The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-05 00:00:00

W. Moore, stage-coach driver, Bury Saint Edmunds. dling Ile 6d, and fine 12s; common yel.ow Madras at 8s to SCOTCH FARMERS AND THE
M. A. Marshall, milliner, Newcastle-street, Strand. 'Bs 6d per cwt. ; Java at 9s to 10: 6d, cleaned Rice at 21s to CORN-LAWS
J. Briden, corn-dealer, Paddington-street, Marylebone. 26a for Carolina, and at 13s to 17e per cwt for Patna. . .
Saco—At better prices; common I:2s to 12s tid, middling We find the following list in a Scoteh paper,
G. Dixon, undertaker, Margate. 13s to 14e, and good to fine 15s to 20s per cwt. Sago Flour which shows that the farmers in the north have no
S. Walker and J. Walker, jun., cloth-weavers, Halifax,
18s per cwt. Rio Tapioca, of good and fine quality, at 424 d to fear of repeal. After the Anti-Corn-law meeting held
Yorkshire. 51d per lb. ai Iladdington in October last, the occupying tenants
J. J. H. Lewis, omnibus proprietor, Brixton-hill, Surrey. lenico.—Holders of East India Indigo being willing sellers
who were in favour of the corn-laws were invited to
T. Joy, beer-seller, Liversedge, Yorkshire. at low prices have occasioned many parcels of Bengal to be dis-
D. M. Thomas, surgeon, Cum Ammen, Carmarthenshire. posed of during the week, at prices showing a decline on the subscribe their names, and after all the influence of
13. Woffenden, woollen yarn maker, Water-gate, Yorksh. rates of the last quarterly sale of is to Is 6d per lb, The the landlords, it will be seen that the great majority
G. Buckley, beer retailer, Almondbury, Yorkshire. trifling purchases made in Spanish since Friday last have been of the best farmers in East Lothian withheld their sig-
J. Blunt, farmer, Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire. at low prices. natures :
T. Hoile, farmer, Sandwich, Kent. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon the demand was excellent for ABERLADY-9 resident tenants, of whom 4 have signed.
Cochineal, and 56 bags of Honduras at auction were all sold
J. Joseph, oilman, Richmond, Surrey. One of them, Lord Weanyss's factor, holds no land in the parish.
One tenant in this parish, whose name is not in the list, farms
at 4s Id to 4s 6d for low to middling silvers, being ld per lb
J. Moulton, gardener, Garden-row, Clerkenwell.
higher.
J. E. Leese, lodging housekeeper, Regent-se, City-road. more acres than all the four put together.
TA eeow.—Holders of Russian Tallow have been desirous to
J. Muttons, schoolmaster, Lewes, Sussex. realise, and prices have declined to 41s 3d to 41s 6d per CV/t. ATHELSTA NEEORD-19 tenants, 2 have signed.
801.T0N.-11 resident tenants; 4 have signed, one of these
P. Robinson, traveller, Warrington, Lancashire. for new P. Y. Candle on the spot. For delivery in the two has only thirty acres. Here,4.
too, one farmer who has not
J. Mews, confectioner, Great St. Andrew-street, Seven next months 41s, for the last three months of the year 42s per s
Dials, Middlesex. cwt.—Prices being low for Tallow occasions a good demand at ivied, has more land than al hhe
D I RLF.T ON. —lB resident tenants ; 3 have signed, two of
G. Gallaway, grocer, King-street-terrace, Islington. 40s 6d to 41s per net cash. iTo-day, for Russian Tallow, prices whom are joint tenants. There are several tenants of small
R. Lockett, beer-seller, Longton, Staffordshire. are drooping ; 4ls have been accepted for new P. Y. Candle possessions besides the 18.
W. Parsons, attorney, Tottenham-court-road. on the spot. North American Lard taken in at 39s 9d to 34s
Du NBA R.-21 tenants, 10 signatures. Two or three of these
E. Manning, messenger, Park-place, Walworth. per cwt. have net 100 acres altogether.
Oies.—Cod Oil at 32/ 5s to 32/ 10s per tun ; Seal Oil at •
E. Turker, discount agent, Upper Stamford-street.FAL A.-4 resident tenants, all of whom have signed.
361 to 36/
paidlos per tun. Southern is wanted, 341 to 371 lOs
R. Manuel, carpenter, David.street, New-road, Middlesex. GA RVALD.-15 resident tenants, of whom 10 have signed,
two of them being joint tenants of about sixty acres; other two,
par tun for common to fine quality. For Sperm Oil rather
R. G. Cattle, tobacconist, Goswell-street. one a baker, the other a wright and innkeeper, cannot be held
lower rates having again been accepted, 72/ for American, and
J. Nicholas, iron fitter, Dudley. at 731 per tun for British. Linseed Oil 28s per cwt on the spot.
J. Sherratt, card case maker, Berkeley. street, Lambeth. Rape Oil at 36s to 36s 6d for pale, and at 35s to 35s 6d as tenants at all.
ORD.-18 tenants GI FF.
Silos, farmer, Ruyton of the Eleven Towns, Shropsh. fot brown. Palm Oil sells well, fine at 295, and inferior at M
these hold merepatches, 4, of whom 15 have signedmay have 100 acres amongst them •
A. H. Tanner, schoolmaster, Ebury-street, Pimlico. 26s to 28s per cwt. Cocoa Nut Oil at 30s to 33s per cwt. one is the road-surveyor in the parish. The 3 who have not
IL Levice, clerk, high Holborn. Olive Oil, Gallipoli at 451, and other sorts!at 411 to 431 per tun. signed are the most extensive farmers in the parish.
SECOND NOTICES.
J. P. Bridgnell, linendraper, High-street, Newington- POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GLADSMUIR.-18 tenants, 11 havd signed, sof them fol-
lowing other avocations than farming; they may have 100
butts, Jan. 1I , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, (YESTERDAY.) acres amongst them.
official assignee. THAMES-1 OLICE. HADDINGTON.-32 tenants,
16 have signed, amongst whom
H. C. H. Justins, clerk, Cold Bath-square, Clerken- It is new more than twelve months since this Court was are 4 joint tenants, Lord Dalhousie's overseer at Coalston, a
well, Jan. 11, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, opened for the transaction of pubic business, yet nothing can surgeon, a seed-merchant, and at least 3 holders of but a few
official assignee. be so disgraceful as the state of each and every of the passages acres each.
by which it is accessible. The approaches north and south by .
.11emete.-15 tenants, 7 have signed, two of them being
R. Crowther, lodging housekeeper, St. Thomas's-oint tenants on one farm, and one, a member of the Convention
Charles..street and Arbour-square, when the weather softens J
street, Borough, Jan. 13, at half-past one, at the Court
in the slightest degree, are all but ankle deep in mire, whilst at Edinburgh, two years ago against the corn-laws.
of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. the two other modes of access, (sae leading from the Court to INN ERWICK.-15 tenants, 1 signature.
11. Bugbird, foreman, Oxford, Jan. 13, at half-past
the Post-office, are altogether impassible except by wading MORHAM. —5 tenants, none of whom have signed.
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official knee-deep through the slough. 'Op to last summer a stagnant NORTH BERWICK.-12 tenants, 4 signatures, two of them
assignee. pool, reaching from the footway on either side, lay directly in being joint tenants on one farm.
C. Parkinson, music-teacher, Gloucester-place, Port- front of the entrance to the Corot. By way of remedying 01. DHAMSTOCKS.-10 tenants, 10 signatures, one of whom
man-square, Jan? 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bank- this tlae:water the water was baled out, the soil was dug up and has eleven acres, and the farms of two, Pathhead and Better-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee. carted away, and a parcel of loose shingle, without a particle of dean, are not in the county at all. Butterdean belongs to Mr.
H. Grosvenor, tobacconist, Titchborne-street, Picea- binding material, was thrown into the hollow. The conse-
Balfour of Whittingham.
dilly, Jan, 13, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. quenee is, there being no drainage, all the moisture in the ORMISTON..... 8 tenants, no signatures.
Groom, official assignee. neighbourhood oozes into the holhw sn which the loose shingle PENCAITLAND.-14 tenants, 5 signatures.
is deposited, and the unhappy wirht who hopes to escape frem PRESTONKIRK-15 tenants, 9 signatures, though four of
R. Morgan, commission agent, Northampton-square,
the must by
stepping on the stones feels his footing give way, them really cannot be called tenants, having only 29 acres
Clerkenwell, Jan. 13, at half-past two, at the Court of and finds himself suddenly immersed in the subjacent pool, amongst them, one being an innkeeper, another a market gar-
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. wondering the while what motive .be constructor of a trap can dener, and two carters.
J. Humphreys, tailor, Stafford-place, Pimlico, Jan. 13, have, the only produce of which is the increase of ' catarrhs. PRESTONPANS-5 or 6 tenants, and no signatures.
at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Wo to the confiding waggoner woo, trusting to the seeming SALTON-12 tenants, 5 signatures ;at least one must have
official assignee. solidity of the way, ventures his t ,am upon the passage ; once a mere apology for a farm.
T. C. Leslie, surgeon, Penton-street, Pentonville, Jan. floundering in the slough of despeed, nothing short of unload- SroTr-9 tenants, 3 signatures.
11, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen- ing will enable him to get out. It is amusingly provoking to S7ENTON-9 tenants, 1 signature.
see the manner in which the prison van endeavours to obviate 1 RANENT.-28 tenants, or thereabouts, 16 signatures ;of
nett, official assignee. the difficulty. The driver, a very decent whip, takes a certain these, 9 have not 200 acres amongst them.
S. E. Ire, cowkeeper, Walham-green, Middlesex, Jan.
over-righting, the gates are opened, the passage cleared, an 1, WHITEKIRK.-13 tenants, 10 signatures, four of whom, viz.,
12, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bel-
whack, whack, whack, the animals—excited by whip and a miller, a tailor, a carrier, and a baker, hold under 120 acres.
cher, official assignee. voice, The tailor makes liveries for the First Lord of the Admiralty.
G. Biller, solicitor, York-terrace, Camberwell, Jan WHITTINGHAM.-13 tenants, 9 signatures, most of whom
10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green are the tenants of Mr. Balfour.
official assignee.
J. J. Honner, comedian, Pratt-street, Lambeth, Jan.
10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green
official assignee.
G. Giggs, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, Jan. 10, al
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official as

" As when the swift Camilla scours the plain,"
evade the dangerous quicksand atAidst the applause of these
who regularly twice a day witness the extraordinary feat with
undiminished admiration.
On Monday last one of het Majesty's justices of the peace
had a narrow escape of being swallowed up in the earth, like
the Roman Curtius. Though aware of the danger, from the
experience of every day, as well as from former disasters, Mr.
Broderip, on the first day of the new year, ventured to escape
the mud by driving up in a light cab, but just as he got in
front of the magisterial entrance dawn sank the vehicle through
the superfieies of loose shingle Late the subjacent bog. The
horse, in endeavouring to save nimself from a similar fate,
made a bound on the asphaltic ,00tway and slipped. The
kicking and plunging of the animal, who was with much diffi-
culty freed from the harness, were more alarming than danger-
ous. The magistrate was immediately rescued from his un-
pleasant and almost ludicrous powion, and the cab, which was
stuck fast nearly up to the naves of the wheels, was, with much
labour and the efforts of several strong men, ultimately placed
on terra firma. Scarcely a day passes without scenes of this
sort. Comment is superfluous.
Mr. BALLANTINE acknowledvd the receipt of 51. for the
poor-box, from " A. A."
UNION-IIALL.

SOUTHAMPTON EAST INDIA AND CHINA COMMER-
CIAL AGENCY COMPANY.--On Wednesday the Provisional
Committee assembled to allot the shares subscribed for in this
new undertaking. To us who uniformly entertained a very
favourable—perhaps sanguine—opinion in respect to the forma-
tion of this Company, it is a matter of sincere gratification
to know that we shall neither be disappointed ourselves, nor
have misled the public or the press—who have given extensive
circulation to our opinions as to the complete success of the
project. We understand that an unprecedentedly large number
of shares have been taken by the public, and this too before
even the Directors have been appointed ; so that the
residue—a mere bagatelle, as we are informed—will only,
be held at the disposal of the manufacturing towns and
cities of the kingdom, provided they be applied for, and the
deposit of 1/. per share be paid previous to the 10th day of
January next, on or before which day the deposits are to be
paid by the Shareholders generally. Immediately after that
date an efficient, and, as we are told, a highly respectable and.
influential Board of Directors will be submitted for the approval
of the Shareholders. —Hampshire Independent.
The Rev. H. Moseley, Professor of Natural Philo-
sophy at King's College has, it is said, received the appoint-
ment of Inspector of Normal Schools from the Committee of
Privy Council for Education.
SITTINGS OF THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.---
There is a visible diminution in the business of this Court,
which has, no doubt, been caused by the operation of the nor
Act in the Court of Bankruptcy. The present sittings have
only been appointed to the 10th of February, and orders for
hearings granted to the 20th of February. Several days ha/0
been struck out for want of cases. The Court will not sit,
according to the present arrangement, more than three or four
days a week. It is expected that a measure will be prepared
for the consideration of Parliament, embracing some of the
principal features in the two clashing Acts now in force i.bat
the absorbing questions seems to be, whether the Insolvent
Debtors' Court shall continue to have the administration, or
the Court of Bankruptcy.
SHOCKING MURDER NEAR WEST CALDER.-00
Sunday last the dead body of an old man named John Geddes,
a labourer, residing in a cottage by himself, on the farm of
Longford, about three miles from West Calder, in this county,
was found in a shockingly mangled state on the floor of hie
own dwelling. He had been missing for several dal*
but as he was in the frequent habit of working at a dir
tance from home, no alarm was excited among the neigh'
hours till Saturday night, when there was no appeal'
ance of him as usual. On Sunday, therefore, it was re'
solved to break open the house to see whether he might 11°,'
be lying ill, when they were horrified to find his murdered boa
stretched on the floor in a state almost indescribable. On re
moving an old shirt which was thrown over the body, theo{
found a deep fracture in the skull, the left eye knock,
into the head, the bone of the eye-brow broken, then
all but torn off, the jaw-bone and collar-bone and all Is'„,
ribs broken but two ! A more horrible sight has seldom bee"
seen. A pair of tongs covered with blood were found at th.
fireside, with which the wounds had evidently bees!
inflicted. The Sheriff and Procurator Fiscal visited the 9134°
on Monday to investigate into the circumstances, but, so far a°
we can learn, ne positive clue has yet been found to the mur-
derer, or even the cause of the murder. The deceased, though
a labourer, had the reputation of some wealth, and probably the
possession of that might have been the object of the murderer ;
but we have not learned whether anything has been stolen'
The murder is supposed to have taken place several days befo'
the discovery.—Scotsman of Wednesday.
PUBLIC BATHS FOR THE WORKING CLASSES.—It
delightful to witness the decided movement now made for O.
establishment of public baths in Edinburgh, with a view t.,°
their general use by the working classes. It is singular lit
late in the day this project has been started, considering tM
undeniable utility, as respects the comfort and health of t„.11.
human being, and seeing that other nations, far below us in tu,
scale of civilization, have long used ablutions. Mahomet seen!:
to have been fully assured of the benefit derivable from tlsr,
source, since he made washing with water a marked point in Ir.,
religious code. It cannot be the warmth of the clime entire",
that settles the use of bathing, as we find the Russians,
colder region than our own, equally.attached to it. It appea':,
to result from wise legislation at the outset, as much as froP_',
anything else. In our own case we trust that the provision
public baths will be the consequence of a great movernefA
among the public which requires them—by far the best sa",
most honourable way of attaining such objects. But, at the sat
time, we are delighted to notice the cordial encouragement by,
stowed on this movement of high rank and eminent station mace*
us. do Wednesday the meeting at the Music- hall, Georg;
street, for considering the subject, was addressed by the LOP-0/
Provost, Lord Dunfermline, Dr. Alison, and other parties ,‘„
influence and distinction. Lord Dunfermline justly pointed ',-
this proposition of the working-classes as clearly indicating ,
vast advance made by them, and, as heralding still further step
of improvement. This is a notable and most gratifying trut,
'temperance and bathing going hand in hand, as they will et'i
will make a great and striking change indeed in the condition ()
our operatives. No better signs of the times could be gisce„,
~,d
We need not point to the strong recommendations of bathl
to be found in the works of our medical men. There is 110 t„,,
dissentient voice on the subject. Then, let us hope that "
shall have this great public improvement effected without deli
One thing is certain, that we shall have those epidene.,el
scourges whiCh every now and then visit us with such el.r„b
effect greatly mitigated in their virulence, if we cannot ban'
them altogether from among us.— Scotsman.
AN EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF A BLEEP'
CANCER BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENW...nfr
Sexton, residing at Shrewsbury, is prepared to make an scer
davit that she has been radically cured of a dangerous ello,o
in her breast, of seven years' standing, after every other In,
had failed, and by the use alone of these invaluable mediel°ol
which will cure any bad breasts, bad legs, sores, wounds, al,/
ulcers; likewise abscesses, however bad, even should theYtbe
pronounced as incurable by the means usually adopted by
Faculty.—Sold at the establishment of Professor Holles%,lo
244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis) ; also by fil
respectable medicine vendors throughout the civilised
THE UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE FOR JAN/it-lit
commences the year in a manner that must recommend
strongly to every one who takes an interest in the militarY.'iy
naval services. Amongst the numerous articles that part cos
laxly demand attention at this period, we may point out o,li
Voice from Cafferland," written on the spot ; it contains spool
valuable information on the critical state of affairs in our CAnot
at the Cape, evidently from a trustworthy source, that catsie,
fail of exciting remark. The paper on "Slavery in Sisith'er
from the pen of Captain Hart, of the Bombay Army, is aithilr
contribution of singular importance at this moment; ie
those on " The Canadian Seat of Government," by CV:01,
Parkenson ; " The Army in Ireland and the Repealers ;
world.
" The Wars in Sinde and the Punjaub," are scarcely le° I-004
resting or applicable. The lovers of stirring adventure asYht io
an almost inexhaustible source of amusement in " A .11eie
the Peninsular War," by Dr. Bradley—" Three Weeks. ,
in the Gulf of Mexico"—" The Heroes of Caniperdowe'.ro
Cadet's Introduction to India"—" A Memorial of the "
Ava Recollections in the Peninsula," by Lientwri ell„, of
Colonel Wilkie—and in the various other papers by l tit!'
acknowledged talent, to be found in the Jauuary Number °
unique periodical.
a- „,0000.e.

signee.
J. G. R. Loveless, auctioneer, Little Charlotte-street,.
Blackfriars-road, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee.
F. Tabb, tailor, liarcourt-street, St. Marylebone, Jan.
11, at three, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, offi-
cial assignee.
T. Scoteher, journeyman pianoforte maker, Seymour-
street, St. Pancras, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee.
W. Saunders, post-office assistant, Chatham, Jan. 10,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official

assignee.
C. Coates, sen., Walnut-tree Walk, Lambeth, Jan. 10,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official
assignee, Aldermanbury.
S. Ramplen, baker, Ipswich, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee.
S. Richmond, Rayleigh, Essex, Jan. 10, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee.
H. Scholefield, innkeeper, Ninfield, Yorkshire, Jan. 10,
at 11, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official
assignee.
H. Summers, baker, Cheltenham, Jan. 12, at one, at
the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee.
J. Butt, farmer, Whaddow, Gloucestershire, Jan. 12,
at two, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official
assignee.
W. Turner, plasterer, Halifax, Yorkshire, Jan. 10, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official
assignee.

Yesterday Thomas Groves, a diminutive boy, 10 years of
age, a foundling, was brought bek.re Mr. Cottingbam, charged
with being found in the area of a house with an intent to com-
mit felony. The investigation exhibited the incorrigibly vici-
ous habits of a boy seldom equalle.f.
It appeared from the statement of a Mrs. Groves, the wife of
a wharfinger in very good circir.nstances, that several years
ago it was announced in the newspapers that a child was aban-
doned by its unnatural parents, and left in a basket at the gate
of one of the metropolitan workhouses. Mr. Groves's former
wife being apprised of the circumstance, and being inconsolable
for the loss of her two children wilco died about that period, on
being made acquainted with the a Bove circumstance, and with
the sanction of her husband, applied for and had the foundling
delivered up into her charge. The child was adopted by the
persons named, and at a proper age was sent to school, and, in-
deed, had every attention paid to it; Mr. Groves intending to
spare no expense in the education if his foster child, as he usu-
ally termed him. The boy, however, as he grew up, exhibited
many bad qualities, was in the hab't of pilfering from his school.,
fellows, and committing other pett r thefts. Every means were
adopted to break him of such v:cious habits, but all to no
purpose ; and frequently would In abscond from the dwell-
ing of his protectors and go wadering about the town, and
pilfering whatever he could lay hi a hands upon. Not a work-
house in London but he had been the inmate of, being usually
found in the streets almost naked, •Ind not one word he uttered
was to be believed ; in fact, he necame so incorrigible, and
robbed his protectors so often, that they found it was quite a
hopeless task to produce a reformation in so hardened yet so
youthful a character. On a recent occasion, he decamped from
home having first broken open a- chest of drawers, from which
he took some silver, and he was nit heard of from that period
until the preceding night, when a policeman on duty in Allen-
street, Lambeth, hearing a noise m the area of a house, on
casting his bull's-eye lantern down, the railings saw the prisoner
crouched up underneath a meat sate, and he got there evidently
for the purpose of breaking it oper.. When he was discovered,
as usual, he told a number of falsehoods, but it was at length
found that he had been away from Mr. Groves's house for some
days, and that in the interval he had parted with his clothes,
and had scarcely any covering uptn him.
Mr. COTTINGHAN said he shonld commit the prisoner for a
month, and suggested that when the boy came out of gaol, if
he returned to his bad habits, it ,vould be then incumbent on
Mr. Groves, if he was robbed, again to prosecute him, and on
his conviction the Judge, probably, instead of transport-
ing him, would send him to the prison in the Isle of Wight,
where he would be taught a trade by which he could earn an
honest livelihood when he came out.
The prisoner, who appeared vite unconcerned during the
recital of the above circumstances, was then committed.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the
Bank of England, from the 7th day of October, to the
30th of December, 1843, both inclusive, published pursuant
to the Act, 3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 98.
LIABILITIES. ASSETS.
Circulation .......£19,098,000 Securities ... £21,067,000
Deposits 11,751,000 Bullion. 12,855,000

£30,849,000
Downing-street, Jan. 5, IS

4:33,912,000

COURSE OF E XCII2
Amsterdam CF. 12 7
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7il
Antwerp l2 7
Hamburgh M.B. 14 0
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight
Ditto, 3 months 25 95
Marseilles
llourdeaux 26 5
Frankfort on Maine 122
Petersburgh, 3 Us.
Berlin 7
Vienna, effee. 11. 3 M lO 0
Trieste, ditto lO 1
Madrid
Cadiz
Bilbao 36
Barcelona
Seville

4.:VGE.—( THIS DAY.)
Gibraltar .. . 46
Leghorn ... ...... 30 95
Genoa 2B 5
;Milan 1_

Venice

Naples
(Palermo, per oz 118
II isbon . 524
Oporto ..
Rio Janeiro 23
Bahia ... 23
Buenos Ayres ......
New York, 21 days sight 4611
Philadelphia 4€
PRICES OF BULLION, PER 01
Foreign Gold, bars .E 3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin.. 3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars.. 0 0 0
Silver in Bars... 0 4 11,

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE
METROPOLIS.

(From the London New Price Current of Jan. 5.)
SUGAR.—The home consumption Sugar Market has pre-
sented a healthy appearance this week, the trade have been de-
sirous to do business, merchants have offered their Sugars
sparingly, and prices have taken an upward turn. This after-
noon at public sale Barbadoes Sugar went with spirit at prices
fully 1 s per cwt above those of the last auction ; fine yellow
fetched 66s to 675, good 64s to 64s 6d, and middling 63s to 63s
6d per cwt • 144 hhds 29 brie of St Lucia all sold, and
supported the rates paid by private contract ; good middling
yellow fetched 59s 6d, middling 58s 6d, low 56s 6d to 57s 6d,
good brown 55s 6d to 565, middling 555, low soft 545, washed
and shifted 56s 6d to 58s 6d per cwt. t To-day all qualities of
West India Sugar were in excellent request, and better prices
were again paid, making the advance for the week Is per cwt,
and the total purchases . 2,600 hhds and tierces, being a larger
quantity than his been sold for a very long period during the
same time, the market closing with a firm aspect.
REFINED.—A brisk demand has been experienced for all
descriptions of Refined Goods for home consumption this week;
further advanced rates have been paid; and the Sugar houses
are mostly bare of goods. To-day many parcels of Refined
Sugar were taken by the home trade ; Standard Lumps sold
at 74s 6d to 755, and brown Grocery 73s 6d per ewt. In
Bonded Crushed Sugar large sales have been made for forward
delivery at 25s 9d to 26s per cwt.
MAURITIUS.—The rates given have been rather above these
that prevailed prior to the holidays. This afternoon fine yel-
low fetched 66s to 675, good 63s 6d to 655, middling 59s to
to 635, low 57s to 58s 6d; fine grey 64s to 64s 6d, middling
59s to6ls, low 57s to 58s ; fine brown 565, good foxey 545,
middling 52s 6d, and low 50s to 51s fid per cwt.
Ea sT INDlA.—Bengal fine white has fetched 67s to 695,
good 65s to 665, middling 63s to 645, common and fair 61s to
621 6d, strong yellow Dobah 62s to 675, low to middling yellow
57s to 60s, and low to fine brown 49s to 56s per cwt. Java at
18s to 20s per cwt. For Manilla 15s to IE4; per cwt is the value.
This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with free purchasers, and
2,066 bags at public sale were sold at prices showing an ad-
vance on those that prevailed prior to the holidays of is to
Is 6d per cwt. ; fine white fetched 695, good 66s 6d to 67s 6d,
low yellowish white 595, mid strong yellow 625, and low damp
brown 48s per cwt.
FOREIGN.—Holders of Foreign are unwilling to submit to
lower rates, and none has been brought to public sale. If
sales were to be forced, lower prices would be the result, par-

Yesterday evening a numerous and highly respectable meet-
ng of the parishioners of St. Alart;.o-in-the-Fields, was held in
the vestry-room of the parish, to take into consideration the
present state and mode of supply•ng the public with gas, and
to devise, if practicable, some mod-) of establishing a standard
and measure for the same.

At seven o'clock Dr. Jowas was unanimously called to the
Chair, when he entered upon a luminous exposition of the
nature and qualities of gas, and the manner in which the
various gas societies had it in their- power to defraud the con-
sumers. He said the meeting h..d been adjourned from the
20th ult. to this evening. The grievance which pressed most
heavily upon the consumers was tie extremely partial manner
in which the revenue for gas was collected, for one individual
was supplied by contract, while another was compelled to burn
by meter. In the United Kingdom, a sum of upwards of
20,000,000/. was expended in the consumption of gas, and in
London alone the sum paid to tie several gas companies ex-
ceeded 2,000,0001. Such being the case, he thought
that the subject was one of suet importance as to require
their particular attention, for in many instances one
consumer paid for the carelessness of another. In a great
many cases the measures were mist incorrect, and although
he did not mean to charge any r f the Gas Companies with
any wilful error, yet he should :,ay, that when the meters
were put to the test, a vast number ssr them were found to vary
from one to five per cent., and, in some cases, he could assert,
on his own authority, they varied as much as from one to
twenty, or even thirty, per cent. The Gas Companies were
completely the arbiters in their own cases, for the consumer
was compelled to send the meters tr: be tested at the gas-works.
Again, there were a great many of those meters which were so
constructed that they would not act at all against the Gas Com-
panies, or register the event when a less quantity of gas than
usual was consumed, whilst they were most accurate when a
greater quantity was burnt. What he wished was something
like a Government stamp, such as she Excise impressed upon
measures; to attest their correctness; and he hoped the meet-
ing would not discontinue its exertions until some such measure
was carriesl.—(Cheers.)
Mr. CHAPWICK, in an approp:;ate speech, proposed the
first resolution, which was as follows :—" That whereas the
consumption of coal gas has so much increased of late that it
has now become a necessary article of domestic economy, and
in the United Kingdom yields a yearly revenue of at least
twenty million pounds sterling, which sum is not collected im-
partially from the various consumers proportionately to the
quantity which each consumes, some being supplied by con-
tract and others compelled to burn by measure, whereas the
various measures employed by different Companies are supplied
ti, consumers, and the mode in which it should be supplied to
them should be subject to one general system of government,
either by Act of Parliament or other legislative interference,
in order to insure to the consumer a supply of gas of uniform
quality, and correct measurement o the same."
The next resolution, which was the following effect, was
proposed and carried with acclamation :—" That for the
purpose of bringing this subject under the notice of Govern-
ment, a committee be appointed who shall have power to com-
municate (as a deputation from this parish) with the Hon. Se-
cretary for the Home Department, Sir J. Graham, and confer
with him as to the best mode of carrying its object into effect."
The following resolution was ne.t carried unanimously
That it is the opinion of this misting, that as the gas sup-
plied by various Gas Companies differs materially in purity and
illuminating power, it would be desirable to define and est
blish, if practicable, a standard purity and illuminating
power of the gas to be supplied te gas consumers under the
same, or such other regulations, as may appear more applicable,
as are applied to the supplying of sie.rits to the public of a cer-
tain strength."
Messrs. RYA LT. and ONION propsed the next resolution,
as follows :—" That it is the opinion of this meetin,,, that it
would be desirable to establish a public standard of measure
for gas, and to permit no measure for gas to be used by any
Company or consumer, or sold by ruty measure manufacturer,
unless it had attached to it an author ;sed stamp of its accuracy,
according to the standard, as in the case of other measures, and
also in the case of weights."
A resolution that the inhabitants of the parish of St. Mar-
tin-in-the-Fields consider it desiral ie that they should meet
the other metropolitan parishes, for the purpose of forwarding
the objects of the meeting being passed,
A vote of thanks was passed unat:mously to the Chairman,
after which a Committee of twelve was appointed, when the
meeting separated.

titularly for white qualities.
MonAssEs.—ln West India large purchases have been made
this week, but at no improvement in:prices ; very low St. Lucia
and St. Kitts at 21s to 23s ; the better sort of Molasses at 24s
to 28s per cwt. Bengal Syrup at 16s to 18s per cwt. This
afternoon St. Lucia taken in at 23s for low quality; and Ber-
bite at 22s per cwt.
—"Com.E.—An increased desire has been manifested on the
I.art of the home trade to purchase Coffee of all descriptions
this week, and further advanced rates have been paid ; the
small parcels of West India Coffee brought forward have found
eager purchasers at an advance on previous prices of 2s. per cwt.
This afternoon the demand was brisk for nearly every descrip-
tion of Coffee for home consumption. Berbice middling at 9'2s
to 935, low middling 89s to 91s 6d, fine and fine ordinary 69s 6d
to 78s, ordinary 595, and triage 40s. Ceylon was taken in at
66s for good ordinary !pale. Mocha was taken in at 73s for
middling greenish. Bengal fetched 603 6d for damaged pale
yellow. Rio bought in at 65s for fine fine ordinary, and 50s to
561 for fine ordinary.
TEA.—The purchases wade in black and green Tea have
been to some extent this week, and at further improved rates.
To-day several purchases were made in Tea ; common sound
Congou for cash was with difficulty to be had at I s, and com-
mon Twankav at Is 2d per lb.
Cocoa.—The lower descriptions of West India at easier
rates, good qualities at the former currency ; Trinidad, good
red at 52s 6d to 53s 6d, middling 495, low 45s tid to 46s 6d,
hold grey 50s, middling grey 45s to 465, and low 42s per
cwt. Foreign Cocoa at 28s to 29s per cwt.
SeicEs.—For Black Pepper prices are firm ; White at 4d to
7d per lb. For Casia Lignea rather higher prices have been
paid. This afternoon at public sale, Malabar Ginger of bold
quality sold at 89s 6d to 90s Gd, and damaged 80 to 82s ; Nut-
megs, for exportation only, taken in at 2s for small limed ;
Singapore sold at Is 10d for low quality.
Rust, BRANDY, AND Hoi.i.A szns.----Jamaica Rum, good
quality 33 to 37 per cent overpoof at 3. 5d to 3s 9d, and on the
high flavour fine 5s per gallon. Leewards at Is 10d proof.
Demerara at 2s 8d to 2s 9d for good and fine qua-
lity 34 to 36 per cent overproof. Calcutta Rum
Is 61,d to Is 7,1 per gallon for proof with certificate.
Brandy has been in much better demand this week ; prices
have in almost every instance advanced Id per gallon, and large
parcels have been disposed of. Cognac best brands of the
vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 7,1, puns bs 5d ; ditto 1839, hbds 5a
4,1, puns 5s 2d; ditto 1840, hints 5s 2d, puns 5s ; ditto, 1841,
hhds ss, puns 4s 10,1; ditto 1842, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ;
inf and mid sorts 2s lOs to 3s 4d, and Excise Brandy 2s 8d to
2s 10d per gallon. Geneva shipping sort at Is 10d to Is 11d,
fine pale 2s 4d to 2s 10d, and common Hamburgh Gin Is 6d
to Is 7d per gallon. English Corn Spirits at lOs to lOs 2d per
gallon cash. Scotch and Irish Grain Spirit lOs to lOs 2d, and
and Malt Spirit 12s 6,1 to 133 per gallon. To-day Brandy at
fully former rates ; proof Leewards fetched Is 10d to Is 101 d
per gallon. Of common Jamaica, 30 per cent overproof, some
small parcels sold at 2s 9d to 2. 10d per gallon.
RlCE.—Bengal middling white at 10. Gd to I Is, good raid-

TGood ,
'A 8 AT WHOLESALE P.ltiel)oofr
Common Black 3s. Od. Flee Pekoe Souchoug.•• °s.
Strong Cor,gou
Fine ditto, Pekoc oavour 31. 8.1. Finest ditto imported•• •s'.
COFFEE.
..ls• 0.
aj.
Good Common Os. 9d. Finest Java ............ • ~, u,
Ceylon, sound and sweet Is. Od. Ditto Cuba ............ .• • 0,,
Fine do., recommended ls. 2d. Finest Mocha ... • .....
Fir.est Ceylon, rich and
mellow
Goods delivered in all parts of Town daily. f ore
Country orders amounting to 51., sent free to all par" 0
Britain.
MANSELL and CO., 9., Bucklersbury, Cheat:4la°'

DELEGATE AIEETING OF COLLIERS IN AIANCHES.
TER.--A national delegate meeting, or " conference," of coal
miners commenced its sittings in tb:s town on Tuesday. The
delegates, to the number of seventy or eighty, assembled in
Carpenter's Hall, Garratt-road. On the Wednesday night, in
the same place, a lecture was delivered by William Dixon. on
the subject of the miners' grievances —Manchester Guardian,
A NEW ORDER.—We remember, in the flourishing
days of architectural monstrosity, to which the Brighton Pavil-
lion and the church in Langbam-p13..e belong, being exceed-
ingly perplexed by the appearance of a column about to be
raised to its place in a new building. We asked one of the
builders "to what order of architen•ture it belonged?" He
answered with great simplicity, " ciir, that is Mr. Morris's
most positive order,"...Art. Union,

MARRIED.e'.
On the 4th inst., Philip S. Hudson, Esq., of Carnbridg peetio
Ellen, only daughter of the Rev. T. Foulkes Roberta'
of Llandulas, Denbighshire.

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On the 4th inst., at St. Ives, in the llth year il /'
William Bishop, eldest son of Mr. Thomas Ulph• whitehes
On the 2d inst., Richard Burman, Esq., °f
grove, Chelsea. .
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deira, Mrs.BS
Archibald Park, °f e,s.rosd'
On the '2d inst., Mrs. Robert Browne, Wavertre t
Edge-hi,
f3d Liverpool, of a daughter ober
On the inst., at Stone House, .Berks, the lady °f
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Hobson, Esq., of a daughter