The Sun. — London, England, 1847-12-28 00:00:00

I urtt Vitition 6UN OFFICE, Seven o' LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURA ES' S NCE, AND OUTER COM PANITOCK. From the Giicial List, - PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28. JOINT-STOCE BANKS. ' Dividend J Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum' Share ' --- X a. d. A s. d. ustralasia .......... 40 0 0 40 0 0 - .3rltshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon ••••..- • • • • • . 61. par cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - !:lolonial.. ........... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Gloucestershire .. •• • • 151 per cent. - - - lonian .............. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22 ii Ditto .............. - - 13 0 0 - London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Provincialof Ireland- 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New. •••• • • . . 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Rational of Ireland • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of En. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. - South ,Australia ••• • • • - - 22 10 0 - Union of Australia •• - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto • - 10 0 - 2 - Union of London. •. • . 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid .• •• . - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - , C.A.NALLS. - . i Dividend Names of ..- , 2 Dividend' Names of . Price. per Price. Companies. ' A 1 er Companies. Cl 2 Anpnum.' a Annum. -. - -. £1 £ Aihtn& Oldh 97'51.55. pc' 70 Macclesfield. 100 - 15 Barnsley •• • . 1 160: 121. ' 180 Neath •.• • • • 100 201. 340 3rknk&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 200 Birmingham 35' 41. 80 Peak Forest. 78, 31. 40 Coventry ..-1100 ' 25 1 . - regent's .. • • 331 11. 4 3 . 18% Derby - • ... !109, 6/. 63 Rochdale ..• • 851 41. 54 £ r re&Chs!l33' 41. 51 Somrset Coal 150' 71. 10s. 130 Ere, ash -.. 100 321. - Do.LkEdSt 121 61 . p. e. _ GrandJunctn ,100 5/. 80 Stffrd &Wore 140, 281. 275 Grand Surrey 100. - 30 Shrewsbury.. 1251 15/, - Lirand Unlonlloo 11. 10s. 21% Stourbridge.. 145; 201. 305 Grantham • .115(1 121. - Severn and flaunt & Avui 39, 7s. 6d. 5 Wye Rail. j 26 11. Bs. 30 Leeds& Livrplloo 341. 1505 Warwick& "/ j , 51. 65 Leicester .... 1 140, 19/. 75 Birming. 'OO Leicatr &Ntlii 83 41. 36 Warwick&l Lotighborogh ' 142 701. 530 Napt on. . 1 - 46 Monmouthsh ! 100 81. - Worcstr &1 78 2/. 39 Mntgenarysla 100 Si. - Birnling. MaltuMwbry 100 10/. - Wilt, & Brks . 67! 11. 11 rrasusArircE cOMPELNIES. Dividend Amount • Name of Company. per of - Pahl. Price. Annum. Share. - --- X s. d. r.£ s. el. Albion ...... •• -.. • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17 Ditt f Marine. ••• • • • 6/. per cent, 100 00i 5 0 0 5% Atlas . British Commercial •• 7s. per share 50 00 , 50 0 6% Clericl,3led.& Gen. Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0I 10 0 0 2034 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - 13s. 50 0 0 1 5 0 0 11 eagle ••• • • • ...... •• • • 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 634 Eng.& Scot. Law •• -5/. per cent. 50 0 0 i 212 6 - European Life ••• • -5% per cent. 20 0 0 ' All paid. - FamilyEndowmrt Soc. 41. & bs. 400 j 4 0 0 - Freemasons' - Globe ..... .... • • - 120 Guardian .. .•-• . - - 51. per cent. ;100 0 0 36 10 0 4134 Imperial Fire .. •••• • • 12 per cent. 1500 0 0 ', 50 0 0 211 imperial Life •••• •• • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 , 513 1 - Law Fire ••••••• • • • • • - 100 0 0!2 10 0 3 Law 1 ife•• •• •• •• •• -1/. ss. 100 0 0I 10 0 0 45 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - e.. - ;ndc n Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 1330 Landon Ship •.••• • • • 10e. 25 0012 10 0 13% Marine .•••.•• • • • • • • - 100 0 0I 15 0 0 - Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 1%1. per ct . 50 001 2 0 0 234 National Lean Fund• • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2lO 0 - National Life.... ••••• -SI. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Palladium Life. ..... .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 , 2 0 0 - - 37 Pti,caix ..... ..... .... 3/. IN et. & be. - 1 - _ Pi otector Life •• •• ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 i 1 0 0 - Provident Life •••• • • .. 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Rock Life .. .. •••• • • • • 4s. 5 0 0 I 0 10 0 4% Royal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock. - - 21tin Fire ..... • . • • • • • 6/. los. - - - Ditto Life . • • • • • • - , - - Universal Life.... -• . 10 NI. pr cnt. 100 0 0 ' 810 0 - Victoria Life • - - i 4 0 0 3% LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount ' Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ,-------- X s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company SI. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 201 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% Clydesdale Bank •• • • Commercial Bank -•• 71. per cent. 560 0 0 100 0 0 160 Eastern Bank.. •• - Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 0 0 0 5 0 0 51 181 Exehangeßnk of Scot 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 49 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 70 0 834 National Bank. .... North of Scotlandßank 71. per cent. 20 0 0 50 0 .5 North Briiish Bank - - 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 P.oyal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 14G Union Bank of Scotland Si. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 84 34 Western Bank.. •••• • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Aber leen Fi -e and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 818.6 d. B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 011 0 . 9s. British Ciar,ntee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 12s. Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22% Church of Eng.and Ins. - 50 0 0 20 0 2 City of Glasgow Life.. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 8s Edinburgh Life Incur. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 i 17% East of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 0 I 12s. Eng. e 4 Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 i 2% Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 ! 11% Incur. Co. of Scetlni• • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 ; 7 Life Issoc. of Scotland 51. per cant. 10 0 0 1 0 0111 Sc Mercantile Life .. • • - 10 0 0 010 0 t Bs. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 245. North British Insur 534 Lpr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 , 23 North & West of Scot. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 i 11, la Scottish Life and .;uar. - 20 0 0 011 0 34 Scot. Mac. and Gen. Life 51. per cent. 1 0 0 015 0 13s. 6d Scottish Union Insrnce. 61i1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 ; 1/. 2s Stan lard Life -•• .. . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 , 9 United Dep.' Assurance Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 12s. DOCZ.B. • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. .• - Xs. d. £ a. d. Commercial •.-.. .. '.. 41. per cent. Stock. - 70 East and West India ... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 119 East Country ••.• • ... N. per sh. 100 0 0 - 20 Land^n ••• - 98 Ditto 80nd5.... • ... 4/. per cent. - - - St• Katharine ........5 per cent. Stock. - 8134 Ditto Bonds •• • • - 454/. pr coal. - - - Southampton •• • • .... 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 j 25 WATER-WOMBS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. • per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. £ s. d. Birmingham. •••• • • • • 18s. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - East London..• •••• • • • I 81. 100 0 0 - 170 Grand Junction ••• • .. 2/. 10s. 41 13 4 - 82 31. 100 0 0 - 84 New Rivr Lndn Brdge 21. 10s. - - 55 Vauxhall •• - ........ 100 0 0 - 104 West Middlesex • . . 51.15a.prent. 63 12 9 - 118 GAS-MIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount per of Paid. Price. }lame of Company. Annum. Share. X. s. d. 40 0 0 A. B. d. 18 0 0 1714 19 0 0' 24 British • • • • • • .. •. • • • • Ditto Provincial • • • - Bristol .• • •• • • • • • • • • Brighton • • • • .. • • • • • • City of London .. • • • • Continental Consolidat. 11. Bs. ;20 0 0 101. per cent. 20 0 0 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 101. 100 0 0 925. pr share 41) 0 0 85s. pr share 10 0 0 15s. pr share 50 0 0 61. per cent. 50 0 0 61. per cent. 40 0 0 /. pr cent. 50 0 0 61. per cent. 50 0 0 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 51. and bns. 1 100 0 0 4%1. pr cent! 50 0 0 Si. 5O 0 0 12s. 50 0 0 100 0 0 1190 39 5 0 54 37 10 0 51 % 50 0 0 38 50 0 0 78% 40 0 0 64 50 0 0 40 50 0 0 ' 48 45 0 0 35 90 0 0 80 50 0 0 17 Ditto, New H.quitable ..... • Imperial • • .... • • • • • • Independent ..... . London• • .... • • • • • • • • Phcentx . •• .. • • • • • • • • Ratelift •• •• . .. •• • • • • - United General • • • • • • Westminster Chartered Ditto, New . • • • - • .. 10 0 0 Charles Paulett Rotton, vice R. J. Hay, promoted. John Morris Savage, vice Macdougall, promoted. Dashwood Jonas, vice Spurway, promoted. Thomas Edmond Byrne, vice Young, promoted, Dated 18th December, 1847. Corps of Royal Engineers. Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants. Howard Craufurd Elphinstone. Charles Edward Cumberland. Alexander Stephen Creyke, vice Phillpotts,,promoted. William Coles Phillpotts, vice J. H. Smitb-, promoted. Henry Sandeman, vice Crease, promoted. Amelius Beaneback Fyers, vice Belson, promoted. Joseph Wallis O'Bryen Hoare, vice Hutchinson, pro- moted. Lionel Charles Barber, vice Grain, promoted. James Grantham, vice A. P. Smith, promoted. Glastonbury Neville, vice Lochner, promoted. James Ponsonby Cox, vice Revenhill, promoted. Henay George Savage, vice Siborne, promoted. George ReidLempriere, vice Akers, promoted. Dated 18th December, 1847. BANKRUPTS. Susannah Milton, clothier, Hounslow, Middlesex, to surrender Jan. 6, at eleven, and Feb. 10. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Jenkinson and - Co., Lombard street. Richard Miller Shorter, corn dealer, Camomile-street, City, Jan. 6, at twelve, and Feb 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall street; Randall, Tokenhouse-yard. William Lee, fruiterer, Wooburn-Green, Bucking , hamshire, Jan. 7, at twelve, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Caunan, officibi assignee, Birchin-lane; Smith, Golden square. Robert Hayward, brewer, Landport, Southampton, Jan. 7, at half-past one, and Feb. 8. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Low, Chancery lane, London; Paffard, Portsea. William James Townshend, cork manufacturer, Well close-square, Middlesex, Jan. 3, at half-past two, and and Feb. 14, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City; ' Laurence and Plews, Old Jewry- chambers. Thomas Joshua Fenton, wine-merchant, Falcon Square, City, Jan. 7, at ona, and Feb. 10, at eleven, at tho Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole man-street-buildings ; Drake, Bouverie-street, Fleet -street. John Smith Dialing, joiner, Scarborough, Yorkshire, Jan. 6, and Feb. 10, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Wigglesworth and Co., Gray's-Inn, London ; Cronhelm, Leeds. Thomas Chatto, linen draper, Morpeth, Northumber land, Jan. 13, at eleven, and Feb. 10, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle. upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne; Woodman, Morpeth ; Crosby and Compton, Church-court, Old Jewry, London. Edward Norris, commission agent, Manchester, Jan. 8 and 28, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulk ner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford row, London; Cat terall, Preston. Edward Snow, draper, Nottingham, Jan. 7, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Bowley, Not tingham. Charles Norton, miller, Ellesmere, Salop, Jan. 11, at eleven, and Feb. 22, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Tyrer, Liverpool; Hodgson, Birmingham. Edward Evans, shopkeeper, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Jan. 14, and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Philpot, Montague-street; Hughes, Wrexham; Evans and Sons, Liverpool. BARBADOES RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The first general meeting of the shareholders in the Barbadoes Railway Company was held this after noon, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ; Mr. James Heywood (in the absence, through ill ness, of Sir Robert Schomburgk, president of the com pany), in the chair. The report stated that the company was established in June, 1845, when 8,682 shares were allotted in this country, and about 1,514 in Barbadoes. Upon 7,902 of the 8,682, a deposit of 1/. per share was paid, and a similar deposit was paid upon 1,012 of the 1,514 shares distributed in Barbadoes. The total receipts amounted to 9,0391. 12s. 9d., and the expenditure to 8,2161. 9s. 6d., of which was 1,585/. for engineering, 3731. for law expenses at home, and 339/. for law expenses in Barbadoes. The directors had every confidence in the value of the undertaking, which could be carried out for 200,0001., being 100,0001. less than the original estimate, but in the present state of the money market the directors thought it advisable to suspend their operations for a few months, which they were entitled to do under the provisions of their Act. It was, however, for the shareholders to decide what course should be adopted, and in order that the feeling of the general body might be ascertained, it was proposed to call in the scrip for registration immediately. Eventually a committee of inquiry was appointed, and the meeting adjourned until the 15th of February. COURSE OF EXCH Asnstertiash .......... 12 Diva.), at sight ...... 12 Z it Jtte rdam .... ••.. •• 12 7% latwerp .............. 26 30 Uniburgh ......M.B. 14 1 :Worm .. •• •••• •. Paris, 3 (lays' sight ..•• 25 85 Ditto, •• ••..•• 26 20 Marseilles • • • • 26 30 26 30 Frankfort on Maine.... 124% Petersburgh, Sil. Rble 11,-.lln- .. •• • • ••••• •• 7 Vienna, effec. fio ••• • •• 10 23 Trieste, ditto.... • ..... 10 23 Sladlid .• .. ...... .... 46_ 48 % Barcelona.• • •-• . • • .... Savina•• •• •• •• •• • • •• •• GE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar .. Leghorn .............. 31 50 Genoa .. • • • • .. 26 30 Milan .. • • .. • • • • • • Verdce • • Naples •• •• 31 Palermo, per o 2 118 Lisbon.. .. 503 i Oporto .. .. • • .. 5014 Rio Janeiro • • ...... • . 23% Buenos Ayres — New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .. • • .... PRIM; OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold la bars...£3 17 9 New Dollars •.. . . • 0 4 *6 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver lu bars ...... •• 0 4 11% MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 28.) SUGAR.—The arrival,' of colonial this year have been 34,000, and of Foreign 29,000 tons mere than in the previous one, of the former the stock is 23,700, and of the latter 6,500 greater. Of all kinds the quantity taken for home consumption exceeds that of 1846 up to this time by 11,700, whilst there is an excess in the export deliveries of 14,200 tons. Prices exhibit the following decline:—West India 9s to 10s, Bengal and Madras 103 to 12s, Mauritius 9s to I Is, Foreign East India 3s to Bs, and Foreign 5s to 8s per cwt., whilst the losses that merchants are yet sustaining upon the importation are heavy. On Wed nesday and Thursday last a good demand was experi enced for West India, stiffer rates were paid for the 950 hhds and tierces that found buyers, brown realized 33s to 34s 6d, yellow 35s to 455, and grey 34s to 39s per cwt. The market has been closed since Thursday, and will remain so until Tuesday next. REFINED.—The town and country demand has been active for all descriptions of Refined goods since we last wrote, and quotations may be considered fully equal to those previously current, and in some cases above. For Wet Lumps there is an extensive demand, priers are firm at 51s to 51s 6d for low and middling, and It 52s to 63s per cwt for good and fine quality. There is a difference of not more than 19s per cwt between the value of standard lumps and fair workine. Sugars. Pieces bane been much inquired after—com mon at 35s to 375, middling 38s to 40s, good 41s to 435, and fine at 44s to 475. There is, however, still a plen tiful supply. Bastards have not improved in value, but they are in brisker demand. Treac!e is n o t offered at any further reduction, the dealings, however, have been of a limited nature in all kinds, whilst the supply is plentiful, and the consumption is small. There aro -etlers of Boiled from West India Molasses at 16s 6d to 17s 6d, Patent 18s to 20s, and of Golden Syrup at 22s to 23s 6d. Bonded Crushed Sugar is wanted for ex• portation, but for immediate delievery, however, not much is to be obtained, whilst the re finers evince firmness, and are getting 30s to 31s for first and 29s 6d for second sort, upon which terms several contracts were likewise concluded for forward delivery. Purchases to a fair extent were made in Wet Lumps at 28s to 295, and the stock is yet small. In Ditch Crushed Sugar several sales have been made, but at moderate rates. Belgian has been in demand to a fair extent from 25s 6d to 29s for common to fine quality. The demand for loaves made here under bond has been good for exportation, and prices tend upwards, the supplies being small, whilst there are several orders uuexecuted. MAIIRITIM — There is firmness on the part of holders, and they have refrained from submitting any to public competition. On the part of grocers and refiners more disposition has been shown to do business, and they have taken several parcels by private treaty. Prices com pared with those of this day week show a small advance. There are, however, further arrivals of the new crop, and the stock is much larger than it was at this time in 1846; prices are, however, considerably under those of that period for every kind. Easi. INDIA.—The low rates that prevail for Penang Sugar cause buyers to be more inclined to make pur chases, and on the part of holders less desire is shown to sell, whereas none has been submitted to public com petition. Privately the parcels sold were at prices rather above those previously current, brown selling at 25 to 30s, a ral yellow 30s to 38s. In Bengal the operations are upon a more extended scale, whilst the supply is less plentiful; prices are on the advance. For Madras the demand is more active, holders are less inclined to sell and offered none at public sale, privately several parcels, however, have been disposed of. FOREIGN. —There is no inclination on the part of holders of Foreign Sugar to submit to any further de cline in the value, and they have refrain( d from submitting any to public sale whilst there is only a moderate quan tity on offer in the private market. The export orders concluded are, however, trifling, and the demand has been limited from our refiners working under bond. The sales worth noticing are only 3,000 chests of Bahia at 155 Gd to .17s for lowa dmiddling brown, and at 19s for common white. The market is however, not ex pected to continue long in its present ' quiet state. COFFEE.—The home trade_ are little inclined to operate in any kind of West India by private treaty, although o ar w e er rates. None has holders are willing to lower e than be by 5s to been offered at auction. PrFees home terse small,stor a r d t sorts. 9, for inferior, and lOs to 20s for o b n oth a h e ; t e l t th a ou f g al h l t t h o e ok qu p a la n c t e ity in of th E s a y st al l u n e d o i af e and shipping kinds, a further diminuti on h av i ng occurred in the demand for :all purposes. Native Ceylon is little required, and prices are further depressed. N one has been brought to public sale. the sales made in Planta tion are trifling, notwithstanding the low rates which holders are willing to take for all kinds. Mocha is little required, and can be obtained upon lower terms. Buyers of East India kinds have been induced to operate rather more freely in consequence of holders submitting to easier rates privately. At auction 110 bags Singapore for cash on the 29th instant at 25s to 25s 6d for sound. Of Foreign Coffee none has been submitted to public sale, and pri- vately the dealings have been of a limited nature ; al though sellers are willing to make a slight concession in the value. TEA.—Holders of Black and Green sorts manifest more firmness, and offer a less quantity for sale. In Black the purchases made have been upon a more ex tended scale, and the rates obtained are rather above those previously quoted. Green is not risen in value; there is, however, a more active demand, and the quantity passing for sale is not so large as of late, whereas merchants are less inclined to realize. In In Scented Teas the operations are upon a more ex tended scale, prices cannot bo quoted higher, and there yea a plentiful supply. Orange Pekoe of low and middling buality is only worth 7d to ls, good to fine scented is 2d to is 6d, black leaf 9d to is Bd, and flowery is to 3s 6d per lb. There has been no arrival since this day week, whereas duty was paid 510,9601bs at this port during the past week. None has been submitted to public competition. SPlcEs.—Prices have suffered no further depression for Pimento ; and privately the sales made have been to a small extent only. Although holders of Nutmegs are willing to accept previous reduced rates, yet the sales which have been concluded by private treaty have been of a limited nature by exporters and the home trade ; the finest brown cannot be quoted above 3s 10d, limed ditto 3s. Mace sells slowly upon previous reduced terms. On the part of holders of Black Pepper there ;is firmness, and they supply the market sparingly, all descriptions have been sought after by shippers, and the home trade, whilst previous rates are obtained for the parcels sold by private treaty. Bt auc tion 1,146 bags of Sumatra were sold good clean black 2P to 21d, grey 2,1 d to 2P white is wanted, supply small and the parcels sold were at 4d to 4dl for low and mid, and at 5d to 74d for grod and fine quality. Pod is little required, and 170 bags of fine at auction were taken in at 51 per cwt for fine bright. In Ginger the sales made are small by exporters as well as home consumers. Cassia Lignea is not much wanted, and the supply is small, still former rates are not to be obtained. SPIRITS.— Jamaica Rum is offered rather under pre vious rates, still the purchases made have been limited in all kinds by exporters and .the home trade, there is a plentiful supply. Leeward Island is little wanted; holders are willing sellers, and accept is Sid to is 7d for proof strength, whilst there is a fair quan tity on offer. Calcutta sels slowly at ls 6d to 15 6p; Mauritius 1s 5d to is sid and Penang is 6d proof strength. Demerara met with little attention. Rum is much cheaper than last year, although the de liveries continue to be satisfactory, but the stock is heavier. Previous improved rates are well supported for Brendy, the deliveries are exceeding the arrivals. Holders evince firmness, and a good business has been concluded in all sorts. INDIGO.—For all descriptions of East India the home and export hand has been good, whilst further purchases have been made by speculators, and the rates paid ex hibit an advance on those of the last quarterly sale of 2d to 4d per lb, and the market is but scantily supplied. That the upward tendency will continue appears to be the general impression. OILS. —The arrivals of Fish Oils have been to a smal extent only since this day week, whereas the deliveries are satisfactory, and are likely to continue so, as prices rule moderate. In Cod a good business has been conducted at 251 to 251 lOs pep tun, at which holders are firm. Of S:al many parcels I.ave been disposed of at enhanced prices. For Southern the tendency of prices is upwards, the supply being small and demand active for all kinds. The market is in a tranquil state for Sperm, and there are willing sellers. For Linseed Oil reduced rates having been taken, oc.asi , ned the home trade to pur chase largely, and caused the export demand to be good. For forward delivery several purchases have been made at 23s 6d to 24s ; the consumption is on the increase, and the supply is less plentiful. In Rapeseed Oil the deli series are upon a more extended scale, and in consequence of the limited supply buyers are corn died to pay stif f er rates. On the part of holders of Olive there is a desire shown to sell, although the consumption is better than of late whereas there is not a large stock, and the arrivals that are expected for some weeks arc of little moment. The market is iu a quiet state for Palm; there is a desire on the part of the holders to sell, as the stock is on the increase, f rid 27s to 29s per cwt is the value of fine quality. Cocoa Nut is little required, and although the stock is small, yet holders are willing sellers. TALLOW.—The demand has increased for Russian on the spot, and reduced rates have been accepted. Soap makers and chandlers operated with reluctance, and 46s to 46s 6d are the prices taken for fine P.Y. Candle, and at which holders are desirous to sell, as arrivals are on a more extended scale. For delivery in spring months the operations are to a small extent only. Home made met with a slow sale. DR. HAMPDEN'S APPOINTMENT ADDRESS TO DR. HAMPDEN. The following address, signed by between 600 and 700 of the clergy and laity, was yesterday presented to the Rev. Dr. Hampden, at Christchurch, Oxford, by a deputation of clergymen from London, accom• pulled by the Rev. Dr. Jeune, master of Pembroke College, Ox ord "TO THE RET. RENN DICKSON HAMPDEN, D.D REGIUS PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY IN TIIE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. ;leVerend Sir,—We, the undersigned clergy and laity of the Church of England, beg to offer to you our sincere respects and good wishes, in the prospect of your advancement to the see of Hereford. " Called by his late Majesty to fill the dignified and important office of Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford, in trying times of the Church, and under circumstances of singular perplexity, you have, in our opinion, discharged the duties of that office in a manner which has completely justified the confidence then reposed in you. "The public announcement of your religious views, which you made when entering upon your office, and the sermons which you have preached before the University as Regius Professor, and subsequently published, as well as your other official acts, have, in our judgment, fully evidenced the soundness of your theological opinions, and your high claiM to the pro fessorial chair. _ _ " We possess the fullest confidence that, under the weightier responsibility of the episcopal office, you will maintain the genuine principles of the Church of England, and exert your utmost energies to pro mote the cause of scriptural religion in this realm. " Whilst we thus rely on your integrity and zeal, we cannot but feel how weak are the purposes of man without Divine guidance and support. We, there fore, join with you in prayer, that you may be enabled to evince your fitness for the episcopal office, by the efficiency of your endeavours to advance the spiritual welfare of your diocese and of the universal Church of Christ." To this address Dr. Hampden returned the follow ing answer : "My Lords and Gentlemen,—Your address is peculiarly gratifying to me at this moment of so much anxiety and trouble. "Pray, then, accept my heartfelt thanks for this kind and welcome expression of your feelings. " I am far, however, from regarding this address as a mere matter of personal concern to myself. The cause in which you are engaged is a much greater one than anything simply relating to an individual. Con gratulations are much more due to you, my Lords and Gentlemen, for your strenuous support of our true Protestant Church, the doctrines and principles of which, as faithfully handed down to us by our Reformers, and maintained by our standard divines, I have in my place, as a minister and teacher of the Church, earnestly endeavoured to set forth and incul cate. " I heartily join with you in prayer that the hearts and hands of all may be strengthened by the Holy Spirit to the defence of that pure faith which we possess through the teaching of our own apostolic and scriptural Church. And I venture to hope that the benefit of such prayer will not be withheld, and that He who gives the will and the hearty desire to pray, will both bless your exertions for the truth, and my humble endeavours to serve Him truly in the high office in His Church to which He has called me. " I have the honour to remain, with the greatest respect, my Lords and Gentlemen, your very faithful humble servant, " H. D. HAMPDEN. " Christ Church, Dec. 27, 1847." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK. William Perryman, a well-dressed young man, was brought before Mr. Seeker, charged with steal ing a leg of pork, a piece of beef , and other articles, the property of Mr. Gould, Brunswick-street, Black friars. Sergeant Derrig, Ii division, said that on the morning of Christmas-day, between one and two o'clock, as he was passing in front of the complai nant's house, he turned his lantern down the area and saw the prisoner concealed underneath a large meat safe. He knocked at the door, and having roused the family they proceeded into the area, and found the prisoner there, and on examining the meat safe dis covered that it had been forced open, and the pri soner busily engaged in replacing the articles which he had previously taken out of it. When accounting for his being found in such a situation, he said he was quite incapable of accounting for the circumstance of his getting down the area otherwise than by suppos ing at the time that he was getting over the railir.gs of his own house instead of those of the complainant's house. 1.3 nfortanately for the prisoner, however, when taken to the station-house he was recognised as an old offender, he having been tried, and convicted, and sentenced to transportation, which was subse quently commuted to five years' imprisonment on board the hulks. Since his liberation he had also been in custody with an accomplice, for robbing a man of 13/., but owing to some defect in the evidence was discharged, and had been at large since that period until he was taken on the present occasion in the act of plundering the meat safe. He was committed. Two men of respectable appearance, named Robert Lewis, described as a tailor and draper, and Robert Mills Worst, an Excise-officer, were charged with stealing a half-crown at the London-bridge Tevt , rn. Henry Williams, a waiter, stated that on Friday night the prisoners called for a pint of porter, and, having paid for it, they stood before the bar drink* it. While there another customer called for some thing else, and at the moment witness threw down a half-crown piece on a sideboard near the spot where the prisoners stood, intending to hand it over to the barman to give change. Witness turned round for an instant, and found that the half-crown was whipped up, and no other persons being within reach of the coin but the prisoners, he charged them with stealing it, and gave them into custody. He added that he saw a half-crown piece in Lewis's hand at the mo ment he missed the coin he had placed on the side board. Lewis denied the charge, and said that when he was accused of stealing the halfcrown, he put his hand in his waistcoat pocket and drew out the coin, which the witness claimed as the one he had pre viously laid on the sideboard. He (prisoner) was in business and respectable, and it was not probable he or his friend, who also held a respectable situation, could be guilty of such an Act. Worst also denied the charge, and said that he knew nothing whatever about it; that all he knew was that he went in with Mr. Lewis to take a draught of porter, and that before they had finished it they were both given into custody for stealing the half crown, and that they had been locked up since Friday night. The waiter having persisted that nobody but the prisoners could have taken the half-crown, Mr. SEMLER said, that if that was the case, he should adjudge the prisoners to find bail to appear at this Court on the sth of January, and that the waiter might indict them if he thought proper. LAMBETH. John Tarnell and Mary, his wife, were placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, on a charge of working an illicit still. Mr. John Lewin, an officer of Excise, deposed that on Friday evening last he went to a house occupied by the prisoners, in Mortram-street, Old Kent-road, and found the prisoners employed in working a still, which had then a fire under it. The place was fitted up with all the necessary apparatus for carrying on an illicit distillation, with a quantity of wash, and seven gallons of spirits, two of which were in bladders ready to be carried out. Mr. John Bradnell, a second officer of Excise, corroborated the evidence of the last witness. The prisoners said nothing in defence, and Mr. ELLIOTT convicted the husband in the penalty (the lowest the law permits) of 301., and in default of payment to three months' imprisonment. Eliza Done, Eliza Lewis, Margaret Wall, and Sarah Cross, inmates of Marlborough-house, Peckham, were charged with creating Is considerable disturb ance in that establishment on Christmas evening. John Attery, the gate-porter of Marlborough house, deposed that on Saturday evening he was sent for to go to No. 32 Ward, and on proeeding there he found the prisoners, who had got over the palings which separates the males from the females, seated there with the male paupers, and singing as loud as they could. He requested they would at once leave and proceed to their proper place, but they refused to do so, and it required the exertion of himself and four policemen to remove them. The prisoner Dove, he said, used violent threats towards him, and she as well as Cross had been before in prison. Mr. ELLIOTT ordered the prisoner Dove to find bail, and discharged the others, but the latter prisoners in sisted that all were equally guilty, and should be punished alike, and actually went so far as to refuse to leave their companion, but clung to her in the dock. They were with some difficulty removed, and cau tioned as to their future conduct, and their companion was sent to prison. George Wilson, Cold Harbour-lane, Camberwell, a man of gentlemanly appearance, was convicted in a penalty of 3/. or one month's imprisonment, for as saulting a little girl of 12 years of age. THAMES. James Johnson, alias Robinson, and Thomas Lick fold, were charged with being on the river on Christ mas morning, at half-past three o'clock, with the in tention of committing felony. For some time past numerous robberies have been committed on board ships in the river, between sunset and sunrise, by a class of thieves called " tier rangers," who have carried off money, watches, and clothes, to a large amount, from cabins and state rooms, while the masters and mates have been asleep. Many of those thieves have been brought to justice through the vigilance of the' Thames police, and either convicted at the Old Bailey Sessions, or sum marily punished by the magistrates. The depreda tions, however, have not entirely abated, and the river police have kept a sharp look out. On Christ mas morning, Inspector Hambrook and the crew of his galley were rowing past the ship Anna, lying in Mill.stairs tier, Bermondsey, and saw a strange boat alongside, which excited the suspicions of the in spector. He hailed the vessel, but no answer was returned. He then went on board, and after searching for a long time, he found the pri soners concealed under a long-boat on the quarter deck of the ship. He asked them what they did there, to which they replied that they had given some of the crew of the Anna a cast from the shore to the vessel in a boat. The master, mate, and all bands were fast asleep in their berths, and, on being aroused, denied all knowledge of the prisoners, whose intentions were evident. They had come on board for the purpose of stealing the clothes and money belonging to the master and mate, and they would have obtained a rich booty if they had not been so opportunely detected. The cabin and state-room of the ship alongside the Anna was plundered on the preceding night, and the thieves contrived to carry away the clothes, money, and valuables belonging to the mate without disturbing him. The boat found alongside the Anna belonged to a waterman named Banks, of Mill-stairs. It was removed from its moorings at the stairs, and the padlock which fastened the oars broken. The prisoners, who are good swimmers, made a desperate resistance, and endea voured to overturn the Thames police galley, but were overpowered and fastened to the bottom of the boat. Inspector Hambrook, in answer to questions by the Magistrate, said that Johnson was convicted on the 2d of May, 1844, at the Central Criminal Court, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. On the 4th of May, 1845, he was again convicted of felony at the same place, and re ceived a similar sentence. The same , prisoner had been twice convicted of " tier rangin g by the Ma gistrates, and on each occasion sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. Potter, 212 K, knew Lickfold to be a notorious thief, and he had been frequently in custody for felony. Witness knew the prisoner to be a returned conviet, and gave the date of his first conviction. Mr. Yanni.iir said if the prisoners had committed the robbery contemplated by them, there was no doubt they would have been transported for a long term. He had no doubt they were on board the Anna for the purpose of committing felony, and that they were most dangerous thieves. He sentenced them, as,rogues and vagabonds, to three months' imprison ment and hard labour in the House of Correction at Brixton. Fanny Smith, Harriet Downie, and Charles Winter were charged with hocussing William Edwards, a sailor, and robbing him of seven sovereigns. The prosecutor, who came home about three weeks ago, in the Canton, from Quebec, summoned the master of that vessel on Friday for his wages, and they were ordered to be paid by Mr. Ballantine, the magistrate. •The prisoner Winter became acquainted with Edwards, and knowing that he was likely to obtain his wages, stuck very close to him all last week, and when the wages were ordered by Mr. Bal lantine, followed him from the court to the offices of Messrs. Stainbank, the ship-brokers, in the City, where the sum ordered was paid. The sailor, after paying the solicitor's charges and meeting other claims upon him, had eight sovereigns left, and he changed one and gave Winter half a sovereign to pur chase a Christmas goose for his dinner. Edwards than tied up the remainder of his money with his re gister ticket and certificate of service and discharge, in a corner of his handkerchief, which he deposited in his bosom, in Winter's presence. The prisoner then said he could take him to his house and intro duce him to some very nice girls, and persuaded Ed wards to accompany hi m t o an infamous house in St. George's in the East, where he found the two women. After having drank something the prisoners began pulling him about, and unfastening his clothes, and removing his money from his handkerchief; but al though he knew they were robbing.him, he had not sufficient strength to make any resistance, and suf fered himself to be plundered. The prisoners di rectly afterwards left the room. Edwards staggered out of the house, and proceeded to the station-house in King David-lane, close by, and made h is loss known to Potter, a police constable, 211 K, who exa mined his handkerchief, and found his register ticket was gone, and in place of the gold two penny pieces were substituted. Potter apprehended the two fe males the same evening. Winter was apprehended on the same night. He tendered to Potter a half sovereign, which he said Edwards had given him for the trouble he had taken with him. After some further proceedings, Mr. Yardley com mitted the prisoners for trial. ME SEWERS COMMISSIONERS.--TVVO of the Chair men of the old Sewers Commissioners for the Metropolis (one of whom is an Alderman of London) have refused to hand over their accounts and their cash in hand to the n ew Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, whose ap p o intment has superseded all the others. A meeting of the Central Commission will be held at Gwydyr House on Tuesday, when it will be decided what steps shall be taken for the transfer of all documents and powers from those bodies which have actually ceased to exist as Com missioners.—Observer. LAW OF LUNACY. TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE GREY, PT., M.P.. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT. Sir,—l have the honour of calling your attention to the case of a Mr. Owen, a chemist, residing in Marchmont-street, Brunswick •square, which has excited considerable attention in his neighbourhood, owing to his having been forcibly seized in his shop, by order of his brother, about the Bth of December, handcuffed, thrust into a cabriolet, and driven off to Mr. Warburton's asylum, Bethnal-green, from whence he was fortunately delivered by the unusual and public-spirited exertions of one of his neighbours, who having employed a solicitor, and formed a com mittee of his neighbours, procured eleven affidavits to his sanity, and having obtained a writ of habeas ear -1 pus—before one of the judges—procured his release. I saw Mr. Owen last night, who appears to be a highly respectable, sensible, and quiet man, and he informed me that the doctors of the asylum, Mr. Warburton and Mr. Phillips, honourably acknow ledged to him that they saw no symptoms of de rangement in him, but that he could only be liberated in due course of law, as they were bound to detain him upon the order of his brother, and upon the cer tificates to his insanity which his brother had pro cured against him. In consequence also of his brother's orders, Mr. Owen was not allowed the use of pen or paper, or permitted to see his friends who went to call upon him at the asylum. A stronger instance of the impropriety of allowing the liberty of the subject to be thus jeopardised upon the authority of a relation, in some cases of a stranger, backed by the certificate of two medical men, with out the previous examination of the party at least by a magistrate and a clergyman, if not before a jury, an impropriety which the members of the Alleged Lunatic Friends Society have individually or collec tively been remonstrating against for two years, can not be submitted to yonr attention, nor can it fail of impressing upon your mind, that the existence of such a society is not unnecessary, and that their objects are entitled to respect. I beg leave, at the same time, to direct your atten tion to the second annual report of the Commissioners of Lunacy, and their last half-yearly report to the Lord Chancellor, printed Dec. 15, 1847, by order of the House of Commons, wherein the amount of the visits of the Commissioners to asylums is stated. It is there shown that Dr. Turner visited 167 asylums, saw 8,270 patients, and travelled 3,877 miles, and Mr. W. G. Campbell visited 165 asylums, saw 9,939 patients, and travelled 2,798 miles, during the six months ending August 4, 1847. The committee of the alleged Lunatic Friends' Society have had several complaints made to them, by persons who have suf fered in asylums, of the present system of inspection by the Commissioners resulting practically in a mere show. One gentlemen informs them, that on his preparing to make his complaints to them, they told him they were very much pressed for time ; they begged him to postpone his complaints to another opportunity, and at last one of them left the room, leaving the other to collect what he could of the applicant's case in a short conversation with him. It is not surprising that this should be the case, when the amount of the visits made and of the patients inspected by a Commissioner in six months is consi dered, and that besides this they have to inspect the wards, the books, and provisions of each asylum, if they thoroughly discharge their duty, and to make their reports to, and to discharge the other duties of, the board of which they are members. When, how ever, to these considerations is added the reflection that the Commissioners acknowledge that in some cases they can with difficulty procure the regular visits required by law from the magistrates who are appointed to visit the asylums in the country, the jus tice of the representations of the Committee of the Alleged Lunatic Friends' Society, that a complete rcform is required in the present system of inspecting asylums, must be sadmitted. The importance also of, and the necessity for, a frequent inspection of asylums must forcibly strike you, Sir, as daring the present year no less than three coroners' inquests have been holden on the bodies of patients who were found after death to have had their ribs broken on both sides of their bodies, through the violence of their attendants. One of these cases- occurred in the asylum at Lincoln, the other two in a private asylum. I feel called upc m to lay these facts and these obser vations before you, in order to make you aware of the nature of the system against which the society I have the honour of belonging to is complaining. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your obedient humble servant, JOHN PERCEVAL. Campden Cottage, Kensington, December - 24, 1847. DEATH of a VETERAN REFORMER. One of our old friends has departed, and few re main that can telL the tale he once did. We allude to Mr. William LArig, late printer in this city, who died at Dunoon on Tuesday last, in the 76th year of his age. Mr. La ng was gifted with strong natural powers, which w, era governed with unbending integ rity. Me was all his life long warmly attached to Liberal principles, not by violence or revolution, but to constitutional reform, comprehending civil and religious liberty, 1 mder proper safeguards. Thirty or forty years ago., it was dangerous in this city to moot even the rincist moderate principles of reform. A remarkable prcal if of this is to be found in the case of Mr. Lang, which may well startle the youth ful advocates and printers of the present day, and demonstrate the a stonishing change which has taken place in public of Alaion, from the Government itself downwards. In tb e year 1816, as we well remember; Mr. Lang, then a most peaceable and respectable master printer in 'Glasgow, was taken up, along with his brother-in-le,w, the venerable Mr. Turner, of Thrushgrove, who still survives, on the charge of high treason. Tlho se were the days of Sidmouth and Castlereagh. Th me were the days of Richmond the spy. The high t r43ason consisted in this, that Mr. Turner gifted his g round for a meeting of peaceable reformers, and tht tt Mr. Lang printed the calm and dignified resolution i:; adopted thereat. But Mr. Lang, though dead, yet slo eaketh, and we quote the follow ing account of this interesting matter, as delivered by him at the annive ri ;ary of the Thrushgrove reform meeting, 29th Oct4A )er, 1831—Mr. Wallace, of Kelly, and the late Sir Jul al Maxwell in the chair : " Mr. Lang, in returning thanks for the honour of his healtk beiia drank, said, that the present was a compensatioix for all his sufferings. He alluded to the origin of th(9. Thrushgrove meeting, and sail their object was to g ive the citizens an opportunity of speaking their sen ments legally. At that time, if five met together, 1;13 ere was no security that one of them, at least wry not a spy. They had asked, from the Dean olf Guild, the Merchants' Hall to meet in. He said h e had to consult his council, and the answer was, i.t could not be granted. They asked the Trades' °Hall, but it was also refused, though let to amaii salamander.—(Great laughter.) They next wanted. to get the court of the Eagle Inn, which was : granted, and the meeting was advertised; but n morning they received notice that the factor of ti le landlord would not allow them to meet in it. I 'll ey ultimately met in the open air, expressed their sentiments, and sent them to the Prince Regent, si,g ned by from twenty to thirty thousand people. During the meeting, the 42d Regiment stood ur: ler arms in the barracks, with eighteen rounds of ball cartridge, and the cavalry were under arms in another quarter ; but they risked the meeting. ) , because they knew the people would be quiet; :at id when the meeting was over they retired as qui e tly as from a church. Meetings followed in all dire etions, and even in America the Thrushgrove meet ng was noticed. Sir Philip Francis, the reps r teds author of "Junius," had written to them, applauding their intrepidity. He then detailed tl circumstances of his imprison ment. On a Sacra ment Sabbath morning, at two o'clock, while he asi id Mrs. Lang had just retired from the bedside of a sick child, and were scarcely in bed, a loud kno( ing was heard at his door. On asking who was tla ere, he was told it was police officers. On open a ig the door, he found three or four soldiers with ( U -awn bayonets, an officer carry ing a torch, and a band of officers behind. He asked their object, s. nd was told it was to search for papers. They then t searched his drawers, his pockets, and his pocket-bo o k; and when towels had been filled with paper , tablecloths had to be re sorted to. They next proceeded to the parlour and examined his I )ooks. One man, after spelling the title of one, rt ade out Age of Reason,' and took possession of i 1 ;. Another spelled 'Apology for Bible.' The leade r said they would have nothing to do with that ; bu t he (Mr. Lang) insisted there should be no selec ti on, as Tom and the Bishop always went together. I I aving given them both the bane and the antidote, lae offered them the Bible, teL them it w as th e r m ost radical book extant; but they refused it. They • then went to his office and took every paper fron 3. his desk, along with his books of business, and le tt, rs from Lord Folkestone, Major Cartwright, and , :Lord Castlereagh. Of the latter he said, if the ire was treason in his possession, it was in the ,t letter ; it related to an altera tion in the militia laws, which his Lordship was to bring it i a Bill to effect. lie was then taken to the police-ofi ice, and put into the prison room with other prisoners, and kept there till twelve o'clock at night, when he was sent to Brtclewell, guarded by military, where he was kept till Friday ; and, after a long course of ° suffering, u ltimately z dismissed with out trial, apologu or compensatio n. " Would such th ings be permitted now ? Truly we live in a world of progres3ion, and this good and amiable man, afb rising to high posts of honour in thii city, which d ,]iterated the stain of the accusation of high treason,. a nd made him speak of it often with the smile of it inocence and proud congratulation, closed his ey last in a mature age, and in the blessed hop a 6, 1 t he would secure an inheritance, Name of Company. Bangerford • • • • • • •- •- Southwrk, NwSub./kv. Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. Waterloo • • • • • • • • Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ihtto NW ditto of 71. Vauxhall • • .• ... Av. Name of Company, Australian A grieultnrl Anglo-Mexican Mint., Ditto, Half Shares.. Canada ... • • • • • • Uppr Canada Bonds City Bonds.. . Comp. Cppr Mars Eng. Gen. Revers. & Invest. Equitable Reversienry Gea. Stearn -Navigation London Institution peninslr & Orient.Stm. Reversionary Int. Soc. Royal Mail Steam.... South Australian Van Dieman's Land.. Universal Salvage.... Price. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING,) 1847. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, D m Royal Regiment of Artille c. 27 Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants,r Charles Edmund Walcott, vice Phillips, promoted, Burtchaell, vice Godby, promoted. Gronow Davis, vice Greene, promoted. Edgar Grantham Bredin, vice Miller, promoted. William John Bolton, vice Barry, promoted. George Bruce Traberne, vice Orme, promoted. Samuel George Batchellor, vice Colemb, promoted. Herbert Taylor, Middleton, vice G. W. D. Hay, pro moted. Frederick Close, vice Harding, promoted. James Sinclair, vice Margesson, promoted. Henry Lynch Talbot, vice Stewart, promoted. Willoughby James Wilson, vice Street, promoted. William Henry Randolph Simpson, vice Calvert, pro moted. Lewis William Penn, vice Woolsey, promoted. Henry Robe Saunders, vice Drayson, promoted. Edward Geary Snow, vice Elgee, promoted. Richard George Handeock, vice Carthew, promoted. John Duft Ramsay, vice Forbes, promoted. William Morris, vice Blair, promoted. John Thnrlow Leathes, vice Martineau, promoted. Henry Renny, vice Hunter, promoted. nitraGES. I Dividend 1 Amount per of Annum. I Share. s. d ;632 12 355. per cent., 30 0 0 1100 0 0 11. ss. 4d. 1 1/. 2s. 2d. I 11. 16s. 1 70 10 0 ICELLANEOI7S. Dividend 1. Amount per of Annum. Blare, 11. 4s 61. pet cent. 1 1 5/. per cent. 1 3%1. pr cent. 51. per cent. sp. c.ikbs,2l t. pr cent. 11. Ss. 21. per cent. 3%1. pr cent. 3%1. pr cent. 61. per cent. Paid. . s. d. X. s. d. 100 0 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 - 2 10 0 .100 0 0 32 10 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 95 0 0 15 0 0 14 0 0 50 o o 1 50 0 0 100 0 0 1100 0 0 - 60 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 ! 23 0 0 25 0 0; 5 0 0 6U N, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING-, DECEMBER 28, 1847. incorruptible, undefiled, eternal in the heavens.— I CALNE ELECTION. Scotch Reformers' Gazette. CALNE, MONDAY EVENING.—The election for the borouga of Celee, se ieuig out oi the vacancy occur- THE CORN TRADE. . ring by the acceptance of a Lordship of the Treasury The year 1847, now about tc draw to a close, will by the Earl of Shelburne, took place in the Towne be long remembered as one of almost unprecedented hall, at eleven o'clock to-day. disasters in the commercial world. We shall not I The Earl of Shelburne having arrived in Calne pause to consider whether the ruin which has over- from Bowood, was escorted to the Town-hall, attended taken many of our most extensive merchants has been by a number of friends, and at eleven o'clock the pro caused by the progress of free trade, the Bank Char- ceedings commenced. ter, or other Legislative measures ; but that the im- The preliminary proceedings having been gone portation of food to the value of thirty millions of through, pounds could not fail to raise the value of money, The MAYOR (Dr. Page) rose, and having alluded to and depreciate that of all other articles, is self-evi- the cause of the vacancy , called upon any elector to dent. The agriculturists have probably felt the effect propose a candidate. of the money crisis less than any other class of people; , Dr. GREENUP then nominated, and Mr. LARD se for though the harvest of 1846 was, taking all kinds , conded, the Earl of Shelburne as a fit and proper of grain together, deficient, the extraordinarily high person to represent the borough. prices obtained for their produce during the period No other candidate having been proposed , the Right the Government were busy predicting famine con- ; Hon. the Earl of Shelburne was declared duly elected, pensated in some measure for the deficiency in quan- I amid loud cheering. tity. Subsequently, when the fall came, the growers had Lord SRELDNRNE then rose, and said he had in managed to get pretty well out of stock, and were there- the first place to thank most cordially bis honourable fore but little affected by the rapid depreciation in proposer and seconder for the very flattering manner prices. The future prospects of the farmer may also ;in which they had spoken of him, though the latter be considered as tolerably cheerful. With the excep- had placed him rather in a predicament, although no tion of potatoes, the crops have unquestionably yielded doubt unintentionally, for he had recited such a long abundantly; and though he cannot expect to realise list of eminent men who had represented that borough very high prices, the extra quantity of corn produce in Parliament, that he (Lord Shelburne) must feel will place him in a very good position. That farmers himself an unworthy follower of them.—(No.) When are generally well off, is shown by the cautious man • he last had the honour of being elected by them, he nor in which they have since harvest brought forward had not the slightest idea that he should have so soon supplies ; and as they are likely to have the come to again appear before them in the agreeable position mand of the market for some months to come, it is in which he then stood, for he called it an agreeable not improbable that they will during that time be position to stand as the successful candidate before a enabled to dispose of a considerable proportion of their body of electors.—(Cheers.) He had always, as they wheat at prices varying from 50s. to 60s. per quarter, knew, been an advocate of Whig principles, and a sup according to quality—no bad return, when we con- porter of the Whig Government, when he did not eider the number of quarters grown to the acre. The hold office. He had now accepted office, but he de declaration made by Lord John Russell, not long Glared, as a man of honour, that he would not have done since, that it was not the intention of her Majesty's so if he had not had full confidence in her Majesty's Government to propose the further suspension of the present Government, and had approved of the mea corn laws after the Ist of March next, is also in sures which they had proposed. He would, however favour of the British grower ; and, on the whole, we as sincerely say, that no love of place should induce may, we think, in wishing our agricultural friends him to hold office for one moment longer than he a happy new year, venture to say that their could conscientiously do so without either abandon prospects are at least as bright as those of any other ing his principles, or sacrificing his self-respect ; and class of the community. The trade in wheat has he sincerely hoped, in the words of the gentleman throughout the week maintained a very firm tone, who had nominated him, that he should not prove and the tendency of prices has been decidedly up- less worthy as a Member, now that he held office, wards. As yet the condition of the wheat of this than he had before. Of the session, or rather the year's growth has not been much benefited by the preliminary part of it, which had just been closed by change of weather; but should the frosty air continue the adjournment, he had but little to say, as the a few days longer, we may expect a material ins- single measure which had been settled was the provement to be wrought thereby in the quality of all Irish Life Protection Bill, but he would observe kinds of new corn in stack. It is probable that far- that he had supported that Bill because he thought mers will, when this occurs, supply the markets more it necessary to put down the outrage, the crime, freely; but as it is tolerably certain that no further and the assassination now so openly practised in supplies of foreign grown corn can now reach us till Ireland ; and he would add, that while the Govern after that period when the corn-laws shall again have ment showed itself willing to aid and relieve distress come into operation, an increase in the deliveries from in Ireland, they were equally determined to put the the growers need not necessarily be accompanied by law in full force to put down the present abominable a fall in prices. Owing to Christmas-day, the markets assassinations which disgraced Ireland—assassinations usually held on Saturday have been held out of the in which the assassins were not actuated by passion, regular course—a circumstance which has interfered or frenzy, or hatred, or revenge, but solely by base l more or less with business; still the transactions of lucre, and in which the parties assassinated were the the week have been to a fair extent, and the advance resident landlords, in many cases most estimable men, established at Mark-lane on Monday last has been but who had been, which was far worse, denounced responded to, prices having risen since then ls. to 23. from the altar by the priests. The Noble Lord then per quarter in most parts of the kingdom. alluded to the Education Bill, and having expressed The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have continued confidence in free trade, for which he had been tolerably good, 6,717 quarters having been re- voted, but which he contended had not yet had a fair ported. The quantity exhibited at Mark lane by trial, he sat down yin thanking them for the honour land-carriage samples from the home counties has, on which they had done h. the other hand, been quite unimportant ; indeed, there A vote of thanks was then given to the Mayor, and was scarcely anything offering either on Wednesday the proceedings terminated. or Friday from Essex and Suffolk, and the show on the Kent stands consisted of the few runs left over from Monday. At the same we have had a very thin attendance of buyers (as is not unusual immedi ately previous to Christmas), and, small as has been the supply, factors have been unable to obtain any advance on the currency of Monday last. A few cargoes of wheat have again arrived from abroad ; the quantity reported within the last eight days has, how ever, amounted to only 3,905 qrs. The demand for foreign wheat has at no period of the week been active, the country inquiry having fallen off, and our own millers having manifested some unwillingness to add to their stocks so near to the close of the s ear. Holders have nevertheless remained exceedingly - firm, and, so far from showing any disposition to give way, have rather raised their pretensions, particularly for the finer qualities, which have now become very scarce. The transactions in town-manufactured flour have been on rather a restricted scale, nor has country made flour been in much request, but the quotations of last Monday have been steadily maintained. Holders cf the finest brands of American have de manded rather more money, which has checked the sale, and the bargains closed have not been of much importance. The arrivals of barley of home-growth have been good since our last, but from abroad we are without receipts. A considerable proportion of Monday's supply having, however, on that occasion remained unsold, and the demand having throughout been slow, this grain has been very difficult of disposal. Really fine malting qualities have brought nearly former terms, but the common runs were certainly Is. per quarter cheaper at the close than in the commence ment of the week, In foreign their has been little passing, but good heavy grinding sorts have not been sold lower. Malt has been influenced by the dull state of the barley trade, and the turn has been rather in favour of the buyer. Though only 423 quarters of oats have come to hand coastwise, and 120 from Ireland, the arrival of 25,838 quarters from abroad has kept the trade very dull, and we can note no improvement in the inquiry for this grain. Some quantity is known to be still on passage from near continental ports to this market, and the dealers appear determined to await the arri val of this expected supply. Meanwhile the setting-in of winter will prevent further shipments, and as there is not much prospect of the supply from Ireland in creasing, we are disposed to think that a small ad vance on present rates is more likely than any re duction. The quantity of English beans brought forward has proved fully equal to the demand, and sales have yroceeded very slowly at the recently reduced terms. the operations in Egyptian beans have been on a retail scale, and quotations have undergone no change. The fall in the temperature has caused white boil ing peas to be rather more sought for, and this article was quite as dear on Friday as earlier in the week. Grey and maple peas have not varied in valuebed but little business has been done in either. The value of Indian corn having lately risen in Ireland, rather more money has been asked for parcels here and to arrive, but the inquiry has not been suffi ciently active to allow of any advance being estab lished. By the packet-ship Isaac Wright, we have advices from New York of a few days later date than the accounts per Acadia. Aloney was very tight there, in consequence of the continued shipments of gold to Great Britain. The weather, after having been very cold, had again become mild, and it was not deemed improbable that the inland navigation might be freed from ice, and further supplies of bread stuffs be re ceived from the interior. This, and the increased stock of flour on hand, had caused the article to become dull of sale, and prices had rather tended downwards. Western Canal was then quoted 6 dolls. Isc. to 6 dolls. 3l }c. per barrel. The accounts from the north of Europe are not of much interest, except in as far as the latest advices from some of the near ports inform us that winter had set in, and it is therefore more than probable that a stop has ere this been put to shipments of grain from the Baltic. Letters from Dantzic, of the 18th ;inst., state that very little business has been done there daring the preceding eight days ; but the supplies having been unimportant, sellers had declined accepting less money. The weather had become cold, and as ice was rapidly forming, a stop would, it was believed, be put to further exports. Only about 60 lasts had changed hands. Letters from Hamburgh, of Tuesday's date, inform us that the weather had for some days been cold, and that the navigation of the Elbe had become a good deal impeded by floating ice. The advices from hence were considered encouraging, and holders of wheat had declined selling the best heavy Upl an d below 50s. per qr., free on board. By the latest accounts from the Mediterranean it seems that, in consequence of large arrivals of wheat from the Black Sea, holders had become more anxious to realise. At Marseilles business was very dull on the 16th December, and fine Polish, weighing 621bs. per bushel, was then offered at equal to 435. per qr., free on board. — Mark-lane Express. .ng I RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Dsc. 27. _ __ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Glasgow and Gree nock, 16--Glasgow and Dumfries, 7 1 ,i —Great Western, Quarters, 11./, p.—Lancashire and Yorkshire. Fifths, IA: c. dis.—London and North-Western, 146—North Staffordshire, 1 / 4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 13( dis. AIA.NCHESTER, Dix. 27. STOCK EXCIIANGS.—The sales are—Leicester and Bed ford, 4s. 6d. dis.—Lond< n and North-Western, 4uarters (B), p.-3 t 4 Dii to (C), 3 11-16 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, par—North British, 'Plirds, i r f a dis. North Staffordshire, par—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 2A dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, Nc. 4, 1 13.16 dis. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—CARRIAGE FREE.—Families residing in the country are supplied with Teas and Coffees at the lowest wholesale price, in quantities not less than six pounds, delivered carriage free to any part of England. Orders must be accompanied by a remit tance, or if a reference be made in London, payment will suffice on receipt and approval of the goods. A list of prices and samples free, on application to G. T. Man sell and Co., wholesale tea-dealers, 2, Bueklersbury, Choapside. [ADYERTISEMENT.] - A DREADFUL ABSCESS UNDER THE CHIN CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PlLLS.—Robert Davidson, shoemaker, of An struther, had suffered for more than five years with a very dreadful abscess under his chin. During this time he had been under the care of two surgeons in Anstru ther, and one in Edinburgh, without the least prospect of a cure ; in this miserable condition he began to use Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which in the short space of two months soundly healed the wound , and he is now enjoying the best of health. These fine medicines are admirable remedies for King's evil, wounds of all kinds, burns, scalds, piles, fistula, and bearings down. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establish ment, 244, Strand, London. '£. s. d. 60 0 0 40 0 0 T ti E EDINBURGH, DEC 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Northern, 85s. —North British, Quarters, 86s. 6d. ex int.—Ditto, Sevr Quarters (scrip), M.—Ditto, Thirds, 375. AN IRISHMAN CHLOROFORMISRD.—Th Patriot says that among the out-patients of the Cumber land Infirmary was an Irishman, an itinerant vendor of tracts, who applied to have his, as he termed it," axle tooth" (the last of the lower jaw) removed. The tooth was examined, and he was desired to seat himself in a chair, when a few drops of chloroform spriniled on a handkerchief were held before his face; in a few minutes he began to fumble in his waistcoat pocket, iron which he withdrew a short pipe and some tobacco, and re quested that the lady (a nurse) might fetch him a light. By this time the effect of the vapour had ceased, and he apologised for the liberty he had taken, which he con sidered was " all owing to that beautiful perfume:'' the quantity of chloroform given had not been sufficient to produce a state of unconsciousness. A larger quantity, was now sprinkled on the handkerchief, which was again held before his face, and in less than a minute he was sound asleep, the tooth was extracted, and le con tinued snoring for a minute longer, when he began to show symptoms of awaking, and the following dialogue ensued.—" How are you now? where have you hem?" " Well. I'll tell you; I was at Carlisle, and I went to the infirmary there, and at first I sat down in a room will a lot of people, and then a gentleman whom I had spier seen before called me out, and asked me what I waited, and I told him that I wanted to have en axle tooth taken out, for it had been troubling me long ; and he toll me to sit down in a chair, and I did, and then I breated s beautiful perfume, and then—" " Well, what ten?" " Why, then I went to that world that sinful morti,ls on earth often think about;" and here he paused as if con sidering, and then suddenly exclaimed, " I think I am that same olsi sinner that went to the infirmary m; self," and again paused to consider; " but if it's the same I've got a loose axle tooth in my head." " Then you must feel if you have." The Irishman did as he was desired, and carefully examined his jaw, and having appareatly convinced himself, said, " No, there is no axle with; then lam not the same." The effect of the vapour now rapidly subsided, and he speedily came to the conclusion that he was the same person, and that there must have been magic, and left the room evidently well satisfied at having so agreeably got rid of his troublesome com panion. BREACH OF REGULATIONS ON THE QUEEN'S VISIT. —lt will be recollected by many who witnessed the landing of the Queen, on her visit to the Castla of Dumbarton, in August last, that a breach of regula tions, issued on that occasion by the Sheriff of Dum bartonshire, in conjunction with the Magistrates of the burgh, for the protection and safety of the public, was alleged to have been committed by James Lang, oae of the steam-boat masters of Dumbarton. The regulation referred to was to the effect, " That no boat or vessel of any description was to enter the Leven, on the day of the expected visit, between nine in the morning and the departure of the Royal Squadron." This order was extensively circulated in Dumbarton and at Glasgow, and to enforce it, six guard-boats, with sufficient crews, were placed in the Leven, to cruise in:the immediate neighbourhood of the Queen's lanc ing-place. Mr. Lang was brought upon on Tuesday last, on a complaint, at the instance of the Procurator-Fiscal of the Sheriff Court, in which he was accused of culpably and recklessly steering the Lochlo mond steam-boat into the Leven, in breach of the regu lations, and in the face of all opposition on the part of the crews of the guard-boats, to the danger and alarm of the lieges, and the terror and consternation of the persons assembled at her Majesty's landing, as also a breach of the public peace, aggravated by being com mitted when the Sovereign, in person, was ready ap proaching. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Young, Advocate-Depute, and the defence by Mr. Archibald Graham, Advocate. Numerous objections were stated to the relevancy of the complaint; but those being all repelled by Mr. Sheriff Steele, who presided at the trial, the case went to proof, and, after the exami nation of a great number of witnesses, the Sheriff found the complaint established, and fined the accused in 51. sterling. The counsel for the panel stated, that he was instructed to appeal the judgment to the first Circuit Court; and a bond of caution to abide the issue of the appeal was then entered into for the panel.—Greenock Advertiser. STATISTICS OF OUR TAXATION. - Every pound starling, or 205., raised in taxes in the country, it is computed is thus divided:—Army and navy, 6s. 2d.; civil list, including Queen, ministers, judges, sinecures, &c., 10d.; interest on the national debt, 13s. BIRTHS. On the 21st inst., the lady of George Roeh, Esq., Butter Hill, Pembrokeshire, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Kempston Hoo, Bedfordshire, the lady of Robert Hobson, Esq., of a son. On the 27th inst., in Carlton-terrace, the Countess of Arundel and Surrey, of a son and heir. On the 22(1 inst., at the Vicarage, Hindringham, Norfolk, the wife of the Rev. Edward James, of a daughter. On the 23d inst., at Caller, county of Tipperary the lady of Clarmont Skrine, Esq„ 47th Regiment, of a son. On the 23d inst., at Upton Gray, the lady of I'. H. Mackay, Esq., of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Oving Rectory, Bucks, the wife of the Rev. 11. L. Boyce, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Cheltenham, the lady of Colonel Russel, Royal Artillery, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., at the Retreat, Rushy-green, Lewisham, Mrs. John Smith, of a son. HARRIED. On the 24th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Mr. John Crock ford, to Annie, youngest daughter of R. B. Ellam, Esq., of Tonbridge- place. DIED. On the 24th inst., at Brighton, the Hon. Mary Anne Ursula Addington, eldest child oflthe Right Hon. Henry Ad dington Viscount Sidmouth, aged 65. On the 25th inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, the Dowager Countess of Romney, aged 53. On the 20th inst., at Walham-green, N. T. Scott, plumber. On the 20th inst., Miss Gough, of Camden-row, Camber well, aged 70. _ _ _ On the 22d inst., Henry Dinham Chaele, Esq., Lough borough-road, North Brixton, aged 88. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex. Tuesday, December 28, 184 T. Price.