The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-16 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1847.

States and elsewhere, the resources are ample
to meet the demands which have and will continue
to be made upon them by their European purchasers.
The deficiency of tonnage, and not insufficiency of
stock in the commodities required, is the chief draw-
back to their commercial prosperity. In a short time
the great canals will be freed from their icy thrald-
dom, when vast hoards of grain and bread-stuffs will
be rapidly accumulated in the sea-port towns for
transmission to Europe.
Congress has empowered the PRESIDENT to issue
twenty-three millions of Treasury notes. The pro-
ceeds arising from the sale of the public lands are
expressly mortgaged to pay the interest of six per
cent., and to redeem, at the expiration of twenty
years, the notes, or the stock into which they may be
converted.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool market yesterday
were 2,500 to 3,000 bales, including 2,000 bales American at
65d. to 75d , and 250 bales of Surat at 3,7 s d. to 4%d. per lb.
The market closed heavily, and prices were without any par-
ticular alteration. Railway Shares were rather firm.
The accounts from the United States, per Hibernia, have
set people quite in a ferment here, and some of the more
cautious hands, remembering the former American revul-
siens, predict violent fluctuations in the produce markets ere
long, attended by the usual consequences to those who have
bought high and may have to sell low. There is, at
any rate, very little fear of short commons while spe-
culators force up prices, and if sufficient supplies be secured
before prices fall, consumers here may have no reason to
complain. The danger in these cases generally is that the
losses incurred by the rashness of speculators check others
from entering into the business, and thus the supplies would
not steadily continue. The state of affairs generally in New
York, New Orleans, Fec., was favourable in other respects,
and the money market was easy, while the exchange had
been steadier. The packet has some fair orders for goods, as
far as we can yet learn.
We are happy to see that active steps are being taken
at Toronto to form a Joint-stock Forwarding Establishment.
It is to be called the Canada Steam Navigation Company.
It was stated, at a meeting held there, that the freight of a
barrel of flour between Toronto and Liverpool, was, arid had
been for a long while back, two dollars per barrel ; if this
Company succeeds, one half of this will be saved, and
thereby an increase on the price of wheat effected of
no less than one shilling currency per bushel ! The
public revenue from the canals was dependent on it also, and
consequently every tax-payer was directly interested. If
this company succeeds, the canals, even at a greatly reduced
rate of toll, will be profitable; but unless the forwarding by
the St. Lawrence is put at the lowest rate, the public works
will be a burden on the country. The speakers at the meet-
ing expressed themselves confident that the enterprise would
be heartily responded to throughout the province, and espe-
cially in Montreal and Quebec.
In a report of the business of the Champlain and St. Law-
rence Railroad it is stated that the nett gain for 1816 was
10,203 L; the number of passengers having been 52,177,
and of goods 17,969 tons. The St. Lawrence and At-
lantic Railway is likely to require all its capital in this and
next year, and is to apply to the Legislature for power to
borrow money—a curious omission in the charter already
obtained.
The Stock Market has experienced a re-action again, and
the improvement of yesterday is lost. Consols for present
transfer have been marked 901,fz 3/4 ; and for Time about !it
per cent. above those values. The New Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents. have been 92% to 92%; and the Three per Cents.
91 to India Stock was at 2491. Exchequer-bills
have fallen very decidedly, viz. to Ss. premium, and it is
probable that the Bank of England is parting with more of its
Government Securities.
The Foreign investments are wholly neglected. Portu-
guese Four per Cents. realise 34% to 35. Spanish Three per
Cents. are 35%. Russian Bonds have been firm at 112.
Railway Shares have nominally been very steady, but evi-
dently sales to any extent would lead to a depreciation, ex.
cept in special instances.
BIIITISII FUNDS THIS DAT AT OBE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 91%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities
.. • . 90%.74 1
sa
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 92%14 sLs
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 • • 9 11-16 9-16
India Stock ..•
•• •• 2193
India Bonds, 1,0001,

The continuance of hostilities between the States
and Mexico embarrasses the PRESIDENT and Con-
gress as much as ever. The perplexity, both
of the war itself and its direct consequences,
political and commercial, is what every
patriot throughout the civilised world will rejoice
to learn the iniquitous invaders of Mexican indepen-
dence are now bitterly experiencing. In the Senate
the general feeling seems favourably to point to the
establishment of a speedy peace. A direct resolution
to this effect, moved by Mr. STEPHENS, and couched in
terms subversive of the grasping policyof Mr. PoLit, was
only lost by twelve votes. On the other hand, the
Mexican Congress have rejected every overture for
peace whilst a single soldier or ship of the United
States remains in their territory or infests their
coast ; and to this the majority of the Congress have
sworn under the solemnity of an oath.
Canada and the United States are raising handsome
subscriptions to testify their sympathy with the
distressed condition of Ireland and the Highlanders.
This spirit of charitable munificence, beyond the posi-
tive benefit of alleviating human misery, has the glo-
rious tendency of binding the nations of the earth
together ; teaching the afflicted that,:however dis-
tantly severed they may be by a vast expanse of the
ocean from the more favoured portions of the uni-
verse, the voice of distress is no sooner heard than
philanthropy spreads its wings to succour their
distresses.

Intolligenee has been received from Lisbon of the
oth, and from Oporto of the 9th inst.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
INGRAM V. GANT AND BLUNDELL.
This was art action brought by the plaintiff; a surveyor, to
recover 55/. from the defendants, who were the engineers to
the Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Junction Railway, for
work and labour and expenses rendered and incurred during
twenty days he was employed by them in surveying a por-
tion of the line in question. He sought 2/. 2s. a day for his
professional services.
The defendants had paid the plaintiff' 441. 10s., and denied
their further liability beyond 5/. They characterised the
claim as exherbitant, and seemed to think that the " go's"
of brandy, wine, and other compounds, which formed pro-
minent features in the plaintiff's bill, were not strictly ex-
penzes incidental to the performance of the task for which
the plaintiff was engaged.
The jury, however, considered that some reductions ought
to be made, and gave the plaintiff' a verdict for 45/. Os. 3d.
The greater part of the day was occupied in trying cases
of no interest save to the parties immediately concerned.

Count BO3IFDI and his unfortunate companions have
been sent off to Angola. A guerilla of seventy men
had been dispersed at Thomar by the QUEEN'S troops ;
but, on the other hand, GALAMBA'S guerilla had sur-
prised and taken prisoners Major ILITARCO and
130 men at Alcacar do Sal, in the Alemtejo.
Several small actions had taken place with various
success. SALDANHA'S head-quarters still continued
at Agueda, eleven leagues from Oporto. CASAL
was entrenched at Viana, closely watched by
DAS ANTAS, who i 3 at Barcellos. Since AVDONELL'S
death several of his officers have joined the Junta. The
blockade of the Douro is very imperfectly maintained.
The British frigates America and Thetis are stationed
off the Bar, and the British war steamers Gladiator,
Polyphemus, and Bloodhound, and the brig-of-war
Nautilus, in the inner waters of the Douro. Eveything
was quiet at Oporto, which was abundantly supplied
with provisions.

South
IS,eiftitSo
Ditto, under 1,0001.
,toOelkd A. 1•111 u t.l es• • • • 6-91,4
Consols for Account • • ••• • • . 00% %
Exchequer Bills. 13id. I%d.
• •• 3
5001. .. „• •• • • 4 5 1-- pm,
Ditto. Small
Ditto, Advertised • • ••'
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Portuguese Four per Cent .. 35 34i
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • •
Ditto, for the Account
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • ..
Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • • • 35%
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CL,
RAILITATS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastni Jn. 2% .. to
Birmingham and Oxtbrcl Junction .. •• 14% %• • to
Birmingham, Wolver.,& Stour Valley 5•. • • 614 to
Bristol and 11:xeter .• • • .. 75 •• • • 7654 .... to
Buckinghamshire
..• 84s. x. int. to
Eastern Counties .. • • • • 20.. 21% % x. div. to
Do., Perpetual,s peret. No. 1, 61. 13s. 4d % p.. to
Ditto, York Extension • • • • 4 •
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. • • •• 50 •• • • 7614 —.. to
Great Northern (London & York Itegd) 23 •• • • 2%.... to
Hull and Selby .. .. • • .. •• 50 .. •.to
Ditto, Halt Shares . • .. 25 501,4 x. d. to
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds •• 14 .• •• •••. to
Ditto, ditto, and Norwich.. • • • • 5 •• • • 33'• •• • • to
Lancaster and Carlisle 50
London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. ••• • .. ••to
Ditto, New, No. 2 .. •• • • •• • • 1 P•• • • to
London, Brighton, and South Coast • • 50 .. • • 55% .... to
London and North-Western • • ..100 •• .. 184 x div. to 1t334
Ditto, Quarters .. „, • • • • 2 •• 22 .. ••to
Ditto ditto New .. .. • 2 .. • • to
Ditto, 40/. Shares • • 31. and B. .. 40 .... 7231 zdto
London and South•• Western 411.6.,. 10d. .. • • 64% .... to
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 •. • • 1% •• • • to
Midland • • • • • • • . • • • .100 • • 12054 xdto
Norfolk .. .. • • • • • • ..100 . •.•• to
Ditto, Half Shares .. • • .. 10 .... 124.... to
North British • • •• . • ••25.. • • 34% —.. to
Ditto, Extension .• • • %•• , • 1%.. ••to
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) • • 3 .. • • 4 •• to
Ditto, ditto (13) •• .. 1%.... to
Shrewsbury and Hereford ••• • • 2 • • 1% .... to
South Devon • • • • •• 40 ••• 32 .. ••to --
South Wales .. •• •• 1 •• •• N••• • to
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, & Goole 2 .. •• 2%14 to
ivrans. & Loughor & Cameron's Stm.. 2..• • 2% to
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western 425. • % p.. to
York and Newcastle •- • • 25 .. • • 36 •• • • to
Ditto, New •
.. .. • • • • • . 5 .. • • 11,31 .• to
Ditto, Preference .• • • • • 4 .. • • 87i, •• • • to
York and North Midland
.• • • 50 ... to
Ditto, Extension .• .. • • .. 20 •. • • 3614 to
Ditto East and West Riding Extension 10 .... 21% • to
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Dutch 'Rhenish •• •. •• 7 ...• 41y .. • to
Great Indian Peninsular .• • • • • Os. ...• •. • to
Italian and Austrian .. • . .. 4
•• • • • to
Madrid and Valentia .• •• • • 2 .. • • %•••• to --
Namur and Liege •• • 8 .. • • .... to
Nerthern of France .. •• 121,4 %.. to
Sambre and Meuse .. • • • • 12 .• • • 6% •• • • o
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
British North American .. ••.. 50 ...• ... •to

8p
. •• •• 14 p

•• .. 112

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Warwood and Caroline Andrews, persons of c dour,
were charged with violently assaulting Mr. Alexander Ful-
lerton, and robbing him of a purse containing 11/. 10s.
The evidence went to show that the prosecutor met the
two prisoners in the City Arms public-house, in the City-
road, and having treated them with gin until they were all
partially intoxicated, went out into the yard, where he was
followed by the prisoners and knocked down by Warwood,
who, as well as the female, kicked him about the head and
face in the most brutal manner, and took his purse out of
his waistcoat pocket, which another person swore he saw
passed by the male to the female prisoner, who passed it
again to a coalheaver in the bar of the City Arms.
They were remanded, in order to afford time to the police
to trace the purse and the partyfrho had lost it.
A lad, about fifteen years of age, named Connell, in
the employ of Messrs. Gilbert and Rivington, the extensive
printers, in St. John's-square, was charged with stealing an
immense quantity of valuable brass-work, consisting of plain
and toothed wheels, rules, brass and iron clasps, and various
other articles used both in machinery and composing; and
an elderly man, of respectable appearance, named Young,
a marine 'store-keeper, at No. 3, Colonnade, Brunswick-
' square, was charged with receiving them, knowing them to
have been stolen.
Mr. Wakling appeared on behalf of Messrs. Gilbert
and Rivington, and stated that the prisoner Connell had
been in their employment as an assistant to the stoker, when
the storekeeper having missed a quantity of brass work, sus-
picion fell upon the younger prisoner, and upon a close
search being made in the fire-room several wheels and other
articles were found secreted in the coals. After some hesi-
tation he confessed having stolen them and a great many
others, and sold them to the prisoner Young at various times
for very small sums of money. Sergeant Archer at once pro-
ceeded to Young's house, in the Colonnade, which he found
crammed in every corner with articles sold by marine-store
dealers; although no name was upon the door to
indicate the nature of the traffic carried on.
A vast number of articles, which were identified
by Messrs. Gilbert and Rivington as their property, were
found amongst the stock upon the premises, the greater part
of which had been purchased by Young at almost a no-
minal price; three toothed wheels, which were worth 305.,
having been bought for 7d. from the prisoner Connell.
Young complained that he had not had time to prepare his
defence, and requested that the further investigation of the
case might be adjourned, in order that he might procure the
attendance of Mr. Ballantine as his counsel.
Mr COMBE acceded to the application.

Madrid journals of the Bth have arrived. They con
fain no intelligence of importance. It was a holiday ai
,he Bolsa.

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
The correspondence between Lord NORMANDY and
Lord PaLarEasroN is published in all of them. The
Journal des Debats merely publishes the letters together
with the passage in M. GUIZOT'S speech to which
they refer. The .Epoque sneers at the Marquis of
NORMANDY for " rushing into print," while the Presse,
which on this occasion would seem to be emulous of
out-Guizot-ing GITIZOT i❑ disregard for truth, declares
that " since his arrival in France the Marquis of NOR.
MANBV has been the adversary of the Government, and
the friend of the enemies of the Government." The
Notional declares that after the publication of Lord
PALMERSTON'S note to Lord NORMANDY, either M.
GUIZOT or Lord PaLmEnsToN must retire, if it
is desired that any terms should bo kept between the
two Governments, inasmuch as Lord PALMERSTON'S
laconic note amounts, in fact, to a posting of M. GUIaOT
as a shameless liar (un tgronte menteur). Notwithstand-
ing all the coquetting of M. GUIZOT with the
absolutist Powers, notwithstanding all the sacrifices
which the French Government has made to propitiate
them— sacrifices which have completely alienated from
the Government all the Liberal party of France and of
the rest of the Continent—it is no longer doubtful that
the northern Powers hare joined Lord PAL)IERSTON in
his protest against the marriage. He has completely
turned M. GUIZOT'S position, and that not by making
sacrifices, but by persuading those Powers to adopt a
liberal course of policy. Since their junction with Eng-
land, Prussia has had a constitution granted, and
Austria has abolished feudal rights. This has greatly
increased the favour with which Lord PALMERSTON is
regarded by the Liberal party in Franee, and certainly
his conduct has throughout these transactions been
marked by great ability.
The Three per Cents. were done on Sunday in the Passage
of the Opera at 77f. 70c.
litAnsintLas, FEE. 9.—Marseilles and Avignon, 830 f. ;
Northern, 615 f.
LYONS, Fits. ll.—Paris and Rouen, 8781. 75c. ; Avignon
and Marseilles, 8221. 50c.; Northern, 608 f. 75c.; Paris and
Lyons, 468 f. 75c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TAB
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 15.
Boulogne and Amiens, 14%—Dordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette
(Espolete), yi —Dutch Rhenish, 4%—ltalian and Austrian, 2%
Luxembourz, 2—Northern of France, l2%—Paris and Strasbourg,
3i4—Raven and Havre, 263 i az div.

MINES
Real del Monte, Unregistered .... 3% • • to
Erratum in Yesterday's List—Read London and North-Western
Quarter Shares 21 Instead of 15.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY)
LONDON, Fps. 16. —Wind W.S.W., fresh breeze and
hazy.

STOPPAGES ON THE GLASGOW

RAILWAY.

DEAL, FEB. 15.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W., moderate;
from N.W. by W., squally.—Arrd. Aqua Marine, Conellv,
China; Britannia, Bowes, Bombay; James Weueen, Cona-
ley, Honduras ; linneganee, Milcher, New Orleans, and
sailed for Dundee.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 15.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrd. Red Rose,
Savannah;pCrns c
ditto;
i;
tt Minerva,meteerotr Ln.b,aliwoirraremi
ns :Morrison,
Singapore; Albion, Gordon, Calcutta; Hope, Wylie, ditto;
I,,AD,6lolwme Allegro,
Orleans;
nesn;i
Citizen,uA ;
Albatross,
a Hesperus,tsrotsascf:)sr
Stafford,
ton, ditto; Ellen Brooks, Howe, Savannah; Superior, ditto;
Orleans. Off port,
Rhone, Harvey, Baltimore; Edwin, Wales, New York; Pit-
FEB. Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Rokeby,
toma, Donaldson, St. Andrew's; Zanoni, Sim, St. John's,
New Brunswick; Corsair, Cumming, Newfoundland. Sid'.
Wind W. —Arrd. Forrester, Val
FEB. 15.—Wind W.—Arrd. Cecilia Lanercost, Hong KoNnegw;
BDraulamsawtiicak, ..New
Westmoreland and Indus.
OFF CAPE CLEAR.—James Christie, Berbice.
Valparaiso.
Robison,piiLEuywi
311,c,oasFust
T.TE
ILBJI
John's,
a, Pearse,
New Zealand.
SUNDERLAND, FEB. 14.—Wind N.W.—Arrd, George Gor-
don, Smith, Maulmain. Sld. Pekin steamer, Hong Kong. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Montrose
steamer.
COWES, FEB. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Argo Gerritz, Rio
jaOnFeisr•okaßGATE, FEB. 15.—Wind W, _Kirkman Finlay,
Martin, Calcutta.
tanßh:ollucFsAe,S FEB.Sl3.—Wind S.—Sid. Ohio, Philadelphia.
Ctßl3.' Wind W.S. W.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Johns,l3al-
New Brunswick ; Victoria, White Pa-
tagonia; Sandwich, Chunn, St. John's, New Brunswick'.
DEAL, Firs. 15.—The Sisters, Tippett, of and from Halifax
to St. John's, Newfoundland, was abandoned in a sinking state
on the 28th ult., in lat. 40 N., lon. 43 W. ; crew and pas-
sengers saved and brought here by the Winneganee.
LIVERFOOL, FEB. 15. The Venus (brig) sailed from
was wrecked previous to the 27th ult.;
passengers saved. The Amelia (brig) from Prince
hence
eu Cumberland
lob rtl7
andnßd
o,
s Nht
Boston,, Sns
n since been heard of. The Milo, Grace,
, not for this port, touched at Eastport and left
crew and
Edward's Island to this port, was destroyed by fire, Dec. 24,
off Charlotte Town. The Arabian, Hawkins, from New
Orleans, was in contact last night in the river, and lost bow-
sprit, cutwater, &c.
WHITBY, FEB. 15. The Hebden, Wetherall, of
tin. Sca-
rborough, put in here to-day with loss of bowsprit, head, and
cutwater, having been in contact with a light brig, name
known, and afterwards, in coming up, got foul of the Por-
poise, at anchor, which sank.
GLOUCESTER, . a
FEB.
1
- 15 .—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Jane Boyd,
Alexander, Valparaiso.
GUERNSEY, FEB. 13.—The Rose, from Newcastle, struck
on a sunken rock last night and sunk ; crew saved.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. 14. A great quantity of timber, ap-
parently cargoes of wrecked vessels, was passed near Cape
Finisterre and in Corunna Bay by the Transit (steamer)
arrived here.
GLOUCESTER, FEB. 15.—The Delta, Robinson, of and for
this port, from Newport, with coals, parted her chain and
drove on shore last night, between the English Stones and
British River, and sunk; crew saved.
Cann:FT, FEB. 15.—The Mary Joseph, of Dungarvon
(wheat laden), is on shore near Scilly Island.
MARYPORT, FEB. 14.—1 t is blowing a heavy gale at
S.S.W. The Hero, Sullivan, from Belfast, came on shore
last night, but has been got off and into port to-day. The
Fox, Surrage, from Belfast, got on shore to the north of this
harbour, but will be got off without damage.
HULL, FEB. 15.—The Thalia, from Shields, got in contact
13th instant, with a large light ship, and is pulling into
Grimsby, with considerable damage-
CLAY, FEB. 15.—The Ovis, of Sunderland, came on shore
west side of Blakeney Harbour this morning; is expected
off next tide.
WAINFLEET, FEB. 15.—The Trio, of Chichester, was in
contact in Yarmouth Roads 13th inst. with a schooner, name
unknown, and was run on shore at Skegness leaky, but
since repaired and proceeded.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.—NEW LIGHT ON SAND
KEY.
The agent at Lloyds at Key West states that a temporary
schooner light-vessel, to replace the lighthouse on Sand Key,
destroyed in the October gales, would be placed as near the
spot of the former light as possible about the 10th of Janu-
ary last. She will have a fixed light, 43 feet above the level
of the sea, and be seen, in clear weather, at from six to
seven miles' distance. The lantern is four feet square, single
lamp, without reflectors.
The agent also states that the lighthouse at Cape Flanders
is in a state of forwardness.

(From the Scotsman.)
, The miserable mismanagement as regards mere secular
business of the active theologians who at present conduct
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway is getting more and
more beyond endurance. As in previous cases, we cannot
attempt to find room for all the mishaps of the week, but
confine ourselves to the latest. '
When the dispatch train from Edinburgh of Thursday
morning had gut to the open country beyond Falkirk, it
very peacefully and noiselessly came to a dead stop.
Heads were immediately popped out of windows, and
inquiries uttered of "Ilolloa! what's the matter thsre ?"
and such like ; to which the very simple and emphatic
answer, " Stuck," was returned by the officials of the
train, who were standing looking on with much com-
placency, like people who were accustomed to such a
phenomenon, and were curious to see its effect on
strangers. " Bless me, how did it happen ? 1.; ill we
be long kept ? Can we get out with safety ?" were the
sort of exclamations that succeeded the intimation.
" With perfect safety," said the proper officer, with a
sardonic grin ; " here we stick till the slow train comes
up." " Confound it !" shouts a lively English voice
from the interior, " this sort of thing seems to happen
once a week here." " You would be more correct if you
said once a day, sir," was the rejoinder of the philo-
sophical official.
Some of the passengers, the object of their attempt to
visit Glasgow being defeated, returned to Edinburgh
with the next train from the west, and a few had a
benefit they had not anticipated or paid for when they
left Edinburgh—an exhilirating walk westward over the
frozen moor. When they reached Castlecary, they took
the opportunity of giving their views of the matter hi
the following document :

R• COCHRANE arid the ELECTORS

"Castlecary Station, Feb. 11, 1847.
" We, the subscribers, passengers by the ten o'clock
fast train from Edinburgh to Glasgow, state that the
engine came to a dead stop at a quarter past eleven
o'clock, a short distance west from Falkirk.
" We understand that the accident occurred from the
breaking of a decayed pipe in the fire basket ; and we
beg to record our conviction that this stoppage pro-
ceeded from no other cause but the carelessness of those
' whose duty it is to provide proper engines on the line.
" JAMES DIX, Bristol.
" ROBERT ALLAN, Edinburgh.
" J. 11. BURTON, Edinburgh.
" WILLIAM NICHOLSON, Lime-street, London.
" JOHN SPENCE, 10, Hunter-square, Edinburgh.
" HENRY HOLDING HICK, Northampton.
" W. WOOD, Leith.
" DAVID PORTEOUS, Walsall, Staffordshire.
" ROBERT CORMACK, Berwickshire,
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proper time.

I MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
HAY MASI 3VSITs.
SMITIIFIELD.—IIIeadow Hay, 218 s to 31163; Clover ditto,
3/ 5s to 4/ IGs ; and Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 14s per load,
A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand.
CUMEERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 18s ; Clover ditto,
3/ 5s to 41 15s; and Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 15s per load.
Trade dull, at the above quotations.
WHITECHAPICL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 3/ Hs; Clover
ditto, 3/ 8s to 5l; and Straw, 11 lOs to 1/ 14s per load.
Supply good, and trade exceedingly dull.
COLONIAL.
SLTOAR.—The market for British Plantation is without
change, only about 250 hhds having been sold at previous
rates. The public sales have consisted principally of 40 hhds
50 tierces of Barbadoes, 60 hhds 30 tierces Berbice, 4,190
bags Mauritius, 5,530 bags 200 cases Bengal, 310 bags
Madras, and 940 baskets Penang, all of which found
buyers, but went off heavily, and in most instances at
a further reduction of Gd to Is, with the exception
of white Bengal, which brought about previous
rates. The British Plantation was chiefly in small lots of in-
ferior quality, and affords no guide. The Mauritius brought
48s to 52s Gd for mid to fine yellow; Bengal low to fine white
Benares 50s Gd to 55s Gd; low soft brown to good yellow
Mauritius kind 41s to Sts; Madras, low to good brown, 3Fs
to 42s Gd; and Penang 38s to 44s Gd for very low soft to good
srown. Privately about 300 chests good -brown Bahia sold
at 24s to 24s 6d per cwt.
COFFEE.—Good ord Native Ceylon realised 42s to 43s
per cwt.
Rust.—Since the contract was taken there has been rather
less doing,
SA LITEFRE.-3,250 b4gs Bengal sold from 25s Gd to 26s
for 111,, to 7 per cent. refraction.
TALLow.—P.Y.C.is 49s 6d to 53s per cwt on the spot, and
Town 52s per cwt.
TEA. —The market is steady, and there is a fair business
doing for consumption.
Izepicio --The sales are going off well.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)
The House of Lords sat again to-day to hear appeals.
The Peers in attendance were the Lord Chancellor, Lord
Sidney, and the Bishop of St. Asaph.

V. WILSON.
The further argumentsWlLSON in this part-heard appeal from
he decikion of the Vice-Chancellor of England occupied
:heir Lordships the whole of the morning.

PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS ]JAY.)
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council were occu-
pied the whole morning in hearing appeals from the • Ad-
miralty Court, none of which postessed any points calling
for a particular report. The Lords of the Judicial Com-
rnittee in attendance were Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell,
Lord Langdale, Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, and the Chancellor
of the Duchy of Cornwall.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Sir J. K. BitucE.)
His Honour was occupied to-day in hearing petitions
which were of no public interest.

REASONS FOR MAKING RAIL-
WAYS IN IRELAND.
I. Because, the formation of railways in Ireland would rot
only furnish employment to large numbers of persons, which
would relieve the present distress, but would furnish also
permanent employment in the maintenance and working of
the railways when completed.
Because, railways in Ireland are desirable for the
general convenience and advantage of the whule community
of the United Kingdom.
111. Because, railways when formed, would be property
of a profitable nature, created by labour otherwise unem-
ployed.
IV. Because, they can be constructed, and the people
thus fed, not only without even the temporary abstraction of
a single farthing from the public Treasury, or from the
millions which are annually added to the wealth of this
country, but may be made conducive to the increase of both.
V. Because, the money for making the railways might be
easily provided by the means of Exchequer notes of 1/. each,
bearing no interest, and receivable in taxes and other Govern-
ment payments, without cost to the Exchequer, and without
disordering the national finances.
VI. Because, on the contrary, the circulation of such
Exchequer notes, by providing the wages of labour, would
increase the consumption of exciseable articles, and thereby
improve the national revenue.
VII. Because, the necessity would thus be obviated of
borrowing money in the market at interest, and thus (at .3L-
per cent.), an annual burden of 560,000/. would be saved to
the country.
VIII. Because, the only unobjectionable way of distri-
buting food to the able-bodied, being in return for labour
(and not by way of charity), and money being admitted on
all hands to be the only medium through which labour can
be efficiently employed, and wages paid, there now exists an
imperious necessity for an additional quantity of such me-
dium.
IX. Because, this additional quantity of circulating me-
dium being required to supply a deficiency that exists, the
issue thereof can have no injurious effect upon the existing
currency; a danger only apprehended, even by the most
cautious, when there is a supposed issue in excess.
X. Because, as the Exchequer-notes proposed would be
the instrument of paying the wages of labour, and would
supply the absence of the usual means of payment in
pvictice in Ireland, by barter of potatoes and other food, re-
cently destroyed to an extent far exceeding 15,000,000/.,
they would, in an especial manner, benefit the labouring
classes in Ireland, whose distresses, in the present extraor-
dinary exigence, they are intended to relieve.
Xl. Because, the money so provided would not withdraw
the means cf prosecuting other useful occupations, but
would, on the contrary, and especially at the present time,
tend to stimulate and assist the
general industry of the
ustr country.

fIIILANTHROPIC SOCIETY, ST. GEORGE'S-YIELDS.—
From the report just published of the above Society, it ap.
pears that during the pant two months eleven additional
boys have been received into the Institution, from different
prisoses, of whom five were orphans. Twenty-five have
been admitted from Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight, upon
the recommendation of the Secretary of State for the Home
Department. Among the donations recently forwarded are
those from William Wilberforce, Esq., 211; Miss Benyon
(second donation), 311. 10a.; and John Baring. Esq„ 201.
DEATH or LADY FRANCES STEPIIENS.-I'his esti-
mablegl.:t Fol'cilGarl.s—,
lady died on Wednesday last, at her seat in Devon-
shire. her Ladyship was only daughter of the late Earl
Manvers, and was born June 19, 1781.
boßutUßhNallfts_pGastlNei On —Thursday evening,
considerable disturbance was
DETERMINED SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning,
1. . ilargaret's-street, to witness the gof an
be-
tween twelve and one o'clock, a young man, named William Mooney, residing with his parents in John's. court, Golden-
square, committed suicide in a most determined manner, by a
strangling himself. The deceased had been for some time in Fretalted.nitst
,Cainterbury by a large body of
bonnieassem-
a—desPonding state, owing, it is supposed, to some love affair. bli
,NlTlrel
:atitsmlteeerfa, and Greene
eGa
tradesmen,trieoe:ln. e rrielfue ill ini gs
ad
,yscion:g.
afostri
tni
et:
iert to
shopst
ehaensao ruletf
vn the previous night he returned home apparently in better effiggy,lw__ich it was represented would take place in front of
spirits, and shortly afterwards retired, as it was thought, to Messrs. "..eanle and Greene's grocery establishment. This
his bed-room. At the hour above-named the deceased's bro- singular exhibition had been brow ht about in cons uenc
g eti e
in tattered uniforms of a yellow colour,
For some days past his feet touching the ground. He immediately cut him eight o'clock, to afford their shopmen and others the oppor-
Bayoune contains the following:—"TllE FLORES EXPEDITION. The Phare de ts LI ei
pr,e
nodne enteringb3 a s
it
lhke
han water-closet,kerch ie f wasro alarmedan iron
ht()o
ofikn,d
whiiti
in,
tao:filin,lliptit;:sdus
frbs
3. a
ment.
several men have been observed wandering about our streets down, but life was quite extinct.
and presenting a BURGLARS DisTußßED.—Yesterday morning the bringing together nearly a thousand persons, some of whom
most wretched appearance. We understand that they are family of Mr. Forman, a tradesman, residing at No. 16, threw stones and broke several panes of glass in Messrs.
abncodi,seanidn hTilgrnisciozrsnit,teßdoti prTislioEn. —u- CNosliTteEsbDusy./our/w/.
Surrey.row, Nackfriars, were suddenly alarmed by burglars. learns and Greene's windows. Some persons implicated
Generalo
French siu,lhojreecst,s
butssli who had been bisl'aean
beenernoll
abandoned.ed for the expeditioniljerev,,eroef
1,500 Spaniards, all of About half past five o'clock,
about 100 Frenchmen enrolled and
STATES.—The
whom are now dispersed." the room ;here he was lying,
was much alarmed by seeing two men walk into the apart- Q. E. D. from New York, Shenandoah from Philadelphia,
Msr.udid'oernnlya nrosheeauripngi n
He leaped out of bed, but the thieves effected their and Harmony and llowland from New Orleans, which were
yesterlay, a man named Matthe.v Jowatt was coMmitted for escape le it, tottelt valuable property behindu them which rep,ft,,,l at f:rei.pw,, .., the 13ti, i,,,, ,
.::,g, 6,873 barrels
SIIEEP STEALING.—At Brentford Petty Sessions
trial, Charged with having killed mid stolen a sheep, the pro- i tilos Ild tied tip ready fur eariTinA.; away They had ran- flour,
.12,000 I.mshels v i.-,t, 3,349 !,-,,.'-: 11:diaa corn, 1,000
perry of Mr. Warren, a farmer at ssiewortn, in whf.*e service i sacked the drav,-,a.s in the "rTer r(nctrls of Wes apparel imt re.!s Tmlin corn meal, and 46) isarrels bread.
Jowatt thrinerly wat. Part of the stierp V% as futthd iu the j and other things. Tncy has behind them a skeleton key, a ' We re -t to announce
grc thedecease of
the Countess
prisoner's cotta , b '1• • ther portions
6e, oi ing in a pot, and o- were quantity of ,
lucifer-matches and various implements used •
in Dowager of Shrewsbury, whose serious indisposition was
fouud sewed up in the
bed. housobreaking•
mentioned in this journal a few days since. Her Ladyship
was the widow of the 15th Earl.

MILLBANK PRISON.
Copy of a Letter from the Secretary of State to Bick-
ham Escott, Esq., and of the Report therein referred
to on the state oilbank Prison.
Whitehall, Feb. 6, 1847.
Sir,---I have received a document purporting to be a
report to her Majesty from you as a member of the re-
cent commission of inquiry into the state of Millbank
Prison.

I have to acquaint you that a report having been al-
ready presented from that commission, signed by the
nrijority of its members, I should not be justified, ac-
cording to the usual practice in such cases, in presenting
to her Majesty the document bearing your signature, as
a report made in pursuance of the commission.
In cases where a difference of opinion exists among
members of a commission appointed by the Crown, the
fullest opportunity is afforded to any member who differs
from his colleagues of stating his opinion, either in a
document appended to the report, or in soma other form.
Having informed you that I should willingly receive
and lay before the House of Commons e our opinion on
the matters inquired into by the Millbank Commis-
sioners, and having, with a view to facilitate this
okiect, suggested the fie m c f the document in which
your opinion could be expressed, I had not anticipated
the possibility of any difficulty arising on the subject.
As, however, you have declined to conform to the
ordinary practice, and appear to attach importance
to the form which you have yourself adopted, I shall
retain the document in question in this office, as the
record of your opinion, although, for the reason which
I have stated, I shall be unable to submit it to her
Majesty.—I have, &c.,
(Signed)
Bickham Eacott, Esq., M.P.
The undersigned, being one of three Commis
sioners directed by your Majesty's letters patent dili-
gently to search and inquire into the conduct and ma-
nagement of your 'Majesty's prison at Millbank, and into
any abuses or grievances which may exist in the ma-
nagement of the said prison, and commanded by your
Majesty's said letters patent to report to your Majesty,
under their hands and seals, their several proceedings,
and chat they shall find touching the same—hunibly re-
ports to your Majesty,
1. That together with the Earl of Chichester and
Lord Seymour, the two other Commissioners, with whom
the undersigned was associated in this inquiry, he has
diligently inquired into the aforesaid matters.
2. That he has read a report on the aforesaid
matters which has been presented to your Majesty,
under the hands of the said Earl of Chichester and Lord
Seymour.
3. That in the report is the following statement :
" We have, however, determined to report the evidence
in full." •
4. That he is informed, and believes, that such evi-
dence has been so reported by the said two Commis-
sioners ; yet that report, as aforesaid, has been printed
and delivered to Members of the House of Commons for
their perusal and consideration, without any report
whatever of the evidence given vivo voce before your said
Commissioners.
5. That upon a patient hearing and due consideration
of the evidence given before the said Commissioners, and
the demeanor of the several witnesses, and a personal
inspection of the said prison, it appears-
6. That the prison at Millbank, by stet. 6 and 7 Vic.,
c. 26, and by virtue of other statutes, and by orders of
one of your Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, is
a place of confinement for convicts under sentence or
order of transportation.
7. That the condition of the various apartments, wards,
offices, and furniture of the said prison is generally very
good, for order, cleanliness, purity of air, and their ap-
propriate uses..
8. That from this general statement must be excepted
the dark cells, which are unwholesome and improper
places for the confinement of prisoners.
9. That the diet of the prisoners, ordered by the Se-
cretary of State according to law, when not curtailed
by punishments inflicted by the officers of the prison, is
wholesome and ample.
10. That the health of the prisoners is generally good.
11. That there are faults in the discipline and order-
ing of the said prison, which require recormation.
12. That the rules for enforcing silence, and the se-
parate confinement of prisoners in the said prison, de-
mand further inquiry and great consideration at the
hands of your Majesty's advisers and your Parliament.
13. That unjust and cruel punishments have been in-
flicted on certain of the prisoners within the said prison
by orders of the governor and the inspectors.
14. That such punishments have been unjust and
cruel, inasmuch as they have been inflicted without a full
hearing or due consideration of the evidence bearing on
the several cases, and have been disproportionate to the
offences charged against the prisoners.
15. That sufficient care has not been taken by the
chief officers of the said prison to guard against the in-
fliction of punishment in cases where it might be inju-
rious to health.
16. That serious injury to the health of prisoners has
been the consequence of such punishments.
17. That such punishments inflicted on prisoners of
weakly constitutions have aggravated their infirmities
and accelerated their deaths. •
18. That such consequences have not followed from
any proved malice, or wilfully evil design of the governor
or other officer of the said prison.
19. That the main defects in the personal character
of the governor of the said prison have been an insufficient
knowledge, or lack of observance of the first and ele-
mentary principles by which all judicial inquiries should
be governed, and a hasty, boisterous manner of issuing
orders and decisions, which has hurt the feelings of other
persons, and given offence, even when the orders them-
selves may have been just and lawful.
20. That the chief merits of the said governor consist
in a strict enforcing of order and discipline, personal
courage, and a spirit of improvement in much of the
management of the prison.
21. That it is probably no easy thing to find a man in
every qualification well fitted for the exercise of such an
authority as that of the governor of such a prison, on
whom a peremptory enforcing of strict rules, and prompt
decision, and stern firmness in the execution of all his
duties, should, if possible, be associated with equanimity
of temper and a mild demeanour.
22. That the conduct of the inspectors of the said
prison has not always manifested that attention to the
established principles of judicial inquiry which ought to
be required from all persons to whom the Legislature
has confided the power of punishment.
23. That much of the evidence given before the Com-
mission was irrelevant and unsatisfactory, from the dis.
ingenuous and evasive manner in which questions were
answered, and that the chaplain, the chief medical officer,
and the resident surgeon of the prison, have especially
incurred this censure.
24. That the charges which have been laid against the
governor and chief officers of the said prison have, in some
instances, been exaggerated accusations, and in some other
instances remain unproved. -Yet enough has been proved
to show the necessity which existed for some impartial and
searching inquiry into the state of the prison, and to in•
spire a confident hope that the evidence which has been
elicited by the Commission, and the facts which have
been thereby brought to light, may lead to great and
permanent improvements in the future management of
your Majesty's prisons.
Ail which is humbly submitted to your Majesty, under
the hand and seal of your Majesty's faithful subject and
servant, B. ESCOTT (L.S.)
February 1, 1847.

G. GREY,