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THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES

- - BRITISH FUNDS. /
Bank Stock ... 170 .lndia Stock. ..... ...... .., _
891 IDitto Bonds .............. . —pm
89i Ditto Old Annuities ...
Ditto New Annuities...
33ypeerr
Cent
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Centßclidict.
991
3, per
981 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 26 pm
Ditto 5001 26 is
Ditto Small 24 pm
Jan. 1860 ..... .-.. 121 Bank Stock for 0pg,...
NislLoeen:g3sPilieurCeiCetiennsittioexpire
Oct 1859. ........ India Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860. •••••• • • • Consols for Acct 691
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, spa cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 pei cent lO3l Ditto, New Ditto 321
Brazilian 80nd5.......... 6.5 i Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres; ii per test 191 Russian, 5 per cent '--
Chilian, 6 per cent..... Ditto, Metallic ..... ..
Colombian, 6 per cent.. (Spanish, 5 per cent. 241
Ditto, 1824....., ..... 22j Ditto, Deferred.... .. .
Danish, 3 per cent....... 82 French, 5 per cent. --f. —c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange
Mexican, 5 per cent. ... 35i French, 3 percent —'. —c
Ditto, 6 per cent_. 1637 Dutch, 21 per cent. . 52
Peruvian, 1825, 6per ct. = Ditto, 5 per cent. .. . 1021 ,

SHARES.
Bristol :.nd Exeter (70 paid) . 37
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) 911
Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 83
Great Western Railway ( 65 paid) BB
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) .........
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid) :;51
London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 114
London and Birmingham (90)
Ditto Thirds (32 paid) s7i
Ditto New Shares (2 paid).
London and South Western
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ...
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 3B
Northern and Eastern (40 paid) ...... .... 3.5
North Midland Railway (100)
Ditto New Shares (40 paid) 32i
Ditto Thirds (15 paid)C l4
York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 28
Ditto New Shares (15 paid 284

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
Sir Robert Peel's position might justify his use of
the language which Shakspere puts into the mouth
of Wolsey :
" I have ventur'd
Like little wanton boys that 3141 M on bladders,
But far beyond my depth."
The Right Hon. Baronet has floated into office upon
the tide of confidence created in the monopolists by his
plausibilities, which led each section of his supporters
to infer that he would gratify their cupidity, by leaving
their particular interests untouched by any modifica-
tions he might propose in the commercial system ; aided
and assisted by Anti-Poor-law agitators' who were quite
sure that a Peel Cabinet would gratify them by abo-
lishing the Somerset House Commissioners, and leave
the management of the several Unions to the un-
controlled discretion of the local guardians—with
this special provision, that the question of the
out-door relief to able-bodied labourers and their fa-
milies be revived, and the separation of the sexes in the
workhouses be discontinued. Then started up another
class of sapient sentimentalists ; who were quite satis-
fied that the way to prevent over-production, to which
the distress of the manufacturing operatives is plainly
attributable, is to work the mills ten hours instead of
twelve.; and that Sir Robert Peel, if in office, would
adopt their suggestion—regardless of the fact, that the
poor operatives are unable to procure sufficient food by
much more protracted labour, and that to restrict them
to ten hours' work would be to consign them to starva-
tion. Then, there were the Church Extensionists ; who
unchristianized the Whig Cabinet, because it refused
to adopt their scheme for increasing churches and mul-
tiplying clergymen at the expense of millions added
to the national taxation. These were quite sure
the patriotic piety of Sir Robert Peel would in-
duce him to patronize and support their panacea
for restoring the nation to prosperity. Sir R. 11.
Inglis only postponed his annual motion in the
last session of the late Parliament, to bring it
forward, " under happier auspices," in the present
one. Well ; the Premier is now fairly afloat. But the
inflated bladders on which he depends to keep him so,
are bursting in succession. The West India interests
are in alarm. The Canadian timber interests also
complain that he has deceived them, and evidently
designs to desert their cause by adopting the proposi-
tions relating to the importation of timber which the
late Ministry introduced as a part of their fiscal
schemes. The Duke of Buckingham, as the head of
the agricultural monopolists, has seceded from the.
Cabinet, reared the flag of rebellion against the Chief
under whom he consented to serve, and is rallying
his forces by the cry of "No surrender !"
STANDARD.—The discussion in the House of
Commons last night was more practical than any of
the preceding discussions on the same subject. Still
it was protracted to enormous and disproportioned
length by the irregular interference of the Op-
position speakers. Mr. Christopher proposed a mo-
dification of Sir It. Peel's graduated scale, the
effect of which modification would be, in
the opinion of the Honourable Mover, to ensure
more complete protection to agriculturists. The pro-
posed scale of Mr. Christopher has been for some time
before the public. The Bon. Member for North
Lincolnshire recommended it in a very able speech,
but without, as we must candidly acknowledge, prov-
ing that it ought to be preferred before the scale of
Sir Robert Peel. This, however, is a matter upon
which men may conscientiously differ, without
affording ground to impeach the honour or the
judgment of those who think in one way or the other.
It is plainly for the common good that our domestic
agriculture be protected up to that point which
shall hold out the highest encouragement to the
investment of skill, labour, and capital in the culti.
vation of the soil, so as to produce from our own
fields the greatest possible amount of grain ; but it is
no less plainly for the common good that beyond
this point agriculture be not protected. In this de-
partment, as in every other department of human
industry, some external pressure, as well as full
couragement, are required to carry it to perfection, and
even for the ultimate security of those engaged in it.
We have an example of the latter use of external pres-
sure in the case of manufactures. Our manufacturers
have had nearly to themselves the markets of the
world for several years, and the effect has been, a
cruel and ruinous competition among themselves
as to who shall toil their labourers most severely,
and who shall sell at the lowest price, until at length
they find themselves in danger of being driven
from, the markets they lately commanded, by the
disgraceful inferiority of the goods they send into
them. But while all wise and good men are agreed
as to - the necessity of protecting agriculture up
to the point of highest encouragement—a point
much short of absolute monopoly, were absolute
monopoly possible, as it is not—the wisest and
best men must fail to agree in fixing the precise
point to be preferred. In this matter each will be
necessarily directed by opinions formed fikm his
own experience ; one, estimating the fair remune-
ration of the farmer from the returns of a particular
description of soil, must form a different estimate
from him who grounds his calculations upon
the returns of a different quality of soil. The
public burthens are uniform ; and rents and the
price of labour, by a natural social influence, must
acquire a kind of uniformity in the same country ;
but the productive qualities of the soil, as we are all
aware, vary materially ; so that what is a protecting
price in one county, may fall short of a protecting
price
in another county. It is the duty of every man,
however, to stand out for the protection of all within
his own immediate sphere, and it is for the Legisla-
ture to determine, from the sum of opinions, in favour
of that degree of protection which, without permitting
the ruinous discouragement of any, shall guard again&
the equal danger of excess.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
Tux QUEEN V. JOHN PARKER., BENJAMIN PARKER, AND

I.IIILIP MAY.

Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENEILAL.—The
arrangement was that IVlty should sell the wines, and when
we knew the produce, we should see how much more would be
wanted to:pay him his advances. May said he wanted nothing
more than the money he had paid on the goods. This was
after May had been examined before the Commissioner. I
was at a meeting of the creditors at the office of Dixon and
Overbury afterwards. An opinion of counsel was read. -I do
not recollect that that opinion was that there was no case
against May. The propriety of prosecuting May was discussed.
It was mentioned that if May were acquitted he would bring
an action for malicious prosecution, but I do not recollect that
it was said that in that case he would only get nominal
damages. Dixon submitted to the creditors whether '
they would include May in the indictment or not. I did
not hear it said that May should be included, because if
the bill were found he would most probably come forward and
settle it. I did not hear Mr. Silvester's name mentioned. I
do not recollect that any thing was said about the benefit of
creditors as a ground for the prosecution. Mr. Fairlie was
there • he stated he would go no further with the prosecution,
but I did not hear him state the grounds, and Mr. Boxer his
attorney withdrew his name. Mr. May produced a book at
the bankrupt's examination. No complaint was made while
I was there that May had withheld any information.
Cross-examined by Air. CIIAMBERS—I saw Joseph Parker
fur abut five minutes on the 2d July; that was the first time
I saw him. It was the same person I saw afterwards on the
13th July. On that occasion he expressed his surprise at his
brother's conduct in assuming the name of John, while his
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(Continued from our Afternoon Edition. )
Mr. PLATT then called as the first witness
Jacopi Arenfeld, who was examined by Mr. CLARKSON—
He stated that he was engaged in the service of Benjamin
Parker in the month of May last. lie knew him by the name
of John Parker, and he was engaged by him, as buyer at a salary
of 3001. a year. He understood that Parker was engaged in the
foreign business and was a man of ample means. The counting..
I house was in Thames-skeet, tinder the name of John Parker and
Co.. describing themselves as shippers for the Sydney and
Texas trade. They were also importers of wine. Benjamin
Parker stated to him that his stock of wines was worth
two thousand pounds, that his capital in cash was four thousand
pounds, and that he had a very good connexion abroad.
principally in the wine-trade. Benjamin Parker had a brother
i his service to whom he was introduced by the name of
Joseph Parker. He received directions as to the course he
was to pursue as a buyer, that was, he was to buy such ar-
ticles as were fit for the markets of ydney and Texas. They
were bought partly for cash and partly on credit, and he
had no reason to believe but that they were respectable nvn.
The counting-house was fitted up as for the shipping trade,
with bills of lading, rlacards, notices of ships sailing for the colo-
flies, &c. Among other houses he applied to Tarn and Law, with
whom he opened an account for Parker and Co., about the latter
end of May lest. Some of the goods that were supplied were
paid for within the fortnight. '1 he articles he had purchased
included merinos, black lutestring, pieces of Orleans, cotton, sheets, damask cloths,'printecl furniture, pieces of Irish linen,
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a shipping-book, but he never saw one at Parker's, Sometimes
the goods were removed in his presence. Ills hours of attend-
ance were from nine till five o'clock, and sometimes goods that
be bad left there in the evening, were gone in the morning, or
being then carried away. Q 4 the 10th of July, Benjamin
Parker said that Mrs. Parker was ill at Brighton,
and went away, and he never saw him again. He was not dis.
charged from their service. Shortly before that, Mr. Parker
had taken an additiolaal warebOwe, Oat be might have more
room, and a.press fpr packing his own goods. Witness here exa-
mined the invoices of
.goods supplied to the Sim, and stated
that t'oei were the invoices of goods he hid purchased.
He also spoke to an interview between Benjamin Parker and •
May before Parker went away, from which it appeared to wit-
ness that there was an understanding between them.

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Boxer here to-day. —m
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Richard Fennell—l am one of the firm of Fennell and Sons,
manufacturers of cotton yarn in Aldermanbury.f Arenfeld
called on us in June for samples of cotton yarn for
India for the house of John Parker and Co.. Lower
Thames-street. He said that John Parker was a man
of large property, that he had married a lady of large pro-
perty, and that he was a great shipper to India ; and that if my
goods suited, he would purchase some to send out by every
ship. I was referred to Tarn and Law. I was to he paid
cash by a cheque on the London and Westminster Bank. I

Examined by Mr. PLATT-Knows the handwriting of Mr. went to Lower Thames-street, and asked to see Mr John
Benjamin Parker. • The letter handed to him was like his parker ; and Benjamin Parker, now iniCoart, came forward.
writing.
I asked if his name was John Parker, and he acquiesced by
Examined by the Arrousxy-GENERALL.-Went into the bowing. I told him my name-he said " I hope the goods will
service of John Parker in July of last year. Bought goods for turn out well. You are to consider Arenfeld as my buyer, he
him till the beginning of June and July. Had no doubt but will call to-morrow and give you an order." He said they were
that the business of J. Parker was perfectly correct at that for the India market. Arenfeld ordered nearly 4001. worth
time. He had two warehouses and two counting houses. Mr. of goods, of which we supplied 3161. The last lot was sent in
B. Parker told him they kept a shipping book. He was not on the 3d July. I called about the 101. I was to have cash for
aware of it from his own knowledge• my cheque the day after the place was shut up. I saw agentleman
Cross-examined by Mr. HomenßEY-Knew Tarn and Law there but couldget no satisfactory answer from him. The inv.iice
before the present transaction. Law joined Tarn about three was not sent to the Parkers for two or three days after the
or four years before the present business. He referred people goods. On the 12th of July I went to May's warehouse. May
from whom he made purchases to them. Recollects the first is a woollen factor in Ca#eaton-street. It was aft& r I had• been
purchase that Parker made of Tarn and Law. It was on to Thames-street. I told May I had called for some cotton
the 4th of November. The payments for that purchase
goods of mine. I told him my name, and he said an attach-
were made in cash. Never heard Tarn complain that the meet had just come in. He admitted they were in his posses-
very first cheque was dishonoured. Supposed all the goods sion, but would not let me see them. He said he
given to the Parkers were intended to be shipped for Sydney. had a claim of forty or fiftounds n them. He
Did not advise the Parkers to ask a house in Hamburgh to said he had received them from John Parker, o
that he had no
send them goods. Is a native of Mecklenburg; lived for some invoice, and understood that Parker had received them for
time in Hamburgh ; has been out of it for 20 years. wine. He said the attachment did not signify much-that he
Examined by 11.1 r. VALENTINE-IS still a commission,-mere should not give up the goods, for all the creditors should share
chant. Has acted for many years in that capacity. Was act- and share alike. 1 offered to lodge a cheque in any bank for the
ing in that capacity for Parker. Was fourteen years in this amount May had advanced on my goods, and to idemrafy
country. Did not tell the Parkers immediately that he knew him if he wouldrestore soy goods. He said he could not think of
Tarn and Law. Is 45 years of age. John Parker is about doing so, but that he would let me know before they were sold.
24 years.
He said I need not make mysolf uneasy; there would be
Examined by Mr. BODKIN-Benjamin and John Parker plenty of money for all. He said he had about 10,0001., and
were in Court. (The witness here identified the prisoners.) lie had advanced 3,000/. on them. He said he had wine war-
He did business for Messrs. White and Greenwell. He re- rants to a large amount-from 3,000/. to 4,0004
ferred persons bythe direction of Benjamin Parker, to Messrs. Cross-examined by Mr. KoLLT-This was about the 12th
Tarn and Law. Several persons called on Parker to settle of July. It was the same day as the attachment. I had not
their accounts. Mr. Fennell was one of those persons. any communication with other creditors at that time. • I at-
Mr. James Tarn was then called and examined by Mr. tended at the meeting of creditors at Dixons and Overbury's.
SWAN-Is one of the parties from whom goods were oh- Mr. Boxer, the solicitor, Mr. May's brother in-law, said that
tamed by the prisoners. They received the goods through if we prosecuted May he would file bills in Chancery against
the representations of Arenfell. The invoices handed to bins all of us. I said I believed May was a guilty party,
are his. The goods they received amounted to 2,7601. and that I would have nothing to do with the prosecution un-
There is a balance of 1,600/. due. The witness was here less May were included. I think Mr. Dixon said that it was
handed some cheques on the London and Westminster Bank, Counsel's opinion that May was just as guilty as the others.
which he identified. Some were paid. They were signed by I did not want Counsel's opinion to convince me of May's
John Parker and Co. Other goods, besides those which were guilt.-(A laugh.)
paid for, were sold and delivered to J. Parker between the 4th Cross.examined by Mr. HUMPHREY.-The amount of the
and 12th of June. One cheque was for 3681. Is., and goods obtained we understood to be from 6,000/. to 11,0004 I
another was for 200/. Both were paid. He also sold goods heard nothing at all about any goods being paid for at auy one
on the 11 th of June. That was before he got the cheque of the meetings -(A laugh.)
on the 12th of June. When be called at their counting-house Mr. Hosirnaxv-Was it not stated that the amount of the
in Thames-street he saw there Arenfeld and J. Parker. He debts of the Parkers was about 2,800/. ?
(Arenfeld) introduced John Parker to lim as Joseph Parker. Witness-I never heard the word debts mentioned. The
Benjamin Parker was not there at that time. He (Benjamin) goods the Parkers had swindled the creditors out of was, I un-
was afterwards introduced to • him by his brother John, derstand from 6,000/. to 11,0001.-(A laugh.) There was one
under the name o John Parker. Arenfeld also called person there whose goods were worth more than 5,000/.
Benjamin Parker by the name of John. He now knew Re-examined-I never got my goods again.
him as Benjamin, and not as John. He spoke to Benjamin Joseph Scott-I am the agent for Holmes and Co.,
Parker with regard to the goods he delivered them. They of King-street. I first heard of John Parker and
asked him about some calicoes, and with how many pieces he Co. in July 1841. Holmes and Co. are general ware-
could supply them. He stated that he could not supply them housemen, fOn 3d July I took samples to 7i, Lower
at that time with more than 200 pieces, and that in the course Thames-street. I had to wait some time, and then
of six weeks he might supply them with 300 pieces. They an- I saw a person calling himself Joseph Parker. He sail,
swered they did not wish to ship 200 pieces, as it only lowered wait a few minutes, I expect my brother John in
them in the estimation of their Sydney correspondent. With directly. Mr. John Parker soon after came in. He
regard to the merinos, B. Parker said they were very cheap, and is now in Court. ( Witness identified Benjamin Parker as the
asked if they could be supplied with more. Hesaid that what they person.) I shewed him samples of reticules. He said he had
received had been shipped. He (witness) had heard that Ben- a gentleman from Port Philip that would be very likely to
jamin Parker had been married to a Miss Bamfield, of Hemp- take them, and then he bought theni. He said he would pay fur
stead, and had received 4.000/. fortune. With regard to the them on the second Monday of the following month. He
calicoes, he,told Benjamin Parker that he did not conceive that said he was a general merchant, shipping different
a shipment of 200 pieces would lower them in the estimation of kind of goods to Port Philip, to Texas, and all
their correspondents. On the 26th of June Benjamin round.-(A laugh)-and also to America. I sold his
Parker came to him and infoimed him that he had closed goods to the amount of 771. Bs. 4d. They were never paid
his account with the London and Westminster Bank, for. I called at the warehouse again on the 6th of July. I
and had opened an account with the London County Bank. He again saw the one who called himself John Parker. I again
asked him (witness) what he had done with the cheque. On sold him 1914 4s. 104. worth of goods to be paid for on the
the 28th of June he again saw Benjamin Parker. He was 10th July. I saw Joseph on that occasion before 1 saw John.
paying him a sum of money to the amount of 180/. That was Mr. Homenasty here interfered and asked what paper it was
not the entire amount of what was due to him, but he stated the witness had in his hand. It turned out to be a copy of his
that Miss Bamfield was out of town, and that when she re- deposition, which he said he had given the attorney
turned to town she would sell out 5,000/. worth of stock, on the 10th of January, when payment was refused. He was
and he would then pay the remainder. He said he would have desired to put the paper, in his pocket, and the examination
the 5,0004 on the 10th of July ; he also said that he: did not was resumed. Joseph Parker told me his brother was
wish to draw on the London County Bank, as he had only re- worth 20,0001. If I had been aware that the man
cently opened his account there. On the Ist of July they passing as John Parker was an uncertificated bankrupt
received goods to the amount of 465/. 17s. Bd. He would not I would not have parted with the goods. On the 10th of July
have supplied these goods were it not for the representations Mr. Holmes and I went to Thames-street, and saw Joseph.
that had been made upon the 28th, and if he had nut been, Holmes asked for his account, and Joseph said his brother ai-
led to believe that the goods were intendnd to be shipped. ways paid the accounts, and that he was at Brighton, and
By Sir F. PoLLocx-He never knew Mr. May before that would be back the next morning, when the account would be
time. lam one of the prosecutors in the indictment. Mr. Law, paid.
my partner, is another. There are about five others. We make Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE-4 received that paper
common cause and divide:the expenses. Mr. 'Holmes and Mr. I have put in my pocket from Mr. Holmes's attorney, about
King are also prosecutors. I first saw Mr. May at the Bank- six or seven months ago, and have
kept it ever since. I was
ruptcy Court in September, when he was examined by Mr. told to examine it well. I have done so. I have read it fre-
Keane. The examination concerned this case in a cer- quently since. Mr. Holmes was very angry with me about
taro way, and I thought it right to be present ; but I parting with the goods.
did not suggest the examination. Parker was not to my Mr. BALLANTINE-Are you sure that the younger Mr.
knowledge made a bankrupt after that affair. If there Joseph spoke of his brother as John? Witness-Yes, he did.
had sbeenvtny proceedings in bankruptcy, I, as a principal I never asked one of the Parkers to lend me 101., or any other
creditor, must have known it. I was not then fishing up evi-
dence for the present case. Parker was indicted at the Cen-
tral Criminal Court, but May was not known. It was after
this I indicted Mr. May. I only know that May was before
the Commissioners of Bankruptcy once ; but I have
heard that he was there oftener. Messrs. Dixon
and Overbury, my solicitors, conducted that proceeding.
By Mr. H v sent REY-There was a meeting of creditors in July,
which Mr. Law, my partner, attended, but not I. The first
cheque for 200/., was not returned, but was paid by my bank-
ers ; if it were returned, I know nothing of it. Sometimes we
write the terms on the invoices, sometimes we do not. The
first account with the Parkers, dated the 4th June, was paid
ready money, 2i per cent discount.x The next transac-
tion, on June the 7th, due the second Monday :of
July, was not paid. The next was June the Bth,
for 481., due same day. The next, June 9th, 891. ; one bill
paid June 11th ; 150 L was the next to be paid by a bill at
three months ; next, June 15th, 359/. 19s. 11d., was to be
paid by 1001. on the 18th June, balance,a three months' bill.
The 1004 was paid. The next was June 17th, 1001. 3s. 714.,
and paid in cash. But some of the words in the invoice are
not in my writing. The neat was June 18th, 63/. 16s. 7d., to
be on the same terms as that of the 15th, by a three months'
bill. The next, 23d, 596/. Bs, and he paid 2004 cash
on the 2d of July, the balance on the second Monday
in August. I find some words in the terms not in my
writing, but I believe the words were written by my clerk. The
next is dated 25th June, 154/. 4s. sd. which was paid. The
next for 73/. 18e. 6d. paid. The next July 1, 861. Os."2d. pay-
able the second Monday in August. The last was 221 55. 6d.
of sometime after. Of all those sums about 1,000/. would not
be due till- the month of August. Between the 28th June
and the 3el July, .I received not 727/. in cash, but 1 received
several sums as already stated. I find, however, that my
memoranda have been altered by some other person.
On the 26th June, there was a dishonoured cheque for
97/., but Mr. Parker afterwards paid it into the bank.
John, alias Benjamin Parker, told me that he married Mrs.
Bamfield's daughter, and that she was a lady; of property. I
have since found that he did marry that lady. I made in-
quiries of Mr. Silvester, to whom Arenfeld referred me, and
learned that such was the case. He told me that Mrs. Bamfield
was a person of large fortune. I made the inquiry on the 4th
of June at Silvester's counting-house, in Lower Thames-street.
Cross-examined by Mr. JAstxs-I am a warehouseman.
My usual terms were two-and-a-half cash, or three months'
bill. I had been in business eighteen months. The goods had
been bought principally from Hind and Co. I stopped pay-
ment in 1841 for 7,0001. The balance due of 7801. caused the
stoppage. Some of the goods had been paid for, and some not
at the time of my stoppage. I might have answered ten refe-
rences for the Parkers. I might have answered a reference as
late as July Ist. I did not know of any dishonoured cheque.
Symonds never complained to me on the subject. He said he had
a cheque marked which had been subsequently paid. I had
known Arenfeld at Manchester. I knew that he had failed,
and had been found guilty of conspiracy. I never pressed
upon Arenfeld goods for the Parkers more than tradesmen
usually do. The greater part of the goods we bought for
the home trade.
' The Jury retired for a short time for refreshment. Before
their return a conversation took place between Lord Denman
and the Counsel engaged, es to the possibility of the case
lasting over two days.
His LORDSHIP said that he would, if possible, finish the
case in the course of the day.
Re-examined by Mr. PLATT-It was first determined to in-
dict May after the two Parkers had been indicted at the Old
Bailey. I heard that after they were indicted May had sold
the goods. 1 stopped payment in August, 1841, about the time
of Parker's bills becoming due. When Symonds asked a refer-
ence I showed him my ledger and told him all I knew of them.
David Law-I was in partnership with the last witness in
June and July last year. I went to the premises, 7i, Lower
Thames-street, on 13th July. I saw a person there represent-
ing himself as Joseph Parker. He turns out to be John
Parker. I asked if Mr. Parker was in, and he said "No ; he
expected him shortly." Mr. Dixon, the solicitor, was with
me, and he asked Joseph Parker if his brother's name was
Benjaman Parker or John Parker, and he said his brother's
name was Benjamin although he passed as John. Mr. Dixon
asked if his name was Joseph Parker, he said Yes, and that he
was not one of the firm. Dixon asked if all the goods were
shipped and gone out of the country. He said yes, every
piece of them. On the 14th of July 1 attended a
meeting of creditors at Messrs. Dixon and Overbury's.
May was there. I asked him how much money he had ad-
vanced on my goods. He said, 3,700/. on the goods he had
had from John Parker. He thought the goods worth from
7,000/. to 8,0001. He said he thought the wine would produce
enough to cover his advances. Some one asked if he would
be at liberty to inspect the goods in May's possession. May
s..id yes, he would do anything in his power to forward the
views of the creditors, and that at all events the creditors
should be at liberty to take back their own goods
on payment of the advances upon them. Nothing was
said on the subject of selling any of the goods except the wine.
I called on May in August respecting bringing the affair to a
conclusion. Slay said I am as anxious as ever to have it
brought to a conclusion, but you have put it into the hands of a
solicitor. The arrangement was that the wines should be sold.
I understood from May on that occasion that the wines had
not been sold.

[The case was proceeding when we went to press, and is ex..
petted tooccupy the Court till midnight. ]

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Guildhall.)
DUNCAN V. BROADWOoD AND MILLER.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff for the recovery
of a sum of 1,0471., claimed by him as compensation for his
services in superintending the Prince's Theatre, in Oxford-
street. It appeared that in the autumn of the year 1836, the
late Mr. Ward, the well-known actor, had determined
on converting the Queen's Bazaar, in Oxford-street, into
a theatre, and had taken a lease of the premises from
Mr. Hamlet, the proprietor, for that purpose. Mr. Dun-
can, the present plaintiff, who was the nephew of r. Ward,
was employed by him to superintend the erection ofM the new
building. The plaintiff was to be paid according to the usual
charge of architects, 5 per cent. upon the builder's outlay ;
and this per tentage, with other charges, amounted to
the sum which he now claimed. In the month of February,
1837, Mr. Broadweod, M.P. for Bridgwater, Mr. Miller,
the present defendants, and other gentlemen formed a Com-
mittee of Management, and interfered to some extent in the
direction of the undertaking. They had also become sub-
scribers to the theatre by purchasing debentures.
The case having been thus stated for the plaintiff by Mr.
Sergeant WILDE, evidence was produced to show that the
Committee of Management had given a guarantee to the
builder of the theatre, Mr. Barren, for the purpose of ensuring
to him the payment of a portion of expenses.
Mr. KELLY stated for the defence that the Committee of
Management wore in no way responsible for the expenses lof
the undertaking ; they had entered into no contract with the
plaintiff; and they-had even been assured by the plaintiff him-
self that they should be liable for no expenses save the price of
their own debentures. It was also proved in evidence that they
had guaranteed his expenses to the builder to the amount only
of the subscriptions they might receive.
Before the evidence for the defence had been gone through,
Mr. Sergeant WILDE stated he did not think be could keep up
the ease with any prospect of advantage to his clients. The
case for the plaintiffs was therefore abandoned, and a verdict
returned for the defendants.

AMERICAN FLOUR &PROVISIONS
eLiLveirzparodiol and Co., dated New Or-
We have been favoured with an extract from a circu-
Anti-Monopoly Associa-
tlaiorn dbd •ey
s Messrs.ed t o tFI d
leans, January 17, 1842. It shows how admirably the
soil of the valley of the Mississippi is adapted for the
growth of the food of man, and what supplies of flour
and provisions might be drmyn from New Orleans alone
thousands of whom are
ofnfoorwthfaemsuislisanistgenfrcoem vvoaunrt p
oe
to ptlhee,
bare necessaries of life.
Nor would it be necessary to export one farthing in
mpney to pay for this flour and these provisions. The
farmers of the United States would gladly receive
British manufactures in return for the produce of their
farms. Thus a most extensive and rapidly increasing
market would be opened to our cottons and our woollens,
our cutlery and our hardware, giving employment and
good wages to artizans, as well as supplying them with
bread at a lower price than they can ever hope to buy it
`while our own agriculturists enjoy the monopoly of the
home market. We fear that the Corn-laws; with Sir
Robert Peel's latest "improvements" will effectually seal Mississippi, so far as the export of flour and
provi-
sions is eoncerned,- and cut us off from all supplies from
that quarter, while; even under a moderate fixed duty,
not to speak of a system of free trade, an extensive im-
port from the New World would take place :
" As the laws affecting the introduction into England
of grain and other provisions will shortly be discussed in
the British Parliament, we annex the present price of
flour, pork, and a few other articles, remarking that,
under laws favourable for such trade with England, the
supplies which could be drawn from this port are truly
unlimited, as au industrious population of more than four
millions of people are the cultivators of an extent of
many millions of acres of the richest lands, and their sur-
plus produce is carried at a cheap rate by means of the
numerous navigable rivers which converge into the Mis-
sissipi ; these stream are now navigated by more than
three hundred steamers, from 800 tons burthen down-
wards. Nearly half a million barrels of flour ; 262,000
sacks and 163,000 barrels of corn (maize) ; 210,000
barrels of pork ; .8,000,000 pounds of cured pork ; and
1,378,000 pounds of bacon were received here last year
from the interior.
"Flour, superfine, dull at 5 dols. 75 ets. per brl., or
• 225. 6d. per 1961b5.
Pork, per barrel, mess 8 &Ls. per brl., or 325. per 2001bs.
64 it prime 6s. " " 245. 41
Bacon, and hams 3i cents per lb. or lid per lb,
Cured pork 2to 2i " " Id.
Cheese 8 " " lid._

Butter • 8 to 14
Lard. 4i
—Liverpool Albion,

" " d'ito 7d.
" 2id.......

DISCOVERY OF A NUMB ER OF
H UMAN SKELETONS.
A few days since some workmen employed in cart-
ing earth out of a pit in a field adjoining Risby toll-
gate, and the road leading to Fornham St. Genovieve,
about two miles north-west of Bury St. Edmund's,
discovered a considerable number of human skele-
tons, some of them within about a foot of the
surface; the bones generally were in an ad-
vanced state of decay, but the teeth in some of the
skulls were very white and perfect. It is supposed
these skeletons are the remains of a portion of the
slain who fell in the battle between the troops of
King Kenry IL and those of his sons, more than 600
years ago.. In a work entitled Historic Sites in the
County of Suffolk, by John Wodderspoon," the
y as being the spot where
author observes " The village of FDrnhatn St. Geno-
vieve is celebrated in histor •
the peaceable retention of the English Crown in the
person of Henry 11. was decided by a bloody battle,
which took place in the year 1173. The obliterating
hand of time has, of course, removed from the place
much evidence of the ground having been occupied
as a military position, but there are mounds still exist-
ing by, the lonely road side, beneath which the dead
were huddled at the conclusion of the fight, and which
serve as memorials of the event, and of the immensity
of the slaughter." The circumstances which led to
the 'encounter were briefly these.:—The sons of Henry
11. having taken up arms against their father, were
joined by Robert, Earl of Leicester, who, haling
insulted his sovereign, was obliged to fly the country ;
he took refuge in France, . and there collected an
immense army of Flemings, and, passing over to
d
England land
e at .Walton on the 21st of September.
He marched to Framlingham Castle, and hearing
that the cause he had espoused wanted prompt assist-
ance in Leicestershire; he directed his march towards
that part of the 7 country and while passing Fornham

St. Genovieve, was attacked by the King's troops ! into it, and call for some explanation and information
ting it. They had as yet heard very little in de-
lying .at Bury St. Edmund's. the battle soon be- 'r_enspc,en.
of the sliding scale. He did not quarrel with
came general, and the result was that the Earl lost
'that. They had been rather debating priciples, and
the day, and ten thousand Flemings were slain upon
were not called on to interfere so much with detaile. They
the field. The battle took place on the 27th of
j had now, on the first vote to be taken on the sliding
October, 1171—Essex Herald.
scale, an opportunity of asking some of those questions,
and receive some of those explanations which he felt
satisfied the Government would think it their duty to
give. He begged to call the attention of the House to the
very resolution he held in his hand, it called on them to
decide " whenever the average price of wheat, made up
and published in the manner required by law, was, for
every quarter, under 515., the duty for every quarter
should be 205." " Whenever the average price of wheat, as
made up in the manner required by law"—why, these
words raised the important point of the mode of taking
the averages. All the arguments and all the discussions
had hitherto gone on the old system of taking the ave-
rages; but the Right Hon. Gentleman stated that he un-
derstood by the mode of taking the averages, a considerable
alteration was made in the average price of whek They
had heard from the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton,
a gentleman for whose opinions he had great respect, a
corroboration of this opinion. In fact it was quite im-
possible to meet any gentlemen on either side of the
House, without being satisfied that a; strong opinion
prevailed that a mode of taking the averages would make
a considerable difference in the average price. The
speech of the Honourable Gentleman was quite conclusive
on this point. He said the difference would be 55., but
that was an exaggeration. However, after a careful
examination, he (Mr. Baring) found it would be 2s.—
(Hear.) He did not mean to 'impute any intention to
deceive to the Right Hon. Gentleman, but lie thought he
had better prepare and carry a Bill at once to attain his
object than to cheat the people in this manner.—
(Cheers.) The House had a right to receive from
the Right Honourable Gentleman that information and
those papers which he and his, Cabinet had no
doubt before them when they decided on altering the
mode of taking the averages, which, nevertheless, he
said, would have no effect on the results. It was clear
that hitherto London was a certain general indication of
the sales of all other markets ; but the new plan would
deprive London of that position, whilst we had no means
as yet of knowing what quantities would be sold in the
150 new towns to be added to the old ones. But as the
effect would undoubtedly be to disturb the averages, he
trusted the necessary information respecting those 150
townswould be given to the House. There was anotherpoint
on which, the House wanted information. The Right lion.
Gentleman the Vice-President of the Board of Trade
had brought forward resolutions in which he proposed
to place a duty of 3s. on 'corn imported into Canada and
some other Colonies. His Noble Friend approved of
the rest of the Bill, but he entered his caveat against
the 3s. duty—(Hear, hear)—however, the question was
asked, and as it required an answer he (Mr. Baring)
Presumed that it had been heard ; the answer of the
Right Hon. Gentleman was, that so far as that propo-
sition, now under the consideration of the Government
was concerned, it was not decided whether they should go
on with it or abandon it altogether, and it must be con-
sidered as a proposition left on the table for considera-
tion. He (Mr. Baring) thought that they had a right
to know what decision they had come to.—(Hear.) He
(Mr. Baring) recollected when he brought forward the
sugar duties, that between the time he had announced
it and the time he printed the duties, that in conse-
quence of representations mode to him, and in accord-
ance with his own opinion, so that the proposition
might not meet with a strong opposition, he made some
alterations in the duty ; and the Right Hon. Gentleman
told him that nothing but the knowledge of his cha-
racter could convince him (the Right Hon. Gentleman)
that there was not something unfair in the proposition;
and the Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the
Treasury, in three set speeches, denounced the measure
as one so ill advised and so ill considered that
an alteration actually had been made in it between
the time of making the proposition and printing
the duties. If he (Mr. Baring) then had done
as the Right Hon. Gentleman had done now, if he had
made a Bill for Canada, and was in a state of uncer-
tainty, not knowing whether to go on or not, and were
to turn round and say that in consideration of the trade,
and so on, he begged of the House to go on, what would
have been done to him ?—(Hear.) Why there would
have been no end of the attacks which he should have
received from the fluency of the Right Hon. Gentleman
and his party, to the more solemn and serious attacks of
the Right Hon. Baronet, who in three set speeches at-
tacked him for making a slight alteration in a Bill be-
tween the time of its commencement and its printing.—
(Hear, hear.) There was another part of the measure
of the Right Hon. Baronet, of his scale, upon which the
House had no information whatever. He had started
with the admisSion that they were to adhere to the
sliding scale. That was the principle of the Bill.
Now in his opinion, there were two single occasions
on which this principle teemed to be exceedingly weak,
and he was anxious to learn from the Right Hon. Ba-
ronet and the Government the principle on which their
two rests were to be made. He heard that the Govern-
ment placed great store upon these two rests. They
began from 51s. to 525. with the sliding scale ; from 51s.
to 525. the principle was considered good ; but the mo-
ment they came to 525., and went up to 555., then the
principle ceased, and they had no sliding but a fixed
scale. Now, he should be glad to know why that
which was good between 51s. and 525, should
be supposed to be- bad between 525.• and 555. ? And
tlien the proposition of the slide between 565. and
595. contained something curious about it. In the Bill
proposed by Mr. Canning and his colleagues the slid-
ing scale was adhered to throughout. There was a
fixed principle throughout, showing their reliance
and confidence in the principle of adhering to
the sliding scale. They were turned out upon that ;
the Bill was -rejected, he would not say h6w; and the
Right lion. Baronet and the Noble Duke came in, and
formed their Administration. They altered the prin-
ciple, they followed the sliding scale from 655.
to 665., but the moment they came to 665.
they introduced what was called the jumping
scale.—(Hear, hear.) That principle was now aban-
doned. It was recognised at the time ; and it was con-
sidered one of the principal beauties of the. Bill. Now
of all the absurdities of the sliding scale, he believed
that to be the worst ; and he should be glad to know
why those who, in 1838, were convinced that it was per-
fection itself, should think it right to abandon the scale
at 665. He should be happy to hear from the Right
Hon. Baronet some explanation of that extraordinay
change of opinion.—(Cheers.) For his own part, he
would freely tell the Government, that those pauses:
should receive no opposition from him. He accepted
it .as an admission that the sliding scale would
not do pure and unrnitigated.—(Cheers.) It was
a confession that the principle of the sliding scale could
not be carried out.—(Loud cheers.) There could be no
ithmetical difficulty in making the scale slide through-
out ; therefore, there must be some grave and solemn
reason for these pauses. %Now, he should like to know
what was the reason that made the principle of a sliding
duty good from Ms. to 525., and then made it good for
the slide to cease from 525. to 565.—(Cheers.) He should
be glad of further information on that point.—(Cheers.)
He would admit that nothing could be more absurd,
'nothing could be more unsatisfactory then to discuss
the prices at which corn ought to be sold ;
but he (Mr. Baring) conld not help that; it was
the fault of the principle of Hon. Gentlemen op-
posite—(Cheers)—it was the fault of the principle of
the sliding scale.—(Loud cheers.) Now he should like
the Right Hon. Gentleman to point out the principle on
which he made that pause. They had had papers in
abundance laid on the table of that Reuse. They had
been almost smothered with papers, and he should like
to see how the Right Hon. Gentleman could from those
papers make out his own calculations.—(Cheers.) The
subject had been introdnced with all due solemnity:
Months ago the newspapers had announced that the
Government was about to take the subject of the Corn-
laws into its most serious consideration; then that the
public was informed that the Right lion. Gentleman had
sent a gentleman to the Continent for the purpose of
collecting statistical information; and that the Right Hon.
Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade was
instituting inquiries as to the prices in the home inarket.
Then it was announced that the Cabinet was in delibera-
tion, add behold the result!—(Cheers.) He wished to
know why the Right Hon. Baronet considered that a
price of 545. to 58s. was a proper price to be secured to
the farmer. lie was anxious to know what had induced
the Right Hon. Baronet to come to that conclusion, He
knew how uninteresting it was to go into a dry detail of
figu'res, but he wished to test the probability of the
Right Hon. Baronet's Bill having the • effect which he
had stated he intended it should have. 'He (Mr. Baring)
had not at his command all the information to which the
Right Hon. Baronet had access. As a Member ofi;ar-
liament he could only have access to those papers which
the Government had been kind enough to present to the
House. He had looked over those papers, and each
successive paperLhe had read had tended to confirm him
in the conclusion at which he had arrived as to the ulti-
mate failure of the Right Hon. Baronet's experi-
ment.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman who
had just sat down had stated that he had
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, gone into calculations as to what the effect of HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEB. 25. the Right Hon. Baronet's Bill would have been,
CORN-LAWS. had it been enacted in former times. Now, that was not
a bad method of testing the efficiency of the Right Hon.
The motion having been read by the SPEARER, Baronet's plan, and he (Mr. Baring) had ende •• d
Mr. BARING said, that though he would take that to discover from public
Rightdocuttomerits what would"hlaivee
opportunity of agreeing with the Hon. Gentlemen who been the effect of the
had just .sat down in objecting to a 20s. duty, but onn. Baronet'srr plan if it had
been enacted in 1828. As far as he . Baring) could
quit© different grounds from those which the see, no trade in foreign corn of the slightest importance
Hon. Member'seepinion. He would also take guidedthe oppor-
runty to enter on that part of the discussion which had could be carried on under 60s. As far as he (Mr.
appeared tce-him not to have been much alluded to during Baring) could find, corn could not be introduced into this
the late debates. • He wished to'call •for iome explanic- country under 60s. It was necessary that they should
lion and inforniation as to the sliding ale 1
sc , on w nch make allowance for freight and other expenses at-
they were called to vote ; he must also state his
opi-
tendant on importation. The Right Honourable Ba-
nion as to the mode in which the Hon. Gentleman .
had ronet had only allowed, for all these expenses from
brought it forward, unsupported by one single word four to five shillings per quarter. He knew where the
,light Hon.. Baronet got his figures. He had got them
,f,rom his agricultural friends._ (Hear, heir.) And from the Consular returne, in which was given a return
IT he (Mr. Baring) had not continued the debate, of freight, and freight only. But there were other ex-
as opposed to the Hon. Gentleman, there would not penses, which if they attended to the information given
have been a single expression from all those Hon. Gen- by Mr. Meek, they would find would greatly increase the
tlemen who committed themselves on the hustings— price of wheat before it could be introduced into the
(Cheers )—to the principle of no sureenderee(cheers) English market. He would only refer the Right lion.
—there had not been-a single syllable uttered by them. Baronet to the statement of the gentleman whom he
He was sure that the lion. Gentleman had proposed had himself selected. Allowing for freight and insurance
the motion in the wanner he thought the most ad- 65.,_ and for the expenses attending thesale between 4s.
visable and the best, but he must say that the agriculs and ss. per quarter, the whole expenses of importation,
tural interest was somewhat unfortunate in its representee according to Mr. Meek, before the corn could be con-
tives, as they had managed to bring forward the motion veyed to the purchasers in England would amount to
so that it was utterly impossible to take a vote upon it. los. 6d. It was the Right Hon. Baronet's own offieer
They had heardsomething on a former occasion described who- furnished that information. During the last ses-
by the rather fine sounding. term " Scimnachy," but he sion Ministers told the House that it was necessary
certainly never saw anything that was a more complete they should make inquiries before they came
fighting with shadows than the motion of the Hon, to any conclusion as to the measure they should pro,
Gentleman.—(Cheers.) He wished to call for some ex. pose. They accordingly selected an officeri who was no
planation of the sliding scale that had been proposed. doubt admirably fitted for the mission on which he was
HQ apprehended the House had already decided that it despatched. The insurance and other charges of ex-
would adhere to the sliding scale. It had decided porting to London were about the same as at Stettin,
against a fixed duty—it had also decided against a total , namely, Ins. When the price of wheat in England was
repeal ; and they had now to consider the sliding under 60se notwithstanding the change which the Right
scale as a principle, and he wished to look Hon. Baronet made in his Bill, there could be no court

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.
We find the following in the Courrier des Etat
UiliS :—" A French broker having sold several lots of
ground to an American gentleman, and having called
upon him for the money when the promissory note
which he had given was due, the debtor said—' I
have great respect for you, and therefore, instead
of deceiving you by asking for time, I will be candid,
and give you my word of honour that I will never
pay either principal or interest.' The broker replied,
that in that case he would immediately go and get
judgment against him. Well,' replied the debtor,
I will show my gratitude for the Way in which you
take up the affair. A judgment will cost you 40 dol-
lars ; but if you will go to the three houses in Wall-
street, of which I will give you the addresS, you will
obtain judgment against me in due form for 10 dollars.'
—Another debtor implored for time from his creditor,
who consented, but added that, in order that things
might be done regularly, he would get judgment
against him, but would not put it in force. You
are so good,' said the debtor, that I will make a bar-
gain with you. If I was to oppose the judgment it
would cost you forty dollars, but by my consenting to
it you will save thirty. I will do so, and, by way of
acknowledgment,- you shall send me in two tons of
coals.' "

It is stated from Barcelona that several parts of
Catalonia are invested by banditti and bands of rebels.
Near Sellera, the Alcade and a rich landowner had
been carried off, and a ransom of 1,300 ounces of
gold (about 420,000 f.) demanded for their release. At
Panadella, a diligence had been stopped and plun-
dered, and near the Seu d'Urgel, there had been
a conflict between a banditti and the inhabi-
tants of a village, who 'rose en masse, and ob-
tained a complete triumph. On the 27th ult.,
one of the chief leaders of banditti, named Marcos
Basan, was arrested, and thrown into the prison of
Berga. This man had for some time past held priso-
ner in a cave a youth, upon whose liberty he had set
a price of 250 ounces of gold. On the 28th, a Court-
martial at Barcelona, condemned four men for deser-
tion, pillage, and incendiarism.
As a countryman was coming into Paris from
Sceaux, about 4 o'clock the morning before last, his
attention was awakened by some feeble cries, and,
searching for the source, he found on the road side an
infant which could not have been many minutes be-
fore brought into life. He carefully wrapped the
babe in his blouse, and carried it to the found-
ling hospital. Inquiries being set on foot, it was soon
discovered that, on the same morning at a rather
earlier hour, a man and his wife, named Meunier,
were coming to Paris from Palaiseau in a cart,
with milk for sale, when the poor woman was
taken in labour, and actually delivered of a child
in the cart. The husband, in the confusion occasioned
by the distress of his wife, and the darkness, unwit-
tingly threw the new-born child out of the cart,
and then hastened to carry his wife, in a senseless state,
back to a midwife at Palaiseau, who immediately
ascertained that the main part of her duty
was already performed, and inquired what had
become of the child. This brought the poor man to
his recollection. He hastened back on the road to
Paris, and soon learning what had been done with the
infant, went to the hospital, reclaimed it, carried it
to its mother, and, it is said, they are both likely to
do well.

Pinaud, a youth, only 16 years of age, was two days
ago brought before the criminal tribunal for a rob-
bery with false keys. Notwithstanding the evidence
was clear and positive he pertinaciously denied its
truth, and defended himself with so much effrontery
that the President lectured him with great severity,
assuring him that persistence in such conduct would
ultimately lead him to the scaffold. Still he refused
to make the confession the judge wished to extract;
but when the magistrate read the articles in
the Penal Code relating to robberies with
false keys, and which in certain cases im-
pose the punishment of hard labour at the hulks for
twenty years, the prisoner imagining that this sentene
was pronounced upon him, fell into violent paroxysms
of despair, threw himself on the ground, and against
every prominen.t angle he could find, endeavouring to
dash his brains out. It was in vain that the muni-
cipal guards in charge endeavoured to restrain him,
representing that his youth exempted him from this
extreme penalty of the law, and that his punishment
was limited to four years' confinement in a House of
Correction, for he continued his. desperate attempts at
self-destruction, until after the guards had carried
him out of Court, which was accomplished with great
difficulty.

HAMBURGH MAIL.
BERLIN, FEB. 17.—His Majesty arrived here yesterday,
about one o'clock in the afternoon, on his return from England,
in perfect health. The public, who were assembled in great
numbers, welcomed their august Sovereign with loud accla-
mations.
COLOGNE, FEB. 14.—Accordirg to an official notice re-
ceived here to-day, the Telegraph, edited by Dr. Gutz-
kovv, and published at Hamburgh, is prohibited in the whole
of the Prussian dominions. This is in consequence of the
prohibition of every work publ shed by Hoffman and Campo.—
Hamburgh Papers, Feb. 22.

DUTCH FUN 05.—AusTEntutd, Fan. 22.
Actual Debt, 2% Money. Bills
per Cent .. 5ll 52%
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent.
Alnort Syndic,4% percent, 92% 93
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 76% 77%
Commercial Company, 414 per cent ls6t 157%
Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent.
Loan 1837, 5 per cent. USA I 914
Exchange on London, One month l2 12%
Two months ...
Hamburgh, One month 35 75
Two months 35 41%
Dutch Papers, Feb. 22.
itELCi lAN I. V NDS—fsaussaLs, FEB. 22.
Actual Debt, 234 per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. i.3'%
3per Cent.

734
—__—________(l,4o) 104%
Loan of City, 1%:32,4 per Cent ! 411
Society of Commerce, 4Saper Cent B4
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ............
Nations ISociety .
Exchange on London (short) _
—Brussels Papers, Feb. 22.

Th4rty.acvcn•

AMERICAN NEWS.
GREAT BRITAIN AND TEXAS.
General Hamilton recently informed the editor of the New
Orleans Ilee, that the dispcsitions of the new British Ministry,
are equally favourable with that of Lord Melbourne's Cabinet
towards the Republic of Texas, and that the evening before he
left London he signed, with Lord Aberdeen, the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, a protocol strongly indicative of these friendly
feelings. He is hastening to Texas with the least possible de-
lay, to obtain the confirmation by its Government, of some im-
portant international and financial measures he has arranged
in Europe.

JAMAICA.
Advices to the 12th ult. from Kingston, Jamaica, have been
received by the Charleston Courier.
KINGSTON (JAMAICA), JAN. W.—DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN
KINGSTON.—We had congratulated ourselves, that after the re-
cent disturbances and loss of life, tranquillity would have been
restored without a sacrifice of property. In this we have been
mistaken. About ten o'clock last night, the store of Mr.
Fingzies, at the corner of Harbour-street and Mark-lane, was
discovered to be in flames, which was entirely consu ,hed with
all the contents. It is impossible to state in what manner the
fire originated, owing to a diversity of reports
The military from the barracks repaired to the scene, and
we are sorry to add that two of their number were injured by
the falling of a beam, but to what extent we are unable to state.
Atter a tedious examination of witnesses, and loss of public
time, the House of Assembly have pronounced European
linmigration to be a failure, and which has brought fruitless
expense and discredit on the island, and instead of brightening
our prospects has tended to darken them, by spreading an un-
favourable but erroneous opinion of the healthiness of the
climate, and the poverty of the inhabitants.

lUNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 26.—At the Congregation on Wednes-
day last the following degrees were conferred :--
BACHELOR IN LxviNlTY.—Joseph Stoney, St. Peter's
College.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.—George Ambrose Dimoek, Sidney
Sussex College ; William Alfred Waring, St. John's College ;
John Henry Hughes Hallett, Cains College ; John Horatio
Bastard, Trinity College.
The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. T. Tuirstall
§mith, M.A., of St. Peter's College, in this University, to the
vicarage of Whaplode, Lincolnshire.'

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petition between the importer from Dantzic and
English grower. That was his proposition. Ile:
that in the year 1828, the average price in England pit
50s. 6d. ; and it appeared, from ießeport of a tjonl
tee of which the Right Hon. Baronet the Secrete')
wheat at Dantzic in-the same year was 30s.
the'That the Home Department was a member, the aveheLgeo
uanppdaerrentthefrsoemaletheeifr
tohlevnßigßhetpolit.one
would have been 205., and, by adding_
for freightage, they would have a sum of
at which, of course, the Dantzic wheat colddeo;
Nurom:byle .13a10:,
be sold, in the 1828, in this country. He,
ready to admit, however, that under 60s. there
have been some relief in the year in question und,_elit,
priero
scale of the Right Hon. Baronet. The average
England, in 1832, amounted to 58s. ; the averag!_l?A,
in Dantzic was 385., which, with the duty and ire ie
would make it amount, if exported into this country,
rpote
625., at which price, of course, the importer could
have come into competition with the English .VOO,
In 1833 the average price of English wheat was
eie
I ld. ; the price at Dantzic was 305., whiclei_7o
freight and duty of 18s., would make 58s.
the price in England, as he had already said,
bee
525. 11d. In 1834 the prices were extremely law in veil
countries ; the average price in England having 5e
46s , and the average price at Dantzic having beFe the
The duty and the freight upon Dantzic wheat
year would, therefore, have made the price of it ifq°-retelti
into this country amount to 655., and the duty aurice
have been at the maximum. In 1835 the averageoli'it
in England was 355.; and in Dantzic 295. ; sc): sob]
that year Dantzic wheat could not have been' of
in this country at , less than 595., willeethe
course, excluded it from our markets
at
In 1836 the price in Engiand.was 48s. a the h
Dantzic was 335. 6d.; adding the duty ;Pf
205., t
tig'
freight, the Dantzic wheat could only be sold "'t.. 6Ss
land at 635., whilst English wheat was selling
led''
Again, in 1837 .the price in England was 5°J-173.,
whilst the price at Dantzic was 295. 4d., the dtgareo
and the price at which it would come into the trir
565. 4d. No doubt the prices ran very close in tb..ooos
stance ; but it must be recollected that there were
wet
year continued low prices in this country, and that
rue
prices were clearly below the prices which w°lltiojoe
under a free trade or a moderate duty. The
..toe)
Gentleman (the Vice-President of the. Board of fohf tbe
had furnished him that morning with a return. bad
price and time at which certain quantities of o°ol
been introduced into the English market. That rfe et
furnished a conclusive anode of ascertainine• the Pr' Cod
which corn was introduced into England.° lie .egi
that the trade was, in fact, very trifling. In the )00
1832, 1833, 1834, and 183 Z, there was undoubtedly sele
wheat introduced at a great loss ; but if Hon. orela ie
men would consult the paper which had been Placeeei
• their hands that morning, they would see that there
no corn whatever introduced into this country ITci er or
duty of 20s. Bd. When the duty was 20s. Bd.,tiLe'66e
rage price in England' must be betwee% halt
and 675. Deduct from 665. the 20s. Bd.
the party would have to pay for duty, and tlia"ss.4d'
the price which he received free of duty at 4 fro
That was conclusive evidence to his mind, that or
1828 up to that time there had been no extend` pee
portation of foreign corn ,imder 455, Bd., Rio „dor
Friend the Member forLambeth had gone throng 455,
veral calculations, all leading to the conclusion that;
wastabout the average price, and that was ab°,l'.oo
price'which was given by the returns. From thetrot
returns it appeared that the average price of wheeee of
Guernsey was 465. a quarter, and at Jersey the Pt-rtee
foreign wheat since 1828 was 48s. a Giuhea
He admitted that too much importance recta
not be attached to the average price '0
in those small islands, but yet it was a remarkau4, ther
the average prices even in those islands were rlio,
against than in favour of the calculation. • 'The
Bon. Gentleman mentioned the case of Elsinorei)
calculated the prices at which foreign corn might
lee be
troduced into England by the prices at which it COatetel
procured at Elsinore. The Right Hon. Baronet sere
that for the last 25 years, the average price at °s.v'tiit
was 28s. 10d. But it must be remembered that' ight
was not the average price of Denmark. One 'l3 the
as well calculate the prices of corn in Russia b)ried
prices at Riga, or of Prussia by the P eve
at Dantzic, or take the prices at Elsinore for the
whole of the Continent. The average price nlea'.llo.
prices on the whole Continent. But what dojo,
papers that come cut of the hands of the Right'
gt
Baronet himself state ?- Again, if the House' 0.10
the Returns from the' year 1828, lion. Members 'ln tl/
find that the prices even in Dantzic from 1828 do'
the present time were above 30s. a
quarter, and 1101',eS
a quarter, as the Right Hon. Baronet had 'that
,rthat
culated ; and again, Mr. M`Gregor state(' yell ,
from 30s. to 355. a quarter were the s
lowest, which he considered were the Pric:t the
foreign corn on the Continent. It was admitted t'eeeter•
price of wheat at Dantzic averaged 365. a qu
The Right 1116 n. Baronet stated that the prices ay rte.,
nore should be taken on an average at 28s. a clusey
Now he must be a wonderful coneuror.--(l,auglit'ner
if he could explain what could induce a merchant tc'jv
fm.;r to go to Dantzic to buy his wheat at 365. a (Par st
to pay a greater rate of freight and insurance uP°l? aof
Dantzic, when he could get the same descriPleee)
wheat at 28s. a quarter at Elsinore.-(Hear,
To persuade him that whilst the average price fie.
wheat was 365. at Dantzic, there was at Elsinore 33
terminable stock which would be sufficient to fikrnt
this country at 285., and swamp the landed Wert?,sis
the
(Hear.)-to persuade him to that, exceeded e"" the
ability of the Right Hon. Gentleman, becausa
face of it, it was incredible and absurd.
e table,
Sir R. PEEL was understood to say across the that
that the statement was -Mr. M`Gregor's.- y(Hear etter Gentleman said that there was in Denmark an 1-
minable stock.-(Hear.) r • th,
Mr. BARING thanked the Hon. Gentlemaw."); wee
correction ; but the statement to which he refs rrele e
"did
that of his (Sir R. Peel's) own Mr. Meek. But
tot
understood the Right Hon. Baronet himself to sP:eaele
there was an enormous quantity of corn and of etutairede
land, which would be turned into corn land,
with this country were free. The Right Hon. Btirri°,i-eier
must see that there was some misapprehension a vet
out of the use of the word " corn. '-(Hear.) st-
Hon. Gentleman used it chiefly in reference to ash'
espe
An Irish Gentleman would understand oats to be 111.11 the
by it, and would think from the statement that aellef
land in Denmark was to be laid out in the cultivatweeee
oats.-(Hear, and a laugh.) The Noble Gentlemane',o-
- the House of the inexhaustible resources of -vl
if the ,et
mark, mixed up M`Gregor, Meek, corn, currency', di
Mr. Campbell's Rhymes in one argument.-(Hear'eters
a laugh.) The Hon. Gentleman said that 700,000 clti: rot,
could be furnished at Elsinore alone. But th
vas, according to the very papers on the audit ho
of which the statement was made, the utmost that
01
been exported from that port was 160,000 quarters' 09
the utmost that could be exported of good wheat re-
-250,000 quarters.-(Hear.) Thus, this great bugbeti
a'
ld
Elsinore--last year it was Odessa-(Hear, ettaer
furnish at the utmost only 250,000 quarters to
_s sn' tie
the landed interest of this country ; and Hon. Ge the
men professed to think that this was to regulateie.,,e.
prices and the consumption of 26 millions of pc°,Pop
,L
(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman, in concitet oeta
said that though he had trespassed long upon the 11°
he had confined himself entirely to the scale.
Mr. GLADSTONE said he would endeavea'reet°t
follow the Right Hon. Gentleman who had .ins‘ the
down, in the several points which he entered upon '3Ol-
course of his speech ; .and though the Right Hon.
de,
tleman had mixed up a great deal of reasoning in aeon.
cussion so dry in itself, he (Mr. Gladstone) would --
fine himself to the 'naked subject before the d°lsteo•
¢
(Hear, hear.) The .Right Hon. Gentleman sio"„ 130
the new mode of taking the averages proposed by de'
Right Hon. Friend seemed to him to be materially ee
festive ; and he was certainly astonished, to a,degrthat
beyond what any statement he had ever heard in ,or
House produced in him (Mr. Gladstone), when l'e•ing
ceived the late President of the Board of Trade gla oa
some credit to the statement, that the effect produced a
the averages, by the mode of taking thene
less than ss. a quarter.-(Hear, hear.) Ile (Mr• ,st;
stone) designated such a statement as
ono of the ,se
absurdity.-(Cries of " Oh, oh," from the °Praia*
tion.) He would beg of
.Hon.. Gentlemen W let the
go into details, and show to the ,Conamitten.,,jbt
reasons why lie designated the statement of the 7,0
Hon. Gentleman an absurd one, though he suggeesWeete
the House that it was one worthy of attention.---k.aueS'
hear.) It was important that with respect to this 'l,ih
tion the new list of towns should not be mixed tie
the subject, because the Right 1113 ii. Baronet bad ffect
explicitly declared that if any sensible or serious eid
were produced by the new list of towns which w,e,r°olo
.provisionally on the table, an alteration wel.ntiace er.
place in them so as to prevent any such effect.--( Ge'
hear.) With regard to the estimate of the 11" t the. tleman who brought forward the
proposition that
averages eee averages would be affected not to
an extent 0 oti'
but who countenanced two-fifths of that
reed.
mate, he (Mr. Gladstone) was prepared to Psed,,
that estimate, even so modified and r!`l3..
was one altogether beyond any rational calculation'
0,1,0
(Hear, hear.) If they took the population of the r° ing
which now made returns, for the purpose of aseP:rtatiiithe;
the averages, they would find that those towr.s, witaooe;
exception of London, contained a population, of 2,s°"'eeeme';
and with London added, the amount of population :'OOO4
according to the census of 1831, no less than 3,982'a
The new towns included in the list on the table, l'uteet'
population of 1,623,000, but for the sake of round Poo
bens, he would say 1,600,000. He did not '
to give the Committee, at the present moment, ue ea
information which he hoped they would bar ef,e-
the subject. That information was in course of Pri be
ration ; and when it was fully before them, he We'e,
would be able to show that the estimate advaelfere
whether by the Right Hon. Baronet or by the a or
Member for Lincolnshire, was altogether unsupperte
reasonable evidence. He was now going to test.tit.e,:e':,
sertion of his Hon. Friend time Member for Lincolrm,:„ta.
that the averages we. aid be influenced 2s. a quarter'"not"
whole by the change. But that Hon. Member was ate
to be designated an unwilling witness in this inatteri;ic,ei,
believed he was anxious according to his conseie! „ .
ee-
views, to represent they plan of the Government ,
favourable a light to the agricultural interest
.0,
thought it would bear. So far, therefore, from
unwilling witness, lie believed he was willing' and
"
to show the farmers of England that the protectiprotection* es- em
tip, if not quite to his mark, yet to what he thougheseo . •
sential. The population of the new towns was 1,600,7 o;
and of the old towns 4,000,000 ; that was, the new 1`) eve "e
were to the old Hs twei to five. He could not er."
the precise amount of the corn sold in the new towir..,;„)
there had been no account kept, but ho would take d the
Y'
average quantity sold at the same amount per lic%uid
in the old towns. He did not know that, any one c
or
object to that estimate, either that it was toe Inucl!reo
too little, but let them se how it would operate. if •
new towns being to the old as two to five, it follol t 6 -
the infusion of new ones raised the agTega
A:
te average to
2s. a quarter, that in these new towns,
which it was