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Rip1i mme5imemmumamm0m0n........................04. ,---, ..., • 1 847, , 6 ' bates, le ... THR SUX LONDON, WEDNES DA Y MORNING, JAN UARY .......______ ...,-.......•••••'.............-••••••••••...........1...-••-• rram .p........,.......... W..", (1 ,3 ....5....ve,............errm,-, .......-..-•••••••••••••••"*"...arlibr..- .......... TI 1E REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING JANUARY 5, 1847. vita.; couRT CIRCULAR. DEFEAT of BNO,LaIRFAIs3.I at TOR.RES WINDSOR, TUESDAY.-Her Majesty walked thin fore of gas noon On the Eastern Terrace of the Castle, attended by No. 1.--An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of January, 1846, and sth of January, 1847, showing the The Cot a an d the Lady in Waiting the Marchioness of Doure. Tl S_ ,e A f L o r io A w N in ri g I c C i a l l Al.i dispatchesDlSPATCHES. ofsaa uh a , vi i : . is t ' c S t r h y e O :o N l , fl F e i r Bonafim;____though fire ; cora' The Bishop of Oxford left the Castle to-day. well main of the Ilia Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Ali ar.nouncing his "Sire, -When I received the intelligence that Lisbon, lncrease or Decrease on each head thereof. kind. The 85 rail• ter, and Madame Van de Weyer, are expected to from the brilliant state of the Volunteer Corps and Mu- 415ARTERS ENDED A YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR ~ Year ended Jan. 5. Quarter ended Jan. 5. The sales c ye at the Castle to-day on a visit to her Majesty. r- , ended , , ended 1 e pros' April 5, July 5, Oct. 113, Jan. 5, Jan. b A • , April b July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, ~.____,, r___________s-----, Island, at 1 The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening defend itself if the rebel forces should dare to attack it, nicipal Guards, was believed to be in circumstances to 1845 1845 1845 1846 1846 1846 AMC*IB46 1846 1847 1847 ' Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. lb. Railws will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the united forces of the ex-Conde de Bomtim, of Mou- - 4,848,363 4,354,789 18,105,206 3,961,918 4,523,391 5,310 835 4,514 721 18 310 north. £ 1 £ £ £ £ Stamps. .......... 3,955,106 3,338,837 12,17,112 1,626,458 3,104 711 4 181 ' 926 3,608155 12 ' 521 . ; 65 ' Custhm' '• • • £, heir Excellencies Mons. and Madame Van de Weyer, sinho de Albuquerque, of the ex General Celesfino, andX X X £ I ' cise ............ 34 4 4,138 .. 4 .. 269 4 ,318 ............. :: 1 : , :7 1 4 0 11,2 2 : , 5 6 1 ii ,, ,E, 1,780,175 1,792,402 7,152,114 1,685,868 1,730,495 1,174,364 1,740,68 . 7 6'931'4°1 ' x The sale his Excellency the Baron de Brunnow, the Lady in 205,659 .... 159,932 - Lamond am Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Excise • • of the guerilla - chief Fernando de Sousa Botelho, occu- customs pied Alcobacht, and Caldas. Stamps. .. 145,945 2,000,567 201,279 1,876,051 4,223,842 146,142 2,006,427 209,940 1,909,899 4 272 ' 404 ' - . Sall . „ .. 1 / 1 and Sir Robert and Lady Peel. " I did not lose an instant upon receiving that corn- Taxes • •• • . 220,700 .• • • 51,715 mores pirit in OP The band of the Fir. 4 Regiment of Ike Guards will munication which caused me so much pleasure, and Property Tax... •• • .... 1,905,711 90?,991 1,823,883 38C,955 5,026,570 1,963,882 1,009,162 1,972,128 450,219 5,395•39'1 faxes 48,566 .... 33,848 ____ Logue. The red bil attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will on ' I h d hf , dr my Command Post-office •• •• .•••••• •• •• •..... 178,000 150,000 209,000 189,000 the leth marched e wit a orce un e 35,000 30,000 30,000 25000 20,000 731,000 215,000 181,000 217,000 203,000 816,000', Property L Tax• •.. • • 368,821 .... cost-office 85,000 •• • • 63,234 - Indian line: Crown Lands • 45,000 - 14,000 45,00 30,000 120,000 ' Crown Lauds - sellers. The ;ere in ft , erwards attend in the Castle. in the direction of Ca.ldas, my vanguard remaining for 3liscellaneous * . •• •• •• •• •• •.. 22,951 13,652 15,102 68,612 120,317 91,522 •• • • 18,001 177,910 29,657 317,090 ' Miscellaneou • •• 5,000 - Leicestel i s not the night in Tagarro and Cereal. In these Madrid NE hav• The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness •force the following the Duchess places I united all my on Lyle Total Ordinary Revenue 10,330,059 12,411,518 12,862,908 12,031,676 47,656161 9,735,790 12,573,187 13,889,103 12,486,338 48 China Money •• • • ...., 392,065 45%000 300,859 1,144924 440,000 •227,644 ,684,414 Total .....• • . 1,248.957 220,700 545,332 90,670 667,644 11 China Money •..• • • • Norther] 475,280 .... 300,859 Direct N ! ader i 1 Th of Gloucester yesterday. The Commissioners for the of the National morning, waiting for information, and for _ iri, • l h . •h I had sent forward , result of the parties of cave ry w IC , , . Itepaymentso _ c . 4 preAt 'Moneys &c. •• ' 206,007 29,262 24,591 64,084 423,044 '. - f k ' lv•tuces' 418 545 182 354 473 881 404 179 1 478959 .;,'..., 52,929 73,939 33,815 01,004 192,.547 !I Imprest Moneys &c • - , , , , • , • 456,4 I 3 111,607 199,882 302,449 1,070,411 ' ' ItepamntsofAdv ' nes: •• • • 131,397 •• •• 32,200 Manche] crailit Debt had a Reduction • ..•• 408,548 .... 101,730 and by residence quarterly meeting yeeterday • at the official in the direction of Caldas and Bomberral. From Cenral Total Income . •.. 11,366,676 12,623,134 13,811,380 12,800,798 50,601,988 10,245,172 13,198,733 14,3" - 1 BostonE a 0,444 12,820,6,1 50,61.5,020 i . of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Down- and Tagarro there are three roads. for Caldas, Cadaval, Total ........ London 1 1,248,957 1,235,925 545,332 525,459 of big log-stre e t - • The Governor of the Bank of England and and Candillios. After midday I acquired the certainty Amount applied to Con- - - ll Liverp. in.'ne in the Deputy -Governor attended. Mr. Iligham, Comp" that the enemy had taken I h leads from the rota which solidated Final ...... 7,273,077 8,255,562 8,869,973 7,859,997 32,258,609 ' 5,468,335 8,476 ,134 7,617,435 8,615,894 30,177,822 - 1 234%925 i Deduct 525 459 [ Deduct North B merit , troller General, was in attendance. Caldas to Torres Vedras, and I immediately marched .. 380 000 101,501 550,000 G 15,077 1 646 578 ' 14 Ditto, as Advances ....• •. , , , 0,000 91,501 472,500 837,500 1,541,501 i' Decrease ' ' Decrease. Great In strap" The ratifi • „ cation of a treaty of commerce and naviga- for Carlaval where the troops encamped. On fo l. Date, as NN ays S. Means t he of the Year •.••• • • • • • 3 •713 599 I 4 266 071 4 391,407 4 325 724 16 696 801 463 , , ~ _ , , , „ , , 6,817 4,631,093 6,260,509 3,367,273 18,895,697 , Increase Increase Derby, S.. 'raw yal 13,032/ on 19,8731 on the )in i ll/ lion, negotiated and • d t Athens by Mr. P. Del- • • ,- • league of sTne a lowing day we arrived et Arnial, witain a shion 0! gauni Councillor L xf , . ;,,,... ,L or ,r. f the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to Torres Yedras. There I acquired the certainty that Total. •• .• 11,366,676 12,623,134 13,811,380 12,800,798 i 50,601,988 ( 10,245,172 13,198,733 - - (14,350,444 12,820,671 ; 50,615,020 , the Year. ( Quarter. Leicestei ___, TA- 13...i...:,..i. 0.-0_ . ',L.. ~,...,eeQr. durine• Exclusive of China Money. The diffi mit 80 0/1 1847. o f scriptio and boa ecies of in i ; liana& co T. elligence ? f _ E qu itabl; e law i 5 recent &el' nor-General Upper Bei' n route fos eries of teo )001b. The under DS t h 6 rice of " this year, t l ' . )e expect s. —rtroD l . a iled by Op !b u rgh, i. here, on 111 - 6 , t a king Me:, those In'l at pre )f life. 1 1 ip ver hol u • • )volt, 13$ 1 :, 'ayer by Al/ were slic e ' • .end Geot e s i T-A-iscOy t of it e fre e, Livingstooo I by Jo l t, letting co appollit, on Mon d e ed that P h Edinbtttt ant of ell; was mad e h 0 RS time e conaMiti'. meP i ' ourage 'alts into w it, full leog.Slo mit suit s , he journ tempted s 1 G" s i e thing por; lien into 1 0 there is t warm ba t on the I li li 1. We 04 vithdrew 4 Serpeo o 6 hat ice til e none. listanceLd s re at bi"" 'els arr iv ed •ves adjoi n' l,477 large 1r kinds of on the fol' Rune piace e , al boxes 0 ' re now jll9‘ ntsequence. on her las t the roya l re, induce d L the saw!, ation of 0 0 about fig, I a feast a t p On he r :orated, Kaulbsca ;h a Vireili; rnaraentotl nost :e of Bars; toasts and .Iy, whilst lying at small skin' KI from 0 0 e Seraglio buffetting as though !rboard t? grave. to be th is reach the vo men bY t until he also saved' ;ight off*" n the lee' not El 133°. aped over" ached hire ery gra i _e• sole OR' It, striate parsigto' nportfinc° is manner The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt had a quarterly meeting yesterday, at the official r esidence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Down ing -street. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy -Governor attended. Mr. Iligham, Comp troller General, was in attendance. The ratification of a treaty of commerce and naviga tion, negoti..ted and signed at Athens by Mr. P. Del gatlni, Councillor of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to his Majesty the King of Greece, and Dr. Patrick Col cluh"e, Hanseatic Plenipotentiary at Athens, were exchanged on the 15th ultimo, in London, by Mr. Ralli, C onsul -General of his Hellenic Majesty, and Dr. Patrick Colquhoun, on the part of the Venerable Senate of Bremen. Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Lord Monteagle had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing- Street. The Judges and her Majesty's Counsel will ne meet at the L or d Chancellor's residence on the first day of the ensuing term. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of New Zealand, and from the Governor of Ceylon. Lord and Lady Alan Churchill have left Parrance's hotel for Blenheim. SP ORTING INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.—NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT, 1847. Nominations for The Great Northamptonshire Stakes— wghtstobedeclared 20th January, and forfeits on the Ist ei of February. Leopard, 5 yrs—Refraction, 5 yrs—Typhon, 3 yrs—Bro. to Stitch, 3 yrs—J enny Wren, 5 yrs— B lac k S trap, 5 yrs— .!'a len tissimo, aged—Bokhara, aged—Halo, 3 yrs—Palma, Y r s — Sheraton, 4 yrs—Pal, 4 yrs—Fort William, 4 vrs— i'unch, 4 yrs—The Premier, 3 yrs—Tragical, 4 yrs—llyd angea, 4 yrs—St. Dem e t r i, 4 yrs—Satyr, 6 "yrs—Secundus, .. Yrs—Wolfdo g , 5 yrs —H um d rum , 4 yrs—Queen Mary, 3 tr r a -- Wild Roe, 5 yrs—Fugitive, 4 yrs—The Duke of Cecilia, 4 yrs—Morocco, 4 yrs—Sting, 4 yrs — Lady u ecilia, 4 yrs--Comme it flint, 3 yrs—Turpin, 4 yrs—Rufus, Yrs - -Queen Anne, 4 yrs—Projectile, 3 yrs—Ennui, 4 yrs— S pur, 4 yrs— br g by Young Cadland, 5 yrs—Tit-bit , 4 yrs— . " hat, aged—Captain Phebus, 5 yrs — Giselle , 4 y rs—Sis. to Pedometer, 5 yrs—The Best of Three, 6 yrs — ldolater , 5 yrs -- Moonlight, 5 yrs—Sister to Flambeau, 4 yrs—Morpeth, 6 Yrs—Diomed, 4 yrs—Reminiscence, 3 yrs—Chatterbox, 4 Yrs—Marquis of Conyngham, 4 yrs—Polka, 4 yrs—Roebuck, 5 yrs—Dulcet, 5 yrs—Milden, 5 yrs—lcicle, 4 yrs—Caprice, 4 yrs—Credential, 5 yrs-lloodkee,3 yrs—Wee Boy, 3 yrs— Trojan, 6 yrs—Daughter of the Star, 3 yrs—Milliner, 4 yrs— Crozier, 3 yrs—Counsellor, aged—Emmeline, 4 yrs—Cha mois, 4 yrs—Roderick, aged—Komager, 5 yrs—Vampyre, 4 yrs—Mendicant, 4 yrs—Euclid colt, Xyrs—Flitch, 4 vrs—Lo thario, aged—Alvanley, 6 yrs—Campanile, 5 vrs—Mirmillo, 3 Yrs—Romana,4 yrs—Princess Royal, 5 yrs—The Magnet, 5 yrs --Lord Saltoun, 6 yrs—Alliance, 4 yrs—Lightning, 6 yrs— Annandale, 5 yrs—Buttress, 4 yrs—Lancer, 3 yrs—Princess Alice, 4 yrs—Golden Bee, 4 yrs—Best Bower, 6 yrs—Miss Burns, aged—Camera Obscura, 4 yrs—Devil me-care, 3 yrs -- Sweetmeat, 5 yrs—Dgleful, 5 yrs—Watch Dog, 3 yrs— Mistress Jean, 3 yrs—Headsman 4 yrs—Red Rover, 6 yrs. NOMINATIONS FOR THE ALTHORP PARK STAKES. Dacia colt, by Erymus, out of Equator colt, by Touch atone, dam by Glencoe—Mother Carey's Chickens, f by Col wick, out of Vignette—Old Brompton—The Sheriff—Lucy Ashton—lota—Glendower f by Buzzard, out of Layla— Woodcraft—Fernhill—Little Red Riding Hood Beverla -- llanwell—The Hind of the Forest Hatherley—Chip- Tway—Propeller—Protection-LSearoom Good Boy ▪ ectar Awkward—Publican. CHESTER CUP. The following names complete the entry of 177 horses for this race :—Driffield b f by Colwick out of Quid's Dam. Sir Martin, and No. 45. We ought also to add that in our former list Fantastic and Emigrant were named twice, and Banana called Bavaria. IVIADRID and VALENCIA RAILWAY COMPANY. An adjourned 'special general meeting of the share holders in this undertaking was held yesterday after noon at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ; Mr. Chadwick, chairman of the English board of directors, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that the present was the third adjourned meeting of the company. At a former meeting a resolution was agreed to authorising the directors to ascertain if the company could not be dissolved accord. ing to law, but it was subsequently ascertained that it Could not be legally broken up. That was the exact position of their case, and it was now for the share holders to decide what should be done. The directors Would do their best to carry out the wishes of the scrip holders, and he was sure that the meeting could expect nothing more from them. Mr. BIGG protested that the legal opinion which had been taken for their guidance was based upon an erro neous ease. Th e Spanish statutes by which it was said ZY were to be bound were repugnant to the feelings of . n glishrnan, while their provisions were trivial and ailed in f . 9 g in "i• Besides, the Spanish board of management had Performing their part of the contract; and he contended, therefore, that they were free to break up the e°ll nera. The shareholders never authorised the directors to agree to the stringent and partial powers given to the Sp • mush board by the statutes ; and be hoped the meet ing would not suffer John Bull to be duped by self-elected Spanish confederacy. At all events, lithe Spanish law would not allow them to break up the concern, he was convinced that an English court of equity would compel the directors to refund the deposit, because they had entered into acts and deeds without Span and proper authority from the $ cripholders. The iards undertook to subscribe a portion of the deposits. They had not done so, however, and that was another ground why the Spa niards could not prevent their breaking up the concern. He moved a resolution, in effect declaring that the directors had concealed matters in the case they had submitted to counsel, and had taken upon them selves the power of doing certain acts and deeds without previously obtaining the consent of the shareholders to do so. The following is the official dispatches of Saldauha, announcing his victory over Bomfim "Sire, —When I received the intelligence that Lisbon, from the brilliant state of the Volunteer Corps and Mu nicipal Guards, was believed to be in circumstances to defend itself if the rebel forces should dare to attack it, the united forces of the ex-Conde de Bomfim, of Mou sinho de Albuquerque, of the ex-General Celestine, and of the guerilla chief Fernando de Sousa Botelho, occu pied Alcobactt, and Caldas. " I did not lose an instant upon receiving that com munication, which caused me so much pleasure, and on the lath I marched with a force under my command in the direction of Caldas, my vanguard remaining for the night in Tagarro and Cereal. In these places I united all my force on the following morning, waiting for information, and for the result of the parties of cavalry which I had sent forward in the direction of Caldas and Bumbarral. From Cereal and Tagarro there are three roads. for Caldas, Cadaval, and Candillios. After midday I acquired the certainty that the enemy had taken the road which leads from Caldas to Torres Vedras, and I immediately marched for Cadaval, where the troops encamped. On the fol lowing day we arrived at Arnial, within a league of Torres Vedras. There I acquired the certainty that the enemy was in the latter town. The tempest during these marches, and particularly , the last night, was horrible, and continued the same o n the following day. I was, therefore, still obliged to keep the troops encamped. On the 22d at half-past 18 o'clock in the morning, we arrived at the position occupied by the enemy. The lines of Torres Vedras, famous in the military annals not only of Portugal, but of the whole world, where the barrier which for the first time, checked the rapid flight of,the French eagle. It was there that the armies of Napoleon, for the first time, found an invincible ob stacle. Torres Vedras is itself the strongest part of these lines. The heights of St. Vincent, covered by a magnificent redoubt in very good condition, that of Forca, and that of Saes, on the right bank of the river Cezindro [in Napier's History and the map of the Lines this is marked as the Zeandre'], are flanked by the fire of the castle, which may be considered as the true cita del of these works, whose gorges it defends. Between these heights and the town runs the Cezindro, which is crossed by three bridges, approached by considerable paved ways, which are all enfiladed by the fire of the castle, and flanked by the fire of the redoubts. This exceedingly strong position had been carefully occupied by the rebels, whose leaders had frequently said to the inhabitants f this town that, even though the forces under my command were four times what they were, I should be beaten it I dared to attack such a position. It is not given to rebels to estimate the courage which animates loyal breasts in the just and holy cause which we defend. But, without the enthusiasm which ani mates us, without the conviction that the Queen's crown is entrusted to our efforts, as well as the con tinuance of the dynasty and of the Constitutional Charter, the assertion of the rebel chiefs would be of perfect accuracy. " At a quarter past eleven the rebels opened their fire. On reconnoitering the position I saw that the victory depended on the possession of the great redoubt in the fort of St. Vincent; and after making the battalions of the Ist and Bth Cacadores call in their skirmishers, I ordered Colonel Mesquita a Solla, commandant of the Ist brigade, to take the redoubt at the point of the bayo net, which was executed by the Ist brigade in the most glorious manner. The fort was garrisoned by a batta lion of the 6th Cacadores, three companies of the Gth in fantry, and several guerillas. " The horrible state of the roads had delayed the march of our artillery, notwithstanding all the efforts of Brigadier Silva Leao and the entire corps of artillery, assisted most efficaciously by Major Carvalho, Comman dant, and the other officers of the brigade of Engineers and corps of Sappers, and it was three o'clock before they opened their fire against the enemy. I then gave the necessary orders to attack the town, which was to be executed simultaneously at four o'clock by the three bri gades of infantry supported by some cavalry. " The Bth and 10th regiments, which had advanced in line, supporting the battalion of the Ist Cajadores, before the taking of the fort of St. Vincent, sustained for a long time a fire, both in front and flank, with a firmness and courage worthy of the greatest praise. To these two bodies belongs the glory of having been the first to enter the town by the central bridge with part of the Bth Cavalry and Queen's Lancers. Colonel Mes quite a Solla, at the head of some of the Queen's Grena diers, and followed by his brigade and a force of the 3d Cavalry and Queen's Lancers, with the greatest alacrity made good the entrance by the right bridge. The 4th brigade did not enter the town till nightfall. " The enemy, beaten on all sides, having lost a great number of prisoners and killed, and seeing the force which occupied the redoubt of Force cut off, collected within the castle all the force that remained, including 200 horse. The many soldiers who had been dispersed, belonging to the several corps of the enemy, began to come over to me, together with the three companies of the 2d Regiment of Infantry, which garrisoned the re doubt of Forca. Dr. BOWRING moved as an amendment that the vote of the scripholders upon the 'question of dissolution be taken by ballot; and if the majority were favourable to a dissolution the directors be authorised to take the necessary steps to break up the concern. Mr. D. W. HARVEY opposed the amendment. At their last meeting they were told that there were some great capitalists prepared to take up the shares of discontented shareholders, but now they were told that, because he had hinted that the majority of the holders would part with their scrip at a loss of 6d. each, these great capitalists had been frightened, and declined to have anything to do with them. Who were these great capitalists ? Let the chairman disclose their names, and if they were really great capitalists, and would make a liberal offer, there were, he was convinced, but few holders who would refuse to accept it. He contended that the whole pro ceedings of the directors were illegal, and if they per sisted in holding the shareholders at defiance, they would eventually have to refund the whole of the deposits. He moved a series of resolutions to the effect, that a committee of inquiry be appointed to pro tect the property of the shareholders from the injudicious conduct of the directors, and each holder to subscribe a ls. a share to defray the expenses. After a few words from Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Richardson, Mr. JAMES, the barrister, gave it as his opinion that this company was a Spanish partnership, and it could not be dissolved without tke consent of the Spanish sec tion of the shareholders. " I immediately applied myself to cut off all the com munications which led to the castle, and thus we passed the night. Before daybreak I caused two 6-pounders and two mortars to be sent out of the town, and at 10 A.M. these were placed in position to play on the caste. At 11 I caused it to be intimated to the c mimander of the forces there assembled that he must sur render within an hour, at the end of which time the cannonade would commence ; the only condition which I granted being a guarantee for their lives. The ex-General Valdez (Boman)) answered, that the valiant manner in which his troops had conducted themselves deserved that they shculd come forth with military honours—the officers retaining their bag gage and the soldiers their knapsacks, which I conceded; and at midday they came forth from the castle and laid down their arms-900 infantry, 400 Cacadores, and 200 horse ; the ex-Conde de Bonifira, Mousinho de Albu querque (severely wounded), the ex General Celestino, all the chiefs, and other officers of the sth and 6th Caca dores, and of the 2d and 6th Regiments of Infantry, and the different corps of cavalry and artillery, with a great number of guerilleros, such as Lauret, Fernando de Sousa Botelho, Jayme de Vizeu, and other characters conspicuous amongst the anarchists. Thus, by the per mission of the God of Battles, were crowned the efforts of the faithful subjects of the Most Faithful Queen. "It is absolutely impossible to convey an exact idea of the valour displayed by our troops on this memorable day without seeing the position and passing over the ground on which we fought; and if it be possible to enhance such conduct, it would be by a consideration of the roads over which we passed during those four days, and of the tempestuous nights during which we en camped. But this glory has cost us dear, as your Majesty will see by the list of the losses which we suffered, and which I have the honour to submit to your Majesty. To-morrow I shall have the honour to submit a list of the persons whose brilliant conduct merits your royal munificence. Mr. LINDO said the directors still had 345. per share in hand, and he would urge the shareholders to accept that moiety of their deposits, and let the thing drop. In answer to a question, The CHAIRMAN said the actual balance in hand was 66,0001. Eventually the resolutions proposed by Mr. Bicc and Mr. HARVEY were put from the chair, and carried. The meeting terminated with the customary vote of thanks to the Chairman. -" Sire, the holy cause which we defend has made a decisive step through the victory of the 22d; but our task is not concluded, and I can confidently assure your Ma esty, in the name of the brave men whom I command, that we shall not rest till the legitimate authority of her Majesty the Queen is re-established throughout the entire kingdom, and that we only aspire, at the cost of every sacrifice, to strengthen the constitutional throne on so firm a basis that it will not be given to the caprice of any party to shake it. "Duke DE SALDANHA. 10,245,172 'hind None' No. ll.—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth January, 1846, and the sth January, 1847. Quarters ended Jan. 5. ti Quarters ended Jan. 5. • / . - N • I INCOME, 1846 1847 I CHARGE. 1846 „..—------. 1847 Customs X. X. X. ......4,354,789 4,514,721 ,1 Permanent Debt ..... ..... , .......• •.••• . • . • . .................................................. . 5,660,472 5,651,250 3,353,440 3,622,151 11 Terminable Annuities . • 628,805 617,473 Excise • 1,792,402 1,740,687 I Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund . Stamps • • 1,876,050 1,909,899 Sinking Fund ........ .... .. .. ... • ... 1,314,075 445,415 Taxes • • 203,000 450219 Other Charges ' Oil the Consolidated Fund •. .. . 386,985 • • . . . ..... 98,072 98,280 Property Tax • • • • . . 189,000 • • • • • .. Post-office 25,000 30,000 For Advances .......... . Crown Lands • Miscellaneous • •• • • . 300,859 •• • • . Total Charge ..... ... ... China Money .. • • • • .... •• • • • • ..... 64,084 31,884 I The Surplus .. . Imprest and other Moneys • • • • . • . • • • 404,179 302 ' 449 Repayments of Advances . • • ..... • • • • I 12,815,400 12,834,667 I The Amount of Exchequer-bill s i ssued to meet the c h arge on th e C onso li dated Fund for the 13,015,400 12,834,667 Quarter ended To Cash brought to this Account to be I Oct. 10, 1846, and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1847, applied to pay off Deficiency Bills .. , 2 00,00 8 1 after deducting 650,0001., paid o ff ou t o f th e Si n ki n g Fund •••••..•..•••.•••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 77,483 . The Amount issued In the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1847, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of 13,015,400 .12,834,667 the Consolidated Fund for Supply Services .. Ike Surplus of the Consolid a t ed Fund, Quarter ended Jan. 5, 184 7 ..... •.• • ..... •. • • ....•• •• .. 1 The Surplus of Revenue, after providing for the Charges on the ConsOlklated Fund, and for the payments of Supply Services in the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1847 ...... •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • .. .......... 1,365,455 dispositions her Majesty has taken with regard to the said officers, they are ready to obey in everything her Majesty's determinations, they having never failed in their public acts to respect the person of the said august Lady. "God guard your Excellency. JOSE BENTO VALDEZ. " Torres Vedras, Dec. 23, 1846." " Head-quarters at Torres Vedras, Dec. 25, 1846." The following are copies of the dispatches which passed between Salhanha and Bomfim in reference to the capitulation : " His Excellency the Marshal Duke de Saldanha has commissioned me to intimate to the commander of the forces stationed within the castle of this town, that he must surrender within the space of one hour after receipt of this, with the single condition that the life of every individual is gua ranteed. and that the private soldiers will be permitted to continue in the service of her Majesty the Queen; it being understood that the artillery is already in position by which the castle will be cannonaded, unless it sur render bofore the period stated. His Excellency makes the said commander and the other leaders responsible for all the Portuguese blood which their obstinacy may cause to flow. His Excellency commissions me also to transmit the enclosed copies of the communications in tercepted last night. By the Marshal's order I certify to the said commander that the fire will positively com mence at the period stated, unless the surrender shall have taken place. ARREARS OF CASES IN THE COMMON LAW COURTS On Monday next Tillery Term commences, wheat he I common law courts will proceed to dispose of the arrears of cases. The lists have just been made out, and, with the exception of the Court of Queen's Bench, there are but few arrears. In that court the arrears have, by the exertions of the learned judges, b een considerably dimi nished. A year or two ago the list of new trials in the court presented a formidable appearance —some applica tions remaining unheard for eighteen months or two years ; but now the earliest i rule o b tained was in No vember, 1845, so that there s every probability, in the ensuing term, the delay on rules will b e brought within a year. I n t h e s p ec ial paper of th e C ourt of Queen's Beench there are five cases for judgment and 48 for ar gument. In th e ne w trial paper there are 71 rules for argument, which, with the exception of seven, were moved in the year 1846 ; so that the first roll in the list was not obtained earlier than November, 1845, and, with the exception of 14 rules, the cases have not been de layed longer than last Easter Term. There are, in ad • dition, 17 rules for the judgment of the Court. In the demurrer paper of the Court of Common Pleas there are 17 cases, and in the remanet paper five enlarged rules. In the new trial paper there are 37 rules for argument, the earliest of which was obtained in Michaelmas Term last, and 11 for the decision of the Court, including a re gistration appeal argued in the last ti rm, in addition to which there are 11 registration appeals to be heard, in cluding two from the City of London, and one from Westminster. In the Court of Exchequer there are 13 rules fo r argument, the first of which was moved in No vember last. In the special paper 32 rules appear, seven of which are for judgment • and in the new trial paper there ar e 5 0, of which num ber ' two are for judgment, and, with the exception of one rule, the matters were moved in last Michaelmas Term. Sir Henry Roper, the late Chief Justice at Bom bay, has arrived in town from Marseilles. A NOBLE LECTURES. At Leicester, Lord Cour tenay delivered a lecture, in the Literary Institute, on the state of Ireland. The Rev, Mr. Courtenay presided. " Baron DE SAAVEDRA. Head-quarters in Torres Vedras, Dec. 23, 11 A.M., 1846." BOMFIM'S ANSWER. "All my life I have served with honour, as well as the General, chiefs, and officers, and all the soldiers whom I have the honour to command. To accept the conditions which are now proposed to us would be to stain the honour of the Portuguese army, in which we have performed so many services for her Majesty the Queen and for the country ; neither could we have expected such a proposal from those who saw us fight yesterday. But I would have no hesitation in surrendering, with all my force, within an hour, provided the accustomed honours of war be conceded to us, which I cannot do otherwise than expect from his Excellency Marshal Saldanha, by whose side we have so often gloriously fought. For the reasons stated we reckon on a capitu lation being conceded to us, the officers of the line and of the national battalions, retaining their swords, horses, baggage, and the troops their knapsacks. " God guard your Excellency. " Conde DO BOMFIM. " Castle of Torres Vedras, Dec. 23, 1846, noon." SALDANH A'S REJOINDER. ever they become brought in; which they get known and make known to others. " That provisions, firewood, water, by the long time on the voyage, are scarce on the ship is heard by this, and will be given. " Upon this order the ship has to leave with speed, and not stay in close here, but return directly to his own country." SUDDEN DEATH from IMPURE AIR On Monday evening an inquest was held before Mr. W. Payne, City coroner, at the Red Lion, Shoe-lane, as to the death of a man, name unknown, aged about 50, who was found dead in bed, at a miserable lodging at 26, Field-lane, on Saturday morning last. The deceased, it appeared had lodged as above about two months, paying regularly every night 4d. for his bed. He was subject to a bad cough, and about five o'clock, after a violent fit of coughing, was shortly after found dead. Dr. Lynch stated that he was called in by City police constable 235. Found deceased lying on his back, the extremities cold. Tried to bleed him; only a small quantity of dark-coloured blood flowed. Looked around and saw suite sufficient to account for death. It was impossible in the room to give proper accom modation even to one individual; the fireplace was closed up, as were also the doors and windows; four people had slept in the room, when there was evi dently insufficient ventilation for one. Most of the lodging-houses in that locality were very defectively ventilated; most of them were built over cesspools, and from the chimneys, doors, and windows being kept con stantly closed, the poor creatures who lodged there were obliged to breathe their own respiration over and over again, and the effect was the same as breathing the va pour of charcoal, as used sometimes by suicides in France. No doubt the impure air had caused a fit, by which deceased had perished. It was well known, that for health, a man required a room containing 1,000 cu bic feet of atmospheric air, and therefore a room should not be less than 10 feet high, and from eight to ten feet square, and the chimney open, while in this instance, that, the only means of ventilation, was closed, and such was the case in all the lodging-houses in Field-lane and vicinity. Tho room in which deceased expired was not ten feet square. The CORONER, in summing up, observed if a fever should break out in such places, the effects might be dreadful. The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased died from natural causes, accelerated by the want of pure ♦entilation. The jury at the same time recommend that the attention of the authorities be drawn to the subject, so that there be a proper supervision over lodg ing-houses." THE L " Pacts cannot be denied. It is u fact thst the Portu guese troops on both sides fought honourably; it is a fact that the troops within the castle of this town deserve military honours ; but it is also a fact that I cannot go counter to the determination of her Majesty the Queen. I therefore require a clear and categorical answer, in which I shall be informed whether it is understood by the officers retaining their swords that they are to re • tain their commissions also, in which case I cannot con sent. But if it be sought to retain their swords only as a military honour, I have not the least hesitation in con ceding it, as well as the baggage and knapsacks to those who so well deserve them. ATE lilt. HEUGH AS A PREACHER. As a preacher he enjoyed a very large share of popu larity. His demeanour in the pulpit was calm and dig nified, his actions solemn and graceful, his enunciation distinct and pleasing. His delivery was ever accompa nied with that gravity and warmth that became one who prays men " in Christ's stead." His personal appearance aided his manly and animated elocution. He took a clear view of his subject, selected its most prominent ideas, surrounded them with apt and homely illustrations, and gradually brought them to bear on the duties, rela tions, circumstances, and prospects of his audience. Flights of oratory for mere embellishment, scenes of pathos created for mere impression, he never attempted, All was easy and natural ; the plainest truths came from his lips with striking solemnity. The popularity of his preaching was not its deep grasp, original illustration, striking remark, laboured argument or vehement appeal, but its plain statement and lucid reasoning, imbued with deep and unaffected earnessness, clothed in simple and forcible language, and delivered with easy, elegant, and impressive dignity. He never dazzled or surprised. The light he diffused was clear and sunlike, such as re freshed and directed the spiritual vision ; and the won, der his hearers felt was, that they had not before appre hended the plainness and,felt the power of such truths as were brought before them—truths that now appeared so scriptural in their basis, so reasonable in themselves, so important in their hearing, so harmonious in their as- pects, so practical in their results. His was useful preaching, for it always afforded instruction and excite ment. It was not exclusively of one cast of character. It always connected faith and practice, creed and expe rience. His expositions of Scripture were prepared with conscientious fidelity, and he laboured to give them a re semblance to Scripture itself—to make them " profitable g for doctrine, for reproof, f or c orrection. for instruction in righteousness." Dr. Heuh's style, w hich appeared so pleasing when spoken i n his own sil ver y tones, was not so attractive when read in a pr i nte d discourse, yet it was always clear; no one cou ld mistake its meaning. No haze rested upon his paragraphs; and th ou g h it had not the beauty and polish o f classic refinement, it was good, hearty, correct English. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth spake.—Eclectic I?eview. COLONIAL BANK. The usual half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Colonial Bank took place yesterday at the London Tavern, in order to receive the report on the proceed ings of the corporation, and for the election of five di rectors and one auditor. Mr. Caulfield took the chair. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement con vening the meeting, The CIvAIRMAN said that he was happy to say that the report which would be submitted to their notice was a very short one, but, short as it was, it would show that the affairs of the company were in a very satisfactory state. The SECRETARY then read the report, from which it appeared that the debts due by the bank were— Circulation ..• ... ... ... £206,425 11 8 Deposits, &c. „. ~. ... ... 713,951 15 9 Paid-up capital ..• ••• ..• •.• 500,000 0 0 Profit ... ... ~. ... ... 19,486 13 9 £1,439,864 1 2 "Duke DE SALDANHA." Total And the assets were— Specie ••• ••• £263,346 13 0 Due to the Bank, on bills purchased and discounted in the colonies 716,598 9 6 Due on cash cre dit i n t h e colonies ... 147,636 0 5 Due in London, on bill s remitted ... 240,349 3 10 Balance of bad and doubtful debts ... 51,231 19 Bank premises and furniture ... ... 18,295 16 7 Balance of preliminary expenses ... 2,505 18 7 The balance of bad and doubtful debts was much on the decrease, and it was proposed that out of the 19,483/. 13s. 9d. profit, 7,000/. should go to pay a divi dend of 11. 10s. per cent. for the half-year ending June 30, 1846, which would give a dividend of 3 per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital. The remaining sum it was proposed to place to the account of bad and doubtful debts, in order that the total might be reduced as much and as soon as possible. It afforded much gratification to the directors to be enabled to say that, in spite of many adverse circumstances, the profits were still in creasing, and bad every appearance of continuing to do so.—The report was unanimously received. The CHAIRMAN then proposed that the dividend should be payable on and after the 11th inst., which was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then said that the directors who re tired in rotation were—J. A. Hankey, Esq. ; Wm. T. Hibbert, Esq. ; Chas. M. Gavel, Esq.; Thomas Master man, Esq.; Abraham J. Roberts, Esq. ; Henry Barkly, Esq., auditor. These gentlemen being eligible, had again offered themselves for the vacant offices. — Their names were then separately put to the meeting, and carried without opposition. Mr. J. Fletcher having been elected a director in the room of P. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P., deceased, Mr. Ellice was elected auditor in his room. This closed the busi ness of the day. Mr. HARRISON, a proprietor, expressed his satisfac tion at the conduct of the directors ; as did also other proprietors, and a vote of thanks having been given to i the chairman the meeting separated. THE REV. MR. KING. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE MORNING ADVERTISER. t —Your bury urcolu , m a n s h sf e ur s n u i p sh p e od furnished an a acco unt of the con• duct of the Rev. Bryan King, of St. Geo r g e's, East, in refusing Sil— t coroner's jury had decided otherwise.suilce It is requisite a esi t that your columns should refresh the memories of your readers, by telling them this is the same gentleman who, for the last three years, by his " Puseyism" has dis turbed the entire congregation, and driven nearly all from that beautiful structure. The consequence has been, a neglect of nearly everything connected with the establishment. Not a shilling can be get beyond what the law allows him to enforce ; in fact, nothing has stood by him but the church clock, and as neither he nor the parish will pay for its being wound up, the clock has stood at twenty minutes past eleven for about three years. W e know what sortyooufrs: man the Mr. King is : I think we have a right to ask what sort of a Bishop we possess, who should regulate his conduct ? Jan. 2 1847. u c r t e i a d l that fe e fees recollected itz l B r r ar::::: T h e) e magistrate o • THE REV. appointed for the funeral. The this gentleman stated to • . • . , n Saturday last, that (11:1(: ili h N e A b l il e — ve l r t received i v be e d r funeral service over for the performance of the . _ ~ _ , the body of Susan Whelan, who committed suicide in the London Dock. It appears, however, that the fees were paid in the usual manner during morning _ prayers, at half -past coroner's warrant for the interment of the body was at the same time handed to the rector. The hour named eight o'clock, on the day for the burial was half-past three o'clock in the after noon. A quarter of an hour before that time the rector sent a message to Mr. Cook, an undertaker, who is also the sexton burial se rvi of the pa ce rishover, that he did not intend t o perform h t_ e body of the unfortunate woman who had committed suicide. A t -.-• iew minutes afterwards the mother and sister of the deceased went to the rectory- house, and requested that the burial rites should be conducted in the usual manner. The rector was was t hen , e to make other ar ran and would notcomplg y with the r equest, I t would have been interred elsewhere e ments, or the corpse too lat. All the mourners were assembled, and there was no alternative but to con sign the coffin which contained the body to the ground prepared for its reception, in St. George's Churchyard, which was done without any funer a l parish clerk, who received the burial fees for the rector and churchwardens, and who entered the amount in a book kept for the purpose, will, at the proper time, offer to the Rev. Bryan King his portion of them. Tun FIRES or 1846.—0 n Monday forenoon Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the L on d on establishment, laid before the committee of the brigade his annual report of the fires which have occurred in the metropolitan district during the year 1 846. The report, which is very voluminous, contains an alphabetical list of the various tradespeople and private individuals on whose premises fires had taken place during the year, from which it appears that the total number of work shops, warehouses, and private dwellings that were en• tirely destroyed and considerably damaged by fire was 258; the total number of similar buildings that were slightly damaged by fire, water, &C., was 576, making a total of 834. The number of chi mney alarms was 69, and false alarms 119, making in th e whole 188, which shows a grand total of 1,022, a larger number than has ever taken place since the formation of the establish ment. Out of the above, there were fifteen outbreaks which were attended with loss of lite, and the total number of lives lost was 23. BOMPINI'S REPLICATION. "I have the honour to reply to your Excellency's dispatch, in reference to the proposed capitulaton, and to communicate to your Excellency that I am authorised by General Count Bomfim, in the capacity of his Chief of Staff, to declare that by the officers under his com mand retaining their swords is only meant the conces sion of the honours of war, since in respect of whatever MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet though firm, and prices of American and Surat were well maintained, and without change in any other kind. The sales amounted to about 8,000 or 10.000 bales, of which 6,000 were American on speculation. The sales consisted of 200 Surat, at 4 d. to 5d.; 70 Sea Island, at 19d., and the rest A mer i can at bid . to 7 4 d . per lb. Railway shares at Liverpool were rather higher yesterday. The sale of Railway Shares to-day, at Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s, was well attended, and went off with more spirit than usual, on account of the small cata logue. The biddings were firm, and at advanced prices. Indian lines are looking better, as there are not many sellers. The following are a few of the principal sales : Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate £0 11 0 Madrid and Valencial 0 0 Northern Counties Union .............. 2 1 0 Direct Northern (scrip) 2 12 6 Manchester and Southampton 1 19 6 Boston,Stamford,and Birmingham ... . London and South-Western, Tenths 5 9 0 Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 10 0 North British Extension Great Indian Peninsular Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire, New 0 12 0 Taw Vale Extension and Dock 2 17 6 Leicester and Bedford The difficulties anticipated by some of our con temporaries to result from the aid given by the Bank of England to the Bank of France have passed away, and the basis of the business is however, sufficiently understood. In our money market apprehensions (if any existed, and if so, only in a slight degree) upon the subject have entirely ceased, and the Three per Cents. Consols keep steady. But it has been urged that est of doors (this means ex bankers and dis count firms) Bills of Exchange cannot be " done" at so low a rata as was the case a few months since. This is not generally the fact, good paper is now most readily discounted at a fraction above the rate demanded by the Court of Directors of the Bank of England. At a meeting of the proprietors of the Colonial Bank (whose operations extend over the whole of the West India Islands, &c.), held this morning, a dividend at the rate of 11 per cent for the past half-year, was declared. The bank's affairs were most promising, and should matters go on as favour. ably for the future, in two years a dividend equal to 7 per cent. might be calculated upon almost with certainty. The public securities are scarcely so firm to day, but the tone of the market will be better tested upon the re opening of the transfer books, as the dividends are pay able to the public on Friday next. Consols are 931 s for account ; Exchequer Bills have been marked 12s. premium ; and the New Three-and-a-quarter per Cents. 95! *. Bank Stock has been worth 205 to 206. The foreign securities have been rather more ani mated, and there is a slight improvement in the quota tions of some of the bonds. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 39k; Spanish Five per Cents., 26i ; and the Three per Cents. 36f. Th e accounts from Lisbon cer tainly read favourably for the Government, if much re liance can be placed in them. Mexican stock has been firm at 25 to 25k; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are iei i• The prices of Shares in most of the principal lines of railway come rather higher from Liverpool, and one or two other of the provincial markets, and at Edinburgh and Glasgow also there appears to have been a great deal doing at advanced rates. It is yet much doubted whether any amicable arrangement will be effected between the Great Western and North-Western Railway companies, though all parties approve of the experiment being made. As to the railway " calls" falling due this month we believe there will be no other month of the year so heavy, therefore the worst pinch will soon be over, and if further branches be sanctioned in this session of Parliament, it is not at all likely that any money will be called for until the year 1848. The market here is steady this morning. The London and York are in favour ; the North Western have touched 202, and the Manchester and Southampton are par to discount. NE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .206 205 3 per Cent. Reduced Anus 94 93% New 34 per Cent. Annuities 95%% IA CongAnnwities to expire Jan.lB6o 9 13-16 Consols for Opening 9 3% VA Exchequer Bills, 10004 1 1 Ad. ... 12 —— p Ditto, Small ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 42 Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account 2 5 1,E 25 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 394 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account ..... ... ..... Russian Bonds . ll ll Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account . 26% Ditto 3 per Cent. CLOSING PRICES. 93% 95% 9 13.46 93% 12 p 8p CLOSING PRICES 42 3M 25 394 38 111 1 4 26% 36 54 Diiidends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,E per Cent. . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 93 1 4 93 PRICES OF AT , BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush 1%... Belfast & County Down ...... Birmin. and Gleucester..loo Ditto New 1 7 1,E — Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 425...... 7ti p Birming., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Va11ey..... 42g. 1 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2% — Boston, Stamfd, & Bina. 225. l l% 1 , •••• • Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares 2 14 Ditto, Clydesdale June 25 Chester and Holyhead... 27 Cheltexham and Oxford 2 ...... Clarence lOO Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Cork and Killarney ... 2% — Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 ,x, — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares Direct Northern Scrip.. 33/ 2% Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12 1 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 141. 16s. .... . 23 1 ,4 Ditto New l2/ 163 7 4 p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/.135. 4d... Ditto ditto, N 0.2... 61. 13s. 4d... %',4 p Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3% 3 / 4 Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1 Do., Camb. and Ely.. 21A • • •••• East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk)... Do., do., New Scrip... 11 4 East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 78 th Ditto Half Shares ... 10 11% 6 % p 1/ p par 30 W I 2 ..... 253/4 3 / 4 ' 2 i 5% 23% 7% P % 3% 17% - 3% Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... . Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% — .•• Ditto, New Ditto, Newport Ditto, ditto, New . .. ] % — Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 12 1 / 2 Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2% — Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr 50 — Ditto, New Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) Goole, Doncaster, &c Great Eastern &Western 2 1 ,x...... ........ .•• •• Great Northern (London and York Regd.) 2%..... 31% Do. (Direct Northern Regd.) Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Northof England...loo Ditto New 5 Ditto, New . Ditto, New Great Western. B5 Ditto % Shares SO Ditto 1 % Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto, New ... 2 Huddersfield & Manches. 13 Ditto, Extension 3 Hull and Selby Do. Half Shares 25 Ditto % Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 ~..... Do., do., and Norwich 5 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New Leeds and Bradford 3O Leicester and Bedford... 165....... 44 3 3 / Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% — Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2% — Do.Extension(Green) 2%•• ... Leeds and Thirsk 17% Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% — Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport ... .•• Liverp.,llnchstr& New castle Junction 2 % _ _. . .•• ........ •.• 2% 31:% 8 107:r i ...... 231;4 5 1 4 5 London and Blackwall. 16/. 13e. 4d 9 ............... Do. New Ditto Extension 7% • ........ London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O .. 59 1 4 58% ...... Ditto, Fifths ...... ......... Do. Consol. Eighths lO ...... 14 3 / 4 ......... Da. Guarant. 5 per et 9 ...... London andG'reenwich 12/ 1554 d... ..... Do. Preference ...1 8 / 1 7s 2d ...... .............. London and N. Westernloo ...... 20 9 Do. Quarters ......... 2 ...... Do., do., New ......... 2 ...... 16 Ditto Fifths ..... ...• .. 21% D p o o . 4 1 4 01. S s h h a a r r e e s 8( ( L G : 58 .... - Do. 401. (M. & B.) ... 40 . Do. 10/. (M. & B . ) A . 5 ... -- Do. 10/. (1.11. & B.) B. 5 Do. 10/. M & B.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Load. & S.Wo4tern 411 68 101 65 66 58% 14,i 16 1 % 214 gu - - _,., ,:. THE RIVER PLATE. The following memorial has been forwarded to Go vernment relative to the affairs of the River Plate : "TO THE RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, &C. " Liverpool, Dec. 31, 1846. " My Lord,—We, the undersigned merchants, ship owners, and others, of the port of Liverpool, beg respect fully to state to your Lordship that, having seen in the London newspapers of the 30th instant a copy of a me morial from the merchants of London, drawing your Lordship's attention to the serious injury inflicted upon the commercial interests by the joint blockade of Buenos Ayres and other ports in the River Plate, by the naval forces of Great Britain and France, and intreating your Lordship to take effectual measures, in conjunction with the French Government, for speedily raising said block ades, and re-opening to foreign commerce the ports so long closed by them, we hereby desire to express our entire concurrence in the terms of said memorial, and our earnest hope that your Lordship may see fit to com ply with its prayer. " We have the honour to remain, your Lordship's most obedient and humble servants, (Signed by) " C. Tayleur, Son, and Co., Dicksons, Boardman, and Co., John B. Moore, and Co., Thomas Duguid, William and Joseph Myers and Co., Todd, Naylor, and Co., Rowand and Dunlop, Thomas and John Brocklebank, Ashley brothers, Buchanan, Browne and Co., Robinson and Hadwen, John and • Samuel Beckwith, Jones, Mann, and Foster, Frederick Huth and Co., Rawson and Co., Hughes and Ronald, Edward Jones and Co., William Moon, W. Rotheram, IVl‘Tear, Hadfield and Thompson, Sands, Turner, and Co., James Dalglish and Co., George Nuttall, Taylor, Potter, and Co., George Kendall, Brownells, and Co., Samuel Johnston and Co., Jamieson brothers and Co., Joseph Green and Co., Fiel ten brothers and Co., Joseph Began and Co., Cotesworth, Wynne, and Ly ne , A. W. F ow l es and Co., Dudgeon, Balleny, and Co., Thomas and William Earle and Co., Leech, Harrison, and For wood, Abram Gartside and Co., William and James Tyrer, Jevons, sons, and Co., Chapman, Bow man, and Co., Nicol, Duckworth, and Co., Peel and Co., Charles S. Middleton and Son, Brown, Shipley, and Co., John Downes, Rathbone Brothers and Co., Charles Ironside and Co., Samuel Lang and Cu., Ewart, Myers, and Co., James Aikin." The following memorial on the same subject has been adopted and forwarded by the Manchester Commercial Ass.ciation:— "TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE VISCOUNT PAL• NEWTON, &C., &C. " The Memorial of the Directors of the Manchester Com mercial Association, by their Chairman, " Respectfully showeth—That in the month of June, 1845, your memorialists called the attention of her Ma jesty's Government to the unsatisfactory position of our commercial relations with the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata. " That shortly afterwards it was attempted by her Majesty's Government, in conjunction with that of France, by mean:, of an armed intervention, to heal the differences which existed between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video. " That notwithstanding such intervention, there is not, so far as y our memorialists are aware of, any pro spect of a speedy termination of hostilities. " That the protracted warfare between the Argentine and Oriental republies has been the source of much loss, and of serious destruction of property to the subjects of her Majesty trading to the River Plate, and has been otherwise injurious to the commercial interests of this country generally. " That under these circumstances, renewed efforts on part of her Majesty's Government to restore peace in the opinion of your memorialists, strongly called for, and are hereby earnestly solicited. " That while your memorialists do not seek to pre scribe to your Lordship the steps desirable to be taken for this purpose, they at the same time respectfully sub mit that the guaranteed independence of the Oriental republic should be the foundation of whatever arrange ment may be adopted, as otherwise the territory of that republic wi)l be a perpetual object of dispute between contending parties, to the great detriment of all com mercial intercourse. 6' Your memorialists therefore humbly pray your Lordship's immediate attention to this most important subject, with a view to adopting such steps as in your Lordship's wisdom may seem to be advisable. "And your memorialists, &c. &c." the are, A VISIT TO JAtiAN. Captain H. Cooper, the commander of an American vessel, has communicated the following to the Sag Har bour Corrector : _ " April 18th, lB44.—Lat. 5 20 S., long. 126 40 R, picked up a man (a Malay) in a boat about 10 feet long. He had been 10 days out of sight of land. He had on board part of a cocoanut and a few ears of corn. April 20.—We stopped at the island of Borou, and put him on shore to get back to his island. July 18.-3 P.M., the fog clearing off, we discovered an island, not laid down in any chart we have seen. We judged ourselves from 10 to 15 miles distant, near Ist. 48 30, long. 157 50 E. It is of moderate height, and uneven. The (wind was light, and, before we could get near it the fog set in, and we had to haul off from it. Since then it has been seen by ether ships. " March 15th, 1845.—We went ashore on the island of St. Peter's lat. 30 30 N., long. 140 10 E. There we found 11 Japanese that had been cast away. They had been 70 days on the island, and all the water they got was rain that fell in the hollow places in the rocks. We took them on board. " M.treh 16th.—Fell in with a Japanese junk, let. 31 50 N., long. 141 5 E., with its stern stove in and dis masted. They had got up a jury mast. They were out of water. We took the men out of her, and proceeded to the coast of Japan to land them. Experienced very bad weather. Got blown off the coast, and some time before we could get in. April 17th—Came to anchor at the entrance of the bay of Jeddo. The next morning word came from the Emperor to come up to Jeddo. We got part of the way up, when, the wind dying away, their boats took us in tow and towed us up. There were from3oo to 400 boats to tow us up. ‘, - After we came to anchor there was a hawser anchored around us at such a distance that we could swing to our anchor. To this hawser there were boats made fast as thick as they could lie. Outside of them there VI as another hawser with boats ; and outside of that still another, so that we were surrounded with boats three deep, to guard us. The boats contained from 15 to 30 men each. We lay there four d a y s , d ur i ng w hi c h time they furnished us with everything we stood in need of, such as wood, water, rice, barley, fowls, vegetables, and spars. They were all sent by the Emperor as a present, for which they could take nothing in return. " While we lay at anchor a great many of their officers came on board of us; the Governor came on board seve ral times. They were very friendly; tried to get all the information they could; and had their painters on board, sketching everything they could see. They were very particular in taking the dimensions of the ship and spars, and everything they could get sight t of " They told us not to come again, for they would not allow us, even if we picked up more of their men, to fetch them there. They wanted us to tell all we fell in with not to come there. " When we were ready to go, it being calm, they took us in tow with nearly 400 boat s, with about 20 men in each boat. They towed us to sea, a distance of over 30 miles." Translation of the order of proclamation delivered to Captain Cooper, from the Emperor, by his messenger:— " It came to the ears by th e mouths of the shipwrecked that the shipwrecked of our country were by this brought in, and have been treated friendly on board the ship. It is our law that they are not received from bands of fo reign countries, except China and Holland; but by this only they are received, because the bringing in of these shipwrecked happens probably from ignorance of the mentioned law. Therefore, in future they will not be I received is no ways, but must be treated severely wheu- FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. - - - - ---- We copy the following with reference to some pro ceedings in the courts, which will be fresh in the recol lection of our readers : " At a meeting of gentlemen favourable to the protec tion of public journals against unjust attacks of persons whose practices may have been fairly exposed. held this 29th day of December, 1846, at the Royal Hotel, Ply mouth, Benjamin Parham, Esq., in the chair, the case of Holdsworth against the proprietors of the Plymough Journal being known to the persons present, and they being aware that the heavy costs incurred by the pro prietors will have to be borne by them, it was " Resolved unanimously, that a subscription be en tered into in aid of the expenses incurred by the pro prietors, and that circulars be forwarded to all establish ments and persons likely to contribute. " Resolved, that Mr. Parham, Mr. Elworthy, Mr. Mends, Mr. Faning, and Mr. Dabb be a committee of management ; that Mr. Fatting be treasurer, and Mr. Mends be secretary. "BENJAMIN PARHAM, Secretary. " The chairman having quitted the chair, " Resolved, that thanks be given to him for presiding on this occasion. " Subscriptions will be received by the treasurer or secretary ; and also at the Naval Bank, Plymouth ; the Devon and Cornwall Bank, Plymouth ; and the Ply mouth branch of the National Bank of England." WATERFORD, JAN. I.—Arrd. England, Everard, Quebec; 2d, Vivid, Wilson, Boston. Sld. Ist. Lovely Maria, Stanton, St. John's, Newfoundland. ST. JOHN'S -WOO D AND PORTLAND-TOWN PROVIDENT DISPENSARY.—The second annual meeting of the general committee and governors was held on Monday, at tho institution, 98, St. John's-wood-terrace. The Dispen sary was established a twelvemonth ago for the purpose of affordin g me di ca l re li ef to its members, the cost being defrayed by their subscriptions, and donations received from other quarters. The Rev. Edward Thomas pre sided. Th e governors, i n their report, congratulated the members on the progress made during the thpast year in the affairs of th e i nst i tut i on, the objects of which they conceived to be f u lly carr i ed out. Their distinguishing feature was, that whil e t h e i nst i tution placed within the reach of the necessitous such medical relief, drugs, and other necessaries, as they might require, it also en couraged habits of providence, industry, and frugality, by securing to mechanics, reduced tradesmen, and other individuals of limited earnings, good and speedy medical attendance, &c., when required, at a nominal expense, and without the difficulty of procuring admission tickets. In addition to the advice and medi cines dispensed, meat, wine, &c., had been provided, and patients attended at their own houses in many cases. The number of persons who had been enrolled members since the formation of the institution was 418, among whom 650 cases of sickness had occurred. The total number of persons who had received relief was 580, the relief in some cases having been gratuitous ,• of these 525 had been restored to health, 7 had died, and 48 were still under the care of the surgeons. The accounts of the society were as follows :—Receipts during the past year, 249/. 16s. id.; expenses, 1991. 10s. 9d. ; balance in favour of the institution, 501. ss. 9d. The report having been unanimously adopted, it was agreed to present 201. each to the two medical officers, as a slight return for the valuable services rendered by them to the society; after which thanks were voted to the chairman and to several other gentlemen present for general attention to its interest, and the proceedings terminated. ThE DRY Docx, MALTA.—This stupendous work at the head of the Dockyard creek, on the S.E. and by E. side of the Great Harbour, was commenced by driv ing the first pile May 10th, 1842. The first stone was laid May Ist, 1844, under the plans of Mr. Scamp, and carried out by Mr. Walter Elliott. It is fast approach ing towards completion. The extreme length, from the gates to the centre of the bow, is 274 feet, and to the square 222 feet; the width 82 feet; and the depth from the level of the water 25 feet. It is constructed of lime stone, principally from Goza, being less porous than any other stone found in these islands. At either end will be two capstans of great power. Except, of course, the en trance, the dock is surrounded by arched vaults, of im mense strength, which will be available for stores. Surrounding the dock, and forty feet from its margin, factories, smithies, carpenters' workshops, &e., will be erected. There are two-engines of twenty horse power each, which have been employed from the commencement of the work in pumping out the water, in order to set the masonry dry, and the same engines will be permanently fixed for pumping out the water from the dock, which it is calculated they will do in ten hours, when a vessel is docked; and also for driving the machinery of the new factories. The en gines are under the superintendence of Mr. Hamshaw. The dock will be able to receive a 120 gun ship, or the largest steam . frigate (with her paddles on) in the navy. Until recently, there were about 2,000 persons at work in the quarries or elsewhere connected with the dock, having in their families about 5,000 souls. Now, how ever, there are only 300 employed. The first class masons receive Is. 4d. a day; second class is. 2d.; third class Is. Id.; labourers first class is., second class 10d. The cost of the dock, it is estimated, will be about 90.0001., independently of factories, &c., which are not yet estimated. The amount has been paid out of funds granted for the purpose by the British Government. This will be the most valuable and complete dry dock in the Mediterranean, we may almost say in the know* world.—Malia Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 ..... •.. Do. New Do. New Ditto Tenths - Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 ..... 4A Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ....... .... 4 L)ndon and York Scrip 2 1 % 3 14% reg..... •• . Do. Extension London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .... .......• 2 %...... Londonderry& Coleraine 15 — ... •• SO Londonderry and Ennis killen l5 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham ls Manchester and Leeds 82 Ditto 1 4 Shares . ... 38 Do. Quarters l2 . .... -. Do. Fifths 5 . . 11% Do. Sixteenths 6 14 — Do. Extension 42s. Do. Liverp. and Bury 24 Do. do. Fifths Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 425....... p Manchest. & Southampt. 2 .....• 2 1 7, 4 1 4 Midland lOO 132 131 ..... •-• 2 Do. New Ditto, New . 2 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Great Western Irish l5 Newcastle sad Berwick 20 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newmrket &Cliesterfrel 5 Newport& Abergavenny 2 1 4 Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry., Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 5 •• Norfolk lOO ••....... ..... •• -• ...... Ditto Half Shares .. 9 .. Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk _ Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 2% 1 % 34 2 North British .. ...... ... 25 ...... 36 ... .. .. Do. Half Shares ll ... .. Do. Quarters Do. Extension Ditto Thirds Northern and Eastern 5O Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 50 Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 Do. New North Staffordshire 5 ...... 9 1 4 9 North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting North Western... 2% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.. • Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre Do. % Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3/. 12s- Royston and Hitchen ... 1% — Scottish Central Scottish Midland 1 2 1,0 — . Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lincolnshire June. 1 1 4 Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... Ditto ditto, Class B. 1 1 4 — Shropshire Union South Devon... 4O South Staffordshire Junc. 21 ,4 — South Eastern & Dover. 3354 — Do., No. 1 2O Do., N 6. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 St.Alban's, Hatfield,and Hertford Junction Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% — South Wales ..... -.... ... 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 3 •• •• Vale of Meath 2 Wakefield, Pontefract. & Goole 22% ••• ......... •• Waterford and Kilkenny 11 - Waterford and Limerick 27% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Düblin Wexford, Waterford, and . Valentia Waveney Valley ......... 2 Welsh Midland West Riding Union 42s. 214%1A p,.,,. West Cornwall Wexford and Carlow ... 3% ...... Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 2 W ilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York and Newcastle. ... 25 .. ... 38% Ditto New 5 ...... .. . ..... . •••••• Do. Preference York and North Midland 50 Ditto % Shares-- ... 25 Do. Selby 5O Do. Extension Ditto, Preference 2 Do. East and 1V est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian.... Barb :dues Belgian Eastern Junctn. Boulogne and Amiens 18 Bordeaux & Mediterran 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's) 2 .. Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour ........ is. Callao, Lima, and Pacific ~ . 1534 Coast 1 Central of Spain ... Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 6 ..- East Indian ... ss. .... Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 .... Great Indian Peninsular ss. ..... Great Western Bengal ss. .... Great Western Canada 3 IA .... Italian and Austrian. Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 .... Jersey ...... . Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... Luxembourg. 4 .... Lyons and Avignon Madras ...... 1 ... Madras. Nellore, and Arcot v s _ Madrid and Valentia 2 Mauritius .. Natnnr and Liege Nn of France Constituted 8 .. • North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d ... Paris ScLyonseonstituted 8 .... Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Bale St. Laurence & Atlantic Taus and Nantes Con- stituted ..-........... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan .. den, .and Ilasseit 8 ... Trinidad West Flanders ...... JOINT STOi Australasia British North American 50 . National of Ireland 22% Real del Monte Unregd. :::: COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam ......c.r. 12 4 Ditto, at sight .• .... 12 1 Rotterdam ...... 2 11. 12 4 Antwerp.• ......... . 25 85 11amburgh . 13 10% Mtona .. Paris, 3 days' sight .. • . 25 55 Ditto, 3 mouths ...... 25 85 Marseilles • . ....... . 25 90 Bourdeaux • 25 90 Frankfort on Maine...• 121 Fetersburgh, 3 Us.. .. • Berlin .... • • .. Vienna, effec. .• • • 10 5 Trieste, ditto.... •.. .. 10 5 Madrid . 35% Cadiz • • •.. : 36M Bilbao.. . Barcelona • • ERRATA.—In yesterday's 3% instead of 3%-1. ,, k an 133 g 5 4 ; instead of 12% %—an( instead of 81. paid. —Calm,—Arrd. Sarah, Graham, De - meL-ti New Orleans. THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.--. I . 3 l E :ir Ll E. AS A T s , icdC D lc E po c Er . NeaT 3 , l F . Tionlay, KoNicanEßG, DEC. 20—In addition to my letter of the lith, I am now enabled to give you the tollowing par ticulars respecting the accident which befel the Em hpeardorb e o e n n the lai 9th d ac r i o n : s t a sn t h t , e a s t tr l e i a o m w , r, ov; ahicli w n a k s s o o n f l y w h o a o l d f covered with thin ice, over which the carriage was to be drawn by men as far as the barge was stationed in the open river. The ice close to the shore was deemed sufficiently strong to render it unnecessary to cover it with boards, and the Emperor was persuaded to remain in the carriage with Count Orloff. But as the carriage rolled rapidly down the steep banks, the wheels instantly cut the ice, and the carriage began to sink more and more. Ceunt Orloff escaped by making a leap upon the ice, and the Emperor was about to follow his example, but the carriage had in the meantime sunk so consi derably, that his Majesty was obliged to mount the coach box. He then descended from the coach box upon the shoulders of the Commandant of the city, who was standing breast high in the water, and by one leap happily gained terra firma. The occurrence took place at midnight, amid the blaze of many fires kindled on both shores. The Emperor repaired to the residence of the Governor Kalkatin to take some repose, and at six o'clock in the morning he was informed that the passage was perfectly safe. Intelligence, in the meantime, was received from Warsaw by the night telegraph, that the passage of the Vistula was most difficult, which decided his Majesty on returning to St. Petersburg. His Majesty presented the Commandant of the city with 1,000 silver roubles, and granted two of his sons free admission into the corps of cadets. The return of his Majesty to St. Petersburg was hailed with; great joy.— Algoma . " Zeitung, Dec. 29. 3% Om. 10% .•• - .. 10'1(4 .0 • ...... 1.. 8583/4 0. •• ~. 27 43/4 ;K BANKS. 21 ...... ES 31 ,1 3P ••••• /2 NGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Gibra1tar.........• • • • • Leghorn .............. 30 55 Genoa 25 90 Milan ...... ........ Venice.... Naples 40% Palermo, per oa 120% Limon.... Oporto .......... Rio Janeiro Bahia .... .. Buenos Ayres .... • • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia . PEICES OF BULLION, PLI Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin • . 0 0 0 New Dollars • • .... 0 4 104 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Sliver in bars ...• .. • • 0 5 g Ist read London and York Saw id North Midland Preference Ld Northern of France 51. paid 8 3 4 27 :484 .. 4 3 4 .._ 5% 0. 3 6 2% 22 1 , 4 1638 11% 11 % 1311 A 39 714 15% 3 5 ii Ph 32% - 51A U die 32% 34 2% p 9 1 h 38% 46% 92 *4 134 18 15% 4 3 / 4