The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-18 00:00:00

ebtrb Übitton THE FUNDS--(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock _ 2ll per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 34 per Cent ......... 104% India Bonds, 1 ,OOW„ .....~ Ditto under 1,0004 ..... Consols .......... ...... Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 110 60 pm. Ditto 500/. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS. Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 39% Columbian:Bonds 6 per Cent l4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 1843 23 Ditto 1844 22 Ditto 3 per Cent. ... 38 Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent Ditto, 5 per Cent 99 SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid Bristol and Exeter, 70 paid 7B Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid .. 44 Caledonian, 5 paid Cambridge and Lincoln, 1% paid Chester and Holyhead, 5 paid Churnet Valley, 2 paid Pirect Northern, 2 1 / paid 2 A Dublin and MulUngar, 2% paid Eastern Counties, 25 paid... Eastern Union, 10 paid..... ll Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 5 paid 10 4 Great North of England, 100 paid Great Western, 75 paid ... 178 Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid ... lOl% Hull and Selby, 50 paid 7O Lancaster and Carlisle, 15 paid ... 24 London and Birmingham (Stock) ... ... London and Blackwall, 16% London and Brighton, 50 paid London and Greenwich, 12% paid London and South Western, 41i paid 79 Ditto N cw, 2 1 ,4 paid London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. raid ... 151 4 London and York. 2% paid Mancliestpr and Leeds, 70 paid .. Manchester and Birmingham, 40 paid ... 55 Midland,:loo paid ... l2B Ditto New, 2 paid 9% Midland, Birmingham, and Derby, 100 paid 97 Newcastle and Darlington:Junction, 24 paid 65 New•astle and Berwick, 1% paid 9% North British, 7 1 ,f paid Norwich and I3randon, 8 paid l5 Richmond and West End Junction, 1 paid 4 Rugby, 1 paid 2% South Devon, 10 paid South Eastern and Dover, 33A paid 47 Ditto New Shares, 4 paid 1 9 14 South Wales, 2% paid Trent Valley, 2 paid 9 1% West London, Old Shares, 20 paid 6 Yarmouth and Norwich, 20 paid 2734 Ditto, New Shares, 8 paid l s l‘ York and North Midland, 50 paid Ditto Scarboro' Branch, 10 p a id 34% Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid Ditto Extension, 11 paid... ............... ... FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens, 2 paid Great Northern of Fr a n ce , 4 p a id Orleans and Vierzon, 2 mid ll Orleans and Bordeaux. 2 paid B% Paris and Lyons, 2. paid Paris and Rouen, 20 paid 40% Paris and Strasbourg, 2 paid SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS %OH THE EVENING PAMIRS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Mr. O'Connell has been check-mated, and repeal agitation discouraged, by the interference of the Papal See. A Rescript from his Holiness the Pope, addressed through the Propaganda, to the Catholic bishops and clergy of Ireland, commanding their abstinence from all interference in the political agitations by which Ireland is distracted, is a heavy blow and sore discouragement to the repeal cause. The document in question states that the distrac tions which exist among the faithful in Ireland are " most distressing to the Sacred Congregation, and to his Holiness himself," as " tending to the detri ment and disgrace of the Universal Church." And he enjoins on the clergy to " avoid mixing themselves up with secular affairs, and to assiduously foster among the people a spirit of quietness, calm, and peace, which is the bond of Christianity, and a due obedience to temporal power in all matters of civil life. The leader of the agitation saw, with instinctive perception, the effect of such a document on the re. peal cause, and the necessity which existed for neau tralising its power by denying its authenticity. He Therefore asserted that it was a fabrication—a weak invention of the enemy; framed with some skill, but still betraying its destitution of authority by internal marks of its illegitimate origin. Its latinity was also severely examined. It was submitted to the crucible of criticism ; and two or three somewhat clumsily-constructed sentences were detected, and commented upon—as proofs that the Rescript could not have emanated from Rome. The Pope's la tinity must, of course, partake of the infallibity of his office. Any defect which criticism coulu detect in the construction of a phrase, would detract from the claims of the document to reception and re spect. The admission of its authenticity would be to impugn the claims of his Holiness to exemption from error. Such a discovery would, therefore, in itself, be sufficient to raise doubts in the minds of the Re peelers. These doubts were further strengthened by some assumed irregularity in the mode of its transmis sion. The Pope's Rescript was therefore pronounced a vile forgery. The Roman Catholic clergy were assured that they were still "free as air" to aid the " hereditary bondsmen" to effect a separation of Ireland from England, by agitating for the repeal of the Legislative Union of the two countries. The laity, encouraged and sanctioned by the clergy, would con tinue, with undiminished energies, to subscribe to the fund, and throng to the meetings, of the Repeal Association. Mr. O'Connell, therefore, in a letter to Dr. Cantwell, impugned the integrity of the Rescript, and avowed his belief that it was " not a canonical document." The Roman Catholic Archbishop Crolly has, however, set the question of the authenticity and imperatiVa obligation of the Rescript upon the Bisheps and' Clergy of the Ca tholic Church, entirely at rest. The Archbishop states, in a letter to Mr. O'Connell, that " The Re script has been laid befor the assembled Catholic pre lates in Dublin," who " not only acknowledged it t o be authentic and canonical, but to be a document oi such importance that they entered it on their minutes, and unanimously resolved that they would regulate their conduct according to its injunctions, and use their influence with their clergy, in their respective dioceses, to prevail on them to follow its salutary instructions." The Pope's Rescript, and the prelate's letter affirm ing and enforcing it, have placed Mr. O'Connell in a position of serious embarassment. 'We see no path way of escape for them. He is transfixed between the horns of a dilemma. If he obey the mandate, his political existence, as an agitator, is at an end. He .has hitherto professed to act in the most perfect ac cordance with the bishops and clergy of the Roman Catholic Church, to the authority of which he has bowed with deep devotion. The presence of some of the bishops at the repeal meetings, and the active aid of the inferior orders of clergy in every way in which that aid could be given, has contributed to keep up the influence which Mr. O'Connell has wielded over the public mind in Ireland. To the sanction and aid of the priests, O'Connell has been wont to refer the multi tudes. He has thus animated the popular excitement by appealing to the presenceand sanction of the minis ters of religion to the cause of repeal. But the bishops . and clergy of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland .tnust implicitly obey the orders of the Holy See, and :t twat at once detach themselves from the political • gitat:on. The withdrawal of the clergy will be the • ignal for all good Catholics to do the same. The re it alts seem already to be anticipated and prepared for in t le repeal councils. Retrenchment, the necessary conic uence of diminished resources, is already commenced. till further reductions of the repeal staff are an te ounced. " The first report of the Finance Commit tee, read to the General Committee on Tuesday, and a( (opted, recommends the reduction of eighteen el erks, and also some out-agents, including Mr. W. J. O'Connell, the London Head Repeal Warden, and Be'veral others of minor note in Dublin. Th e salaries of the officers retained are to be reduced, with the ex cej )tion of My dear Ray,' who is to be continued, wz th his present allowance of 4001. a year, besides im pel; rtant sundries. A reduction in the printing and s e a tionery departments is under consideration ; aft, ter which the newspapers in the pay of the Associa flea i will come under the notice of the retrench ing committee. To denounce the authority of the p oi/ Je, and exhort the inferior clergy and the laity to refs ise obedience to the Lescript, is the alternative of adi lifting the Holy See to interfere with repeal, and thu s withdraw the clergy from agitation. Such a COY' rse would, by its desperation, defeat it s d es i gn. It vould he fatal to his influence as an agitator of the pee ple, while it would be destructive of his reputation as a member of the Church, which enjoins upon all , its members implicit obedience to spiritual autj iority. In this the crisis of his fate, Mr. O'Con ne 's tactics will be subjected to a test such vs thej have never yet been called to endure. He pro posi .s that " a lay deputation be dispatched to Rome," to a vert what he designates " a conjuncture which in voli es their civil and religious liberties in the moi t imminent peril." Report this morning states that Mr. O'Connell is about to proceed to Rome u, his mission. He will thus be able to with e himself from Dublin at a time when it is )03, liarly embarrassing for him to be there. The circt =stance of his proceeding to Rome on the re peal' business would keep up the delusion a little long, , or. He would be thus gently let down from the elevation of political power, which he has so long oc cupie d, instead of finding himself hurled from it auddi ally, and unprepared. Mr. O'Connell's apology on i dray peen MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Jan. 17.) Scumt.---To-day the demand was limited for all de scriptions of B. P. Sugar. Prices are still drooping, and rule above Is under that of last Friday for brown and inferior yellow, and 6d for the better kinds. The total purchases for the week are only 1,450 'nhds and tierces. The market closes flatly for West India, Bengal, Mauri tius, and Madras Sugar. REFINED.—To-day there was not much demand for refined goods for home consumption, and prices are still going down ; brown lumps 71s 6d to 725, and standard lumps 72s 6d per cwt. Of Foreign refined in bond there is very little of any description offering, and none for present delivery, very extensive contricts having been made for six weeks and two months to come, Crushed has been sold at 31s 3d to 31s 9d, and 101 b Loaves at 33s .. 6d per cwt. _ MAURlTlUS.—lmporters of this description of Sugar are desirous to realise, and having supplied the market largely, has produced a decline on previous rates of is to is 6d for middling good and fine yellow, of which the supply principally consists ; on inferior brown and grey sorts, the fall has been 6d per cwt. This afternoon there was little business done in Mauri tiu3 Sugar by private contract, 349 bags at auction were sold at rather lower rates, mid yellow' at 54s to 555. good mid 565, good 58s to 595, anti mid brown 46s per cwt, EAST INDIA.—This afternoon four parcels of Bengal Sugar duty paid, amounting to 3,764 bags 143 chests, wtre submitted to public competition, and nearly the whole found purchasers ; yellow, of which the bulk con sisted, went at a decline of is to Is 6d per cwt, low greyish selling at 47s 6d to 50s, mid 50s 6d to 51s 6d, mid rather bright 51s 6d to 53s 6d, good middling 56s 6d to 575, damp and washed 41s to 565; on white the decline was 6d, fine selling at 65s to 68s, mid to good 60s to 645, damp and washed 57s to 66s ; 548 bags in bond went cheaper, that is to say, mid bright yellow at 27s 6d to 28s, damp and washed 25s Gd to 27s 6d ; of Madras 133 bags, duty paid, fetched 52s 6d to 53s 6d for damp yellow, and 50s 6d for washed. FOREIGN.—Holders of all descriptions have confidence, and refrain from offering any at public sale ; at present none is announced. For yellow Havannah fully former rates are insisted upon, but there has been only a small amount of business done by private contract this week, oilers for large parcels rather under previous prices have been made, but rejected by merchants. In white little business has been transacted, but prices do not give way. For brown Brazil fully late rates are offered, but the supply is still scanty, and not ample for the de mand. The market is firm for white, and the demand is on the increase. FRUIT.—Far Currants the holders are demanding higher prices ; new Zante has been sold at 48s, Patras 493 to 50s, and some of the importers have withdrawn their percels from the market. Valentia Raisins are steady, of Red Smyrna and Chesme there is a good supply, the demand only limited at present. COME.—Although the stock of West India Coffee is heavy, exceeding that of last year by 98 casks 1,619 brls and bags, still merchants have manifested firmness, and the market has been sparingly supplied ; previous rates are maintained for all cl ean ki nds, but buyers have been cautious in their proceedings by private contract, and only 19 casks 7 brls were offered at auction, which went at 595 to 60s for fine ord unclean Jamaica, triage 40s, fine fine ord Berbice 58s, good ord 455, and triage 40s, but a pat t only was disposed of; unclean sorts may be pur chased a t l ow ra t es . This afternoon the public sales consisted of 1,993 bags of Ceylon, 883 brls 67 half brls THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, for having denounced the Concordat letween this country and Rome, negotiations for evhich never had am existence, is remarkable for its puerility. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has set this bugbear at rest. In a letter, under his own hand, addressed to Archbishop Murray, his Lordship denies that there was any, the slightest, ground for the story respecting " a negotiation for a Concordat." The torrent of obloquy and abuse which Mr. O'Connell poured forth upon Archbishop Murray, for his sup posed privity and assent to this negotiation, is thus shown to have had no provocation. "There has never existed," says Lord Heytesbury, " the slightest inten tion of entering into any negotiation with the Papal See upon the subject of a Concordat." Fifty of the clergy in the diocese of Dublin, of which the (Ca tholic) Archbishop Murray is the head, have sub scribed an address to him, couched in terms of the most reverential and affectionate respect, and pro mising in all things to be guided and governed by his advice and authority. These are unmistakeable signs of repeal declension. If the Government be wise enough to improve the opportunity, there is hope for Ireland. But if there be nothing effectual done for the improvement of the people, and the day of pro pitious events be allowed to expire, without remedial measures for the grievances which have produced re peal agitation—then will agitation, under another name, and in another form, be re-kindled, and the last error will be worse than the first. STANDARD.—We never complain of fair war, how fiercely soever it may be waged, by the press. Indeed, we conceive a kind of affection for the adversary who hits hardest, if only his blows are straight, and de livered in a manly manner. We should infinitely prefer shaking hands with John of Tuam to the touch of Dr. Pusey, Mr. Newman, or Mr. Oakeley. Nay, even among the Tractarians, we would respect Mr. 'Ward for that challenge—which Dr. Tait says is his only offence—had not the challenge been soiled by his subsequent shabby refusal to acknowledge his own book containing it. This is, we suppose, bad taste, because it is not, we believe, the common taste. However, it is our taste, and we think that the public interests would gain, as the interests of truth certainly would, if it were made general. This, however, by the way. In proportion as we respect fair war, do we dislike foul blows ; and it is our business to-day to expose a system of foul play on the part of the Morning Chronicle, to which we slightly alluded yesterday, and which our Contemporary seems resolved to persevere in. We mean the imputation upon the Foreign Minister that the Times is his organ. The Morning Chronicle, in a leading article of this morning, re peats the foul imputation—foul in every sense— no less than three or four times in one short column. If our Contemporary retorts upon us, that we ascribe its articles on foreign policy, and similar articles of the Globe, to the dictation of Lord Palmerston, our answer is, that the charging any nobleman or gentleman with writing in the Morning Chronicle or Globe, or dic tating an opinion to either of these journals, im putes nothing disgraceful, more particularly when the nobleman or gentleman happens to be a Whig, whether " juvenile" or mature. l'he case of the Times is notoriously otherwise ; crawling through all parties, it has left some of its slime upon each; and it is a remarkable circumstance connected with that journal, that whenever any foul opprobrium is cast upon any party, it is supplied by the conduct of the Times, during its connexion with that party in the course of its tortuous career. The Reform Bill, say the evicted proprietors of Schedule A., was carried by brutal violence, because the Reform journals called for " brick-bats and bludgeons ;" the Times being the only Reform journal that ever made the savage and treasonable appeal. The Whig Ministers, say their sorrowing friends, were driven from office by a fanatical rage, excited by the orators of Exeter Hall ; the Times, the Standard, and the Morning Herald de nouncing the Roman Catholic clergy as " sur pliced ruffians," a " demon priesthood," &c. &c., the truth being that no Exeter Hall orator ever used such foul and gross language; nor did any journal, except the Times, ever print such phrases —as, indeed, we lately had occasion to explain in our own defence. Thus it happens that the Times leaves its stain upon every party which it encumbers and soils with its temporary support. The stain is, how ever, a wound when inflicted upon a public man, and we are sorry to be obliged to declare that we be lieve that in this case it is intended to attack the peace of Europe through the sides of Lord Aberdeen. The Times is known to be odious—most justly odious in France—and let Frenchmen be once persuaded that the Foreign Minister of England entertains as his organ the journal that for a year has done little in its foreign department but heap the foulest insults upon France, her functionaries, fleets, and armies, and they must regard that Foreign Minister as an enemy, and even their own ministers as treacherous servants in keeping on terms of civility with such a Minister, and vouching for his good in tentions. The Times will not disclaim the Foreign office organship ; for when did the Times ever sacri fice the chance of a shilling upon its day's sale to any public object ? And, therefore, we, who know just enough of the Foreign-office to know that it has no connection direct or indirect with any newspaper, are therefore under the necessity of exposing the foul and mischievous misrepresentation. Of course ene mies will ascribe the part we take to jealousy, as the Standard has been so often untruly called "the Go vernment organ ;" our reply to such a charge is th we never, either directly or indirectly, prentended to the title, and never omitted an opportunity of respect fully but explicitly disclaiming it. THE SHAP WICK MURDERS. Yesterday (Friday) the Coroner's jury assembled at Shapwick, to ascertain the cause of the death of James Dimond, an illegitimate child, aged seven years, of Sarah Freeman, who died in November, 1843. The body was exhumed on Saturday last, and a portion of the contents of the stomach was subjected to analytical tests by Mr. Herapath, who pronounced it as his opinion that the child had been poisoned by arsenic. Evidence was given which incul pated Sarah Freeman in administering the poison ; and a verdict of Wilful Murder against her was re turned. Five other sudden deaths of children have, it is said, lately taken place in one family in this parish, which Sarah Freeman was in the habit of visiting ; and it is expected that further exhumations and in quiries will in consequence take place. One hundred and twenty-four gentlemen have given the requisite notice of intending to apply during the pre sent term to be admitted to practise as attorneys in the Court of Queen's Bench ; and there are no less than thirty-three notices for re-admission, making a total of one hundred and fifty-seven. Mocha, and 553 bags Costa Rica; Ceylon was nearly all disposed of. Plantation kinds at full rates, but good ord went again 6d cheaper-Planta tion, fine fine ord sold at 68s to 745, low mid 765, fine fine ord 635, fine ord unclean 58s Gd, good ord 545, pea berry 86s 6d, inferior 78s 6d, good ord pale 50s 6d to 51s 6d ; Mocha all sold, in consequence of a decline in prices of 2s to 3s having been submitted to mid clean yellow long berry sold at 65s to 695, good and fine ord green 59s to 61s 6d, and good ord brown 58s to 59s ; Costa Rica was taken in-low mid at 58s, fine fine ord 54s to 555, fine ord 51s, and inferior 44s per cwt. COCOA.-The dullness in the West India market has increased, and former rates are barely supported ; there has been scarcely any business doing by private con tract, and at public sale 224 packages were all taken in-Trinidad mixed red at 41s, ord rather mouldy 40s. Foreign is still wanted, and prices rule high in consequence of the scanty supply at market. MoL,a.ssEs.-This afternoon there was less demand for West India Molasses, and 152 puns at auction were only partly sold at 19s 6d for ordinary, and at 17s per cwt for very low quality. TEA.-The market is firm, and importers still refrain from offering any at public sale, the deliveries have again exceeded the arrivals, and the stock consequently has further diminished. Congou has been more inquired after during the last few days, and a fair business has been transacted at full prices, common selling at lld to llid, and good common 114 d to is id per lb, the market is sparingly supplied with all descriptions. Pouchong has met with a good sale, but not at higher rates, common fetching 7d to Bd, and the better sorts 9d to Is 2d per lb ; the lower sorts are most in request. In Twankay the transactions are upon a more extended scale, common at is 24d to is 34d per lb. Hyson is much in request and in consequence of the short supply prices are fully as high, common fetching 2s 7d to 2s Bd, mid 2s 9d to 2s 10d, good 2s lid to 3s, and fine 3s 2d to 4s 6d per lb. There are several buyers oc young Hyson, but there is little in the market. Imperia , and Gunpowder are little inquired for, but prices do no. give way. Fine scented Orange Pekoe is fetching 3s 4d to 3s 5d per lb, and there is still a scarcity of this kind of Tea. The clearances of Tea for home consumption from this port are going on at the rate of half a million pounds weekly. The trade do not hold a large quan tity of black or green. The quantity of Tea in specula tors' hands is less than for some years at this time. SPICES.-This afternoon black Pepper met with less attention, and 1,000 bags of Malabar at auction sold at a decline on former rates of id per lb-half heavy selling at 3d to 3id, heavy 50 to 34d, light 2id to 21d, and sea damaged 21d to 31- Cassia Lignea was in good demand, and 400 boxes at public sale all sold at full prices for the low and mid kinds, but good went Is to 2s per cwt cheaper-good thin sold at 65s 6d, good mid 60s to 61s 6d, mid 56s 6d to 58s 6d, low mid 54s to 543 Gd, ord coarse 52s to 52s 6d, good ord 53s to 53s 6d, discoloured 51s to 555, broken ends 53s 6d to 54s 6d, mouldy 51s to 53s 6d, and broken 48s 6d to 49s per cwt. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-The home and ex port idemand for Jamaica Rum has been limited this week ; only small parcels have been sold, at 3s 6d to 3s 8d for common and mid quality, 28 to 30 per cent over proof. In Leewards there has been very little bust nese done, and there are sellers of proof at 2s 3d. Calcutta Runs, 2s to 2s Id per gall proof, with certificate. Demerara at 3s Id to 3a 3d for good and fine strong qualities. The stock of Brandy is still diminishing, and for the best de scriptions there has been a good demand since our last report. Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s Id; ditto 1839, hhds ss, puns 4s 10(1 ; ditto 1840, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; ditto, 1841, hhds 4s I Id, puns 4s 9d ; ditto, 1842, hhds 4s Bd, puns 4s 6d ; ditto, 1843, hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d, common 2s 8d to 2s lid, middling to good middling 3s to 3s 10d, and Bordeaux 2s 6d to 2s 9d per gallon. Geneva, expo t at is 10d, and fine for home consumption 2s 4d to 3s 6d. English Corn Spirits lOs 2d per gallon cash. RICE.-This afternoon of Madras Rice 1000 bags at auction were mostly taken in at 6d to is jeer cwt above the value; good yellow at 10s, yellowish white Bengal kind at lOs 6d, a few lots of damaged sold at stiff rates and fetched 8s to 9s 6d per cwt. SALTPETRE.-This afternoon rough was less wanted, and 400 bags of Madras at auction were taken in at 25s to 25s 6d for mid white rather damp 10i per cent refrac tion, being the full worth. CocutNEAL.-An increased desire has been mani fested to purchase this at ticle, and prices are still going up ; indeed there is not sufficient at market to supply the wants of shiprers or tha home trade. At auction 86 bags of Honduras were nearly all disposed of at id per lb advance, fine bold silvers at 4s 10d to 4s I Id, good 4s 8d to 4s 9d, mid 4s 7d, very low foxey to ordinary 4s 5d to 4s 6d; 18 bags of Granilla sold at is 9d to 2s 10d for small ordinary and good bold, and 3 bags of Garblings at is 6d to is 9d per lb. The ships arrived of late have brought a less quantity of Cochineal than was expected. Ous.-Importers of Cod Oil are anxious sellers on account of the increasing arrivals, and have submitted to a reduction on previous rates of lOs to 15s; buy ers, however, are more inclined to do business upon L?o.ese terms, and at 291 10s to 30/ per tun several parcels 'nave been disposed of. Seal at 321 10s to 331 for pale; 31 )1 to 311 for yellow, 31/ to 321 for straw, and at 28/ to 29 1 for brown. Southern 28/ to 33/ per tun for low to fine. Sperm, British 851 to 881 per tun accepted. Linseed Oi I, on the spot at 23s 6d to 23s 9d, and for delivery in Ms rch, April, and May at 24s 3d to 24s 6d. Rape Oil pale 36s to 36s 6d, and brown 35s to 35s 6d per cwt. Of C• 4 , coa Nut 159 hhds of Ceylon at public sale were all die . p4 se'l of, fine at 271 lOs to 28/, and good 271 per tan. Pi ice , have advanced for African Ground Nut Oil owing to the scanty supply ; 20 brls at auction fetched 341 IC s to 351 10s per tun. Palm 25s to 26s per cwt paid for fine quality. Olive 421 to 481 paid for Gallipoli ; 4 I lto 421 for Spanish, 41/. for Sicily, and 391 to 40/per tu:s r for Barbary and Levant. This afternoon prices further declined for Sperm Oil -; 150 tuns at auction only partly sold at 80/ to 8415 s foir oil, and at 8315 s to 84‘ for headmatter. Southern is the a per; 100 tuns at public sale partly sold at 291 15s to 321, and Elephant at 28/ to 29/ per tun. TALLow.-This afternoon at public sale 100 casl ks of St Petersburgh yellow Candle went at 38s 6d to 38 s 9d, 119 casks Soap Tallow at 37s 3d to 37s 6d, 453 pkgs South American at 35s 6d to 38s 3d, 245 casks New South Wales 35s to 40s, and 138 casks Ist sort Sil ieria yellow Candle at 38s 9d per cwt. STATE OF THE HOSIERY A..ND LACE TRADES. The condition of the wrought cotton hose bra: nch is much as previously reported. The cut-up branch .is also very dull, and the drawer branch is much the same. The silk branch is in a languishing state. The lar Abut net trade is dull, but we do not hear of those heavy complaints we did some time since. Great exs rtions are making on all sides to improve the manufacture as respects patterns, but not as regards the texture of the net, in the levers machines, the other three r rinci ples of the circular bolt, the tranverse warp, an d the pusher, in general making traversed nets. Tho latter principle, we had hoped, would have been ere tl ,is in full activity, but it appears the heavy cost of apj lying the jacquard, and the delicate construction of thi ma chinery, have prevented the owners from extendix .g the manufacture. A new, and, as we hope, importat .t ma nufacture, is produced from the traverse warp ma chine, at Beeston, f6r which Messrs. Nichols, Gold smith-street, London, have a patent. The a r tiale in general use, is made from the weaver's lux )m, and is termed braiding, of which there are abc .ut 500 weavers employed in England, and about a third . of that number in France. The French have the mon opol7 of a similar manufacture at Tarrare, near Lyons, i pith this exception, that- the French fabric is made all p lain, t.ho English invented article is part plain and is in open work. That made on the traverse warp re zchine is part lace and part plain or linen work. The a' angularity of this production is, that the linen work, thol igh made at the same time with the net, is made as 1. log again (or even more), and is gathered on the edge i into plaits or puckers, so as to form a puff. The contrasi; between the net and the linen is darker and more stri 4 ing than we hive yet seen produced, even by the needle-, and has a truly elegant and unique appearance. At 3 resent it is made in stripes, the net being slightly orr tamented, either with bullet holes or the insertion of tl reads, in the same manner as traverse warp nets are i a general o"namented. These puffs can, when require d, be in stantly stopped and succeeded by net, and thi .re is rea son to think that puffed or embossed patterx is may be made by the application of the jacquard. cum what we can learn, the pusher machines are adaptec 1 to make this article, which it is hoped will be patronis ed by th© English nobility and gentry in their spring fash ions, and thus give a new impetus to native industry. T. he article is perfectly sound and good, and bids defiance to the ordeal of the wash-tub.—The warp-lace trade- is slowly improving, but is not much increasing in tly, e extent of machinery. Every branch and departmu ait seems upon the increase, but the tatting branch ap p ears the most stable and flourishing. —Nottingham Revu27. COAL INARIEET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :- --13mddle's West Hartley, 19s 6d; Cart's Hartley, I9s 6d ; CI ,ester Main, 20s ; Hasting's Hartley, 19s 6d ; Holyv r ell Alain, 20s ; Nelson's West Hartley, 19s 6d ; Old: Po ntop, 17s 6d ; Ord's Redheugh, 188 ; Townley, 19s ; West Hartley, 19s 6d ; West Wylam, 19s 6d ; W. E.., Gibson, 22s ; W. E., Huston, 20s 6d ; W. E., Killingwol rth, 21s; W. E., Stewart's, 24s ; W. E., Gordon, 20s ; W. E., NVoodefield, 16s ; Hartley, 19s 6d ; Townhii 1 Elgin, 19s; West Hartley Netherton, 19s 6d.—Ships ari ived, 19. . _ COURSE OF EXCHAN Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Ditto, at sight _..... 12 6 Rotterdam 2U. 12 8i Antwerp 26 0 Hamburgh M.B. 13 14 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 10 Frankfort on l!rtaine 122 Petersbargh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 GE.—(YESTE: 8 WAY.) Gibraltar... ..... .. Leghorn 3l 0 Genoa 26 0 Milan ... Venice ..... . 47 Naples . . 39 Palermo, pisr 0z..... . 119 Lisbon ......... .. 53 Oporto. 53 Rio Jane/re—.-- 24 Bahia 24 Buenos .Ayitts. ..... . NewYork.2:'dyssig ht Philadelbin . -- PRICKS c.)? RULL'..( .N, Ilia OZ. Foreign G1)4.1, b a g ...cs 17 9 Portugal Gold C oin 3 17 5 New Doubloons .0 0 0 New Dollars Silver Po !Um. 0 4 11i Vienna, effee. fi. 3AL 10 1 Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona .............. 36 Seville — On Monday morning, at about four o' ci ock, a fire, entirely the result of accident, broke out at., N ( 6, Edgar buildings, Bath, the residence of Col. Stru'a, b n t which, by timely assistance, was confined to the bedroom f that gen tlemaN, in whichit originated. We a re sorry, / 3 , -waver, to b tate that, in additi on t o th e alarm which the acci lent occa sioned, the Gallant Colonel suffered personal iarj ury from the flames, being much scorched on his hands. and face, as did also his daughter, the Hon. Emily Stru , who, in her endeavours to extinguish the fire, was very severely burned on her hands and about her head auci Devizes Gazette. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOD SE. Two men, named Reilly and Chowns, were charged before the Lord Mayor with having conspired together to defraud the mate of a vessel which had just arrived from a long voyage. The case, which excited the greatest interestwas occasionally interrupted by bursts of laughter. Mr. E. Morris, the proprietor of the East India Arms Tavern, in Fenchurch-street, stated that while he was in the cellar some person had gone up stairs, accompanied by a sailor, and, another man having speedily followed, there was reason to apprehend that all was not right. Something was ordered to drink by the two first visitors, and the witness soon after wards heard the clinking of a lock, and one of those in the room offered to lay a wager of 201. or 25/., upon which an officer was sent for, and the sailor, who was a jolly, open-hearted fellow, and the two prison ers, were suddenly stopped as they were rising to depart, and informed that they must stay a little for the sake of justice. It was in fact seen that the two prisoners had laid a plan for robbing the sailor, and as an attempt of a similar kind had been made about two years before in the same house, the witness was de termined to make an example of the men at the bar if possible. The following particulars were collected from the impetuous and disjointed statement of the mate :—As the mate was going along Fenchurch-street, he asked a man, who happened to be the prisoner Reilly, the way to the station in the Minories. Reilly said he was going that way himself, and he would show the way, but proposed that they should have a dro of beer together; and together they went into the Last India Arms, in one of the private rooms of which they had no sooner sat down, than in walked the other gentleman, Mr. Chowns, who seemed to be quite a stranger, began to drink by himself, and pro duced a lock, which he said nobody could open. The mate, who never, he declared, had seen so foolish a lock in his life, opened it with ease ; and another lock, equally simple and foolish in appearance having been exhibited by Mr. Chowns, he offered to open that with as little difficulty, and then the challenge to bet, which had been heard by the policeman, was made. The mate happened to have securities for the money about him, but no money, otherwise the wager would have been very probably, as he said himself laid, and the trick would have succeeded. Here several flash notes and counterfeit sovereigns, which were found in the posession of the prisoners, were produced, as were some marked cards. They were both known to the police as common cheats, and one of them had been tried at the Central Criminal Court. It was not until the prisoners and the mate were introduced to the Lord Mayor, that the latter had any idea into what sort of company he had unluckily got, and if it had not been for the keenness of the landlord of the tavern, he would no doubt have had to lament the incident which introduced him to their acquaintance, although at that time :he had no cash in his possession. The LORD MAYOR—Why, my good fellow, it was a very fortunate thing for you that ',you escaped so well out of the clutches of these men. The mate—l see they are a pair of d—d scoundrels, but I could have opened twenty such locks, and I'd lay any money of it. You never saw anything so foolish. Why, one of these gentlemen offered to lay me 401. The LORI) MAYOR—And if you had had the money you would have betted ? The mate—Yes, I dare say I should; and I'd have won, too.—(A laugh.) The policeman here produced the lock which the mate had opened, and another lock resembling it, which was made so as not to be capable of being opened at all. The sleight-of-hand substitution of one of these locks for the other, was one of the modes of obtaining plunder ; and in aid of that plan the counterfeit money and bank-notes were kept in pocket-books by the prisoners, who were both smartly dressed, Chowns being attired like a respectable coun tryman. The mate—Why, that gentleman that looks like a farmer told us, when he joined us, that he was the gamekeeper to the Earl of Pembroke, and he said he had come to town to look for two of his master's hounds, that were locked together with the same sort of lock, and that wherever the dogs were they must be together, as nobody else could open the lock. The Loan MAYOR—Did he say the Earl of Pem broke's dogs had been stolen ? The mate—He did so; and I advised him to go to the police about the dogs ; and I did think him a great fool, but I find that I was the fool, after all.—(Laughter.) Mr. Woolf, for one of the prisoners—But you lost nothing by the transaction ? The mate—Nothing at all. I gained by it, for I had some beer and I never paid for it.—(Laughter.) What an unlucky fellow I am. Here I come home after being shipwrecked and being away three years, and the instant I come ashore I get into the hands of a pair of rascals, and then I am taken up by the police and brought here to complain against them, and I want to have nothing at all to do with them, but to call and see my relations and be off to sea again. Was there ever so unfortu nate a man as I am The Loan MAYoa said it would be lamentable if such fellows escaped justice any longer. Mr. Hobler, who appeared for the second prisoner, submitted that there was no case against his client for the Central Criminal Court. The LORD MAYOR remanded the prisoners, and stated that he would not take less bail for each of them than two good securities for 1001. each, and their own recognisances in 2001. each. Adolphus Valentine Wyatt, eating-house keeper, of Silver-street, was committed to Newgate for trial upon the charge of having committed a felonious as sault upon Mary Ann Lee, his servant. BO W-STREET. BURGLARY AND ROBBERY.—Yesterday Richard Elliot, described as a tobacconist, and Richard Vincent, an om nibus driver, were brought up for final examination, charged with being concerned in breaking into the dwelling-house of Mr. Cox, a clerical robe-maker, 29, Southampton-street, Strand, on the night of the 24th of December, and stealing several pieces of silk, and other articles, amounting to nearly 2004 It may be necessary to state, that information being given of the circumstance, the officers of the detective force discovered that the prisoners had disposed of a piece of silk, consisting of seventeen yards, for 14 ss. Gd., to Mrs. Dismore, the landlady of the King's Arms public house, in the Coal-yard, Drury-lane, who was unable to identify the prisoners, but they being subsequently ap prehended in Paddington, the remainder of the property was discovered in the house of Elliot, together with a considerable quantity of other valuable property. Inspector Shackle said, as a wrong impression was made on the Court at the last examination, respecting the public-house where the silk had been sold, he had received a letter from the landlord, offering to produce persons, who were in his house when the property was disposed of, to speak to the identity of the prisoners. Inspector Shackle said, he was bound to add that Mr. Dismore gave every assistance in tracing out the parties by whom the property had been sold, and he thought he was entitled to such a statement. Mr. JARDINE considered the matter required only to be corrected, and, as the officers were satisfied with the assistance they had received, it was sufficient to remove any wrong impressions that might have been made at the last examination. James Bachelor, a coach-lace manufacturer, proved that on Saturday, the 28th of December, about four o'clock in the afternoon, being at the bar of the King's Arms for the purpose of getting change to pay his iren, he saw two men enter, one of whom was Elliot, with a parcel under his arm, and on asking the landlady if she would purchase a piece of silk, seventeen yards, she re plied she did not require so much to make a dress. He then said he had taken it for a bad debt, allowing 3s per yard for it, but he would take Is. 6d. a yard for it, upon which she gave 11. 55. 6d., and placed the parcel under the counter. Mr. Robinson applied for bail to be taken for Vincent, as he had heretofore held an irreproachable character, and the officer could bring no other charge. Mr. JARDINE agreed to accept of bail, himself in the sum of 1001. and sureties in 501. each, to answer the charge at the Central Criminal Com t, and the wit nesses being bound over, the prisoners were committed for trial. ROBBERY OF THE LEICESTER BANE.—The prisoner, Elliot, was then charged with stealing the sum of 1,071/. 16s. 10d., the property of Messrs. Pares and Co., the Leicestershire Joint-Stock Banking Company. Mr. Henry Thomas Hill, a clerk in the service of the prosecutors, stated that on Wednesday, the 13th of Sep tember, 1843, he made up a parcel containing the sinister of Bank of England, country notes and cheques, amount ing to 1,071/. 16s. 10d., which consisted of one hundred and :forty-six Si. notes, and nine 101. notes, with nine cheques, directing it to Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, of Lombard-street, London. Having made up the parcel he sealed it, and took it to the book ing-office at the George Hotel, Leicester, where he deli vered it into the hands of Mr. Henry Ilacket, who was then a clerk, for the purpose of having it forwarded to London. The dexter halves of the notes he made up in a letter, which he directed the same evennig in the same manner, and put into the post-office. He did not take the number of the notes, as it was not then the custom, nor had he seen them since. Witness identified the sinister half-note produced of the Bank of England for Si., dated the 2d of Nov., 1842, No. T. 0. 26,785, which passed through the Bank 9th of Sept. 1843 or 1844, but he could not tell which without referring to the books; also the sinister half of another for Si., dated 2d Nov., 1841, No. S. P. 26,364, as having passed through the bank on the I 1 th of Sept., but he could not tell the year ; and a third for 5!., dated 16th of Feb., 1842, No. S. A. 83,413, passing the bank on the 13th of September. In cross •examination, witness could not say the notes were part of the parcel that had been made up and posted in the manner described. Inspector Haynes informed the Court that as Pares and Co. had indemnified the Bank of England for the loss, they declined to interfere in the prosecution. The same objection had been made by the Midland, and the London and Birmingham Companies, on the ground that the parcel had not been lost by their servants ; and as to Smith and Co., they considered the expense too great, which obliged him to get the evidence in the best way he could. JANUARY 18, 1845 Mr. Henry "racket proved that in the month of Sep tember, 1843, he was bookkeeper at the George, in Leicester, and recollected the parcel being brought on the 13th of September of that year, to be sent to London. It was directed to Smith and Co., and after remaining in his possession about half an hour it was sent to the railway station by George Mason, the porter. Cross-examined—fie was positive about it, as it was the only parcel on that day for London, and he entered it on the book produced, for which Is. 3d. was paid, but he could not say by whom it was brought, and he gave a receipt as for a banker's parceL George Mason having proved the delirery of the parcel, George Wade, a porter employed at the Midland Rail way station, in Leicester, said he recollected receiving the parcel from the last witness shortly after nine o'clock in the evening, which he put in the usual place for par cels in the office, where it remained till the mail train arrived, and then it was sent to London, having put it in the bag himself. When he put the parcel in the office he locked the door and put the key in another office, and after returning from supper he found it in the same state he had left it, and then he forwarded it. Mr. JARDINE observed it was very serious to find such important companies, for the purpose of saving expense, refuse to come forward and assist the officers, which would be the means of dispensing with the attendance of several persons, which would not have been the case had legal advice been taken, the object being to prevent a recurrence of such robberies. Inspector Haynes said the inconvenience was incalcu lable, for as the house of Pares and Co., had been indem nified, several tradespeople who could not afford it exe cuted orders to considerable amounts upon the receipt of half-notes, being as a matter of course ignorant of any understanding that might exist between the company and the Bank of England. The witness Wade being recalled, said the keys of the parcel van were kept at the termini, and there was no possibility of opening during the transfer by the guard, who merely carried the way bill. Mr. JARDINE said it would be well if more distinct evidence as to the practices were given, in order to show that no person could by any possibility get even at the lock. James Smith, foreman porter at the Euston-square terminus, recollected the parcel coming to the station in a very good condition, being sealed. He called it over and handed it to another p,rter. In answer to the Court, witness said the keys of the Leicester van he kept, and it was the universal practice there should be no other key kept but at the other ter minus in London. Mr. Thomas Greenhough, clerk to Smith and Com pany, identified the parcel produced as having arrived on the 14th of September, 1843, wrapped in light coloured paper, on which he put a number. On opening it he found it contained several pieces of waste paper, and the outside cover of an old book produced, but no bank-notes. Mr. James Ball, another clerk, said that on the 14th of September, he received a letter, directed to his em ployers, containing the halves of several country notes, amounting to 8201., and also several cheques, amounting to 251/. 16s. 10d. Witness here described the dexter halves and their numbers, as spoken to by the first witness. Inspector Shackle stated that on Monday, the 30th of December last, he apprehended the prisoner upon an other charge, and on searching him he found six halves of the Bank of England notes produced, three for 10Z, three for 51., being joined together to form three notes, bnt having different dates and numbers, being the notes missing from the parceL John Draper, jun., of the Globe Tavern, in Hatton garden, identified the prisoner as the person who came, about the month of October last, to the house to request some parcel containing guns would be directed to John Moore, from Mr. Bradley, of Birmingham, which be ex pected, and the housekeeper gave him permission in his presence. He never saw the prisoner before, and in a few days after the parcel, as described, which was a long deal box, arrived. It was heavy, and paid for, and the next day the prisoner, having asked if it had come, was answered in the affirmative, and he took it away on his shoulder. In a few days after he called again, and asked if a letter addressed to Mr. John Moore bad arrived from Mr. Bradley, as he (prisoner) lived in Bleeding heart-yard, and his wife forgot to ask for it when she called for the beer. Mr. Draper, sen., said he saw the prisoner only once, when he took away the parcel ; but on receiving a se cond letter he kept it, as he understood there was some fraudulent transaction, till he delivered it to the officers. Mr. JARDINE said the officers should do the best they could to get up further evidence, and ordered the pri soner to be remanded for a week. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, JAN. 16, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable Sir Charles Theophi - Ins Metcalfe, Bart., G.C.8., and Captain-General and Governor in Chief of her Majesty's Provinces of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, and of the Island of Prince Edward, and Governor-General of all her Ma jesty's Provinces on the Continent of North America, and of the Island of Prince Edward, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Metcalfe, of Fern-hill, in the county of Berks. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 15. The Queen has been pleased to approve of lir. James Thompsoa, as Consul at Gibraltar for the Free Hansea tic cities of Hamburgh and Lubeck. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. John Fergusson, as Consul at Belfast for the Republic of Venezuela. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, JAN. 8. The Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household has appointed Thomas Uwins, Esq., Royal Academician, to be Surveyor of Pictures in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Sir Augustus Wall Callcott, Royal Aca demician, deceased. WHITEHALL, JAN. 16. The Right Honourable Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, has appointed Charles John Dene, of Barnstaple, in the county of Devon, At torney and Solicitor, to be one of the Perpetual Commis sioners 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 the substi tution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the county of Devon. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 17, 1845. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Veterinary Surgeon J. Wilkinson, from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice J. Home, who retires upon half-pay, Jan. 17. 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain M. Clerk, from the 19th Foot, to be Captain, vice Forrester, who exchanges, Jan. 17. 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons—E. R. Dodwell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Blathwayt, ap pointed to the 23d Foot, Jan. 17. 16th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant P. Bolton, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Kirk, appointed Paymaster, Jan. 17. 19th Foot—Captain the Hon. C. R. W. Forester, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Clerk, who exchanges, Jan. 17. 22d Foot—Gentleman Cadet F. W. T. Caulfield, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Weld, deceased, Jan. 17. 23d Foot—Lieutenant F. A. D. Roebuck to be Captain, by purchase, vice Campbell, who retires ; Second Lieutenant G. P. Philipps to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Roebuck ; Cornet J. F. Blathwayt, from 17th Light Dragoons, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Philipps, Jan. 17. 48th Foot.—Ensign A. A. Chapman to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fullerton, who retires ; C. Sykes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Chapman, Jan. 17. 50th Foot—Lieut. J. J. Enoch to be Captain, without purchase, vice James, deceased; Ensign J. C. Bishop, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Enoch; Gentleman Cadet H. Naugle, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bishop, Jan. 17. 64th Foot-f-LEnsign I. T. Twining to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Horrocks, who retires; J. A. Reed, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Twining, Jan. 17. 68th Foot—Lieut. W. 11. H. Carmichael to be Adju tant, vice Cross, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Jan.l7. 75th Foot—Captain P. Delancey to be Major, by pur chase, vice Hall, who retires ; Lieut. G. T. George to be Captain, by purchase, vice Delancey ; Ensign Henry Nelthorpe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George ; J. G. Fox, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nel therpe, Jan. 17. 89th Foot--Ensign D. D. Muter to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mytton, who retires; B. D. Moore, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Muter, Jan. 17. 92d Foot—Ensign W. 2E. Moncrieffe to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Nicoll, who retires ; R. Bethune, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moncrieffe, Jan. 17. 98th Foot—Lieutenant E. Haythorne to be Captain, without purchase, vice Gordon, deceased ; Ensign M. Batt to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hay thorne, Sept. 11, 1844; Gentleman Cadet W. C. Rose, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Batt, Jan. 17. Ist West India Regiment—G. Phelan, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Rose, who resigns, Jan. 17. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon A. Shanks, M.D., from the 55th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, Tice Kinnis promoted ; Surgeon J. M. M'Donald, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice G. Ferguson who retires upon half-pay, Jan. 17. COMMISSARIAT. Deputy Commissary General Tupper Carey to be a Commissary General. Assistant Commissary General William Randolph Eppes, Assistant Commissary General Henry Bowers, to be Deputy Commissaries General. To be Assistant Commissaries General. Deputy-Assistant Commissary General Joseph William Wybault, Deputy Assistant Commissary General Richard Inglis, Deputy Assistant Commissary General John W. Smith, Deputy Assistant Commissary General Johannes do Smidt, Deputy Assistant Commissary General T. J. Lempriere, Deputy Assistant Commissary General John J. Smith. To be Deputy Assistant Commissaries-General. Commissariat Clerk Alfred Salwey, Commissariat Clerk John Thomas Cowper, Commissariat Clerk John Banner Price, Commissariat Clerk James Charles R. Wood, Commissariat Clerk James Bell Lundy Commissariat Clerk Robert Baker, Commissariat Clerk William Hewetson, Commissariat Clerk Charles H. Sheil, Commissariat Clerk William Robertson Cooper, Commissariat Clerk Hector J. Macaulay,, Commissariat Clerk Henry Connell, Commissariat Clerk Win. James Tyrone Power. The commissions of the above-named officers to bear date the 24th December, 1844. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Second Lieutenant Dawkins, appointed to the 60th Foot, are Clinton Francis Berens, and not Bewes, as previously stated. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Forfarshire. Forfar and Kincardine Regimekt of Militia—J. R. L'Amy, jun., of Dunkenny, Esq., to be Captain, Dee. 7. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Samuel Hammond, jun., market gardener, Upminster, Essex. BANKRUPTS. William Aldred, builder, New Kent-•road, Jan. 21, at twelve, and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-cham bers ; Beart, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. Antonio Nicholas Armani, merchant, Bush-lane, City, Jan. 23, at twelve, and Feb. 26, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Crofts, Scott's-yard, Bush-lane. Thomas Browning, innkeeper, Old Bailey, Jan. 29, at twelve, and Feb. 26, at One, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Lambe, Bucklersbury. Andrew Donald, bookseller, St. Alban's, Hert ford, Jan. 22 and Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings; Buchanan and Granger, Basinghall- street. Joseph George Todman, licensed victualler, Gray's Inn-lane, Jan. 28 and Feb. 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's pl•ace, Old Jewry; Dimes, Bread-street, Cheapside. Henry Rome Stutchbury, bookseller, Theobald's-road, Bedford-row, Jan. 24, at half-past one, and Feb. 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official as signee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Webber, Caro line-street, Bedford-square. Thomasltichard Withers, brewer, Eling, Southampton, Jan. 31, at two, and Feb. 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry; Sowton, Great James-street, Bedford row; Coxwell and Harefield, Southampton. George Dickinson, farrier, South Portman-mews, Portman-square, Jan. 24 and Feb. 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab church-lane, Lombard-street; Buchanan and Grainger, Basinghall-street. William Robertson, coffee-house keeper, Eagle. ter race, City-road, Jan. 24, at eleven, and March 1, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Buchanan and Grainger, Basinghall-street, City. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. W. F. Mills, gunmaker, High Holborn—second div. of 6s. 6d. in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 18, and three following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab church-lane. T. Whitmarsh, hotel keeper, Tunbridge-wells—second div. of 3d. in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 18, and three following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab church-lane. W. Fairclough and E. Swainson, merchants, Liverpool —second div. of 7d. in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 20, or any subsequent Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Banks, tallow chandler, Liverpool—second div. of 4d. in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 20, or any subsequent Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. R. Allinson, ironmonger, Whitehaven—first div. of 3s. 4d. in the pound to all the creditors who have proved their debts since July 16, 1844, and a second div. of 3s. in the pound to all who have proved before or on Nov. 27 last, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. W. Perkins, ship builder, Saint Wollos—second div. of ld. in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 20, or any subse quent Monday, at the %ffice of Mr. Acraman, Bristol. E. Reynolds silk and woollen printer, Merton, Surrey —first div. of 2s. 114 d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. J. Oliver, J. York, and R. Harrison, coal and iron masters, Tipton, Staffordshire—second div. of 3s. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whit more, Ba,singhall-street. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. E. Adams, livery-stable keeper, Blenheim-street, New Bond-street, Feb. 7, at twelve—C. Daly, bookseller, Red Lion-square, Feb. 7, at eleven—C. Newman, miller, Little Coggeshall, Essex, Feb. 7, at half-past eleven— J. Richards, livery-stable keeper, Oxford- street, Feb. 7, at two—C. S. Masterman, grocer, Croydon, Feb. 7, at half-past one—S. Billingsley, Jun., merchant, Harwich, Feb. 14, at twelve. In the Country. It. and J. Caldecott, silk mercers, Manchester, Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—S. Price, machine maker, Blackburn, Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court— W. Mather, C. Mather, and J. T. Newstead, ironfounders, Manchester, Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. T. Milner and C. Bedford, confectioners, Bull, Feb. 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. J. Raper, tailor, Bridge-road, Lambeth, Feb. 7—M. Walker, wholesale hardwareman, Fleet-lane, Farringdon street, Feb. 7—J. H. Utting, upholsterer, Newman street, Oxford-street, Feb. B—T. B. Hall, grocer, Cog gershall, Essex, Feb. 14—A. Warren, confectioner, Parliament-street, Westminster, Feb. 11—W. H. Hay ward, cotton spinner, Manchester, Feb. 7—P. Robinson, bottle manufacturer, Warrington, Lancashire, Feb. 7 T. Goldsworthy, merchant, Clifton -street, Maida-vale, Feb. 7—B. Osborne, table-knife manufacturer, Sheffield, Feb. 7—S. Chapman, sail maker, Liverpool, Feb. 7—R. Currie, bookseller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 7—R. I)unn, corn factor, Wakefield, Feb. 7—T. Pearce, tripeman, Bermondsey-street, Bermondsey, Feb. 7. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Hanson, J. Wilson, and J. Dougill, lead pipe ma nufacturers, Huddersfield—D. Miller and T. Butler, brush makers, llounsditch—W. B. and J. 11. Nalbo rough, linendrapers, Harwich, Essex—M. Sharpie). and T. Russell, silk dyers, Rainow, Cheshire—A. B. Lambe and G. Gardner, wine merchants, New Bond-street---W. Fisher, sen., T. W. Harland, and W. Fisher, jun., painters, Blackman-street, Borough (so far as regards W. Fisher, sen.)—G. and W. Mungeam, maltsters, Meopham, Kent—T. Bury and W. Slater, cotton dyers, Salford—J. G. Evans and R. P. Gould, pencil manufac turers, Upper Rosoman-street, Clerkenwell—A. Ryde and J. H. Paul, printers, Monmouth-street, Seven Dials —J. Philpot and J. Philpot, jun., surgeons, Upper Baker-street, Marylebone—J. Samuels, J. King, and C. J. Samuels, merchants, Manchester (so far as regards J. King)—T. L. Nosworthy and W. Sandell, curriers, Newton-street, Holborn—R. H. and S. Sharp, architects, York—W. Booth, W. Wroe, J. Lord, and J. Barra clough, ironfounders, Barnsley, Yorkshire—J. Con stable and C. Foster, bone merchants, Kingston-upon- Hull—J. Radford and W. K. Loftus, mail con tractor 3, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—J. Tolson and T. Hare, fancy woollen manufacturers, Huddersfield—Richard Hampson, E. Joynson, and Robert Hampson, cotton dealers, Manchester—W. W. Whitelegg. J. Whitelegg, and G. T. Knowles, cotton spinners --F. Esberger, J. Norton, and R. Mason, coach makers, Louth, Lincoln shire—Jarnes Bateson, R. Horsfall, and John Bateson, brokers, Liverpool—G. G. West, J. R. West, and H. W. West, mast makers, Lower Thames-street (so far as re gards G. G. West). LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LOSS OF FIVE BRITISH SHIPS AS TA GANROG. The following is an extract of a letter received at Lloyd's, from the Admiralty, by W. Dobson, Esq., the secretary:— " Taganrog, December 11, 1844. " Since my report of the loss — of the British schooner Elizabeth, and the dangerous position of four other British ships, the masters rad crews of the latter have been obliged to abandon their vessels, and are now here, like the men of the Elizabeth, all destitute; for, although the said ships have not yet gone to pieces, their po sition is such that no hope remains of their being saved ; and I fear that by reason of the dis tance from the land, and the dangerous state of the ice, very little of the cargoes, or even of their stores, can be got out of them. Thus, as you already know, the crew of the Elizabeth, which is utterly lost, consisting of seven persons, have saved nothing. The Ann Metcalfe is lyinit on her beam ends, and is full of water, and the crew, of twelve persons, has also saved nothing. The Countess of I)u►►more is lying on her side, and must upset with the first shift of wind. This vessel, notwithstanding an early application from myself to the acting Governor, both verbally and in writing, for the protection of the property, has, it is this day discovered, been plundered by the fishermen of all her stores, &c., the crew, consisting of twelve persons, having previously reached the shore with extreme diffi culty, and without being able to bring away anything. The crews of the Hants and British Queen, whick ships, having their sides cut through, are mere wrecks, were more fortunate, having brought on their shoulders some effects, but most of their clothes were lost during their passage to the shore, their lives having been in great peril while passing over the moving ice. These two crews consist of twenty persons." (Signed by the British Vice-Consul.) CLEARANCE Oil' SURPLUS STORES IN THE PORTS OF BRAZIL. A decree of the Biaztiliaa Government, received at the Board of Trade, has been forwarded to Lloyd's. The articles, which are only of importance to merchants trading to the Brazils, can be seen at Lloyd's. LOSS OF THE BRIGS NINE AND PRINCE ALBERT. The following is an extract of a letter from the British Consul at the Cape de Verds, forwarded from the Foreign-office to W. Dobson, Esq., the Secretary at Lloyd's : " Boa Vista, Cape do Verds, Nov. 14, 1844. "My Lord,—l have the honour to report the loss of the English brigs Nine, Captain Sinclair, upon the 17th of September last, upon the H a rtw e ll Reef, at the north end of the island, and the Prince Albert, Peter Berry, master, upon the north point of the island of Fuego, on the 16th of September. Both vessels were bound to Ichaboe for guano, and were in ballast. lam happy to say no lives were lost. The crews have been sent to the river Gambia, there being no chance of their getting from the islands, an opportunity direct to England sel dom or ever offering. Some clothing was given them. " To the Earl of Aberdeen." EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Lady Rowena, Miller, from Bqngal, in the Downs, sailed Aug. 20, Cape Nov. 11, passed St. Helena Nov. 24 ; Dublin, Richmond, from Mauritius, off Rom ney, sailed Oct. 13, St. Helena Nov. 20 ; Semarang, Geere, from Madras , in the Downs -- , ; S w ep o t r . ra 2 i o L , Mauritius Oct. 26, Cape Nov. 21 ; Cumberland, Major, from China, off Dover, sailed July 29, St. H e l ena N ov. 18 ; British Merchant, from Singapore, in the Downs, Ellen, f s r a o il m ed ß A om ug ba .. y l , 2 i , n Ascension Nov. sailed Nov. Sept. 19 ; V anguar d , Longridge, from Mauritius, in the Downs, sailed Oct. 3. 11 Arrivals at Mauritius—Jane and Jessie, C B I Oct. 19, from Marseilles; Robin Gray, rou i ) ,J from Moulmein ; Louise, Man, from Nant° s ,,,,' Malcolm, 23d, from Calcutta ; Tartar, Ben'' Muscat ; Union, Middleton, 24th, from Calcul!,;ro ham Gales, Venus, from Bordeaux ; Persian, v 25th, from Madras. Oct. I ‘-. Departures from Mauritius—Spec, Dicey, Malabar coa s t ; Lord Hungerford, Pigott, 17tv;„::' stone, Tremlin, and Nutcut, Lonsdale , to Calcutl:; stant, Les port to Bourbon; Atiel , Rohotnon, Madras; Madonna, Miller, 21st, to Ceylon; SoPh ias6 to Calcutta; Regia, Morrison, 24th, to Lond on. ' Arrival at St. Helena—Robert Clive, Mer cert London. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The St. Vin c ent,.eal" ; 2 eo . NAVAL INTELLIGEN C o f ' Rowley, received her main and foremas ts on W ,:„, and has since been completed. She is roe lo,r fittings with considerable rapidity. adi Ji The Royal yacht was masted on Tuesday, $ ceeding rapidly with her fittings. t o° , The Harlequin, 16, Commander Hastings, d i bau ;e , her specie at the dockyard on Tuesday, an' rit lit; into the stream in the evening. She is distr c, pay off. The ransom money she brought was conveyed to the terminus of the Gosportcrimerl,,, 28 waggons, under an escort of the 59th lientle Wednesday, to be deposited in the Mint. was 37 tons. „ A The Cockatrice, 6, Lieutenant-Command a 0 arrived on Wednesday from Rio, which Sbo left 11th of November. She brought a Esall bullion, &c.; also supernumeraries from th e , 4o ; , ', She also brings the news that the Gorgon , 1 0';', Captain Hotham, which has been so long ash r ' re itif,` Video, has been got afloat again after unee;sP, tions on the part of her officers and crew.basallot' trice sailed this day for Chatham with , paid l' vessels fitting out there, and to be oft tr . ' ollog'oi The Hydra steam-sloop, Commander „ at Ascension from the coast on the ISt and supernumeraries, to the number Of l o ta took out of the Heroine, 6, Li e utenant' c i,4o Foote, whom she fell in with on her pass a g e .icr Private letters state that the coast was v er y - the Hydra left. plc° dr The Eclair, steam-sloop, Command er „, th England rived at Ascension from - Ol the , 114 0 vember. The Rapid, 10, left Ascension for St. gele -2d ult. c ore The Penelope, 22, steam-frigate, Conn' lelt Ascension on the 3d ult. for a cruise d ° ' ' ; The Pelican, 16, Comm an d e r Justice, j,,. r ttfr;s bour dismantling. She has not yet landeel .. d" - to t' ej but will do so on Monday. She is orde , off here. t SP illl to g6 ° s' The Amazon, 26, Captain Stopford, , party of shipwrights went out to her yew - „0 0 ` . some necessary alterations on board. t The Locust steam-vessel, Lieutena lk. a pero o lil : ' Eden, left yesterday for Devonport, wit l3s e 'lf ee A r ties for the vessels fitting at that port. It 15r5oey,' will proceed from Devonport to the biedi te '„ 0 The Vengeance, 84, was masted this aN vanced ship. The Britannia, 120, is in dock, being pre r °1; 0 11 pendant. b 0 1 Mr. White, of Cowes, has got orders O As i "Daring ;" also another 50 gun frigate °n iaf The Monkey, steam-vessel, arrived yew pernumeraries. The Vindictive, 50, Captain Michael Sci-forie,?,' ceeding very expeitiously in her equipw eri leb,/ is alongside the jetty, and entering some 1 31 ' 4 10 whom, we are informed, she has alreadi upwards of 400. n a O A / The Albatross, 16, Commander Yorke , I"; ' dove, 16, Commander Sir W. amnia, we sion on the 3d ult. A of/ The Lily, 16, Commander Newton, an hi) 10, Lieutenant-Command er R o bs o n, ate ready for sea. the4f In Harbour—The Victory, the Excelleat:he t't tive, the Harlequin, the Pelican, the Lllf' Cep the Nautilus ; and the Dwarf , alonkeP Fearless steam vessels. r,eg,d In Dock—The Britannia, the Prince Athol, the Magicienne, and the Bee steal° vessel. e at( In the Basin—The Neptun e , the St. A r g l-e tC Yacht, and the Echo steam-t ug . At Spithead—The Amazon, awaiting and advance wages. DEVONPORT.—The Falmouth lighter( wages. mander Baker, sailed on Sunday with so re- of depots. tei# The Crane, 6, Lieutenant-C om mander ••'' on Sunday from Falmouth to repair. a ged The Ospre- 12, Comr id( Patten, .14' Jsprey, _ , .mander 'at, day for China. ft The Mutine, 12, Commander Crawford,le iv, on Tuesday for the South American sttitl ev. ok e The Pantaloon, 8, Commander Wilson , $l4? witch, 8, Commander T. F ranc i s Birch, t r e 4 ' day to join the squad ron un d er Con:o°' • the Coast of Africa station. o The Mutine, Waterwitch, and Pants- c i d their sailing qualities as far as Ascensioot Commodore Jones. is The Daring, 12, Com mo d ore W a tson, ; 4 ,1- of stores, preparatory t o aga i n b e i n g dock 1 01 discover and stop her leaka ge . • ssl/ // In Harbour—The flag-ship Caledonntt bion, Superb, Acteeon, Racehorse, Acor a lscer f ti ring, Espiegle, Ranger, C rane , S n ipe, „c o ol. Confiance steamers ; and the Hamoase, von lighters. ; In the Sound—Flying-fi s h. 0,! o f V, SHEERNESS, JAN. 16,—The Queen, I CJ , jol still carries the flag of the Commander-,ir r oillg t , White, although she is quit e s t r ipp e d. •`„„ e for,,t,t.? as to when she will be towed t o Chat/01'01 ft( nor strictly of what nature the alteration 6 o The Amazon, 26, Captain Stopford, l e ,;fl l /, head, to be paid advance on the 10th. A itr y d.! The Isis, 44, Captain bir John Marsh*: t l l e,')/ A i Portsmouth on the 11th, and anchored cou,",fr Monday, when she was towed to Chatliti ai i ,'; / The Trafalgar, 120, fitting for the being expedited for service with all disP a . o l l/ v e The Brilliant, 28, i s i n d oc k , un derga v e of razeeing with much rapidity, and is e$ to be out of hand. „13 10 The Skylark, 4, is fittin g f or se a in t. - or toy expeditiously, and will b e rea dy i n a asi n deqtl f The Raven cutter, Lieutenant-Comm an d equipping for servic e w ith a ll di spa tch, P" r in a weak. „ if iadf f o t l i The Speedy cutter, Lieutenant-0O3:•1114)'flor is refitting at sea as fast as the weather -1 0 , V'', In Harbour—The Queen, Ocean, R aire fse l ' Speedy cutters, and the African steam -1- tb s ,/ In Dock—The Hercules, 72, repairia,;ooo 28, razeeing ; the Spy, re fit t i ng for re P the Crocodile troop-ship. 6t ti 7 In the Basin—The Trafalgar, 120. vol ► flag ; the Herald, 28, re p a i r i ng ; a nd th e class steamer, waiting for the pendan......t. A 0 4 , MELANCHOLY DEATIJ- 7 SINKERS, IN DIJ bg On Thursday last, an inquest was lieVait rye Maynard, Esq., Coroner for Easingw ° to r , on view of the bodies of James Robs° f ; eight years, Joseph Elsdon, twenty-six n ' dick, thirty-eight years, and John 1-I ° ll jl.4s years, sinkers, who were killed in t "„ i ceP ef t7 o ol Durham, under the following circuro s t a e 01b 0 0 4 4i, They had been in company with sol a wi ft.i f t ! at the bottom of the L u d wor th e of" tlfyy being about to be fired for the purP°: l ,,el le f , : stone, the deceased got into a cont . , a n tit 0 1 , 1 0 : 1 1// to the five quarter seam, so as to be ° a r o' , the explosion. Shortly after they werrer the men who remained at the bottom I° 4 lliog fj elt'' firing the powder, heard something ` or f shaft, and immediately afterwards r t E di: men fell to the bottom, the whole of t he upon the spot. O le ft) r r o'' One of the witnesses (who at the the 5b5 co dent was working at the bottom of t" - „o) Live the hook wa s f as t ene d se curely i l' i tV l /, time it left the bott om o f the pit, hu t a iat e ol f that the corf had only res t e d on th c e ibsel gs tif f e l e k* without the spri ng h av i ng b ee n pus° fi f e j o t ; diately on the corf reaching the d t hen jA b e' (where the men were to get oat) ha d it, o ff' the perpendicular or hanging pos` u • po whilst ascending the shaft, and thus $ d° and fell to the bottom. c lod° Verdict —Accidental Death, with a 0 ,4 ;1 '4 , of one shilling. 1 30 1 0$1 the $ cf s of laVe Society,l ave been comprising t informedthe malet it 0 03 : te. : ra : e t lit r ei s bo te b e tarian congregation in Kiddermilibot 0 0 4 on Tuesday evening last, at the " ..rso Talbot, jun., in the chair, in the ow a 13; , g e l l‘ l 7l lia, lc v " The Health of Sir Robert Peel Lon , fi s „ r P Ministers" was proposed by Mr. Th rone s 0 4 0 1 fo rt:: warmly eulogised the Right Hon. r oc ee.', 3 . 4 in support of Toleration, and h is ill. • through of the Dissenters' Chapel ece fed/ also states that the toast was well r Messenger. r - -- g ' wi o fe n of th G e . l l 6 te th id, in l s ]s t q ,. , l o f f r a s. s l ( :'il . 'jam Ricilwvior •~rl fa ds- BIRTHS. , of 5 til e ~ 1 o O n n the the 16th 16th inst., inet, M et rs. R l t ' ut . 3 S u t. eLd.eG, 7 1f t:1 x : 1 0 ' 0 V , 0 , 0. 0 . ,he Rev. George Barons Northcote, of s 0 °,...00 1, f p e ot 9 terrace, of a daughter. A gage, 4ii, On the 17th inst., at Clarence-ten-' elk Col _.." On the 17th inst the lady of John r of a daughter. ” --' cß A S hu t l i Ou e_x i f nn o a rd tt n : °l e d in , r e e ko r 9E f t t. Gillespie, l t - :le: rAest al ' iti l ia s in t i. . c h ni ' ins t., at St. _Leonard's, Buckingham, Esq. ---- Co ( t () ;r i n i t t o h t f e h e e , D I E D • dr i t o, 4, On the 16th inst., P tronella Alex j assi,r S. S. Hall, Es e eel 13" i 1 J tji 4 €l. nrastforac:StAl----uonAEllm).R.siliildyfe.ti:n°dllg, e::::::461:10"11"10.1. On the 3d inst ,in London, JeoffreY -L ast er 3fri i 0 , lqi 33 ~ Clerke, aged 42. R ' C r4 41‘1 ° ,: Ou the 10th inst., at Darlingtoe-Pl4le' ~,r, v o s Elizabeth Aleears, 66. nerl , e l- 0 0 On . tlie 10th inst., at Hill-court, Uel' a r ro pet ° t. ,v, Torquay, De c -I' 0 ,10 /11 tershire, Sir John Dutton Colt, fourth __---: - iO I) , .....-- - ------r i - ii0u.,0,. London : Printed and Published 1- , ,, ,- ov , co , b us the No. 112, Strand, Printer, at fie it 3 &rand. in the Precinct of the 58,115. Middlesex, Saturday, January 18, 1 i - e:c'ritycf..,,ll3.l'aaitrgdgaur 1 iheal li ts: .EGsgra.: 111, !.,