The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-21 00:00:00

GERMANY Oa the 16th inst. the Minister of Commerce a Berlin had an interview with the President of the Cabinet on the subject of the affairs of the ZAlverein. The Kolner Zeitung, which contains this news, states that it is now quite certain that Baron Manteuffel is resolved not to yield to Austria on this point. The same paper mentions certain rumours, which it appears have gained no inconsiderable share of credit at Berlin, of an army of 50,000 men, which, it is said, Austria intends to concentrate in the north of Germany. With respect to these rumours the Kolner Zeitung declares that they are unfounded, and that Austria, far from concentrating so large an army in the north, has not even sent the full number of troops to Holstein, which she was authorized by the Olmutz treaty to employ in the pacifi cation of the Duchies. It is, however, worthy of notice that the Lithozraphirte Correspondenz, a Ministerial journal, thinks proper to allude to this alleged concentration of Austrian troops in a manner which is evidently calculated to alarm the public. The Ministerial journal concludes by stating that Prussia too intends to reinforce the troops which are marching upon Holstein. Another paragraph of the same paper states that the Prussian Government has asked for the reasons of this Austrian concentration of troops, and that the reasons have been stated by the Cabinet of Vienna. Nevertheless the Lithographirte Correspondenz thinks itself called upon to protest that the fact of the con cenkration of troops is of great importance. The Weser Zeitung states from Hanover, that for the purpose of preventing the soldiers who have been dismissed from the Holstein army from infesting the country as vagrants, the Hanoverian Government has consented to convey these soldiers by rail to the various stations on the frontiers of the kingdom. It was expected that not less than 9,000 soldiers would pass through Hanover into the various states of Ger many. Al. Beseler, late Stadtholder of Holstein, has ar. rived at Brunswick. The Austrian troops reached the capital of the kingdom of Hanover on the 17th instant. The Constitutionel has the following paragraph from Dresden, in reference to the arrangement of the votes of the States in the revised Bands : " In the new enyer-Rath, or smaller council, after sub tracting the votes of Austria and Prussia, three voices will remain,which will be distributed as follows :—One to the two Hesses and Baden; the second will be divided be tween Nassau, Oldenburg, the two Meeklenburgs, Bruns wick, and the Hanse Towns; the third among the other small states, including Holstein, Luxemburg, and Lim burg. Prussia and Austria have two votes each, and each of the other kingdoms one, making nine curice with n votes. In the plenum Austria and Prussia will have 10 votes each, and the whole number will be increased from 69 to 80." The same Journal states that the Executive will have at its command 135,000 men, to which Austria will contribute 30,000, Prussia 30,000, Bavaria 15,000, and the other kingdoms each 10,000 men. In the Hessian question it is said Prussia has proposed that it shall be submitted to a court of arbitration of the Bund, as soon as one can be formed, but that the Elector will not accept the proposition. THE SPANISH DEBT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slll.—Will you afford me space to correct an error into which a correspondent, under the signature of "A Daily Reader," has fallen in your journal of the 18th instant. Don Xavier de lituritz, to whom your correspondent alludes in a manner which I shall not characterize, had nothing to do, officially or other wise, with the " Home Three per Cent. debt," whereby, according to your correspondent, foreign creditors were defrauded. The scheme in question owed its origin to the genius of the Finance Minister, Senor Mon, who was absolute in his department of administration. I shall not go over, with so irate a eompagnon du voyage as your correspondent, the beaten track of the Spanish marriages ; nor shall I permit myself to notice, in extenso, the uncalled-for allusion relative to the graceful hospitalities of the Duke of Somerset. With that generous impartiality which has ever animated your journalism, I trust you will give in sertion to this note in The Sun as early as possible. I am, Sir, yours, &c., H. G. S. 19, Cecil-street, Strand, Jan. 19, 1851. CURRENCY REFORM. PUBLIC MEETING IN YORK. (From the York Herald of Saturday.) The members of the York Farmers' Club, farmers, and all others interested in the success of agriculture, having been invited, by public advertisement, to bear an explanation from the Rev. John Twells, of Perle thorpe, near 011erton, Nottinghamshire, of the nature of the currency laws, and their injurious tendency on all classes, but on the agriculturist body in particular, a public meeting accordingly took place on Thursday last, at the farmers' club room, Elephant and Castle Inn , Skeldergate. The attendance was not very numerous, but the remarks of the reverend gentleman were listened to with very great attention throughout, by those who were present. Mr. Wm. PHILLIPS, the secretary to the club, ob served that in this question Mr. Twells had taken a great interest, but that gentleman being now on a visit to a friend of his at Strensall, he had thought it desirable that the farmers in this district should have an opportunity of hearing Mr. Twells' remarks on the currency laws, the operation of which affeet all classes of the community. There was a gentleman present with regard to whom he might say this question was not foreign to his business ; he alluded to Mr. New man, the actuary and secretary to the Yorkshire In surance Company, who, he would propose, should take the chair on this occasion. The motion having been carried, Mr. NEWMAN said he had no doubt they would be all aware that the currency question was one in which they were not only interested themselves, but the kingdom at large. It was not possible that the con sideration of a subject, which embraces so many im portant points, could be supposed to be confined within the narrow sphere of that room, and therefore they must be content to hear what was said to them, take the matter home with them, and not make up their minds in a hurry, as the subject was one which required a quiet and calm consideration. It was their duty to give a fair and candid hearing to the gentleman who was about to address them, and, as Englishmen, to come to no other conclusion than that which would be borne out by sound reason. He pointed out the importance of having a measure which is always the same, and not a variable one, which he illustrated by putting it to the meeting whether they would like us, on going to Mr. Day's shop to purchase cloth, to have it measured by a thirty inch measure, when a twelvemonth previously it was measured by ene of thirty• six inches. If not, neither would they wish, if they lent 1001., to find that a year hence that sum had decreased in value. The Rev. J. TWaLLS said, availing himself of a visit to a friend to whom reference had been made, he had done himself the:pleasure of meeting the members of the York Farmers' Club, because, residing as he did in an agricultural district, it would be impossible for him not to feel considerable sympathy with the distressed and suffering st a t e o f t h e grea t b o d y o f the agriculturists. It would be impossible for him to witness a large, industrious, and enterprising body of men now being ground down, as it were, to the very earth, without bitter regret at what he considered their undeservedly hard lot. But he appeared there that day not merely to express hi s sympathy with them as a farming body, but to do what, if possible, is far more important, to suggest the best remedy for the existing state of the agricultural interest. It was not, however, merely on that ac count that he should call their attention to the cur rency question ; it was because he sincerely believed that all the industrial interests of the country are deeply involved in this important question, and that it has a most important bearing on all other interests. In addition to that, he stood there to advocate this question, not only as a man and an English man, but as a clergyman, for he, in his heart and conscience, believed that the moral, the social, and the religious condition of the great mass of th e people was involved in it. He wished the mee ti ng to consider well his remarks, for however erroneous some persons might consider his opinions, they were not opinions which had been formed in a hurry. He believed this country could never permanently prosper as long as the existing monetary system which is established by Sir Robert Peel's Bills of 1819 and 1844 remain in existence. It would be well for him to refer to two or three autho rities on the importance of the subject. First he named Sir James Graham, and then quoted from a circular published in December last, by Mr. CT. F. Young, chairman of the committee of the N a ti onal Society for the Protection of British Industry' r . Young recommends tothe British agriculturist an energetic demand for a revision and an amend ment of the present currency laws, which not merely embarrassed the action of the protec tive laws, while they existed, but if they got this pro tection back again impede , those laws would aga in and neutralise their action. Whether that opinion was true or false, he considered it was entitled to due respect; at all events, he thought it called on them, as sensible and reasoning men, to devote their best consideration to a subject which one of their admit• tedly best friends so pointedly call their attention to. —(Hear.) Let it be remembered that every farmer is a corn and cattle dealer, and also a money dealer. In the time of our early Saxon kings, the taxes were received in kind —wages and and all payments were made by the far mers i n kind. William the Conqueror introduced the system of receiving the taxes in money, and from that time every man who lives by the labour of his hands, or every man who lives by the labour of other men, is a party interested in the money question ; for this reason, that by the law of the land, money is the only legal ten- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1851. der ; that is, taxes, rent, wages, must all be paid in m nisey. How is the fanner to become possessed of money? Why he takes his produce to market, with which he buys money, and he cannot make a pay ment till he possesses himself of that article. Sup posing half his crop is mildewed or blighted, then he can only obtain half the money he would otherwise get ; and suppose the quantity of money should be diminished one-half, then the price of the produce must fall, because less money would be given for the same quantity of produce. For instance, you purchase a thousand loaves for a thousand shil lings, then each shilling is the price of a loaf. Dimi nish the shillings to 500, and the price of each loaf would be 6d. Diminish the shillings to 250, and the loaf would be 3d. Therefore the general principle is that the prices of articles depend upon the quantity of money. If there is a great quantity of money in the country, the prices of anything rise ; if money becomes scarce, prices fall. Various causes, he was aware, had affected the value of money in this country. The discovery of the silver mines in South America was one cause. Adam Smith had stated that from 1570 to 1640 the price of a quarter of wheat rose from 10s. to between 30s. and 40s. The Parliamentary Com mittee of 1813, which sat to inquire into the corn question, reported that previous to 1793, the price of corn, on an average of five years, never, exceeded 505. a quarter ; but shortly after that a very great change took place in the price of corn and other commodities. The change took place in con sequence of the great increase in the circulating medium, and arose from the passing of the Bank Restriction Act, by Pitt, in 1797. In that year the Bank of England bad notes amounting to 8,601,964/. In the following year it increased to 12,954,685/. In 1809, the circulation of notes had amounted to 18,214,0261., and that increase continued till 1814 when the circulation reached 21,291,832. The pro vincial bank paper also reached to a great amount. Then what was the price of corn and other commo dities during that period ? It was proved by the Parliamentary Committee he had referred to, that the average price of wheat from 1794 to 1820 was 87s. 10d. a quarter, a period of twenty-seven years, but during the last twelve of that period, viz., from 1809 to 1820, the average price of a quarter of wheat was 975. Bd., and this rise was not confined to wheat. There was a list published by the London Chamber of Commerce, in which was inserted eighty eight principal articles of commerce and necessaries of life—malt, hops, beer, wine, spirits, sugar, tea, coffee, tobacco, cheese, cotton, wool, silk, printed goods, hides, paper, &c.—which rose very consider ably indeed at the same time. He had often been told that the war was the cause of this great rise in price, and of the prosperity which attended the country during that period. With all its at tendant evils, there can be no doubt that the progress of this country during the twenty years of war was very considerable, but regard ing, as he did, war as one of the heaviest scourges which can be inflicted upon mankind, he never could for a moment believe that that prosperity was pro duced by war. We had war, and a good monetary system. War was doing all the harm it could—the monetary system then adopted, by allowing the in dustrial energies of the country to expand, was doing all the good it could. The war came to an end, and alas ! the prosperity of the country came to an end. We entered not on peace and plenty, but peace and suffering. After the battle of Waterloo the Bank of England was told that they must prepare now to pay their notes in cash. They of course immediately took measures to reduce their circulation, and the circulation was reduced nearly one-half in 1816 or 1817. The effect of this was, as might have been ex pected, from the principles to which he had alluded. Corn fell to 645. a quarter, and, according to Sir James Graham, the total number of bankruptcies in 1815 amounted to 1,285, and in 1816 they had in creased to 2,029, or an increase in one year of fifty five per cent. Such a scene both of agricultural and commercial distress ensued as this country had, at that time, never witnessed. It was necessary to account, in some measure, for that extraordinary dis tress, and the Government of the day told the people that it was caused by a transition from war to peace. These were high sounding words, the people were in deep distress and suffering, they did not know how to account for it (the currency laws being less thought about then than now) ; they believed the Govern ment, and thought it was one of those evils against which there was no contending. But the Govern ment of the day became alarmed at the extreme dis tress in which all the interests of the country was in volved, and they must remember that the corn-laws of 1815, which was to secure 80s. per quarter for wheat, was then passed and in operation when this agricultural distress pervaded the country. After this corn fell to 603., and the commercial and agricultural interests of the country were in the greatest possible state of suffering. The Ministers relented, and they for a time allowed the issue of a quantity of notes, which materially increased the circulation. With the increase of the cir culation the prosperity of the country re turned, and, at the beginning of 1819, the Prince Regent said, when Parliament met, that he had great satisfaction in being able to inform them that the trade, commerce, and manufactures of the country were in a most flourishing condition. Sir Robert Peel's Bill of 1819, passed about the middle of that year; the country was afterwards upon the verge of rebellion, the Government again relented, and an other issue of notes took place. In 1822 Lord Londonderry introduced his 1/. not Act. The circulating medium was thereby increased, and prosperity, to a certain extent, returned. But the circulation was again changed, and great distress ensued, and the Government told the farmers that the great reduction which took place in the price of corn arose from the over-production of corn. They said God had isent too much food for man, and this caused the distress. The English people were still ignorant of what was the true cause, and they believed that also. After a short season of prospe rity, in 1825 there again occurred a panic, in con sequence of the withdrawal of the circulation of notes, which panic involved hundreds and thousands of industrious and prudent men in ruin, and pro duced the greatest possible distress. It was then too late to tell the people that this distress was caused by the transition from war to peace, and the Govern how can he sell it—how can the consumer give this increa , ,ed , 3 elrealatiog ro-dium be increased in such a way as to enable the con sumer to give that money. If it is not in the coun try it cannot be given, and it cannot be in the country under the system now pursued, under which a false cheapness prevails, and the labourer and the operative are no longer able to get a fair remune rative price. Having shown that the currency ques tion is an important one, as bearing not only upon the tenant farmer but also upon the great landed proprietor, he returned again to the consideration of a remedy; and in order to do away with the fixed price for gold he advised a return of the system of Mr. Pitt—not to bind ourselves to it, but to have it improved by all the suggestions which the dearly bought experience and increased knowledge upon this subject during the last thirty years could bring to bear. He (Mr. Twells) proposed that we should have a paper circulation of small amount—in short plenty of one pound notes. How this should be done he cared very little, but he thought it might be so arranged that when vast quantities of gold were flowing into the Bank of England, the bank should be no longer obliged to foster specula tion by buying gold which it did not want, which was the effect of Peel's Bill of 1844. The Bank was obliged to buy and sell at a particular fixed price, whether they wanted the gold or not, whereupon money fell, and people being unable to get any fair interest for their money, were driven into over specu lation for which they were afterwards condemned. Another suggestion was that of Mr. John Taylor, a gentleman who had paid considerable atten tion to the subject. His remedy was what he called taxation money, which is that every year Par liament should sanction the issue of an amount of paper money equal in amount to that of the taxes for the year, to be laid out in the payment of the salaries of Government officials and other Government ex penses, and as it is brought in to be cancelled and ano ther lot issued, but never above the amount of the taxes. The effect of this would be that the circulation would never be depreciated any more than is the value of a pounds worth of postage- stamps. Wth regard to the price of the farmer's produce, there is a matter which is not sufficiently regarded, and that is the distinction be• tween the price and the profit. If a man sold his corn at 50s. a quarter, and got thereby a profit of 2001., that profit he supposed to be derived from the last 103. of that quarter of wheat, because whilst he got 503. as the price, the expense of raising the wheat was 403. Suppose the 50s. declined to 455., then the profit declined one-half, because it arose not from the whole sum, but from the last 10s. Again, if the price declined to 405., then the profit was gone altogether, the farmer having just the same to pay as before. It was said, true the farmers do not get high prices, but look how cheap every thing is. In combatting this argument as being fallacious, he asked what satisfaction it was to talk to the farmer in that way, when they had taken away all his profit. As bearing upon this question the foreigner also had now an unfair advantage over the British farmer. He brings over his corn to this country, and he may take back goods if he chooses, or he may take back gold, because he can compel the Bank to give him gold for his notes at a fixed priee. If the price of goods rose higher than that for which he can buy them on the continent, he always takes back gold, and if he takes gold, then the Bank withdraws its notes, and the result is another panic. Such, it has been said, is the natural state of trade, which in effect means that it is natural for the country to be ruined about every five years. It may be natural under Peel's Bill, but otherwise it is no more so than that we should have every five years a visitation of fever or famine. He begged to say, in conclusion, that he had not taken up this subject with a view of wishing to have the currency system revised merely for the benefit of one class, but because he believed that one interest was equally involved in the matter with ano ther. No doubt the farmers were the particular class that were suffering just now, but if the present sys tem continued to remain in force all classes in a few years would suffer more or less from its injurious effects. If, therefore, he spoke to them, he spoke to them not only as farmers but as Englishmen, and if they wanted to promote the welfare of the whole British nation, he called upon them to make every constitutional effort to make a revision of that unjust system of money circulation under which we are now suffering. Alone, they would be crushed to the earth, nothing could save them, but if they dis carded all petty selfish motives, and made common cause with the other great interests of the country, and with all the industrious classes, he doubted not that they would obtain a fair revision of that system which is now paralyzing and destroying all the energies of the land. On their side they had a great, and eloquent, and powerful friend. The voice of that friend has, from age to age, been raised to succour the depressed, to redress injured right, and to put down oppressive wrong. That voice i 3 the voice of justice ; and if they invoked to their aid justice, then they would be able to obtain for themselves redress. Whereas we implore mercy of God, we require justice of man. That, truly, is a most difficult thing to obtain ; but experience shows that it is always to be obtained, when men, discarding all petty, selfish, mean, and sordid feelings, act true to themselves, by endeavouring to obtain the greatest amount of private advantage by seeking, at the same time, honourably, fairly, and impartially, the general good of their native country.—(Cheers.) After a few remarks from the CHAIRMAN, in the course of which he observed that the farmer wanted steadiness in price, and that he should therefore have corn leases; Mr. WOODWARD moved, " That this meeting is of opinion that the laws which regulate the currency of this country at present materially affect all interests, and are well deserving of the most serious attention of all classes of the community." The resolution was seconded by Mr. Linton, of Sheriff Hutton, and adopted, and thanks having been voted to the Rev. J. Twells for his able lecture, and also to the Chairman for the satisfactory manner in which he had presided over the meeting, the proceed ings terminated. CHOLERA IN THE WEST INDIES. FROM G. T. F. SMITH'S PREDICTIONS. The Times of January the 4th records a very startling statement of the dreadful ravages of the cho lera in Jamaica and California, amounting in some in stances from fifty to ninety per cent. of the popula tion, which is indeed the most awful visitation that has ever occurred by this scourge upon human exist ence. I shall here refer tc the prediction of this plague as it first appeared in the Cheltenham papers in De cember, 1847, stating the visitation of the cholera in 1849, and, secondly, in the " Queen's Horoscope," published in February, 1848, where, at page 25, it is thus written :—" Year 1850.—There is reason to ap prehend a serious epidemic or scourge of some viru lence both in 1850 and 1851, arising from certain meteoric phenomena affecting the atmosphere, occa sioning much mortality." So far the prediction of the cholera, dated 1847, to occur in 1849, the Cheltenham papers will prove the latter date, and that of 1850 and 1851, the above pub lication will show. It will also be remembered that on the proof of the prediction being so awfully rea lized in 1849, that I gave a statistical account of the disease from the time when cholera first broke out in the world in the year 1817, up to the year 1828, when the disease, according to " Orton," ceased to make any further progress. During the stated periods of its manifestation there were invariably either conjunctions or oppositions of the ponderous planets, Herschel], Saturn, and Jupiter, whose magnetic attractions reduce the electricity of the atmosphere considerably—the tests of which were published both in France and in this country during the rage of cholera ; in the former kingdom by a French chemist, and corroborated by numerous experiments in England. And it is a fact unanswerable, that from the autumn of 1824, when Jupiter separated from Herschell's opposition, no great conjunction or opposition took place till the year 1828, a period of four years, during which there was no cholera! But, when the planet Saturn came to the opposition of Herschell, the disease again broke out in the parts of Tartary to the southward of Orenburgh, and east of the Caspian, in the year 1628. This observation, I submit, claims attention, since it goes to prove the coincidence of the stated cause and effect. Again, it will be seen that the planets Jupi ter, Saturn, and Herschell are in conjunction and op position at this period, 1850, and the result is malig nant in the extreme. This phenomena will prevail or operate their effect throughout the summer of 1851, but the law being strictly electric, human science c w a h n e n r o e t itsaspoyweter d w e i t l e i r h m e i m ne ore th i o m se tne p d a i r a t t s ely of fe t l Le globe only, but not where. The great astronomer, Claudius Ptolemy refers us to the doctrine of eclipses, as the best mode of dete rm i n i ng the vicinity of such ra vages, which deserves attention an d a p p li cat i on o f mind. Never did th e max i mum of planetary in fluence exist, that is, the three planets, Herschell, Saturn, and Jupiter, b u t th e whole globe felt the effect. I have repeatedly shown this, by undeniable evidence, in order to excite others to examine into the doctrines I maintain. Sanitary pr ecauc ti ons s hould not be neglected while the cause of the epi demic exists. It will be borne in mind that I have repeatedly called public attention by letters in the papers, to the periods 1849, 1850, and 1851 ; serious as the obser vations have proved, the facts are before the public, and the result in concurrence with the assigned causes. G. T. F. SMITH. Cheltenham, Jan. 7th. SHIPWRECK OFF EXMOUTH.—At the moment of our going to press, we learn that a vessel went down off Exmouth in last night's gale, and every person on board was lost.—Exeter Gazette, ESCAPE FROM CARLISLE GAOL. Mr. SeOnage has been extremly active during the whole of the week, and has v i s it e d every place where it was at all likely to find the prisoners, but without success. On Thursday a letter was received from the head of the police at Hexham, stating that a man had been apprehended there, who, from the description given of him, was supposed to have been Mounsey. Barn father, the policeman, was immediately dispatched to that place; but on Thursday night a message from him announced that the captured waif was not the man sought for. It was supposed, however, that the three fugitives passed through Hexham on Satur day evening, and went in an eastward direction. Barnfather, therefore, very properly went forward in the hope of bagging his game. A great deal of gossip is afloat as to this ingenious bursting of strong holds. The man of fits, who did not succeed in making a start, has confessed, it is said, that the es cape was deeply plotted and skilfully executed. He admits that he feigned epilepsy, and it is whispered that he chewed soap in order to simulate froth at the mouth. The opening of the cell door by the watch man was just what was wanted. Pinnock had been in the gaol before, and knew where the ladder was kept, and the weakest point of the wall ; they also knew where to find the plank, without which nothing effectual could have been done. The manner in which poor humpty-dumpty was left sticking on the wall, a prey to his own reflections and the first policeman w - ho hove in sight, is accounted for by a suspi cion they entertained that he had turned, or would turn, Queen's evidence. It was too bad that so skil ful an actor should have been the only party who reaped no advantage from his talent. The end, how ever, may show that the more haste the worse speed. It is scarcely possible that these men can long evade the lynx eyes that are on the look-out for them. Thompson is an Irishman, years of age, slightly made, sft. 3jin. high, swarthy complexion, black curly hair, grey eyes; dressed in a black shooting-coat, black vest, and black trousers, cloth cap, and clogs. Moan sey is a native of Durham, 29 years of age, sft. 6fin. high, fresh complexion, brown hair (long and straight), blue eyes, head large ; had on a cloth cap with peak, dark shooting-coat, cord trousers, and ankle shoes. Pinnick is a native of Southampton, 24 years of age, Mt. 3,-' L in. high, fresh complexion, dark brown hair (long and straight), hazel eyes, strong black whiskers, dressed in a dark shooting-coat, dark vest and trousers, and clots. —Carlisle Patriot. LAUNCH OF TWO EAST INDIAMEN. On Saturday two beautifully-built ships, intended for the East India trade, were launched from the building yards in Baffin-street, on the west side of the Queen's Dock. Eleven o'clock was high-water time, arid at that hour a vast assemblage of persons, including many ladies, had collected in the building-yards and within view of the scene of the launches, desirous to obtain a sight of the interesting ceremony. The weather proved most propitious for the occasion, being bright as on a May morning, whilst not a ripple ruffled the surface of the magnificent river which was to receive the two noble ships. The first launch, which took place from the yard of Messrs. P. Challoner and Sons, was a ship of 776 tons burthen, new measurement. She has been built, we understand, for Messrs. Brown and Harrison and Messrs. James Browne and Co. She is constructed of English and Guinea oak, and green heart and East India teak. She ,is a fine model, and her classi fication at Lloyd's, A 1 for thirteen years, is a gua rantee of her quality. All the necessary preparations having been made, at half-past eleven the daggers were struck, when the noble ship swiftly rushed into the yielding water, amidst loud applause; and, as she slid from the cradle, her name—The Monarchy—was given to her by Miss Browne, daughter of Mr. James Browne, one of the owners; the ceremony being performed in the usual way, breaking a bottle of wiae, suspended by a ribbon, over the bow of the ship. The second launch, of a still larger ship, took place in about a quarter of an hour afterwards from the building yard of Mr. Clarke. The measurement of this ship, new register, is 836 tons; her extreme length 150 feet 2 inches; breadth, 34 feet; and depth 22 feet 2 inches. She is frigate built, with full quarter galleries. She is not yet classed. We understand she is built for the firm of Shand and Co. After all in front had been made clear, the supporters were withdrawn; but, owing to a " stiffness" on the cradle, the ship remained stationary, and some scores of huge hammers, wielded by stalwart arms, were called into requisition, and for several minutes produced, to commercial ears, more pleasing music than that obtain able from any " concord of sweet sounds." After a short delay, the magnificent structure was seen to move, and this was announced by a cheer from the per sons in front of her bow, being taken up by the surround ing crowd, increased into one loud shout of joy as the ship glided into the element for which she was in tended. She was christened The Shand, the baptismal honours being performed by Mrs. Frances Shand. Shortly after the launches the vessels were floated into dock, pre paratory to receiving their attiugn.—Liverpool Albion. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 20. 'Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Baron MARTIN and a Common Jury.) STEELE AND OTHERS V. HICKS. This was an action to recover the sum of 221. for articles of dress sold and delivered to the defendant's wife. Mr. Crowder and Mr. Locke appeared for the plain ;iffs ; Mr. M. Smith for the defendant. Mr. CROWDER stated that the plaintiffs are silk•mer cars and linen-drapers in the Borough; the defendant is the parish clerk of St. Andrew's, Holborn. For the last two or three years he has lived separate from his wife, in consequence of her having contracted intem perate habits. Before their marriage the defendant was a journeyman engraver, but upon his marriage with his wife, who is his cousin, about eighteen years ago, 500/. of her fortune was expended in purchasing for him his present situation, producing 3001. or 400/. a-year. For some years they lived happily together, until she took to drinking, as was alleged, in consequence of his neglect of her. On their separation she continued to receive the interest on 2,0001. Three per Cent. Consols, belong ing to her, and about 41. per annum besides, from an other source, and the defendant agreed to make up her income to 751. per annum, but had failed to do so. Under these circumstances it was contended, ou the part of the plaintiffs. who had supplied her with articles of dress suited to her station, not knowing anything of her separation from her husband, that they were entitled to recover the amount from the defendant. The ordering and delivery of the goods to the de fendant's wife, while staying with her sister, Mrs. Sleigh, were proved, and the amounts charged were admitted to be proper. Amongst the items were, a merino dress, one guinea; a silk dress, 14 yards at 4s. a yard; at satin dress, 14 yards at 6s. a yard. Mr. Nash, who had married the mother of defendant's wife, stated that Mrs. Hicks had been frequently intoxi• cated of late years. It was agreed by the defendant and her friends that she should be placed with a Mrs. Smith for a year, to see if she could not bo broken of her habits. The defendant said that he would take her back at the end of the year, but he had not done so. She still continued to drink occasionally. Defendant had told witness that at the time of his marriage he gave the Rev. Mr. Beresford, the then rector of the parish, 5001. for his situation, sad that it brought him in between 3001. and 4001. a year. A latter of the defendant to Mrs. Smith, with whom his wife was placed, was put in, in which he stated that he had agreed to make up her income to 751. a year. Only 8Z had been paid by him during three years. On the part of the defendant it was contended, first, that the articles supplied, particularly the silk and satin dresses, were not suited to the station in which she was; and secondly, that the income she received from her own property was sufficient, as, in fact, his income only amounted to a little more than 1001. a year from his situation. A Scripture reader of St. Andrew's was called, who stated that the amount of the defendant's fees was 1041. during last year. Ha judged so from having taken the fees for the defendant on several occasions. Some peo ple called them feeQ, some gratuities; but there were gra tuities besides the legal fees—what they amounted to he did not know. Evidence was given to negative the charge of defendan having neglected his wife. Mr. CROWDER hay* replied, His LORDSHIP left it to the jury to say whether the amount which the defendant's wile had was sufficient, in proportion to the defendant's means, from whatever source derived; and secondly, whether the articles sup plied were fit and proper for her to have in her position. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs, for 131. 2s. His LORDSHIP certified that the case was a proper one to be tried in the superior court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. _ BOW -STREET. A young female,nam — ed — El izabeth Anne Patchin, was brought before Mr. Hall, charged with being concerned, with a man w ith w h om s h e co habits, in stealing a quan tity of plate and other articles of value, from the cham bers of Messrs. Campbell and Whitty, solicitors, 21, Essex-street, Strand, their property. Mr. T. C. Campbell said that on Wednesday last a cer tain person came to his chambers requesting to have a conversation with him; and on asking his business, he replied by asking if witness was aware of having lost any plate from his office, and then he informed him that Mr. Hargrave, who had been his clerk, pledged some plate which could not be his own property; upon which witness wrote to his brother in the country to bring up the key of the chest, which he did, and by that means the robbery was discovered. His clerk had left his ser vice about a month back, and be understood he was at present in Whitecross-street Prison for cont em p t o f court, but he knew nothing of the prisoner. Sergeant Browne, F, proved having apprehended the prisoner on Saturday night, in the City-road, and after explaining the nature of the charge against her, she said, " tell you all about it if you come to my lodg ing, which is at Hoxton;" and having gone with her, she admitted having pledged plate for Hargrave at dif ferent pawnbrokers without the slightest suspicion that it had been stolen. He then searched the room, and found thirteen pawnbrokers' duplicates, one of which re lated to a diamond pin, which was identified by the pro secutor, that h a d b een p l e d ge d i n t h e mont h of Decem ber for 31., in the City-road, Hargrave being the name on the duplicate. td n : b a w y: h in In answer to th e c h arge , th e p r i soner sa i d she had been : that m tsheant sent the b h: y w I alas wererg r r e a q v u e e stot ddishonestly pledge b y his theem obtainedaprl o t i ,y c el beinger s o not do told know so he wanted to raise a certain sum; and she had no doubt that Hargrave would exonerate her from any guilty , knowledge on -.- vVednesciay, when the term of hip: impri ziorlmeut would expil'e. The constable said that the prisoner told him she was advised by a pawnbroker to get out of the v. - ay, as the officers were in search of her, and on Monday she changed her lodgings. The prisoner said she was compelled to move, a pad lock having been put upon her room door for non-pay ment of her rent. Mr. HALL said, although the prisoner might not be aware of the robbery, he should have her brought up again i❑ a week. LAMBETH. George Sting le and Hannah Collins, who stood re manded from Friday on a charge of assault and intended robbery on the person of Mr. Adam Ie filar, the musi cian and public singer, were placed at the bar before Mr. Norton for final examination. The case, it will be recollected, had been remanded to give the constable an opportunity of inquiring into the characters of the prisoners, and particularly that of the male prisoner, who described himself as a cab driver. The constable made the necessary inquiries, and the re• suit has been the discovery that he (,tingle) is a com mon thier, and had been tried for felony at the Clerken well Sessions. On hearing this character given of the prisoner, and having no doubt, whatever of his intention i❑ attacking him, Mr. Leffler expressed his willingness to do that which he conceived to be his duty to the pub lic, namely, to prosecute the prisoners. Mr. Leffler then gave his evidence, to the effect that on Thursday night he was returning home from the City, where he had been professionally engaged, and while proceeding along the Kennington -road he was ran against by the female pri soner with some violence. Immediately after the male prisoner, who was close behind the woman, thrust the ferrule of his umbrella into his (Mr. Leffler's) mouth, and cut it severely, and also struck him with his fist; he defended himself as well as he could, and they had several rounds, during which he threw the prisoner two or three times, and also full him self. During all this time the female prisoner was as sisting the other; she took the umbrella from her com panion, and attacked him with it, but whether she struck him with it or not he was not sure. He called out " Police," and a constable then present came up and took the prisoners. In reply to the questions of the magistrate, Mr. Leffler sail the prisoners appeared as if they had been drink ing, but they notwithstanding knew well what they were about. The woman, on pushing against him, exclaimed " What did you push against me for?" or words to that effect, and at that moment he saw the man behind her, and he appeared to him (witness) to be crouching down, as though concealing himself behind her; and, directly the woman spoke, he thrust at him with the umbrella, saying, " That's my wife, and you've insulted her." It was a violent thrust, and cut his lip severely. In the early part of the attack he (Mr. Leffler) seized the pri soner's umbrella, and at that time the male prisoner struck him on the month with his fist. Mr. NORTON—You stated on the former examination that it was your opinion that the woman ran intention ally against you; now what is your reason, Mr. Leffler for thinking so ? Mr. Leffler—Because, sir, when I first saw the woman she was not in a direct line with me, and, had she pursued ber course, she must have passed without touching me. She had, therefore, evidently deviated from a straight line immediately on approach ing me, and I have no doubt she intentionally ran against me. I also wish to say, that I did not see the man until the woman ran against me, and I therefore think he kept close behind her to conceal himself, else I must have seen him before. Mr. NORTON—Do you recollect whether the prisoners or either of them touched your pockets ? Mr. Leffler— Ido not, sir. My great-coat was buttoned up tight, as the night was wet, and I do not think they had an op portunity of getting at my pockets. It is my perfect impression now that their intention was to rob me. Police-constable Richard Bird, 61 P. deposed that on the night in question, about twelve o'clock, he saw the prisoners go along the Kennington-road, towards the Elephant and Castle. They appeared somewhat the worse for drink, and were abusing each other in such filthy language, that he had to threaten to lock them up unless they desisted. He also followed them a short distance along Newington -place, and in two or three minutes heard a scuffle and cry of "Police!" and on running to the place found the prisoners and prosecutor in conflict, and the latter gave the former into custody. At the station-house the male prisoner said the prose cutor had bit his thumb-, and, on the following day that he had cut it with a knife, though the wound was actually dressed with strapping when the parties met. Police-constable Moss, 330 P, said he was present at the Middlesex Sessions when the male prisoner was tried for and convicted of felony. The male prisoner, while at the bar, cried, and ad mitted having assaulted the gentleman, but denied all intention to rob him. Both prisoners were fully committed for trial. SOUTHWARK. An application was made to Mr. A'Beckett relative to the property of a man named Brown, whose wire was examined at this court on Friday on the charge of hav ing caused his death by striking him on the head with a poker. The applicant said, that since the apprehension of the prisoner Jane Brown, for the alleged murder of her hus band, some of the relations had quarrelled about the furniture, and the greater portion of it was clandes tinely removed, the person who did it taking advantage of the imprisonment of the wife. The deceased had only been married four months to the prisoner, and, as be died possess , d of no cash, it was intended to sell his goods for the purpose of paying the expenses of his funeral. Now, however, such intention would bo frustrated; and the object of the present application was to ascertain if the person who removed the goods could not be compelled to restore flora. Mr. A'BEcKETT, in reply to the application, said that at present he could not interfere in the matter, but that it any person not authorised to do so removed the de ceased's furniture, he could be made answerable for it in a court of justice. Tho applicant having thanked the magistrate, then withdrew. Thomas Burns, foreman of labourers at the Brighton terminus, London-bridge, was charged with stealing several tools belonging to the workmen and also an oil skin coat. It appeared that a great number of men have been employed since October in the construction of au iron roof to the terminus of the Brighton Railway, at London bridge, and among them the prisoner, who acted as one of the foremen over the labourers. Recently several of the smiths at work there had missed their tools, but no suspicion was exeited against the prisoner until within the last few days. Ile was, however, at length suspected, and, although he declared his innocence, when his house was examined several of the missing articles were found, together with an oilskin coat, which had been stolen from the terminns. The prisoner, who asserted his innocence, was re. manded. THE LATE SEWER ACCIDENT. INQUEST ON THE BODIES. Yesterday an inquest was held, before Mr. W. Payne, in the vestry-room of St. Magnus Church, London bridge, on the bodies of George Ellis and William Bir ling, who lost their lives by th e b rea ki ng i n o f t h e b e d o f the New River, on Friday last, whilst the deceased were engaged in constructing a drain into the main sewer re cently constructed by the Commissioners of Sewers in the Lower-road, Islington. The bodies of both the de ceased were found at the mouth of the sewer at London bridge, they having been drifted by the force of the water to that point—that 'of Ellis on Saturday, and that of Billing last night. The particulars and description of the accident have already appeared. Mr. Frank Forster and Mr. Woolrych, on the part of the Commis sioners, were present. The jury having been sworn viewed the bodies, and evidence was called to prove their identity. Mr. Edward Gotterell, surveyor, Mr. Bense, clerk of the works of the commissioners, were examined, as also a number of other witnesses, whose evidence mere l y went to confirm the account that has already appeared. Mr. Layton, a solicitor, appeared on the part of Mr. Cox, and cross-examined the witnesses, but no material fact was elicited. The whole evidence having been gone through, The CORONER suggested that the inquiry should be adjourned for evidence to ascertain the exact cause of the sinking of the tunnel. Mr Frank Foster, engineer to the Commissioners of Sewers, gave it as his opinion that the tunnel being 250 years old it might have been unsound, and the company were now constructing an iron tube to go under it. He attributed the falling in to an accident, and not from any negligence. The CORONER said in that case there was no necessity to adjourn. The jury acquiesced, and returned a verdict of ‘. Ac cidental Death." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. LOSS OF THE FLAMER STEAM - VESSEL.- ARRIVAL OF THE CYCLOPS. The Cyclops, 6, steam-frigate, Captain the Honourable George F. Hastings, arrived at Spithead from the coast of Africa, on Sunday evening. She brings the melan choly intelligence of the total loss of the Flamer, steam sloop, Commander James A. St. Leger, which went on shore in a dark night off Mouravio, Liberia, and become a wreck. The Cyclops, on her arrival at Sierra Leone, on the 20th of December, heard of the disaster of the Flamer, and of course she at once proceeded to her assistance. The Flamer was wrecked about 14 miles S.E. of Mou ravia, in latitude 6 deg. 10 min. N. the capital of Liberia. She went on shore on the night of the 22d of November, atl r.m., owin g t o a strong set of the current an d some mistake in the lights. Every means were taken to get her afloat, but without success; the wind blew on the shore, and a heavy surf beat ou the rocks. The ship's company were landed, and tents erected, on the 3d of December. The French admiral in the El Dorado fri gate steamer arrived off, and rendered every assistance in his power. Steam was got up, and the El Dorado endeavoured to drag the Flamer off, but could not succeed. The Hound, 8, Commander Patten, also arrived and rendered every assistance, but without success. From their exertions to save the Flamer and stores, her crew were of course much exposed to great hardships, and Vie coast fever broke out amongst them—Mr. Cook, master's assistant, died from it; and about 29 seamen, marines, and boys, with Mr. 'Webb, master's assistant, were taken on board the Cyclops, and have been brought home in a state of debility (they have been sent to Has hr Hospital, having been landed by the Fanny yester day morning); Commander St. Leger, and the officers and others of the crew, were to proceed on board the Hound to report the loss of the vessel to Commodore F.inshawe, C.B. The Flamer was one of the old packets, and was commissioned for the coast by Commander St. Leger, August 16, 1850. She was surveyed after her wreck by the officers of the Flamer and Hound on the 26th ul December, end condemned; aed agaie surveyee, ..vi.en the Cyclops e. telt ::own to her m sal as there was not the slightest hope of her ever coming off, she was again condemned. THE SERVICES OF THE CYCLOPS.—CAPTURE OF SLAVERS. The Cyclops left the Centaur, Commodore Fanshawe, off Arnbritz, on the 21st November. The day bz fore the Cyclops fell in with the Centaur, i. e. on the 20th of November, she was fortunate enough to capture a brigantine under Brazilian colours, with no less than 610 slaves on board. They were stowed so close in this vessel, which was only ab)ut 100 tons, that Captain Hastings, from humanity, shifted 246 from her to his own ship, and brought them, with the prize in company, t) St. Helena, where they were placed tinder charge of Lieutenant Griffiths, the Admiralty super intendent. The Cyclops left St. Helena the sth of December, arrived at Ascension the 11th, and sailed the 13th. Ex cepting the Tortoise guard-ship at Ascension, there was no man-of-war at these islands. She left Monravio the 28th December, and touched at Madeira the 9th January. The Harlequin, 12, Commander Wilmot, had touched at Madeira, and proceeded to the coast a few days be fore the Cyclops arrived there. The Locust steam•vessel, Lieut.-Commander Curtis, left Madeira the 12th January for Rio. Captain C. Buckle, flag captain of Commodore Fan shawe, has come home a passenger in the Cyclops, hav ing been obliged from ill health to invalide. Commander Wodehouse, who has been superseded at his own request in the Phcenix; Captain Bolton, of the St. Helena regiment, with a few invalids, have also come home in the Cyclops. The Cyclops has been fortunate in making eaptures— she has taken eight prizes, with between 1,100 and 1,200 slaves. She sailed yesterday afternoon for Woolwich, to be paid off. DEATH or A RETIRED FLAG-OFFICER.—Rear-Ad- miral Peter Rye, on the retired list of 1846, died on the 18th inst., at Coleshill-street, Eaton-square, at the advanced age of 86. He was made a lieutenant in 1791; commander, 1801; and captain, 1812. He was lieutenant of the Crescent, at the capture of the French frigate Reunion, in 1793; and of the Orion at the battle of the Nile. Retired Commander Edward Thrackston died at Bruges. He was at the taking of Truxille, Demerara, Berbice, and Martinique, and served under Lord Nelson at the battle of Copenhagen, in 1801; and also with Sir Richard Strachan, in 1805. APPOINTMENTS. _ _ Master—John R. Aylen (1831), of the Fisgard, at Woolwich, and late in command of the Birkenhead steam-frigate, on her successful and speedy trip to As cension, has been appointed to the Victoria and Albert royal yacht, vice Biddlecombe. Master—John Penn (1831), of the Britannia, at Ports mouth, to command the Vulcan screw-frigate, at Sheer ness, to be c -, mmissioned as a troop-ship. Master—Joseph N. King. (1828), to the Britannia, vice Penn. The following appointments and changes have been made in the China squadron by Rear-Admiral Austen, C. 8., the Commander-in- Chief:— Lieetene.nts—Patrick Johnson, from the Hastings, to be First of the Reynard, vice S. Dickens, invalided; E. J. Lawson, from the Contest to the Sphynx; A. Camp bell, from the Serpent to the Hastings, Assistant Surgeons—J. W. Bradshaw, from the Ama zon to the Royalist; W. Telfer, from the Hastings to the Amazon. Acting Second Master—D. H. Speer, from the Ama zon to the Hastings. Clerk—Edward Millman, from the Amazon to the Hastings. Midshipmen—John D'Arcy, from the Pilot to the Hastings ; F. Williams, from the Amazon to the Hastings. Secretary's Clerks—Albert J. W. Roberts to be chief clerk to the Secretary of the Commander-in-Chief, vice Crouch, deceased; F. W. Bunn to be junior clerk in the The mess:mates of Mr. Michael Seymour Crouch (son of the late Commander Crouch, R.N.), chief el..rk to the commander-in-chief or. the East India station, who died of fever at Hong-Kong, to mark their appreciation of his amiable qualities, have erected a tablet to his memory. The deceased is interred close to the resting place of the late Admiral Sir F. Collier, under whom he •served, having left England in the same ship, her Ma jesty's ship Hastings. Amphitrite, 26, Captain Frederick, hauled to the mooring buoy off the King's-stairs, Portsmouth, yester day, for the purpose of swinging her compasses. Birkenhead steam frigate is ordered to be got ready by the 6th of next month at Portsmouth. Mr. Hay is paving her bottom over with his composition. It is not a poop that the Birkenhead is to have—she has a poop already; but she is to have a light topgallant forecastle built to extend from the night-head 45 feet aft; her galley will be removed from between decks under this forecastle, which will much increase her accommodation for troops. Her services are required for that purpose about the middle of next month. Fairy steam-tender yacht, Master-Commander Welsh, with Captain Crispin on board, went out from Ports mouth to try her new three-fanned screw yesterday. Fantome, 12, Commander Gennys, arrived at 1 r at Devonport, on Sunday, from Portsmouth . Sprightly steam-tender, Master- Commander Allen, proceeded to Plymouth on Saturday with supernumera ries, and arrived on Sunday. Manosaverer lighter, Ross master, sailed with stores from Devonport for Sheerness and Deptford, but put back on Su❑day evening, there being too much sea, PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Belgian man-of-war schooner (a remarkably fine vessel) the Marie Louise, Captain Petet, arrived at Spithead to-day from the Texel, hound to the West Indies. She afterwards came into harbour to refit, having had a most boisterous and stormy passage. While at Spithead she saluted the garrison with 21 guns, and Admiral Sir B. Capel's flag with 17; which the garrison battery and Victory returned with a like number. The Seringapatam, the Walmer Castle, and the Belle Alliance (Indiamen), arrived from the river outward bound yesterday morning. PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.—Fier Majesty's frigate Inde fatigable, 50, Captain Robert Smart, was this day warped from the dockyard to her sailing moorings. The steamer Avon, with Lieutenant Roberts and a party of riggers and seamen, sailed to-day for Woolwich. The Virago steamer, with Mr. Henderson, Master: Attendant, and a party of riggers and seamen, sails to morrow, to bring to this port the Astre a and Aurora, from Falmouth. The Volcano steamer sailed to-day with the mails for he coast of Africa. The Propontis mail screw steam-vessel, Captain Glover, sailed at 9 P.M. yesterday, fur Madeira and the Cape of Good Hope. Woonwintr, JAN. 20.—Lieutenant Robertson and the crew who:navigated the Rosamond steam. sloop to Devon port were detailed ten days there, owing to the ex tremtly boisterous state of the weather, before they could return in the Avon steam-vessel, which they did to Portsmouth yesterday mortiintr, at 9 A.. 14 and arrived at Woolwich per railway,at 10 o'clock P.M. The Argus steam-sloop being now ready for sea, it is expected the S2lllO crew, under Lieutenant Robertson, will navigate her to Portsmouth. The Alecto steam-vessel was taken out of dock to day into the basin, to have her machinery put on board at the Factory. Mate Augustus T. J. Bullock (1849) is appointed to study steam at th e f ietory at Woolw i ch Dockyard. SHIP NEWS. LrvERPooL, JAN. 20.—Elizabeth Bentley, arrived at New York from this port, started head and cutwater, and split sails, &c., during the passage , . Europe, hence, has arrived at Philadelphia. Eleanor Chapman, hence, has arrived at Callao. Joshua Waddington and Chusan, hence, have arrived at Valparaiso. Omega, from the Clyde, has arrived at Valparaiso. Cornelia, hence,las arrived at Havannah, Plata, hence, arrived at Para in thirty .three days. Rossendale, arrived here on the 17th inst. from Paraiba, threw overboard during the passage twenty hales of cotton and a quantity of piassava. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 18.—The Elizabeth Ann, from Liverpool for Leghorn, put in here this morning with loss of stanchions, bulwarks, rails, rigging, cutwat er , an d w i th bows damaged, &c. ST. DAVID* JAN. I7.—A tierce of brandy wailed on shore during the gale of yesterday, branded " James Henessy," and T. and F. Marcell°, Cognac.' Jan. 18 —Tho weather has been very wet and stormy. Parts of a large ship have been driven into St. Bride's Bay. h w e M IL FORD, JAN. 19.—The headbo ar d o f a vessel, *it t h .! Lord George Bentinck" on it, has washed ashore a Lenney Head; also the stern of a boat, with "John Lease, Liverpool," on it; some casks of brandy, oranges, Y• an d wearing apparel, have come ashore near Tenb WATERFORD, JAN. 18 . —The Lady o f t h e Lake, from Leiguillon for Donegal, has put i n h ere l eaky, and in a disabled state. WEXFORD, JAN. 18.—The Grange, from Alexandria for Preston, came to anchor on January 16 inside the Saltees, but, the anchors not holding, the crew left her, when she dragged for nearly a mile; master and a boy drowned in landing. She has since been brought in hero ' by the coastguard a derelict. Her mate reports having spoken the barque Amelia Thompson, of Lynn, from Liverpool for San Francisco, on January 8, in lat. 4 S., long. 11 W., making water, with loss of main and mizentopmasts, boats, and bulwarks, and with crew ex hausted. CHRISTIANIAND, JAN. B.—The port Revel and the Allier, both from Copenhagen for Leith, have put into Mandahl with sea damage, ca-goes heated, and must discharge. G:-TTENSURG, JAN. 11.—The Carl and Julie, from Konigsberg for Liverpool, has put i❑ leaky, and it is re ported that the cargo is much injured. CUSHINDAIIL, JAN. 17.—The schooner Margaret, of Coleraine, from for Glasgow, was driven on shore on the Cushindon yesterday; the vessel was lying at an chor the previous day is the bay deserted. BEYROUT, JAN. 6.—The Middleto❑ drove athwart hawse of a Turkish frigate lying in St. George's Bay during a gale at N.W. on the Ist inst., lost mainmast, part of bulwarks, and received other damage; subse quently sprung a severe leak, and was put on shore, where she now lies, with the water up to her beams; stores and provisions saved. VALPARAISO, Nov. 19.—The Hope, of Sunderland, from Newcastle for Panama, has been totally lost off the south coast of Chilee Island; crew saved. The Jessie, from Liverpool, arrived here on November 16th leaky. NEWHAVEN, JAN. IB.—A cask of - Venice turpentine, marked en the head "R. F. F. 242," has been picked up in this neighbourhood. FLUSHING, JAN. 16.—The Ernesto, bound for Santan der, has put back leaky. ANTWERP, JAN. 19.—The Antina Elsina, from Mes sina for this port, which was on shore on the Valke nisse Bank Dec. 27, has been got off and toned up here. MALTA, JAN. 12.—The Casroo, from Odessa for ' Queenstown, which put in here Jan. 7. as leaky, has shifted. Ler cargo, anci purip , d u ngstin. 'rite Moldavia, from Galatz tot Qtweristowri, tr , :flit!)l JO. 8, is leaky, and has pumps choked. The Isabella and Jane, from Liverpool for Corfu, put in Jan. 10, with loss of part of bulwarks and stanchions, and sails split, but does not leak. NEW YORK, JAN. B.—The James Corner, f r om Cltdia for BaLimore, arrived in Hampton Roads Jan. 2, wi th loss of saris, rigging, &c., having experienced very seve re weather on her pasi,age. The Sultana, bound for Smyrna, in getting undt r weigh at Boston Jan. 1, grounded, heeled over at low water, and sprung a heavy leak, wal got off the next morning and taken into India what . ; after discharging part of her cargo, will have to unloaa, the remainder t o b e h au l e d on th e ra ilway for surveY 11113 repairs. Toe Heart of Oak, from Newcastle, wa; wrecked on the rocks at Aden, prior to Dec. 26. GRAVESEND, JAN. 20.—Wind S.W., fresh, hazy , Arrived—Gaulterus and Eliza Kilcaird, from Alexan dria; Effort, from Cadiz; Jannette, Countess of &Afield, and Ganges. from China; Fairy, from Lisbon; Celerity, from Mogadore; Active, from Charente; Strat ford, fro m Bristol; Jubilee, from Guernsey ; Sylph', from Dunkirk; Ono, from Licata; Hoop urid Verwachting, from K,rtchb; Nancy, from Tarragona ; Louise, from Gefl'; lander, Tiger, and Flirt, from Hamburgh; Gesins Deal kiena, from Rotterda m; M en t or , f rom Riga; Th Ovvr sen, from Copenhagen; Kingston, from Cuxhaven; Sussex, from Demerara; Josephina, from Landscrona; City of Paris, from Boulogne; Countess of Cardiff. Belle, and Fuchsia, from Gottenburg; Arethusa, from N antes ' Roscommon, from Harlingen ; Miranda, from Terceira; Adagio, from Rendsburg; Ypres, from Dunkirk; Aurora, from Patras. Sailed—Jane Pirie, for Calcutta; Waterlily, for St Michael's. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Juleg, for Pernambuco, Jan. 12, in lat. 48, long.. 9 ., , 3 4 Madras, from Colombo for L on d on , N o v. 17, 11l ' a " S., I.mg. 19 W. Vir• American ship George Henry, in lat. 5 N., long. 24 went could not tell them that there bad been bar. vests which were too abundant. The harvests a that period were not too abundant, but the Govern ment said the people were too industrious, and had produced too many manufactured goods; and yet very shortly afterwards, in the winter, the distress of the people became so great, that the Government bought up all the old army clothes, and sent them into Lancashire to cover the nakedness of the indus trious classes. Again the one-pound notes were issued, and this had the effect of checking the panic. The amount of wealth in the country was the same—there were the same houses and lands, and cultivated fields, but the want was a want of the medium of exchange which had been arbi trarily withdrawn. A person might have plenty of good corn in his barn, but what matter ? He could ❑ot pay his debts in corn—he must, therefore, turn it into money, but he had the greatest possible difficulty in getting any money for his corn. Such was the case with the manufacturer and the mer chant, and that caused the extreme distress. Mr. Twells then noticed the panics of more recen date which had ensued, and stated that the alter• ation of the value of the circulating medium had caused Mr. Cobden, in one year, to lose 20,0001., and it was the bad currency laws that urged him to do everything in his power to repeal the corn-laws, that this country might be enabled to compete with the foreign manufacturer. He did not say that Mr. Cobden wished to injure the agricultural interest, but he wanted to benefit himself, and no doubt, if it became necessary to benefit himself and ruin them, he might also find it necessary that they should go to the wall. Mr. Twells next proceeded to notice the prejudicial effects produced by Sir Robert Peel's Bill of 1844, and asked when that Bill was called in question, what was his defence ? It was this, that the Liverpool merchants—men not only solvent, but rich—had no body but themselves to thank—it was their over-spe culation which had brought them to ruin. That ruin, however, was caused by the absurd contraction of the circulating medium. But it is much easier to impute the blame to the victim, than to take the discredit of a mistake in legislation. What he wished to impress upon the meeting was this plain fact, that ever since the termination of the war when ever the circulating medium of the country was al lowed to increase so as meet the demands of the coun try, prices had risen to a remunerating level, and prosperity had returned ; but whenever the circu lating medium was contracted beyond the adejuate supply which the country required, then we had a system of forced cheapness, and distress had invariably followed. He considered, therefore, that a great deal of such distress, when it existed, was of an artificial kind, and caused not by any visitation of Providence, but by the mis taken legislature of our Governments. It was, how ever, of very little use stating those things to them if he w as not prepared a s itp ea topointpared to him, im ou remedyta,sva s ; great remedy, to d a o nd aw o a n v e with the fixed price o f go ld, an d t o a ll ow the articles' for which money was to be exchanged to increase in proportion as the population and wealth of the country increased; but that never could be, so long as we had a restricted circulating m e di um. One reason why we want more money in a highly-taxed country is that there becomes a necessity for an increase of price of things. Suppose it took six shillings to make a table, and there was a tax upon the workman, equivalent to three shillings, while he was making it, he would have to sell the table for nine shillings ; but double the tax, and then the workman, in order to get the same remunerating profit, must sell his table for twelve shillings. But SEABORNE MAILS. When made up in From what ifb en PLACES. General Port-office port dis- dUe• London. patched. Africa (West coast).. America (via N. York Feb. 12 by British packet) •• *N January 31 .. .. Li v erpool • • America (via Boston by British packet) .. N February 14 America (by United 1 States packet) .. • • N January 24 Belgium • . .. • • N Daily Brazil .. • • .. 31 9th of the month Southampt. Jan• 2 , D L L s i l oo v v vu e e et r r br po P ain °° ol i p l& t . . l l2 l: 9 2 9 4 Buenos Ayres .. 31 9th of the month Southall - IS. 4 , 411 : California(viaChagres) M 17th of month Southampt. arch 3 Cape of Good Hope N January 14 Plymouth • •13 20 Central America .. 31 id & 17th of month,Southampt. .bi n ' Tg . $1 Channel Isles N Mon., Wed., & Fri.lsoutkamPt• ' Tu ., 20 Chili .. .. • • .31 17th of the month 'Southampt. e d i dly France 31 & N Twice daily .. .. Dover • • „,,, c sat. Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London • • 'or Holland •• 31 Wednes. Satur. London •• • ' l '; e „ -. 20 Honduras .. . N 17th of the month SoutharnPt• ' a "; ce dail./ Ireland .. ••M & N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead • • l v " India (via Southamp.) 3/1 20th of the month Southarapt. Jo h ' 2 India (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th o f mon th D ove r • • Feb, Madeira .. N Mediterranean (via t Art iVe4 Southampton) .. 31 20th of the month Southamp • Mediterranean (via Feb' 2 Marseilles) .- N 7th & 21th ofmonth l Dover • • Mediterranean (by French packet via Marseilles) .. F eb ' b Mexico .. 31 2d of the month.. SoutharnP. f • • 26. Peninsular.. .. .. 31 7th,l7th,27th of mo SouthamPt• J • 20 Peru • • .. • • •. 31 17th of the month Southampt. J 0 West Indies .. 31 17th of the month ISouthampt. .14°' West Indies (except b 5 Havanna & Nassau) 31,2 d of the month .. !SouthamP- - e Pfla N signifies that the by the night—and M by *** It is not expected any mail from the 'Lava' 12d of the month .. mails are sent from the morning—dispa that the next West inah. Southampt. *elb. 5 i the General Foot-oftloo atch. ,t India packet Will bring THE COUNTRY MARKETS*. o f The following is the official statement of the quantitiets j A corn, &c., received in the port of London from the po, Essex, from the 13th J an. , 1851 , to t h e 18th Jan., 1 ' both inclusive : i '' 1" 3 H c 9 4 o 1 . 0 cii :;.' 0 1 P • ;I ' 4--- AO _.___ _ ___ --- ---- 3_ Colchester — 200 -- -- r : '": 220 Harwich Leigh . 200 271 1 4z ~,, 370 Maldon . 817 71 3101 455 ' IL L.--- -- .—‘ a follOW• I CHSLIfSIFORD, JAN. 17.—Prices to-day were ,d ola Wheat, white, old 428 to 465; new 418 to 465; •,:;.:,dier CHELMSFORD, JAN. ices to-day were 03 follow old Wheat, white, old 428 to 46s ; new 418 to 465; red ' iier 368 to 41s ; new, 36s to 40 s ; b ar l ey , 25 s t o 29s ;alt ch m " 1 538 21s to 298; grinding 18 s t o 24 s ; oa t s 15 8 to 205; to 55s ; chevalier 54s to 56 s ; p eas , p ar t r id g e, new 971• 29s ; old, —s to —s ; white, new, 26. to 288; old, to dun, new, 26s to 28s; bean s , ti c k, new 24s to 26s ; old, :47 to 27s ; harrow ticks, new 25 s t o 27 8 ; o ld 008 to 00 0 ; l' aa., zagan, new 23s to 25s ; old 00s to 00s per qr. COLCHEST/R, JAN. 18.—Wheat, white 428 to 46.; red $; to 408; barley 22s to 288; beans, mazagan 238 to 255; mid and small 24s to 28s; peas 26s to 30s per qr. KIRICALDT, JAN. 18.—The following are the quotatio3ll for grain : Wheat. Barley. First 44s Od 25s Od Second 40, Od 21s Od j Third 3ss Od 18, Od 1 Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs HADDINCTON, JAN. 17.—Tb grain at our market to-day : Wheat. Peri od od —a —5 275 f prices ° Barley. Oats. 13 " 1:1 ; c 1 First 41s Od 26s 9,1 20s Od 28 s 4d Second 368 21 23s 8d IBs 6d 273 6d Third ... 32s Od 184 Od ( 9 ° Od 241 id Total quantity of Wheat in market 757 qrs., 6 q 6 1 ; 01d Do. Barley do. 353 qrs., ssold Do. Oats do. 450 qrs- , 4° ' so ld Do. Beans do. 78 qrs., 71,0 d GLASGOW, JAN. 15.—Provisions—Cheese, 40 5 t ° 4 A ; oer per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 20s od cwt. Country fresh butter, lld to Od per lb. Jr i isl l :: 8d deed, in lumps, 9d to 9id; country powdered, wh° L°l— i s Od to Od. Country eggs, is 2d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, kJ, per 120, or 9d p er d ozen . Hens, 2s 6d per pair ; Due 28 Od. ditto, J AN . 17.—Wh eat, old, 005 Od to 00 5 Od; , - 0 to new, 36s to 40s; barley, new, 20s Od to 23s Cd; oats, „0. 18s ; peas and b eans , 23 s O d to 253 per quarter . Oate n ' per sack, 00s to 28s. Kitts°, Jaw. 17.—Wheat, old, 00s to 009 Od; ditto, n ew ' o l 9 9 . to 2538 Od ; barley, ne w , 12 s 6d to 18 s O d ; di tto o ld, °s to potato oats, 00 s t o 00 s ; d it t o new, 12s Od to 1 4 5 Od ; e l a g ni ol ; Od oats 00s Od to 00s Od; ditto new, Ils to 13s Od ; Peas' beis. to 20s Od; bea ns , 19 s t o 20 s per b o ll o f s i x i mper ial bus,i ttm STIRLING, Jaw. 17.—Wheat, forei gn , 20s to 24s ; " f home, Os to Os; ditto ditto new, 16s Od to 193 Od; b a rley' r d. boll of 6 bushels, 00 s Od t o O s Od ; di tto new , 15 5 Od to 17534 Oats, common, 003 Od to 00s ' • ditto new, N6d to Ithg,„ a lt, ditto, Flemish, Os Od to 0 3 Od ; ditto ditto new, 00s Od; bean/ distillers, 31s to 33s 6d ; aitto brewers, 33s Od to 345; as per boll, 00s Od to 00s Od ; ditto new, Ils 6d to 14s Od; Pe as ' ud to o+l Od; flour, new per sack, 31a to 3330 d; ditto c oo ri; ditto, 18s 6d to 20s Od; oatmeal, per load, 25s Od to 2 95 ; ditto new 25s 6d to 27s Od ; ditto per peck of 71bs, Bid to 1 ; fresh butter per lb, 7d to 9d ; eggs per dozen, 10d to hay per ton, Os Od to Os ; ditto new, 82s 6d to 85s. Bitawick, JAW. 16.—Wheat, 36s 4 d ; barley, 205 20 0 ,i oats, 1 78 4 s t ; rye, 00s Od ; beaus, 00s Od ; Peas Ws average per imperial quarter. HAWICK, Jaw. 16.—Wheat, new, 305 to 315 Od; barley, new, 14s 6d to 16s; ditt o old, 00s Od to 00s Od; potato oats' Ibs 23 od s o t d o ; l b 6 e s a O n d s:2 c o o s in o m d common o 2 a s ts s , old per is Od t o 14s • peas, 20s °° to boll of s i x imperial bushels. FALKIRK, JAN. 1 6.—The supply of grain in this dill' s market was 393 bolls; wheat at p l p 7s Od to 19s Od per boll ; barley, 15ps per r d bteoll1;6s0 oatmeal,d; oats, s l t 2: 0 0 , d p t e o r l l e 3 a s d. 6d ; beans, 13s 6d to 14s Od GLASGO W , unusually dull ail the week, and inners have °nil' are down from to I Pr ice bought sparingAlyN'ts,lB:::°ll-111:1) market bag bees 4 d per immediate wants. Orl e°3 9 and d y now be quoted at 7fid per lb. The market fur Pg a n r goods, however, continue steady. Pig 1r13°.-- . 0g pig iron market has been in a very listless state &f l ee , the past week, and few transactions have taken 1:" 6 i n W rants fo b may still be quoted 445. liars 61re/. good demand, and makers are now gotting 51 lOs to 6 Oats. 193 6d 17s 6d 153 6d i imperial, to followin Beans. —s Od —s Od —s Od 26s Od to g are the COAL MAK IS. E Chester Main l3s 6d Davison's West Hartley 14s Od H.olywell South Peareth Tanfield Moor ... Pantield Moor Butes l3s 6d Wylam_ ___ _ l4s 9d ..—YES±KkDir• ' l48 d •,• A ci ,Heselden ••••• * 1 4$ °. HoWden ............. 0o 3d Kelloe South Kelloe 14 2 5 3 (!Whitworth . ........... . ▪ : 45 91 Adelaide Tees ........ 49 Oa Tees s mour Tees ........ 1 ; 3; 6 61 Longridge's HartleY•• 43 0,1 Cowpen Hartley .....• 1. 3-1 Hart1ey._........... • , Nixon's Merthyr and oi 6 , i d C n a e r 3 di s fr Ei;tie; .......... 21 2 4 0 : ° C i j Whitworth Coke .•••••, 0 5, Ships at market. 1 - Wall's End, &c. - 7 14s 3d l Acorn Close Lawson Walker l4s Od Eden Main Braddyll II etton; Richmond.. .. ...... Stewart's BIR OF A At Broughton-hall, Flintshi of Charles Cotton, Esq. On the 15th inst., at Dover. of C. R. Beauclerk, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. o,e wife the 16th inst., at E a t on B ishop, near Hereford, of the Rev. W. P. Musgrave, M.A., recto r. •O Afro. On the 18th inst., a t Gloucester -road, Hyde-parA, E. R. Lousada, Esq. :Ffid. 8 0 X. [re, on the 15th inst., the Mal 'house, near Arundel, the Wife RRIED. On the 16th i ns t ., at Kir MA k-Ella, Yorkshire, John D"g dille i jun., Esq., o f I rwell Bank, near Manchester, second s°, o ll „ r ° - John Dagdal e , E sq., of Dovecot, near Liverpool, t a g 'of' garet Rosett a , second daughter of C. L. Ringrose, Tranby, near Hull. On the 18th inst., at St. Peter's, Walworth, I t ilja• Percivall, o f Ll oy d' s, R oy4l Exchange, London, to It,eir eldest sur v i v i ng d aug h ter of James F. Allen, Esq., ' 4 " - street, London. qiztlo l :. At the parish church, B r i g ht on, on the 15th i ns t., ter Raffaele Ciocci, to Jemim a M ary B acon Frank, d a ug" l arf . the late Rev. E. Frank, of Campsall, Yorkshire, and ham, Norfolk. DIED rqU ig On the 17th inst., at M orr i son ' s H ote l , Dubl i n, t h e — M a of Hastings, Ensign, 52d Light Infantry, aged 19. On the 16th inst., at Brighton, Mrs. Poole, aged 81. elh On the 17th inst., at the rectory, Frampton uotte Gloucestershire, the Rev. H. Willoughby, aged 45. Tre" ~ At Haslar Hospital, on t h e 17th inst., Mr. Vince nt gear, R.N., aged 64. On the 17th inst., at H y d e - park-gate South, Kew"- flgtonf Augusta, youngest daughter of C. Bellamy, Esq. arm ful , ' On the 17th inst., Ch ar l otte, the wife of W. „, Esq., Ilighfield-lodge, Winchester. J. At Ravensbourn e -p ar k, L ewisham, on the 14th ins"' Hargreave, Esq., late of Greenwch, aged 72. On the 17th inst., at Trinity- i square, Borough, Eliza, t he wife of Mr. R. Day, of Westerham, Kent, aged 42. late On the 18th inst., i n L on d on, Elizabeth, widow o f the Mr. J. Allen, of Tiverton, Devonshire, aged . _ London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG; f 2, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, NO- St!and, in the Pre c i nc t of tho Savoy, in the county ° Piliddlesex, Tuesday, January 21, 1851.