The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LON DON, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH_ 17, 1842

never did want it. lint there must and will be an ex-
action of suitable reparation for all the injuries which we
may have received since the commencement of AKTIBAR
KHAN'S rebellion.

The Presse states that the friendly professions of the
British Government are so little cared for by the Ca-
billet of the Tuileries, that the answer made to them by
the French Minister of Marine is a Royal Ordinance for
improving the naval .force of the country. Lord 'ABER-
DEEN'S blunders are creating a very bad impression
in France. People will soon , not care for what he
asserts in the House. of Lords. The lie direct is now
commonly given to him by the Ministers of• France and
Spain. If Sir RonEnr PEEL proposes to stay much
longer in office, he must endeavour to rid himself of the
Noble Foreign Secretary. The Presse has another ar-
ticle, three columns long, recommending France to set
aside the Treaty of 1831, for suppressing the Slave
Trade. We expect next to see articles, invoking the re-
viral of that inhuman trfiffic, under the protection of the
French flag !

The city of Nantes has been remonstrating for these seven
years against the differential duties on the importation of to-
reign coals; it has just addressed a petition to the Chambers,
for the purpose of having those duties altered. At present
the duty is 33 centimes per beet olitre,in the port: beyond Sables
n'Olotioe ; 55 centimes in the ports between Sables d'Uonne
and Dunkirk ; 11 centimes on the land frontier between the
Sambre anti the Rhine; and 33 centimes between Dunkirk and
the Sambre. Nantes is thereto ain the most unfavourable zone.
These differential duties were calculated with the idea of ex-
cluding, to a certain degree, English coals, and to equalise the
price of them at: all ports of the French coast. But events
have shown that the calculation was erroneous, for
th's price of the freight between Newcastle and Mar-
seilles is lower than between Newcastle and Rouen.
or Nantes. The difference in favour of Marseilles at the end of
January last was 25 per cent. The importat on of foreign
coals at Nantes has greatly increased within a few years. In
1834 no more than about 11,000 metrical quintals were im-
ported into Nantes; and in 1841 the importations amounted
to three hundred thousand quintals. hi 1834 fourteen ships, laden
with English entered the port of Nantes ; in 1841 the
numbv of ships was 213, five-sixths of the quantity was im-
ported by French ships. The increasing wants of the city a• e al.
most exclusively supplied by foreign coals. The departments
which might supply Nantes remain stationary with respect to
the quantity of coals produced br them. The departments
4f the Maine and Loire, and of the Loire Inferieures
do not produce above 200,000 quintals each, yet the quantity
produced in France is quadrupled ; in 1808 it was 7,000,000
quintals, in 1840 it exceeded 28 millions. Yet, notwithstand-
ing this general increase, Nantes continues to import more and
more coals from abroad, because the incomplete state of the
means of communication, and the distance from the great coal
barns ( for instance, from the mines of the Upper Loire, or
those of the North of France), prevent it from having its
supply from them. The petitioners of Nantes, therefore, ask
for the suppression of the surtax on English coals.
URS MoND.ry, MARCH 14.

It st Highest Lowest Last
Price 'Price. Pric.. Prier.
re,ch 5 for ". 117 50 ... 117 50 ... I 7 51... 117 50
• 3 per Cent!....... ''Bo 60 . 80 (10 .. 86 55 ... 8.. 60
'lank of ',ranee
Lattitte :tank I,ooof. Shares 11115 ...1015 —lOl5 ...10i5

• ..
5,000 f. Shares 5017 50 ...it'll; 50 :15047 0 :504* 50
Belgian Bank
1811
Belgian 5 per Cents.
5 per Cent►., 1840 lt6, ... 106!44 ... 11614 ... 106 K
Dutch 256 er Cents.
sr. st Avi,e 241, ... 251 .. .4114 ... :5p
`fapolit...l,
t0me5...... 1051,4 ... 105% ... 105 k ... 10514
RAILWAY SEIAIiEb.
R. Germain
Versaiites, it B 352 30 ... 352 50 ... 350 ... 350
L.B
4.olisn
1) ,e-,m. .
Strasburg r. Bale 242 50 ... 243 75 . 24.: 53 ... 243 75

The Sunday trains on the Edinburgh and Glasgow
ltaik ay commenced running on Sunday last, and we
rejoice to state that the arrangements were admirable.
A large number of passengers started in the carriages
from.Ediuburgh and Glasgow, all things were " clone
decently and in order," and the result has therefore
sorely annoyed Sir Andrew Agnew and his brethren,
the Pharisees.

CLITHEROE - ELECTION.— The indictments against the
Mayor of Clitheroe, and the Rector of Marton, for an
attempt to bribe a voter at the last election, were aban-
doned on Tuesday morning, at the instant they should
have been brought into Court, at Lancaster.

S ii itil Ni ARV OF MEWS

AND
Vttbite (9“ntouu.

"-Who runs may read."

roizEiGzr.

With the exception of a few more observations on the last
accounts from 1 udia, there is scarcely anything of the slightest
interest in the original columns of the Paris journals. The
Constitutionnel, alluding to the disasters in India, expresses
its regret at the great loss of human life with Mhich the retreat
of the British troops was attended, but adds that the lesson is an
useful one as a check upon the inordinate ambition of England.
The Courrier Francais merely observes on the energy dis-
played by Sir Robert Peel on this occasion, which is, it says,
entitled to general praise.
The National thinks the sun of British greatness is setting,
for, says this journal, England is isolated in the world ; Russia
is straining every nerve to embarrass and weaken her; her
alliance with France is at an end ; her empire in th • East is
tottering, and she is wasting her strength in a hopeless war
against China.

The accounts from the French coast of the disasters occa-
sioned by the storm of Wednesday night a-e distressing, but
those from Granville the most so. Here, upwards of twenty
fishing vessels were driven from their anchors. Five were east
on the rocks, and totally wrecked with all their cargoes ;
five were driven on to the oyster-beds ; and others, though
by incredible exertions they were got into the harbour, sus-
tained great damage. The amount of the loss is estimated
at 3007000 f. A great
.number of the sailors are missing.
Some are known to have been drowned, and others have
sustained severe injuries. Upwards of 3,C00 persons were
engaged next morning along the shore, exerting themselves
in collecting such dead bodies as were thrown upon it,
succouring those who were still alive, but injured, and endea-
vouring to save as much of the wreck as possible. The old
port of Granville has suffered great damage from the tempest.
Several small vessels have been lost at the mouth of the
Seine, and an English schooner, the Margaret, Captain Ccrrie,
was wrecked near Havre the same night ; but the crew, six in
all, were saved. Several small vessels have gone on shore to
the east and the west of Calais, and among them the English
collier brig Minerva, Captain Janny, for Guernsey. The crew
were saved. A French lugger was lost with all her crew. At
Boulogne several small vessels have been wrecked, and it is
believed that the loss of life-has been considerable. It is re-
ported that an American three-masted vessel, name unknown,
has been totally lost with all on board.
The Madrid Gazette, of the 7th, contains a Circular letter
from the Minister -of 'Justice, ordering the seiiure and de-
struction of all copies of a work on the t. Allocistion of his
Holiness Pope Gregory XVI. against the hypocritical and
malignant manifesto of the Spanish Government," published
and printed at Toulouse, in France, by Father Magin Ferrer.
The Madrid Cabinet has ordered satisfaction to be given to
the French Corsul at Barcelona, for tha insults heaped on the
King of the French, by the Republican Constitationel of
that town. _ - .

P.A.I%LriLDIM2VT.B.ILY,

The Lords did not meet last evening.
In the Commons, Sir Robert Peel stated, in answer to a
question from Mr. Milner Gibson, that the proposed income
tax would extend to all annuities or salaries received by any of
her Majesty's subjects, sod that ad annuities chargeable on
the Consolidated Fund would be subject to the reduction.
The Right Hon. Baronet then announced her Majesty's vo-
luntary determinition to subject herself to a similar reduction.
The announcement was received with loud checis
Mr. Ricardo gave notice that on Friday he would ask Sir
R. Peel whether the tax was ,to be levied on terminable an-
nuities.

An amusing conversation on the truck system fol!owed, iu
which Mr. Ferranti l erformed a distinguished part; awl 111 r.
Cobden stated, that an insinuation, thrown out against itimelf
by the Member fur Knaresborough, was entirely destitute of
foundation.
Air. E. Tennent moved the se ailing of the Designs
Copyright Bill, which led to a 16/11111PFned debate, in which
Mr. W. Williams, Lord Francis Egerton, Mr. Shiel, Mr.
Mark Philips, Dr. Bowring, and Mr. Glad,tone, were the chief
speakers. The Bill was read a second time.
pOn the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Co-
yright Bill being read, Lord Mahon presented four petitions
from the most eminent authors, publishers, printers, and sta-
tioners, praying it might pass into a law. After which the 13.11
was read a second time and ordered to be committed on Wed-
nesday.
The adjourned debase on Lord F. Egerton's motion for leave
to bring in a Bill to amend the Marriage Act of William IV.
was resumed by 141 r. P. Borthwick, and, aftcr a lengthened
debate, was lost by 23, the numbers being, for the Bill, 100 ;
against it, 123.
Mr. Colville moved for a return of the number of convic-
tions for the murder of illegitimate children in England and
Wales, from 1828 to 184', which was subsequently withdrawn.
On the motion of Capt. Rous, leave was given to b. ing in a
Bill for the transfer of licences.

The House then adjourned at One o'Clock.
IViONEY—TRA3DM—COIVIT4E.R.O E.

A meeting of postmasters took place on Tuesday at the Free-
masons' Tavern, at which the grievances relating to the tax
on carriages, and the heavy post-horse duties were made the
subject of memorial to the Treasury, and a deputation was ap-
pointed to wait on the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
AGRICULTURAL.
At a meeting of the Horticultural Society held on Tuesday,
there were distributed cuttings of an apple called the Sunbury
beauty, a fruit very little known, hut much like the golden
pippin, and of excellent flavour. A new kind of al pie from
Osweatry was also exhibited.

ECCI. SIASTICAL.
The Evangelical Lutherans in Russia have 574 churches and
301 chapels, and the Emperor has granted a sum out of the
Treasury for building another church at Alimk. The reformed
rel gion has thirty-two churches and four chapels. The Jews
have 604 synagogues, and 2,340 chapels, and the Iklahome-
tans 5,843 mosques.

STATISTICS.
At the seventh anniversary meeting of the Statistical Society,
held oil Tuesday in St. Martin's-place, it was stated that the
met-libels had increased from 324 to 425, and that arrange.
melds were in course of making for mote commodious pre-
mises under the Crown. The statistic-al inquiries during the
past }ear had been important.
NAVA.a. AND ivxxx.rrany.
It is reported that all the oTeers in the service of the East
India Company now on furlough, except those above the r..nk
of Lieutenant-Colonel, have received orders to join their regi-
ments in India.
The 10th Foot, the 25th from the Cape, and the 29th Regi-
ments are ordered to proceed immediately to India. •
LAW AND POLICE.
Tuesday three gentlemen waited on the Lord Mayor at the
Mansion-house to complain of a very extraordinary species of
swindling to which no doubt. many executors daily fall victims.
In the case of the deceased parties the swindlers have been in
the habit of going to Docters'-commons, examining the will
forging the name of the deceased to it, and suing the
xe
taking clown the names and addresses of the executors, draw-
einacubtiolir's for the amount. Tie Lord Mayor expressed him-
self determined to investigate any such of these eases rigorously.
Richard Jenkins, a well-dressed young man, was on Tuesday
charged at Marlborough-street, on suspicion of being conzerned
in the jewel-robbery at Mrs: Marshatn's, Berkeley-square, to
the amount of about 4001. The evidence being at present in-
conclusive, he was ordered to be remanded for a week.
The trials of Joseph Wilkes and three others, for the wilful
murder of an old man, Matthew Adams, at Walsall, on the Ist
of December last; and the case of Mary Weston, for the

murder of her infant child at Wolverhampton, on the 20th of
December, was fixed for trial yetterday at Stafford.
rxivz ARTS.
The sale of a carpet, worked for the Queen Dtwager in
separate square,,, by a number of ladies, chiefly in tl.e neigh-
botalio.3d of Yolk, has lately produced 100 guineas, which has
been applied to a religious purpose':

LITERA.iiY SCIENTXPIC.
On the tempestuous night of Wednesday week Enck's comet
was above the horizon of Paris, and if the weather had allowed,
might have been seen in the constellation of Pisces, being at a
distance of 66,000,000 leagues from •he earth.
At a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, on Mon-
day, a communication from Mr. Schoolcraft recounted the
discovery of remains of the Welsh Britons in the Ohio valley
of America. One. known as Moundville, on the coast of Vir-
g nia, 70 feet in height, arid composed of two million cubic
'let of earth, having on the summit an oak, was, by its cortical
laycis, probably erected about 1030.

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SPOUNG.
The Queen's hounds had a fine field-day on Monday, but an
accident to 31r. Hayter, M.P. for Wells: Somersetshire,
damped the sport of the distinguished company. While at-
te:,,pting to leap a stile, his horse and he fell together, by
which his eye was severely cut, and his temples contused, but
not dangerously.

cintir—rasraxoNAßLE.
A chapter of the Garter is expected to be held at Bucking-
ham l'alacc thi. week, or during the succeeding, for the elec-
tion of Knights, to supply the vacancies caused by the deaths
of the Earl of Westmoreland, the Duke of Cleveland, and the
Marquis of Hertford. Tho Dukes of Buckingham and Beau-
fort, and the Marquis of Salisbury, are to he the fortunate re-
civients of the distinguished honour.
The Duke of Wellington gives a grad dinner on Friday
next to the Heads of Cull ges connected with the University of
Oxford.

The Marquis of Ormonde has arrived at Kilkci.ny Castle.
The Duchess of Buccleuch left Dalkeith on Tuesday last fo
Ravensworth Castle.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire have joined the
Earl and Counte3s of Hillsborough at Waddington Castle,
Warwickshire.

Lady W. Poulett had a soiree on Tuesday night at her resi-
dence in Curz in-street.

MIS CI X.TAANEOITS.
The snow-storms during the winter have been very severe
at Rome. Near Villa-Montalto, five shepherds were buried
by an avalanche ; at Vicarlati fifty-seven persons perished ; and
near Civitella twenty-seven horsemen were buriedin the snow.
On March 16, 1776, died Dr. John Hoadley, who was Chap-
lain to the Prince of Wales; and. brother to the Bishop of that
tame. lle was the author of several- dramas, and is sup
posed to have asisted his brother in writing the " Suspicious
Husband."

The Duchess de Montebello, the lady of the. French Am-
bassador at Naples, was en the 22d ult. thrown from her
horse on coming out of the grotto of Pausilippo, by which she
had her wrist sprained, and her check much hurt.
The complete destitution of the family of the late Theodore
Hook may be judged from the feet, that his personal property
has been sworn under the value of 100/. The will and cooicils
are very short, the whole being on a single sheet of letter-
paper, and dated as far back as 1828.
EARL FITZWILLIAM AND THE

CORN-LAWS.
TO THE
,EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Deerning your invaluable Paper a clian-
lel more likely than any other of the daily press
o disseminate extensively and generally one of
he best speeches that has. been uttered in Par-

.. ___ ... _ .._.
(lament on'the all-important subject of Taxation
and the Corn-laws, I beg in give' from my own
written memorandum, the speech of Earl Fitz-
william, on Monday night last, following the read-
ing by Lord Brougham, of the Resolutions he

,
since submitted to the House of Lords.
"Lord Fitzwilliam said, that he was about to pre-
sent a petition upon a subjeOt which some of their
Lordships might consider as settled, but which he
considered as only just submitted to the practical
consideration of Parliament. The petition proceeded
from Kettering, in Northamptonshire, a town which,
though to a certain extent manufacturing, was ex-
posed to powerful agricultural influences. The real
struggle for the repeal of the present Corn-laws ap-
peared to Lord Fitzwilliam to have only just com-
menced. On the first day of the Session he had
expressed his gratitude to her Majesty's Ministers
for having called the attention of Parliament to that
subject, and he . now repeated the expression of his
th inks for the measure Which they had proposed.
He considered it an improvement of the existing
system—a small improvement indeed ; a step in the
right direction, though but a trifling instalment of
that great debt which the Landowners of England
owed to the rest of their countrymen. Though it was
a step in the right direction, he regretted that the
measure was not likely to be final, as the prolonged
agitation of this question was exceedingly injurious
to all the classes connected with the land. Lord
Fitz willi am added, that as hii Noble and Learned Friend
(Lord Brougham) had given notice of a motion on
the Financial Scheme which had been proposed, he
would express his satisfaction that it was to be thus
brought under their Lordships' consideration. Of
parts of that plan he approved,---of others he disap-
proved ; he approved of the intention to raise a reve-
nue from the profits of land, or, in other words, from
realised property, but he did not approve of the duty
on the profits of the tenantry, and still less upon the
income derived from trades and professions. He was
astonished at the proposal, for, when the distresses of
the manufacturing and commercial classes were so
great and so indisputable, as to be made mention of in
the Queen's Speech, he was utterly surprised at the
endeavour to raise a revenue from the profits of those
classes! Those profits had, in truth, little or no exist-
ence, and the imposition of a, tax upon them could'
have no other effect but to depress them still more,
and to • throw an additional obstacle in the way of
their revival." Lord Fitzwilliam presented a great
number of other petitions, praying the repeal of the
Corn-laws.

The readers of The Sun cannot fail to appre-
ciate noble and patriotic expressions such as the
above ; nor will you, Sir, I am sure. refuse doing
me the kindness to give them circulation in your
truly patriotic,paper. I an,-Sir, yours truly.
A MERCHANT.
City, March 14, 1842.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.
(From the Votes and Proceedings Qf the House of Commons.)
TUESDAY, MAEcti 15.
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.
Motion made, and Question proposed, " That a Select Com-
mittee be appointed to consider the Constitution and Principles
of the Church of Scotland, and to inquire into the causes of
the collision between the Supreme Court of that Church and
the Supreme 'Civil Courts, sand ripbit 'their observations
thereupon to the House :"—(Mr. Alexander Campbell : )—The
House dividrd : •

Aglionby, H. A.
Baird, William
Bannerman, A.

•
NORITY-AVIE.S,
Hastie, A.
Hay, Sir A. L.
Hayes, Sir a
Heatheoat, John
Hill, Lord Marcos
Holdsworth J.
Howard, li.
Jardine, William
Johnstone, Alex.
Jones, 'l'
Mackenzie, Thomas
M'Taggart, John
Mangles, IL D.
Manic, Hon kox
Mitcalfe, Henry
Morris, David
Murray, A. a
Napier, Sir Charles
O'Brien, W. Smith
'O'Connell, lit J.
I'aget, Lord Alfred
Pechell, Captain

Bateson, Si; Robert
Blewitt, Reginald
Bowring, Dr.
Rrotherton, J.
Bulkeley, Sir B. 13. W.
Colt orne W. Ridley
Dalrymple, Captain
Duff, James

Duncan, (corge
Dundas, C. W. D,
Evans, William

Ferguson, t o:otiel
Ferguson, Sir It A.
Forster, DI atth ew
Gill, Thomas
(Sore, Robert

!3-reY.; Sii n,

Ihniiird, Summers
Harris, John 2,

Yiuniridge, Captain
Power, James
Rawdon, J. 0.
Ricardo, John Lewis
Rice, E. B.
Scholetield, J.
3mollett, A.
Stansfield, W. It
St.wart, M.
Tancred, H. W.
Thornely, Thomas
Tufnell, Henry
Tulle, H. M.
Wakley, Thomas
Wawn, John T,
Williams, Wm.
Wool, Benjamin
Yorke, H. tkedhead

TELLERS.
Campbell, A.
Cowper, Hon NV.

LULL
Acland, Sir Thomas
Ackers, James
A ctcn, Colonel
Adderley, C. B.
Allix, John Peter
A ntrobus, Edmund
Bailey, J.
Bailey, Joseph, jun.
Balfour, J. N.
Baring, W. B.
Barrington, Lord
Paskerville, 'l'. 11. 111,
Bernard, Viscount
Boldero, Henry G.
Borth wick, Peter
‘rotrield, Bei jail
Broadley, henry
Broadwood, 11.
Bruce, Lord E.
Bruce, C. L.
Buller, Sir J. B. Y.
Burrell, Sir (7. IQ
Burroughes, N. N.
Chelsea, Viscount
Chetwede, Sir John
Christopher, R. A.
Chute, W. L.
layton, R. R.
Clerk, Sir'G.
Clive, R. H.
Cochrane, A.
Colville, C. It
Corry, H. L.
Ccurtenay, Viscount
Craig, W. Gibson
Cripps, J.
Crowe, T. Bright
Darby, George
Dawnay, Hon. W.
DiAinson, F. H.
Douglas, Sir Howard
Douglas, Sir C. E.
Oowdeswell, W.
Drummond, H. H.
buncombe, A.
Duncombe. 0.
Egerton, W. T.
Ege.toii, Sir P. G.

,JORIT V—NOES,
Eliot, Lord
Escott, Bichkam
Fellowes, Edward
Ferrand, W. B.
Fuller, A. ,
Gaaell, J. M.
Gladstone, W. E.
Gordon, Hon. W.
Gordon, Lord F.
Gore, Montague
Goulburn, 11.
Graham, Sir J.
Greena 1, Peter
Greei.e, T. G.
krim au itch. T.
-Grimston, Lord
Halc, It. 11.
Hamilton, W. J.
1 lardinge, Sir 11.
Hardy, John
Henley, J. %V.
Herbert, Hon. S. .
Hodgson, H.
Hope, G. W.
Horsman F.
Hutt, W.
Inglis, Sir 11. H.
Jermyn, Earl
Johnson, W. G.
JohnstLne, Sir John
Jelliffe,'Sir W.
Kemble, Henry
Knatchbuil, Sir E.
Ketginighnh
Lord A.
Lincoln, Earl of
Lindsay.
Lockhart, William
Lowther, J. H.
Le6t u, :oHregnefyC G
L C.
Mackenzie, W. F.
MacGeachv, F. A.
Manners, Lord J.
March, Earl of
Martin, C. W.
OTc.taAv:ius
Morgan, Mitchell,

Mundy, E. Miller
Neville, Ralph
Newry, Viscount
Nichol!, J
Pag,t, Frederick
Palmer It

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Owing to the anxiety of parties to realize the advance of
yesterday the quotations *1 the English Funds are not quite so
good. 'Ole market, however, was very firm, and closed with
every appearance of the present pricee being maintained. The
am'•unt of unemployed capital is large, and will shortly be
further increased by the payment of the April dividends; and
aftet the losses incurred by foreign loans, and the extreme de-
preciation in the value of American Securities, scarcely any
other opportunities offer for investment, except our own stock
and undertakings in this country. Consols left off at 893 89-i
foe Money, and ill% 90 for the Account. On the 14th April
Exchequer Bills 29 to 31 prem.
The depression which affected the Foreign Funds in the
middle of the day, was recovered just previously to the close of
business, and the quotations remain as yesterday—Portuguese
Five per Cents, 34k 35 ; the Three per Ce;;ts., 201- ; Colom-
bian, 26127* ; Spanish, 25 to 25k ; Mexican, 42 to 424. This
is the last official price, but, after the Market shut, some busi-
ness was tranacted at 41 to 414, or a dividend of one
per cent. .
Railway Shares continue firm in price, although the pur-
chases have been limited. Birmingham were 85 to 854 ; Great
Western, 27 28; the Half Shares 14 to 14k prem. ; Birming-
ham and Gloucester, 56 to 58 ; South Western, 59 to 60 ;
Go,port, 59 to 60 ; torth Midland, 70 to 72; the New Shares,
341/., to 35%; Blackwall, 35i- to 36; Brighton, 354 to 36
per -share ' • South Eastern, 22 to 21%; Eastern Counties,
13 4 to 123 q discount.
Some of the " innocent" holders of the spurious Exchequer
Bills are beginning to be fearful of what their position may be
under the Commission. This apprehension arises from a ru-
mour that two gentlemen are about to act, who are well-known
to be most unlikely to neglect the duty entrusted to them, but
that from their long experience, every transaction Ain be most
thoroughly sifted; many 6f which it is conjectured will not
bear a very strict examination, and alloW the parties to retain
the appellation of " innocent."
(From The San cf Last Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 13.—The sales
were on a very moderate scale, but without change in prices;
the quantity sold was about 2,500 bales, including 300 Ame-
rican for exportation.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH I3.—A good demand
existeol for Shares, and Great Western were particularly in
request. Prices were steady, and the, following sales took
place :—Birmingham, Quarters, 36; Eastern Counties, De-
bentures, 10 1-3 d ; Ditto, New, 38 1-6th ; Midland Coun-
ties, 81k ; Ditto, Quarters, 203 ; North Midland, Halves, 35;
Great Westerri, 90_; Ditto, Halvei, 63i.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 15.—The
Market remains steady without much business doing. London
and Brighton 35*, ; Manchester and Leeds Quarters, 4/. Is. 3d.
Manchester and Birmingham, 28k to 29 ; Bank of Manchester,
31. 7s. 6d.

Demerara papers to the 31st of January have been received
by a private ship. The late differences between the planters
and labourers were nearly arranged, and the greater proportion
had returned to their work. '1 he owners of the estates were
determined nut to pay rates higher than those agreed
upon at the late meeting, and to remove such negroes
as would not comply with their terms; This is not to be
regarded as a harsh measure, since, on acccunt of the scarcity of
labour, it had been actually necessary to pay any sum that
might be asked, in order to insure even a partial cultivation of
the property, which the lately emancipated slaves were
not slow to take advantage of ; and the price of pro-
duce having fallen considerrbly, almost the whole of the
proceeds were absorbed in labour. In many instances,
had not a saving been effected in this item the property must
necessarily have been abandoned. As a procf that the rates
were exorbitantly high, it is stated that many negroes had
saved sufficient to purchase among them several estates, and
had located themselves upon them, obtaining a subsistence
by cultivating their portions. About six estates have thus been
disposed of, and for one eo,t 00 dols. had been paid in cash.
These papers contain a melancholy statement from St.
Helena, to which island, negrcwas„ which may have
been taken in slave vessels are *Conveyed, until an
opportunity may offer to send them to the various
colonies. The whole number thus landed between June
1840, and December, 1841, had been 2,738, of whom no
fewer than 1,118 had died, and at the end of the year 1,435
remained unplaced. It is satisfactory, however, to be able to
state, that the most recent intelligence from the Cape
of Good Hope mentioned that these poor creatures
were to be divided bet wet n that colony and Bri.
fish Guiana, and that ships were to be immediately de-
spatched for such of them as were intended for the Cape, the
inhabitants having raised a fund among themselves, to
guarantee the Government against any expense which might
be incurred in the transmission.

The closing prices of the English funds yesterday were not
maintained, although the market may be stated to be good,
Consols being 893 891 for Money, and 89i 90 for the Account,
which are a fraction lower. The New Three-Ind-a-Half per
Cents. 995 1. India Bonds 10 premium. Mehequer Bills
remain at 295. to 31s. premium.
Speculation in Foreign Stock is still going on, but it is
necessary that the public should not be misted by the advanced
quotations, which have been raised solely on.aceount of the im-
proved state of the English market. Should Consols decline,
the fall here would be more than proportionately great. Mexi-
can continues the favourite, and has been as high as 423, but
is now 414 to 42 ; Columbian 27 to 275 ; Buenos Ayres, 23 ;
Peruvian, 173 for Money, and 173 to 185 for the Account ;
Spanish 255 255 ;Portuguese, 344 to 35.
Buyers have appeared for Railway Shares, which are gene-
rally viewed as a safe investment ; in fact, few more legitimate
can be found, inasmuch as the money is expended in national
improvements, employing the labouring class of the
country. Great Western are 21. per share better
than yesterday, being 92% 93; and the New Shares 64% 644.
York and North Midland, 93%1 93%; the New Shares 32.
South Western 593. Croydon 12%. Brighton, 353 36.
Greenwich, 65 to 65.
Money is very abundant in the discount market, although
tight on the Stock Exchange. The rate of discount for first-
rate paper is reduced to 4 and 43 per cent.
The Liverpool coffee dealers are preparing a memorial to the
Board of Trade, praying that some relief may be given to
them as regards their stock of East. India Coffee which they
have on hand. From an observation wade by 11r.
M'Gregor, to the deputation which waited upon him on the
subject of a difference in duty in favour of this descripti-in, it
ould appear probable that the request may be complied with,
that gentleman having inquired if such a concession
would prove beneficial, and which the parties refused to ac •
cept, in the expectation of obtaining a reduction of duty. It
is now almost certain that no alteration will be made
in the intended scale, but that the rates will j

be 4d. per lb. on British plantation, and Bd. on Foreign. The
Earl of Ripon was strongly urged to admit Mocha and other
kinds similarly situated at a less sum than Bd., but to which
suggestion he gave a decided negative, refusing even to admit
Coffee, the produce of the territories of the Rajah of Mysore,
who is completely under our protection-and control.
It is stated that a proposition has been sent. from our Go-
vernment to that of the Brazils, offering to make a concession
in favour of their sugar if the slave trade be abolished. It is
not improbable, from that part of Sir Robert Peel's speech
which alluded to the sugar duties, but that the report may have

had son e foundation in fact.
The EngliAs Securities have given way since the opening,
but the business doing has been to a very limited extent.
Consols are now 89a for Money, and 89i for the Account ;
Exchequer Bills, 29 31 ; and India Bonds 10 prem. ; New
Three-and-a- Half per Cents. are 99g.
There has been a considerable deal of business trans-
acted to-day in the Foreign Market, particularly
in South American Securities. Mexican Bonds have been
done at 42'4, but are now quoted at 42. Colombian are 27;
Buenos Ares, Peruvian, 23; l7lh ; Portuguese Five per
Cents., 3% • Spanish Active Stock, 2514 ; Dutch Two-and-
a-Half per dents., 521/2 ; Ditto Fiie, 11:134.
Very little doing in Shares. Prices have improved. Great
Western are 921/2 ; Ditto New, 641/2Fifths, ; Ditto 10%;
London and Briihton, 36; Ditto Loan Notes, sa; London
ar.d South Western, 59i ; South Eastern and Dover, 26i ;
York and North Midland, 93/ ; Ditto New Shares, 32.
There are no later arrivals from any quarter, and no news of
the least interest has transpired in the City.

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Consols are now 90, sellers.
CLOSING PRICES
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bork Stock ... ' India Stock ..........
3 per Cent Red ... Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent Cons B9a, Ditto Old Annuities ...
3l per Cent Red .
New 3} per Cent
New 5 per Cent.
Long Annuities ;,oexpire I )itto Small 3l pm
Jan. 1860 ..... ..... 'Bank Stock for 0pg....
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Oct 1E59.

India Stock for ACct....

Jan. 1660.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, spu cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 pet rent 'Ditto, New Ditto 341
Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres 6 per cext Russian, 5 per cent —
Chilian, 6 per rent..... 80 Ditto, Metallic . ....
Colombian, 6 pet cent.. 26,1 Spanish, 5 per cent...... 25i
Ditto, 1824.. ....... ..... 27 Ditto Deferred .. , 14
Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —l. —c.
Greek, 1825,5 per cent — Exchange f —c.
Mexican, 5 per rent.... 42 French, 3 percent —. —c
Ditto, 6 per cal'.:. 1637 Dutch, 21 per cent. , 521
Peruvian, 1825, fi per et. 18 Ditto, 5 per cent. .. . 1034
SHARES.
Cheltenham and Great Western (721, paid) 191,
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .... lO
Great Western Railway 65 paid) 92
Ditto New Shares (50 paid)
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
Gosport Junction Railway(loo pd): lB2
London and Brighton (50 paid) ' 351
London and Birmingham (90) . . .... ...,.
Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) 36i
Ditto Thirds (32 paid) s9fr
London and South Western
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l2l
Manchester and Leeds (70 patd) .•• BO
North Midland Railway (100)
Paris and Rouen (14 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (48 paid) . 26
York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 93
Ditto New Shares (15 paid)
, 32