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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1841.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.

GLOBE.—We have not been disappointed in Sir Re-
bert Peel's speech. It contains all that is plausible for
his party, and especially for himself. " L'etat c'est moi,''
said Louis the Great. Toryism—working; Toryism—
presentable Toryism—(we do not mean at Court parti-
cularly) "c'est moi," says Sir Robert Peel. The Right
Hon. Baronet's speech then is satisfactory doubtless to him-
self, and to those who find satisfaction in his self-attesta-
tions of statesmanship. But what does it contain that tend.
at all to the satisfaction of the country ? What general views
does it give of commercial and financial policy ? The Right
Hon. Bart. might be justified in refusing details as to what
he would do,eif he stood in position of Minister. Nobod)
asked him for those ; it would be a quite uncalled-for
humiliation in Ministers to go fishing for a budget
from Opposition. The Opposition are not yet the
Ministry ; but if its leaders intend to become so, it
is fair enough to ask them what are the principles they
oppose to the present. In some respects Sir Robert
Peel has answered this question ; though only ne-
gatively. He has told us several things which a Tory
Ministry will not do for us. It will not provide securi-
ties for a sufficient supply of tropical products, and the
consequent advantage to the revenue, and the consumer.
It will not substitute a fixed duty, for a sliding-scale
of duties on corn. It will not do anything about
timber, till Sir R. Peel is better acquainted with the
political motives for, or against, a change in the Canadas.
Sir Robert Peel may have shown satisfactorily
that all this negative policy was a model of consistency
in himself and his party. He may exclaim magnani-
mously, " Should he be called to office, not for one mo-
ment could he contemplate following the example of the
present Government in supporting a proposal this year
which last year they opposed." We think we can recol-
lect an instance in which the Right Honourable Baronet
contrived to propose what he had resisted the
.year before
—resisted, not on temporary grounds, not in peculiar
circumstances—but on high principles, all which he was
constrained to pocket up the year after. But the Right
Honourable Baronet has not told us how many years of
consistency he means to preserve about sugar duties, to
wipe out the stain of emancipation. It is well known
that frail fair ones, who are conscious of some former

faux paux, are often apt to assume a tenfold mantle of
prudery.
STANDARD.—Lord John Russell, after the procla-
mation of his-disgrace, hastened to proclaim that he will
try another cast, and that the Corn-law proposition is to
be debated, for, we suppose, nine nights more, or, if his
Lordship pursue his new plan of making all his adhe-
rents speak as well as vote, for three times nine nights ;
his 281 will give him 10 a night for a month, and we
shall not be surprised to see the manoeuvre repeated. In
this way the Session may be got over, however it shall
fare with the public and private business before Parlia-
ment, and six months more of office will be secured,
with the incidental chances of turning the Anti-Corn-
law sedition to some account. We were told, last
week that Lord Melbourne had given a promise to a
High Personage not to resign except upon compulsion.
We expressed a doubt of the truth of the story, but
we find that our doubt was without just grounds,
although we had been otherwise mistaken. Lord
Melbourne has given the promise ascribed to him—
to a High Personage, indeed, in relation to his Lord-
ship—but not to the High Personage which most, in
their simplicity, might suppose. Lord Melbourne
has given this promise, but not to the Queen : his
Lordship has given it to Mr. Daniel O'Connell,
a much more important patron to him and
his colleages than her Majesty has ever been. On
Saturday it was generally understood that the Cabinet
had resolved to resign, upon the foreseen defeat on Lord
Sandon's resolution, without dissolving the Parliament,
but Tuesday, it is said, brought the " grandis et verbosa
epistola," of the great mendicant, reminding Lord Mel-
bourne of his promise not to resign without dissolving,
and threatening, in case that promise should be violated,
some revelations more useful to the public than agreeable
to her Majesty's outgoing advisers, or profitable to the
Whig-Radical party. The serpent has the Ministers
within his folds, and, therefore, their odd and otherwise

inexplicable contortions must not excite surprise.
COURIER.—At length the interminable debate is
brought to a close, and we may safely say of the defunct,
that if the House be not surfeited with sugar, the colintry
is. Nevertheless, wearied as we have been, we are bound
to confess that there were speeches last night which in some
sort repay us for the unwilling tolerance of the leaden
dulness of most of those by which preceded. We can even
be mercifully disposed towards the intolerable inflic-
tions of that most incorrigible of all egotistical bores, Mr.
Villiers, and that most shrilly disagreeable of all ear-
splitting screamers, Mr. Sheil, when so richly rewarded
afterwards for the purgatory passed through with ora-
tions of such unsurpassed eloquence and argument as
those of Sir R. Peel and Lord Palmerston. For we shall
not be unjust to the merits of the Noble Secretary,
however opposed to his principles, and therefore frankly
bear our testimony to the fact that, without one single
exception, his was far away, if not the only, the most
able as the most brilliant speech on his own side of the
House during the whole course of this debate. The
opening speech of Lord John Russell, carefully stu-
died and trimmed as it was, and plentifully seasoned
with claptrap abstractions, whose truth, as such, nobody
pretended to dispute, was a production of very inferior
claims, either in the rhetorical or statesmanlike sense, to
that less verbally pre-conceived and pre-arranged, and in
many respects improvised harangue of the Foreign Secre-
tary, sparkling in its diction, and racy in its points, how-
ever deficient, and greatly deficient, in the more severe
graces of style, logic, consistency, and reasoning, as con-
trasted with the masterpiece of mind by which it was
' preceded. We shall not, assuredly, be guilty of the pre-
sumption, for presumption it would be, o affecting to ap-
preciate all the excellences, or to bring into bolder relief
by discriminating selections of any particular passages,
of that matchless oratory and that profound argument with
which Sir Robert Peel enriched, refreshed, lightened,
and illustrated questions and principles, which, in the
hands of all his opponents, had been degraded into vapid
common-places, and used up only in the shape of stale
stage trickery ad captandum vulgus. Renowned orator,
philosopher, and statesman as he is, and has long been
universally acknowledged, the Right Honourable Baronet,
and Prime Minister that is to be, may truly be said on
this occasion to have outdone his " former fame."

FROM TUESDAY'S GAZETTE.

WHITEHALL, MAY 18, 1841.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, nominating, presenting, and appointing
the Rev. nomas Fowler Short, D.D., to the Bishopric of
the Isle of Man and Sodor, void by the translation of the
Right Rev, Father in God Dr. Henry Pepys to the see of
Worcester.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 15.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Niven
Moore, Esq., sometime her Majesty's Consul at Beyrout, to be
her Majesty's Consul at Aleppo. The Queen has also been
graciously pleased to appoint Nathaniel William Werry, Esq.,
sometime her Majesty's Consul at Damascus, to be her Ma-
jesty's Consul at Beyrout. The Queen has also been graci.
ously pleased to appoint Richard Wood, Esq. to be her Ma-
jesty's Consul at Damascus.

DOWNING-STREET, MAY 14.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Sealy, Esq.,
to be Solicitor-General in the Island of Barbadoes.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Stephen Bourne,
Esq., to be Registrar of the District of Berbice, in the Colony
of British Guiana.

WAR-OFFICE, MAY 18.

sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Assistant-Surgeon W.
J. Power, from the 51st Foot, to be Assistant. Surgeon, vice
Carnegy, who resigns, May 18.
7th Regiment of Light Dragoons—W. Ricardo, Gent. to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cotton, promoted in the 7th Foot,
May 18.

9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain the HonouraWe
A. H. A. Cooper, from half-pay Royal Staff Corps, to be
Captain, vice A. C. Williams, who exchanges ; Lieut. J. W.
G. Spicer to be Captain, by purchase, vice A. Cooper, mho
retires ; Cornet J. E. Madocks to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Spicer ; W. F. Auderton, Gent. to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Madocks, May 18.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Brevet-Colo-
nel W. H. Meyrick, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain
and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice F. J. Davies, who exchanges ;
Captain J. Dixon to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by
purchase, vice Mcyrick, who retires ; Lieutenant the Hon.
H. T. Forester to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase,
vice Dixon ; Ensign H. E. Montresor, from the 11th Foot,
to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Forester ;
W. H. Lord Kilmarnock (late Page of Honour to the Queen)
to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase May 18, 1841.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Capt. N. W. J. B. Micklethwaito,
to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Standen,
who retires; Lieut. the Hon. G. A. Byron to be Lieutenant
and Captain, by purchase, vice Micklethwaite ; Ensign the
Hon. H. H. H. Duncan, from the 71st Foot, to be Ensign
and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Byron, May 18.
7th Regiment of Foot—Cornet the Hon. W. H. S. Cotton,
from the 7th Light Dragoons, 'to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Boyle, who retires, May 18.
18th Foot—Ensign A. W. S. F. Armstrong, to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Davis, deceased, Jan. 26 ; E.
W. Sargent, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Armstrong, May 18.
26th Foot—Captain F. Whittingham, from the 80th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Maule, appointed to the 36th Foot; Lieu-
tenant J. Piper, from the 38th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Sharp, appointed to the 72d Foot, May 18.
30th loot—Capt. H. J. M. Gregory, from half-pay of the
'2d Ceylon Regiment, to be Captain, vice H. J. Pogson, who
exchanges, May 18.
36th Foot—Capt. J. Maule, from the 26th Foot, to be Cap-
tain, vice J. M. Home, who retires upon half-pay Unattached,
receiving the difference, May 18.
37th Foot—D. Davenport, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Lambard, who retires, May 18.
38th Foot—Lieutenant C. H. Fitzgerald, from the 16th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Piper, appointed to the 26th Foot;
May 18.

4;3(1 Foot—Major J. Forlong to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase, vice Booth, deceased ; Brevet Major W.
Frazer to be Major, vice Forlong ; Lieut. G. D. Freer to be
Captain vice Fraser, May 7.
48th Foot—R. Bowen, Ger.t. to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Stone, appointed to the 14th Light Dragoons, May 18.
51st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon T. L. Belcher, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Power, appointed to the
sth Dragoon Guards, May 18.
70th Foot—Lieut. J. C. Harris, from the 72d Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Fraser, appointed to the Ceylon Regiment,
May 18.

72d Foot—Lieut. R. P. Sharp, from the 26th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Harris, appointed to the 70th Foot, May 18.
80th Foot—Captain C. Lewis, from half-pay Unattached,
to be Captain (paying the difference), vice Whittingham,
appointed to the 26th Foot, May 18.
90th Foot—Ensign T. Ross to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Lord S. A. Chichester, who retires ; C. F. Thruston,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ross, May 18.
93d Foot—Captain Robert Carmichael Smyth to be
Major, by purchase, vice Arthur, who retires; Lieute-
nant A. Agnew, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Smith ;
Ensign E. H. Blair to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Agnew,
A. J. 0. Rutherfurd, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Blair, May 18.
Ceylon Ride Regiment—Lieutenant L. S. C. Fraser, from
the 70th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice R. Macbeath, who retires
upon half-pay of the 16th Foot, May 13.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—C. M. Duff, M.D., to be Assistant-
Surgeon to the Forces. vice Belcher, appointed to the 51st
Foot, May 18.
BRZYJET.—Capt. H. J. M. Gregory, of the 30th Foot, to be
Major in the Army, Jan. 13, 1837.
MEmoamtnum.—The date of the commission of Lieutenant
J. R. Maxwell, of the 3d West India Regiment, is Nov. 16, 1839.
Tho Christian names of Ensign Stehelin, appointed to the
13th Foot, on the 30th April 1841, are William }rancis.
The name of the Lieutenant who exchanged from
the 54th to the 94th Regiment on the 15th January last, is
James Twisleton Bayly, not Bayley, as previously stated.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Henry
Shute, Esq. to be Major • J. Harding, Esq. to be Captain,
May 10 ; J. H. Blagrave:Gent. to be Cornet, May 11.

WHITEHALL, M 14.
The Lord Chancellor bas appointed John Vaughan Mutlow,
of Ledbury, in the county of Hereford, Gent., to bo a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

The following places have been duly registered for solemniz,
ing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of 6th and 7th Wil
iam IV., chap. 85 :
Pleasant-street Chapel, Liverpool.
Bridge Croft Chapel, Wigan, Lancashire.

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
FREDERICK TAYLOR, plumber, Speldhurst, Kent.
ROBERT EDMUNDS, builder, Bennett-street, Stam.
ford-street, Biackfriars.
MARIA LOUISA JONES, iictualler, Tredegar, Mon
mouthshire.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
RICHARD REVELL, linen-draper, Plymouth.
BANKRUPTS.

JOHN KINGSFORD and ECAVIUS EBENEZER
KINGSFORD, wine-merchants, Dover, to surrender May 26,
at two, and June 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Lackington, Coleman-street-buildings, official assignee; Dim-
mock, Size-lane. _

WILLIAM MALLISON, merchant, Blackburn, June 8
and 29, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Preston. Milne, Parry,
Milne, and Morris, Temple, London ; Neville, Ainsworth, and
Beardsworth, Blackburn.

WILLIAM DAY and THOMAS DAY, oilmen, Grace-
church-street, May 29, at twelve, and June 29, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frede-
rick's-place, Old Jewry ; Capes and Stuart, Field-court,
Gray's Inn.

ROBERT FIELD, banker, Cartmel, Lancashire, May 26
and June 29, at twelve, at the Commercial Inn, Kendal, West-
moreland. Wilson and Harrison, Kendal; Norris, Allen, and
Simpson, Bartlett's-buildings, London.
RALPH HARRIS, merchant, Lower Thames-street, May
28, and June 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bel-
cher, official assignee ; Luttly, Fourdrinier, and Morse, Dyers'-
hill, College-street, Dowgate.
HENRY WILSON FE RNY H OUG bookseller, Reading,
May 25, and June 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Pennell, official assignee ' • Lamb, Furnival's-inn, Holborn.
JONAH WHEELER, victualler, Bath, June 8 and 29,
at eleven, at the Commercial-rooms, Bath. Horton, Furni-
val's-Inn, London ; Mant and Harvey, Bath.
WILLIAM KNOWLES, clothesman, Hyde, Cheshire, May
28 at eleven, and June 29, at 2, at the Commissioner's-
rooms, Manchester. Clarke and Medcalf, Lincoln's Inn-fields,
London ; Brooks, Ashton-under-Lyne.
PETER HIGGINS, brewer, Salford, Lancashire, May
28 and June 29, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man-
chester. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-
row, London ; Morris, Manchester.

RALPH JOHNSON, builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June
10, at eleven, and June 29, at two, at the Commission-room,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Cuvelje, Skilbeck, and Hall, London
Keenlyside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
RICHARD RIMMER, tailor, Liverpool, May 31 and June
29, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Neal, Liver-
pool; Hall, Bishop, and Mourilyan, Verulam-buildings, Gray's
Inn, London.

THOMAS DASH, innkeeper, New Windsor, Berkshire,
May 25, and June 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Ward, Essex-
street, Strand, London.

JAMES CADBURY, cheesemonger, New Bond-street,
May 25, and June 29, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green,
official assiee, Aldermanbury ; Humphreys, Newgate-street.
JOHN NOBLE and JOSEPH FREER, hosiers, Leices-
ter, May 24, at eleven, and June 29, at three, at the Castle,
Leicester. Stone and Paget, Leicester ; Taylor, Sharpe,
Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London.
JOHN KNOWLES, HENRY RODWELL, GEORGE
RUSSELL PARKER. and JOHN THOMAS KING, silk-
brokers, Thkgmorton-street, May 31, at half-past ten, and
June 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand,
official assignee, Copthall-buildings; Crowder and Co., Man-
sion-house-yard.
WILLIAM NORTHCROFT, builder, Egham, May 28,
and June 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman,
official assignee, Finsbury-square ; Dyte, Hare-court, Temple.

. .
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
T. A. Curtis, merchant, Tokenhouse•yard, City, June 10,
at one—J. Barnett, builder, Sydenham, Juno 10, at twelve—
A. D. Bottomley, tailor, Gracechurch-street, June 10, at oleven.

In the Country.
W. Swift, timber merchant, Ashton-under-Lyne, June 18,
at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—W. Nut-
tall,grocer, Manchester, June 15, at one, at the Commission-
ers'-rooms, Manchester—J. Colquhoun, copper smith, Shef-
field, June 10, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Sheffield—W. and
J. Deeming, hotel keepers,
the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—J. Roberts, mer.
chant, Carnarvon, June 22, at ten, at the Castle Hotel, Car-
narvon-4. Beckett, ironfounder, Liverpool, June 10, at one,
at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—E. Evans, draper, Liver-
pool, June 9, at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—
W. Coombe, builder, Launceston, Cornwall, June 15, at
twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth—P. Potter and W.
Maude, ea'ico printers, Manchester, June 9, at ten, at the Com-
missioners'-rooms. Manchester.
CERTIFICATES—JUNE 8.
G. H. Green and G. Courth, o_rpe, paper makers, Kent—
W. Wilson, innkeeper, Wakefield, Yorkshire—C. 'l'odhunter,
drysalter,
Yorkshire.Mincing-lane—R. Cass, grocer, Boroughbridge,

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
H. Cayley, C. Moberly and A. Moberly, merchants, St.
Petersburgh (so far as regardsg A. Moberley)—W. Birley, T.
Birley, T. L. I3irley, C. Birley, and E. Birley, flax spinners,
Kirkham, Lancashire ( '
so far as regards W. and E. Birley)—
C. Swainson, W. Birley, T. Birley, S. Ryley, W. B. Swain-
son, and W. Birley, jun
cotton spinners, Preston, Lanca-
shire (so far as regards T. Birley)—J• and H. Wallace, bakers,
Hamcommon, Putney—J. Huddleston, J. Ritson, D. Fletcher,
castle-upon-Tyne—Z..
and W. Ostle, ship builders, Maryport, Cumberland—J. G.
Breach and H. Choules, Plough Tavern, Blackwall—S. and
R. Lobley, tallow chandlers, Pulsey, Yorkshire—T. Dormer
and J. T. Brown, cigar manufacturers, Kennington-green—
C. Liddell, W. Webster, and R. Liddell, wine merchants, New-
Mew and E. Hoggett, saddlers, Belsay,
F. Lime and V. Givry, importers of French goods, Addle-
street, Wood street, Cheapside—B. and F. M. Briggs,
grocers, Newington, Kent—H. F. Baylis, H. U. Culley, and
Artis and J. Burtt, tin
goo Poplar_
Northumberland— G.
B. Brightwell, printing ink manufacturers, Whitechapel— W.
B. Chappell, T. It. Chappell, and H. Marsden, cotton manu-

facturers, Manchester (so far as regards G. R. Chappell)---L
Kenyon, L. Bond, and R. H, Hopwood, cotton spinners,
Blackburn, Lanca,hire (so far as regards J. Kenyon)—H.
Hyman and A. Jacobs, jewellers, Plymouth—F. R. Atkinson,
H. Birch, and J. Saunders, attorneys, Manchester (so fir as
regards H. Bireh)—W. and J. Bethom, bobbin manufactu-
rers, Grassgarth, Westmorland—F. Ullathorne and T. Root-
lidtt,e, wholesale grocers, Pontefract, Yorkshire—E. Lilley and
It. Boyle, jun., mahogany merchants, Kingston-upon-Hull--
W. Crompton and J. Keeley, silk dyers, Gaythorn, Manche3-
ter—T. Ibotson and G. J. Palmer, printers, Savoy -street,
Strand—J. May, jun. and S. H. Crosswell, wine merchants,
Devonport —R. Stains and J. Fox, brewers, New-road, Mary-
lebone—D. Antrobus and C. Millar, rock-salt proprietors,
Wincham, Cheshire—J. Bush and E. L. Master, attorneys,
St. Mildred's-court, Poultr-

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
ROBERT WATT, cotton spinner, Johnstone, May 24 and
June 11, at twelve, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley.
WILLIAM YOUNG, watch maker, Dundee, May 25 and
June 11, at one, at the Star Inn, Dundee.
ALEXANDER CATTO, spirit dealer, Peterhead, May
20 and June 19, at twelve, at Fraser's Inn, Peterhead.
WILLIAM COOPER and CO., glass stainers, Edinburgh,
May 24 and June 14, at one, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-
house, Edinburgh.

JOHN GILkISON, merchant, Glasgow, May 24 and June
14, at two, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow.
JAMES MELVIN, merchant, Aberdeen, May 21 and June
11, at the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen.
HENRY SMAIL, mill-master, Water of Leith, May 24
and June 14, at one, at Ferguson's Ship Tavern, Edinburgh.
ALEXANDER LOW, merchant, Dundee, May 24 and
June 12, at twelve, at the British Hotel, Dundee.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
IMPORTANT TO SIIIPOWNERS.—Yesterday Alderman
Pirie sat for the Lord Mayor for the especial purpose of
hearing a case of great importance to shipowners; he was
attended by the City Solicitor.
Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, said the information was
laid under the 3d and 4th Wm. IV., c. 55, to recover a
penalty of 1001. against a Mr. Jordison, for wilfully and
wrongfully detaining the ship's register of the Anne
Mackenzie, whereby the owners of the vessel were un-
able to clear her out of the docks into which she had been
entered on her arrival in January last, to discharge her
cargo. The Act of Parliament in question was one of
the greatest importance to shipowners, as it afforded the
best security, by summary measures, to obtain possession
of the ship's papers if improperly withheld by masters or
other persons who might have got them into their power.
The 27th section, which comprehended the whole matter,
was substantially as follows :—" And whereas it is not
proper that any person,' under any pretence whatever,
should detain the certificate of registry of any ship, or
hold the same for any purpose other than the lawful use
and navigation of the ship for which it was granted ;
he it therefore enacted, that in case any person who shall
have received or obtained by any means, or for any pur-
pose whatever, the certificate of the registry of any ship
(whether such person shall claim to be the master or the
owner) shall wilfully detain and refuse to deliver up the
same to the proper officers, for the purposes of the ship,
as occasion shall require, or to the person having the ac-
tual command, possession, and management, as the
ostensible and reputed master or owner, it shall be law-
ful for any such last-mentioned person to make
complaint, on oath, of such detainer and refusal to any
Justice of tho Peace ; and on such complaint the Ma-
gistrate shall cause the person complained against to be
brought before him to be examined as to such detainer
and refusal ; and if it shall appear that the said certifi-
cate of registry is not lost or mislaid, but is wilfully de-
tained by the person complained against, such person
shall be convicted thereof, and shall forfeit and pay the
sum of 1001., and, on failure of payment, be committed
to the common gaol for not less than three, nor more
than twelve months ; and the Magistrate shall certify
the detainer, refusal, and conviction, to the person who
granted the certificate of registry, who shall make re-
gistry of the ship de novo and grant a certificate thereof
conformably to law, notifying the ground on which the
ship was registered de novo."
Mr. Clarkson then called Mr. Gibson, who swore that the
Anne Mackenzie, in July, 1840, belonged to his brother,
a shipower at Sunderland, who had mortgaged her to a
Mr. Ingo. The latter had appointed Captain Simpson
master, and sent her on an outward bound voyage, from
which she returned to the port of London in January of
the present year. It appeared that both Mr. Gibson
and Mr. Ingo had demanded the ship's register from
Captain Simpson, but he refused to deliver it up to
either until certain debts that had been incurred in re-
spect of the ship should be discharged.
Mr. Clarkson contended that there was not the slight-
est pretext for retaining it on this account.
The witness then proved the execution of the mort-
gage to Mr. Ingo, and a subsequent bill of sale to a Mr.
Bainbridge, and a demand of the register on behalf of
Mr. Bainbridge of the defendant.
Mr. Boville, the barrister, who appeared for the defend-
ant, severely cross-examined the witness, from whom he
elicited that previously to Capt. Simpson leaving England
two different informations had been lodged under the same
statute against the Captain ; that they had been both
dismissed by Mr. Ballantine; and that, on the last occa-
sion the certificate of the ship's register was sought to
be recovered from Mr. Jordison, and was left in that
gentleman's hands, with the consent of all parties, to
abide any future proceedings that might be instituted.
Mr. Boville was proceeding by his cross-examination to
impeach the validity of the transfer, but was stopped by
Mr. Clarkson; who contended that his Learned Friend
had no right to pursue that course, It was a maxim
with which every attorney's clerk was acquainted, that
it was not competent to him to vary, by parole evidence,
the contents of a written instrument.
Mr. Boville admitted the doctrine of Mr. Clarkson,
with one single exception, and that was precisely the
one with which they were now dealing. He distinctly
imputed fraud in the concoction of these documents, and
if it were not permitted by ptrole evidence to explain
the true character of the transaction, it would be in the
power of dishonest persons to give validity to deeds, at
complete variance with the facts of the case.
Mr. Boville asked the witness whether the person who
gave him instructions to prepare the bill of sale to Bain-
bridge, did not tell him that it was done for the express
purpose of obtaining possession of the ship's registry,
without paying the claiMs to which the ship was liable ?
Mr. Clarkson having objected to the question,
Alderman PIRIE said, if the witness refused to answer,
he should draw his own conclusions from his silence.
Mr. Gibson said that no such observation was made ;
no money passed at the time the bill of sale was exe-
cuted, but the consideration, which was 1,8001., might
have been previously paid at his brother's office.
Alderman PIRIE complained that so much time was
consumed in the discussion of collateral matters ; it be-
hoved the parties who claimed the assistance of the Ma-
gistrate in this summary manner, to show that the bill of
sale was a bone fide transaction, and that the purchase
money had been actually paid.
Mr. Boville said he was instructed that these facts
were not capable of being proved, as, in truth, the
whole was a contrivance to defeat the claim of Captain
Simpson, Messrs. Carter and Bonus, and other persons
who had made advances on the credit of the ship. lie,
however, contended that the Magistrate ought not to
exercise his jurisdiction, if he had' any, in a case of this
kind. These gentlemen claimed to have a lien upon the
document now sought to be taken from them, and the
parties ought to proceed for its recovery' if they had an:
right, in a superior Court, where the whole matter cold(
be fully inquired into. The Courts of Law had decide(
that the Ships' Registry Acts afforded no impediment t(
granting a lien upon a ship's papers.
The City Solicitor—Are you alluding to the case o
Mestaer and Atkins ?

Mr. Boville—Precisely so ; and also to the case of
Bowen and Fox. There it was expressly decided that
the ship's papers might be held for advances.
Alderman PIRIE said he had been shown that case by
the City Solicitor, and it appeared that the papers were
held for butcher's meat, and other necessaries supplied to
the ship. Mr. Boville hardly carried this case so far.
The Alderman again repeated that, if Mr. Clarkson's

clients expected to succeed in their application, they
must prove the validity of their assignments and the
payment of the purchase money, otherwise he should
dismiss the application. He was advised by the soli-
citor that he should be justified in doing so upon several
other grounds, and it was too much to expect him to put
in force the provisions of a highly penal statute when
his mind was not thoroughly convinced of the moral
justice of the case.

Mr. Clarkson said, as this was a question of great im-
portance, he would propose to his Learned Friend that
Mr. Jordison should admit the possession of the ship's re-
gister, so that an action of trover might be brought to
try his right to retain it.
Mr. Boville said that Messrs. Carter and Bonus, who
were the parties substantially interested in the matter,
would give the requisite undertaking, which being done,
the information was withdrawn.

DISTRESS AMONG THE PEOPLE.—OUr Core
respondents in various parts of the country complain grievous.),
of the prevalence s.f distress among all the industrious classes of
the population. The operatives in the West Riding are very
badly off—the hand-loom weavers in particular. A Corre-
spondent near Huddersfield informs us, that the operatives
there can neither pay for food, rent, or clothing. The houses
are becoming empty, and where the circumstances will admit,
a number of families are congregating together. Distraints for
rent are of almost every-day occurrence, and poor men are
sold out of house and home. About 40,000 individuals, de-
pendent en the fancy weaving trade, are living on the barest
sustenance, and their condition is becoming rapidly worse. The
same is the case in Leeds. Distress has rarely, if ever, been so
general among the operatives and small tradesmen. Let any
ono who is sceptical on the subject, only take the trouble to
walk into the Court of the Honor of Pontefract, now held in
this town for the recovery of small debts, about once in every
fortnight; and he will find the Court crowded with suitors, and
a cause list amounting to perhaps two hundred. Then, if the
inquirer is not yet quite satisfied, let him visit that horrible
hole at Rothwell, called "the gaol." He will there find
about seventy persons crowded together, of all ages,
and of both sexes ; from the young mother with a
sucking-infant in her arms, to the old woman of
seventy years, grown hoary with age, and in a pre-
mature dotage with her accumulated miseries. Yes, you will
see numbers of such cases as these; and many of these objects
are sent to prison at the suit of some petty tyrant and rascally
attorney, for perhaps the sum of fifteen or twenty shillings.
" Oh, shame, where is thy blush I" Truly, if our country has
become the admiration of the world, it has not become the envy
of surrounding nations I A correspondent in Manchester yes
terday writes us :—" Never did I see such a time of suffering
and distress as the present. Business of all kinds is in a most
deplorable state, and if the present, or some other effort to
throw off the Corn-laws do not prove successful, the country
is utterly done up as regards trade and commerce. For myself
I have been losing money all this year, and also during 1840,
and unless some windfall turn up, I must drop my present
businees, and that immediately. My case is that of thou-
sands."—Where is this state of things to end?—Leeds Times.
LEWES.—.ANTI-CORN-LAW PETITION.—.The
signatures received to this petition from Lewes exceed
1,150, and surpass in numbers any petition emanating
from this borough for many years. The petitioners hav-
ing no confidence in either of the borough Members,
have requested Captain Pechell to undertake its presen-
tation.—Brighton Guardian.

PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY SHARES &c. &c. &c.
LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 18.
Number Dividcrd Price
or per CANALS. oer
Share., Annum. Paid. Share.
0,766 7 per con t. Ashton & Oldham...Average97l.lBs.sh. 110
1,482 41. Ashby.tk.le-Zouch A'crage 1131.8 h. '72
1, (10 Basingstoke.,.,, 1001.0. 5
1,01,5 52/. Br ecknock anAbergavenny l5Ol. sh. 93
8,000 1..16th. 101. Birmingham, 1.16 th share ...Ail. & 711. 200
4,C00 . ..... . Ditto & Liverpool Junct.l29l. sh . 100 pi 25
GOO 3!. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool. sh, all p.l s-s,
100 51. Chelmer and Blackwater lOOl. eh. 101
500 321. Coventry, 1001. sh. 600
Croydon.... ...... . Average3ll.2s.lod. sh. -
2,060 51. Os Dudley 1001.8 h. 94
600 131. Derby lool.Bh. 120
20,0.10 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d.pd :'3
3,575 i 4 Ellesmereand Chester Average 1331.615. 81
231 621 Erewasn 1001.55. 750
1,297 301. Forth and Clyde... Average 400/ 16s. b. 6to
11,000 8/. Grand Junction... ....... ...... 1001.3 h 127
2,849 i 258. Grand Union lool.sh • 24
1,500 ....... Grand Surrey.. . 1001. sh. 15
1,0001 41:percent . Ditto (optional) 5urrey..........,
1001.
096 Grand Western
600 131.125. 94. Glarnorganshire, Aver, cost 1721.138.4 d. 230
749 Pt. Oranthays l5Ol. sh. 20.*
6,238 21, Os. Huddersti Ad Average 5/1. 6s. 6d. sh. 27
100
25.128 11.10 s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 391.185. 10d. sh 2434
11,699 i 1/. 7s. Lancaster Average 471.65. Sd 27%
2,8072 30!. Leeds and Liverpool lool.sh '750
545} 111. Leicester 1401.5 t. 154
1,897 M. Os. Leicester & Nortltarapton Aver 831.10? '73
2,409 101. Monmouthshire 1001.11; 200
250 101, Melton Mowbray
t,OO 25/ Mersey and Irwell lOOl. sh. 555
5,000 21. 10s. Macclestleld lOOl. sh. all pd. 34%
247 17!, Neath 1001.$)., 325
2,400 51. Peak Forest Aver.ge about 781. sh. 1334
21,418 Ss. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.165.8 d. sh, 9X,
5,669 61. Rochdale Average 8151. ah. 86
500 81. Shropshire 1251.,h. 137
SOO 101, Os, Somerset Coal . . ... ... . ..... l5Ol. sh. 180
3,600/. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12!.10,. sh. 11%
700 361. Stafford and Worcester. 1401.5 h. 600
530 151, Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 280
310 9/, 5taurbridge............... 1451.5 h. 396
3,647 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon Aver... 791. 9s. kl. sh. 35
533 ini Swansea lool.sh, 265
3,762 2/. 10s. Severn and Wye and Railway Av. 351. sh. 45
2,6001 th. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, i share lOOl. sh. 5".0
8.149 ... ..... Thames and Medway Av. 191. Ss. Bd. sh. 2
l'"Ih'l 161. Warwick and Birmingham lool.sh. 240
I,oooish.
980 13/. Warwick and Naptnn" 100/. sh. 160
7,000 41, Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 55
6,000 325. 'Wilts and Berks Average 671. lOs Bd. sh, 20
800 6s. Wytlev and Essington l%/ 1251. sh '74
.26
905 10",. Wey and Arun llOl. sn. 2234
DOCKS.
1,065 tg . j 3p• C. Commerc al lool.sh. 6534
i h
5 per cent. East and West India ..................Stock 99
3,238,310;4 3/.p.cl. London ...........Stock 70
Ditto Bonds
2,209 3/. 6s. 54. Bristol . ..... ........... Average 14'1.95. sh 75
68,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB
1,152,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock :97
500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds
200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years
Deptford Pier 2Ol. sh. 201. pd 10
BRIDGES.
1,600 11, Hammersmitl, 501. sh. 21
7,231 Southwark, 01d.........Av. 63!. 2s Bd. sh, 334
1,700 1/, 15s. Ditto, New, of 711 per cent., 501. sh. 16
0,000
5,000 225. 04. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8! VOL p 0 21
5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4O/. pd 1834
80,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds
5,848 26s Vauxhall .......,.Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 26
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
2,000 3110 s Albion 5OOl. sh. 50/. pd 72
59,000 E t 6 per cen}
and 15s. Allianceßritish &Foreignlool. sh. 11/. pd 13%
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 5
24000 fl. per eh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 14%
1,20015 h, 5/. Birmingham hire °5Ol. sh. 551. pd 10734
20,000 4/ percent. British Fire 950/. sh. 501. pd 40
12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 5O/, sh. 51. pd 5%
1 5,000 51. percent. Clerical 8, Medical Life, 1001. 5h.21103 pd "A
4,000 310 s County lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 11
20,000 6s. Eagle
200
f 5 per cent.]
and 301 bs. Economic Lite 10001. sh. 2501. pd 406
2,271 228. percent. European Use 00/. sh. all pd 22
50,000 2s. Ditto, New 201. eh. 21. pd 134
1.000,0001.61. per ct Globe Stock 118
20,000 51. Guardian
30,000 4s. Od. Hope 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 5%
2,400 51. 12s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5OOl. sh. 501, pd 13.3
7,500 9s. Imperial Life lOOl. sh. 10!. pd 10
13,459 5/. per cent. Indemnity Marine lool.sh, 81. pd 29
2,020 31 103 Kent Fire 5O/. sh, all pd 92
31. Ditto Life 5O/. pd 66
10,000 16s. Law Life IOW. sh. 10!. pd 3034
5,000 10s. London, Fire 95/, sh. 12/. 1(15. pd 18%
3,900 10s. London, Ship 051. sh. 12!. 10s. pd 1854
1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh.
510,000/
30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Lite ..... sh. 21. pd 216 s
50,000 5!. per cent. Protector lift 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd Ns 64
10,000 4 per cent. Protestant 'Assentors ...,160!, sh. 5/. pd 534
9,500 11. Provident Lite
200,,100 3s. ed. Rock Life 54 pd 4
89,20/ 51. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock 190
6,000 5 per cent. University Lite... 100/. sh 5!. pd 5%
10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100!. sh. 5/. pd 734
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
25.000 Agric. and Com. of I reland2sl. sh. 10/. pd
10,000 8 per cent. Australasia 40/. sh. 40/ pd 58
10,000 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 501. sh. 10/. pd 13%
10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/, sh. 10/. pd 19%
39,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001. sh. 201. pd 22%
60,000 5!. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10!. pd 12%
3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. eh. 10/. pd 30
25,000 10 per cent. Liverpool 100/ sh. 12. F. pd 1434
50,000 7i per cent. Manchester and Liver ] 50/.sh. 151 pd 10%
pool District
20,000 7 per cent. Manchester lOOl. sh. 10/. pd
20,000 8 per eent. Provincial Bank of lrelandloo/. sh. 251. psi 42
10,000 6, er cent National Bank of Ireland 50!. sh. 17.1/. pd Id
10,000 6 per cent National Provincial Eng.loo/, sh. 351. pd 3.53,,
10,00 e Ditto New... loi. sh, 10/ pd 10%
/0,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10/. pd 32
6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 9

GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 16s Ud Bath 201. sh. 161. pd 22
5,000 British 404 sh. 161. pd 184
(inn rsi.percenti
5.- land Bs. 6s. Ditto Provincial 2O!. sh. 191. pd 25
928 51 10s Birmingham 50/. sh. 96
4,250 2/ Os Bristol 2Ol. sh. 36
2,250 31 10s Brighton 2O/. sh. 13%
750 3/ 108 Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 184 pd 9
2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 2Ol. eh. all pd 9
4,000 71. Os. Continental Consolidated -.75/. 624/. pd 102%
1,000 101. City of London.. ....... -1001. sh. all pd 195
1.000 61. Ditto, New 1001. ah. 751. pd 150
4.000 31.05. Equitable 5O/. pd 20
10,000 3!. per cent. Imperial '(Si. sh. CO
800 51. per cent. Isle nt Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd 18%
2,350 61. per cent. Independent 301. sh. ally,. 49
9,000 41. per cent. Phoenix 5O/. sh. 391. pd 33%
1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. 801. pd CO
,000 South Metropolitan 50/. sh. 19/. pd 16
9,000 51. per cent. United General 501. sh. 471. pd 30
240 5!. per cent. Warwick 5O/. sh. 50
400 54 per cent Wakefield 251. sh. 22
2,000 31. Westminster Chartered ... 5Ol. sh. 58
6,000 12s. Ditto New 571. sh, la pd 11%
780 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 18!. pd
WATER WORKS
4,800 31s. Birmingham 25/. sh. 251. pd 21
4,4:43 71. East London 1001. sh. 164
5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Average 411. 138. 4d. sh. 61
2,000 '2l. Kent 100/. sh. 46%
372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 3t:ii
1,500 2 /10s New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60
8,486 21 10s Manchester and Salford. ...... MO/. sh. 55%
1,000 5 per cent. South London lOO/. sh. 10434
8,294 4#l. • Wart Middlesex Average 631.1125. 3d. sh. 92
1,360 1114 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,300
o,eeo ...... .., Birmingham and Gloucester !COI. pd (9,,4
15,000 Bristol and Exeter ...< ..... 1001. sh. 60 pd /1.4,
7,500 Cheltenham &G. Western 100/.0. 62)8:, 3)34
3,000 Clarence 1004 sh•
~‘ 100" pd 30
8,000
80,009 Eastern Counties 25!. sh. 231. pd 9
10,0011`
10,918 14 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh, all pd 204
25,000 Great Western 1001. sh. 654 pd 94%
25,000 Ditto New 501. sh. 501. pd 654
6,000 per cent Gosport Junction.. 5O/. sh. 401. pd 47
2,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/. pd 145%
8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 50/, pd 4534
2,100 44 per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 65%
5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 10(4sh. 1004 pd 185
7,9(18 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 504 pd 90
11,495 10 percent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 45
36,000
..„ ..... London and Brighton 504 sh. 501. pd 46%
24,000 London and Blackwall 25/. sh. 251. pd 17%
20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich -.201. sk. 201. pd 84
25,000 8 per cent. London & Birmingham 1004 sh. 901. pd 159%
25,000 Ditto Quarter Shares ....254 sh. 51. pd 23
31,250 Dit o New Shares 'l2l. sh. 321. pd 52%
36,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 381,175. Od. 57 4,
33,900 .... ..... London and Croydon}
Av. 134 15s. 9d. 13%
Ditto New Scrip..., 1.1%
13,000 3 per cent, Manchester and Leeds...loo4 sh. 704 pd 53%
0,0110 ..
10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sle 40/. 25%
Ditto Extension 7l. pi ' 2%
10,0410 Midland Counties 1001. sh. 100/. pd 88
15,000 North Midland
Ditto New 40/. rd 36
5,128 Northern and Eastern....lool. sh. 501. pd 28
2,600 Preston and Wyre 5O!. sh. 804 pd 86
28,000 South Eastern and Dover ...... ... 33/. pd 15%
1,000 10/, per cent. Stockton and Darlington .........100/.sh. 275
9,000
6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 50/, pd 73
MINES.
8,000 Albion Copper 5/.1 0. 111. pd 12
4,000 1/. ss. Alton l5/. sh 121. lu pd 10
10,000 ......... Anglo Alexican,iss. 54 pm. 1004 sh. al 1 d 1;4
Ditto Subscription .25/. po I%
2,000 lot. Bolanos 1504 sh all pi 35
10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 3.51. s h. 204 pd 5
6,000
11,000 ... ...
16,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 2048 h. 201, pd 1
10,000 Ditto Scrip lO/, sh. 104 pd 2
20,000 ..« ..... British Iron lOOl. sh. (101. pd
,000 ......... British Copper 5/. sh. W. pd 1%
...... ... C itt Br.inca 6lll. pd 6%
Candonga 7i4 ixl 5
10,000 1 1 Copiapo .... 204 sh. 134 lid 94
8,500 Columbian, iss. Si. pm 55/. sh. 551. pd 0%
...
2,850 3!. English 144 Cs. pd 3
20,000
6,155 Mexican Company lOOl. sh. 5711 pd 6
3,006 Polberou Consols lOl, sh. 81. pd 4
11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 24
Ditto Loan Notes. 1501. pd 160
30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. 404 sh. all pd 2%
Ditti. Scrip 3 4
Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 4
West Cork 5Ol. eh 504 pd 32
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
1,000 .... ..... London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs. sh. 16
1,500
.00
King' College 100!. 19%
MISCELLANEOUS.
How 15e. Australian Agricultural.lool.'sh. 281. pd 39
6000 1. per cent. British American Land Company 34/. pd
10,060 61. per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 3214 pd 31
20,000 51. per cent: Upper Canada Loan
City Bonds, 4 per cent
20,000 IL 6s. General Steam Navigation 151. :h. 14/. pd 2414
101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock
,000 14 London Com. Sale Rooms ....Av. 75/. sh l9
,000 ..»..... Caoutchouc Company 1214 pd 12
New Brunswick Land Compau y... 501. pd 12
2,754 5/. per cent. Reversienary Int. 50c...1001. sh. 1001, pd 107
2,633 5/. per cent, Ditto New 100/. sh. 100. pd 107
4,000
10,000 os. Van Die.ner.'s Land.... 1004 sh. 1714 pd 6

LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
MAY 8, 1841.
BANKS.

1,000,606/. Al. p. ct. rank of Scotland ...831.65. Bd. sh. all pd 159
2,000,0001. 6 p. ct. Ilc.yal of Scotland 1004 sh. all pd 154
500.0001. 8 p. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. all pd 22„
500,0001. N. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 169
500,0004 6n. ct. National lOO/.Bh. 101. pd 14%
500,0001. 71. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 50/. pd 85
1,000.0001. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 401. pd 72k,

EVEN ENG EDITION._

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London Merrontile Joarnal of Maw 18.) ,
SUGAR.—There were extensive public sales of' all kinds
of Susrsir available for home consumption to-day, which se
the effect of depressing the minket, but a very large proportion.
sold. Five parcels of British Wes. India Sugar were brousgat
to the hammer, consisting of 342 hhds 14 tierces ew
Barbadoes. and -292 hhds 59 barrels St. Lucia. Therei
was a good attendance of the trade at these sales, and
the Barbadoes all sold at full rates ; in some cases. hovrerf_
prices gave way a litt'e ; low to fine yellow went at 63s to
sTee,
. 6d ; the St. Lucia went without spir:t, and prices declined
Is per cwt; the whole, however, sold at 69s to 70s 6d for
11107
to fine yellow, and brown 60s. to 61s tid. There was not's' 04
business done privately, a few boards only being disposed,°A
but theses ealized rather better prices than were obtain
the public sales. The show of samples was very scanty.
MAURITIUS.—By public auction were offered 6,90 bltd
29 casks, which met a (lull demand, and a part only wag'',
at prices about is Gd per cwt below the rates of the sale °(1
Friday last; ordinary to fine yellow at 61s Gd to 68s 6d, an
middling to tine brown at 55s to 60s 6d per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—The public sales comprised 9,500 bird
Bengal, which went off with considerable heaviness, arid A.
:
net conclude until a very late hour; prices were in most es;
Is to 2s lower than the current rates at the close of last week'middling to fine white 61s 6d to 70e, low and middling brot'
at 49s 6d to 565, and washed ditto at 39s to 47s per C
Foreign East India sorts continue dull of sale, but prices ;
firmer ; at public sale 150 bags Madras at 325, and five per can
duty, were bought in at 52s Od to 535.
COFFEE.—The market generally was flat to-day, verylittle
s.
business was done privately, and the auctions were trivial,
;Insi
sisting only of 36 bales Mocha, 10 casks Jamaica, and 47 A
Havannah. The former sold at 102 s 6d for fine ordinary
quality, being the full value ; the latter taken in at 459 for
good ordinary, being about market rates.
MOLASSES, &c.—At public sale were offered 38 casks St.
ritius Molasses, and 303 casks Bengal Syrup, which "To
chiefly bought in ; the former at 265, and the latter at 27°
28s per cwt.
PIMENTO continues to secure stiff prices, and the dein(
is good : 94 bags offered at public sale fetched 3id to 3id
low and middling quality.
GINGER.—For East India the demand is yet extressehlit
limited, and prices remain low ; 220 bags Bengal were brag's
tst the hammer to day and sold at 17s for middling, being t
full value.
RlCE.—'fhe demand for Bengal Rice continues dull, sod
1,870 bags offered at public sale, went heavily at 8s 6d to
for very low to good middling white, being 6d to Is. lower.
TEA. A series of public sales comprising 2240 g
packages commenced this morning. There was a,W,„g
attendance of buyers, and the merchants being
'ern."—„s
to realise at about lid to 2d per pound below the reg.,.i.
of Friday last for both black and green Tett, a,so".
competition was experienced, and a large proportion
of
j
quantity that passed auction was disposed of, say au—,
6,800 packages out of 9,800 packages. The followl
are the prices actually obtained : Congou, good a
heated flat and low is 7d to is 7:hd, brit mid str
old Is Ftid to Is Elid, but mid rather strong Ankoi kind is gad
to Is 101 id, but mid blksh It ra str old H M Pek ft Is 1114
to 2s, blksh leaf full 11 2s 14d to 2s 2d ; Young Hysen, ,rsa
strong and rather full 2s Bid to 2s 91d, mid strong 4
3s 3sld ; Hyson but mid ra str 2s 3id to 2s 8.1-d, utinfd
A 7
rather fr and str 2s 10a to 2s Ild, middling str but 35
Souchong but middling rather old Is 7id to Is 8d; Ono
Pekoe mid ra str and full bnt flat 2s 2d, good mid fr 25,8 to
2s 9di ; Imperial 2s 3id to 2s 9d ; Gunpowder 2s Gaol td
4s lid; Twankay but mid ra coa la 79d to is Bd, but
very str bnt Is 8d to is Bid, but mid ra str fr but Is 10 d'
Is 11d.
Company's Congou dull of sale, and the cash priee,deelinee
to Is 8d to Is Bid per lb.
SPIRITS.—The Rum Market remains inactive, and a s"itle
:h
00
easier prices have again been accepted ; the transieot,
of the week are about 100 puncheons Jamaica, 30
36 over at 53 2d to 53 Bd, with fine marks at 650
to 6s 6d, 50 puncheons Leewards, proof to II °.
rid
at 2s Id to 2s sticl, and about 100 casks Bengal,
strength at Is 5d per gallon ; 50 hhds of the latter deserins
were brought to the hammer, and bought in at Is 10d for
et
to 25 over proof. The demand for Brandy is limited, seitu-
any materal change in prices. Geneva steady at 2s for expo'
and 2s 4d to 2s 6d for home consumption.
PROVISIONS.—The Bacon market remains in an exceedingt
flat state, and the tendency of prices is downward; the
Vitroises;(l
being desirous to make sales, and offer prime sizeable ateTs,te
at 56s to 58s ; ditto Limerick at 54s to 555, and heavy at b=.'
5.18 landed; there are, however, few buyers. The agens? to
offers for Irish account still refuse to give way, and s;sh
58s are the rates generally asked for prime quality. Old sti#
Butter is totally unsaleable; consequently no prices eari ,s 0
quoted, not even an offer can be obtained. Of new butteeo
have not yet any at market; best Waterford for imrnesi! ,00
shipment is offering at 92s to 96s per cwt, upon which wss
there are no buyers. Foreign Butter in fair request at ste"--
prices ; fine Friezland 96s to 98s, fine Holstein 90a to 965,
fine Holland, 92s to 96's per cwt.
TAI.
--
Low.—The prices of this article continue to ex.,fl $
downward tendency, and the market is very dull. Fine P•
on the spot lust quoted at 46s to 46s 3d per cwt. OILS.—.The prices of Sperm Oil continues steady anuA
kass,
demand is experienced for the article ; about 65 tuns
4-1,116
rican Oil, ex Massasoit from Boston, were put up to pow
sale on Wednesday, the whole of venich found buyers With; *
spirit at 911. to 921. for fine quality. There" has bets- tll
fair demand for the common description. of Fish Oils, for v-0,1
home use and exportation, but more especially for Seal sa.
Southern, and full prices have been obtained. Linseed on
become dull of sale, and prices have further receded,; o
&Rf
made on the spot at 28s 9d, which price is now with esod
obtained. Rapeseed Oil is also very little inquired after,
to effect a sale easier prices must be taken. • tie°
INDIGO.--The little business doing in East India descrip 0
continue to maintain the April sale
prices, and the inerellaitoS
continue fiam ; a few picked lots which were considered cheap
ir
liveriesthe salesare haveve r
yaggaoeinfi
. beenspasnolisdh at
is a
held smallfi
much in demand ; at public sale 205 serous Guatemala hal
been offered, but about half was bought in • the resnallssess sold at 3d to Gd per lb advance on the previous' sale for the be
lots, but about 3d per lb cheaper for the lower sorts ordiftir.
to good middling at 2s 4tl to 2s 6d ; 12 serous Ca ; we-
-5s 4d to 6s 4d per lb. races
rpmrol:t. The so
though

COAL MARKET.
Ships arrived since last market,day. 20. . A
vs i. d.
tt d
Buddle's West Hartley l7 6 W.IE. Braddyll'sHetto ... 11 '
.., 6
New Tanfield Moor
Old lanfield M00r...
I
Original Windsor's•Pontop 16 61 Walls End Pemberton .... ;1,7, 6
1
Pontop Windsor
. 1167 11;eN,WVaallliss
south Hartley
Tanfied Moor
West Wylam ,•,.. 16 0 Walls End Harrington Tees :`,: 9_
Wylam ....,... ......... ..... 16 u Walls End Brown's Deanery 1;
EmEndd
K5temeart.15..............
..
.. .. ri 6
Walls End Perkins, l7 i %Nails End Seymour Toes... :6 6
Walls End Witba'ai

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS.
Wheat. i Barley. Oats. Beans.
Per Quarter, s. to s. s. to a. I 11. to a. a. to a. 5,t049
Boston 63 33 ss 119 26 35 40 3<j 45
13r:untie° 54 64 28 35 94 0) 35 40 W 41
li ighton 57 P 6 23 33 24 27 58 43 40.
Cambridge 60 28 22 35
Chichester 55 65 28 31 24 26 40 42 v 4 45
Du 'mow 53 64) 32 36 22 31 35 40 u"
Grantham 58 190 28 3) 20 30 44
Grimsby
Hailsham
Hitch
Ipswich ....... 50 66 29 35 21 26 37 40 a." 98
Lewes .
Lynn
Maidstone 59 60 36 39 26 33 38 40 ,;
Norwich
Petworth
Rein ford
Sandwich
Thetford
Wisbech 56 62 23 24 T. 3 35 37 34 yg
Witham........ 158 641 •2,t 31 2 3. 35 40 99
Yarmouth 62 66 3i 24 30 40 41 38

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