The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-13 00:00:00

THE CORN-LAWS.

In accordance with the intention expressed in our
last, we now proceed to point out some instances where
whole trades and classes have been grievously injured
by the direct operation of the Corn-law. It would be
difficult, if not impossible, to select any trade, or any
class of men, whose means have not been curtailed by
the operation of this law ; but we have in our eye at
this moment two cases in which the facts are so well
authenticated, that we prefer confining ourselves to them
for the present.
It is well known to most of our readers that the
parish of Rochdale is noted for its extent in manufac-
ture of flannels, and the farmers in the neighbourhood
have, we doubt not, sent a large portion of their wools
to that quarter. Up to the year 1828 the manufactu-
rers of Rochdale found a market, and a constantly in-
creasing demand for their goods in the United States of
America ; and it is supposed that at least one-third of
their whole manufacture was exported to that country.
At this time there was regular and full employment for
workmen, and the weavers bad their looms and other
machinery in their own houses, and carried on their
occupation surrounded and asssisted by the various
members of their families. It is probable that no part
of the country possessed a population more industrious
and more comfortable, and want was rarely known
in the dwellings of the sober and the provident.
The American Government, urged on by American
manufacturers, and by the farmers of the north, who
were irritated at the refusal of Great Britain to receive
their produce in exchange for the vast amount of goods
they purchased from us, passed the Act which is known
by the name of the American Tariff; they laid very
heavy duties on English goods, particularly on flannels,
avowedly to retaliate upon us for our own restrictive
policy. The Engli,h Minister, then nt Washington,
wrote home to bis Government, to say, that the Tariff
could not pass if our Corn-laws did not exist, and that
the English Corn-law was the origin of the Ame-
rican high duties. What was the effect of this Tariff
upon English manufactures, and upon the town and
parish we have mentioned above ? The duties on the
common qualities of flannels were so high as to be
almost prohibitory, and the demand immediately fell
off, and the large and regular and profitable commerce
which the people of Rochdale carried on with the peo-
ple of the United States, was destroyed at a blow.
Up to this time flannel weaver had been able to
earn, e.ith moderate labour, from 18s. to 255. per week,
working in his own house, and comparatively inde-
pendent, and more as an employer than one
.of the
employed. NA hen the American Tariff passed, instead
of one-third of the goods made in Rochdale being sent
to the States, probably not more than one-twentieth
were transmitted, and the whole trade felt the shock.
A diminished demand for goods caused the demand for
labour to fall off, and when the labourers became too
many for the work to be done, as a natural and irre-
sistible consequence, wages began to fall, and in a very
short time the man who bad earned from 18s. to 255.
per week with moderate labour, was only able to ob-
tain 165., then 145., then 12e. ; and at this moment
his wages vary from 83. to 12s. per week, with much
longer hours of labour, and with a far less certain an d
regular employment.
Another bad effect was produced :—the competition
amongst so many manufacturers with a decaying trade,
brought profits down almost, and often quite, to
nothing ; and the manufacturers were compelled to
seek new means of producing more cheaply ; they
erected lulls and filled them with machinery, and the
weavers who had hitherto worked at their own homes
were compelled, by the pressure of stern necessity,
acting upon employers end employed, to go into the
mills, and their wives and daughters also were obliged
to go for a livelihood to the less agreeable, and in many
respects less favourable, description of employment
offered to them in mills.

There is a class amongst our aristocracy and legisla-
tors, of whom Lord Ashley may be taken as a type,
whose sympathies are keenly alive to the moral and
physical evils which arise from numbers of operatives
being assembled in large workships and mills, and who
are ever disposed to vilify the employers, and to spend
their superfluous and spurious humanity on the em-
ployed. We can tell these men that the Corn-law, the
Bread-tax, which they support, is the engine by which
women and children aro driven to the mills, and by
which they are made to work long hours to purchase a
supply of daily bread.
The American Tariff is the direct and legitimate off-
spring of the inhuman and suicidal Corn-law, and the
destruction of the flannel trade by the operation of that
Tariff has made it needful to rear mills and to invent
machinery, and it has torn hundreds of men, and their
wives, and their sons and daughters too, from the
homes in which they worked, and has forced them into
the vast buildings which those who employ them were
obliged to build, and in which they labour for a longer
period each week, and for a smaller amount of wages,
than they ever knew before the evil genius of monopoly
had ground them to the earth !

But we have not told all the sad hi,tory of this
single instance of Corn-law oppression. When wages
were reduced as the demand for goods fell off, the
workmen vainly thought their employers might, if they
chose, arrest their fall ; they formed a Trades' Union,
subscribed funds, and when any attempt was made to
reduce wages, they turned out and struck work ; they
did more—they became a furious mob, furious at the
prospect of lower wages and diminished comforts ;
they marched through the town, forced all their fellow-
workmen to cease from work, they took the shuttles
from the looms to prevent their working ; they broke
into mills, and threw the machinery out of the win-
dows, and destroyed it. Some of the leaders were
arrested and sent to gaol ; an attempt to rescue them
was threatened, the crowd attacked the military who
guarded the prison, with stones and brick-bats, the
soldiers fired, and some seven or eight human beings
were hurried into eternity, and others by the :lower
process of offended law, were exiled for ever from the
land which refused to feed them.
But, notwithstanding all this train of evils, and this
sad catastrophe, work was not more plentiful, and
wages did not rise ; the Corn-law still disgraced our
code, and the American Tariff still refused to admit
the flannels made by English industry ; manufacturers
continued embarrassed for want of markets, labourers
were far too numerous for the work to be done, wages
drooped and drooped, the busy shuttle was more rarely
heard in hundreds of cottages, whilst in many others
it did not cease its ill requited labour till near mid-

" Bread-tn'd Weaca, all may see
What that tax hath done for thee,
And thy children, Tilely led,
Singing hymns for shameful bread,
Till the stones of etery street
Know their little nzked feet."
—Leamington Chronicle.

• UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, Nov. 11.—A congregation was this day
hold6n for granting deo-I-to Sz,- when the following
b '.7
were conferred :

Masters of Arts.—The Rev. J. Gregson, of Brazen-
nose College ; Macdougall, Brazennose College ;
G. A. Booth, Exeter Collqe • the Rev. J. Gh•ncross,
Balliol College ; W. C. Lake, Balliol College ; Rows,
; J. 13. Hughes, Magdalen College ;
Pembroke College
and the Rev. J. L. Hoskyns,
Magdalen College.
Bachelors of Arts.—W. Ilaliburton, of Brazcnnose
College ; G. De Grtiehy, Exeter College ; F. Bowles,
Exeter College ; 1. Estcourt, Exeter College ;
M. Frith, Exeter Collegitt,• R. Hippisley, Exe-
ter College ; T. "rtiiiii4end, Lincoln College ; L.
Morse, Lincoln - College ; H. Bowden Wadham
College ; W. Lucas, Trinity College ; J. Wal-
ker, Trinity College; W. Fox, Balliol College; J.Watts.
Balliol College ; J. Battersby, Balliol College ; W. Jen-
kins, Balliol College; C. Beck, Balliol College; J.Warne-
ford, Worcester College ; P. Godsal, Oriel College ; R.
Lloyd, Pembroke College ; the Hon. J. St. Clair, Christ
Church ; G. Woolleombe, Christ Church ; J. F. Mait-
land, St. Mary Hall; J. Birch, New Inn Hall ; J. Brad-
ley, Queen's College ; *J. Stephenson, Queen's College ;
N. Tiropeny, Oriel College ; 11. Burney, Oriel College ;
C. Macfarlane, Lincoln College ; C. Chapman, Wadham
College ; W. Wilson, Wadham College ; *C. Kemble,
Wadham College ; G. Davies, Jesus College ; 11. Haw
kips, Jesus College ; H. Stowers, St. Edmund Hall ; J
Winckworth, St. Edmund Hall ; and E. Wood, Magda
len Hall.

* Grand Compounders.

THE ARMENIANS.

A private letter from Constantinople, of the 6th,
gives the following account of a serious difference be-
tween the Porte and its Armenian subjects :—lt ap-
pears that the temporal and spiritual interests of the
people, who amount, it is said, in the Turkish domi-
nions, to 100,000, have been, until hitherto, under the
government of chiefs called Sarafs. These Sarafs have
generally, on account of the influence of money as to
election, been bankers, and most of them have been in
collision with the Turkish Ministers to rob the
Armenians, and divide the spoil. The corrup•
tion and exactions of theie chiefs having at length
reached such a height as to threaten a general
tumult on the part of the Armenians, some
of the notables petitioned the Government for relief,
and Reschid Pacha, who was then Prime Minister,
listened to their prayer and granted them a firman or
charter, under which they deposed their Sarafs, and ap-
pointed twentyfour Commissioners in their stead.
These Commissioners having discovered that the Patri-
arch was not worthy of the high post held by him, ap-
pointed another, and for a time tranquillity was restored;
but the Sarafe, having intrigued with the Government
to get restored to office, and made common cause with
the deposed Patriarch, and Reschid Pacha being no
longer at the head of affairs, the charter was withdrawn,
and the Sarafs and the former Patriarch were restored.
In this state of things the Armenians sent petition
upon petition to the Sultan without obtaining redress,
and at length, watching their opportunity when he
went into public, placed a petition in his own hands.
The Sultan promised that justice should be done to
them ; but his benevolent views were thwarted by
Rifat Bey, and all the Commissioners were arrested.
A rich and influential Armenian named Iskender now
took up the cause of his co-religionists, and forcing
his way to the Council of Ministers, called upon them
to do justice to the Armenians. His earnestness so
much offended Rifat Bey, that, notwithstanding the
high degree of respect inspired by the character of
Iskender, not only amongst the Armenians, but also
amongst the Turks, he gave orders for his im-
mediate arrest. The Armenian people, now ren-
dered at (wee desperate and furious, were on
the point of breaking into open rebellion, when the
Ministers attempted a compromise, promising to re-
lease Iskender and the Commissioners, if the Arme-
nians would acknowledge the authority of the Serafs.
This they indignantly refused to do ; and an explosion
being imminent, the Ministers released the persons
whom they had arrested, and restored the charter. On
the very next day, however, and when such arrange-
ments had been made as in the opinion of the Turkish
Ministers would prevent rebellion, they exiled eight of
the Commissioners. The Armenians immediately held a
meeting and appointed a deputation of 120 courageous
and able men to proceed to the palace and raise a cry
for justice. The Sultan gave them an audience, and ap-
peared disposed to do justice, but Rifat Bey, who was
present,'persuaded him that the deputation was composed
of rebellious and turbulent men, and obtained his consent
to taking the affair into his own bands. The deputa-
tion were then dismissed from the presence of the Sul-
tan, and were desired to proceed to the residence of
Rifat Bey, where he and other Ministers abused them
with great violence, and gave orders for placing about
forty of them in irons ; a decree of banishment was
pronounced against eleven others, and threats were held
out that all persons who should dare in future to become
the organs of the complaints of the Armenians should
be treated. with even greater rigour. Such was the
state of things when the letter from which this account
is taken was written. It appears through another chan-
nel, that an appeal had been made to the Russian Am-
bassador, who has forwarded it to the Emperor, and
that the English Ambassador was applied to, but he re-
fused to interfere.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Nov. 6, 1841." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General :

Weekly
Total. _ Average

CAUSES OF DEATH.

1838-9-40
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases l3O 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 134 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of

Respiration
Diseases of the Heat and Blood-vessels lB 18
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other

Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &e.
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, Scc 0 1
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
o'.d Age, or Natural Decay 52 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 24 25
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes... -
Average Weekly Deaths
Deaths in the Average Weekly
Week• Deaths,lS3B-9-40
Western Districts ..•••••• 140
...... 139
North Districts ............ 148 163
Central Di5trict5............ 166
..... 190
East Districts ............... 158
...... 911
South Districts ... ...... ... 201 ...... 223

55 60

............ T0ta1......... -9:26
It is stated that under the . 813 Metropolis are comprised the
30 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls,
.the City and Liberties of
), St. Leonard (Brow
Greenwich, St. Nicholas
Westminster, the out-parishes within the bills of Mortality--
and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington
The population, as
Fulham, Hammersmith (ChapelDr), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad:
The weekly average for
(aielenni
yndug)m,tsoetsnr.
enumerated
eSai‘duit
a.li
in 1831,
bt;:oSvcritd;oa)kc;eaal
mN,nsdbe:wiv,Bn:o..:oooitile.,,:eTh
1838, 1839, and 1810, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
the three years by 15(3.
TEMPERATLIKE Is TIDE WEEKS ENDING
' Oct. 30, Nov. 6.
683 543
37 45
48 49
11, 1811.

Highest
Lowest
Daily Mean .........
General Itegister Office, Nov.

On Wednesday
inquestDEAT ,1:n.—....
------ -
3 taken before Mr.
Payne, at the Old Red Cross, high-street, Borough, on
the body of John Harris, aged 26, late shopman to Mr.
night.
Hair, IN atehmalier, of the above street. From the evi-
tFetligLliLtYo'SclUotD•liDaEnN
donee it appeared, that on Tuesday evening last, about
five o'clock, the deceased, whilst taking his tea,
suddenly
fell, as if shot, from the stool on which he was sittin...
He was lifted up, gave one groan and expired. A me:
(heal man was called in but could do nothing for him.
For the last three months he had complained of a pain
in his head, and was attended for it by 1)r. Barlow.
Yesterday he
appeared more cheerful than usual, and
being a Welshman was much excited at the birth of the
Prince, saying to his master, with great glee, several
times "We have now got a Prince." The deceased was
a very quiet, sober wan, and was about going to his
native place in Wales. The cause of death was disease
of the heart. Verdict—" Pica by the Visitation of God."
Mr. C. Baldwin, the Conservative M.P. for
Totnes, is now in Ireland, where he has proceeded for
the purpose of visiting his estates. Mr. Baldwin is ut
present staying with Lord Charleville.

LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 12.
Number Dividend Price
Of per CANALS.
:dares. Annum. Paid. pure
1,766 7 per cent. A ehton & Oldharft...Average97l.lBs. eh. 10 :1,4
1,482 si, Ai h'.l7.4c.le.Zouch Average 113 :.sh .72
1.Y64 Basingstoke... lOO/.0. 5
1,i1t,5 541. Brecknock and Abergavenny 1504.5h. 92
E,OOl 1-10th. 101. Birmingham, 1-16th shame ..., ,41. Sr 711. 200
4,009 „ ..... „ Ditto 3, Liverpool dunct.:99l. sh . 100 pi 21
600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool. sh. all pI -
SOO 51. Chelmer and Blackweer ICOI. sh. 103
500 021. Cove tltty 1001.6111. no
... ..... Croydon. Average 311.28.10 d.
2, CO 51. Os. Dudley 1001. sh. 94
600 131. Derby lo3l.sh .NU
20,000 4 per cent. Danube and ISleyne 411.135. 4d.pd 36
3,5750 4' Ellesmere and Chester Averziel33:.sla. 75
231 621 Erewasn .. 'OOl. en. 735
,2117 35L Forth end Clyde....Averaee keel. 16s. b. et 9
11,c00 7s. Grand a unction It:ol.sn 110
2,e49} 255. Grand Union lool.th 23
',SOO .«....•• (3 rand Surrey
1,0001 leper cent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001.
196 . ...... Grand Western
500 131.121. Ad. Glamerganthire, Aver. cost 172/.135.44. 2110
749 1.25. Granth vn l5O/.sh. 229
6 138 21. Os. liuddersfl ?1,1 Averaee '3 //. es. 6d. sh 23
100 . ....... Kensington lOO sh. allpd 10,'.
25.320 11.10 s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 391. lßs. 10d. sh 221*
11,6994 11. 7s. Lancaster Average 471. Os. 83 25
2,897 e 301. Leeds and Liverpool I OW. sh 710
545} ill. Leicester 140/. sh 151)
,897 51.05. Leicester & Northampton Aver E-24.10s 71
2,109 101 Monmouthshire ION sh 200
259 101. Melton Mowbray
tOO 25/. Mersey and !swell lOOl.O. 550
3,000 2/. 10s. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd 23
217 17L Neath lOOl, h. 325
2,400 51 Peak Forest Averege about 7'31.01. 72
21,118 Ss. Regent's (or London) Av.:131.161.8d. sh. 9
5,059 01. Rochdale Average abr . Rh. €O3
500 Si. Shropshire /251. sh. 137
809 10/. Os. Somerset Coal l5Ol. sh. 180
3,600/. 4} p:r cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock ...121. 10s. sh. 11%
700 361. Stafford and Worcester...« ..... ...1401.5h. 686
SOO 151 Shrewsbury
330 0/. 3taurbridge .................. l4sLsh. 396
3,!147 V. Os. Stratford-on-Avon Aver.... 791. 9e. tel. s 35
533 1241 Swansea 1001.3h. 265
3,712 21. 10e. Severn and Wye and Railway Ae.351. sh. 40
5
2,604E1h. ?41. ioe. Trent and Mersey, I share lOOl.Ol. 5C
8,149 Thames and Medway Av. 191.35. SI eh. 2
I.Mlshl 16/. Warwick and Birmingham lool.sh 250
I,oools h.
970 13, Warwick and Z./almost 100/. eh. 115
7,000 41 Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.81. sh. 55
6.1109 265. Wilts and Berko Averatre 071. 10s Bd. sh. 253
500 6.. Wy 'ley and Lesington 1251. sh 74
1.7;,:_ ah. e 0
905 le Wey and AM" llOl. en. 20
DOCKS.

'6ooB' 1 Sp. c. Commerc al ~...... 1001. sh. 81
1,165ieh.
5 per cent. East and West Itdist ,,...i.....,Et0ck 101%
8,238,31011. 31. p.ct. LunriOn:,, ......... iiie.46lll hi... ..B,ock 72
Ditto Bonds
2,2(19 8/. es. sd. Bristol &vcrage 11'11.95. sh. 75
N. 3241. 5/.percent. Ditto Notes., various amounts lOB
3:`,752 5 per crnt. St. Katharine Stock 9114
590,000 li per cent. Ditto Bonds ., lOO%
200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds Inc 10 years
..... Deptford Pier .. 001. sh. 201. pd 10
BRIDGES,
1,600 1/. Hammersmith 50/.01. 21%
1,231 Southwark, Old Av, 631.25. Oil. sh. 36
1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, ail per cent., ...... 50/. sh. 1534
.4000 Waterloo 100/. sh. 31. E
5,000 22e. 0,1. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 00/. p 3 01
5,000 19e. 3d, Ditto, New Ditto of 7/. .... 4O/. pd 1S!
iso,oool. 51. per cent. Ditto Bends
5,948 27s Vauxhall .......,.Average 70/.108.33. sh 2O
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
Albion 5OOl. sh. 50/. pd 72

3/10s

' le per c.rit
51,000 Id 6s. '1 Alliance British &Foreignlool.sh. lU. pd 13N
':0,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Maine lOO/. sh. 5!. pd 5
24,000 V. per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 14
I,2ooish. Si. Birmingham I. ire 2501. sh. 55/. pd 107%
10,000 V. per cent. British Fire 2501. sh. 501. pd 40
12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 9/.04. 51. pd 6
5,000 51. per cent. Clerical Sr Medical Life, lCol.sh.2llos pd 4Ni
4,000 310 s County lOO/. sh. 101. pd If
cl,OOO as. Eagle. 50!. sh. Si. rid 5
onn r 5 per rent.l
" j and 30, bs. 1 IMO/. sh. 250/. pd 406
2,271 22s.per cent. European Li io 201. sh. all pd 22
50,000 2s. Economic Life
Ditto, New 20!. sh.
21.
p 4 17g
.000,0001. Cl.per et Globe to 11F.
20,000 51.• Guardian
30,000 4s. Od. Hope 5O/. sh. W. pd 5i
2,400 5/. 12s. fid. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 133
7,500 9s. Imperial Life lOO/. sh. 101. pd gIN
13;459 W. par ceat. Indemnity Marine lOOl. sh. SI. pd Z
2,020 31 103 Kent Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 92
31. Ditto Life 5O/. pd 66
10,000 ICs. Law Life lOO/. sh. 101. pd
5,000 Ms. London, Fire 25/. sh. 121. 10s. pd ISti
3,900 10s. London, Ship 25/. sh. 121. !Os. pd 18%
1,600.000/. ...
510,000/.
m,con 51. per cent. Palladium Life 5Ol. sh. 2/. pd Qt Os
50,000 51. per cent. Protector 1/fa 201. sh. 2/. pd 18.0 d
10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ....11,0/. sh. Si. pd 5%
2.500 I/. Provident Lite 100!. sh. 101. pd 20
200,660 4s. Od. Rock Life
59,1!201 5!. per cont. Royal Exchange Stock 1/-0
6,009 5 per cent. Uniyersity Life 100/. sh. 5/. rld 514
10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life_ 100/. sh. 51. pd 7U

JOINT STOCK BANKS,

25,000 Agric. and Cum. of I reland2sl. sh. 10/. pd
15,000 8 per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 401. pd 51
10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Bii mingham 50/. sh. 101. pd 13
10,000 19 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 10!. pd 1314
31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 100!. sh. 201. pd 2114
60,000 51. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 16/. pd 12
3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 20/. pd NO
25,000 10 per cent. Liverpool 1001 ch. 12i/. pd 16%
50,000 71 per cant. Manchester and Liver-
-1 501. sh. 15/ .pd 9%
pool District
20,000 7 per cent. Manchester lOOl. sh. 10/, pd 5
20,000 8 pe: eent. Provincial Bank of I relandlool. sh. 25/.0 40
10,:,00 6i er cent National Bank of Ireland 501. sh. 1711. pd 151.'
10,000 6 per cent Notional Provincial Eng.loo/, sh; 25/. pd 34%
10,006 Ditto New 10i. oh. 101 pd 10
.0,000 Gloucestershire 501. sh. 10/. p 0 32
6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 les Od Bath 201.1 h. 16/. pd 22
5,000
5 000 (51.randBs. ercent.6s.l British 401. sh. 161. pd 13
/
.
Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 191. pd 224!A
928 51 10s Birmingham 501. sh. 06
1,250 2/ Os Bristol 2Ol. sh. 06
2,250 21 lOs Brighton 2Ol. sh. 13%
750 31 lOs Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 13/. pd 9
2,471 4i per cent. Brighton General 2O/.13h. all pd 9%
MOO 71.105. Continental Consolidated ..75/. 62F.pd 109
1,000 101. City of London.. ....... .- 3001. sh. all pd 195
1,000 61. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 751. pd 150
4,000 3/.os. Equitable 5Ol. pd 20
10,000 M. per cent. Imperial 5O!. sh. 59
SOO 5!. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 20/. pd 18%
2,350 61. per cant. Independen 301. ah. all r.,.. 56
9,000 4/. per cent. Phcenix 5O/. sh. 39/. pd 32
1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. eO/. pd 63
,000 South Metropolitan 501. sh. 19/. pd 16
?JAW 51. per cent. United General 501. sh. 471. pd 31
210 5/. per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50
400 51. per cent Wakefield
2,000 31. Westminster Chartered .....
. .50/. sh. 58
6,000 121. Ditto New 5ll. ;h. 10/. pd 11%
780 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd
WATER WORKS
4,800 345. Birmingham 251. sh. 251. pd 21
1,453 71. East London 1001. sh. 162
5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Average 411. 13s. 4d. sh. 55
2,000 21. Kent 100/. sh. 52
372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 325
1,500 2110 s Ncw River London Bridge Water Ann... CO
6,466 21 lOs Manchester and Salford 100/. sh. 54
1,000 5 per cent. South London lOOl. sh. 98
3,294 4jl. West Middlesex Average 63/.1125. 9d. sh. 90
1.360 11 14$ York Building Lo. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.

6,300 Birmingham and Derby .:.- lOlll pd 48
9,5.0 ......... Birmingham and Gloucester ICOI. pd 59
15,000 ......... Bristol and Exeter ........100/. sh. 60 pd 29
7,500 ...... ... Cheltenham & G.Western 100/.611. 62A,1. 5%
3,00 R Clarence ' 1001. sh. 1001 pd 2j
8,000 Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. 5L pd
50.003 ••••••••• Eastern Counties 251. sh. 231. pd 7%
10,000 Great North of England 100!. sh. 90/. pd 65
10,918 13 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd 209
25,1:10 7.3 per cent. Great Western 1601. sh. 65/. pd 79%
25,000 Ditto New 501. sh. 501. pd 57
6,00) 5 per cent Gosport Junction... 50!. sh. 50/. pd 5•1
2,00 5 per cent. Hartlepool 1001. 01. 1001. pd 1453
8,000 Hull and Selby 501.1 h. 501. pd 39
2,100 4 per cant. Leeds and Selby.. .............. -.100 sh. 65',
5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester Ikl.sh. 1001.0 199%
7,9:8 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 50/. pd 90
11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 45
35,000 ......... London and Brighton .50/. sh. 501. pd 36%
24,000
20,000 s per cent. London and Greenwich ...201. sk. 201. pd 6%
25,000 81 per cent. London & Birmingham 1001. sh. 901. pd 157%
25,000 21. Cs, Ditto Quarter Shares ....25L sh. 51. pd 21%
31,250 DUI, New Shares .3:21. sh. 321. pd 53
36,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 381,175. Ild. 53
33,000 ......... London and Croydenl
Av. 13L 15s. 9d. 11%
Ditto New Scrip.... 113.1
13,000 3 per cent. Manchester and Leeds...lool. sh. '7Ol. pd 56%
13,000 ..... .... Ditto Half Shares ..., ~...501 251. pd 24
10,000 Blanchester and Birmingh2M 701.5 h. 40/. 1.'0%
Ditto Extension '7l. pd 2%
10,000 2Llos. Midland Counties 'OO/. sh. 1001. pd 85
15,000 Cl. Os. North Midland l,Ol, sh. 1001, pd 65
11.10 s. Ditto New - 401. pd 3i
10,2`6 ......... Northern and Eastern-. 50/. sh. 431. pd 15
'..,6cu ..... .... Preston and Wyre -. ...... 501..0h. 301. pd 36
14,000 South Eastern and Dover 501 pd 20
1,000 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington ..... WI. sh. 265
9,000 ... ..... Thames Haven ......... .......501. sh 5/. pd
6,000 ..... .... York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd 81

MINES.
6,000 .. . .... Albion Copper.... 51. s h. NI. pd 12
4,000 1.1..5a. A ltcn l5/. sh 12/. Rib pd 10
10,000 .... Anglo Alexican,iss. 51 pm.loo/. sh. al Vd 1%
Ditto Subscription ...... . .... .... .251. pa I
2,000 10!. Bolanos . 151!. sh all pd 35
10,000 11. IN ' BrazilianlmP. iss. 5L pm... 251. sh . 201, pd b
6,000 ......... Macaubas & (,ocaes United 251..h.251. pd 4
11,000 Ditto St. John Dal Rey ...201. eh. I4L pd. I%
IC ,000 ........ Bolivar Copper Company, 201. th. 201. pd. •s' I.
10,000 ........ Ditto Scrip .........104 eh. 101.,pd 2
20,000 .... ..... British Iron lOOl. sh. 601. pd
,000 ........ British Copper 5l. sh. 411. pd I%
........ Cats Br•inca 64/. pd 6%
Candonga....... ni. Pd 5
10,000 I 1 Copiapo 2O/. sh. ISL pd 10
8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 51. pm. 551. eh. 551. pd 0%
2,650 SL English ...........141. Gs, pd 2
20,000 .... ..... General Mining A ssociation2OLsh.lBL pd 134
6,155 Mexican Company 1001.1 h. ttll. pd
3,008 ... ..... Polberou Consols 10!. sh. Si. pd 4
11,500 ..... ... Real del Monte, Unregistered.. .... 2U
Ditto Loan Notes. . - ..... ........150L pd 160
.......N50,000 ..... United Mexican, Ise. 2 pm. 401
.0.7. all pd
Dittu Scrip I %
Ditto New Scrip. ....,,,,.. ...41. pd 3
West Cork ..... ..... . .......3011."5h 50/. pd 68
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
1,000 ......... London; with Bronze Ticket ...71gs. sh. 21
1,500 ......... London Universityloo/. sh.
.25 all pd i
700 .... Russell.. .............. ....... .....•-•gs• i 0 • 6
King' College ......... - ....... ....IDOL 1934
MISCELLANEOUS.. '
10, )C0 15s. Australian AgricaltgraLlOOL'sh. 28/. pd 39
6,X0 1. per cent. British American Land Company 35i/. pd 9
10,000 61. per cent. Canada C0mpany........100/. sh. 320. pd
DI 28
30,000 51, per cent. Uppernds 4 Canaela Loan
City Bo psr cent lOO
20,000 IL 6s. General Ste.ira Navigation 15!. sh. 19/. pd 24
101. percent. Hudson's Bay Stock
,000 IL London Com. Sale Rooms ....Av. 751. eh l9
'OOO ... ..... Caoutchouc Company 124/. pd 12
New Brunswick Lewd Compamy...so4. pd 12
g,154 5/. per cent. Reversionary int. 50c...100/. sh. 1001. pd 9s
9.633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 100 L pd 107
4,00! ..N..... Thames Tunnel 59/. eh. all y.el to
10.009 66. Van Dic.ner.'s Land.... 1001. sh. 164/. pd -.14
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LIST of SCOTTISH COM
184 PANIES' PRICES
. 6. 1.

- - BANKS.
i
Rank of Scotland...B3l. 6s. Bd. sh, all pd 151
2,00,0
..,—no-n 1000. 61, EL, ct.
, ei et. Itcyal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 151
50000(
000. 8/, p. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. all pd 21
500,0(101. 61. p. ct. Commercial 5001' 1'• h 1001
• I'd Itil
50
100/. sh. 10/. pd 14
500,0n0i. 8/.p. ct. Glasgow Union .
sh.
250/ 5O/. pd E 5
00, 6 c. ct. National
ma• 6P. et. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 40/. pd co
I,o', )O, INSURANCE COMPANIES.
h Gip ct. Scottish Unton .20/. sh. 11. pd 255.0 d.
250, 0006 • '
7 N)0 jh p. et. Hercules 100/. sh. 101. pd 13
100,000 10 p. Ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/. sh. all pd 94
,000 10 p. ct. North British ..... 2OO/. sh. 10/. pd 17
lon 10 p. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 101. pd 20
s'ooo 10 p. ct. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh, 101. pi 15
'
100,000 Sip. et. West of 5c0t1and..................... 101. pd
MISCELLANEOUS.
4,818
Edin. and (alas. Un. Canalsol. sh. all pd 10
...
Ditto Allocated' ...... .... .... .96/. sh. all pd 44
55,40( n per cent. Edinb. JointSteck Water.2s/. sh. all id 34
',hough 2i per cent. Shotts Iron Founder,.,. 501 sh 481 pd 43
0,000 i per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2ol. sh. 16/. pd 5%
~500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 49
4,450 10 per cent. (' lasgow Gas .........251. sh. all pd 52
750 71 per cent. L'ziAh Coal Gas , ... .20/.sit. all pd 205
1413

HENRY DUNCALFE RUSHBURY, money scrivener,
Fitzroy-place, Southwark-bridge-rJad, to surrender Nov. 19,
at three, and Dec. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Pennell, official assignee ; Bickley, Duke-street, St. James's.
WILLIAM NASH, tea-dealer, Budge-row, London, Nov.
23 and Dec. 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alssger,
assignee, Birchin-lane ; Adamson, Ely-place, Holborn.
AUG USTUS BOIITE, tailor, Sackiiille-street, Piccadilly,
Nov. 24, at one, and Dee. 24, at twelile; at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings ; Pike, Old Burlington-street.
JOHN KIRKLEY MYERS, victualler, Durham, Nov.
26, and Dec. 24, at eleven, at the Bridge Hotel, Bishop We:r-
mouth. Bell, Brodriek, and Bell, Bow Church-yard, Cheap-
side ; Wilson, Sunderland.
THOMAS WINTERBOURN, tavern-keeper, Piccadilly,
Nov. 24, at twelve, and Dec. 24, at eleven, at the Court. of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Cockney, Lamb's Conduit-place.
WILLIAM . WALKER. SALFORD, timber merchant,
Stockport, Nov. 27, and Dec. 24, at ten, at the Commissioners%
rooms, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Middle Tem-
ple, London-' Atkinson and Saunders, Manchester.
BETTY FELL, bleacher, Sharpies, Lancashire, Dec. 1,
and 24, at twelve, at the Swan Inn, Bolton-le-Moors, Lan-
cashire. Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London ;
Briggs, Bolton-le-Moors.
WILLIAM WATKIN, jun., coal merekant, Leamington
Priors, Warwick, Nov. 22, and Dec. 24, at twelve, at the
Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington Priors. Parkes and Son,
Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn, London ; Cope, Leamington

Priors.
BENJAMIN AARON'S, furrier, Knowles-court, Doc-
tors'-commons, Nov. 27, at one, and Dec. 24, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frede-
rick's-place, Old Jewry ; Wood and Ellis, Corbet's-court,
RanldEFDlTecHS24,WaEtLeFiOevltriDi;
aptrinthteer,CoSutrrtanodf,
Gracechurch -street.
Nolvl.lCl9H,Aakt DtwoG,
Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Wilkin-
son, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
THOMAS BURBEY, RICHARD LOE, and JAMES
LOE, bankers, Portsmouth, Dec. 3, and 24, at the George
Inn, Portsmouth. Holme, Loftus, and Young, London ;
Cruickshank and Wakefield, Gosport.
JOHN FOWKES, hosier, Leicester, Nov. 24, and Dec. 24,
at twelve, at the Castle of Leicester, Leicester. Lawton,
Leicester ; Taylor, John -street, Bedford-row, London.
JOSEPH WALKER, earthenware manufacturer, Newbold
Moor, Derbyshire, No.:. 23, and Dec. 24, at one, at the Rut-
land Arms Inn, Bakewell, Derbyshire. Lucas and Cutts,
Chesterfield ; Spence and Bullivant, Alfred-place, Bedford-
square, London.
WILLIAM FELL and THOMAS FELL, provision
dealers, Sharpies, Bolton, Lancashire, Dec. I and 24, at ten,
at the Swan Inn, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire. Adlington,
Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London ;
Hampson, Manchester.
ECCLES SLOANE, woollen draper, York, Nov. 19, at
eleven, and Dec. 24, at two, at the Guildhall, York. Baxters,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Pearson, York.
ABRAHAM LEVY BENSUSAN and JOSHUA BRAN.
DON, merchants, Wallbrook-buildings, Nov. 26, at twelve,
and Dec. 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
Basinghall-street; Jones and Son, Size-lane.
HENRY CHAPMAN CARTER, builder, Hammersmith,
Nov. 23, and Dec. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lonsdale,
Temple-chambers, Fleet-street.
DIVIDENDS.

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
H. Smallman, draper, Edgeware-road, Dec. 6, at half-past
one—H. Molyneux, watchmaker, Lombard-street, Dec. 4, at
eleven—T. A. Curtis and N. Garry, merchants, Token-
house-yard, City, Dec. 3, at one—H. H. Carter, wine mer-
chant, Springfield, Essex, Dec. 3, at eleven—S. Coxhead,
oilman, Westminster-bridge-road, Dec. 3, at half-past eleven
—W. Legh, corn dealer, New Windsor, Berkshire, Dec. 3. at
twelve—C. Brown, china dealer, Oxford-street, Dec. 2, at
one—J. James, wollen draper, Southampton-street, Strand,
Dec. 3, at half-past twelve—J. Beyn, sen. and J. Boyne, jun.,
wine merchants, Crutched-friars, City, Dec. 3, at eleven-
H. Donaldson, army agent, Buckingham-street, Strand, De.
2, at eleven

In the Country.
R. Cuming ship owner, Plymouth, Dec. 8, at twelve, at the
Royal Hotel, Plymouth—W. Oldham, oil merchant, Notting-
ham, Dec. 3, at one, at the George the Fourth Inn. Notting-
ham—G. Matkin and J. Buxton, grocers, Chorlton-upon-
Medlock, Lancashire, Dec• 17, at ten, at the Commissioners'-
rooms, Manchester.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

E. Abbott and H. H. Bell, millers, Farndon, Nottingham—
C. Cinder and D. Brad:vell, silk manufacturers, Buglawton,
Cheshire—J. and W. Mcabry, grocers, Broad-street, Blooms-
bury—ll. Nias and A. Pett, SU pow, Tottenham—J. Par-
sons and T. Edwards, engineers, Vine-yard, Aldersgate-street
—E. J. Scott and W. Parsons, attorneys, St. Mildred's-court,
Poultry —J. and J. Whittaker, licensed victuallers, Salford—
R. Zw dehenbart, E. Zwilchenbart, and J. Searight, commis.
sion merchants, Liverpool—J. Austin, R. Peat, and W.
Yardley, machine makers, Farnworth, Lancashire ( so far as re-
gards J Austin )—J. Walker, J. Armitage, and W Horton,
jewellers, Birmingham (so far as regards W. Horton)—J.
Finden and W. Green, architects, Regent-street—C. Had-
field and J. Sanderson, anvil makers, Sheffield—A. Beaton and
J. Campbell, watchmakers, High-street, Whiteebapel—J.
Patillu and H. H. 0. Perrott, woollen drapers, Bristol—W.
Cormack, W. J. Cormack, and W. Oliver, nurserymen, Co-
vent-garden-market (so far as regards W. Cormack)—C., R.,
and G. Gatehouse, and J. F. Naish, brewers, Chichester (so
far as regards C. Gatehouse)—J. Smith and C. King, cabinet
makers, Para street.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
CHARLES BIRRELL, spirit dealer, Cupar Fife, Nov.
18, and Dec. 9, at two, at M'Nabb's Hotel, Cupar Fide.
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, grocer, Johnstone, Nov. 18,
and Dec. 9, at twelve, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley.
PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending Nov. 9, 1841, is
349.. 4id. per Cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain.

CHIEF MAGISTRATES OF BO-

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ROUGHS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
The following is a list of the Chief Magistrates in
several of the boroughs of the United Kingdom. We
trust to be able to make it more complete in a few
days :
London—John Pirie, Esq., Tory.
Edinburgh—Sir James Forrest, Bart., Liberal.
Dublin—Daniel O'Connell, Esq., Liberal.
York—Henry Cobb, Esq.
Liverpool—John Shaw Leigh, Esq.
Manchester—Henry Thompson, Esq., Liberal.
Birmingham—Samuel Beale, Esq., Liberal.
Harwich—Francis Freeling Hart, Esq., surgeon, Liberal.
Chester—W. Brown, Esq., Liberal.
Bath—George Norman; 14:sq.
Kerry— —Fitzsimon, Esq.
Boston—W. H. Adams. Esq., Conservative. •
Bristol—Geo. Woodroofe Franklyn, Esq., Conservative
Cambridge—George Fisher, Esq., Conservative.
Weymputh—Charles Bridge, Esq.
Wisbeach—Thomas Stear, Esq., Conservative.
Hastings—William Duke, Esq., Liberal.
Oxford— 8 - Browning, Esq., Liberal.
1 Sheriff Hunt, Esq.
Poole—Richard Penney, Esq., Liberal.
Stockport—William Nelstrop, Esq., Liberal.
Wallingford—Holland Thos. Birkett, Esq., Reformer.
Stafford—John Rogers, Esq., twice Mayor before.
Walsall—Thomas Oerton, Esq., Conservative.
Leeds—William Pawson, Esq.
Ripon—John Walbran, Esq., re-electsd
Warwick—George Cattell Greenway, Bsq.
Cork—Thomas Lyons, Esq., Liberal.
Derby— Gamble, Esq.
Plymouth—George W. Soltau, Esq.
Worcester—E. Evans, Esq.
Evesham—T..White, Esq.
Kidderminster—W. n North, Esq.
Bewdley—T.- S. Ctirtwright, Esq.
Tewskesbury—C. Porter, Esq., Catholic.
Gloucester—M. Meyler, Esq.
Hereford—Captain Benet t.
Shrewsbury—T. J. Badger, Esq.
Oswestry—J. Hayward, Esq.
Exeter—C. H. Turner, Esq.
Wells—W. J. Welsh, Esq., elected three years running,
Newcastle. on-Tyne—James Hodgsoh, Esq., Reformer.
Gateshead—George Sowerby, Esq., Reformer.
Launceston—J. E. Prockter, Esq,
Lyme Regis—W. M. Tartt, Esq,
Falmouth—Robert R. Broad, Esq., Reformer,
bicaenkeleerc.ted before.
Ty
P,enzigti—olnVLECdoliteridd,,Eiisegin.,
Eci.s7q.
Windsor--John Clode, Esq., t
Kendal—John Wakefield, Es
Sunderland—Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart.
Tewkesbury—Charles Porter, Esq.
Inverness—Provost Nicoll.
Colchester— -- Vint, Esq.
Chesterfield—G. Crompton, Esq.
Blandford—A. S. Hodges, Esq.
Sherborne—R. W. Spicer, Esq.
Devonport—W. P. Billing, Esq.
Nottingham—Richard Morley, Esq.
Devizes— Crocket, Esq.
alrvry.
BGuoelpdeuteey I , ,
Esq.
Bury Winchester—W. ht
ea rul-1--
Bury St. Edmund's—J. Greene, Esq., first Conservative
Mayor for this borough.
Doncaster—Thomas Johnson, Esq.
Pontefract—William Clough, Esq.
Lincoln—G. W. Webb, Esq.
Retford—Francis Thornhaugh Foljambe, Esq.
Canterbury— Browne, Esq.
Sandwich—W. H. Rolfe, Esq.
Dover—E. Poole, Esq., re-elected.
Deal—C. Kingsmill, Esq.
Stamford—Joseph Phillips, Esq.
Grantham—E. H. Lough, Esq.
Godmanchester—J. Kisby, Esq.
Grimsby—B. Harrison, Esq.
Louth—T. Lowther, ESCI•
Dorchester—H. Williams, Esq.
Blandford—A. S. Hodges, Esq.
Chard—R. W. Spicer, Esq,
Shaftesbury— Cotton, Esq.
Saffron Walden— Ellapsol3, Esq.
Hull—T. i ' 'll
Sto
empson, Esq.
Leicester—T. Ices Esq.

THE WEATHER.—We regret to say that an
unfavourable change has again taken place, and that it
rained last night, and continued to do so throughout the
greater part of this clay.—Dublin Evening Mail.