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      COMMERCIAL REMAHKS . - <^ ° ^ T ^ ° * f k *™ not 3 ced fte improvement whichi had token place in this branch of our taade snce then pressure on the money-market lias oeea- ' sonedaretrp 5 ession > its position , and although sales oonfaaue extensive , obtainable prices , from tha abseneerf Bpecolatiw demand , are generally nnfa-Toarable . aotwiaistanding the fall in the ktotf homeward reauttaaoe . - " » v *

      J ™" ^« Gooi * .-Sdes hare been consi derable , butthe pnces which hare been obtained are generally ^ nsatasfactorjj Jaconets , books , long cloflis , and iladapolams , arastill most in demand for colpnred goods there is a * present hut a limited ' inquiry . Corros Twist . —Sales continue extensive , but with very little variation in obtainable prices from former rate 3 . Of the sales since our last issue , the reported transactions are 1085 bales of British white nrnle , at 2 rupees 6 annas to 4 rupees 9 annas per ttorab i the former for Ko , / 9 * o ISO , average 95 .

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      and the latter for No . 30 ; 341 bales of Glocester ( . Calcutta ) ditto , No 24 , to 32 , average 27 £ , 4 anrjas 3 ^ pica per morah ; Tarkey red , 160 factory bs Jea , of which the German dye , No . 30 to 60 , has Mild at 1 rupee 10 annas te 1 rupee 11 annas 6 pice ; and the English , No . 20 to 60 , at 1 rupee to 1 rnpoe 8 annas 9 piee per pound ; and 12 bales of Orange , No 40 to 60 , at 10 annas per pound , at the usual oredit and discount .

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      XEEDS . —Ij > foxmatio : « a-gai . nst a Publican . — On Wednesday last , a complaint was heard at the Court House , before Grifich Wright and James Holdforth , Esqrs ., against Thomas Hodgson , the landlord of the Waterloo Inn , at the Bank , for suffering fighting in his house , the assembly of diBorderly characters at untimely hours , and for drunkenness en his own part . Testimony in support of the complaint was given , but the defendant plumpiy denied everyihina laid to his charge , and said the witnesses would swear anything . Mr . Read , however , to 3 d the Bench that he had frequently had occasion to warn the defendant , whose house was well known to be conducted in a very disorderly manner . The Magistrates fined him £ 4 and costs .

      Pick-Pockets . —On Wednesday last , three lads named John M'Donald , Charles Kilroy , and Wm . Mitchell , were sent to Wtikefield for two months , for attempting to pick pockets in George-street Chapel , on Monday evening . They are all wellknown thieves . Holbeck . —During the night of Monday last , the shop of Mr . Wm . Brown , blacksmith , at Holbecklane-End , was broken into , and a pair of large scales and beam , a new iron backhand , fonr new shovels , and a garden rake , were stolen . —On the same night a shop adjoining ^^ d which is also the property of Brown , but is occupied by Thuiaas Vickers , was likewise bmken into , and two rush-bottomed chairs , two iron weights , and a Ftuall basket , were stolen . A young man is strongly suspected , but no trace has been discovered of the stolen property .

      Attempt to Pick Pockets—On Tuesday last , William Mayfiesd , a yoKng lad , who spends a great deal of time in prison , was sent to Wake-field House of Ccrrccuon for a month , having been seen attempting to pick a geatieman ' s pocket at the Circus , a few evenings previous . Hoese Stolen . —At at early hour on Monday morning , a brown horse was stolen from the stable of Mr . Win . Oddy , of Headingley . So'dat Ev £ > -i . \ G Robbei-s Taught . —On Sunday evening , the houseol Mr . Abraham Craven , iu East-Grove-street , Bnrmsjitofis , was entered by thieves , by means of skeleton keys , just after Mr . and Mrs . Craven had gone to church . A neighbour , however , Mr . Weare , dyer , happening to go into his back

      yard , saw two suspicious men enter Craven ' s house , aDd , from the circumstance of two or three similar robberies having taken place in the neighbourhood , he determined upon seeing that a : l was right . Having ascertained from a female that Mr . and Mw . Craven had gone out , he went to the door , which he found fast , and inquired if they were in , to which he received ah affirmative reply . H « ' said he thought they were not , and two men then ran down suurs , and before he could prevent shea forced their way into the street . Mr . Weare seiz-done of ihtm and after a desperate struggle , during which a milkmaa named Parker came up , he was secured and taken in custody to the police office , havinj ; previously thrown from his person a

      couple of silver watches , a gold ring , and a small key , which he had taken from Mr . Craven ' s house . Besides the two men that were in the house , a third was outside watching at the corner of the street , in order to give timely notice to his companions if they were likely to be dismrbed , but he did not see Mr . Weare , until after his companion had been 'aken , when he made an at leapt at rescue , which fortunately was unsuccessful . . Mr . Weare received several severe blows , and great praise is due to him for his intrepid conduct . The man then taken gave his name Joseph

      Popplewell ; he is well known to the police , aud they soon after apprehended two others , one of whom , Samuel Jordan , ia identified by Mr . Weare as the man who rushed past him and escaped at the time he seized Poppleivell . The other man in custody , Samael Titley , was not spoken to when before the Magistrates on Monday , and the case was adjourned till Wednesday , on which day the three prisoners were again brought up , and the depositions against them having been reduced to writing , there being no evidence against , Titley , he was discharged , but the others , PopplcvreU and Jordan , were committed to York Castle for trial at the assizzs .

      Beeb . BotSB CosTjcnos . —On Monday , Mr . John Linfoot ^ ihe keeper of the Prince Albert beerhouse , in Hunslet-lane , was fined in the mitigated penalty often shillings and costs , for having had company in his house on Saturday night last , after eleven o ' clock , and until three on Sunday morning . Ikqtjest . —On Saturday ereninglasfc , an inquest was . held before John Blackburn , Esq ., at the Court House , on -view of the body of John Wilcock , twenty-one years of age , who expired at the Infirmary oa Saturday morning . The deceased was a deputy overlooker , at Cliffe Mill , Little Moor , Pndsey , and about a iottaigut previous , he went to the top of the mill to repair the bell rope , when , from the slippery sta . e of the roo'i he fell to the gronnd , by which he sustained a compound fracture of the left thigh , a simple fracture of the right thigh , and other injuries , lie was perfectly sensible , and was at once removed to the Infirmary , where he expired as above stated . Verdict "Accidental Death "

      THE MUTILATION CASE AT LEEDS . FCBTHEB PASTICTJLASS OP THE . " GREENACRe "

      MtJSDEB . On Monday evening the adjourned inquest , on the body of a female unknown , was held at the Court House , before John Blackburn , Etq , Tne Coroner , in opening the case , observed that he was sorry that up to the present time nothing definite had transpired to lead to the identity ol the mutilated body of the female ; therefore at present they -would be able only to complete the evidence of the medical men , Mr . Price and Hi . 1 . P . Teale , who bad jointly , since the adjournment of the inqcest , entered into a minute examination of the remains , and who had come to exactly the same conclusion . There wonld , however , also be one 01 two -witnesses called aa to the finding of the truai : and after they had heard this they -weald then have to consider -whether they would come to n conclusion on the sul-ject , or whether the more prudent eourse would be to have a further adjournment , in order to give the fullest opportunity for procuring such additional evidence aa could be obtained .

      The Coroner then read the following statement , - which had been drawn up jointly by Mr . Price and Mr . T . P . T « tte : — ! £ fce portion of the body submitted to our inspsction included the fifth cervical vertebras , and the fourth lumbar , -with the intermediate parts , measuring in length eighteen inches and a half , or from the spinons process of the fifth cervical to that of the foutn lumbar vertebta seventeen inches , and around the chest immediately below the armpits , thirty inches , Ths head had been detached between the fcurth and fifth cervical vertib > £ e , and tbe lower extremities with the pa-ris , between the fourth and fifth lumbar vertec ; a . The ng&t arm had been removed by cutting through the ahonider-joint ; the left aim by sawing through a portion of the scapula , or blade bone . The mode in which the lofl arm had been separated showed that it had been done bj a person ignorant of anatomy .

      The whole of the front surface of the body was black , and presented a burnt or charred appearance the skin of thus part being entirely destroyed . Each of the breasts measur ^ -d three inehes and a half in length , two inches and a half in breadth , and one and a quarts ? in thickness . Tbsy were deprived of their skin by burzacg . Their substance appeared to be jnuch condensed by the action of fire ; consequently they ¦ were smaller than is their natural state . Their glandular structure was distinct

      Three openings weee observed in the front part of the c&est , vrhicfc hail beea piodactd by great violence . At theee openings tbe ribs were broken into several fragments . The fractures implicated the fourth , fifth , and sixtfc ribs on the right , and the second , third , and fourtfc , and the sixth , . secsnth , and eighth , on the left side . iNo txtravasatfed blood cor ^ oagulum could be detected in the textures surrounding the broken bones , nor was -there any coagnlua lodged in the pltursl cavities . She lungs at the parts corresponding to these openings s ? ere charred to a small extent .

      Th . 9 anterior edge of the liver was bnrnt , and the intestines -wets extensively charred sod muulated . The pectacal and the abdominal mEscies were burnt to a cinder . The broken ends of the ribs and the sternum were Brown from the agency of fire . The divided muscles at the ueck , the trachea , and the thyroid gland were blaci and hardened by fire . The divided border of the abominal muscles was burnt to a cinder ; bnt the mnscles divided in the separation of the arms did net appear to have undergone tee agency of fire . _ The ekia of the back Tra * firm and leathery in appearance , and a little browner than natural , and only at ths aides did it appear blackened by fire . Oa removing the akin the muscles of the back -were teen distiart in rtnictare , pale-coloared , oft , nnctuoui to the touch , but not pntrid .

      The lungs , -with the exception of a slight adhesion of the pleara on the right ride , appeared perfecUy healthy They exhibited the natural digree of crepitation on handling , bnt no blood escaped on dividing them with the knife . ¦ The heart was Email and flaccid . lie muscular structure pale and soft like tbre muscles of . the back . On opening its cavities , not the smallest quantity of blood nor of tnagclnm was found . The large vessels -weTt empty . Tjxeir structure -was perfectly distinct . The liTer v * s rather large , tealtby in Bfcruetnze , but pale and bloodless .

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      The inferior portion of the stomach had been removed iu the section < of the trunk . The remaining portion , namely its cordial extremity , appeared healthy . The intestines -were so extensively injured by cutting and burning tfeat it was impossible to trace their course , or to decide opon their condition . Jio port of tbe body appeared to have undergone the process of anatomical dissection . From this examination , which we have made , we are of opinion , 1 st—That the deceased was a female , of mature age , most probably from twenty to thirty years , aud of short or middle stature .

      2 ndly . —That although tbe mutilated portion of the trunk does not afford sufficient evidence to enable U 8 to speak with absolute certainty as to the cause of death ; wo consider that the empty condition of the heart and large blood vessels , tbe complete absence of any traces of coasula in them , and the bloodless condition of the vkcera , are strong grounds fer coming to the conclusion that death had resulted from hemorrhage , aud we cannot reasonably account for death in any other way . 3 rd ! y . —That the fractures of the ribs were perpetrated subsequently to death . 4 thly . —That the burning was effected subsequently to the removal of the head and lower extremities , and the breaking of the ribs . 5 thly . —That the upper extremities were separated subsequently to the burning ,

      6 thly . —From the soft , pale , unctuous , but not putrid condition of the musclea , we suppose that the body has been submerged in water . 1 few weeks , not less than two or three weeks , possibly double that period . In addition to tbe above statement , the Coroner submitted the following questions , which we give , with the answers of the medical gentlemen : — To have produced hemorrhage to the extent supposed in this case , what probable means have been resorted to , and what probable portion of the body perforated or cut ? The division of any large i > lood vessel might have produced the hemorrhage . It did not proceed from a wound of the heart nor of the larger vessels within the chest . The large vessels in the neck are the moat probable source of the hemorrhage . Is it likely that the party had committed suicide , as ¦ was su ^ esied by Daniel Good , in the late murder near London ?

      No . Is not the empty state of the vessels the strongest evidence . possible that death bas resulted from hemorrhage , ansiDg from violence of some sort?—See the case of Rauua in Bieh ' s Medical Journal—page 546 . Yes . If blood ba dropped inio water I presume it will dissolve ; but if Wood bud been in the veins aud arteries in tiiis subject before immersion , is it probable that the blood which must Lave been coagulated , would have entirely dissolved , as i 8 the case here ? It is not probvble that blood which had been coagulated iu the heart and large vessels should become entirety dissolved and removed as iu this case . Has the division of the body from the head been done by one clear cut , or by two or three attempts ?

      The division has been effected by a sh « . rp cutting instrument—but it is impossible to &ay whether at one or more attempts . The line of incision appeared tolerabiy uniform . Can jou say from the breasts whether tbis womau had boine children ? It is impossible to give an opinion on this subject , as the tfein tsf the breasts waa destroyed . The statement afterwards received the signatures of both the medical gentlemen , aud the following additional evidence was then addueed : —

      Jonathan D .-an—I am a digger , aui reside in a cottage near where the body was foui ^ d . I am in the employ of Messrs . F * nton nnd Co . I was told by a boy , yesterday week , that something had been found , and I went to the place . 1 then saw what 1 considered to be the trunk of a human body . I said I thought It should not lay there , and that the best thing would be to bury it I went for a Bpade for that purpose , but on further cou-Bideration , 1 told tbe men who were present that they had better tell a policeman as soon as they could . It w&b not in consequence of what any body said , that 1 determined to have nothing to do with it I did not then thiuk that it was a body that had been murdered ; I thought it had been taken out of some ehurchyarfi . I generally rake the engine fire every night , and leave it I do not think any person could come about the

      premises without being heard ; I have not known any person about the premisesfor some months now . There is a cabin adjoining , with a large fire place in it , but the fire there is very Beldom . kept iu—never except for the accommodation of our own men . The door is kept fastened . I do not know of any woman belonging any of the families to be missing . I thiuk the fire iu the cabin baa been raked within the last month . The cabin is used to keep to el a in , and there are a great variety of things in it I do not know that anything has occurred to excite suspicion in my mind of anything being wrong . I do not know that any person has been seen in the cabin . It is a very lonely place ; bnt during the night , there are numerous persons passing backward and forward . Bj a Juror . —I have never observed any stains of blood either inside the cabin or out

      By tne Coroner . —l believe the men employed by Messrs . Fenton and Co . are all married . I once found a woman in the cabin , about a year and a half ago . By a Jnroj-. —I have never smelt any unpleasant smell about the premises , nor have I ever found the fire iu in the morning . Bj the Coroner . —I . have known women be on board vessels with the sailors , who have not belonged to the vessel . I do not know of any vessel having stopped at our staith vrithin the last five or six weeks . I do not think it is possible to ascertain . It might be done at the locks . By a Juror . —I have not known any vessel from Halifax stop here . Tbe vessels which load there are generally from Skipton .

      The witness was then about to withddraw , when one of the Jury asked him if be bad not a daughter by his first wife ?—Witness—I never bad a daughter at all , ) at least , so we understood his answer . ) He was told to ait down again , and in ana-wet to further questions By tbe Coroner , said I had never seen anything of this kind before ; 1 thought it was a human being when first I saw it I thought so from the place where tbe arms and neck had been . I saw the body turned over ; it was a dark colour , and looked like a piece of bacon . I am of opinion that the body has been floated

      into the cut from above ; the wind was blowing from the opposite side , and would blow it into the cut rather than ovtr the dam stones , I bad not heard of any person having seen tbe body before my wife saw It on the Saturday . There were other parties who stood by who were of opinion it was a human body as well as myself . I am not sure whether I first said 89 , but 1 think I did . I cannot speak to a certainty whether any person has remained in the cabin all night within the last six weehs . There was another man in the house with me -when I was first told of this . I think I

      made use of the word " trunk . " I have heard that name applied before . I am a Lancashire man . By a Juror—The captains or men belonging to the coai boats do not make use of the cabin . 1 do not know that they have done bo . By the Coroner—1 believe I have told you all I know on the turj-. ct . I should deserve punishment if I knew any thing and did not tell you . I have no suspicion of any one . I do not know &f any quarrel taking place between any man and woman on the river . I am sure I called it a " trunk" when I first saw it on the bank .

      Elizabeth Dean . —I saw tl * o body first on Saturday wet-fc , about half past three in the afternoon . I had been to market- It was about a hundred yards from our house . The-wind was blowing very strong , and I thought it was a piece of bacon © r spoilt meat ; I got a stick and moved it ; I thought it could not be a dog . I then saw the a : ecK end , and thought it was a shoulder piece , of bacon . It waa about twenty yards lower down the tut , on Sunday , than when I saw it on Saturday . I lent the police man a sheet to put the body in . I do not think there has been any unpleasant smell from tho cabin lately . By a Juror—I do not know of any person having slept in the cabin lately . The instrument by whieh it is fastened is ai ways kept in our house ; it is a piece of iron , and the door is difficult to he opened .

      Wm . Dile . —I was with Austin yesterday week , whbn this bony -was found . Austin saw it first , and took it out of the water . We then sent a boy to the cra :: e-house , acd three men came out . Jonathan Dean was one of than ; he said it would be best to have it "buried ; it was a " body . " I believe that was the expression he made use of . I do not think he said it was a " trunk . " I have never heard the expression before ; bnt 1 have seen it in the newspapers this week As far ss I besrd , he did not make use of the wotd . Dean then went for the spade , but came back without one , and said we had better tell a policeman . It was near eleven o'clock in tho forenoon . By a Jnror—At first when I saw it I thought it was a piece of mtat . Austin was determined to have ifc out , and then I saw it looked like a human body . When the mea came up , one of them said it was a body ; but I do not know wbieU of them it was .

      By the Coroner—I do not know that any particular observation * were made by the three men ; it did not strike me that Dean seemed in any way confused : there was nothing in his conduct which seemed to be at all suspicions . The body v ^ fls left by Austin and myself on the bank Bide while we went to fetch a policeman There wai nobody to havs prevented either Dean or any one else from making a \ " » ay with it if they had had a mind . I did not hear Dean xmu k that the . body bad been burnt Wm . Atmln recalled—When tha body wm first

      taken-out of the water by me It was laid with the back upwards . I am certain that Dean made ue of the word " trunk" on Sunday . I have a perfect recollection that he said bo . I have heard the word before at different times . I have no doubt at all that he made use of that word . I did not notice that any of the three men expressed surprise tthen the body was found ; there was cothiirg that struck me as beic # suspicions . Several remarks were made , and one said . " it was a curious thing that it should be found there . " I was not surprised to hear Dean make use of the vrord " trunk . " I have heard it used frequently ; I heard it

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      I think , during the time * of Daniel Good ' s affair . I am sure I sm not mistaken . There being no further evidence , The Cobo . seb then said , he thought there was Bufflicient evidence before vhem to enable them to come to a conclusion as to the cause of death ; he suggested , however , that tbe best course would be to further adjourn the enquiry , as by that step the subject would be kept more before tbe public , and it might be the means of eliciting some further evidence . He thought also it was due to the public that the cue should be as fully investigated aa possible . Some of the Jurors expressed themselves as agreeing cordially in the propriety of a further adjournment .

      ' The Coroner said tie might intimate that since last Monday everything that possibly could be done had been done , in order , if possible , to lead to a discovery , or to any means which might Itad to an identity of the body . Mr . Marklaud , one of the Borough magistrates , had attended the inquest , aud as well as the magistrates generally , bad been indtf . itigable in causing every inquiry to bo made . He wou ! d suggest thst the adjournment should should be for ; i fortnight , and if anything transpired , tht-y could be called together at an earlier day . This suggestion was adopted , aud the inquiry adjourned accordingly until Monday , the 20 th instant , at six o ' clock in the evening .

      HUDDESSPIEIiD . —Petty thefts and nightly depredations are most alarmingly on the increase in this town and neighbourhood ; and it is strongly reported that our Poor Law Union will bo broken up almost immediately , for want of means , many of tlie parish officero declaring it to be impossible to collect the rates from the inhabitants . JHID-LOTHIAN . —Tho farmers of Mid-Lothian have lately held two meetings , for tho purpo .-e of considering the propriety of universally reducing their servants' and labourers' wages ! They came to the determination to reduce their servants ( men ) £ 2 per year , and to pay no more than one shilling

      per day to men , and sispeuco per day to women labourers . One of theso meetings was held at Da , lfceitb , the other in Edinburgh . At tho latter , a Mr . Hunter , farmer , was in the chair , aud it is rumoured that he waB attacked on his way home from the meeting , knocked off his horse , kicked , and otherwise maltreated , so that he has not been out of his bed since . This worthy only paid one penny per rood ( of six yardt . ) for cutting drains of twenty inches deep , this last summer ! At this rate of wages , a labourer , working twelve houva per day , could not earu five shillings per week 1 Truly these are are glorious times lor the working men to live in !—Correspondent .

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      Disasters at Sea .- ^ -Margate , Feb . 5 . —Another Vessel is added to thelist of homeward-bound , which at the very close of their voyago , have Buffered shipwreck in the channel . The Larkins , a fine ship , belonging to Messrs . Heaviside and Co , of Cornhill , which arrived in the Downs on Thursday last , from China , after breaking from her moorings on Saturday night , came ashore on the Walpole liook , about one mile to the east of Margate , at half-past four o ' clock on Sunday morning . The circumstances of the present loss differ materially from the recent calamities on the French coaat , inasmuch as the Larkins had reached tho Downs in safety , and was riding at her anchorage when the heavy gale sprang up 00 Friday night . Two steam-tuga had been despatched from the river to bring her into the docks , but on their , arrival within sight of the ship , the

      weather was so boisterous ttiat it was found impossible lo make head against it , and they were both compelled to take shelter in Margate-roads ; one of them having lost an anchor and chain . The Larkins rodo out the gale well during Saturday morning , having 120 fathoms of chain out ; but about midnight it was discovered that she was driving near shore , and Captaiu Hibbert considered it advisable to cut both the main and mizan masts away , in order to save the ship from striking . In this , unfortunately , ho was not successful , as she came on shore with the flood-tide , about four a . m . on Sunday morning . Tho ship sits well , and great hopes ave entertained that the cargo will bo got out without much dauiago , though the sea was too high up to Sunday night to allow any steamer to approach her , and hor position precludes the possibility of commuuicatioa from the land .

      WHrrBV , Sunday Moknino . —One of the mo , = t distressing shipwrecks that has occurred on this pa * rt of the coast for several years took place yesterday at'tbe entrance of Robin Hood ' s-bay , situate a few miles to the south of this harbour and to the north of the ruins of Scarborough Castle , whereby , we regret to state , a party of the Coast Guard Service , belonging to the station at that plane , under the command of the chief officer , Lieutenant Lingard , R . N ., with the crew of , the distressed vessel , consisting of six persona , met with a watery grave . The particulars are as follows : —During Friday night and yesterday morning the wind blew a hurricane from N , E . Early in the morning a brig was observed endeavouring to run into the bay for shelter , but a

      tremendous sea threw the vessel upon her broadside , and drove her ashore , within a short distance from the entrance of the bay . Tho crew mado ovory exertion to get her off , but finding it impossible , and that her destruction would speedily follow , they took to the rigging for safety . Upon their situation being observed by the effieeronduty near the spot , he hastened to give the alarm to the station . Lieutenant Lingard directly ordered the life-boat to be launched , into which he got , followed by five o f his men , and they pushed off in gallant style to the distressed vessel , which proved a collier belonging to London , named the William and Ann . The sea being excessively high , and as it snowed heavily , it was a length of time before they could reach the vessel . Upon

      coming alongside , the crew were taken off , and the boat ' s head was put about for the shore , Lieutenant Lingard taking charge of the helm . She had not reached any considerable distance from the wreck before a heavy wave struck tho boat and turned her bottom up , throwing the whole of her living freight into the boiling surf . Lieutenant Lingard and several others immediately rose and clung to the boat , while others attempted to gain the shore by swimming . Their cries could be plainly heard from the beach , but it was beyond all human power to render them assistance . Every soul perished . An attempt was mado by the commander of ( he brig Ayton , which happened to be within a short distance of the

      spot , and four seamen , to go to their assistance , but their boat was upset , and they narrowly escaped meeting with a similar fate . The names of the coastguard- ^ nen who perished with Lieutenant Lingard are reported to be , Christopher Trucman , Wm . Poud , Robert Avery , Eiward Jellings , and another . The names of the crew of the vessel are not yet known . Most of the sufferers have families residing in tho town , and are highly respected , particularly Lieutenant Lingard , whose loss is greatly deplored . Up to the present hour , eight o ' clock Sunday morning , only one body has been washed ashore ; it is that of a seaman , and is supposed to be one of the crew belonging to the wreck . Tho vessel lies high upon the shore , and is expected hourly to go to

      pieces * . On Saturday , during a violent squall of wind , fifteen coal-ships drove from their anchors and went ashore in Woolwich-reach . They all sustained damage , and were not got off without great difficulty . Eight barges , all laden , were sunk in the reach , and about one o ' clock , when the wind was blowing a tremendous hurricane from the northwest , forty watermen's boats were sunk at Greenwich , and the loss to the poor owners will be at least £ 300 . The surge washed over the Government vessels lying off the dock-yard , and it waa necessary to batten down all the hatches on deck . The taischief done in the lower part of the river while the storm lasted has been immense , and several

      steamers also suffered . On the same morning the tide roso to an unusual height , owing to the northerly wiuds keeping the water up the English Channel , mid the streets near tho river at Gravesend , Woolwioh , and Greenwich , were overflowed , and tho ground-floors , cellars , and kitchens of the houses were filled with the flood , and much property destroyed . Iu High-street , Wapping , Mr . Johnson , of the Ship , at Execution-dock ; Mr . Waemutb , of the Watermen ' s Arms ; and Mr . Willard , of the White Swan , have sustained losses by tbe inundation to the amount of £ 200 . In Rotherhithe the tido washed over the wharfe into the streets , aud has proved vciy disastrous to many inhabitants here . Tho marshes at Dagenham and other places were inundated , and are now under water .

      Redcar , Sunday Morning . —During Friday night and yesterday we have been visited by the most awful storm of wind , snow , and rain , that has been experienced since the memorable gale in the year 1839 ; with this difference : the present storm blew N . N . E . dead on shore , and the other from nearly the opposite point . Among the numerous casualties , I regret to record the total loss of the brig Liberty , a vessel about-200 tons burden , belonging to Sunderland , while on her passage from Lynn , commanded by Mr . Liddell , master , which , occurred at one o ' clock yesterday morning , at a place called Saltburn s situate within a short distance of this place . The revenue officers , on observing the perilous condition of the vessel , got the Redcar life-boat in readiness , and , upon her striking , which hapDened

      about the hour above-mentioned , it was shoved off to the rescue of the unfortunate persons on board . After tho brig reached the shore , the crew got the longboat overboard , and attempted to gain the beach , but almost at the same moment it was cap sized by an immense wave , and the whole of them were precipitated into the sea . The life boat was then within a quarter of a mile of the vessel , and although every nerve was strained by these who manned the oars to save the poor fellows , it was found impossible , consequently all of them ( excepticg a youth of the name of William Phillips ) met with a watery grave . He waa miraculously saved fry clinging to the seats of the boat , after being capslzod , and was not poreeired until after he had been washed ashore . The number who perished was five , being the master ( Mr . Liddell ) and four seamen ,

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      me of their bodies have yet been picked up . > out two hojirs after the abtve melancholy occurnce , anotherj biig , coal laden , was driven by the ry of the hurricane on the rocks , within a mile d a half to | the easfc of Saltburn , where she has ice , it is stated , gone to pieces . The crew , eleven number , were taken off the wreck by a fishing lack , which landed them in about four hours after , perfect safety . Thrke Vessels Lost , with All HANDS .- ^ During e storm on jthe 13 th of last month , two vessels ere seen to go down in deep water off the coast of orfolka few ! miles southward of Yarmouth . They

      , ive since been ascertained to be tho Nancy and the etrel . The Wmer belonged to Dover , and h < r ew consisted of five persons , Wiliiam' Newton , laster , Tiemier Lawrence , Charles West , William liickwin , Ge orge Partridge , and another . The hole of them ! perished . Most of them have friends aiding at Doyer to deplore their untimely end . Tae , her vessel was from Ramsgate , and her . crew mounted to j five seamen . They also perished , uothcr vessel , called the Jane , bound to Glasgow , is been missing 6 ince the morning of the 13 h uit ., ad no doubt is entertained but that she went down ¦ it hin a few i miles of Milford Haven . Her crew

      arished with her . Information had been received of the bri » Mary ad Isabella , j from Wick to Leith , having been > tally lost oh tho rocka ashore of Fiudon , seven ules south of Aberdeen . The occurrence took lace between ' eight and nine o ' clock on Friday night 1 st , and a portion of the crew and two female pasin ^ era ware drowned . At 81 j th , on thf ? ariie ni ^ ht , ne Rochester : Castle , a schooner , amidst the ^ ale , roke from her moorings , and drifted out of the arbour , when sho subsequently capsized , and wait

      down in deep water . Sfie is a total wreck . At Staithes the hurricane en Friday was severely felt . About ten o'clock on the following morning a light brig , named the Thomas , of North Saields drove on shore within aj few miles of the town . Through the great exertions of hundreds who had assembled on shore , tho crew were all saved by means of a rope from the ship . i The vessel is a total wreck . The Elizabeth , of Harwich , a schooner of about 200 tous burden , was totally lost on the North S ^ a on Thursday last . All ! the crevf , except one , was saved .

      Portisu-h , FiB . 4 . —Ye « terday and during the night it blew a moat terrific hurricane from the N N . E ., with a heavy fall of snow . Early in thu morning the coast on each side of Ponrush was strewed with fragments of Homeusifortuuate vessel supposed to have been wrecked ; on the fearful rocks of the SUemes Isles , and no jdoubt the crew must have instantly perished . Several casks of porter , marked " Elliot and Co ., London , " have been picked up , ulso several casks have beJn found , which the coast guard have taken possession of . The only part of the wreck which can ftivje any clue to the name of this ill fated vessel is the bust of a . lady , painted white , part of the carved work on her stern , and a capstan bar , branded with * ' Brilliant , of Aberdeen . "

      LIVERPOOL . The weather has since Monday la £ t been extremely tempestuous , j On that day there was a , severe gale from the westward , which , agitating the river , made the vessels ride uneasily . On Wednesday night the gale increased to a storm , which continued without intermission the whole of Thursday . During the night , or early in the morning , a schooner was wrecked on Blayney ' s-bank , so called from having been tho spot where the Lord Blayuey steamer wa 9 lost , with all hands , soma years ago . This bank is near the Welsh shore , off Rhyl , whereas the Tclegranh announced the situation of the wreck as

      follows : — " There is a schooner sunk on West Hoylo , the crew in the rigging . The Point of Ayr lifeboat is going { towards the vessel at 8 h . 30 in . p . m . " The wreck was , it appears , observed irom Rhyl , to which the Poipt of Ayr life-boat was takon by laud . She was thence launched and fully mauned . Being to the windward of the wreck , she soon reached the edge of the bank ; but so tremendous was the sea , it would have been destruction to have attempted to go over the bank to the schooner . For three hours the men remained as hear tho spot as they deemed prudent , in the hope that the sea . would moderate , so as make it safe for them to venture towards the wreck . But

      despairing , in . the then raging state of the surf , of succeeding in ; their humane object , they most reluctautly quitted' the edge of the bank , in the hope that the weather would moderate during the night , and enable them , if tho vessel should hold together and the men jsurvive , to make a more successful rffort in the miirniDg . While the Point of Ayr lifeboat was attempting to reach the wreck from the Welsh coast , i similar abortive attempt waa made to save the men from the Lancashire shore . As soon ad the signal i of distress was observed flying at Bidstone Liuhthouse , and the Telegraph announced * that the vessel jin distress was sunk on West Hoyle , the Steaming ^ Company ' s vessel , the Victoria ,, was ordered to put to sea instantly , accompanied by the

      company ' * li ' eboat , fully manned . The proceedings of the Victoria will be seen by the following ; statement , with which we have been furnished : — " At ten minutes past nine , a . m ., on the 2 d inst ., a signal of distress was observed at Bidstone . Our lifeboat ' s crew immediately mustered , and a signal was mado for tho steamer Victoria , it being her look-out . The lifeboat waa got out and the steamer alongside the George ' s Pier-head by half-past nine , a . m . By this jtime the sub-manager , Mr . Barber , had arrived at the pier-head , when one of our clerks went up to the Telegraph office and obtained the enclosed information ; « n presenting which to the sub-manager hb was ordered by him to go again to the Telegraph-office , to obtain , if possible ,

      information of the position on West Hoyle wlure the schooner was sunk . But they could not give him any further information on the subject , than that the Point of Ayr lifeboat was thoa two m ; ls to-the souihward of her . The steamer then left , with the lifeboat in tow , it being ten minutes to ten , a . m ., and proceeded down , through the Rock Channel , to about six miles to tho westward of the N . W . Lightship , in about four fathoms and a half , on the northern edge jof West Hoyle . There was a man kept at the masthead of the steamer the whole way down , and the master and sub-manager repeatedly went up there themselves , but could not see anything of the j schooner . At two , p . m . they bore up for iLiverpool , under the full conviction that the schooner had gone to pieces . "

      The fact of the wreck having been on Blayney ' s Bank , and not o ; n West Hoyle , the two banks being miles asunder , explains tho reason of the Victoria not seeing the wreck . At nightfall two poor fellows were still in thejrigging , the sea washing over them . How th * y managed to cling to the rigging all day , amidst the continued washing of the waves and the piercing cold , it is difficult to guess . What their feelings must haye been , if they saw tho attempts of the life-boat andjthe steam-boat to rescue them from their perilous situation , and the failure of one attempt after another to reach them , cannot be expressed , but may be imagined . The storm continued through the nigtit . Next morning not a single vestigo of the unfortunate steamer could be seen from the

      Bidstone station . The unhappy crew had perished . They originally consisted of four , but two bad'been drowned early in the morning . On Friday night , or rather on Saturday morning , the wind blew a complete hurricane Jfrom the northward , there having been very little west in it . One small vessel was wrecked on the | banks , and all hands were lost . Neither her name nor the port whence she . came could be discovered , any more than the name and port of the schooner wrecked on Wednesday night , j A flat was also wrecked near Mockbeggar , but the crew were happly saved . The British and North American royal mail steamer the Aoadia was at her moorings in the Sloyne , ready

      to start oa her jyoyage to Halifax and Boston . So violent , howeveri was : he storm , and so agitated the river , that several of the ferry steamers could not , early in the forenoon , ply . Nor dare any steamer make the attempt to carry the passengers and the mails alongside , lest it should be seriously damaged , if not actually sunk , by the heavy sea- But , even" if the passengers and the mails had been on board , it would not have been prudent for a vessel drawing so much water to have attempted to cross the bar , on which there was a tremendous sea , after the turn of the tide . All these considerations induced the agents to delay the steamer ' s sailing until Sunday , when , the storm having abated , she proceeded to sea . — Albion . ' <

      An Investigation is on foot relative to the purloining of a valuable portion of Earl FhzsviUiam's jewels from Wilton House . Suspicion attaches ' , it appears , to some of his lordship ' s domestics . Newbiggin-on-Sea , near Moepeth . —The brig Blucher , of and from London , in ballast for Warkworth , was , on Saturday morning , totally wrecked on . some rocks ne | ar this place . The captain , Mr . John Johnson , with two others , were saved ; but three , including the son of the captain , were lost . Exportation op Specie . —Specie to a very large amount is now exportiug from Liverpool to the United States . The British and North American royal mail steamer Caledonia , which sailed on the 4 th ult ., for Halifax and Boston , carried out above 100 , 000 sovereigns : and , yesterday , the Acadia , for

      the same port , had on freight not less than 300 , 000 . The ordinary rate of insurance for specie in these steamers is 12 s . 6 * d . per cent ., but in consequence of the large quantity going by the Acadia , and the extremely boisterous state of tbe weather during the last week , the premium rose as high as to 30 s .. At this rate , even , it was difficult to get insurance done on specie , the underwriters being quite full of risks . The packet ship Independence , which sailed yesterday for New York ' , carried out 60 , 000 sovereigns on freight ; and the packet ship New York , which will sail to-morrow for the same port , will have a large quantity on freight . The Great Western , too , which wi ; l leave Bristol ! on Saturday next for Madeira and New York , will carry out a large amount of specie . Tbe sovereigns thus exported are , it is

      supposed , chiefly intended f-r operations in bills of ex change . —Liverpool , A Ibion .

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      A Reduction is about to take place in the BritiA forces m Canada , to the extent of three wrinwnt ? which are to return immediately to this connw The King's Dragoon Guards will be one , the oS two will be selected from those regiments wW length'of colonial duty -will give them tbeprefettW Other reductions are decided on , or in progress f ^ accordance with the intimation conveyed in th Royal Speech . — United Service Gazettee

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Feb 3 BANKRUPTS . Frederick Catbush , of Keanington , Ksnt seedsman February 10 , at half-past one , and March 17 , &t w . ' past eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Jit W . Wbitmore , official assignee , 2 , Basinghall-attetti ' and Messrs . Francis and Son , solicitors , Monuiaeat-yaiA William Marshall , of Worthing , Susstx , butcher February 11 , at eleven , aud Match 24 , at one , at tha Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . T . M . Abater official assignee , 12 , Birchin-lane , London ; and Mesai Palmer and Co ., solicitors , Bedford-row . ^^ Alexander Norton , of E ; lward " s-streat , Porhnaa square , upholsterer , February 11 , at one , aud March 24 * at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mi ' W . Whitmore , official assignee , 2 , Bisinghall-stt 3 et « and Mr . Khisey , solicitor , Bloomsbury-sqoare . '

      Thoruas Herrirfge , of 1 , Tipper Wharton-strefit , CleiV enwell , builder , February 15 and March 8 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . London . Mr . Geoxga Lickiagton official assignee , 3 , CoJeMan-street-buildiiigs ; and Sty ' Wells , solicitor , Wilniin&ton-square , Clerkenwell . William Mays , of Brigstock , Northamptans ^ jg feltmonger , Feb . 17 , at two , and . March 10 at twelve at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . P . Johnson official assignee , 20 , Basinghall-stieet ; Messis . Cook and Sijunders , solicitors , New-inn . Ling Robinson , of Baiiingdon , Essex , ffi iUwriirtit , February 17 , at twelve , and Marck 15 , at eltv ^ n , attjm Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Johnson , tfficial as 3 i ? n ^ e , 20 , BasvnghaH-street ; and Messrs . RsmoniJI and Gooday , solicitors , 14 , South-square- Graj'a-inn .

      Samuel Presland and Henry John Osbaldiston , « f Castle « ourt , Laureace-lane , warehousemen , February 10 and March 14 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy London . Mr . Q-eorge Gibson , official assignee , 72 * Baainghall-street ; Messrs . Bower and Back , solieitoij Chancery-lane , London ; and Mesars . Barlow and Assod ' solicitors , Manchester . ' Isabella No well , now or late of Huddersfteld , Y oifc shire , currier , February 14 , at one , and March 17 , at eleven , at the Couit o £ Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Charles Fearne , official assignee , Leeds ; and Mr . Laycocfr solicitor , Huddersfield . ' Edward Cragg , of K < jndal , Westmoreland , innkeeper Febmary 14 , ; it two , and March 20 , at one at the Court cf Bankruptcy , Nowcaate-upon-Tyce . Mr . Ihamas Biker , official assignee , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Hj . sb ' ppard , solicitor , Gr ^ sveaor-stxeet , London ; and Mr ! Feani 8 ide , solicitor , Burton .

      Hervey Lane , of Dsrby , innkeeper , February 10 sub March 17 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy Birmingham . Mr . James Christie , official assignee ' Birmingham ; and Mr . Johu Blackurn , soliaitat , Leedj Richard Whiston , of Clun , Shropshire , shoemaker , February 13 and Match 9 , at half-past twelve , at thft Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Frederick Wbitmore , official assignee , Birmingham ; and' Mr . Evan William , solicitor , Kaighton . Thomas Kuowles , Daniel Lewis , and E . dward DodS , of Dudley , Worcestershire , fouuarymen , February 11 , at baif- past twelve and March 9 , at twelve , at the Conrfc of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Thomas Bittleston , official assignee , Birmingham ; aud Mr . Shaw , solicitor , Dudley .

      Geerge Thompson and Edward Creswell , of Manchc * ter , solicitors , February 21 , at eleven and March 7 , ^ twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester ! Mt Jobn Holt , Stanway , official assignee , Manchester ; and Messrs . Emraett aud Alien , solicitors , Bloomatmrjsquare , London . William Moss , of Kingaton-upon-Hull ,. woollen draper , February 10 and March 17 , at eleven , at fts Court ef Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . George William Freeman , official assignee , Leeds ; aud Messrs . England and Shackles , solicitors , HulL Thomas Moss , of Newport Grange , Yorkshire , brickmaker , February 10 aud March 17 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . George Young , official assignee , Leeds ; and Messrs . Ecglard ami Shackles , solicitors . Hull .

      Churles Pickslay , of Sheffield , Merchant , February 14 and March 14 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Henry Philip Hope , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . Thomas William Rosigers , solicitor , Shefiuld ; and Mr . William S } kes , solicitor , Leeds . Hugh Patter , Offlsy Shore , John Brewin , ana John Rodgers , of Shtffield , bankers , February 15 and 17 and March 1 , 8 , and 15 , ac eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . George William Freeman , official assignee , Leeds ; arid Mr . Albert Smith , solicitor , Sheffield . George Thomas Caswell , of Birmingham , g \» a dealer , and of Wolverhampton , Staffordshire , pump maker , February 13 . at cue and March 11 , at half-past eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mi . Thomas Bittleston , official assignee ; Mesars . A . andT S . Ryland , solicitors , Birmingham ; aud Mr . Buckling solicitor , Birmingham .

      Edward Ollernsbaw , of Manchester , hit manufac turer , February 14 and March 7 , at twelve , at the Court < if Bankruptcy . Manchester . Mr . John Fraser , official assignee , Manchester ; Me 3 sre . Bagsbsw anJ Stevenson , solicitors , Manchester ; aud Messrs . Johnson and Co ., solicitors , King's-bench-walk , Temple , London . Robert Thompson Cartwright , of Loutti , Lincolnshire , woollen draper , Febmary 15 and March 17 , afe eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Slt . Georg » Young , official assignee , Leeds ; aiessrs . PeterWelto , jun ., and Robert Wells , solicitors , Kingston-upon-HuII ; and Messrs . Horsfall aud Harrison , solicitors , Leeds .

      PAR 1 NEE 8 H 1 PS DISSOLVED . William Gibson and BeDJamin Gibson , of HnddeB * field , joiners . Thomas Birley , Thomas Lsngton Birley , Charles Birley , and Francis Bradkirk Birley , of Kirkham , Lancashire , flix spinners ( so far as regards Francis Bradkirk Birley ) . Anthony Niobol and William Robinson , of Liverpool , general commission agents . Edward Nettleship aud Thomas Lee , of Thorne , Yorkshire , grocers . P . J . de Zulueta and Anthony de Zalueta ,. of London , Liverpool , and Gibraltar , merchants ( so far as regards Anthony de Zulueta . Thomas Cutler and William Read , of Cleckheaton , Yorkshire , iron and brass founders . Nathaniel Gleatou and T . ( J . Windborne , of Liverpool .

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      From the Gazttte of Tuesday , February i . BANKRUPTS . John OveriDgton , plumbar and gbzier , Arnndel , Sussex , to surrender February 14 at three , and March 17 , at t-leyen , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Busiiighallstreet . Mr . Belcher , < fficial assignee ; Mr . Braitbwaite , solicitor , Sergeant's-inn , Fleet-street . Joseph Rands , shoe dealer , Southampton , February 15 , at eleven aud Ma . ch 21 , at twelve at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Mr . Green , official assignee , Aldermandbury ; Mr . Wilson , solicitor , Alder manbnry . Thomas Berry , brewer , Lewes , February 14 , at t »» and March 17 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , B . isin § hall-street . Mr . Pennell , official assignee ; Messrs Diramock and Burdy , solicitors , Stse-lane . Kent

      John Von , gold lace manufacturer , Milton , , February 23 , st half-past twelve and March 21 , »« twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Brisiogball-fliK-sr . Mr . Edwards , official assignee , Fredetick ' s-p ! ace > Gia Jewry ; Messrs . Brown , Marten , and Thomas , Commeroial Sal .-rooms , Mincing-lane . . Thomas Rjynoids , jun ., merchant , Great-street , Helen's , Bwhops ^ ate-street , February 23 and March ZI , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , B ssiGgbaH-street . Mr . Edwards , official assignee , Frederick ' s place , Old Jewry ; Messrs . Baiker aud Rose , solicitors , Mark-lane , Fenchsirch-atteat . . John Walker , linendraper , Hayfield , DerbyaWrJ February 21 ard March 17 , at the Manchester District Ceurt of BiLliruptcy . Mr . Stanway , official assignee ; Mr . Turner , solicitor , Stockport , Cheshire ; Mesa * Pocock and Wilkiiu , solicitors , Birtholomew-cioWi London

      . James Ctordon , merchant , Liverpool , February 15 , and March 17 , at twe ve , at tbe iiiverpool Dwtn « Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Turner , official ass'S * Liverpool ; Messrs . Lvvndea , Robinson , and ^ f " solicitors , Lmrpool ; Messrs . Sharpe , FKH < 1 . J 1 C ** son , solicitors , Bedford-row , London . „ William Denver and William Nixey , wofu ; " drapers Liverpool , February 17 and Match 17 , at one , at the Dittrict Curt of Bankruptcy , Liverpe « - *\ J Fi . llett , official assignee , Liverpool ; MeB " * J / y * rt croft , and Swn solicitors , Liverpool ; Messrs . Clu * * an (' . foulmin , solicitors ^ Staole-inn , London . John Wood , miller , Bjau Vale , Nottlngbauwmwr February 21 , at twelve and March 16 , at elOTen ' ^ S ? District Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Hope ; *? £ ^ assignee , Lseda . Messrs . Johnson , Sob , and WeaH ? aw » solicitors , Temole , London ; Mr . Bowley , solicitor ,

      NotSingham . * Robert Elliot , merchant , Sheffield , February 24 WO March 22 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Court oi Bankruptcy . Mr . Freeman , official assignee , "WM *» Mr . Branson , solicitor , Sheffield ; Mr . Fiddey . aoHcitor , Templa , London . „» John Elliot , merchant , Sheffield , February 24 and March 22 , at eleven , at the Leeds l >»* J * . 5 f L ™ Bankruptcy . Mr . Youi % t fficial assignee , Leeds , Mf . Branson , solicitor , SSuffield ; Mr . Fiddey , solicitor , Temple , London . n . „„ . » Thomas Walker , brewer , Leeda , FabrMiy »* « "S Mavch 17 , at twtlw . at tbe Leeds ^ ' ^ f ^ jfJ Banfcr * ptcy . Mr . Young , official assignee , L « eds , Mr . solicitorL-e&u

      Sugar , , _ . _ _ _ ..,, _ ,. „„„„ , „ W Uaa JonesT ship builder , Cardiff 1 ««*» shire , February 28 aud Mareh 21 , at twelvo a tha Bristol District Court of B *» Jcruptcy . Jfc Button , official awignee , Bristol ; Mews . < Z" ** ™ £ J £ ? , solicitors , Lincoln ' s Ian-fields , London ; Messrs . Savery , Clarke , and Co , solicitors , Bristol .

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      I 3 D 1 A AND CHINA . ESPRBSS PROM MABSEI 1 LES . ( Frrm the L&idm Times . ) Our ordinary monlWy express from Marseilles , m ; anticipation of the Indian mail , has arrived , and we , JiaTe received tbe Indian journal and letters to the 2 d of January . The inteiEgeace wMcb they bnDg . _ , though not of the exciting interest of some mails oi > last year , is satisfactory , as proving taat the peace sadtranquility sa inucli desired in our Lastern posses ^ on 3 Mve besa ihoronghly established . under ths

      The different corps of the arms com-, anand of General PeH- > ck h&d crosst ^ d the SxL' Aecge , \ and after their ftzh . ncs and their snSerings , iheir ; campaigns csJ tbeir battles , the soldiers were about ioenvxv *"^ : r iriumpi 3 and &eir rewards . Ine « ot . -1- U-cneral , "with ifce Commancer-in-Qnef , an- . - ^ rd an of tue army - - rsserve , was present at Fenzipore on tieir arrival ^ iho B riti sh territory , io -wdcoae them . Tse baita promised , and me medals , irereabjut to be distributed-with ahberai hand , * cd general rejoicing appeared to be the order of the day . Among the evcats which engrossed the attention ofthe Indian Journals during the month of December , the proclamation by Lord Ellenboroivgh , addressed * " to ail the princes , and chiefs , and people of J p dmj" and already so notorions here , had given lise to the most extraordinary comments . It appears to have met vrxih no favour in any -quarier . Oq a fntare dav tvs shall tndesvour to fcid roorn for some

      extracts on itis subject , vrhicb . vrill be interesting as an evidence of the feeling snch a document would create among ibe population for vrhose perusal it was especially intended . The navigation of the Indus and its tributiry livers had attracted much of the attention of t » ie Government . A demand had been made npon the Ameers of Seinde for their assent to a treatj , by ivhich Kurrachee and Tatta , and a strip of land extending aldng ihp banks of ice Indus , with the towns and forts of Sukkur , Bakknr , and Raree , and as fax as their territory reached , shonld be made over to th- Company . The Ameers appeared at first eager to make'a determined resistance , but the presence of the British army under the command of Sir Charles Kapier had diminished that eagerness .

      Major Ourram , who was removed in / November from the political agencj at Hyderabad , had early in . December received or r . ers from tbe Governor-General to resume those fnncrions , aa hi ? knowledge cf the inhabitants and their rulers is likely to prove advantageous . He started from Bsmb 3 j on board a steamer on the 16 ih of December , jo proceed io join Sir Charles . Napier , and to conclude the arrangements which it was expected would be speedily effected to tbe satisfaction of the parties . There were diSerent reports in circulation respecting the disturbed state of Cabul , where .. the young

      son of SehahSopjih , Schah Po > re . sail maintained himself , as cidhis brother , Safier Jung , at Candahar The adherents of Akhbar Khan asserted that he would soon be at the head of a large force , and would take the government from the fetbis Sovereign of CabuL * Do ? t Mahommed had an interview with Lord Eilenbcrough at Loodiauah in the beginning of December , and was to proceed " with aa escort to feshavror , where he was to reside for some time , under the protection of ih . 3 Skh Government . The intention of the Governor-General to observe neutrality on the snbject of the Cjibul Government was srowea explicitly .

      The victories in Afghanistan and China had protlnced the effect of quieting even the most disturbed parts of the Bunclekund district . It was asserted that some documents had been discovered which tended to implicate the depose d Sovereign of Hindostan , or as he is called , the descendant of the Great Mogul , in those disturbinces . The vigilance of the Governor has , however , neutralized all attempts on Msparj , and on that of his abettors , to create confosion in India . The inmoiir of Tharaw&ddie's death has been contradicted . He appears now to be thoroughly convinced of the inntiiiqr , on his part , of trying any struggle with the British power in the East . The Hin 3 oi > tan steamer arrived at Madras on ihe 19 ih of December , and started on the following day for Caicu *; a .

      CHINA . The new 3 frem China comes down to the I 9 : h of November irom Macao ; to the 35 th from Hong Kong ; aud tciheend of Oetob&rfrom Chusan . The last division of the iieefc , having left the Yang-TTzs-IGaag river , had , on the 17 th of October , reached Chusan , where a portion , of the troops was to be stationed for a time . Other portions were stationed si Amoy and Hong Song . Thi 3 latter colony j is . governed by Lord Saltoun . 1 % was thriving , and ' - a proposal had been mado for erecting a theatre j there . Captain Balfonr , of the Madras Artillery , j who had sained a considerable knowledge of the '

      Chinese language and character , was named British Consul-GeEflral , to reside aV Shaaghae . There were ; "varions decrees published by the Emperor , in wnich i the national disGke of the Tartars to all foreigners \ was in some measure concealed , and a wish Jo main- j tain the ** everlasting peace"' exhibited- English ' merchants and their " families" are to be permitted ,: according io those decrees , to reside at Canton , a * , ' Powehowfoo , at Amoy , Ningpoo , and Shanghae ; and their steps aie to have places for repairs . Hong-Kong is ceded in perpetuity as a colony to Great Britain , and the " Hong , " or monopoly mer- chants , are to be abolished .

      Sir Henry Pottinger was expected to arrive at Hong Song towards the end of November or beginiiing of December , in erder to carry on tne negoiiations * are 5 pecting the commercial tariffl The Commander-in-Chief , Sir Hugh Gongh , intended , it was stated , to sail for Calcutta in the beginning of December . Several of the jegiments appear to have suffered severely from sickness . Ihe Chinese were repairing all their forticatioBS . The following extract from a private circular anuonnees the late reductions elected in the duties at Canton , and the opening of the tea trade : — M Macmj , Nov . 14 , 1842 . ° Vb avail of the earliest opportunity to advise yon that the Hong merchants have made the following reductions in the duties exacted at Canton during th&war on the undermentioned aricles , viz .: — *• 2 Taels per pecnl © n tea . *• 5 Dollars do . on Nankin silk .

      " 1 Tael do . on Canton do . ** 3 Mace do . on cetton . w H Dollar -do . on cotton yam . " 25 " Cents per piece on cotton cloth , Eecond sort . " 19 Ditto do . on do ., coarse . u 50 Ditto do . on woollen . * 25 Ditto do . on long ells . B Tnis has led to "the opening of the" tea market at 33 taels for the Cengons , which are nearly all bought np . As stated in onr circulars of tbe 5 sh instant , the season's supply of tea is not likely to exceed an average ose , and the amount of property at Canton , for Tfhich returns must be made chiefly ia teas , being Tery considerable , we think prices more likely to advance than to falL

      "It-is hoped that the opening of the tea trade , and the reduction of dnties on other articles , will cause an improved demand for imports generally . ** Transports and vessels of war are arriving daily from the North . Her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary is expected to arrive at Hong Kong early in December , but several months nrasi elapse before any sew regulations regarding trade can cose inso operation . ** The Monlmein was lost in October in the Palawan passage . "

      MONEY MAEKET . Calcutta , Dec . 17 , 1842 . Since our last issue , under dale 11 th ultimo , this market has experienced vicissitnies ; the favourable disposition then manifested is no lenger apparent ; on the ccntrary , much tightness is experienced in monetary transactions j there is ne positive scarcJ ^ y of money , for the receipts of bullion and specie ha ^ been considerable , and the re-opening of the Government Treasury for advances on shipments testifies to the flourishing condition of the pnfelio resources ; yet there is dificnliy in particular traasaetions . Freights . —The rates of homeward tonnage have

      considerably advanced since onr last issae , prodoed both by deficiency of arrival { those of ths last month being 3 , 000 tons less than the arrivals si the same period last jear ) and frGm c « mand arisicgirom the passing of the act allowing the emigration-of native labourers ; the rates of the day reported belssr show advances of 20 s . to 25 s . per ton on the questions givenin onr last report , with susceptibility , © f furtner improvement , at least for the next two moaths , as most of the expected vesselsare in ; the transports fiom China may not arrive before the end of Je&mf ^ wnTv erBM «« nters for the provision ofaboat 23 , 000 labourers for the Mauritius , for whose accommodation , according to Government orders , oUOOS X 3 S 55 & & asar ™ ° * -

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 11, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct790/page/6/