The Express. — London, England, 1851-01-04 00:00:00

awn SATURDAY AR,moss W be pbliesed, THE EXHIBITION EXPRESS,I sus OP • DAILY YOPOILNO DOCII.I TAPIR, PRICE POURPENCE, carman/a MST TORTSLT IMITILATION 11LLTITI TO Til GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851, T r. or•tcts, itaIIOTOLS . PITOTTOCTII, tXTINDED COX• TI•T 4 , SSS T•, AAAAA LACS, PIIOOIIXST. rur £RD 11:71:11. inlrinonl Rumba of persona interested in the T tat' wassta Great Exhibition of the World's ludestry has:rx n:. hint° bad 121 satiesetery repeeswestme la the Frost— . rarer burns witty tart-, etd whb mechanises mg r. he :..veer -.alto Irani; aud exempla, t tte torthroseteg Zap witb fulness worthy of to pond an event—the rf.'Pr‘C'Ore of the " EXI'REd3" have deters-feed upon y is .,e, es. e; 9 .racJey afternoon, a doutt;e thoet of that pair;,tO eloettla the tallest and latest tnf neetion relative is the Eshionino, tog. .per with a mats of other matter etteshathe to the multitude of meow Interested rkher as Geirrol ani Les al CorawitiCOMOS end Seastari.., of TrseeUirig Clubs, Ealtibitors, Friends of Extibttow Mesh of Eshi , iton, and the odi :trier 214 • cl•tie a these who are to be the hundred. of ta., u ssada • v....er to the ?damp...iv dur:n; the th reou.ieir Con• re, •G. -try of all Nations. In scliition to ever tking to toe Exp. tattoo, this D nib:* Sorst will giv.: Gm ,,,t 1 4 4,14 net wall. worrovir, srptei. ivy a:tead to ail Camel Ese..ts is Liter thus, Science, and Aq. 0. *ve ry rl.y exc. pt Setivilay %bogies t tae I'RE , 3B will be Threepence, es heretofore. ADVERTISEMENTS. Too great vela* of the " EXHIBITION EXPRESS " as a stadium, molt be .tidal to ultertiests. An ..avytiwcpst. lout be at the Odlee in W...itdritrs at et beton. E:l;ht in tho Evening of few, Frilay, to ...cur.: in. intim is the cumber of the following day. i&•ftt erortal3• TO CORRESPONDENTS. rtocientv il4 pc Listion Evoking payer, ow* lf the oft!^., 10, B,uatiwtttreet, by Two cee:wak ea the eay tf l• erAthoo. MGR WATER AT LONDON !MIDGE. Taw tv —Nturnio Mt. 13rn Aftersoua, 31. 'am. I,:..A.auw--Mornim. sb. Cow. 4b. sin. for a day in any olher department of government? I What should we tl.:ak of an cfEce: of the Beak of England being permitted by the directors to carryon a private manufactory within the walls of the Bank ? Is the security Lf an es'abl:!hment, where the pre cious metals aro stored, nut ot paramount impzi;anct! But how can this be attained under such eircum stances ? The engraving derortment is another, where abuses have by degrees ripened into monstrous buik by the laxity o official discipline. The department for dire, exelnaively intended foe public work, and in which the machinery was guarded wish jealous care, as a protection against fraud, has been for some years left at the two will and las of tut engraver. instead of having the cc lasio:4l use of it as an indulgence, the superintendent, eireless of his authority, a: d gene rally absent, finds less trouble in giving the engraver the run of the department; and the inual result has I followed—an extensive priva'e business is carried or I. the manufacture of medals and proof coins, which being in a moat locratlve revenue. This for a proof florin, worth little more than two ' , tilling, collectors have to pay ten shillings; and for pat:erns. of which the numher is legion, fourteen shillings. And yet all these and other abases have b:en tolerated for 5 eat - though the Mint has Lad masters, deputy-iassters, comptrollers, and tupe.in'endents to wale* over its interests, and thole of the pohhe. Now we should rot Love again opened op these wounds, had we upon inquiry z r.-t red any ino tie-' ' diets intention of e wring teem. So long es they exist they are a reproach to the publ:c service. They are ulcers which fester and spread, and by degrees taint the whole establishment. We know how soon custom reconciles men to things which el-cwhere they would condemn. We see, by the report, how t Meers use the public materials for private ' o and justify it. We read also, in the same report, tha t " the board is worse than useless; nevertheless that effideot body is so little conscious of this severe reproof that it makes no move towards en (=aliment. And what we fear is, that those commissioned to reform the Mint, free from local prejudices, may be carried into the same Tortes of corruption, and go down with the stream they cannot stem. One good, however, we grant has folloued upon the in fusion of cew blood into the establishment. There is a little more regularity in attendance than under the old regime. The clerks are found at their posts with laudabM seal; and even the contractor', some of whom might be found anywhere than on duty, begin to make themselves cflicioue. The notion that their offices era of a private nature, and that their ditties may be done by deputy, is not now so prevalent as in times past. They are at all events visthle, and that is something. Their incomes are too lucrative, and too easily made, not to e xhibit some eemblacce of business. Under the old tax system, it never ((nutted to contrast the duty with the pay, but now that odious comparism. may be made by different •yes. We cannot opiate ourselves that utility and ektil, of which there is much in subordinate brarehes. shall henct.f. ranted be coun tenanced and approved of, irstesd of the contrary, bet if there be any justice in public departments, we folly expect that idleness shell not reap the reward due to industry. In conclusion, we think it is a reproach upon the government, or their agent", that so long a period should have elmwed without displa3 i some t Awns of zeal and assiduity in tie Goes— And we hope %slim. parliament seavinblt.p, that a rgid icqurry wail be made into the clues of .he delay. LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4. I r is :Ica many months since we directed the atten tifa of th- palate to the ncewerity of a reform of the )lir'; et ii beir.g then smeared that steps were about to bet , ken to remedy the great abuses and defeats of flat oo abstalued, in deference to the government, to prosecute the subject. Nearly three yelrs ,c.", a royal e omission was appointed with foil powers Le make • searching inquiry, and to mem* r.d a it el.anges aid amendments were nece.eney is tle -tut government and more efficient manage tie.t.t • f the Mitt. Thus commission was in some rope e a p..id b;dy of fanctionarks, erd considerable yet we. entailed on the country in cora. quence. Thal , in due tine pr. sent. ,1 a succinct but deei•ive repast to the terf.N, accompanied by tome able and ela borate pipers e n the present tear.sgtment of the Stitt, aid even such strong and ecneineng evdt ee they recommended to nen .. .%IAJEsTY an astir* wade° el tlio whole establishment, whtel would r Vt. Ls . . 'My cc' Bomb* the public m.i cy, render the .:.t en re I ffieiant Lp einiplitt :so t 11.: stem, and art en ebd tl ea by to some intete: at le abuses which r eist Isceu chg. ndered, and tie n metered ray a weak nett cor:upt a.ministratiun r i its etf.iirs. he fir s itisfaction was nivel% tee parliament and to the public. The I ribs 14141 down Its p o, and in full 11.1 e a ion et..iit,ll tIM ti•le ef Tree Tits eery, too, as it eager to fulfil the su:ema recoerimen daVonsot Itor commission, and sorelie veitselt from the sdiwueharge of conniving at peered &Luise and ex t • xtreea g taco ln thmAcpirttaent, t rrse.icd the old 1' ;uty Maeta by the oppoittment of n Captain llakNiS:4, of the Engineers, who has thu aeputc of being al active man of business end a good adminis tratie. .t f An increase of eatery was granted is him by the Treasu y, whether far nu superior attainments or anticipatoiy of the greet aerie; he wait expected to make, we cannot say. It appears be ie oce of •heee usc'ul but diengneable lenctioucrita sent fur h to set public departments to rights; and as be mint cur sit tie pdiuna of so inquisttive a duty, by ottrudirg prejudices, by touching private .n -tenets, by making per. anal enemies, endow-1w like, in all j rob.b.l.ty %be increase of pay is awarded as Forme eompeusatiou for the discharge of so invidious an oil' i. The duties are, however, but light, and quite laentlicieut to up. the time or ocenpy the inlaid of so *dire an officer, who, in military habit, troet.i bin., If ti strict efficiel hours, and use. the sane mutter-el-fact diec:pi:ne on thew and r him, v-ey much to their at soyance. Yet notwi!tctasiding an easy office, and an increased salcsy, the goes mem st, we suppose. in following up the econovical principle, have at pointed over him a permanent Master of the Mist, one of our illustrious Sa , ',:llS, Sir June II er.senu.. So that, with one teal man of Mare, who can kayo nothing to do, end an other, w`.a is at least a pretender, with very light duties to pe. form, if the Mint be not thoroughly swept out and cleansed it will only prove (what we bay:: lone eespee-ed) that philosopberr, so-celled, have =UM knowledge than practical ability, and more pre tension than common sense. If the beginning augur what is to conic; if the past bo any indication of the future, then we me; relinquish all hope of such a refc tin as we expected, and as the royal commieeieners plsceta out. From ill so can learn nothing has yet been done. Not ore single step in plogrtsrion has been taken. Affairs are still as readily in state quo as they were three tears ago. Ina figure, we may ray that reform is in embryo, bat there Licks strength to bring it forth. 'Worms art drawn out on paper, in incipient outline ; wits men lay their heads together in solemn conclave and look grave ; quires of paper are covered with mysterious signs, and reports go from one Mint to the Treasury, and rice errs'!, but we an trace no tangible results in this appearance of business. The money** and un Item snide at the sheer helplessness of these quasi reformers., and feel as secure in their places as ever. They are now reaping the rich fruits of in extensive coinage of gold (which might have been all need), and have substantial reason to rejoice in the vacillation and feeble purpose of these men. Procrastination, while it steals time, enriches the Mint officials at the cost of the public. /diet reform has assumed the appearance of a kind of tughar, and few now believe it is anything more that a cry—a cry got up to divert the public atten tion en the one hand, and to increase patrinage an the other; an insatiable appetite of most public mee,' be thty reformers or non-reformers, OLtDaToNEB or Stmt. , . No vender it should excite ridicule and cent( mpt ; nos wander it should have becalm the daily jest of the whole establishment. Want of decision and resolution are as fatal in public as in private. Ti.ty indicate want of will, and undecided purpose, which are sure eventually to be countervailed. They snot feld to the res Ante opposition ready to en counter them, strengthened by the perception of feeble ness and vacillation, as much as by the iron sinews of eeltinterest. Perhaps of all the abuses which have made the flint t ,toriew, the. most intolerable is that of etrry ire on private work, nud z, et no measure has been taken to testes or stop this crying evil. 'lle meter-, where the abuse is meet rampart!, was originciiy *t up exclusively foe public eosins; but Mr. Mut ates, when Master of the Mint, with the view of Strict big a ereffyi, permitted private work to be in troduced against the repeated objections of ell who were cotevent to give an opinion. The ensuing fettle government of tlee establishment, when they had as opportunity of protesting against it, were weak enough to connive and remain passive. What begla ort a smell *ale, ender the pretext of a mire experiment, has 'seinen by degrees into an extensive manufactory, carried on often by night as well as by day (Sundays not racept..d), thereby endangerieg the perfect security of the latiannment. To meet the uigent demands of bullion broken and others, labourers are called in and paid by the hour, much to the discredit and dsceocy of the Mint. And private gain ping the direct object of all this, the public convenience, as is always the case, is either o.torferesl with or set aside. Now let us ask, how can Ceptein Heedless, the as ofi., reformer of the Mint, reconcile these facts with Ills profession? Dots he think it is consistent with hit public duty to allow what could not he tolerated' Ova protect:on:at friet.ds find tie long lulu d for report of Mr. Seci t.iry CoZWIN on American tinai cc mach ken to their lorrpote than they had anticipated. Thu enmity it 4:eplays to fr,eectin of trade is al .re.b, indeed, and the •i ferias it embnlies are on Ten:gable, as the bake of IttcusioNii himself cnald desire. Pot it happens oddly cornga mat the immediate aims of the reactionia's on the other aide of the ocean are practically just the reverse cf their sympathising allies on this. 7tfosepsly in n modified torm in !h.. dream, it is true, of both. Brt the circumstances a the tviJeountrits differ iss widay, that the sophistries meant for JONATHAN Won't do at all for Jong Bun. D.fferent instrument, must be made nee of to pick different pockets. A rash attempt to otherwise would manifestly be hazardous, and might rather earn to put simple folks on their guard. The exclusionists of England sigh for a return to ad 'damn dales. The exclusionists of America are full of i.cheiries for their abolition, ;n order that in their stead may be impeeed what they call specific du tier, or those v uich are asersied by weight i rreeptc. tire of the velue imputed by labour. The latter wculd not answer the purpose of our oligarchs. If five shilling,. a quarter weir charged by law on every quarter of corn, none but the best wheat would oa brought trim foti ism lands into our ports. Test would =ever do. Coles, something like a acatcity— occarionetly, at tenet—of the eistlier kinds of food, be seemed by act of Far figment. prices cannot revert to what tb.y were, and rents cannot resume their golden rplcudour. It was oa the production of the higher descriptions of grain that the par liamentary wofit was made in this country ; end no tampering thtreforo with the PEEL Tariff of 1816 would be worth a struggle, excepting such as would substantirlly restore to th e landed proprietary a pro tection in the fruits of the earth proportioned to ther value. To the principle of this system Mr. Secretary Comm. with cone& -siblA force of rersoning, ob jects. All a 4 ea , r o,u tariffs, he argues, aro found in practice to be prolitis of frauds. No vigilance can do more than hold the evil in check. The temptations ere infinite ; the opportunities innu merable. Besides the injustice to the consumer admits ano denial. The scarcer any commodity happens to be, and the greater its igroicAl the higher the duty exacted. In cases where the article is one of prime necessity, the wroeg thus inflicted on tLe community is insufferable. "That cannot be a wholesome system of taxation which follows the consumer in his purchases, increasing his barthen when prime are high, and taking it eff as prices fall and his ability to bear it increases. If applied to articles of subsistence, it would operate es a heavy tax up.n bread in a year of famine, increas ing with the intensity of the evil, and gradually dis appearing with the return of abundance." Nothing can be clearer or more provokingly palpable. But how can protectionist orators or journalis's in Eng land handle such red-hot logic as this? The Ameri can Secretary of the Treasury may be a very clever man and a very patriotic citizen of the United States; but really his report is considerably worse than UPC lees to his protectionist allies in the United Kingdom. Apart from these considerations, however, the Chancellor of the Washington Exchequer makes out an imposing case in favour of higher import duties. He boldly avows that the recent wars of territorial aggrandisement have rendered an increase of taxation unavoidable. lie shows that the produce of the sales of public lands has been already appropriated, and the state has n 3 other resource than an augmentation of customs' dutits. Tile federal expenditure is barely met by the prcs-nt federiil income; and, in June, 1862, there are 7,220,9:,2 d - liars of war lean to be paid, for which, is yet, the C.mgrese has made no prc• vision. It is not undeserving of note that in the voluminous ducument in question no allusion what ever acmes to any form of direct taxation. It is pretty well understood that oar Transatlantic kins folk would not endure even " a talk " upon any such topic. They l,ve, us they love to base, free Prom ell pirying inquisitions of the tax gatherer into their makings ar.d beings; and they exalt in the power lessness of their central government to attempt any infringement upon this fiscal freedom. But let them not be deceived. They are still as a cation puce, while we as a people are old. Let them be warned by our example. S 3 sure as they follow in our foot steps and indulge in the luxury of aggreszive ware, so sure will they be brought under the same yoke that now we bear. Mr. Coltwis earnestly recommends the adoption of "specific duties on imports," as a wears of putting an end to smuggling. This no doubt to some extent is true. The simpler the test and the more uniform the I rule, the easier must cf necessity he the tusk of enforcing general compliance. But t l .. same might b 3 said of other expedients lityl more primitive in their simplicity and in their etiver sality. A poll tax is in this slew the nearest approach to perfection with which we are acqueinted There are fewer chances, perhaps, of evade g it, than any other conceivable. Nothing can be so ample in and so comprehensive in practice. B ut is it theory ore just or wise ? In like manner on e broad in flexible lice of liability to pay import duties, may THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1851. possess in an eminent degree the merits in question without either the best or most polite form of customs —nay, without having any real pretensions whatert r to be considered just, • xpedient, or humane. Ob viously there is this blemish on the face of all such schemes, that they impose on the working men and the millionaire the same amount of fiscrl contribu tion, The coarse shirt of the labourer is taxed as much, under a tariff of specific dut;eit, as that of the fop who is fastidious u to the quality of his cambric and the design of his embroidery. What equity is 'there in this? Or what is its aim? Mr. CORWTN endeavours, by an elaborate argument, to defend this pcsitieu by a reference to the fundamental principles on which, acvtding to the American whige, national tetatioa ought to be regalatod. " The primary object,' be tells us, " to be kot t in view in laying duties upon imperts is admitted to be revenue. It is equally well established as the policy and duty of the government, to discriminate in the levying of duties, so as without falling below the necessary amount of revenue to give the greattat en. cetuogernent possible to all the industrisl pursuits of ' Gar own people." Of the political object esoterically cherished by toe advocites of this system In the United States, not a word is said. That object Is more than suspected to be the creation of a moneyed aristocracy—yest as our own system of protec tion tended to keep up the class power and iniluancs of the landed aristocracy. But of this no: a syll,hls is breathed in the andel manifesto. The topic is too delicate; the design too repugnant to republican feeling. A Log string of other reasons are consequently held for:h to amuse and bewilder popular attention. The antediluvian doctrine of the balance of trade is furbished up f.r the occasion. The imports of America during the last three years hay: exceeded her exports. Tee consequence must be a growing amount of ckbt due to foreigners, wLieh corner or later must Lc discharged in gold er Produce. But, as there is no immediate hope of another Euro pean famine, there is no room for an extra exporta tation of maize or pork. Consequently, the debt must be paid in gold. The instant etLet must be com metcial paralysis and uoiversal bankruptcy. England witl clutch and keep all the gold of the New World, and the poor over.re ached children of the west will be beggared. As if precisely the rime tale of ruin had not been foretold to us by our false prophets within the last three years—only with this difference, that according to them it was the Yankees who were robbing un happy Bull of his prec:ous metals, instead of Bull robbing the Yankees. But the exchanges obstinately I continue to reguleto themselves in spite of all the NEWDEGATES and NIEREDITIIS, the STANLaT3 and the' Cowwites; and true to the tidal law of its being, no • sooner has the ebb continued foe a certain limited time, than the reliJK irresistibly sets in the cpposite airectiou. Priduce in the end can only he paid for in produce; and if America has got more produce from England than iu the ordinary cycle of trade she can take from America in paymzeit, so much the worts—fur Enyle,a, net for her. Oh Jomerman ! —my eon; thou art not the youth I took thee for, if thou dolt net quickly find out this surface truth at I! the expense of thy too eredulonsold Father! FRANCE. PARIS. FRIDAY EVENIZA. In the A isernbly'a sitting of to-day an important loci- , drat ocearred. M. Napoleon 80/lapse° demanded to interpsliato the minister of war with regard to the it:sanctions giver- by General Cbangarnier to the troops under bas orders, some of which were n.ahlised by the Put) Stezetr.l terms ef delcy were dear ended and etteceesively rej cted by the Assembly, netwith- , s ee et t. e4 the re ()Gent of General Schramm. Id. Nape ltue liorrapezto read the article of the Pcitr::. He • laid great stress upon the order to shoot traitor!, which ho called cruel and unconstitu'ional. General Schramm declared that he could not find the festrue dons in qaestioe, and that the delay which he r q .ted motived by that ciecatestamee, in order that he might procure fresh information on the subject. General Changarnier declared that the le/emotions qnoted by the Pattie were not enact. It was true that when General Cavaignac had confided to him the command of the troops of the Ist division, ho bad published instructions with the view of securing unity of command during the fighting; but ho had never dreamed of es/steeling the right of the Assembly, and of the Prt Fideut of the Assembly in its name, of re quiring troops. (enetre.) M. N. Bonaparte and M. Charms demanded to speak ; but the close of the debate was pronounced by a 'largo majority, cud the pure and simple order of the dray was adopted with scare ray opposition. The sitting, after this incident, breko ur. The Joironl the DORI& reproduc a, without any meterial ePeration, the uccoi.et which has been 'heady given of C . A. cmverintion ich to k plies at the Elysks Setween the President of the It-public and the president of the Assembly. It appease that Gecerel Bedeau, on retiring, was fellow:3 by one of the que,tore, M. Lefto, and M. Cespot, one of the secretaries of the Assembly. The it.cident is still discussed with much acrimony by the journals of the opposition, who pretecd that Louis-Philiprt, in the plenitude of his power, never dared to non such biting language towards the parliament. They might huve added that the Chambers through ther official organs organs rarer dared to address Louis Philippe with the same cynical impertinence. Meanwhde the real ques tion of the day is the liberation of M. Mauguin. Four propositions relative to the seizure of the indemnity allowed to the representatives of the people, and to their situation in case of being arrested for debt, were yesterday presented in the Assembly. M. de Chassaigne-Goyon proposes that no representative can be arrested to debt union e it% the permission of the Assembly. M. de Villeneuve and some other members pro pose the same, but add that, if the permission be given, the member so arrested shall be cocsi dared, in three months after, as tot any longer , forming part of the Assembly, if, by that time, he has not been set at liberty. M. Grimault and some others propose that every representative shall be considered as no longer a member of the Assembly whose indent city being seized for debt, shall not have been lib - rated in three months. Finally, M. Pongeard pro poses that any representative who shall not have satisfied his creditor within the apace of one month after notice of the debt has been sent in to the gees ' tors' office, ceases to be a member of the Assembly. In addition to these four, another proposition has been presented to-day by MM. Emile Ler.uz and Garton, tending to make the arrest of representatives for debt legal without the convent of the A s sembly, and to deprive the] arrested representative of his eat, if he recover not his liberty within a month from his I arrest. _ - . . . ----- In the beginning of to-day 's sitting of the Assem bly a letter was read from one of the relations of M. F. Beetle, announcing the death of that represents tire at Rome, on the 2lth ult. Alter a &bate with out importance it was agreed to pas to a second de liberation on the bill placing at the disposal of the government the annual oontingeht of 80,000 men. Then the debate on the bill relative to the commerce of Algeria was resumed snd ended. The fall in the price of corn has continued during the last fortnight. From the regulating table drawn ap by the Minister of Agriculture, it app are that the general average for all kro , c 2 had f.llcu on the list ult. to lifr. 10c. p r h.ctolitre for wheat, which is an addi'ional disci^.utios of 2,1 c. per hcct litre. This downward movement hos been the rum sensibly lel: in the markets within •ho range d districts which supplv Paris, where the full is nearly ltr. The prices have been kept up in the markets of Saumnr, Nantes, and Marius, in consequence of the exports to Begiend. lint'aSt rameo•s• 3 . I F" I for Aw.unt. 1 aion... ()male womig.i urea. clams P`rexpu ' -1 :1 ; ` S ' ' t ' s .". : T s s?) S : 65 ti 3 ; 1 : .er Ces:.... do. New Lux:- I „ .• „ „ per i5t5........• i .. .0 . n 9. Spec , 35 70 /7 6pa C11:7- 3 .. NSS 95 r. I . I do. New Ldan.. I„ I le • per • • • par *mai 7l 13 LI mat oa LG0.:..1.. • At 11414 . 71 14;7.1 asp,l4 ;71 " Celai.c.., 3, 1.10 - Kent,. D .. 5. 1,42 B oma3 Lodi —1630 761 Do. I t De. 2% 1630 Trino.ry Ponds 4 lii .raJr: :5 per Costa 64 30 • Pack tiLarc. .2230 Bcred z —Versailles (Arlie bank), 165; into (lete bank), 166 ; l'aris and Orleans, F. 0); Paris and Rouen, 672 60 ; Rouen and Havre, *.i.61 60; Manna" and Avignon, 192 60 ; Strasbourg and Bale, 136 23; Orleans and Bordeaux, 400; Nortb, 490; Centre Viers on, 401 23; Paris and Btrasboarg, 553 76 ; 217ateresu and Troyo, 91 23 ; Dieppe aid Foosalp, 193. GERMANY. PROTOCOL OP THE MINIbTERIAL CONFERINCIIS HELD AT I DRESDEN, IN THE BRECL PALACE, DEC. 23, 1550. According to the inv:tations firmed from Austria and Perugia to the collective member of the Getman Bond on !. the 12th inst., to send pleaipmentiaries to a ministerial con- I , 'brews to be opened at Dresden, on this day were area bled at the Betel P..leni (here follow the names). The , Prince of Schwan:ember" opened the sitting by reading a , programme, which explained the views of the imperial court with respect to the object, the grounds and the start- ; inn point (aurganes planet) of the previa negotiations. (This programme has been &reedy commueleatei to the public) The coneludon of the discourse of Prince , Schwartenthwg gave M Bess*. the Seam plenip- Usatiuy, an °pewits eity, not only la the name of hit Majesty the King ef Saxony, hut M the gournment. to express • his thecks kr the Tioh homage conferred rn the city by Tnlitiag it the place where the eon art noes are held. The Sterna g-yernment telt Itself In eeramqnenos so much he , mor- obliged to pr . mote! eouneils 'of pun ; the choice of Dresden for a meeting Vete seemed to trwoken an an.picious result ; it was the city when truce of those willowy days remain. lin which euthenists& for the unity of Germse.y ' centrieted element+ el disorder; and was n -.lr the place of aeacmbly for men who were celled upon to banish *nude. germane elements out of our German Fatherland, and to re- ' store it to men and harmony. This seemed to be quite provi destial. The Prussian DlinisterMmeeuff 1 Mlowerl(his speech la alreadfcennemaietted) K. von Pfortdrn ezprruad thanks for the intone a 'MO by the levitation, as a 111)11 proof of the friendly kaiser that suheisted between the m-mtven of the Bard, and their -.r.x , ry for the welfare of the Fatherland. Ile though', speaking in the name of the Bannon govern ment, that the =futons should bedn their sittings with this rcr-du.ien, and only to far to r ~aid the past es they might draw I. no-.s from it for the advantage of the %tare; hievery other Trisect to banish it into cblivino, in order deg., by an harmonious en-operation, they might lay the fouedation of a work whereby the real wants of the pretest time might be satisfied, and the welfare, peace, and power of Germany might be rerablished for a durability throuth future ages. Thereby all the principle. of order, and rem-daily the monarchical principle would be etrengthened; at the same time, however, smarm tees, which the age demanded, should be given for the foil eniryment of civil freedom. In this spirit the amenably • might address thernelvta .1 their task with joyful hepes et 'mucus. Venn this PrinceSchwartymbrrg role and said You will all, gentlemen, be satisfactorily convinced, from the Bingeing declaration, of the perfect agreement of senti ment that pretrial among us. The 3rd and 4th Articles of the Vienna treaty &elan the Diet (llundesatto) to be the fundamental cenvension, and the filet fundamental laws of that established uni an, and confer on the rellective member, of the. Bond the authority to develop and min cut that establishment in any manner that the objects pro posed may make neceseary. At we bare to deal with the devel Inen% completion, and amelioration, in a weed with a revision of the first fundamental laws of the Blend, there will be, as I have had the honour already to declare, at once the base and the starting p.,int of oar delfberatithe. With refract to the form of our proetvdir.fre, Orem oh,rved in the year 1920, by the pleni potentials' of all the 0, nem governments, keying the same objects that we have now, recommend theessolvel to our adoption. I take !,eve, however, to recommend the forma tion of comtnittees (steritures) for the mmeidentios of point, which may be afterwards n'erred to the whole aurenhly ; and with respect to their powers, a kindly ooderstanding is to be preferred to a formal voting and mu tiny. It would be, perhaps, most convenient if the pleaad.. poscrdiaties will re far confide In Austria tad Penni*, that them rowers shoal I draw up a plan tor the compoeitma of the.. owe/antes, which e an be laid before the conference at their next meting. after the Christmas aelkerameat. Braid's these einamittees another shoed be formed for the drawing up °fate or-Arcola. And I now propose Thieny as r•-rulent:of th'..l section, in the hope of meeting with an ‘l3lllilllOGl C 011.1.: to this proposition. With respect to the verifiration of powers I would re quest the Saxon rlrnipotentlaries to undertake this task, and then Ra make a ninon of the result. It only remelts to me, tow, centimes, to cell your 'Wooden t Otis point: that it would rot only be beneath the dignity of the high &nimbly, but might compr , mite the iranortant perp , oes . to which we or', if the umeecion+ which here take p 1 ce should hs k- own to the nublic puts, as they world thereby lanterns the subject of newspaper polemics; and, ender Me% dream:mom mar deliheratterte would be subjected to the Jude :sawn of the multitode, We should, therefore, be per 1cu1,,-1, careful to Olsen, a strict secrecy w*th respect to all that may be said or done here. Tower!, our respective goreramente the same secrecy ahould be maintained. DRUMM!, Dcc. 31. Austria, in conjunction with l'ruesia, is to propose we (411rniehoe hew, the following revision of the constitution of the Bend. A wider and a nar rower Bond's council is to bo established : one is to consist of the collective sovereign governments, and to be endowed with lerrislative !erelong. The other, on the contrary, will be confined to Austria, Prussia, and the states formerly possessing the electoral dignity. This is to have all the administrative authority, and Prussia is to pre side. Austria is to have the execrative power. 'foe Bavarian propagation, which commends itself to the middle states, consists principally in the following paints: The German Bund Is to be composed of three groups of states. At the head of the Bond stands Austria Prussia, and a prince of the re maining royal beasts. This triad is to bear the name of the Cluncil of the Bond. Ily the side of it is' to exist, as • lecidatic: power, the Diet, with • senate atd a popular representation. The former is to have 130 memb.rr, 49 from priccely hence beer ier,. the title of serene highness, or excellency; and the remaicir:; t)9 are to bo partly nemei by the separate governments, and 'partly chosen from the upper chambers. The peoples' house is to have 300 members, cheeen equally front the popular chambers of the three state group!. BERLIN, lax. 1. The President of the Scoria Chamber, Count Snhweiir, has sent a letter to the Censtitutionnel %r sent', denying certain strong expressions attri buted to him, and directed against the stipulations of the Olmutz confererce, but at the same time avowing his diecppryval of those stipulations, and ending with the admission that he had before said what he now repeat., viz., that he would rather be torn to pieces than countenance by his vote the proceedings of the government in Huse Cassel. In case of resistance 60,000 men. Austrians and Pi usiane, ere to constitute the executive force against Schleswig Holstein. Hamburg is to be garrisoned by Prussians. It is to be noted that the Holstein loamy is still on the Schleswig to ritory, and that in esse of a hard frost before the executive force ar rives, a desperate bottle may still be fought with the Danes. The Austrians, it is said, on their route to Schleswig Holstein, will not march through the Prussian territory, but through Brunswick and Hanover. Brunswick, it is reported, has protested, and expected an answer from Prussia on the subject the day before yest:rday. Her proteet may satisfy the Duke's conscience end sense of duty, but further it will be of co aysiL The Prince Schwartzenberg (es seen above) eon eluded his second address by declaring that it was bc neath the high dignity of the conference to allow any of their proceedings to be known to the public press, hinting that if public opinion got in among them it might exert a very rernicions influence on their councils. When the Prussian Chambers meet on Wednesday the debate on the address will not be re owned. The persecution of Hesse magistrates and citizens by the commissioners was going on even ' with increased cigonr. A permanent mili,ary tri bunal is about to be establietcd in Cased, as long as the state of beige lasts. It is affirmed from many quarters that the Emperor of Austria and King of Prussia are to meet within a few dare in Dresden. The Emperor's Adjatant-Major, Keller, is already there, and some of the imperial equipages are on their rcad to that city. Outlast letters from Cassel mutt decisively that duos the return of the Austrian envoy, Count Hsrtig, the Austrian influence in :Cassel is quite unlimited, land that it 'coke highly probable that General Peneker wi.l be recalled to Berlin, and that the remalzd2; of the Prussian troops will also lesvo the electorate. Bamrs, lax. I.—Voluntary Loan. 105 ; Now Loin Four-1,11.a1f per '3Ol Net:octal Debt, 61: ; • Comnatrei .1 Maxine Scei.cy's Premium, 120; Dank Sham, be:. Vinntra. Dr.c. Five per Cent. Iletalliques, 051. Fourend-e•H elf par Cats 62. beak Sham, Exchange on London. 12. A. 51Arrap, Die. 28.—Three per Cents., 351; after Bo:ta, 33 346 each, 35 6.16 paper, ; Four per Conti., 12. Flee par Ceuta.. 121; after Boise, 121 paper, 121 cub. Couporte,Gl; otter Bola, G 1 cash. Peasirte, 31 papa; after 131:rs, 313-16 cash.Ttank of 0.. a Fernando, 91 C.S.h Exchange ea Lond:,a. 50 CO paper. WOOL MARKET.—THIS DAY. In tbe market for C 'lonia and Foreign Wools we have to report the maw continued firmness of prim, the manu facturers being in full activity, ..nd consumption going on Bator than the import of the raw material. There is an in creased demand for English Wools at steadily improving prices The stock being very light, and the viii tram the low est on English Wool being so iaeonsidentb,cinpared with that which has oceurrel on all descriptions of foreign, many pasple are coufinned i their bellef that there must be a gradual rise in the article. This week's imports of wool have been confined to 4S bales from Smyrua, 22 from Ham burg, and 891 from Tsgaurog. COP Court. WINDSOR, FIUDAT, JAN. 3. F The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morn , lo g in the Slopes. The Royal tamale took !heir until Trice Tte C.l inn hod • dinner party this teasing ; the easipany inc!uded the Cache:a of Lest, ho .507 Saner Litwin, his Excellency the Marquis d'Aseslio, the Marquis of Aber corn' Lady Fussy tio•ard. Boosts* cis Spin, the Earl and Countess of ,hrsey and Lady C:smentina Villiers, the Earl of S:nfford, Vircosir t sad %%mounter Ponsonby, Lord and Lady *Lesley (of Aldertey), and Coionel the Hon. Charlis Cern Cie;er;lViensyrs has relieved C,lontl the Han. Chsrlss Grey its his duty as tr.. Diner , ' In W.itia t to her MajeeT. Lieatsvent-Colerel Franutis Ho7h S yeastar bee re:tesed I Colonel Bravais is Cie dot, as the try Iv Wziting to Yrir.es Albert. Mr. J. F. L. Foster, from Port Millip, had an in terview wi•h Earl Gr.y y..t. rday, t the Cot•.nial-otn, •. Lord John Itti-ewll rrtart'd to Co residence. Pt tn brcke 1. echo, Itfelletond Pork , yen,: I ty, item Wvtittru Abbey, Br dfoet‘eire. _ lhq" stews were sent off I.st cemin7, from the Octants! OtSce the Gacer:.ere ut the Nu.h A zericast eolcsiee. Field-Marabal the 3Larqu'.. cf Anglesey has during tha weak enter.eined a 1314 e p. , 1 at Be-ud:sert, las lordship's seat near LielAisid, the emspsny ineludhg tt.e Mstehion,,s o. Alcs , nrr, thc Cabrilsre, .1e Earl tad C.,antess at ^ Sruney, its Etrl 1; It..st, Couit. 1' Alen, Lord Ad phus ii'relerenee, L3:41 a^.l Lady Ai r.d Paget, Ls:a C.arlsee and Ltdy A r. e,, Lades Augusta 1:..l Irmo: is Cadogsn, Mr. Ileury ti.tr:lle, Mr. 0. Bentiask, Mr. M. Graves, Mr. Elliot, Mr. Spencer De Mersey and Miss Ds Horsey, &s. (From last night's Gan •fe.) DOWNING-STUEET, JAS. 3.—The Queen has been pleased I. appolat Charles Justin MacCiirthy, Eel, to be Colonial Secretary 1., the Island of Ceylon. WPITEILLI.L, JAN. 2.—The Queen has been pleased to *PM" , Wllliom Ddoerq, Bag., of lienderland, to be one of the Board of Supervision tot Relief of the Poor in Scot land, in the non of Sir John McPherson Grant, Bart., de , ceased. WHITETTALL, JAN. 2.—The Queen has been pleased to iresent the ltsv. William Brown, D.D., to the church and parish of Cameron, In the presbytery of Bt. Andrew, and county of Ftf., vacant by the transportation of the Bev. William Milligan M.A. , late zu.nister thereof, to the church and perish of liacongutier. CROWN-01'1'10E, JAN. 2.—Member returned to NM in the present parliament for the b 'rough of Aylesbury : Frederic Comm, Req., is the room of Osage !surd Nugent, deceased. PRIVATE THEATRICALS AT WOBURN ABLEY. Tho featicitics of the season have been kept up on a seal. of great sple odour by the Duke and Denham of Bedford, at their seat In Hedfordakiro. A few days einee we gave a brief notice of the amateur drainage performances there. Siete then there here beat charade*, and a variety of elegant amusements r.).ifled by the noble Duke and Dembess for the entertair.ment of a disgaguished circle stay ing at the ducal seat, and numerous tiVirS of the local nobidty and ;..tntry. Viva i• it and Vitt3llllV.A Jo:Oyu, le,tel and Lady Ashby, Lnd Bibb:, s lase, Lady Wm. Rue mil rad Mr. Odo !lumen, Lady Alex. Russell, the Menai:: ant-Gee. eel en War. Rumen, and Mr. John and Miss Rauch. Lady Hislop and Miss JP.liot., Sir Denis Le Merchant, Celor,el swlir.son, W t Hon. Mrs. Villiers, Mr. Bickerton Lyons, &e.. in enamor the recent arrivals at the abbey:— ' v,n e e ne t Lady Freer:. Here, the Light Hon. T. B. Macaulay, the Hen. G. Dyng, Mr. li. W. Grey, M &•.. ware a.notg the de ;oiriiires, and as addition to the Stub menticned fedi:to:side v citorr, L end LaCy Jar. RAW it and the 11 e. Mae Li.t. r, A. and Lady Caroline Sand. ford, Luly El zsbeth lleiteel and Jlr. J. and bibs Bulteel, Mr. A. Stafford, M.l'., Mr. 11. fire..fell L:rd lien, are prolocitit g their rick duke and duchess. Go nigh; (New ]'.ear's eve) then wee a grid must• rat the ab.eiy, toe Woburn Atha Theatre" bring 'gala opened tor tne r..2reuti.etien of a marque, of which report ban pr spoken h.sialy, from the pen of a distinguished iaerely.r tit the House of COIIIIIIOIIJ. The per ft:mance a we re Ali , ' :er eel to be, that sight, under the patronage of Lnd Ashley. The deers were opened at ball-past 8, and the performances commenced at 9 o'clock. The theatre was tot inconveniently et muted, the invitations being limited, so that " tLe brute" ...Uhl not be mid to be literally tiled to th- eci'ne." The rcrgae wee by Mr. Auentstus St. fiord, M.l' , e.a t by that h• r. gentle man " bacody rlciq ..eted "to the L Wiz Nth Dolma. It war entitled Eggs of Geld ; or, the Prince,. l'un'alied." At I) o'clock, the lashioni.ble audience having 0011grtgAttt: in the theatre, Colonel Rawlir son came ferword and deli vered a prologue ' which elicited touch merriment. That Token, the plot of the masque commenced, the subjoined being the dramatis peer( nee, the e: aree:ere named in the order et their appearance. Master John Rem 11. Doodorizeo (a Pane) Mr. A. Btaffetd, M.P. Lcolt (a Seem:Mal) King (Moils Mr. Ayelsiord Banutord. Princess Olt Ho.' M Miss Hankie Eliot. Doke Marquis Lackiand Uric Maul of Honour Lady tieorgituse Trerunda (4 F Airy) Miss Belted. Don (alt?rwtr's Madam, 1 T u Hon. Lisaboth Lister. 0 ....dluck) Seel Lod id Odra. Count Cloodalteda HA Breen L od Edward Howard. Vise mint Jccelyn !acted as p-ompter to the .atistaction cf ell engaged in the masque, aad Lord Elphinstone was announce:: as stage-menagsr, but was unavoidably absent. Aids:ugh the name of Lord Edward iioward appeared in the " bill of tbs play," we have reason to believe his part in the perform: nee won /Leant by abolt r gentleman. Tie &Met. itt character.; were . n.olt sustained, and epplinse from the audier.oe was liberal, the talented author coming in for a b .untlful share. An et ih gae, " written by Wee Wee," wee spoken by Master Jot n Russell, with raiklly surprising success. Mr. Timm presided at the pianoforte. At the conclusion of the park.rmanem God Savo the Qoteu " was plapd, .hortly af:.r wtti..h the company adjourned to the saloons, where refreshments awaited them. Tie Duke and Doehres have had grand Cogent every evming, accaslorally followed by a cascade or a earyst dunce. During the lest fortnight gaiety has reigned pas mount at Wob'irn Abbey, where the h,,egit:l,ty be e been profuse. The litde theatre is to be thrown open for one more night previous to closing for the proem season. In another column will be found a letter, airmail " An lonian," is which the writer describes the outlerinss inflicted on the Cephsloniens by the ravages of the cholera in their island. The dctsils he gives are only pinhole(' by those which reached us by the hat mail from the NV( at Indies; and the government of the lonian Blinds seems to have been equally unprepired for, end usable to mitigate, the honors of so great • calamity with that of Jamaica. Indeed we might say that in this instance matters were even wens than in Jamaica; for, not only were there no stores of foal, no precautions, no regulations, but actually then was no money. The govornment were without funds! " No margin," vys Sir W. Ward, in his last speech to the lonian Assembly," remains for the extraorainuy calls upon the revenue which a calamity like that which has recently afflicted Cephalonia may at any time render inevitable. The govemment, anxious to afford the promptest relief to those who were suffering under the visitation, as wall as to place the otk r islands in a state of preparation had the cholera extend( 1 in maw, were compelled to have recourse to the I mien Bank fur a lain of ;,0004; and the bank, with a liberality that dads honour to it, voluntarily offered the loan at 5 per cent., which is much below the nasal rate of i n terest." The sufferings of the Cephalonia= require en immediate remedy, and claim the sympathies and the es- 1 sistance of every OORtstuoill. The lonian newspapers be• fore us fully corroborate the statements of "As lonian;' and in one of them, the Friend of Me People, the govern meat organ, we End the following pitiable details in its 23rd nuol'on :—. The scenes witch have taken place in Cepludorte ere horrible. Tl, city of Lists re her rout red :hen on. Nobody dartd to approach that town; the shops were closet! ; the doctors and tits ptiesta took flirt t. In two week. the ?cats have b.ez 112 out rf a population of 1,000. lism,or idol ten.: had ougusenn , 1 the diocese. The dead were thrown naked cut of the windows and dragged dons the strut with iron bock., to to thrown in • pit: to such an event had tarn seised the p.ople in that Wand, al thew, h tt a authmities used all means to ro move the opinion that the dilative wet c.ntadions. A subecription-list hos been opened for the Crphslonians, end there is little doubt bet the humus, and generous will respond to the appeal. Tile GREAT BUN QUESTIOE.—TO the Editor of the ErAibition Espress.—Sir,—Lr!o4 nth r an admirer of cokes in general, it hie oi ten been to me a mann of reflection that, while all other sdleler have 'nit the hznefici,l influence of fres trade, the e. , li.:acic, which are supol( .1 at the pastry. soaks :Reserve tell xilily their old protectscnist tai ff . Now, as the Natimal Exposi ISO is intended in a gnat measure e( r the amusement and isstraetko of the working clamtes, sued u I therefers die refit( Arafat tables in the Crystel Police must' he incanted mainly for their refee.i.n, wail it not he well for the Commissioners, iu =Jinn with ter.lzn, to make some ' ; inquiry on the sabjec. to which I have atuded plosions to ' closing with any, and we whether they cannot enable the working man to treat his family with holiday refreshment' en terms entnewhat different from the usual meat exorbitant 1 1 prices ' —M. DEATH OF VISCOUNT ALFORD, M.P. With regret we announce the dcmiee, after a pro tracted Wino, of Visocuut Alford, M.P. fur Badfordebire, who expired at S o'clock on Thursday evening at Ashridge Park. his Icniship's seat, r. ar Hemel Hempstead. The Marquis of N. rthamptow, the Etrl Campton, and other family connexions, were staying with hi. amiable info at the time of his dissolution, which has hum anticipated for some wet ks past. The noble viscount has been in decliniee health for the last two years, and his lordship and Lady Marianne Alford parsed the winter of last star is Egypt, and did not return until the summer, when 1 : bt:arati apparent to ell his friends that h a had not derived cry permanent bened; irons his rer'dence abreud. Dur ing the Lines; of his lordship, Lady Iti arianr.o has been unremitting in h r attention, sod h's death has proved a severe Slick to that amiable lady. Jahn Hume Cwt Viscount Alford, was the eld.st son of the Earl of Browelow, by h'ei first marries. .Ith S phis, second daughter and co heir of the Is , . Sir .Ihr.tiarn Hume, Bert., and Laos. Egret, n we. bon Occult r 10, 151 2. ani rerried Feb. It,, 1811, Lade Marianne >latirtret C intent., itest danvhr-r of the fil.rytii. of Ner:hs m loot, ly m lordship IeaTIW iris two sons. ;be ehit.r of whom is 'n his nin,h mit. The not le siseeunt e r..0.el of the Nor'h I. , ncoln militia. Ile we • first elected me abet for th diard shire at the Fettr.rai election in in conjunction with L no Cher:.s Hinell, and be continued to represent that c•unty in the Huse of Co...intone in the sure W.llO pulls- tnentei of 1917, ISN, and ISt:. His lotd•hit• ...le a csnier retie. in polities, and a z .aloas si.peorter of Sir Rob. rt Peel until the r. peal of the torn I iws. The noble viscount sire. he came into possession of tLe Earl of 13ri !Aewater's large preme:4 des h of the late C.r.r..t,t, &splayed a w ton re t e wit for the welfare of his wintry, sod elk end,d• ea-widero4 , , sum in proviline •eh. els kr the eduemioa of the ehildrsn of the poorer climes, and the e•edy list. lest • liberal beneac.er. llia lordship was one of the j.rine pal knights at the celebrated tournsanert at Lglisma C The families of the Martin:l tel N. :be Eat: sud Countess Browelow. Visrnint and Vincaunteis Craalry, Sir William and Hon. Lady Middleton, the FAA Cmsyton, Mr. and Lady Sophia Tower, the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, the lima. Captain sad Mrs. Cast, &e., ere placed ia rcoare.log by his lanceted denim. MONEY MARKET. THIS DAY. Two oTtocie. Firmness continues to be the chief chsrecteristic of the stock markets, as an opinion appears to be entertained in many quarters that the influx of dividecd money in the next and follewir.g weeks will have the effect, if not counteracted by other adverse inftai noes, of which Viere scents to be no probability a• present, of considerably e..hanc irg the valor of the home secu.iies. Business has not been este:.eire this morning in any description of stock, but the price cf C w.sols t.as, notwithstandicx, iinpreved from 96! to 97 at which it opened, to 991, and i 3 now quoted stead yat 97 to rx div. for the lt;th ir.st. In the other storks :he transactions are trilling, but prices follow the up.vard movement. Now T,.ree and a Quarter per Cats. mark 99 ani 991 ; Reduced Threo per Cent.. 671. Lon.; Annuities 1860 have been tra--acted at 71. Bat.k St.i.k is firm with business at 2[4 and !:14. The market f - ,r the unfunded ..eetiri'ics is steady, with less helices.; gairg forwa-d. ILi., 1,0001.. mark 61s. prem. ; do. a 0 0 ,., 543. and 615.; Laid Bands, small, 74r, prem. The operations in the foreign securities continue extremely quiet, and priecs sh..o r.o change, with the exception of a slight ih.oree of flatness in Mexican Bonds, which have recoil ed to 35,:, not with-tandin:4 the notiflmtion of the payment of the parii d divi dend of 2 per cent. jr..t issued by C !. I'' rein. The ntire trap: actions of the martin ; are cc ,:pr: via in the following, viz.: Mexican 80-As 'or th..; 15 It Jan., 35 l'e.uvian Deterred Bonds, l',.r Four per Cents. Pr the ace a t. I: , 111 ' 4 ' in F.•ar and-a-Ralf per (*cats., toP, ex div. 6,•anish .I.ct:vo Five per Cents. f r the account, 17 A meeting of t.:.e J. Alegi Doe; Company vas h.. Id Ito day, r.t which a ad was deck: el ti.e rate of 5 per cent. We nelicre the decrease on the St. Katharine's "has is very email, but on I the East and West India Itocks there is an inert „ire of near!y 10,1 , (4) !one. Th• r; po:t that the loaded ships from forign ports which entered tee ducks for the six months was 685, measuring 186,517 tons, being a decrease of 13,401 tons on the camber admitted for the six months of 1849. The earnings of the conr e any were 229,172/. 9s. 101, and the a xpenditure was 129,17 qt. ;Si, lid. A sum of 243,3701. Bs. 2d. stood to the credit of profit and loss. out of which the directors recommended the payin:nt of a dividend of 2/. 11i. for ^nd the appropriation or 10,000/. to 0., socount rl'" ecru works." Tho chairman aliuded to the oprres.ive acts of the Couiraiss:r.ners of Casimir, in pick g up discharged ;arrow s, with a i t. make out east a against the directors of the dock comdaoy. lle v' .ltd. with a high degree of satisfactior, that 7.10,000 packages, 110,000 ch...sts of tee, and 90,000 I a.cs of wines a..d spirits, had born .a 0:. 4 by the com plainants, and no: a c: -c of di I.'eatior. e'ither towards the owners or the r:ver oe, -I !) covered. The at nenne•me..t u.oe 4 - a Lh cheering. MIN some dismission the Newt was adopted unemienculv. 6N0L.1811 FUND...—Toto My. ' , sots- Wet. 1.1; 14 I 3 per et.c .n Aut.. ba 4 441,r co, bbl Ct. Con. Ann,. .but roltaoor 14;1. to GIL FOIiLION N I I 6: - lA. CI I Un.r,a!‘ I.• r•-• 1 le* c.• 'let • I 5 6 per Ct. Atbtrlan 11 per Ct. 1:r1g. pm .- 5 or 1.4 Ifrnxl:liu 1L1.., 14t... Sew, 7 par .1. IWeatto Amu, 15 11,1tt, Clsillan 1515., 5 111theolutilb. Pr!. 3 C0.w141452.1 }qtr .or 11.1....:1 I.e.rrol 17 lax CL 1 , a44d1 lola, Is :4 1/11.t.. C , ,iTo ' 2i per (n. 81 I.er I* 1-. :•I 4 per CI. Daum t;41.,.. 5 i 14 V otiettle.s In.. rw I Lt., 11 12 J If Lt;er.: RAIL WA YS. THIS 1)1Y. Two WCU.A. The share mirktt fully mainteinl the recent improvement, and in many inetsoc a where hlsinees has been traneaeted to-day the prima rell 4 fd arc at an advance on those of yesterday. This remark applies more plrticularly to the deaeri;.tions of shares, such as Great Northern, North Statf)rds, Caledonians, and EWA. Lnaceshires, ail of which are looking up. Brighter:a a:,d London and South- Westerns are buoyant ; the stock of the farmer line has advanced to 89, and the latter to 80. The busi ness going forward is of a fair amount for a Satur.lay. The following are the salts: Bristol and Exe'er, 77; Caledonian, 101, Chester and Holyhead Preforence, 131; Eastern Counties, 61; do. New Preferznce, Six per Cent., 11, 101; East Lancashire, 121, ; East Lincolnshire, gua ranteed Six per Cent , 32! ; Great Northern, ; do. Halves A Deferred, 7, 61 ; do. Five per Cent, Preference, 12; Great IYeetern, 791, 781; Lancashire and Yorkshire, ast to 8; ditto Fifth+, 1 : London and Wick wall, ; London, Brighton, and South Coast, 881; London and North-Western, 1244, 5, and 43; London and South-NVe.dern, 791, I, and . 9 ; Man, Sheffield, and Lincein. New 101. P re f., 101; Midland, 481 8; do. 501. Consul:l itrd Pref.. 161; Newmarket, 31 ; Norfolk Exnenee , , 221 ; North British, 81 9 ; North Staffordshire, it!, ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 18 171 ; Scottish Central, 14 ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham (Class A), 51 # die. ; ditto (New Our.), 10; South Eastern, 231; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19; do. Extension, 14 ; York and North Midland, 221 31; Luxem bourg, 21; Namur and Liege, 9 ; Orleans and Bor deaux, 4 ,1 ex int.; Rouen and Havre, 11 1. WEF,KLY OF THE '3l AUK ETS ; PRODUCE MonNiNo In the cd Ir.! 1 rlarkets business :al re-,cmr.l yesterday, bat t! - .e ;n-Kba-a otferel at au,tion has bevel l'nited, an I f. : e-r hued le Sugar, I , Nr which the prices o'nuino I have tul:y 'Taal to the hi4h rates roans pre ♦ious k-!I TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY. The iTeit , r .1 i'. e: ng of the market to•thy is firm, With qu)•:at;c.r.s 1141 ., rg Si f,llie.a:—Fattrsho.a Y. C. on the 'pot, 379. to 37.. it. ; Isn., Feb., and March, 375.; last three months of ;I. r9s. —• Ilatimrr AVEMA4 Et —Town tal!ow, GL; fat hp ditto, 2. 14.; r , 7lvr Itudso, 38..61.; r.ult.d stuff, 2ir ; rough flit:), ; tangly graves, 91.; good i:rer, SMITHFIELD HAY 3IAILIi ET.-TH IS DAY. Mossr•. C on , -r :nod Doris resat the %apply .bort, at the fonc.atir : Primo Mt.ba?l , l' Ibty, SO/ ; if visa to 703. ; (Owen, 43a. to Gas. • Clover, 702., to FN. ; sacka.l rut, 00+ . to ; Sfralr, to2Se. I)EiTit or rim QUARTEIOIAbTER GENERAL.— Ealy this trorr.;ng, Game' Sir J. W.Uarues, 'he Quar ter-36sta General, and the Colonel of the 23rd Foot, died at 6L residemee, nets the ,Royal liosphil, Chelsea, in the 179th Feu et We age.