The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA-Y EVENING, JANUARY 18 1845.

DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY'S OFFICES, 64, MOORGATE-STREET,
London, Jan, 18, 1845.
TO TILE EDITOR OF " THE SUN."I oPal
Sir,—The interest which you evince in Railwafmatters, induces
me to take the earlieet opportunity afforded, of making publicly
a brief commentary on, or rather correction of, a pa,sage in the
leading article of the "Railway Times" of to-day, devoted to a dis-
cussion of tho merits of the Lines to York. This article,
although written generally in a courteous spirit towards
the Direct Northern Line, has the following sentence :—" The
Line, it seems, Is to Join the Great Northern a mile and a half
beyond the City of York, for the purpose of avoiding deten-
tion—a mighty convenience this to the said City of York, which
is to be so greatly benefited by the Line!" lam aware that
this remark has, in all probability, arisen front the language
of the statement recently put forth by this Board of the " case and
merits of the Line," which, on my attention being now brought to it,
is not specific on this point, for, after stating that the Line will
reduce the distance between London and York to 176; miles,
and that collision with the traffic of the York and North Midland
Railway is avoided by carrying the line by a bridge over that Rail-
way, it has certainly been omitted to state the fact, that the conve-
nience of York City has been duly provided for by the intended for-
mation of a New Station close to the existing turnpike-road at Mickle-
gate. This station, which has always been part of the
plan, :is in f►ct a material feature in it, in order to avoid
the detention and conffision which would otherwise occur
at York, from the use of the present station there, with
its other multifarious traffic. The object of the Junction with
the Great North of England Railway, at the distance of a mile
and a half from the City of York, is to carry on in the most direct
manner the Northern and Scotch traffic.

I have forwarded this correction to the editor of the " Railway
Times," but as the same cannot appear is that paper until next week,
lam desirous immediately to obviate the impression which the
article in question must otherwise convey to the public, and, there-
fore, I shall be obliged by your inserting this in your paper of to-day.
I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
WILLIAM AMSINCK, Secretary.

THE WEATHER.-Strx OFFICE, JAN. 17.

THERMOMETER, Lowest, 36 ; Highest, 40 ; Noon, 4
BAROMETER, 29.85.-WIND, S.

NoTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and
" Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the
Thermometer during the preceding twenty-foar hours. All
the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at
32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on
Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and
" Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather
when the mercury falls below 30.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Warning ... 35 minutes alter 9 i Evening ... 12 minutes after 10.

bulent and overbearing demeanour affected by others,
shall entail upon them the necessity of persevering
in the active exercise of a precautionary policy.

Another striking illustration of the severity with
which the law—or what is called the law—presses
upon the poor and the defenceless may be found in
the following paragraph, which we quote from a
Morning Contemporary :—" On Wednesday evening
a police order for the removal of all the fruit-stalls in
the Strand, and at the streets and courts leading
thereto, was carried into effect by policemen specially
appointed for the duty. No reason has been assigned
for the order, which is, however, justified by the
Police Act, and can be enforced at the caprice of any
inspector or other policeman." Now what earthly
occasion was there for the issuing of a peremptory
mandate like this, whose immediate effect must almost
necessarily be, to deprive several poor people—chiefly
old women who have no other means left of earning a
subsistence--of their sole remaining chance of keeping
out of a workhouse, which it is well known, they look
upon, and justly too, as the ne-plus-ultra of human
wretchedness ? Is it that the fruit-stalls are a public
nuisance ?—that they incommode respectable pedes-
trians who may happen to be passing to and fro from
the City or the West- end ?—that their homely, un-
sightly loek is odious in the eyes of gentility, whose
optics are apt at times to be exceedingly fastidious ?
If the objection be that the stalls are a nuisance, how
is it that the order for their removal has not been
issued long since ? To our certain knowledge they
have existed for years and years in the Strand, and
no complaint that we know of has ever been made
against them ; and such being the case, it seems an
act of the most wanton tyranny to remove them. In-
deed, a sort of prescriptive right may be pleaded in
justification of their continuance; but no, we are for-
getting ourselves; prescriptive right to which the law
allows a certain validity when the interests, pecuniary
or otherwise, of the respectable classes of society are
concerned, is utterly without avail when those only of
the poor are concerned. Many an individual in the
upper or middle walks of life has been continued in
the possession of a property of questionable origin by
pleading this right in a court of justice; but it has
had no effect in preventing the inclosure of common-
lands, on which from time immemorial the labourer
had exercised the privilege of pasturing his pigs or
his geese ! Prescriptive right has been allowed no
influence in this case, but the strict letter of the law
has been enforced, no matter how great the hardship
and the injustice occasioned by it. But granting that
the fruit-stalls in the Strand are a nuisance, why is
the police crusade carried on against them exclusively?
Are they more annoying to the public than the showy
wares which are so ostentatiously protruded by the
shop-proprietors at least two yards on each side of the
passage in the Lowther and Burlington Arcades ? If
it be deemed expedient by the police authorities to re-
move the obstruction in the one case, even-handed
justice demands that it should be removed
in the other. But, alas ! in the former instance
the interests, such as they are, of squalid poverty only
are concerned, and these may be injured with im-
punity; while in the latter, it is the privileges of rich,
respectable tradesmen and the convenience of their
customers that are concerned, and these, in accordance
with the etiquette of police law, must be dealt with
tenderly. It will never be well with society till
these shameful distinctions between rich and poor are
wholly and for ever removed. Daily we see proofs
of the ruinous consequences attending them in the
increasing demoralisation of the labouring classes,
who, neglected and despised by those who should be
their guardians, advisers, and benefs ctors, too often
rush into evil courses out of a sheer fe;eling of despe-
ration. Wealth and respectability profess a well-
bred horror of the midnight conflagra=tions of SWING
and the lawless excesses of REBECCA, but they never
take into consideration how much o f this mischief
may be owing to their own supercilious treatment
of the poor. They sow the wind, and then think it a
hard case if they reap the whirlwin d. But expe-
rience has at length produced its natural effect on
the minds of the higher and midfile classes of
society, who, are now fast awakening to the necessity
of pursuing a different course of °cm duct to that
which they have pursued for years pas=t towards the
labouring masses of the population.

Accounts from Madrid of the 10th inst. announce
that ZUR8A...1.10, after many windings and narrow
escapes, had. at last reached a place of .safety. He is
now in Lisbon. In the Senate the cla ose relative to
the QUEEN'S marriage was finally agreed to, after an
ineffectual attempt by the Marquis of AI IRAFLORES to
set aside that part of it which prohibithed her mar-
riage with any branch of the Don CARI A 35 family.

The Three per Cents. closed, on the 1(3 th instant, at
30f for cull, and 34 at 60 days; and the Five
Per Cents. at 23 9-16 for cash, and 23. 15-16 at 60
days ; the Coupons at 27 at 60 days; tlio Debt with-
out interest :at 6 15-16 at 60 days; and the Vales
Non-consolidated at 9 5-32 at 60 days..

plaisance shown to an arrogant nation, which has the
pretension of being at present the first in the world."
The France, another Opposition journal, thus takes
up the burden of the song, and joins in chorus with
the revilers of England, and of the Minister for Fo-
reign Affairs :
" The ordinary introduction of the speeches of' M.
Guizot are known beforehand. They invariably begin
with a Britannic Odyssey, in which the sweets of the
entente cordiale are highly celebrated. M. Guizot has
been faithful to his outre mer affections ' • we will even
say that yesterday he surpassed himself. In the first
outburst of his all-English heart, he defended, as she
deserved, that good, that honest, that innocent England,
so unjustly calumniated by the French Opposition party.
England to have meddled with the affairs of Morocco
otherwise than agreeably to Its ! England to have op-
posed her veto and her influence to a conclusion so
honourable for us ! You cannot think it ; she is too
good for us ; she has too much at heart to see our power
recognised in the world ; she is too sincerely devoted
to our interests and our supremacy ! This oratorical
movement over, M. Guizot was only the shadow of him-
self. What will you have ? M. Guizot has no affections
but for the English alliance ; he has no force or warmth
but when he takes for his subject that good Old England,
which has twice received him like a favoured child, as
Ambassador and as Minister. He is a conquered gladia-
tor, carrying with him the weapon by which he has been
struck, and which painfully affected him in the second
part of the discussion, that which related to the execu-
tion of the treaty."
The Committees of the Chamber of Deputies were
occupied in examining the Budget and especially the
expenses of the Finance Department. These ex-
penses were estimated at 623,402,185 f., being an in-
crease of 12,814,167 f. The question of the conver-
sion of the Five per Cents. was cursorily discussed ;
the idea was generally admitted in principle, but a
great majority in each bureau declared against its
immediate adoption. In the course of the day M.
GUIZOT called a meeting of the Committees, and
stated that from accounts he had received he had
greater hopes than ever of the successful conclusion
of the negotiations respecting the right of search, that
England was sincerely desirous of discovering some
equally efficient means for putting an end to the
slave-trade and with that understanding she was
willing to modify the treaty.
The Funds continued firm. The Three per Cents.
closed at 85f. 20c., and the New Loan at 86f. 40c.

THIS DAY'S NEWS

RETURN OF HER MAJESTY FROM
STOWE.

Information having been received yesterday morning
at the Euston-square terminus of the London and Bir-
mingham Railway, that it was her Majesty's intention
to return from Stowe this afternoon, preparations were
made this morning on a similar scale as at her departure,
and the Directors and officers of the Company were in
attendance to receive the royal party. Orders were
issued at the royal mews to have her Majesty's carriages
in waiting at the terminus. At half-past twelve
o'clock a detachment of the 17th Light Dragoons
(Lancers) arrived, and were accommodated by the officers
of the company with a shelter under the extensive por-
tico. Three of the royal carriages, with outriders, ar-
rived at the terminus at a quarter before one o'clock.
Immediately on the departure of the one o'clock down
train, the platform, ante-room, and passage to the por-
tico, where the royal carriages were in waiting, were
covered with crimson cloth. At this time, notwith-
standing the unfavourable state of the weather, a
very great number of respectable persons had
assembled to witness her Majesty's arrival. Pre-
cisely at half-past one o'clock her Majesty and
Prince Albert, attended by the Earl of Jersey
Master of the Horse to the Queen; the Marchioness o r
Douro, Lady in Waiting; Major-General Wemyss,
Equerry in Waiting ; and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in
Waiting, arrived by special train from Wolverton, and
were received by the Directors, who conducted the royal
party to the carriages. Her Majesty then proceeded to
Cambridge House, to visit the Grand Duchess of Meek-
lenburgh Strelitz, and from thence by railway to Slough,
en route to Windsor.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS D+Y.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
The Court took the Crown paper to-day, and were
occupied the whole morning with a case as to the liability
of a parish to be rated, which possessed no :public in-
terest whatever.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)

HARRISON V. BILLING.

This case was tried before Mr. Baron Rolfe on Tues-
day last. The action was brought upon a promissory
note for 49/. 10s. made on the Ist of March, 1839, by
the defendant, payable to the order of Potts, and endorsed
by him to the plaintiff, a solicitor in Birmingham. It
was pleaded by the defendant that the note was made for
the joint accommodation of himself and Potts, that it
was given to 66 plaintiff for the purpose of being dis-
counted, and that it was now held by him without con-
sideration, the promised advance upon it having never
been made. The jury found a verdict for the defendant.

Mr. M. D. Mil, on behalf of the plaintiff, now moved,
on the ground of misdirection, for a rule calling on the
defendant to show cause, why the verdict in his favour
should not be set aside, and a new trial had.

The argument turned on a point of special pleading.
Rule refused.

INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY)
IN RE THOMAS COWLEY JONES.-CLAIM TO PROVE UNDER

THE STATUTE OP LIMITATIONS.

This was a rule to show cause why a previous judg-
ment, pronounced in this Court by Mr. Commissioner
Law, should not be set aside. The facts of the case were
as follows :—The insolvent had been indebted to a person
named Young, which debt became waived by the Statute
of Limitations. After his insolvency, he wrote a letter,
acknowledging the debt, but in which there was no direct
premise to pay. Mr. Commissioner Law refused to allow
the proof, and Mr. Nicholls, on behalf of Mr. Young,
moved for the present rule.
The CounT held that Mr. Commissioner Law was
right in the view he took of the case, and discharged the
rule, at the same time ordering that no re-assignment
should be made to the insolvent without due notice being
given to all Isis creditors.

Mr. NORTON gave directions that the clerk of the
works should be sent for, and acquainted with the cir-
cumstance.

MARYLEBONE VESTRY.

(THIS DAY.)

EXPLANATION OF DR. TENFOLD.

At a meeting of the Marylebone Vestry this day, the
Rev. Dr. Penfold offered the following explanation on
the subject of the accusation which had been made
against him, of having takes a bank note, marked
" Tithes," from the subscription plate of the Girls' School
at the Church. He had, it appears, received various
contributions by post, similarly marked, on previous
occasions, and having learned the name and address
of the person who had placed this money in the
plate, he found it was the sane that had sent the former
contributions by post. This person, who did not wish
his name to be known, said that he intended the money
for Doctor Penfold, and not for the charity. Doctor
Penfold, in order that he might have the word of
another to corroborate what he had said, had inducal
this person to call on the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, and state
his intention in giving the money.

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY,

COVENT-GARDEN.

Although the supplies of both Fruit and Vegetables
here were seasonably large, the general demand was
steady, at our quotations :—Potatoes from 3s to 4s 8,1
per cwt; Turnips, Is 8d to 2s 9d ; Carrots, 5s to 6s 6d;
Coleworts, or Greens, 2s to 3s 3d ; and Leeks, 8d to is
4d per dozen bunches ; Apples, 2s to 4s ; Pears, 3s to
4s ; Spinach, is 6d to 2s ; and Onions, is 8d to 2s 6d
per half sieve ; Pine Apples, 8s to 10s ; and Filberts
and Cobb Nuts, 10d to is 3d per lb ; Savoys, is to 2s
per dozen; forced Asparagus, 6s to 7s; Horse Radish, 2s
to Bs ; Broccoli, 2s to 3s 6d • and Celery, is to 2s 6d
per bundle ; Oranges aid Lemons, 8s to lOs per 100;
Seakail, is to 2s 6d per punnet.

11171377 GATE AND LEADENHALL.
Prime Beef, Veal, and Pork sold readily, at very full
prices ; but otherwise the trade was in a sluggish state.
Beef from 2s 3d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d ;
Veal 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and Pork 3s 4d to 4s Cd per 81bs.
by the carcass. We had a very large supply of both
Game and Poultry, owing to which the trade rule.l
heavy, at low prices. Geese, 3s 6d to 5s 6d ; Hares, Is
6d to 2s Gd ; Turkeys, 5s to 12s ; Partridges, is 6d to
2s ; and Pheasants, 3s to 3s 6d each.

HMV GERPOILD.
There was rather more business doing in Meat at full
prices. All other articles wore a dull sale, at barely
previous rates.

urnrrECHAPII7.
Prime Veal and Pork were in steady request at an
advance of 2d per 81bs. In the value of other kinds of
Meat we have no alteration to report. Beef, from 2s 8d
to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s
8d ; and Pork, 3s 2d to 4s 6d per 81bs.

NEWPORT.
There was rather more business doing here, at fully
previous rates. Beef from 2s 10d to 3s $d ; Mutton, 2s
10d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 8d
to 41 6d per slbs.

_
BILLINGSGATE.
The supply of Fish was extremely abundant. Trade,
in consequence, was dull.

BREAD.
The prices of wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are
from bid to lid ; of household ditto, 5d to 6d per 41bs.
loaf.

HIDE MARKET.
Raw hides at per stone of 141bs.—Best steers and heifers
5s Gd to 5s 10d ; middling hides, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; in-
ferior hides, 4s 2d to 4s 6d. Sheep and calf skins, at
per skin—Market calf, 6s 6d to 8s ; long woolled
sheep, 3s 3d to 4s 6d ; short ditto, 2s 9d to 3s 9d.

EAT IKAIRICZTS.
SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 4115 s
Useful ditto, 41 16s to 51 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 6s to
51125; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to
1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 16s per lead. Trade
on the whole dull, at barely stationary prices.
CumBERLAND.--Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 41165;
Useful ditto, 41 17a to 5l 6s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 7s to
5/ 13s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to 5/ 18s; Oat Straw, 11 143
to 1/ 16s; Wheat Straw, 1116 s to 1/ 17s per load. The
best Meadow Hay, the supply of which was small, com-
manded a steady sale at full prices. In other kinds of
Hay, as also Straw, very little was doing.
WRITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3112 s to 4/ 1 6 ;
Useful ditto, 4/ 17s to 51 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 515 s to
5/ 123 ; Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 11 12s to
1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 16s per load. Supply
tolerably good, and trade rather dull, except with the
best Meadow Hay.

WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY.
We have again to note a large arrival of Wheat, and a
fair arrival of other grain to this day's market. Fine
samples of both Wheat and Barley support last week's
prices ; other qualities are rather lower, and difficult to
sell. Beans fully as dear, and in good demand. Oats
slow sale, and lfd. per stone cheaper.
Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel.
EXTRA. New.
Wheat Suffblk, Essex, and Revd Red....... —to 46 44 to 45
Ditto ditt0......,.., White... 51 49 50
Ditto ditto White... 50 45 48
Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red....... 45 42 43
Ditto ditto — 50 46 43
Yorkshire ......».«...........«.« — 44 41 42
Ditto ditto White... 50 45 48
........ Red 48 41 46
Ditto ditto ......... White 52 48 50

Per quarter
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk .........,.»....«.»........ 36 34 35
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ..„.......„„», 34 31 32
Grinding ........ ...... „.„,„., ...... `xJ 30
Foreign. "OWN •••• IN •Pe • ••• 014 1460* .............. 34 30 32
Per gr. o 1631 b. to the bushel.
Beans, Small fine ...... 04 ....... •04 040. 44 36 38
Ticks ..... ...... 42 36 37
Foreign
OHO 00404.4 ..... 42 35 40
Oats, Potato and Polasd
10d. to 12d., Foreign 10d, to 12d. pet Stone.
........... ,„ 25. to 27e. 04. per Load.
Malt
231 os. 251.05. —l. Us. per Llst.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JAN. 18.—Wind southerly breeze, and cloudy.
DEAL, JAN. 17.—Wind S. to S. by W., a gentle
breeze, thick weather.—Arrd. William Prowse, Bartlett,
China Sld. Nancy, Algoa Bay ; Hendrick Hudson,
New York.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Wind S. by E.—Sld. Eliza-
beth, Antigua ; Vigilant, Antigua. The Mary Nixon
has come into cutwater, to discharge.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Wind S.S.E. to S.—Arrd.
Plantagenet, London, for Madras. Sld. her Majesty's ship
Cockatrice, eastward.
POOLE, JAN. 17.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Ceres, Martin,
Newfoundland.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Wind S., strong breezes.—
Arrd. George Canning. Harvey, Ichaboe ; William
Murray, Gubow, Ichaboe, with loss of bulwarks and
foreyard ; Louisa, Newman, Pernambuco, with loss of
bulwarks, sails, water-casks, wheel, stern-port started,
and cargo supposed to be damaged, having been struck
by heavy seas, sailed 10th ult. ; Elizabeth Hunter,
Taganrog, with loss of sails, boats, &c., and the vessel
much strained, having experienced a continuance of
violent gales. Off, Commerce, Ichaboe, and sld. for Hull.
SWANSEA, JAN. 16.—Arrd. Mace, Hardy, Cuba.
GLOUCESTER, JAN. 17.—The Blucher, Rowles, hence
to Cardiff, sunk off the Light Ship, after being in
contact with the Marvel Ann, from Cardiff to Bristol ;
crew saved.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 17.—The Cadiz packet, of New-
castle, arrived at Pernambuco on the 9th ult., from
Gibraltar, with the loss of the master and four of the
crew at Fernando Noronha, where the boat was sent
ashore in search of guano, and swamped.
PORT ISAAC, JAN. 15.—The Favourite, Hoskin, sailed
to-day for Padstow to repair, having taken considerable
damage during a heavy ground sea on the coast. The
John, Mitchell, parted her stern moorings, and is be-
neaped.
CORK, JAN. 15.—Wind strong.—Sld. Hornet, South
America ; Glanmire, Barbadoes.
DumaN, JAN. 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Princess,
Vaughan, St. John's, New Brunswick.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 17.—Wind S.S.W. to S., light.—
Arrd. Crusader, Jeffrey, and Royal Bride, Ichaboe ;
Orozembo, Rockliff, Benin ; Norval, Paraiba; Meteor,
Turner, Tampico ; Leonidas, Snow, Natchez, Charle-
magne, Fales, New Orleans John Baring, Charleston ;
Minongahela, Finley, Philadelphia. The box of soap
marked W. B. 100, &c., picked up at Dingle was thrown
overboard from the Flor, hence to Havannah, which put
into Corunna 21st ult. The Brilliant, Dix, bound to
Marseilles, was in contact this morning with the steamer
Athlone, and s eceived damage to rigging, &c.
CLYDE, JAN. 16.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd., Charles,
Gilbert, Ichaboe. Sld., Bowling, Trinidad ; Paragon,
Demerara.
GIGHA ISLAND, JAN. 11.—Arrd., the Norman, Cooper,
St. John's, New Brunswick, for Belfast, leaky, and part
of cargo thrown overboard.
MONTROSE, JAN. 15.—Arrd., Ocean, Garden, Ichaboe.
BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 17.—The Perseverance, of Shields,
and two other vessels, are ashore to the northward. The
Jessamine, from Shoreham and Hartlepool, got ashore
near here last night, but came off and proceeded.
CLAY, JAN. 17.—The Sarah Bell, Stevens, from Shore-
ham, which was abandoned on Haisborough Sand, 14th
inst., was brought in here on the following day.

A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock this
afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. All
the Ministers attended. Sir R. Peel, Lord Aberdeen,
and Sir J. Graham, arrived in town this morning, to
attend the Council.

Her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz continues to go on
favourably.

FIRE IN MARYLEBONE.—This morning, between
two and three o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises of
Mr. Rusherbrook, a tailor, carrying on business at No.
19, High-street, ➢iarylebone, nearly opposite the entrance
to the police-office. It appeared that, about two o'clock,
a policeman, on duty in High-Street, observed a bright
light, apparently in the back of the premises. Shortly
afterwards smoke issued from the crevices in the door,
when he gave an alarm, and the inmates had scarcely
time to put on portions of clothing and proceed into the
street, when the flames burst forth with considerable
fury, and soon ascended to the first floor. In a few
minutes five engines were on the spot, and a plentiful
supply of water being at hand, the fire was got under
shortly after three o'clock. The whole of the property
in the lower part of the premises was destroyed, the
upper portion of the house not being much damaged,
except by the water poured in at the windows. We
believe Mr. Rusherbrook is insured. It is not known
how the fire originated.

MUNIFICENT BENEVOLENCE.—MiSS Prances At-
kyns, of Eaton-place, yesterday sent 1001. is aid of the
funds of that valuable charity the Royal Free Hospital
for the destitute sick, in Gray's Inn-road.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL. NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was again a very good demand fur Cotton yes-
terday at Liverpool, and at full prices. Sales, 10,000
bales.—Shares were not quite so active. Birmingham
and Gloucester, 108; Bristol and Gloucester, 44+; Cale-
donian,BBs. 9d.; Eastern Counties, 17 17+; Grand Junc-
tion, 229; Grand Junction New, Quarters, 44; Great
North of England, New, 27; Great Western Fifths, 39+;
London and Birmingham, 223 ; Ditto, 32/. Snares, 40i,
41 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 27+ 28 ; London and South-
Western, New, 12i a ; London and York, 3/. 18s. 9d.
41. ; Churnet Valley, 81s. 3d. ; Manchester and Leeds,
126 ; Midland Counties, 129 127} ; North Union, 1471;
South-Eastern, 424 ; Ditto, New, No. 2, 13- ; Paris
and Orleans, 44e ; Rouen and Havre, 244; Orleans,
Tours, and Bordeaux, 8 ; Northern of France, 54 f.
There are not any arrivals of importance from the
Colonies or elsewhere this morning.
The periodical account of Promissory Notes in circu-
lation in Scotland and Ireland gives the following
results as compared with the previous statement :
The chartered, private, and joint banks of Scotland,
according to the previous return, had a circulation of
3,486,3181.; now, 3,ls9,4soZ—decrease, 327,3681. The
Bank of Ireland's return gives the present circulation at
3,917,800 L; last time, 3,9oo,27sL—increase, 17,525/. The
private and joint-stock banks of Ireland, by the previous
return, had out 2,945,0461.; at present, 3,o6s,7sll.—in-
crease, 120,705/.
The weekly statement of the affairs of the Bank of
England, as compared with its predecessor, shows
an increase in the issues from 28,087,0551. to 28,163,130/.,
a decrease in the public deposits from 7,366,643/., to
4,128,966/. In the other deposits there has been an in-
crease from 8,037,3201. to 8,877,9051. In the seven
days bills there is a slight increase. In the other Se-
curities a diminution from 11,426,996/. to 9,000,544/.,
and in the gold and silver coin there is a reduc-
tion of 101,857/. By the last return: the total Banking
Department statistics stood at 34,199,407/.; at present,
31,774,0221.—decrea5e, 2,325,385/.
This is the pay-day in the Consol Market ; and,
although money has been in some request, we believe all
has gone off satisfactorily. The immense amounts
of capital that are now locked up in deposits
on new lines of railway appear to produce but
little effect on the rate of interest, so vast in the amount
of floating capital in circulation at the present moment.
The price of Consols for the Account is 100 k to 100 t and
100} to 1001 for the February Account. A full amount of
business has been transacted in the New Three-and-a
Quarter per Cents. at from 104-1 to 1001. Reduced
Three per Cents. have advanced to 100/. The premium
upon Exchequer-bills is rather lower than it was yes-
terday, as well as Bank Stock, which is at 211.
An improvement has taken place in most of the Fo-
reign Funds to-day. The speculators in Spanish Stocks
appear well satisfied with the budget of Senor Mon.
The Five per Cents. hare been done at 27f ; the Three
per Cents. at 38+ The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. are at 63+ t, and the Five per Cents. at9Bii. The
Russian Bonds have been done at 119, Buenos Ayres
at 39i, Mexican at 341, and Portuguese Converted
at 5911.
A large amount of business in the Railway Shares has
been transacted to-day, and the fluctuations have been
rather considerable.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock...

- 2 ll 2ll

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities loo_3/r
3 per Cent. Consols Anne lOOl %
New 34 per Cont. Annuties
India Bonds 1,000/ ... 75 pm.
Ditto under 1,0001 —
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 13,yd. 11/2cl.
1,000/.
500/.

Ditto Small —
Ditto Advertised ..... ... ....• • pm.
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 393 A
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 34%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted 59%
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent ll9
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 271
Ditto for the Account.: 27 %,(3
Ditto 1841
Ditto 1843
Ditto Passive Bonds 6N .-.'"'
Ditto Deferred
Ditto 3 per Cent 3B;
Ditto for the Account sa!)3Bi 8 , %
Dutch 21/2 per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ....sr, 98.1,
Ditto 5 per Cents

PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln
Chatham and Portsmouth
Chester and Holyhead
Eastern Counties
Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1 3% — to
Ditto, ditto, /so. 2.
Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 50
Great South and W. (Irish)... 5
Ditto Additional
Great North of England 100
Ditto New
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Hull and Selby
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Birmingham ...100 231
London and Blackwall 16% 7% to
London and Brighton... 5O ...... 51%
London and Greenwich ...... 12% ...... 11
London and South Western.. 41%...... 80
Ditto, New
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London and Croydon
London and Y0rk........ ...... 2%.....3Y83/4 41/s to 37/8
Manchester and Leeds 7O
Midland lOO 129
Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100
Newcastle& Darlington.)unc. 24.. :.,..t,#! 65
Newcastle and Benvicki&4lpeei 10
North British )4i440 ';4„.105)4.- to --
Norwich and Brandon 14%% to
Ditto New Shares ' :,;;';;,` 1 .40. 3/ to
RichmondandWestEndJuric. :1 - •3l
Rugby
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 21, '', 3
South Devon

South Eastern and Dover 33%...40 48 463/4 to 47 46%
Ditto New 1
Trent Valley
West London, Old Shares ... 20
Yarmouth and Norwich
York and North Midland ... 50 lO 7
Ditto % Shares
Ditto Scarboro' Branch
Ditto Selby Scrip
Ditto, Extension

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