The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON , nm is oat h nT o m w_e un v ! e r not offered upon lower terms, but there are ettrlif WV,. , tion THE LONDON (Is EVENING.) GAZETTE, i; .; rbs.uyeAeat c i t sr e e a s p e n n es t. B !' f or co T m w m a o n n ky ai tp er ere ho a w re ev n e e r t has induced the trade to operate with more freedom. ______,........-....-. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. At the Court at Windsor, the 20th day of November, 1845, Notwithstanding the low rates at which Hyson is to present the Queen's most Excellent Majesty in Council. It purchased, still the trade operates with caution. Imperial --681 . --. has been taken with caution. Gunpowder dull of sale. NE %V PORT liament, which stands prorogued to Thursday the twenty- PA GNELL is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that the Par- h as Orange Pekoe has been purchased with more free seventh day of November instant, be further prorogued to does and prices arc firmer, fin e bringing 2s 10d to 31. Young STEEPLE CHASE Tuesday the sixteenth day of December next. Hyson has been sold to a fair extent. The lower sorts of Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Congou are a little cheaper than last year, whilst the better Hon. Rowland Viscount Hill to be Lord Lieutenant and are much the same as at that time. Twankay is a little cheaper than last season, and Hyson, Imperial, and Gun tHlS DAY.-(BY EXPRESS.) Custos Rotulorum of the county of Salop, his Lordship this day took the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead powder are sel to is per lb lower. of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. FRUIT.-Since this day week there has been a brisker de- Sweepstakes of 25 soya. each, with 100 added. In pursuance of the directions of an Act, passed in the mend for all descriptions : the public sales have been very 1 twenty-fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty King extensive. All bought in, but a great part appears to have Vanguard • George the Third, intituled "An Act to repeal so much of been subsequently sold. By private contract some largish Ea g le cel of new Cephalonia offered at public sale and his present Majesty, as authorises the Speaker of the House Fourteen started. of Commons to issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown bought in at 48s; a portion has been sold pri --- for making out writs for the election of Members to vately below that price. Fine Valentias are in demand OVERLAND MAIL serve in Parliament, in the manner therein mentioned, and for substituting other provisions for the like pur- at 435, and are very scarce. Sinee thiS day week 70,000 drums Figs have been offered at public sale, but the greater ----.0.--_ poses ;" I do hereby give notice, that the death of part being of inferor quality have been bought in, a few lots selling from 38s to 645. Imperial French Plums,in ear -1 APIA AND CHINA. John Irving, Esq., late a Member serving in this present Parliament for the county of Antrim, hath been certified to tons 100 s to 1315,. halt-cartons 102 s to 1265, quarte r . cartons 102 s to 1355, eighth cartons 95s to 132 s : Prunes, at chests me in writing, under the hands of two Members serving in We have received by our extraordinary express, in antics- and half-chests 28s to 30s. A parcel of new Greek Figs, in this present Parliament ; and that I shall issue my warrant cases, were offered and taken in at 325. potion of the Indian Mail of the 15th October, our papers and to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for the cor r e spondence to that date. electing of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for &num.-For all descriptions of Jamaica Rum prices rule Our dispatches bring-the account of the death of Jowahir the said county of Antrim, at the end of fourteen days after very fi rm, but the supply at market is small, especially of the good and fine qualities. There has been a falling off in the insertion of this notice in the London Gazette.-Given Singh; the Wuzeer, by the Seikh soldiery, in revenge for tl:e the home and export demand this week, and the total under my hand the 19th day of November, 1845, death of Peahens Singh. The Queen-Mother continues to di- CHARLES SHAW LEFEVRE, Speaker. sales amount to only 250 puncheons, at 3s 7d to 3s 10d rest the, State affairs. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Soutbamptonshire. for 29 to 36 per cent. over proof, and small parcels of Letters to the 24th from Lahore state that Meeean Prithee North Hants Yeomanry Cavalry-Captain W. H. T. better quality at 43 to 5s per gallon. Leeward Island is had at •first been appointed to carry on provisionally the Hawley to be Adjetant, Nov. 8. wanted, but business has been checked by the scanty supply, POOR-LAW COMMISSION OFFICE, and buyers are compelled to pay 2s 2d to 21 3d proof affable of the State. Raja Lall Singh had been released; Somerset-house, Nov. 18, 1845. strength. In Calcutta sales have been made at 2s llid and Jewun Singh, who had not gene far, having been seized, This is to notify, that the Poor-law Commissioners have to 2s 2d proof with certificate, and the market is still scantily supp lied. Of common Demerara small parcels teceived• a good beating, but was set free. Lad Singh Mo- appointed George Grenville Wandisfort Pigott, of Dodders nave been so ld at full prices, strong kinds are wanted and rareea hack hidden himself among his own troops. On the hall, in the county of Buckingham, Esq , to be an As fetch 3s 2d to 3s 6d. The stock of all kinds is still on the de 24th Prithee Singh was deprived of the seals of office, and sistant Poor-law Commissioner, pursuant to the pro.vi decline, and . the consumption is going on satisfactorily. the Ranee assumed the full powers of Shine. sions of an Act, passed in the fifth year of the reign Prices are still under those of last year. Brandy is little of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, in wanted, and the tendency of prices still downwards ; the There is no news from Sinde. tituled " An Act for the amendment and better adminis. The ex-King of Caubul died of cholera at Loodianah. tration of the laws relating to the poor in England and stock here is a frill average one. Of Geneva several parcels The Nizam's dominions continue disordered, and it is Wales; " and that the said George Grenvi lle Wandisfort have been taken for exportation. For English Corn Spirits thought that hostilities will be resorted to. Pi g ott, on the 18th da y of November instant, took the oath the demand has been active at 10* 9d per gallon nett cash, required by the 11th section of the Act, before the Hon. Mr. and a further advance it is expected will shortly take place. A civil war is threatening Burmah, J us ti ce P at t eson , one o f th e j u d ges o f her Majesty's Court of Malt Spirits, according to quality, is worth 12s Sd to 13s 6d. Gin has has been extensively dealt in. There is nothing new from China. - Evening paper. Queen's Bench.-By order o the Board, EDWIN CHADWICK, Sectetary. Ons.-Although there are sellers of Gallipoli Oil upon EXCHEQUER .-(THIS DAY.) WHITEHALL, Nov. 18. rather lower terms, still th e h ome trade operate with caution , of Bangor, in the county of Carnarvon, Gent., to be a Master and there are few export orders. Rape Seed Oil is still (Sittings in Banco.) The Lord Chancellor has appointed Hugh Beaver Roberts, wanted, and prices are kept up, the supply being small. For - THE ArrORNEY-GINERAL V. BRYAN. Extraordinary in the high Court of Chancery. I , alm the demand has fallen off, and a decline in the This was an information filed against the defendant, who BANKRUPTS. value has taken place. Cocoa at present is not was a paper-maker at Bristol, for infringing the Excise laws J o h n B rown , b u ild er , H ornsey-roa d , Middl esex, t o sur - to be had upon lower terms, but it i s little by, sending out paper without the legal and proper stamp, render Nov. 28, at half-past one, and Jan. 10, at twelve, at e anted. For Linseed Oil further reduced rates being previously placed upon it, which was tried 'n the sit the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, o ffi cial assignee, Basin have been taken, and for forward delivery many contracts g tings a ft er 'Trinity Term, and a verdict returned for the hall-street; Elderton, Lothbury ; Richards, Croydon.' have been entered into at 24s 3d to 24* 6d. C o d h as f u rth er Crown. _Mr. Chambers subsequently obtained a rule nisi Charles Bowen, wine merchant, Harp-lane, Tower-street, declined in value, but in consequence of 281. per ton having falling upon • the Crown to show cause w h y t h e verdict been accepted, the operations'have been on a more extended City, Nov. 28, at one, and Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court of should not be set aside and a new tria l h a d, o n the ground ßankruptcy. . scale. In Seal there has been more business transacted, but that the Lean* Basingh Judge who tried the cause had rejected evi- treet Green, o ffi cial assignee, Aldermanbury ; Gale, upon easier terms. Tarseow.-Importers of Russia have been more inclined once which was of great importance to the defendant's case. The ATTORNEY and SOLICITOR-GENERAL now appeared to George Pratt and John Bodle, builders, Queen's-road, Not to realise this week, there having been large arrivals, and the ting- hill, Middlesex , Dec. 2, at twelve, and Jan. 6, at eleven, show cause against the rule. The evidence rejected on the trialrates accepted are rather lower; on the spot, however, the was the answer of one of the witnesses, named George Park- at the Court of . Banruptcy, Graham, o ffi cial assignee, Cole demand has been very good. 41s 9d to 42s per cwt has been map-street; Leigh, George-street , Mansion-house. burst, to a question from Mr. M. Chambers as to where hethe current rates for tine new Petersburgh Yellow Candle. Joseph Hamsher, glove manufacturer, Tabernacle-square, got his information implicating the defendant in the case, or For delivery in the three fi rst months of next year many Horton, Dec. 2, at half-past one, and Dec. 30, at half-past whether he was • not the source through which the Excise ob- contracts have been entered into at 42s 9d to 43s per cwt. eleven at the Court of Bankruptcy Turquand, official as .H. Home made has met with a good demand at 41s 6d to 42s dined the information against the defendant. The Crown -objected to any answer being given to the question, and the side . nett Old Jewry-chambers; Briey . , Pancras-lane, Cheap nett cash. • Court held the objection to be good. The Learned Attorney James Corse Kendall, tavern keeper, Islington, Dec. 2, at and Solicitor-General now contended that the Court was half-past one, and Dec. 30, at half-past eleven, at the Court LATEST PRICES OF SHARES right in allowing the objection, because it was justified by public policy, for a Government informer was not bo , of Bankruptcy. Graham, o ffi cial assignee, Coleman-street; : - ' Wells, Bell-yard, Doctors'-comMons. ' N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER 00M disclose the channels by which he obtained his informal' .. , PANIES' STOCK. although it might tend to discredit the evidence of the wit- George Sawyer, tailor, Lewes, Sussex, Dec. 5, at h a lf-ast twelve, and Jan. 13, at half-past eleven, at the Court of --00...--. nese and materially benefit the defendant, inasmuch as such Vlankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, From tie Official List, a disclosure might hold him up to public ignominy and ven- Old, Jewry ; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho. % wee. It was a well-established rule that private hard - Willi am H enr y Bl ac k more , pl um b er , D ean . s t ree t, S o h o, PrELISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENIIIG , 11 ips must give-way to the public convenience; but, never- Dec. 2, at half past two, and Jan. 7, at twelve, at the Court LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21. theless, it was for the Court then to decide whether such a of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street- ?DINT-STOCK 2.11.3F1L8s rule existed or not. Now there was no doubt that it did buildings; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho. • exist ; and next came the point-upon what was that rule John Parr, coal-dealer, Paddington, Dec. 5, at twelve, and Dividend Amount 1 founded? Why it was founded upon public policy. Well, Jan. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Name of Company, per of Paid. - Pries then, the Court next had to consider w h e the r it was a pare- official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Maples, .-. ..-. mount rule, or whether it was to give w ay to a rule which, Pearce, Stevens, and Maples, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. £ s. d. X s. d, at first sight, appeared to be an inferior rule. Now they Charles Morgan Harman, veterinary surgeon, Milbank- Australasia • ... ••. • • . 6/. per cent. 40 0 Q 40 0 0 3 2 contended that the private rule and advantage must give Brash North American 4/, per cent. 50 11 - 0 50 • 0 47 street, Westminster, Nov. 28, at two, and Jan. 10, at one , Brash lof London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 o o - 24 tray to the public good, and therefore the Court properly re at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official Colonial... . ...... .... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 15% jeered the evidence in question, which would have had the assignee ; Barton, Wolsingham -place, Kennington-road. Londn.andWestminstr 6L per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 1 ,6 exffe expense of 'public policpu ct of serving the y roses of a private convenience. individual at the Robert Worley - , provision merchant, Newgate-street, Dec. London Joint-Stock ... 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13 - 4 e p and public 2, at eleven, and Jan. 6, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Metropolitan ......... - 25 0 0 710 0 Mr. M. CHAMBISRB admitted that certain parties, such as Provincial of Ireland.. 81. percent. 100 0 o 25 0 0 47% attorneys and pries Bankruptcy. Graham, o ffi cial assignee, Coleman-street ; ts, were exempted from the general rule Lawrence and flews, Bucklersbure , Ditto, New.,. -.• • . 81, per cent. 10 0010 0 o 244 'National of Ireland • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 19% of evidence that witnesses were bound to answer questions William Atkin, gr o cer, Stockton -Tees, Durham, Nov. Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51 per cent. 100 0 calculated to elicit the truth or simplify the circumstances of 28, at one, and Dec. 30, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Ditto, New.... • 51 .• per cent. 20 00 e ?50 0 9 - the case under consideration, and a witness could claim this District Court. Baker, o ffi cial assignee, Newcastle-upon- Union of Australia:: .. - 25 0025 0 o 24% exemption when questions were put to him which involved Ty ne ; Harle, Newcastle- upon-Tyne ; Chisholme, Hall, and Union of L0nd0n..... 51 . per cent. 40 0010 0 0 13 a great public policy. In cases, for instance, of high treason, ' a witness could refuse to answer questions tending to hold Gibson, Lincoln s Inn-fields. WATER-WORKS William Lancelot Kelly, printer, Tewkesbury, Dec. 5, at up parties engaged in the public service to odium and con- one, and Jan. 2, at eleven at the Bristol District Court. - tempt, but, the present case was not of such great public Kynaston, official assignee, Bristol ; Baylis and Drewe, Basing- Dividend Amount 1 magnitude and importance. It was, on the contrary, a simple hall-street, London ; Richards and Co., Tewesbury. Name of Company. per of ' I Paid. Price. petty natter of misdemeanour and finesse, and the privilege William Chaloner, tailor, Lincoln, Dec. 2 and 23, at and exemption claimed by the witness Parkhurst did not el • even, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official as- - t apply to,it. 'He contended, moreover, that Parkhurst was • , .£ s, d. 1 signee, Leeds ; Pocock, Bartholomew-close, London ; East London...-. • ... 1 81. 100 00 ; - 230 the informer himself and had an interest in the case, and he Menem, Barnsle y; Bond, Leeds. Grand Junction ...• ~, 31. 46 13 4 I - 92 was, therefore,. entitled to put the objected question to him, PRICE OF SUGAR. Kent •••••••• • • • • • • • • 21. 10s. 100 00 ' - to test his credibility, unless it would violate some over- h auxa 51 Vll ............ The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, cem- . per cent. 100 0 0 - whelming public principle, which he had already shown it pute d f ront t h e R eturns made i n the week end i ng the 18th West Middlesex .... -41.16 e. pr c t. ,6312 9 -• 130 could not do. The other rule relied on the case of Hardy, day of November, 1845, is 38s. Id. per cwt. who was tried some years ago for high treason, and he relied ngsviusmicz cOMPALNIXIS. hiinsAf open the same case. In that case the Lord Chief BANK OF ENGLAND. Justice held that the channels of information for the public Dividend Amount 1 good must be protected, and the names of third parties to (From this Night's Gazette.) Name of Company. per of I Pal& Price. whom given, information had been who did not appear as An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, --........... witnesses, could not be disclosed. But that was not the cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 15th day . of , 1 8 . d. £ 5. d. 00 0 9 5 11 00 0 9 00 0 9 1 7 2 66 ( e l im state of the cams here. The question put to the witness was, November, 1845. B, A Alliancetrtiiilbitatiistniti.o...3.liarri. Commercial .111 ... .0 .. .r .. .. 163 6 18. p . 3 p6 e 1 ed r . r. l c p O en s t h. cent, . 5 1 1 50 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 not "to whom did you give information?" but, did you do ISSUE DEPARTMENT. so and se; and the Court had never yet interposed to pre- .Z. X. .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7i Ten / such a question being answered. In cases of high Notes issued ...... 26,974,685 Government debt 11,015,100 Clencl,Med.& Gen• Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 i trafren they, were prohibited from asking, to whom did you Othersecurities... 2,984,900 give such and such information, as they were not pre- Gold coin and bul- 210 1 6% County •.•.••• . ~ • • • • 31. 100 0 0 1 10 0 0 vented from asking, " did you give such and such infor- lion 11,478,722 '9s. and a minion." • The case of Watson had also been mentioned, in Silver bullion 1,495,963 Crown ............'' f i... bs. s 40 0 II 1 5 0 0 - 0 0 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 which Mr. Dowling, a short-hand writer, was protected from answering a particular question, as to whom and whether £26,974,685 £26,974,635 Economic Life € si 0 r ct.,} M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Eng.& Scot. Law Life 5l, p3e°rs• c ent.b' oci he gave certain information ; but it would have laid him open to great danger and held him up to execration. But it Dated the 20th day of November, 1845. European Life-. -•• • 54 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 must be remembered, that Mr. Dowling was only a corrobo- Freemasons' ..• •••• • • •• 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Guardian BANKING DEPARTMENT. Globe 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 o 61 native witness, and not the informer himself. In the re- X. £. - 142 cent case of O'Connell, a witness was protected by the Court Pro rietors' capita 1,14,653,000 Government seen- Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 121. per cent. 500 0 o 50 0 0 235 from giving up the names of certain parties, but he was not Res t privileged from a question as to whether he gave such and Public deposits (in- Dead Weight Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 5 'l3 1 29 such information calculated to throw discredit upon him or Law Life .. • • •• • . .. • • eluding Exche- Annuity) London Lo ndo n Ship Fir e .: .. .... .. .... 11. 55. )00 0 0 10 0 0 51 his evidence. ' quer, Savings- Other securities 15,041,397 Legal and General Life - 60 0 0 20 0 6% 0 0 0 0 , 1 1 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 2)4 Mr, Baron PARKE-Yon admit, Mr. Chambers, that the Marine .... ......... banks, Commis- Notes • 5,483,110108. 25 0 0 12 10 0 154 question, " to whom did you give such and such information, sinners of National Gold and silver 51. per cent. 1 2 00 5 or from whom did you receive such and such instructions," Debt, and divi- coin 595,401 Med. Inylid & Gen. Life - 50 0 0 20 0 3 cannot be put. dend accounts) 6,524,834 ~. .. • ;National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent . 20 0 0 210 0 al, Mr. Citeemene-Certainly, ray Lord. Other deposits...... 8,899,130 •s 's National Life .....• ... a per cont. 100 0 0 8 0 0 "* Mr. Baron PARKE-But you can ask, " did you give such • ~ . Palladium Life,. day and other S even an ot er 5/. per cent. 60 o o 2 Q 0,, 21 . 2s. 35 and such information?", : •- - • , bills .:. s. ., „..- - Mena .. ~ 1,101,49 =' • I. '' - - Pio - e , 3L wet. & bs. - -, ' Life... 51. teat. 20 ' 210 Mr. CHlalliEsce- rust 80 ,'.my Lord. ' s - ,11= _____ ,L_ J. ,, 5... ) . (~‘„, ~,, ___ ,.0.0 2 e f it e•••• • • • • per 0 ''', _i 1 ~0 , oy ii? .. 23. Mr. Baron Paurrx-Would not thia,' in fact, then, be die- ~- • X 34,323,046 --I • - i• X 34,326,046 at.0ck•Life............ 4s. closing the channels whence the Government obtained its M.'IVIA • fiSHALL, Chief Cashier. . .4 Royal-Exchange 6 0 0 t , O, Hi 0,, r 4N: 5 /. „p e r c 't'ut• Stock. ,' ' - 'Y.* ' Ise information? .--- . gun Fi r s . Dated the 20th day of November, 1845. .- , . ...: - • The LORD CHIEF Jesnce-Certainly it would; and I ap- Ditto Life .•. .. ... • . ii . 6 s. - ' .z. -,..4 : it prehend, that if the witness gave the information, he is the Universal Life .. channel whence the Government obtains its information, and PROMISSORY NOTES. - entitled to the privilege of answering the question. ......-....._ LIST OX' SCOTTISIE COMPANIES' PRICES Mr. CHAIIBERs submitted, then, if his Lordship's dictum (From this Night's Gazette.) were correct they had hitherto been acting erroneously, for An account of the Average Aggregist Dividend Amount e Amount of Promis- Name of Company. p er of Paid. Price the rule, ie be would seem, was to general and not limited, sory Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been Annum. Share. and would apply to all cases. Let them look, then, at the in circulation by the Banks in Ssotla n d, by th e B an k o f Ire- dangerous policy they were establishing. A witness might trap land, and by all other Bents in Ireland, during the four £ 1. d. £ s. d a third party with a crime, but the counsel for the accused weeks ending the Bth day . , of November, 1845, pursuant to Bank of Scotland would be prevented from arriving at this fact, because the Act of 4th and sth Victoria, cap. 50 :- Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per ce n t. - 100 o 0 165. British Linen Company OP per cent. - 100 0 0 230 the rule just laid down by their Lordships would prevent SCOTLAND. Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 167 him from asking, on eross-examination, " Did you not do so Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stock Banks £3,593,988 National Bank 6l. per cent. --. 10 0 0 16% and so and give such and such information. ' That was IRELAND. Union Bank of Scotland 74 /. pr cent. - 60 0 0 9s ' Precisely the case here, and he contended that the rule only B an k o f I re l and 4,374,850 Wester n Bank - ... •• • 6/. per cent. - 80 0 0 86 applied to higher cases of crimes and offences and not to Private and Joint-Stock Banks - 5..0 0 -7;, petty cases of larceny and misdemeanours. He humbly Clydesdale Bank- •• •• 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 15% . submitted, therefore, that he was strictly in order when he Eastern Bank 0 0 114 per cent • - 1 Total ••••• £11,418,528 Caledonian Bank - 210 0 6 asked the witness in this case the question complained of. H. L. WICKHAM. Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 7% Mr, Bryon Panx---Mr, Attorney, Can you tell us if it h as sumps and Taxes, Nov. 21, 1845. City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cen t. - Al 5 o 164 been the Tractice t o. to ask the question complained of? Scottish Union Ins. Co. M. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 1 The ATTORNET-GENERAL replied that his experience in Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 • 14% these ewes was so very limited, that he could not take upon COURSE OF EXCHANGE--(THIS DAY.) Insur. Co. of Scotlnd - 51: per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 104 North British Insur. • • 541. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28% himself the responsibility of answering the question of th e Amsterdam CF. 12 10 1 Gibr a lt ar... ..... -.....- Caled on i an Fi re I nsur. 101. per c e nt. 100 0 0 10 0 0 244 Learned Baron. So far, however, as he understood, it was not ; Ditto, at sight l2 7 Leghorn ...••• ...... .„. 30 75 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1934 but their Lordships would be good enough to remember that Rotterdam 2U.12 11 Genoa this we., the first case where the question of "did you give such Antwerp 26 15 Milan ..... .............. - Ditto, 4 *hares.... 51. percent. 12 10 0 , A ll paid. 18 and such information " had been brought before the Court. j Ramburgh M.B. 13 15 Venice . ......... - 20 0020 0 0 243(, The question heretofore argued before the Court was not Alton* - Naples ..... ...........„ 811 GI asgw & Ayrshir Rail. 51. per cent. 50 6 0 All paid. 72 ellasew&Greenckßall. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All " Did you give the information," but O To whom did you Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75 Palermo, per oz. ll9i Glsgw &Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All p aid.. 22% give it." • Ditto, 3 months 26 5 Lisbon s2f Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 3 4 6 5 % * The LORD CIIIRF BARON-The matter relates to a rule or Marseilles 26 10 Oporto.. • •.. ....... .... 52f Standard LifeAssornce.l 51 per cent. 50 0012 10 0 8 .- law of extreme importance, and as there are no Immediate Bourdeaux 26 10 Rio Janeiro ..... ...... 23 cases bearing on the point the Court will take time to con- Frankfort on Maine 1221 Bahia .........• ... ..... - ' _ eider the question. Petersburgh, 3 Us... - Buenos Ayres -- DOCICS. - Berlin - NewYork,2ldyssight -- Dividend 1 Amount Vienna, effee. fio. Paid. I price. ECUADOR BONDHOLDERS. Trieste, ditto 10 8 PRICES OF BULLION, rze OZ. (THIS DAY.) Madrid 36A Foreign Gold, bars..£3 17 9 ' - x s. d. 'X 5. d. To-day a meeting of the holders of Ecuador bonds (for- Cadiz merly Colombian) was held at two o'clock, at the London Bilbao - New Doubloons.-- 00 0 Ea, tend West 1ndia...1641. pr cent.: Stock. - 131 , Tavern, to consider the propriety of accepting an offer, made Barcelona .-- New Dollars OO 0 East Country • •. ' 11. per sh. 100 00 1 by Celonel,Wright, on behalf of the Government of Ec ua d or , Seville - Sil ver i n 8 ar5...... 04 9 i L mdon - .... - 115 in liquidation of loans contracted in 1822 and and 1824, when that St Southa m Katharine ..... • .. I 5 per cent. ton • • • • . . Stock• , - 1084 ! '5O 0 91 SO 0 0 30 state formed, along with Venezuela New Grenada, the p 41. per cent. republic ot Colombia. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. - - Mr. Robinson was unanimously called to the chair. (From the London New Price Current of Nov. 21.) CANALS. • The Cletus/ease opened the business by reading Col. Wright's SUGAR-To-day the b • . t t business transacted in the Weat In- i Dividend! letter, cor4ailling: the proposal which appeared in all the dia Sugar market was extremely al thou limited , at ou Names of i : !Dividend Names of Tuesday', papers. Having d one so, the Hon. Gentlemanmerchants gh some o ompanies. It • Price. A per Price. ... were more inclined to sell, onl 160 I per , Companies. 0 A Annum. weq,,into an explanation of the circumstances which had were disposed of at decline y bhds' ac. ce I Annum.; tn oa a of 6d to ls per cwt. The total -- ' led to the present meeting. The committee had • received sales for the week amount to only 540 hhds and tierces. X I • £ - ; the proposal from Colonel Wright, and in consequence the I. y REFINED.-To-day easier rates were again taken for re- Ashtntc Oldh , 97 1 51.55. pc, 72 Monmouthsh 100 91. 160 had thought it the wisest course to call the bondholders fined goods for home consumption, brown lumps according Ashby-d-la-Zlll3j 4/. 70 Mntgomrysh 100 51. 95 together to take their sense of the proposal . As Barnsley •- • • :160' 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - Is 1 a to quality, selling at 63s 6d to 655, and standard lumns 66 Means of understanding the capacity of the State of es 8 Basingstoke..lloo, - •- N or th ea• .- • • 100 201 365 r Ecu ador, Colonel Wright d supplied • - - g t a him with a state- Bonded Crushed is again per cwt, but. at these rates several purchases were made. Brkok&AOrglsof 51. 85 . Nottingham . 150, 121 . 2 60 meat of the revenue and ex enditure for several cheaper, 33s 6d to 3 3 s 9d per cwt Cromford....ilool 181. 150 Peak Forest. 78 3l: 40 I The following is ana bstract f p h o t estatement in question :- deal doing. Dudley lO Ol 41.' - Regent's ."..• 33 11. 25% , Derby .• •• • 1100; 81. 103 Rochdale ... •65 41. 54 • - In 1839, revenue 1,007,480 dolls. , • expenditure 1 290 128 , , MA CRITICS.-There has been less disposition manifested Ellsmre&Chs mai 4/. 80 Shropshire •• 125 EL - f lolls. ; deficit 28 U48 dells. 1840, revenue 870 316 dolls. ; topurchase this descriptionof Sugar , but holders have Erewash •. • 'lOO 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. ugar, shown 10s. 123 P expenditure 1 ,084,7 ta dolls.d eficit2l4,397 ' Forth & Clyd boo 71.. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/ p. c. II 8 revenue 1/2042 dolls. • ; dolls. 1841, firmness and obtained previous rates for the small parcels die- GrandJunctn 100 71. 100 Stff d& Wo • de ficit 458,527 dolls. 1842, , expenditure 1,230,569 dolls. ; de- posed of by private treaty.re 140 -281. 440 n Grand Union loo' 11. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230 revenue 703,269 dolls •ex , pen- Ewer Im:ea.-This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with little Glamorgnsh .1172' 13%1. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 201. - s.) . di tura 1,231,208 dolls.; deficit 527,839 dolls. . 1,154,236 dolls, ; expenditure 1,218 0 1843, revenue attention, and at public sale 660 bags went at barely the ,43 dls. ;deficit 6 Glstrkßrkly;loo -' - Strtfrd on Av 79 It. 10s. - - Grantham • • 150, , 121. • 100 Severn and - 1 fi He was anxione, seeing that 3,807 dls , former value. Of Penang 594 bags, 24 baskets, and 1 case , Huddersfield.' 57j - 20 Wye Ra 11.5 26 11. 85. - Cl in the revenue from 1842 to 1 843, to k now ace were offered, and went a little cheaper. if there had b Kennt & Ann 39 75. 6d. 22 Trnt Mr-1 n ,„, a similar improvement in 1844. In order been FoREIGN.-The market has again been scantily supplied Lancaster ...1 47, 11. 10. 40 soy, 54 sh. j ''" °"" - D P had written to Colonel Wright for to learn this he with Foreign Sugar, but exporters and our refiners working Leeds& Livrp, 100' 341. 525 Tharns &Med 19 - '' 10 b information , but) e(the Chairman) had not received any answer, arising , under hood are cautious in their proceedings, but holders Leicester ....140 101. 105 Worcstr ic - i from that gentleman being out of town. .no doubt, show firmness, and refrain from pressingeales. Leicatr &Nth 83 41. 62 Binning. j , 78 4/. 49 a Looking at the LoughborOgh;l42 701. 840 Wilts lc Brks 67 11. 4s. 11 Dronosal made in all its bearings, he was not dia,,,- - , -_ MOLASSES, West India previous rates are asked, the • Dividend Amount 1 Name of Company, per of Paid. Pries Annum. Share. s. d. s. d. Australasia •. • . 6/. per cent. 40 0 Q 40 0 0 32 Britsh North American 4/. per cent. 50 I •0 50 • 0 47 Commercia lot London 91. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 24 Colonial... . ...... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 1534 Londe and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 253 k London Joint-Stock .. • 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 135 Metropolitan 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 e; 0- 47% Ditto, New.— .. .• • . 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 24% 'National of Ireland .. 54 per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 Nat. Provincial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 9 35 0 I Ditto, •• • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.... 25 0 0 25 0 0 24% Union of L0nd0n..... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13 WATER—WORKS Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. d. East London.... • • 100 0 0 230 Grand Junction •. • • , 31. 46 13 4 ' 9 2 Kent •••.•••• • • • • • • • • 21. 10s. 100 0 0 Vauxhall •. • . .•. • • • 51. par cent. 100 0 0 West Middlesex .... • • 41.16 e. pr ct. , 63 12 9 130 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid, Price. Annum. Share. 1 s. d. X s. d. Albion 31. 10s, 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 2O Ditto Marine... •• • • 61. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 6% Atlas .•.•.••• • • • • • • • • 138. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16% British Commercial 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 74 Clericl,Med.& Gen•Lifo 51. per cent. 100 00i2 10 1 6% 31. 100 0 0 1 10 0 0 ' Crown .. • • ...... •• • • 9s. and l i. ~. b 3.1 40 olb 1 50 0 - E a g le • • 6s. 50 00 1 5 0 11 5% Economic Life s's per ct.,} 1000 0 0 250 0 0 I & 30s.bs. Eng. & Scot. Law Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3 European Life.... •• • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' ..• •••• • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe - 142% Guardian •••••• • • • • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 61 Imperial Fire ••.• • • • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 235 Imperial Life.. •••• • • • 12s. 100 0010 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 5 . 13 1 29 Law Life •••••• • • .. - 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 51 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6% London Fire ......... 10s. 25 0012 10 0 15% London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0012 10 0 15% Marine .... •..•• • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 01 15 0 0 10% Med. Inylid & Gen. Life - 50 0 0 20 0 3 .National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 21, National Life .....• ... 81. per cont. 100 0 0 8 0 0 , Palladium Life,. Si. per cent. 60 0 0 2 Q 421. 2s. Plicenix •,. - -' ' .._ 210 Pi evo 'ectr o • Life .. .. - PrZent Life ll. ss. 100 001.10 0 „ 0, -,, 24 atock'Life.... • ....... 4s. 60 8 ' , O, 10 91 , r 4N.. Royal-Exchange Si. per el nit. Stock. . ' -". ' ' 186 Sun Fire r.. Ditto Life . • . .. ... • . it . 6,. Universal Life .. LIST Or SCOTTISIE COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount same of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ---- Bank of Scotland 100 0 0 174 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 16.5. British Linen Company ilk per cent. - 100 0 0 230 Commercial Bank ... • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 167 National Bank 6l. per cent. ....• 10 0 0 16% Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 98% Western Bank .. ... •• • 6/. per cent. - 80 0 0 86 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. -5, 0 0 7N Clydesdale Bank.... • • 61. per c e nt. - 10 0 0 15% Eastern Bank.. - 10 0 0 114 Caledonian Bank - 210 0 6 Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 7% City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 815 0 161,4 Scottish Union Ins. Co. Si. per cent. 20 0 0 10 I 14 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 • 14% Incur. Co. of Scotlnd • • 51: per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 104 North British Incur. • • 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 I 211S1 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24% Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19% Edin. St Glasg. Railway 51. per cent. 50 0' 0 50 0 0 68 Ditto, .% *bares sl.per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 18 Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0020 0 0 24% Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 51. per cent. 50 6 0 All paid. 72 61asgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 22% Glsgw&Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 45 • Dundee& Arbroth Rall. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 36% Standard LifeAssarnce.j 51 per cent. 150001 2 10 0 s 'Mr. Robinson was unanimously called to the chair. The Cumnat.kx opened the business by reading Col. Wright's letter, containing; the proposal which appeared in all the Tuesday'; papers. Having done so, the Hon. Gentleman werOnto an explanation of the circumstances which had led to the present meeting. The committee had received the proposal from Colonel Wright, and in consequence they had thought it the wisest course to call the bondholders together to take their sense of the proposal. As a means of understanding the capacity of the State of Ecuador, Colonel Wright had supplied him with a state ment of the revenue and expenditure for several years. The following is an abstract of, thestatement in question : In 1839, revenue 1,007,480 dolls. ; expenditure 1,290,128 ; deficit 2 82,648 dolls. 1840, revenue 870,316 dolls. ; expenditure 1,084,713 dolls. ; deficit 214,397 dolls. 1841, revenue 7/72,042 dolls.; expenditure 1,230,569 dolls. ; de ficit 458,527 dolls. 1842, revenue 703,269 dolls. ; expen diture 1,231,208 d 0115..; deficit 527,839 dolls. 1843, revenue 1,154,236 dolls, ; expenditure 1,218,043 dls. ; deficit 63,807 dls. lie was anxious, seeing that a great increase had taken place in the revenue from 1842 to 1843, to know if there had been a similar improvement in 1844. In order to learn this he had written to Colonel Wright for information, but ke (the Chairman) bad not received any answer, arisin g, no doubt from that , gentleman being out of t own. Looking at the proposal made in all its bearings, he was not disposed to ac sixth to the terms. They were a promised only a of their flebt, though itappeared there was no security for even that, the expenditure being greater than the revenue. Beyond the one per cent. per annum premised, there was no likelihood of increase, unless they could manage to send out from :5,000 to 25,000 persons as emigrants, as they were promised 1 per cent. for every 5,000 persons "lent out; but that proposal was not likely to be realised, as there was a great objection to South America as a field of emigration. But even were that practicable, which he did not think it was, they would require at least 120,000/. as a fund to carry, that into effect. He left it in their hands to deal with the proposition as they thought fit. He could not, however, advise them to accept the terms; the sum was so paltry that he was almost ashamed to name it to them. Whether the rejection of the proposal would lead to better terms, as had been stated by a writer in the Times the other day, he could not say, as he was ignorant of the resources and means at the disposal of Ecuador to merit its obli gation. After a .brief discussion, in which the strongest feeling was expressed against the proposal, a resolution was put and carried, with but' two dissentients, that it be rejected. It was also Oggendlhat:the Committee be empowered to take measures to effect more favourable terms for the bondholders a nd that the as s i stance of the British Government be ' re quested to forward their negotiatiobs, The meeting then broke up. (From the London New Price Current of Nov. 21.) SUGAR—To-day the business transacted in the West In dia Sugar market was extremely limited, although some merchants were more inclined to sell, only 160 hhds, &c. were disposed of at a decline of 6d to Is per cwt. The total sales for the week amount to only 540 hhds and tierces. REFINED. —To-day easier rates were again taken for re fined goods for home consumption, brown lumps according to quality, selling at 638 6d to 655, and standard lumps 66s per cwt, but at these rates several purchases were made. Bonded Crushed is again cheaper, 33s 6d to 33s 9d per cwt having been taken for the best. In Loaves there is a good deal doing. MA CRITICS.—There has been less disposition manifested to purchase this description of Sugar, but holders have shown firmness and obtained previous rates for the small parcels die posed of by private treaty. EAST INDIA. —This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with little attention, and at public sale 660 bags went at barely the former value. Of Penang 594 bags, 24 baskets, and 1 case, were offered, and went a little cheaper. FOREIGN.—The market has again been scantily supplied with Foreign Sugar, but exporters and our refiners working under hoed are cautious in their proceedings, but holders show firmness, and refrain from pressing sales. Morasses.—For West India previous rates are asked, the supply at market being small, but there has been a consi derable falling off in the demand this week, and only small parcels have been sold. Bengal Treacle is worth 19s to 21s per cwt, and is wanted. In Honey there has again been a good deal done, and prices keep on the advance. SPICES. —Today the market was well supplied with Cassia Lignea, and three parcels amounting to 1,812 chests were brought to auction ; the trade evinced little de s i re t o ope rate, and a small part only sold at a decline on the rates of the last auction of 3s to 4s per cwt. Malabar Pepper met with little attention. Of Nutmegs 3 chests sold, good brown at 5s 4d per lb. Cocoa.—British Plantation has been purchased with cau tion by private treaty, and former rates have been barely supported, Trinidad grey selling at 38s to 435, red 39s to 445, and superior 45s to 475. None has beeri offered at auction. Foreign is little wanted, and prices are on the decline. COFFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon Coffee was in excellent request, and at auction 3,305 bags were all sold at an ad vance on former rates of is per cwt; good ordinary bold pale Native bringing 48s 6d to 49s 6d, one lot 50s,and bold Triage 46s 6d to 47s per cwt. By private treaty several parcels of Native and Plantation were disposed of. TEA.—The market has presented a tranquil appearance for all descriptions this week, there having been further arrivals, and the stock of Black rind Green' beirig large - causing - th e trade to be cautious in their proceedings. Congou of all kinds has been purchased with ..sution, and the rates taken have been rather under those previously quoted. Fotiehong THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1845 OPENING OF THE PORTS. MANCHESTER, THURADAY.—This morning, at 11 o'clock, a very numerous meeting of the merchants, bankers, manufac turers, tradesmen, and other inhabitants of the borough of Manchester, was held in the large room of the Town-hall, King-street, "for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of memorialising her Majesty's Government in fa vour of opening the ports for the free admission of grain and all other kinds of provisions, to avert the calamity likely to arise from the scarcity of food, owing to the failure of the po tato crop and the defective quality of the wheat harvest." The meeting was convened by the Mayor, on the requisition of upwards of 800 firms and individuals of station in the town. Mr. W. B. Watkins, Mayor, presided, and on the platform we observed Mr. Phillips, M.P. ' Brotherton, M.P., Mr. Messrs. Aldermen W. Nield, C. J. S. Walker, James Kershaw, John Mason, J. Shuttleworth, P. F. Willert, A. Kay, E. Armitage, and John Burd ; also Messrs. G. Wilson, T. Bazley, Presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce ; Absalom Watkin, J. B. Smith, James M'Laren, Sidney Potter, Benjamin Pearson, W. Bickham, W. Woodcock, Robert Gardner, J. Chadwick, J. Watts, Rev. W. M'Kerrow, W. Gaskell, Joseph Greave, Thomas Woolley, Samuel Lees, J. S. Grafton, Joseph Simp son, T. H. Williams, W. Morris, Thomas Hardbottle, and ethers. The MAYOR said, that independent of the obiect of the meeting, the respectability of the requisition would have warranted him in calling such a meeting. They were met to memorialise her Majesty's Government, and he hoped the business would be transacted not only with good temper, but with great spirit, ankif there were any gentlemen present who differed as to the objects of the meeting, he hoped they would have a fair hearing. He would, without further comment, call on Mr, R. IL Greg to move the first resolu tion. Mr. GREG then came forward, and observed, that if he had been asked to sign such a requisition a month ago he would not have consented to do so; but now that so alarming a necessity, ad presented itself he did not hesitate to ask for the opening of the ports. It was well known that there was a failure of the wheat crop, and that the weather fer, gathering it in was another source of scarcity. He had been in Scotland last week, and in some of the most. fnrward districts the wheat crop had not been gathered. He regretted the further cala mity which arose from the failure of the potato crops, a de scription of sustenance which formed a large portion of the food of the people of Ireland, Scotland, and the north of Eng land. When the extent of that disease became known, the cry was raised " Open the ports," and that cry was re-echoed by the press without regard to politics. Four Cabinet Councils had been held, and he did not hesitate to say that nine-tenths of the population were ready to see the result of those meet ings in the opening of the ports ; but from some cause which he could not explain, no order was issued for the admission of foreign grain. Some people said that the sadden opening of the ports would have the effect of advancing the price of corn in other markets, but this ho believed to be a fallacy. He was decidedly of opinion that the sliding-scale was one of the greatest curses that ever afflicted this country. He concluded by moving the following resolution:—" That the deficiency of the harvest and the failure of the potato crop in many parts of the 'United Kingdom have produced the utmost ap prehension among all classes of the community, and are cir cumstances imperatively requiring the immediate considera tion of her Majesty's Government." Mr. J. HEYWOOD, in seconding the resolution, said that the cultivation of the potato crop was one of the causes of keeping on the corn-laws. As the price of grain advanced the cultivation of the potato root progressed, and it was 4 curious fact that a disease in that root should now ce: ane to facilitate the repeal of the corn-laws. In Englan y the disease felt. might not be so great, but in Scotland it ' seas severe In Lanarkshire meetings had been heir?, et which statements were made from which it afpe,areL that at least one-half of the crop was diseased. In 1 1 - stand the suffering created 1i the the disease was greater tL on in any ot h er part of the king dom, owing to the fa's'c that potatoes were the staple food of the people of that country. After a few remarks on the dis puted tenitor, in America, he concluded by seconding the resolution, which was put and carried unanimously. Mr. Alderman KAy moved the next resolution. He had no desire to be considered an alarmist, but when he saw the present, and contemplated the future state of this vast dis trict., he could not help arging the people of Manchester to devise means to avert a calamity which must inevitably ensue. If the ports be not opened, or some other measure adopted, famine and great distress, he was sure, would over take the inhabitants of the manufacturing districts. He then took a review of the difference of the prices of food, and con tended that, when food was cheap manufactures were prosperous. They (the people of Manchester) were met for the purpose of demandi ng f rom H er Majesty's Ministers the opening of the ports, and he hoped every district in the kingdom would make the same demand in terms lot to be misunderstood. He was no party man ; the time was come when all names in politics should be forgotten, and the Ministers told that the people were not to be- allowed to starve for the protection of sectional interests.--The worthy Alderman then read lengthy extracts from a work entitled Manchester in 1844. We copy a few' of the ex tracts :—" In Manchsster, in March, 1844, there were 116 factories and other mills which had ceased working; 681 shops and offices had been closed, and 5,492 houses were un occupied. The value of Mill buildings and machinery had lessened fully one-half • and five spinning mills, es ti ma t e d at 211,0001., only found buyers at the sum of 66,0001. The butchers, grocers, and linendrapers declared that their daily sales had decreased 40 per cent. A committee of relief, formed for the distribution of clothing and bedding to the poor, visited, in the cou rse o f th e year 1840, 10,000 families, containing 45,591 1 n (13- eiduals, of whom 2,000 could not be relieved for want cs's funds. The rooms and cellars occupied by these unfort':.nete beings were entirely destitute of furniture. Bricks Ps - id logs of wood were the substitutes for tables and Heaps ofshavings, litters of straw, defiled with all sorts 'sr impurities, served them for beds. Frequently several families occupied different corners of the same chamber, and there was no separation of the sexes, save the distance between the beds of straw. It was found that a certain portion of the town, consisting of No. 1 and part of No. 2 districts, con tained 2,000 families, numbering 8,866 persons, earning on the average is. lid. only per head per week, being at the rate of ss. 3id. only per week for each family. The number of pawn-tickets possessed by these families was 22,417, and not 27,417 ; and, upon the articles thus pawned, the amount of 2,780/. 14s. 4d. had been advancd." " In Bolton, a town of 501:00 souls, 50 manufacturers em ployed ordinarily 8,124 workmen ; in 1842, 30 of these esta blishments were closed, or did not work more than four days per week, and 5,061 hands were thus deprived wholly or in part of the means of subsistence. Of 2,110 ironfounders and mechanics, 785 had been thrown out of work, and the re mainder, viz., 1,325 of these men, who in 1836 had been urged to make nine to twelve working days out of each week, were reduced to four or five days per week. The other trades had suffered the. same reduction. In short, if to the de creased wages of the working classes, we add the augmented price of provisions —the loss to these operatives must have been at least 320,5601. per annum, or upwards of 1,0001. per day. Public charity is powerless against such calamities as these." Stockport and ether manufacturing towns were in the same condition. He concluded by moving the following resolution :—" That the recollection of the calamities which afflicted this district and the whole country during the period of high prices of foßd,, from 1838 to 1842, renders, it impos sible tncontetniiiate, the reettiOnCeinf a similit'r,a44 of suf fering-Without mtense r anxiety s erof alarm." Mr, Alderman:Wk.km ,seconded the resoltttion, 'and ob _served that les time,,slie'ul4 helost ; they had 'Waited seven years and nothingfied be l en done. Sir Robert.Peel.had not grappl,ed s )vith may of the ,gri4questione wilichwesi nel 's4r4, tor ,tlie imprevenient. gto cemslition of. the 'poor ; e cemceded the whole question 'of, theceru e laws, ande Wes *ell aware of the iojusticeof the sliding. scale. It had beep said that he would repeal the corn-laws if he could, but he (Alderman Walker) believed he mild repeal them -if he would. He had not forgotten the advice which Sir R. Peel had given to Lord John Russell ; be told him if he could not tarry his measures he ought to resign. Now, he (Alder man Walker) would suggest to the Minister to apply that ad*e to himself, and if his colleagues stood in the way of the repeal of the corn-laws, let him appeal to the country, and see if the constituencies of England would not return to Parliament such Members as would support him in this glo rious undertaking. He concluded by seconding the resolution. Mr. Alderman NieLD, in supporting the resolution, said, be respectfully submitted that the sliding scale should slide away, and never again be heard of in England. It was well known that the protection afforded by that law had done more to prevent the cultivation of the soil than any other circumstance. In Lancashire, Cheshire, and many other couities, the land was in a state of almost original nature, which never could have been the case had it not been for the protection of the sliding-scale. He concluded by calling on Sir Robert Peel to comply with the prayer of that meeting, in which he would be supported by the great majority of the people. alr. A. WATKINS moved the third resolution, in a speech of some length, in the course of which he stated, that Sir Robert. Peel had been bound down by the owners of the soil, and it did appear to him one of the most extraordi nary cases of aberration of a noble mind. He could not conceive why he allowed himself to be thus bound down, knowing as he did that these very men hated him. He moved—" That the immediate opening of the ports for the free admission of food, and the repeal, without delay, of every law which restricts its importation, are measures ob viously required to prevent a serious revulsion in trade, and consequent grievous suffering to the whole of our industrious population." Mr. B. Plumose seconded the resolution, and contended that the people had let themselves too low in asking for a repeal of the corn-laws alone ; they ought to demand a bounty on all corn imported into England for the next thirty years as a compensation for the injury they had sus tained since the imposition of the corn-laws. Whilst they were demanding a repeal of these laws they must take care they do not,split on, the rock of a fixed duty, which would, in his opinion, be more injurious than the present law, be cauie it would delay their ultimate repeal. He regretted that the Government had taught the people, that however good their cause was, it could only be obtained by clamour, and thetlefore he urged the people to demand an immediate and total repeal of the corn-laws.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried wi th acclamation. Mr. T. BAZLET, President of the Chamber of Commerce, moved the next resolution :---." That this meeting, therefore, respectfully, but most earnestly, ca lls upon her Majesty' s Ministers to suspend immediately the operation of the Corn 11111 ; and to submit to the Legislature, at an early day, a measure for the entire abolition of all laws which restrict the free supply of food." With cheap food they had seen pros peritysion of that prosperity, and therefore he u r ged them to in trade and manufactures, and wit h dear food a de mandrevul- sion the opening of the ports, and having procured that objeet care should - be taken never again to allow them to be closed. The manufactures of England had scarcely recovered from a depression of many years, when, by a failure of the crops and consequent dearness of food, they were again to be pludged into the same state. With cheap food and pros perity of trade the wages of the workmen had been advanced, but with the prospect of bad trade and deal' food before them, a reduction of those wages must follow. Mr. Alderman KERSHAW' seconded the motion, and de dared that he would not have seconded the resolution had it not contained a demand for a total repeal of the corn -laws. He had not the nerve to contemplate the pending evils without serious alarm. What has already been the conse quences?ousts- affected, ;and the price of manufactures had declin e d The state of the money market had been seri within the last two months at least 10 per cent. He felt that in calling on the Government to open thee ports he was demanding a measure of humanity, and whet r were they to look for such succour but from the paternal g overnment of the country. He did not wish to exaggerate the state of the country, but he could not help calling the attention of the meeting to the awful state of the country, nacsse especially the manufacturing districts, a few years ago, wh en its trade was interfered with by the operation of the corn-laws. He hoped the voice of every town in the kingdom would ring in the ears of her Majesty's Ministers, and on them would lie the moral responsibility of the future state of the.country if they refusal to listen to the prayers of the people. Mr. MARK Pinurs, M.P., moved the adoption of a me morial to Sir R. Peel, and observed that the country had ar rived at a most important crisis. He concurred with every opinion ;which had that day been expressed rr /meeting the pending scarcity of food, and could not help c ontemplating with alarm the fearful result that may ensue if s vmething was noti immediately done to avert the forthcoming, evils. He then read the following memorial : • TO TIM RIGHT BON. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART., M.P., ZCIZST W.= OF TUE IWIDRY4 44 The Memorial of the Merchatits, 1 3 0QU% DianuleturCss Traders, and others, Inhabitants of the Borough of Man chester, in Public Meeting assembled, " Showeth,—That your memorialists have every reason to believe that the produce of the grain harvest, just concluded, is seriously deficient both in quantity and quality, and such as to cause a continuance of high and advancing prices in the staple articles of haman food. " That, in addition to this unfavourable circumstance, there has occurred throughout a large portion of Great Britain, and still more generally in Ireland, a failure in the potato crop, by which the evil of a deficient grain harvest is certain to be greatly aggravated. " That your memorialists have a painful recollection of the manifold calamities with which the country has been visited on former occasions, when, owing to deficient harvests, the pecuniary means of the labouring population have been ab sorbed in the purchase of food ; and they cannot contemplate a continuance of the present high prices, and their probable increase, without the most serious alarm. "That your memorialists entertain the belief that, after past and present experience of the frightful consequences of a system of legislation, by which an industrious and skilful people are prevented from supplying themselves with abun dance of food, no wise statesman will hesitate as to the pro priety and necessity of an immediate abolition of all restric tions upon the importation of foreign grain; and they are most anxious to impress upon her Majesty's Ministers the importance of an immediate attention to this subject. " Your memorialists desire to express, in the strongest manner, their deliberate and confirmed opinion that the cir cumstances of the country require that the ports should forth with be opened for the free admission of all kinds of grain ; and, further, that her Majesty's Ministers will consult the true interests of all classes in this kingdom by submitting to the. Legislature, at the very earliest opportunity, a measure for the entire removal of all laws by which any restriction is placed on the supply of food. " Your memorialists would, in conclusion, respectfully, but most earnestly, remind you how heavy will be your individual responsibility, if you now refuse to act in accordance with those principles the truth of which you have so often ac knowledged, and by the full adoption of which, and by that only, they believe the nation can be preserved from disaster and calamity appalling to contemplate." Although he was there as their representative, he might be allowed to address a few words to them as an agriculturist. He had for some time paid much attention to the state of the crops, and he had no hesitation in saying that at least one half the potato crop in the locality in which he resided would not be fit for human food. Now, if that was a fair picture of the general state of the country, what was to become of the population ; more especially the agricultural labourers, who would be compelled to consume the whole of their produce before Christmas and left to starve in the spring? What will be their condition in March next, when they come to sow their crop for the coming year? That was a point not to be overlooked, and he was sure Sir Robert Peel was not asleep on those matters. The question then was, is Sir Robert Peel to be made the tool of a section of the people, to the disad vantage of the millions who are starving? Mr. JOSEPII BROTHEitTON, M.P., seconded the adoption of the memorial. He said be considered the objects of the meet ing to be good, and the means taken wise and politic. He would ask, were they asking the Ministers for a favour or a right?—(" Right.") The landowners undertook to feed the people, and they had not done so, and therefore the people must now demand the privilege of feeding themselves. He was of the same opinion as Mr. Walker, he believed Sir Robert Peel could repeal the corn-laws, and be must be made to know that the people demanded it as a right, and were determined to have it.—(Applause.) The memorial was carried with loud cheers, and Messrs. Philips, Brotherton, Kay, and Greg appointed a deputation to present it. On the motion of Mr. Robert Gardner, seconded by Mr. White, thanks were voted to the Mayor, and the proceedings terminated about two o'clock. At a meeting of the Town Council of Manchester, on Wednesday, after the business en the notice paper had been gone through,— Mr. Councillor SIIUTTLEWORTII asked whether this was not an adjourned quarterly meeting, and if so whether it. was not competent for a member of the Council to propose a mo tion of which notice bad not been given ? The TOWN CLERK, after a short consultation with the Mayor and ex-Mayor, said although their circular did not state that this was an adjourned quarterly meeting as well as special meeting, yet he had read the proceedings of the last meeting at the commencement of the business, by which the quarterly meeting was adjourned to this day, and whether there had been a circular issued or not for special business, the Council would have met to-day by that adjournment, and he conceived therefore that it was competent for Mr. Shuttleworth to move any motion, though notice of it had not been previously given. Mr. Councillor SHarrusworrn said he would rather not have moved the resolution before him if any other gentleman of whom he saw many more competent, would do so; but if no one else rose to make such a motion hi must,--tOr he felt it to be a question of duty.—(Hear, hear.) He moved a resolution calling upon her Majesty's Ministers to open the ports. and declaring that the Council would hold them responsible for the calamities that might result to the country should they neglect to do so. —(Loud applause.) Mr. Councillor PRENTICE said, although he had not pre viously heard the terms of the resolution, he felt bound to second it with all his h - eiti—(Applause.) He must confess ' that he, along with a great number of the members'of the Council, had been guilty of signing a requisition to the Mayor to call a meeting on this subject to-morrow (Thursday), and not having taken the trouble to read the heading carefully, he had thought that it was to call a meeting of the Town Council ; however, it turned out that it was a requisition to call a public town's meeting. And he was pleased to see that it bore the names of all the aldermen, and nearly all the councillors of the borough. This itself was a pretty strong test of the opinion held upon the question by that Council. Short as the notice was at which the motion was brought be fore them, he thought the opportunity a favourable one ; there was no doubt the Minister would be obliged to do something, and as he had himself declared in Parliament that it was the right of every man to buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest markets, they were only helping him to carry into effect his own opinions. He understood that on a late occasion, when the Mayor was invited to Tamworth, Sir Robert Peel took every opportunity of showing in his person the respect he paid to the town of Manchester, and if - he paid that respect to him (Mr. Watkins) as Mayor of Manchester, it was to be hoped that he would pay the same respect to a memorial from the town of Manchester when it was signed by him as the Mayor of Ranchester.—( Hear, and applause.) Mr. Marremw Tostrassox supported the motion, and said he was happy to find that it put the responsibility of neg lecting to comply with its object where it was said to rest by a gentleman once a distinguished member of their body—Mr. Alderman Cobden—upon the Ministers.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Alderman KAY, (late Mayor) said he did not rise to object to the motion, but he suggested that it would be un wise to affix responsibility where it did not exactly rest. Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues could only open the ports with the sanction of Parliament, and if they were to open them during the recess, they would have to ask Parliament, upon its assembling, for an Act of indemnity. He suggested that a committee be 4pointed, who should retire from the Council, ithdpiit the resolution into such shape that it would -be less objeCtiopahle.. Intioratily, - "Utiothis suggestion, Mr. Alderman NcitY, tfdermati ) Kay„, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Prentice, - and •Mr.i.k.lierepecl,,ivete appointed a committee to retire,"and' after an, abserice : ot iibout ton minutes they returned with Mr: Shuttleworth's resolution slightly altered, and put in the form ofa memorial to Siißobert Peel. Mr. SHUTTLEWORTH said he thought at the time that he and; Mr. Alderman Kay were agreed on this subject, though they expressed themselves differently and misunderstood each other. Mr. Alderman Kay meant legal responsibility, and he (Mr. Shuttleworth) moral responsibility. He had great pleasure in moving the memorial, and that it be signed by the 'Mayor on behalf of the Town Council, and that the com mon seal of the Corporation be attached to it, and that it be presented to Sir Robert Peel.--(Applause.) He felt that after the sentiments he had expressed, Sir Robert Peel must only be acting in accordance with his own wishes and con victions in acceding to the prayer of their memorial, for though closely connected with the landlords, he had as clear ' a perception of our commercial interests as any of them, and he (Mr. Shuttleworth) had no doubt that he was preparing— if net in the ordinary sense of the turn, in one which might be readily understood—to " turn another sod "—(Hear, hear, and laughter)—and to enable them still to occupy that posi tion in the country which they ought and must occupy. Mr. Alderman kAz said he could not but look at the course likely to be taken in the present emergency with singular apprehension ; for though, on looking over the files of the newspapers for the last six months, he found that though Lorti Stanley had abstained from alluding to the state of the harvest, yet the Duke of Rutland (who was one of that class vrho thought it right to enjoy the revenue from their estates, without reference to the comforts of other classes), stated at an agricultural meeting that the results of the harvest had been satisfactory.—(Hear, hear.) Now he (Mr. Alder man Kay) thought that the Duke must have been sadly misinformed, for in less than a fortnight after that statement was followed by a report stating that the harvest in Ireland was awfully deficient, and that the potato murrain was almost universal.—(Hear, hear, and applause.) He trusted that this memorial, backed by the others which were flowing in from all parts of the country, would have the effect sought, and with that hope he cordially seconded it. After a few words from Mr. Tomlinson, the motion was agied to unanimously, and the Council separated. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. A special general meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held en Wednesday in the Council-room at the Guild hall, to consider the propriety of addressing her Majesty's Ministers on the subject of the corn. laws. Mr. "SViiAoN, alderman of the borough of Gateshead, and a mepiber of the well-known firm of Losb, Wilson, and Bell, haNfing been called upon to preside, in the absence of the Pre sident of the Chamber, briefly opened the business. Mr. POLLARD, an extensive corn merchant, rose and said, it was not his intention to offer any- remarks upon the sub ject, but simply to propose a memorial which he bad pre pared, and which he trusted would be adopted by the meet ing. The object of its prayer was, that the ports of the United Kingdom might be opened for the free introduction of foreign corn. The memorial was read by the Secretary as follows : " TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART., FIRST LORD OF MEE MAJESTY'S TREASURY. " The Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Newcastle- upon-Tyne, at a special general meeting, convened for 1 ' that purpose, " Showeth,—That your memorialists, believing that the corh harvest in the United Kingdom has been defective, and that the potato crop, particularly in Ireland, a failure, hasten to Entreat that you will be pleased to advise her Majesty in Council to give an immediate sanction to the admission, duty free, of foreign grain into all the ports of Great Britain and Ireland, as the readiest means that can be adopted for not only preventing the discomfort, but promoting the proepe• rity, and thereby securing the contentment, of the people. " And your memorialists will ever pray, &c." Mr. W. H. BRocaerr, alderman of the borough of Gates head, seconded the adoption of the memorial. Mr. ARMSTRONG, an extensive corn-merchant, and a mern bet' of the Newcastle Town Council, said if the motion had been for a petition to Parliament for a revision or molifica tion of the existing corn-laws, he should have been perfectly ready to have given it his support, but it did appear to him that not the slightest ground existed for the extreme mea sure which had been proposed. What was the condition of the country, which must be well known to Mr. Pollard as a corn-merchant? He recollected that in the year 1800, in this same month, when there was much less agita tion in the country about the admission of foreign corn than at present, the price of wheat at Lynn, as appeared by an ' old circular which he held in his hand, was 1365. a quarter, and rye 80s. a quarter, or more than double the price it was at present. No alarm existed then in respect to a scarcity of food. In 1812 the average price of the whole year of wheat was 1225., and still there was no alarm about dearth or famine. Why, then, should such apprehen elms be entertained now ? He had stated in the council the ether day, when this subject was under discussion, that if the duty were taken off, it would be compensated by the additional price that would have to be paid to the foreigner, and since then a circumstance had occurred, which proved ' beyond all doubt the accuracy of that osition. A house in , oliceleerg had wriVn tq a c. . ; ctor , . tlpairi i ng h.tgi to r ..,,,,,t, lads of wh4 fhb Ors v. . i s at 50i, a gut• ter. The house in Konigsberg, hearing of the great pro bability that the duty would be taken off in England, wrote again a few days afterwards, in great haste, expressing their hope the corn had not been sold, and desiring the factor to put 10s. a quarter upon it. This circumstance alone proved that if the duty were taken off, the difference would not go to benefit the consumer in England, but to enrich the foreign merchant. The very agitation of the question was produc tive of a great deal of needless alarm in the country. But it was said the opening of the ports would be the means of get ting the corn-laws done away entirely. He was against domg them away entirely ; and he thought such a measure would be perfectly ruinous to the agricultural interest of the country. The country had never been w ith ou t a co r n -l aw of one kind or other. and the great principle sought to be tablished was, that the duty should vary inversely as the price of grain, which principle had never been so effectually carried out as under the existing law. Mr. Armstrong sup ported these views at some length, and concluded by declar ing his intention to' oppose the motion. Mr. S LOWERY, an extensive ship owner and timber mer chant, supported the motion, considering that wheat should be put upon the same footing as flax, henip, and other arti cles of importation, and then, when our ships went out to foreign places, they could bring a return cargo of grain, if it suited them,withoat reference to the duty. In many parts grain was ie only article the foreign merchant had to offer, and when the ship was prevented bringing that by the high duty, she had to return empty, which was a serious inconve nieuce and loss to the shipowner, as well as to the general merchant. The abolition of the corn-laws would place the trade upon a certain footing, now it was entirely of a specu lative character; and what was the cause of the present high prises? There was plenty of grain in the country, but the holders of it were waiting till the duty got down, as they ex pected it would, to a shilling, when they would it into the market in the hope of making more money than they could by selling it at present. He approved of the resolution, and trusted the Chamber would adopt Mr.,C. RAYIIR having recently discussed the subject at some length in the Council, did not think it requisite to go into any elaborate details on the present occasion. The early history of the corn-laws, to which reference had been made by Mr. Armstrong, clearly showed that the object the promoters of them had in view was to make the price of corn dear in this cour.tm so as to enhance the value of the land, and hence, at one period, a bounty was paid on exportation, which was subsequently altered, as population and the de mand for food increased, to a duty on importation, the effect of both measures being the same—that of affording protec tion, as it was termed, to native agriculture. The reason of there being but little agitation against the corn-laws at the periods referred to by Mr. Armstrong, was obvious. The price of corn was so high that those laws became inoperative. Bat when the pivot point was higher than it was at present, the fluctuations were more violent, which showed that the lower the pivot point was fixed, the more regular would the price become, and if the duty were abolished altogether, still, greater steadiness would be the result. Mr. Rayne, after illustrating these points, concluded by declaring his determi nation to support the motion. The CHAIRMAN then put the motion to the meeting, when it was carried on a show of hands, only three being held up against it. _ _ - .7Kr. N. HINDHAUGH, who did not vote on either side, said he was not a friend to the sliding scale, but he could not join in the propriety of admitting foreign corn free of duty at the present moment. _ _ _ The memorial was then sigaad by the Chairman on behalf of the Chamber. ' A requisition is in course of signature in the borough of Gate3head to the Mayor, requesting him to convene a public meeting of the inhabitants to take the subject into considera tion, with a view to memorializing the Privy Council in fa vour of the opening of the ports. POOR-LAW CHARITY and PRISON CHARITY. A poor Irish woman named Fox, who had supported her family decently for twelve years by keeping a stall in the street at Holborn-bars, was run over by a cab in September last, an accident by which her leg was broken. Being thus suddenly deprived of the power of earning a livelihood, she made her case known to the authorities of the union, and was visited, as a matter of course, by the surgeon and the relieving officer. The medical gentleman, she declares, per formed his professional duties to the end most humanely, as well as skilfully; but the relieving officer told her that her case was an infirmary case, and that unless she consented to take up her abode in the workhouse he could do nothing for her. She informed him that she would willingly do as he suggested if he would be so good as to assist, in the mean while, in preserving her furniture and the few articles she used in her business, and she assured him that, without some aid of the kind, she and, her family 'that be thrown destitute upon the street, upeo her, recovery, To this appeal the re lieving officer tiirned as deaf ear.' He would have nothing to do with her goods, and, handing her the sum of cighteenpence, desied her 'not to apply to the authorities again, as not a fartbing.more would be forthcoming Not supposing it pos sible that the parochial liberality would be so cramped in a case of such extremity, the patient applied a second time for a modicum of aid, and sent her son to plead the cause of the family, but he returned empty-handed, and so well bullied, that he was afraid, notwithstanding the deplorable condition of his parent, to make another experiment upon the justice or humanity, or whatever else it is called, of the party in power. Furthermore, when she recovered sufficiently to be able to resume her former avocation, she made a last appeal to the unicn for assistance •in furnishing her stall, the.con tents of which had been disposed of in her necessity; but the answer had gone forth—she was to have nothing, and thus the mother of a family, with a fractured limb, which confined her to her bed for a period of about six weeks, was got rid of at the small price of eighteenpence. So much for poor-law charity ! We turn with pleasure to the other aide of the picture, to which what we have stated presents a disgusting contrast:— At the time the accident occurred to the mothei, the daughter had been committed to Bridewell Hospital for a misdemeanour, in which (as it afterwards appeared) she be came very innocently involved. The former wrote' to the latter some time aftewardg, describing in a very feeling man ner the distress to which she was reduced by the refusal of the union to give her any relief unless upon the condition of a sacrifice of all those necessaries in which her future comfort depended, and, above all, deploring the want of her daughter's help at such a time to dress her wound, and administer to her ,other necessities. This letter underwent, according to the arrangements of the prison, the inspection of the Governor of the prison (Captain Kincaid), and the melancholy tale, which failed to awaken either the sympathies or theconside ration of the poor-law authorities, immediately foundbothtin him •; for it appears that, without the slightest delay, he sent , to ascertain the truth of the statement, and, having ascer tained it, he represented the case to the committing magis trate, obtained the daughter's discharge, and sent her home to attend upon her mother, provided with the means of ade quately administering to her wants. Upon more strict in piiry, Captain Kincaid found the case to be one of real charity, aad he continued to give personally, or to send, relief to the family every week down to the day when she was enabled to go to her stall, which, her benefactor knowing that the parochial authorities had thrown up the case of misery with contempt, supplied her with the means of fur nishing, and there she,r,fsaii,lits daily, within ten yards of the corner of Mafti tin-lane, by, the side of a lamp-post, called Holbornmr. ' s , - cr.ifie.thus simply detailed is one in which individual chatity ought not to have been taxed. It is impossible not to t tfee that the huumne peat taken by Captain Kincaid on thisi occasion was precisely that which ought to have been taken by the authorities of the union, both in the nature and the extent of the relief, and people cannot therefore understandwhat the hearts of those worthies can be made of, seeing that, indivi dually, it would have cost them nothing to try, for once, the experiment of humanity; but Alderman Farebrother, who speaks out upon occasions on which the defects of th e heart are conspicuous more frequently than most of his brethren, said, with striking truth some time ago, that the great ob ject of the unions seemed to be not the relief of the poor, but how to relieve the parishes of the poor. Had the poor crea ture who thus, by a providential accident, fell into the hands of the benevolent Governor of Bridewell, accepted the relief which the relieving officer offered, she and her whole family would, in all probability, have become paupers for life. She refused the boon, and may never be again in a condition to recntire the generous contribution of the authorities. MIIII4 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LONDON, Nov. 21.—Wind this day at noon, S.S.W., moderate breeze and fine. DEAL, Nov. 20.—Wind W.S.W., very strong and squally. —Arrd. Jane, Scott, Calcutta; Mathesis, Gordon, Paran ; Lady Hilda, Bounce, Demerara; Pearl, Chalmers, Montreal; British Empire, Morwick, Quebec; Hugh Wallace, Quebec; a Spanish brig, HaTannah. Put back. King William, Logie, for Sierra Leone. TEIGNMOUTH;Nov. 19.—Arrd. Flirt, Ward,Newformdland. Off port, Brothers, Miriarnichi. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind W.—Arrd. Rosalyn Castle, Quebec. Put back, Susan Ager, Cape of Good Hope. NEWPORT, Nov. 18.=-Arrd. Cousins, Grey, Quebec. LrvEupoor„ Nov. 20.—Wind W. fresh.—Arrd. Velore, Bell, China ; Oriental, Calcutta ; Coaxer, Calcutta ; Mary Queen of Scots, Kelly, Maceio ; Andover, Ceara; Borne Mere, Fret well,Corisco ; Penelope, Courier, Demerara ; Countess of Eg lintoun, Sim, Honduras; Emily Taylor, 'Mower, New Or leans ; Venilia, St. Andrew's ; Lord Maidstone, Taylor, St. 1 John's, New Brunswick. Off port, Maypo, Calao ; and Eliza beth, and Queen Mab. The Cambridge, Brown, from Hon duras to London, capsized and filled during a hurricane 24th ult„ lat. 39, long. 55, and was abandoned four days :after;: three passengers and three of crew drowned; master and remainder of crew saved by the Venilia, arrived here. GARLIESTON, Nov. 18.—Arrd. congress, Sewol, Quebec, with loos of bulwarks, spire, &O. ~~ DUTCH MAIL. Tem HAQUE, Nov. 17.—1 n our number of the 16th October we published accounts from Surinam of the 2d of September, respecting the sickness prevailing among the European colonists. Accounts to the 11th of that month have now been received by the Colonial Department, which state that the number of the sick was happily diminished. There were none at the port of Groningen, and few at the establishment of Voorzorf. The number of those who had died was 141. Great exertions were making to get the houses at Groningen ready to receive the families from Voorzorf. A letter from Odessa of 24th October, says,—" Trade is very brisk here, especially in corn, in consequence of the accounts received from England and the northern ports. A great number of ships is in the harbour to take in cargoes of corn, chiefly for England, Belgium, and ports in the Mediterranean. The prices of wheat are kept high by the holders. Polish wheat, of the best quality, fetches from 22 to 28 roubles (assignats) ; good, 18 to 21 per chetivert. Maize and rye are scarce, and fetch 11 to 12 roubles ; barley 9 to 91,( e ; oats 8 to 9. Green peas are scarce, and in great request for Ant werp ; the price is 17 to 18 roubles. TuE HAGUE, Nov. 17.—This day being the thirty-second anniversary of the restoration of the independence of the Netherlands, was fixed for uncovering the equestrian statue of his Majesty the King, in honour of the founder of our liberty. The festive appearance, the numerous flags dis• played on the public buildings and the private houses, showed the interest the inhabitants took in the patriotic ceremony ; and when, amidst the thunder of the artillery, and the music of the national anthem, the covering was removed, and his Majesty. with the Princes, at the head of the militia and the troops of the garrison, passed round the statue to pay military honours, the countless number who had assembled, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, rent the air with their acclamations; thus expressing their at tachment and respect to the King and the Royal Family, and their veneration for the memory of William of Orange, his Majesty's august ancestor. During the ceremony, and at the moment the statue was uncovered, the Count de Niewerkerke, the author of this fine work, had the honour to be complimented by his Ma jesty and all the Princes on the merit of this admirable composition. This morning his Majesty sent to Count de Niewerkerke the Cross of Commander of the Oaken Crown, and Knight of the same order. BERLIN, Nov. 13.—A new law respecting railways is shortly expected, by which it is to be enacted that, hence forth, no director of a railroad shall make further calls till they have proved to the Government Commissioner that the money already paid has been properly applied. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Prince and Prin cess of Orange arc going to Stuttgard, to be present at the marriage of the Princess Catherine of Wirtemburg to Prince Louis of Wirtemburg. lIA.2.I2IIJitGII BORSENIIALLE, Nov. lb. Bills. Money, kustrian 5 per Cents .. Bank Shares • • • • • • • • Anglo-Russian Loan .......• Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 103 Ditto l et series Inscription.... .• ••• • • . 104 Ditto, /lope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 97 Ditto, in Certificate. 97 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Cs. ...... 91% Ditto Stieglitz . Spanish New 5 per Cent .. 21% Ditto 3 pey Cent ...... • . • • 32 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .•• • • 59 Ditto 3 per Cent. ••••• • • • • ... Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 83 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent • • • 85% National Bank Shares • • • • • • • Exchange on London. Hamburgh, Nov. 14. ...... • . • • • • PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BEHLIN, Nov. 15. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent . • • • • • • • • • 97A, Truss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent.• F xchange on London, 2 months •••• • • • • 6 24% 624 —UniTerral Prussian Gazette, Nov. 16. 103 103 ------ . The Brussels journals of Saturday state, that al though the markets in Belgium have, in general, been well supplied duriug the last week, the prices cf provisions of eyery kind arb t h e increase. „ i v MONEY MARKET and CITY New' Crrr, Triunsmev E 777,01 HERALD.--The-DireCtors of the Bank of Engr; K e e no further notice of a change in the rate of discoui!nitielhi usual weekly meeting to-day. The practical Pri t c f o teiet Bank is acting upon is, except in special cases, or 17efn rs t fi r their discounts to paper arriving at maturity on r i . tlLin fro - ; Bth of January, and loans made are generally same limit as, to time. In the meanwhile there is .s ie' ",; ec i generalbe i n a repugnancesc a rci ' of m amongston e i n the h f s or al lengthened period. Money is to be had in abinal r . 7. r i o nt. ein bankers ar discount houses, returnable on call, at the rate et. ''2,'" ov is 'tollto th eree I P ,. be the per annum, whilst long-dated paper has been in_Ll, t pet stances refused discount even at the rats of 5 per t•”" of annum. sitter es a sti • be This change in the face of affairs arises, pi ll course, from the impression that money ~,, t o more in demand than at present from it pi ll ire to the beginning of January, and that , I.L„ ofi fise crease in value in proportion. But thi _LT' iii go; although it may be said to, be very gen"! i c O s universal. Some of the shrewdest operators __ to for Discount Market are of opinion that the real pr o in it money . has beedyet very slight, and that the . nv,t ap pr!: value is chiefly the result of distrust produced hY,f; w ould hension that the reaction in the price of railway :4 i , fec hs . g . bring on a serious crisis. The necessary result loch 5 1 on the part of bankers is to keep their filmic sews Os r any . possible at liberty, in order to be prepared fo tioS may occur.bren t igi an, The effects which have been produced on In a to . g of our industry by railway communication, ell ..te d 0 s greater changes yet anticipated, ;have been desc.sm_ idorer intervals in almost every vehicle for communicatlsa hoe be" tion to the public, until most of the salient Trn it %o u soee it come familiar. Amongst other effects, the 1 freo esh 4 railway communication on the currency has h0n., 0 f its `. noticed in a cursory manner ; but we have seen l e ' ll ey is ' the revolution it has produced on banking g en r itteo bi t: connected form, equal to the following s ketch, W wpotfi et practical banker resident in 'the provinces, en d c° iieYs speak on the subject from experience : hich rs,r;ct. "Among the many social improvements 1f..;:, led •'" r e have effected, or assisted to introduce into the vn i , b o be dom, it is interesting to contemplate the influenes exercised over the affairs of banking. o' l ' ll allies tbs " The distinguishing features of railway Wpm plse' s A i t rapidity and regularity. By the aid of railiege,...broes j most remote, and formerly the most inaccessibl e, l' i 7dine, $.4 within a few hours' journey. Passengers, reern it te r jese 'l 4 letters are whirled along the earth wit equal cle. te l e ireP dispatch, while, by the introduction of t he electric ter op; any extraordinary circumstance requiring still gt ig doig dition, may be made known from one part of the ' 11 ,3 another in a few minutes. Or +o' " The banking instituticne of the country ree,P oc al r e ,,,;,1 share of the advantages arising out of this green,.„ a ," fi t lution. A banker at Newcastle-on-Tyne lin Ire li }k run for money may put himself into the Lonenibe4. six o'clock in the morning and be at home sir, o f I r,io lowing day to breakfast, with as large a Pull" , or s or notes or gold as his credit can procure. A few :•itb ; fi ll the best he could do was to post the whole Wel orice t a holies, at the rate of nine or ten miles an hoar, 01.6014 the torture of accidents and delays so peculiarly worts,,;fi that mode f travelling, and accomplishing the i n • ill,jfi in three or four days. If he reached home wir„ r ie•of before his bank had stopped, he was a fortsetase l aj the present day, if a banker has any resources, 7, cl itfr o ot little moment, as, by the aid of a railway train , !: cs tl fo ri than into action in a few hours. If he has neit_.lll" c o capital, he may remain at home, a railway elPr' .is 4 _d him no relief. OP't P ° " Some of the witnesses examined before th . „ 0 1,,, ilis,, t 9; of the House of Commons, in 1836, were of 01 )1 f, t — ec,')' bank should have any branches beyond its "'OW,/ others considered that they ought to be within sie vr cialle, tance—say thirty or forty miles—that a diTet t l. O l d might visit them and return to the head o ffi ce r: s itot;',o At the present moment, the manager of a ban' t eV i iii London can start from theice and visit a branch ei.,00 244 miles distant, the same day, and be back in )".. if , folloing forenoon. " ' lii c o ~ fi r " With the same expedition with which he sr ov travel by railway, a banker can have his lettersigrbes A et packages, transmitted from one place to another. o r," 0 he formerly sent by letter upon a journey of t iltific'e3fi days, now arrives at its destination in one. Thetcoor,gr make payments and retire bills, which it wasY, X i ' , customers should give him two, three, or eves le"' di vioue, are now su ffi ciently early in 24 hours. j e l ie s 'j,e 4 " But railways do not merely economise the " 1P i i banker, they also economise the use of his moneYe'forvi; not require to keep such large reserves in his _ l c OPP,V used to do, because he can receive an Widow ul ie e it less than half the time he formerly did. TheY1.1,,,,0p,0 the risk of transmitting money. • The rapidity' en 100 0 , V of transit from' place :to place have led intseil c ety prefer sending their remittances by a special nivlvict' s oe stead of, as formerly, through the medium of th e ersn,i i te This plan is adopted by several banks Moist ers o vi is There no money sent by post either to or from $ to but remittances are dispatched, when necesseril c atf'o, c This insures certainty and security, and the L" In 'llO , i t. De ceived even more quickly than it could be by Pv t oo instances business is thus transacted in one emirs ds,l;eo' which a few years ago would have occupied an t i do! 0 /1 " These facilities will probably tend to the 6 1 " - _, u of ," duction of still greater improvements in the nw" - )e m i rs acting the business of bankers. They may9. l ,, drsf have the effect of shortening the dates at whnets pre' draWn by country bankers upon their London anpliee, expedition with which money can be conveyed , li/i bie r e if cured, and advises effected, naturally leads) t° l ate al * , They may also have the effect of equalising the ro t I . fi il terest allowed upon deposits. This has, in f 0 1. otri', been' very unequal in different districts of the concoPoill. may, still be found to vary from 2 to 24 and 3 P e e r a ge s O s even upwards, in several places. Local circuln l 'W no doubt, continue to influence the rate more efts, there will still be, as there already i s , a greater icef assimilation. , Pt , ; ' 6 .0; " Those facilities also tend to reduce the en t ie ll e l'' tvi rency throughout the country. Banker., fi oni "i fi eeo l : stances already mentioned, do not require " c eie l fi large sums in their tills as formerly, such heel s ee o'4 o . bank notes and bullion. The same circumsten c ta ceiV, the more rapid return of notes. Markets which '; let; it' dealers were in the practice of visiting only at 10 9 0 ,1 6 0 are now attended three or four times as oftes it cf rl e rf not unusual to hear the remark, that the marke ts Lott 0 4 country towns lying contiguous to railways, sit e 0 0 3 04 tended than they used to be before these iron sops ) ,, opened. These farmers and dealers deposit th e ir e) ,y, notes they would otherwise carry in their Pot es,,, hands of their bankers. The notes issued by eart h also more rapidly returned to him by the banker" th e ,. them, and this has the effect both of keeping do c bc t , age amount of the circulation, and of acting es * v , i ; excessive issues. . ~, 0 0 ,, fi r, " Railways have advanced the interest§ of t" - ;b!„5 111 ' the additional banking business they have bee*,,fbv,o:i of creating, They have increased the num bet . - „;i4P o i, accounts, and banking operations of every deec ti r o ,lese Ir'' discOunt of bills, the transmission of money, t ,lest,„o 6' 7 1 deposits, the circulation of notes and coin. " ~, v, r 0 .„' crease s rh ,---e tnaplOyfalilt ot, tie, peep incres - de e'viv: business of the banks. All new undertaitings,',."44 ways t m e pewerful - auxiliaries ,to the gene-1% 1 , 6 0 to e' o country. The mere ipeCulitions arising out sof if. 0 . 411 lik r during the last twelve months have added br4o4 l Pi, employment of the banks, while the calls and,:.Tiel Jr, been a source of considerable profit. The preT l , - osS ic er tropolitan banks have alike benefited by the in_ h "'"1 1 0" way business. The great additional labour whi t „In fi del ) 1 0 , sequence been imposed upon the clerks in the.,' .. ""_, „e A te has given rise to complaints of their being WV i b0 ; 0 14 We should, indeed, be glad to see their hours o f dd." little more curtailed. It is a subject worthy the ° I Oar and we trust will receive the early attention, • of I ill 0 profit so largely by their labours." Of( 1 There is no reason to believe that the picture or c spect overcoloured, either as respects the presen tis ' babilities of the future. DEEP SEA FISHING',.OII E ,„ 00 ar TO TEE EDITOR OF THE EDINBURGH ,ider rdl Sir,—Whilst receiving such information as I L O be of interest to the public, on the subject of P,'" t :i l or, ing Establishments, I frequently converse wit h principal objections are, that they would incur fishermen by depriving them of a living. „ dior t s A slight consideration of the subject will o° ° 7 0 0 ke,„ o al a delusion. The object of Fishing Companies i f ° 0' • if secute the fisheries upon a more extensive ee now are, with efficient vessels, such for instant and English. The present existing fishermen is ploved by those companies. g oP eil e tto 4 o oo When companies are being got up they er - h t otl and where shares are small, the fishermen wig'. e st A embark and become part and parcel of them:,,i some scruple to engage as servants in the enr o ge_LX others, if able, they might get up companies selves. The great want to be supplied is encl .- 010&01 prosecuting the deep sea fishing in all weathers,. r c r It is a well• known fact that the Dutch, 211 : e 0t1 f , 1 .0 distance of 600 miles, export herrings f r° ,`;(lo o "r9 annually to the Mediterranean, the value 01 o f 0 0 .0 0 0 mense, and :that is effected a month before enLidog boats put to sea in quest of herrings. English7,,, * are often on the coast of Scotland fishing, 1/ 11 "' * been known to fill their wells with 1,200 cod in 000.4 These fish being taken to London alive, - en r .itb, been cured there, have been transhipped to 14 in Edinburgh at a high price. ce Such an anomaly, the public will easily c°° organised fishing establishments would re move' 014 1 ,11' 0 4 There are parties, too, I converse with, W i ?.. 9 # 6 1004 to fishing companies are, that if large quantitlE sooP it o brought into market, the price of animal i ° v isiel l to d i e be lowered, and the general interest of Pr 4 : lo 0 08 9 injured. My argument to them is, " Let n°,, D pli d (0, 4 11 as we wish that they should do unto ue" --4- "vi0 0- 4 0 11 "0 0 munity with plenty of cheap food. If the 1) 1 ; ° theo,,d are desirous of acting up to the golden rill e ' o eT e ir" embark part of their capital in the fishing Vi c ,, ' . 4 1 what they may lose by the cheapness of beef, fpo ° gain by the profits from fish. fishe i My . opinions are, that if the whole of the . d ° c" nise Britain were conducted under properly orge, to , d ro they would be of a great national benefit- 4-11 ,0 1 ' w g• P P Edinburgh, Nov. 17, 1845. °j oi e ' o r The Brighton and Chichester itai,-, 6 ',00 1 ,0 0 , 4 1 opened as far as Worthing on Monday nela , nri i A o g having inspected the line, and certified that it traffic. The opening would have taken plac e ' t h• P for the unfavourable state of the weather during week.—Brighton Ga ette, week. —Brighton Ga ette, V ti t, ..r ---...•---mm , BIRTHS. 0' 0 11' stifl e ' ~,400 On the 18th inst., the lady of James M. George - p• street, Westminster, of a daughter. f' o iterrAl On the 18th inst., at Blackheath-park, the la dy „,,I , rp son, Esq., of a son. tli!gfr„ MARRIED. , _ooll , !Ow e " On the 18th inst., at St. Pancras c .. j „,.., 00 --", c (New Chur n?!.. es ri t ° • Joseph Hall, 8.A., incumbent of St. James's , . " 7 ,: uu o Gr e6 „ o l d . shire, to Frances, daughter of W. Nash, EN' , la— ~ I ,l rollt ford park, Essex. ...,,,,to•-• e t - ~ On the 18th inst., at All Saints' Church, Soutlou;', el A Colonel Poole, C. 8., 22d Regiment, to Anna 11 1.01. 11 .r„;0 1 e 'of fr of the late T. A. Rudd, Esq , of Biggleswade, 13 , e 7f c g l'o e" On the 19th inst., at Lewisham Church, Fr eue L - f tile of Blackheath, to Elizabeth, eldest daugh ter - I le Sidgwick, Esq., of the same place. Alge DIED. , _ gisio r geles oi Oa the 17th inst., at Duffryn, Glamergalohlr'' d or '- Borges Camac. l ' AO Ur Oh the 15th inst., at Marsh House, Bell ily ' %go, the late Richard Thresher, Esq., aged 77. ~ j0551,,,,i elho .0 On the 16th inst., at Linsted, Kent, Edward r o gr ' o _, -- e . gas' On the 16th inst., at Backwell House, Nir i i i l - ' n e oltern, cre ci e : r if of " vitel On the 17th inst., in Lincoln-place, Mr. On the 18th inst., at Haydon-square, Cl e3rl , eitil, er * Mr. G. Fitch, aged 62. -.., vdlee rd '" - P 2 e a ' On the 18th inst., at Headingten, Oxford' —„ sid eilt t• On the 18th inst., at Alinerva-terrace, v' oro dug , it Jackson, Esq., aged 7. o f Coll Oh the 18th inst., Mr. John Gottleb Kolbe, 0( 140•0 . no yolleta0:0 1/ London : Printed anu Published by Mi lli ' toltim §trand, laker, at The a* °M ee ' of the 15. , in the au nty O f Atiddlsios' 21, 150, NO.lO, r 1 kn. b ), o' P. - , ~C~ :1-