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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1845,

Tha intolerable injustice and oppression of th(
game-' .ws are at length—as we hinted the other da3
—begiladng to be acknowledged even by the great
landowners of the country, the majority of whom.
thinking of not Ling but their own selfish amusements.
have hitherto maintained them in all their rigour
" In addition," says the Aylesbury News, " to the
names of Dr. LEE, Sir 11. VERNEY, and the Duke ol
BEDFORD, we have now to add that of Sir THOMAS
COTTON SHEPPARD to the list of those common-sense
landlords who have taken the only proper step to-
wards putting an end to the game nuisance. One
day lately upwards of six hundred hares were shot in
some fields on the latter gentleman's estate at Thorn-
borough in this county ; and the worthy Baronet has
given his tenants unlimited permission to defend
their property in any manner they may think propel
from the ravages of the game. There will be no
more preserves in the neighbourhood of Thorn-
borough." This is a good beginning, and the example
of
.these liberal landlords will, we trust, be promptly
followed up by others of the nobility and squire-
archy. Sir R. PEEL, to his credit be it spoken, was
among the foremost to set the fashion of this dis-
interested line of conduct by publicly stating, a few
months since, at an agricultural dinner which he at-
tended at 'ramworth, that if any of his tenant-
could prove that their crops were injured by the ravages
of the various game in his preserves, he would that
instant give orders for them to be destroyed whole-
sale. As this was quite a volunteer declaration, which
none of the neighbouring farmers called for, and, ap-
parently, none of them expected, we doubt not that
the Right Hon. Baronet will he ready and willing to
put it into practice whenever its necessity is made
manic. - to him. Probably, indeed, the destruction
of his ,;.iine has already commenced, for hares and
pheasants are notoriously active and diligent foragers,
and it cannot be but that they must have inflicted a
world of mischief on the crops in the neighbour-
hood, since the Premier, with a considerate regard
for his tenants' interests, made his gracious declara-
tion in their favour. Few people, except the initiated,
are aware of the enormous amount of damage that is
annually done to the farmer by the game in the ad-

jacent preserves of the squire or the lord of the
manor. Scarcely are the seeds deposited in long
parallel lines in the prepared soil, than the pheasant,
with that keen instinct which a healthy appetite im-
parts to the brute creation, artfully scratches up the
earth, and gorges to repletion on the seed from which

the farmer—unconscious, perhaps, till too late, of his
loss—hopes to derive an abundant crop in due season.
Not less active are the hares and rabbits among the
tender young shrubs and turnip-fields, so that the
luckless farmer has not only to contend against the
proverbial fickleness and vicissitudes of our change-
able climate, but he has also to make head, as best he
may, against the certain annual losses inflicted
on him by the crowded game in his landlord's adjacent
preserves. Should he indignantly remonstrate
againit this last visitation, his remonstrances are, in
too many instances, treated with aristocratic indiffe-
rence ; and nothing is left him but the humiliating
conviction that he must continue to submit without a
murmur to his losses, should he desire to retain pos-
session of his lands. But if the game-laws are in-
jurious to the farmer, to the poor defenceless la-
' bourer they are absolute destruction, both in a moral
sense, and as regards his prospects in life. Let us
take an individual case in support of our assertion.
Suppose—and the supposition is no improbable one—
a young, industriously-disposed, married day la-
bourer unable for weeks together to obtain regular
work, from the distressed state of the farmers in his
neighbourhood. For some time he continues to pick
up a precarious subsistence by doing such odd jobs
as chance may throw in his way ; but at length even
this scanty resource fails him, and he has nothing but
a hateful, soul-degrading workhouse standing between
him and absolute starvation. Meantime the fading
cheek of his wife and the increasing cries of his chil-
dren for food drive him' into, a fierce frenzy of
despair ; the proud, manly sense of right by which he
was up to this moment distinguished breaks down
beneath the heavy pressure of misery; and after a
bitter, protracted struggle between his conscience and
his necessities, he sullenly betakes himself to the
poacher's hazardous trade ; and if he escape being
shot in; a conflict with the squire's gamekeepers
is—almost as a matter of course—discovered, tried,
and committed to prison, there to herd with the very
dregs of society. Adieu from this fatal moment to
all sense of pride, self-respect, and justice in the
breast of the doomed labourer ! The fallen humanity
within him is never again uplifted. Constantly
haunted with a bitter feeling of degradation, this
very feeling plunges him still deeper into error—
all the nobler instincts of his nature, one
by one, give way—he becomes reckless—
desperate—abandoned ; and, most probably, finishes
his brief career in a penal colony or on the scaffold.
Yet this man—but for the cruel temptation which the
game-laws throw in the way of poverty—might still
have continued a worthy member of society ; by
endurance and.the exercise of manly patience he might
have overcome the sufferings under which he laboured ;
but the poacher's vocation supplied him with a ready
means of subsistence, and he could not resist the
tempting opportunities which it throws in his way.
In a word, he fell a victim to the facilities which the
game-laws afforded him of becoming a rogue and
vagabond. Verily these laws are a disgrace to the
nineteenth century, and it will never be well with the
vast mass of the: labouring population till they are
wholly and for ever erased from the statute-book.

Previous to the meeting of Parliament the Con-
servatives—at least if we may judge from the tenor
of the speeches delivered at the anniversary dinners
which several of their Associations have been lately
holding in various parts of the country—seem anxious
to impress the public with the " great fact" that a
spirit of the most entire and cordial unanimity per-
vades their party, who henceforth intend to pull
together as one man. Hardly less solicitious are they
to show that they are daily increasing in numerical
and moral strength, and also that their principles are
so fixed and defined that " he who runs may read"
—in fact, that there is not the slightest possibility of
mistaking them. As regards the unanimity prevailing
among the Conservatives, the quarrels recently► proved
to exist among them at Bristol, and more particularly
in the county of Durham, where, a few months since,
they were—and still, we understand, continue to be—at
sixes and sevens, is quite a sufficient answer to this
portion of their declaration ; while, with respect to
their principles which they boast of as being so defi-
nite and immutable, we defy even the warmest of
their friends and panegyrists to tell us distinctly what
their principles are, what is their bearing, and what
the particular instances in which they are unchange-
able. So far as we can understand Conservatism, it
is a halting, timid, time-serving system of policy,
whose ground-work is laid, not in principle but in
expediency. In the course of a single session it will
assume as many hues as a cameleon. Now, it is as
unyielding and bigoted as ultra-Toryism itself, of
which it is a feeble offshoot; now, it is all
for concession and conciliation; and now, it is for
standing stock-still, looking idly and stupidly about
it, and doing—just nothing at all. It is incessantly
vaunting its independence, yet never was any
political party so completely dependent on the
sovereign will and pleasure of the Minister of
the day as this same boastful Conservatism. Apart
from Sir ROBERT PEEL it can scarcely be said to
have an existence. It thinks as he thinks—decides
as he decides—sees with his eyes—and hears with his
ears. He does with it just whatever he pleases—
coaxes—encourages—pays it fine compliments—or
rudely turns his back upon it—and threatens, accord-
ing to his caprice or his convenience, to scatter it to
the four winds of heaven. We can understand the
principles of Whiggism—of Toryism—of Radicalism
—of Chartism—but we must honestly confess that
we are altogether at a loss to understand those of
Conservatism. To us, its sole distinguishing charac-
teristic appears to be, that it has no fixed character at
all. It takes a Whig impress or a Tory impress,
according to the cue given it by the Premier. True,
it is always talking about its anxiety to maintain in
all their integrity our glorious institutions of Church
and State ; but these are vague, ambiguous phrases,
from which he must be a cunning alchymist indeed
who can extract the slightest definite modicum of
meaning. Again, Conservatism professes to be of the
Protectionist school—to uphold with firmness and
consistency the august cause of Monopoly, yet no
sooner does Sir ROBERT PEEL rise up in the House of
Commons and enunciate a decidedly free trade sen-
timent—such, for instance, as that it is our duty to
buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market—
han his sycophantic Conservative supporters, for-
getting the Monopoly pledges they gave on the
hustings, cheer the sentiment with quite as much
heartiness as even Messrs. COBDEN and BRIGHT them-
elves. Then, too, this time-serving party advocates,
as one of the fundamental articles of its creed, the
necessity of giving Mother Church as much power
as possible—or at any rate of not restricting her moral
nfluence in the slightest degree; yet we will venture
to predict that when, in the course of the ensuing
session, the Premier or his cad, Sir JAMES GRAHAM,
r;se to bring forward their long-talked•of Education
scheme, which—judging from the hints thrown out at
Leeds the other day by Lord WHARNCLIFFE—wiII re-
Wee Mother Church's authority as a public instructor
within fit and proper limits—when this Ministerial
Education scheme is brought forward, we will venture
to predict that—however distasteful to them it may
he in reality—the Conservatives will give it their
unhesitating support, for no better or nobler reason
than that Sir ROBERT PEEL wills that they should
do so. The coming session will be a touchstone of
:he real worth of these men. It will probe them to

he quick—tear the mask off them—and exhibit them

in their true colours. Last year was a year of equi-
vocation—of false pretences—of vague promises;

he present will be one of stern sincerity—of decided

performance, for the great questions of the time can

rio longer be staved off with impunity; and then will

be seen the true worth of hybrid Conservatism.

Madrid journals of the 31st ult. have been received.
On that day the Senate resumed the consideration of
the Reform Bill, when the Duke DE Goa moved that
certain grandees of Spain, and the Archbishops and
Bishops, should be entitled to seats in the Chamber.
['he motion, which was supported by only one mem-
ber, was of course rejected. A report from the Com-
mittee on the Bill for the Abolition of Slavery, was
laid before the Senate, which fully sanctioned the
measures proposed by the Cabinet. The Bill for
promulgating organic laws by royal decree, had re-
ceived the royal assent. NARVAEZ and MARTINEZ
DE LA ROSA, in fact, have had everything their own
way in the Cortes, and the country seems quite dis-
posed to submit to their authority.
The Three per Cents. closed at 31i for cash, and
324 at sixty days ; the Five per Cents. at 22i at sixty I,
days ; the Floating Debt, at 77i for the 27th of

January; and the Coupons at 26 1-16 for cash, and
261 at sixty days.

The Paris papers are as destitute of news as ever.
They contain no domestic intelligence, no foreign cor-
respondence got up to give an impulse to the discussions
in the Chambers ; nothing from Spain, or Morocco,
or Otaheite ; and even Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS,
who was to be the lion of the day, is entirely for-
gotten, and living quietly as a retired half-pay officer
in the Rue de Castellane. What is to be done with
the sword no one can tell. The Admiral rejects it,
as he considers employment in his professian, and the
favour of the Court, preferable to popular applause.
For want of a better subject, therefore, the journals
are occupied with the probable destinies of the
GUIZOT Ministry. A very general belief prevails
that it cannot last the session ; that the KING,
notwithstanding certain outward signs, would
feel no disappointment if M. GUIZOT should
be compelled to retire, and Count MOLE,
with TRIERS as his right - hand man, take
his place. He would thus to a certainty obtain one
of the great objects he has had in view for years—
pensions for his younger children, and a provision for
the Duke of Ic.ismouas should he become Regent.
MOLE, TRIERS, DUPAURE, and other leaders of the
Coalition, would willingly return this compliment to
his MAJESTY for their restoration to office, and the
ousted Ministry, who are already limplicated in the
business, could not with any decency oppose the
scheme. But, besides this, the political principles
professed now by the new candidates for the KING'S
favour, have undergone a material change on one
point. They are now as anxious for peace with
England as GUIZOT—in fact they are playing the
game of Sir ROBERT PEEL before they are in office,
and adopting the policy of their opponents to obtain
favour with the KING, for the KING, whatever may be
said to the contrary, governs as well as reigns. The
National makes no secret of the fact. " The Minis-
terial journals," it says, " are triumphant. The ma-
jority for Ministers has again been consolidated, and
the intriguers feel afraid. Thus, the Conservative
deputies who voted for M. BILLAULT were intriguers—
men without principles or faith—discontented and
timid men, capable of coalescing in the dark, but in-
capable of sustaining the light of discussion. It is
well to know this, for we have long been accustomed
to hear the Conservative party spoken of with a pomp-
ous eulogium. It appears that the Conservative party
has Marplots amongst its members. So much for
persons, now for principles. It has long been a boast
that the monarchical and representative system is the
personification of perfection. Men have been found
to bend the knee before the constitutional fiction which
elevates the royal person above the sphere of parties,
which raises it over every ambition, and which ren-
ders it infallible, because its action is never felt. But
we find from the Ministerial journals, that a number
of Conservatives voted for M. BILLAULT because they
imagined they would please the KING by so doing. It
follows, therefore, that the Chamber, far from being
independent of royalty, is at its orders."
The discussion on the Address was to commence in
Committee, it was understood, on Monday. M.
GUIZOT, Marshal SOULT, and Admiral MACK Au,
would attend the Committee to reply to questions
and furnish documents. The debate in the Chamber
will commence about the middle of next week.

The Presse has an article on the probable result to
Franca of the trade with China, which, as will be
seen from the following extract, is not considered
favourable :

" The information furnished by the Special Commis-
sioners sent to China, as to the probability of finding
markets for our produce, is not of a nature to justify the
hopes of the French merchants. The monopoly of the
most important articles of manufacture appears to be
secured to the Eng.ish and the Americans, with whom it
will be difficult to contend in the supply of white and
unbleached calicoes. The exportation of muslins and
cambrics has been tried by the English, but has not suc-
ceeded. Our woollens might find a better chance of suc-
cess, but even that is not certain, because the Chinese
prefer cotton, which they wear single in summer and
wadded in winter. The Russians, moreover, have mo-
nopolized the Chinese markets for cloth. Our printed
calicoes might perhaps find a market if our manufactu-
rers could reduce their price. Until the present mo-
ment the Swiss have been in possession of the markets
for that article. In the year 1843, the Americans ex-
ported 1,000,000 pieces of unbleached cotton. That
amount was nearly doubled in the year 1844. In April
last the warehouses in the interior of Canton were over-
loaded with British and American manufactures. We
may conclude from the information received that the Go-
vernment does net expect much advantage from the ex-
pensive expedition sent to China. Thus are confirmed
the doubts we expressed on the departure of M. La-
gren4.."

On Sunday the Three per Cente. were done at
TORTONI'S at 85f. 30c.

THE GOVRRNOR•GIINERAL CANADA.—SiT Chas.
Metcalfe is dying. It is useless to conceal this deplorable
intelligence, much as it will grieve all whom it reaches.
It is well known that Sir Charles suffered for many
years from some cancer-like tumour in his face, and that
one object of his:return from Jamaica was to undergo
an operation. A second operation, we believe, was per-
formed in Canada, but the insidious advance of the ma-
lady has not been checked. It has recently destroyed
the sight of one eye. Nevertheless, so complete is the
sufferer's mastery over himself—such his greatness of
mind and thorough devotion to public duties—that the
fact of his danger is not known in Canada. We wish
our information were of a kind to be doubted; but we
understand that the inevitable result must be death, and
that Sir Charles Metcalfe's friends dare not wish delay
to that relief.—Spectator.
Maurice O'Connell, Esg,, M.P., and Garrett Nagle,
Esq., jun., shot last week, in the preserves of Glencar,
Kerry, in five days, 73 brace of woodcocks.
The Very Rev. Dr. Waddington, Dean of Dur-
ham, has made a donation of 25/. in aid of the monu-
mental building to be erected at Barnard Castle in ho-
nour of the memory of the late Mr. Witham, High She-
riff of Durham.
A matrimonial alliance, it is understood, is about
to be formed between Colonel Ridley, of the Guards,
brother to Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart., of Blagdon,
and the Hon. Miss Browne, daughter of Lord Oranmore,
and niece to the Dowager Viscountess Dillon.--Newcastle
Journal.
BURY AND STANSTEAD RAILWAY.— Parties have
been busily engaged in the neighbourhood of Thetford,
in delivering the necessary papers to occupiers and
owners of land, which will be wanted for their con-
templated line ; and have also been boring along the
line to discover the strata of earth in the necessary
cuttings.—Essex Herald.
We are requested to state that a witness, named
Mary Ann Moss, examined at the inquest at Salt-hill,
who is said to have given her residence 43, Crawford-
street, Bryanston-square, does not reside, and never has
resided there.—Morning Paper.
The Earl of Huntingdon has remitted all arrears of
rent to his tenantry upon his estate near Loughrea.
The Dowager Countess of Pembroke, during the
past week has been surrounded by a distinguished party,
at Wilton House, near Salisbury. The Earl and Coun-
tess of Clanwilliana, Earl and Countess Bruce, Lord and
Lady Wharncliffe, the Hon. Sidney Herbert, &c. were
among the guests.
THE DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S SOCIETY.—
The Duchess of Sutherland has signified her desire to
have her name added to the list of the Lady Pa tronerses
to the Needlewomen's Society in Rathbone-pla ce. We
are glad to find that this institution is progress ing, and
we sincerely hope that the funds will be so augmented
this winter as to carry out the intentions of the committee.
AN ODD Fiszt.—A very singular fish was caught
on Saturday last, at the oyster beds, near Cockenzie.
It has a long tapering tail resembling a snake, and is
about a foot and a half in length. 'I he colour, when it
was alive, was a bright green, interlaced with a little
white. It has a long bill, terminating in a small mouth,
resembling that of a horse-leech ; and a long nan ow fin
appears on the ridge of the back towards the tail. This
animal, to which the fishermen give the namer of the
tangle eel, is exceedingly rare on this coast—lo much
so, indeed, that one of the fishermen, who is sixty years
of age, has never seen:another specimen.—Seet.. max.
The birthday of his Grace the Duke of Rutland
was celebrated at Belvoir Castle on Saturday, all the
members of the Noble Duke's family circle at pi-assent in
England assembling to do honour to the occasion. His
Grace has ceased to keep his birthday publicly as hereto-
fore, and the only additions to the family party on Sa-
turday were Sir Frederick Trench and Lady W. owlett,
who are on a visit at the castle. The servants ercployed
on the Noble Duke's estate were regaled to the it heart's
content in the castle on the same day, and up wards of
fifty sat down to dialler in the swaj4's ro, am. His
Grace, we are happy tcfannounee, iern exeellen t health.
THE KING or TIIR FRENCH.—Mr. Catlin, who
has recently returned from a visit to Paris, had the
honour during his stay there of presenting his American
Indian Portfolio to his Majesty Louis Philippe. who ex-
pressed pleasure in examining the work, acrd compli-
mented the author by graciously subscrib big for a
number of copies. His Majesty the King oft he French
has just presented Mr. B. Cubitt with a splend;Jd diamond
ring, in testimony of his satisfaction of the ea )nduct of
that eminent engineer, and his services in ft a-warding
the train along the Dover Railway on the nil -,ht of the
fire at New Cross station, when the King passes 1 through
to Dover.

CASE OP FRAUD.—A deount-looking main, about
forty-six years of age, called Charles M'Hardy, from
Aberdeen, who had at one time been employed as a
commercial traveller, was on Tuesday morn ing tried
and convicted before Bailie Cunliff, at the Gorbals

police-court, for fraudulently obtaining botrwi-d and
lodging in a house in Adelphi-street, Ilutchesol
to the amount of 31. 125., and not haring the rat aria of
(!t paying it. The Prisoner was sentenced to , thirty
day'fi imprisonment in Bridewell. Scotch Refo? ma's
Gazette

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8 1845,

LATER FROM OTAHEITE.
(From the Shipping Gazette.)
We have been favoured with the following extract
of a letter received by a mercantile firm. It is some
days later than previous advices, and will be found
interesting :

" PAPEETI, JULY 18, 1844.
" Otaheite is in a lamentable state at the present
time ; the natives causing much apprehension, keep-
the French soldiers continually on the alert. We
have, since the arrival of the schooner (Ist of
July), been daily expecting an attack upon
the settlement, for which reason it was
deemed prudent not to discharge the cargo ; but
we commence to-day, having written to the Gover-
nor, holding the French Government responsible for
any loss or damage occasioned to British property
from the proceedings of the present war. The feel-
ing of insecurity has prevented our making many
sales at present, and from the same cause we fear we
shall not realise such good prices as expected. We shall
have a full cargo for the schooner. Captain Hammond,
of the Salamander, has disappointed expectation. He
appears to take a view of Otaheitian affairs opposite
from that of any of his predecessors. A letter he
sent to the French Governor was, by the latter's
directions, rendered into the Otaheitian dialect,
with perverted meaning, and posted about, in the
hope that it might induce the natives to
give over their struggle, and quietly sub-
mit to the French yoke. The perverted letter was to
the effect, that Captain Hammond begged to inform
the French Governor that his arrival in Otaheite was
merely for the purpose of looking after the interests
of British property, there being no representative of
the Queen of Great Britain in this land. Captain
Hammond declared that it was utterly useless for the
Otaheitians to resist the exalted power of France, and
made known to them that no ship belonging to the
Queen of Britain would come to Otaheite at this time
to give them assistance. This letter, in the opinion
of many, instead of having the desired effect, will
merely precipitate matters a little ; as the natives, in
the belief that Britain has deserted and left them to
their own resources, have determined to do or die.
The native population, with few exceptions, have
taken to the mountains, and parties of them from time
to time engaged the French in skirmishes, many of
the latter having been killed, and some Otaheitians.
" The priests' houses have been burnt, and the
houses of others favouring the French, and much
property has been destroyed ; and in a late affray
between the natives and their invaders, we regret to
state that the Rev. T. S. M'Kean was shot dead as he
was turning from his verandah to his house. The bullet
struck him behind his ear, and lodged below the socket
of his eye ; he breathed heavily for five or six minutes
after his fall, and expired without a word ; it is not
known for certainty from which party the shot was
fired. His loss is deeply deplored, as he was the most
learned of the mission, and a very amiable man. His
wife and children, who had gone to an adjacent
island for security are yet in ignorance of his sad
fate. Nearly all the missionaries are leaving the
island; some for England, and others for islands ad-
jacent. We will not enter into further distressing
detail, as on his arrival will give you all par.
ticulars : and we have no doubt you will shudder a
his fate."

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, JAN. 7.—Wind, southerly breeze and cloudy.
DEAL, JAN. 6.—Wind W. to W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd.
Magnolia, Johnson, Manilla ; Atkinson, Calcutta ; Gal-
way Lass, Ramsey, and Louisa Baillie. Renington, De-
merara ; Pandora, Honduras ; Marys, Forrest, Berbice ;
Sarah, Bayley, St. Vincent ; Auguste and Julius, St.
Domingo, for Hamburgh ; James Caskie, Virginia ;
Ottawa, Montreal ; Gem, Athelstone, Elizabeth, and
Wallace, Quebec ; Betsey, Rio Janeiro ; Dream, Icha-
boe and Cork. Put back, Lavinia, for Honduras; Planet,
for Jamaica.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 6.—Wind W.S.W.—A large
steam-ship arrived in the quarantine ground at dusk;
particulars unknown.
Twills.; JAN. s.—Arrd. William Stoveld, London,
for Port Phillip.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 6.—Wind W.S.W., light.—Arrd.
Alexandria, Deans, Ichaboe. Sld. his Neapolitan Ma-
jesty's steamer Vesuvius, Batavia. Off, Sarah, Demerara.
The Agenoria left Ichaboe 29th Oct., and reports that
the barque Isabella, of Preston, drove foul of the Agrip-
pina, of Scarborough, Dundee, of Dundee, and two other
vessels, carrying away all their bowsprits.
PENZANCE, JAN. s.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Sld.
Agenoria, Ichaboe.
HARTLEPOOL, JAN. 6.—The schooner Mary Ann,
stranded on Seaton Snook, has been got off, and in here
to be repaired. The Eleanora, on the Sands, near
Hartlepool, has been sold, and is being broken up.
YARMOUTH, JAN. 6.—The Minerva, Steele, of Mon-
trose, from Aberdeen to London, which was ashore near
Mundslay yesterday, has been got off; and in here leaky,
cargo discharging.
WELLS, JAN. 6.—The brig Stafford, Lowther, of Sun-
derland, for London, got ashore between this port and
Blakeney, but came off OR the flood, after throwing about
forty tons of cargo overboard, and proceeded.
CORK, JAN. 4.—Arrd.Brazil packet, late Shannon, An-
tigua, with loss of rudder, boats and bulwarks, and mas-
ter and second mate both washed overboard, having been
struck by a sea.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 6.—Wind W.S.W., strong.—Arrd.
Fatima, Wilson, Calcutta and Mauritius ; Alhambra,
Colchester, Hope, Providence, and Thomas Harrison,
Ichaboe ; Magistrate, Crompton, Old Calabar ; Panope,
Matthews, New Calabar ; Don, Liverpool, Rio Grande ;
Laura, Dumbull, Bahia, Nor. 21 ; Cumberland, Per-
nambuco; Standard, Demerara ; Princess Royal, Hayti;
Marmion, Johnson, Jamaica ; Horatio, Labanon, Ha-
vannah ; Pearl, Campbell, Tobasco ; Kyanite and Lord
Anson, Laguna; Colombo, Cann, New Orleans ; Byron,
Mobile ; Rockall, Savannah; Lochinvar, Alexander, and
General Parkhill, Charleston ; Eliza Ann, St. John's,
New Brunswick ; Lady Falkner, St. Stephen's, New
Brunswick ; Cuba, Montreal ; Mersey, Quebec ; Mary,
West, Newfoundland.
GLOUCESTER, JAN. s.—Arrd. Nero, Miller, St. An-
drew's, New Brunswick.

NENVPORT, JAN. 5. —Arrd. Maria, Coregall, Quebec.
OFF SEAFORD, JAN. I.—Arrd. Concordia, Surinam
for Amsterdam.

OFF THE WIGHT, JAN. 3.—Ceres, De Boer, Ha,
vannah for Rotterdam.

CONWAY, JAN. 3.—An Irish sloop from Newry to
Liverpool is sunk off Ormes Head ; crew saved.
MARYPORT, JAN. s.—The St. George, Halliday, from
Dublin, is aground o❑ the North Bank.
SHIELDS, JAN. 4.—The Thetis, of Dundee, from
Cardiff, is aground on the Middle Ground, but expected
off without damage.
CROORHAVEN, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Mary Maclilin,:De-
merara.

amount to about 4,000 tons. The trade, contrary to what
might hare been expected from the known
enterprise 0-
the egriculturists in this part of the country, and the ex-
tent to which every description of foreign manures is
used, has not yet assumed that importance here that it
has at some of the other leading ports. Still, however,
its consumption is on the increase, and it probably only
wants a season favourable for its application (which the
last, from the long drought) was not, to cause it to be
amtensively consumed." The stocks in the port may be
calculated at about 1,200 tons. The price, which in the
spring was as high as 104 per ton, has since the com-
mencement of the direct import, varied from 51. to 71.
per ton, the present quotation being 64 to 71. per ton.
There are accounts in the City this morning from the
Mauritius to the 15th October. Money is described as
being very scarce, the Banks having been rather dis-
posed to contract than to expand their issues. There is
not any other news of moment from this or other colo-
nial possessions of the Crown to-day.
The meeting of the holders of shares in the Colonial
Bank, held this afternoon, was, on the whole, considered
as a favourable one. The expose of the Directors as to
its affairs, compared with previous reports given by the
Court of Directors, is more satisfactory. Heavy losses
by failures, and the large robbery (12,3501.), have,
for the last two or three years, cramped
the operations of the banks connected with
the Corporation in the West India Colonies ;
nor for the present is there any very sanguine expecta-
tion entertained that things,as respecting the Bank's pro-
fits, will materially mend, trade being represented in
the accounts received yesterday by the steamer as dull,
though the crops looked well.
Tne Funds have been again somewhat drooping, as
there are sales made in the Three per Cents. by holders
who have only waited to take their dividends. Consols
have been 100 k i for Money, and look i for Account ;
Bank Stock is 211 i ; and New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. are 103- to 104 The Three per Cents. Reduced
bring 1001 i. Exchequer-bills have remained at 655. to
635. premium.
There is a very dull market for foreign Stocks.—
Spanish Actives are 27i k ; the Three per Cents., 36i- i;
and the Passive, 6i ; Mexican Bonds are 341 ,i ; Aus-
trian realise
.1131 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
obtain 63{ to 64.
The Railway Shares are also very quiet, but prices
generally look firm.
PRICE OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 21114
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities looyB%
:3 per Cent. Consols Antis 100%,,i%
New 31% per Cent. Annuties
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860... 12%
India Bonds 1,0001 — pm.
Ditto under 1,0001 75 pm.
Consols for Opening
Exchequer Bills. 134 d. 1 V.
1,000/.
5001.
Ditto Small —
Ditto Advertised ..... ...

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent
Ditto for the Account 341/23'
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1440 —
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto Passive Bonds 65
Ditto Deferred
Ditto 3 per Cent —
Ditto for the Account.
633/4
Dutch 21/2 per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Ditto for the Account

CORR, JAN. 4.—Sld. Heywood, Africa.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 6.—The Kingston, from Ichahoe,
which was ashore in the River, has been got off. 5. Sid.
Prince of Waterloo, Bombay. Off, Maid of Mona.
ABERDEEN, JAN. 3.—Arrd. Volant, Ichaboe.
HULL, JAN. s.—Sld. Jefferson, New York.

PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 lOl
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln
Churnet 'Valley
Cornwall ... 3 ...... 3%14... to
Eastern Counties
Great North of England 100
Ditto New Shares
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares - to 96
Ditto, Fifths
Hull and Selby
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Blackwall 16% 7% to
London and South Western.. 41%...... 77%...••• to
Ditto N ewConsolidated Bths 6
London and Croydon
London and York... ..... ...... 21/2... .. 4%4 to
Manchester and Leeds 7O
Ditto i Shares
Midland
Newcastle &Darlington:June. 24
North British
Norwich and Brandon 8 ...... 14 ....... to 131/
Portsmouth Direct : il
Richmond and West End Junc. 1
Rugby
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% 2)B to
South Eastern and Dover ... 331/8 403/4%... to
York and Nortk. Midland ... 50
Ditto i Shares
Ditto Scarboro' Branch
Ditto Selby Scrip
Ditto, Extension
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Rouen.. 2O . 4Ol/2- to
Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 ll3/4 to

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 6.—We have
had a fair business doing, and prices steady. Churnet
Valley, 4 ; London, Worcester, Oxford, and Rugby,
31s. 6d. ; Great Northern of France, 6 1-16 ;
West Yorkshire, 6 ; Manchester and Leeds, Six-
teenths, 5; Ditto, Half Shares, 553 ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 53 ; Midland, 401., 51-; Barnsley Junction,
4/ ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction,
; Blackburn, Barnsley, and Accrington, 3i ; Bolton,
Wigan, and Liverpool, 3i ; London and York, 4g ;
Sheffield and Lincoln Junction, 18s. 6d. ; Huddersfield
Canal, in.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols: lOOl
New 314 per Cent

Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 121
India Bonds, 1,0001..
Ditto under 1,000/ 78
Bank Stock for Account 212
Consols
India Stock for Account
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 65 pm.
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto 3 per Cent.
SHARES.

Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid
Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid
Chester and Holyhead, 5 paid sa/A
Direct Norwich, 21/2 paid f7
Dublin and Galway, 2% paid
Eastern Counties, 25 paid 1537
• 4
Great Western, 75 paid... - 167

London and Birmingham (Stock) ... 229
London and Blackwall, 165/8
London and Brighton, 50 paid 51311,4
London and Greenwich, 1236 paid
London an. I South Western, 411 paid 77
Ditto N ow
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 91. raid l6l/
London and York. 2% paid .
Manchester and Birmingham, 40 paid
Midland, 100 paid
.N ewaaatte arli Berwick, 11/2 paid
Northern and Eastern, 45 paid 5B
North Kent. 23/4 paid
South Devon, 10 paid
South Eastern and Dover,
South Wales, 2% paid
York and North Midland,
1' aria and Lyons: 2 paid
Paris and Rouen, 20 paid
COURSE OF EXCHA/
Amsterdam CF. 12 8
Ditto, at sight l2 6
Rotterdam 2U. 12 8i
Antwerp 26 0
Hamburgh M.B. 13 14
Alton l3 14
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70
Ditto, 3 months 25 95
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 0
Frankfort on Maine 122
Petersburgh, 3Us 37
Berlin 7
Vienna, effec. 11.3 M 957
Trieste, ditto

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE WS
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
A few sales were made again this afternoon in Eng-
lish Stocks, and the quotations closed at 1001 3 for
Consols ; at 1033 to 104 for New Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents. ; and at loci 3 for Reduced Three per Cents.
India Stock was 289 to 4.
Spanish Active Bonds left off at 271 ; the Three per
Cents. at 3633 ; Mexican at 343; and Portuguese Con-
verted at 593 to 60.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 9 ; Chester
and Holyhead, 3 ; Great Western, 87 ; Birmingham,
129 ; Brighton, 2 to 13 South-Western, 363 to 353 ;
Ditto, New, 6 ; Croydon, ; Manchester and Birming-
ham, 13 ; Midland, 15 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 63;
Northern and Eastern, 13 ;
North Kent, 3 ; Shrewsbury
and Birmingham, 4to ,1
; South Devon, 51 to 6 ; South-
Eastern, 73 ; South Wales, 3 to 3 ; York and North
Midland, 55 to 56 ; Great Northern of France, 2 to 11 ;
Paris Sand Lyons, 1 ; and Paris and Rouen, 203 prem.
Birmingham and Gloucester were par to 1 prem. Dub-
lin and Galway have been 4 ; Eastern Counties, 91 ;
Blackwall, 93 ; and Greenwich, 23 discount. British
North American Bank, ex div., were 5 discount.
The Exchanges have been rather higher on Amster-
dam, Paris, and Trieste, but slightly lower on Antwerp.
The following is the official return of the exports of
Million from the port of London, for the week ending
last:—Thurssidlvaeyrcon to Belgium
Gold Coin to Ceylon
12,000 „
Silver Coin to Madagascar
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
There was a moderate demand for Cotton at Liver-
pool yesterday, and prices were supported. Sales 4,000
bales, chiefly American.—A moderate business was done
in Shares, but prices were not quite so buoyant :
Bristol and Gloucester, 39 ; Chester and Birkenhead,
393 3 ; Dublin and Belfast, 5 ; Eastern Counties, 1531;
Ditto Perpetual, No. 2, 235. 6d.; Glasgow and Greenock,
113 ; Grand Junction, 2273 227 ; Ditto, Quarter, 563 ;
Great North of England, New, 63 ; Lancaster and
Carlisle, 14 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 383 ;
Direct Northern, 24 ; London and York, 43 t ; Cam-
bridge and Lincoln, 465. 3d. ; Churnet Valley,
.43 4 ;
Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenth, 5 ; Midland
Counties, 115 ; Ditto, 401., 53 ; South-Eastern, 411 ;
Ditto, New, 143 ; Paris and Orleans, 443 ; Paris and
Rouen, 403 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 5 ; Northern of
France, 63.
It is admitted, in all circles connected with the ship-
ping interests of the couutry, that the guano trade has
been a most seasonable source of employment for no
inconsiderable portion of the vessels of various ports
which prevously wore lying idle. London, Liverpool,
Bristol, Dundee, Hull, &c.,
have alla comparatively now branch of industry and enterprise.
no trade As respects Hull, the circular quoted yesterday has
on the subject of the gua
epatrhteicifpoalltoe:ining thisre.
re-
marks :—"ln the past year, being the first in which
direct imports have occurred at this port, the supplies

Madrid 36i
Cadiz
13ilbae 36
Barcelona 36

Saville

31/2
16

33h paid 4l

50 paid

GE.—(YE STERDA Y.)
Gibraltar..... ........
Leghorn ...... 31 0
Genoa
Milan ...... .............
Venice
Naples ...... 39i
Palermo, per oz ll9
Lisbon .. 52i
Oporto 524
Rio Janeiro .....
Bahia
Buenos A.yros
NewYork.:.:2dyssight

PRICYS CI, BULLION, I'ER oz.
Foreign Gold,bars £3 17 9
Tortuga! Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons.-- 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 %
Silver in bars . 0 411

FLUCTUATIONS IN STOCKS.—It may be a desirable
feature, as a matter for future reference, to give the
highest and lowest values of those British Stocks that
have been quoted in the past year. They are as follow:

~.. ...
autwili ril Ur Wel tV ii

Optritta.

Who runs may read."

Accounts from Paris represent the state of M. Ville-
main's health as somewhat improved, but still hold out
no hopes of recovery. Having no fortune, a motion will
be made by the Government in the Chamber for a pro-
vision to his daughter.
Admiral Dupetit Thouars (says the Courier Francais)
has hired an apartment in the Rue de Castellane, No. 10.
We have been assured that orders have been given to the
porter to reply to all visitors that—" The Admiral is
not at home." Behold a General officer secluded by
command of the Ministry, as was the case last year with
Captain Reine, his Aide-de-Camp !
The Commerce announces that the French Government
has concluded a second treaty of Commerce with the
Belgian Government. The object of this treaty is to
extend the period for admitting Belgian linen-cloth and
thread into France at a reduced duty, the existing treaty
having but two years to run.
The Moniteur publishes a notice to persona intending
to hid for the construction of the Montereau and Troyes
Railway, stating that the adjudication is to take place
on the 18th inst., and that they must apprise the Minis-
ter of their intention, and send in their list of sub-
scribers before the 10th. •
The intelligence from Lisbon is to the 31st ult. Se-
veral of the leading men in politics had been raised to
the peerage, among others Costa Cabral and Gumes de
Castro, the former Minister of the Kingdom, and the
latter of Foreign Affairs. The Duke of Palmella, had
left for Lo :don. Zurbano was said to have made his
escape into Portugal, disguised as a muleteer.
LAW AND 'OLZCL.
Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque in the Bankruptcy
Court remanded Thomas Wetherall, Esq., proprietor of
the Kensington Theatre, back into custody fur having
accepted accommodation bills to a large amount, without
any reasonable prospect of being able to pay them.
At the Central Criminal Court, Mr. Commissioner
Bullock, who presided in the New Court, disposed of
several cases of larceny, and sentenced the offenders to
various periods of imprisonment
John Nixon, working jeweller, was charged at the
Guildhall with robbing his employers, Messrs. Wheeler
and Co., of Bartlett's-buildings. It appeared, that the
prisoner, while under notice to quit, absconded from his
employers' premises, and that, on examining the stock
of gold in his drawers, there was a deficiency to the
value of upwards of 51. The prisoner, who denied his
guilt, was remanded, with an intimation that he would
be hereafter committed for trial.
At Clerkenwell, John Warkman, aged 13, was
charged by Mr. Richard Young, of St. John- street,
Clerkenwell, with stealing a silk pocket-handkerchief.
The prosecutor was returning to his residence from St.
John's Church, St. John's-square, on Sunday night last,
when he felt a tug at his coat-pocket, and on turning
round, he found the prisoner with the handkerchief in
his possession, and gave him into custody. Sergeant
Barton, G, said that the prisoner was one of the " new
school" or " kinahen (youthful) gang," who went to
churches and chapels, &c,, dressed up in an " innocent"
style, with white collars, in company of older thieves, to
rob the congregation on leaving those places. The pri•
soner' who cross-examined the witnesses with much
shrewdness, denied the charge, but was fully committed
for trial.
William Woodham, a plumber and glazier, living in
Ellis-street, Chelsea, was charged at Queen-square, with
a furious assault upon Benjamin Williams, a gentle-
man's servant. The cowardly ruffian had thrown the
complainant down, and while on the ground attempted
to gouge him by forcing out his eye with his thumb.
The defendant pleaded drunkenness. Mr. Burrell ob-
served that this was a very bad case, in which the vio-
lence was of a very horrible species. He should fine
defendant 51, or commit him for two months ; in addi-
tion to which, he should call upon him to find good bail
for the next twelve months. Defendant pleaded for a
mitigation of the penalty. Mr. Burrell said, if he had
had the power, he would have inflicted a heavier fine.
The penalty was paid, and bail put in.
George Edwards, charged with having embezzled
various sums of money, the property of his master,
Samuel Suggett, baker, No. 85, Margaret-street, Caven-
dish-square, was fully committed from Marlborough,
street.

At Marylebone, Edward Rigby, Mary, his wife, and
their two daughters, were charged with begging. The
case was' proved by John Horsford, formerly in the em-
ploy of the Mendicity Society, who found the whole of
the prisoners soliciting alms in High-street, near this
Court; the male prisoner stated that he was a poor col-
lier, and that in consequence of a recent mine explosion
he and his family had been reduced to great distress.
They had in their possession upwards of 51. in silver and
copper money. Wm. Horsford, chief officer of the
Mendicity Society, stated that the prisoners had long
carried on a system of imposture, and that they had been
committed repeatedly from the various police-courts.
They were each sent to the House of Correction for a
month.

Thomas Bartholomew Imbert was brought up for final
examination, charged with having feloniously intermar-
ried with one Abigail Isted, during the supposed life-
time of three other women, to whom he had been pre-
viously married, was fully committed from Worship-
street.

At Southwark an application was made by Lord
Huntingtower for a warrant against an individual ;tamed
Duckett, for using threats of personal violence to him.
It appeared that Lord Huntingtower held a bill of
I)uckett's, which he had obtained from a Captain Wh to,
and that on Alonday on meeting Duckett in the lobby
of the Queen's B, nch priNon, that individual had called
White and Lord Huntingtower a pair of scoundrels,
had declared that the bill had been stolen from him, and
had threatened his Lordship with a kicking unless he
gave it up, whereupon Lord Huntingtower gave Duckett
the bill, and came to this Court fur a warrant, which
was at once granted. _

Marie Adele Renoud alias Josephine Fountaine, a
middle-aged French woman, was charged at Greenwich
by Melanie Turlen with having robbed her of a variety
of valuable jewellery and dress, to the value of upwards
of 301. The prisoner who had lived with the prosecu-
trix as servant, had absconded, taking with her the pro-
perty in question. On being asked whether she had
anything to offer in her defence, she merely replied
" C'est vrai," and was fully committed for trial.
At the Thames Court two men, named James Francis,
a hatter, and Thomas Salt, a labourer, were charged with
committing a burglary in a private dwelling-house, be-
longing to Messrs. Brendel and Roberts, proprietors of
the Artichoke Tavern and Whttebait House, at Black-
wall, and stealing property to a considerable amount
therefrom. The house broken into is opposite the land
frontage of the Artichoke, and is occupied at night by
some of the tavern servants and Mr. Brendel himself.
On Saturday evening one of the servants on attempting
to unlock the street door to go into the house, heard a
scuffling in the passage and gave the alarm. Sentinels
were posted at each door, and a ladder being procured a
man got in at the first-floor window. The prisoners at-
tempted to escape by getting over the fences and yards
in the rear of the premises. They were however per
ceived, pursued, and after a gallant chase captured. They
were fully committed.

COITZT—FASZIONAZII433.
The Duke of Wellington will join the distinguished
circle invited to meet her Majesty and the Prince Con-
sort at Stowe on the 15th inst.
His Excellency the Duque of Soto Mayor, the newly-
appointed Ambassador from Spain, has arrived at 3E-
vart's Hotel, from the Continent.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas have left
Hamilton Palace on a visit to Lord and Lady de Tabley,
at Tabley Hall, Cheshire, and are expected in town early
in the ensuing week.
The Earl of Cardigan is still in Portman square. It
is yet uncertain when the Noble Earl will leave town to
join his regiment in Ireland.
The Earl and Countess of Manvers and the Ladies
Pierrepont are at present staying at Thoresby Park,
Notts.

Earl and Countess Grey have a numerous family party
at Howick Hall during the Christmas recess, including
Lord and Lady Howick, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel, Lady
Caroline Barrington, the Ladies Lam bton, Lady Geor-
giana Grey, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Grey, &c.
The Earl of Wicklow has left Shelton Abbey for Dub-
lin, en route for Cavendish-square.
Countess Flahault (Baroness Keith and Nairne), and
the lion. Misses Elphinstone Flahault, arrived in Ches.
ham-street on Saturday, from Hastings. Her Ladyship
will not leave for the Continent for some time.
Viscount and Viscountess Beresford, who have been
passing the Christmas recess in town, returned to Bedge-
bury Park on Saturday.
Viscount Itanelagh and the Hon. Miss Jones have re-
turned to town from a tour of visits.
Lord and Lady Wharncliffe are expected to return to
Wharnclifie House, Curzon-street, this day, from a
visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Witley-court.
Lord Foley has left Grosvi-nor-square on a tour of
visits.

Lord and Lady Glen!you b•ft their residence at Dun-
keld last week, and proceeded to visit the Duke and
Duchess of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle.

ass;
The Earl of Rose and the Mat quis of 'Waterford, th;
newly-elected Knights „f St. Patrick. were dub Ms.:it lee
by the Lord Lieutetta,•t, at Duhlitt Cas; le, .1' ittited,y.
The marriage of Cerito with St. Leo. i,
Pope having granted a bull for the ludo., N.
violinist toot dahcer, having ttein ttli from
Judaism. Cerito ha, given the .ortune she has acquired
to her parents.
The Wesleyan Society are goitig to erect a splendid
• chapel in the Belgrave-road, b,twei-n Eceleston-square
and Warwick-square. Mr. Seth Smith and Mr. Arch-
butt have liberally subscribed 100/. each to the fund, and
Mr. Edge 504
On Monday last the Salopian coach from Shrewsbury
met with a singular accident on its road between Shiffnal
and Wolverhampton. Tne coach was proceeding at its
usual pace, when the guard, who was seated on th.• top
of the luggage, speaking to the driver, heard a sudden
crash, and on turning his head round, he beheld, to his
utter astonishment and dismay, about thirty yards dis-
tant, the hind seat of the coach in the mddle of the
road, with four of the passengers on the ground. Some
of the passengers were seriously injured.
We are glad to find the institution in Rathbone-place,
for the relief of ueedlewomen, is likely to be augmented.
It has lately received the patronage of royalty, and the
Duchess of Sutherland lias signified her desire of having
her name added to the list of lady patronesses.
Arrangements have been made by the London Dock
Company for the erection of two steam-engines at the
Shauwell entrance of the dock, for the purpose of pump-