The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-18 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Alba of Florence states that the POPE has
excommunicated all the persons who had taken part
in the administration of the affairs of Rome since his
flight for Gaeta. The Roman people became highly
exasperated when this first became known, and seized
all the cardinals' hats exposed for sale in the shops,
and threw them into the Tiber.

On the 10th the Grand Duke of TUSCANY opened
the session of the Legislative Chambers at Florence.
He delivered a speech on the occasion, in which he
repeatedly announced that his policy entirely coincided
with that of the other Italian States.

LATEST FROM IRELAND.

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY EvENING.--- The accounts
to-day from the western counties are alarming as
respects the rapid progress of destitution and the con-
sequent mortality among the poor. In the Roscom-
mon workhouse fever is raging, and in one district
the deaths are said to average twenty a-day.
According to the Mail, notice has been given to all
the establishments of this city receiving public grants,
that they are to be discontinued or reduced.

The Earl and Countess of Clarendon arrived this
evening at the Castle, where they will reside for the
rest of the season. The first levee is fixed for the
24th instant. _ _

The weather has become suddenly fine, the rain
and storms having been succeeded by a bright sun
and clear atmosphere.
The Lord-Lieutenant has appointed Mr. Pierce
Mahony to be Clerk of the Crown of the Queen's
Bench, in the room of Mr. Bourne, deceased.

We observe with profound regret that the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor has suffered the severe affliction
of losing, in the year of his mayoralty, his venerable
and esteemed mother. Sir James Duke, is in conse-
quence, compelled to leave town for a few days, for the
purpose of paying the last melancholy trib ite of affec-
tion by his personal attendance upon the funeral
obsequies.
OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.--The address in the
House of Commons will be moved by Lord Harry
Vane, and seconded by Mr. Bunbury. Her Majesty
will open Parliament in person.
Miss Cushman appeared at the Theatre Royal,
Dublin, on Monday, in the part of Bianca, in Mr. Mil-
man's drama of Fazio. At the conclusion of the per-
formance Miss Cushman was called for, and greeted with
a storm of applause. The pantomime succeeded, and it
appears to have lost none of its former attractions..

HONEY and COMMERCIAL. NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was a good demand for Cotton a; Liverpof,l
yesterday, and prices of all kinds were well supported.
Low kinds of American and Surat were a shade higher.
Good Orleans at 4ad. to sd. was in good demand. The
sales were 5,000 bales, including 3,500 American, at
31d. to 5d.; 200 Bahia, at sd. to 6d.; 150 Egyptian, at
54d. to 6d.; 300 Surat, at 2id. to 3ad.; anJ 60 Sea
Island, at 3(1. to ls. 21d. 1,000 were taken by specu-
lators.—The market for Railway Shares was not quite
so good.
At a meeting of London Joint-Stock Bank proprie-
tors, held to-day, a dividend at the rate of six per cent.
per annum was declared, with a bonus of 7s. per share.
The bills discounted, loans and cash, amounted on the
30th ult. to 2,437,2061.

Accounts from Havre, in giving a report of the state
of trade during the past year, show a more favourable
result than might perhaps have been expected. The
receipts of the Customs, which in the year 1847 were
25,000,000 francs, were last year about 20,000,000 francs.
There are other ports of France which do not show so
favourably, but it is really wonderful that the country
has passed through the crisis co well.
_ _ _

:Cis stated that the advanced rates asked at Manches-
ter for yarns and piece goods have checked business, but
probably this is merely a temporary circumstance.
There is usually some timidity at first in acceding to
higher rates, but confidence growing stronger, this will
vanish.

Descriptions of and guides to California may be ex-
pected to abound, and it will be strange if, out of the
mass of information, there be not something useful
gleaned.

The following answers to our impression that the
descendants of the Anglo-Saxons are not the men to be-
come degenerate, as the Spaniards have done, simply
because riches pour in upon them. The extract is from
a brief " Guide to California," published by Effingham
and Wilson:—

"We are confident that the evils which at present
exist in that country are destined to be of short dura-
tion. Slowly but surely the civil power is advancing
from the opposite side of the continent to repress dis-
order and violence, and to introduce a system of police
and administrative government. When that important
object is once accomplished, the various parts of the
society will again unite together, and the magnificent
resources of the country will be rapidly developed by
the energies of the Anglo-Saxon race. Few countries,
indeed, point out such a brilliant prospective as Upper
California. Favoured with a salubrious climate and fertile
soil, besides possessing inexhaustible stores of mineral
wealth, she requires only the application of labour arid
skill to be transformed into the land abounding in all the
productions that can minister to the wants of mankind.
Her position, too, is eminently calculated to secure for
her an extensive commerce. Standing, as it were, on
the highway between the vast and growing countries of
the North American continent and the opulent regions
the East, she is, in all probability, destined, at no remote
epoch, to form the centre of a power which will assume
the uncontrolled sway of the Pacific.
" It has been asserted that, for ages to come, the wealth
realised in California will be almost exclusively derived
from the stores of the precious metals with which the
country abounds. This is an opinion which we conceive
is not warranted by due consideration of the various re-
sources of the country and of the character of the people
in whose hands Providence has been pleased to commit
its destiny. The laws of a well-regulated system of
commerce will, in the course of a short time, determine
in California, as in any other place, a just relation
between gold and all other commodities. When
that result takes place, the plethora of gold will flow
into every channel of industry in the country, and all
pursuits will become equally profitable. The farmer
will always find a ready market for his produce among
the thousands of persons who do not raise a single
bushel of wheat; the merchant, for a similar reason, will
meet with a constant demand for his goods, and the
artisan for his labour and skill. If California was in
possession of a people constitutionally indolent, and un-
acquainted with the true principles of commerce, wo
might then be justified in predicating that all
those of industry, the pursuit of which infuses
life and health into every civilised community,
would be sacrificed to a stupid and avaricious search for
gold. But the melancholy example of Spain does not
apply i❑ this case, any more than indolence and super-
stition can be assimilated to industry and intelligence.
One of the most glorious pictures of modern civilization
is afforded by the progress of the Anglo-Saxon colonist
on the American continent."

The Money Market is extremely good again this
morning, and in the Funds there continues to be a satis-
factory amount of real business doing. The speculators
are very sanguine, unforeseen political difficulties not
occurring, in a further enhancement of values, and our
position is calculated to favour the impression. With
the certainty of wholesome, and the prospect even of
extensive, retrenchment in the national expendi-
ture, concurrently with a decided improvement in
the revenue, there is no drawback at home
to a most cheerful future. The speculators
for a rise look to her Majesty's Speech on
the opening of Parliament as being likely to give prices
a lift. Consols have been 89.1 to 90k for Transfer, and
90 to 9C4 for Account. The New Three-and-a• Quarter
per Cents. have been 90i to 91, and the Three per
Cents. 90 to 4. Bank Stock is 188 k to 190, and India
Stock 238 to 239. Exchequer-bills have been 455. to
465. premium.
The Foreign Investments have been very buoyant.
Mexican, 26f to 27 ; Peruvian, 48f to 50; Equador,
3f -,f ; Buenos Ayres, 26k to 27 ; and Brazilian New
75 Grenada Stock has been at 16. Portuguese
Four per Cents. have realised 27 ; Spanish Three per
Cents. 284; and Dutch Two-and -a-Hult per Cents. 49i.
Railway Shares have been very buoyant. A large
business has been done at higher prices generally.
Aberdeen have been in much favour after having been
long extremely passive, and with scarcely a bargain for
a month at a time. The result of the meeting at Aber-
deen has afforded great satisfaction, the completion of
the line being highly desirable.

ONE CLOSING
}',,1.-hs or 1,R1T1611. I,IINDS O'CLOCK C'RICES.
Bank Stock lB9 190 188% 188%
3 ,er Cent. Reduced A,^ns 9O 90% 89%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9O 90% 89% 90% 89%
New 3% per Cent. Ann 5...... . 9O % % 91 90%
Long Anns. to expire Jan. 1860
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 7-16 8 7-16
India Stock 233 239 239'
ndia Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under I,OOOL .. ......
Consols for Account .. 901%4 90 90%, 90
India Stock for Account 240 210
Exchequer Bills. 2%d. & 2d.
I,OOW. March ......
1,0001. June 46 47 p 47 p
500/. June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. 01/E CLOSIIs
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, Small 7B 78
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 27 26% 26%
Equador Bonds
Grenada Boads, 1 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred 3% 3%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 —
Ditto, Account 26% 27
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 5O 48% 50
Portuguese b per Cents. 7l 71
Ditto, 4 per Cent —
' Ditto Account 27 26%
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 15%5/s 15%
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, 3 per Cent —
Ditto, Account 2:33/4 28%
Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent 19% 20 20
Ditto, Deferred 6% 6%
.. .

Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41/s per Cent
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 49% 49%
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 78 781% 77%
PRICES OF Plan. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. —AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen 5O ...... 17%
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 41/ ...... 14,
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 71A
Belfast & County Down 201,¢ ......
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junct., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20
Do, withoutguarautee 20 . ...
Binning, Wolverh'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 10 .....
Do. without guarantee 10
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 13/. 145... •••
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Juno.... 10
Boston, Stamfd & Birin. 5 ...... 41;3 414
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, Thirds
ri ii ckinglaam x h ir e ... 16/. 4s.
Caledonian . ............. 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares 1114 ...... 5
Do. New 10/. Pref..... 7ih ..„ ,„. 81A A
Ditto,ClYdesdale June 50
Chester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference ls
Clarence _ _ 7814 —
—7i

....
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast June.. 35 -
Dundalk & Enniskillen 22%
East Anglia, 25L, L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... 414 .
Do., 181., E. & H.... 18
Do~ 31.105.
Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 11% XI % ll4
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent. ..... ..... 10 ...... 11% ll%
Ditto, Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. 1 6L 13s. 4d....
Ditto ditto. No. 2...61 13s. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern 50
Do., 5 per cent. -
Do. Quarters ... ...... 12% — ...... ...... . --
Do. New
Eastern Union, ;!ass A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3%
Ditto, Class B (I. &
and 13.)
__
.. 2,1-ii —

Ditto, Cliss C, ditto... '2O . .... 18%
1)o. Scrip (6 percent.) 20 ...... ..,..... .....
Ditto (C. & E.) guar.
5 per cent............ 2%
.„... __
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 611...... .. .............
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters ... 6
2-6yB
..
..
.............
26%
. ...........
N,,ast Lincolnshire ...... 25
v.,dinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. ..
•••
Edinburgh and Northern 25 —
Ditto, Newport lb ._
.. P• 11

Fxet.er,Y e o v i 1 , & Dorch. 25,R MEW
Exeter and Exmouth... 2Is.
:l.gori. Duiniries, and
Clrlisle ....... ... ..Bi. 6s. 8d.... ...
griasgow,Kiltnar.,& Ayr 50
Do. Preference Consol.
Great Northern
Do., .1,, A Deferred ... 121/5. 4; 5 x.i
Do., ii,2 B 6 per Cent.
guaranteed ... ..... 6% 4W4 x.i ,

DC;. Extensicm 2li ...... ,
:neat South. and West
(Ireland)
;;reat North of England 100 „....
Ditto, New, 401 4O
Ditto, ditto 25
••
Ditto, New, 30/ 3O ..... --••
Ditto, New, 151 l4 .. .„
_ ..... ,
Great Western 100 9l 95%. .95 96..,
Ditto, 1./%2 Shares
Ditto, 1/1 Shares
Ditto, Fifths...... ...... .
20
Ditto, New 17/... .. .. 15 ...
Hudderefield and Manch. 30

Ditto, 'llairds
Lull and Selby ...... 50 ......
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25
Ditto, 4 Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ...... 55 y 2

Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, 1/:., Shares
1)o. Quarter Shares l7l/2 1214....
Do. Fifths... ... 10
Do. Sixteenths 614 —
Do. 'Mime (Reg.)..... 13 ..... 5%
Do. New,Grua.6 Dere. -4.4. ......
Do. Live rp. and Bury 43 ......

Ditto % (late Hud-
dersfield and Shelf.) 43

Do.(Waketield,Ponte-
tract, and Goole) ... 50
Do. (W. Riding Union) 7
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. l/2 Shares (A)... 91,4
Leeds and Bradford 5O
Leeds; Dewsbury, &c.... 50
Do., half Shares 25 •••••
Do., (blue) Scrip.--
Leeds and Thirsk ..... . 50
•••
Ditto, New ...... ....... 40
••
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct.
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport 3
I,iverp., Man cl,ster, and
Newcastle Junction.- 21/2 —
London & 81ackwa11...1.31. 68.8 d
Do. Extension
London, Brighton, and
South Coast
Do.Guarant.s per ct.., 9 ...... 914 x.d.
Ito. 111.0. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ..
Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50
Ditto, New Si., guar.
6 per cent.
London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d...
' 'at°, Preference . 20
London and N. Western 100 .130 129 130%,-
i'eo Quarter:, (L. & B.) 22
Ditto, New
ktto, Fifths ..... .. 2 ....
Do. -.oi.shares(L.M.) 25
Do. 101. ( 51. & B.) A. 10
1J o. IW. (51. & B.) B. 10 ......
Do. 101. IM. & B.) C. 1
Lona. & W ••stern
D.,. New 501. ..... 42%..
..
1)o. New 404 34
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50
Ditto ditto ......... 40
Ditto, Thirds...... 15
Do.. New Scrip, 1848,
Pref. 7 per Cent. on
Deposit, and 5 per
Cent. on Calls
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil .....-.
Londonderry &Coleraine- :0
Londonderry and Ennis-
.....
Lowestoft (4 per et.) ... 20
Ditto (6 per ct.)
13
Manche,ter,Buxton,and
tiatlock.... 4%
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire...loo
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 1114 —
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10
Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 40
Ditto ditto . ......... 13 •••••••••
Ditto ditto ••• 8 % — ...... .......

Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire l5 . ...
Do., Grimsby Dock 2O
Do., Manchester and
Lincoln Union..... 41.25. —
Midland lOO .• ... 89 90
Do. Consolidated Fref.loo
Do., do., 50/. Shares... 25
Do..Birm., and Derbyloo
Di,Consol.Bristol and
Birming.,6 per ct.... 100
Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 40 ......
Ditto, ditto ...... 18/. 2s. 6d...
Ditto,Leieest. & Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo
Midland Great Western
Irish
Middlesbro' and Redcar.

_
6 per cent. guar.
Neweastleanetearlisle...loo ~.....
Do. Quarter 5........... 25 ... ••••
Newmarket ........ . .. 20 .....
Do. Extension .........21. 125.... ..........
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford 6 ~.... ......
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpomt,
and lloarevor 2O
Norfolk . . . ...100
Do. New 201. ... l5
Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20
Do. Guaranteed 51,,t pc. 5
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ......
Northern Counties Union 4 ......
North 13riti."11 ........... 25 ...... 164
Ditto, Halves ..
Ditto, Quarters
Ditto, Extension O% .... --
Ditto, Thirds .... ..
North & South-Western 2
North Staffordshire
, orth Wales . 3l/2 —
North-Western .... .... 10
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton ..... 50
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate ..
Royston and Hitchin ... 2 ...... .......
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland... 25 ••• ..........
Ditto, New - .....
Sheffield, Rotherham, &
Goole (Nor. Div.) ... 10
.., _..

8% x.i.
5 x.i.

41,4 x.i.

Do. do (Sou. Div.j 5 ......
Shrewsbury and thrill... 9
Ditto ditto. Class 13. 5
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
Shrewsbury and tiered. 2
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)
Ditto Halves ... ditto 9
Ditto Oswestry .. 181/2 —
Ditto New

71 IA

Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10
Shropshire Union
noutti Devon 5O

Do. Preference
youth Staffordshire 7% —
South Eastern
.No. 1 2B
Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 3 ...... 30 ......
Do., Registered No. 4 10
Do., Scrip No 4
South W ales
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole 6
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal. ... 6 ..• «........4
Taw Vale Extension ... 8
Thames Haven. Dock
and Railway ..... 17% — •
Vale of Neath ...... 6
Waterford and Kilkenny 171%
Waterford and Limenck 47%
Waterfd,Wx.frd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
W ear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ... ...... 50 ......
Do. do. do. ... 25 _—
Do. do. do. ... 10 — .....
W' est Cornwall
West London ..... ... 20
Do. Do. Ist Class ... 20
Do. Do. 2d Class 20
hitehaven & Furness 14
Windsor, Staines, and

211/2
19
13%

South Western........ 12
Wilts, Souterset,& Wey-
mouth
fork, Newcastle, and
Berwick. .... ........ 25
Original New and
Berwick ...... .. 25

Do. sf.xtension No. 1. 20
Do. do. No. 2. ... 20
Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ... .. 8% % .......
York and North Midland 50 ...... 57 , ;..... ...... ..
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
bo.East and W est Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo Italian (late Ita-
lian and Austrian).... 5
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon)... 17
Ceylon
Demerara
Dendre Valley 4
Direct Bombay and
Madras 65. • •••
Dutch Rhenish ......... 74... .. .. ...... ••••
East Indian ......, 3l/
4 --• ......» •• .• •
Great Indian Peninsular 14
Louvain 5. la Sambre ... 7% —
Luxembourg 7 .....
Ditto lO
Madrid and Valentia... 2
Namur and Liege
Northern of France....„ 12
Orleans and Bordeaux... 7
Paris and Lyons ll ..• .., •• ..........•
Do. Do. . lO
Paris and Orleans ...... 20 .....
Paris and Rouen ..
Paris and Strasbourg ... 9
Rouen and Havre

55%

12%
7%

5%

2%

151 A
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1%

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JOINT STOCK BAN KS. ...-
Australasia
Provincial of Ireland ... 25
.••••
British North American 50
......
Colonial 25 . - ... . ••• ••••.. •••••
Commercial of London 20
London Joint Stock

MINES. .--
Anglo-Mexican - ...... ... ,
Asturian Mining Com... 14
Australian...
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YARMOUTH; JAN. 16.—The Bonito, from Shields for
Maldon, sprung a leak when off the Spurn, which in-
creased so much that the crew were compelled to leave
her yesterday evening ; she soon after sank, about two
miles to the north of Hasborough Sand. 17th. The
Clara Maria, from Dantzic, for London, which was as-
sisted into Lowestoffe, after standing on the Cortok Sand
23d ult., has arrived here.
PGLICHAR (SOUTH UIST), JAN. I.—The Francis,
from Liverpool for Ballina, put in here 29th ult. with
loss of sails, bulwarks, stanchions, and part of cargo
thrown overboard, is discharging the remainder in a da-
maged state. Mem.—Reportid, 15th inst , under the
head of Balranald, as a schooner of Hartlepool, taken
into the sound of Garka to discharge.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 16.—The Quicksilver, of and for
Truro and Southampton from Cork, struck on the Mana-
cles Rocks, sth inst., and was run on the beach in Hil-
ford water, full of water. Mem.—This vessel was er-
roneously reported 6th inst. as the Grasshopper, Hankin.
PENZANCE, JAN. 16.—Two small boxes of oranges,
marked F. " Garbone, Cabania, P.," were picked up to-
day, off the Scilly Islands, by the Lioness, Tocgarthen,
arrived here.

MARKET NEWS -( THIS DAY.)
NEWVATE .AND I.EADENHALL.
These markets were tolerably steady at full rates of
currency.—Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 8d
to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s to 4s 6d
per 81bs, by the carcase.
MEAT MARKETS. _

SOUTHALL, JAN. 17.—Prime Beasts and Sheep corn-
banded a steady sale, and the quotations had an upward
tency. In all other kinds of stock comparatively little
business was transacted.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s;
blutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 45 4d; and
Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 2d per 81bs, to sink the offal.
RoWORD, JAN. 17.—We had a steady general de-
mand to-day at full rates of currency.—Beef, from 3s 4d
to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s
4d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 4d per Elbs; Suckling
Calves, 18s to 24e; and quarter old store Pigs, 16s to
21s each.

lie.u.srum, JAN. 17.—Beasts and Sheep were in
good request at full prices, but Calves and Pigs were a
dull inquiry. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 4s
to ss; Veal 4s to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 4d per
albs.

ARUNDEL, JAN. 16.—Generally speaking, the demand
was firm at our quotations. Beet, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d;
Mutton, 3s 10d to ss; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d; and Pork,
3s Sd to 4s 4d per Blbs.
CHICHESTER, JAN. 17.—We had a fair inquiry for
each kind of fat stock at very full prices. Beet, Irom 3s
4d to 4s 2; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; Veal, 3s 10d to
4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 3d to 4s 4d per Blbs. Suckling
Calves, 18s to 245; and quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to
21s each.

HAT MARKETS.
SMITLFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 3/ 15s; Clover
ditto, 3/ 108 to 41 153 ; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 103 per
load. A moderate supply and a steady trade.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to Si 14s ;
Clover ditto, 3/ 8s to 41 103; and Straw, 11 5s to
11 103 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade firm.
WIIITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 14s;
Clover ditto, 31 10s to 41 15s; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 11
per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Tan. 18. 1345, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
I WHEAT. ' BARLEY. 1 OATS. ! RTE. I BEANS. I PEAS.
PRICE .. 45s 4d I 29s lid I 17s 8d I 27s Sd 32s 2d 35s Od
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
WHEAT. BARLEY. 1 OATS. I RTE. I BEANS. I PEAS.
103 Od 2s ed 3s 6d 2s Od 2s Od 2s Od

CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor sat to•day in the Old Hall,
Lincoln's-inn, and heard appeals and appeal motions.
LORD BROOKE v. THE EARL OF WARWICK.—JUDGMENT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in
this case, the arguments in which were concluded yes-
terday. The case came before his Lordship upon appeal
from an order of the Vice Chancellor Knight Bruce,
made on further directions. The suite was instituted
t°l. the administration of the estate of the late
Lord Monson, the son of Lady Warwick. By
his; will, dated in 1841, he devised his estate at Gat-
near Reigate, in Surrey, to trustees, to the use
of his mother the Countess of Warwick, for life, with
remainder to the present Lord Monson and his issue, in
: tnrict settlement, " free, and discharged from all debts;
of e legacies, and bequests." After the devise
b real estates, there followed six consecutive
me specific
equests, of different chattels and ornants, each freed
discharged as aforesaid. The testator then directed
nis debts and funeral expenses to be paid out of a par-
tieer.tllllY fund which he named, and after giving various
an6,BCieS to servants and others, bequeathed all the rest
1;1.'0 riesidue of his personal estate whatsoever unto Lord
°Ke his executors and administrators, for his and
theirfir. Dean
absolute use, and he appointed Lord Brooke and
Dean his executors. The whole of the debts and
charges were provided for out of the personality, ex-
et a charge of 21,5001., by way of mortgage on the
atuaton estate, and the object of the suit, which is an
th 'cable stone, a
to determine the manner in which
that Mortgage is to be paid. The Vice-Chancellor held
vat the residuary fund ought to be applied towards
;41 paas y bent
; and from that decision the present ap-
T:e brought.
into LORD CHANCELLOR, after going at some length
eh the case, stated his opinion to be that the Vice-
sioarieellor Knight Bruce had come to a right conclu-
'4 and affirmed his decision, with costs.
The COURT then proceeded to hear appeals.
clultY Cou9thing of any interest occurred in any of the other
rs,
Qt.

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EN'S BENCH.—( THIS DAY.)
d InTuE PALACE COURT—THE QUEEN V. BREN T.
erenithis case a rule had been obtained . .
0,
ani calling upon the
the t, William Brent Brent, the presiding Judget
should
-- ..ace Court, to show cause why a mandamus
not °s
upon him to place Mr. Jacquet
upon the list of tiatorneys of that court.
• ss",.? Put DERICK. TILE IGER showed cause against the
ith:ng of the mandamus. He contended, on the face of
is-:
ue 410Plicant's affidavit, that the mandamus could not
, Inasmuch as he had applied to Mr. Brent, when
the prescribed
and proper course was by application to
tile
ale 110 had the Lord High Steward and the Knight Marshal, who
power. Again, the proceeding of the ap-
Plicant was informal, since he had set forth in his
affidavit that he that h© had filed anas an attorney duly qualified, and
Majesty's affidavit to that effect in one of her
not name
-'s superior Courts at Westminster; but he did
the
!nent; and court in which he had so filed this docu-
unew to for ought that he (Sir Frederick Thesiger)
this court or in the the contrary, it might have been either filed in
Court of Bankruptcy. Mr. Jacquet
Marshal. applied to the High Steward and the Knight
hasrd DENISIAN—You contend then that Mr. Jacquet
applied to the wrong person?
tted,.r p. THESlClER—Certainly, my Lord, he has ap-
for admission in the wrong quarter. Application
or
111. admission was in the first place to be made to th gh Steward and Knight Marshal ; and if they refused
to admit, or to attend, that might be taken as a refusal,
ar,ild proeeediugs • • ht then be taken. The Hon.
!T"lentleraan cited cases in which a mandamus had been
ented in similar cases. The Learned Counsel con-
utled by submitting that the rule must be discharged.
or tli• BILL followed on the other side in support
petit. that, on
forth ci
Mandamus. The affidavit of Mr. Jacquet set
the 22d of October last, he presented a
that he to the judges of the Palace Court, intimating
w 8 e was an attorney of one of the superior Courts of
Ce tminster, and that he wished to practice in that
ourt' believing he had a perfect right to do so. It was
,e.naaterial where the affidavit of the applicant was
I_4' He contended that the Steward held a ministerial
oath
e, and that he bad full power to administer the usual
oarmhistsaikoenntboy attorneys, and to call upon those seeking
pppiractice in the court to subscribe the roll,
when the a I cant would have been an attorney of that
court.
Mr. Justice PATTESON said it
ter that an attorney must take theappeared hebhe char-
Court before he could be admitted. Oa . Lt\ hi
ra . Jacquetin
might
ga he et
have applied to be allowed to take the
aonatdhs; and it. the
Court refused, he might have had a
to show
the grounds of refusal. It appeared
mfuartheearalia_thilsat neither
the High Steward nor the Knight
r fa 1 could have
admitted the applicant, because there were then six at-
,orne-
y S to the Court, the number specified in the charter.
, Mr. HILL submitted that all a person had to do was
to prove that he was an attorney, and all that the Court
had to do was to ask the applicant to take the oaths and
to subscribe the roll.
„Mr. Justice CoLERIDGE seemed to be of opinion that
the sole Power of admission rested with the High Steward
"d the Knight Marshal.
kr. BILL held that the act of swearing by the Judge
constituted admission. Mr. Brent had refused to admit.
trAlr. Justice COLERIDGE—Is the refusal of the Judge
, the Court to be taken as the refusal of the High
'ewart and Knight Marshal?
11Mr. BILL submitted that it was. In fact, the whole
,ti_e3,.tion involved in this matter was whether the Act of
k tura luiellatent threw open the court to the profession or not;
WWI Rue the Act would not allow any stumbling" •

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JAN. 18.—Wind this day at noon S.S.W.,
light bret-z,, and fire.
STATE OF WIND AND WEATHER AT THE PROVINCIAL
PORTS THIS MORNING, AT 9 ♦.M.
Colchester S. W., cloudy.
Gosport S.W., fine.
Glasgow
Hull
Leith
Lowestoffd W.S. W., cloudy.
Gloucester S.W., very fine.
Newcastle
Portsmouth
Southampton Variable, fine.
Yarmouth S.W., fine.
DEAL, JAN. 17.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Vic-
tory, Potter, Calcutta; Poornise, Hoseason, Buenos
Ayres. Arrd from the river, Josephine, Smith, Sydney,
New South Wales; Mary Sparks, Graham, China;
Rambler, Nichols, Brazils; British Lie, Luckie, Ber-
bice; Lady Hilda, Rounce, Barbadocs; Margaret Evans,
Tinker, New York.
SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 17.—S1d. Great Western,
steamer, West Indies; Iberia, steamer, Gibraltar.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 17.—Wind W.—Arrd. 16, Eother,
Sanderson, Shanghae ; Proteus, Laird, Newfoundland.
17. Standard, Kathie, New Orleans; Cala Brander,
Routter, ditto; Buena Vista, Linnet, Mobile. Off port'
Europe, under jurymasts, in tow of a steam-tug; Zanoni,
St. George, Mary Winch, Lavinia.
WESTPORT, JAN. 16.—A large quantity of lemons
have drifted on shore in this district within the last few
days; and part of a lemon box, marked " T—," has
been picked up.

block to be thrown in the way of the whole of the pro-
fession practisitel in it.
After much discussion,
Thu COURT made the rule absolute, in order that the
matter might be fully argued.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco )
HOARE v. DIXoN.

This action was brought in tortna pauperis by Miss
Hoare, whose name has been repeatedly betore the pub-
lic, against Mr. Dixon, the secretary to the Naval Bene-
volent Society, for the publication of an alleged libel.
Mr. Sergeant SHEE now applied that all future pro-
ceedings in the case might be stayed until the costs in a
former action against the defendant had been paid. It
appeared that the former action came on for trial at the
Croydon Assizes, but went off at the suggestion of her
counsel, after an unanimous expression of feelieg;o❑ the
part of the jury and judge to that effect. The Learned
Sergeant now stated that as the matter to be tried in
this action was precisely the same as that in the former,
the course pursued by the plaintiff was vexatious, and
he trusted the Court would grant a rule to show cause
why future pAietedings should not be stayed.—Rule
granted.

A rule was also granted in the ease of Hoare v. Cap-
tain Dickenson on similar grounds. The record in this
action was withdrawn, and the costs amounted to
2161. 16s.

In the case of Smith v. Anderson, in which Mr. Ser-
geant Shee moved some time since for a new trial, the
Court refused the application.

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY
(Before Mr. Urder-Sheriff BURCHELL.)
HALL V. STINTON.

The plaintiff in this action sued as the executrix of
her husband; the amount sought to be recovered was
5/. is. 11d. for grocery goods supplied to the defendant,
a lady residing at Richmond, at which place the deceased,
Mr. Hall, had carried on business. The defendant
pleaded that she never was indebted.
A shopman was called to prove the delivery of the
goods, which had, however, been ordered by her son-in-
law, Mr. Wilton, the son-in-law of defendant, who is 96
years of age, and incapable of interfering in any affair.
The witness said the business was carried on by Mr. Hall
and his son, under the name of Hall and Son.
For the defendant it was contended that this showed
prima facie that there had been a partnership, and there-
fore that the plaintiff must be nonsuited.
The UNDER-SHERIFF said the case must go to the
j _ _

Mr. Wilton (an attorney) was called, and said that he
gave the order on his own account, and never said that
defendant was to pay, but admitted that when Mrs. Stin•
ton was applied to for the amount he wrote several let-
ters in her name promising to pay, but said be had no
authority to do so. He took the house in her name. and
paid the bills out of her rents, as he had no money of
his own, having been ruined by the failure of Chambers
and Son, bankers.
The Plaintiffs COUNSEL contended that the last witness
had clearly admitted that he had obtained the goods un-
der false pretences.
The UNDER-SHERIFF said there were two questions--
the first, whether there had been a partnership; and
next, whether credit had been given to Wilton.
Verdict for plaintiff.
OTTER V. THE EARL OF ORKNEY.
The plaintiff is a saddler, of Air-street, Piccadilly, and
defendant is the Right Hon. George Hamilton, Earl of
Orkney, and the action was brought to recover the sum
of 1971. 7s. 3d. for goods sold.
The defendant allowed judgment to go by default.
- Jennings, who had formerly been in the defend-
ant's service, proved that the whole of the goods had
been delivered; and
Mr. Gordon' a saddler in Lisle-street, proved that the
prices charged were fair and reasonable.
The jury, therefore, found a.verdict for the full amount

THE UNITED STATES

FOUR DAYS LATER FROM AMERICA

By ' the Devonshire, Captain Hovey, which has
arrived in the river after an extraordinary short pas-
sage, we are in possession of New York papers down
to the 31st ult.

No political event of any importance had occurred
since the sailing of the Niagara steamer on the 26th
of December.

Congress was busied in the transaction of inci-
dental business, and it was expected that no imme-
diate discussion would take place on the slavery
question.

According to accounts received in New York from
New Orleans the cholera was raging in the latter
city, and the crews of some of the western steamers
had suffered so severely from the pestilence that those
vessels were unable to prosecute their passages.

The arrival of the Europa steamer, from Liverpool,
was anxiously expected in New York.
The winter had set in with unusual severity in the
northern and eastern states.

The California mania would appear to be subsiding
a little, as the papers are less loaded with accounts of
doings at the diggings.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the IVew York Herald.)
Saturday, Dec. 30, 6 Par.
There was mere activity in the Stock Market, and
prices for most of the fancies advanced a fraction.
There was much more buoyancy than we expected at
the close of the year. At the first board, Treasury Notes
went up ,f per cent.; United States Sixes, 1868, 4; Erie
Bonds, i; Farmers' Loan, i; Morris Canal, i; Canton
Company, i; Norwich and Worcester, i; Harlem, li;
Long Island, 1; Erie Railroad, 14; North American
Trust, i; Housatonic Railroad, old, fell otf 1; and
Reading, -I

At the second board there was an advance on prices
current in the morning, and the market closed firm,
with an improved tendency. The bulls were in good
spirits, anticipating a rise of some importance upon the
opening of the new year.
The North River Bank has declared a semi-annual
dividend of four per cent.
The Phoenix Bank has declared a semi-annual divi-
dend of three and a half per cent.
The interest agent of Illinois has given notice that a
dividend of 4 dolls. 75c. on each 1,000 dolls. of the
stock of the State of Illinois will be paid on the 2d of
January.
The Comptroller has given notice that the interest
due on the New York city stocks on the tat of Febru-
ary next will be paid on that day at the Mechanics'
Bank.

The dividends declared on railroad stock, State bonds,
manufacturing and insurance stock, United States loans,
&c., and payable in Boston from the Ist to the 10th of
January, amount to over one and half a million of dol-
lars. An amount equally large will be paid out in this
city, making an aggregate of at least 3,000,000, which
has accumulated to the credit of the several companies
within the past six months, and been withdrawn from
the channels of trade. Such a large amount, let loose
by the payment of dividends, must have a very favour-
able influence upon the money market, and give a
greater impetus to the upward movement in all kinds
of stocks.