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London, England, 1846-01-16 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1846.

The intelligence brought by the Acadia from the
United States is only
most unfavourable deseriptaioije anticipated—of the
had
Measures,en brought into
on the
proposition of General Cass,
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09 Senate for strengthening the navy,
the militia, and putting the country generally
embodying
state of defence. Resolutions to that effeetw re aid
before the House, and it was ordered unanimously
that they should stand over for discussion. in the
same House the annexation of Texas had been sanc-
tioned by a large majority. Texas is to be admitted

into a full share of all the rights enjoyed by the
other American states ; in other words, notwithstand-
ing what has been said by Mr. WEnsma and others of
the Whig party, Texas, with all the horrors of slavery,
is declared 6n integral portion to the union. The
Whigs evidently have no power to stem the tide of
encroachment, aggression, and annexation, which is
now the rage of the Democrats, the advocates for
war, and the enemies of England. Indeed, it ap-
pears that the hostile spirit which prevails is stronger
even in the Senate, usually a calm and moderate
assembly, than in the other House, where the Demo-
crats were supposed to predominate. On the 30th of
December the Oregon question was brought under
discussion on the following resolutions, proposed by
Mr. HANNEGAN, of Indiana :
" Resolved,—That the country included within the pa-
rallels of 42 and 54 North latitude, and extending from the
Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known as the terri-
tory of Oregon, is the property, and part and parcel of the
territories, of the United States.

" Resolved,—That there exists no power in this Govern-
ment to transfer its soil and the allegiance of its citizens to
the dominion, authority, control, and subjection of any fo-
reign power, prince, state, or sovereignty.
" Resolved,—That the abandonment or surrender of any
portion of the territory of Oregon would be an abandonment
of the honour, character, and the best interests of the Ame-
rican people."

Mr. CALHOUN proposed other resolutions as an
amendment, by which it was declared that the PRE-
SIDENT has the power, with the advice of the Senate,
to make treaties, and that the settlement of boundary
lines is embraced in this power ; that in offering, in a
spirit of peace and harmony, the 49th parallel as the
dividing line between the United States and Great
Britain, the PRESIDENT exercised powers rightfully
belonging to him, and acted for the best interests of
the country. He was for peace, if it could be ho-
nourably preserved—for negotiation, if negotiation
was to be had ; and if it could not be, he would still
pursue such a course as would throw the onus of war
upon our adversaries. He believed the Executive
desirous of peace, and meant to co-operate with
him. If war came he should be found with his coun-
try; but he held those to a fearful responsibility who
would rashly thrust war upon us. The mover
of the resolutions, who seemed determined on war at
any price, said, " For one, he hoped that they would
never stop short of the cannon's mouth. A singular state
of things existed in the course pursued with regard
to Oregon as contrasted with that of Texas. Yet
both these subjects had their birth at the same time,
both were cradled in the Baltimore convention. For
Texas there could not be too much haste. Texas we
must have at once. Texas up to the Nuesces. But
this was with Mexico ; the moment England is in
question it is another thing, For one he never would
vote for any treaty that stopped short of 54 deg.
40 min."

After some speeches, not varying much in tone
from other Members, the resolutions were laid upon
the table without the amendments. In the House of
Representatives Mr. DOUGLAS, Chairman of the Com-
mittee on Territories, presented a Bill in relation to
Oregon, which was referred to the committee of the
whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to he
printed, and made the special order for Tuesday, the
6th of January, and to remain such special order
until disposed of. This Bill is in direct violation of the
existing convention between England and the United
States, and goes much further than even the Message of
the PRESIDENT, for it contemplates the immediate esta-
blishment of a territorial government over the whole
of Oregon up to 54 deg. 40 min.—the cession in futuro
of land to settlers—and the establishing, both on this
and the other side cf the Rocky Mountains of the
United States, military posts for the protection of
emigrants. Another set of resolutions was proposed
in the Senate by a -Mr. ATCHISON, but differing
very little in their character, and leading to
the same results. In reference to these re-
solutions, one of the New York papers states can-
didly, that " if the Senate and House of Representa-
tives shall pass them, and the Committees to which
they would respectively be referred report favourably
thereon, there will be pending in both Houses Bills
tantamount to a declaration of war, if they shall be-
come laws." Mr. PAKENHAM, the British Minister at
Washington, is said to have expressed himself strongly
and decidedly, as well he might, that the Bills are in
direct violation of the existing treaty between Great
Britain and the United States, and will be so re-
garded by the former Government. He objects
specifically to that provision of the Bill which
authorises the erection of forts, as being an act of pos-
session not within the competency of either Govern-
ment, and also to the sending of the military force of
the United States into that territory. It was ex-
plained to him that such force should only be to such
an amount as should be reasonably necessary to the
protection of the United States' citizens there, which
protection is the duty of the Government, and per-
fectly consistent with our obligations under the
treaty ; but, after a somewhat long discussion upon
the subject, his opinion as to the offensive character
of the Bills remained unchanged. These are only a
few specimens of the various schemes now popular
in America for annoying Great Britain. Flo-
rida, as we stated yesterday, would, by and by,
claim Cuba, as more properly belonging to
that state than to Spain, and accordingly a member
of the Senate, representing Florida, proposed a re-
solution for purchasing that island from Spain. Why
did he not use the more appropriate and popular
phrase "annexing" it to Florida, as Texas has been
joined to the Union ? " This prcposal (says the New
York Courier) for the writer seems anxious to screen his
countrymen, was, indeed, received with silent derision,
but, taken in connexion with other things, does it
any the less indicate that a spirit is at work which
aims at almost unlimited territorial aggrandisement?
This blurting out of every crude suggestion used to
be confined to the House of Representatives. The
Senate heretofore has been, measurably at least,
exempt from such puerilities, but the spirit of pro-
gressive democracy,' in levelling down, is as fatal to
senatorial dignity as to senatorial qualifications and
training." But the tide is all against the moderate men.
Peace is not in fashion either at Washington or in the
" far west," and whatever the friends of order, and
good faith, and peace may say and hope respeeting the
aspect of affairs in America, we are compelled to con-
fess that war is all but inevitable, and to call upon the
British Government to be prepared for the worst.
Canada must be strengthened. A new Governor-
General has just been appointed, and a military
Governor very properly has been selected. England
desires peace, but only on honourable terms, because
no other peace could be lasting, and the best way to
maintain peace with such men as POLK and CASS is to
be fully prepared for war.

It would be a very great mistake to suppose that
all or nearly all of the 879 railway schemes which
have been published as " defunct " have failed to
comply with the requirements of standing orders,
after having raised money. We venture to state that
considerably more than half of the names in that
list have never been more than nanzes. The five-
pound note, which is all that is required for provi-
sional registration, was always ready, while the
railway mania was raging, as soon as the want of
railway communication, or of shorter railway com-
munication between any two places on the map
flashed upon the creative brain of a railway projector.
To "register provisionally" was the first thing, and
very often, indeed, the only thing done. To have
" registered provisionally " gave, or was imagined to
give, the projector a right over the country. Not a
moment, then, was to be lost about "provisional re-
gistration ;" secure the country, and then consider
the merits of the scheme, or rather (for the considera-
tion of the merits was often longer postponed)
consider the chances of beating.up a provisional
committee, and-getting an allotment paid upon. Then
perhaps, after a scheme had been registered, some mo-
dification of it occurred to the projector as desirable ;
it might be advantageously cut short or extended ;
it might go round to take in some other town, or
there might be a branch. Immediately there would
be a new " provisional registration." Another five-
pound note and another would fly to the registrar,
winged with hopes of boundless premiums on shares
yet uncreated, and a price untold for the project.
Then, perhaps, all came to nothing. The projector
would perhaps go off to some other totally different
scheme, and compound for the sinking of the five-
pound notes which had gone by expectation of greater
gains elsewhere. This is no imaginary tale ; and in
this way it may easily be conceived that the regis•
tier's list will be swelled with a large number of
names which never got beyond the pecu'iar process of
christening, now known as "provisional registration."

If any one looks through the list which appeared in
The Sue of the 14th, he will see a number of mere
varielies of names, clearly indicating a series of mo-
difications of places ; and if he compares that list
with the list of schemes for which plans have been
duly deposited in the Parliament-office (in The Sun
of the 7th), he will find still more signs of successive
modifications. Then, again, many schemes have
merged in others by amalgamation, and the money
raised is still to be applied to the object for which it
was raised, but under another name, and, it is to be
presumed, with brighter prospects.
We should indeed tremble for the consequences,
in pecuniary loss to individuals, in litigation, in
wreck of character, in injury to credit, were we
not able to offer the above explanation of a list of
879 " defunct schemes." As it is, we have good
reason to believe that the number of cases in which,
after money has been received by provisional com-
mittees, the plans, &c., have not been deposited, will
not be much more than may fairly be accounted for
without want of due care and diligence, and greatly
less than, taking all the circumstances of the late
railway mania into consideration, might have been
expected.

It appears by the list published in The Sun of, the
7th of January, that 721 railway companies have
duly deposited the required documents in the Parlia-
ment-office. But it is yet to be seen in how many
of these 721 cases the plans will bear the scrutiny
of the Standing Orders' Committee, and in how
many the necessary funds are in hand for deposit.,
The latter point will soon be known. We have
always thought that there has been in many
cases a disposition to bear:too hard on provisional
directors—that some peculiarities of their position
had not been sufficiently estimated—that all their pro-
ceedings were preparatory to the meeting of Parlia-
ment—that till then they should be allowed the benefit
of every possible presumption in their favour, and
every aid which could be fairly given as against
shareholders who might be unreasonably impatient
and unjust under the influence of disappointment. But
the day of reckoning is at hand; and in all cases in
which it shall be established that expenses have been
incurred in order to keep up a delusive appearance,
after ascertaining that the plans could not possibly
pass muster, or after a failure on an allotment which
left no hope of raising the required capital, we shall
be the first to say that the provisional directors de-
serve no mercy. And it will be no excuse that they
have been controlled by solicitors. We can easily
conceive, and we have heard of cases in which soli-
citors, having been allowed their own way, have gone
on after only a few hundred pounds had come in on
an allotment, and success was hopeless, depositing
plans, serving notices, &c. These solicitors will be
sufficiently punished by non-payment of the long
bills which they have been running up, and for the
sake of which only, of course, they have been going
on. But provisional directors, who have committed
their names and characters to the public for the proper
management of heavy undertakings, and have allowed
their functions to be usurped by their own servants—
and these servants having a direct pecuniary interest
in mismanagement—cannot expect to escape uncen-
sured by their shareholders, or at the bar of public
opinion.

We have received Madrid journals of the Bth, with
the continuation of the debate in the Chamber of
Deputies on the Address. It possessed rather more
interest than has been displayed in the Cortes for
some time. Senor LLORENTE, Member for Cadiz,
made a vigorous and eloquent speech against the
policy pursued by the NARVAEZ Government. He
denounced the dictatorship which had been established,
and condemned altogether their foreign policy, espe-
cially that with the Court of Rome. Senor MON,
the Minister of Finance, replied, and in a good speech
answered the arguments of his opponents. In speak-
ing of the Opposition, he said it was not so mild and
prudent as was pretended, of which the vehement
language of Senor LLORENTE was sufficient proof,
and he let fall the words, " a conspiracy of 30 Depu.
ties to upset the Ministry." This expression produced
bursts of indignation from the left benches, and
the President was frequently obliged to call to order,

BRAVO Mort.thLo followed and defended the Go-
vernment, which, he said, was sincerely anxious to
introduce reform into all the branches of the public
Administration, but that it had considerable difficul-
ties to overcome. The debate was adjourned. Don
HENRIQUE was to leave Madrid on the evening of
the Bth, for Ferrol, and his brother, two days after-
wards, to join his regiment at Pampeluna. The fall
of one per cent. in the funds, is attributed to this
paltry affair, but there must be some other reason,
though not assigned,
On the Bth the Three per Cents. closed at 34 at
60 days ; the Five per Cents., at 23 at 60 days.

In the French Chamber of Peers that endless ques-
tion, the right of search, has again been revived. In
the debate on the Address, Count .. "kr
..ATRIEU DE LA
REDORTE objected to the paragraph, which asserted
that by the new treaty the commerce of France had
been placed under the surveillance of their own flag.
He considered, on the contrary, that their commerce,
instead of being placed by the new convention under
the surveillance of its own flag, had been deprived of
its national rights. This charge, though very ab-
surd, called up the Duke DE BROGLIE, who
gave a succinct account of the construction of
the treaty, and proved that the charge was
utterly unfounded. The example of America
had constantly been held up for imitation,
but there was no difference in the instructions given
by that Government to their cruizers from those
given to the French and English vessels. " The
principle of responsibility was there plainly laid down
in the sense adopted by the other powers." He then
read the instructions issued by the American Govern-
ment in 1843, and expressed his surprise that the
Noble Peer could have fallen into such an error,
which he could only have done by seeking informa-
tion amongst the objections started by the Americans
before the convention of 1842 was signed. He had
contrived to fill his head with polemics instead of
with definitive treaties. The Noble Peer then, touch-
ing on the conventions relative to piracy, main-
tained, in the first place, that the slave trade
was almost always connected with that offence;
and, next, defended the instructions given en that
head by the Minister of Marine in 1845 to the
French cruizers. They were, he declared, pefectly
in conformity with the laws of the kingdom.
He had taken part in drawing up these instructions,
and he could aver that every imaginable precaution
had been taken to have them perfectly regular and
legal. On that occasion he had consulted naval
officers of great experience, who had cruised on the
coasts of Africa. It was according to their sugges-
tions that the details of the instructions relating to
merchant vessels had been determined on. But that
was not all ; he had carefully examined all the judg-
ments of the tribunals on the matter in question,
which were deposited in the department of the
Marine ; he had also had search made in the archives
of the council of State, sitting as a council of vessels
taken, and had consulted all these documents. The
instructions had afterwards been examined in the
offices of the Marine, so that he had every reason to
believe that they were regular and exact. He was
neither a jurisconsult nor a naval man, but he had
called to his aid all the authorities he could find, and
believed that he had conscientiously performed the
duty imposed on him. On this subject the Journal
des Dibats makes these remarks :

We supposed that we had done with the question of the
right of search, but we find that we w ere mistaken.
Count Mathieu de la Redorte who, lately published a work,
the end of which was to prove that, notwithstanding the
solemn declaration inserted in the discourse from the
Throne, French commerce was not replaced under the
exclusive protection of her flag, in his discourse yester-
day attempted to prove the convention of the 29th of
May last, which abrograted the treaties of 1831 and
1833, and the reciprocal right of search to be an
unworthy deception, and having for effect to
substitute in place of the right of search a regime
yet more oppressive. He tried, moreover, to prove,
that tho convention signed with England, and the
instructions destined to regulate the execution of
it, have tended to violate all national as well as
maritime rights, Heaven only knows upon what grouds
he founded his thesis. The duty of replying to this dis •
course naturally devolved upon the statesman who had
the honour to attach his name to the convention of the
29th of May, 1845. All the scaffolding of the subtle-
ties which the orator had so laboriously erected, im-
mediately gave way before the arguments, simple,
though teeming with reason and sound sense, used by
the Duke de Broglie. The convention never had
violated the principles of the rights of men and the sacred
rules in French legislation. The illustrious orator
clearly justified the convention pf the 29th of Diay. It

is in conformity with all laws, and all received tra-
ditions in practice among civilised nations. None of the
Opposition attempted to reply to the lucid and sound
arguments made use of by the Duke do Broglie, and
which produced a very lively impression on the
Chamber.

The Moniteur contains official dispatches from
Marshal BUGEAUD respecting the late affair with
ABD-EL7KADER, but they add not one word even to
the brief telegraphic dispatch. BUGEAUD is sadly
puzzled what to do with his restless and skilful an-
tagonist. In speaking of this ccntemptible affair, the
Courrier Francaise says:—" Our soldiers performed
prodigies of valour, but oar horses were knocked up
with fatigue, after a forced march at night, and the
men fought as one to two without having had either
rest or food. Thus, whatever the Marshal may say,
if the physical advantage has been on our side, it may be
affirmed that this is not the case as regards the moral
results. And shall we give a proof of the truth of
this affirmation ? ABD-EL-KADER, instead of pro-
ceeding towards the south-west—instead of effect-
ing a retreat—AßD-EL-KADER, who is represented
by Marshal BUGEAUD as dispirited and discouraged,
has, on the contrary, advanced into the very heart of
the province of Algiers, even to Milianah. This, at
least, is what we are told by an Algiers journal.
Thus, between the 24th and the 30th, whilst M.
BUGEAUD could only reach Orleansville, from which
place he dates his report, the vanquished and hunted
ABD-EL-KADER had got before him towards the
north-east, and the intelligent Governor-General was
giving instructions for his being sought for in the
south-east."

The French Government is using its influence to
settle the disputes between Belgium and Holland.
An extraordinary courier left Paris on Wednesday
for Brussels with dispatches to the French Ambas-
sador. It is said that he bears the offer of the French
Cabinet to moderate between the Governments of
liolland and Belgium in the differences that have
arisen relative to the tariffs. The Liberal Liegeois
states that the King of HOLLAND continues his re-
prisals against Belgium. The inspector of fire-arms
of that Monarch lately intimated to the contractors
of Liege that they need not make any preparations
for supplying arms as usual, as he had received orders
to get the required quantity supplied from other
sources.

On Wednesday on the Paris Bourse the Three per Cents.
closed at 82f. 90c. ; the New Loan, at 82f. 80c. ; the Five per
Cents., 120 f. 85c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,242 E 50c. ;
Rouen, 1,005 f. ; Havre, 748 f. 750. ; Avignon, 965 f. ' • Vier-
zon' 682 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 6351. •, Boulogne,, 550 f. ; Troyes
and Montereau, 455 f. ' • Basle, 252 f. 50c. ; Great Northern,
745 f. ; Fampoux, 503 f. 75c. ; Spanish Actives, 36i ; Spanish
Three per Cents., 39E ; Ditto Passives, 6i.
The following are the quotations for other lines :

. -
The Pans and Lyons Definitive, 620 f. ; Paris and Stras-
burg, ditto, 547 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, ditto, 567 f. 50c.;
Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 512 f. 50c. ; ditto (Lecointe),
508 f.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 504 f. ; Bordeaux and
Cette (Espeleta), 508 f. 50c,.; Charleroi (Kysaen's), 498 f.;
Caen (Delamarre), 505 f.
LYONS, JAN. 12.—Paris and Orleans, 1,2501.; Paris and
Rouen, 1,017 f. 50c..

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 15.
i l Anglo-Began
iFadrid and Valencia...
. .

Baiba does'

Boulogne and Amiens.. 121,E
Bordeaux &Mediterran
Bordeaux and Toulouse

Do. &dette (Espeleta)
Do. (Mackenzie's) ..
Callao, Lima, and Pa-

ci tic Coast
Central of Spain .. —

Ceylon .
Demerara

Dendre Valley ...
Dutch Rhenish ......
73/
Dieppe tic Paris Junct.
Dijon and Mulhouse ...
East Indian .............. 11/8
Fampoax & Hazebrouk
Grt Northern of France

Constituted l4l/
Great Indian Peninsular

Great Paris and Lyons.
Great Western Bengal %
Great Wester' Canada
Italian and Austrian ..

Jamaica S. Mid. Junction

Do. North Midland
Do. Extension
Jersey

Loaiain and Jemappe
Lyons and Avignon
Luxembourg 23%

Mauritius ........„e....

Namur and Liege
North Jamaica ...
leans and Vierzon

Orleans and Bordeaux
Over Yssel .••
Paris & Lyons (Laffitte)
(

. .
Ditto (Ganneron's). 3%
Ditto Calon's).... 2A)

Ditto (Sud Est)
Paris and Orleans.-- 49

Paris and Rouen . 39%
Paris and Strasburg
(Ganneron's)
Do. (Comps de L'Est)
Do. (Aymard's) —
Paris and St. Quentin —
Rouen and Havre —

Royal North of Spain.
Sambre and Meuse ....

Strasburg aid Bale ....
Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt ...
Tours and Nantes

(Mackenzie's) —

Do. (Lefebvre's)
Do. (O'Neill's)
Trinidad

Verona and Ancona....
West Flanders 5

It is said that Mr. Bright will offer himself as a
candidate for Wolverhampton, on the dissolution of
Parliament, to replace Mr. Villiers, who is to stand
for South Lancashire.

Lord John Russell is expected to arrive from
Scotlandto-morrow atWoburn, where a small number
of his political friends assemble to meet him, pre-
paratory to the meeting of Parliament. The Noble
Lord has issued invitations to his former col-
leagues in the House of Commons, to dine with
him in Chesham-place on the eve of the meeting of
Parliament.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXC HAN GE-FRIDAY.

The present week's arrivals of English Wheat have been
on a very moderate scale, yet, as the dealers generally are
waiting the approach of the Parliamentary session, the de-
mand for that article was extremely heavy, at nominal cur-
rencies. In Foreign Wheat, free as well as in Bond, no sales
were transacted. Of all other kinds of Grain the show was
very small, yet, owing to the above-mentioned cause, scarcely
any business was transacted in them.
ARRITALS.
Wheat. Barley.
3,810 qrs. 4,990 qrs.

English . • • • • •
Irish •••• • • • •
Foreign .• • • • •

6,920

1,1"a1t. 5,910 ors."
SMITHFIELD.

Oats I Flour.
3,650 qrs. I 5,820 aka

9,440

NotwithstamEng the supply of Beasts on sale here was
small, the Beef trade was in a very depressed state, at, in
some instances, a decline in the quotations of 2d per Blbs.
There were in the market 90 Beasts, 120 Sheep, and 7
Calves from Holland. The numbers of Sheep were limited,
yet the inquiry for that description of stock was heavy, at a
slight depression in value. The Veal trade was active, at an
improvement in prices of ':2d per Blbs. Pigs moved off
r. aeily, at Monday's figures. Milch-Cows sold at from 161.
to 19/. each.

Per Sibs. to si
s. .1. s. di
Inferior Beasts .... 2 6 2 8

Second quality ditto. 210 3
Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 3
_ _

ink the •ffal.

Prime Scots .

s. 41. to s. d.
Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4

... 3 10 4

Coarse-woolledditto 4 6 4 8
Southdown Wethers 4 10 5 0

Ditto out of the wool

Large coarse Calves 4 0 5
Prime small ditto .. 5 2 5
Suckling Calves ..18 • 30

Large Ilogs . • . • • • 3 10 4
Small Porkers • ... 4 8 6 2
Quarter old Pigs • •16 0 20 0

Inferior Sheep .. .. 3 4 310 I
SUPPLY AT

Lambs •• ••••• • • • 0 0 0 °
MARKET.

Beasts.
702

sheep.
2,910

I Calves.
99

I Pigs.
270

NEWGATE AND LEA.DENNALL.
The general demand ruled heavy, at drooping prices.
At per stone, by the Carcase.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d.
Beef, inferior...... 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 3 8
- middling • • 210 3 0 middling ••3 10 4 2,
- prime large .. 3 9 3 2 • prime • • 4 4 4 6
- prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Perk, large 3 8 4 4
Veal" • • ....... •• 4 4 5 4i - small
Lamb. Os Od to Os Od.
nOROUGH SOP MARKET,
We have again to report the transaction of a full average
amount of business in New Kent Hops, in pockets, at last
week's quotations. All other kinds of Hops move off slowly,
yet prices are supported.
COL olan.L.

SVGAlt.—There has been an inclination to sell Sugar, for
some parties are, mooting the possibility of an alteration in
the duty, and desire to sell, accordingly, with that reserva-
tion. This, of necessity, must check business. The decline
in Sugar is 6d to is per cwt as regrrds British Plantation,
though the sales at these rates have not been large. Bar-
badoes by auction has realised 53s 6d to 54s 6d for fine
yellow, and 48s 6d to 49s Gd for low.
EAST INDIA.-6,176 bags Bengal mostly found buyers, but
at 6d decline also for white and yellow, and is for brown.
Fine white realised 54s 6d to 56s 6d, mid and good 52s 6d to
555, fine strong sound grey 53s 6d to 545, good yellow Mau-
ritius kind 50s to 51s, low 46s 6d to 495, fine sound brown
425; 2,356 bags Madras were nearly all taken in at 43s Gd to
48s, a few lots sold at 43s to 47s for damp and washed yel-
low, and at 47s to 48s for sound yellow.
MAURITIUS.-11,235 bags mostly sold, but partly at a de-
cline, low and mid yellow at 47s to 49s 6d, good at 50s to 52s
6d, fine at 52s 6d to 545, brown at 45s to 46s 6d per cwt.
REFlNED.—Standard lumps have been at 64s 6d per cwt.
COFFEE.—There is a moderate demand for West India at
steady rates, but by auction the transactions have been very
limited. Ceylon has been at 59s for fine ord grey plantation
sorts, and at 82s for the superior sorts. Bahia has realised
27s to 32s 6d, and Rio 47s to 675. Singapore Java peaberry
has been at 37s fid per cwt. Some Quilon has been sold at
378 to 39s per cwt., and some Mocha taken in at 54s for ord
greenish, and 75s for fair sound yellow long berry.
Coco-I.—One hundred and eleven bags Trinidad *sold at
32s to 43s 6d per cwt., and 150 bags Para at 28s to 338
RICE.-400 bag:: Madras sold at 14s 6d to 15s for good
bold yellow, 278 bags Para were taken in at 178, some
Carolina at 245, Smyrna at 15s per cwt; 88 packets Bengal
sold at 13s.
SricEs.-240 bags 7 casks Pimento partly sold at 3id to
3d per lb, for good ord to mid, 250 bags Malabar Pepper
went at 2id, and 56 bags White Pepper were taken in at
4-id per lb.
RUM.—There has not been much demand this week.
TEA.—The market is steady, and with good deliveries.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 43s to 438 3d per cwt on the spot.

MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.—The table of
the deaths egistered in the metropolis during the week end-
ing Saturday, January 10, 1846, exhibits a considerable dimi-
nution as compared with the week preceding. In the week
ending January 3, the total number of deaths, except from
violence, was 1,061 ; in the week ending January 10 it was
945. The total number of deaths registered in the week
ending January 10, including deaths from violence, was 972.
Diseases of the lungs and other organs of respiration appear
to have been very fatal during the last week, 308 deaths
appearing under that head in the table, which is a larger
number than appears under any other.

We are requested to state that the Hull and Barns-
ley Junction Railway Company have duly deposited their
plans.
WINDSOR CASTLE.—We understand that her Ma-
jesty v ill give a grand banquet on Monday nest at Windsor
Castle, after the Chapter of the Order of the Garter. The
Dulte of Wellington, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Earl of
Powis, the Duke of Rutland, and the several, knights of
that illustrious order, are invited to remain at the royal re-
eicleace tie eight,