The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13 1844

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
CURRENCY.—A Correspondent refers " Germanicus" to an
able pamphlet entitled " Currency Fallacies Refuted,"
published by S. Clarke, 13, Pall-mall East, where he will
find the subject of " Depreciation" fully treated. " Gordius"
is also respectfully referred to the same pamphlet.

THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, JAN. 12.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 45 ; Noon, 45.
BAROMETER, 30.3.--WIND, W.
NOTE. The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes
the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers
'air is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning 56 minutes after 6. I Evening ... 211 minutes after

as it may be charged against him, that
he intended to procure a Repeal of the Union,
by force and violence. The one is just as true
as the other, and equally clear, from the overt
acts alleged. No juror, whose passions do not
carry away his judgment, can convict a fellow-
being for intentions, unless those intentions are
distinctly avowed, and plainly stated by the
accused. No juror can, regard being had to his
oath, convict a man of a conspiracy of which the
evidence is not conclusive and decided. No
honest juror, can find a verdict of guilty upon
suspicion, or convict any man of intents, which
he does not avow either by words, or actions of
indisputable nature.

The safety of Ireland,—the peace of the em-
pire,—depend upon the result of the trials of
O'CONNELL, and most sincerely do we hope and
pray, that Heaven may direct the hearts of judges
and of jurors in the way of truth and of justice.

At the Central Criminal Court, on Friday last,
a fellow named JONES was tried for stealing a
horse and cab. The prosecutor stated that the
prisoner had hired them of him, on the Ist of
August last, on the plea that he was going to
Hampton, and should return in the evening;
but when the evening came, he was " reported '
missing," and, what was worse, the horse and
cab were missing also, and he had never since
been able to recover them. A witness, who
described himself as a horse-dealer, deposed that
on the 3d of last August JONES offered him the
horse for sale ; the price he set upon it was
fifteen pounds, but after a good deal of " hag-
gling," he consented to accept nine pounds,
which the witness accordingly gave him for the
animal. In summing up the case, the Common-
Sergeant—who must be a very common Sergeant
indeed—" told the jury that they must look to
the original intent of the prisoner. The ques-
tion was, did he, when he hired the horse and
chaise, intend to convert them to his own use;
or, having obtained possession, was he suddenly
tempted by the Devil to do it ? Should they be
of the latter opinion, the felony was not made
out !" We have often been told that the
Devil interferes much more than is credit-
able or agreeable in mundane affairs; but
this is the first time, we believe, that his
mischievous interference has been formally
recognised in a court of law, and a deliberate act
of felony pronounced to be no felony, in conse-
quence of such Satanic intermeddling. We now
have it broadly stated, on the authority of a
grave and important legal functionary, that if a
prisoner be " suddenly tempted by the Devil "
to enact the part of a conveyancer with a gen-
tleman's watch and seals, levant with his horse,
abruptly vanish with his pocket-book, or commit
any other felonious offence, he is not to be con-
sidered guilty, because—and here we have the
convenient Socialist doctrine brought into play—
" he is the victim of circumstances over which he
had no control." It is not he that is the criminal.
He is the mere involuntary agent of a
superior Power. The Devil is the arch-offender,
and he—and he only—must be held amenable
at law. Pleasant decision this, and one that
cannot fail to be specially agreeable to all the
various candidates for Old Bailey honours !
Imagine, for instance, a clever young "artful
Dodger "—such as DICKENS has pourtrayed in
" Oliver Twist "—who bids fair to become a
credit to the profession, and jo excite the envy
and admiration of all the " Fagins" about town
—imagine, we say, such a genius tried at the
Central Criminal Court for absconding with an
elderly gentleman's pocket-handkerchief; and,
when asked what he has to say in his defence,
urging that the act was purely involuntary on
his part—that, in fact, he could not help himself,
being suddenly tempted by the Devil to "bolt
with the old cove's wipe." He made every
attempt at resistance in his power, but Satan
was too strong for him, and needs must when the
Devil drives. Of course the Common-Sergeant
—should he happen to be on the bench
at the time—would recognise the validity of
this defence, and the young artist would
most likely be let loose again on society,
to undergo similar temptations whenever
an opportunity of plunder occurred. " Sud-
denly tempted by the Devil !" The
phrase is a most convenient one, every way cal-
culated to bringbalm to uneasy consciences, and
reconcile a scoundrel to the commission of any
deed, no matter how atrocious. Should a man,
for instance, feel disposed to walk off with his
neighbour's wife—to forge his name to a bank
bill—to set his house on fire—or commit a
burglary on his goods and chattels—what more
easy for him than to stifle the stern upbraidings of.
remorse, by the accommodating reflection that he
is " suddenly tempted by the Devil." We have
no doubt that GREENACRE was thus " tempted,"
when he left his mangled victim's trunk in a
field at Camberwell, and carried her head,
wrapped up in a towel, in an omnibus to White-
chapel ; ccrnsequently, on the Common-Ser-
geant's showing, he ought to have been acquitted
of the murder! In the political world this plea of
" sudden temptation" is calculated to be of not
less comfort and convenience than in the law
courts; and accordingly, we strongly recommend
the Whigs and Sir JAMES GRAHAM to plead it
in justification of the marriage clauses in their
Poor-law Bill, for it will relieve them of a load
of inconvenient responsibility, by enabling them
to cheat themselves, and the credulous public,
into a belief that they were not free agents in
the matter.

The Madrid papers of the 4th instant bring no
intelligence of interest. On the previous day
Mr. BULGIER, the British Minister, delivered
his credentials to the QUEEN, and thus addressed
her MAJESTY :

The Queen, my Sovereign, in accrediting me to your
Majesty, charged me with the honourable mission of cultivating
the intimate relations which have so long subsisted between
the two countries. I indulge the hope that it will not be
difficult for me to accomplish that task, if I succeed in deserv-
ing the august approbation of your Majesty, since the most
ardent desire of the Government of her Britannic Majesty is,
that Spain may daily increase in power and prosperity, and
that your Majesty may reign many years with glory and hap-
piness over a noble people, whose name is so renowned in his-
tory, and whose profound veneration for the Crown of your
Majesty and the proud spirit of national independence have ever
inspired my countrymen whit the most' lively sentiments of
esteem and admiration."
The QUEEN replied—

•' Nothing could be more grateful to me than the sentiments
of friendship for my person and esteem for the Spanish people
which you have just expressed to me in the name of my dearest
,ally the Queen of Great Britain, and certainly the expression of
those sentiments could not be conveyed to me by a mare worthy
and commendable interpreter. I flatter myself that your mission
will be crowned with success ; that the ties of amity an good un-
derstanding now existing between the two Governments will be
daily more closely drawn, that the kind feeling and frank assist-
ance which Spain has always experienced from Great Britain,
her constant ally, will augment the sympathies of the two na-
tions, and that our debt of gratitude and respect fur the magna-
nimous English nation will increase every day."
•

The Three per Cents. were done at 241, at sixty
days, and the Five per Cents. at 181, at sixty days.

The French Government seems determined at
_all hazards to put down the Carlist press in
France. Four Legitimist journals have lately
been seized by the police, the editors-,of two of
them have been tried, convicted by a jury
(though only by a simple majority), and con-
demned to fine and imprisonment. On -the 9th
instant, as stated yesterday, the editor of the
Gazette de France was fined 6,000 f. (2401.), and
ordered to be imprisoned for two years. The
accused was charged in the indictment with
,adhering to another form of government, with
exciting its readers to hate and despise the pre-
sent system, and attacking the principles and
form of government established in 183 Q. The
case of the Quotidienne was next tried, the in-
dictment being nearly in the same words. The
jury retired for an hour and a half, and returned
a verdict of guilty on four of the counts, but
only by a simple majority, which means that the
vote of one juror decided the verdict. The
editor, M. VAUGRIGNEUSE, was sentenced to pay
a fine of B,ooof. (3201), and be imprisoned for one
year. These sentences are generally regarded as
extremely severe, and when it is Yecollected
that,the results are the fruits of theSepte►nber laws,
in this country there can be bu t one opinion on the
subject. The Quoadienne makes these remarks

on the trial, and the severity of the sentence :
" Brought before a jury on a prosecution con-
sisting of five counts, the Quotidienne has been
condemned by a simple majority on all of therm,
and acquitted on the subsidiary questions. We
can therefore say that it is the laws of September
which have condemned us, and that, under the
old system of legislation, our acquittal would
have been complete. Nothing proves better the
character of the trial than the union of numbers
of the journal, not at first proceeded against, and
afterwards included, in order to swell out the
accusation. Another circumstance must sur-
prise the public—namely, the severity of the
sentence, atter a decision founded on a simple
majority in the jury. We respect the justice of
our country, but we must take into considera-
tion, as public opinion will do, the circumstances
in which this condemnation has been pro-
nounced

The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies
appointed to draw up the Address, have con-
cluded their labours, and it was to be read to
them by the Reporter (President) yesterday. It
appears the Messager committed an error in
stating that M. BIGNON had been appointed to
the situation. The reporter chosen was M.
81'. MARC GIRARDIN. The Committee had ap-
proved of the Speech from the Throne by a ma-
jority of 8 to 2, and had resolved upon inserting a
paragraph in the Address in favour of Poland, as
in former years. The debate upon the Address
was to commence on Monday next.
BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10.
First Highest Lowest
_Last

Price. Fite. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. 124 15... 124 25... 124 15 .. 124 20
Threes
Bank of France 3235 —.3250 ...3235 ...3250
Laffitte Bank I.ooof 1110 ..1110 ...1110 —lllO
5,000 f 5075 ...5075 —.5075 ...5075
Belgian Bank ..... 685 ... 685 ... 685 ... 685
Belgian Fives
1840 lo Bi... 108* ... 1086 ... 1086
1842 lO9 109 ... 109 ... 109
Spanish Active . 291 ... 294 294 ... 294
Old Deferred 5i ... 5i ... 5i ... 5i
Neapolitan
Roman ... 104 k 10.1 i .. 104 104 k

SiP.MARY OF NEWS

AND

Vat)lir Cpinton.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.
The editor of another Legitimist Paris journal, the Quoti-
dienne, has been condemned to pay a fine of 3201., and be im-
prisoned for twelve months, on a charge of bringing the Go-
vernment into contempt.
Their Alajesties received on Monday evening Marshal &ib,
the Minister of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, the Duke de
Plaisar.ce, the Baron and Baroness de Mareuil, M. Petit de
Bantel, M. Merilhou, the Countess de Castellene, and the
Viscountess d'Haussonville.
The Finance Minister had announced that he would bring
forward the budget en Saturday, the 14th.
A Madrid j .urnal, the Espectador of the 4th, states that
the Cabinet have resolved on the disarmament of the whole of
the national militia throughout the kingdom, and that the
Captains-General of the provinces have been already com-
manded to put this order into execution.
The Chamber of Commerce and Muncipal Council of Bor-
deaux have guaranteed in moieties the interest upon the
6,000,000 f., to be raised at Bordeaux, towards the formation
of the two lines of railroad from Bordeaux to Angouleme and
from Orleans to Tours. Some days ago the subscriptions
amounted to 4,600,000 f. Of this amount the Mayor of Bor-
deaux subscribed 100,090 f.
A young man from Mezamat (Tarn) took up his residence a
short time since at the Hotel de la Croix-de-Mahe at Mar-
seilles, and incurred a debt of 200 f., which he was unable to
pay. Being requested to choose another lodging, he exclaimed,
that "if they turned him out he should kill himself." He was
allowed to remain a few days longer, and on being again urged
to depart, he ran up stairs to his room, and blew his brains out.
The Blaine of Lyons states that influenza is very general in
that city.
No disturbance had yet been heard of in the provinces, and
Madrid continued tranquil, although 16 members of the Ayun-
tamiento had resigned in consequence of the new municipal
decree.
The Post Amp Gazette of Frankfort announces that the
King of Bavaria has dismissed from the office of Censor the
State Councillor de Lobell, for the severity with which he ex-
ercised his functions, and has appointed in his place M. Duren-
berger, a literary man, well known for the independence of his
opinions and the moderation of his character.
PUBLIC OPINION.
The Morning Advertiser, alluding to the legal preliminaries
connected with the Irish State prosecutions, says :—" It ap-
pears that, after the Recorder of Dublin had made out the list
of Fersons qualified to serve on the panel, consisting of 780
persons, he handed it to the High Sheriff, and immediately
afterwards proceeded to Drayton Manor, on a visit to Sir R.
Peel. When the High Sheriff arranged the r.ames in alpha-
betical order, it was found that the number on the list was only
717, being a reduction from the original list of 63. The ques-
tion comes to be, how is this reduction to be accounted for?
Who is the responsible party for the omission of the b 3 names
—a majority of whom, be it remembered, were Roman Catho •
lies? The blame and the responsibility attach either to the
Recorder or the High Sheriff ; it is for them to settle the
matter between them. The most generally received version is,
that the slips, when the list was alphabetically arranged, were
sent over from Dublin to Drayton Manor to be authenticated
by the Recorder, and that he omitted to return the slips con-
taining the names of the missing jurors. Assuming this ver-
sion of the matter to be the correct one, the omission may have
been accidental; but when all the circumstances connected
with the extraordinary proceedings, from first to last, in refe-
rence to these trials, are taken into consideration, does it not
look like the result of something else than accident ?"
he Herald remarks, in an article on public cemeteries :
" Kensal-green Cemetery, popularised by the burial of the late
Duke of Sussex, has subsequently, we are informed, become a
very paying speculation , and in every direction, other trading
burial grounds are springing up around the metropolis, over
which the public authorities have no control, and in which the
Church has no interest, and from which the poor, and conse-
quently the many, are excluded. The institution of really
public cemeteries on a comprehensive plan would ruin these
places as mercantile enterprises, and would gradually bring
back to the Church, in London and the greater towns, the now
rapidly-receding tide of interment. The latter is by no means
a merely speculative opinion ; experience has already proved
that such would be the case."
The (,hronicie says .—" There are few things more amusing
than the unblushing effrontery with which the Tory press, or
rather what remains of the Tory press, are contemplating the
present aspect of affairs. They commend Lord Ellenborough
for conquests, which would have been criminal in Lord Auck-
land. They eulogise treaties which would have brought an
impeachment on Lord Palmerston. They congratulate them-
selves on the augmentation of a revenue, which their own ob-
structive policy has been keeping for several years below zero ;
and, in total disregard of the condition of Ireland, and the State
proceedings now impending, they laud and magnify the Go-
vernment for restoring repose and tranquillity to our distracted
empire ! But what are the proofs of this ambiguous peace,
where the evidence of this ambiguous tranquillity ? In our
Foreign-office it is preserved by capitulations, at h"me by mi-
litary force. We treat the Irish as if they were foreigners,
we treat foreigners as if they were our countrymen."
We quote the following from the Times :—" We have
before us a very successful exposé of A Joint-stock Building
Society Bubble,— by John Bowen.' The Society in question
is located at Bridgewater, and calls itself the • Bridgewater
Accumulating Fund and Building Society.' Mr. Bowen has
an indubitable nose for a job, and shakes his victim merci-
lessly. There is no mistake about it. The primary design of
this Society professes to he semi-charitable—so very knowing
and refined are we become in the art of humbug ; it is
to enable persons who want capital to borrow money
at an easy rate. A peraon who wants money is invited
to buy one, two, or more shares in this concern. He
gives up the premium which would fall to him in course
of time, if he waited, for the sake of so much ready money, with
which the society supplies him instead; and te simply clears
off his debt to the society by the monthly payment of his shares,
spreading over a period of ten years, which is the calculated
time of the duration of the society. A tabular explanation is
given, and it is proved arithmetically how very advantageous
such a plan as the proposed one must be to the borrower. Very
fair and very good; but now we come to the lender. The so-
ciety consists of two sides,—borrowers and lenders ; it does not
profess to trade with its money; so all the advantage that it
gives is simply derived from the money as it passes, within
itself, from one side of the society to the other. Accordingly,
if the borrower is benefited it must be at the expense of the
lender."

ti UNE, i AND COiVIMERCIAL NE W 6
CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.

The Funds close rather better than we quoted them
in our early report, but Mill not buoyantly. Consols
were 968 4 ; Exchequer Bills, 655. to 675. ; and Re.
dueed Three-and-a- Half per Cents, 10:28 to a.
The Foreign Investments were also supported. Spanish
Five per Cents. obtained 218, and the Passive, 51 ;
Mexican 328 to 4, which is rather better; and Colom-
bian 411.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Eastern Counties were 128 ; Brighton, 61;
Greenwich, 7i ; Midland Counties, 12 ; and South
Eastern. 15 discount. Birmingham 137 to ; Norwich
and Brandon, 1-I ; South Eastern Scrip, 11 ; and York
and North Midland Scarborough Branch, 151 premium.
Australasia Bank Shares were 4 ; and Provincial of
Ireland, 17 premium.
The Foreign Exchanges did not go higher this after-
noon. Antwerp was quoted, for the first time, in francs
and centimes.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
There was a good deal of excitement in the Liverpool
Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were id. to Id.
per lb. higher, owing to the advices from America.
Sales 20,000 bales, of which speculators took 6,000 Ame-
rican and 6,000 East Indian. Shares were quiet. Eastern
Counties, 1041; Grand Junction, 231; Birmingham New
Thirds, 41+ ; North Midland, 91i ; South Eastern,
36, and Paris and Orleans, 32g.
There were no bargains quoted in the other shares
in the market at Liverpool yesterday.
The private accounts received from the United States,
as respects trade; are held to be favourable, though but
little expectation is entertained that the tariff will be
altered in favour of British manufactures. An increase

in the navy of the United States was talked of very ge-
nerally in New York and Washington ; war steamers
of the largest class were about to bo built.
There have not been any late arrivals of importance
announced this morning.
An increase of business may fairly be noted in the

West and East India produce Market; this week, and, in
many instances, improved quotations have been realised.
Still, however, the transactions have not been so exten-
sive as it was expected they would have been on the
opening of the markets after the Christmas holidays.
The funds have been fluctuating again to-day, but
there is an expectation that prices will rally should the
Irish State trials terminate satisfactorily, and the excite-
ment subside, by the restoration of something like
political tranquillity. Consols have been 961,- to 961 for
present transfer, Hi to 96:} for the opening. The
Commissioners for the Savings' Banks, &c., have taken
about 30,0001. Consols. Exchequer-bills have been
down to 655. to 675. premium ; and East India
Bonds are still 80s. premium. The Reduced
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 102- to 1021 ; the
New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 101- to 102 ; the
Three per Cents., 97i to Bank Stock is 166 ; and
India Stock, 272 k. The heavy investments are best
supported.
'l'he Madrid news is not of particular interest just
now, for so conflicting and obscure are' the opinions
hazarded, that it is difficult to understand the exact po-
sition of Bravo, or what course Mr. Bulwer intends to
adopt. There is one interesting pcint, at all events, to the
bondholders here, and that is, as to whether the population
will submit to payment of the taxes, unless the Bravo
Administration is conducted upon constitutional prin-
ciples, and with due regard to the privileges of the
Cortes. The Active Spanish Bonds have Le•en 211 to '—s;
and the Three per Cents. 34 1. which are yesterday's
rates. Mexican Stock is nominally 32i ; Brazilian
have touched 75 to 76 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. are 54 to 54k.
The Share Market has been rather dull spin this
morning, but prices are much the same. Brighton sup-
port the advance of yesterday afternoon, and Croydon
are higher. We quote the principal lines as follow -:
Edinburgh and Glasgow Registered were 1t to 14 ;
Great Western Half, 18f ; Hull and Selby, 6i ; Bir-
mingham, 137 ; Ditto New Quarter, 26 ; South
Western, 3238 ; Croydon, Ito ; Northern and Eastern,
; Paris and Orleans, 12i to 131 ; and Paris and
Rouen, 12 to 4 premium. Brighton were 6f to 61 ; and
South Eastern, 144 to 14i discount. Australasia Bank
Shares were 2 premium, and Colonial 2 discount.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 11.—We
have still a flat market, and in the absence of buyers,
prices continue to deeline.—Manchester and Leeds,
Half Shares, 45k; Do. Quarters, 8 1-16; Paris and
Lyons, 31; South Eastern, 35k; Manchester and Liver-
pool District Bank, 9.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

R .:;b Stock lB6 !India Stock 2721 pm
3 2:lr Cent. Red.

3: Cez.t. Cons. ... 9i3 Ditto Old Annuities...
3i ~Jr Gent. Red... 102} Ditto New Annuities...
e443:7 311 per Cent.... 102 Ex. Rills, 1,0001. lid. 62 pm
..v.v,v .5 per Celt' — Ditto 5001...... 63 pm
Lou:.; Annuities to expire Ditto Small
Jan. 1860 ........ 121 Bank Stock for Acct. 1861
:t. 1t.,59 ...... .. 12/ 'lndia Stock for .... 273
,a.,. Its4io ... ..... !Conssls for Opg.
FOREIGN FUNDS.

11,t:'1112, 5 per cent.
11,-Agian 5 per cent —
gra.zilian Bonds... --
13 Kenos Ayres 6 per cent —
Cnilian, 6 per cent
Uolornbian, 6 per cent lll
htto 1624
Culm. Bonds, 6 per cent ll
Danish, 3 per tent —
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent —
%lexicon, 5 per cent.
!Mt°, 6 por cent. 1837
Perivian, 1825,6 per et.

Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Ditto, New Ditto
Prussian, 5 per cent..,
, Russian, 5 per cent —
'Ditto, Metallic ....
Spanish, 5 per cent 2li
(Ditto, 3 per cent 3oi
'Ditto Deferred....
French, 5 per cent. —f —r.
Exchange.......... —f —c.
French, 3 per cent. —f,
Dutch, 2i per cent. 54i
Ditto, 5 per cent.... 1001
RES.

SHA
Eastern Counties (23 paid)......
London and Brighton (50 pa d) .
London and Birmingham (100 paid)........ 2371
London and Greenwich Railway (12115 s 4dpd) 5i
London and South Western (4116 s 10dpd) 74i
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk)
Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) 9i
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid)
Norwich Sand Brandon (2 paid)
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ...... 35
Ditto Scrip (25 paid)
York and Searboro' Branch (2i paid) l7/

COURSE OF EXCHAN
Amsterdam CF. 12 7 '
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7i
Antwerp
liamburgh %LB l3 15
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 75
Ditto, 3 months 25 95
%larseilles
Bourdeaux 26 5
Frankfort on Maine 122
Petersburgh, 3 Us.
7
Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 959
IrLtste, iitto
Madrid
Cadiz 36*
ililbso
P areelona
Fetille 36

GE.—(YESTERDAY.)
'Gibraltar . ..
Leghorn
Genoa 26 b
Milan
Venice 47
Naples
Palermo, per oz 3 IE4
I isbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro 23
Bahia
Buenos Ayres
New York,2l days sight 46}
Philadelphia
PRICES OF BULLION, PER 01.
Foreign Gold, bars£3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin.. 3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars... 0 4 sg
Silver in Bars... 0 4 11*

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, JAN. 12.—Light Westerly breeze, and eloudy.
DEAL, JAN. 11.—N.W., moderate and haey.—Sld. Eliza-
beth, China ; Gemini, Calcutta ; Australia. Bombay ; West
Indian, Cape of Good Hope; Cacticus, St. Lucia; Katherine,
Greene, St. Kitt's ; her Maiesty's steamer, Alban, Ireland ;
her Majesty's ship, Larne, Portsmouth. The Spanish brigs,
Ana and Hercules from Hambro to Havannah, got on the
Goodwin Sand this morning, but have been assisted off, with
lois of anchors, Sec., and are supposed to have run for Hamsgate•
RAMSGATE, JAN. 11.—The Concordia, Pannertin, bound
to Messina, fell over in the basin to-day and sustained damage ;
the Pomona, from Amsterdam to New York, assisted in here
yesterday, got in contact with the Frithof ( Swedish barque),
which received damage to rigging, &e. The Dolores, from
Havannah to Hambro, has been surveyed and found to be leaky.
DSTOW, DEC. 10.—The Two Brothers, of Dartmouth,
waterlogged and abandoned (laden with copper ore), has been
towed in here.
NEWFORT, JAN. 11.—The Jane White, of Stockton, fell
over on her broadside yesterday, but has been raised.
SWANSEA, law. 10. —The Dorothy Gales, Gardner, from
Cuba, got on shore last night in a fog 16 miles west of this,
and is reported to be in a dangerous position at the back of
Porteynon Point.
FALmouTit, Jaw. 11.—Wind N., light.—Sld. John, River
Gambia.
OFF SClLl.T.—Proven, Rio, for Hamburgh.
Baisrof., Jaw. 10.—S1d. Fanny, Barbadoes.
OFF BIDEFORD, JAN. 10.—Hartland Abbey, Hooper,
Prince Edward's Island.
Orr DOVER, JAN. 11.—Prins Veldarsmaarschalk, Butter,
Batavia, for Rotterdam,
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 11. —Wind N. W.—Arrd. Seventeenth
May, Arundahl, for South Seas. Off, Krons Prinsessen,
Bremen, for ditto.

LIVERPOOL, JAN. 11.—Wind W. N. W., moderate. —Arrd.
Amelius, Godfrey, Savannah (llth ult.) ; Caledonia, Bran-
don, New Orleans; Marathon, Brown, and Higginson, Stagg,
Charleston; New York, Cropper, New York. Off, Mary
Ridley, Honduras; Swatara and Samaritan. The United
Kingdom, bound to London, was spoken, 23d ult., lat. 38, lon.
46, very leaky, and with loss of main and mizen masts, &c.,
avid in want of spare spars. The Emma Searle, from Prince
Edward's Island to London, with loss of. rudder, was spoken
26th ult., lat. 42, lon. 42. The weather was so heavy that
the• could not ship a temporary one which had been made.
Sid. Canada, and Hannah, Calcutta ; Derby, Ceylon ;
Cicely, Pernambuco; Jamaica, Bahia; Cestorian, Africa •
Lotus, New Orleans ; Lancashire, Mobile; Republic, Boston.
DUBLIN, JAN. 10.—The Wanderer, reported to have gone
ashore nearzWexford, sth inst., did not leave Kingstown till
the 7th.

BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.—The usual ironmasters'
quarterly meetings have taken place during the present week
at Walsall, Wolverhampton, and in this town. The assemblage
in our Town-ball to-day was numerous, the great majority sr
the most extensive ironmasters from the surrounding districts
and many from Wales being present, and, as a matter of course,
taking great interest in the business proceedings of the meeting.
During the last week it was reported that an attempt would be
made to effect a reduction of the price of iron; and yesterday,
at an adjourned meeting of masters held at Wolverhampton, in
accordance with this prediction, a genteman from London,
largely interested in the iron trade, moved that bar iron be re-
duced at the rate or 10s. per ten. The motion found a
seconder, and that was all, for upon its being put to the meet-
ing, the proposed resolution was, with the exception of its
authors, rejected by the entire assembly. The prices, there-
fore, remain the same as last quarter—bar iron from 1. 10s. to
6/. per ton ; pigs, aecerding to their quality, from 2/. 15s. to
31. ss. ; hoops, 6/. 10s. ; and sheets, 71. to 71. 101. Many of
the most extensive works are in full employ, and altogether the
tra.,e presents a more cheering appearance than was anticipated
about a month ago.
THAMES TlTNNEL.—Thursday there was quite a
gala under the Thames, a body of men attired in full ancient
regalia, with pikes, drawn woi ds, banners and three bands of
music, comprising a society called the " Knights of Bur-
gundy,'' having marched through, en route to their destination.
The noise produced by so many instruments playing at the same
time under the bed of " Old Father Thames," was of a most
stunning description, and reverberated from arch to arch along
the whole atructure.

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