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Erbtrb Milton THE FUNDS—(CLOSING PRICES. ONE CLOSING !PICTS OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bruit Stock ' 8 per Cunt. Reduced 3 ra Cent. Consols ~ lOO 99,4 99 A . 2TCS7 SIA per Cent ............. 1413,#Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12 1-16 1 12 1 ,4 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ... 11 15-16 12 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860 ... 11 13-16 11 13-16 leis Stock 78 India Bonds, 1,0001.. . Ditto under 1,0001. Bank Stock for Account. Consols for Account.... ...... 100 Ex c hequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 2 d.... 67 pm. Ditto 500/. Ditto Small ONE O'CLOCK. 76 215 100 1 ,‘ 67 67 67 CLOSING PRICES. 114 1 / 2 90% "RIC E S OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian, 5 per Cent. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, 5 per Cent, Bonds Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent... • Columbian Bonds, 6 per Cent Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent... 90 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... Ditto Account Ditto, Deferred l6 1 / 8 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 2 8 14 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Account Ditto, Converted . . 6 0 145 9 1,4 Russian Bonds - Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 2B Ditto, Passive ,3 / Ditto, Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto, Account . 40 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — Ditto, Deferred' ... .. Dutch, 214 per Cent .. 6 3 IAN Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certitic. 98 %.% PRICES 01' PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. CLIDSING 'RAILWAY SHARES PRICES. Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 Ditto New Shares ... 17 1 ,4 — Ditto 14 Shares Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... ... 44 Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 114 4L Cheater and Holyhead... 5 Cliurnet Valley Cornwall ... 3 ... .. 374 % 3 A Direct Northern Dublin and Mullingar... 2 1 ; 3 Eastern Counties .25 ...... 18%14 IS ...... 1814 141 36 36 )64 Ditto Perpetual, .5 per Cent, No. 1. 3 ',ti — Ditto ditto, No. 2, l3s. 4d... 3 ..... Eastern Union lO /Ikea North of England-100 Ditto New Great south. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great Western l7B ' Ditto, Fifths Guildford, Farn'm,Ports. 2% ... .. 5 Harwich Hull and Selby 5O — Lancaster and Carlisle... 15 London and Birminghm (Stock)... ... — I 'Ditto New Thirds Ditto, Quarter Shares 2 - 4 London and Brighton... 50 Ditto Loan Notes. London and Greenwich.. 12 3 4 ll I / 4 11 • , ndor , d S. W ' 1-- London an , estern. 41 Ditto New 2l London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 17 3, 41:, Lon don and York ...... .. 2 1 / 2 5 1 , s 5 ...... Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds... 70 1311,,/2 blar.chester and Birm... 40 ---- ___ Ditto Quarters Midland 100 l2B 127 1 ,E 129... Ditto New 2 .. ... 9 1 4 1 / 2 9 Midland, Birm., Derby..-100 95 Newoarit te and Berwick 114 ...... 12N North British Northern and Eastern... 45 . Ditto 1 4 Shares 12% :Norwich and Brandon... 8 Ditto, New Shares ... 1 Rugby shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2 1,4 33' South Eastern &Dover 3,3% 4 7 lr, 46 47... Ditto, New Shares .. . 4 Ditto No. 2. south Wales Trent Valley Tork and North Midland 50 Ditto, Selby Scrip 2O Ditto Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amien5... 2 Great North. of France... Paris and Lyons JOINT STOCK BANKS. London & Westminster. 20 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. GLOBE.—The correspondence between the secre taries of the London Mission, and the french Government, forms a curious supplement to the dispatches and debates on Otaheite. Our opinion on this question has uniformly been, that whilst sound policy, and a comparative estimate of the in terests involved, alike forbade making its discussion a subject of unnecessary irritation between the two countries, it still less became Englishmen to hush up or gloss over manifest facts from a fear that their mention might be unpleasing to France. To those who hold the latter opinion, indeed, whether private individuals, journalists, or Cabinet Ministers, the cor respondence in question must be a most unwel come publication ; for it puts strong truths in a clear light, and dashes aside, thy a few pungent facts, a vast deal of diplomatic pomp and eloquent eophistry by which the question has been obscured. We will allow for the appeal of the London Mission being called an ex-parte statement, for the short reply of the French Minister does not enter into any of the facts there detailed ; but it is one that refers to certain events and occurrences in Otaheite, the contradiction of which is easy if incorrectly cited. The Society's memorial of 13th December may be divided into three portions :-Ist. The Society's recapitulation of its missionary labours up to 1836. 2. A Narrative of the subsequent introduction of French influence, and its effects on the island. 3. A Demand for the relinquishment of the French Protectorate on the grounds of justice and humanity. The first cannot but be regarded as highly creditable to the London Mission. No reasonable person can doubt that the Otaheitans of 1796—sunk in superstition, Tice, and ignorance, and, as we are there informed, verging towards extinction from infanticide, human sacrifices, and sanguinary feuds—were a complete contrast to the same people in 1836. This is fair ground for congratulatory reminiscence. A people of considerable physical and moral capabilities (their spirited resistance to the French during the last year proves the former, the latter is confirmed by the statements of all contemporary observers) gradually introduced to civilisation based on the foundation of Christianity, offers a subject of congratulation to all well-wishers to the human race, and is highly creditable to the So ciety by whose agency it was effected. In 1836 occurred the arrival of the two Catholic mis sionaries, and their expulsion under a law of the island, " prohibiting passengers from landing with out permission from the Queen and governors." This trenches on delicate ground, for the French have always assumed that it was done at the instigation of the agents of the Mission : this the latter deny, or at least imply as much, and disclaim "all desire for a restriction on the propagation of relgious opinions by other Christian communities." 'We must take this statement with some allowance, for it is in the nature of things that these agents for the propagation of a strict form of Protestantism could not look with com ‘placency on the introduction of Roman Catholic doc trines, to say nothing of the risk of diminished social and political influence, which weighs with all men from diplomates to missionaries included. In 1839 a fine of '2,000 dollars was imposed by Captain Dupetit Thouars, for injuries received by MM. Caret and Laval, the expelled missionaries ; and in 1842-3, the protectorate and sovereignty, following each other, led to the destruction of our influence in Ota heite, the abandonment of the missionary schools, and the other events of which we have lately heard much by speeches, correspondence, and diplomatic notes. 'then came the demand for the withdrawal of the French protectorate, made formally by Messrs. Smith, Tidman, and Freeman, in the name of the London Mission, on grounds of justice and humanity. it is easy to smile at such a demand, the answer to which was certain ; for we are far enough from a state of society in which the expressed wishes of a body of religious teachers can outweigh the political designs of a powerful nation. But perhaps each party sustains its character herein the Mission, strong in its spiritual functions, puts aside all po litical interests, and demands that the French eva cuate Otaheite on grounds of moral j usce a r id for the benefit of th e islanders 11f. Guizot, in his reply, strives with diplomatic finesse t o turn his opponents' position, and deduces from sentiments "of humanity and toleration" therein set forth, the startling conclusion, that " the mis sionaries will aid the authorities, charged to execute the protectorate, in the work of civilisation, &c." An emphatic disclaimer of this presumed co-operation on the part of the Society closes the correspondence. However ludicrous may seem this protocolling be tween a religious society and the Cabinet of France to the worldly wise, some serious matter for reflection is suggested by it to all thinking men. We will now only indicate three points, the last of which has been lately handled by some of our Contemporaries ; these are — l. The theory of protectorates as developed in practice at Otaheite. 2. The social prospects .of that interesting island. 3 . Thep olicy . of allowing re ligious bodies to conduct diplomatic correspondence with foreign Powers. On each of these heads we rtunity, boPo to say something at a foto oPPQ MT: SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2 9 , 1845. a lively demand, especially for the better de scriptions. The stock is diminishing; prices are firm, and rule as follows :—Cognac, best brands of the vin tage of 1838, hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s ld ; 1839, hhds ss, puns 45 10d ; 1840, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; 1841, hhds 4s I Id, puns 4s 9d ; 1842, hhds 4s Bd, puns 4s 6d ; 1843, hhds 4s Gd, puns 4s 4d, common 2s 8d to 2s 11d, middling to good middling 3s to 4s, and Bordeaux 2s 6d to 2s 9d per gallon ; indeed, upon these terms some holders will not sell. The stock of Geneva here being small, buyers are compelled topay Is 10d to Is 100 for sWpping sort, and 2s 4d to 3s 6d for fine fit for duty, but for arrival there are sellers of the former at is 9d to is 9id per gallon, and large parcels are shortly ex pected. British Corn Spirits at lOs 2d per gallon, cash. INDIGO—To-day 931 chts have passed the sale, nearly the whole of that quantity consisted of Madras and Kurpahs, and sold with spirit at the advance on the prices of the beginning of the sale, which we noticed in our former report ; proprietors bought in 64 chests ; 35i chests remain for sale to-morrow. CocHINEAL.—This afternoon there was a brief de mand for Cochineal, and 230 bags at public sale were disposed of at an advance on former rates of 2d per lb. Honduras silvers sold at 4s 7d to 5s Id for low to fine, and a few black Mexican at 4s 10d to 5s 4d per lb. Rim—This afternoon, Bengal Rice, at public sale, good middling at 11a to lls 6d; sea damaged, first class 105 Gd to I Is; second class lOs to 103 6d; third class 9s 6d to 108; fourth class Ss per cwt, being the former value. Madras is still wanted, and 1,182 bags were sold at and after the public sale, piukey rather broken and dusty at 8s 6d, ordinary white Bengal kind Os 6d, and damaged 6s to 8s per cwt. TALLow.—At public sale 379 casks of New South Wales were disposed of at 35s to 40s 3d, 339 pkgs South American 36s Gd to 38s ; 190 pkgs of North American 39s to 39s 3d, 102 pkgs of Cape 39s fid to 4056 d, 291 casks of St. Petersburgh 37s to 38s 9d, and 252 casks of Odessa 37s to 89s 6d. On Friday 550 pkgs of South, 100 pkgs North Americas), 441 casks of Sydney, 83 of Cape, and 50 casks of St. Petersburgh Tallow will be offered at auction. There has been a good demand for Russian on the spot for Candle and Soap-making purposes in consequence of holders being willing sellers, and accept ing 39s 3d to 40s for P Y Candle of first, and 38s Gd to 39s per cwt for second quality. For forward delivery 39s 6d to 40s per cwt for the last three months of the year. Town Tallow is 41s per cwt, nett cash. OlLS.—There has been a better demand for Seal Oil, and prices have become steady ; pale has been selling at 321 103 to 331, straw 301 103 to 324 brown and yellow 281 to 30/, but of all other descriptions of common Fish Oils a further decline in the value has occurred. Southern is little wanted, and a public sale of 30 tuns went quietly at 27/ lOs to 3515 s per tun for low to good quality ; Cod 29/ per tun ; of Sperm, at auction, 60 tuns British went at 82/ to 83/ss, and Headmatter at 841 15s to 8515 s per tun ; Linseed on the spot at 23s 6d to 24s ; fur delivery exten sive contracts hare been entered into at 24s to 24s 6d up to May, and at 24s 9d to 25s for the distant months. The market is firm for Rape, and a good demand has exisied at 368 to 363 Gd for pale, and 35s to 35s 6d per cwt for brown. Cocoa Nut privately at 27s to 28s 6d for Ceylon. Palm, 322 casks at public sale were nearly all taken in at 25s for good, and inferior at 22s to 24s per cwt. In the value of Olive there is little variation to notice. Gallipoli at 42/ to 42/ 10s, Spanish 411 to 411 10s, and Barbary 39l to 401 per tun. Lard and Ground Nut Oil are fetching former rates, and the supply is small. SALTPETRE.—To-day the market presented a dull ap pearance fur Rough, and 4,458 bags of Calcutta at public sale were nearly all taken in and withdrawn at rather lower rates: that is to say mid grey rather damp 6,i per cent at 265, 101 to 11 per cent common grey 255; a few lota were sold 6d per cwt cheaper ; low white 128 per cent went at 255, mid grey 44 per cent 26s 6d, and unre fracted sugar drainage damaged 24s per cwt. j esty's Government at the time of its commencemen been accurately acquainted with the means by which it was established; inasmuch as it is now notorious throughout the civilised world that, instead of being a measure sought by Pomare and her people for the protection of their country, it was forced upon the Queen in the approaching hour of maternal anguish, and under the alternative of invasion and war; and that, under the compulsory influence of these circum stances, she subscribed a document to which she had been no party, and which could not but prove fatal to the peace and the best interests of her country. That, with the knowledge of these facts, which are now indisputable and universally understood, your Majesty's memorialists indulge the sanguine hope, and prefer their most importunate entreaty, that your Majesty will exercise a generous magnimity, alike worthy of yourself and of your powerful and en lightened country, by restoring to the Queen and the people of Otaheite their perfect liberty and indepen dence, securing only to the subjects of France those rights, civil, religious, and commercial, which are enjoyed in the island by foreigners of other nations both of Europe and America. That, in the hope that your Majesty's Government will be generously inclined to remove from Queen Pomare and her subjects every just cause of opposi tion and complaint, your memorialists entertain the strongest conviction that the honour and interests of France will he thereby better secured than by the perpetuation of a power obtained by means so justly repugnant to the islanders, and which cannot fail, so long as it exists, to be the fruitful occasion of discord and contention. That, in earnestly soliciting this boon from your Majesty's Government on behalf of the Otaheiteans, your memorialists feel it due to the institution which they have the honour to su - 3erintend, to assure your Majesty that the London Missionary Society is en tirely unconnected with any political objects or inte rests; that it receives neither pecuniary nor other support from the Government of Britain; that its income is derived from the voluntary contributions of its members ; that its agents are wholly dependent on its funds, and subject, exclusively to the control of its Directors; that they are sent forth, in private and unarmed vessels, at the expense of the Society ; and that the members of the institution, no less than its Directors, would feel an insuperable objection to the use of civil authority and compulsion of every kind for the establishment of their missionaries among the heathen nations, entertaining the conviction that such means are most calculated to defeat the moral and re ligious objects of their benevolent enterprise. Your Majesty's memorialists feel it due also to themselves and to their constituents, in preferring their importunate petition for the freedom of Otaheite, to disclaim all desire of securing any secular or political advantages for their missionaries labouring in the island ; in cor roboration of which it is only necessary to state, that during a residence of nearly fifty years the agents of the London Missionary Society have never pos sessed any portion of the land, but such as may have been granted during the pleasure of the Queen and the native chiefs ; that they are strictly prohibited from accepting any appointment from the native Go vernment ; that, although in the early part of their labours barter with the natives was indispensable for the sustenance of the missionaries, the necessity having now ceased, they are forbidden from engaging in trade or any mercantile pursuit ; and that any vio lation of these restrictions would be followed by the immediate withdrawment of the Society's confidence and support. That, in expressing solicitude for the withdraw ment of the French protectorate from Otaheite, your Majesty's memorialists deem it all but superfluous to repudiate the desire of seeing that island transferred to the dominion of Britain, or of becoming in any degree subject to its control ; that they are well as sured that Otaheite, from its geographichal position and limited resources, must be regarded as politically insignificant alike by the Governments both of Eng land and France; and that your Majesty's memo rialists would feel the deepest regret that the islanders should be deprived of the right of independence, and the blessings of perfect freedom, by any foreign Power; being sincerely anxious that , i n the history of Otaheite, it may be made evident that, by a course of intellectual and moral training, a race of savages may be elevated to the power of salutary self-government, and be inspired also with respect for the rights and interests of other nations. That your Majesty's memorialists, in common with their countrymen, have felt the deepest regret that the occupation of Otaheite has already threatened to interrupt the cordial understanding existing between the Governments of France and Great Britain, and they sincerely rejoice that the pacific relations of the two countries have, notwithstanding, been happily . preserved : they are gratified also, that their mis sionaries in the island, amidst the peculiar difficulties of their position, employed their best influence, though in vain, to prevent the effusion of human blood ; and they fervently pray, that under your Majesty's pro longed and peaceful reign, the people of your great and enlightened kingdom may continue to reciprocate with the subjects of Great Britain the practical expres -1 sions of sincere goodwill and fraternal amity ; and that under the gracious destinies of Divine Providence the two nations may be found in future years blend ing their powerful energies to exte nd the blessings of social order, solid happiness, and true religion, to the degraded and the suffering children of men of every country and in every clime. By order and on behalf of the Board of Directors of the London Missionary Society, FREDERICK SMITH, Chairman. ARTHUR TIDM.AN,} Secretaries. J. J. FREEMAN, London, Dec. 13, 1844. Bedford, Gent., to be one of the Perpetual Com - misssioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for th., substitution of more simple modes of assurance in and or the county of Bedford. WHITEHALL, JAIL 18. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles W y att Estcourt, of Newport, in the Isle of W ight, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JAN. 22. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Richard Harvey, of Dover, in the county of Kent, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Allen Hurrell, wine-merchant, Park-place, St. John's wood, to surrender Feb. 5 and March 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Chilcote, George-street, Mansion house. Charles Moore, carver, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, Feb. 5 and March 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Champion, Ely-place, Holborn. William Smith and Robert Smith, warehousemen, Bow-lane, City, Feb. 4 and March 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Parkes, Smith, and Co., Bedford-row. Charles Burrage, carcass butcher, Newgate market, Feb. 4, at half-past twelve, and March 11, at twelve, at the Court of - Bankruptcy. Pennoll, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Philipe, Gray's Inn-square. William Fairclough, licensed victualler, Liverpool, Feb. 12, and March 4, at twelve, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Wilkin, Furnival's Inn, London ; Wardle, Liverpool. Charles Maxwell Wilkinson, wine-merchant, Ulver ston, Feb. 10 and March 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Jones, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars ; Yarker, Ulver ston. John Kelsall, fishmonger, Hanley, Staffordshire, Feb. 3, and March 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Jack son, Gray's Inn, London ; Harrison, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. H. Williams, grocer, Farringdon, Berkshire—first div. of is. 3d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. S. Sly, engraver, Cornwall-road, Lambeth—final div. of 3iel. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. J. Smith and H. Titford, printers, King-street, Snow hill—first div. of 41d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall street. IL Titford, printer, King-street, Snow-hill--first div. of 2s. 4d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. B. Bright, licensed victualler, Wigmore-street—first div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, 13asinghall-street. R. Mitchell, merchant, Lime-street, City—second div. of 9d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. R. Hetherington, tanner, Ellen-grove, Cumberland-- first and final div. of 4s. 2d. and eight-fifteenths of a penny in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. Parker, coach builder, Manchester—first and final div. of 10s. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. J. Metcalf, grocer, Liverpool—first div. of Is. 6d. in the pound, on Thursday, Jan. 30, and any subsequent Thursday, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. and J. Gale, rope makers, Love-lane, Shadwell— a div of 6d. in the pound, on account, to new proofs, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street. E. Conden, builder, Mitton-street, Dorset-square second div. of SA-d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mi. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall street. J. Heron, shipowner, South Blyth, Northumberland —first div. of 9d. in the pound, on Saturday, Feb. 1, or any succeeding Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. W. Bearup, builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne — second and final div. of 4d. and three-tenths of a penny in the pound (in addition to 3s. 6d. in the pound previously declared), on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. E. Heron, shipowner, South Blyth, Northumberland —first div. of 9d. in the pound, on Saturday, Feb. 1, or any succeeding Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. R. Beesley, wine cooper, Wells-street, Oxford-street— ffrst div. of Is. in the pound, on Monday, Feb. 3, and the following Monday, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane, City. T. H. Whitmarsh, tavern keeper, George-street, Hanover square—first div. of 9s. in the pound, on Monday, Feb. 3, and the following Monday, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane, City. J. Avery, colonial broker, Mincing-lane, City—first div. of 4id. in the pound, on Monday, Feb. 3, and the following Monday, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchins lane, City. A. Goodeve, warehouseman ' Aldermanbury—first div. of Is. in the pound, on Monday, Feb. 3, and fol. owing Monday, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin. ane, City. KILLING NO MURDER. (From the Church and State Gazette.) By the publication of the pamphlet so named, the hardy usurper of the Government of England is known to have been frightened to death. The lite rary ammunition of the French Jesuits has worked an infinitely worse fate upon M. Villemain, the late Minister of Instruction. It has robbed him of his reason. His sallow, grimly-smiling foes may re joice that they have for ever crippled one of the stout est, and, withal, one of the fairest opponents that their superstition had ever encountered, or had to contend with in France generally ; and since the pending struggle between the University and the Government in particular. Our readers are aware that this struggle is for the management of the education of the people. The clergy wish it to be entirely surrendered to the Jesuits ; the University claims a certain share for itself; but it is willing to allow a freedom of choice, and to leave to parents the liberty of educating their children as may seem most fit to them. The Jesuits will have everything or nothing—and they charge the University with teaching infidelity. The latter stand firm by their more moderate pretensions, deny the charge of infidelity, and fling in their accusers' teeth the accusation of falsifying religion, exalting superstition, and teaching a lie. Both sides have some foundation for their respective charges, and therefore we contemplate either party but with indifferent in terest ; and we should probably have left them to con tinue, unnoticed, their internecine war, but for the record we have to make of the fall, on the side of the University, of the most honest man in the two con tending factions. We regret to hear that there are no hopes of his recovery. M. Villemain, though what is called a good Ro manist, was nevertheless, as we have said, a bitter foe of that ultra-party in his Church which is striving to revive a new superstition, and to give life and power to a long syncopized tyranny. This party, in spite of the decree of banishment fulminated against them in 1830, not only have settlements in France, but have been quietly allowed by their ecclesiastical su periors to assume the direction of the theological in struction throughout the kingdom. In endeavouring to add to this the uncontrolled direction of general education, they have well nigh made shipwreck of their projects ; but they may be said to have sold their disgraces dearly by the destruction of such an enemy, as they found ever active and daring before them, in the person of If. Villemain. This gentleman had reason to think that his life was in danger ; and, though his suspicions were ridi culed, and his fears laughed at, yet the excitement caused by the proofs which he held of the good foun dation for his fears, added to that arising from intense application to the duties of his office, and to domestic trials of an unusually grievous nature, became too much for his strength, he sank into " turbulent and dangerous lunacy," and became a fearful spectacle to men, " Who saw his noble and most sovereign reason, Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh." The cry of his enemies at this spectacle is something like in words, as it is in sincerity, to the speech of the royal assassin to the ghost of the victim whose death he had compassed rather than executed. " Thou can'st not say that we did it I" is their sullen shout of defiance, when the eye of an accusing man falls upo n them. either do the public, nor do we, charge them with the crime, directly. But that they have been the remote cause of so terrible a result is as clear as it is incontestable. And not so remote either. We need not go so far back as the age of Clement and Ravaillac to show that the Jesuits teach, encourage, and reward public and private assassination. We need not refer to the accusing " Provinciales" of Pascal ; nor to the theory of the duty of manslaughter inculcated by Mariana ; nor to any, even modern revelations, of the past deeds of a society so " damned to everlasting fame." The sensitive mind of M. Villemain would probably have been but slightly affected by these things, but that he was aware that the class books of the Jesuits, published for the instruction of the young of our own day, inculcate principles subver sive of all good, and show how murder may be not only expedient, but moral. For our own parts we desire to have nothing fur ther to do with the question, than to show that that order of men, for whose lawful and public appearance in the field of Irish agitation Mr. O'Connell is so anxious, and even " his Grace, my Reverend Lord" Dr. Murray is scarcely less so, are at this hour teach• ing that the commission of crime may be a virtue, and that things condemned of God may be legalised in the immoral code of man. To do this, we need only state that we have seen passages quoted from a work which will amply estab lish all that we have advanced. This work is entitled " Institutiones Philosophicie ad usum Collegiorum et Seminariarum ; Auctore J. B. Bourier, Episcopo Cenomanensi. Sexta Editio. Parisiis, 1841." We only request our readers to observe the date of this book, the episcopal authority under which it is given to the world, and the establishments for which it has been expressly. composed. Then let them remember that Louis Phi lippe is looked upon by the Jesuits as an usurper, and Henri of Bordeaux as their lawful Prince ; and, with this memory upon them, let them read the following passage without indignation, if they can : "Faithful subjects are bound to obey their legiti mate prince " (the Due de Bordeaux ?) " as far as he demands their obedience and thinks it useful; for they are not, by the mere fact of usurpation, loosed from their oath of allegiance. At the voice of the lawful prince" (aforesaid) "they ought to take arms against the usurper " (Louis Philippe ?), " battle with him, conquer, and expel him, if they can. And more, they ought to put him to death privately (or) as a public malefactor, if t he lawful prince expressly orders it:' Such is a single passage ; and, as if it were not sufficiently explicit in making murder easy to the meanest capacities, an author, under the soubriquet of " Un Solitaire," writes a commentary upon assassina tion ; recommending the theory as one palatable to all men, though some may hypocritically deny it; and advertises his " Killing no Murder," on the church doors of the French metropolis! We have seen passages of even greater atrocity than the above, cited in foreign as well as in English publi cations. But we forbear to reproduce them here, in the hope of having leisure to consult the original Works, WA to be enabled to show from them that the NEW BRITISH IRON COMPANY The general meeting of the Proprietors of the New British Iron Company was held y'esterday at the offices, New Broad-street, Mr. W. Routh in the chair. Mr. W. SMITH, the Secretary, having read the notice of the present, and the minutes of the last meeting, The CHAIRMAN said they were called together in conformity with their deed of settlement, which re quired their accounts to be made up on the 30th of September, and that their general meeting should be held between the Ist of January and the 20th of February. It would be scarcely necessary for him to add anything to the report that would be laid before them ; the state of trade during the past year had been rather of a chequered character, but on the whole tending towards improvement ; the result had been, that instead of subjecting the Proprietors to a loss, as under the old Company, there had been some thing like a profit. He also had to congratulate the Proprietors on the improved prosperity of business for the ensuing year. He then read the report, which stated the balance in favour of the Company to be 8,050/. 19s. 2d. ; from this, there is to be deducted the interest of deben tures and other expenses, leaving 3,9611. ss. 6d., out of which the Provisional Committee recommended a dividend on the paid-up capital of the Company, equal to the interest paid on debentures, 4 per cent. ; and a sum of 9611. ss. 6d. to be carried forward to the next year. The Committee had great pleasure in congratulating the Proprietors on the decided im provement that had lately taken place in the trade; as the demand was legitimate and not speculative, the improvement was likely to be permanent. The pre sent weekly " make " of the Company was stated to be nearly 1,000 tons of iron, and was likely to be considerably exceeded. As the functions of the Pro visional Committee now expired, it became necessary to appoint twelve Directors. The parties forming the Provisional Committee would, with a few excep tions, be proposed to them as Directors. The report was then received and approved, and a resolution, declaring a dividend of 3s. per share, was carried unanimously, after a short discussion. The following gentlemen were then proposed, and declared duly elected to fill the office of Directors of the Company :—Mr. G. P. Barclay, Mr. Brownrigg, M.P., Mr. D. B. Chapman, Mr. M. Harrison, Mr. J. Hoare, Mr. C. Kerr, Mr. J. Horsley Palmer, Mr. J. J. H. Ravenshaw, Mr. Samson Ricardo, Mr. W. Routh, Mr. J. Abel Smith , and M r. Alex. Wilson. The following gentlemen were elected as auditors: —Mr. Ricardo, Mr. J. Bruce, Mr. S. Smith. The CRAIRMAN returned thanks on behalf of him self and his brother Directors, and the proceedings terminated. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, JAN. 25, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Hart Dyke, Esq., to be her Majesty's Procurator in all causes and matters Maritime, Foreign, Civil, and Ecclesiastical in the room of Iltid Nicholl, Esq., deceased. CROWN-OFFICE, JAN. 28. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Shep herd, Esq., one of her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law, to be one of the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy, in the place of Sir Charles Frederick Wil liams, deceased. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. Sir J. J. Hamilton, Bart, to ho Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 22. TN THE EXCHEQUER OF PLEAS. Hilary Term.—ln the Eighth Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria. Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1845. This Court will, on Monday the 10th day of February next, and on the following days, namely, Tuesday the 11th, Wednesday the 12th, Thursday the 13th, Friday the 14th, Saturday the 15th, Monday the 17th, Tuesday the 18th, Wednesday the 19th, Thursday the 20th, Friday, the 21st, and on Saturday, the 22d days of the said month, hold sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the business then pending in the New Trial and Special Papers. By the Court. Read in Court—Samuel Dare, Master. WHITEHALL, JAN. 7. The Right Hon. Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, Taiga. Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, has appointed Edward liitaigOrlab) cf AUIPthiU) iu Ozo GclultY cf civil assassins brotherhood in the re ,m have a of Thu, corresponding c 7 igious murderers of Jesuitry. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. POST - OFFICE ROBBERT.—Yesterday, William Onley, a letter-carrier, employed on the Islington district, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Jardine, charged with stealing a letter, containing a 51. Bank of England note, and 30s. in gold, the property of the Postniaster-General. Mr. Peacock, jun., conducted the prosecution. Mr. John Brooks Johnstone, a clerk in the Royal Exchange Insurance Office, Lombard-street, stated, at Christmas, 1835, there was a policy of insurance effected for furniture, to the amount of 1001., in the name of the prisoner, the address being 15, Regent's terrace, near Regent's Canal, White Conduit-fields, Islington, in the county of Middlesex, the annual charge upon which is 6s. On the 30th of December some person paid the insurance with the Si. Bank of England note produced, and he gave him the change. Mathew Peak, a constable, employed at the Post effice, said he was present in the solicitor's office when the prisoner was brought in, and, being asked where he lived, he said he had resided in the same house during the last eleven years, at a rent of 211. an nually ; that he paid the taxes, and had insured his furniture at the Royal Exchange Insurance Office for 1001., the charge for which was six shillings annually. On being asked who had made the last payment, he replied he had done so ; then, as if recollecting him self, he said, " Oh, there is some mistake about that payment, for I received a notice after Christmas, stating that the insurance would be due, but in a few days after I missed it." He then said he had spoken to Mr. Wood, the change-taker at the' Islington post office, about it, adding, he did not know what he should do without it, and that Mr. Wood advised him to take the number from the policy and to go to the insurance-office, which would answer the same pur pose, which he did, and to his great surprise he found the money had been paid by some person. In a few days after he received a receipt for six shillings in a letter, through the Post-office, which he showed to Mr. Wood andother persons at Islington. He was then told that a Si. note was used in the payment at the insur ance-office, which was sent in a letter on the 27th De cember by post from Dewsbury, addres , ed to N 0.14, Upper Bransby-street, Liverpool .road, Islington, and he replied that he did not know who had paid the policy for him. He then said, " Can I see the gen tleman ?" and being questioned what gentleman, and for what he wanted him, he said, " The gentleman who lost the money, and I would pay him the money if I should pledge my bed." Witness then went to prisoner's house, and on making a search found the file produced on the top of a hat-case in the front parlour, on which was the receipt fcr six shillings. Mr. Peacock said he was not prepared with evidence to tarry the ease any further for the present, and the prisoner was accordingly remanded. PISTOL PRACTICE AT A PICTURE.—A young man, described as a surgeon, named Edward Stanley, was charged with wilfully destroying a picture by firing a loaded pistol at it in the Artichoke public-house in 'White Hart-street, Drury - lane, the property of public-house, W. Clark, the landlord. It appeared from the statement of the complainant's son, that about eight o'clock on Monday evening the defendant came into the parlour and called for gin and water, with which he was served by the waiter, but he had not been long in the room before the re port of a pistol was heard, which caused great alarm, and on witness entering the room he observed the defendant reloading the pistol with a bullet, and upon remonstrating with him, he said he would do as he thought proper, which alarmed the winless to such a degree that he ran out of the place, and directly after he heard the second report. Witness then rushed into the room, and on calling the defendant to account for such conduct, he said it was no harm, but on look ing round the room he saw that the picture against the wall had been penetrated by the ball. The defendant said it was all right, at the same time refusing either to pay for the damage or give up the pistol. The picture was worth about a sovereign ; it had been in the house for upwards of forty years, and the only reason given by the defendant for such conduct was that he had been to Smith's shooting-gallery in Holborn, where he was insulted. The first discharge was without a bullet, but the second was near doing serious injury. The defendant had frequented the house for a consi derable time, and he never knew him guilty of any disorder before the present occasion. In answer to the charge, the defendant said he had dined with a friend, and took more than he could well bear, and, as he was extremely sorry for the occur rence, he would willingly pay for any damage he might have done. Mr. JARDINE said he could scarcely treat the of fence as wilful damage, and, as a loaded pistol had been discharged, the defendant's friends should have come forward with a view to have bail taken for his future good conduct. In the course of the day the defendant's landlady attended, and in consequence of the good account she gave of the defendant, and his expressing his regret for what had happened, he was mulcted in the sum of 205., which he instantly paid, and was discharged. APPALLING MURDER AT BETHNAL-GREEN. Yesterday an intense degree of excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of Bethnal-green, in consequence of a rumour that a yeung woman atoned Emma Whiter, twenty-one years of age, had been shot dead with a pistol, by a young man named James Tapping, who had for some time past been paying her his ad dresses ; and from an early hour in the morning the vicinity of Worship-street Police- court, at which the case was expected to undergo investigation, was densely thronged with persons of both sexes, anxious to catch a glimpse of the suspected murderer. Shortly before one o'clock the accused was brought to that Court in a cab, in the custody of Sergeants Shaw and Backhouse, of the K disisioti, and wie; placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham to answer the charge. The prisoner, who is a remarkably fine made young man, about twenty-three years of ;age , upon entering the dock , which he did with a firm step, looked around him with a placid expression of countenance, and did not appear at all affected by the critical position in which he was placed. The following witnesses were then called and ex amined in support of the charge : Thomas Auvache, a weaver, living in Manchester street, Waterloo-town, Bethnal-green, stated that eta quarter before one o'clock that morning he was pass ing down a turning leading from Sebright-street to South Conduit street, Bethnal-green, in company with a friend of his named Harvey, when he observed a smouldering fire, resembling lighted tinder, at the foot of a brick wall belonging to one of the houses. He instantly proceeded to the spot, when he dis covered a young woman lying on her left side with her head resting against the wall. On looking closely at her, he observed that her face and person were deluged with blood, which was flowing copiously from a wound in her neck, and she had every appearance of being lifeless. Witness raised her from the ground and supported her in his arms, while Mr. Harvey ran to the top of the street, at which two young men were standing, to entreat their assistance for the dying woman. Witness then placed his hands beneath the arms of the young woman to further raise her, when he distinctly felt her heart beat, or rather heave, as though she were in convulsions ; the heaving ceased, and she dropped her bead in a state of insensibility upon the witness's shoulder, and although he thought he saw her once open her eyes, she did not utter a word, and on the return of Mr. Harvey, they together carried her beneath a gaslamp, the part of the street where she was found being very dark, that they , might have greater facility for rendering her assist ance. A policeman having new arrived and looked at the injured woman, he instantly pronounced her to be dead, and she was as quickly as possible conveyed to the Duke of Gloucester public-house adjoining, where a shutter was procured, on which she was re moved to the London Hospital. In answer to a question froM the magistrate, the witness added, that the smouldering fire he observed when his attention was first attracted to the deceased was one of the poor creature's bonnet-strings burning like a slow-match. Sergeant Backhouse, 37 K, examined the spot where the young woman had been found by the first witness, and discovered a large pool of blood extend ing three yards in length down the pavement, in the midst of which he found a woman's patten, about eight or nine inches further on anether patten, and about twelve inches beyond that a large-sized and well-finished pocket-pistol, with percussion lock, the hammer of which was down, and which had evidently been but very recently discharged, as it smelt very strongly of powder. About half-past two in the morning witness first saw the prisoner in the police station. He had then on over the dress he now wore a white apron, upon the right side of which Sergeant Shaw and the witness observed several spots of blood. On being called upon to furnish an explanation of these appearances, the prisoner replied, " Oh, I didn't know there were any spots of blood upon it, and if there are, I can't account for them." [The witness here produced the pistol, the t pattens, and the prisoner's apron. The former was such as the witness had described it—somewhat large for the pocket, and next in size to a duelling-pistol. The latter was an ordinary workman's apron, and the spots of blood spoken of were plainly visible upon it.] Sergeant Shaw stated, that he had that morning been at the London Hospital, where he had seen the dead body of the young womon. On exa eitiing the upper portion of her person, he observed in the throat a small hole, which was perfectly black in appear ance, and manifestly caused by the perforation of a bullet, which must have been discharged into the deceased's neck from the side, as it had completely cut through the jugular vein. There was no cor responding orifice on the other side of the deceased's throat, and from that circumstance the witness Ceti sidered it evident that the ball must be still lodged either ih the yowl woaiVa's threat ur hid, THE OCCUPATION of OTAHEITE. 28 28 1 4 167 i 40 40 ls' , z 12 3 / 17 1 h 4% : 3 YI 47 1 4 19% 17% 5 % 107 THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY AND THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. The visit of the King of the French to her Ma jesty the Queen having appeared to the Directors a suitable occasion for presenting to the King a respect fu], but faithful, statement of facts connected with the former history of Otaheite, and its present la mentable condition, as the result of the French aggression, the Directors deemed it also highly desirable that a small deputation of their body should solicit the honour of presenting such a document, that its details might, if necessary, be more fully ex plained, and its design respectfully urged on the humanity and justice of the King. In soliciting an interview the Directors were un successful ; but their memorial to his Majesty was presented through the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, by whom his answer was also communicated. That answer, the Directors deeply regret, is altogether unsatisfactory; but they still indulge the hope that the Government of France will yet be convinced of the impolicy, as well as the injustice, of maintaining the occupation of the island, and generously restore to the deeply-injured Queen and her people their per fect freedom and independence. The following is the memorial presented through M. Guizot to King Louis Philippe : MEMORIAL ADDRESSED BY TUE DIRECTORS OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO HIS MAJESTY LOUIS PHILIPPE, KING OF THE FRENCH. May it please your Majesty,—The following Me morial of the Directors of the London Missionary Society, presented with sentiments of profound respect, Showeth,—That your Majesty's memorialists are entrusted by a numerous body of constituents with the direction and management of the London Mis sionary Society, one of the Protestant institutions of Great Britain, designed to extend among pagan and other unenlightened nations the blessings of know ledge, civilisation, and religion. That the institution which your memorialists have the honour to repesent was formed in the year 1795, and consists of members of different Protestant com munions, including Episcopalians, Presbyterians, and Congregationalists ; and that it is now employ in g upwards of 700 agents, partly European and partly native, who prosecute their self-denying and be nevolent labours in different parts of India, China, Africa, the West Indies, and Polynesia. That, by the blessing of God vouchsafed to the operations of this institution, multitudes of the human race, once the victims of savage life in its lowest state of misery, and of pagan idolatry in its most cruel and degrading forms, are now enjoying the inestimable advantages of social order and happiness, secured as well as heightened by the influence of Christianity. That, by the literary and philological labours also of the Society's missionaries, the holy Scriptures have been translated into the languages of China and various nations of India ; while to many tribes of Africa and Polynesia, previously unacquainted with any written form of language, they have presented the inspired volume in the vernacular tongues, and have taught the people to read and understand its hallowed truths. That your memorialists deem it proper very ex pressly to inform your Majesty that, among the earliest spheres selected for their efforts of mercy by the founders of the London Missionary Seciety, were included the populous islands of the South Pacific, and more particularly Otaheite and other islands known in Britain as the Georgian and Society groups, discovered nearly thirty years before by our navigator, Captain Wallis. That, in the year 1796, a band of enterprising and devoted missionaries, sent forth by this institution, landed on the shores of Otaheite, where they found the natives in the most abject state of social wretched ness and moral pollution. The power of the chiefs was despotic and cruel; the national idolatry was equally sanguinary and licentious; human sacrifices were frequent ; infanticide general ; and these , w i t h other depopulating atrocities, combined with frequent wars, then threatened the speedy extinction o f the Otaheiteani race. That, amidst these revolting scenes, and while exposed to hardships and dangers almost incredible, in which their lives were in continual peril, and they were often driven from the island, these self-denying men persevered in their endeavours, by instruction and persuasion, to enlighten and bless the miserable people, till at length the islanders were influenced by these means, and by these means only, to renounce idolatry, with all its cruel and polluting rites, and to embrace the Gospel, both as the warrant of their faith and the rule of their practice. That, for the subsequent period of more than thirty years, Christianity has gradually diffused its benign and salutary influence over the minds and habits of Otaheitean people ; during which a system of good government has been adopted, and a code of laws, equitable though simple, has been established ; both the persons and property of foreigners have been re spected • the various relations of social life have b een honoured; education has become general; the Holy Scriptures have been translated, printed, and widely circulated ; and the practical observance of Chris tianity, both in its public ordinances and its personal and relative obligations, has been exhibited to an ex tent but rarely seen in European nations. That the internal harmony and progressive im provement of the islanders have, however, been grie vously interrupted by a series of calamitous events, originating, as your Majesty's memorialists believe, in the attempt of two Catholic missionaries, subjects of France, in the year 1836, to settle on Otaheite, in opposition to the established and well-known law of the island, which prohibited " any master or com mander of a vessel from landing any passenger with out special permission from the Queen and go vernors." Your Majesty's memorialists do not feel it incumbent on them to sustain or justify this application of the law in the case of Messrs. Caret and Laval, but they cannot suppress the con viction, that the measure was adopted by the Queen and the native authorities rather from an apprehen sion of civil, than religious, dissension—a fear which subsequent events prove not to have been groundless. To the operations of the same law, however, the agenst sent forth by the London Missionary Society , have ever been subject; and your memorialists ven ture most respectfully to remind your Majesty, that in France, and other enlightened kingdoms of Europe, the same principle of right on the part of the Sove reign and the Government to regulate the admission of foreigners to their respective territories is strictly exercised ; and your memorialists submit, that if the exercise of such authority be deemed essential to the safety and well-being of ancient and powerful mo narchies, its equity cannot be questioned or its neces sity denied to the defenceless Sovereign and the feeble Government of Otaheite. That, while entertaining these views as to the right of Pomare and her chiefs to establish and enforce re gulations for the government and protection of their own country, your Majesty's memorialists most em phatically disclaim all desire on their own part for any restriction on the propogation of religious opinions and practices by Christian communities from which they differ. While, therefore, the Directors of the London Missionary Society cannot but regret that the Catholic missionaries of France should wish to obtrude the peculiarities of religious controversy on a people so recently rescued from the depths of ignorance and paganism as the natives of Otaheite ; and while it would have appeared a nobler exemplifi cation of Christian charity and self-denial had their labours been directed to the other islands of the Pa cific, where multitudes are still enduring the unmiti gated miseries of barbarism and idolatry, your Ma jesty's memorialists nevertheless concede most readily to all, and would strenuously claim for all, the right which they claim for themselves—the right of propagating, with unrestricted freedom, by instruc tion, argument, and moral influence, those sentiments and principles which they believe to be revealed and sanctioned by the authority of God. That, for the enforcement, however, of the Otahei tean law on your Majesty's] subjects, Messrs. Caret and Laval, a fine of 2,000 dollars was imposed on the Queen, in the year 1838, by Captain A. Dupetit Thouars ,• and in the year 1839 the law itself was abrogated, in application to natives of France, at the demand of Capt. Laplace, of the Artemise ; since which period the Catholic missionaries of your Ma jesty's dominions have enjoyed a liberty never granted to the Protestant missionaries of Britain—the liberty of residence on the island without the previous sanc tion of the Government. tThat the occurrences now recited by your Ma jesty's memorialists were followed by the establish ment in Otaheite, in the year 1842, of the protecto rate of France, and, during the year following, by the assumption, in y our Majesty's name, of the absolute s overeignty of the island, the dethronement of Po mare, and the forcible occupation of her country. As the result of these aggressions on the rights of the Sovereign and the liberties of the island, war, with its attendant desolations, has since prevailed ; the peaceful inhabitants have been scattered, and their villages destroyed; the schools of the missionaries have been dispersed, and their congregations ruined ; their wives and families have been compelled to flee for safety , from the island; their own persons have been in fre quent peril, and one of their number has (though un intentionally) been killed ; thus, within a few months, a train of miseries has been produced which the labour , of many years will be required to counteract. That, while your memorialists are happy to ac knowledge the honourable decision of your Majesty's Government in declining to assume the sovereignty o t f r ° uc t t a i lei e () no h a u n while m d anliile life, , they d and th o e u o b t t h e n r o m t u that lti the ied de- s e v il s to which the invasion of the country has given rise, will be to your Majesty an occasion of sincere and deep regret, they are encoura ge d a l so t o en t er t a i n the i reference to assurance that a similar course o f upright gene rous been and policy would have pursued n the Frocil protoctorate is Otaheite had you Ma. DIVIDEND. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Be.singhall-street. G. C. Smith, builder,Keasington Park, Feb. 20, at twe. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. E. Coleman and E. B. Hall, ironfounders, Colchester, Feb. 18—T. G. Martin, wine merchant, Cold Harbour lane, Camberwell, Feb. 19—J. Stephenson, machine maker, Bradford, Feb. 19—W. S. Drury, ironmonger, Chester, Feb. 19—A. W. Pollock, machine maker, Li verpool, Feb. 19—C. N. Wilson, common brewer, Dews bury, Yorkshire, Feb. 20—E. Hemming, needle manu facturer, Feckenham, Worcestershire, Feb. 19—J. G. Webb, mineral-water manufacturer, Rosamond-build ings, Islington, Feb. 18—B. Jones, victualler, Birming ham, Feb. 18. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. J. Leathers and C. Attwater, grocers, Palace-row, New-road, St. Pancras—J. Powell and A. Tunstall, pawnbrokers, Liverpool—J. West and H. Pearson, wharfingers, Selby, Yorkshire—J. Buckley, Kershaw, and Co., common carriers, Manchester—W. Mills and J. Hyles, painters, Maidstone, Kent—J. and E. Jones, plumbers, Wrexham, Denbighshire—T. H. Nevitt and J. Thomason, brewers, Tranmere, Cheshire—T. and J. Crofts, mercers, Belper, Derbyshire—F. Scholefield and J. Dawson, railroad carriers, High-street, Southwark — W. Cussons and J. Balderson, woolstaplers, Hudders field—T. and J. Dallin, sail makers, Ilfracombe. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Laurence Silver, merchant, Glasgow, Feb. 1 and March 3, at twelve, at the chambers of J. Simpson, Glasgow. David Bowe, tea merchant, Leith, Feb. 3 and 26, at twelve, at the chambers of S. and P. S. Beveridge, Leith. Robert Walker and Co., manufacturers, Devonside, Clackmannan, Feb. 4 and 25, at one, at Thomas's Royal Oak Inn, Alloa. MARKET INTELLIGENCE, (From the London New Price Current of Jan. 28.) Suomt.—To-day the market for West India Sugar presented a flat appearance, the demand was limited for the scale and pan; good and fine yellow, of which there is still a scarcity, fetched the former value, but for all other sorts the rates taken were rather under those previously quoted. The total purchases are 300 hhds, and including a public sale of 114 hhds of Barbadoes, which went off at former prices for good to fine, but middling and low must again be quoted 6d per cwt cheaper ; low sold at 52s to 53s 6d, middling 54s to 57s 6d, good middling 58s 6d to 59s 6d, good 60s to 61s 6d, and fine 66$ per cwt. REFINED.—To -day there was no variation in the value of Refined goods, but the home trade purchased with much caution. Bonded Crushed Sugar is selling for forward delivery at 30s to 30s 6d per cwt ; it is not so much wanted as it was. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon at public sale two par cels amounting to 1,845 bags, were brought forward, and sold at a decline on former rates of is per cwt ; middling yellow went at 52s to 545, low 50s to 51s 6d, low brown 42s to 42s 6d. middling 43s 6d to 45s 6d per cwt. CINNAMON.—The extensive public sales, which com menced yesterday, were brought to a conclusion at a late hour this afternoon ; the demand was very li mited throughout, although there was an evident desire on the part of merchants to realise ; the biddings were unusually languid, and of the total quantity of fered, amounting to 3,524 bales 305 cases, not above a third part were actually disposed of, at prices showing a decline on those of the last quarterly sales of 4d to 7d for firsts, 4d to 5d for seconds, and 3d to 4d for thirds. Ceylon, first sort sound went at 3s Id to 4s Bd, broken 2s 10d to 3s, second sort sound 2s 2d to 3s Bd, broken 2s 4d to 2s 10d, third sort sound 2s to 35 4d, and broken 2s to 2s 6d per lb. TEA.—Merchants aro firm, and with black and green Tea the market is not over supplied. Congou has brought fully former rates, and a brisker demand has been experier cod ; common sound has been selling at lld to Hid, and good common Hid to is per lb; there is a scarcity of Tea worth front is 4d to Is 9d per lb. For Pouchong there has been a tively demand, and the rates paid show an advance of Id to 2d per lb. Fine scented Orange Pekoe brought an advance on former rates of Id to 2d per lb. In Twankay a fair business has been a. i.nsaeted, yellow leaf is 3d to is aid per lb. Hyson is held with firm ness, but there is a pause in the demand; common is no to be purchased under 2s 6d per lb. The supply is small o all descriptions. Previous rates are fully supported for Gunpowder and Imperial. Young Hyson is wanted at former terms, but for Flowery Pekoe prices rule mode rate, and the same remark is applicable to Hyson skin. To-day there was a good business transacted in nearly every kind of black and green Tea ; the tendency of prices is upwards. Sales of common Congou were made at lld to 1 lid, good common Ilid to Is, and Twankay ordinery is 3d to is 3id per lb. SPICE 3.—This afternoon Pimento was in limited re quest, aid 781 bags at public sale wept id per lb under former rates, viz., at 34d to 30, and inferior 2id to 3d per lb. RUM, BRANDY, AND H oLta mns.---Jtunaica Rum is not to be purchased at any further decline in prices, but the demand has been limited for home use and export, 28 to 33 per cent overproof, is held for 3s 5d to 3s 9d; 34 to 36 per cent over, good 3s 10d to . 43 2d; fine 4s 4d to 5s 6d; and high flavoured sorts suitable for the Germ a n and American market 6s to 7s per gallon ; of these the supply is scanty. Leewards are not much wanted, and 2s 2id to 2s 3d are the latest rates taken for proof; some parcels are offering for sale. Calcutta is dull of sale at 2s to 2s ld proof with certificate. The home and ex port demand has been limited for Demerara, strong de scriptions are 3s to 3s 3d per gal. The stock of Rum has . been further increased. Brand y has fully sus tlWatil tli fyrnatl value, Aucl there has beta William Slater, a weaver, living in South Conduit- street, Bethnal-green-road, stated that he had - well acquainted for some time past bo th with the prisoner and the young woman he Was a 'eccused el having murdered. At about half-past twelve le: on the preceding night, on his return home, he e, standing on the door-step of his father's holin where he lodged, when he saw the prisoner 110`` the deceased walking together toward s the tiPPer end of the street. They appeared to be in ef, versation, and the prisoner had one of his round the young woman's neck. Witness watcheu them in the same position as far as the first turning sr had in the street, and then went upstairs to bed. sse - not been in his bed-room more' t h an six or seve" minutes, and had scarcely undressed himself, //ilea he heard the loud report of a gun or pistol, souadin,go " close at hand," and of such extreme violence es ' 0 shake everything in the place. The report Wag 5 t alarming that he instantly hastened to both the fro and back window of the room, and looked into the street and garden, but was unable to discover anr thing, and therefore retired to rest, not imsginil that such a tragical occurrence had taken place tl t he saw the pool of blood before spoken of on the 116 morning. William Whiter, the brother of the deceased'! respectable-looking man, keeping a beer-sop 1: Brick-lane, Spitalfields, stated that at ten o'clock °A; the preceding night the prisoner, with whom he Iv o acquainted, in consequence of his paying to his sister, came to his house in the company e ; s • s s, deceased. The latter went into the back PAR,; t i while the prisoner went into the tap-room, l'i ni r ss - k, of them remained in the house until twelve o'et — - when they left together. on Mr. BINOHAM—Did they appear to you to be cl , good terms with each other? Witness—Yes, perfectly so ; I observed nothing to the contrarl• Thomas Whiter, the father o f the deceased, on " e attentjothe WaraPeer' derly, grey-headed man of respectable a formerly a licensed victualler, but now a sil k ew er, said he had applied to a policeman to take the prie e ' r i,' into custody. Upon entering the kitchen of the Elm Boner's house, in Manchester-row, he fo n t seated at a table with his head resting on hi s ,'; he and excessively pale. Witness asked him 0" 3 "i., had done with his daughter ? and the prisoner P!)glis' tively denied that he had either seen her that nlV if or the night preceding. Witness the n asked 1).11 0 1 - he knew anything of her? and t he prisoner lot, swered in the same positive manner t hat he did i n ge Witness, however, replied that that wa s very stran ge rf b 1 taxed him closely with a knowledge e,;tbst daughter; on which the prisoner " recanted helbadhe had previously said, and acknowledg ed that ,eive been in the deceased's company up to ball-po t t `' her o'clock at night, and that he hal the n parted tralnovg at the end of :Nape-street, and Oa he know wt . lied whatever further about her. Witness was so sallied of the falsehood of this declaration th at he deterinurea upon giving him into custody, and having thelire,oser the assistance of two other policem en, was ultimately carried off to the statio n. Richard King, a tailor, living in Beckforn; ss Bethnal-green, stated that he was acqugi nt , e ', i ttb ° the prisoner, and that one :night last wes'li's witness could not recollect which, he was in Pape with the prisoner in the Rising Sun public-Wong Waterloo-town, Bethnal-green, when pistol, 5 ' eas t in size and appearance to that produced by e , g a os s ' Backhouse, and which, though he could not 'little sively swear to its being the same, be bad Y el lin tb e doubt was so, was handed about among personi,ooll room. He did not, however, notice what tilt' aid be became of the pistol upon that occasion, 13 ° I. j it. hear what remarks the prisoner made respeet"%°atioele At the termination of each witness's exe nl c i to fo' the magistrate asked the prisoner if lie wi s b e . a ae any questions, and was each time answered in gative. e , the There being no further evidence to ifPr°7tibc; b b magistrate then formally asked the prisoner re plie d any answer to make to the charge, and b e re v ' a t:' a hoarse half-choked tone, " No, Sir, I l inve sas 05 1 Mr. BINGUAM made no observations len she t l° and ordered the prisoner to be again brought that day next week. t" sl e The prisoner throughout the first pur ° fi c leo c ,: examination treated the charge with great con ia sti° - if not positive lightness, but during the °lpos se : :; of the witness Slater he entirely lost 11 15 s e ' s siP' s sion, the muscles of his face worked with on" betty ee " twitch, and, rapidly turning his bat row', his er a his fingers, he threw his head back and kP; ilP h , intently, but apparently unconsciously, effect oft the Magistrate, to watch the probable one"fa testimony. b ell - A Coroner's inquest was afterwards tbe bo ‘ s, Mr. Baker, at the London Hospital, upon ‘ ,oo ll° ' but adjourned, in order that a post mortti tion might be made. been DUTCH MAIL. ~.,t the abe t THE HAGUE, JAN. I.—lt is reportei that oot,- nister of the Interior is to b einployed i,43:1idl post, and will be succeeded b ...Ir. V° her a'o' now Governor of South Hollis and that no have for his successor Mr. Va er Fa lb lf l ee vernor of Utrecht. a ,' Aio, We are informed that Mr. Krus,f ll l,ll 0 : 0 31 Director-General of the Finances in li ts ll , o of' f ` g pl of whose return reports have frequently , -1 : -- ", Sii arrived here to. day, by way of Biitish 1 1 ' 1 ' 4 ii i and France. . eje, ° "te FLusHrtso, JAN. 20.—We learn that 111 ' 4 '`. o n frigate the Ceres, Captain Ensue, will shoedicesio the dock, to proceed, on the first favours letter ' 0 ft ° to Java. r a lett ef , t , AMSTERDAM. JAN. 23.—Extract 01 - O f ' Batavia, dated Oct 4, 1844. d °, + • ion 41. the 15 1 , 4 4 1 ' 0 4 ° 1V On my voyage out, being off Paul, I went on shore in a boat to nnsice 1 oP IV, " We heard at St. Paul that that i 513.11„ o f ov e ol island of Amsterdam, were taken possestinristsilcgr 23d of July, 1843, in the name arid at th e no w 0- - Adam Niix.)wst.wsky, a Polish exile, o'b c) - 4 p" cses ibis authority on both islancl 3 . ,A., 1 ~silt gi g A i, The estabiis . hment consists of v"'' ' ti' ' e- '' ,geri . o' il among whom are six soldiei s, and t .- „tic , a ti he. ) ,l and negresses, who have the care of 3 ,° °3 „ - ;,, , • `,,,'.0 11 ', the men are employed in the whale ns") o n s n e. it t " 's bailed in the island, and four vessels (sc,,,ving brigs) are constantly employed in C°9"' ' 1 Bourbon." , 11e f s ,:o ef ' A letter from Batavia of the 20th SePe.iiin s - O t : " His iNinjesty's brig Postillion, Ca to being on her passage from 'Macassar t° so lst o viN: f with three large and three small pirate rre t 'bf il'? it pursued ; they were full of men, the , 0 .1 A ftef o f hi: at least thirty, and the smallest twentP,aadlar°fo fired upon for a long time by the, by . gaga Majesty's brig, they at length escapeu 1' ,7 6r e, e gtV o calm ; they however suffered from c ' ne t , e ir 11 ; 1 ;1 i,,o f ' evident from the confusion on board, their boo'' s ,llv o moving, and throwing several time s dielv he d eg t e r the sea. This was afterwards confirme",,,,ot g l 0 of Boelon, who sent a report stating '7 5 is obit.o had abandoned one of their largest es ipt o . 01/3 state, which was afterwards got up bY t oo t 0 co il of Boelon. t of . s lii ° In the Regency of Reang, P 5 ,1- p g 10 ,; l o tit_d0 1 had fallen, and destroyed two vili s g - ' A` - rroo . siderable number of the inhabitants; ifiet_tolPi, same time there were great inundationfree plo4S which had done much injury to the co _ set - The HAGUE, JAN. 23.--Ills Esce ll.ll ' 0 4 husson has returned to Brussels. that tub,,APO ' The Journal de la Hay e declares ' of a '''' which had been current for some d a l l c utio li. the Ministry, is entirely wi thout four' e . - ~,, BIRTHS. ,tirton•- jo, On the 21st inst., in Crescent.place, v WO' I v Charles William Gray, of a son. ' l'-toOr ;‘,O On the 22d inst., at Western-road, Pr..." t, 'l, ~ Ites , r , Oldham, of a son. enourfltt . ta b 0 On the 23d inst., at Chafford. P Turner, of a daughter. ear jr)s til i ` l' On the 23d inst., at Stockwood House , n the , C. Shaw, of a daughter. 9 , 0 00 On the 24th inst., the wife of T. CV° ' t jo l° Temple, of a son. ar On the 24th inst., at Stoke Bishor, n e ~zo t tgl 0' Edward Burges, Esq., o f a daub r • ~,o tis e, , p i'. On the 24th inst., at Mansfield Woocto f tbe ~,e of James Salmond, Esq., of a son. the oife. °- sr On the 25th inst., at Tooting, to eh 4.130 A. fife ' t' . Lord, of a (laughter. he ° 0 0 0 On the 25th inst, at Beverley', t A E of e Chitty, °f 0 .I', IA e, 1 4 1 ' 1 i d , ' i , herd, Esq., of a son. On the 25th inst., in St. Georp's-P-c 10. 1. - d; of a son. terr ace, $ sell° On the 26th inst., at Grove-terrac f or s, 0 , water, Mrs. Peter Boully, of a sori• !,, Arth i 6 o f ~ 1 ,1 On the 26th inst., the wife of Captsu 68th Light Infantry, of a son. . ilia i sdi ), o ' l 0 Street , On the 26th inst., in Brooke-str , e el' ' Fern On a (t lO Baker, Bart., of a son. nte 2t, at Norfolk-creicerit'. 1 00 ° of O Lieut h enan 6 t• h inst. Colonel facl ea n, of i i s t l l , the On the 27th inst., at Lee, 131ackhe 0,;, William Francis Sims, M.A. of 35°11 ' et 4 13' :-.IA B 100: ii , to 11.0/f,fl°4' „4 At Lambeth Church, Mr. D. IN' illb`L, will, 0 ., P, t r, j OW' i .. i r nion, eldest daughter of the late o r, , e( o Middlesex. i b lio A a l gh" On the 25th inat., at St. 3 16111s' elcl e4t" e 1 : 1 0 ' M. Bartlett, to 3liss 31. A. Colboroe, o° l o 9 N. Colborne, of Binigay, Suffolk. I° f t i l' ieli Pre; the P f r elic t ° e ii l le On the 15th inst., at Port Elt,°`'sarallt - 4 n. Or -0 On the 10th litiSt., at Tavotock, of i virrr;be tt` fr ro. 0 Edward Roberts, R.N. . r .,. 1 On the 24th inst., W .mer. , E,.. srfrn°lll. , "1 011 ,0 On the 25th inst., sit liamyet'fbey, ts. c % )1 0 . 1 Sge -/ ' .. . 0 0‘ second daughter of 31r. W. ."4hos, 3iiiiihrl 0 1 On the 25th inst., at Cheiten ... s lt, jolP P On the 25th inst., at Calvere3 ' inc., , _ e s Lindley-, of the A.delphi-terrace• r,,,tbeP opt° On the 27th just., at the R e ct( r ) o . var ic, e fte, ~z 4 1, 1 Abdy, Rector of St. John's, Sou t ii _terrO ' --4` On the 27th inst., in Corr,w3 , 1 ; ir ,, ,i Linsey Holland, Esq., a ged 6 6 . 00 1 pa ~hor shed U,9 I‘ l ,, s 0 010 1. bliO hed f 4"1 io Lorflon; Printed and Pu,, t ' " t '' ot A s - ;0. 112, SLiisiuli 7-41 , 1 1 410 .'ii: S!rand, in the Preduci, f°4olo ../ iiiddiaa, WedAolgili 4 i