The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONnON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6 1345.

Iquite as much so, as even the clergy ! Such at
least was the opinion of the late Dr. ARNOLD, one of I
b'n ;.• '
duced. But not only are the laity, according to the
Post's authoritative dictum, bound to abstain from all
interference with the Bishop of EXETER'S decrees ;
but they are bound, in addition, to receive them
with thankfulness and humility, and pay to them the
blindest and most unhesitating submission, no
matter how rash, unsuitable, and absurd they
may appear to them. All honest, rational
freedom of opinion is to be scouted as
downright contumacy. It is for the Bishop to isue
what ordinances he pleases, and for his flock to obey
in mute, obsequious silence. Such is our Contem-
porary's High-Church, Liun-like theory, but such
is not the theory of ecclesiastical government enter-
tained by the community at large. The people have
outgrown the leading-strings in which they were
kept for so many ages by priestly domination. They
have reached the years of discretion, and will think
and act for themselves. They will pay all becoming
respect to the decrees of their spiritual pastors and
masters, when those decrees are founded in reason,
and do not run directly counter to long-cherished
feelings ; but they will not sit tamely by while a
set of idle ceremonial observances are forced upon them
which have long since dropped into desuetude, simply
because they were felt to be superfluous, not to say
absurd. But we have not yet done with our arrogant,
contumelious Contemporary, in whom the spirit of
Tractarianism is exhibited in its true colours Mark
the insolence of his allusions to the " mind of mere
Dissenters"—just as if Dissent were an undeniable
proof of want of intellect, of liberality, of all that
graces, ennobles, and humanises a man ! The " mind
of mere Dissenters !" Why, some of the loftiest,
boldest, and most sagacious spirits that England has
known for centuries, were Dissenters. WATTS—
DODDRIDGE—RAXTE R—the late ROBERT HALL—the
mild, conscientious WESLEY—the earnest, intrepid
WHITEFIELD—aII these great men were Dissenters ;
and the greatest of them all, JOHN MILTON, he, too, was
a Dissenter I We owe to the " mind of mere Dis-
senters" two of the most popular works that were
ever penned—" Robinson Crusoe" and the "Pilgrim's
Progress"—works that have achieved a European
reputation, and will survive to instruct, amuse, and
elevate humanity ages after the present generation
shall have passed away into nothingness. But the
Poses contempt is not confined exclusively to the
Dissenters. No, our Contemporary is singularly
impartial in his abuse, and designates all that portion
of the Devonshire laity who have remonstrated against
the rash decrees of the Bishop of KERTE', by the
polite appellation of "stuni," or fools ! Judging from
his article of Saturday morning we should say that he
ought to be a good judge of what constitutes " folly,"
though in the present instance his censure is singu-
larly inapplicable.

According to accounts from Madrid of the 29th
ult., the QUEEN had published an amnesty in favour
of the persons implicated in the late rising at Lo-
grono and Huesca, excepting, however, the general
officers, public functionaries, and the leaders of the
rebellion. On the 28th the Chamber of Dep 'sties
met, when the President announced that a number
of Members had seceded, and given in their resigna-
tions. These resignations, which amounted to seven-
teen, were referred to the Minister of the Interior.
In reference to this step, which shows that the
Members regard their attendance as useless, Senor
°SENSE said the Ministry intended to govern with
the co-operation of Parliament, for which it enter-
tained the greatest consideration ; and it would
labour, as far as in its power lay, to organise the
country in a becoming and definitive manner. The
Chamber afterwards adjourned to the 2d instant.
On the 28th ult. the Three per Cents. were done at
32 for cash„and 321-at sixty days ;the Five per Cents.
at 23 3-8 at sixty days ; and the Debt without interest
at 7i at sixty days.

The Paris papers are entirely occupied with dis-
cussions on the result of the elections in the Chamber
of Deputies, but as nothing certain is yet known
respecting the fate of the Minftstxy, each party
reckons on success—the Oppositio n from the small
majority obtained by M. DenFa .LETME as Vice-
President, and the Ministry from the vast majority
obtained in the Committee for dre wing up the Ad-
dress. It would be of no interest to, :the English reader
to give lengthened extracts from the articles in these
papers on the question. It is staged in some of the
journals:that M. ST. MARC GIRARD IN is to move an
amendment on the Address, objecting to the terms
of peace granted to Morocco, and tl tat a dead heat
between the parties is extremely probable. If the
Journal des Debats, however, contint tes to take its tone
from the Hon. Member as formerly , the report must
be without foundation. According to that paper the
Conservatives are as much united as ever, and the
appointment of the last Committee is given as a proof.
" A moment of indecision," says tl to writer of an
article on the subject, " in the majc Tity which sup-
ports the policy of the Cabinet had been near giving
the advantage to the Opposition in ni he last ballot that
took place for the formation of the e bureaux. The
Opposition was in too great a hurry t o triumph, and if
some persons had speculated on the di vision of the Con-
servative party, they will be obliged to:postpone their
hopes. For our parts, we have neve I ceased to count
on the good sense and good feeling of the majority.
We had appealed from the secret '.ballot on proper
names to the frank and open discussion t on things them-
selves, and our expectation has not . been deceived;
Yesterday the question of things hr al replaced those
of persons, and the majority with th intrigue had
a moment shaken ha, been found as firm :and com-
pact as ever. The Ministry did not refuse to answer
any of the questions addressed to them, whereas
it may be remarked that the most influen-
tial members of the Opposition, vitt() in similar
cases usually draw forth precise de c 1 trations front
the Cabinet, have shown an intentio as t reserve, and
refrained from speaking. After thi Is first trial, the
Cabinet can await with confidence the public discus-
sion. The Conservative majority Le a rallied, the
former situation is re-established." The Globe
takes rather a more serious view of the late divi-
sions, and in the folleaving extract evid e ntly alludes to
Count MOLE and 'his friends, who hac I entered on a
line of policy of -which they seem now. to repent :
" The situation •of things, over which the coalition
had triumphed. 'for a moment in spreadia g a mist, has
just appeared lo well-thinking persons i in all its truth
and clearness. They saw, in fact, the t the question
was not mere': f to change the Ministers , but to alter
the present lit te of policy, which is a grave matter,
particularly when this policy is th tut of order,
industry, :u id peace. They pe. rceived that
the question: was to break the End ;lish alliance'
which is at present the most solid su, pport of good
harmony in Europe, and the most efficiet it instrument
of civilisatiot a. These results alarmed the men who
are seriously • the friends of ,their county )r, and they
withdrew fr am the midst of the intriguot, of which
they consti ktted all the strength. We think that
these well-t hi inking men ought to be tl tanked for
what they h e done, whilst, at the same - time, they
are warned. of the grave shock they migh t give the
interests orthe country, in permitting t'aemst Ives such
fallings dtT. The most able and mosf., efficiea it of go-
vernments; cot tld not do any good, if they who give it
their suppor t do not exhibit great firmness and con-
sistency. Months are required for a. C'abinet to
repair the E tvil done in a single day by tin inattentive
majority. The Conservatives ought b esidel: to hear
in mind th at the general work of the Cabinet is their
work, and that all the blows which they allow to be
given to ti :is work recoil on themselves:"

A leadi ag organ of the Opposition, the Courrier
,whichoneday
; Francais, as s,,,iiy--
Chamber,
annoyed
votes at the
agai
against;
M Nation
inisterosf the
a.ud
next day
mutr alines the vote, and says, if the old
system
14 to be continued, it would 'be a hundred
times I,m tter :r'or the Chamber to adopt the Ministerial
report, v s it a hall be drawn up by M. I Tunisia or M.
DE PEr E. ►OlO NT, the only reporters possible in this
Pleisde s of • nullities. A discussion would only show
our be bat
ur
imp ent the more, and render us the fable of
free nati( ms. The National has as little confidence
in the co ,usist ency of the Chamber, and as a proof,
states thr; ; fact, that of 28 Conservative,s who three
days pr e ' wAy had voted against Ministers, 28
wheeled . man d like Jim Crow, and two only Iliad
the ccag e to maintain theiv previous i IA-
nions.
Ti te Prh~esse, so far from regardi ug
' (
4iitArc, ones amendment as hostile, says
M.
Nv ;
J 1 sim, ply propose an additional paragraphto the Address, if the draught 'be not so compos ed as

to give satisfaction to that portion of the majority
of the Chamber which wishes for the maintenance

peace—which wishes for it carnestl,y,ld who arc
ready to make every sacrifice for it, on condition ti n>,+
those sacrifices should be reciprocal, according to the
expression of the Hon. M. SASSEY, in the speech he
delivered when quitting the President's chair. M.
GUIZOT could wish nothing better. The discussion
in Committee on the Address commenced on Friday
in the Chamber of Deputies, and it was expected to
be presented on Thursday next.

The Moniteur publishes the following returns from
the Bank of France on Dec. 26, with the result of the
operations for the last quarter of the year :
"The specie in hand amounted to 245.096,8021.—the
commercial bills to 142,612,6741.—0 f which 19,264,092 f.
were upon Paris; the advances upon ingots to 6,885,9001.
and upon public securities to 7,930,1661. The branch
banks were indebted to the Bank 22,000,0001. for their
capitals, and 54,728,426 f. for advances. On the other
side, the notes in circulation amounted to 249,133,500 f.,
and bills payable to order 741.1201.; the funds deposited
by the Treasury in acci)unt current to 137,249.244 f.;
other accounts current to 47,311,629 f., and certificates,
payable at sight, to 1,656,0001. The averages during
the last quarter present some remarkable differences
with the State at the end of the year. The
average of discounts amounted to no more than
101,052,3001. ; those of the account current of the
Treasury to 105,496,600 f. The difference in this last
item arises, no doubt, from the payments made on ac-
count of the loan. The average of the accounts current
was 50,473,4001. During the quarter the sum total of
the bills discounted in Paris was 234,101,6041., and of
those in the branch banks 102,038,634 E The move-
ment of the caisses present some interesting results. The
specie paid in was only 89,303,0201., and the species
paid out 106,925,550 f. The movement of the notes
was 571,495,000 f. paid in, and 557,781,500 f. issued.
The general movement of the accounts current was
1,887,880,0001.

The same journal contradicts officially the statements
which have appeared in several of the Opposition jour-
nals relative to Admiral Dupetit-Thouars being at Ver-
sailles, &c., and adds, that immediately on his arrival in
Paris he waited on the Minister of Marine
THE BOURSE--SATURDAY, JAN. 4.

First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents ••• • • • 120 95 .. 120 95 .. 120 90 .. 120 85
Fours. .. 108 .. 108 .. 108 .. 108
Three per Cents..... 85 10 .. 85 10 .. 85 .. 85

Now Loan ........ 86 60 .. 86 60 .. 86 60 .. 86 60
Bank of France .. 3225 50 ..3225 60 ..3225 50 ..3225 60
Laffine Bank, I,ooof Shareslloo ..1100 ..1100 ..1100
Belgian Bank..• ••• •• .. 635 .. 635 .. 635 .. 635
Belgian Fives, 1840 •• • •• 104 .. 104 .. 104 104
Spanish Threes•• •••••• •• .. 37 .. 37 .. 37 37
Active •.• . •••• 37 .. 371 37 .. 371
Pa55ive............ .. 6f .. 6f .. 6;
Portuguese Five per Cents.• .. 59} .. 59f .. 591
NeaPatan•••••• •••• •• • .. 96 25 .. 96 30 .. 96 25 .. 96 25
Konian •• •••

RAILWAY SNARES.
Versailles, R.B.
L. 8....•...... 365 65 .. 365 65 .. 365 65 .. 365 65
R0uen...•......
Rouen to Havre B2O .. 820 • . 820 .. 820

Orleans • ...1132 50 ..1132 75 ..1127 50 ..1132 50

Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 306 25 .. 306 25 .. 303 75 . 305
Avignon to Marseilles— 917 50 .. 920 • 917 50 .. 920
RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, JAN. 3.
StVennaln
Versailles, R. 11... •.
L.ll 375 .• 375 .. 360 .. 370
Rotten 1050 ..1050 ..1025 ..1035
Rouen to; Havre ....... 825 .. 825 .. 815 . • 815
Orleans • .1132 50 ..1135 ..1125 ..1133 75
Strasburg to Bale 306 25 .. 306 25 .. 302 50 .. 305
Avignon to Marseilles. .

THIS DAY'S NEWS

CRIMINAL COURT=-(THIS DAY)

OLD COURT.

The third session of present Mayoralty commenced
this morning before the Right lion. the Lord Mayor,
the Recorder, the Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Aldermen Sir
Chapman Marshall and John Johnson, &c.

The grand jury having been sworn,
The ExxonDna addressed them, and said that he was
glad to find the calendar was lighter than usual, and that
it contained a comparatively small number of charges.
There were two cases of false coining, three of forgery,
one of feloniously wounding an ass, two of cutting and
wounding, and two of concealing the birth of children.
With regard to the latter charge, he thought the grand
jury would do well to leave it in a course for further in-
quiry. There was a charge against two foreigners for
wounding with a razor ; there was but one razor, and he
thought it would be proved satisfactorily that but one
made use of it in the commission of the act. There was
also a charge against a postmaster for embezzling a let-
ter which had been entrusted to him. He thought it
unnecessary to draw their attention to any of the other
charges, and would therefore dismiss them to their duties.
There were altogether 91 prisoners.

LOUGH FOYLE.—Arrd. Fanny, St. John's, New
Brunswick, with the crew of the Elizabeth Bentley,
:Au 11:1 ,)! kyf I t Siva

MARNPORT, -And. ,
lr rtg,:ouild on tho

DUBLIN, JAN. 3. Arrd. Lightfoot, Wilson, Quebec.
CORK, JAN. 3.—Wind N.W.,Xht.—Arrd. Will Watch,
'May, and Sarah Fleming, Guy, Ichaboe ; Baronet, Kin-
cardine, for Buenos Ayres, bore up with loss of topmasts;
Ocaana, Savannah.

LIVERPOOL, JAN. s.—Wind W., light.—Arrd, the
Kingston, Ichaboe, and is aground in the river ; Magis-
trate, Africa ; Norman and Onico, New Orleans ; R. G.
Shaw, Matthews, Savannah ; Alexander and Swanton,
Charleston ; Samuel Hicks, New York; Lord Larnbtnn,
Montreal ; New York, New York ; Thoinal Hat risen,
Ichaboe; Cumberland, Power, Pernambuco. Sid. Cora,
Bahia ; Maria Louisa, Africa ; Llama, Trinidad ;
Cecilia, Jamaica, &c. ; William Goddard, Mobile ;
American, New York ; Cambria steamer, Halifax. ©fly
Lama, Flora, Lahina, and Standard.

CitusAN.—Arrd. Mary Ann Webb, Hong Kong,
towed in dismasted.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.-MONDAY.

As will be observed from our returns a very large
number of vessels, which were long detained by the con-
trary winds, has arrived in the river during the past
week laden with grain from our own coasts, as well as
from Ireland and Scotland, but more particularly from
the two former quarters. Still, however, we have not
been so overwhelmed with supplies as might be expected,
arising from the fact that no inconsidt•rable portion of
them had been previously disposed of by land-
carriage samples, previous to the vessels being imported.
Fresh up, only a moderate qaantity of Wheat of home
produce came to hand, coastwise or by land sample, yet
that on offer was quite adequate to meet the wants of
the millers. For selected qualities, which were com-
paratively scarce, we had a steady, though not to say
active, demand, and last Monday's quotations were sup-
ported in every transaction. As to the middling and
inferior kinds, there was a slow sale, yet holders were
tolerably firm, and late rates were again realised. We
had only a moderate show of free foreign Wheat, never-
theless, the inquiry for it was in a sluggish state, though
at prices quite equal to those paid on this day se'nnight.
Bonded Grain of all descriptions was heavy, and almost
nominal in value, speculation in Wheats appearing
wholly at a standstill. We had a very large supply of
Barley in the market, which caused dealers to operate
with great caution. Malting qualities commanded a
fair inquiry, and the prices were readily supported.
Grinding and distilling sorts were dull, at rates barely
equal to those quoted in our last report. Notwithstand-
ing 'the large arrival of Malts, selected season-made
descriptions moved off steadily, at last week's quotations.
All other kinds were dull, and their value was hardly
maintained. The supply of Oats being exceedingly
large, that article was in slow request, although many
parties are short of stock, and, where sales were pressed,
the rates were in favour of the buyers. Both Beans and
Peas were in moderate request, and their prices re-
mained unaltered. The Flour trade was in a sluggish
state, yet the quotations were supported. Linseed, as
well as cakes, were in large request, at fully the late
advance in the currencies. All other kinds of seeds were
in sluggish demand.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
WHEAT—Essex & Kent,
__ I MALT—Chevalier.. ... els to 6Se

red....« 405 to 595,
Ditto, white 46s to 56s
Norfolk and Lin-
coln, red 38s to 465
Ditto white 425 to 505
Irish, red........
Ditto; white
RTz—Old 305 to 34s

New 35s to 36s
BARLEY—Grinding 26s to 315
Malting
38s to 4051
MALT—Suffolk and Nor
folk 5Bl to 623
Brown ...... 56s to 6051
Kingston and Ware 63s to 645;
FOREIGN GRAIN AN
WuEAT—Dantzic
Hamburgh Ms to —a
BARLEY 27s to 29s
OATS—New
Feed lss to 17a

SMITH:

...
Oils—Yorkshire and
Lincolnth., feed ... 22s to 29s
Potatoe .... . . 24s to slss
Youghall and Cork,
black
_............... 21s to 21s
Cork, white ......... 22s to 2Ss
Scotch, feed ...... 23s to 24s
Musts—Tick. ...... 35. to 37s

Pigeon.
-- - sErst
to
--- 3
.
Maple -------- 26s to 44:10
White 36s to 31s
Boilers
FLOUR—Town made
5uff01k......". 33s to 35s
Stockton 87Norfolk 33s to 35r
!I) FLOUR IN BOND.
'BRANS ...... 24s to 20s
Peas. 2Bs to 32s
FLousi—American 21s to —s
Baltic

:FIELD.

The export season having been pretty generally
brought to a close in Holland, in consequence of the
various ports being blocked up with ice, it is now
placed beyond a doubt that the imports of live
stock from the Continent, for some time hence,
will be on a very limited scale. On looking over
those for the past year—which will be found
below—we find they have considerably exceeded those
of 1842 and 1843, both as respects numbers and quality.
and it appears to us quite evident, from the exertions
now making by the foreign graziers to improve the con-
dition of their Beasts and Sheep, that the importations
for 1845 will be much larger than we have ever before
noticed. In the week just concluded 16 Sheep and Is
Oxen and Cows have been received for this market, and
which were disposed of on Friday last. With this ex-
ception, no arrivals have taken place into any of the
ports of the United Kingdom. The official returns of
the importations of Beasts and Sheep give the following
results :

FROM JANUARY 1, TO DECEMBER 31, 1844.
Beasts. Sheep.
London 2,531
Hull 1,690
Liverpool Bl
Southampton

Totals

2,603

There were only four Beasts and eight Sheep on sale
from abroad, but as they were somewhat out of condi-
tion, they attracted very little attention. Although
there was only a moderate number of Beasts offering in
to-day's market—the principal portion of which was of
very middling quality—the demand for that description
of stock, notwithstanding we had a fair attendance of
buyers, was extremely inactive. The few prime
Scots offering were mostly disposed of at prices
about equal to those obtained on Monday last ;
but the value of most other breeds was lower by
2d per 81bs, and even at that amount of depression, a
clearance was not effected. There were very few seri-
ous cases of disease apparent among the beasts ; yet
they came to hand somewhat out of condition. The
Sheep were in, generally speaking, good order, and their
weight was equal to that of most former seasons.
From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton-
shire, there were received fresh up to-day about 800
Short-horns ; while the receipts from Norfolk, Suffolk,
Essex and Cambridgeshire were composed of 400 Scots
and Homebreds ' • for the Western and Midland Counties,
500 Herefords, Devons, Irish beasts, &c. ; from other
parts of England, 600 of various breeds ; and from Scot-
land, 230 horned and polled Scots—the remainder of
the supply being chiefly derived from the neigh-
bourhood of the metropolis. For the time of year
the supply of Sheep was rather limited. Prime old
Downs were in fair request, and last week's quotations
were steadily supported. All other kinds were a dull
sale, though not cheaper. The supply of Calves was
quite equal to the demand, which ruled somewhat in-
active, at previous quotations. There were upwards of
200 Pigs on sale from Ireland. Prime small English
were in fair request, but other qualities hung heavily on
hand, at late rates.

Per Slbs. to sink the offal.
a. d. to a. d. s. d. to a. d.
Interior Beasts ..... 2 6 210 Second qualityditto... 3 0 3 6
Second quality ditto 3 0 3 4 Coarse.woolled ditto.. 3 8 310
Prime large Oxen 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wether s 4 0 4 4
Prime Scots, &c...„ 810 4 2 Ditto out of the wool
Large coarse Calves 3 4 4 0 Large Hogs ...... • 3 6
Prime small iitto 4 2 4 4 Small Porkers 3 8 4 0
Suckling Calves, each 18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs, each l 6 0 20 I
Inferior Sheep ...... 2 8 2le Lamb 5........„.„....„ 0 0 •
SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves- I rigs-
p,,964 24,580 92 290
2711113720AT32 AND LEADENZAZZ.
Only a moderate arrival of slaughtered Meat has taken
place for our markets during the past week, while the
supply of that killed in the metropolis has been by no
means extensive • still, however, the general demand has
been in a sluggish state. Prime Beef and Mutton have
sold at fully previous rates; but the value of other kinds
of Meat has not been supported, and large quantities
have remained unsold at the close of each market day.
At per stone, ny tne Carcase.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. to 2. d.
Beef. ..... 2 6 2 8 Mutton, Inferior ...... 2 6 8 0
8 210 middling 3 2 3 4
prime large ...... 210 3 0 prime ..... 3 6 311
prime 5ma11.... 3 2 3 6 Pork, large. ....... 2 6 3 4
Veal 3 2 4 4 —2anall..• 3 6 4 I
ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST' WEEK.
mats. Sheep. Calves. Pigs.
20 200 150

Scotland ••«••••••••••••••••••••••«•••••

.
Yorkshire 0000000 •••••••••••••••• ID 230 200
Norfolk 00000000000 ••• • ••••• 0000000 .04 10 60 So
Suftbik•—•-•-•••••••••••••••••••••••••• 5 40 60
Cambridgeshire
Eaten 00000000000000 •••••••• •00 • • ••• .04 20 30 40 100
Surrey..ooO ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 25 200 60 120
Devonshire •••••••••• 000000 •••••• 00000 40 30 20
Wiltshire •••••••• 000000 •••••••• 14 100 50 60
Other parts 00000 •••••••••••••••••••••• 10 100 40 120

Total.. **** .••••••••••••••• 0 •••• IS7 1,139
Previous week's arrival ......... 190 1,770

220 NO
170 1,400

Dlffbrence since our 1a5t........... 41 640 50 499
BOROUGU AND SPITAIMIELDS.

Several vessels having made their passage laden with
Potatoes, the supplies on offer are now rapidly on the in-
crease, yet as many of the large dealers are short of
stock, the demand is somewhat active, at prices varying
from 75s to 95s per ton. The total supply for the week
has amounted to about 2,600 tons-100 tons being from
abroad, 30 tons from Ireland, 400 from Jersey, 200
from Guernsey, 300 from Scotland, the remainder
coastwise.
BOROUGH BOP MARKET.

There is a large business doing in bags, at very high
prices, while, for choice bags, the demand is active, and
the quotations are steadily supported.

WOOL MAXICET.

The imports of Wool during the past week have been
only to a moderate extent, viz., 28 bales from the Cape,
241 ditto from Hobart Town, 31 ditto from Malta, 121
ditto from Ibrail, 9 ditto from Madras, and 30 ditto from
Sydney. Both Foreign and Colonial qualities are in
sluggish request, but no alteration can be noticed in the
quotations. English Wools are held firmly, at full
prices. The total imports of Wool last year consisted
of 84,717 bales of Colonial, and 142,324 bales of Foreign.

I MONEY ANI) COMMERCIAL N.E r
(2 ZIT T T Tti .1? 12; • .

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;•-•

:ry' a

.: urc~

y, but ~,),,!es

supported :—Bristol and Gloucester, 41 ; Chester and
Birkenhead, 3811 91 ; Dublin and Belfast, 5 ; Eastern
Counties, 15+ ; Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1 ;
Glasgow and Greenock, 11i ; Grand Junction, Quarter,
171 ; Great North of England, Now, 21+; ; Great
Western, Half, 924 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New,
381, ; hurnet Valley, 4t- 4 ; Direct Northern,
31. Is. 6d. ; Lynn and Ely, 21 ; Manchester and
Leeds, 126:41 ; .Nll,uclie,tr end 1.,(
, 1151 1141 ; •I;
Newcastle •wd B •I'svicl., 7 1 ; Nt•ri i• n. 14;1 -
• •
Helen's and _Runcorn Gap, 221, ; South-Eastern, 4 ;
Ditto, New, 14+ ; Trent Valley, 9/. 18s. 9d. ; Ulster,
38 4 ; Lyons and Avignon, ; Paris and Lyons,
V. 13s. 6d. ; Paris and cans. 401 ; Orleans, Tours,
and Bordeaux, 74; Northern of France, 61.15. 6d.; Bou-
logne and Amiens, 51. 4L 18s. 9d,
1 he official statement of the produce of the revenue in
the quarter just concluded, as well as the comparison
with the year ending the sth inst., are held to be of a
most satisfactory character. The very large increase in
the receipts of the Customs fully bears out the oft-re-
peated remarks under this head as to the revival of trade.
As the official returns of the revenue are given in another
part of The Sun, any further reference to the re-
turns are unnecessary.
At the commencement of the new year we are usu-
ally favoured with circulars of the trading brokers in all
the principal departments of trade, and the first that has
reached us is that of Messrs. Wright and Young, of the
port of Hull, the commercial prosperity of which, we
are glad to state, is rapidly on the increase.' We extract
two paragraphs from the document before us :
" We commence the year before us under favourable
auspices, and in the confident anticipation that it will
prove a year of prosperity, equalling, if it does not sur-
pass, that just terminated. Much will depend, however,
on the state of the money market, as affected by the host
of railway schemes at present before the public. If the
Government wisely recommend Parliament to sanction
so many of the best lines (and no more) as will be
sufficient to absorb the legitimate surplus in the
money market, the prosperity of the country for the en-
suing year would seem to be placed on a reasonably solid
and stable basis. The advantages already accruing from
increased means on the part of all classes of the commu-
nity, are of themselves important. Our produce mar-
kets are in general well supplied, and, looking at the
prospects abroad, likely to continue so. Provisions are
plentiful and cheap, and, seeing how favourable a seed-
time we have had, there is already some promise of an-
other good wheat harvest. We mtty'also look forward
to our labouring population being fully employed, and
to a continuance of the present improved rate of wages,
as also to a well supplied and easy money market (in the
event of a not unfavourable harvest), all very influential
considerations.

" We have, in addition, a revenue so far exceeding the
national expenditure, as to place at the command of
Ministers a surplus sufficient to enable them, in the
ensuing session, to make a further and considerable re.
duction in our import duties, a measure more generally
expected and desired by the mercantile world
than any remission of the income-tax. Some of our staple
articles not comprehended in the former modifications of
our tariffs, are still subjected to a very Dppressive impost.
A further and liberal diMinution,ot the tax on sugar, for
instance, if made with a due regetfa to our colonial inte-
rests, could not fail totC . attsn'gr:Oth the best results
to the commerce, and ultimately t 4 the revenue itself ;
recent experience having fully demonstrated that low
duties with the increased consumption they create, are
in the main more conducive to this end than high duties.
In the political world,also, appearances are satisfactory."
Among the merchants and others connected with the
Russian trade, much satisfaction was expressed this
morning at the contents of a communication inserted in
the Times, relative to the safe position upon which the
paper currency of the empire of Russia is apparently
placed. But we are bold enough to think some facts
in this statement is the puff preliminary to a new
loan. The reserve of gold and silver bullion
in the possession of the Government treasury is we
question 11,000,0001. or thereabouts. A Committee ap-
pointed for the purpose ascertained the fact, but no
constat to be depended upon is supplied as to the whole of
the State paper out for the supplies of the various and
vast dominions of the Emperor of Russia. We are Of
opinion that the all but ex park statement of the bullion
in the treasury at St. Petersburgh should be received
with caution, if the project of a fresh loan be broached.
This morning Messrs. R. Raphael and Sons received
from the Hague a royal decree of 2d January, which
contains the following information
To afford the holders of the remaining Five per
Cents., being now 37,385,400 guilders, another oppor-
tunity of voluntary conversion to Four per Cents.,_ books
are opened from Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1845, till further
notice, or till twenty million guilders are subscribed, but
at all events not later than Tuesday, Jan. 28.
" The price of the Four per Cents. (with interest from
the Ist of October last) to be given in exchange for Five
per Cents. so converted, is fixed at 98; per cent. The
holder receives out for each 100 guilders, 1; guilders in
money, and I per cent. for difference of interest from
the Ist of October to the Ist of January last."
The private accounts received from the West Indies
this morning are generally of a most satisfactory nature.
The importation of hill coolies, at an expense of about
50,000 i., was all but settled, and not a doubt was enter-
tained that it would prove most advantageous to the colo-
nies. At Jamaica trade was dull. The prospects of the
planters were cheering.
The only quotations of Consols for Account this
morning, has been 1001. There have been prices to pre-
sent transfers in the Three per Cents. Consols, for the first
time since the books were. shut, at 100 l and a ex the
dividend. India Stock is also quoted without the divi-
dend, via., at 288. Reduced Three per Cents. are at
1008 and 101 ; and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. at 104 to 104; Exchequerßills are at 635. to 655.;
and India Bonds at. 775. premium ; Bank Stock is at
212; and India Stock at 289.
In the Foreign Stock market, the value of Mexican
Bonds has receded about 1i to 1f per cent., the news by
the West India mail from the Republic being anything
but satisfactory. Only about • 6,000 dollars have come
over for the dividends. The price now is 34i ;. Spa.
nish Stock is flat ; 27i for the Actives, and at 231 for
the Three per Cents. Russian Bonds are a shade lower,
and Dutch rather better.

The Railway Share mlrket is rather heavy, but still
a good deal of business has been transacted this morning.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 2ll

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 10074 101
New 314 per Cent. Annuties
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12% 1-16
India Stock 2BB
India Bonds 1,0001
Ditto under 1,0001 — pm.
Bank Stock for Account.
Consols for Opening
India Stock 289
Exchequer Bills. 13%d. 11/2(1.
1,0001.
5001.
Ditto Small '
Ditto Advertised ..... ... --
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 34%
Ditto for the Account 3434 NIA%
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Converted 593
1/2
Ditto for the Account 6O
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1640 —% %
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto, 1844
Ditto Passive Bonds 6%
French. Rentes, 5 per Cent.
Exchange.
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates

PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 lOO 981/2 to 99
Bristol and Exeter
70

Bristol and Gloucester
Caledonian 5

Churnet Valley
Cornwall ...
ThrectNorthern 2l/2 2%178— to
Dublin and Belfast Junction 2% 5l/2 to
Eastern Counties
Great Western BO 163
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Fifths . .
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Greenwich ...... 1234
London and South Western.. 41%...... 77
Ditto,New ...... 5 4%... to 5%
London and Croydon
London and Y0r1....... 2l/2 4i4x... to
Manchester and Leeds 7O 125

Midland 100 ... 1161,/2 151/2 to 116
Newcastle &Darlington J-unc 24 ...... 621/ 4
Y. . • to
Newcastle and Berwick IIA 714% to
Norwich and Brandon 8 ...... 133/ ...... to 14
Ditto New .. 1
Portsmouth Direct
Richmond and West End June. 1
Rugby
South Eastern and Dover ... 331/s
Ditto New Shares
South Wales
West Cornwall 1M..... 4%... to
York and Norti Midland ... 50 ......105
Ditto i Shares.
Ditto Scarboro' Branch
Ditto, Extension
Boulogne and Amiens
Paris and Lyons
... ...... to
Paris and Rouen. ...... 20 . . 4O ... to

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 4.—Our mar-
ket continues firm. Eastern Counties, 15i ; Manches •
ter and Leeds, Sixteenths, 5; Midland, 401., si; Sheffield
and Manchester, 100 ex interest ; Great Northern of
France, 6; Sambre and Meuse, 2+; Blackburn, Barnsley,
and Accrington, 3i ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 21 ;
Churnet Valley, 4 ; London and Worcester Rugby and
Oxford, 31s. 3d..

THE YARMOUTH MURDER.—COMMITTAL OF THE
PRISONERS.—Mapes, Hall. and Royal are committed to
take their trial for the murder, and Yarham as accessary.
—Second Edition of the Nwjblk News.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the
receipt of the following sums paid lately by different
parties for conscience-,ake, which moneys have been
placed to the public credit :-10/., Ins., 11.
DOVER, JAR. s.—His Excellency the Duke of Soto
Mayor, the new Ambassador from Spain, arrived here
last evening in the City of London steamer from Bou-
logne, accompanied by the Duchess and his suite. They
proceeded this afternoon by railway to London, and will
take up their temporary residence at Mivart's Hotel.
The Dean and Chapter of Worcester hare contri-
buted 101. towards the enlargement of St. Paul's Church.

FLANDERS MATT,.
(RECEIVED THIS .DAY.)

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13 '3 :::+

• the .; 1..1 t.., icier
Princes, members of the Zollverein, on the other, cf tue
commercial treaty concluded on the let of September,
1844. between Belgium and the Zollverein.
JAN. 2.—The public in this city, as well as in other parts
of the country, have felt a very natural anxiety about
the indisposition of the King. The information which we
have obtained enables us to say that almost during the
who'e of his MAjesty% stay at Paris he sufr,r, d from
ti..- 0,1.1 iity.cevert

-,t), bnioe,,ioteiy I,i Locket), 6°
Tuesday evening, bad a conference %%'ith M. Goblet►
Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the royal sanction:Q.
the treaty with the Zoliverein.
.

Yesterday (New Year's-day) his Majesty received at
the Palace of Lacken, the persons belonging to lb°
royal household.
To-day, at noon, Count Woyna presented to his VP
jesty his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary, or Minh
ter Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of Any
tria at this Court. His Majesty also gave audiences 07
the Ministers of Great Britain and Hanover.
Baron Alexander Von Homboldt, who has been 110
for two or three days, sets out to-day for Paris, when
he has been expected for some months, to be present
*
scientific experiments of the highest importance, 00
new mode of locomotiion by means of compressed air.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, JAN. 3.
Actual Debt, 21 per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 98%
Ditto Three per Cent
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto
Ditto, ditto 1840
Ditto, ditto 1844
Ditto of the City, 1843
—Brussels Papers, Jan. 4.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEC. 28.
5 per Cent. Metalliques
4 per Cent. Ditto lOO%
3 per Cent. Ditto 7B
Bank Shares 1648
Esterhazy's Loan -57

1033%
1035
102

SUSPECTED MURDER OF A FEMALE.—This morn'
ing, about nine o'clock, the body of a respectably.dresi.
female, about 23 years of age, was discovered lying 1°
the mud near the steps of the lower Surrey side of Wet
100-bridge. On inquiry, it was ascertained that the de-
ceased left her lodgings, in Buckle's•buildings, Water'
100-road, last night, in the best of health and spirits, te,"'
ing her landlady that she was going to meet a frieed.l
The body having been examined, on looking
the left hip, a dreadful wound was found inflicted, the'
is every reason to believe, by a sharp knife, and of a con;
siderable depth. Notice of the circumstance has he°
forwarded to William Carter, Esq., the Surrey coronet,
and also the necessary instructions given: to the polt
for an investigation into the suspicious affair. The tr
ceased, named Emma Ashburnham was of very preej
sessing appearance, and always bore the character
being of a very quiet and lively disposition.
be
EXPULSION FROM THE BAR.—It will no doubt ,
recollected that a few months back complaints ile';
made against certain unprofessional practices of se°:,
members of the bar, and that eventually the subject 41
complaint was taken up by two or three of the inns '0 I
court. It now appears that the complaint against
barrister of the Hon. Society of Gray's Inn has 10,4
established according to the judgment of the bench"
etl.
of that society, and they have not, we are inforin,l
shrunk from performing the painful duty of expulsw:,l
—from which decision the party has appealed to thor
Judges. A charge was also made against a member
the lion. Society of Lincoln's Inn for circulating a tsL,
of fres, and offering a commission for business.l" '
benchers having instituted an inquiry into the circa"
stances, do no not find the complaint established. ,
THE ROYAL VISIT TO STOWE.—The Duke of Bee
ford, the Duke of Somerset, Lord Carrington, the rn,
of Buckinghamshire, Lord Nugent, Sir Jahn Dashive"-`
King, Sir T. Aubrey, Sir W. Clayton, Sir Henry Veil
Sir George Nugent, the Duke of Buckingham, and ,ff
Marquis of Chandos, are among the nobility and gent
who have affixed their names to a requisition to vrti,
High-Sheriff of the county of Bucks, requesting hife 0
convene a county meeting, for the purpose of agree4o,
a loyal and dutiful address, to be presented to her P,
jesty the Queen, on the occasion of her Majesty's
tended visit to Stowe next week. The meeting has ty;
appointed to take place in the County-hall, Aylesbln'
on Saturday next.
ri
THE ACCIDENT ON THE NEWCASTLE AND %/Alt..-ri
RAILWAY.—Through the active exertions of the e0r1;
mittee of Directors appointed to superintend the WOW,
in progress on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, j
conded by the unremitting labour of the contractors Pi
men employed, the tunnel at Corbridge, which fell it,
few days ago, has been re-opened, so that wags"
drawn by horses are now enabled to pass throura
The enlarging of the tunnel is a work of eonsiderTs
skill, a drift above it being to be driven, by which pi
wider arch is made before the old one is removed. •ele
shifting some of the machinery by the contractor's :of
a hole was unluckily made through the present 1
before the new one was finished, which let down 500
the superincumbent earth, and stopped the passage.,o
THE GAME MANlA.—Selfish landholders haveiciß.
discovered that their obstinate resistance to a fixed 00,
on Corn and at no distant time, produce s `,O
repeal'; -they have (as Lord Palmerston at the
general election prognosticated) " Retfordised it."
game mania gentry begin to perceive that if they reA (10
the popular will for alteration in the game-laws, 11"., 10
not limit their preserving propensity (by giving 0/0
a change), they will cause a thorough uproot of
.t.
odious enactments and preserves, and, therefore,
,7,0
matter of " expediency,' they now begin to confess
change is necessary.
f'
Since the retirement of the Hon. C. A. 3111-? o
100
Master of the Household, Captain Meynell,
undertaken, by the Queen's desire, the temporary r
formance of his duties.
West i"
t SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 5. The Royaliler
mail-packet the Forth, Captain Chappell, arrived stoilf
moorings here this day, at 10 A.M., and landed the eie,
from the following places and dates :—Tampico .d
22, Vera Cruz Dec. 1, Havannah Dec. 10, Hood";te
N0v..21, Jamaica Dec. 9, Carthagena Nov. 21, Delver
Dec. 4, Trinidad 6, Barbadoes 9, Grenada 11, /I.
Thomas 14, La Guayra Nov. 21, and Bermuda Dec.
The Forth has 24 passengers, 107,147 dollars, 19'40
British coin, 2,437 oz. gold dust and doubloons, 10, of
oz. of silver bullion, 431bs: of platina, 6001. vall.be
pearls, 22 serons of jalap, and 19 of cochineal.
mail will be forwarded to London by the two A.m. t 17,15,
to-morrow. The Royal 'Far, with the Penimular
is hourly expected from Gibraltar.
led
DANCING OVER THA DEAD.—W, have been • et
familiar with the "Dance of Death," but never hr„
that dancing over the dead had Leen proctised
civilised land, until our attention was pointed t°,,ie
fact by a printed paper of Mr. Walker, the unto
dei
tied assailant of the grave-yard nuisance in croell
e
towns. It appears that on the western side of, ,`,/,,0
ment's-lane, Strand, is situate a building called xfult
Chapel, surrounded on all sides by houses, crowded
inhabitants, principally of the poorer class. The 11W
part of this edifice was opened for the purposes of PlOO
worship ab ,ut 1823. It is separated from the lowerte
by a boarded floor ; this was used as a burying Po
and crammed at one end even to the top of the eeloo6
with dead. It is estimated that within this space, or,
exceeding 1,700 square feet, from ten to twelve yt;,l
sand corpses have been deposited during the peri.µ:4
sixteen years. The chapel has been latterly coafry
into what is called a Temperance Hall, in which Fee'
and fancy dress balls are held ; an efficient band I 0 ,
gaged, and quadrilles, waltzes, reels, &c., are d°D
over the masses of mortality in the charnel-house
neatle—Medical Gazette.

We are informed that Mr. Barry, the (903P;04
architect, has been directed to examine the building's viJi
occupied by the Board of Trade, with a view to 1),...,0900
additional accommodation for the different deparil,
now under the control of that board, which have.lo
greatly increased by the establishment of the r 010,
commission. Air. Barry has determined upon a 50,0°
which will afford the required accommodatioNoe
greatly improve the present appearance of the bui,,,,lwor
by raising the elevation, and thus afford an e 7,
screen to the ugly roofs and chimney-pots will! cotl'
now visible above the present parapet. It is also 01,07/
templation to pull down the old building a P';./
occupied by the department of the Home Secret
State, which has long disfigured that portion of „v..01_,11
hall, and to erect a more sightly structure in cons,
with the new front of the Board of Trade.--"'
Paper.

We understand that the Board of StamPtictr,
Taxes have obtained the sanction of the Houle blear,
tary of State to try the efficiency of police-constslotV"
watching omnibuses and stage coaches for the, re
collection of the revenue arising from the duty LPerfVA'
some measure of the sort being rendered siege ler
the prevention of frauds, the commission of We'opird
become more easy from the abolition of those tu;blDA
gates on the southern side of the metropolis, sivh`"
hitherto acted as a check. Six police-constableta
an inspector to superintend them, have been selge'r4
this duty, on which they will be exclusively e°lPol
and for which they will of course be paid by the jot)
of Stamps and Taxes. The men will be stationed 0 or
principal thoroughfares for such vehicles, but,
~tbrallef,
rangement is yet merely an experiment,—Sunaas oaf'
FATAL COAL PIT ACCIDENT.•—•TIVO Lives
,4
—An explosion took place in a coal pit be1011,b„ 96,0
Messrs. Grundy, at Pilkington, on Thursday, 1"-i,, be'r
ult., and two men received injuries, of which tue'rel„
since died. The names of the deceased weress,o,„"o
Valentine, who died on Satul•day, and John the
expired on Tuesday last. Inquests were heluef ",
bodies before Mr. W. S. Rutter, in the first 211tive0.
Monday, at Little Lever ; and in the second, 011 , scf
day, at Radcliffe Bridge. The only evidence give yei
the nature of the accident, was a statement ineu-boroms
deceased themselves, to the effect that they were, of s,`-t
in the mine ; and the fact spoken to by boln".01:0:4
witnesses, that a severe gust of wind was felt In ""e0 Wi
part of the pit at the time, from which the iderelpot
drawn, that an explosion had taken place in tbfirerdie
the mine where the deceased were emplayed•
were given accordingly.—Manchester Guardian. 1.000
A MAN WHO WAS TRANSPORTED SIXII.O
Aco.—On the cross examination, in an appeal
witness of the name of George Robinson, of rrlegoalio
ton, by the opposing council at our sessions, °ll, avior
last it came out that he had been transported vole
of sixty years ago for sheep stealing. Robinson
eighty-three years of age, and although his loclit'ciecrePof
as driven snow, he betrays no other mark or Oeti
tunic. He stands erect, and his voice is extreioet 105
and powerful, smacking more of the vigour 0401
youth, than of extreme old age.—Lancaster Go"