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•%IrERPOOL CCAILIIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
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I:ewsleocitrt. SiVen fiDAt, JAI. fie
OW British Plantation Sugar Market haw hers extretnly languid
this week, the sales only amount 10 2114 Minis, and rather lonet
pries have been taken : 13 bags line White Bengal sold at 775.
Nothing done in foreign lugar or 31olasses ; and Cocoa. Pimento.
sail Ginger are without demand. lu Coffee, 70 casks wets offered
Dr aection, bat only 441 sold to the grocers at rather lower prices;
140 trigs St. Domingo sold at Ms. In Ilum nothing done. In
Ajthet a little mole hawse's has been dune, 4100 brls. Montreal Put
sold at 265. for old and 275. lid. a 28s. for new, with 100 brls. Pearl
at 20a. In Dyeweods the unlytiale is 39 eons Campeachy lamwood at
71.,101.• 130 tons Spanish Filmic off‘red by ancilon,blit no bidder. In
Tlmpetune 590 brim. sold at iht. 64. In Rice 139 casks Carolina Pohl
at29o.a2le.fel. ; and 140 bags damaged Bengal at 24‘.3i1. duty paid. 1
In Hides, 200 North American salted sold at 41t1. ; 400 bags Salt-
petre mold at 250. a 235. 9d. per cost. which is a reduction of Is.
Yesterday several sales of East India produce were brought fur.
word. but the market generally being SS very dull, nearly all were
or,tltdrawn ; Ise Dye, 3lunjeet, Gum Arabic, Gall, and Safflower,
found, no buyers ; 60 chests of Indigo were offered, hut only 3
sold, at 7s. lid.„ Bs. 7d., and 90. 3d., for middling, good and tine
consuming qualities; Sumach, Madder, and Madder Roots are
utmost without inquiry. In Olive Oil the sales are about 25 tons.
at 411. Am Gallipoli. 391. foe Sicily, and 301. Ids. for I len= per tun.
In Cotton the depression in the early part of the week was consider-
:A.le. owing to some Brazils being forced off at lower rates, which
Drought the dealers, spinners, and speculators into the market, and
1-steeped the demand ; but we are. ncverthelesa, under the
neersity of noticing a decline of id to 14 on Americans, and hi OR
Brim 1. below last week. 1500 bags Ikluil, and 13011 American,
term been taken on speculation, and 1000 for export. includiug
wnich the sales are 6870 bags uplands at Std. a fkl. ; 60 Sea Island
at 21.4 n. a 24d.; 10 stained Sea Islands at 1 lil.; 350 New Orleans
at 74. a 91e• ; 700 Alabama, &o• at Gd. a 711. ; 2080 Pan.aniburo at
Std. a 11 . • 2360 Bahia at Bid. a 901. ; 760 Maranhams at 9.1. a
hid.; 90 Demerara and Berhice at gad. a 10td. : 260 Egyptian at
'id. to 10 d. ; 20 Bourbon 9ad. ; 430 Surat at sid. a GO.: making
annul of about 14,020 bales.
The following sales are declared :—Monday„ Jan. 30,910 smote
Peruvian Bark.—Thursday, Feb. 2, 700 bags Patna Rice ; 115
ditto Bengal Ginger : 70 ditto Black Pepper ; 3 tons Bees Wax.
Friday, Feb. 3, 400 begs Egyptian Cotton.—Saturday, Feb. 4,
600 bags damaged Cotton.
INPORTED INTO LIVERPOOL PROM Tnr 21ST TO THE 27T11
JANUARY INCLUSIVE.
440 Mids. Tobacco - - 853 Mids.
9 acar (II P.) /33 us. Rice . . 100 tierces
12 bra. Oak hark - - 10 tons
If 1217 bags. Munject . . 3716 bilks
Ear.: India st 1.2 boxes Indigo - . 81 chaste
f.;•reer . - 11/9 bags Madder - - !3 mks
I.:otree - - - Vl4 bags Flax seed . 234 tierces
Pepper - - - 1524 bags Quercitron bark - 34 Idols
ialtrette - . . 1447 ba Lnc dye - - 41 chests
luhrics - - 30 pews. Hides (cow and ox) 86911
,ttim - - 10 Mids. Dino (salted) . 3000
A shut - - 79 brls. Ditto . - 16 hales
Funk . - le tons horsehair - - 3 ditto
Logwood - 35 ditto Safflower - - 66 ditto
Nicaragua Wuod 132 ditto Wine . - - 226 pipes
Mahn any . 61 logs ' Ditto - - 134 hhds
Brimstone - . 04 tons • Geneva - - 38
bags
Turpentine . 1760 bls. Sumach - - 1360
COTTON—East India, 300 bales; Egyptian, 16.70 ditto,New
Orleans, 524 ditto; other American, 4190 ditto; Brasil, 1208
ditto; Europe, 20 ditto. Total, 8492 bales.
In reel YOLLOIVIN:: Vrsarta :—From Calcutta 1, Alexia-
&ht. get*, 1, Antigua 1„ New Orients I, New York 2, Chartis-
ts 2. 1 irgiels ti, Philadelphia I, Buenos Ayres 1, Pernambuco I,
Naples and PRIMER 1, Oporto 1, Faro I, Rotterdam 1, Milford 1,
Ireland 1. -

THE ROYAL NAVE

PORTSMOUTH. JAW. 28.

The Dimmed frigate, (:sptain Lon' Napier, war to sail from
Rio .inneiro on November with Rear-Ada:and Sir Geo, Eire,
Eneellency Si: Charles Stuart, for Buenos Ayres, on a
dtloir patic object. The Doris and Ranger were lying in the Iliver
-Pieta

- On Tuesday the Parthian. 10, Bern. Capt. Barrington, arrived
from Chatham. with marines for thisdivision. On Wednmday the
I.,:wartelion, In, Capt. Michael Seymour. from Plymouth, and on
Thursday the Brisk, 10, Capt. Charles hope. from the Note, with
seaman for the Warspita. On Thursday the Volsge, 2:', lion.
Capt. fit...S. Minim, went Out of harbour, and this afternoon the
Watspita 744 Capt. W. F. Canoll,-C.B. was towed out of the
harbour by het 3lajesty's suctuu.vessel Lightning. The Caraelcoo
returned:to rlymnoth. Rear-Admiral Rage will rchoist his flag
o . Tuesday, and sail in a few days afterwards, with the Village in
compsur. for the Cast Intlii'command. The Brisk is espected to
sal on Juesdey next, fa a foreign station. The Cyrene, 20,
C sptaiuAlexander CampbelL, on her arrival iron, Woolwich. sill
bedittal tor South America Remain—%Warspite, Voyage, Herald,
B k, Pa:linen. In the liarbour—Vktory, flanges, Superb,
sgarriare, itotiitcy, Ariadme, Sparrowilawk, Espiegle, Philosncl,
Jasper.' l'ontcst. The Romney. LO. Capt. N. Lockyer, C.B. is
really to broreed to Spifttead, and await orders.
The Basilisk cutter, Lieut. Hough, arrived off the Tower an
Tfiursrh.y. with 129,000,'.. old Irish silver, flout Ihrblin, consigned
to bis .7ila3esty's Mint.
Yesterday Wm• Hotter, a private marine of his Majesty's ship
Gang% was trial by a Court-martial, oh based his Majesty's ship
le, V' foe having quitted his post as a continel, and breaking
opera slop room, from which Ise stole tea and sundry slops to a
cd rattle &mown. The charge being fully proved, he was s7ll.
freptedjo receive (4 lashes on board bis own ship. and to i.e in,.
minimal In the DI ashalsea prison for one year. Capt. P. Campbell,
C B. Phaddent.—Thmipshire Tokgraph.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, JAN. 27.

Wind Water. If m. p. 1.
Arrived the Earl Moira. Allison. front St. John's. New Brun-
s wick. sailed :!3tl December; Lord Exmouth, Taylor, from New.
Inundland ; Champion. —, from Lisbon ; Mount Vernon. Raw-
son, from Savannah ; Henry Take, mire, from Charleston ; !Mlle
Cherub, Saunders, :tom Mitatielphla ; Herald, Graham, from
Savannah ; Hugh Johnston, Brown, froth St. John's, New Bruns-
wick; Grampion„Ashley, from PittOU •' Huntky, Ashley, from
@. John'e, New Brunswick ; and the Amelia, Johnson, from
Bane.
_,,
The Hopkinson, White, from Liverpool, has arrived at De-
merara.
The Charles and Henry, Croft, from Liverpool, has arrived at
Charlatan.
The Henry Tuke. from Charleston. sailed let of January; ; the
Perfect was to sail in two or there days. On rid January, an lat.
14, 41, long. 11. spoke the bark Argyle, from St. John''', New
Brunswick, fat Waterford. On the ?t;th, at three p.m., offiloly.
head, passed the Silis,'Richards, ter New York, andZante, fur
Genoa.

-We Tamer, Walker. from S:..lnhn•a, New Brunswick, for
laiverpoef, was spoken 30th December. Seal Island laming E.N.E.
distant 43 miles, putting back,

Ltvwstroot.. SAITRDAT. JAN. 28.
Wind S. fair. frost.—High Water, SB m. p. 1.
Arrived the tlarriotte, Williams. from Charente; Activiti.,
Guiehen, from Havre; Lisbon packet, Hunter. from Paraiba;
Colonist. 11I'Martin. from St. Andrew's, Nen Brunswick, sailed
244 i December; Isabella. Milne, from Altea ; and the Alcyone,
Muir' from Alexandria and Milked.
TheLnyttl stem, Petvie, hem Maranham, an ived at Savannah,
Decewlitr, in 19days,
The P. 1113.. Pike. from Liverpool, hu arrived at Savannah.
The Emulous. IWebb, from Liverpool, arrived at Cbarelston
Ihe-kith Decerr.ber. - _ _ . . . -

00l .!unter, Wheelwright, from Liverpool, has arrived at
the Havaneah,

The Lisbon packet, sailed 17th December. spoke the Ulrerstone,
for New Orleans, yesterday, at 9 a.m., off Bardsey.

_faxatoutn, )Ax. Nl—Wind E. fresh breves. Arrived tit
Xerawell, Armstrong, from the Cape of (lend Hope, for London
sailed 1811 Nor. On the Pith tnst. lat. 46, 20. long. IS. fell in
with a barque. waterlogged and abandoned. 300 tons, yellow aides,
and a white moulding, bowsprit and foremast painted green, main-
For:/one about six feet above thc deck. mizenmast standing, and
pd t t out. Also arrived the Juliana, Steerman, from London
Vera Cruz; and the Tainiv)„ Quick. from Cork. °lithe port,
the Aurora, Hallett, from St. John's, N.B. in twenty-seven days,
for London: Sailed the Clirims, Mansfield, for Barton; Brodie.
rick, Rewson, for Carthagew and Spitfire, Barbara, for Gibraltar.
P•Twourn, Jits. 26.—Wind E. Arrived the Royal Char.
lotte, Hoye, from Hull.
• PORTSMOUTH. Jrpr. 27.—Wind E. S. E. light breeze. Ar.
Overt the Mary, Pratt, from Si. John's, New Brunswick, in thing.
five days.
Drat, JAx. 2T —Wind S.E. light brow. Passed through
raft the ricer the Eliza. Roquet, for Havre; Elizabeth, Holmes,
for Smyrna ; Russells, Bristow, 'for Havana ; Favourim. tioyal4
for Madeira ; Mary, Cure, for. St. Michael's : Lady Dut,d3s,
White, for Teneriffe. The Jane. Hawkins, for Jamaica, and the
Sir Henry Stanhope, Robinson, for St. Michael's, have brouLlit up
to the southward, and will sail the next ebb tide.
ORAVESI:ND, JAN. Vl.—Arrived the Herald. Thomson. from
Demerara ; Commerce, Atteray. frorn Jersey : Julia, Smtken;ales,
m Guernst7 ; Laws, Dagen, froth Stettin; William, Ai
frdm cal*: Wellington, Arnstrong, from Berwick; Zel'hyr,
Seotr,.lironi Tenerife:
BRInr.IRGTOW. JAM. 26..—The Bolting. Brown. from London.
an on shore on Flambetengli Mad. but was assisted off, and pro-
heeded yesterday. Theeollingsrood, Evans, from London to Sun-
derland, ran on shore onramborough Head yesterday, and it is
feared will be wrecked. The Delight, Willingham, which came
an 'therte 2d inst. 113 A been got off with much damage.
Scaaaonoor it. Jar. 211.—The master of the New Hope re-
sorts, that the Margaret, of Sunderland, and another ;*•'enel, name
unknown, got on shore ott Plambomugh Head in the fog yesterday,
anf that the former got off again, but the latter fell over and Mad.
TOSERMORT. JAN. 21.—0 s the night of the 17th inst. tha
Divider, of Greenock. and the Delight, 'of Leith, with oats and
batter, from the West of Ireland, were lint on the coast of the
island of Thee. The crews of both vessels saved, and it is cup-
postOthat a idle of the cargo of the levee may be secured in a de.
1140 state.

whom to Dellegarde, and lie introduced you to Harris I—Delle-
gordc told me Harris wns respectable, and would accept my bill.
Mr. blowTaatr—To whom did you ray the bill you drew ou
Harris Y—ToCokesow and Company, of kendaL
Mr. Mawr/Au—Now, Sir, dill you ever sec Harris in your 1
life i—No, I never did. 1
blr. MONTAGll—Wliether Harris was old or young, short or'
r tall, or ever existed at all, you can't say I.—No reply.
Mr. 1110XTA0 o—Von said that Montague and Co. were mer-
chants. Did they export and import ?—1 cannot say ; but I under-
stood they were merchants.
Mr. MONTAGII—Did you ever see them ?--No, never.
Mr. 111 owranu— You have drawn bills on them, which you
hare put into circulation ?—Yes, I have.
Mr. filoirraou---,How became you acquainted with them ?
Mr. Lucas introduced me,—no, Mr. Steward, of Lucas-street,
Comtnercial-road, introduced me.
Mr. MoNT A 6 U.—IV ho is -Mr. Steward I—l really cannot say.
Mr. Alooraoht —Then Steward, whom you do not know, in-
troduced you to Montague and C.o. whom you never saw; is that
the fact ?—No reply.
Mr. blowrAt;u—l will ask but one question more, and Mr.
Douglas bad better take care of himself; Inc lie is in a nest of hor-
nets. Did you, Mr. Hough., ever see Montague and Co., on
whom you drew and circulated bill. ?—I never did.
31r. MowTaue—Who gave you authority to draw the bills 1—
Mr. Steward.
Mr. lil 0 NTAClU—Steward, whom you admit you do not know ?
1 --I am ant prepared to answer further.
COMMISSIONER—Tom are bound to answer any question put
to you.
Mr. MOSTAGII said that he had elicited quite enough at pre-
sent to show the infamy of the bankrup:'s proceeding., and he
would defer his inquiry on other points till the final examination.
The Commissioners adjourned the final examination till a future
day.

THE LA TEACC I DENT IN GRAY'S-INN-LAN E

An inquest was held on Saturday at the workhouse of St. An.
drew's parish, Holborn, before Mr. Stirling, the Coroner, on the
bodies of Thomas Clancy the elder, and Thomas Clancy the
younger. father and son, and Michael Toomey, who were unfor.
tunatsly killed by the falling of several houses in Gray's Inn-lane,
and Spread Eagle-court.
W. Foster was the first witness. He said he resided at 19. High.
street, Bloomsbury, and was a carpenter. On Thursday morning
last he went to Spread Eagle-court, to assist in pulling down some
houses which were situated, in the court. The three deceased per.
sons were 'shooters, and were also employed there. In the after.
noon of that day he was standing on the s..eond floor of the house
at the corner of Gray's Inn-lane and the court, when he observed
to his master that one of the strutts was out, which was placed
there to support the trimming joists. The strutt, which was a sort
of pillar, lial stood on a stone placed in the old wall, and supported
the floor above, but it had slipped off the stone. A man named
Webb recommended that it should be shored, and he and witness
were then going down stain' to procure the necessary materials,
when the floor gave way. The witness, who was oo the stairs,
• futund them giving .way under him, and lie clung to a wall for
safety. Webb was on an insecure part of the floor, which had
also given way, and he fell down among the ruins; bet Mr. Evans,
their master, got on a more secure part of the floor. A cry was
then raised that a man was below, and witness and Mr. Evans went
down to render assistance to Webb. They found him buried in
the ruins, excipt his head, which alone could be seen. A number
I of labourers instantly came to the spot, but. Mr. Evans sent them
back, and directed witness to go up and make them attend to their
work. The witness accordingly went up to the top of the second
house, and he had been there but a very short time, when he felt
the floor sinking, and himself with it. On going down be was
almost insensible, but when he reached the bottom he recovered
himself, and found he was lying on a beam surrounded with rub-
bish. A man who was near him groaned very heavily, raised his
head and fell down. The witness then scrambled over the fallen
materials, and met his master. He was much hurt, and was
nearly choked. The houses were to have been entirely pulled
down and rebuilt; and in pulling down the wall, the bricks and
rubbish fell upon the second floors, but that did not occasion the
fall of the houses, alftlie witness said there was not more than 2,000
bricks at any one time upon the floor. (The witness said his side
and foot were much hurt, and when he roughed kis breast seemed
to be bursting open.)
The Jury considered that it was a very careless way of pullitig
down the house, as, instead of placing the bricks on the old floors,
they should have thrown them into the street. Immediately they
found the strutt had got away, they should have placed something
there to make the flooring secure.
James Carroll was the next witness.—He was in a most dread.
ful situation. There were several wounds on his face, and the
tutor fellow could scarcely stand or speak. He said he was em-
ployed at one of the houses as a labourer ; hearing the crash oc.
casioned by the Fall of the first house, he and others ran down to
render assistance, but were sent back by Mr. Evans. On his re_
turn he stopped at the top of the tflijoining house, when young
Clancy (the deceased) came up to him, and inquired If he had
found some marbles ; witness told him where to find them, and
the words were searaely out of his mouth when the floor gave way
under them, and they fell down to the ground floor with the rub..
bish and materials. When he was on the top floor; he saw old
Clancy near the wall, with a pick-axe in his hand. On the second
floor there was a great quantity of rubbish, exceeding a cart load,
and on the day previous there was more rubbish anti a largequan-
tity of timber, which.was more than sufficient to )rave drawn'down
a stronger house. The witness told Mr. Evans of this circumstance
on Wednesday, but no notice was taken of it. He moved some of
the wood, being fearful of an accident, but the other men told him
he made himself' more busy than necessary, and he therefore went
about other business. He believed the wood had been placed
there because some had been stolen. Mr. Evans had undertaken
to pay the doctor's expenses.
Thomas Cook, of 24, Iltook-street, Holborn, said, that hearing
the houses hail fallen down, he proceeded to the sect, and offered
every assistance in his power ; and being one of the beet Jury
who had ;ondemned the houses down the court, he was competent
to give directions what course to pursue. But Mr. Evans opposed
every proposal he made, said that nothing should be done but
what he dictated, or what a builder or surveyor directed ; and when
witness advised that a window should be broken to take out the
timber, Mr. Evans threatened to take him to need, or to throw a
brick at his bead. About five o'clock in the evening, the body of
, the elder Clancy was found. At dusk, the men raid they aid not
I intend to work any more that night, as it was dangerous ; awl Mr.
Evans ridiculed the idea of looking for Toomey, who, he said, was
at home with his wife. The witness, however, and some other
persons, hired several men, and returned to the spot. They were
employed the whole night, and at three o'clock in the morning they
found the bodies of the younger Clancy and of Toomey.
Juror—Arc you of opinion that. Mr. Evans used proper means
and proper attention to find the bodies ?—No, I am not; for had
he and hia.men used proper exertions, the bodies might have been
found soon after the accident occurred, and they might probably
have been now in existence. The witness also said that the Iseet
Jury had condemned the houses.
Mr. Zachariah Finch, of Holborn, said he heard Mr. Cook re.
quest Mr. Evans to have more men employed, but he said that
there were as many men 'on the ruins as could well be employed,
anti lie would admit none but carpenters or bricklayers. Witness
looked at the building, and saw no more than eight men employed;
although several offered their assistance. they were refused, al.
though there was room for twenty, who were afterwards employed.
Mr. Evans left the premises about half-past seven, and he and his
men did not work after that time.
Mr. John Lloyd, the acting overseer of the parish, said he went
to the spot when lie heard of the accident, about ten o'clock at
night, and having been told that fan bodies were in the ruins,
he informed the parish surveyor of the circumstance, and twenty.
one men were immediately set at work. It was by no means a
hazardous undertaking, and they procured the men without any
difficulty. They removed at least three wagon loads of timber
before they found Tootney's body, which was about three in the
morning. Ile was lying on his face with his arms extended. The
body of the boy was found about an hour afterwards, and the doc-
tor said if they had got it out about two hours before, he could
have been restored.

A young man who had been employed by Alr. Holmes was next
examined, and he said he thought there was no danger in removing
the materials to find the bodies.

The Foreman of the Jury said there could be no doubt that the
deceased persons had lost their lives by the falling of the building..
The Jury were to consider how far Mr. Evans was deserving of
censure for having placed a number of bricks on the floor, and also
a large quantity of timber, which had occasioned them to fall down.
They were also to take into consideration the fact of his baring
refused to remain on the premises and search tbr the bodies, which
could have been found if he and his men had used more diligence
and attention. One of the Jury said, that he saw Mr. Evans on
the spot at nine o'clock, and heard him ask for assistance, which
he could not obtain. The overseen could procure men very readily.
\%'m. Evans was then called, and he said that the fact of his
being on the premises with his men was a convinring proof that he
did not apprehend danger. lie was on the spot until nine o'clock
at night, and then his men refused to work any longer. in fact
they were so intoxicated, that from the dangerous state of the place
it was unsafe to allow them to work; he applied for others, but
could not get them. ,When Mr. Cook applied to him he was not
aware who lie was; ahti when the application was made about the
window, his men at that time had discovered one of the bodies, and
if the window had been removed, in all probability the wall would
have fallen upon them.
The Jury, after hearing the preceding witnesses, took a view of
the bodies, and after a short consultation returned the following
verdict:—" The death of the deceased persona was occasioned by
the falling down of part of two houses in-Spread Eagle-court ; and
that their felling down was occasioned by negligently overloading
the upper floor of one of the houses with timber, bricks, and rub.
bish. And the Jury regret that the persons employed in taking
down those houses did not sufficiently persevere in rescuing the
bodies pf two of the sufferers, it appearing in evidence to bare been
probable that one, at least, of them, would have revived, if he had
been sooner released."
A Leet Jury assembled on Saturday afternoon, and condemned
; veal of the houses in the court.