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LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1844

The speech of Mr. SHELL in defence of Mr. JOHN
O'CosnsELL—or rather in defence of all tli& tra-
versers—is one of the most eloquent, forcible, and
convincing displays of forensic oratory we haVe pe-
rused for many a long year. It made a strong' im-
pression on all who had the good fortune to hear it
—it will make an equally strong impression 'on all
who read it. The Right Hon. Gentle Man left; the
Attorney-General literally not a leg to stand on'. lie
commented, in cutting and energetic language, 0.4 no.4n
the
miserable policy that had dictated the State prosesu
tions, and the still more miserable logic by which, they
were attempted to be supported ; and, alluding to the
Attorney-General's marked expressions* of indigna-
tion at the mischievous designs of the Repeal agita-
tors, said, " if, gentlemen of' the jury, his anger was
not simulated ; if his rage was not merel, official ;
if he spoke as he felt, how comes it to pass, that no
single step was ever taken by him for the purpose of
arresting the progress of an evil represented, by him `..,0
be so calamitous ? He told you that the country
was traversed by incendiaries, who set fire to the
passions of the people ; the whole fabric, of society,
according to him, has been in a blaze for the last nine,
months ; wherefore, then, did he stand with folded
arms to gaze at the conflagration ?" This is one of
those hits between wind and water which cannot fail
to tell with crushing effect against him at
whom it is aimed. Why did not the At-
torney-General, the instant he saw the. blaze
beginning to spread, use his utmost efforts to put it
out ? Why wait till it had spread from county to
county with the rapidity of wild-fire, and, according
to his own acqount, was daily becoming more de-
structive ? Foreseeing the danger, was it not his duty
to have striven to avert it at once ? Surely, by
allowing it to increase, he made himself in some de-
gree responsible for the consequences ; and, do far from
prosecuting the incendiaries—as he terms thenl-7he
should be tried at the same bar with them, for having
aided and abetted them by hfs log supineness !
What would be thought of a man who,' seeing a hou-e
beginning to take fire, and having the means of ex-
tinguishing it, should stand coolly looking on, to all
appearance calm and unmoved, until the flanies: had
spread throughout the whole building, and Aben, for
the first time, should send for the fire-engines ?
Would he not be considered culpably negligent—or,
what is more likely, incurably mad ? Yet this is the
line of conduct that the Attornek-teneral haS pur-
sued throughout the repeal agitition; Instead.. of
checking this agitation in its infancy—whickhe, was
bound to do, holding the views he does of its danger-
ous character—he allows it to progress day by day,
week by week, month by month, without the slightest
attempt at opposition or reprobation; and only .inter •
feres to put it down at the very period When, it has
effected all the mischief it is now likely to effect !
If the Attorney-General has the peWer of interference
now, it is-fairly to be presumed that le had a .similar
power months since ; and we repeat, therefore,. our
conviction that he himself is resp'onsible for- much of
the agitation which he could, but would not., check.
We dwell on this point becauSe we think it one which
the Hon. and Learned Gentlenian Will find it difficult,
if not impossible, to answer, satisfactorily; and be-
cause also we think it will produce a marked, and
we hope triumphant, impression in the proper
quarter. Mr. SHEIL'S inference from this long
lethargy on the part of the newly-aroused Attorney-
General, is one which can scarcely fail to suggest itself
to the mind of every intelligent and ,unbiassed man in
the community. " Is there not," observed the Right
Hon. Gentleman, " too much reason to think-that a
project was formed, or rather that & plot was concocted,
to decoy and ensnare the tra-Versers, and,that a' con-
nivance, amounting almost to 'sanction, was' delibe-
rately adopted as a part of the•policy of Government
in order, to betray the traverSers Into indiscretions, of
which advantage was in due time to be taken"?. The
public prosecutor who gives' an indirect encourage-
ment to agitation, in order that 'lie may ;afterwards
more effectually fall upon it, bears some Moral affinity
to the informer, who provokes the' crime front whose
denunciation his ignominious 'livelihood: is delived."
This, too, is hard hitting, but' Who shall say that it is
undeserved? The conduct, of.' the Government,
throughout these injudicious, ;State prosecutions, has
been marked alternately bye vfrulefice and. feebleness
in a most eminent degree ; and, let theM .terminate
which way they will—either in a triumphant' acquit-
tal of O'CONNELL, or his consigiiment to a
ham or Dublin prison—either way, the result will be
equally injurious to the stability' 'of the Adinibistra-
tion. As for stopping the progress of the repeal
agitation, neither one nor a hundred State prosecutions
will be able to do this ; the check roust be' 'given: in the
House of Commons, by the public, deliberate an-
nouncement of Sir ROBERT .PEELOO concede, without
further delay, such measures as Ireland is justified in
demanding, and has a right to receive. - •

We take it the new rural ass'Ocia.tions, founijed for
the support of agricultural profeetion, will prove
themselves most valuable auxiliaries " to, the very
cause their present patrons design them to, overturn."
The prospects of free trade, we are quite convinced.
stand in not the slightest danger from the Skirmishing
which the associations in question have a tendency
to compel. On the contrary, they scull; to .U.s to
afford an element which has hitherto been a' desidera-
•
turn, and without which, probably, the
,progress of
tru:th would have been considerably retarded: The
public, we think, have long enough found out that
the League were in no want of- capacity for meeting

their opponents in fair debate, either in the Legislature,
on the hustings, or through the press. The misfortune for
them and their cause was, that they were too strong.
There appeared so fearful a contrast between their
power and their enemies' weakness, that there was
no means of bringing about an encounter. They
were like the giant who marches unimpeded through
the ranks of pigmies, defying opposition, but meeting
no sufficient foe. If in the House they raised a do-
bate, the Ministerial whipper--in was instructed to
contrive that the Members should be counted out
before the question was brought to an issue. If they
challenged an inquiry into the existence of those
special burdens on land, which the Minister affirmed
rendered the obnoxious law necessary, some flimsy
pretext or other was put forth to elude it So
things were going on within the walls of the
House of Commons. The same sort of manoeuvring
was being carried on, but with less difficulty in the other
Chamber. The county gentlemen, though generally
a choleric race, and indisposed to sit placidly under
unjust imputations, when they have anything to say
in reply, still they suffered the emissaries of the
League to visit their parishes and hamlets, discourse
on the evils of the corn-laws, and circulate pamphlets
without let or hindrance. Now and then, perhaps,
some bluff and argumentative squire ventured to act
differently from his order, and essay a speech in de-
fence of the landlords' law. But poor Sir JOHN
TYRRELL, at Colchester, was found to be a very in-
adequate controversialist when RICHARD COBDEN
met him face to face. But this was because Sir JOHN
was out of training.
Now, thanks to the plain, straightforward Eng-
lish character, which is not yet, we are glad to find,
quite extinct amongst us, this Peelish reserve cannot
be maintained any longer by the fine old race of
country gentlemen; and hence, at length, they have
started forth in the character of Anti-Leaguers, and
are making their speeches and contributing their
cash. Now all this, we say, is as it should be. We
are happy to find the unnatural tyranny of the Trea-
sury benches giving way. It ought not• to be that,
because Sir R. PEEL, Sir J. GRAHAM, and Mr. W. E.
GLADSTONE find some difficulty in squaring their
practice with their theory, and are content to remain,
with Mr. BARING, " free-traders in the abstract,"
it ought not, we say, therefore, to follow that the
farmers' friends should for ever remain tongue-tied,
and for ever withhold from the world their wise,
patriotic, and generous sentiments, which have been
so long bottled up.
The tenant farmers, some of them at least, have
turned their hand to oratory. Mr.. BAKER, df Writ-
tle, has made some figure in Essex. The other day
this gentleman was at Romford. "For twelve years,'
says Mr. BAKER, "before the passing of the existing
law in 1842, the average price of wheat was 575., and
the average duty paid ss. 6d., which is only eleven
per cent. for that period. Therefore protection to
agriculture has never been more than eleven per cent.
under the old. Corn Bill." Here, we say directly, is
the benefit of Mr. COBDEN'S tour through Essex last
autumn. He set forth with the view of proving to
the tenant farmers .of that agricultural county that
they had not benefited after all by the so-called• pro-
tection to home agriculture. The course of Sir.
COBDEN'S arguments was to show that, so far from
deriving advantage from the intricate sliding scale,
they had been tricked and cheated out of everything
deserving the name. Mr. COBDEN has in Mr. BAKER,
of Writtle, a promising pupil ; and we dare say Mr.
BAKER will extend still further the benefit of his
instructor's lessons.

Mr. BAKER plainly asserts precisely what Mr.
COBDEN and the League have been long endeavour-
ing to show, viz., that the tenant farmers, the very
class who are supposed to be mainly benefited by this
absurd piece of legislative legerdemain, are equally,
with the rest of the country, interested in procuring
the abolition of it from the statute book. Surely,
then, he may wish the new Protection Societies
good speed, and hail them as most valuable adjuncts
of the Anti-Corn-law.League, wisely adapted to meet
the scruples of those who at present quarrel with the
name of the parent institution.

The reign of Ministerial humbug and chicanery—
as regards the corn-laws at least—is, we suspect,
drawing to a close, and, whether willingly or un-
willingly, Sir ROBERT PEEL must take an early op-
portunity of speaking out, and telling the country
manfully and distinctly, what he intends to do with
the corn question—whether to maintain the present
sliding scale, resort to a moderate fixed duty, or
abolish the impost altogether. The vague, mys-
terious course of policy he has hitherto pursued, has
hid the natural effect of rendering all parties
nearly equally discontented—men's patience is com-
pie' ely' worn out—and
_they now at length feel that
they have a right—and it is a right they
will insist on—to be put in full possession of the
Premier's views, as regards that momentous question
in which the whole country takes so deep an interest.
The Monopolists are not less peremptory than the
Leaguers on this point. " Speak out !" is the cry of
the one party—" Speak out !" is the cry of the other.
" You have appealed to our compassion and for-
bearance long enough," exclaim both in unison ; " you
have put us off with fine smooth words and plausible
sophistries;, till the repetition of such inanities has
become quite sickening ; and now we demand that,
for the first time since you took the reins of Govern-
ment, you shall address us in the plain, bold, in-
telligible 'dialect of common sense." Are we
mistaken in attributing these feelings to the Mo-
nopolists and the Free-traders ? Certainly not,
for at all the recent meetings of the League such
has been the language held by the principal
speakers ; and at the late agricultural gathering in
Sussex we find the Duke of RICHMOND expressing
himself in this explicit style—" I think we are en-
titled to tell Ministers that the uncertainty of
their opinions isr an evil of no ordinary magni-
tude. We want to know whether it is. their
intention to maintain the protection which is still
left to us. We only ask them to speak out. I, for
one, will never voTe-Tor one iota of your present pro-
tection being diminished. No threats on the oxe hand,
no cajolery on the, other, shall ever persuade me
to stir from the position which we now occupy."
" No cajolery !" How expressive is this one word
of Sir R. PEEL'S favourite system of tactics, and how
distinctly it denotes his Grace's impressions of the
Premier's character ! " No: cajolery !" We must
repeat the word once more, for it is an accurate por-
trait, true to the life, dexterously finished off by one
single touch of the brush. But if the Duke is ex-
plicit at Steyning, Sir JOHN TROLLOP/3 is still more
so at Kesteven. " He had received," observed
the Hon. Baronet, " a note from Sir R. Pm', re-
minding him of the approaching session of Parliament,
and requesting his early attendance. To that note
he had answered that, if the Government were not
prepared to put down an agitation going on in this
country, similar to that which they were suppressing
in Ireland, they would have but little support from
him, or from county Members in general." This is a
pretty little nut for our equivocating, expediency-
courting Premier to crack at his leisure ;
but Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE—for SO many years
his unflinching supporter in. the House of Commons
—hits him nearly quite as hard. " Remember," he
says, in a recent letter to the landholders of West
Somerset—" remember, there is a gentleman of great
power sitting in Downing-street, who is carefully
watching all that is going on, and he only
wants to see what you do in opposition to
League doctrines, to speak out himself, or to
hold his tongue, or to speak out in his own
peculiar manner, which few among us will,
perhaps understand," It is 'clear from these,
and similar demonstrations a public feeling that
have recently been evinced both at the meetings of
the League and those of the Monopolists, that Sir
ROBERT PEEL must at length make up his mind to
speak out, and tell the country in distinct, intelligible
terms what it is, or is not, to expect from him. And
surely it is high time that he should be taught
the necessity of making himself understood by those
for whose presumed benefit he is intrusted with
the reins of authority! Anything is better than
the tricky, studied mystification in which he now
deals, and whose only effect is to keep every interest
in the community in a state of fever and unsettle-
ment. Once more, then, we say—with the Duke of
Ricumorin on the one side, and with Mr. COBDEN on
the other—in Gon's name, Sir ROBERT PEEL, speak
out ; and tell us distinctly what you are, " fish, flesh,
or good herring." At present, a man " does not know

what to make of you," as Sir JORN FALSTAFF ob-
served to Prince HAL.

Madrid journals of the 22d have been received. A
general belief began to prevail that there would be a
partial change, at least, in the Cabinet, before the
arrival of Queen CHRISTINA, as she cannot forget or
forgive the attacks made on her by GONZALES
BRAVO, in his journal. The Gazette contains a docu-
ment which shows the deplorable state of the navy. It
consists of only one ship of the line at sea, two re-
quiring repair, four armed frigates and two disarmed,
two corvettes, nine brigs, three large and three small
steamers of war, fifteen schooners, and nine vessels of
a lesser size. " These vessels," says the Minister of
Marine, "are manned by only a small number of
brave and well-disciplined seamen, but badly clad,
badly paid, and badly organised, groaning under the
weight of their misery, and exposed to the imminent
danger of witnessing the extinction of those valiant
qualities which are only to be found in well-organised
bodies." He denies that the ruin of the navy was
caused by the battle of Trafalgar, for, after that de-
feat, Spain had still seventy sail of the line and
frigates, with forty smaller vessels. The object of
the Minister is to restore the navy, by establishing a
naval school, increasing the number of vessels of war
in the colonies, and encouraging commerce.

The Three per Cents. were done at 25i for cash,
and 261 for the 9th of February. The Five per
Cents. were not quoted.

The Paris papers of Saturday and Sunday are
almost entirely occupied with comments on the vote
of the Chamber on the address, and the extraordinary
scene which took place in that assembly on Friday.
The Ministerial papers advert in strong terms of
praise to the firm attitude and command* demea-
nour of M. GUIZOT during the storm, and even those
of the Opposition cannot deny him that merit. He
knew he was right, and that no inference could be
drawn from his journey to Ghent which could justify
the Royalists in paying court to the Duke of BOR-
DEAUX AS HENRY V. M. GUIZOT had sworn fealty
to Louis XVIIL ; NAPOLEON had abdicated the
throne of France, and the present Minister of Foreign
Affairs did no more than his duty in assisting the
lawful Sovereign of the country with his advice. The
charge, therefore, made against him is not just, and
that his opponents know. The real cause of the
uproar was not GUIZOT'S loyalty in 1815, but the
recollection of that memorable battle which decided
the fate of NAPOLEON, and brought a million of
armed men to Paris. We have no reason to find
fault with this feeling, honourable to an independent
nation, but if we praise the patriotism of these
men, it must be at the expense of their sense
of justice and discretion. We here subjoin ex-
tracts from the papers in reference to the party
who made such an unbecoming attack on the Minis-
ter. "To give an accurate idea," says the Journal
des Debuts, " of the violence and oppression with
which the sitting of yesterday concluded, would be
very difficult. As one of the KING'S Ministers, as a
Deputy, the honour of the Chamber and the country,
his admirable speech, with all these claims, M.
GUIZOT could not obtain permission from the Left to
speak freely. During a whole hour his voice was
drowned under disgraceful clamours, miserable quib-
bles, false semblances of an indignation previously
concerted and conned by heart during fifteen days.
There was not even one of the most obscure occupants
of seats on the Left bench who, seeking after a paltry
popularity, did not take advantage of the occasion to
heap outrages upon the great orator—the intrepid
Minister ! They were able to interrupt—they could
stifle the voice—they could violate, in the person of
that illustrious man, whom they detest because he is
greater than themselves, all the rights of a Minister
and a Deputy; but to subdue his fortitude was, and
ever will be, beyond their power. They may wear
out his life, as they did that of M. CASIMIR PERIER,
but his name will survive, as honoured as theirs is
despised!"
The Globe another Ministerial paper remarks :

"We beheld with shame the degradation to which politi-
cal rancour conducts honourable citizens, and every body
must have thought with us, on hearing men without name,
without influence in the country, without authority in the
Chamber, hurl forth their jealous hatred, that it was be-
cause they were incapable of speaking. And what have
these thirty voices, which Mirabeau would have overpowered
with the thunder of his voice, and which M. Guizot has do-
minated by his courage, and by his contempt succeeded in
stifling ? Absolutely nothing. M. Guizot said all he
thought, and the effect remained when the tumult had
ceased. All ! what a noble thing is intelligence contending
against brutality! A single man, of almost feeble appear-
ance, enclosed in a circle of invectives, calumnies, and in-
sults, preserving unchanged the serenity of his ideas and his
language, ever dignified, ever respectable, constantly victo-
rious in his subdued anger, and assuming, in the intervals of
silence, the attitude of an accuser, and the authority of a
judge ! Santerres of the Revolution of July, we thank you!
You have shown to us the full measure of your designs, and
how we are to proceed to put down your tumult. We must
oppose calm language to your fury, and France, which listens
as the immense majority of the Chamber did yesterday, will
declare in favour of good sense against clamour.'

The National finds nothing to censure, but much
to admire, in the conduct of the Left of the Chamber.
The Opposition was "majestic in its tumult, and im-
placable in its justice."
‘o‘ Wioe ns sitting. Nothing similar has oc-
curred for thirteen years, and we cannot hope to describe in
emotions thi
writing the moving drama which was performed before our
eyes. Everything is wanting to our powerless pen—the im-
mense movement of the Opposition, majestic in its tumult,
stills adpntabitalteing,
implacable in its justice, inspired solely by the energetic sen-
timent of nationality, the indignation, in short, which, fired
by the same electric current, exploded like thunder, and
hurled its bolts at the voyageur de Gand,' whilst he was re-
counting his treason at the tribune, which had become for
him a pillory.".
Alluding generally to the sitting, the Presse says:
What a sitting ! What a tumult ! What a de-
plorable discussion ! What violent recriminations !
What a passionate assembly ! What a President !"
And then proceeds at enormous length to show that
the abSence of dignity, the want of moderation, the
incessant interruptions, and almost hootings of the
Opposition—resembling rather the violence of the
mob at an English election than the conduct of men
strong in the conviction of the goodness of their
cause, and listening with attention and without fear
to the arguments of their opponents—were in a great
measure due to the incapacity of the President.

of IthVee ex
" Never were we present at such a tempest ; never did we
witness in the Chamber such a frightful tumult. In other
cotnrsatictutt theio nn followingei passage from the article
times, and when another affair was under consideration, we
willingly expressed, and without even remembering our
political differences, some sympathy for the speaker standing
up intrepidly against the storm, and declaring boldly, in the
face of interruptions, that his strength might be exhausted,
but not his courage. It is not possible for us now to give
this satisfaction to M. Guizot. He struggled obstinately
against the manifestations which burst forth from all parts,
but it was in a deplorable cause, which is condemned by the
feelings of the nation as energetically as by the Chamber."

The Courrier Francais blames the Minister for
accepting a discussion on a personal fact which oc-
curred thirty years ago, but at the same time praises
his firmness. The Carlist Quotidienne thus winds up
its attack on the pilgrim of Ghent :
"The Minister attempted to explain his journey to Ghent,
and was so unfortunate as to try to justify it, on the ground
of the probable return of the Bourbons. It results from this
doctrine, that if the Duke de Bordeaux had at this moment
any chances of a restoration, the journey to London could not
be blamed. During an hour and a half the Minister sus-
tained a painful struggle against the impressions of the
Chamber, and exhausted every means of compromising him-
self. I have assisted you in preparing the revolution,' was
his language to the men of the Left— I have defended the
constitutional monarchy,' was his excuse to those of the
Centre. The fact is, that M. Guizot went to Ghent, where
no one sent for him—where no one wanted his advice. He
went there, not with that faithful guard which, by following
the King into exile, subjected itself to all the chances of a
new emigration ; but, according to his own avowal, when the
cause of Napoleon seemed to be lost. He went when the
armies were in presence of each other. If, therefore, there is
any man in France, whom the public voice can con-
scientiously condemn for taking the journey to Ghent, that
man is M. Guizot. The truth is, that this man, so pure, so
austere, had advanced towards revolution on the eve of the
ordonnances, since on the following day he was placed in the
Ministry by the insurrection, in spite of the oath which
bound him to the King, whose imprescriptible rights M.
Guizot had declared in his writings."
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The Journal des Dads of Sunday publishes the
following articles of the new constitution of Greece,
as drawn up by the Commission of the National As-
sembly :
" The reining religion is that of the orthodox church of
the East. The Greek Church with regard to doctrine and
spiritual affairs is united to the Christian Church of Con-
stantinople, but on civil matters it is independent, and will
be governed by a holy synod. There is, nevertheless, liberty
of worship.
" All citizens are equal before the law. Individual liberty
is inviolable.
" The slave trade is prohibited. All slaves are free cn
touching the Greek soil.
" Liberty of the press is to exist, and the censure is not
permitted on any account.
" There are three powers in the State. The King, the
Senate, and the Chamber of Representatives. The initiative
of legislation belongs to all three.
" Laws of finance must first be voted by the Representa-
tives.

-- • ---
" The person of the King is inviolable; Ministers alone are
responsible.
The King names his Ministers, commands armies, de-

dares war, makes treaties, sanctions and promulgates laws,
and proroguesh or dissolves the Chambers.
The crown is hereditary. It passes to the descendants
of King Othe from male to male, to the absolute exclusion
of females and their children.

" If Bing Otho has no heir, the crown passes to his bro-
ther, Prince Leopold.
" The King is of age at 18 years."

We have availed ourselves of the earliest oppor-
tunity which has offered for the publication of Mr.
Carter's latter on the important subject of our existing
currency, and the best mode of improving and ex-
panding the circulation. To some of his views on
the general ptinciples of a sound monetary policy,
his definitions of money, and his proposition for the
establishment of a general bank of transfer—many of
which are original and very ingenious, and others
which we are not quite prepared to concur with—we
shall advert more particularly in a few days, on the
occasion of adverting to other theories of recent pro-
pagation, relative to the same topics.

Sir Robert Peel arrived in town at ten o'clock this
morning from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
A Cabinet Council is appointed to be held this after-
noon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. All the
Ministers are expected to be present.

BERLIN, JAN. 25.—The Queen has had several hours
refreshing sleep during the night, and her recovery pro-
ceeds satisfactorily.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—We hear that it is her
Majesty's gracious intention to honour this theatre
with her presence on Thursday, to see the Bohemian
Girl.

AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

The American ship Ohio, Captain Lyon, sailing
from New York, on the 6th inst., arrived here this
morning with intelligence from that city two days
later than before, but as the packet ship Ashburton
has been signalled by telegraph to have passed Holy-
head this morning, we may shortly expect dates by
her to the 9th.

The news by this arrival is not of much im-
portance. In the Senate, on the 29th ult., Mr. Allen
brought forward a number of petitions and memo-
rials, signed by the citizens of Ohio, including whole
brigades of militia, asking the immediate occupation
of the Oregon territory. General Thompson, United
States Minister at Mexico, had resigned, but no
person had been named as his successor. It is stated
that the President intended to nominate Mr. Spencer
as Justice of the Supreme Court, vacant by the death
of Judge Thompson.
The interest in the Repeal question was again re-
viving. A meeting of the Irish inhabitants was held
in New York, on the 3d inst. ; being one, the Herald
states, of a series of simultaneous meetings, which
were to be held the same evening throughout the
Union.

A very brutal murder of a woman and her infant
child had been committed at Staten Island, New
York, by a woman named Bodine, and her paramour
Waite, both of whom were in custody. The woman
(Bodine) was subsequently delivered of a child, whilst
in the gaol, which it is believed she wilfully suffo-
cated, as it was found dead beside her, with marks of
violence.

The news from Texas, to the 16th ult., state that
the trade between that Republic and the United
States, in consequence of an Act passed in the last
session of the American Congress, was rapidly de-
clining, and that in the same proportion the trade be-
tween Texas and this side of the Atlantic was on the
increase.

A deputation from the Free Church of Scotland
had arrived at New York, and Dr. Cunningham, the
principal delegate, was announced to preach in the
several Presbyterian churches in the city of New
York.

Murders for the sake of plunder are on the in-
crease in the United States. In Providence, Rhode
Island, Mr. Amasa Sprague was found about a mile
from his house, having been beaten to death about the
head in a horrid manner. A reward of 1,000 dollars
had been offered for the discovery of the miscreants.
" The demand for money," says one of the papers,
" which continues very abundant, is slowly increas-
ing ; but the banks find it still necessary to resort to
loans on stock, and other than strictly legitimate busi-
ness, for the purpose of making their regular divi-
dends.

Stocks were quiet. In Foreign exchange nothing
of importance had been done. The rate on London
is quoted at 109 to 1091. •

In Ashes little had been done. Pots are quoted,
nominally, at 4.60.; Pearls, 5.12 f. Flour was inac-
tive. Genessee held at 4.62 k to 4.684. Prime yel-
low Bees-wax sold at 29 cents.

There is no news from Canada of interest.

FOUR DAYS LATER FROM
AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVBNING.

The Ashburton, Captain Huttleston, has just come
up the river, bringing eight papers to the 10th inst.
inclusive. The England packet-ship had arrived out
at New York, also the George Washington, whose
Captain (Burrowes) had died on the voyage.

NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, 9.
A fair amount of bnsiness was transacted at the Board.
of Brokers this morning. Illinois Special Bonds ad-
vanced • Indiana, / ; Harlem Railroad, 4- ; and Nor-
wich and ?Worcester. f per cent. Kentucky Sixes de-
clined 4; Paterson Railroad, 2; Auburn and Rochester,
4; and Long Island Railroad, 4.
At the public Stock Exchange, Indiana Bonds im-
proved 4, and Mohawk 4; Long Island fell off 44, Har.
lem /, and Norwich and Worcester Railroad 4 per cent.
Exchange on New Orleans adtt Alabama was in fair
demand, and bills scarce. On other Southern points the
demand is moderate.

Foreign, exchanges were dull, at a downward ten-
dency in rates. London is at 1084 to 109 ; Paris, 5.284;
Amsterdam, 394; Hamburgh, 35i; Bremen 78 to 78/.
In the absence of all foreign demand for specie, rates
are steady.
A decided improvement has taken place in the rates of
Broken Bank Money,
Money appeared to be more freely offered to-day than
it has been for some time past. Loans "on call" were
made at 3/ to 4 per cent. per annum, and discounts at 4.
SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANOE,JAN. 9.-7,000 United
States 6's, '62, 1141 ; 7,000 States 5/s '6l, 104 e ; 5,500
Ohio 6's '5O, 96 ; 7,000 Ohio 7's, b 30, 103 ; 10,000 Ken-
tucky 6's, 1014 ; 11,000 Indiana Bonds, 41 ; 275 Shares
North American Trust 15 ; 75 Union Bank, 115 ; 7
Bank of Am., 97 • 22 State Bank, New York, 84 ; 50
Bank Company's Scrip, 98 ; 6 American Ex. Bank, 87 ;
80 Firemen's Insurance, 105 ; 14 Manhattan Gas, 90 ;
50 Farmers' Loan,-31/ ;25 shares Mohawk, b 30, 53/ ;
100 Harlem, 431 ; 10 Auburn and Rochester, 104/ ; 50
Long Island, 76 ,• 30 New Jersey, 97 ; 50 Paterson, 71 ;
225 Norwich and Worcester, 34.

SECOND BOARD.—SS,OOO Kentucky 6's, 101 i ; 5,000
India Bonds, a 90, 41 ; 5,000 Illinois 6's '7O. b 3, 431 ;
1,000 Ohio 6's '5O, 95 ; 8 shares N. Am. Trust, 15 ; 250
Paterson, 71 ; 150 Harlem, 434.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JAN. 30.—Wind light, N. Westerly breeze,
with passing clouds.
DEAL, JAN. 29.—Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W., mode-
rate.—Arrd. Siam, Wilmot, China; New Phoenix, Simp-
son, Jamaica ; Massachusetts, Pritchard, Virginia ;
Pamelia, Quebc • Victoria, Hull, for Havannah. Sld.
Margaret, Hardy, Valparaiso ; EqUestrian and Gazelle,
Hobart Town ; Walmer Castle, Madras; Token, Bom-
bay ; Lady Falkland, Bermuda.
OFF MARGATE, JAN. 29.7-Amelia, Brazil.

FALMOUTH, JAN. 29.—Wind W., moderate.--Arrd.
Maria Grace, Guthrie, Havannah, sailed 19th ult., and
proceeded for Hamburgh. Off port, Sieke Vandor,
West, Rio, for Hamburgh; Hope, Newfoundland.
OFF NEW ROMNEY, JAN. 29.—Mary Sophia, Calcutta.
DOVER, JAN. 29.—The Rowland Hill, Morton, of
Perth, from St. Domingo to Liverpool, was run down
16th inst., 100 miles North of the Western Island, by a
large American ship, name unknown; crew taken from
the wreck (which was in a sinking state) next day, by
the Caroline Amelie, arrived off: Off Port, Johan
Frederick, Grove, Batavia, for Copenhagen ; Caroline
Amelia, Drescher, Valparaiso, for Hamburgh, out 92
days ; Elizabeth, Barnes, Havannah, for Antwerp.
OFF DARTMOUTH, JAN. 27.—Eendraght, Havannah,
for Amsterdam.

SWANSEA, JAN. 28.—Arrd. Countess Bective, Forbes,
Cuba. Sid. Auricula and John Hardy, Cuba.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 29.—Wind N.W. to W. moderate.
—Arrd. James, Maranham ; Walker, Bombay ; Caro-
line, M`Pherson, Old Calabar, sld. Oct. 11, Fernando Po
22 ; Lyra, Demerara ; Halcyon, Berbice ; Glasgow,
Lambert, New Orleans ; John Dunlop, Curtie, Savan-
nah ; Fortitude, Libby, Charleston ; Ohio, Putnam,
New York (7th inst.) ; Ashburton, New York (10th
inst) ; Bethel, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Isabella
Thompson, Honduras (not Porto Cabello). Off, Hope,
Belvidere.
WORKINGTON, JAN. 28.—The smack Alfred, of and
from Ramsay, I. M., in entering the harbour 26th inst.,
struck on the Perches, bilged and filled, her bottom
is broken, and nearly all the cargo lost.

SOUTHAMPTON.—THE QUEEN.—We hear, from
pretty good authority, that negotiations are actually proceed-
ing, .on behalf of her Majesty, for a mansion in the neigh-
bourhood of Cowes, Isle of Wight, which it is intended to
convert into a marine residence for her Majesty and the
Royal family. Shortly after her Majesty's summer excur-
sion in the Royal yacht, we gave an intimation of the desire
expressed by her Majesty to revisit the delightful neigh-
bourhood of Cowes, where she passed some of her early-years,
and it now gives us extreme gratification to know that there
is a probability of her Majesty taking up her abode so near
us.—Hampshire Independent.