The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-06 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Leeds Mercury.)
LEEDS.--The demand for cloths in our cloth-halls, last
Saturday was satisfactory, and Tuesday fully maiotained
Saturday's quotations. In the warehouses also, much busi-
ness has been transacted during the week. The greatest part
of the usual London buyers having visited Leeds, and having
run their stock of woollens very low, purchased pretty freely.
There is still a heavy gloom hanging over the operations in
trade, caused by the ditll..u!ties in the money-market, but we
trust that this difficulty is passing away, and that there is al-
ready symptoms of the approach of more prosperous times.
The wool market is nearly hi the same state as last week ;
if there is any diffitrence, we should say that it is rather lower,
but of no great conseqnenee in the price of cloth.
BRADFORD.—There has been rather more inquiry for wool
this week, but spinners still buy very sparingly. Prices same
cor last week. Yarns.—There is not so brisk a demand in this
market as there was a few weeks ago. The manufacturers
buy very sparingly, and are endeavouring to purchase at a
shade lower, which on some kinds of yarn they can do.
Finding manufactured goods will not give them a profit, they
aro cautious in purchasing. Pieces.—The appearance of the
market has been rather flat to day, and the amount of basin ess
transacted has not been equal to late weeks.
HUDDERSFIELD.—This market on Tuesday was again wry
flat, and scarcely any business doing.
lIALIFAx.—We have nothing fresh to report of this mariet,
to-day from that of last week ; all descriptions of goods rwe
very dull; it is almost impossible to quote any prices, as wa
very few buyers attended, and scarcely any sales were effect/ ed.
WAICHFIELD.—We do not report any alteration in long g tool
this week; but short wool barely maintains last week's pric es ;
and a great degree of heaviness and want of confidence. still
pervades the market for all wools.
ROCIIDALE.—Very little business was done in this market
on Monday ; the demand was almost confined to low qualities
of flannels ; fine goods were scarcely asked after. Prices: are
low in comparison to the price of wool. The wool-mp Asa
continues miserable, nothing was doing, prices same as ; last
week. The woollen trade is in a bad state at present ; :veral
small manufacturers have failed during the week.

LIVE.I?POOL COTTON-MARKET, Milßem 4,
On Saturday the Cotton-market had a more firm. appearancis,.
ehich, however, disappeared in the early part of o.le week, whiet ,
closed with a decline of izid. per lb. in most deseri ptions of Ameni. -
can cotton. The prices of Sea Island are fully mr.intained. Egyp
tiara has been rather more in demand, but is freely offered, Med a
decline of I;.d. per lb. has been in many instances submitted ti .).
Brazil is heavy of sale at a decline of Ad. per lb. Surat is neglec to d,
and the middle qualities are 1,4 d. per lb. lower. The sales of the
week amount to 17,250 bales, including 420 Egyptians on spec ela—
tion, and 420 American and 60 Bengal for export ; 8,000 t ales
American, 200 Egyptian, 400 Pernam, and 200 Bahia were for—
warded into the country unsold during last month, namely—
d. d. d. d.
90 Sea Islands 26 to 32 50 Demerara:..., 12 to 14k
Stained ditto 0— 0 Peruvians ..... 0 0
4,260 Uplands 7i —94 50 Laguayras 9 0
1,310 :Mobile, &c.... 6 9 430 Surat: .... 41% -- Gi
6,870 New Orleans... 6; —1 1 i GO Bengals ....:.,, , q ........ 0
880 Egyptians lOl —l7 50 Carthager,as ... 6 Os
1,970 Pernams, &c 9.; —11;: 20 Manilla
760 Bahia
450
.
Maranhams 10 -- 12, I BarfAdoes 0 eit
Boweds $ 9il BP:hamas
We have had a genPjeal inquiry for Cotton to-day to the eaten t 0 f
3,500 bales. Bralds, Virtl. lower; other kinds no alteration, SCA
Bahias, 714 d, to 9d. ; 500 Pernams, 10d. to 10M. ; 400 Sw sit:
4!4d. to (41,12 d. ; 2,000 American, from 7d. to 94d. ,

Taken on speculation this year .., Bales.
......... 10,960
Same in 1636 .. ................................... . ,(•)°°
Forwarded to the country unsold this year ~.... 16,360
Same in 1836
Increase of impurt this year compared -,pith the
same date last year
Increase of stock ....... .
.......
119,'300
Decrease of quantity takes For con%umption 35, _POO
Decrease of quantity take: for e7Tort

Comparativelmport.; and Exports of Cott into slid
irom
,gdom, from the ht of Januar:, to the 25tb
the whole View
ult., and of the imports and Exports for the a.:.me period ILI t
• year :

Into the Kingdom this year.

0431
South. 180,431
South, Allleriean
We',t, -Indies, Dernerara,•&c. .
Fast Indies
Egypt, &c.

.
Total of all descriptions •• - 238,090
Sams period last year.
Bag,.
American
South American
West Indies, Demerara, &c. ... B4O
East Indies
Egypt, &c. - 3,579 146,53

---
Increase of Imports aA compared with same
period Lit year
Exports in 1537.
American, 1,636 ; Brazil, 295 ; East India, 6,355 ;
West India, —; Other kinds,
Total in 1837
,_,•.,•-
Same period last year
Stock.

8,266.
March 3, 1837 . 258,790
Same time, 1336

DESTRUCTIVE TEMPEST.

VALPARAISO, OCT. 23.—A succession of fine serene
days had given promise of the arrival of that season
wherein nothing but the usual settled dry weather and
customary southerly wind is anticipated ; in full confidence
of which vigilance had, perhaps, become relaxed, the baro-
metrical and other indications overlooked or disregarded.
" On Friday evening, October 21, the lightning about the
mountainous regions eastward of Valparaiso was most re-
markably vivid and continuous, and accompanied with some
thunder. The welkin in general remained free from cloud,
but immense masses appeared stagnant upon the moun-
tains, and a dense fog-bank settled along the sea horizon.
On Saturday the same weather continued ; the wind
light or moderate from the northward. At three P.M. a
smart shock of an earthquake took place, and in three
minutes after a more severe one followed, which was general
on the heights about the town as well as on the low
ground of the Almandral, which is not usual, for slight
shocks are frequent on the plain, which are not felt on the
elevated positions. The night set in cloudy, turbid, and
obscure, with a moderate northerly breeze, and falling
barometer.
Before midnight the wind increased, the sea became
much agitated, the surf on the beach unusually so ; its hol-
low noise was deafening to a considerable distance, and so
totally disproportioned to the wind, that it was considered
more the effect of the afternoon shock than the precursor
of a visitation unknown for a number of years. His Ma-
iestv's sloop Sparrowhawk, then at anchor in the port, and
some few of the =reliant vessels, made proper preparations
for bad weather ; but far the greater part of the shipping
were seen, when daylight set in on the 23d, to have taken
no precaution whatever.
At daybreak, on the 23d, it blew moderately at N. by
W., or right into the port ; a very heavy swell rolling in,
and two or three boats were swamped at the jetty in at-
tempting to land. Towards eight some smart rain fell, and
thick hazy weather set in. The wind also had rapidly in-
creased to a strong gale. At this time the Chileno brig
Cinco de Abril, at anchor off the Almandral, in about six
fathoms, was surrounded with broken water, which in bad
weather occurs some distance off shore, and her case was
already hopeless ; she commenced driving before 8. 30.,
and by 10. A.M. was thrown upon the beach, amid a most
furious Surf, which in 84 minutes washed her to atoms.
Her crew, except one drowned, escaped by means of a
line secured on shore, which had been got there with great
difficulty, although this vessel was thrown well up on the
beach.
At 8. 40. the American ship William Byrne, on the
point of sailing for Guayaquil, and lying in seven fathoms,
a short distance from that point denominated Cape Horn,
began to drive. She then sent down her top-Tenant yards,
and let go a second anchor, when she appeared at the end
of her resources. At 10. 30. her starboard chain parted,
and the other anchor refusing to hold her, she passed within
a few fathoms of the dangerous rocks of Cape Horn, and
came on shore on the western part of the Almandral beach,
with her larboard broadside to the shore, where she conti-
nued beating and rolling about until her masts were cut
away, when she took a more fixed position in the sand. At
this time it blew bard in squalls, and the rain was inces-
sant. But though the surf beat most impetuously upon
this ship, as well as upon the beach, yet no difficulty was
apprehended in getting the passengers and crew on shore
until it was put to the test.
And now had arrived a moment of peculiar excitement
—disaster and distress were prevailing in every direction ;
11 ( beach was crowded with spectators, among whom the
foreign residents were most conspicuously assiduous, ren-
dering; at all points the most effective advice and assist-
ance, particularly the British Vice-Consul, J. A. Miller,
Esq., J. Waddington, Esq., F. Burdon, Esq., Messrs.
M‘Ferlane, Green, King, E. White, and Mr. It. Beccroft,
late of his Majesty's ship Blonde.
The evening preceding this eventful day Mrs. Cope, the
lady of Walter Cope, Esq., his Majesty's Consul at G uaya-
(Fit, had embarked for a passage to that river, and had
heen induced to go on board thus early in the persuasion
that the ship was to sail forthwith. Having but latel%
arrived from England she had embarked a variety of valu-
able property, calculated f,r a residence in South America.
Nearly the first intimation this interesting lady received of
tlie %cry perilous situation in which she was so sill:len',
placed was the ship striking the ground with fearful vio-
lence ; the fury of the sea that beat across her decks, the
crashing of her masts and yards as they fell over the
side, and other distracting sounds, followed in rapid suc-
cession. At this particular point of the bay it became
matter of infinite concern to relieve this lady without delay.
IVitli the intent of getting a line on shore from the ship,
a small boat, the only one within a mile of the spot, was
hastily launched by Mr. Beecroft and five English and Aim-
ri,•an seamen, who offered their services ; but the boat was
utterly incompetent for the occasion, and had hardly pro-
gressed ten fathoms when an enormous roll overwhelmed
her, turned her over and over, and whirled her like a cork
upon the beach, the people in her escaping with difficulty,
chiefly by the assistance of the lassos thrown them by the
numerous Chileno horsemen assembled. All attempts at
filming a rope from the ship were found fruitless by reason
of a strong off set.
In the next place, an excellent and powerful swimmer
was procured, and -by the assurance of a large reward
was induced to attempt this hazardous enterprise ; with
much difficulty he reached the ship by catching a line
thrown to him from the bowsprit ; the off-set had well nigh
set him out, he was given up as inevitably lost by the spec-
tators. His exertions led to no result.
Meantime Messrs. Macfarlane and Green, the Navy con-
tractors at Valparaiso, with a promptness and zeal that eli-
ci`ed the warmest encomiums, appeared suddenly upon the
spot with a powerful whale boat, conveyed from the port by
a gang of their own people. She was immediately launched,
manned, despatched, and succeeded in bringing a hawser
from the vessel, and thus establishing a communication. This
done, she brought the lady and her attendants on shore, for
whose safety the most intense interest had been felt for the
last two hours. She was landed, half-dressed, wet, terrified,
and exhausted, but amid the heartfelt congratulations of the
assembled multitude, and was immediately conveyed to the
'residence of the Vice-Consul.
While on this particular spot the foregoing events were
transpiring, other parts of the bay witnessed similar dis-
asters ; vessel after Vessel continued to break adrift, and gun
after gun, fired as signals of distress, implored assistance
vrLich it was impossible to afford. Numbers of the large
launches used in the discharging and loading of merchant
ships were driven on shore in groups, where they beat each
other to pieces ; while others, more securely anchored, sunk
on the spot. A great many ships' boats also drove on shore,
but as no attemot was made to receive and haul them up,
they also went to pieces.
About 1.50. P.M., the Chileno barque Serena, deeply
laden with timber, parted her cables, and came on shore
stern foremost on the beach, near the Cape Horn Rocks.
She broke up instantly from abaft the chestree, but the
tows, with the bowsprit and foremast, resisted the elements
for several hours before they also disappeared. About the
same time the English brig Sir John Kean, and Chileno
brig Independence, the Irish schooner John Echlin, and
Chileno schooner Rosa, drove on shore in a group on the
east side of the Jetty, where they lay beating with great
violence, the sea making a clear passage over them. The
Chileno vessel of war Arequipeno drove, and was in danger
of foundering ; she fired repeated guns of distress, but to
no purpose. In short, destruction and distress presented
themselves in every direction.
Between four and five P.M., the weather partially cleared
up, and gave some hopes of a favourable night ; but this
delusive idea bad well nigh been fatal to many, as it led
them to lose the remnant of daylight, and the most favour-
able time of tide to land. Soon after sunset the storm re-
commenced with excessive violence, an impenetrable haze
spread over the bay, the rain was impetuous and incessant,
And before 8 o'clock night spread her very deepest shade
over the scene of devastation.
Messrs. Beecroft, Macfarlane, Green, and E. White were
an the beach till a late hour—indeed, nearly the night
through ; but the above circumstance had now paralysed
all further exertions, and the persons remaining on the
wrecks had only their own resources to look to. It was
under these circumstances that the crew of the William
Byrne, worn out with the labour of the day, were thinking
of repose, when their ship, no longer able to endure the
accumulated force of the rising tide, commenced breaking
sap with fearful rapidity ; leaving them no alternative but
io attempt reaching the shore at the most difficult period
sim'ce the forenoon. Their only reliance was on the hawser
still fast on shore, but the difficulty of dragging themselves
through the tangled kelp, and the tremendous surf, was
most laborious and hazardous, and required that sort of
courage and exertion which we have no idea we possess
until extraokelinary circumstances call it forth. Though
more than half ;lead, yet they all landed, and it was here
that the persons above named had the only opportunity of
rendering any help sfece nightfal. Before midnight the
William Byrne was beaten to pieces, and her fragments
strewed the beach for many hundred yards. With her
perished a cargo valued at 65,000 dollars.
Major Sutcliffe, ex-Governor of Juan Fernandez, with a
party of dismounted cavalry, took charge of the beach, to
whom were joined a large body of police, which latter is in
Chill,perhaps, the best organized and most effective force
o ithe kind in the world ; yet when daylight appeared they
were found to be totally inadequate to the protection of the
property thrown on shore during the night, and therefore
free perivission was given to the thousands of men, women,
and childeen to carry off small articles, the authorities satis-
fying themselves with stopping such as were laden too
heavily, or attempted to remove bulky packages. Of the
raperty of Mrs. Cope not avestige was recovered. She
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It certainly exceeded all expectation that the ship should
have separated and gone to pieces so speedily ;but though a
showy vessel on the water, yet the examination other wreck-
proved that (like the generality of Americans), she was
nothing but a flimsy piece of workmanship, put together
more with a view to exhibition than for service or durability.
Storms of this destructive kind at Valparaiso are of rare
occurrence at this time of the year, and they are still more
so at the full of the moon, having been constantly observed
to take place at some other part of the lunation ; but this
summary narrative may afford a lesson to strangers visiting
this exposed bay, and warn them at all seasons to be in a
state of preparation for bad weather, by having their spare
anchors ready to let go, by veering cable in time, and by
making their vessels as snug as possible. It is an up-hill
drag, and a vessel in a proper berth, well found and at-
tended, has nothing to fear from the heaviest norther ever
known at Valparaiso.

Names of vessels thrown on shore :-
1. English brig Sir John Keane, much damaged, but
expected to be got off.
2. Chileno brigantine Felix Yntelligente, much damaged,
but expected to be got off.
3. Chileno schooner Rosa, the same.

4. Irish schooner John Echlin, bilged, and sold as a
wreck by public auction, for the benefit of the underwriters.

The Lords of the Treasury have at length consented
to erect a Custom House for the growing trade of the city of
Glasgow. Saturday week the Lord Provost received from the
Treasury the plan of the proposed building, which is to be
erected on the centre portion of the ground lately belonging
to the Dumbarton Bottle Work Company.— Glasgow Chron.
On Saturday a girl of the name of Harvey called at
the police-office and stated that she could get no peace in her
mind on account of the murder of her own child, which she
was concerned in about two years ago. On being examined
by Captain Miller, she stated that, about the time mentioned
above, she had been with child by a soldier, and that at the
period of birth she had gone to the Green, accompanied by
another female, where she was delivered of a child, which im-
mediately after had been thrown into the river by the woman
who assisted her. In a short time after this transaction, Har-
vey says, she went to the Magdalen Asylum, where she has
remained ever since, but could no longer bear up under the
remorse of conscience that haunted her continually, and which
brought her at last to resolve on a full confession of her guilt.
The soldier mentioned has been apprehended, and the whole
affair, with the concomitant circumstances confessed by the girl,
bears so much the appearance of truth, that it will be necessary
to enter into a full explanation of the matter.—Glasgow Paper.
NOBLE-MINDED CONDUCT.—A short time ago
the vicarage of Leeds, which brings in a clear income of about
1,500/. a-year, and has attached to it the gift of twelve livings,
became vacant by the death of the Rev. Christopher Mus-
grove, and since then has remained so. The Rev. H.
Stowell being well known in Leeds, from his occasional cleri-
cal visits to that town, it occurred to the patrons of the
vicarage that no clergyman more able or worthy than himself
could possess it, and an offer of the elevated office and emolu-
ments appertaining thereto was accordingly made to him.
Mr. Stowell, with a spirit deserving of the highest commen-
dation, respectfully declined the proffered honour and riches,
on the Christian ground that he was united to a church to
which he was dearly attached, and by which he believed be
was equally beloved; that he was situated in a field of labour,
where he might render himself useful to the utmost extent of
his power; .that honour and riches would not add to the hap-
piness he had at present enjoyed ; and that with the income
he now possessed he was satisfied.—Manchester Times.
An attempt at suicide was committed by the Rev.
Agilace !iceman, a gentleman residing in the Westminster-
road, who had been for some time past suffering under the de-
pression of spirits incident to pecuniary enibairassments, on
Friday morning. Not answering the usual summons to she
breakfast table, search was made, when the unfortunate gen-
tleman was found in the water closet, with his throat cut, and
the razor with which it had been done lying at his feet. Sur-
gical aid was procured, and the wound sewed up, but its extent
and the cense-latent loss of blood, leave but slight probability
of his recovery.
The inhabitants of a commune in the vicinity of
Aire, in France, are at present in a state of consternation, in
consequence of a superr.atural delivery of certain letters at the
house of a young man whose mistress died about twelve months
ago. IA the space of about a fortnight his deceased bride, it
is alleged, has written no less than nine letters, in each of which
she threatens that she vii come with all the horrors of the
tomb, and drag him out of bed by the heels, if he dares to con-
tract the marriage which it appears he has in contemplation.
The most extraordinary part of ,his strange affair is that the
letters, instead of corning by the terrestrial- mode of transit, arc
dropped down the chimney.
COTTON.—The importance of this article is best
shown by the great national benefit which has resulted to
America from the capital and skill which have beer, em-
ployed in the cultivation of its cotton. The quantity of
American cotton exported annually is 294,3104115 lbs., the
value of which is 29.359,545 Spanish dollars, 6,330,651/. ;
whereas, the total export from all India was only 61,411,015 lbs.,
the value of which, at 255. per maund of 80 lbs., would be
1,668,922/. ; so that the importation of the American cot-
ton in Britain has increased from about 19,000 lbs. to
294,000,000 lbs. ; and the increase of the Indian cotton is
but 68,000,000 lbs.—East L.dia Magazine.
A FREEBOOTER.—Since the opening of the moors
on the 12th of August last season, the farmers in the parishes
of Large, Kilbirnie, Lochwinnoch, Dairy, West Kilbride, &o.
have been exceedingly annoyed by a dog, which has made sad
havoc among their sheep. To such an extent has this ma-
rauder carried his devastations, as to cause certain individuals
to post handbills offering a reward of 101. for his bead, and
latterly a roving commission was granted to a number of per-
sons, at the rate of 6:1. per day, for the purpose of de-
stroying him. He continued for a long time to elude their
search, and sometimes, when they conceived themselves upon
the right scent, he would break off at a point, and taking a
circuitous relate, would fall into their rear, and worry a sheep
in the flock they had most recently passed ; if there happened
to be any unsmeared sheep in the flock, he instinctively seized
these for his prey, and was remarkably partial to white-faced
sheep, commonly called pets, of which he sometimes killed
three in one night. But as his doings were of a kind to pro-
cure him many enemies, it was almost impossible he could any
*longer escape ; and about 14 days ago he was traced and shot
by a person of the name of Anderson, a mason, belonging to
Lochwinnoch, and sent to Mr. Wilson, innkeeper, Beith, for
the purpose of being stuffed. He appears to have been a full-
bred pointer, of beautiful figure, brown and white colour, quite
young, and weighed 661 b. We are informed by those who
had the best opportunity of knowing, that no fewer than 15
score of the woolly tribe have fallen victims to the rapacity of
this notorious freebooter.—Glasgow Courier.
A man, of the name of Richard Swallow, has been
committed to take his trial at the next Liverpool assizes, on
the charge of having caused the death of his wife, at Man-
chester, by brutal violence. From the evidence taken before
W. S. Rutter, Esq., coroner, for the district, it appeared that
the deceased separated, from her husband about four months
ago, in consequence of his ill treatment of her. On Monday
se'nnight she went to see him, and a man, named Richard
Campbell, went to inform him that she was in a lower apart-
ment. He was then in bed. The deceased went up stairs to
him, when he immediately gave vent to the most brutal lan-

guage and struck her. Sbe—observed that he should not strike
her again, when he sprung out of bed, and, after beating her
severely on the head, took her round the waist and threw her
backwards down the stairs. Campbell (who was afraid of
Swallow) then went down, and found the poor woman lying at
the bottom of the steps, bleeding profusely at the right ear,
and her face and bonnet covered with blood. Campbell called
in the assistance of police watchman Hyde, who secured
Swallow, and his wife was conveyed to the infirmary, where
she languished until Sunday week, when she died. On an
examination of the body there was found a fracture of the skull,
completely across, from one side of the base to the other,
with extensive laceration of the substance of the brain, and
other symptoms, the effects of great violence • and there was
no doubt in the mind of the house-surgeon of the infirmary that
these were the causes of death. There was other evidence to

prove the brutality of the prisoner towards his wife; and the
jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against him.—Liver-
pool Mercury.

The housekeepers of Madrid have been kept in a
state of much alarm during the past week by the depreda-
tions of a gang of robbers, who enter houses at all hours
of the day and night, in numbers varying from ten to twenty,
and, securing the inmates, proceed with the most daring deli-
beration in the work of plunder. In Madrid the houses are
all, with the exception only of such as belong to the nobility or
persons of great wealth, in flats or stories, as in the old town
of Edinburgh. A common stone staircase conducts to one or
more separate habitations on each landing-place. In London
it would be hardly possible for a number of persons to enter the
street-door of a house, by surprising the servant, or with vio-
lence, unobserved by passers-by, or by the opposite or adjoin-
ing neighbours. From the different construction prevailing
here, no such security is offered against plans of depredation.
In the instances which have lately occurred the practice has
been for one of the gang to present himself at the wicket, using
some plausible pretext to gain admittance. The door once
opened the servant is secured, and the remainder of the gang
let in. The thieves assume a different disguise for each occa-
sion. To the Queen's milliner the decoy of the gang went in
the evening in the garb of a Cabinet courier, pretending to
have brought letters from her daughter in Paris, the usual mode
by which the correspondence between mother and daughter
was kept up. The door was instantly opened to him. It hap-
pened that a party of friends were assembled at the house. To
these the pretended courier introduced a dozen unexpected
guests, who stripped them of all the valuables and money they
had about them. An individual called during the process. Not
to have answered the door would have caused an alarm, which
might have proved fatal to the freebooters. The visitor, their-
fore, was admitted, and added to the number of the victims.
From this house, the owner of which is exceedingly rich, the
thieves sacked upwards of 6001. In the house of a rich esterero
(maker of coloured matting, which serves universally in Spain
in the place of carpets) they robbed, money and plate, to the
extent of 1,7001. Two of the gang bargained in the morning
for a considerable quantity of matting, taking away a portion,
for which they paid, and promising to call on the following day
for the remainder. In the evening, when all the workmen had
retired, they presented themselves again, and being recognised
as customers were readily admitted. They were followed by
ten of their companions, and easily effected the robbery, there
being none but the master, his wife, and one servant, to resist
them. In this manner they have gone on, every other day, fur-
nishing fresh instances of their dexterity.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the New London Price Current of March 3. )

SUGAR,-In the West India Raw Sugar Market there con-
tinues to be a good business doing, the refiners and grocers
having been again both purchasers, and the importers have
obtained an advance on last week's rates of 6d. to Is. ; there
has been no public sale of Barbadoes, but 130 casks are adver-
tised for Tuesday ; the supply at Market of all descriptions is
now getting rather short. The arrivals this year have been
568 hhds., &c., more than last. The deliveries again show
an increase on those of last year. There have been no arrivals
this week. By the Gazette, the last average price was 335. 21d.,
and at the same period last year it was 38s. 71. The total
deliveries for home consumption this season have been 11,000
hhds. and trs., against 8,000 hhds. and trs. during the same
period in 1836 ; the difference in the stock continues to di-
minish. This afternoon a good business was done in the refin-
ing and grocery descriptions at fully the rates of yesterday ;
the purchases for the week have been 2,600 hhds. and trs.
For Refined goods there has been a good request from the
grocers at Is. to 2s. advance; sales of Lumps rather under the
standard made at 795. to 80s. ; the business done for shipping has
been at an advance of 6d. ; 375. paid for delivery in three weeks
for parcels of double Crushed, and there are now few
or no sellers under 375. 6d. to 38s. ; but few goods are in the
Market ready for immediate delivery. Treacle is rather dearer,
and the demand has been pretty good. Bastards are dull of
sale, but in the prices no change has taken place. Dutch
Crushed remains at 345., but there has been nothing done.
Msuarrius.-There has been a good business done, princi-
pally in: the: good and fine qualities, and an advance of is. a
Is. dd. has been established on the large public sales of
14,022 bags, which have gone off with spirit, nearly all find-
ing buyers; fine yellow at 655. ; good, 611. 6d. a 635. 6d. ;
middling yellow, 60s. ; ord 575. 6d. ; grey 555. a 645., good
and fine brown 535. a 545. very ord. heavy brown was taken
in at 455. The. arrivals this year have been 79,713 bags,
which is 10,295 bags less than was imported last year. The
ensuing crop is likely to be much inferior in quality to that of
the last season. There are at present no public sales an-
nounced, and the supply at Market of the best yellow descrip-
tions is very short.
EAST INDIA.-For Bengal there continues to be a good re-
quest from the grocers, and a further advance of Is. has been
obtained, but for shipping little has been done. 1,000 bags
at auction met with ready buyers, good white at 335. Gd. a
345. Manilla is held for high prices, but there is still no de-
mand, and 1,932 bags at auction wero all taken in, ord. and
good brown at 20s. a 21s. 6d. Of white Siam there being
still no supply at market, business has been again prevented.
The arrivals of all descriptions this year have been 21,150 bags,
against 10,660 bags last year. The stocks now exceed those
of last season by 21,156 bags. This afternoon 890 bags Ben-
gal at public sale went off briskly at ls. to 2s. advance, mid.
white at 325. 6d. to 345., damps and washed 275. 6d. to 315.,
sound grey 235. 6d., low dry brown 218.
FOREIGN.-For the brown and low yellow qualities of Ha-
vannah there has been very little request, and easier prices
have been submitted to, but the best yellow sorts have supported
former rates ; at auction 253 boxes 30 'Ads. have been brought
forward, which went at a decline of Is. for the two former
descriptions, brown and ord. yellow gold at 21s. to 245., mid.
yellow 245. 6d. to 255., good 265. to 265. 6d. ; in white little
has been done, the supply at Market being short ; 1,979 boxes
yellow will be offered at auction on the 7th ; for Brazil little
request has existed for the brown and yellow sorts, and 90
chests Bahia of the former at auction went Is. below the
prices of last week, ord. to fine sold at 15s. Gd. to 20s. 6d.,
whites are held with much firmness, the supply at Market is
short, and which has prevented business of the least moment ;
for yellow little request has existed, but the prices remain
firm ; 370 chests Rio will be brought to public sale on the
10th inst. ; the arrivals of Havannah this season have been
only 2,179 chests, against 8,268 chests last year, but the
stock is now 3,500 chests greater than at this period in 1836
of Brazil 1,899 chests and barrels less have been received this
year than last, but the stock is now 1,270 chests and barrels
g• ea`er than last year.
C FIFE.-Berbice mid. and good mid. at 85s. 6d. to 915.,
low m:1. 80s. ; Demerara fine ord. and mid. 80s. to 87s, 6d. ;
J. mama good ord. 70s. to 81s. ; Brazil offered at auction
was only partly disposed of at Is. decline, good and fine
even coloury sold at 465. to 495. 6d., ord. 38s. 61. t'
41s. ; 718 bags Havannah went Is. cheaper, fine ord. 425. to
435. 61., pale good ord. at 445. Gd. to 455. GI., good and fin,
coloury 475. to 535. This afternoon Mocha and Sumatra we.
brought forward, the former gcod mid. clean garbled at 735.
to 765., one lot 78a. ; the latter tal en in, common at 38s, to
39. z. ; 622 bags went rather cheaper, and sold at 423. to 475.
for good ord. pale. 13erbice mid. sold at 90s. to 953; the un
clean were nearly all taken in.
Alor.assEs.-West India are rati.er dearer this week, and
there has been a steady business done; sales o" good Dome-
rai a made at 275. 6d.
Rust, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-The Rum Market is still
in a dull state ; 'or Jamaica and ord. Leewards there has been

no request, and for a small parcel of Demerara of good qua-
lity 36 per cent. over proof 3s. 6.1. has been accepted, being
rather under last week's prices ; 1,905 puns. and hhds. more
have been received this year than last, but the stock is nov,
1,128 puns. and hhds. under that of last season. In Brandy o:
Genera there has been little stirring.
Cocos.—ln the British Plantation descriptions there has
been nothing done, and 200 bags Trinidad at auction were all
taken in at 51s. for fair quality. In Brazil no transactions
have taken place.
TALLovv.—.ln the prices there has been no change ; the de-
mand on the spot has been steady at 455. a 455. 3d. for PYC.
For futrra delivery there has been nothing done.
COTTON.—There has been nothing done this week, and tin
prices remain the same as previously quoted ; 6,700 bales Surat
and 1,200 bales Madras are advertised for auction on the

PROVISIONS.—In the Irish Butter trade a good business has
been done at fully the prices quoted. The supplies of Dutch
have been short, and for the fine qualities there has been an
active request at 4s. a ss. advance, sales of fine Friezland
made at 1145., and in some cases 1165., but in the value of
the inferior qualities there has been little change.—Bacon has.
fully maintained the prices previously quoted, and there has been
a steady request. Lard has secured a fair sale at 6 3s. a 70s. for
Waterford Bladdered.

SPICES.—In the absence of public sales of Pimento, there
has been little request by private contract, but the holders
still require fully late rates. In Cassia Lignea there has been
scarcely any thing done, and the prices remain the same as
previously quoted. Pepper has sold heavily, but in the prices
no change has taken place-3}d. has been paid for small
parcels of ordinary Sumatra. Nutmegs are still taken very
sparingly, and 19 casks fair consumers at auction were only
partly disposed of at a reduction of 3d., and sold at ss. Cloves
are unaltered in value, and little has been done. Mace and
Cinnamon remain at last week's rates, but the purchases have
been trifling. In either East or West India Ginger there has
been little doing privately, and none has been brought to pub-
lic sale. This afternoon 40 bags white Pepper at auction sold
at qd. to 91d. for low white.
SILTPETRE. --•-• The prices of Rongh have undergone no
change; but little business has been done privately.
At auction this afternoon 2,490 bags Calcutta; refraction,
21- to 11i, all of which was bought in at former rates from
245. 6d. to 265. 6d.
Fautr.—The Market has been dull—the prices are unvaried.
COCHINEAL.—The prices remain firm ; but there is still
little doing privately. 45 bags Honduras at auction went at
6s. 6d. a 6s. 10d. for good and fine silvers, and Bs. to Bs. Id.
for mid. blacks.

TURPENTINE.—There has been a steady business done in
Spirits at rather stiffer prices. In Rough nothing has been
done ; 3,000 brls. have arrived, but they are direct to drawers.
NITRATE OF SODA.—There has been nothing done this
week, and the prices remain at 18s. to 18s. 6d.
Saco.—This afternoon at auction 175 chests Pearl went at
I Is. 6d. to 12s. 6d.

RICE.--In East India a, fair business has been done for
shipping at 6d. advance ; 850 bags Batavia at public sale
went at 10s. 6d. a 14s. 6d. for mid. and good.
WooL.—ln the English Market a steady business has been
done, but for Foreign the request has been moderate.
SAFFLOWER.—At public sale 140 bales Bengal, sold at 4/.
a 6/. for ord. and mid.

frof.s.—The good and fine descriptions have been in re-
quest, but for the ord. qualities there has been very little
demand.

Norm—The holders continue to demand fully late prices
for East India, but there has been very little done; advices
have been received from Calcutta to the 19th, estimating the
crop at 110,000 to 115,000 maunds ; the quarterly sales arc
fixed here for the 11th April, 750 chests arc advertised. At
auction 168 serons Caracca, sold at 3s. 4d. a 6s. 6d.
On.s.—The business done in the common descriptions of
Fish Oils have been very moderate, and confined to purchases
made by the home trade, and reduced prices have been sub-
mitted to. At auction 33 tuns Seal went at 47/. for pale,
44/. 10s. for straw, and 38/. a 391. for brown. For Cod
44/. has been accepted privately, but 40 tuns at auction was
withdrawn.—Of 220 casks Palm offered at public sale only a
small portion found buyers at 31s. Sd. a 32s.—Cocoa Nut at
auction went at 325. a 35s.—Linseed Oil has sold slowly at
33s.—Rape has sold heavily at 465. 6d. for pale, and 465. for
brown.

LOGWOOD.—To-day at public sale 130 tons fine fresh Cam-
peachy, part sold 91. 7s. a 91. 10s.

A ladies' boarding-school appears for sale in the
Paris papers. The property is described to consist of house-
hold furniture valued at 5,000 francs, and fourteen young ladies.
On Friday afternoon, about five o'clock, the sloop
Six Brothers, Benjamin Russell, master and owner, left the
old harbour with a cargo of bones. There were four persons
on board, the master, his son, and their wives. She had only
reached about half-way between the west pier and the Corpo-
ration new jetty, when she was upset by a sudden gust of wind.
Both the men were saved by clinging to the bottom of the
vessel, but we are exceedingly sorry to say that the women,
who at the time were in the cabin, were unfortunately drowned.
The men were taken off the bottom of the vessel by two men,
who perceiving her go over, immediately procured a boat and
repaired to the place where she was, for the purpose of affording
assistance. —Hull Rockingham.
Within thecae few days vast numbers of spurious
fourpenny pieces have been put into circulation in this city, ai
well as in several towns and villages in our neighbourhood.
Most people are off their guard with respect to this coin, and
are, of course, more easily imposed on than with shillings and
sixpences. A gang of notorious characters were apprehended
on Friday, attempting to pass the imitation fourponnies, with
all the implements for manufacturing them in their possession.
—Glasgow Chronicle.

The weather in all parts of Scotland, during the
pa3t week, has been unusually severe. There have been vio-
lent.galcs, accompanied by excessive cold, the thermometer
varying below 40, and occasional showers of sleet and rain,

PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS,

ASURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c.

LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 3.
Number Dividend Price
of per CANALS. per
Shares. Annum. • - • - Paid. Share.
1,760 7 per cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 97/. 19s. sh. 135
1,482 4/. Ashby-de-le-Zouch Average 113/. sh. 65
1,260 Basingstoke i 1001. sh. 51
1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150. sh. 100
8,000 1-18 sh. 91. 9s. Birmingham, 1-10th share 811. & 711. 217
4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l2s/ J. 100 pd 31
600 ......... Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/. sh. all pd 64
• 400 44 Chelmer and Blackwater 1001. sh. 102
500 481. Coventry 1004 sh. 700
4,515 Croydon Average 311. os. 10d. sh. 3
- 2,0601 41. Os. Dudley lOOl. sh. 78
600 71. Derby 100/. sh. 122
20.000
3,5751 3/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. SO
231 401. Erewash 100/. sh. 610
1,29'7 281. Forth and Clyde Average £4101.165. sh. 600
11,500 12/. Grand Junction 100/. ah. 200
2,8491 11. Grand Union 100/. sh. 241
1,500 Grand Surrey
120,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan WO/. 70
3,096 Grand Western lOO/. sh. all pd
1 600 131. 12s. Sd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 41. 230
' 749 10. Grantham 150/. sh. 200
6,238 11. 15s. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 35
100 Kensingtin 100 sh. all pd. 10
23,323 11. 2s. Kennet asd Avon, Average 39/. 19s. 10d. sh. .21
2,14971 20/. Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 535
5452 .12/. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 195
1,997 4/. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver V/. lOs. 77
2,400 101. Monmouthshire 100/ .sh. 200
50 16/. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 200
500 25/. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 560
3,000 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 54
247 171. Neath - 100/. sh. 825
1,796 301. Oxford 100/. sh. 311
2,400 31. Peak Forest Average about 79/. sh. 104
21,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. Bd. sh. 16
5,069 W. per cent. Rochdale Average S 5/. sh. 1i 9.
500 81. Shropshire V 251 sir 138
800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 153
3.600/. 41 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock • 10/ las. sh. 111
700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 730
500 91. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 243
300 5!. Stourbridge 1451. sh. 263
2,647 2/. Cs. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. fed. sh. 50
533 12/. Swansea 1001. sh. 220
8,762 11. 4s. Severn and Wye and Railway... Av. 351. sh. 191
2,5001 sn. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 1001. sh. 355
8,149
1, 3 000 sh.,
I,ooofsh. 151' Warwick :Lid Birmingham 100/. sh- 950
960 191. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 140
6,000 41.05. Worcest n- and Birmingham... Av. 79/. Ss. sh. 82
5,000 225. Wilts an.. Berke .. Average 67!. 10s. 8,1. oh. 21
800 81. Wyrley and Essington lO5/. sh 75
126 Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 45
905 1/. Wey and Arun 110!. eh. 101.
DOCKS.
2.60" in c. Commercial 1001. sh. 56
1,06.5f5h. - •
403,06711. 6 per et. East India • Stock 114
8,233,31011. Wis. p.ct. London Stock 561
Ditto Bonds
1,390,000/. 5/. per ct. West India Stock 105
2,20,.) 2/. 19s. Bristol
e 5,324/. 6/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lls
1,332,751 4 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 91
500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds lOll
200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds fir 10 years lOO
Shoreham [Labour
2.500 ........ Deptford Pier
BRIDGES.
1,600 ICe. Hammersimti, .
50!. sh. 221
7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 03/. Os. Bd. sh. 2
1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5O/. sh. 14
5,000
5,000 18s. id. Ditto, Old Annuities of V/. 6O/. pd 14
5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 151
80,0004 W. per cent. Ditto Bonds llB
6,000 17s Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. lid. sh. 101
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
2,000 2110 s Albion 5001. sh. 501 pd 79
50,000 filneA tat'l Alliance, British & Foreign 180/. sh. loc. pd 13
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd 51
24,000 f 1 per sh. Atlas
1,200 fsh. Si. Birmingham I ire
20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250/.6h. 50/. pd 40
12,000 W. per cent. British Commercial 501. oh. 5/. pd 61
5,000 81. per cent. Clerical, Medi al,&c. Life, IGO/. sh. 12/10s pd 31
4,000 2/ Ills County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 40
20,000 is. Eagle
200 [11,11.3,-fieZst.l Economic Lite lOOO/. sh. '250/. pd 875
2,271 228. per cent. European Li., 2O/. ch. all pd 22
30,000 2s. Ditto, New ... ",01. oh. 0/. pd 2
1,000,000/. 71. per et. Globe Stock 151
20,000 51. Guardian lOO/. sh. 271/ pd 3:1
449,0030 6s. 6d. Hope 50/. sh. 51. pd 51
2,400 il. 7s. 601. Imperial Fire 500/ eh. 50/. pd 121
7,500 Os. Imperial Li le 100/. sh. 10/. pd sn
13,451 IN. per eh. Indemnity Marine 140!. sh. 64 pd 16
2,0211 31 10s Kent Fire SU/. sh. all pd 92
31. Ditto Life. 7O
10,000 16s. Law Life
5,000 10s. London, Fir, 251. sh. 12/. 100. pd 151
3,900 10s. London, Ship 25/. sh. Iv/. 105. pd 15:
30,000 6/. per cast. Palladium Lit, 50/. sh. 21. pd 11l So 04
50,000 Protector Fire s
.41/. oh. 21. pd IS, td
2,500 1/. Provident Die INV. sh. 10/. pd 2 ,
100,000 5/. percent. Rock Life .0/. sh. 0/. pd 61
1399,9.2.0/ 51. per cast. Royal Excii-iiee Stork... 220
9,000 8 per cent. University Lite lOOl. sh. 5/. li 51
50,000 4 per cent. United King lona Life 2l. pd
JOINT SIOCK BANKS
25,000 Agric and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. lad 14
5,000 Australa,i3 4Ol. oh. 401. pd 581
10,000 10 percent. Bank of Brimingliam 54!. sh. 1441. pd 1:i
10,600 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank SOL sh. 5/. 14,1 14
30,000 4 percent. London and Westminster-100/ oh. 20/. pd 211
3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100!. sh. Di/. pd 344
23,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 21
60,000 8 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool] im. sh. ird pd 21f
Discount
20,000 7i percent. Manchester 100/. *h. 25/, pd 9.8 f
20,000 Provincial Bank of Ireland 1001. sh. 25/. pd 341
40; 00 National Bank of Ireland 5Ol. ah 171/. pd 14
10,000 8 per seat. National Provincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 05/. pd 231
19,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. Bb. 10/. pd 20
6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh 5/. pd ii
GAS LIGHT' AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 115 s 6cl Bath 2O/. sh. 10/. pi 24
6,000 British 4O/ eh. 161. pd 21

",`""' /and Bs. is.
rsl.percent.l `,Ol. sh. 19 pd
Ditto Proriocial
9251 5110 s Birmingham 501. sh.
4,250
...2/_llls Bristol `io . sh.

1,500 11/ 106 Brighton "0/. sh.
750 31 106 Ditto, New "ill. sh. IN. pd
2,471 I. per cent. Brighton General °Ol sh. all pd
4,000 41. Continental Cansolidated lOOl. 621/. pd
1,000 10/. City of London lOO/. sh. all p.. 1
1,000 61. Ditto, Nev
4,000 41. 10s. Equitable
10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh.
800 hi. per cent. Isle of Thanet VV. sh 201. pd
2,350 6/. per cent. Independent 3Ol. sh. nil pd
8,001 S/. per cent. Phoenix .... 50/. sh. 39/. pd
1,000 4!. per cent. Ratcliff' 100/. sh. Wl. pd
4,000: South Metropolitan 5.,/. sh. 101. pd
8,200 6/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 46/. pd
240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh.
400 $l. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh.
12,000 Si. Westminster Chartered . Kol. sh.
6,000 12s. Ditto New
KS Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. IN. pd
WATER WORKS.
. .
4,800 Its. Birmingham 2si sh. 25/ pd
4,443 R. East London lOO/. sh.
5,500 2110 s Grand Junction ....Average 411 13s. 40. eh.
2,000 2/. Kent lOOl. sh.
872 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh.
1,500 2/ lOs New River London Bridge Water Annuities
6,436 111 k Manchester and Salford IOO/. sh.
300 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh.
2,504 31. West Middlesex ....Average fi3l. 128. 9d. sh.
1.360 1114 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh.
IRON RAILWAYS.
8,000 Birmingham and Derby lOl. pd
0,500 Birmingham and G10nce5ter.............101 pd
7,500 ...... ... Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction
15,0(10 Bristol and Exeter lOOl. sh. 5 pd
660 Calcutta and Saugur 5O/. sh. 2/. pd
7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...lool. sh. 711.
3,000 Clarence lOOl. sh. 100/. pa
12,000
8,001 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 21 pd
00,000 Eastern Counties '2sl. 611. 2/. pd
Grand Junction 1001. Eh. 501. p.l
Great North of England 7l. pd
25,080 Great Western lOOl. eh. 40/. pd
2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/ pi
6,000 ...... ... Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. Si. pd
10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. Si. pd
7,100 Leeds and Selby 100 sh.
1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd
6,101 I 0 per cent. Liverpool and 111anchester...101/. sh. 100/. pet
Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd
10,000 London and Brighton lOO/. sh. 5/ pd
45,000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...201 sh. 11. pd
16,000 Ditto ditto (Itennie)...so/. 111. 31. pi
8,001 Ditto ditto (Cundy)...loo/. O. 31. pd
12,000
20,000 8 per cent. London and Greenwich 2Ol. sic 204 pd
25,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 751. pd
20,h00 London and Southampton SOL sh. 35/. pd
7,000 ...... ... London and Croydon 20/. sh. 13!. pd
12,000 London Grand Junction 5 1. sh. Si. pd
111,000 Manchester South Union 100/. sh. 51. pd
North Midland 1001. sh. 111. pd
Northern and Eastern lOOl. 60. 31. pd
2,606 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 81. pd
211,000 south Eastern and Dover 71. !xi
1,000 (11. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOOl. sh.
9,000 ....... Thames Haven 501. eh. 2/. 10s. pd
1,400
0,000
MINES.

. ...____
1,001 ...... ... Albion Copper 51. sh. 3/. pd 0;
4,001 ..... .... Alten 151. sh. 121. 10s pd 13
10,001 .... Anglo Mexican, iss. Si. pm.... 100/. sh. all pd 31
Ditto Subscription .25/. pd 31
2,001 Boldnos r 1501. sh all pd 115
10,000 IL 10s Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm 115!. sh. 20/. pd 20
6,0v0 ... ...... Macatibas & Cocaes United.. 25/.Bh. 2311. pd 7
11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. ah. AIL psi 21
10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 21)1. pd 88.
10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip WI. sh. Si. pd 9
20,000 British Iron 501. sli. 50/ pd 40:
6,000 „.. ...... British Copper
Cata Branca 61/. pd 7
Candonga 7ll. psl 71
10,000 1/. Copiapo 2Ol. fib 121/ pd 15
8,500
2,850 Si. English
20,010 General Mining Association-2U sh. 151. pd 10
6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh 54i/. pd li
3,000 Polberoit Consols 101. sh. Si. pd 7
11,500
Real del Monte Unregistered lO
Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 150
30
000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. ...AU sh. all pd 21 ,
Ditti. Scrip 2;
Ditto New Scrip Si pd 3
West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 31
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
1000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 201
1,,500 Russe ll London Univeisity ............... 100/. sh. all pd 231
ll
700 05gs. i . 8
King' College ..............US 100/. pd 32
MISCELLANEO
10,001 15g. Australian Agricultural....lool, ah. 2rll. IA 35
6,000 8/.'per cent. British American Land Company 23/. pd 17
10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company 1004 sh.. .24/. pd 28
900,000 i, per cent. Upper Canada Loan 5
City Bonds, 4 per cent lot 15*0 ii. ed. General Steam Navigation -151. sh. 13/. psi 24
101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock
2,000 IL London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. If
8,006 Caoutchouc Company 251. sh. 21/. pd 1;
New Brunswick Land Company 28/ pd 25i
2,754 5/, per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 1001. pd 130
!,03.h 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 451. pd 110;
4,0(8) Thames Tunnel 50/. sh. all pd 7;
10,000

LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES,
FEB. 22, 11:07.
BANKS.
1,500,30 it. 61. p. ct. hank of Scotland M. 6s. Pd. sh, all pd 201f1.
2,000,0X4 5f p. et. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 164/.
50)11,01@1. iii p. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sli. i.llpd 236/.
3,000,000/. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 174/.
5,000,0001. sp. et. National lOOl. sh. 101. pd 15f /.
g,00n,0001. 51 p.ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 501. pd 68/.
4,000,0001. 4 p. et. Western of Scotland .... -2001. sh 30/. p 13611.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
251,0005 h. 61 p. et. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 1/. pd 25s
-,500 sp. ct. Hercules lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 13155.
inc 000 sp. et. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pd 64
50,000 6p. ct. North British 200/. sh. 10/. pd 151.
1,000 sp. et. Caledonian Fire 1004 sh. 10/. pd 1610 a
5,000 6p. el. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 1415 s
100,000 .
MISCELLANEOUS
4,810 Edin. and Was. Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 2-21.
Ditto Allocated WI. sh. all pd 651.
5,400 5 per cent. Edinb.:Joint Stock Water 251. sh. all pd 391.
Carron Iron Company .2501. sh. all pd 411.
2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery .50/. sh 381. pd 46/'
10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass -.204 sh. 161. pd lil.
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 60/.
4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 611.
750 71 per coot. Leith Coal Gas 201. :h. all pj 451.
1,201 Edinburgh and Dalketth Ratta:A..sol. 551.
101.
3,00 U 5 per cent. Equltable Loan Company 254 eh. W. Nei

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, MARCH 4.
ELLICE V. GOODSON.

The LORD-CHANCELLOR gave judgment on this motion,
which was argued during the week. It was a motion for the
appointment of a receiver of an estate in Grenada, on the
ground that the defendant, who is in possession as mortgagee,
had refused to render any account to the specialty creditors of
the produce of the property, and was about to appropriate to
himself a large sum awarded as compensation, money by the
commission under the Slave Emancipation Act. His Lord-
ship had not been able to look over the voluminous papers
used in the motion, but lie had no doubt as to the course he
ought to pursue. The Court was not at all disposed to en-
courage applications for the appointment of receivers on mere
motions in the very eommencement of a cause. In the case of
the Irish Society, argued before his Lordship, when Lord
Commissioner, he had refused a motion of the same descrip-
tion, and as he did not see any material difference in the pre-
sent case he must refuse the motion with costs.

Sir W. HORNE then applied to have the compensation
money paid into the credit of this cause, as well as that of
Young v. Goodson, another cause on the same issue.
After some discussion between Counsel, the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR would consider that point, and give judgment at the
next sitting.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, MAncu 4.
SHEWRINH V. HULBERT.
The testator, the late Mr. Shewring, by his will, made in
1814, gave a legacy of 2001. to the defendant, Hulbert, in
trust for the purpose cf being invested in the public funds, the
interest to be paid his widow towards maintaining his children.
The defendant placed the trust-money in the hands of Mr.
Guy, a solicitor, in Wiltshire, supposed to possess consider-
able wealth, for the purpose of being invested, and who under-
took, until he could invest it, to pay five per cent. on the
amount. Mr. Guy having become a bankrupt, the defendant
was obliged to refund the amount of the legacy lost by his
breach of trust, but resisted payment of interest from the date
of the bankruptcy, and also the interest since the time of a
tender made in I 829.
Mr. JACOB, for the plaintiff; contended that the loss of the
money being occasioned through the defendant's neglect, he
was bound to pay interest and costs up to the termination of
the suit.

Mr. KNIGHT, for the defendant, argued against the Court
fixing his client with the costs and interest, the widow hav-
ing acquiesced in the sum ill dispute being placed in Mr. Guy's
hands instead of being instantly invested.
His HONOUR directed an inquiry before the Master as to
whether the widow did actually consent to the money remain-
ing in the hands of Mr. Guy; but at the same time advised the
parties to come to an amicable agreement.
A further application was made for the appointment of a
new trustee of Mr. Hulbert, which his Honour refused.

ROLLS' COURT, MARCH 4.
SIMPSON V. LORD HOWDEN.
His Lordship the MASTER of the ROLLS to-day gave judg-
ment in this case. The bill was filed by Sir J. Simpson and
other persons, who had entered into an agreement with Lord
Howden, praying that the agreement might either be delivered
up to be cancelled on the ground of its being illegal and
against public policy, or that the defendant might be restrained
from proceeding at law to recover the money agreed to be
given to him until some part of his land should be taken pos-
session of by the York and North Midland R:►ilway Company.
The case came on for argument upon a general demurrer to
the bill. After entering at length into the facts of the case,
his Lordship said he could not decide in favour of the demurrer
without entertaining a clear opinion the contract was valid ;
and thinking it, on the contrary, very probable the contract
would prove to be invalid, his Lordship was of opinion on that
ground the demurrer must be overruled.
Mr. WILBRAHAM then moved on the part of the plaintifri
for the common injunction to restrain the proceedings at law
on the overruling of the demurrer.—Ordered.