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London, England, 1848-06-27 00:00:00

a brisker appearance, and 1,818 bags ;sent 6d cheaper,
but the whole sold. Mocha is wanted. Of Jamaica 44
casks and 50 barrels were sold at steady rates. 217 bags
Padang were taken in at 27s for good ordinary, being
above the value.
Cocoa.—lmporters of West India are not inclined to
further reduce their prices, but the trade evince little
desire to operate, and there is a plentiful supply. The
tendency of quotations is evidently downwards. Of 617
bags trinidad offered at public sale, a small part only
sold.
SPICES.—To-day a fair demand existed for Ginger for
home-trade purposes. and 43 brls Jamaica at auction
sold at higher rates—fine went at 7/ 10s to 101.18.5, good
5/ IBs to 6155, and good ordinary 31 10s. Of Pimento,
some parcels were sold privately, and at stiffer rates ;
whilst 45 bags at auction sold at 3-Id fur low middling.
300 bags are declared for Thursday next.
TEAS.—To-day the market for tea presented a firm
appearance, and by private treaty a good business
was concluded. Of 3,174 pigs offered at public sale 1,000
sold at full rates, excepting Twankay, which went Id per
lb cheaper. Young Hyson sold at Is ;id to 2s for
good Caper scented is 11 to Is 2d, Souchong, good
Is 4d4d to is 10d, Imperial Is 4 d to is 51d, good 2s
4d, Scented Orange Pekoe, fine is 7i to 2s 2d, Gun-
powder, fine 3s 3d to 3s 4d, good 2s 9d to 3s, Hyson,
fine 2s 8d to 3s, good 2s sd, Hyson Pekoe is 9kd,
Twankay, ordinary 21d, and Oolong is 4d to Is 44d
per lb.
Ram—This afternoon East India Rice met with little
attention privately, and 2,235 bags Java at auction sold
6d per cwt lower, ordinary white only fetched 8s 6d to
3s, good bold yellow 7s 6d to Bs, damaged 5s 6d to
is 6d. 160 tins of Arrowroot were taken in at Bd.
SPIRITS.—On the part of holders of Rum there is
firmness, but the home trade operate with caution
in all descriptions, and export orders continue to be
trifling. Proof Leeward Island is held for is 9d to
is 10d, East India is 6d to Is Bd, Jamaica 28 to
36 per cent. over proof 3s 10d to 4s 3d, fine 4s 4d
to ss, and Demerara 28 to 38 per cent over proof at
2s 2d to 3s 4d per gallon. Of Brandy the stock con-
tinues on the increase, and in consequence of the limited
home and export demand, holders are ready sellers of
Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1846 at 4s 7d to
4s 9d, and 1847 ditto 3s 7d to 3s 9d. Geneva met with
little attention. British made Spirit is not cheaper;
only a limited demand, however, has been experienced,
but there is not a larger stock. In the value of Gin
there is not the least variation to make known, but the
trade is less brisk.
COCIIINEAL.—This afternoon there was no increase in
the demand for Cochineal, and 106 bags, at sale, were
nearly all taken in at rather lower terms—Mexican
blacks 3a lld to 4s Id, silvers low to good middling 3s
9d to 4s 2d, and Mexicans 3s 8d to 3s 10d per lb.
INDIGO.—The quantity declared for public sale on the
11th of July amounts to 7,131 chests, and unless affairs
On the Continent assume a more favourable appearance
previous to that time, only a small portion will be sold,
unless holders submit to a material decline on those cur-
rent at the last quarterly sales. Since this day week
the purchases made have been extremely limited in all
sorts, both by exporters and the home trade. Spanish
is not much required, and can be obtained upon rather
lower terms; there is also a fair supply.
SALTPETRE.—To-day there was not much disposition
manifested to do business, and 1,379 bags of Calcutta at
auction were taken in rather above the value-44 to 4
per cent 295, 8 to 61 do 27s 6d to 28s, 5} ditto 28s 6d,
and 34 ditto of ordinary quality 26s 6d per cwt.
OILS.—Few purchases have been made in Rape Seed
Oil, and rather lower rates were accepted yesterday.
Pale selling at 355, and brown at 34s per cwt. There is
also a large quantity pressing upon the market. For
Linseed Oil prices remain much the same as on
this day week ; from the home trade there has
been a good demand, and exporters have been
induced to take several parcels. A fair demand exists
for Lard Oil at 42s to 455. Ground Nut is dull of sale
at 37s to 38s. In Olive the operations era upon a
more extended scale, but not at better prices.
Cocoa Nut is offered at 38s to 44s for low to
fine quality, still the dealings have been limited.
For Palm prices continue to recede, and buyets to ope-
rate with caution, the value of fair to fine quality is 27s
to 30s. Of Fish Oils imports are of little moment since
our last report, and for common sorts the market has an
improving appearance. Purchases to a fair extent have
been made in Cod, at from 241 lOs to 251, and at which
holders are firm. For pale Seal the demand is active.
Other sorts are still little wanted. Southern is wanted,
and 'in consequence of the decrease in the supply,
buyers are compelled to pay stiffer rates. Of Sperm
there is a plentiful supply, and a further decline in the
value is apparent; on the part of the buyers there is
little desire shown to operate. At auction 40 tuns of
colonial were only in part sold.
TALLOW.—For public sale on Friday 600 casks are
declared. Holders of Russian are asking former
rates on the spot, but soap makers as well as chandlers
make purchases with caution, and fine P.Y. Candle
can be obtained at 44s fid to 45s per cwt. Only a
moderate business has been concluded for delivery in
the last three months of the year, and sellers at 44s to
45s nett cash on the spot. For other sorts quotations
have been with difficulty obtained, and a large quanta)
has been brought to market. At auction 175 tons o
wrecked P.Y. Candle were sold. Rough Fat is dull o
sale at 2s 6d per cwt.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 26.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Hon.
Henry George Howard, now Secretary to her Majesty's
Legation at the Hague, to be Secretary to her Majesty's
Legation at Lisbon.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Hon.
henry Elliot, now First Paid Attach i to her Majesty's
Legation at St. Petersburgh, to be Secretary to her Ma-
jesty's Legation at the Hague.
DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 27.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Col-
lingwood Selby, Esq., to be her Majesty's Advocate for
the Island of Ceylon.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire.
Richard Llewellin, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant,
June 15.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire.
Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry—The Right
Hon. Viscount Seaham to be Supernumerary Major,
without pay.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Linlithgowshire.
73d (and not Ist, as advertized in the Gazette of 22d
Feb. last), or Berwickshire, &c., Regiment ot Militia.—
Captain James Pringle to be Major, vice Johnstone,
deceased, Feb. 9.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Joseph Hirst, wire drawer, Halifax, Yorkshire.
BANKRUPTS.
Benjamin Peach, discount broker, Gravesend, to sur-
render July 5, at one, and August 9, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfield, official assignee ;
Lawrance and Mews, Old Jewry--chambers.
Edward Parry, corn merchant, hay, Brecon, July
11, and Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Acrarnan, official assignee, Bristol; Holme and
Co., London; Prideaux and Son, Bristol.
James Newman, builder, Ventnor, Southampton, July
8, and Aug. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Green, official assignee, Alderrnanbury; Whitaker, Lin-
coln's-inn-fields; Stokes, Cowes.
George Slater, ironmonger, Doncaster, Yorkshire,
July 8, and August 5, at ten, at the Leeds District
Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield ; Lamont,
John-street, Adelphi, Lonpon ; Collinson, Doncaster ;
Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
John Lovesy, bookseller, Cheltenham, July 11, and
August 8, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Mil-
ler, official assignee, Bristol; Bubb, Lingwood, and Bubb,
Cheltenham ; Walton, Bucklersbury, London.
James Sabberton, tailor, Sutton-street, York-road,
Lambeth, July 5, at one, and August 9, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee;
Hayes, Symond's-inn, Chancery-lane.
giSamuel Gawan, victualler, Holland-street, Christ-
church, Surrey, July 3, at two, and August 14, at
half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee, Coleman-street, City; Crafter, Black-
friar's-road.

Thomas Hill, Tremadoc, and Henry Stock, Portma-
doe, Carnarvonshire, slate manufacturers, July 19, and
August 4, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Bircham, Furnival's-
inn, London; Curry and Stratham, Liverpool.
John Rhodes, cotton-spinner, Clegg-hall, Lancashire,
July 13, and August 3. at eleven, at the ,Manchester
District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ;
Bell, Bedford-row. London; Heaton, Rochdale.
Richard Henry Morgan, licensed victualler, Mansfield-
place, Kentish-town, July 15, at twelve, and August 5,
at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official
assignee; Dale, Furnival's Inn.

William Clay, warehouseman, Cheapside, City, July
15, at half-past eleven, and August 5, at half-past twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Fisher, Doughty-
street.

George West Mitchell, lodging-house-keeper, Bristol,
July 14, and Aug. 17, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Williams,
Bristol; Rogerson, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
John Every, sen., ironfounder, Lewes, July 6, at half-
past twelve, and August 14, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. William Turquand, official assignee,
Guildhall-chambers ; Lindsey and Co., solicitors, Gres-
ham-street.
Charles Brown, marble mason, New Sarum, Wiltshire,
July 4 and August 7, at three o'clock, and at half-past
one, at the Court of Banruptcy ; G. J. Graham, official
assignee-, Messrs. Smith and Atkins, Serjeant's-Inn.
RAILWAY
COMIVIITTEES
•
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
GROUP No. 2.— LEEDS CENTRAL RAILWAY STA-
TlON.—Opposition considered.
EDINBURGII AND GLASGOW RAILWAY (A=endnlelllS
of Acts and Branches).--Preamble pruved, clauses
agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP No. I.—NORTH WALES RAILWAY (Dl
3V
.Ay, AND BDlN-
solution of the Company) —Preamble proved, clauses
agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported.
BUERGDIHNBAUNGII AND LA
IS
IGATLYW
AB
YA I
iIALGAHATION
LIN
Preamble proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to
RDB ATIIG A GLASGOW
E
be reported.
GROUP ,NO. B.—EXETER AND COWLEY BRIDGE
JUNCTION.
TAW VALE RAILWAY AND DOCK.

LONDON ALP SOUTH-WESTERN (Exeter and Credi-
ton, Taw Vale Railway and Dock, and Bothnia and
Wadebridge Railway Companies' Arrangements).

The cases for these Bills having been at length
brought to a close, the Committee cleared the room to
consider their decision; but after they had deliberated
for some time, they determined to postpone giving their
opinion upon the merits till to-morrow.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD:CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack shortly after Five o'clock.
The Earl of EGLINTON presented petitions from
Greenock and other places against the repeal of the
navigation-laws.

THE WEST INDIAN DISPATCHES—LORD
G. BENTINCK'S CHARGES.
Earl GREY moved for the production of certain
correspondence which had taken place between the
Governors of various West Indian Colonies and the
Colonial-office, and he would take that op-
portunity of alluding to certain charges which
had been made against the authorities of
the Colonial-office in another place. It had been
stated that he (the Colonial Secretary), in conjunc
tion with his Hon. Frie:l,l Mr. Hawes, the Tinder-
Secretary for the Colonies, had conspired to
deceive a Committee to which the other House
of Parliament had referred the consideration of
the important subject of the present state of
our West Indian colonies. It had been
stated that they had deliberately conspired to keep
back papers relating to the working of the Act of
1846, with the intention of deceiving the Com-
mittee. It had been stated that while they had
carefully presented to the Committee all docu-
ments calculated to support their own view of
the question, they had deliberately withheld
every paper that
.militated against those views. That
was a charge so
it could
an imputation so utterly dis-
graceful, that if could be maintained not only would
he (Earl Grey) be unworthy to hold the situation
which he held under her Majesty's Go-
vernment, but it would be the duty of
their Lordships and of the other House of
Parliament to take some formal proceedings, and to
mark their sense of his gross misconduct, and of his
abuse of the confidence of the Crown.—(Hear, hear.)
To what did that charge amount ? It was that he
had wilfully endeavoured to deceive a Committee of
the other House of Parliament by garbling papers.
To his extreme astonishment he had been told
that the person who made this charge had at-
tempted to draw a distinction between a personal
imputation and an imputation against a Minister
of the Crown in his political capacity, and
had said that he made this merely as a
political imputation. Ile was sure their Lordships
would agree with him that in such a case no such
distinction could be allowed.—(Cheers.) He was
surprised that one who himself looked forward to
holding office under the Crown should have
attempted to draw such a distinction.—(Loud
cheers.) If he (Earl Grey) had been guilty
of the offence which had been imputed to him, he
had been guilty of an offence far more serious than
that of an unfortunate man who, under the pressure,
perhaps, of severe distress, had been guilty of some
mere pecuniary fraud.—(Cheers.) For a Minister
of the Crown who could so conduct himself
was guilty of conduct infinitely more disgraceful than
that of a person convicted of mere pecuniary fraud
at the bar of the Old Bailey.—(Cheers.) Therefore
he hoped that it was not true that any gentleman
hoping to hold office under the Crown could
have suggested such a distinction.—(Cheers.)
Such a charge as this having been made
he hoped their Lordships would agree with him, that
it had become his imperative duty not to lose a
moment in bringing the matter under the considera-
tion of their Lordships ; and in refuting such a charge
as he trusted he should refute it, in such a manner as
to defy all contradiction.—(Hear, hear.) This
charge, as he understood it, was founded upon three
dispatches. The first was a dispatch from Sir Charles
Grey, the Governor of Jamaica, dated 21st Feb. last,
It was alleged that he had wilfully kept back the
despatch from the Committee. With respect to
the dispatch of Sir Charles Grey, he admitted
that it was one which he thought ought to
have been laid before the Committee, one which he
intended to be so laid, and which up to a recent
period he expected had been so laid. The ordinary
course which had been adopted for years at the
Colonial-office was this. With such an arrangement
it was utterly imppossible that the immense mass
of business which came before the Colonial-office
could be disposed of. When a mail arrived the
dispatches were taken to the particular department of
the office to which it belonged, where the dispatch
was opened and registered, and if there was any
former correspondence on the matter, it was placed
with it, and forwarded to the permanent Under Se
cretary of State for the Colonies, or the Assistant
Under Secretary, by whom they were transmitted to
the Parliamentary Under Secretary, and after
they had been inspected by the Secretary of
State, they were sent to the Prime Minister him-
self, with any remarks which he might deem ne-
cessary. The Secretary of State gave his usually
simple approval. The post bringing the dispatch in
question arrived 27th of March, which was opened by
the gentleman appointed for that purpose, Mr.
Cox, and was addressed by him to Mr.
Taylor, the chief of the department, with this
minute, " This is the report for which the
Committee have asked." At that time no perfect
copy of that report had been received, for without
the evidence it was a comparatively useless docu-
ment. It was suggested that it should be laid be-
fore the Committee the same day, and it went to Mr.
Hawes, who agreed to it. Then followed the minute
which he (Lord Grey) framed with respect to it,
the first sentence of which, with which alone he would
trouble the House, contained these words :—" This
may be laid before the Committee, but it requires
to be answered with some care." This minute was
dated March 30, showing how little time he allowed
to elapse before he directed his attention to the sub-
ject. Lord Grey made this minute ; he never
doubted but that it was laid before the Corn-
mittee—(Hear)----f:or it was, their Lordships must be
aware, physically impossible for a Secretary of State
to look at the manner in which the orders he gave
were executed. Multitudes of returns were con-
tinually called for, and it was impossible
that the chief of the department could
inspect every paper called for; he was not
therefore in the habit of reading the papers that were
called for by the Committee, but he gave direc-
tions that all called for by it should he
supplied. He imylicitely trusted ""to the
carrying out of his orders by the gentlemen
engaged in the department, and he believed he had
reason to place that confidence in them. But in this
instance a mistake had been committed. As the
mail was on the point of starting, and as there
was no time to send a reply in writing, he
sent a verbal one, and directed that one of the copies
should be at once sent to the Committee, stating that
he should send the remainder as soon as possible. He
received the dispatch on the 28th of March, and
having looked through and examined it, he gave
directions for the reply. There was not much delay,
for_ he wrote one on the 30th.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OP COMMONS.
There being only 32 Members present at Four o'clock,
the Houso was adjourned until to-morrow.

The following Members were present at the adjourn.
ment:—

Barnard, E. G.
Bellew, R. M.
Boyle, R. E.
Bowring, Dr.
Brotherton, Joseph
Brown, William
Cobden, Richard
Dundas, Admiral
Drumlanri,7, Viscount
Duncan, George
Ewart, William
Hughes, W. B.
Bodges, T. L.
Henry, Alexander
Inglis, Sir R.

Jackson, William
Lacy, Charles
Kershaw, Alderman
Maitland, Thomas
Molesworth, Sir W.
Parker, John
Pechell, Captain
Rutherfurd A.
,

Russell, F. C.
Spooner, Richard
Salwey, Colonel
Thompson, Colonel
Tufnell, Henry
Thornely, Thomas
Wilson, Matthew

PRICES OF SHARES.
IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COI•
PANIES' STOCK.

LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 27.
JOINT-STOCX IMAMS.

Dividend I Airount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Prico
Annum, 1 Share.
-------, --- -••••
.i s. d. X s. d.
Australasia .......... 40 0 0 40 0 0 17"
Britsh.North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0
Ceylon ..... „—..• • •• 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 —L'ommercial of Loedoa 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 —7olonial. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 '25 0 0
Gloucestershire ••• • • • 15/per cent.
lonian ........ •• •• •• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Lorain and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0
13 0 0
London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0
Provincial of Ireland • • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0
Ditto, New......• • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0
National of Ireland .• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0
Ditto, New... —.• .. 5/. per cent. '2O 0 0 10 0 0
South Australia ...... 51, per cent. 22 10 0
Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0
_ 2 10 0
Ulli.,R of L0nd0n..... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0
Union of Madrid
,-----
BRIDGES
wch:reirni Charing-cross..
....
....
.......:
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
D. ividend Amount
Annum. Share.
X. s. 0. X. s, 0.
25 0 0 19%
Southwrk, Nov Sub. Av. 632 12 8 3
Ditto Nw of 7% p c• 35s per cent. 50 0 0
100 0 0 15
5
Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. I/. ss. 40. 60 0 0 27
Ditto Nw ditto of 71 11 2s. 2d 40 0 0 25
Valtlhall •• *• •!. AT. 1.171. . 7010— 3 = 27