The Sun. — London, England, 1860-03-02 00:00:00

BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism."•—Morning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas. Silver Watches 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.G. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches ROYAL ENG'LISTI OPERA. COVENT-GA R DEN. nder the management of Miss L. Pyncand Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), will be produced the grand Opera, entitled LURLINE, by W. Vincent Wallace. Messrs. W. Harrison, Santley, Corri, and G. Honey; Misses Louisa Pyne, Filling, and F. Cruise, Conductor, Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS IN BOOTS ; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden Palms. Messrs. W. H. Payne, H. Payne. F. Payne, Barnes, Tallien, Infants Laurl, and Miss Clara Morgan. Doors open at halt-past 6—Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new anti original Comedy, in three acts, entitled THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. Follcwed by the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of tire True Lovers' Knot. The pantomirnists the unrivalled I.eciercqs. ITHEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM.— Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Brilliant and Increased Success of the new Drama—Colette Dubois and Therese Defarge, by Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, the new Drama of A TALE OF TWO CITIES, by Tom Taylor, Esq., from the story of that name by_ Charles Dickens, Esq. P r i nc ip a l c h arac t ers b y Mr. James Vining, Walter Lacy, Villiers, Rouse, Forrester, J. Johnstone, T. Lyon, Morton, Palmer, White, 11. Butler, Clifford, and Fredericks ; Misses Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner, Mrs. Campbell, and Madame Celeste. After which, will be produced the Grand Christmas Ex travaganza and Pantomime, KING THRUS HBE A.R D, the LITTLE PET and the GREAT PASSION, in which is pre sented one of the most novel, costly, and brilliant effects ever witnessed —designed and painted by Mr. William Callcott.— King Thrushbeard, Miss Julia St. Georg-e. Commenoe at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the Comedy of MONEY. Messrs. Geo. Melville, Ryder, Frank Mathews, Widdlcomb, H. Bland, H. baker, Garden, Graham ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Clifford, and Mrs Charles Young After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by IL J. Byron, called JACK THE GIANT KILLER ; or, Harle quin King Art'Aur and the Knights of the Round Table. Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack -Panta loon, Jr. Paulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. W THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. NEW Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Fifth Night et a New and Original Comedy, by Watts Phillips, entitled PAPER WINGS. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Chas. Selby, Billington, Mrs. Chatterley, Mrs. Bil lington, Miss Kate Kelly, and Laidlaw. Alter which, PAPER WINGS, Mr Alfred Wigan, J. L. Toole, D. Fisher, Billinoton, P. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Powell, Romer, Mrs Alfred Wigan, Miss H. Simms, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs Chatterley. Followed by DINORAII UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box () lice open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nit for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night. THIS ETENING the performances will commence with I WILL, IF YOU WILL. After which, FIRST AFFECTIONS. Craven, G. Spencer, and Miss {Vyndliam. Followed by a new burlesque called DIDO. Mr. Charles Young, Mesdames Wyndham, Clara St. Casse, Murray, Eliza Arden, C. Ranoe, A. Evans, and Corps de Ballet. To conclude with MAGIC TOYS. Miss Lydia Thompson. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, ls. The Box-ofEce open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half—past six ; perform &nee commences at 7. Messrs. 11. T. CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING, LUCREZIA BORGIA, (Donizetti). _ CONCERTS. Donna Lucretia Maffio Orsini Mrs. Anderson. G ennaro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jong,hmans. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Minot' 2, 18G0. THERMOMETER., IN THE SHADE. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 46—this day at noon. BAROMETER -29,98 ; falling. WIND, South-Westerly; light, with rain all the morn ing. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DAY.—Morning, 7h. 46m.—Afternoon, Bb. 27m. To-monnow.-Morning, 9h. 16m.—Afternoon, 10h. 7m. .1 ,2 1 --41' , `e'. , f k ,r 9e % v-- 5 1 , '' -, ''-- u 4; l ',.,T'or C r" f i v. '- iij ' ft.-. -' ,:,;-, ' ''' , ' r........3t =- - 71 .7 d r i ,--- • --14 4 ,L. : ,, ,r , .:- 4„ . 01 EV , ~,,, t t . , b. • ~ .._, i . 0 , ' ' I'• • ..„, - 14 - o , l'ts'.. 4 .- '',4=4--- THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1860. The Emperor of the FRENCH has spoken out at last. The mists of mystery are now dispelled, and the world is enlightened —not by what it has learned, but by what it may expect to learn in due time. Public opinion has been kept in a quagmire of uncertainty for the last few months as to what might come to pass in regard to the EMPEROR'S intentions. His policy no one doubted; but in what shape it might be defined was the universal inquiry. The Oracle . has at length spoken, but in such dubious terms that in some points the presumed expla nation requires to be explained. On other points the EMPEROR has clearly told his mind. He wants something, and he will have it—if he can. He went to war for "an idea "- shadowy one in the abstract, but a very substan tial one in the reality. Like other romantic people, he was too wise to work for nothing; and so his idea had some definite object in view which was rendered so obscure to common vision that the world was beguiled into a most desirable ad miration of his imperial generosity. He had ap parently achieved wonders, and left the lookers-on to gaze in doubtful perplexity—while he abruptly turned round and appeared to exclaim—" I thank you for nothing ! " And so it has verily turned out. His plans seemed to be beyond his own comprehension, so vague were their limits. But still there was method in his madness. For any mistake of his own was amply compensated by the grosser blunders of his antagonist on the field of battle. He went to war for a purpose—he made peace in a fit of folly. He endeavoured to justify his own misconduct by the apprehension of shadows which might assume more substantial form if he persevered, and so he hud dled up his measures in a tumult of uncertainty as to the workings of the present, and a doubtful apprehension of theo future. Still he rs as strong, and relied on the prestige of his army while he re posed on the splendour of Lis victories. He pro fessed much—accomplished much—but left much kore undone. The Imperial Speech of yesterday informs the weld that the EMPEROR is "no fool on a march," though he may be rather long about it. For some time past we have been told in rumours, or semi-official whispers ti , hat the. labourer Was Worthy of his hire, or, .`n other words, that France had done so much dirt It di 1n independence that she ought to be paid for her Z'L nevolence. She had fought for an ith.a, hut it Iva 4 One in prospe c ti ve — and rumour pointed Savoy a s the price of her generosity! was occur , tingly the rumour of the day of late in most of tE 0 French journals, but the rumo ur was apparent/ y discountenanced, but not officially ; still zit assume d more positive dimensions as time crept ion, so ni 'JAI so, indeed, that it was discussed in our iswn Yi irliament, and questioned by indepen dent t :Jaaambers as to its reality. Even _ Lord 1.0 LIN RUSSELL, as Minister for Foreign ihtfiii' e s, was pointedly asked as to its bearing. No ROYAL VOLUNTEER BALL.—I n consequence denial would be taken, and at last—just the other of the very numerous Applications from the country, the time for Exchaitzino• Vouchers for Tickets will be ex- evening, Lord JOHN disavowed any knowledge of tended until Monday evening*, the sth inst. The number of annexation tickets is of necessity li m it e d, b u t p re f erence w ill b e g i ven t o t heOD. of Savoy to France. He went those who first present their vouchers for exchange. further • he disbelieved that so great a man as the Emperor NAPOLEON could have contemplated such a junction, for that he was too wise and chival rous a Monarch ever to cherish such an idea. Well, now, but forty-eight hours after such a declaration on the part of our reform ing Minister—NAPOLEON, in vulgar phrase, " lets the cat out of the bag," and openly proclaims his purpose ! So that what was so often "Denounced as fable, yet believed as truth," has actually been ratified by the "greatest " and wisest of men ! After this, what will people think of the wise ones of the Earth ? How can they reconcile pro- fession with practice ? Monarchs are but men, and seldom to be believed even when they speak the truth. The EMPEROR'S Speech, instead of tending to Peace, will generate, if not confirm, well-founded alarm for the future peace of Europe. He seems indeed to prove that he is the man of destiny, and w:11 go on heedless of his fate. He has not increased his navy without a purpose, and he may yet learn to regret its fate. At length our great Reformer has brought forth his—Bill. Disappointed we are not. We ex pected too little for that. Let us see what we have. Half a million or so from the Eve or six millions of the unenfranchised are added to the million of the enfranchised. Twenty-five boroughs, which have no claim to. a separate representation, having, nevertheless, two members each, are to lose one. The counties are to have fifteen of twenty-five new seats—the boroughs, old and new, ten. The borough franchise is to be .£6 rental—the county franchise £lO rental. These are the main points of the third Bill of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. We have sketched below the principal points of his two former Bills ; also of Mr. BRIGHT'S and Mr. DISRAELI'S ; and our readers can compare them all at their leisure. The general character of the bill is, that it is made to get through. Whigs and Tories are to take it with thanks that it can do them no harm. Radicals are not to grumble, because it may, here and there, do them a little good, although the least possible; moreover, Mr. VILLIERS, and one of the firm of GIBSON, COBDEN and BRIGHT, is in the Cabinet, and the firm has secured a French treaty and the repeal of the paper duty; Manchester Radi calism is bound over, therefore, in heavy securities, to keep the peace. What might be the issue of a Cabinet disruption now no tongue in Manchester could tell. A homoeopathic Reform Bill must therefore be swallowed. It can do no harm ; real Reform can be talked about another year when the tariff and the treaty are safe, if, indeed, Manchester and Birmingham be not then getting too much by the Treaty to care a straw about politics. The Bill will, indeed, if it become an act, hardly affect, we believe, half-a-dozen votes. It may be termed a Bill for keeping Toryism, Whiggism, and Radicalism where they are. The minimum of change in respect to redistribution of seats and franchise, is so ordered that constituencies already large and liberal enough will be made yet larger; while constituencies too small, and consequently the subjects of patronage or of purchase, will be nearly as small as ever. Why should the present House of COMMORS, why should the Opposition quarrel with this ? It is mild, even compared with the Bill of 1854. That had a considerable number of disfranchisements, although it gave so many additional members to the counties ; and it abolished the rate-paying nuisance. The present bill, rerliaps of necessity, has no dis franchisements, though what title the inhabitants of Thetford, Arundel, &c., have to be more than county voters, it is impossible to see. The Bill wants two things, which alone can entitle any bill to be termed a Reform Bill—it does not attempt a distribution of seats in any reasonable proportion to population, and it does not emancipate the counties and purify the boroughs by the ballot: In both these respects it stands about on a level with Mr. DISRAELI'S Bill. It does not indeed create the rock-a-head on which his measure was wrecked —it does not rouse up the wrath of the borough forty shilling freeholders by proposing to deprive them of their second vote in the counties, and it proposes to take securities against the creation of fictitious £lO voters in the counties. These points and the reduction of the Borough Franchise we acknow ledge to be good as far as they go. They increase the constituency, and do not subtract from the counties the liberal influences of the large boroughs. But what can be the advantage to popular power of all the additions to the constituencies, unless they be rendered independent additions ? We are not more convinced than we have ever been, that the £lO householders in the counties, with open voting, will be more independent than the present electors. They will to a [ergo extent consist of those little cliques, the par son, squire, churchwarden, and a village tradesman or two, who are actually now sending up their petitions in thousands, signed by four or ten per sons, in behalf of Charsh-rates ! Any village will furnish a little batch of voters of this kind, all of them completely at the mercy of the rural authorities. On the other hand, in the towns, the power of the mil lionaires and masters will be augmented ; greater numbers of their workmen will obtain votes, which must be —votes for their masters. The bill has one grand merit. On that ground it cannot be too highly commended. It leaves plenty of work for Reformers. The real reform of the Ballot is all to come; and come it will, much as Lord JOHN " hates it." It is no finality bill. It will not " settle Parliamentary Reform for five and twenty years." i It will d o as .ordJo fi i r i s N tl s last; but we must sorn have a better man's Noble Lord has served his own and that of the aris tocracy; the people must now have some one to serve theirs. It was asked whether we were to have a dissolution, if the bill passed. Why should we P A different Ministry being in office might make a little difference to a new Parliament ; b u t, as for the bill itself, it will leave the House about what it now is. It may be interesting, just now, to recal distinctly the principal features of each of the Reform schemes which have been presented fully and fairly to the country. They pass, indeed, so rapidly from memory that it is. not easy, without resorting to the well-known cemeteries, to obtain clear information of the days of their birth and death, the more so, since the " fates only showed them to the world, nor suffered them longer to exist." Long had Lord Rms . RussEr.r. opposed every improvement, howel-er obviously required, in his first Reform Bill. Finality was his real (10c trine, though popular ridicule complied him, so far as words went, to recant it. Still more was aristocracy the love of his inmost heart, and though he had been contemituously kicked about himself by the Tory landlords in the counties, and had to get a friend to resign, to secure him aParlio mentary voice through a thoroughly liberal borough, he yet sternly resisted the Ballot, and -a THE ,SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARC F! 2, 1860. the abolition of the remaining and the new nomi nation boroughs. The year 1852 found him, however, in need of a little popular favour. his star had paled before a greater Reformer than himself. PEEL, and Fiscal, Financial, and Commercial Reform, and his own scandalous behaviour towards Hungary, with other delinquencies, had altogether made the Re former of 1831 a less man at the head of a Cabinet than he had been before when a minister only. So his lordship bids a second time for popularity through the device which had given him so much at first. And these were the chief biddings offered by him on the 9th of February, 1852 : In boroughs a £5 rating franchise, instead of the present £lO franchise. In counties a £2O franchise instead of the £5O one. For copyholds and long leases a £5 instead of a £lO one. Besides £2 of direct taxation. Small boroughs were not to be abolished, but augmented by additions from the surrounding coun ties—all to be made, in fact, what many of them, like Woodstock, and Midhurst, ani Shoreham were already, very little counties. In Ireland the county franchise remained unal tered; that of the boroughs was to be reduced from J.:B to £5. In ten days more, however, Lord JOHN left office owing to the hostile vote on the Militia Bill, aid left also his bill to its fate. The short-lived DERBY Ministry followed; and no more was heard of Reform till 1854, when Lord JOHN, serving under Lord ABERDEEN, and anxious to seem first, while nominally second, brought forward his third bill on the 13th of February of that year, Of this Bill the principal points were : A schedule A, of nineteen boroughs, with fewer than 300 electors and 5,000 inhabitants, to be wholly disfranchised, losing 29 members. A schedule B, of thirty-three boroughs, contain ing, less than 500 electors, or 10,000 inhabitants, losing 33 members. The 62 seats thus gained were distributed thus-- The West Riding of York and South Lancashire were, by subdivision, to gain 8 new members. All counties and towns having more than 100,000 inhabitants were to return 3 instead of 2 members. This would take 47 members, the counties, of course, having the larger share (38) of these spoils of the boroughs. Birkenhead, Burnley-, and Staleybridge were each to have one member. Kensington and Chelsea were to return 2. Southwark 1 more. The Inns of Court 2. The London and Scottish Universities each. By the absurd minority clause, where a constitu ency returned 3 members, no elector could vote for more than 2. On the other hand, the Bill abolished the trouble. some and useless ratepaying clauses. The county qualification was reduced to £lO. The general borough franchise was raised from that of the Bill of 1852 to £6 rating. Several fancy clauses gave votes both in counties and boroughs, though most voting under them would have had votes otherwise. Theywere, firstly a salary of £lOO a-year paid quarterly; secondly £lO a-year on dividends ; thirdly, £2 to the income or assessed taxes; fourthly, graduates of a univer sities ; fifthly, persons who had £5O a-year in a savings' bank three years continuously. Freemen were to cease voting as such after exist ing rights were satisfied. Scats were not to be vacated by accepting office under Government. 'These were the two Whig Bills of the Whig Lord who has now favoured us with his third, with which,as he has no doubt carefully compared it, so it may please some of our readers to compare it also. We shall now give the sketch of a Radical and a Tory Bill. It is but fair that we should compare with what Whigs have previously offered, what a man of the people and a leader of the House of Commons' Conservatives have offered also. The two latter are, however, pretty fresh in most minds. The Tories having acceded to office in 1858, by the aid, in great part, of Mr. BRIGHT and the independent members, on Mr. MILNER GIBSON'S motion, and having promised a Reform Bill in the following spring, Mr. BRIGHT com menced in the autumn a course of systematic in strucfion for his promising pupils, hoping, we sup pose, that political gratitude and political acuteness would induce them to adopt enough of his proposals to keep out his Whig persecutors for many a year. Mr. BRIGHT, while he laid just stress on the BALLOT, and a lowered franchise, insisted most of all on a fair redistribution of seats, 'without which he justly held that it was of little use to lower the franchise. His schedule A accordingly disfranchised 56 English boroughs returning 87 members, and nine Irish boroughs returning nine members, not one of which has certainly the shadow of a claim to sepa rate representation, either on the score of electors, direct taxes, or population—Mr. BRIGHT'S three tests.;_; Schcdule,B would deprive thirty.four boroughs which return two members each of one member. He thus had 130 members to dispose of. lie gave 16 of these to as many boroughs which now return but one member each. Besides three more to Scotch boroughs. To 23 boroughs of a population between 54,000 and 127,000 he gave 27 additional members. To 12 boroughs with a population between 127,000 and 270,000 he gate 24 additional members. To fire boroughs, whose population exceeds 316,000, he gave six members each, or 30 addi tional. To seven new boroughs he gave nine members. To counties, and divisions of counties, 18 new members. To s , ..ven Irish counties eight additional members. IVith a few additions to Scotland he completed his re-arrangements, which, after all, allotted 26 of the members taken from boroughs, to counties. s franchise was as low as it could well he placed in the boroughs short of universal suffrage; in the counties he accepted the £lO qualification. On the last day of February, 1839,. we had the novelty of a Tory Reform Bill. Its leading features, it having served filo purpose of a faction fight, are probably pretty well remembered. The county franchise was reduced to £lO, as in Lord JOHN'S last Bill. Next the borough franchise remained unaltered, but the boundaries of boroughs were to be resur veyed and extended ; and all voters residing in boroughs were to have their option of voting for the borough or for the county, but not to vote for both. Probably no clause was s o f ata l to the bill as this. Members cou l d not afford t o i rr i tate the borough oters for counties, while Mr. DisnAlim was bent on excluding these votes. As i n L or d v JOHN'S Bill, there Nvn-e several " fancy f ranc hi ses. " Disfranchisement was tenderly handled. Fifteen boroughs only, having two members each, lost one of them. In regard to enfranchisement by a further division of Yorkshire and Lancashire, and dividing Middle sex, eight members were to be added to the coun ties, and seven to certain new boroughs. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.—The first half of this new bridge was opened for traffic this morning. OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. The Legislative Session was opened this day at one o'clock by the Emperor Napoleon 111. in per son, the ceremony taking place in the noble hall in the New Louvre, the Salles des Etats. Nothing could be more complete than the arrange ments which had been made for the arrival of the different persons to be present. The weather being beautifully fine and bright, a crowd began to collect as early as eleven, to watch the arrival of the handsome equipages which con veyed the persons entitled to attend. The carriages soon after began to arrive, and continued uninter ruptedly until noon, after which no admission could be abtained. By far the greatest number of persons arrived by the Pavillon Denon, the entrance to which was adorned with shrubs and flowers. The vestibule inside was tastefully ornamented with tricoloured flags, trophies of arms, and evergreens, as was the wide staircase conducting to the large square waiting-room, which leads into the Salle des Etats. The vast hall in which the Emperor was to meet the Chambers presented a more finishes appearance than on the last occasion, several of the ornaments, which were then only tem porary, having been beautifully executed ac cording to the original design. The whole was fitted up with draperies of crimson ♦elvet trimmed with gold, the principal seats being covered with the same rich material. At the further end was placed on a raised estrade a throne for the Emperor, as well as a chair of State, on each side, for Prince Jerome and Prince Napoleon. Behind were arranged seats for the other Princes of the Imperial family, as well as for several of the great officers of State. The galleries which run along the sides above were filled with elegantly dressed Before twelve every place was occupied, with the exception of those reserved for the high personages composing the Imperial cor tege ; and at a little before one the private conversations ceased, as their Majesties were then known to be approaching from the private apart ments of the Palace by the long Picture Gallery. An officer of the ceremonies having announced, " The Empress !" the whole assembly rose, and her Majesty entered amidst loud cries of " Viva l'lmpe ratrice !" " Vive le Prince Imperial !" Her Ma jesty proceeded to the right of the platform, pre ceded by some of the officers of the household and accompanied by the Princess Clotilda, the Princess Mathilde, and the Princesses Lucien and Joachim Murat. The great officers of the Empress's household, the Grand Mistress, the ladies of honour, and the ladies of the Palace followed. The whole party were dressed in morning attire, and in half-mourning. The Em press and the other ladies proceeded to a tribune on the right, on a level with the platform, the cor responding one on the opposite side being occupied by the members of the diplomatic corps and the ladies of their families. Her Majesty had just taken her seat when the thunder of the cannon at the Invalides announced the approach of the Emperor, and immediately after his Majesty's i►ortege entered in the fol lowiug order :—A Master of the Ceremonies, the Equerry on duty, the Prefect of the Palace, the Chamberlain on duty, the Adjutant-General of the Palace, the Grand Master of the Ceremonies, the Grand Chamberlain, and the Grand Mar shal of the Palace. Then came the Emperor, dressed in a general's uniform, followed by Prince Jerome, Prince Napoleon, the Princes of the Imperial family having rank at Court, the Grand Almoner, the Aide-de-Camp on duty, the Commander of the Cent-Gardes, and the Officers of the Households of the Imperial Princes. His Majesty was greeted with repeated cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" " Vive l'lmperatrice !" " Vive le Prince Imperial I" His Majesty took his seat on the throne, the Princes of the Imperial family near him, and behind the persons forming their Majes ties' cortege. The Grand Master of the Ceremonies then in a. loud voice requested all to be seated, and the moment after all had resumed their places amidst the most profound silence. The Emperor then rose, and in an exceedingly distinct voice delivered the following speech : [TRANSLATION.] " _Messieurs les Senateurs, _Messieurs les Deputes, " On the opening of last session, relying upon the patriotism of France, I endeavoured to fortify your minds in advance against the exaggerated apprehensions of a probable war. To-day I have at heart to reassure you against the anxiety caused by peace itself. That peace I desire sincerely, and shall neglect nothing to maintain it. "' I have only to congratulate myself on my friendly relations with Ell the Powers of Europe. The only- points of the globe where our arms are still engaged are in the extreme East ; but the courage of bur sailors and of our soldiers, aided by the hearty assistance of Spain, will doubtless soon lead to a treaty of peace with Cochin-China. As regards China, a serious expedition, combined with the forces of Great Britain, will inflict on her the chastisement of her perfidy. " InEurope difficulties approach, as I trust, their termination, and Italy is on the eve of con stituting herself free. Without referring to the long regotiations which have been dragging along for so many months, I shall confine myself to a few principal points. The dominant idea of the Treaty of Villa• franca was to obtain the almost complete indepen dence of Venetia at the price of the restoration of the Archdukes. That transaction having failed, despite my, mast earnest endeavours, I have ex pressed my regret thereat at Vienna as well as at Turin, for the situation by being prolonged threa tened to lead to no issue. While it was the object of frank explanations between my Government and that of Austria, it suggested to England, to Prussia, to Russia, measures the whole of which clearly prove on the part of the Great Powers their desire to obtain 'a reconciliation of all the interests. " To second these dispositions it was necessary for France to present that combination the adoption of which would have the greatest chance of being accepted by Europe. Guaranteeing Italy by my army against foreign intervention, I had the right to assign the limits of that guarantee. Therefore I did not hesitate to declare to the King of Sardinia that, *bile leaving him full liberty of action, I could hot follow him in a policy which had the fault of appearing in the 'eyes of Europe a desire to absorb all the States of Italy, and which threat ened new conflagrations. I counselled him to reply fa% ourahly to the wishes of the provinces which should offer themselves to him, but to maintain the independence of Tuscany, and to respect in princi ple the rights of the Holy See. If this arrange ment does not satisfy everybody, it has the advan- tage of reserving principles, of calming ppprehen sions, and makes Piedmont a kingdom of more than 9,000,000 souls. ‘" Looking to this transformation of Northern Italy, which gives to a powerful State all the passes of •the Alps, it was my duty, for the security of our frontiers, to claim the French slopes of the moun tains. This reassertion of a claim to a territory of small extent has nothing in it of a nature to alarm Europe and give a denial to the policy of disinte restedness Which I have procla . med more than mice, for France does not wish to proceed to this aggran disement, however sma ll i t May 'be, either by mili tary occupation or by provoked insurrection, or by underhand manoeuvres, but by frankly explaining the questiOn to the Great Powers. They will doubt less understand in their equity, as France would certainly understand it for each of them under similar circumstances, that the important territo rial rearrangement which is about to take place gives us.a right to a guarantee indicated by nature herself. " • I cannot• pass over in silence the emotion of a portion of the Catholic world; it has given way suddenly to such inconsiderate impressions, it has given itself up to such passionate alarms. The past, which ought to be a guarantee for the future, has been so much overlooked, the services rendered so much forgotten, that I needed a very deep convie tion and confidence—an absolute confidence in pub lic common sense, to establish in the midst of the agitations endeavoured to be excited that calm which alone maintains us in a proper path. " Facts, however, speak loudly for themselves. For the last 11 years I have sustained alone at Rome the power of the Holy Father, without having ceased a single day to revere in him the sacred character of the chief of our religion. On another side the population of the Romagna, aban doned all at once to themselves, have experienced a natural excitement, and sought during the war to make common cause with us. Ought Ito forget them in making peace, and to hand them over anew for an indefinite time to the chances of a foreign occupation ? My first efforts have been to reconcile them to their sovereign, and, not having succeeded, I have tried, at least, to uphold in the revolted pro vinces the principle of the temporal power of the Pope. " After what has been already said, you see, if all is not yet over, how it is still permitted to hope for a speedy solution. The moment seems, then, to have arrived to put an end to these anxieties, which have lasted too long, and to seek for the means of inaugurating with boldness a new era of peace in France. Already has the army been reduced by 150,000 men; and this reduction would have been mare considerable but for the Chinese war and the occupation of Rome and of Lombardy. My Government will immediately present to you a series of measures, the object of which is to facilitate production, to increase, by affording the means of living cheaply, the prosperity of those who labour, and to multiply our com mercial relations. The first step to be taken in this path was to fix the period for the suppres sion of those impassable barriers which, under the name of prohibitions, have shut out from our mar kets many productions of foreign industry, and constrained other nations to adopt an annoying, reciprocity with regard to us. ," But suinethir4 still more difficult still impeded us. It was the little inclination for a commercial treaty with England. I have therefo're taken re solutely upon myself the responsibility of this great measure. A very simple reflection proves its advantages for both countries. Neither the one nor the other assuredly would have failed within a few years to take, each in its own interest, the initiative of the measures proposed ; but then the lowering of tariffs not being simultaneous, they would have taken place on one side and on the other without immediate campensation. The treaty has done nothing more, then, than to anticipate the period of salutary modifications, and to give to indispensable reforms the character of reciprocal concessions, destined to strengthen the alliance of two great peoples. In order that this treaty may produce its best effect I invoke your most energetic co-operation for the adoption of the laws which will facilitate its practical adoption. " I call your attention, before, all things, to the means of internal communication, which by their development can alone permit us to compete with foreign industry; but, as periods of transition are always those of suffering, and as it is our duty to put a stop to a state of uncertainty so hurtful to our interests. I appeal to your patriot ism for the prompt examination of the laws which will be submitted to you. By liberating raw ma terials from all duties and reducing those which weigh on articles of common consumption the re• sources of the Treasury will find themselves severally diminished; nevertheless, the receipts and disburse ments of the year 1861 will be balanced without any need of an appeal to credits or a recourse to new taxes. In sketching to you a faithful picture of our political and commercial position, I have wi, hed to inspire you with full confidence in our future prosperity, and to associate you in the ac complishment of a work fruitful in great results. " The protection of Providence, so manifestly on our side during the war, will not fail to a peace ful enterprise whose object is the improvement of the lot of the greatest number. Let us continue, then, firmly our path to progress, without allowing ourselves to be arrested either by the menaces of selfishness, or by the clamours of parties, or by un just suspicions. France menaces no one; she desires to develope in peace, in the plenitude of her independence those boundless resources which Heaven has given her, and she will not awaken gloomy susceptibilities, since out of the state of civilisation in which we are that truth springs day by day with greater force which consoles and reassures humanity—that the more a State is rich and prosperous the more she contributes to the riches and prosperity of others.'" THE BOURSE, March I.—Prices were maintained and were even in advance at the opening, but have receded on the reading of the Imperial Speech just posted up, when it was known that it spoke of the necessity of extending the frontiers of France to the Alps. Threes, which were done at 68f 30c, declined to 68f sc. Mobilier varied from 750 f to 745 f; Orleans, 1,380 f to 1,373 f; Lyons, 892 f 50c to 890 f; Austrian, 505 f to 502 f 50c. The following are the last quotations : 4 per Cents. .... 97 50 Do. end month .. 3 per Cents _ 6B 35 Do. end month 68 10 Bank Shares 2BlO Credit Mobilier .. 752 50 Do. Account ...., 748 75 Credit Fonder Belgian 4f . — Piedmonteso (5) BO itoman — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt RAILWA.YB. Orleans Northern 1380 .. 1380 New ditto 918 75 .. 917 50 Lyons and Mocliterranean ..... 832 50 .. 832 5 0 Geneva 500 Southern -- 500 500 Western Eastern Sardiniam. .. 505 Lombard Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 71c. • money, 251.5 c. ; three month s , p aper, 24f. 871 c. ; money, 24f. 85c. ITALY. A Paris letter, in the Nord, contains some infor motion relative to the settlement of the Italian question : As the negotiations relative to Italy have en tered into a critical phase, it is important to state facts clearly and to avoid exaggerations. A journal of Brussels describes as an ultimatum the despatch sent on the 25th ult. to Milan, and in which the French Government sets forth the arrangements which it considers as the most practicable in Italy. The despatch takes care to declare that the Em peror of the French does not intend to exercise any pressure on the determinations of the Cabinet of Turin. It is, therefore, merely a programme which has been sent to Piedmont. In this docu ment, M. Thouvenel considers the annexation of Tuscany as becoming more and more difficult, and he insists anew on that old duchy being constituted into a separate State, under the authority of a prince chosen by the population. The Emperor excludes the candidateship of Prince Napoleon, in order to remain faithful to the policy of disinte restedness proclaimed at the beginning of the war in Italy. Romagna cannot either, it is said, be annexed to Piedmont, but is to be administered under the vicariate of the King of Sardinia, if that solution be accepted by the Pope. Piedmont, there fore, will only be aggrandised by the Duchies of Parma and Modena. Nevertheless the cession of Savoy and of the county of Nice is represented to be indispensable. The despatch is most friendly in tone, and is in conformity with the good relations which have not ceased to_ exist between the two Cabinets." ME CORK ELECTION. DUBLIN, TttunsDAY. The following is the result of this day's election at six out of ten polling places : Deasy .... Canipden ... 1,736 . . 1,583 BRAZILIAN . MAILS. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office :--- LISBON, MARCH 1. The Royal Mail Steam-packet Companys ship Oneida, Captain Leeds has arrived from the 8r.:.z . 15, and will leave this evening fur Southampl ton, with 93 passengers, and X 28,500 in specie. LATEST ST. PETERSBURG, MARCII VIENNA, MARCH 2. The debtor and creditor account of the Nationa Bank, for February, contains the following items : _. . 80,430,000 florins. . 431,636,000 „ 23,667,000 „ Cash. Notes ...... Foreign bills Bills discounted, not yet due Advances 33,000,000 „ 22,667,000 „ MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. During the last few days the transactions in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have been rather limited. Prices, in most instances, have been well maintained. Tea has been dull, and the dealings in sugars have been only for immediate consumption and at former prices. In coffee more activity has prevailed, particularly in the finer descriptions. Cocoa has advanced ; and in rice there has been an extensive business at full rates. The dealings in fruit have been limited, and few transactions have been recorded in spices and saltpetre. For tallow there has been a steady demand, and prices have tended upwards for both present and forward de livery. At the public sales of colonial wool, which com menced yesterday afternoon, there was a very full attendance of home buyers, and considerable ani mation was apparent in the biddings for the finer qualities. Few foreigners, however, were at the sale. Prices were well sustained, and were quite equal to the highest prices obtained at the previous auction in December last. The quantity to be offered is about 33,068 bales. The Bank of England Directors will make the usual advances on stock during the shutting-of the transfer books. Very little alteration is apparent in the money market, the supplies being ample and the inquiries moderate. Accounts from Liverpool report that the Cotton Market, yesterday, closed steadily, but prices in some instances were lower. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales. In the Railway Share Market a moderate amount of business was recorded, and quotations were firm. About £20,000 was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday. The gold by the Roxburgh Castle, viz. £89,000, has been purchased for expor tation. The following particulars of the number and tonnage of vessels now on the berth and loading in the Port of London for the Australian colonies, is taken from the usual monthly list published by Mr. Miller, the manager of the Jerusalem Coffee house : For Launceston Hobart Town Sydney and Moreton Bay 11 , ... 7,567 „ Melbourne and G ee l ong Adelaide Swan River New Zealand 9 5,71 „ „ 6 „ Total Symptoms of depression have been exhibited in the English Stock Market today, Consols having declined about per cent., viz., to 941 for money, and to 94;'- i 1 for the account. This downward movement is attributed to the Emperor's speech, which is considered rather unsatisfactory. The New Threes remain at 951 ; the Reduced are heavy at 944 95 ; India Stock has declined to 2181; ditto 5 per Cent. New is firm at 1041 ; ditto En faced Paper is 971 98k ; and Exchequer Bills are 235. to 265. prem. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is rather quiet, but prices are depressed. Turkish 6 per si Cents, are 791 to 791 ; ditto New, 621 to 63 ex 11 div. ; Russian 41 per Cents, have receded to 98 ; - Spanish Deferred to 33n ; ditto Passive, to 121; and Peruvian 41 per Cents., to 93 and 94. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 3 1 prem. ; the Universal ditto, 1 prem.; and the s Canadian Loan is 11 to 21 prem. There was rather more activity in the Railway Share Market to-day, but prices have sympathised a with the heavy tone in' the English Funds. Eastern Counties, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin coln, and North British, have declined 55.; Cale donians, Great Northerns, Lancashire and York shire, North Westerns, South Westerns, Midlands, Si and South-Easterns, 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial Markets the dealings have been very limited, at about former prices. Lombardo -Venetian realised lla 11 ; East Indian, L 2 1011 1011; Great Indian Peninsula, 99 to 591; sr Grand Trunk of Canada, 341 341; and Great g i Western of Ca na d a , 121 . Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares A have been dull, with little change to record in si values. London and Westminster declined Ss. Peninsular and Oriental Steam advanced 10s. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. R e d uce d A nnu i t i es 3 per Cent. C onso l s A nnu i t i es N;w 3 per Cent. A nnu iti es 1 99Q2 1 54 1 1 il 542145 Ditto 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto 5 per Cont. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cont. ____ Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1858 971 Ditto Bonds, £l,000 Consols for Account (March) India Stock for Acounnt Ditto Account, 5 per cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 23 6 Ditto £5OO Ditto Small, 11d. FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent. .. ' l)ilto Account .................... 103 Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 ....... Danish 3 per Cent ................. 81 Peruvian 41 por Cent .................. Ditto Account ...................... 94 3 1 4k ßussian, 1822, £ St., 5 p er Cent. ........ 107 Ditto per Cent. .. .. . ....... 98 .... Ditto, Sper Cent., 1859 ....1 Sardinian, 5 per Cent. ....... .. ........ G 5 . Ditto Account .................... 8-5 S'panish 3 por Cent. ................... Ditto Account ..................... 4 Dittu Deferred 3 per Cent. ............* .......... Ditto Ditto Acco unt . ...................... 32a Passive Turkish 6 per Con.;, ..................... 12'1 Ditto iiittttttooo NewAcc e c o o nn un L otta ........................................................... :iii .......... — 621 I i Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. . v . 102 Dividends ou the above payable in London. Consols, M oney THREE O'CLOCK. D itto Account . . 941 EL ECTION COEMITTEES.—(This Day.) DOV. The committ ee on the Dove Election petition met for the first time this morning. The sitting was taken up by arranging preliminaries and the opening speech of the counsel for the petitioners. The first ordinary general meeting. ot"tlio Red Sea and India Telegraph Company is called for the 19th nst. PADIOUTII.—The foundation stone of the docks and the Prince of Wales's Breakwater, to be erected under P endennis, was laid on T ues d a y b y Vi scoun t F a l mouth with great ceremony. THE REPRESENTATION or WORCESTER.—M r . Laslett's farewell address to the electors of Worcester is as follows :—" Considering that I cannot satisfactorily to my self continue to be one of your representatives, I have de termined to vacate my seat in Parliament. For the trust and confidence you have reposed in me for four successive Parliaments I beg to tender my sincere thanks, and shall ever feel grateful for the honour conferred upon me." NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : The Journal de St. Petersbourg gives an officia denial to the statement relative to an alliance be ween Russia and Austria. MUNICH, MARCH The semi-official /1/unchener Zeitung says : - learn from reliable quarters that the Emperor Napoleon does not consent to the annexation of the Romagna to Piedmont, and that he is about to re cognize the integrity of the States of the Church, and to modify essentially the policy which he has hitherto followed. '' We SHARE MARKEY S.-( T.HIS DAY.) ORDIT,TARY SHARES AND STOCKS. nailwb.ya. Paid. Cloying. Price. EllB/1143111 iiinuerg., A °mug. Ro.t. and Eastern Junction ritelfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol., and 6tr. Val Birk., La., and Ch. June Blackburn Blyth anti Tyne Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, Bikrock,&Passage Cornwall Do (A reves. no din. • A Do until6p.c.per an. I • B hasbeen pd.toß.! Dublin andßelfastJunc. Dun.,Perth, & Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld)l Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk I Trish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall. Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast Lond. Chat. and Dover! London & North Westn , ' Do. Eighths London& South- Westn L 'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln 3faryport and Carlisle .1 Do. do. it Shares.... Metropolitan Midland Do. Binning. & Derby ; Mid. Gt. West.(freland); Do. Shares Mid Kent Do. (Cray Line) Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd, Newry & Armagh (aef.) No rfol Newry, k Warpt., & Hoe North. Counties UniOn 'North British Nor. Dev. Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p. c. has beenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London North Staffordshire. No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolrer Peebles Portsmouth j Rhymney IScottish Central Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union iSittingbourne & Sheer ISouth Devon (South-Eastern 'South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Staines, Wok., & Wok Stockton & Darlington Do. do. IStockton & lartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Ulster Do. Do. Vale of Neath Victoria Station & Pim Waterford iitc Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London . Do. Ist Class.. Do. 2d Class .. 103 2 931 21- 108 9 102 1 i I 6§ 81 9si 6 11 }lll 1 4 7 4 12 41444141 i loniit 109} } 9 92} & t 4 7416 39# I 9 # 15 Willie all all all all all ••••• ..... ...i lam PREFERENCE SHARES. 1091 Share 12..0 13.14 Sto2k Stock Stock 81 61 73 4 74 4 114 124 1 l o4k 1 05; 92k 93 6 74 8 14 15 57 68 39 41 27 29 811 62: 28/ 29; 101 103 1091 110, 99 101 [33 135 111 112 691 70; 60 65 1001 100} 68 69 110 112 124 13 99} 991 911 92j 8 10 40 41 Stock 121 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' 10 ; Stock I Stock I Stock' Stock Stock Stock 12 10 Stock 10 Stookl all 100 34 100 100 I 10}0}1 21 d 1.09 i 109 k , 87 89 9i 10} 58 60 d 611 624 921 92/ 1/ 1} 46i 47 76 761 108 110 34 31 9 94 88 40 7/ 81 14 16 114 116 274 284 86 87 48 49 4 3d 4 2 44 88 88i 68 76 70 72 6 g 39 4 0 81 9 4 P Ma 561 24 sa p 59 61 a d 4p loi 1G 61& 2 ii -ii 20i # :of Share Railways. . 7----- TPaid.l Ci pr ° loe. Bi ng B pi nall as. 9ll o •gh —................ 25 Blythe and Tyne it per or- e. pref. (issued at £.50; all Stk Brie. & Exet 4 p.ctStock 100 96 97 , 20 Do. do. do. Sh ares l4 .n a took Caledon glO, 41 per cent 100 103 104 12.10 Do. Quar. Sha res, N o. 2. a ll in 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all es'_ i 20 Cornwall,'s per cent.., a ll 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. all 51 6 by Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 99 101 Stock:Do. do. Class B 6 pc 100100 1 1 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 1 7 6 ee - Stock Do. do. Cl ass C 7 pc. Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. N . 0.1 100 114 116 Stock'Do. do N0. 21 100 113 115 ns. Stock Do. N ew 6 per et. Stock, 100 128 130 129 „ Stock, Eastern Union, 4 per ct.' 100 82 84 " Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares; 1 00 111 113 Stock, Do. 4 p.c. g ua . S . & D . ' 100 90 92 "" Stock Edin.Pertht Dun. 4 pc. 100 77 78 ), Stock 'Furnes s , 5 per cent .... 100 ~ StocklGlas. &S West'!" a. 5 pc. 100 121 123 „ Stock preat Northern, SP. &- 100 120 122 Stock I Do. spc Redm.,lop.c.pm 100 112 114 StoelciDo. 44 p. C. do. do. 100 Do.sp.e. Redm.,s pc. pm 3O 87 89 i i g n s t l oc o k I G t o t N . AA S w e 7 , 1 r d e , i l a s n t d p ) f 4 tpref. Stock 11:1° 1 " " p. c . ,y , 50 rest West. (Berke and 1 rd , Hants) E x t . 5 p.ct..„ 6 Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 pct lOO 98 ' lO9 99 1 9 11 ' Stock Do. Rede ema bl e, 4 .ct lOO 86 88 Stock Do. Irredeemable, d u o lOO 8# 91 81 Flo Stock Do. sp . e t . Redee m , pr ef l 100 100 102 101/ 8 , Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 10 1.01 re 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.e.pf.sh. all 17 18 171 1. 10 :Do. do. sp. et. pref all 181 101 ' Stock Do. Birmin z. guar. stock 100 76 77 741 11- 264 Do. Ch es t er guar.shares all 20 21 re 131 , Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & Y or k 6 p.c. stock 1 00 139 141 Stock ,Do.Barnsi.Sta 3slodpc 100 ) r Stook Do. 6 per c. RI Lan) Stock Lon.&Brig.spc.gu. No.l 100 116 118 )r Stock Do. ,sp. 0. ... . ...No. 2 100 116 118 , Stock Do. gua., 6p. ct. Stock Do. do. 5 .c. ..... No. 4 100 116 118 1; Stock D°. Do. 4. per cent lOO 5 ' Do. do. 4 per c. shares 1 StocklDo. 7 nereent. Pref. St. 100 154 158 Stock,Do.6 p.c.do.(W.E.&C.P. 1 100 132 136 Stock' D 0.4 p.c S.(div.def.til'6,s), 100 66 68 3,- 25 I Lond. Chat. an d Dover ' all 211 224 - S took Lon.& N. W.Cov. &Nun e eaton, sp. ct. 1 100 115 117 Stock, Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 1 100 121 Londondy & Cole, 1 sh e . I all T 12 ,Londondy.& Ennis 4 s h . ' a ll 1 Stock , 1 lan.,Sh., & Li n., 6 p. et. 100 125 126 6 Do. £R 44 I i I r Stock Do. 31 per cent. • 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent. , 5 1. ll' 121 , lfaryport & Car., 4 p.c. all 124 i I no. 44 per cent .. I all - Do. i 101 Stock Itid. Con. 6p. c. Stock 1100 _ Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ci. I 100 139 1 1 03 41 _ 02 Stock Do. 4i p. c. pref. stock ! 100 102 6 Do. with opti on till 1860 3 10 I Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s t all w ~ 101 p. c. re , deem at sp. e-n mi 1 954 P Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 91 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with . d s o k . 1 1 84 84 7 7 1 1 00 00 = —.... option till 1866 all 111 12 12 10 Do., till 1869 Stock Nerilk 5 p.c. Ex.Stk,lB46 mg, Stock Per cent 100 111 113 R oo k N o r D. New, fru& 5 percent 100 110 12 stock Nth-Dev •Rall-&D k.Co. 1— Stock N-East.Cons. Pref.4pe. 199 90 92 S o e Stock k Dls t s h Wi pa l 3 .v r cV it P i a 1 r h eEf , s x. Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Prof.!100 95 96 951 17 Do. do. do. ... .• 8 13.4 1 d 20 Do. Leeds, 6 p ..... . y*. .1: . 13 * I 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 .. 9 : ama...g. 100 10 _ f l _ld 10 o e r d k e , e ff m St 2S ock 7:Do°.. Y ork 20 North Staffordshire .... all 23 . 24 Stock Ox.Wr. & Viol. 6 pe. Ist 100 121 123 • .., & 2d S. Parch. Stock Do, Irredeem , 2 , 1 gua. 100 115 117 10 D l'.h3rinney Guaranteed. all 81 Scottish Central, new pt all I Stock Scottish North - Eastern 100 Stock 34 per e. p re f . s t oc k .... 100 76 78 Stem)/ D o.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 100 123 125 Stock' Do, 7p. c, pref. stock. 100 125 130 130 10s, South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 11 114 10 Do. Fixed 41 percent. all 1.0.6. S'nuth Eastern (Readin? all 24 341 Stock D A o nn .4l l p J er o 6 c ) ent lOO 11,2 104 Stock Do. Pixed 41 p.e.lstis lOO 102 104 Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO 90 92 Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO 971 f)9l Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p .c. gua lOO 85 88 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e all 28 29 25 Do. B 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 per cent. . Stock watrfd & Kilkny, 6p.c lOO 60 55 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railway,. P a id . Leasing Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. flentora an ti isfetchley all .Lnilt 1 , 4. W . 1 Buckinghamshire.... 100 L n & N.W i 1 V . A I Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do 512 .' , 2 Do. do. 54 p. ct..... 100 Do. 124 126 Do. do. 5 p ct. Clydesdale Junction, lOO Caledonin,lo3 105 Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E C! 154 itli E.Lincolnshire,g'.6p.o 100 Gt.North.l4o 142 I Union,lTarwichShs all 'E.Counts.; 44 44 Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct lOO Caledonin Do. New lOO D 0..... Closter& Dean Forest' all Gt. West. , I Tartlpool.Dek.&Raik: all IYk.N.&Br; Hull and Selby , all Yk.N.MdllO9 111 Do. I Shares : all 'Do. ...... 1 .... ..- Do. Shares , all D o.. . ..._. . 1 Lanc.&Carl.gua.s P.C , 100 ,Luck N 4 W;205 210 London&Greenwich 1 100 S. East...! Ilk ffd Do. Preference I 100 D 0... ., ,115 120 , Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 ;Pet° &Co. 93 95 Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct., 100 , Norfolk ..1 Do. 6 per cent ' 100 'Do. ...... I - 31 - anc.,Boxto.&lltatk : all Newmarkt.,BuryEx LN W4St3l 24 4 Ilid.Bradford Prefer-, ence Stock ! 100 : ; Midland 96 98 ar n a l st te E e a ds n p . 5 . C. 1 - i. 5 . 6 .: FL Counts Np.e . all 1 i r Do. 57 58 Do. do. 5 per cent.... all Do. E. Fixed 5 per ce n t . ; all ' Do. : oi l i th North Western..... . all Midland , 144 144 Preston and Wyre. 1, all "IN W j -- & L.Yk. Do. }Shares .... . . !i. all Do. l_ _ Roystn, flitch.,& She} 100 Gt.Nortli 135 137 .51irmsbry& Hereford 100 ,T Brasscy,lo4 106 Do. Do. „.. 1 i i p South Staffordshire .. ' all 3l`Clean .1 104 11 Wilts and Somerset 100 Gt. West 1 91 03 Wimbledon& Croydn ' all , L.&Bretn, 74 84 DOCKS. Pala Closing Business Price. Dam Share Dooka. , atock C om m erci a l lOO ..... i Stock Do 4 pprCent.Pref.Min. 100 SrockiEait and West India lOO Stock'Londo n lOO Stock St. Katharin e pton ICO Stock Southani 100 .... StoctVicturia . ... 1 1 00 102 104 10 1134 New apasabietaia.a. 2 —. 56 I Stool: Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 8 tock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock 8 took Stock 124 Stock