The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-23 00:00:00

BRITISH MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The sixth annual meeting of this company was held Mr. John Gover in the at Radley's Hotel yesterday ; chair. The SECRETARY read the advertisement convening the meeting. The CHAIRMAN said that life assurance mighta but, t first sight, appear to some minds would be found to embrace dry a nduninteresting, upon closer examination,. it principles of the deepest t er est tothe philanthropist, and every individual who wished for the welfare of his own connexions and of society at large. If they looked care fully into the details of life assurance, they would see that no institution could tend ;more to remove a large m a o tof the misery unfortunately existing in the world. Let them look to the case of a young man living to the very edge of his income. If he sickened and died without having assured his life, his wife would probably have to go into some menial situation, and his family, if he had any, either become a burden on their friends, or go to the workhouse. Then they might take the case of a merchant, medical man, or clergyman in a similar position. He died, and his beloved wife became dependent on her elder children—the sons who were receiving an education to fit them for liberal professions, were obliged to take much lower situations than they had a right to expect, and the daughters who had pro bably been taught every accomplishment had to become • teachers, or perhaps sempstresses, or even to accept me nial situations, whilst all these evils might have been pre vented by life assurance. Now, he would take another case, one that really occurred in that office. A young man keeping a shop in the south of London assured his life for 100/. He could not afford to pay the annual premium in one sum, but he agreed to pay 10s. a quarter. He had only just paid his second quarter's premium, when he was seized with cold and died ; his widow came to the office, received her 1001., and was now getting a re spectable livelihood in her shop ; and yet it was not until after repeated urgings the young man had been induced to make that trifling sacrifice which had since been instru mental in preserving his family from rain. Though he considered they could not buy life assurance too dear, he thought it highly important that they should obtain it at the cheapest rate. That could be only done through the means of a, mutual office, which divided all its profits amongst fie assured. Their office was absolutely and totally mutual—and they had no interest to pay on capital which they did not want, and for which they had no use. In 'Tact, all the capital they possessed arose from the accumulated receipts of the premiums paid on policies. Last year had been very trying to life assur ance—tine north was pitted against the south, and the old office s against the young. He was happy, however, to say that they had come well out of the examination, and the result of all the trials to which they had been exF,osed was to do them good rather than injury. All that had been written and all that had been said had had nn effect against them, as they were enabled fearlessly lei appeal to what they had done, and the integrity of their man agemen t. (Cheers.) Theirs was no ordinary institution—the excess of their new business of 1852 was very far over that of 1851, and, though they had just completed their sixth year, they were doing an amount. of business that would bear favourable com parison with many offices that boasted of their antiquity. He felt assured that, let what opposition would come, they would continue to go on prospering. In six years this society had attained a position which others had not done in 30. The fact was the British Empire, though young in years, was old in business ; and they only wanted every member to use his best exertions to extend the business, when this would become a really national institution. He believed that their future prospects were such as to completely eclipse. all that had gone before, and that they must become, what their name denoted, really the British Empire Mutual Life Assur ance Office. He would now call on . the Secretary to read the report. The SECRETARY then read the following report : " The year 1852 has been signalised by a free and general public discussion of the fundamental require ments of the age regarding life assurance offices. The discussion has resulted in an unanimous public convic tion that life offices, which unite in the highest degree the convenienc e , the advanta ge , an d th e sa f ety of the public, are entitled to the largest share of public favour, wad will acquire the greatest accessions of public business. This conviction has been followed by a demonstration the most unanswerable, in favour of those offices which unerringly secure these vast benefits, by being based upon the following great principles :—That each assured member has of inalienable right a complete participation (in the society to which he belongs) ; in the receipt of the entire profits ; in the knowledge of the affairs of the Society ; involving the management of the society. It is the satisfaction of the members of the British Empire Mutual Life Assurance Company that these are the principles on which this society was founded, on which its operations have been carried out, and on which 1,400 new members have joined the society during the year. It is peculiarly gratifying that so searching an ordeal should result so unequivocally in favour of this society, the amount of new business being much greater, both in numbers of new members and amounts of sums assured, than in any former year, and such as will bear honour able comparison with the first of European life offices. The steady progress of the company's business, unchecked from the outset, is shown by the fact that in the first year, 1847, the number of policies issued was 257, as suring 49,998/.; in the second year, 1848, the number of additional pol ic i es amounte d to 311, assuring 48,0391.; in the third year, 1849, there were 708 new policies, assuring 107,6291., in the fourth year, 1850, the new policies amounted to 809, assuring 136,365/. ; in the fifth year, 1851, the new policies amounted to 1,065, as suring 211,272/. ; and in the last or sixth year, there were issued 1,400 new policies, assuring 281,6871. ; making a total of 4,550 policies issued, and assuring 834,990/. The new business of the year consists of 1,400 life policies, assuring 281,6871., the annual pre rfliums thereon being above 9,100/. 51 annuities have also been issued, of which eight have been immediate annuities, on which 1,3801. 18s. ld. have been received. By the last year's new business the annual revenue of the company, from premiums on life business, has been increased, after deducting forlapsed policies, about 8,358/., and the amount assured by the new life policies in 1852 is above 33 per cent. more than those of the year 1851. The di - vision of profits declared at the early part of the year has given complete satisfaction, and has, doubtless, contributed to that highpublic favour with which the office is regarded, The members are already aware, by the public papers, tttat, in accordance with the wish of the memberrl, expressed at the special meeting, held in November, 1851, the Legislature granted a special act of Parliament, by which various important privileges have, been conferred upon this society. Thirty-ia mem bers have died during the year, and the sums payable for assurances and bonuses under their policies have v.mounted to 6,544/. 9s. 2d. It is satisfactory to ob serve that this amount is much less than the sum pro vided for the current deaths by the tables. The num ber of life policies in force on December 31st, 1852, after deducting those which had terminated by lapsing OY: death, was 3,955, assuring the amount of 732,605/., fhe annual income thereon being about 23,8091. 13s. 3d. After payment of all expenses and claims, the company has accumulated the sum of 45,831/. 12s. Bd., the whole of which (the balance in hand of course excepted) is invested on approved securities. The diiectors feel they cannot too forcibly impress upon the members that the one vital characteristic of this society is, that it is the members' own society, and it is they who must ex tend it till its benefits are a household word throughout the British empire, and it is their living co-operation with. the directors which must place it in the first and foremost rank of life assurance institutions." The Rev. C. H. KEEN moved the adoption of the re port and balance-sheet, and congratulated the members on the prosperous state of the society. Mr. W. J. COOPER, Mayor of Canterbury, seconded the motion. He was satisfied that the time would come when the British Empire Mutual Life Assurance Office would become the most successful and important in the kingdom. Their society had arrived at its present posi tion without the aid of aristocratic names, purely by the energy and business habits of plain business men. The importance of life assurance and the uncertainty of life was recently shown by an event which took place in the city with which he had the honour to be connected. A young man, the partner of his nephew, proposed to assure his life for 1,0001., and passed the medical examination, when his father stepped in and said, "Postpone it for a year, you may want the 20/. in business." In threemonths after, the young man was thrown from his horse and killed on the spot. Fortunately he was not a married man, but the 1,000/. was lost to the father —as, luckily for the office, in consequence of that father's advice the P°li,.eY Was not completed. Th e y h a d now i ssue d 4,550 policie s • and numberless were the persons who might have . a bless the British Empir e M u t ua l Lif e Offi ce, for sir mothe g r s thmfrom d es ti tut i on, through their fathers and (Cheers.) having been i n d uce d to become members of it. The Rev. J. Wiezeze, y ,supported th e mo of Lnn tion. He had a ttended that meeting, having be en ,de on to do so by a m eeting of the Lynn members, held on Friday last, to distrust e e how t hi ngs were going on, though the,y no of its position ;and he should; go hack to his constituent s at Lynn and tell them, in a Nor- Tolk phrase, " that everything was fair and abate board." (Cheers.) In reply to questions from Mr. 'Till, it was stated that the borrowers were generally well satisfied by the easy terms on which they could get money from that office. The terms were pretty well the same as those of building societies --the borrowers being much better enabled to pay back the loans out of their income by i sstahnents than tlley would be to put it by so as to pay the whole anaoTant at once. In the first year (1847), when money wan scarce, it wa s so l ent as to pro d uc e to th e Society from eight to nine per cent.—taking into consideration t'ne advantage obtained by loans being returned by in stalments. On the following years it was calculated in such a manner as to return them about seven per cent., and last year the directors bad advanced it so as to re turn them only five per cent. The premiums paid for a policy of assurance was nat, in point of fact, additional interest, as, even when the loan was paid off, the bor rower could, and generally did, continue his policy. Independently of which, a borrower was not compelled to assure his life exceptine , in cases whe re th e secu rity offered was purely personal. The report was then unanimously adopted, and votes of thanks given to the chairman, directors, and oth er etrie,e,rB. Th-HURNFNG OF WITBY THEATRIL—The nhabitants "labs' were aroused from their slumbers i of on Thursday night-fast by t h e outbreak of a destructive fire on the pretrases known as the theatre, situate in Baxter's-gate, which, with a tavern connected with it, soon fella prey to the ravages of the flames. No amusements have, it Efiems, been enacted in the theatre for several weeks ; the fire there is no tavern. The doubt or i g i nated in the bar of the property burned down is insured in th• !County Fire-office. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY .EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1853. HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK. The effect of increased coldness of the weather is visible in an increased mortality amongst old and young. The mean temperature of the air in the second week of January was 45 deg., and the deaths of London were 1,001 ; in the week that ended last Saturday the mean temperature was only 29.8 deg. and the deaths regis tered rose to 1,328. Since the former week the weekly temperature has declined according to the following series :-41.9 deg., 37.7 deg., 36.5 deg., 34.8 deg., and 29.8 deg., and the mortality has concurrently risen according to the following numbers :-994, 1,011, 1,220, 1,235, and 1,328. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average number of deaths was 1,098, which, with a correction for increase 'of population, becomes 1,208. The deaths of last week, therefore, exceed the estimated amount by 120. The following table exhibits the mortality at three periods of life during the last four weeks ending— Ages. Jan. 29. Feb. b. Feb. 12. Feb. 19. From birth to 15 years 451 ... 550 ... 479 ... 534 From 15 years to 60 324 ... 391 ... 452 ... 424 At 60 and upwards 235 ... 278 ... 293 ... 370 Hence it appears that while persons of all ages have suffered, the severity of the weather has been most fatal to persons in advanced life. Well-heated apartments, warm clothing, and comfortable lodging at night, at all times necessary in this climate, are indispensable at. this season to the aged, who find it difficult to support life when the temperature has fallen below a certain point. The deaths from bronchitis in the last five weeks have been 83, 91, 110, 168, 184 ; those from hooping-cough rose last week to 66; those from consumption to 167. Taking the last six weeks, and comparing the facts of the former half of this period with those of the latter half, it is observed that the mortality in the West Dis tricts has increased 36 per cent. ; in the North 31 per cent. ; in the Central 17 per cent. • in the East 30 per cent. ; and in the districts south of the Thames 19 per cent. Mr. Clark, deputy-registrar of Peckham, says : " From the want of proper drainage, the bad state of cesspools, &c., fever is never absent from Hill-street and the surrounding neighbourhood." In the Green sub-district of Bethnal-green, at 2, Paradise-place, the daughter and son of a labourer, aged respectively, 6 months and 2 years, died on 15th February of " rubeola, pneumonia, convulsions, the former after 8 days', the latter after 21 days' illness. Four deaths have occurred in , the same house in the short space of 11 days." The bad sanitary condition of this place has been already described. Last week was - fatal to two centenarians :—On the 15th February, at the workhouse, Chelsea, an army pensioner died of" natural decay" at the age (as stated) of 102 years. Mr. Lamer, registrar, mentions that " this was a man of colour, who had been for many years cymbal player in.one of the regimental bands ; he was admitted into the workhouse from Mermaid-yard about three months before his death ; it is ,stated that he wad 'married only six years ago." At 24, Duke street, Aldgate, on 19th February, the widow of a fruiterer died from " decay of nature" at the great age of 104 years. Mr. Spencer says :—" She came from Mentz in Germany to England in the year 1770, at the age of 21 years. She retained her faculties till the last, and never had medical advice previous to her last illness." At the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, six pensioners died, three on the 12th instant, two on the 14th, and one on the 16th, whose ages averaged 78 years. The oldest was a man of 93 years, who, according to Mr. Waller, the registrar, " was formerly a messenger in the cashier's office at the hospital, a situation which he held for many years ; of late he was in the habit of walk ing straight up the Holiday-hill to the Observatory daily, and continued this practice till a very short time before his death." As may be supposed from the generally advanced age of the persons who inhabit them, the mortality in work houses has been great ; the number of deaths amongst their inmates rose last week to 164, though it has been frequently not more than half of that amount. In military and naval asylum the deaths were 9, in general hospital 51, in hospitals for special diseases 3, in lunatic asylums 12, in military and naval hospitals 3. Last week the births of 850 boys and 731 girls, in all 1,581 children, were registered in London. The aver age number in eight corresponding weeks of 1845-52 was 1,464. • At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was only 29.585 in. The mean temperature of the week was only 29.8 deg., which is 9 . 1 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The- mean daily temperature was lowest on Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday, when it was about 281 deg., or about 10 deg. below the average. On all other days it was 7 deg. and 8 deg. below the average. On Saturday the highest temperature was 36.2 deg., and the lowest only 20 . 5 deg. The mean dew point temperature was 22 . 9 deg. The wind blew from the north or north-east throughout the week. RAILWAY SHARI MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been dull again to-day. The stock in most favour has been Midlands, though the business even in that was very trifling. Quo tations were slightly below those of yesterday, and ruled as follows:—Aberdeen, 151 ; Blackburn, 7 ; Eastern Counties, 13$ ; East Lancashire, 19i c. ; Great Western, 91,; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 77i ; ditto Fifth shares, 4 7-16 dis. ; London and North Western Fifth shares, 3 prem. ; Midland, 77i ; Newiy and Warrenpoint, 9 ; North British, 91-16 ; South Eastern and Dover, 231 ; Waterford and Limerick, 28; - York and North Midland, 30 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 61 new shares, 9-16 prom. - MANCHESTER, FEB. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened rather firmer, and there was a better business, but prices partially receded towards the close. Caledonians, 31i ; Blackburns, 7 ; Leeds, 77i ; ditto Fifths, 4h dis. ; Dovers, 23 13-16 ; Ches ter and Birkenhead, 213 ; Sheffields, 29i ; London stock, 1201 ; Eastern Counties, 13 9-16 ; Midlands, 78 1 1 , ; Mari quita, par ; Manchester and Birmingham C. Quarters), 13 c. p. ; Sheffield Pref., 11; East Lancashire Pref. Quar ters, 9 11-16 ; Lancaster and Preston Quarters, 26i. LEEDS, FEB. 22. STOCK EXCHANGB,—The share market has been heavy this morning, and all kinds of stock shows a downward tendency. Lancashire and Yorkshires have been done at 771, the dividend announced being unsatisfactory. Mid land stock was dOne at 78 ; Leeds Northerns at 15k, and North Westerns at 8/. 3s 9d; Groat Northern New Pref, were also done at prem. • BIRMINGHAM, no. 22. STOGIE EXCHANGE.—The railway share market was firm to-day, but very little business waslransacted. There has been scarcely any stock offering for some time past. Midlands closed at 78*. THE . TITHE CommasioN.—The report of the Tithe Commissioners for the year 1852 has just been printed. It appears from their statement that voluntary proceed ino-s have been commenced in 9,634 tith e districts, and that the commissioners have received 7,070 agreements, of which 6,778 have been confirmed. 7,027 notices for making awards .have been issued, of which 7 were sent out in 1852 ; 5,594 drafts of compulsory awards have also been received, and 5,399 confirmed ; of these 11 were received and 33 confirmed during 1852. In 12,177 districts, therefore, the tithes have been com muted by confirmed agreements or confirmed awards, and in 312 of these districts the rent-charges were disposed of by redemption or mergers, 63 of which were confirmed in 1852. 11,730 appointments have been received, and 11,686 confirmed, and of these 100 were .received and 154 confirmed during the year 1852. 956 altered apportionments had been made up to December 31, 1852, and 743 confirmed, and on that day 452 exchanges of glebes were effected, and 30 such exchanges in progress. At the close of 1852, 13,711 distinct mergers of tithes or rent charges had been confirmed. The commissioners also add, that before the work of tithe commutation can be.fully completed, it will be necessary that some addi tional powers, already referred to in former reports, should be conferred upon them, and they entertain no doubt but that they shall b e a bl e in the present year to give in detail the subject-matter, which will show the necessity of some legislation for that purpose. RUFFIANLY ATTACK AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY.— About half-past seven o'clock on Thursday evening last, as Mr. John Root, jun., of Gosbecks farm, Stanway, was walking home from Colchester, when near the Drury farm, he met three men on the road, and they bade each , other " Good night," in passing. About five minutes afterwards Mr. Root fancied he heard footsteps rapidly approaching behind him over the snow, and on looking round him saw the three men close at his heels, when one of them struck him , several violent blows with a thick bludgeon. His com panions then forced their victim into a ditch, and when there one of them knocked his hat over his eyes, whilst another tried to fill his mouth with snow. They next demanded his watch and money, and on his en deavouring to keep his arm over the watch-pocket, one :of the , villains struck him a violent blow across his hand, another_ snatched the watch, valued at 91. or 101., and' the third abstracted his purse, contain ing about 7s. They then jumped over the hedge and de camped with their booty. Mr. Root started to return to Colchester, to give information to the police, when he was met by a fourth man, who he supposed had been watching at the corner to warn his companions of any person's approach, and on the fellow's confronting him and telling him that he should not go to Colchester, Mr. Root, with the bludgeon which he had succeeded in wresting from the hands of one of the ruffians, struck his adversary several violent blows a cross th e head, which felled him helpless to the ground. The fellow shouted to his companions for assistance, when they came up and carried him away. Mr. R. then sought refug e at the Drury farm, and subsequently gave in formation to the police.—Essex Herald. SUPERSTITION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURT.—The following statement will scarcely be credited in these days of enlightenment and progress :—On Friday last an innkeeper of this town, who also does a little as a gardener, was seen to put a pig's heart, stuck all over with thorns, in the ground, near the roots of a fruit tree, and his reasons for doing this were, that the tree should produce larger and better fruit ; it is also be lieved that, if two lovers fall out, and the man should happen to pass by the spot where a pig's heart, so stuck, is buried, it will have such a wonderful effect on his own, that lie will immediately see about making matters straight again. Has the innkeeper fallen out 'with his better half ?—Devonport Paper. A SHEEP Fox.—A 'Scotch paper says, a fox of cu riously variegated colour, and large size, was shot by Colonel Mackintosh's gamekeeper at Farr, on Tuesday last. The face, back, and sides are of the usual dun red, but the whole lower parts, from the throat to the point of the tail, including the front of the legs, are almost entirely black. Length, 4 feet 1 inch ; weight, 15 lbs. A foxhunter of long experience declares that it ' is one of the real sheep foxes, and that he has not seen one of the kind for years.' - I 4 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Admiral Sir W. Hall Gage, G.C.H., Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, C.B. one of the Lords of the Admiralty, Colonel Greene, Chief Director of Admiralty Works, and Mr. Walker, civil engineer, visited Dover on Mon day, and inspected the harbour and defences of the port. They returned to town in the evening, and yesterday morning proceeded to Portsmouth to embark in the Admiralty steam-yacht Black Eagle, Master Commander Petley, for the Channel Islands, to inspect the harbour, works, and defences there. Commander John Hiatt (1848), on the retired list of 1816, died on the 11th inst. at Truro, aged 68. ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, NEW ROSS.—Sir James Graham, the First Lord of the Admiralty, under whose patronage this school was projected in 1831, has hand somely expressed through Admiral Bowles, the presi dent, his intention of continuing to give annually, for competition, among such of the students of this insti tution as are the sons of naval and marine officers, the marine cadetship which was granted by his predecessors in office. _ THE MEDITERRANEAN FORCE.—Admiral Dundas's force in the Mediterranean will amount to a fleet again on the arrival of the Rodney, 92, Captain Graham, C.B. We learn from Malta, Feb. 12, that the Arethusa, 50 , Captain Symonds, left that day for Naples : the Retri bution, 28, steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. H. R. Drummond, and Niger, 14, screw-sloop, Commander Heath, left for Nice on the 9th inst. ; the Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Jones, left Malta that day ; and the Modeste, 14, Commander Lord Crompton, with the Spitfire, steam-vessel, Commander Sprat, left on the 12th for Messina. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 22. The Agamemnon, 91, screw two-decker, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8., got up her steam at Spithead this morning, and came into harbour. She sent seven more cases of fever to Haslar Hospital yesterday. It is reported that her crew is to be hulked and the vessel fumigated. The Blenheim, 60, screw two-decker, Captain Hen derson, C. 8., proceeded out of harbour this morning for trial, and saluted the flag of Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., the acting Commander-in-Chief. She went down as far as Cowes. Lieutenant Louis R. Reynolds is ap pointed to this ship, vice Cunningham, superseded from ill health. The Leopard, 16, paddle frigate, Captain George Gif fard, has removed from alongside the Camperdown hulk this morning to make room for the Agamemnon. The Odin, 16, paddle frigate, Captain Francis Scott, was officially inspected to-day at Spithead by Captain Henderson, C. 8., of the steam reserve. Her ship's company were mustered on their stations, fire quarters, quarters, and all examined as to their knowledge of their duties, and whether they were supplied with every thing necessary for their various stations. The exami nation was minute, especially in the engine-room and bilges, and every particular found correct and satisfac tory. Captain Henderson expressed his pleasure to go, ptain Scott with his inspection, and the highly effi cient state of the ship. She has a few cases of influenza on board, but is well manned and ready for sailing orders. The Thomas Arbuthnot, chartered troop-ship, received on board early this morning the head-quarters of the 48th Regiment at the Shears Jetty. She came out of harbour at 11.15 in. tow of the Echo steam-tug, and under her own topsails, jib, and spanker. On passing the saluting battery (where the garrison troops were en gaged at the great gun exercise) the 48th gave them three cheers, which was instantly returned with right good will. She lay to at Spithead till 4.30, at which time she put to sea for Corfu. The Rattlesnake, 8, Commander Trollope, has com pleted taking in her stores, and is down to the 17 foot mark. She looks very deeply laden. SHEERNESS, FEB. 21. The Rhadamanthus, steam-transport, Master Com mander John Belam, after discharging stores for this port, left here at 10.30 a.m. this day for Woolwich. The Barracouta, steam-sloop, Commander George Parker, on her, return from Portsmouth, when off the South Foreland on Thursday last, fell in with the sloop Sarah Ann, of London, laden with stone for the works going on at the Houses of Parliament. The Sarah Ann had an ensign hoisted in her rigging, union down, and the pump constantly at work. She was taken in tow by the Barracouta and assistant© sent on board. She was towed up to the Nore and from there cast off, and pro ceeded for London in a,disabled state. The Espiegle sloop, Commander George Hancock.— The master of this sloop, Mr. Thomas Huss, whose health has been much impaired by the climate on the coast of Africa, where he has been recently serving, has this day been sent to Melville Hospital at Chatham, he being rendered quite incapable of performing his duty from severe illness. COMMANDER KENNEDY OF THE COAST GUARD, AND THE " WREcKERs."—The name of this officer is getting familiar to the ears of the inhabitants of this neighbour pdataenhde d th h e is c o c a u s t t t , e for rin h i to the distressed mariner, search ever earch r under o a e f l l t h a e n d u n f e v o circum stance. It will be recollected that thisi ad t in w e a s s s t o renderofficer who di d ho r e t rY u na te crew and passengers of the ill-fated Amazon, and by his di rection the men of the coast-guard station protected, as well as their small force was able, the property that floated ashore from the wreck of the Ocean Queen, in Bigbury Bay. It i s a disgrace to the name of English men that there sh ou ld b e - so little respect for the rights of property on occ • amens of misfortune creatures andparticularly to their fellow , in Not withstanding all the e ffo rts c as es of shipwreck. used, the thefts on the wreck of the Ocean Queen are known to have been considerable, and from , in accordance with in structions Commander Kennedy , y, a strict watch had been set for any circumstances e likely to lead to the recovery of property. One day last week it was reported that some belonging to some of the passengers , papers, apparently were in possession of a "shark " on th e coas t. Commander Kennedy im mediately sent one of his men to demand them—the pos sessor very reluctantly gave handed tly gave them up. When they were over to Commander Kennedy • ' had h e discovered from the smell they been in a Russian leather immediately sent the ma n b ac k to demand case.He from ‘ which the papers w ere t a k en . Th e 'old the book smuggler " even How to the did was taken aback at thi s d eman d. H they know he had a case, he which denied having pos session of, but the applicant IT was not to be put off easily, a and after threats of the law extracted book from the party, who in delivering Russian leather it, swore if they P had the case, they shouldn't haveth the money that was in it. On this being reported to Commander Kennedy, he communicated the facts to the Admiralty, upon which such instructions were received as extracted 31. 7s 6 d from the illegal possessor.—Plymouth. Mail. THE ARCTIC SEARCHING EXPEDITION OF 1853. The screw sloop Phoenix, selected for the service of commu nicating this year with the squadron now in the Arctic regions under the command of Sir E. Belcher, is being fitted with the utmost dis p atch at Woolwich, and we trust that, although the work is to be carried on expe ditiously, it will be done at the same time more efficiently than the fitting of the Rattlesnake was performed. The Phoenix is not to go alone on her interesting and ha zardous expedition. She will be accompanied by at least two other vessels. The sailing-vessel Lady Franklin, it is said, will attend the Phoenix, and we have heard that one or two of the lieutenants in Captain Austin's gallant advance and rapid retreat have been offered the command. Why not, however, give the charge of this vessel to her old captain, Mr. Penny. This gentleman has been rather scurvily treated —we may almost say that he was sacrificed for the purpose of white-washing the Royal portion of the expedition of 1850 ; but Sir E. Belcher's reports have since vindicated 1 Penny's statements, we must say that handsome re paration is due to that zealous and distinguished Arctic voyager, who, we doubt not, would be y satisfied with another opportunity of seeking untram melled the tracks of Sir John Franklin and his companions. _ Commander Inglefield, who has been appointed to the Phoenix, is a liberal, high-spirited, energetic officer, and we doubt not that Captain Penny and be would get on very well together in any joint en terprise. Commander Inglefield will of course earn his promotion in his new service, but we regret to see his friends so clamorous for his advancement beforehand. It is indiscreet to press for Commander Inglefield's pro motion when there are so many Arctic officers who have it much greater claims than he has. For instance, would be a piece of great injustice to Commander M'Clure, in command of the Investigator for the last three years in the Arct ic re g ions, to promote Com mander Inglefield before him ; nor would it be just to Commander Pullen, who as a commander conducted the boat expedition, and Suffered t he most appalling priv tions in his search on the north-east shores of North America, and who is now in command of the N orth Star in Sir E. BelCheris expedition. It would scarcely be fair to Commander M'Clintock, who is now with Sir E. Belcher's squadron, and in command of the In trepid screw-tender— his third commission in Arctic service ; and if command of a ship in private Arctic service is held to be a claim to advancement in the Royal Navy, the promo tion of Commander Inglefield would be marked neglect of the claims of Commander Forsyth, who commanded Lady Franklin's little ship Prince Albert in her unpa ralleled Arctic trip, when he brought home the first new s . of the discovery of traces of Franklin's party. ROBBERY AT AT MANOREETER.—On Saturday eveiring last a robbery was committed on Mr. 011ivant, a silver smith, St. Mary's - gat e, Exchange-street, Manchester. The thief entered the premises and sn atchedllivant a bundle of bank-notes from the desk a e treat the st rin g b y which t which Mr. O se a ted. In the hurry of his r the bundle was tied broke, and the notes fell on tho ground ; he, however, contrived to pick up a considera ble portion of them, amounting to about 200/., and effected his escape. Pursuit was made without delay, but the thief got off, and has not nt been discovered. THE LORD RECTORSHIP OF MARISOLTAL COLLEGE, ABERDEEN.—A letter has been received from the Earl of Carlisle, stating his readiness to attend personally at the i n stallation, if elected to the o ffice of Lord Rector. The students had a m eeting on 'Wednesday evening, m an w h en , from the expressio n of feeling ifested, there is every probability that the noble lord will be elected by a large majority. trial LEITH AND LONDON TRADE. —'e trip of the Prompt screw steamer, belonging to the London and Edinburgh Shipping Company o f Leith, took place on Wednesday. She mad e a speed of 1.11 miles an hour and being against a fre sh breeze from the N.E., and an ebb tide, with the propeller abont six inches out of the water, it was considered very F actory to , all con cerned. The Prompt is ,417 tons measurement, and her engines are'of 95-horse power.—Glargoto Herald. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of February, 1853—present, the Queen's Most Excellent Ma jesty in Council—her Majesty having been pleased to ap point the Right Honourable George William Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, K.G., to be one of her Majesty's Prin cipal Secretaries of State, his Lordship was this day, by her Majesty's command, sworn one of her Majesty's Prin cipal Secretaries of State accordingly. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of February, 1853 —present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council—her Majesty having been pleased, by letters patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, to constitute the Right Hon. Stapleton, Viscount Comber mere, G.C.8., Constable of her Majesty's Tower of Lon don, and also Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets, his Lordship this day in Council took the oaths appointed to be taken, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy as Constable of the said Tower, and as Lord-Lieutenant of the said Tower Hamlets, and likewise the oath of Con stable of the Tower of London. FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 11. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John Green, Esq., now her M a j es ty' s C onsu l a t th e Pirams, to be her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria. FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 18. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Placido de Jose y Hevia as Consul at Malta, and of Don Joaquin Gonzalez as Vice-Consul at Gibraltar, for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Na thaniel Solomon as Consul at St. Helena for the Free Hanseatic city of Hamburgh. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 21. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Lord Cowley, K.C.8., her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the Emperor of the French, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of tho First Class, or Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire. John Murray Aynsley, Esq. ; Thomas William Booker. E s q. ' • William Bridg man , Esq.; Bonham Caldwell, Esq.; Elias Chadwick, Esq.; James Cheese, Esq.; William Tre velyan Kevill Davies; Thomas Dunne, jun., Esq.; Edward Griffiths, Esq.; Captain Charles Heywood, Esq.; Edmund Higginson, Fsq.; James King King Esq.; William Money Kyrle, Esq.; Captai n A ugus t us William Henry Meyrick, Esq.; Robert Baskerville Rickards Mynors, Esq.; Reynolds Peyton, Esq.; Captain Kingsmill Manley Power ' • Henry Lee Warner, j un . , E sq .—t o b e D epu t y Li eu t enan t s . Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire. Huntingdonshire Militia —Henry Jordan Thornhill, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Feb. M. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Flintshire. Royal Flintshire Militia—Lieutenant Charles Jame!. Trevor Roper to be Captain ; Richard Pelham Warren, Esq., to be Captain. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk. 2d or Eater Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Alexander Robert Chamberlain, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Smith, resigned ; Spencer Thomas Smyth, Gent., M.D., to be As sistant-Surgeon and Ensign, vice Green, retired, Feb. 8. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. let Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia- Ivan Swan Andrea Herford, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 16. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire Militia—The Honourable Reginald Alger non Capel, to be Ensign ; Arthur Macnamara, Esq., to be Ensign, Feb. 17. BANKRUPTS. William Bryan, baker, Gilbert-street, to surrender, March 1, at half-past eleven, and April 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Hilleary, Fenchurch-street. Edward Price, livery stable keeper, Birmingham, M arc h 8 and April 6, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Smith, Birmingham. Charles Davies, innkeeper, Worcester, March 8 and April 12, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Corks, Worces ter ; E. and H. Wright, Birmingham. William Morritt, coach proprietor, Leeds, March 8, and April 15, at eleven, at the Leeds District ourt. Young, official assignee, Leeds • Middleton, Leeds. Andrew Love and Charles Keys, looking-glass manufac turers, Liverpool, March 3, and Aril 7, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Tay lor, St. Helen's ; Banner, Liverpool. Enoch Jones, ironfounder, Elton, Bury, March 4 and April 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester; Grundy, Bury. DIVIDENDS. At the Court Basinghall-street. C. Graydon, St. Anne's-place, Limehouso, ship-chandler, March 15, at eleven, C. Porter, Barking, Essex, grocer, March 15, at half-past one—W. Cooke, Albert-terrace, Bow, miller, March 16, at twelve-1L Summers, Bath street, City-road, pawnbroker and silversmith, March 15, at half-past one—J. Grimble, Sydney-square, Whitechapel, builder, March 17, at half-past eleven—W. Robinson, Grand Junction-terrace, Edgware-road, upholsterer, March 21, at eleven. _ . In the Country. J. Cuff, Manchester, hotel and tavern keeper, March 15, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—T. Byrom, Manches ter, Liverpool, and Wigan, coal proprietor, March 17, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. Gadaby, junior, Cheetham, Manchester, joiner and builder, March 17, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—E. Shute, Bristol, wino and spirit merchant, March 23, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. C. F. Bailey, Burslem, Staffordshire, boot and shoe maker, 3s. on any Thursday betwee n e l even and throe, at the office Of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. H. Macgrotty, Liverpool, wine merchant. Bd., on Wed nesday, the 23d inst., or any subsequent Wednesday, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liver pool. W. T. Carr, Barnsley, Yorkshire, ironmonger, 2s. 6d., on Thursday next, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. H. Tainsh, Hatton-garden, dealer in Bibles, ls. 10d., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch lane, City. J. J. Hatch, Friday-street, wholesale furrier, 25., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office o f M r . Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. T. and W. Lindsell, Piccadilly, tailors, id., on Satur day next and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. C. Moody, Goswell-road, Clerkenwell, pork butcher, id., Monday, Feb. 28, or, any subsequent Monday, between and three, at the office of Mr. Cannon Aldermanbury. B. Evans, J. F: Skinne r , Z. Langton, and T. Foster, Babe -yard, Bucklersbury, East India merchants, 2/d., Monday, Feb. 28, or any su b sequent Monday, between eleven and throe, at tho office of Mi. Cannan, Alderman bury. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. . W. Cooke; Albert-terrace, Bow,..miller, March 16, at twelve—S. T. Jones, King William-street, City, and Upper Ground-street, Lambeth, coal agent, March 16, at one—J. Oates, Finch-lane, Cornhill, tailor,. March 18, at half-past twelve—H. Capper, Gravesend, Kent, licensed victualler, March 18, at eleven—C. Jacob, Ingram-Court, Fenchurch street, merchant, March 18, at one. In the Country. W. H. Holland and It. Bradburn, Manchester, commis sion agents, March 15, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester— J. B. Nicklin, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, i ronmonger, April 7, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham--W. Wal ton, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, baker, March 17, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. S. Beyfus, Houndsditch, import er o f F renc h goo d s—W. Bacon, Brentwood, Essex, grocer, certificates of the first class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. B. Hallett and J. Hallett, Bridport, Dorsetshire, butchers—W. Taylor and S. K. Mosley, Nottingham, ac countants and general agents—P. E. Coates and W. Coates, Stanton-court, Somersetshire, attorneys and solicitors—J. Sharpies, H. Hamer, and W. Horrocks, Little Bolton, Lancashire, flax spinners (so far as regards H. Hamer) — J. Thomas and C. Smith, Leicester, manufacturers of fancy hosiery —G. Lang and W. W. Coombs, Ilminster, Somersetshire, ironmongers, grocers, and tallow chandlers—B. Helm and J. Helm, Sowerby Bridge, and Halifax, Yorkshire, stone masons—J. Rath well and S. Richardson, Whitby, Yorkshire, coach and harness makers—J. N. Clarke and S. Mayor, Liverpool, ship stove dealers—E. Isaacs, I. Cowan, and M. Braham, Houndsditch, manufacturers of waterproof garments—C. D. Kerr and T. Buxton, Moorgate-street, merchants—R. 11. Potts and J. Potts, South Audley-street, chemists—S. Tatham and C. Taylor, Dick-bridge, Lancashire, cotton spinners and manufacturers—W. Copestake and Mary Tip per, Longton, Staffordshire, manufacturers of china—J. Strutt and F. Ledger, Catherine-street, Strand, proprietors of the Bra newspaper—S. B. Smith and J. Cox, Birming ham, electro platers and gilders—H. M. Bowden and S. S. Alford, Bayham-terrace, Camden-town, surgeons —A. Quelle, E. Quelle, and P. Quelle, Russell-street, Bermond sey, fur skin dyers—G, Bowden, W. H. Parkes, and W. K. Wilde, Bowde n , Ch e shire, linen and woollendrapers— J. Bradshaw, R. Howarth, and W. Cryer, Great Bolton, Lancashire, machine and tool makers (so far as regards J. Bradshaw)—W. M. To,pliti and W. Beck, Birmingham, BirMingham warehousemen and factors—C. Freeman and B. S. Austen, Aylsham, Norfolk, ironmongers and oil and colourmen—J. F. Burbidge and J. F. Burbidge, jun., GrAntham, Lincolnshire, wine and spirit merchants—J. C. Avery, G. Wills, and C. Edwards, Bristol, wine and spirit merchants (so far as regards J. Avery). INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Joseph Shepherd, Liverpool, commission agent. Robert Lewis Evans Liverpool, butcher. ' Lawrence Hold en Liverpool, painter. Homy Towlor, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, mana ger of hospital. Thomas Marsh, Northfleet, Kent, miller. Edward Terry, Chudleigh, Devonshire, musician. Richard Pearson, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, tailor. John Banki, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, ac. countant. • John Banyard, Little Snoring, Norfolk, shoemaker. Frederick Wetton, Coventry, Warwickshire, grocer. John Randle, Foleshill, Warwickshire, retailer of beer. George Wildbore, liegworth, Leicestershire, licensed victualler. William Exley Healey, Yorkshire, rag dealer. • John Beak, Camely, Somersetshire, butcher. William King, Reading, Berkshire, chemist. William Backhouse, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, licensed victualler. George Carr, Kingston-upon-Hull, railway guard. George Thompson, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, cattle dealer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Janet Black, or Carmichael, or Youug, Edinburgh, poul terer, to moot within Stevenson's Sale Rooms, Edinburgh, Feb. 24, at two, and March 18, at two. • J. M'Lay, Howard-street, Glasgow, victualler, to moot within the Wav er l e y H o t e l ; Glasgow, Feb. 25 and March 19, at twelve. TATTERSALL'S BETTlNG.—Extraordinary freaks some times characterise the returns of the business supposed to be clone at Tattersall's. One of these occurred last Tuesday, when the racing world was startled by the an nouncement that certain steeplechasers of mature age had advanced prominently into the Derby betting of the year, and that certain horses engAged in some of the spring handicaps had transferred their tropes to the Derby without having previously gone through the usual ceremonies of being entered for it.--Racing Times. MARK RT INTELLIGENCE. (Front the London New Price Current of yesterday.) &MAlL—There is no decided reduction for colonial, supplies keeping moderate and consumption to exceed that of last year, still the home trade demand has been smaller than previously. Foreign is less wanted by exporters and home dealers, but in prices there is scarcely any change, although daty paid parcels have been more freely offei cd for sale. For auction on Thursday, 4,000 chests yellow Havannah, chiefly of fine quality ; 370 cases Bahia ; 3,200 bags Pernambuco, and for Friday, MOO bags of Bengal are declared. To-day there was decidedly a better demand for West India sugar for home trade purposes, and pre vious rates are well sustained for both grocery and refining qualities, there being no increase of supply. Operations amounted to 950 hhds, &c., including auction 300 hhds Barbadoes which went freely at full prices, low to mid dling yellow at 35s 6d. to 37s 6d, good 38 s t o 38s 6d, and fine 39s to 39s 6d; 55 hhds Demerara crystalised, mid and gsod 37s to 38s 6d, ord, 35s to 365. 6d. REFINED.—The currency for brown lumps 45s to 45s 6d ; Tittlers, low to fine 45s 6d to 498, double 508 to 525. To-day Refined Sugar was operated in with more freedom, and rates are firmer, ruling at 45s to 45s Gd b rown, an d a t 46s to 46s 6d for low to fine grocery lumps. Several parcels of Crushed Sugar were taken by exporters at former terms. MAuurnus. —The demand has been less active for grocery sorts, and there is a decline of Gd per cwt., b u t a free sale exists for refining, and previous terms *are sup ported. This afternoon several parcels of Mauritius were sold privately, and at prices fully equal to Friday. Only 271 bags were offered at auction, and went at 33s 6tl to 343 6d for fine brown, and 30s to 33s for low to good. _ EAST INDIA.—SinCe this day week total operations have been 6,000 bags, Benares good to fine white at 38s to 40s, low to middling 36s to 37s 6d, good to fine grainy yellow 38s to 41s, low to middlinc , 36s 6d to 37s 6d, brown 36s to 3a 6d, white 41s 6d to 445, soft brown 26s Gd to 28s Gd, yellow 29s to 335, fine 34s to 355, low to middling like Mauritius 34s to 86s, good to fine 36s 6d to 37s 6d per cwt. This afternoon Madras Sugar attracted more attention, and previous terms aro easily obtained. At auction 2,800 bags wero sold—mid. grocery at 34s 6d to Ms, ord. 33s to 345, low to fine soft yellow 29s to 33. Bengal is wanted, and previous terms are easily obtained, whilst several par cels were sold by private treaty, indeed grainy is rather dearer. FOREIGN.—The value of brown Bahia is 19s to 19s 6d, Pernambucco 18s 3d to 18s 6d, white 22s to 245, yellow Havannah 20s 9d to 25s 8d for numbers 104 to 16, brown 20s to 20s 6d for numbers 9 to 10, white 27s to 28s, brown Parabia 18s 6d to 18s 9d. Manilla, unclayed 17s to 18s 6d, and clayed 20s 21s per cwt. Sinco Saturday more desire has been evinced to operate in Foreign Sugar afloat, and two cargoes, consisting of 4,800 chests yellow Havannah, has been sold at 22s 6d to 24s 6d for No.'s 12 3 / 4 to 15. Duty paid parcels are still meeting with little notice, and can easily be obtained at previous valuations. There was no public sale to-day. COCOA.—To-day there was a better demand for all sorts. At auction 280 bags Trinidad were sold—grey at 33s to 34s 6d, low to good Red 35s to 335. 1,960 bags Guayaquil 345 to 355, and 80 bags Para 28s per cwt, being all full rates. COFFEE.—This afternoon the market for native Ceylon Coffee presented a firm aspect, and several parcels were sold privately. At auction 200 bags realised 48s to 48s 6d for good ord. On the part of the holders of Plantation there is no confidence, and a good business concluded by private treaty, whilst in some cases the rates obtained are rather above those of yesterday. Only 15 casks were offered at auction, and realised 565. to 60s. for low mid to mid. Foreign is much wanted, and few parcels can be obtained, while rates are on the advance. TEA.—There is a firm market for low to good common Congou, with a fair business doing at 10d to 10,id per lb. The rates obtained for rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf were Mid to ls, strong to pekoe sorts is id to is Bd, and choice is 9d to 2s 2d, qualities from is to is 3d per lb have been most in request. Souchong fine and choice selling at is 6d to 2s, fair to good is to is sd, and ord 10d to 11d. Quotations for green range as follows :—Hyson ord is ld to is 2d, mid is 3d to is sd, good is 6d to is 9d, fine is 10d to 2s. 7d, superior 2s 8d to 3s. Young Hyson Can ton 10d to ls Hyson kind is 2d to is 10d, fine 2s Od to 2s 3d, Twankay 10d to is id, Gunpowder Canton 10d to ls id • Hyson kind is 2d to 2s 9d, fine 3s to 3s 6d, Impe rial Canton is to is 2d, Hyson sort is 3d to 2s 3d. Hyson skin 8d to ls. RIOE.—To-day East India rico was in good demand privately, and reused full prices, there being no public sale. INDIGO.—To-day during the progress of the sale 203 chests have been withdrawn. 1,033 chests (including 203 withdrawn) have passed. There is no material alteration to notice in the general tone of the sale, except in the lots bought in in previous sales, and in ordinary and very mixed qualities of Bengal, which are rather cheaper. Dry leaf Madras and Kurpahs continue to sell with fair spirit at the rates previously established. Proprietors have bought in 118 chests, leaving 712 sold. Of the total quantity which has now passed the action (12,789 chests) 7,996 have been withdrawn, and 2,965 bought in, leaving 1,828 sold. TALLOW.—A brisk demand has been experienced for Russian on the spot since our last report, and there is an advance—fine Yellow Candle realising 45s per cwt. Ope rations for delivery are rather important, and 44s 9d to 45s Od the value for last three months of the year. A brisker demand for home melted, and rates have advanced to 44s 6d and 45s cash. For other sorts of Tallow the rise is is to is 3d per cwt. OILS.—For Seal there is an increasing demand, and the market has a firm appearance. Palo realised 35110 s to 364 and other sorts 321 to 351 per ton, Cod sells more readily at 331 109 to 341. Of Southern supply is scanty, and a bettor demand exists at 331 to 341. A good business is doing in Sperm at 851 to 861, and headmatter at 861 to 871, the market having a firm aspect. Sales in cocoa nut are on a more extended scale—Cochin at 38s 6d to 395, and other sorts 36s 6d to 38s. Several transactions have taken place in palm, and 32s to 33s paid for good to fine. P r i ces keep higher for olive, in consequence of a scanty supply— Gallipoli realising 681. to 701., and other sorts 651. 671. per tun, but dealers operate with caution. SALMON FISHING.—On the Findhorn, on Tuesday the Ist. inst., only two fish were caught, one by Mr. Lillie, Sluy, weighing 18 lb., and the other of a smaller size, by Mr. John Fraser, Moy. The takes have been almost nil since the opening day. On the Nairn the salmon fishing has as yet been indifferent. Up to Mon day only two fish had been caught, one on Saturday, and one on Monday. On the opening day, a party of gentlemen sat down to a " salmon dinner" in the hotel, but they were disappointed in their principal dish, as no salmon could be had here, or at any of the neighbouring fishing stations. Another " salmon dinner" is to come off on Thursday. At Aberdeen, we learn from the Journal, the fishing has been, on the whole, such as may be characterised as a fair commencement,. thoug,h nothing to boast of. In the sea fishing very little has been doing, owing to the state of the weather.; the upper fishings in the Dee have yielded a moderate quantity ; of Don, so far as we can learn, the same cannot be affirmed. The frost which has prevailed for the last day or two has dissipated the apprehensions beginning to be enter tained by the fishers as to a scarcity of ice. The takes on the Tay, says the Dundee Advertiser continue very poor, which is the more to be regretted, as salmon are selling at a high price in the London market. Last week a noble fish of 32 lb. was captured at Belly more, which realised in that market the almost incredi ble sum of 61. 10s., after paying all expenses—a price that would purchase a tolerably good cow for a cottar. The Breettin Advertiser says—" The fishings on the North and South Esk opened auspiciously. The North Esk, in particular, has already yi e ld e d a very lib eral supply. At th e fishing of Kinnordie, Mr. Hector had 90 salmon, and was about equally fortunate at the upper fishings of Balmakewan ; and Mr. Johnstone, on the lower fishings of Morphie, Kirkside, and Kinnaber, had 70 clean salmo n on th e same day. ' We understand' Mr. Johnstone has since taken other .65 clean salmon." • [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Deafness—New Discovery.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, observe, opposite the York Hotel. The organic vibrator, an extraordinary power ful, small, newly-invented instrument, for deafness, en tirely different from all others to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be produced, being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears are entirely removed ; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired. The Royal Exhibition valuable newly-invented, very powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, to discern minute objects at a distance of from four to five miles, which is found to be invaluable, for yachting, and to sportsm en , gen tl emen, and gamekeepers. Tele scopes, possessing such extraordinary power, that some 34 inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and, the double stars. They supersede every other kind, and are of all sizes for the waistcoat pocket, shooting, military purposes, &c. Opera and race-course glasses with wonderful power ;. a minute object can be clearly seen, from 10 to 12 miles distant. Invaluable newly-invented spectacle.--S, and B. Solomons, Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemirle-street, Piccadilly, observe, opposite the York Hotel. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The powerful balsamic and invigo rating effects on the whole frame produced by Parr's Life Pills is perfectly astonishing; many who have kept their beds for years have been so speedily re-invigorated with an infusion of new blood, and consequently new life and strength, that their re-appearance amongst their fellow beings, who have lo ng g i ven them up as incurable, is looked upon as the greatest of the many wonders of this miraculous age. Parr's pills correct all disarrangement of the stomach, and restore a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys, and remove all obstructions of the urinary passages, without the least pain or inconvenience, and will be found an excellent remedy in the most obsti nate case of piles.—Sold by E. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's churchyard ; Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; Sutton and Co., Bow-churchyard • Hannay and Co., an d Sanger, Oxford-st ree t ; B ax t er , High Holborn ; P reston and Sons, Smithfield, London ; and by most respectable dealers in medicine. Price, 130., 2s. 9d., and family packets, lls. each. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills an effectual Re medy for Gout and Rheumatism.--Extract of a letter from Mr. W. Moon, at Messrs. Godwin's, auctioneers, Winchester, dated April 8, 1852.—T0 Professor Hollo way. Sir,—l beg to inform you that for years I was a sufferer from chronic rheumatism, and often laid up for weeks together, unable to move. I was attended by the most eminent surgeons here, but obtaining no relief, was induced to go into our county hospital. The medical treatment there, however, being of no avail, I left, and commenced using your pills, which, I am happy to say, in a short time effected a perfect cure, and enabled me to resume my employment.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. A NNW NEWSTARKET.---Why should there nob be a northern Newmarket The old Newmarket was created for a class at that time paramount in the country. Why should not another class, which now is greater than the one of old, have its Newmarket as that one of old had ? Tho practical answer to that question, we believe, is about to be given at Newton, where the first of a series o f meetings will soon take place. To have a second Newmarket in a distant part of the country, and that part to the north, must surely be an advantage to all th• training stables north of the midland counties, and there fore we hope to see them support efficiently the new meeting which Mr. Topham has announced.—. Racing Times. PRICES 011' SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER coM PANIES' STOCK. From the Ojicial List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FBID.LY EVENING, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22. JOIN T-S LOCK BANKS Dividend Amount Name of Company. per I of Paid. F ice. Annum. Share. X s. d. £ s. d. Australasia....... British. North American 6,. per cent. 51 0 0 c 0 u 0 -- Commercial of London. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Co'oniat lonian 51. Fe • cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Lond. Char. ilk, of Aus. 21 0 0 210 0 12 1 6 London and Cotuty Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 I 35• U Lo,idon Joint Stock 61. per cont. 50 0 0 10 0 0 203 i Frovincial of Ireland Bl. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto, 111. per cent. 10 n 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland l4l. per cent. 60 0 0 22 10 0 Nat Froviicial of Eng, 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 I Ditto, New .• • . 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 Orien,al Bank Corpora. :31.p. ct. & bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 South Australia .. . • l6/. p. ct.& hs. 15 0 0 25 0 0 451,-", Union of ustralia •• • • p. et. & hs. 26 0 0 25 0 0 73 . Ditto .. Union of London Union of Idedrid ....• 40 0 0 40 0 INSURANCE COMPANIMS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of • Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Albion .........• •• .. 31.105. 500 0 0 50 5 0 90 Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 25 1 ,4 Ditto .Marine....... 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 53 Anchor -.. 6 per cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 - Atlas Argus Life . ...... ••••• 41. per cont. 100 • 0 16 0 0 British Commercial .. 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life spr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 4294 County .. „ ..... . 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 120 ' E Crow le n ............ 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 1 7M ag . Equity and Law...... 4% per cod. 100 0 0 50 0 h European Life ...... ... 15s. 20 0 0 All paid. 2 0 Genera 1.............. _ 5 0 0 .. ON Globe •• •• 61. per cent. Stock. 149% Guardian ............ 51. per cent 100 0 0 45 0 0 61 Imperial Fire......... 121. per cent, 500 0 0 50 0 0 810 Imperial Life Indemnity Strvine . .... I LA.& bs. 100 0 0 20 0 0 58 L aw Fire .......... • • 2s & 25. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 4 , 4 Law Life... •.... .... - IGO 0 0 10 0 0 641 Legal and General Life London Fire ..... 105. & be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 IS% London ship.... ..... .. 10s. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 28M Marine......... •• • ... 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 21 31ed. Invlid & Gen. Life 4%1. per ct . 50 0 0 2 0 0 8 Nllnerva •• .. 4p. et. & be. 20 0 0 2 0 0 6 Monarch .... - ...... - 5 0 0 1 0 0 20s. National Loan Fv - id.. 51. per Cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Palladium Lite.. Pelican .....• • • •• .. •• - - - 45 Plmnix • - - - 173 Professional Life...... 51. per cent. 6 5 0 0 10 0 P -vident Lite - - 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 40 Rock Life ............ 51. 5 0 0 010 0 8 Royal Exchange ....• • 61. pct. & be. stook. all 236 Sun wire ...... ....... 61. 10s. - ~ 211 Ditto Life ll. 6s. - 55 United Kingdom .. .• 41. p. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 4(‘ Universal Life Victoria Life ...... - 51. per cent. - 412 6 6% BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. 4 1 'ilium. Share. _ - £ s. d. £ s. d. Rungerford.... - .... - - - 12 :outhwark ....... - 100 0 0 - - Ditto New of 7% pc. 70s. per cent 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo ....... ...... - 100 0 0 -3% Ditto Old Ann. ofBl. 21. Ss. Od. - 60 0 0 24% Ditto Nw ditto of 71, 21. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 22% Vauxhall .... •• - Av. 21. 70 10 3 - 31 WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, I per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. _ i £ s. d. £ e. d. East London - 125 Grand Junction .... • • 41. per cut. 50 0 0 - 69 Kent... ......• • - 11 , *,i Latnbeth .......... - 100 0 0 - - New River Company ; 21.105. - - 60 F.outhwark & Vauxhall ' 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 90 it est Middlesex - - 1111, DOCKS. Dividend .4 mount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------• £ s. d. £ e. d. Commercial .... .. .... 41. pr cent. Stock. - - East arid West India.. 6)41. pr cent. Stock. - - East Country.. - - London .... ... - 128% Ditto Bonds 4l. per cent. - - - S , ..Katharino .• •• .. .• 4 p er cen t . S tock. - - II nthampton - Victoria .......... - 20 0 0 2 0 0 4M CANALS. Names of E Dividenc, p Names of ti Dividend Companies. per nee ' Companies. 1 4 An P n e u r in. Price. co Annum. ishtn& Oldh yU 71 . p. ct. 140 macciesnela . too 21. 10s. 50 3arnsley•• • • 160 Neatk • • 100 16t. zrknk&Abrg 150 51. 1;2% Oxford.. •• •• 100 111 , . 122 lirminghain 40 1 41. 1051 A Peak Forest. 78 Si. 18a. 70 :eventry..•• 100! 251. Regent's.. 831 1/. Os. 17 terby ••• •• 100 j 61. 63 Rochdale.'..• 851 21. 42 ~ 11sfore&Chs 69,2% p. ct 3S Samrset Csal 1501 iranlJunctn 10031. pr.ct. D o.Lk lilt 12 Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 , 61. pr. ct. 12 Stffrii &Were 1 4 0 1 281. 405 fraud Surrey 1001 21.105. Shrewsbury.. 125, 1 .rani Uulon 100 1 11.10 s. 24 Stourb r ld ge.. 145 r 201. 200 leant& Avlt 39 6s. 04. 7 Seven and? ;ancaster . 100! Wye Rail. t 26 21 .05. 24 .eeds& Livrp 1001 251. 5 50 Warwick& 1 .elcoster ...• 100 1 51 . 66 itirming. I 100 41 . 40 ,eicstr &Nth 83 41. 44% Warwick& .oug'hborogh 142 701. 510 N a pt on. 100 31. 28 'fonmouthsh 100117$ 31. --- 'Vorestr & inte%mryslal 100 Birming.) ifeltnAf vvbry l loo & Brae —10 s. Oil. 714 GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - - .. . . . i X e. d. £ s. d.l DMCI .• - • • - •• - •• - - - - Ditto Provincial- •• 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 00 1 22% Brighton --•••• •• •• 51. 20 0 0 20 0 0 ! 16 City of London ...... 61. 100 0 0 150 • 0 • 125 rontinental (3d Cap.)... 41. 75 0 0 43 10 0 i 69 ~ quitable-• --.. •• -50 s. 50 0 0 50 00; 27 Great Central:- ..... 10 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 14% mperial ...• ........ 31.& bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 ndopendeit ......... 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 - 50 0 0 50 0 0 Do., Pail. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 i 24% tcenix ............, 311. per cent. 50 0 0 t 9 0 0 , 27 tatcliff ..... ....... 61. 100 0 0 90 00 i Tnited General ...... 11. ao 0 0 SO 00 1 19% feetminster Chartered Si. per cent, 50 0 50 0 0 as nitto. New -- - - 51. per cent. ,So 0 0 to 0 a 71„ LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. --- - - ---- - Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - -- ----- . X 5. d Bank of Scotl an d ...... 7/. per cent. 100 00 . 100 it 1911 0 Irirish Linen Comp.... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 2101 0 :aledontan Bank lit.) , of Glasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 'Olll3 7 lydeAale Bank...-. 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 12 16s lommercial Bank •••• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 'Bll 0 •Isstern Bank .....• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 101 83 E linb.& Glasgow •• .• • 31. per cent. b 0 0 5 0 41. Gs . . l ishangeßnk of Scot - 100 0031 5 83. Od rational Bank ...• ••• 11 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 161 2s •Torthof Scotlandßank 51.pereent. 20 0 0 210 31. 143 ton] Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 135110 ininn Bank of Scot. Western Bank .....• •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 72/ 103 llirtace Fire and Life., 8%1.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 24/ 103 British Guarantee 4iedonian Fire Incur lol.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 251. Od Cite of Glasgow Lite 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 4 1 . 133 oolonial Life Edinburgh Life Incur 6l. percent. 100 0 0 15 31. 3., Eng. & Scot, Law Lif e bl .per cent. 50 0 211. 73 0 217 0 41.1 5m Life. &seem. of Scotland 61. p er cent. 10 0 10 1. Od 0 I iational Fire and Life 61, p er cent. 10 0 0 0 'forth British Incur Si. per Cent. 200 0 0 20 0 11. 133 i '3slOs cottishUnionlnarne. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 ; 1/. 138 . rrandard Life United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent 1 0 00 i 1 0 20e. 641 • Ex Dividend. MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Pai d. Price, Annum. Share. - -----_- ------ ---- -- 4 tssarn Tea .......... _ a. d. s e s. d. 50 0 0 20 0 0 trSuction Mart— •• •• •• 21. ss , 50 9 0 35 IL 100 00350 0 26 i at t r r Vit Trust 61, 61. per cent. 25 00 25 Australian Royal Stall th 0 0 44 153 g l o - lleaican Mint.. it. 10s. 10 • 0 10 0 0 23% British American L an d , 38 10 0 65 Canada •.. ~ •••• • • Do. S per t ent Bonds 51. 61. percent. 100 0 I 82 10 0 5i Ditto, 6pr ct. R onda 61. per cent. — per cent. 117% City Navigation Bonds ai per cent. 97 Electric Telegraph (A) 25 0 0 '2O 0 0 22% Ditto.. ...• • (II) 25 0 0 710 0 8 Equitable iteversienry 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 117% Ditto New ........ 50 0 0 10 0 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c..% be, 21 100 0 0 1 14 0 0 100! Gen. Steam Navigation 10 p. ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 30 [Judson's Bay...—. Stock. 220 Bungerford .......• •• 21. 10s. 100 0 0 100 0 0 47% London Institution ... 78 15 0 London Reversionary 51. per cent. 15 0 0 15 0 0 14 Russell Institution.... Price's Pat ent e and. Co. 10/. per 12 10 0 Cont.2o Reve rsionary Int, Soo, 4 0 0 17 10 0 26 1. pr ce n t . 100 0 0 100 0 0 It ,yal M a ll S team.... Smith Anetrallan ....• N 41. p. sh are, 100 0 0 60 0 0 8 Trust and Loa n Comp. 51. per sh are. 25 0 0 25 0 0 61 of Upper Canada.... --- • 20 0 0 3 11 0 ..—....„..—........—................._____ NEW M OON DIVINATI ON. —D e i ng lately on a visit in Yorkshire, I was amused one evening to find the ser vants of the house excusing themselves for being out of the way when the bell rang on the plea that they had been " hailing the first new moon of the new year." This mysterious salutation was effected, I believe, by means of a looking-glass, in which the first sight of the moon was to b e h a d , and the object to be gained was theimportant secret as to how many years would elapse before the marriage of the observers. If one moon was seen in the glass, one year ; if two, two years ; and so on. In the case in question, the maid and the boy saw only one m oon a - p i ece. W hether the superstition would, in this i ns t ance, b e suggest i ve to their minds of anything to be deduced from the coincidence, I do not know ; but as they were both very old-fashioned folkii, I sup pose the custom may not be unknown to those learned in Folk Lore. What is the orthodox mode of conduct ing this kind of divination ?—/Vutes and Queries. ROYAL ARCHEREL—We have heard it rumoured that about July next, we will be favoured with a visit from the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, when the arrow presented by the town will be competed for. It is said that the meeting will be ono of no ordinary interest, and that several of the first nobility of Scotland will be pre. sent.--Montrose Standard. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL.—FEB. 22• The Corn-exchange this morning was tolerably attended. At a re d uc ti on o f ld t o 2d p er bushel on.A.nlerin white wheat a moderate supply was disp os ed of, but grs and fresh quality of foreign red wheat sus tained th e P 4 of this day se'nnight. 'Flour was slower • o f s ale, * l ' d American barrels were to b 3 bought at a decline of 6d, f ul English s ac k s Gd t o 9 d . Oats and oa t mea l both du ll, not lower. E ar l ey, b eans, and peas were without of value. The frost is apparently breaking up. IPSWICH—FEB. 22, el We noticed rath er more w h ea t a t ma rket to-daY; were made on terms fully equal to last market-dabso. the trade very firm. A fair quantity of barley on prices were steady, and fully supp ID orted late ad vance ' ere appears also that ma n y o f th e growers have but l ittle to bring for sale. Beans and peas quite as dear. ran QUAI3S PER QUARTER.I Wheat, red (old) 42s to 48eI• 296 t° 40 Barley, grinding ••• , Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 488 to 548, Peas ........................ 3 ,;! o ° oo Ditto (01(1) OOs to ° LI Barley, malting - AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEB. 19, 1853 577 quarters, at 43s 11d 2,301 32s 6 ' l 5 2,1 s Od 104 32 s 10(1 63 ;: 30s lO' Wheat Barley Oats Beaus Peas .. . 22. rr iva% Without any advanc H e ULL—Fes in price, and with liniite"%nrio each article of the trade has been exceedinglY firm $ for the week, and st oc k s gra d ua lly l esse n. We 11 knd be t supply of wheat from our own farmers to-daY , a m pleg , little foreign ; the dem an d was good for best d r y '" - n and such in some instan ces fetched is advance 11 100 week's prices. Foreign goes o ff i n re t a il at our Tr 01 1 ' Only a limited business in b ar l e y, b u t the demand' s ;te 0 Beans and peas fetch full prices, and oats are q d the last week. The linseed market is again dearer , ,t u e d in severe weather enhances the va l ue o f ca ke. 1 1 . 3 .l' ite r de' good request, and rape ca k es a l so ex p er ience a " wand. Bones are rather quiet. The follow* ars the presen s s Wheat, English, red 46 to 48' Ditto white 5O to 52 Dant-ie and Konigs- be g Pomeranian and Ham burgh Danish, Holstein, and prices of grain : Peas, gray rnd black 1053 Linseed, Black Sea... ° A4 0 5 0 IDitto Petersburgh .•• .Ditto Riga and Aroh',„ IP angel ............... " Ditto Konigsberg and to 40 to 46 CI Memel ............... ret T. Line. c., Hull 9/ 5s Oil 81 15 1 Ditto fine for. SllOO to 01 Ditto inf. for Bl Oo tool Oa Rapeseed 291 105 0 0 1). Rape e..,kei 1020 e d 4 a nstgo Tares, English...... - 451 Ditto foreign ...... 406 91 04 Guano 4l 7 1 tO O O O 6 4 3o nes 1005 0 00 Rye Meal .................. 46 to 481 Friesland 44 to 46 Russian and Odessa 40 to 46 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian l7 .o 21 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 27 to 28 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 3B to 401 CORK-FRB. 21. . ...... o ur reed . "o. Brls. 1 White wheat 26s 6d t o 00 s Od O s Od ---20 62 Redwheat 22s 6d to 25s 63 61°. Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od N s Od--- 2° -- Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od 109 Earley 145 4d to 14s 8d ,j 6 o. Ditto 06 s Od t o 00 s Od} 00 1 Od- - -i Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od 2 Be,e l3s 0(1 to 00s 0(1 Os 04 , 1 414 Oats 9s Od to 9s 10d A do. 326 Ditto 9rl 10d to 10s 2d 10s Od 209 Ditto los 2d to 11s Od oft" 18 Pigs 36s Od to 43s Od 00s Od p er Quantity sold at the highest prices :--- hero; 4 00 barrels whit e w h ea t ; 8 re d ; 4 b ar l ey ; " eats ; 15 pigs. .., Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last we 8 1 15 Wheat, 767. Barley, 1,337. Bere, 0. Oats , Pigs, 396. PRICES OF BUTTER. culturscl• °Si quality Second quality Third quality • '''''' 9 9 0 2 s s Second First quality quality '' 88s Third quality ........... , Fourth quality Fifth quality4B Sixth quality 76s Fifth quality ............ 58s Sixth quality ........•• ...- Return of cattle sold for week ending Feb. I v a Pigs, 796. Sheep, 239. Cows, 142. 0j; AI Cotta. -Flour- First, 15 s Od to 16 s O d ; ex tra, 17 seconds, 14s Od to 15s Od; households, lls to 130 0 a ; 886 3 ; 8s Od to 10s per cwt. Meal-Indian meal, 8 , Od to r c oi oatmeal, 108 6d to 1180 d ; wheat meal, 10. 6d to 110rigi64 Indian corn, 71 158 Od to 81 2s 6d per ton. Bran , /e ve 4115 s Od perton. Hay-Farmers, 20s Od to 34s Od; I to ie 28s; dealers, 328 Od to 4080 d ; average, Os per ton. 250 oa,,,t° Farmers, 148 Od to 23s Od ; average, 20s ; dealers, 7clv' 00s Od ; average Os. per ton. Bread-Wheaten I °'' ga Od ; household ditto, 6d to Od per 41b.-Frosh but ter t ',.bee lid per lb. Eggs, 5s 6d to 5s 7d per hundred. 30 % , 51 41d to bd ; mutton, sid to 6id ; veal, 4id to 6Ad ; P°rirop 6d ; bacon, 7d to 74d. ; sausages, 6d per lb.- .81, 1{ o°.' 28 0 . „;40 , land, 111. Os to 121 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, Red, do., 30s per brl.-Potatoes, white, 9d to 10d ' lld to 12d.-Coals, N ew p or t, 23 s ; L y d ne y, 00s Curgo'SA./ 01 per ton.-Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s Od per imperial X ilide,, market, 25s to 325; Salted, 26s to 32s skins, 3id per lb.-Bangor slates 21. 170. t° Fleece wool, 15. to 168 per atone. -.'Temp, p q a / P e r 'Temp, 381. to 4211. 4 ton-Timber, Memel, 31. 108; r e l . p . llo, 31. 10a ; a ;', 31. ss. per ton ; deals, 161. to 181. Per hundred. - P al tot 71. to 81. 10s. per tem.-Tallow, 48F to 47. per cwt• - , 3 ,0 71. lOs to 01. per cwt.-Tar, Archangel, 19s. per brl.- - "" Peruvian, 101. 10s to 11/. per ton. IYAITT. First COURSE OF EXCHANGE-YESTERDAY' Amsterdam 11 1731 Gibraltar ..... • " '3O :5 9 Ditto, three mouths .. 11 19 L eghorn ••" " • ..25 Rotterdam ...... • • .... 11 19 Genoa ••• • .• Antwerp . ..... ........ 25 30 IMilan •"• •' A Brussels 25 30 Venice . •• •• •••• •• •. II amburgh ...... • ..... 13 8 Naples • • ..... • " 19 litona .. Paris •• • • .... 25 10 Messina ••• • •‘ ▪ Wis Ditto, three months .. 25 32% Lisbon ..... • •• " Marseilles........ • • .... 25 35 : Oporto ••'' • , Bourdeaux .. • • Janeiro ••••• • • • • / • „e• Franklort•on•Maine .... 1 20% 'Buenos _Ayres.. • • •,• ;) • ,,t 8er1in.......... • •• .. New York, 60 days Vienna 11 8 Philadelphia .• •• • •_," Pili! Trieste ........ ..... • 11 10 • PRICES or straio , .. f 3 1 1 0, Petersburgh............ 314% Foreign Gold in WO 11) 1 Madrid „ 50% Portugal Gold Coln •• 0 4 0 .. Barcelona....., „ „ New Dollars ...• • • 0 leville • • Silver in bars ..... • SIABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails a re sent from the Getter*.A by the night—and Mby the morning —dispatch.] II" is Day when made up From Idol . ` ,10°, 0 (1. COUNTRIES, in General Post- Port 0 1 % Otlice, London. ______Dlspatehedi .... .... 0000 00 , A merica(byllrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpoo l "' 04 America (by. United Sts. e l ' , Packet) •• . ..N Feb. 94 .. ........ Liverpoo l ••. America (by U. States 0 0' ' packet) ........N Feb. 16 .......... S out h l MPOn r il 4 Australia (via South.. mil APa 1 AADlfie am rtl:cana p t t (vd o wir n ai ) aels. i t.a .. : 50e. . 031. . 1ite5. . ) ). INt Bth hh of ff MarchM arch .... .... S p o o n y t e h r alh .. P . :-.. Apr , ' _ . , t , 9 0 Ditto (via Cape of Uood • 10'12 Alexandria 10...0. 6..........: NN N 822,32rd9d,o2fo4f7tben130maryoont m. Dover DE. P l iymouth •• y e b., 3 Cceci BI eeaayyppe , Illeeno onnmoosff aAGGsy r: . ooe. das. ..1.10. p. . . . . r i I ti t h d &o of the h o month mnh. Southampton Southamp ton oyvinero t:. : t r il e o r C l_A r y .fll : 4'll ; Brazil Belgium :. .. . : .. :: ...1 14 1 9 D t a h il o Y f . t . h . e . mouth.. • S p o . u v t e h ra m. . Pl6 : „ll :I f ar i '; '''..; 6 l6 Cape de Verde .. 1 N1 9 14 t h t h o o f f t h t e h m e out h month. . PlymouthSouthampt o . - . P° 10 Channel ;:l Cey10n ...... i : a .. ) : : ... e ..N 21r2ithooffAthperil. month.... P P l l y yr in n o o n u th th :. r e p. ; li• S SO' , Fe 0, .... N N ,21 14 0 th h of ,w t o h a e ,& m F or r l dth. Southampt onil.'ll I Mid & . 17th of month S•utharaPO U 3 0 China (see India) . • re ~ .,,D . 4 f CO istatitinople ......N 7 ,8,17,24,&27 of m. Dover.. •• '„' bf_,,ja. , Constantinople ..... 31 4th & 20th of mon. Southampt on •rific - , Cont. of Europe M Ss N Twice daily ...... Dover .... • • e pli Egypt (see India) rnouth , f ile o France .... • M& N Twice daily__ Dover •••• '„ . eb• Gibraltar .... • ... II 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. SouthamPt °- I , 1 , Greece (see India) ge r ' iir Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon. Aoutharnl 7o° To% 1 Ilarnburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ••• •,', sircilloP ilayannah • .... m 21 - d of the month SouthanaPt ° '" siso',l6 Holland .....M Wednesday & Sat. London • •: .4 gorc;,- 0 I londuras .........M 17th of the month. Southatr l l 7 l°' feb..; 1 India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. SoutharOw n ar' ~ India (via Marseilles)ll Sth& 24th of month Dover ...• •' AO lonian Isles (see India) , 1'0 1c 26 , 1 Ireland .... - ll & N Twice daily .„... Holyhead ". ell' I , 1. 1 Lisbon ....... • • • ....1117, 9, 17, & 27 of m. Southanspte!lssfe„ 19 Madeira ............ 11 , 119 th of the month Southampt.o.3/$O, Madeira ..... ..... Nj23rd of the month Ply.nout k •. ieb. 0 Malta (see India) . i Malta ..............N•7,17,19,27, 30 am. Dover .• • • 16 Mauritius (see India) th • • 1 1 b, 01 ' `i° , Mauritius ....N 14th of the monthlplymou ts .. 0 1 Mexico ............M 2nd of the month., SouthalnP w . irt e b I Naples ..... ........Nsthlsth2sthofmon.'Dol'er .• • • pf'ceffo New Granada .... .. 3112 d & 17th of month;Southalitr_,, Vr? Feb' New Zealand... ... ....IBy private ship ..IVarioui Po . '" 0 Papal States ........N IstlilMh2sthormon. 'Dover • • •,,: i l ireP ,,l , 1 Peninsula .. .. .. .. Al 7th 17th 27 thofmon :SoutharoP,''',.' Ik ll '"%ii Peru .. ........ AI 7d tz 17th of mon :SoutbarnPw.. , f ea , ,„ % routi Lat ch Port Natal sfc lj • ". 11 1 Sicily • Tuscany .. .. ...... . • 3115 thlsth2sthollnon. Dover • • •• '' MO' . N'l4th of the month i'lyn Ili 9 Van Diemen's Lend ( see Venezuela ........ .. M 2d & 17th of mo u th,Souths.MP tc ' n b 1 6 Australia) .... West Indies M 2d & 17th o f mon th SouthaMP 12d & 17th of month BIRTHS. OP A. BOIL On the 16th inst., a t W arw i c k-t errac e, Be lo l ' f the lady of John Brady, Es M P ellborn- i x q., 8 the - „ ev . On the 26th of December last, at Madras, rl O3- Major Hubert Marshall, Deputy SecretarY to 'o ° .ge f C° l° eel or A. DAUGHTER. At Pias Hotel, C armarth enshfre, the ° Trafford. ~ MARRIED. Orr lace , or Lang" rtr a 0 B.oBe. t a h o e d l b 9 t oi h d, it. i , „ al 3 .t , ll Ti l p S p o: l l . ' s s- e c y h m ur o c ur l 4 .Btrbetoet; ot ? iv .. 4. I square, to Henrietta Margaret, only daugh ter el Orton, Esq., of Ashford. as Viiiig li Ott teenah inst ,at Seaford, Frank B°g-iv. of r Bally to Jane eldest daughter of the a 'OW Smith Cl:uniting Precentor of Down, and ---------‘ Loughinisland. ' 3c3s auro?;iiiluci.,,e,ttsil.h meciao2,l:ol,Bl;:loeihiin,o,ilein,hnlesarttt.t.eE,:rsihwnhiyr.Desmpiill.culk.RaEen:costtiohrsoetseh,itite,EotbesL.:irtriceerPsso:::slrol, aged 61, : a l to 20th inst , ' at'4s, Frederick -I ' 4re° ' burgh' street, cl: • •• • t V ain inst., at Edinburg , Eb urr L,art. Eaton -scare aged 3&. Devrv ier • 1 0 ' On the 20th inst. 'at 3 Eaton-torraco. °s i c° Nicolson, widow ofMajor,-General Sir Willisvl 1 it lif°' , aged 74. (loner° On the 17th inst , at Cheltenham, Maier-- C. 13., C o l one l of the 50th Regiment. 00 1 1' 0 Y 11 ' LONDON: Printed and Published by O ffi c e, 20 .../ of of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Su n ~.h oou pvg Strand, it the Precinct of the SavoY,;&C Middlese; W e d nes day, February 238 4°"'"