The Express. — London, England, 1851-02-06 00:00:00

ftif_ kL) -- gt *-tprt4. No. 1,389.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1851. [THREEPENCE. DEOIBTEX. AND ALL OTHER STOVER.— WILLLUS PORTO4III STOCK d RIKIIIIIIII Whir bolas bias the limo la 'ha weld. wieselled be welly and welety a/ Olga, awl uneeepreall is awralitenew al waritetwaldP. Bright Wawa with Ward aisammit 4 WWI al law, NO 14e. te Ali ; aYtr, with muds wwwielle and two Ms et Iltoe, 113 lea. to A' I Ife.• Ikaamd PaAlwa, welt stewhede, trete to I.; Iltaftwilere, ham tel w /11; MN% with risk emelt' ansams" lan SI Ik or A 75.; Fin lfar, two le. M. the art to Si 41. Ilybeetael sad Whet Patented iilrr team, and Ahearn Lowe wally Wu. CUTLERY, W n KKAN l'ED.—The most varied warmest W ILLI AM CUTLERY In the weld, all warranted, to renew et &BOLTON'S, at prim that era resume ranee only ferawed Weis:gems o the aka. 3a.inth Worp.bandled Wee tame, •de Web c comlttq IVa per donee; desserts, lambda W.; to totance, per doom niter; canvas, pw pie; WI. Isis, it exact pr 'Jnas, to its. per Owes; V strain, with Man female% *OM watts bow table Weak hew Oa pm deem; dawn* W., rarer% fa per pelt; bleak haws table teem tram Oa we doom ; &wort% 40.; amours, St. lint. ; tealateeela taw Val. The brim met ot plated dame" lattow are coma. Isassusiethse who, ewe or tee new pletad net wryer% r enheenta. Ara a baps aweeterst rd room roostatirs, lefones, r, at the bud Richly. Detailed Chlobew a with apr wine dewg ireamassep article, art (we poet free. WILLIAM' It. scams. i 4 osrmmommer. ammo New. leanarztet; end No. slthe 11 NE bed tWell W ewMAN.II 11181. Maieete. his hands sealed by Beuldi, with an injunction that it should not be opened until the expiration of that period. In this paper Beuldi declared before Ood that Lcsurques had nothing to do with the crime, and was totally unknown to all the criminals. By the death of Lesurqucs, his wife and children were left destitute, for the confiscation of all his property had been ordered, and it was attached by government to the senatoire of M. Count de Jacqueminot, who refused to accept it, observing that he respected cala mity too much to receive property stained with the blood of an innocent man, and that it ought to be restored to his family. This noble conduct produced no good to the family of Lesurques ; the property refused by M. Jacqueminot was subsequently appropriated by the public treasury-. Fifty six years have elapsed since this great judicial error, by which the life of an innocent and honourable man was SU erificed and his family pluueed into poverty, was committed, and up to the present time all the prayers, petitions, and memorials of that family for the rehabilitation of the me mory of the victim have been fruitless. It is hoped now, after the report of M. Laboulie, that all that human justice can do sill at length be rendered. WLNDLNO UP OF JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES. THE ROYAL BANK 01? AUSTRALIA, W revadriag b,. ariddlimia.Waq Trout Os larkta.—,' 1 - a" FIFTY THOUSAND CURBS by DU BARRY'S *[TAI ZITA Anima ft/DD.—. Twisty-Ars yore Kw. wraiwors. Owrtipetkos. • - rA t n latish weakdas inn mem sr idler% heroism reastwalr a ri a l a lZ; r l B.4IULTS WOOD. le abort Nora 6-111. D. Theme." oft* yard arawnamot alg aity. wit It srsuos. lam% NM aim% bow. slimarray eenowl y DU BA RRY'd delicious Fair am,dmß tlar.-41.r. Alm W. Flawll, ItidUctica Pactom "Dm priemseivemnsumos, with pairs is monk NA laß •niosil _pawl isteity. Iwo bus renwred lay DU DADAVII OwnwerlialOwrood.—Alass. Riszt, Areadssese al tiry Ilditireer..—duld h 0111181.11 TS. with he Dribirtasso. w 4 hi =hot D. M.. zah.,, 4s. Id.; Oa, at Ds.; 11111.. at tit. baps. MUM quaky. lOUs. at M.; Ma., sl LIMIT and Ott, W. law nor .rxrall, trombs.- t M lit lad MAL amnion I'm. rent of 831. 9e. ltid., 241. 9s. 4d. tithe rent charge, and 181. 98. 3d. renewal fine on the fall of each life. Those lands are let in five tenements, principally on leases, terminable, and part from year to year, at the rent of 491/. 14s. 10d. Mr. Hems Keel& was de clared the purchaser for 3,600/., being within a frac tion of 14 years' purchase on the present nett letting of 403/. 15s. Bd. _ _ _ It is understood that there will be an arrangement made for three sale days in the week instead of two in this court, and that a smaller number of estates will be put up on each day. A district tenant-right meeting was held at Ban bridge, in the county of flown, on Monday. The Northern Whig states that the attendance was more numerous than at other recent meetings, and that the speeches were, with scarcely an exception, cha racterised by an unusual moderation of tone. At the monthly meeting of the Royal Society for the Promotion of the Growth of Flax in Ireland, held at Belfast last week, several letters were read, in which an inquiry was made whether, in the event of a large sowing of flax, parties from the north would go to the south or west and embark in the steeping and seutching business. In reply to these it had been stated that such concerns should be put up by landlords, or men of business connected with the localities where they were required, as it was not likely, with the large field fur the investment of capi tal in Ulster, that northern. would be induced to em bark in this trade in other parts of Ireland. It was furtherreportcd to the meeting thatlarge quantitiesof flaxseed had been imported into the south and west, and so great was the desire to grow flax that there was cause for apprehending, in many districts, where the crop arrived at maturity, the quantity would be so large that the growers would find some difficulty in preparing it for market, where scutch-mills and rotteries had not been established, or where they were insufficient to prepare all that would be grown. In this event much disappoint ment would arise, and a check might be caused in the future extension of the crop. The secretary was, therefore, instructed to advise all parties with whom he was in correspondence that they should confine their breadth of flax, this year, within such bounds as to prevent this disappointment, and strongly to urge the necessity of putting up machinery and steep-vats wherever the crop should be grown, as the most certain means of pro viding a local market to the growers, and ensuring that the fibre and seed should be turned to the greatest advantage. He was also instructed to com municate with the Lord Lieutenant, and to request his Excellency would press upon the government the great advantage which would arise from the exten sion of the objects of the Land Improvement Ad vances Act, during the forthcoming session, so as to in clude the buildings and apparatus required for the steeping ■nd watching of flax. Many landlords would, at once, avail themselves of such a facility, and the concerns once erected, practical persons would, in all cases, be ready to take up the trade. Yesterday the adjourned meeting, on the claim of the North British Insurance Company of 27,0001., against theist of the Royal Bank of Australia, was proceeded Richards. Mr. Selwyn, the former com twell and Mr. H. the shareholders, manager, contest of the bank. .se construction of the .ok of Australia, as be :Clete, contending that the at to show, as a fundamental principle, that the business of the company wag to be carried es by means of capital subscribed, and not by pledging the credit of the propnetors in respect of debentures in lieu of raising capital. The deed provided that the capital should be 1,000,00 W., divided into 20,000 shares of 50/. each, but " that no proprietor should in any case be liable at law or in equity to pay, in respect of the contracts or engagements of the company, a greater sum than the amount of his share in the capital of the company not previously paid and brought in. ' This ohmic alone was utterly inconsistent with thealleged powers of the directors, which nowhere existed under the deed, of pledging to au unlimited extent the credit of the share holders on debentures. The 08th section of the deed de clared that no proprietor, without the authority of the directors, should be entitled to inspect the books and accounts, showing the unlimited control the directors took to themselves in the management of the affairs, and the history and mystery of which the shareholders were only able to know under the imperative processes of the Winding up Act. The clause in the deed giving the directors power to borrow money on promissory notes, boucle, debentures, deposit receipts, and other obligations, did not overrule the fundamental principle upon which the undertaking was established, namely, that of beginning business with a bona fide capital, and not by borrowing on debentures. It was on the strength of that clause, however, that the directors set to weekend manufactured these debentures ad libitum', as though they were coining money. The evidence went to show that the directors from time to time placed these debentures in the haunts of broken, to be hawked about for casual purchase, and caused such a system to be properly de.eribed as " a horrow:ng of money for the purposes of banking." The broker' employed for the issue of these debentures were Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, the former the chairman, and the latter a director, of the company. Was it likely that the North British Insurance Company, having • quantity of spare cash at command, would take the trouble to Reek out the Royal Bank of Australia, at that time unestabliehed. It was in evidence, however, that the directors of the latter company, several of whom were also directors of the North British Company, who were aware of all the provisions of the deed of settle- Inca, made the first overtures and advances, end that the debenture transactions were entered into In spite of the advice of Mr. Webster, who was solicitor to both companies, of the invalidity of the transaction, and that the borrowing money on debentures was an abuse of the powers of the deed. The directors of the bank, who were also directors of the London board of the North British Insur ance Company, carefully abstained from effecting these de benture transactiuns with the latter body, but Mr. Boyd, the chairman of the Royal Bank, went as it were in donnas to Edinburgh, and succeeded in so doing, instead of com municating with Sir Peter Laurie, the chairman of the London board of the North British, and who would proba bly, had the overture been made to him, have shown Mr. Boyd summarily out of the office, which was next door to that of the Royal Bank of Australia, in Moorgate-street, the Messrs. Boyd being also the resident directors of the North British Insurance, London. It might be contended, by a scies of metaphysics nut unusual north of the Tweed, that these gentlemen h aul nothing to do with the Edinburgh board of the North British, hut it would be difficult to get over their identity with that body. The directors of the North British Insurance Company could not have been in igno- rance of the provisions of the deed, since it appeared that a notarial copy of that document, in August. 1011, was sent from Mr. N'S ray, the manager of the Royal Bank of Aus tralia, to Sir FranCiv Walker Drummond, the chairman of the North British, when this kite-living of debentures first took place in the north. The learned counsel having quoted the case of The Bank of Austral mia v. the Royal Bank of Australia," where it was decided that the power* of the directors were limited to the borrowing money to meet liabilities, and not for the purposes of capital, the pro ceedings, at 6 o'clock, were adjourned to this day (Thurs day) week. WEAK LEGS.—BAILEY'S BANDAGE is oak the Cambria to America, and of thus teeing the ad- THE ROYAL BANK OF At S 1 It Lessees ambling. ad !tram roll mean WHs pub vantage of sailing from an Irish port, but I tear that Yesterday the adjourned meeting, o eavairing bend.. .. bay be bad tar earli the saes, diL semi 7d. per the enterprising advocates of the Irish packet station the North British In.unuace Company of r id d imid. rdso, Si. Pmeat Emile itreiliben the estate of the Royal Bank of Austmli Iforka, Heating Tram% Cravens., spinal bay; end li V4 air see redder by whom this experiment was tried were doomed to with before his Honour, Master ltiehan tka ttor Übe addrels — lL SIM tar. aslant - wrest, disappointment, the Cambria having, I believe, sailed with Mr. Debie, appeared as counsel for Leabes.—li ein.prileary lir bp= aid Wig saws on her voyage yesterday. psny ; and Mr. Daniel, with Mr. Bram, LADIM.—ROWLAND B ' LALYDOE, kyr There was but one estate for sale in the Encumbered Harm, as counsel for the latter, and fur 1 4...._ 4 r easidieww . sib we " mews romicw Estates g iretteter m • ~ ~,.. ~.., , .... who, trough Mr. Wryghte the official r soden as Or prinise Eire minim iamb et Ibi lbw i_ • ._ , ~. ..f, I. be .. ' rinpeet et the debentaree • alibi* imparlun Me Ibibeirgeb , "bees mil _.y M le- .. 11 Vg ''" ! • . r. Daniel proceeded to deal with the ei wit lassennanaas eilmienet Yee IWO^ of aterfortt, containing 834 statute acres, held deed of settlement of the Royal Bank of ... i li% elasiamalga a. mar milmalma "' mama lb ' under lease of lives renewable for ever, at the head- tween the shareholders and directors, cor Mom la Impresses= skask sal Ibe edam ma Maw tenor of that document went to show, - It biones as tbstroisisi ems, mar It is rent of 031.9-. 19d., 241. 9s. 4d. tithe rent charge, Was. Owillemes. Mgt shiffibor , all ibla k ift bd f i rr is dligila and 18/. 98. 3d. renewal tine on the fall of each life. principle, that the business of the company eel so Wilda. and verher It udi, mai% mod plessist on by means of capital subscribed, and no Ayr s i . is i a.. g d, w b e g o ._s.„.... w a ft s . ',m ia ow! 'those lands are let in five tenements, principally on credit of the proprietors in respect of deb 11011.11 m snide las as Tads " Itadwde Kla el the lames, terminable, and part from year to year, at the raising capital. The deed provided that I =l;4l_V A. " VIA " and dumb& sod perfasaers. KM ' I N rent of 491/. 14c. 10d. Mr. Item Keetfe was de- be 1,000,0001., divided into 20,000 61 ad ay ~1...,,A a s ,.. ........h..,,. s„,. , Anti, 1,,,;„, ‘ .,;tl-,;,, . f,,,,... each, but " that no proprietor shoo SPORTING. BETTING AT MANCHESTER —TuEsDAy. LIYILIZOOL lITEMPLICUASE. DO %I opt Vs& age I Me II apt Abd e-K•aff me —Ma I. TWO7IIOIISAND Ltill9SA3 STAKES. Ewe no o.ecias clizsrui (UP. to I mot abeam (I Met of) 33 to I opt Brother to Deep ID to I 11eiree4 (t) 31 .. I *newer (t) to I B ock Doctor (t) 23 to I reepo'-d.y.Bay altol :00 to 13 Lady Wen (t) 33 to I Gest (t) WOOVeopyre ‘t) 33 to I ■~rhereq► IWO to 13— See euthertaked DERLY. II to 3 opt °mho 23 to 1 sot Lamellae 13 to Pnote Voider I t 7 to 1 sitorte 13 tot 10ounI in sylph we lOW to 13 tern 13 to I Ne rolueter /kale, 4 me as Mcrocelliaa or leertbemplonehlre Nate& INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING, 1861. Tettalell.—ACClUT•3l6oll Pat eta OWID NaTIOWaL STallte ea.—V.:e Hope, 6 yrs, 114 bib; Purdue*, aged, Ist ; /MUM Tessa% aged, lea Lilo ; Tea %stirs, aged. lest 111 b; Peter Sepia Med. lilt 1.1+; Quadruped, aged, Vat Nib. Grad Waders, Med, 104 Slb ; TMoigte, aged. I..st 41b ; MAIM Day, aged, 19a 316; Hazard, ▪ loaf 21b, .pd, 104 ; Velsgesnee, aged, 1145; Mulligan, ag, d, eat 121 b ; Cann:, 6 'yrs, 94 I l.b ; Hope, aged. 9st Illb ; Bed or.l, yrs 94 lb; Tbe Screw, Nerd, est 111 b ; Caistases, med. Vat sib ; Standurd, aged, 9,5 Nib; S in, est 6:b; alais% 41 yrs; 9st 7 .b; Latte..y, aged, Bat 41b. Pitmen °Mere dsolissd. Naellealaea II ilea Do!lelalla 114NDICAP Of IN RR& Me, ft, and tidy declared by the 1 tab Irptant.— Bass% 3 prs;We wig, 41 yrs; Assmantlwas. 4 yrs; 61r /Utley Como, 4 yrs; ' re ; Lit lo rims go, 4 y..; Jenny Lind, 3 yrs; Little Farm $ yrs ; Parartorsusb. 4 yrs ; He it of Oak, 3 yrs; Mare Tap. MN 4 yrs ; 1.191 Caret. 4 pie ; Awe, 4 yrs. Beim, yrs ; Mirvorsior, • ; Abbas Jerveans,l yes; tE4ulapitts, 4 yrs; Tba Hanalei, ▪ yrs ,• Mgr os letnr, 6 yrs ; York paters Warded, 4 yrs ; Drafty, 3 Ms; Milord, 4 to" titearark 4 y rs; Abtl4l-IWdr. aged; Cbsis t, 3 yrs ; drUss, 3 yrs ; Hoary, y ; Louie. 3 yrs ; Mae Calcu late, yrs ; Missing. yrs. Oxford Blue, 4 yrs; hinge, 4 yrs ; Melody, 3 yrs; Velum, 5 yrs ; Jos Sutherland, 3 yrs ; Scar. 3 Mu ; la ONO" 'yrs ; Lem r ~111111t1, 3 pro; Clothworker, yrs; Mul grass, 1 yrs; Post Tempare, 5 yrs; Komi Ks 41, 3 yrs; Lady Juts • yrs. EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 151. lfeernrirrsoss role Poe Crrr see esseinus HaleurrJP. Era, , 13c4Daleet, seal ; b • by lily Heresies set or Dot aura, 4 y rs; 1 yr. ; eke Gladiarnr out or larsalean's dam, 1 yrs; Th e Swede, 4 yr. ; Ilandwiier D.W. 4 yrs; Knight re tiopuse,l yrs ; Cot. timbale, 4 yrs; Windham; 4 yrs; lieuS yrs; Orle, 6 yrs; Cyprus, 4 yrs; ...Us rers. 4 p.; Guns., 3 yrs ; Theursio, 3 yrs ; The Bwindlet, 4 ifP; Mrilansis, 3 Jr.; hatred, 4 yrs; The Now, 6 yrs ; Docility. yrs; M k Tspley, 4 yrs; Tee water, 4 yrs; Casisorro, 4 yr.; !Lahr, I yrs; Clotho a 4 yrs; The Jupiter, 3 yrs; Varna, Syrs; Psalms% 3 yrs; Cheerful, 3 yrs; Zs so, 4 yrs; Brinetus, 4 yr.; Oar. Syr.; Benb • Munson 3 yin; Christina., 3 yrs: lights wile, 3 ps; Ferule, S yr.; Sarney, 4 yrs; Uriel, Syr.; Ilars. up, 4 yrs • be by NU IlereuW out 04 Empress, 3yrs ; Anitgase, 3 yr.: nnnwq 3 vrs; 31.1.1ew, 4 yrs; Truth. 3 yrs; tacarable, 3 yrs; this mar, 4 yrs; W 444114,4, S yrs; abeam, sps; aeracet, aced; Mater, pm. ASHDOWN OPEN COURSING MEETING. Vusr Dar. MAIM Doo Artass.—Mr. Etna% egypt Mat lir ft OsrepOores Clarks; Mr. A. ariartharres Wilda" bma Mr IL O. Ganes Arm imams; Mr. Madan Min beat Mr. i awrames Luella ; Mr. laddirs Matborers Mat Mr. Loomis'. Lim ; lord Maas% Ser maint Strap brat Kr. NOW* Kolar% Memorandum lei Kr. imam% Madan ; Kr. Imam% Pastels= Mat lord set. tees StarMard; Mr. Loarsan's Lomita& Mat Mr. Merriam.'. Morello; Lard laftea's Maar WU Mr. Ileadairs LK itembilma ; Kr. Holmes% llartiast Mat Mr. Joiner% Erns. A‘moomm Arms —Mr. Ettralra Mt, teat Mr. Regis's Ely ; Mr. Etwall's Ebb best Mr. BooLdl's Ussolute ; Mr K. psrp Oar.'. TM Noce of lIMM brat Mr. Longman% Lamb ; Mr. 'a Marta brat Sr W. 0. Cores Panoply ; Mr. !Liaises Marry I. as Mat Mr. A. Wyndbaa's Victory ; Mr. Wilkes Mambo° bast Kr St. 0. Garr's Cobra ; Mr. A. S. y mitian.'s Venus brat di: di. 0 Gores Tram Lore; Mr. Miller% Kassa Latter bmi Mr. itramles Doming ; Mr. Par. lOsson's Oimial beat Mr Madan Repute; Mr. Jeasn's Jesabel beat Mr. Pori.,ason'e Warier Kr. A. Wyndham's Whir Mat Mr. Alex. swim's Why No:; Mr. Manna's Leablbe Mat Lord itraaa's Ilyarops. CLERICAL PILITIRMENTR: Rev. T. Barton. to be Chaplain of the Colon of Barton upon-Jewell, Linetishire. Rev. C. I'. ('obbe, to Guilcagh Vicarage and Newcastle Vicarage, diocese of Cashel ; patron, Marquis of Waterford. B. K'..l. Darley, to Abington and Tough Curacy, diocese of Emly. Rev. J. Dickinson, to Klllemey Rectory, diocese of Limerick. Rev. S. IT. Higginbotham, to Ballingarry Curacy, diocese of Limerick. 0. Knox, LL.D., to be Chancellor and Vicar-General of the diocese of Down and Connor. Rev. T. Miles, to Dronikeen Curacy, diocese of Emly. Rev. H. Murphy, to Ocean Curacy, diocese of Emly. Rev. J. Stainer, to Kilemaly Rectory, diocese of Ardfert and Agbadoe. Rev. B. Tweddle, to Bacup Perpetual Curacy, Whalley, Lancashire; patron, the Bishop of Manchester (by reason of lapse). Rev. J. 0. E. Hanluck, to Little Sodbury Rectory, diocese of Gloseester and Bristol; value, 23.5/. ; vacant by the death of the Rev. Gains Barry; patron, W. 11. 11. Hartley, Esq. THE PROVITi op MENDICANCY.—At the Isle of Wight Borough Court, last week, David Brooks, a tramp, who pretends to be deaf and dumb, was brought up an custody, having been found lying on the pavement in a state of beastly intoxication an Sunday evening. The prisoner wrote on his slate, in • good firm text, that the Landlords and landladies of the town had behaved in a shameful wav to him, by refusing him • bed, but that if he was liberated fur this time he would WSW the town directly. On searching his pockets, the careede turned out a Prayer-book, and some written prayer sad cards which he offered to the notice of the hearse wed benevolent, and amongst the collection appeared seseed assakerandaat book., by which it was clearly martial delmadeat kept a daily entry of his collee tug ostgamillhamh ma a• the " Beggar's Directory," eariskalag dr mare and residences of the charitable throughout OM biugloot, with the roosting places for the night. Sam idea may be funned of the amount of mosery aellered by these vagabonds, when we find, onus 1111111111 ft daailladant'a cash-book, that the islands of Jerry art Oimessey tar nished him with the sum of la kSi Ar Wave deg trouble in collecting it. Ryde eouteibuill last week, and in wren] other towns dm MN =OM fa. to 31s. the day. Cirenerter is mothod dews "Net charitable," no sum being entered op die the seem To other places where little cash was gives se to be ongmied it was marked No go ;" and we toned eke tbse several fourpenny beds were noted down as " smia get totanfort able." ft is to be feared that the srlade et these retribu tions are wasted in rioting and drunktumms—an offence, however, which the prisoner was not likely,* commit again in this town. the money found upon him Ma. 4d.) being for feited in tines a.cl costs toe the former offence ; so that, unless he iran ediatly resort .1 to his old trade of begging, we cannot inuy , ni how he nos to procure the means s of leaving the Wand, as era , n.,1 by the wart —ilampaiste Independent. AN INNOCENT MAN EXECUTED. Several of the Paris journals publish textually the very long and able report of M. Lahoulie, in the name of the committee on the petition to the National Aseembly, praying for 11 legal declaration of the innocence of M. 1..- .argues, who, in 1795, was executed on a charge of robbery and murder. The facts stated in this report are unknown to most of our readers, and will be read with interest. In the month of April, 1795, the Paris and Lyons mail was stopped at Mongeron, by five men on horseback, who, after murdering the courier and driver, plundered it of its (en tente. Among the arrests of persons suspected of has in 4 been engaged in this crime was a man named Gucno ; but, after undergoing an interrogatory and being confronted with witnesses, the Commissary of Po lice declared that there were no grounds for further proceedings against him, and he was met at liberty. The conumsaary having seized the papers of Gueuo, promised to return them. On the day following the libera tion of (hien° the commissary was engaged in hearing fur ther evidence, when he was informed by one of his agents that two women, of the locality where the crime was com mitted, were in the room adjoining the cabinet of the com missary, and had there recognised among the persons present two of the murderers. The commissary had the ' women before him, and after reminding them of the gravity of their statement, desired that one of the men pointed out should be introduced. This person, to the astonishment of the officer ofjustice,was Oueno. The commissary had a strong conviction of the innocence of this man, hut, as the women more positively that they had seen him at the place of the mur der immediately after its perpetration, he was compelled to ceder that he should remain in custody. When Gueuo was asked why he came to the office of the commissary, he re plied that it was for the purpose of claiming his papers, and that he was accompanied by a friend named Lesurques. This was the other man spoken of by the women. Le ' enrques was then confronted with his accusers, and they swore positively to his identity. The respectability of Le worries, great as it was, did not suffice, after such direct testimony, to induce the commissary to leave him at liberty. The women said they recognised him ;perfectly, and even described the plated spurs which they said he wore at the time of the murder. Lesurques, therefore, was also arrested. Subeequently other persons were arrested, and brought to trial with Lesurques. Guino was acquitted, and Lesurques would also have escaped but for an unfortunate fatality. Several persons of the highest respectability estab lished a clear alibi. They swore that at the time of the murder Lesurques was with them in Paris. Among these witnesses was M. Legnuad, a wealthy jeweller of the Palais Royal. This gentleman, who was an intimate friend of the prisoner's, swore that on the Bth Floreal, the day of the murder, Lesurques passed a great part of the morning at his house, and he mentioned as a proof tl.at he was not mistaken as to the day ; that he had made, whilst Lesurques was with him, a sale, an entry of wh eh was in his books. When the books were produced, however, it was found that the entry was under the date of the 7th, but that the figure 7 had been altered into 8. This unfortunate circumstance, which subsequent events have shown to have been en cresr of the clerk in first putting • 7 for an 8, was regarded by the jury as a proof of perjury on the part of Legrand to servo his friend, and the witness was ordered into custody on a charge of perjury. From this moment the jury paid very little attention to the defence. The witnesses for the prosecution, misled by the strong resemblance of Lesurques to a man named Debosq, who really was one of the criminals, and was after wards tried and executed, swore positively to his guilt, and he was found guilty. After his condemnation, many cir cumstances transpired to demonstrate his innocence, and he petitioned the legislative body for relief from the verdict ofthe jury. The petition was referred to the council of state, but eventually the Law was suffered to take its course, sad Lesurques was executed. After his death, a man named Beuldi was arrested as one of the criminals; this man confessed his guilt, but refused to declare that Le sarques was innocent. Previously, however, another of the criminals had solemnly, and up to the mo ment of his execution, proclaimed the innocence of Le marques, and given the names of all the murderers, who were Ave in number. This number had been sworn to by all the witne•ses but, including Lesurques, six persons wets convicted of see, crime and executed ; so that one must have been innocent. The silence of Beuldi still left doubts in ' some minds as to tile innocence of Lesurques; but six months after the death of Beuldi, the priest, who had acted as lie confessor, gave up a papa which had been placed in PETITIONS FOR RAILWAY AND PRIVATE BILLS. Yesterday, Messrs. Smith and Mar, the examiners of the House of Commons, declared the standing orders complied with in the following caws: EAST ANGLIAN RAILW SYS.—The standing orders were complied with in respect of this company's bill for power to sell, lease, and amalgamate with the Norfolk, Eastern Counties, and Great Northern Railways, and to amend pre vious act. Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Dyson and Co. GItEAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The standing orders, SRI? considerable opposition, understood to enutnate from the Lon- I dun and North Western Railway, were declared complied with in respect of this company's bill for enabling them to construct new lines of railway to connect the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway with the London and North Western Railway, at Birmingham, and with the Rugby and Leamington Railway at Leamington, and to proride additional station ground in Birmilernain. The railway to be on the wren-feet gauge, with a double line of gauge of 4 feet tti inches; the mechanical construction of the mixed gauge to be executed to the satisfaction of the railway com missioners. Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Prltt and Co. ELVEN! VALLEY RAILWAY.—The standing orders were complied with in the ea... Cathie company's hill for:junction with, and power to sell or lease to, South Wales Railway. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH CUMPANY.—The standing orders were complied with in the case of this company's bill, which proposes an alteration in the capiaal. FIRST PRINCIPLES ASSOCIATION. —A correspond ent says : "In accordance with the rules of the aloe: Association, the members met on 'Tuesday, at the Sc. ciety's rooms, 66, Chancery-lane. The subject for discus sion was, The Itelstive Position of the Episcopate and the Priesthood.' Out of this arose an important question, What healed to the great want of sympathy between the bishops and their clergy ?' Two solutions were given to this, which was universally admitted to be pregnant with I the wont consequences to the church ' • one was, the non residence of bishops at their cathedrals; the other, which necessanly follows, the almost total neglect of that part of their sacred office which consists in celebrating the holy eucharist, assisted, as he ought to be, by hie presbyters. ' Under the first of these beads, it appears that se venteen of the bishops do not reside at their ca thedrals, and that only ten do. Much of the evil which in the present day bears so heavily upon the church may be traced to this circumstance. Under the second head. ;t was steed that many of the bishop., except at consecrations of churches, and of candidates for holy orders. hardly ever celebrate the sacrament. The first bishops of Christ derived their personal claim anon the people's respect altogether from the dignity of their priestly office, as set before men's eyes and ruindein the celebrating ' constantly, not now and then, the holy communion. Persons who have been at Horne or et St. Petersburg have seen how much of the extraordinary repute in which the chief shepherds in these sect arc held, is owing to their coming forth not as greet statesmen, but as exalted priests, doing that which brings priests and people as one great united body into communion with him to whom they all belong. The feeling of the meeting was that an increase in the eniscopats was abso lutely necessary for fully carrying out the system of the church. Instead of twenty-seven bishops in England we ought it was argued to have four time.the number. There is no need of additional funds for this, the salaries of the present bishops arc ample for a hundred. A thousand pounds a year is enough for any one man who is to be a follower of the Apostles and their saintly successors, such as St. Ambrose and St. AuFputine. There is rarely much community of feeling between persons in those tanks of life which differ widely from each other. A bishop with five or six thousand a year can have very little in common with a poor vicar with two or three hundred. It was thrther con tended that tie extinction of the presbytery as a delibera tive body in every diocese, and of the lower Louse of convo cation in which prices have a voice in the laws and govern. meet of the church, had had very great influence in bring ing about the present state of things, and of setting up the bishops more as the worldly governors than as the holy fathers of the inferior order of the clergy." IRELAND. DITSLIN, Faa. 5. By the exertions of Messrs. Smith and Sons, the news-agents, her Majesty's speech was received in Dublin last night (Tuesday) at a few minutes past 11 o'clock, notwithstanding a strong contrary wind and a fog in the channel, by which the arrival of the steamer (the Scotia) was delayed fully an hour beyond the time in which she could easily perform the voyage. The speech was telegraphed to Crewe, and thence transmitted by . special engine to Holy head, where the Scotia was in waiting to bring it to Ireland. It reached Holyhead at half-past 6, the Bootie arrived at Kingstown at 5 minutes past 11, and at 20 minutes past 11 Mr. Gray, the Kingstown agent of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, placed acy of the speech in the hands of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant at the Castle. A second edition of the Erening Freeman containing the speech was immediately printed, and despatched by . special engine to Cork, for the purpose of transmission by the Cambria to America, and of thus testing the ad vantage of sailing from an Irish port, but I tear that the enterprising advocates of the Irish packet station by whom this experiment - tried w -••• doomed to disappointment, the ' RAILWAYS. THIS DAY. Two o'CLoci, The share market has recovered much of the buoyancy which it lost yesterday and the day pre vious, under the influence of the operations of parties realising profits. The business going forward is to a fair extent, and prices of nearly all lines are better. The rise is most remarkable in Great Westerns, which rapidly advanced to 911, the price last marked being 901. London and South Westerns are also good, with business marked as high as 88f. Eastern Counties were last done at 71; North Western stock, at 1301; North Stalfords, at 101. Lk*Leg prices yesterday. MONEY MARKET. THIS DAY. Two o'CLocx„ Purchases of Consols on account of the Commis sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, though not to any great extent, have imparted a rather steadier feeling to the market for the home funds. As the private operations for investment, how ever, are small, and as speculative movement is ' checked by . the approach of the settling day, prices I have experienced uo change. Consols have been quiet all morning at the rate i which ruledduring nearly the whole course of Tester- day'a market, viz., 965 to a both for money and ' , ob. 12. ' Business is officially reported at the undermentioned ; rates: Three per Cent. Consols, 961, 5; ditto for account, 965, t • Reduced Three per Cents., 971, 5 ; New 'Three-an d-a-Quarter per Cents., 981, 99, 98?-, ; Long Annuities, exp. 1860, 7,1. India Stock, 265. 1 Bank Stock, 215. The fact of a temporary increase in the demand feel money is proved by the circumstance that the market for Exchequer bills is unsteady, many sellers press ing forward, and the price has experienced a decided decline. The 1,0001. bills have been transacted at 375., 595., and 545. prem.; ditto small, at 585.; India Bonds, under 1,0001., at 68s. and 655. premium. The market for the foreign stocks is firm, though' vdthont any extensive range of operations. The chief movement is in Mexican. These bonds opened flatly, but a demand quickly showed itself, based upon the advises received from Mexico by the mail steamer Thames, just arrived, and the operations resulting therefrom soon carried the price to 34, at which it was last marked for the account ot' the 14th inst. Sales arc reported in the list us follows :—Danish Five per Cents., 103. Two and-a-Half per Cent. Dutch, 585 ; ditto Four per Cent. Certificates, 915, 4, . Mexican Bonds, 335; ditto for account, 33-!, 33, 34. Peruvian Deferred Bonds, 364, 3. Portuguese Four per Cents., 331, 1 ex div. Russian Five per Cents., 1131; ditto Four and-a-Half per Cents., 975, 5. Spanish Three per Cents., 38 . . There was a memorial introduced on 'Change yester day which virtually applies for rescinding the late regulations Mr limiting the exchange hours. As yet this counter-movement has met with very little success. We think nevertheless that, with the view of admitting parties having pressing business, a re laxation might be permitted, and terms like the con tinental arrangements, so that between a quarter to four, and four, merchants may be admitted on pay-, ment of one shilling, and after fuur on payment of half-a-crown. A spceial general meeting of the proprietors of shares in the Railway Passengers Assurance Com pany was held yesterday, at the offices in Old Broad street, for the purpose of giving the sanction of the shareholders to the extension of the company's busi ness to the insumneo of all classes of railway pulp/nye*, the travelling railway servants and officials having hitherto been the only classes insured. By this means the benefits of insurance may be enjoyed by all persons engaged in the service of railway com p.anies, whose duties frequently expose them to equal risks with those who travel. The exchange on London at Turin on the 25th was 25 lire 08 c. at 3 mouths. The Five per Cents. arc quoted 881. We have received the following correspondence, which will be found of interest by the Peruvian bondholders. 13, Angel Court, Throgntorton-street, London, February 4, 1851. DEAR Stit,—l have much pleasure in forwarding to you the annexed copy of the sales of the guano on account ofl the contract between Peru and the holders of Peruvian stork. The total quantity of guano imported in the year 1810 from Peru is rather more than 100,000 tons. About 70,000 tons farmed the concluding portion of the contract prior to the arrangement with the bondholders, and as it arrived itt the spring was the first sold ; while the remain der in which the bondholders were interested arrived at the latter end of the year, and only one-fourth of it was sold. If this 30,000 tons had been sold prior to December 31, 60,0001. would have been realised, and thus have left 20,0001. for the immediate use of the sinking fund, after deducting the Oct. dividend: it will now form part of the sinking fund of 1851. According to the estimate I have been able to firm, I more than 150,000 tons will arrive this year, principally in the spring, and, judging by the ratio of increase of former years, the supply will not be too much for the demand. Should 150,000 tons be sold, then I calculate that there will be on the 31st of December this year a surplus of 180,00 W. over the sum required to pay the interest, which surplus, according to the terms of the bond, is to be applied three fourths in the amortization of the Active, and one-fourth in the amortization of the Deferred; in other words, the sink ing fund will purchase one-thirteenth of the debt. The Pe ruvian nation has shown much anxiety to keep faith with its bondholders. The first two dividends (amounting to 72,0001.) which fell due on the bonds, by the tenor of the agreement were to have been paid out of the proceeds of the guano sent on account of the bondholders, but the govern ment directed this money should be charged to its own ac count. Since the commencement of this year, more than 13,000 tons have arrived, showing a large increase over former years.—l remain, yours moat obediently, Lewis li. HASLEWOOD. Total sales of guano, to the present date, on account of the contra& de consignacion made on the 31st January, 1849 : 3, ' 742 effective tons, of which account sales have been rendered, together net proceeds 15,7331. 19s. 4d. ; 3,689 effective tons, sold in London, Liverpool, and Briaol, of which account sales cannot be rendered owing to none of the cargoes having been cleared ; 1,764 register tons, sold for arrival, and now in course of discharge at outports ; 2,670 register tons, sold for arrival and now proceeding from Cork to their destinat;on ; 7,768 register tons, cargoes sold afloat and yet to arrive.—E. E., London,. Dec. 31, 1850. iSiored) ANTHONY GIBNB and Soot . —To Messrs. IMAM o ivero, C. and P. Marrietta. • In considering the future production of silver, which has been anticipated from the discovery of rich ores in California and in the old silver countries, one of the first questions is, after all, the supply of quicksilver. The discovery and extraction of ore is not enough, as from peculiar circumstances the yield of silver is greatly dependent on the application of quicksilver. There can be very little question that great as was the effect of the introduction of steam power under the auspices of Trevithick in working the Spanish-American mines--extraordinary as was the restoration of prosperity to a branch of industry where mechanical power had become insufficient to remove the water from the deep workings—the full result of this revolution has been greatly checked by the insufficiency or dearness of quicksilver. Indeed, it is notorious that mining enterprise has, in many districts, been more than once stopped by the high prices demanded by the quicksilver monopolists of Almaden. What, therefore, is to be looked for to increase the production of silver, so as to keep up its value rela tively to gold, is not the production of more ore, but the supply of more quicksilver. This the New Al maden mines of California promise to supply, and already the price of quicksilver has fallen in antici pation in Pasco and other South American mining districts, and a floating policy has been opened in London for shipments on the Pacific of 300,000 lbs. of quicksilver for account of California. The ques tion, therefore, becomes, what quantity of quicksilver is required to produce a pound of silver, and what quantity of silver will a given supply of Californian quicksilver produce. It is to be observed that in the amalgamation pro cess the largest consumption of quicksilver takes place, and although some of the quicksilver is used over again, yet there are instances in Mexico of as much as 35 ounces of quicksilver being used to pro duce 16 ounces of silver. On the other hand, the necessary quantity is much less, and great fluctuations are to be observed in the consumption according to' the skill or care of the operators. The German, or barrel, process uses up a much smaller proportion of quicksilver, but it is found more costly in the mining districts, because it involves the expenditure of large amounts of fuel, and persons acquainted with those countries know well that it is easier and cheaper to transport a bottle of quicksilver by the ordinary routes, than to convey a bulky material, such as auy kind of fuel, a short distance. The consequence is, that the barrel process is very little used, and for all practical purpoie s we must limit our inquiries to the resulta of the amalgama tion process to determine the consumption of quick silver. The day may, perhaps, come when silver ores, like copper ores, lead ores, and haematite iron . ores, may be taken to the smelter, who has fuel wt command, but the machinery of transport has to ho provided in countries new, thinly peopled, and almost deserted. In 1841 the silver coined in all Mexico amounted to 11,621,480 dols.; in 1844, to 13,027,879 (lois.; and 1 the estimate for the coinage for 1819, is 20,000,000 dollars, of which 9,000,000 dollars are from Guana ! junto. The proportion from Guanajuato is large, and • it is there the uinalgamation process is best conducted. There the consumption of quicksilver cannot be taken higher than 14 oz. to the mare or 28 oz. to the lb. of silver; but to be safe 12 oz. may be taken to tho ; mare, 24 to the lb. or 1 # lb. of quicksilver to 1 lb. of silver. The produce of Mexico being 20,000,000 dollars, 2,000,000 dollars may be deducted as obtained by the amalgamation process, and this leaves 18,000,00(1 dollars to be got by the amalgamation process. About 17 and l-sth dollars make a Spanish pound; this will make 14,500 quintals of silver, which, at 12 ounces to the mare, will require 21,750 quintals of quicksilver. 'the chief source of supply at present is Almaden. in Spain, where the quicksilver is a government monopoly,held on a short lease by Messrs. Rothschild. Other sources of supply are Idris, Huaneavelica, China, and some other very small mines. The greater port of the Almaden produce goes to Mexico, though some is used in the Spanish silver mince, and somo for purposes of medicine and commerce in Europe. The cost of raising quicksilver at Alnuuleti is about 18 Spanish dols. per quintal, and it is supplied to the Spanish mines at 45 dots. per quintal. In London the selling price now is 3s. Bd. or 3s. 9d. per lb., but it has been as high as 4s. 6d., and in 1849 was as low as 2s. 10d. The price in Guanajuato is about 112 dols. per quintal, but there are different prices for cash and credit, the latter running up as high as 128 dots. In 1849 the cash price was 118 dols. In August the price of Peruvian quicksilver at Pasco was, for Talvahunno, 100 dole. to 1(14 dols., and amnia, 100 dols. per quintal. Advises in November report a heavy decline. The floating policy taken out here is for 300,00011 m. of quicksilver, or say, 3,000 quintals. Granted that this quantity can be shipped from California about every two months, and we may assume a production of 21,000 quintals, which would give as much silver are Mexico. or say 18,000,000 dollars, equivalent to 4,000,000/. To produce any amount of silver corres pondingto the amount of gold now poured in front California, we must therefore have an unheard-of production of quicksilver. Indeed, California, must rs much surpass all previous experience with regard to quicksilver as it has already with regard to gold. It; however, we have a large supply of quicksilver from California, we do not expect that it will imme diately stimulate silver mining to the extent that some believe. A quintal of silver is worth 1,700 dols., and the expense of quicksilver for its amalgamation is 160 dots. la Mexico, or in Peru 1.50 dots. Evon it there were a very considerable reduction in the price of quicksilver, it would not leave a very large margin for the working of ores of low Icy. It will neverthe less encourage the working of an inferior class of mines, and by stimulating them to go on with their operations the proprietors may be encouraged by coming upon " bonansas," which after all are the chief rewards of silver mining. One of the most important results which will flow from an increased supply of quicksilver is a reduction in the price of silver, which may materially ailed the silver market. If quicksilver could he got at 30 dols. per quintal, then silver, now producing a profit . at 1,700 dole. per quintal selling here al 4s. 11:,..I. per ounce, might still yield a profit, and being earned l at 100 dole. per quintal, the dollars might be sold :.t. 4s. 8;d. --....- ----..- .. INGLIOR FUNDS.—Tots Dor. tPudt Nt..otr. 134 If 13 pirr 04.• ot , A. Oti i 3 per Ct. Rod. sj per etr. 3... r et. lAna. Anna.. 16i 1144404tr0r tk0..566. to sk). IWkrlo per Ct. Atudr:an 4# per et. Bele. Hopi. DG 29 43111 Cwt.. 5 CL.,../ires!ljan 114•.,9,1 91 NI /PIMA. 1 par i'L iirenada 13 14., 1? 14 :1ren6.14 14.1. r 4.1 1100.. 31 46 6 per Ot.Mea. ~ 6 4 per Pe 13•1* SO 1 l'or upa..., Converted 33 4 Bt. ItUar. B 1..112 14 1,1444 AB., 166 I ter Ct. 41.4t0mh 1144.. 31 6 ho. iod fs.v4e.l 1.4146 Pte1•11 K_ 31 j Voatusuela 14t14. 21 2 11110111MMA l4t•rreq 113013 , 4. It 12 1 )19n.. r , 9 3 ip:r C.. Clillint. ~1111 onto Colmmly. 1 , 01. 9:0291.... Ws.. * 39 I 144„ 99 9 2I or! . t. Dumb 119 I twr Ct. Duty* WS.. 91 COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MINCING-LANE.-THIS DAY. 6rnAlt.—The market has a quiet appearance ; yet prices arc unaltered. public sales of tOreign were chiefly bought in to-day, for want of buyers at full prices. The large arrivals of Dutch refined have caused a flatness in our market ; but grocery lumps arc still R uoted •Ws. Gd. to Ms. 6d., with but few buyers at those prices. COFFEI.—A small public sale of plantation Ceylon, 70 casks, was withdrawn at full prices. Good ordinary native Ceylon is quoted 431., but the demand is very limited. TEA.-1 he public sales are going off heavily, a lair portion being bought in. Itice.-6,500 bags of Madras were offered, and nenily al bought in at full pric:", 7s. Gd. to 9s. ; 1,000 hags of white Bengal were also bonzlit in at 10s. to 10s. 6d. Itusr.—The market is inactive. Sriens.—Nutmegs sold at previous rates, ?s. Bd. to C. ; Mace sold at full prices, 2s. 3d. to 21. 5d.; Tapioca sold at nd. to 4d. In other articles no material alteration; markets gere rally wear a dull appearance. Barns Barn.•n. lAt!rders Lo. icsieienen 413 t0rg.. Nottan., ecaul and Last Junction ntTVs ctrania.7o: LWipet.Rerpetall 5 p Do. wi!kJut • saar•ntn 131Tri;;;ViTi• -• Wgtrdlei eol,odolyprlZonrithorivir. Do. is Ithoot 'guarantee Bina.Wolr. Stour% alley priMul and Exoter Buckingham Aire itidoni4o_ _ De. A. 0 Pretenses .. laser eat Iwithad nefereire Gobi n Red Belfast low.. But Murtha . , Do. (SIB & Do. (V 17s) Ip.Ct.Pref. Do. (C 3 :Os) 69.CLPref. Poste n Comities Do. New Pref.{ p.Ct Do. ELL. S p. Ct., No. I Ge. do No. 5 Do. N. k 'last. 5 Fr Ct Do. Nrw &Went Union, Class A... (late F. IP bh.) Do. ears it and C dllM Do. Scrip (goer. a p. Ct) ; east Lanoorpre Do. New I ahem.. BasiLine Instr. guar Edll.lv,rgla and Gla.gow Edinburgh, Perth,Dautlee Exeter and Exmouth Gr....A No. Iberia ... Do. shame.% Deferred Do. she - en, 8.6 pert.. Do. p: r Cent. Pref.... Gt Ftetb. and West.(lre.) Do. Piehthe Great Western Do. New .Cl 7 Bull and Selby Do. A rhart . Lancaster .nd awned° Du. Thirds --.. ,Lancaster and Preston * LssreAshire and Yorkshire De. 1 7 CP I) I. l_per CL Pref Stork Do. Vi.at Biding Union , Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Think .. Dn. Pref. Q larters,lB::, I Landon and I; . Lon., Brie d• LA.Coasi' I Da New ge Y. 6 per Cl. Do. sow. 5 per Cent., (L.e Oar. on Thirds, r 1 Do. Pref. 5 per Oink_ 1) , ..C0nvrt..1 p.Ct.,l 65i 21.Londos sod Greenwich I I Do. Preference .. O Landon & North-Western I 7 Do. do, New shims .1 Do. Fifths . I Do.Sto sh.,sl.and B.(C), ✓ Laid," & tiouttr.Wertern! 111 Ito. New, £5O . ! 14 Da New, C.O ... Do. New Preference .. ID Loweetoit Guar.4perCent. Si 71anch.,Nos., and Matlock On dench.,Shel.,&Lincolnsh. 25 Do. J.ha, OM, N I ... 10 Do. New ,ClO Pref. .. Do. Co Pr-f,rei., e 4.1 Po. Nam& Lind. Enloe : I 7 4 11 19 13 14 eil iji miss' io ! fi..! ,i 32 32e 33 SS 17 1:1 11 11 I 3 13 41 43 09 90 pm . I .102 104 f dia. 31 33 3 24 71 73 Si i 1 7711 29 31 e 394 S 7 10 , 101 dbl. 11 111 , Ile. 121 14. 12 SO SO 6 2 St too 17 11 SO SO 21 23 l 2 I 2 SO So IS: 111 So 474, St 4.! 6 6 1 ~ 97 £9 144 19 11 71 911 931 es di, 133 101 11 57 GO 57 80 1 2 1 9 1 111 „ 23 24, 1 130 0 51 pm i „ 87 3 88 pm i -- i du 2 te p, pm 15 16 29 dis . 30 Hi 51 11 1 1 , 111 14 ft; S 2l S 17 17 din 2$ 30 _ 33 DoSX *bares .00 Do. 1 trm. sod Decay flo Do. Coin. B. lc U.B p.C. f Newmo Le. . . NO Nor nut 13 Do. New 38 Do. I:zteualow 0 Do. Guar •... per C.. le North &lite& 3 Do. Preference Ili Meth nietfoldeldre I lfor,ff & 8 rote We.t.litne. 30 Ozlord, Wore., & Wolter 3S 'Pres:on and were 103 Do. j shares *A) . 30 Raid.. Guh u d., nn Regal: t►Ttoll and Illtehln .. la oleo tafe Cenval la !deo t•th Midland *3I Do. New . &retro. m Blrm., ClemA Do., Pam B. .. 8 Do., New Guaranteed . 4twirabory and Mee -sr liii . lii 25 17 tiff 17 lt_ I f IV f a Is Is i :t ' ill " I ps lii; 19 IS I 9 94 90i 7 pm 3C4 i IQ 7i fa! 5 es a►. 133 - it - 3 $2 9 3 3 74 7 die 19j 161 pm 194 41,1 9 pm 2 214 1 17 1 Mu 9 3 dui 41 616 1 101 De. !Lives Uo. (*weft, . Do. New Do 8 per ant. Tror. ihr„goture Union .„ IS. , utO Doom . Do. Preference ,-.tooth titoiard-hlre Idrool WAN . . Aniline& & * River Du 1 : row VBlB Ps aosion Vre of N soh Wats. ford nod &Doom Wale/ford sod lAroori West London ... Waar Valley, a p. Ct. io Litt. Ditto tilts, &sweet. &wipe fack,t4s,ralsitDeninei DO . .Eat (Yrk.lkNewes.)l D0.0.N.E rurehorPre Do. Data Do. Mt ) Yaa k sot Nof th 110 . 4i.had Do. Prderease . 7011101111 RAILWAYS. Boakaus az.d Amiens . 'Central hum (Victim%) 1 101adiao , Indian Petanidla Lare►oarl .. Do. ((sear sad lkee 'albino( Prunes .. Weans .ad Bordeaux .. IrPa ish. risard kora sad Weans . Marls sod atrasaJurg Moses aad liana lroan mad Beata 11 14 6 7 to 11 11 1 Ws 13 14 3 2i dim 16 17 19_ 13. dis 244 24 2f! 24 dim 9 7 Ms 7 6 dis aj 44 24 tO 41 die 2 2 Ws le 17 If Ido ISO 29i 301 21i 68 Ti 81 ua 1294 29 61 lo i t f 1$ es new Se i Sig 1 1 61 1 9 61 1 4 die 1 1 pm 1 i 1 92: 2 21 I I 131 13 4 3 (Us 34 . 36. ii i i ti die 11 11 $ 3 W 9 313 241 241 LIVERPOOL, Fib. 6. IS t 6 Ste i i itit to o; to erocx-Exemaxos.—A very stiff market today. Aber deen. let—Easters Coontlas, 7—Ent Lawashirs (pwskaratos tabaree), 7 ISlS—Great 24 , trthers, 18—Lascasbtra and Wadable% 74,4 b.ro (Galt Awes), 701.—Lasseter and Proton (1 slime, Sated at 41 14s. d.), —Lavery Crosby, and Southport, t&— Mane and Norm Wasters, 129j--Ditto pour j.stuars), 4/ Naselwater. tthefbeld. Pd Lilko oll2 . n—Dltts (Prof. GUM III — Midland, u j 3—Ditto (Ulf sham), 174 jajjd.—Socath st.,l La. er, 141 f —York, Newcastle, and Berwak, lej— York and sou /611w.d, 141 j. BIRMINGHAM, Fes. 6. STOCI EXCHANOL—This slime market wu rather in e te.day, ■nd prices were sot *lle so Irm. Shrewseurr sled Wrnottiltast A. were &al at di awl SI dia.; sad WI at 41 awl 40 Ws. Fab. 6. Prom Excannoz.—d good bniineen was done in Shef field stab mg mkt bean prom; but le ether zesgeets the nuke was eery terelmate, LEEDS, Feb. 5. STOCK Excaiwou.—There has bees much lees Dulness &gleans morning than yesterday, and Ltneashire sad Yorkshires hare fallen front 571 (patentors quotatioe) to M. Leeds had TWA, havisiso fallen 5% awing qvosatkes aft ;Mead% 171 ; Great Northern% 111. Ide 3d. ; Leeds and Think% 141; Lusashlre and Yorkshire (Piths), 7h dio.; Gnat Martha* PM, U. LONDON AND NORTTI WESTERN RAILWAY.— Rtturn of Traffic for the week ending Feb. 2, 1851—Pas senger, parcels, carriage!, horses, and mails. ordinary, 21,0491. Os. 2d. ; extra-ordinary, 3781.—total, 22,4271.0 e. 2d, Merchandise, 16,0441.05. Ild. • cattle, 7191. 16s. 9d.: total, 30,190/. 16s. 10d. Correspondinit week, 1850, 39,52/1./. 15e. Aggregate : 1850, 191,6752 156..5. ; 1861, 188,970 1 . 7 5 . 9 d. LONDON AND 801:7/1 *LAMM Raliwax.—Traffie fdr the week ending Feb. 2, 1831—Passengers. 6,1831.21. Ild. ; goods, 1,8911. 19s. 41d.: total, 8,065/. 2s. 31d. MIDLAND MAILWAY.—TraMC for the week ending Feb. 2, 1851,213,127/. 10s. 7d.; ditto, Feb. 3, 1860, 19,9011. 16 5. 6 d. Agregate : 1850, 92,8124 15s. 4d.; 1851, 9111311. 2s. 3d. NORIO STAITORDSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending Jan. 26, 4,410/. Corresponding week last year, 2,8l;.1. The above is exclusise of the receipts available under the agreem 'at with the London and North Western Railway Company. 101 11 i I pin 19 10 az la 97 u II pm 7 10 11 SO SI 17 la 10 111 11 1 64 S 4 VI the SI Si Si rr _ a } Pm Ps I 7pm Sales to-day up to 1 o'clock. 1 n II ___ 1 TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY. The market is very firm to-day. The idea (so prevalent last week) that the soap duty would he reduced, camel many of the trade to buy rather more than usual, and the delivery has in consequence been 1,428 casks for the three first days of this week. 2,400 casks are advertised for We to-morrow. Pricts rule as follows;—Town Tallow, ne. nett cash; Petersburg Y. e. on the spot, 38s. to 38s. 3cl. ; Feb. and March, 385., buy,rs; last three months, 3tis., buy ers and sellers. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY. Messrs. Cooper and Davis report trade at the following quotations : Prime Meadow Hay, 755. to 80s. ; inferi^r ditto, 60.4. to 6.4.. ; itowen, 609. to 639. Clover, 709. to 1809. ; 2nd cut, 63.. to 70a.; Straw, 23.. to 26.. MORTALITY OF CHILDREN IN FRANCE.—I 6 the sitting of the Aeachimie des Sciences yesterday M. Charles Dupin read a paper en the mortality of children under five' which proved the figures cited by illard states of the th w th'e n e er ll M :ly c oa : n to n tagnage d b; art iva e rd rron Y o sran 7.,o t ak h cc u e s 'e . " eig l ti ' t n tee st t a n h tejl e t rece ee th n e n tu f t o ry ll d , oTi , n:g . that 6,932 children out of 10,000, in all classes of the popu lation, died before reaching the age of five ; Desparcieux, for the first half of the century, concluded from returns made up from the tontine registers, that iv of the mai favoured class of the community, that at the end of tin firt five years there were living 8,69.5 children out of 10,000. M. de Idontferrand, comparing the population in the dif ferent parts of France, ascertained that in the Department du Nord the longevity iv the least; but even in the least favoured class of that department, it appeared that on an average from 1816 to 1832, 8,841 children out of 10,000 lived beyond the five years. In fact, such has been the progress made in the conditions of existence of the French population, that even in the least favoured departments, out of 1,000 births taken at hazard, 146 more attained five years than in the same number of chosen children a hum dred years ago. As regards the town of Lille, in particular, it appears from official tables that the d •aths were fewer during the last fire years than in the same period during the second half of the eighteenth century, and yet du.-;eg these five years there were two great visitations—chclera ard scarcity of food. EASTERN COUN VIES AND E IsTERN UNION RAIL WAYI3.—TO the Editor of the Ezpreu.—Sir,—As it ap pears by the arrangement proposed to be carried out be tween the Eastern Counties and Eastern Union and Norfolk Companies that the amount to be paid to the Eastern Union Company, to cover V.: it guarantees, is not to exceed 70,00011 per annum, u a shareholder in the latter company I am induced to ask, through the medium of your paper, whether such sum will be sufficient for the purpose stated? I have been informed that the different guarantees of the Eastern Union Compan♦ amount together to 90,0001. a year, ael therefore it be comes a serious question with the Eastern Union shareholdcn whether this sum of 70,000/. will or will not be sufficient to meet the guarante,s ? If not, what is to become of the original shareholders of the chases A, it, and C i—A BaxngnOLDEß--Feb. 4.