew is in whi h t t hi s burglary was effected, shows tha t it as a t o ne work of a practitioner in such daring acts. It appears that it was first attem pted to pick the lock of the streetdoor—that, however, aapt succeeding, recourse was had to the bac k do or, L for the pu t re premer y f io i g k wi h pose of gaining admission to the oreken safe was found a pair of thread g (ries o ar co our, and a piece of wax candle, no doubt used to give light in se , Wing from the contents of the safe, and then ref ped. THE ESCAPE FROM I\ O TTINGIIAM e learn from the police, just as we are going to press, that one of the escaped oonvicts, or a person supposed to be one, has We apprehended at a distance from Nottingham of nearly two lsced miles. Whitworth, the constable, has been dis- Imbibed to prove the man's identity. It is supposed to be Smith. 4.4b€1641Un Itariow. 12 I Won S TIN- OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. PitICES OF SHARES :N CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE gi ND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. E LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 5. Amount Dividend per Annum. ;Names of Com panies. Share. i Canals. b i t per cent. 41. 4 per cent. 4/. 401. 81. 15i. 131 12s. Bd. 11 10s. 34/. 304 334 ,7s. dd. 6 pe;CerA. AshtotTlnd Ashby-de-la-Zouch..av Basingstoke . Br ecknock & Ahergay Birmingham,l.l6thsh Do. and Liverp. June Chehner & Blackwater Coventry Cromford Dudley ....... ..... Derhy Danube and Mayne Ellesmere and Chester Erewash ..... Forth and Clyde 154 20L 11„, 108. .leL asa.los. Grand Junction ...... "- Grand U nion Grand Surrey Grand Western Glarnorgansh. ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham ..... Huddersfield ...... ....av Kennet and Avon ...as , Lancaster .." ....... ....av Leeds and Liverpool Leicester Leicester & Northamp Loughborough ........av Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire..." Melton Mowbray Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield Neath ........ P ea k Forest .stv Regent's (ar London).. Shropshire 000000 Somerset Do. Lock Fund Stock Stanbrd arid Worcester Shrewsbury Stourbridge......... Stratford-on.Avon...av Severn & Wye k Rail ' Trent & Mersey, sh Thames & -Wway..av Warwick and Binning. Warwick sail Naptoll.... Worcester k =Wit. Wilts and lartismil , Wiabeach Wey and Arun Paid. N. 61 Price. An paid IP!° 17 100 0 0i 1 41 13 4 leo 0 0 —1, 100 0 0 Docks. Commercial ....... ...... East and West India London Ditto Bonds Bristol ay De.Bnds, var. amounts St. Katharine Ditto 80nd5....._ Ditto Bonds Southampton Bridges Hammersmith Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 7% pr C Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. of Si Ditto New ditto of 71. Vauxhall. av assurances. Albien Alfred Life. _ _._ Alliance Biit. and For Ditto Marine ... Atlas Birmingham Fire...—. British Fire Britislr Commercial Cler. Med. & Gcn. Life County Eagle Economic Life ...... .... European Life Ditto New Freemasons Globe Guardian Hope Life Ditto Fire. imperial Fife Ditto Life... • Indemnity Marine Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire Ditto Ship National Loan Fund Palladium Life Protector Lite Provident Lite Rock Life R yal.Exchange........, Sun Fire - Ditto Life....... University Life Universal Life_ Union Fire and Life.., Joint Stk Banks Australasi 7 Ditto New _ Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westminstr Ditto New... London Joint Stock Metropolitan. Provincial of Ireland Ditto New _ National of Ireland—. Nat. Provincial Euglnd Ditto New . , (3luVicesterahlre Union of Australia... Union of London Gaslight b. Coke Bah British Ditto Provincial...... Birming. & Staffbrdsh, Bristol Brighton Ditto General City of London Ditto New Continental Cons° Ditto New Equitable Imperil! Isle of Thanet Independent ......... Plicenix Ratetiff South Metropolitan.... United Genera 1.......... Westmins. Chartered.. Ditto New .... Water Works. Birmingham E,st London Grand Junction av Kent Nw Riv Lon. Bridg An. Manchester and Salford Vauxhall, late S. Lond. West Middlesex av Yrk Buldg Co. Les. Prop Iron Railways. Birmingham & Derby Binning. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter...... Cheltenhm & Gt. West Clarence Eastern Counties Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto New Grand Junction__ Great North of Englnd Ore t Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths Hull and Selby ....... Lea and Selby Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Half-Shares Ditto Quarter -Shares London and Brighten Ditto Loan Notes London and Bl.ckwall Landon and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Ouarter-Shares Ditto rfhirds.... ....... London and S. Western London and Croydon... Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Manchatr and Birming Ditto Extension Mi,l'and Counties North Midland Do. iss. 10 dia. Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss. 51. dis Paris and Rouen Stockt n & Darlington South East. and Dover Ditto New, iss. 25 die. York and N. Midland Ditto New Shams Mines. A lin , n Copper Alten _ _ . _ Anglo Mex., iss.sl. p.m. Ditto Subscription—. Bolanos Ditt Scrip Brazil. Imp. tics. p.m Do. Mocaub. k Coc. U. Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron Candonga. I Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo Columbian, iss. 54 p.m General Mining Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland Real del Monte, Unreg Ditto Loan Notes Rhymney Iron Santiago de Cuba......„ United Mex., iss.2l. pin Ditto Scrip Ditto New Scrip Literary. Londn,with Sin.'llcket London University Russell King's College Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur Brit. American Land, Canada . ............. .. Upper Canada Bonds Copper Miners' Comp Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Met Wood Pay., iss. 11. Mex. and S. American N e w Brunswick (Land) New Zealand ...... Penins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Stea Reversionary In m t. Soc South Australian Thames Tunnel...- Van Diernen's Land U. 4. 3 per cent. 14 per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. 31. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. I per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. % per cent. /. Os. Bd. 18s. Id. per cent. IL 7s. st 10s. 4 per cent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 13, 6d. pr sh - 51. ss. 4 per cent. rs. per shirt 5 percent. 3/. 5 per cent. & 30s. bds. 5 1 4 per cent, 5% per cent, 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 4s. Rs. 6d. 12 percent sh. & bds. 1/. Ss. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. U. ss. 5 per cent. (”,,i per cent IL 4s. 5 per cent. 10% per cent 51. El per cent 6 per cent, 5 percent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. e per cent. 8 per cent. 8 per cent. 6 per cent. th per share , !s, per share 10 per cent 5 per cent. 16s. 11. ss. 11. 75. 51. and bs. 4561. and bs. 10 per cent. 4 per cent. 8! per sh 315 s per sh 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 4X, per cent. 31. 125. 21. lOs. 21. 10s. 21. 10s. sper cent. 41. 168. 11. 14s. 10s. per sh 1/. . 45. 4 per cent. 21. 10s. 9s. per sh. 2/. ss. per sh 78 10d per sh In per cent. 1;4 per cent. 31. ss. per sh 1%1. per sh. l'2B. per sh. 4 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 1%/. per sh la per sh. 11. 14.5. 31. per share 3s4d per sh 91.17 x. pr sh 113 s per sb 11. los. 11. ss. 15s. 1/. Ils. 10d. 15 per cent. per cent. per cent. 0 per cent. 1/. 11. 731. 17s. 6d. I.los. tO per cent. 10s. per sh. U. 101. perch. 11. 4s. IL 15e. 5 per cent. 5 per ccnt. 5 per cent. L 4 Bs. and is.ed. be. 3 ;per cent. 1 per cent. 4% per cent 0 per cent. LIST of SCOTTISH COM: DEC. 27, Bank of Boot Royal Bank British Linen Compny Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank Western Bank,. Central Bk. of Sc otland Caledonian Insurance Hercules Insurance North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of Scotl. Edinburgh Life Insur. Scottish Union Insur Standard Life Incur Dalkeitk Railway Edin. and G las. Ra Ilwy ;l u al and G. Rail. • ge bind Ibf: Rat ever cent. ever cent, bye: cent. ever cent. ;per cent. (per cent. I per cent. Spec cent. per cent. t( per cent. per cent. t per cent. !per cent. :"... per cent. 2j per eent fi per cen t. 101 I 0 100 0 0 vs 1 vi 1 0 0 1 o 105 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 Stock Stock 147 9 0 Stock 5 0 - 0 0 70 10 9 500 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 1000 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Stock 100 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock 100 0 0 100 0 0 20u 0 0 40 0 0 50 7 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 &O 0 0 100 0 0 21 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 PO 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 • 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 5@ 0 • 25 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 • 30 0 0 100 0 0 63 1i 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 U 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100-U 0. 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 54) 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 13 4 h 15 4 100 0 0 32 0 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 50 0 11 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 50 0 25 0 0 50 0 25 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 150 THE STIN I LONDON, FRIDAY El ENING, JANUARY 5,1844. v r SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. ) FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. STANDARD.—THE REVENITE.—The Reve nue for the Quarter and Financial Year, ending to-day will be made up this evening, and we rejoice in being able to state, that from the accounts already received, it is likely to show an increase on the quarter, as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year, and on the year a considerable increase. In the important item of Excise on the year there is, we believe, an increase of about 400,0001. The Customs also, we under stand, will exhibit an increase on the year of nearly half a million. In the Stamps there is a small decrease on the quarter. The property and income-tax remains much the same, averaging something more than 1,260,000/. the quarter. In the assessed taxes a slight decrease is anticipated. The Post-office returns, it is ex pected, will not materially differ from former quarters; and the returns from the other branches of the revenue are considered to be satisfactory. On the whole, the aspect of the revenue for the last year is most gratifying. It shows a gradual increase in the trade and com merce of the country, and will, we believe, exhibit a surplus. The revenue for the year ending to-day will, it is confidently expected, exceed the expenditure of the country; but the exact amount is not yet known, as some of the returns from the public departments have not yet been completed. GLOBE.—It may relieve," says the Herald, " the perturbation into which the excellent article on " The Causes of Distress and Sys tematic Colonisation," in the Foreign and Colo nial Review, has thrown the Globe, if we state at once that Mr. Gladstone has no claims to its paternity. That the Globe, of all papers, should have fallen into so patent an error will amuse the initiated. Our Contemporary needs, we fear, instruction on other subjects besides Brazilian . politics." The Globe has an un lucky adhesiveness to its principles, which, we don't doubt, " amuses the initiated ;" and it follows naturally, that when one ' of its old friends gets into such shocking bad i company as that of the Morning Herald and the ! Foreign and Colonial Quarterly Review, the ) ) Globe is not the first quarter to which he announces his deplorable condescension. For the rest, on whatever subjects we may happen to require in ) formation from the now official Herald , we shall ) no longer look for any satisfaction from that quar t ter as to anypractical results whatever from the pre. tended " reciprocity " commercial policy of the I present Government. We were led to expect marvellous things not long back, in the way of 34 reciprocity. Prosperity Freddy was to be no thing to Reciprocity Bobby. Now behold the upshot ! One nation alone has sent its repre sentatives to us to offer reciprocity. We r would not take it—we would move no finger to preserve, upon equitable terms, a commerce, ) 34 the value of which has been estimated from 3 three to five millions annually. The envoy of Brazil has gone back to study the part 4 of a Roland for our Oliver. We, on the other 3 ., hand, have gone about pressing some thin g we e l called reciprocity on continental customers, 5N whom we had previously forced to become ma -4 nufacturing rivals. We have taken nothing by R., , our motion—except dragging the name of Eng "l land through the dirt —incurring the moun -534 tebank shame of puffing to others nostrums o we eschew • ourselves. We, examples of free o trade to the world—we, whose present Admi t" nistration has taken up anew, with such 4 admired variations of absurdity, the old song s of colonial all.sufficiency —the old Spanish IN scorn of aliens! There is a want of honest and 4, 4 single purpose in the commercial measures of ? this Ministry, which renders their vaunts of li 1, beral example to all nations simply disgusting. 1 They had their organs everlastingly blowing hot and cold with one breath. We have a right to regard the Foreign and Colonial Quarterly on these matters as their organ, whether Mr. Glad ,ii stone or more recent recruits write their "excel ' lent" lucubrations. Well, that organ, as we showed yesterday, with wonderful assurance throws the blame upon foreigners for the failure (hither ! 1 to) of foreign commerce to supply the deficien cies of our home-growth of agricultural produce ! It talks of " the erroneous policy of the agricul ' tural States," as the cause which " prevents the 1 increasing capital of the agricultural States l'a from being employed in raising increased quantities of raw produce, to be exchanged ' l4 against the increased quantity of manufac -1% tured goods brought to market by the more ' l % rapidly increasing capital of England." The erroneous policy of the great agricultural States! Ili At what period, past or present, have we given r% " the great agricultural States" a chance of regu )% larly supplying us their staples of raw produce ? Excepting the hemp and tallow of Russia (whose policy in commerce, as elsewhere, is a thing ) i sui generis), what great agricultural State have ) we suffered to engage in reciprocal commercial r dealings with us? Has not the possibility of such ! reciprocity been the great bugbear of our land- N owners? Has not the express scope of our corn ) and timber laws been to keep out their raw pro ) duce ? Has it not been by painful persuasion of political leaders less insane than their rank and , file of adherents, that even a sliding scale was at P length substituted for total prohibition of the most important raw produce till it reached starving ! prices? The other Foreign Quarterly Review (not 1 Mr. Gladstone's own) has an interesting article on ) M. Tegoborski's " Finances and Public Credit of Austria." We find this official Austrian writer i advocating the retention of some system of re striction on the very grounds which the English ) corn-laws have rendered too legitmate these ) , .thirty years ! "He quotes unhappy Poland," 1 observes the Foreign Quarterly Reviewer, " and 1 3 with justice states that she had nothing to export but corn, and could not cultivate that upon the me re hazard of a bad harvestin England. Justly i does the author ask to what end as agricultural i% country is to go on producing corn without a market, and whether creating a manufacturing )1 ‘ population to consume is not a wise measure. " s 134 Good Heaven ! and here was our " manufac- I wring population" ready created "to cons ume" i% ; _ —and here is Mr. Gladstone's organ, if not Mr. 14 Gladstone himself, declaring that nothing b ut % lack of raw produce as returns for its goods is what causes its sufferings—here was a bread-store provided for English operatives—a 14 market for Polish tillers — and why did no t t hese k markets—sufficient to each others' wants—find '% each other out ? Because that party, with s, , which Mr. Gladstone and his new auxiliaries l% act, without thinking with them, enacted laws expressly to prevent the one surplus produce 1 % being exchanged for the other. Because there N was nothing our senators feared so intensely as % the realisation - of - that abundant access to raw pro. duce,which the Gladstone Quarterly now says was :, of all things most to be wished. Truly the g Gladstone satellite sees the right, while - he seconds the wrong. He sees what would have saved us our chronic malaise—but he won't see before him. Accordingly, he throws the whole blame, forsooth, upon foreign countries; as if our conduct in refusing what we wanted, and they had to give, had no share in perverting their policy. And lie gives no hint of repairing that grand pri mary crime and blunder. As if our total refusal of a regular trade in that vital article were not enough to neutralise the whole effect of the 1 ( mighty liberality of the Peel tariff on some seven hundred minor points, which not a soul, here or elsewhere, ever thought about. But we say, in the face of the Peel parasites who conduct the few journals faithful to the grand principle of the 34 See-saw, which is the only one discernible in their L measures—that the language and conduct of these men do not set foreigners any good example what ever. They are continually oscillating between 1% doctrines of free trade and colonial preference— s holding out " reciprocity" with one hand, and sacrificing it to monopoly with the other. The last new nostrum is the all-sufficiency of colonial t trade. We are in the fair way to teach all our colo nies the lesson we taught those we lost. We arc in the fair way to teach them those peddling notions i of this or that petty preference— of this or that i% • , privileged production—as preferable to tree com mercial interchange. We are setting up normal schools of future restriction against ourselves. We teach young colonies to lisp monopoly. Old colonies improve the lesson against ourselves. Indeed we need not wait colonial independence to observe the application of that lesson. We may soon experience Canadian gratitude for the monopoly of our American corn trade. F 4 STATE OF TRADE. The opening of the present year affords a pleasing prospect for the commercial interest ; there seems every probability of a large business, and the chance of profit is greater than has been afforded during the last few years. Yet we bavo no ground for supposing that every difficulty is over ; and we, in great measure, attribute the improved appearance of mercantile operations just now rather to increased caution and diminished expenditure in every branch of our import and expert trade, than to any actual alteration in our relations with foreign countries. We have, during the past twelve months, been enabled to ship manu factured goods at lower rates than at any previous period. The expenses of manufacturing are reduced by the improvements of machinery, and low prices have induced continued large orders from those markets which are the principal recipients of our exports ; but one factmust be borne in mind—it is notorious that our shipments have consisted of a great proportion of heavy goods, requiring but a small amount of labour from the operative in comparison with finer fabrics, which used to form the most conspicuous part of almost every invoice. Some important alterations of the tariff are justly expecte during the ensuing session. The great benefits that were to ac d crue from last year's measures have not yet been experienced; L but, is one instance, where a leading article in every house- hold was attacked, and the duty placed on anew footing, great indeed has been the advantage—we allude to coffee, the con sumption of which is rapidly increasing under the influence of reduced prices. In this case, too, the West India interest is still protected, at an enormous cost to the consumer, bnt the system is not carried out to that absurd and abominable length which precluded the possibility of admission to foreign sugar until the consumer has to pay ninepence per pound for the brownest description that the West Indies afford; then, and not till then, under the present system, is any relief affordedjand then only to prevent prices going higher. Let slave-grown sugar be placed on the same footing as slave grown coffee ; and great will be the change ; but Vet us go further, and treat it as we do slave-grown tobacco, and the re venue would receive an addition in the shape of duty of not less than five millions sterling per annum. Let us have some analogy in our fiscal regulations, and we shall immediately have our commerce established on the best foundations. During the week there has been again some excitement in the cotton market; speculators will not leave business to its natural level, and even in the face of an addition of 30,000 bales to the supposed stock, arising from some miscalculation in the weekly estimates, discovtired when the actual stock in the port was collected, there has been a great business, at rather im proved prices. Money is cheap, and if it is to be thrown into such channels as the cotton market, it will indeed be found too plentiful, and may probably materially affect our manufacturing trade. In all branches of business there is more disposition to get into stock on the part of buyers ; a favourable view is taken of produce generally, and prices are considered safe. The Share Market continues lively, and most of the leading stock is bought up at still improving prices. The advance that has taken place in shares during the last few months is very great, and, at present prices, it is difficult to obtain more than 4 to 4i per cent. for money invested in these securities.— Liverpool Mercury. 60 0 01 2 , 40 0 0 2 SO 00 7 - 5 • 0 11 0 0 1 5 0 0 50 0 1 5 3 g ? 5 ) 5 0 0 2 19 • 10 0 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 4( All paid 12 2 i 6 o 96 10 0 V 210 0 2 10 ( 50 0 0 19: 10 0 0 513 0 2 10 0 0 41 20 0 5 12 10 0 16 12 10 0 16 2 10 0 2 2 0 0 40s. 1 0 0 18s, 10 0 0 10 0 0 4 5 0 0 6 5 0 20 0 0 1 40 0 0 45 40 0 0 42 50 0 0 41 200 0 0 13C 25 0 9 12 20 0 0 2: 20 0 0 10 0 0 12 7 10 0 25 0 0 4: 10 0 I 1( 17 10 0 1: 35 0 0 31 10 0 0 1 10 0 CI 25 0 • 2' 10 0 • 1 16 0 0 2'. 1$ 0 0 21 19 0 0 2, 54 - 0 . 0 20 0 0 7 100 0 0 75 0 0 15( 62 10 0 IX 28 0 0 & 50 0 0 & 50 0 0 8( 20 0 0 2' 90 0 0 6( 3) 0 0 9: 80 0 0 '7( 25 0 0 21 48 0 0 21 10 O 0 25 0 0 I 2' 100 0 0 5( 100 0 0 6: 70 0 • 6: 80 0 0 2: 100 • .0 23 0 0 11 50 0 • 51 12 10 0 100 0 0 20 100 0 0 EN 65.0 0 1)1 50 0 • 71 12 • 0 1! 50 0 0 5 100 0 0 100 0 0 21 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 4 jlO 0 0 1 100 0 0 231 1 0 0 21 13 2 0 0 I 4 70 0 0 101 30 0 0 4 . 40 0 0 3 7 0 0 100 0 0 Si 100 0 0 9( 40 • 0 4: 45 0 0 5: 15 0 0 , 2 20 • 0 I 3 100 0 0 I 26 1 500015 25 0 0 50 0 0 :200015 31 0 13 10 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 150 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 • 0 20 0 0 21 0 0 250 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 () 4 13 0 0 55 0 0' I 20 0 0 10 10 0 '3 0 0 59 0 e 1 7 0 `:0 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 150 0 0 It 50 0 0 I 10 0 0 t , 40 0 0 2 10 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 ! 1 ico 0 0 1 ' 100 0 of 1. 10 0 0 100 0 • 50 • 0 190 0 0 10 0 i ! 1: 30 0 0 1: 35 10 0' 32 10 0 1 _3 100 0 0 15 0 0 5 4 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 e 3 0 0 14 0 0 ! 1 10 0 Ms 5 0 0 9 0 0 70 0 1 75 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 5 50 0 0 - - 1 100 0 A 100 0 0 0 0 10 25 0 0 20 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 01 20 0 0 'ANIES' PRICES. $43. 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 12 10 1 0 2 10 50 0 - 50 0 - 25 0 ... 25 0 161% 1 19% 1 8 '7 1 14 50 DRAMATIC INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, JAR. 4.—The Old Theatre Royal, Liverpool, still keeps up its powerful attraction. The houses are literally crowded to suffocation. Mr. Webster, of the Haymarket, has been performing here during the week, with Madame Celeste, in the popular dramas of Victor and Hortense and The Pretty Girls of Stilbery, and both have been applauded to the echo. Indeed, the interest excited was intense. The theatre has been open but seven nights, and nearly 18,000 persons have paid to enter it. Buckstone and Mrs. Fitzwilliam appear next week in a new operatic drama, adapted and partly re-written from Donizetti's Opera of La File du Regiment, as Mr. Webster returns to London to superintend the revival of The Merry Wives of Windsor, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, on Tuesday night, in which Madame Vestris and Mrs. Nisbett will enact the Merry Wives. THE MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER AND THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. • We have just heard a rumour, to the effect that the Mar quis of Westminster has sent a very complimentary letter to the Council of the Anti-Corn-law League, accompanied by the munificent subscription of 5001., in aid of the Great League Fund. If this should be true, it will be another very " great fact" for the Times, falling like a thunderbolt amongst the monopolists, who plead the absolute necessity of a continuance of the corn-laws, as a means of providing for their mortgages and marriage settlements. The Noble Marquis is one of the greatest landowners, and most opulent noblemen in the kingdom, and so munificent and practical a protest against the iniquitous corn-laws, as that which he is reported to have made, would, in conjunction with those of Earl Spencer, Earl Fitzwillitm, Lord Ducie, and other distinguished Peers and agriculturists, be the death-knell of monopoly.— Liverpool Mercury. THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALI], JAN. 4, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Robert Stewart to the church and parish of Aucharacle, in the presbytery of Mull and county of Argyll, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. Hugh M‘Diarmid, late mini ster thereof, to the parish of Callander, in the presby tery of Dunblane. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev. Roderick Reid to the church and parish of Lochs, in the presbytery of Lewis and county of Ross, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. Robert Stewart, late Minister thereof, to the parish of Aucharacle, in the presbytery of Mull. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 5. 9th Regiment of Light D ra goons—Paymaster F. E. Leech, from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vice H. Knight, who retires upon half-pay, Jan. 5. Ist Regiment of Foot—General the Right Hon. Sir G. Murray, G.C.B„ from the 42d Foot, to be Colonel, vice General Lord Lynedoch, G.C.8., deceased, Des. 29. 10th Foot—E. Dashwood, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Singleton, promoted, Jan. 5: 15th Foot—Christopher Sayers, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Portal, whose appointment has been cancelled, Jan. 5. 41st Foot—J. E. Goodwyn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rawlins, promoted, Jan. 5. 60th Foot—H. E. Warren, Gent., to be Second-Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Forman, promoted in the 7th Foot, Jan. 5. 66th Foot—W. H. Ilerrick, Gent., to be Ensign, with. out purchase, vice Downman, promoted, Jan. 5. 77th Foot—Lieut. A. Aitken, from the 28th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Herbert, promoted, Jan. 5. 93d Foot—G. A. Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Campbell, appointed to the 72d Foot, Jan. 5. MEMORANDUM — The half-pay of Lieut. T. H. H. Cauty, of the Bourbon Regiment, has been cancelled, from the sth of January, 1844, he having been granted a commuted allowance. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Ross• shire. Sir C. Mackenzie, Bart., to be Vice-Lieutenant, Dec 30. 1843. WHITEHALL, DEC. 12, 1843. The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Webster, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, DEc. 30, 1843. The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Adam Bird, of Kidderminster, in the county of Worcester, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, J AN . 1. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Henry Brown, of the city of Chester, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea sury having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th George IV., ca p . 27, sec. 1, e l e ven pou s n h d il s l , in . that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure. thereof, for the year ended the 10th day of October, 1843, amounted to the sum of nine hundred and eight thousand five hundred and s g e s ven an s d hill n in in g ° s Pe a n n e d e forty-one pounds, one-fourth part of the said halfpenny. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the will be applied, under the sum of two hundred and twenty-seven thousand one eh surplusl u e n ve d n r hundred celonfea9enodfsa ,rstthirtyfarthing u -fi sb. l e ' e9i (being gd . ) provisions of the said Act, in the quarter ending the sth day of April, 1844, to the following purposes, via..-- To be applied to the purchase of Stock £27,135 7 111 To be applied to the purchase of Ex chequer Bills, made out in pursu ance of the Act of 57th Geo. HL, cap. 48 .................................... 200,000 0 0 £227,135 7 114 Add Interest receivab le on account of Donations and Bequests, to be ap plied to the purchase of Stock__ 3,477 12 10 £230,613 0 .9/ S. HIGHAM , Comptroller-General. National Debt-Office, Jan. 5 , 1844. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM BE ARUP, builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. BANKRUPTS. . . WILLIAM FULLER, coal merchant, Cotton-street, Poplar, to surrender Jan. 13, at twelve, and Feb. 16, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Turner, Mount place, Whitechapel-road. JOHN MARSH EDWARD STOKES, coal-mer chant, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, Jan. 9, and Feb. 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as signee ; Stevens, Wilkinson, and Satchel!, Queen-street, Cheapside., London. THOMAS SANDERS, .shoemaker, Kent, Jan. 9, at half-past two, and Feb. 9, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Yenning, Nay for, and Robins, Tokenhouse- yard, London. WILLIAM PHILIP MASTERS CROFT, victualler, Great Windmill-street, Middlesex, Jan. 19, at twelve, and Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Helder, Clement's Inn. JAMES WALKER, machine-maker,Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire, Jail. 15, at half-pact twelve, and Feb. 17, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee ; Turner or Smith, Birmingham. FREDERICK PETERS, wine merchant, Manchester, Jan. 17 and Feb. 18, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Bennett, Manchester. GEORGE NEWTON, h o sier, Seaham - har bour, Dur ham, Jan. 17, at elev en , and Feb. 15, at one, at the New castle-upon-Tyne I )i s t r i c t C ou rt. Baker, official as si g nee, Newcastle-upon-Ty ne ; Chater, Newcastle-upon-'Tyne;Forster, Newcastle-up on -T yne . MICHAEL COOKE, hotel -keeper , E vesham, Wor cestershire, Jan. 17, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 13, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Cheek, Evesham. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. E. A. Evans, tobacconist, Great Surrey-street, Black friars-road. J. H. Crispin, Post-office clerk, Eagle-street, City-road. W. Southon, Upper Seymour-street, St. Pancras. W. Wildsmith, warehouse clerk, Wolverhampton. C. B. Pool, brace manufacturer, Halifax. 11. Bernard, professor of phalacromiasy, Regent-street. J. Harrison, grocer, Lockwood, Yorkshire. J. Scaddlethorp, innkeeper, Sherburn, Yorkshire. J. Wilston, wheelwright, Welwyn, Hertfordshire. AV. Avis, tailor, Newmarket, Suffolk. E. Jones, farmer, Lulsley, Worcestershire. W. Peat, jun., journeyman weaver, Yeadon, Yorkshire. T. Corlass, licensed victualler, Keighley, Yorkshire. W. Harwood, tobacconist, Yorkshire. M. Robinson, carpenter, Charlotte -street, Islington. R. 11. ltodwell, pianoforte maker, Providence-place. Kentish-town. A. H. Henn, coal merchant, Somerset -place, Commercial. road East. J. Hallam, jun., piece maker, Skipton, Yorkshire. 0. Moseley, law-student, Stockport. S. Adams, veterinary surgeon, Birmingham. J. Eccles, horse dealer, Dudley, 'Worcestershire. W. Moore, stage-coach driver, Bury Saint Edmunds. dling Ile 6d, and fine 12s; common yel.ow Madras at 8s to SCOTCH FARMERS AND THE M. A. Marshall, milliner, Newcastle-street, Strand. 'Bs 6d per cwt. ; Java at 9s to 10: 6d, cleaned Rice at 21s to CORN-LAWS J. Briden, corn-dealer, Paddington-street, Marylebone. 26a for Carolina, and at 13s to 17e per cwt for Patna. . . Saco—At better prices; common I:2s to 12s tid, middling We find the following list in a Scoteh paper, G. Dixon, undertaker, Margate. 13s to 14e, and good to fine 15s to 20s per cwt. Sago Flour which shows that the farmers in the north have no S. Walker and J. Walker, jun., cloth-weavers, Halifax, 18s per cwt. Rio Tapioca, of good and fine quality, at 4 2 4 d to fear of repeal. After the Anti-Corn-law meeting held Yorkshire. 51d per lb. ai Iladdington in October last, the occupying tenants J. J. H. Lewis, omnibus proprietor, Brixton-hill, Surrey. lenico.—Holders of East India Indigo being willing sellers who were in favour of the corn-laws were invited to T. Joy, beer-seller, Liversedge, Yorkshire. at low prices have occasioned many parcels of Bengal to be dis- D. M. Thomas, surgeon, Cum Ammen, Carmarthenshire. posed of during the week , at pr ices showin g a decline on the subscribe their names, and after all the influence of 13. Woffenden, woollen yarn maker, Water-gate, Yorksh. rates of the last quarterly sale of is to Is 6d per lb, The the landlords, it will be seen that the great majority G. Buckley, beer retailer, Almondbury, Yorkshire. trifling purchases made in Spanish since Friday last have been of the best farmers in East Lothian withheld their sig- J. Blunt, farmer, Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire. at low prices. natures : T. Hoile, farmer, Sandwich, Kent. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon the demand was excellent for ABERLADY-9 resident tenants, of whom 4 have signed. Cochineal, and 56 bags of Honduras at auction were all sold J. Joseph, oilman, Richmond, Surrey. One of them, Lord Weanyss's factor, holds no land in the parish. One tenant in this parish, whose name is not in the list, farms at 4s Id to 4s 6d for low to middling silvers, being ld per lb J. Moulton, gardener, Garden-row, Clerkenwell. higher. J. E. Leese, lodging housekeeper, Regent-se, City-road. more acres than all the four put together. TA eeow.—Holders of Russian Tallow have been desirous to J. Muttons, schoolmaster, Lewes , Suss ex. realise, and prices have declined to 41 s 3 d to 41s 6d per CV/t. ATHELSTA NEEORD-19 tenants, 2 have signed. 801.T0N.-11 resident tenants; 4 have signed, one of these P. Robinson, traveller, Warrington, Lancashire. for new P. Y. Candle on the spot. For delivery in the two has only thirty acres. Here, 4. too, one farmer who has not J. Mews, confectioner, Great St. Andrew -street, Seven next m onths 41s, for the last three months of the y ear 42s per s Dials, Middlesex. cwt.—Prices being low for Tallow occasions a good demand at ivied, has more land than al hhe D I RLF.T ON. —lB resident tenants ; 3 have signed, two of G. Gallaway, grocer, King-street-terrace, Islington. 40s 6d to 41s per net cash. iTo-day, for Russian Tallow, prices whom are joint tenants. T here are several tenants of small R. Lockett, beer-seller, Longton, Staffordshire. are drooping ; 4ls have been accepted for new P. Y. Candle possessions besides the 18. W. Parsons, attorney, Tottenham - court - roa d. on the spot. North American Lard taken in at 39s 9d to 34s Du NBA R.-21 tenants, 10 signatures. Two or three of these E. Manning, messenger, Park-place, Walworth. per cwt. have net 100 acres altogether. Oies.—Cod Oil at 32/ 5s to 32/ 10s per tun ; Seal Oil at • E. Turker, discount agent, Upper Stamford-street. FAL A.-4 resident tenants, all of whom have signed. 361 to 36/ paidlos per tun. Southern is wanted, 341 to 371 lOs R. Manuel, carpenter, David.street, New-road, Middlesex. GA RVALD.-15 resident tenants, of whom 10 have signed, two of them being joint tenants of about sixty acres; other two, par tun for common to fine quality. For Sperm Oil rather R. G. Cattle, tobacconist, Goswell-street. one a baker, the other a wright and innkeeper, cannot be held lower rates having again been accepted, 72/ for American, and J. Nicholas, iron fitter, Dudley. at 731 per tun for British. Linseed Oil 28s per cwt on the spot. J. Sherratt, card case maker, Berkeley . street , Lambeth. Rape Oil at 36 s to 36s 6d for p ale, and at 35s to 35s 6d as tenants at all. ORD.-18 tenants GI FF . Silos, farmer, Ruyton of the Eleven Towns , S hro p sh. fot brown . Palm Oil sells well, fine at 295, and inferior at M these hold merepatches, 4, of whom 15 have signedmay have 100 acres amongst them • A. H. Tanner, schoolmaster, Ebury - street , Pimlic o. 26s to 28s p er cwt. Cocoa Nut Oil at 30s to 33s per cwt. one is the road-surveyor in the parish. The 3 who have not IL Levice, clerk, high Holborn. Olive Oil, Galli p oli at 451, and other sorts!at 411 to 431 per tun. s i gned are t h e most extensive farmers in the parish. SECOND NOTICES. J. P. Bridgnell, linendraper, High - street , Newingt on- POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GLADSMUIR.-18 tenants, 11 havd signed, sof them fol lowing other avocations than farming; they may have 100 butts, Jan. 1I , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, (YESTERDAY.) acres amongst them. official assignee. THAMES-1 OLICE. HADDINGTON.-32 tenants, 16 have signed, amongst whom H. C. H. Justins, clerk, Cold Bath-square, Clerken- It is new more than twelve months since this Court was are 4 joint tenants, Lord Dalhousie's overseer at Coalston, a well, Jan. 11, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, opened for the transaction of pubic business, yet nothing can surgeon, a seed-merchant, and at least 3 holders of but a few official assignee. be so disgraceful as the state of each and every of the passages acres each. by which it is accessible. The approaches north and south by . .11emete.-15 tenants, 7 have signed, two of them being R. Crowther, lodging housekeeper, St. Thomas's-oint tenants on one farm, and one, a member of the Convention Charles..street and Arbour-square, when the weather softens J street, Borough, Jan. 13, at half-past one, at the Court in the slightest degree, are all but ankle deep in mire, whilst at Edinburgh, two years ago against the corn-laws. of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. the two other modes of access, (sae leading from the Court to INN ERWICK.-15 tenants, 1 signature. 11. Bugbird, foreman, Oxford, Jan. 13, at half-past the Post-office, are altogether impassible except by wading MORHAM. —5 tenants, none of whom have signed. one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official knee-deep through the slough. 'Op to last summer a stagnant NORTH BERWICK.-12 tenants, 4 signatures, two of them assignee. pool, reaching from the footway on either side, lay directly in being joint tenants on one farm. C. Parkinson, music -teacher, Gloucester-place, Port- fr o nt of the entrance to the Corot. By way of remedying 0 1 . DHAMSTOCKS.-10 tenants, 10 signatures, one of whom man-square, Jan? 13, at eleven, at the Court of Ban k- this tlae:water the water was baled out, the soil was dug up and has eleven acres, and the farms of two, Pathhead an d Better ruptcy. Groom, official assignee. carted away, and a parcel of loose shingle, without a particle of dean, are not in the county at all. Butterdean belongs to Mr. H. Grosvenor, tobacconist, Titchborne-street, Picea - bindin g material, was thrown into the hollow. The conse- Balfour of Whittingham. dilly, Jan, 13, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. quenee is, there being no drainage, all the moisture in the ORMISTON..... 8 tenants, no signatures. Groom, official assignee. neighbourhood oozes into the holhw sn which the loose shingle PENCAITLAND. -14 t ena n ts , 5 s i g n a tur es. is deposited, and the unhappy wirht who hopes to escape frem PRESTONKIRK-15 tenants, 9 signatures, though four of R. Morgan, commission agent, Northampton-square, the must by stepping on the stones feels his footing give way , them reall y cannot be called tenants, havin g onl y 29 acres Clerkenwell, Jan. 13, at half-past two, at the Cou rt of and finds himself suddenly immersed in the subjacent pool, amongst them, one being an innkeeper, another a market gar- Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. wondering the while what motive .be constructor of a trap can dener, and two carters. J. Humphreys, tailor, Stafford-place, Pimlico, Jan. 13, have, the only produce of which is the increase of ' catarrhs. PRESTONPANS-5 or 6 tenants, and no signatures. at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Wo to the confiding waggoner woo, trusting to the seeming SALTON-12 tenants, 5 signatures ;at least one must have official assignee. solidity of the way, ventures his t ,am upon the passage ; once a mere apology for a farm. T. C. Leslie, surgeon, Penton-street, Pentonville, Jan. floundering in the slough of despeed, nothing short of unload- SroTr-9 tenants, 3 signatures. 11, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen- ing will enable him to get out. It is amusingly provoking to S7ENTON-9 tenants, 1 signature. see the manner in which the prison van endeavours to obviate 1 RANENT.-28 tenants, or thereabouts, 16 signatures ;of nett, official assignee. the difficulty. The driver, a very decent whip, takes a certain these, 9 have not 200 acres amongst them. S. E. Ire, cowkeeper, Walham-green, Middlesex, Jan. over-righting, the gates are opened, the passage cleared, an 1, WHITEKIRK.-13 tenants, 10 signatures, four of whom, viz., 12, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bel whack, whack, whack, the animals—excited by whip and a miller, a tailor, a carrier, and a baker, hold under 120 acres. cher, official assignee. voice, The tailor makes liveries for the First Lord of th e Admiralty. G. Biller, solicitor, York - terrace , Ca mberwell, Jan WHITTINGHAM.-13 tenants, 9 signatures, most of whom 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green are the tenants of Mr. Balfour. official assignee. J. J. Honner, comedian, Pratt-street, Lambeth, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green official assignee. G. Giggs, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, Jan. 10, al eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official as " As when the swift Camilla scours the plain," evade the dangerous quicksand atAidst the applause of these who regularly twice a day witness the extraordinary feat with undiminished admiration. On Monday last one of het Majesty's justices of the peace had a narrow escape of being swallowed up in the earth, like the Roman Curtius. Though aware of the danger, from the experience of every day, as well as from former disasters, Mr. Broderip, on the first day of the new year, ventured to escape the mud by driving up in a light cab, but just as he got in front of the magisterial entrance dawn sank the vehicle through the superfieies of loose shingle Late the subjacent bog. The horse, in endeavouring to save nimself from a similar fate, made a bound on the asphaltic ,00tway and slipped. The kicking and plunging of the animal, who was with much diffi culty freed from the harness, were more alarming than danger ous. The magistrate was immediately rescued from his un pleasant and almost ludicrous powion, and the cab, which was stuck fast nearly up to the naves of the wheels, was, with much labour and the efforts of several strong men, ultimately placed on terra firma. Scarcely a day passes with out scenes of this sort. Comment is superfluous. Mr. BALLANTINE acknowledvd the receipt of 51. for the poor-box, from " A. A." UNION-IIALL. SOUTHAMPTON EAST INDIA AND CHINA COMMER CIAL AGENCY COMPANY.--On Wednesday the Provisional Committee assembled to allot the shares subscribed for in this new undertaking. To us who uniformly entertained a very favourable—perhaps sanguine—opinion in respect to the forma tion of this Company, it is a matter of sincere gratification to know that we shall neither be disappointed ourselves, nor have misled the public or the press—who have given extensive circulation to our opinions as to the complete success of the project. We understand that an unprecedentedly large number of shares have been taken by the public, and this too before even the Directors have been appointed ; so that the residue—a mere bagatelle, as we are informed—will only, be held at the di s p osa l o f the manu f ac t ur ing towns an d cities of the kingdom, provided they be applied for, and the deposit of 1/. per share be paid previous to the 10th day of January next, on or before which day the deposits are to be paid by the Shareholders generally. Immediately after that date an efficient, and, as we are told, a highly respectable and. influential Board of Directors will b e su b m itt e d f or th e a pproval of the Shareholders. —Hampshire Independent. The Rev. H. Moseley, Professor of Natural Philo sophy at King's College has, it is said, received the appoint ment of Inspector of Normal Schools from the Committee of Privy Council for Education. SITTINGS OF THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-- - There is a visible diminution in the business of this Court, which has, no doubt, been caused by the operation of the nor Act in the Court of Bankruptcy. The present sittings have only been appointed to the 10th of February, and orders for hearings granted to the 20th of February. Several days ha/ 0 been struck out for want of cases. The Court will not sit, according to the present arrangement, more than three or four days a week. It is expected that a measure will be prepared for the consideration of Parliament, embracing some of the principal features in the two clashing Acts now in force i.bat the absorbing questions seems to be, whether the Insolvent Debtors' Court shall continue to have the administration, or the Court of Bankruptcy. SHOCKING MURDER NEAR WEST CALDER.-0 0 Sunday last the dead body of an old man named John Geddes , a labourer, residing in a cottage by himself, on the farm of Longford, about three miles from West Calder, in this county , was found in a shockingly mangled state on the floor of hie own dwelling. He had been missing for several dal* but as he was in the frequent habit of working at a dir tance from home, no alarm was excited among the neigh' hours till Saturday night, when there was no appeal' ance of him as usual. On Sunday, therefore, it was re' solved to break open the house to see whether he might 1 1 °,' be lying ill, when they were horrified to find his murdered boa stretched on the floor in a state almost indescribable. On re moving an old shirt which was thrown over the body, th e o { found a deep fracture in the skull, the left eye knock, into the head, the bone of the ey e -b row b ro k en, t h e n all but torn off, the jaw-bone and collar-b one an d a ll Is'„, ribs broken but two ! A more hor r ible sight has seldom bee" seen. A pair of tongs covered with blood were found at th . fireside, with which the wounds had evidently bees! inflicted. The Sheriff and Procurator Fiscal visited the 91 34 ° on Monday to investigate into the circumstances, but, so far a ° we can learn, ne positive clue has yet been found to the mur derer, or even the cause of the murder. The deceased, though a labourer, had the reputation of some wealth, and probably the possession of that might have been the object of the murderer ; but we have not learned whether anything has been stolen' The murder is supposed to have taken place several days befo ' the discovery.— Scotsman of Wednesday. PUBLIC BATHS FOR THE WORKING CLASSES.—It delightful to witness the decided movement now made for O. establishment of public baths in Edinburgh, with a view t . , ° their general use by the wo r ki ng c l asses. I t i s s i ngu l ar lit late in the day this project has been started, considering tM undeniable utility, as respects the comfort and health of t„ . 1 1 . human being, and seeing th a t o th er na ti ons , f a r below us in tu, scale of civilization, h ave l ong use d a bl u ti ons . Mahomet seen!: to have been fully assured of the benefit derivable from tlsr, source, since he made washing with water a marked point in Ir., religious code. It cannot be the warmth of the clime entir e ", that settles the use of bathing, as we find the Russians, colder region than our own, equally.attached to it. It appea':, to result from wise legislation at the outset, as much as fro P _', anything else. In our own case we trust that the provision public baths will be the consequence of a great movernef A among the public which requires them—by far the best sa", most honourable way of attaining such objects. But, at the sat time, we are delighted to notice the cordial encouragement b y , stowed on this movement of high rank and eminent station mace* us. do Wednesday the meeting at the Music- hall, Georg; street, for considering the subject, was addressed by the LOP - 0 / Provost, Lord Dunfermline, Dr. Alison, and other parties ,‘„ influence and distinction. Lord Dunfermline justly pointed ',- this proposition of the working-classes as clearly indicating , vast advance made by them, and, as heralding still further step of improvement. Thi s i s a notable and most gratifying trut, 'temperance and b a thi ng going hand in hand, as they will et'i will make a great a n d striking change indeed in the condition () our operatives. No better signs of the times could be gi s c e„, ~,d We need not point to the strong recommendations of bathl to be found in the works of our medical men. There is 1 10 t„,, dissentient voice on the subject. Then, let us hope that " shall have this great public improvement effected without deli One thing is certain, that we shall have those epidene . , e l scourges whiCh every now and then visit us with such el . r„b effect gr ea tly mitigated in th e i r v i ru le n ce, if we c annot ban' them altogether from among us.— Scotsman. AN EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF A BLEEP' CANCER BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENW...nfr Sexton, residing at Shrewsbury, is prepared to make an s c er davit that she has been radically cured of a dangerous ell o ,o in her breast, of seven years' standing, after every other In, had failed, and by the use alone of these invaluable mediel° o l which will cure any bad breasts, bad legs, sores, wounds, a l ,/ ulcers; likewise abscesses, however bad, even should theY t be pronounced as incurable by the means usually ad o pt e d by Faculty.—Sold at the establishment of Professor Holle s %, l o 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis) ; a l so by fil respectable medicine vendors throughout the civilised THE UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE FOR JAN /i t -l it commences the year in a manner that must recommen d strongly to every one who takes an interest in the militarY.'iy naval services. Amongst the numerous articles that part cos laxly demand attention at this period, we may point out o ,li Voice from Ca ff erland," written on the spot ; it contains spool valuable information on the critical state of affairs in our C A n ot at the Cape, evidently from a trustworthy source, that catsi e , fail of exciting remark. The paper on "Slavery in Si si t h ' er from the pen of Captain Hart, of the Bombay Army, is a i thilr contribution of singular importance at this moment; ie those on " The Canadian Seat of Government," by CV:0 1 , Parkenson ; " The Army in Ireland and the Repealers ; w orld. " The Wars in Sinde and the Punjaub," are scarcely le° I- 00 4 resting or applicable. The lovers of stirring adventure asY ht io an almost inexhaustible source of amusement in " A . 1 1eie the Peninsular W ar ," b y Dr. Bradley—" Three Weeks . , in the Gulf of M ex i co "—" The Heroes of Caniperdowe ' .ro Cadet's Introduction to India"—" A Memorial of the " Ava Recollections in the Peninsula," by Lientwri ell„, o f Colonel Wilki e — an d i n t h e var i ous ot h er papers by l tit!' acknowledged t a l ent, to b e f oun d i n t h e J auuary Number ° unique periodical. a- „,0000.e. signee. J. G. R. Loveless, auctioneer, Little Charlotte-street,. Blackfriars-road, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. F. Tabb, tailor, liarcourt-street, St. Marylebone, Jan. 11, at three, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, offi cial assignee. T. Scoteher, journeyman pianoforte maker, Seymour street, St. Pancras, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. W. Saunders, post-office assistant, Chatham, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. C. Coates, sen., Walnut-tree Walk, Lambeth, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury. S. Ramplen, baker, Ipswich, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. S. Richmond, Rayleigh, Essex, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. H. Scholefield, innkeeper, Ninfield, Yorkshire, Jan. 10, at 11, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. H. Summers, baker, Cheltenham, Jan. 12, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee. J. Butt, farmer, Whaddow, Gloucestershire, Jan. 12, at two, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee. W. Turner, plasterer, Halifax, Yorkshire, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. Yesterday Thomas Groves, a diminutive boy, 10 years of age, a foundling, was brought bek.re Mr. Cottingbam, charged with being found in the area of a house with an intent to com mit felony. The investigation exhibited the incorrigibly vici ous habits of a boy seldom equalle.f. It appeared from the statement of a Mrs. Groves, the wife of a wharfinger in very good circir.nstances, that several years ago it was announced in the newspapers that a child was aban doned by its unnatural parents, and left in a basket at the gate of one of the metropolitan workhouses. Mr. Groves's former wife being apprised of the circumstance, and being inconsolable for the loss of her two children wilco died about that period, on being made acquainted with the a Bove circumstance, and with the sanction of her husband, applied for and had the foundling delivered up into her charge. The child was adopted by the persons named, and at a proper age was sent to school, and, in deed, had every attention paid to it; Mr. Groves intending to spare no expense in the education if his foster child, as he usu ally termed him. The boy, however, as he grew up, exhibited many bad qualities, was in the hab't of pilfering from his school., fellows, and committing other pett r thefts. Every means were adopted to break him of such v:cious habits, but all to no purpose ; and frequently would In abscond from the dwell ing of his protectors and go wadering about the town, and pilfering whatever he could lay hi a hands upon. Not a work house in London but he had been the inmate of, being usually found in the streets almost naked, •Ind not one word he uttered was to be believed ; in fact, he necame so incorrigible, and robbed his protectors so often, that they found it was quite a hopeless task to produce a reformation in so hardened yet so youthful a character. On a recent occasion, he decamped from home having first broken open a- chest of drawers, from which he took some silver, and he was nit heard of from that period until the preceding night, when a policeman on duty in Allen street, Lambeth, hearing a noise m the area of a house, on casting his bull's-eye lantern down, the railings saw the prisoner crouched up underneath a meat sate, and he got there evidently for the purpose of breaking it oper.. When he was discovered, as usual, he told a number of falsehoods, but it was at length found that he had been away from Mr. Groves's house for some days, and that in the interval he had parted with his clothes, and had scarcely any covering uptn him. Mr. COTTINGHAN said he shonld commit the prisoner for a month, and suggested that when the boy came out of gaol, if he returned to his bad habits, it ,vould be then incumbent on Mr. Groves, if he was robbed, again to prosecute him, and on his conviction the Judge, probably, instead of transport ing him, would send him to the prison in the Isle of Wight, where he would be taught a trade by which he could earn an honest livelihood when he came out. The prisoner, who appeared vite unconcerned during the recital of the above circumstances, was then committed. BANK OF ENGLAND. Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, from the 7th day of October, to the 30th of December, 1843, both inclusive, published pursuant to the Act, 3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 98. LIABILITIES. ASSETS. Circulation .......£19,098,000 Securities ... £21,067,000 Deposits 11,751,000 Bullion. 12,855,000 £30,849,000 Downing-street, Jan. 5, IS 4:33,912,000 COURSE OF E XCII2 Amsterdam CF. 12 7 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7i l Antwerp l2 7 Hamburgh M.B. 14 0 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Marseilles llourdeaux 26 5 Frankfort on Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3 Us. Berlin 7 Vienna, effee. 11. 3 M lO 0 Trieste, ditto lO 1 Madrid Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona Seville 4.:VGE.— ( THIS DAY.) Gibraltar .. . 46 Leghorn ... ...... 30 95 Genoa 2B 5 ;Milan 1 _ Venice Naples (Palermo, per oz 118 II isbon . 524 Oporto .. Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia ... 23 Buenos Ayres ...... New York, 21 days sight 4611 Philadelphia 4€ PRICES OF BULLION, PER 01 Foreign Gold, bars .E 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin.. 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars.. 0 0 0 Silver in Bars... 0 4 11, MARKET INTELLIGENCE. SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE METROPOLIS. (From the London New Price Current of Jan. 5.) SUGAR.—The home consumption Sugar Market has pre sented a healthy appearance this week, the trade have been de sirous to do business, merchants have offered their Sugars sparingly, and prices have taken an upward turn. This after noon at public sale Barbadoes Sugar went with spirit at prices fully 1 s per cwt above those of the last auction ; fine yellow fetched 66s to 675, good 64s to 64s 6d, and middling 63s to 63s 6d per cwt • 144 hhds 29 brie of St Lucia all sold, and supported the rates paid by private contract ; good middling yellow fetched 59s 6d, middling 58s 6d, low 56s 6d to 57s 6d, good brown 55s 6d to 565, middling 555, low soft 545, washed and shifted 56s 6 d to 58s 6d p er cwt. t To-day all qualities of West India Sugar were in excellent request, and better prices were again paid, making the advance for the week Is per cwt, and the total purchases . 2,600 hhds and tierces, being a larger quantity than his been sold for a very long period during the same time, the market closing with a firm aspect. REFINED.—A brisk demand has been experienced for all descriptions of Refined Goods for home consumption this week; further advanced rates have been paid; and the Sug ar houses are mostly bare of goods. To - day many parcels of Refined Sugar were taken by the home trade ; Standard Lumps sold at 74s 6d to 755, and brown Grocery 73s 6d per ewt. In Bonded Crushed Sugar large sales have been made for forward delivery at 25s 9d to 26s per cwt. MAURITIUS.—The rates given have been rather above these that prevailed prior to the holidays. This afternoon fine yel low fetched 66s to 675, good 63s 6d to 655, middling 59s to to 635, low 57s to 58s 6d; fine grey 64 s to 64 s 6 d , mid dlin g 59s to6ls, low 57s to 58s ; fine brown 565, good foxey 545, middling 52s 6d, and low 50s to 51s fid per cwt. Ea sT INDlA.—Bengal fine white has fetched 67s to 695, good 65s to 665, middling 63s to 645, common and fair 61s to 621 6d, strong yellow Dobah 62s to 675, low to middling yellow 57s to 60s, and low to fine brown 49s to 56s per cwt. Java at 18s to 20s per cwt. For Manilla 15s to IE4; per cwt is the value. This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with free purchasers, and 2,066 bags at public sale were sold at prices showing an ad vance on those that prevailed prior to the holidays of is to Is 6d per cwt. ; fine white fetched 695, good 66s 6d to 67s 6d, low yellowish white 595, mid strong yellow 625, and low damp brown 48s per cwt. FOREIGN.—Holders of Foreign are unwilling to submit to lower rates, and none has been brought to public sale. If sales were to be forced, lower prices would be the result, par- Yesterday evening a numerous and highly respectable meet ng of the parishioners of St. Alart;.o-in-the-Fields, was held in the vestry-room of the parish, to take into consider a ti on th e present state and mode of supply•ng the public with gas, and to devise, if practicable, some mod-) of establishing a standard and measure for the same. At seven o'clock Dr. Jowas was unanimously called to the Chair, when he entered upon a luminous exposition of the nature and qualities of gas, and the manner in which the various gas societies had it in their- power to defraud the con sumers. He said the meeting h..d been adjourned from the 20th ult. to this evening. The grievance which pressed most heavily upon the consumers was tie extremely partial manner in which the revenue for gas was collected, for one individual was supplied by contract, while another was compelled to burn by meter. In the United Kingdom, a sum of upwards of 20,000,000/. was expended in the consumption of gas, and in London alone the sum paid to tie several gas companies ex ceeded 2,000,0001. Such being the case, he thought that the subject was one of suet importance as to require their particular attention, for in many instances one consumer paid for the carelessness of another. In a great many cases the measures were mist incorrect, and although he did not mean to charge any r f the Gas Companies with any wilful error, yet he should :,ay, that when the meters were put to the test, a vast number ssr them were found to vary from one to five per cent., and, in some cases, he could assert, on his own authority, they varied as much as from one to twenty, or even thirty, per cent. The Gas Companies were completely the arbiters in their own cases, for the consumer was compelled to send the meters tr: be tested at the gas-works. Again, there were a great many of those meters which were so constructed that they would not act at all against the Gas Com panies, or register the event when a less quantity of gas than usual was consumed, whilst they were most accurate when a greater quantity was burnt. What he wished was something like a Government stamp, such as she Excise impressed upon measures ; to attest their correctness; and he hoped the meet ing would not discontinue its exertions until some such measure was carriesl.—(Cheers.) Mr. CHAPWICK, in an approp:;ate speech, proposed the first resolution, which was as follows :—" That whereas the consumption of coal gas has so much increased of late that it has now become a necessary article of domestic economy, and in the United Kingdom yields a yearly revenue of at least twenty million pounds sterling, which sum is not collected im partially from the various consumers proportionately to the quantity which each consumes, some being supplied by con tract and others compelled to burn by measure, whereas the various measures employed by different Companies are supplied ti, consumers, and the mode in which it should be supplied to them should be subject to one general system of government, either by Act of Parliament or other legislative interference, in order to insure to the consumer a supply of gas of uniform quality, and correct measurement o the same." The next resolution, which was the following effect, was proposed and carried with acclamation :—" That for the purpose of bringing this subject under the notice of Govern ment, a committee be appointed who shall have power to com municate (as a deputation from this parish) with the Hon. Se cretary for the Home Department, Sir J. Graham, and confer with him as to the best mode of carrying its object into effect." The following resolution was ne.t carried unanimously That it is the opinion of this misting, that as the gas sup plied by various Gas Companies differs materially in purity and illuminating power, it would be desirable to define and est blish, if practicable, a standard purity and illuminating power of the gas to be supplied te gas consumers under the same, or such other regulations, as may appear more applicable, as are applied to the supplying of sie.rits to the public of a cer tain strength." Messrs. RYA LT. and ONION propsed the next resolution, as follows :—" That it is the opinion of this meetin, , , that it would be desirable to establish a public standard of measure for gas, and to permit no measure for gas to be used by any Company or consumer, or sold by ruty measure manufacturer, unless it had attached to it an author ;sed stamp of its accuracy, according to the standard, as in the case of other measures, and also in the case of weights." A resolution that the inhabitants of the parish of St. Mar tin-in-the-Fields consider it desiral ie th a t th ey should meet the other metropolitan parishes, for the purpose of forwarding the objects of the meeting being passed, A vote of thanks was passed unat:mously to the Ch a i rman , after which a Committee of tw e l ve was appo i nte d , when the meeting separated. titularly for white qualities. MonAssEs.—ln West India large purchases have been made this week, but at no improvement in:prices ; very low St. Lucia and St. Kitts at 2 1 s to 23 s ; the b etter sort of Molasses at 24s to 28s per cwt. Bengal Syrup at 16s to 18s per cwt. This afternoon St. Lucia taken in at 23s for low quality; and Ber bite at 22s per cwt. — "Com.E.—An increased desire has been manifested on the I.art of the home trade to purchase Coffee of all descriptions this week, and further advanced rates have been paid ; the small parcels of West India Coffee brought forward have found eager purchasers at an advance on previous prices of 2s. per cwt. This afternoon the demand was brisk for nearly every descrip tion of Coffee for home consumption. Berbice middling at 9'2s to 935, low middling 89s to 91s 6d, fine and fine ordinary 69s 6d to 78s, ordinary 595, and triage 40s. Ceylon was taken in at 66s for good ordinary !pale. Mocha was taken in at 73s for middling greenish. Bengal fetched 603 6d for damaged pale yellow. Rio bought in at 65s for fine fine ordinary, and 50s to 561 for fine ordinary. TEA.—The purchases wade in black and green Tea have been to some extent this week, and at further improved rates. To-day several purchases were made in Tea ; common sound Congou for cash was with difficulty to be had at I s, and com mon Twankav at Is 2d per lb. Cocoa.—The lower descriptions of West India at easier rates, good qualities at the former currency ; Trinidad, good red at 52s 6d to 53s 6d, middling 495, low 45s tid to 46s 6d, hold grey 50s, middling grey 45s to 465, and low 42s per cwt. Foreign Cocoa at 28s to 29s per cwt. SeicEs.—For Black Pepper prices are firm ; White at 4d to 7d per lb. For Casia Lignea rather higher prices have been paid. This afternoon at public sale, Malabar Ginger of bold quality sold at 89s 6d to 90s Gd, and damaged 80 to 82s ; Nut megs, for exportation only, taken in at 2s for small limed ; Singapore sold at Is 10d for low quality. Rust, BRANDY, AND Hoi.i.A szns.----Jamaica Rum, good quality 33 to 37 per cent overpoof at 3. 5d to 3s 9d, and on the high flavour fine 5s per gallon. Leewards at Is 10d proof. Demerara at 2s 8d to 2s 9d for good and fine qua lity 34 to 36 per cent overproof. Calcutta Rum Is 61,d to Is 7,1 per gallon for proof with certificate. Brandy has been in much better demand this week ; prices have in almost every instance advanced Id per gallon, and large parcels have been disposed of. Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 7,1, puns bs 5d ; ditto 1839, hbds 5a 4,1, puns 5s 2d; ditto 1840, hints 5s 2d, puns 5s ; ditto, 1841, hhds ss, puns 4s 10,1; ditto 1842, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; inf and mid sorts 2s lOs to 3s 4d, and Excise Brandy 2s 8d to 2s 10d per gallon. Geneva shipping sort at Is 10d to Is 11d, fine pale 2s 4d to 2s 10d, and common Hamburgh Gin Is 6d to Is 7d per gallon. English Corn Spirits at lOs to lOs 2d per gallon cash. Scotch and Irish Grain Spirit lOs to lOs 2d, and and Malt Spirit 12s 6,1 to 133 per gallon. To-day Brandy at fully former rates ; proof Leewards fetched Is 10d to Is 101 d per gallon. Of common Jamaica, 30 per cent overproof, some small parcels sold at 2s 9d to 2. 10d per gallon. RlCE.—Bengal middling white at 10. Gd to I Is, good raid- TGood , 'A 8 AT WHOLESALE P.ltiel)oofr Common Black 3s. Od. Flee Pekoe Souchoug.•• ° s. Strong Cor,gou Fine ditto, Pekoc oavour 31. 8.1. Finest ditto imported•• • s ' . COFFEE. ..ls• 0. aj. Good Common Os. 9d. Finest Java ............ • ~, u, Ceylon, sound and swee t Is. Od. Ditto Cuba ............ .• • 0, , Fine do., recommended ls. 2d. Finest Mocha ... • ..... Fir.est Ceylon, rich and mellow Goods delivered in all parts of Town daily. f ore Country orders amounting to 51., sent free to all par" 0 Britain. MANSELL and CO., 9., Bucklersbury, Cheat:4la°' DELEGATE AIEETING OF COLLIERS IN AIANCHES. TER.--A national delegate meeting, or " conference," of coal miners commenced its sittings in tb:s town on Tuesday. The delegates, to the number of seventy or eighty, assembled in Carpenter's Hall, Garratt-road. On the Wednesday night, in the same place, a lecture was delivered by William Dixon. on the subject of the miners' grievances —Manchester Guardian, A NEW ORDER.—We remember, in the flourishing days of architectural monstrosity, to which the Brighton Pavil lion and the church in Langbam-p13..e belong, being exceed ingly perplexed by the appearance of a column about to be raised to its place in a new building. We asked one of the builders "to what order of architen•ture it belonged?" He answered with great simplicity, " ciir, that is Mr. Morris's most positive order,"...Art. Union, MARRIED.e'. On the 4th inst., Philip S. Hudson, Esq., o f Carnb ridg pee tio Ellen, only daughter of the Rev. T. Foulkes Roberta' of Llandulas, Denbighshire. . e ' DIED. of h 1; 08 On the 4th inst., at St. Ives, in the llth year il /' William Bishop, eldest son of Mr. Thomas Ulph• wh itehe s On the 2d i ns t., Ri c h ar d B urman, E sq ., °f grove, Chelsea. . of • J I /1 London : Printed and Published by MURDO st ool ' No. 112, Strand, at The Sux Office, No. 1 1 4 . the Count; of Middlesex, Friday, January bo 18 T. 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