The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-10 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1848.

Lay) intettgtittt.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Before Mr. comenhatoner 00111DRTA.
IN 11 C. BDNONDB.—A anDIAILIABLII" BANKRUPT.
—This bankrupt, who wu a bookseller, and carried on
Mosinee' in the Strand, came up, upon his own petition, to
pass his last examination. The baJanoe.sheet commenced
on the let July, 1846, and ended on the 19th November,
1847. In July, 1846, the bankrupt was posseued of 1,0001.
Consols, and 1601. in the Three-ancla•Quarter per Cents.,
which be subsequently disposed of. Big debta were 1,2231.,
and liabilities! 1,0961., to meet which the assets were stated
to amount to about 6001. The profits were 3331., the true
expenses being 1,1171., and the domestic expenses 6701.
Th lotus amonted to upwards of 001.—Tbe official
soigneee repotted that this cue differed 7
from those which
generally came before the court. The cash book had been
regularly kept end balanced during the hole e
of
ledger. the
trading, and the creditors' accounts appeared i whole of the
trading, and the crediters' accounts appeared in th
Commissioner Ooulburn said that these were remark.
able observations, which were very seldom heard i
n. n this
court.—The bankrupt then passed ha last examinatio
Ate UNPORTUNATI BANKRUPT.—INAANITT AND BANK-
Rurrci.--In the case of Samuel Huntley, of Brixton,
builder, whose examination was adjourned because he had
not accounted for some mortgaged property, the court was
informed that the adjournment hod had such an effect upon
the bankrupt's nervous system, that it had affected his
reason, and his friends had placed hint in the Peckham
Lunatic Asylum, where he is now an inmate. It was
further stated that the medical men were not without hope
of his recovery, but they were fearful another public exa-
mination would have the effect of driving him permanently
mad.—The learned commiuioner thought, under all the civ.
comatances, it would be better to adjourn the cane sine die,
granting the bankrupt protection for the longest period of
time which the statute authorised him to do.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
LIEUTENANT GALS, THE AERONAUT.—This insolvent j
appeared on Saturday for his final order. No oppAition
was offered. Since the last hearing he had restored a
His
taro. ,
meter to one of the creditors, who had appeared.
Honour remarked, that if he understood the evidence given,
the insolvent would have an interest in the balloon t
ie hn whicld
h
he bad ascended when he bad paid off the bill of e
by Mr. Sharp. —The insolvent answered that he should
then become the third proprietor.—His Honour (smiling)
said it would be well to put in the schedule for his creditors
all his interest in the balloon ; be seemed to have, if he
might so call it with respect toe balloon, " • contingent
reversionary interest."—The court granted the final order.
IN RE CHARLES PALMER 031.—THE INSOLTINT
DEBTORS AND THBCMINTY COURT. This insolvent, known
in the profession as " Charles Palmer," a comedian, applied
for his final order.—Mr. Dailey, a theatrical printer, opposed
for a debt of 29e. He had sued the insolvent in one of the
county courts, and he came to this court to defeat the order
Made against him.—Mr. Commissioner Harris said it was
quite clear that this was an attempt to get rid of the order
y the proceedings in this court. Whenever a case like the
occurred, the court would not suffer its jurisdiction
to counteract the other act —The court adjourned the case
with protection for a few days, and told the insolvent that
; unless the money was paid to Mr. Dailey, he wou never
. have his final order. The protection woald not be reld newed.

WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT.
Before I). C. Mellon, Fen.
CCAtTr e. S
wiss WeOran LITSILART Iron-
TUTIThiII will • prooeeding y which it was meet
to recover from the defendant, in his character of a mem r
of the committee of the late " Western Literary institution,"
in Leicester-square, the *mount of a y y earl anbecriof tptio he
n.
The plaintiff stated that two days prior to the closing
institution he bad paid his subscription, and had thus be-
come one of its members. This war on the Wednesday. On
his going to the institution on the Friday following, he
found a notice stating that a meeting of the members was to
take place. This meeting he attended, when ho heard a
resolution pissed for discontinuing the establishment. Upon
this he stated his cue to the chairman, namely, th thereforeh
only joined the concern two der previously, and
that he conceived he ought to have his subscription re-
turned. The chairman said it should be returned, and turned
to the defendant al one of the committee, who nodded assent.
He had applied see. Tel times, but had been unable to obtain
the money, and therefore had been driven to adopt the
.pre-
sent proceedings.—The solicitor for the defend
these ant submitted
that his client was not the party against whom proceed-
ings should have been taken. Mr. Smith was merely one of
a committee which was appointed every year by a general
meeting of the subscriber, and could not, be apprehended,
be held as being liable to the repayment of this snbscription.
If any party were halite, be should submit that that party
was the tr, asurer.—l'he plaintifl said that he had not known
who to sue. lie had found that Mr. Smith, the defendant,
was one of the committee, and had moreover been appealed
to by the chairman of the meeting, and bad nodded assent
when that gentleman bad made the promise that his sub-
scription should be returned. —The solicitor would contend
that his client could in no way be regarded as liable
to this claim. The course of business with the institu-
tion had been this:—The subscriptions were in the first
he
instance paid to the secretary, then by that gentleman to t
treasurer, by whom hey were afterwards paid into the
bankers lie should apprehend that the chairman of this
particular meeting, seeing that it had been he who had
promised the repayment, was the party to have gone against
rather than the present defendant.—The plaintiff remarked
that the chairman, so far as he could ascertain, was not a
member of the committee, and therefore he had conceived
he could not claim from him individually. On the other
hand, Mr. Smith, the defendant, was one of the committee,
and had, when appealed to by the chairman, given his
assent to the promise of repayment.—The judge said
he feared the plaintiff had selected the wrong person
in this instance. But there was some difficult), in the mat-
ter beyond that ; for, insomuch as the plaintiff had admitted
that he had, as a subscriber, attended the general meeting of
the members, and had, to a certain extent, taken part in the
proceedings of that meeting, a question might arise whether
he had not, by thou means, assumed the position of a mem-
ber. He was of opinion that the plaintiff could not recover
from the present defendant. That gentleman was simply
one of a committee which was appointed every year by a
general meeting of the members, there
Ate
should the samethink time he
could not refrain from saying, that h
were but few clubs by whom, under • similar state of cir-
cumstances, the money would not have been stance returned
for
Ito the plaintiff.--Plaint dismissed.

POLICE.—SATURDAT.
MANSION•HOUSE.— Hutment' BY • WAILIBOVISE-
Y•N.—J. Tyarr, under-warehouseman to Mears. Wilcozon
and Co., of Monument-yard, wholesale looking-glass manu-
facturers, was finally examined, charged with having plun-
dered his employers—Mr. W. 11. Cooper, principtl Ware-
houseman to Meters. Wilcolon and Co., said it was the duty
of the prisoner to enter all goods sent out in the day book,
and in witness's absence to attend to the customers, make
out invoices of goods which ke might have sold, and see that
they were properly packed and sent out by the porters.
Witness, by the direction of the firm, went to the prisoner's
lodgings, and saw there certain articles which had not been
entered.—T. (Rennie, ironmonger, proved having purchased
goods of Mears. Wilcoun and Co., through the prisoner,
who said he could get them at wholesale price : for one
G. of the
articles he bargained at the prisoner's lodgings—A. Fain,
carman in the employment of Messrs. Wiloolon and Co.,
proved that he took to Mr. Olennie's house several satiate
from the prisoner's lodgings by the prisoner's directions.—
These articles were proved to have been stolen from the pre.
mists of the prosecutor. —The prisoner was fully committed.
BOW-STREET.—THE nal, OMNIBuSEB. W. Head,
the driver of an omnibus plying between Camden-town and
Hungerfird-wrket,
by n with causing serious inju-
ries to Mr. J. lienwood, by negligence in the management of
his horses.—Mr. Brown • gentleman connected with the
Admiralty department, 'Somerset-house, stated that about
eight o'clock in the evening he was waiting
en for
four • conveyomni-
-
ance at the corner of Hungerford-street, wh
buses came down, and turned towards the market, at a very
sharp pace, after which an opening was caused, of which
about half-redozen persons availed themselves to paw, the
injured man being the last ; but before he had time to get
out of the way the prisoner drove up in a smart trot, and,
having struck the man with the pole, he fell, apparently in-
sensible, under the vehicle. Witness assisted him to Char-
ing•crese Hospital, where the surgeon soon ascettained that
the man's clavicle bad been fractured. There was also •
mark upon his face, which seemed to have been grazed by
the fore-wheel, and the medienl gentleman was of opinion
that he would not be ina condition to leave the hospital for •
month. He had no hesitation in saying that the injuries
were sustained by the prisoner's negligence and careless-
nets.—ln answer to the charge, the prisoner said the horses
were merely walking, otter setting down two passengers,
when the man was struck with the pole, but not until wit-
ness called to him to get out of the way.—Mr. Henry ob-
served there were constant complaints from Hungerford-
market since the cheap fares were established.
an The d
meetprisoner
should find two sureties in 401. each to appear
charge in • fortnight.
CHARITY.—The Rev. Sheepshanks Burgess sent the sum
of 51, for the poor-box, and Mr. Curteis, 39, Devonshire-
place, Portland-place, a similar sum.
CLE RKEN W ELL.—Tea My &DER Oli Two CHILDREN.
Esther Parker was re-examined charged with the wilful
warder of Robert Henry Blake and Armina Blake.—lt. H.
I Blake, the father of the murdered children, repeated the
evidence he gave at the opening of the inquest on Saturday
week—Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the conclusion of the evidence,
asked the prisoner if she wished to ask I any questions ofhim the
witness—The prisoner firmly wt to
1 whether he is sure that it was lead tied up in the corner of
my handkerchief, se he has stated,when I was following him
about, as he has described."—Blake: "I am not; but I be-
lieve that it was."—Frisoner : " it was not, it was a square
piss, ot tile. That is all I have to ask."—The other wit-
saws having repeated the evidence given at the inquest,
Mr. Tyrwhitt adhered the prisoner, and informed her that
abe was at liberty to make any statement she eased,but 1
whatever she might think proper to say
wou plldai be tat
her ken
down in writing, and in all probability,
.used ag,ns at I
her trial.—Thepriaoner in • firm voice sad: ' I merely
wish to state why I followed Blake. He came home at a
quarter before five o'clock in the
e, afternoon obaste and
f the 31st
of December, and said to m ' Make
get the tea, and get me some water to washhe top
me,
for I'm in a hurry, and have got to meet a girl at t
of Old-street. I'm going to take her to the play.' I then
said. ' If that's the case, you may go to her to make your
tea, for I won't; after which he washed himself and went
out, and I followed him to the Duke of Bedford, where he
said he 'bed to be at the stump or post at fifteen minutes
after Hu
ai I asid I would follow and I would ese his p!ilth
and he said,' Then, come, she will not be ashamed of look-

ing at you,' sad then we west away, me and him and
Hewlett, to the post, where Blake said, ' This stump knows
me, and I'll kiss it for the sake of them I'm going to see;'
and he did kir it, and be looked at Hewlett and laughed,
and said (pointing to me), ' What do you think of her?
She is prim's.' He laughed, and made some
remark, end hoped we should be comfortable. We
bad previously been in a liquor vault, and bad
some gin. Well, from the stump we came down
Doswell-street, where Blake said, ' Hewlett (alluding to
me), I can get her monkey up at any time; I'm going to
meat a little wench.' He went down Fan-street, and back
to the Duke of Bedford, and I lost sight of him up to to-
day." [The prisoner here raised her voice, and, pointing to
Blake and Jones, said)—" Him and that woman there has
been the cause of ell our misfortunes, and the death of the
children lies at their door. Until he berme acquainted
with her we had plenty, but daring the fortnight he knew
her, me and the children had nothing. to eat but bread and
dripping. That is all."—Mr. Tyrwlint then committed her
for trial. Previous to her departure she said to Waddiogton,
the gaoler, she wished to be banged, and hoped she would
not be transported.
MARLBOROUGH STREET. OBTAINING MONET
IiNDER FALSE PRETENCIIS.—J. Wood, just returned from
South Australia, after undergoing twenty-one years' trans-
portation, was charged with obtaining 44. 6d, under false
pretences. Mary Wood said—On Monday lest the prisoner
CMG to her husband's house and inquired if they had any
friends at South Australia Witness replied that they had,
but they had not heard from them for three years. The pri-
soner said that was very strange, for he bad just arrived
from South Australia, and had left their friends all well and
in a state of great prosperity, and that he had got a letter for
her in his box on board the ship. He also told her that he
had • quantity of goods for them, worth more than 2001.
Witness was so delighted at bearing from her friends that
she invited the defendant into her house, and gent out for
meat and drink to feast the bearer of such good news. After
talking for some time, he Paid, " By-the-bye, lend me 41.6 d.,
just to pay the dock dues." She, thinking all was right,
gave him the money. lie then told her it would not cost a
farthing to clear the goods, as the duty, amounting to 61.,
was already paid by her brother. He then had tea, and
subsequently partook of grog and tobacco. After whict, he
borrowed a 'clean shirt, and begged her to let him stop there
all night. Net liking to turn out • friend of her rich rela-
tions she made him up • bed, and left him to his repose.
In the course of the night he decamped, and she saw nothing
more of him till this morning, when she heard he was in
custody on a similar charge.—A number of poor people were
in attendance, who identified the prisoner as having vic-
timised them to a great extent by a similar tales—The pri-
soner, who admitted the charge, was committed for trial.
TUE TRADE IN ITALIAN BEGGAR-BOVS.—A little Italian
boy was charged with being found begging in the public
streets.—Mr. Hardwick requested Lucioni, a person who is
employed to bring up the parties who decoy these children to
this country, to ascertain the particulars of the boy's story.
Lucioni reported that it was one of the common cases, in
which the boy was under the control of a padrone, who
brought hint over to earn money by begging, and who was
to receive all the boy's earnings—Mr. Hardwick said it
would be advisable, if possible, to get bold of the padrone
slid punish him ; but there appeared to be difficulties in all
previous ores, which had rendered proceedings against the
most culpable of the parties quite nugatory.—Lucioni said
he had for years been engaged in the attempt to
abolish the abominable system of bringing children from
some of the Italian and Sicilian states into this country by
persons who sought to amass money through the means of
these friendless and ill-treated creatures, He had applied in
vain to the home authorities and to government for assist-
ance to suppress this traffic ; and, as a last resource. it was
his determination to make an appeal to the Pope.—
Mr. Hardwick asked Lucioni how the Pope could in-
terfere in cases where the parties were subjects of
the Sicilian government ?—Lucioni replied that the
Pope was supreme in all Roman catholic countries,
and he could put a stop to the trade at once by prohibiting the
priests from giving the parents of the children permission to
let them come to this country. The number of children that
had been brought over during the last year was about 400.1
The masters here had generally " touters" in the districts
from whence these children were decoyed. The fathers of
these children were tempted by • small loon of money,
and generally being unable to repay the loan, the pro-
prat was made to give up the use of these children for a
stated period. The children were collected in barracoons
about the time when the padrone returned from England,
and then were handed over to their respective masters—Mr.
Hardwick directed a warrant to be i,sued for the appearance
of the boy's padrone on Wednesday.
TRICKS or INFORMLILS.—J. Murray, aa informer, was
charged with obtaining ss. from Thomas Welsher, coal mer-
chant, Windmill-street, by fraudulent means. The prisoner
pretended that he intended to take out a summons nosiest
the complainant for an alleged obstruction of the street, and
he received iSs. to forego proceedings. He was fully committed.
BENEVOLENCE. From Mr. Ctirteis, 51. has been re-
ceived and from the members of the Union Club, 51., far
the poor-box.
SOUTHWARK.—TREATMENT or PRISONERS IN THE
Querv's PRIKON.—Mr. W. Cobbett, the barrister, attended
before Mr. Seeker, from the Queen's Prison, on a hither,
to prefer a complaint against Capt. Hudson, the governor of
the latter prison, and his turnkey. The complainant ad-
dressed the magistrate at some length, alleging that he had
been grossly tyrannised over by the officers of the Queen's
Prison. lie bad been unjustly placed there, and obliged to
attend a trial at Guildhall. On his return to prison on
Christmas-eve, leered of being placed in the usual part of
the prison, he was thrown into • miserable place with iron
ban all round it, and without any convenience. He made
complaints to the governor, but could obtain no redress, con-
sequently, he considered that the hest way would be to seek
thy protection of the law by preferring the present charge.—
Mr. Stephenson, solicitor to Capt. Hudson, said that he had
acted according to the provisions of the act of parliament.
It appeared that Mr. Cobbett'e creditors had obtained a
vesting order in the insolvent Debtors' Court, and that a
notice was served upon him calling upon him to file his
schedule within 14 days. lie had not done so, and at the
expiration of that penod the governor was compelled to
place him in that portion of the prison allotted to fraudulent
debtors—Mr. Seeker said he could not interfere with the
matter. If Mr. Cobbett liked he could indict Mr. Hudson
at the next sessions—Mr. Cobbett said he certainly should
do so, for the protection of the liberty of the subject.
THAMES.—Tne LATE SWINDLING Casz.—Mr. H. T.
Gray, rope manufacturer and ship chandler, of Stepney,
who recently sued a person, named Duke, for the restoration
of some rope of which he had been defrauded by the gang
of swindler. lately prosecuted by Mr. Gray, stated that,
owing to the publicity given to the proceedings, he had re-
ceived several subscriptions towards the repayment of the
expenses incurred in the prosecution, among others the
Baron de Rothschild, M.P., and the firm of Travers and
Son, wholesale teadealeis, had each subscribed five guineas.
HAMMERSMITH.—Tne lona Pooa.—The court was
crowded by Irish who refuse to be passed back to their own
country. They consisted of forty-two families, and seventy-
two persons who had applied to the parish of St. Mary
Abbott'', Kensington, and about half a dozen who had ap-
plied to the parish of Fulham. With one exception the
several parties refused to go back to Ireland, alleging they
should only be starved if they were sent.—Mr. Beadon told
them that if they chose to come over to this country for the
purpose of getting work, and, finding they could nost ,applied
for relief, and then refused to bees psed, or to ate t
place of settlement, he should make en order to pass them
whether they would or not. All those whose place of settle-
ment could be ascertained he would sign the orders of re-
moval for, on the proper documents being laid before him
The parish officers thanked the magistrate, and all the par-
ties quitted the court.

MONEY MARKET.
SATCHDET EVENING.
Money is becoming decidedly easy on the Stock
Exchange, where it was freely lent to•day on securi-
ties at the rate of 31 per cent. to the end of next
account, or say six weeks forward on the close of the
present. The improved values of government and
other public securities are firmly maintained in con-
s( quence, a fact which appears to excite some uneasi-
ness among parties who have been speculating for a
fall in prices, and are understood to be somewhat
anxious to buy in their accounts. It was stated
indeed that one party had bought in the whole, or a
great part of his outstanding sales to-day, which was
the cause of Cansols running up to 861 to 1 at one
time. At the end of the market, however, the
quotations settled down at 861 to 1 for pre-
sent transfer, and 861 toe for the opening on
the 18th instant. Reduced Threes, 861 to 1.
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 871 to',. Exchequer
bills reached 18s. to 215. premium. India Bonds, is.
to 13s. premium. Bank Stock, 189 to 191. Specu-
lations are afloat as to the course the Treasury is
likely to pursue in dealing with the unfunded debt,
and with deficient revenue. The opinion rather gains,
the ground of the argument being that the govern-
ment must shortly want and have money, that it
would be a more profitable operation to raise it by
loan than by taking credits for further issues of Ex-
chequer bills. It is not quite clear, indeed, that
money in such amount as toy nder a loan necessary
will be wanted, but it mbe reasonably assumed
that any increase of the floating debt would be
inconvenient and nnadvisable. It was already
found of unmanageable proportions last year,
when the difficulties of the money market rose to
such a height that the Chancellor of the Exehequer
was twice compelled to raise the rate of interest on
the bills in order to induce holders to send them in
for renewal instead of money, and although then re-
turning a fraction more than 41 per cent they fell to
a discount which visually enhanced the cafe of inte-
rest to about 1 ce more. The prerable re-
course of the Treasury should therefore be perhaps to
fund some millions of the bills, which at the actual
rates of Consols would relieve the country from a
charge of the difference of interest, between the bills
and stock, of about 1 per cent in excess on the former.
The floating debt being so diminished in amount, sad
as known to be always to a certain extent a desirable
security for transient investment, when not for more
permanent keeping, for the surplus funds of mer-
chants, bankers, trusts, and capitalists of all grades,
the Treasury could deal with and economise the rates
of interest on renewals of the remainder aooord-

ingly. Suppling* funding of eight or ten millions
on advantageonseonditions, there could be no dialed-
vantage in assaiihe subsequent requirements of '
the Exchequer. from a deficiency of revenue,
or the calls of nary expenditure, by the issue
of two or three millions of fresh bills at a per centage
of interest below, as often was the case heretofore,
that yielded by Commis.
Foreign stocks have attracted little notice. Portu-
guese were better however at 25 to 4. Spanish Fives,
191 to 20; the Threes, 291 to 4; Passive, 4i to 4.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 541 to 1 ; the
Fours, 85 to 1. Mexican, 171 to 18. Brazilian, 79
to 81.
The letters by the Overland Mail delivered to-day,
report unfortunately:an addition to the failures before
brought by the Indian papers from Calcutta. The
house of Hughesdon Brothers, with a breach in Can-
ton, had suspended payment. Another house also
had temporarily made default, but was enabled to . I
resume. The house first mentioned is stated to have t',l
been involved through the failure of Messrs. Cockerel!, -
Larpent, and Co. here, as indeed all the embarrass-
ments of Calcutta houses are attributable to the stop-
page of their principals or correspondents at home.
It is satisfactory to be able to report one favour-
able incident connected with Indian money and com-
mercial affairs. It is known that Glyns the bankers,
and agents for the North Western Bank of India, had
declined some short time since to honour the drafts
of that establishment. By the mail now received the
advice' and the remittances are so satisfactory that
Glyns have now notified they shall be prepared on
Monday to accept all the bills presented, including
those heretofore sent in, but then required to be held

over.
The Manchester Courier of this morning states that
Messrs. Scholes and Co., the bankers who suspended
in that town in November last, had announced by
circular the payment of a second dividend of Os. in
the pound on their estate, making in the whole 10a.
As this dividend was not expected to be realisable be-
fore February, it appears that the affairs of the bank
are in a successful course of liquidation.
The same paper has the following details about the
Glasgow failures :
The failure of *number of firms in Glasgow was announced
yesterday, and created some little sensation, although on in-
quiry we do not find that they will affect Manchester to so
' great an extent as was at first feared. The names of eight
firms were mentioned, but the stoppage of some of them 1.•
took place last week. The more recent failures were those 6
of Messrs. John Anderson and Co., South American mer- 2.
chants, with liabilities to the extent sr 200,0001. ; Messrs.
17
Thos. Waddle and Co., Canada merchants, whose liabilities i;
it is understood, will amount to 30,0001. ; Messrs. Gilmour
and Kerr, pwer-loom cloth manufacturers, liabilities about
10,0001. ; Mr. John Lacy, in the Berbice trade, liabilities, '
14,0001.; and Messrs. Wm. and Alexander Taylor, power-
loom cloth manufacturers, with liabilities to about 12,0001.
The firm of Messrs. John Anderson and Co. owes one house
in this city, it is said, about 21,0001.. and a small portion of
the debts of some of the other firms will fall upon Manchester ;
but the accounts owing out of Scotland will not, it is under-
stood, be considerable. We learn to-day that the liabilities,
of the firm of Gilmour and Kerr will be much larger than
was expected, as they are now put down at 80,0001. In ad-
dition, we Imre also the announcement to-day of the failure
of Messrs. Anderson, M'Gregor, and Ce., whose liabilities
will be 10,0001. The firm of Messrs. John Anderson and
Co. has, it is understood, been brought down by the
stoppage of Mere. Cottesworth, Powell, and Pryor, of
London.
The old house of Traeman, Cooke, and Co. has, it
appears, divided into three distinct new establish-
ments. One of them is under the firm of Trueman 11
(jun.) and Rouse, another of Cooke and Windsor, the
third of Mason, late head clerk of the old house, and
another party whose name did not reach us. a
Advises from Stockholm, of the latter end of last
month, state that the balance sheet of Kantzon and t
Biel, whose stoppage was lately announced, made the
liabilities of the house amount to 1,200,000 rixdollars,
say in sterling about 240,0001., whilst the assets were
scarcely five-twelfths of that sum. It was considered
the most important house" in Stockholm. The
losses are said to fall principally upon Hamburg,
London, Calcutta, Bombay, and New York.
INGLISII FUND&
Bank Stock, 190 a 9 91 Imila Bonds, under £1.000.7 pee.
3 par Ct. Sol. Ann, 861Consols for Account. 861 6 2
3 per Ct. Consols, Anus., 1.6 t 6 Nsch 61.9.0, Id., 17 18
New 31 per Cent. At 87 i 21 pm.
Melonnus.. 30 yen., exp. an. 5, Ditto NW. 22 pm.
09 i Ditto Small. 19 21 pm.
India Donde, £l,OOO, 12 13 pro.
roniatox FUNDS.
6 per Ct. Brasil. Bonds. small 6041 4perClPortuguere Bds., NH a 5
6 per Con: Mexican, 1846, 171 6 per Cent. Spanish Bemire BALLO
Acct.,Jan. 17. 172 24 per C: Dutch Exch.. 12 Gun.,
5 per Cent. Portuguese DiXa., Aect. Me ex. di,
Jan. 17. 27 4 per Ci Dutch By, 844
EXCHANGES AND STOCKS ABROAD.
FAA AA oar, Jar. 6.—Au.t. Fire per cents.. rum mew'; non.,
Your per Ceuta, Si bills ; Ditto, Three per Cents., ge bills ,• Bank or
Vienna, 1,124: PRIMLY] YTILIM. whs. i 44 money: Frankfort Three
per Cents., 84 ; spaulA Yire per Cents..Ardoinssi, 184 Nils. 181
money. Exchange on London, short dates, 1211 money ; two months.
120
BIMINI& Jot. 6.—Lean of 1000, 974; Dino. 1842. 98 Ditto. 1844.
971 911 ; Ditto, 18.38, 611 ; City Loam. I..+M. 94.4. Bank of Belgium, 794.
Exchange on Loud... 25.624.
Asensio, Jos. 6. &Wangs on Loedon. 26.65; two mouths
15.424.
AJAS. 7.—Act. Debt, Teo-and.stfalf per Cents.,
642 551 ; Ditto, Three per Cents., 64671 ; Ditto, Your per Cent... get gs;
Amor: *pad_ Foarand.a.Half per Cents., 842 851; Com. Comp-. Four.
ender-ilalf per Ceut.. DIU Exchange on London, at dght, 12.15;
two months, 12.02: Hamblin: 35; two months. 34.611 ; Paris, 66 60 ; two
mouths, 50.
scao, Jas. 4.—Anattian Five per Conte.. 104 Nils; Hank
IlaaSane Leiti ; Rumba &Wish Now. 104 ; Five peg Cent.
lls,sb, Cm:if-DM bills, 101 money ; Fi Series luser 1014
bills; Ditto, Ho9e Co.. Third and Fourth elerlea, 95 MAW ;
blur Mt.. in Ni
95 money ; New Four per Cent... Hope Co.,
664 money ; Ditto littegllls, NIL,. 851 money ; Spanish New Five per
, 31 bills 13 mosey ; Ditto, Throe per Conte., 24 bah ; Porto.
CAtNinglish frolic. Tn. and-a-Half per Cents., 12 Mils; Dutch Act.
Debt, Tepandsellalf per Cents., 65 bills ,• Polish New P
ar
Cents.,
Cent.
Loanbills,. 1844, 79 1411 s ; Darnell Enelvb Loan. Three Jan. Cent., 824
2l us, 87.9 money. Exchanger on IMO.: Ilamismg 4. 13.11,
2 months, 13 01; Stockholm, Doc. Si, 95days, 12.0; Braman, Jan. 3,
months. 6.17.
ARRIVAL or SPECIS.—The Shenandoah, arrived at Liver-
pool on Saturday from New York, with 20,0001. in specie,
en freight. The C. Brownell arrived the same day from
Valparaiso with specie to the amount of 130,000 dole.
PitcsetA.—BEßLlN, JAN. 4.—The late failures in South
Germany have acted very prejudicially on affairs in Berlin.
It is said that the banging firm of J. and it. has lost 80,000
tinders by these failures.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.
SUGAll,—BatavoL, JAN. /I.—The market has opened
(after the holidays) with considerable firmness, and there
has been a fair demand for all descriptions of raw sugars, at
about the currencies quoted upon the close of the °fixes for
Christmas. About 500 hhda. have been cleared for pan and
scale purposes. In rum there is nothing doing. The
im-
ports have been this week From Jamaica, in tke Caroline,
113 hhda. 7 tierces sugar; 50 puncheons rum. From Liver-
pool, in the Troubadour, 40 hhds. 22 hags sugar.

COTTON—LIVERPOOL, JAM. B.—The market was very
quiet to-day, and the sales were 3,500 bales. Prices: New
Orleans, 4d. to sd. ; hawed Georgia, 41d. to 1d .Sur &irate,
2;cl. to 311.
M•NCUESSER, JAN. B.—The failures at Glasgow and
elsewhere, though not felt here, it is thought, beyond the
amount of 30,0001. or so, coming at • time when it was
hoped we had got clear of these crashes, are creating much
uneuinese, and will doubtless have the effect of checking
business to some extent, although our market shows a great
improvement on its po'ition a couple of months back, and
the mills in the entire cotton manufacturing district are
fast resuming operations. The demand for goods suitable
to the markets of the Levant continues, and more is doing
for India. The home trade also wears a better appearance,
and greeter activity is manifested. In prices there is no
change to-day.
WOOLLEN CLOTHS.—Lsens, JAN. B.—There was a
good attendance of merchants at our cloth halls this morn-
ing, and although merchants handled cloths pretty freely,
yet their disposition to purchase was not of a stirring cha-
racr. Nevertheless, it is satisfactory to be able te report
that there was an increased amount of business transacted.
The cloths in demand were chiefly beaver, pilots, shawls,
da., of the heavier qualities.
THE IRON TRADE:—BIRMINOHAM, JAN. B—Since
my letter of Tuesday, setting forth the result of the prelimi-
nary meeting of the iron masters, some further information
!Attlee to the state of the trade has reached me, which, hay-
ing in view its peculiar condition and prospects, cannot fail
to be interesting. The busy aspect of affairs which has
existed throughout the entire district of South Staffordshire
has been succeeded by a stagnation and paralysis, almost as
complete as that from which it suffered in 1843. Nearly the
whole of the mills and forges are at a stand still. Within
the last three weeks not fewer than thirty-eight blast-
furnaces have been blown out, and many others must,
it 18 feared, share the same fate. In the entire
district there are 137 of these furnaces—about one-half of
them are now idle, and in the district of Dudley alone nearly
5000 men are (it is computed) out of employ. In the month
of December nearly forty
.blast furnaces were blown out—a
result which arises solely 111 consequence of the unexampled
commercial depression which prevailed. During the trying
time in 1843 there were no lees than 69 furnaces thrown out
of blast ; remaining in, 72. At the present moment there
are 79 in blast and 68 out of it. These facts afford abundant
evidence of the difficult circumstances in which
the masters are placed ; and it is painful to add
that as usual their difficulties are augmented by the conduct
of the men. I mentioned in my report on Tuesday that the
puddlers had bad a meeting, and that they had resolved
upon not submitting to any reduction in their wages.
do They
have "struck" in a body, and present appearances
indicate that they have any disposition to return to their
work, although in the end they and their families must
inevitably be the greatest sufferers. The blast-furnace men
and miners have manifested something of abetter spirit:
many of them have made a virtue of necessity, and returned
to their work during the past week. A conference between
the puddler and their employers has been suggested—this
would lead to mutual explanations, and, in all probability,
to advantageous results. The great line of industry, of
which Dudley and Wolverhampton form the central part,
presents now as blank and cheerless an aspect per-
haps, ever been witnessed there or in any other part of