The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-23 00:00:00

COTTON.

" We have repeatedly remarked (states a self-
styled authority in New York) that the effect of the
revulsion in England would he felt in this country
more through the influence upon prices for our great
exporting staples, than in any other way. Cotton
forms such an important portion of our aggregate ex-
ports, that whatever affects the prices of the raw ma-
terial in England oper des directly against us, and
the loss falls principally upon our shoulders. The
recent decline in prices for cotton in this market is
almost unprecedented ; but prices do not rule so mach
below those current at the corresponding period last
year as the great depreciation would indicate. Pre-
vious to this decline prices were very much inflated,
and a speculative feeling existed to some extent, in
consequence of the impression prevailing that the
consumption would go so far beyond the production
that the stocks on hand would be completely used up.
In the midst of this speculative movement the explo-
sion in England came upon us. The manufacturers of
England found themselves compelled to reduce their
operations to the smallest limit. The consurning.classes
of Great Britain are poor, and the consumption of
manufactured goods has been very much reduced.
The middling classes of England are the great con-
sumers of cotton goods, and their resources have been
so completely absorbed in the railway speculations of
the day, that the most rigid economy will have to be
practised, to save themselves from utter bankruptcy.
The home market for British cotton goods has there-
fore been reduced a large per cent., and the foreign
markets, with the exception of the United States,
have also fallen off largely. The consumption of the
raw material has, consequently, been much less for
some time past, and the difficulties in the money
market, and the grand explosion in the credit system
of England, have all tended to depreciate the value of
the article in all the markets of this country. Within
the past three months the shipments of cotton have
been unusually large, notwithstanding the deprecia-
tion in prices. This is attributed to the fact that
previous to the termination of the last commercial
year, when prices ruled high, and it was generally
expected that the crop would be very short, large
stocks accumulated in the hands of speculators in this
and other markets, in anticipation of an advance in
prices. The commercial crisis in England revealed
to them their position, and the only alternative left
was to realise as early and as favourably as possible.
To do this it became necessary to ship to the other
side, as our markets were rapidly filling up with the
new crop."
We cannot agree in all the statements made in the
extract given.

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DINNER TO LORD HARDINGE.
Simsa, OCT. 26.—Lord Gough's farewell dinner to
Lord Hardinge took place here yesterday evening,
when when about fifty gentlemen of the society at
Simla assembled to do honour to the occasion.
On the cloth being removed, the following toasts
were given by the Commander-in-Chief ;-- -
Ist. " The Queen—God bless her."
2d. " Prince Albert and the Royal Family."
3d. " The Honourable the Court of Directors—our
enlightened, just, and liberal masters."
4th. The COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF next rose to pro-
pose the toast of the evening. His Lordship com-
menced by expressing his conviction that the toast
would be received with enthusiasm, and regretted his
inability to do it the justice his feelings dictated, but
he felt persuaded it would be hailed with an animated
warmth that would compensate for any deficiency of
language on his part. Gentlemen, the Commander-
in-Chief said, I am about to propose to you the health
of a nobleman under whose wise and firm government
this mighty empire has been consolidated and raised to
a pitch of glory such as it never attained to under any of
his Lordship's predecessors, glorious as are the deeds
recorded in Indian, history. The most formidable
enemy with which we have had to contend, equally
gallant and brave as formidable—has been completely
subdued, and the supremacy of British power, all
over this vast hemisphere, has been so firmly esta-
blished as, humanly speaking, not to be shaken. A
rich acquisition of territory has been added to our
possessions, and the glory of the army of India stands
pre-eminently forward, and shines brighter than at
any former period of its history. I am aware, gen-
, denten, his Lordship went on to say, that some have
questioned the policy of my Noble Friend in not
having annexed the territory of our late powerful
but now fallen foe, to our already widely extended
dominions ; such, undoubtedly, would have shed a
lustre on the conclusion of a war long looked for by
both the politician and the soldier ; but, gentlemen,
a self sacrifice such as Lord Hardinge's policy dic-
tated, founded on enligtened principles, is amongst
the most commendable of human achievements.
Elia Excellency remarked that these great results
had been obtained by Lord Hardinge when separated
from, and unaided by, the advice and experience
of his able colleagues of the Council of India. He then
proceeded to advert to, as coming more immediately
under his observation as Commander-in-Chief, the
benefits conferred on the army of India, and which he
said were too numerous to particularise in prefacing
a toast. But, said the Noble Lord, they are such as
will long live in the memory of the Indian army as
proofs of his Lordship's philanthropy, policy, and
liberality. These acts, gentlemen, have not only be-
nefited the living, by raising the character and posi-
tion of the native soldier, and by giving the native
officer, when wounded, those advantages previously
restricted to the European, but the philanthropy of
Lord Hardinge has also taken within its sphere the
widows and the orphans of those officers and soldiers,
European and native, who have fallen is the service of
their country on the field of glory. These, gentle-
men, his Lordship continued, are no ordinary boons—
they will not lose by comparison with any that have
been before granted to this noble army. Referring
to the campaign on the Sutledge, his Lordship
said, it is known, and will be recorded as an act
of which only such characters as Lord Hardinge
are capable, that his Lordship did me the ho-
nour to act as my second in the battle of Ferozeshu-
hur. In my public dispatches I faintly attempted to
express my weight of obligation to the Governor-
General. I say faintly, because no language could
adequately convey my sense of the assistance I ex-
perienced from his Lordship, not only on that mo-
mentous occasion, but throughout the whole of the
military operations on the Sutledge, which reflects
such imperishable renown on the army of India.
Gentlemen, Lord Hardinge and I have campaigned
together in Europe, under the leading of the great
captain of the age—side by side in India we have
shared the same dangers, the same privations, and
the same anxieties—and side by side we have passed
the night on the battle-field, when the fate of British
India was the stake at issue. These, gentlemen, are
no common bonds of union between my Gallant
Friend and myself ; and I will venture to assert that
our official relations with one anJther have been
characterised by a cordiality as thorough as
ever existed between any of our predecessors
in office. But not to detain, to too late an
hour, the Noble Lord, who would leave Simla early
in the morning, Lord Gough said he would confine
himself to the relation of one fact, but little known,
that it was to Lord Hardinge his gallant comrades of
the Company's service owed their admission to the
distinguished and honourable post of Aides-de-Camp
to the Sovereign ; and he (Lord Gough) ventured to
predict, that if antecedent to his connexion with India,
his Noble Friend Lord Hardinge had so successfully
exerted himself for the advantage of his countrymen
in the East, the Indian community of all classes and
of all services would have in his Lordship, on his re-
turn to England, an effective, a zealous, a warm
advocate. Gentlemen, his Excellency concluded, I
call on you now to drink, with all the honours, to the
health of our honoured Governor-General, Lord
Hardinge ; may he in safety reach his native land,
where may even higher honours yet await him than a
generous Sovereign and a grateful country have yet
bestowed upon him ; and may health, happiness, and
prosperity, through life attend him and all who are
near and dear to him.
After the deafening cheers with which the toast
was received had subsided, the GOVERNOR GENERA.]:
rose and commenced his reply by stating that he felt
very sensibly the honour which the Commander-in-
Chief and the officers present had conferred upon him,
by the cordial manner in which his health had been
proposed and received, and he sincerely thanked
them. lie observed that this was the last evening
he should pass at Simla; that separations were inevi
table, and that he could not pass this evening snore
happily than in the society of his gallant comrades of
the Army of the Sutledge. The Commander-in
Chief had alluded to the annexation of the Punjaub.
Without entering upon the policy of that question,
he would merely say that as an object of personal
ambition, he had cheerfully made the sacrifice which
his duty required, although it would have been highly
satisfactory to him to have planted the British stan-
dard on the banks of the Indus. General tranquillity
prevailed throuhout the Punjaub, and in the memory
of man that country had never been so quiet. He
looked forward with confidence, that this state
of peace throughout India gained by the valour
of
,the army, led by their intrepid Commander-in-
Chief, would be permanent, and would produce results
which would rapidly advance the prosperity of this
great empire ; and if this be so, said the Noble Lord,
you, gentlemen, as British officers and enlightened
men, will rejoice with me that the triumphs of war
have been made subservient to objects of civilization
—that your exertions have promoted the happiness of
your fellow-creatures, and that the safety, or, I
should rather say, supremacy of British India, has
been secured by the heroic deeds of the army ; and
her Majesty's dominions placed in the proud position
of being able to defy all aggressors ! But where is
the aggressor to come from ? The Gwalior army no
longer exists, and the Seikh army is reduced to 20,000
regular troops and 8,000 irregular cavalry, and these
troops, formerly so mutinous anc arrogant, are now
as suoordinate as our own ; and are patiently per-
forming all the outpost duties beyond the Indus.
This day he had received a report that a Seikh force of
1,000 men under Major Lawrence had subdued some
refractory tribes in the mountains beyond Peshawur,
on which occasion the Seikhs conducted themselves
most admirably. On this frontier, his Noble Friend
the Commander-in-Chief has under his command
50,000 men, and 120 field guns, an army renowned
for its achievements throughout Asia; and this force
is most efficient, after very largo reductions have
been made, exceeding 50,000 men of all classes ;
the redaction in expense exceeding one million
sterling a year, exclusive of half a million which the
ceded territory pays. lie therefore trusted that
before twelve months passed over the heads of those
who heard him, to see the commencement of a rail-
way from Calcutta to Delhi, and other great works
in rapid progress, which the preparations for war, and
• the war itself, had so long arrested. The Noble Lord,
the Commander-in-Chief, had alluded to the benefits
conferred upon the army of India during the last
three years. It had certainly been his (the Go•
vernor-General's) endeavour to do what was right
and proper, well knowing that the discipline of
an army depends upon its contentment, and that it
is truer policy to be a free and cheerful giver, than
to begrudge what is just, or to defer it till the boon
has lost its grace. But in all these measures he had
received the Co-operation of the military secretary to
the Goverdment of India, Colonel Sturt, and the
sanction of the Court of Directors who were always
liberally disposed towards the civil and military ser-
vices, 'The army deserved all the benefits at the
hands Of the Government. The officers were brave
and devoted, and the East India Company can boast
of possessing as many accomplished and able men
as as are to be found in any service ; and as to the
Spoys, what army in the world can excel
hthir
coltoufirs
delity and zeal ; not a single man deserted
out of the
after the enemy had crossed the Sutlg
elO,OOO men.
garrison at Ferozepore, which exceeded
The Noble Lord said he might lelre remark, that the
Seikh troops had
force at Ferozepore had beteh nemore than doubled
during the year
.1845, before
crossed the river, and so had every other frontier sta. I
lion, including Meerut, Umballah, and Loodianah. Sir
John Littler commanded the force at Ferozepore,and he
reported that he felt himself to be in a state of
security. That gallant officer confided in his troops
and they in him ; in fact, he had a force nearly double
in numbers to that with which the Duke of Welling-
ton fought the battle of Assaye. Sir John Littler
made the most able dispositions of his force. lie oc-
cupied the town and citadel of Ferozepore, and the
entrenchments, and having made every possible ar-1

rangement, .he moved out with 6,000 men and 21
pieces of field artillery, and formed his junction with
the Commander-in-Chief, without any risk, on the
21st of December. Again, when 10,000 men were
left at Lahore, after the conclusion of that war,
that officer relied on the fidelity of the Sepoys,
and he proved that there are no difficulties in oc-
cupying a large city, which cannot be overcome by
judicious arrangement. But, in speaking of this
army, whose organization is the wonder and admi-
ration of European soldiers and statesmen, he must
state his opinion that the fewer the innovations
made in it the better ; and, when they are pro-
posed, they should only be carried into effect after
the most mature and vigilant scrutiny ; for, like all
instruments of highly tempered metal, the native
army required to be handed with skill and dexterity,
and, above all, their religious prejudices respected.
He had on former occasions expressed his grateful
acknowledgments, and those of the Government of
India, for the eminent services performed by the
general officers of the army. Sir Harry Smith, Sir
John Littler, Sir John Grey, Sir Jos. Thack well,
Sir Walter Gilbert, Brigadier Stacy, and Brigadier
Wheeler, and other valuable officers whose names are
honourably recorded in general orders. But, seeing
around him many of his gallant comrades, who ably
did their duty during the Sutledge campaign, he might
be permitted, as this would be the last opportunity he
would have of expressing his regard for these gallant
men, to gratify his own feelings by briefly alluding
to some of those now present. His Lordship
begged to express his sense of the glorious
share which Colonel Cureton, the Adjutant Ge-
neral of her Majesty's forces in India, had
in the battle of Aliwal. The 16th Lancers
and the Native Cavalry greatly distinguished them-
selves. He trusted that this gallant veteran would
long hold his honourable post of Adjutant-General,
in perfect health. The Quartermaster-General of
her Majesty's forces in India, Lieutenant-Colonel
Gough, after commanding a cavalry brigade with
great energy and marked success at Moodkee and
Ferozeshuhur, was severely wounded at Sobraon, and
was a worthy representative of the name he bears. It
was also to him
.a most pleasing reflection to know
that he had concurred in the appointment of the
Adjutant-General of the army, who, aftei a trial of
18 months of peace and war, would, he could safely
say, do full justice to that most important post--
wounded severely at Moodkee, Lieutenant-Colonel
Grant was again at his post at Sobraon, although his
wounds were still cpen. The Noble Lord then ex-
pressed his sense of the merits of Lieutenant-Colonel
Garden, the Quartermaster-General of the army;
having served in the Quartermaster-General's depart
ment himself during the Peninsular war, he knew its
difficult:es and its responsibilities in the field, and
he might be permitted to say no officer could
perform his duties better, or more skilfully, than
Lieut.- Colonel Garden. When suffering on the
22d of December, at Ferozeshuhur, from a severe
contusion, nothing could exceed his devotion to his
duty. The Noble Lord next thanked Lieutenant-
Colonel Birch, the Juige Advocate-General, for the
assistance he had given him, with so much coolness
and intrepidity on the morning of the 22d, when, out
of eleven aides-de-camp, he had only one left who
was not disabled ; and he also thanked him for the
ability with which the new articles of war for the
native army have been drawn up ; the details of which
are due to the Lieutenant-Colonel. The Noble Lord
next alluded to the assistance he had received from
Colonel Sturt, the Military Secretary to the Govern-
ment, and expressed in animated terms his obligations
to Colonel Benson, a member of the Military Board,
who was as able in the duties of his department as he
was gallant in the field. He would now advert to one
officer of his personal staff, and he knew it would be
satisfactory to that officer's comrades that he should
name him ; he alluded to the conduct of Lieutenant-
Colonel Wood, his Military Secretary, who, at mid-
night on the 21st of December, when her Majesty's
80th regiment, under Colonel Bunbury, and the
Ist Fusiliers, under Major Birrell, were ordered to
capture two or three Seikh euns which opened their
fire within a short distance of our troops, had, with
his usual energy and gallantry, accompanied the
troops, and was severely wounded in the execution of
that important duty ; but he must also add, that the
only occasion on which, before or since, his young
friend had manifested any approach to insubordina-
tion, was when, as Lord Gough knew, he declined to
leave the field, although, from the nature of his wound,
and his exhausted state, it was absolutely necessary
that he should do so. He was glad Lieutenant-Co-
lonel Alexander was present, and entertaining, as he
(lid, the highest respect for the admirable artillery of
the Company's army, and being well aware of the
Lieutenant-Colonel's services at Sobraon, he had
much pleasure in acknowledging his merits on
this occasion. He thanked Lieutenant-Colonel
Penny for his services at Sobraon, and eulogised
the Goorka Battalion. " And, now, gentlemen,"
said the Noble Lord, " allow me to propose to you
a toast which will be most welcome to you all—the
health of. Lord Gough, the Commander-in-Chief of
the Indian Army. My Noble Friend has done me
the honour to allude to the assistance I afforded him
during the campaign, and especially during the night
of the 21st of December. It was a pleasure to me at
all times to second the efforts, and during that event-
ful night thine was a cordial concurrence of opinion
between us, as to what ought to be done, namely,
to hold our ground—to wait till daylight—to attack
the enemy, and to beat him. I need not say to you,
gentlemen, with what success that decision was car-
ried into effect. The Noble Lord then said that he
had before recapitulated Lord Gough's brilliant ser-
vices in the presence of 150 officers assembled under
the very walls of Lahore, and would not, therefore,
repeat them ; but the beautiful piece of plate, an
honourable testimonial now before him (pointing to
a silver vase), presented to Lord Gough by the 87th
Regiment, which he commanded at Barossa nearly
forty years ago, recorded the fact that the 87th had on
that memorable day captured a French eagle. It
showed that at every period of his life the Noble Lord
hal been animated by the most ardent desire to per-
tOrm his duty, in which he has always been suc-
cessful ; for, since the Noble Lord had commenced
his services in Asia, he had, in China and India, won
more battles than any preceding Commander- in.
Chief. In sixty days after the battle of Moodkee, the
British colours were planted on the citaiel of Lahore,
and 250 Seikh guns were on their march to Calcutta.
The Noble Lord then proposed " The health of Llrd
Gough, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of
India."

Here again the cheers of the company were long-
continued and enthusiastic.

Lord Gouou, in acknowledging the compliment,
said he could not too strongly convey the grateful
sense he entertained of the gratifying terms in which
the Governor-General had been pleased to speak, not
only of him and the army he had the honour to com-
mand, but also of the staff at head quarters, to whose
unwearied exertions and valuable assistance during
the campaign, and on all other occasions, he
(I.nrd Gough) felt himself •so unspeakably in-
debted, and begging the company would accept his
warmest thanks for the kind manner in which they
had drank to his health. His Lordship said—l will
not, my Lord and Gentlemen, adopt the practice of
disclaiming any credit as due to myself, for I can
conscientiously, and, I will add, proudly. assert,
that my whole soul has been in the cause in which
we have lately been engaged ; and that to fulfil the
duties of the high position in which my Sovereign
and the Honourable the Court of Directors have
placed me, has been the great object of my life, and
the principle that has guided my every action since
my appointment to the noble command I now hold.
My Lord and Gentlemen, one of the proudest re-
collections of my after life will be that, throughout
the operations of no ordinary difficulty, my military
arrangements have uniformly received the warm ap-
proval of so accomplished and distinguished a soldier
as Lord Hardinge; and I take advantage of this,
the last opportunity I shall have, to state
publicly, in the presence of the Governor-General,
that which in our private communications I have so
frequently expressed to his Lordship
in v s
and the
sense of the
steady discipline, the unshaken devotion,
indomitable courage of the army of India, and how
deeply I feel indebted to every- member f it, from
the General oZ indiviaion to the private in the ranks,
European and native,who shared with me the glory
of campaigns both in India and China.
The GOYERNOR-GSNIISAL next proposed, in feel-
ing terms, " The health of Lady Gough," who, he
said, had during the last ten years shared the risks
and, anxieties of her noble husband's career, and
rendered the society at army head quarters most
agreeable by her unwearied kindness—most suc-
cessfully assisted by her Ladyship's amiable daugh-
ters, the Hon. Mrs. Haines and the Hon. Mrs.
Grant.
Lord Govan, in returning thanks, took the op-
portunity to propose the health of the members of
the Governor-General's family before alluded to, as
most near and dear to Lord Hardinge, the Hon.
Charles Ilardinge, and Lieutenant-Colonel' Wood,
private and military secretaries (who were present)
and his Excellency concluded by naming hi. gallant
young friend, Captain the Honourable Arthur Har-
dinge (who had, the day before, proceeded to the
plain.), whose intrepid bearing at the battle of
Moodkee, where he had acted as Lord Gough's
Aide-de-Camp, had been the admiration of all who
witnessed it.
The honour was very suitably acknowledged by the
Honourable CHARLES HARDINGE, who, in warmly,
thanking Lord Gough and the company observed,
that some of the very happiest days of 1
been passed in India, that he must ever
hendtiesrtaine the
been his
greatest regard for the kind friends it a
good fortune to make in this country, and he would
conclude by drinking to their next merry meeting in
England.
The party did not break up till a late hour, and
the Governor-General left Simla at seven o'clock

_ .
the following morning, attended by the Commander-
in-Chief, the whole of the staff at head quarters, and
the principal members-Of the ciyil serviee,.ot all of
whom Lord Ilardinge at parting took a most
friendly and feeling farewell.-11/Ofussiite Ex,tra,
Oct. 30. :

STATE OP TRADE.
AIANCHESTER, TUESDAY, DEC. 21. Although
there is not much, if any change, in the demand for,
or the prices of, goods and yarn to-day as compared
with Tuesday last, there is by no means so cheerful a
feeling abroad, amongst the frequenters of 'Change,
as was prevalent last week. The principal cause of
the depression now existing seems to be the un-
favourable appearance of the London money-market,
and the gradual decline in the price of
shares and public securities, which induce ap-
prehensions of renewed commercial pressure.
We understand that the comparatively unfavourable
state of monetary affairs in London, may be ascribed
to several causes ; one being the falling due of an
unusually large amount of foreign bills at the latter
end of this week ; another, the efforts naturally
made at this season by many parties, to reduce the
balances owing to their bankers ; a third, and pro-
bably the most important, the attempts on the part of
different railway companies to contract loans ; for
which purpose they are said to be offering,
in many cases, very high rates of interest,
in order to procure the means of paying off
bonds and debentures falling due, and, probably,
in some cases, to replace traffic receipts, unavoidably
suspended on capital account, instead of being re-
served for the payment of dividends. From whatever
causes arising, however, the depression in the metro-
polis has produced an uneasy feeling here ; and has
added to the disinclination which previously existed,
for entering upon any extensive transactions. We
trust, however, that the lapse of a few days will re-
move the present unfavourable appearances,
restore that feeling of cheerfulness, and that hope 0'
future improvement, which existed a few days ago.
HALIFAX, DEC. 18.—Rather more business hag
been done in the hall to-day in fancy goods, chiefly
for the American market, but chiefly in job
lots, and at miserably low prices. With respect
to yarn, there is no alteration, either in demand
or price. The former continues very much
below the power of production ; and the latter
below the cost. The diminished time which
the mills run, very much 'educes the demand for
wool ; but still, such is the firmness manifested by
the farmers, that the staplers are trying for a trifling
advance on the few descriptions wanted. Short wools
are rather more scarce, and some sorts are a little leo
easy to buy, but the demand is not brisk.
HUDDERSFIELD, DEC. 21.—Several buyers hare
attended the market to-day, many in the hope of
picking up cheap job lots; but there seems little in-
clination to make heavy sacrifices. Several parcels
have changed hands in the Cloth-hall, and there is
considerable inquiry for first-rate doeskins. From
appearances, there is every reason to hope that, after
the turn of the year, we may have to report a marked
improvement.
LEEDS, DEC. 21.—There is no new feature in our
market of this day to report ; things in general ire
consolidating themselves gradually, and imparting 5
better tone to trade. But the actual improvement is
not material, nor can we expect it before the end of
January, when business generally assumes a more
lively character. Some few orders for low cloths
have been given out, but at the halls very few goods
changed hands.

RAILWAY SHARE iIIARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 22.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lana'
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 151,i—Edinburgh and ICorir
ern, Preference, 15% —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths,'
dis.—Lancaster and Carlisle, 53—London and North-'Wel"
ern, 146 Ditto, New, Quarters, 434 p.—Lonch.n and Soutli*
Western, New Thirds, par—Midland, 106 Ditto, 401. Shares,
40:3/4—Ditto, Halves, 31,k dis.—South-Eastern and Dover.
No. 1.5 dis.— Ditto, No. 4,21:4 dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries.
7—Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, 38s. 9d. dis.—Whitehaven
and Furness, 8% dis.
MANCHESTER, Drc. 22.
STOCK 'EXCTIANGE.—The sales are—Bolton, Blackburn.
Clitheroe, 'and West Yorkshire (A), 5:4 dis.—Ditto
p.—East Lancashire, New, 414 dia.—Fleetwood, Preston,
and West Riding Junction, ,q,'t dis.—Huddersfield sod
Manchester Railway and Canal, 31,4 dis.—Ditto, Vlach., PA
c.— Lancashire and Yorkshire, Halves (H. and S.), le Zrd,
Ditto (West Riding Union), 34.dis.—Mancliester, Schheeffieid
and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 1,63/4—Ditte ("7^?.6 4,
and Lincolnshire), 51,i dis.—South-Esetern and Darer, *
214 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extensions, No.
11/2 p.—North Staffordshire, 13-17 dis.
LEEDS, Dec. 21.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—A moderate amount of sales uri.,
been made to-day at the following prices :—East Lanca-
shire, dis.—Ditto, New, 4i/4 dis.—Ditto, Quarters.
Vs.
dis. Huddersfield and Manchester, Thirds, 20s. dis.-140.'
cashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 61s. dia.--
Leeds and Thirsk, 171/, dis.—Malton and Driffield Junction.
dis.—North British, 241,4—Ditto, Thirds,
Se. dis,—Ditto,
Quarters, 15s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 12s. 6d. dis.—York.
Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwick), 11,ii p.
BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 22.
STOCK EICHANGE.—There was little business done to-day.
and no official list of prices published. The sales are—Lon•
don and North-Western, 147—North Staffordshire, 15s.- dia.
—Shropshire Union, 2%.
BRISTOL, Disc. 22.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market continues in a very.
depressed state, and shares of all descriptions have a down-
ard tendency. The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, 67
Great Western, Quarters, 114 p —Ditto, 171. Shares, 13s. 9d.
p.—Midland, 50e. Shares,3 dis.—Wilts, Somerset, and Wey-
mouth, 134.

EDINBURGH, DEC 21.
STOCK EXCILANGE.—The wales are—Edinburgh and North-
ern, 151. 103.—Great Northern, 31. 19m. 6d.— North BritiAl4
W. —Ditto, Quarters, 31. IN.—Ditto, Thiris, 11. Si.

Dr. Hampden is at present on a visit to the Arch'
bishop of York.
ELOPEMENT. Lovers are sometimes very inge:
nious ; but their ingenuity is occasionally of no fluid"
On Friday evening last a young gentleman'' BaEue-
S—k, who was on a visit at a friend's house, near
Bolton, and whose heart was smitten with the attractiona
of his friend's daughter, entered into an agreement with
her to pay a hymeneal visit to Gretna Green,as th4"l/
means of accomplishing their mutual objenf, whicehn-fir.
live together in blissful wedlock. The
man, in execution of the agreement left
to you:4 ,
the house, and
dress in which the had been sitting
shortly afterward Miss W----e followed him, In t}!:
re
order that it might Le supposed that she viould t
ho :; for
immediately. Having joined her lover, he —u-btook
her a bonnet and shawl; they went to the raiirinYth,re
tickets for Manchester, and, soon after arriving "1 I
set off by the last train for Newton. Snugly ensconce ,
in the Legh Arms Hotel, and secure, so they thntrlifirt
from all pursuit, they spent the evening delightioL
and resolved to set out early in the morning !°:d to
their northern destination. But they wore dnuri!ri was
disappointment. The absence of the loving Piaid, tlido
in the parloutr,ui
soon detected, and, their purpose being Ple,i'earch of
father and brother of the young lady went
the fugitives, and soon succeeded in tracing
At midnight a post-chaise arrived in Newton' andeters st
gentlemen, alighting therefrom, took up their ciii
were
the Legh Arms. In the morning, as the lovers
aair
about to depart, they were very quietly stoPPed bY well
pursuers, and the young lady was conveyed 11°Ine' an
guarded. The indignant father threw the bonnet a f
shawl, which had been purchased for this trip, at °13,e,,,°r
the servants of the hotel, refusing to let his (langur_
bear about her any token of her connexion with a roan
who could not woo and win her in an honourable way.--'
111b-eir rotusteo.
Manchester Examiner.
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BIRTHS. gr°
On the 3d of October last, at the Cape of Good Hope,
Henry Baldwin Herrick, of a &tighter.
sbeb,
On the 15th inst., at Bruokbill, Lisburn, Ireland, Ell 4
the wife of Edward Wakefield, Esq., of a daughter. • 000
On the lath inst., at Red-hill, the wife of George
Richardson, Esq., of a daughter. .i.place,
On the 18th inst., in Chester-street, drosveri°
Mrs. George Scovell, of a daughter. ri of
On the 18th inst., the wife of James Nichols,
Leicester-place, Leicester-square, of a daughter. d the
On the 19th inst., at Temple Sowerbv, Westmerelan '
wife of Captain Edward Heathcote Smith, of twin eons; wife
On the 20th inst., at Mansfield, Woodhouse, Not"' th
of Robert Gill, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 20th inst., at Surrey-square, Old Kent-road, fin.
Lewis H. Meayon, of a son. adY
On the 20th inst., at Rolleston, Staffordshire, the 1
of
Henry Townshend, Esq.. of a daughter.
of P'
E wOlturtt.hEes2o,thf inst.,
at Hoole-bank, Chester, the lady
wife
On the 21st inst., at Hanger-lane, Stamford-hill. the
of G. W. Lenox, Esq., of a daughter.
q

t. tit
On the 20th inst., at Ramsgate, Edward Harding. .11,
late of Cats Branca, to Jessie, eldest daughter of Char "
Herring, jun., Esq., late of Morro Velho, Brazil.

DIEII.
On the 2d of October last, at the Cape of Good 1-1°
1)
Henry Baldwin Herrick. Esq., of Bombay, barrister-at. lev.b.,
On the 18th inst., Henry Clinton. only son of Henri
Clinton Page, of the Prepared ..,tarble WorXs, Oxford-street'
Bilston, Staffordshire, aged 5 years.
On the 14th inst., at Little Fontmell House, Dorset, Log"
rence Edward St. Lo, Esq., aged 88.
On the 16th inst., Mrs. Sarah Davis, relict of the late Mr.
J. Davis, of the Jamaica Coffee house, Cornhill, aged 60.
On the 16th inst., in Church-street, Chelsea, Mrs. Stroll
Evans, aged 80.
On the 16th inst., at Bath, Lady Alice Titynne, seoni
daughter of the late, and sister of the present, Marquis e+
Bath.
On the 19th inst., at Tonbridge-wells, the Hon. Cliarl.
Godfrey Wolf, aged 98.
On the 235 of October, Althea Mary, the wife of Lieute.
nant Beadnull, 37th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry. ,
On the 24th of October last, at Calcutta, Henrietta, wife
of William Maples, Esq.
On the 13th inst., at Scales, near Aldinghatn, in Furnesir
Francis Marr, aged 41.

London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, as
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 11/
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, is the antral
Middlesex, Thursday, December 23, 1847.

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mates ;—the average cost of the works at present under contract
and executed amounting to 9,0001. per mile, exclusive of land, rails,
Parliamentary and current expenses ; and to 16,0001. per mile, in-
cluding every possible contingent expense.
The Directors have already, more than once, stated their opinion,
founded on particular local inquiry, that the registered shares are in
the hands of a most respectable, wealthy, and influential body N
Shareholders ; they are fully confirmed in this conclusion : and they
think it richt to add, to their former expressions of opinion in respect
to the Register, the important fact, that the average hold of each
Shareholder in the Company does not exceed 20 shares.
The Directors consider it at present premature to fix the number
Of Calls to be made during the ensuing year, or their amount, but
will be prepared to enter into this matter at the Raif-yearly Meeting
in February.

The Directors propose to continue to allow Interest after the rate
of 4/. per cent. per annum en paid-up Calls. The account of any
Shareholder who may happen to be in arrear will be (Milted with in-
terest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, from the date at which
the payment shall have become due, and credited with 4:per cent.
from the time only when the payment shall be made.
(Signed) PUDSEY DAWSON, Chairman.
Lancaster, December 16, 1847.

LONDON AND BLACKWALL
RAILWAY COMPANY.
▪ •
, Final Instalment and Registration of the New Scrip Shares, No. 1.
'Notice is hereby given, that the FINAL INSTALMENT of
3 las. 4d. per Share upon the New Scrip Shares, No. 1, issued for
paying off Debentures, will became DUE on the Ist of January
next, and is made payable at the London and Westminster Bank,
▪ Lothbury, London.
fff N IL Interest at the rate of 5 per Cent, will be charged upon all
X Instalments not duly paid, and the non-payment of any Instalment
Within Fourteen Days from the time appointed will subject the
Shares, with all previous paythents thereon, to be absolutely for-
-1!! feittql for the benefit of the Company.
Notice is also hereby given, that the Fifth Half-yearly Interest en
!he above Aloes will be payable on the Ist of January next, and can

be obtained by forwarding the Scrip Certificates (the full amount of
• 61. 13e. 4d. per Share being duly paid thereon), to the Offices of the
- Company, for the purpose of Registration, with the Name and
Address o' the Owner in fall, and the Number of Shares.
N.B. In pursuance of a resolution of the Board of Directors, all
Scrip Shares not sent in for Registration before the 31st of January
Next, will be Registered in the names of the original Allotted.

- By order of the Board, _
J. F. KENNELL, Secretary,
Offices, London Terminus, Fenehurch-street, December, 1847.

LONDON and BLACKWALL RAILWAY
COMPANY.
INTEREST ON THE NEW SCRIP SHARES, No. 2.
Notice is hereby given that the SECOND INTEREST on the
New Scrip Shares, No. 2, issued to pay off Debentures, will become
payable on the Dry of JANUARY next, and the Scrip Certificates may
new be forwarded to the Office of the Company, where they must be
left two clear days for Examination and Signature of the Coupons.
By order of the directors,
JNO. F. KENNELL, Secretary.
Office, London Terminus, Fenchurch-street, December, 1847.

MIDLAND RAILWAY.
The MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY are prepared to
receive LOANS, en security of their Debentures, for periods of
Three, Five, er Sevez Years, in sums of 1,0001. each and upwards, at
Interest after the rate of 11. per cent. per annum, payable half-
yearly.
Application to le made to the Secretary, at the Company's Office,
Derby. By. order,
November 25, 1847.

J. F. BELL, Seastary.

MIDLAND RAILWAY.
NEW 50/. SHARES.
CALL for A FOURTH INSTALMENT of Si. per SNARE (making

15/. per share called up).

Notice la hereby given, that a CALL of hl. per Share on the New
801. Shares in this Company has been this day made payable on the
7th day of January, 11148, at any of the undermentioned Bankers,
Irtz. a—

Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., London.
The Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool.
The Birmingham Banking Company, Birmingham.
Pares' Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester.
Messrs. Crompton, Newton, and Co., Derby.
The Royal Bank of Scotland, Glasgow.
Interest at Five per Cent. per Annum will be charged by the re-
spective Bankers on all Calls not paid on the above-mentioned day
Until the time of payment.
No transfer of these Shares will be registered until this Call is
Paid.

GEOROE HUDSON,
Chairman of the Board of Directors,
JOHN ELLIS, Deputy-Chairman.
By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary,
Derby, November 27, 1847.

MIDLAND RAIL WAY.
SIX PER CENT. SNARES (LATE BRISTOL AND
GLOUCESTER).
NINTH CALL of 21. per SIIARY! en the 501. SHARES (making
Va. called up), and THIRD CALL of 31. 14s. 6d. on the 371. be.
SHARES (making 111. S. id. called up).
Notice Is hereby given, that further CALLS of 21. per SHARI?, on
the 501. SIX per CENT. SHARES, and of 31. 14s. 6d. on the
371. Se. SIX per CENT. SHARES in this Company have been this
Lay made payable on the Ist day of January, 1843, at any of the un-
dermentioned Bankers, viz.:—
Messrs. Glyn, Ilallifax, Mills, and Co., London.
The 'sank of Liverpool, Liverpool.
The Birmingham Banking Company, Birmingham.
Pares' Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester.
Mesfrs. Crompton, Newton, aid Co., Derby.
The Royal Bank of Scotland, Glasgow.

Interest at 51. per Cent. per Annum will be charged by the re-
epectire Bankers on all Calls not paid on the above-mentioned day
Until the time of payment.
No transfer of these Shares will be registered until this Call is
PAM.

GEORGE HUDSON,
Chairman of the Board of Direotors.
JOHN ALLIS, Deputy Chairman.
By order. J. F. BELL, Secretary.
Derby, November 27, 11147.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY
COMPANY. 1847.
FIFTH INSTALMENT.

It. per Share of 171. lai., due 24th January, 184$, making 121. 4s.

per Share called up. _
Notice Is hereby given, that the Directors of the above-nanued
Company have this day made a Call of 21. per Share, payable on the
24th January, 1448.
The Shareholders are accordingly requested to pay the same at
any of the under-mentioned banks, producing at the same time
the call letter, without Which payment of the call cannot be ac-
cepted.

HARRY VERNET, Chairman.
WYNDHAM RAIDING, Secretary.
30, Great George-street, Westminster,
December 10, 1847.
Interest at 5 per cent. will be charged by the Bankers on all Calls
which remain unpaid after the appointed day.
No interest accrues on any Share during the period when any Call
flue by the Proprietor remains unpaid.
No transfer of shares will be received on and after the 23d of
January, N4S, until the call is paid.
JIANKEES.
London .. ... Messrs. Glyn, Benitez, Mills, and Co., Lombard-

street.
ittrrninghatn.. The Birmingham Banking Company.
Liverpool • • ..The Borough Bank.
Ifearloiter ..Sir B. Heywood and Co.
a../lesbury....liesers. Bickford and Hunt, and the London and
County Bank.
Baelangharn• .Mefters. Bartlett, Parrott, and 'learn, and the London
and County Bank.
Banbury ....Mews. Cobh and Co, and Mesons. Gillett and

Tawney.
Or.frlrd ...... Messri. Wootton and Co., and the London and Cennty

Bank.
ticeeter...• —Mews. Tubb.
N.B.—The London and North-Western Railway Company have
acceded, on application being made to them by the Directors of this
Company, to interest being allowed for three years at live per cant.
Per annum on the balance of 5/. 6s. per share not yet called up, I ro-
♦ided that such balance be paid up before the Ist of February next,
Muck rate of interest not to be reduced as calla are made. It will he
raceseary that those Shareholders who may wish to avail themselves
of this arrangement apply to the Secretary for a special Call Letter
to enable the bankers to receive the calls teadered in advance.

DR. L.VMERT ON TIM SECRET INFIRMITIES OF -YOUTH
AND MATURITT.-WITII 4S COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON

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on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous aid Unproductive
Unions, and the Secret Infirmities aid Disorders of Youth and Ma-
turity, asually acqalred at as early period of life, which enervate
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
feelings, aid exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practice:
Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion,
Whether arising true these causes, close study, or the latittence of
tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis,
Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from 'nits-
oretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, Illustrating the
Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs,
_hpladning their structures, uses, and functions, and the various
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Wootton.
BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
BEDFORD-STREET. BEDFORD•SQUARE,
LONDON.
octet of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
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of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c.
Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order
'oat it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the
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41 d its true source in every instance disclosed, In how many could
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1461 in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when
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, This work contains an accurate and complete account of the
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ase, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, iava-
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the
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toothy. and the great extent of his practice for many years is a
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i.Z„to the treatment of these diseases.
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NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.
SPECIAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE NORTH-
WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY TO THE SHARE-
HOLDERS.
Four months having elapsed since the last Meneral Meeting of this
Company, and events having in the meantime occurred which have
caused great confusion in the commercial world, and occasioned the
abandonment of many important undertakings and the unavoidable
suspension of others; the Directors, anxious at all times to keep the
Shareholders well informed upon all matters which affect their in-
terests, consider that they are called upon at the present juncture
to report to them officially the present position and prospects of the
Company.
They are happy in the first place in being able to state that, owing
to the manner in which the last and all previous calls have been re-
sponded to, not only have they been enabled to carry on the Corn-
Zany's works without suspension up to the present time, but they
are in a position to conthate to carry on the principal works on the
Main line between Skipton and Clapham without any abatement of
vlgoar, and without farther demands on the Shareholders until the
month of March next.
In regard to the future conduct of the works, the Directors, with
a view to render the future calls as little onerous as possible, pro-
pose to devote the whole of the available resources of the Company
to the construction of the works on the main line from Skipton up-
wards, in such a manner as to bring successive portions of the main
line, in extension of the Leeds and Bradford Railway, into profit-
able operation at the earlist possible period; a course which a pro-
posed arrangement with the Midland Company, superseding the.
necssity of a large outlay for working plant, renders still more de-
sirable :—and they are of opinion that, without inconveniently
pressing on the Shareholders, portions of the main line may be thus
saccessivelr opened as far as Ingleten before the summer of 1849,
and as far as Kirby Lonsdale before the following autumn ;—thus
bringing the North-Western Line within nine miles of the Lancaster
and Carlisle Railway at Milnthorp ; and placing the West Riding of
Yorkshire, and the Eastern and Midland Counties, with the excep-
tion of that interval, in direct railway communication with the lake
district, Carlisle, and Glasgow.
The Directors, having personally visited the whole of the works
In progress, have satisfied themselves of the forward state of large
portions of the line and of the excellent and inexpensive character
of the works :—there are no engineering difficulties of any kind ;
and, with the exception of the Ingleton and Dillicar Viaducts, no
works that are not of the most ordinary character.
From the contracts which have been already entered Into, the
Directors are in a position to state positively that the whole line
will be constructed considerably within the Parliamentary es