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List of prices post-free. Carriage paid to any part of the country on orders over 20s. Copy the address, PARKINS and LOTTO, Paper and Envelope Makers, 25, OXFORD-STREET. I t OY A L MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE -STREET, WEST STRAND. Continucile Novelties--Continuous Success—Continuous Applause— and Overflowing Audiences. Great Hit of the Bottle Imp. The performances THIS EVENING and during the week will commence with a new GRATULATORY ADDRESS, written and delivered by Mr. Albany Brown. After which, a new scene of Apropos, entitled the MANAGER'S ROOM, with Signor Bari Tone's new Scene, The French Commenta tor en Shakspere. The grand romantic Spectacle of THE BOTTLE IMP. T be followed by a new Neapolitan grotesque Divertissemetat, entitled ARLECHINO FORTUNATO, with the new Italian Mimes. To conclude with the Musical Burlesque of BOMBASTES k'U RIUSO. A Mornirg Juvenile Performance To-Morrow and Saturday next, at Three o'clock. Doors open at Half-put Two. Doors open at Half--past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes, 11. Is.; Balcony Stalls, as.; Lower Stalls, Is. ; Balcony, 2s.- Amphitheatre, Is. Private 84;xes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sam's Royal Library, St. James's-street; Mr. C. 011ivie-, New Bond-street; at all the prin cipal libraries; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, Adelaide street, West Strand. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, Will be produced the Opera of PRA DIAVOLO. Fra Diavolo, Mr. Sims Reeves ; Lord Allcazh, Mr. Whitworth ; Lorenzo, Mr. Manveri; Giacomo. Mr. Dehaga ; Zerlina, Mrs. Sims Reeves; Lady Allcash t Mira P. Horton. To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN HOGARTH ; Or, The Two London 'Prentices. Box-otlice open daily from 10 to 4. PRICES OF ADMISSION. The former scale of prices has been revised, and a rats of admission adopted"suitable to the convenience of all classes of society:— Dr.sl Circle Upper Boxes Pit• • • • Amphitheatre Gallery .. 2s. 641. .. 2g. ALF Dress Circle .. • • Upper Boxes .. • • • • • Pit •• •• • • • • • • •• is. Scl. Amphitheatre •• Is. Gallery •• •• •• 6 ,1 - Private Boxes, A 3 Is.,and Al lls 6d. Orch es t r a Stalls, Ss Stage Manager, Mr. J. M. MORTON. Director of Spectacle, Mr. W. WEST. The whole under the management of Mr. BUNN. LESSEE. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARR-ET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old BronWton THIS EVENING. w Will be performed LONDON ASSURANCE. Characters by Howe; Buckatone, Leigh Murray, Lam bert, 1111 " eYnolds. stoTaosbe followed by a DUEL IN THE DARK, in which Mr. Buck oan'i Mrs. Fitzwilliam will appear. To o DiAxpelude with a easy Burlesque, called THE PRINCESS RA -2,1,,,,r..PD TILE STORY OF MAYFLOWER. Characters by Mrs rit etatene. B. Bedford, J. Bland, Caulfield, Clark, Pllmmeri, • zwihi arn, ___________ vs. Buckingham, and Miss Collis'. LesseeTIIRATRE ROYAL, ADELPiII. Enormous IV4 " 1. -3 " Webster • Directress Ma d am e Celeste. success of the Yankee Comedian, Mr. Josh Silsbee. 'Milk EYENINO; Will be performed the Farce of THE MOTHER AND C HILD ARE DOING WKLL. Lieutenant O'Scupper, M r. Pau l Bedford ; " Miss Harding. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Maxwell, sir. Woriall ; Ev.----.., Emma To be followed by a characteristic sketch, called THE Y.ANNES rED LAR ; or, Old Times in Virginia. Hiram Dodge, Mr. Silsbee ; Molland , Mr. Worrell ; Mies Nancy B an t am , Mi s s Emma Harding. After which MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Mr. Bobtail, Mr. Wright- T . conclude with a new and original Christmas Tale, called LIT ,LE RED RIDING ROOD. Wolfram, Baron of Burliburg (cur _.,,ed the Wolf of B i berich), Air. Paul Bedford; Seraggenheim. Mr. m"-- Butler; Trudchen (commonly called Li ttle Bad Riding Hood), W m Saw' — , e an Fitzwilliam• tiOYAL PitnitESS'S THEATB4,:riroaD.svezzi. ;,der the Managementot THIS EVE..trnsG,. C. i"az ' ghakespere's flay of TWELFTH NIGHT castle, by Royal Contrnand). Charactersby Ist " acted at Windsor narley, nyder, Meadows, J. Vining. Cathmrt, • lartley, eeley, pig Murray, Mrs. Seeley, and Mrs. C. yes.. ejld Wheatleigh ; After which, the Operetta of the SWISS COTTA Windsor Castle by Royal Command), in which m r :L E (ea acted at and Mr. A. Wigan Wil l " Pear. . I . I U Mrs a t With a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled BILLY TAYLOR ; or, The Flying Dutchman and Ia"QUII.7 ritongo. Harlequin. Mr. Cormack ; Clown, mr. Flexm gof ita, re ; Panta loon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leelereq. AL LYCE UM THEATRE. ,famtgeruent of Aildaine Vastris. ruder the 2 T HIS EVENING, 1 ROY Will be perfornied p r t e olpal character& by THE GAMS OF SPECITLATIGIC. R o sby, H. Baker ; Mrs. C. Messrs. C. Mathews, f . Matthews, R . Horn, and Mist 1.1. oli ve: . To conchide with b J. R. /quiche. Esq., A new and original Fairy E,travaganza, y en titled THE PRINCE OF HAPPY LA- - " CD • or, the The Fawn in F o rest. Characters by madame vestr ic M:lss St. George, Miss LAMA, 3UI&S Martindale.Miss Grove, • a EWS , Miss Rosins Wright, M e ssrs. F. Mattisews, B. Baker, Suter, liornca stle, Beier, and Vernon. _____--„,.-------------* R.OTAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. iamisee and Manager, Mr. W. Farce , Plll5 EVENING, HI MSELF. will b e performed A CONSPIRATOR IN SPITE O F Has i n gs, Mr. Inigo Inkhorn, Mr. Farren ; Tiffin, Mr. Compton ; Mr. W. Farrell. inn. , Ber th a , Mi es L. Howard ; Margaret , 3 1 r15 ' Bartlett. After wMch A.ll ORGANIC AFFECTION. To conclude with RED RUFUS ; or, Harlequin Tact, Elation, and Fancy. Red Rufus, Mr. Shalders ; Clown, Mr. Edwards; Harlequin. Mr. Forrest ; Pantaloon, Mr. Tanner; Columbine, Miss Lees. • - et.uot.we . PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THE A TRA. Leese., Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. The Warmeat Theatre in Lendon. 1 , 11; e.J.s - INC4 VIII be pertbrmed THE TWELVE LABOURS OF HERCULES. /Liter which, The JUVENILE PARTY. To be followed by a new Chinese burlesque, Called TTIE S DAUGHTER , or, Willow Patent Plate. Chs.racters by Messrs: J. 'ap e e, Rogers, Romer,Attwood, Hudspeth ; Xesdarnea Manhall, Sander , , Bell, Eglinton, and Diesitell. To aotelude wan MY sigrErt 111031 INDIA. 1 " ot „th r ,„,,, r i on arcs a rranged as .Oi,J7V :—Oreheetra stalls, 4a, boxes oirst carcie), 3e.; C iAcen d circle), 2 e. ; P it, le. '' ) cors to be openel at Half-pust SIX, And tUa Pertoranete to Ogrlnasztes, at sevenprec isely. l'llet.WM be taken to the Boxee only at Nine (*.lock salt airdo, 2 "-4 second circl e, is P tt"te Boxes Guinea . and a Halt each. t ' age answer, Mr. E. Stirling. under the A.6I""Y'S It(YTAL AMPHITHEATRE. Patronage or her Majesty and his iteya , Highnaal • Prtree Albert. 'Bata m r " ost P ri succ et e lan til d_Monager, Mr. W. Batty. a. M w on h s o . z m Ay e Z BENSOO , the great R° P . 3ts. Batty begs to inform and popular Theatre In Londoll. ___ patrons that he has entered Into an engagemferontm 4iviencth THIS Illir Vancer, a _bls appearance every evening• and temale ill , will be perlbrmed A Magnitu en A t l3l6', - BEARD ; or, Female Cnriestty, i n wtid S , P w ectaele, entitled BLUE an be o it .i rod to ue b e e d th a e pa r i ci r o o st f highly-trainzd Elephants, male does pair ever brought into Europe. w . it_.., Batty'i Inimitab : e Feen ey of the Arena combining talent !"..4.-.Lthe highest on', ..r, both I ,4 ative and irorelizp ---, ; or. pn Pantomime in London, •t•-•-. wpi, U. i l ,st popu.lar and only Eque,t r i,, • ~:• , i''t vltitt6d 'MIL i'n.l ..11E.S. BRIGGS X' , • (,!,, %;,-,;ky irTecinin, Mr. Ilary rth eT ur ; e_olubine, 311 s. Ave ' ry : nneh's Festival — Mirth. 4. ,- - .. '' •'-'•--,.... „ and .le,lity. 11 e . play a number of fay ' n the #l. t , ..?• , ' Y''''' t*TOrl..3lr. Ruckroan; Clown, A *7 ' P..,1!,,,,,t;:...dc1ui*-9railftch eventh Nelson, who will i ~,., 'l;":4 l . 3 eislEarmonicon. - mute airs on the V. V, , , l i i ,---‘ itii o enile Fete on Friday, Feb. 6. • i.. .. 1 .?, . 113 :i , "z! liflic had at the e:,x-oftioe from Elena ,•,... ' ' flVi'''' i5......_ ,. till Font daily. r „1 r i v A , s ,i -,‘,, ''''',. lit" , go hianager, Mr. T. Thoro wn . Pm c.. , aD*A r Z 4_~: THE SUN, Now ready, LE'S I , rraE EARL,OF ALBEMAR " MEMOIRS of the MARQUIS of ROCKINGHAM and his CONTEMPORARIES. 2 Vols. Bvo., with Portrait. 30s. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (Publisher in C rdinarY to her Majesty). 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N.B, The best note paper and envelopes stamped with crest, initials, &c., free of charge. Dies sunk and charged cost price. BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION VOLUME. Now ready, THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR for 1851. In One Splendid Volume, embracing upwards of 600 Pages, and 1,000 Engravings of Works of Art, Machinery, and Objects of Manufacture in the Great Exhibition, with List of Prize Exhibitors, and the Bistory of the Undertaking, handsomely bound in extra cloth, gilt edges, admirably adapted for presents, Bs. This is a marvellous Volume, and, forms one of the most interesting mo numental records of the Grent Exhibition published. Cases for binding the Volumes handsomely got up in ornamental cloth, with gold back and sides, are also ready, price Is. 9d. J. Cassell, 335, Strand, and all Booksellers. PRIZE MEDAL.—COOKING RANGE... — Noblemen, gentlemen, architects, builders, hotel keepers, and others, are respectfully requested to inspect EDWARD BROWN'S. PATENT COOKING APPARATUS, with automaton roasting-jack, as exhibited in Class XXII., No. 370, and for which a prize was awarded. For economy in fuel it is invaluable • for sim plicity, cleanliness, and non-liability to get out of order, :mrivalled. Testimonials of the highest respectability, and full particulars, to be had on application to the manufacturer, Lyme Regis, Dorset; and at the London warehouse, 53, Watling-street, Budge-row, where stock is kept, and cards given to view :one in operation at a first class hotel at the West-end. Manszer, Mr. JAMES ILIFFE. CUBE OF HOARSENESS AND SORE THROAT BY DR. LOCOCK'S YULMONIC W AFERS. Market-street; Oxford-street, London, January 22, 1E152. " Gentlemep,.—l have been suffering from a severe cold and sore throat for some tine -indeed was so bad that I could not speak—l tried all the usual remedies. but without obtaining anrelief. lat last tried a ls. 134 d. box of Dr. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS, which I m happy to say has quite cured me, and restored my voice. "M. GIDDY." —Yours, &c. They have a pleasaht taste. Price Is. 134.1., 2s. 9d., and 1 ls. per box. Sold by all druggists. Also, • Dr. LOCOCICS ANTIBILIOUS WAFERS, a mild and gentle Aperient Medicine, having a most agreeable taste, and of great efficacy for ret:niating the secretions and correcting the action of the Stomach and Liver. ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE Determined, we supple, not, to be altogether behind l i the other and, larger theatres, ,the managemnnt here brought out last night a pantomimic piece that may very safely bear comparison with its mere ostentatious companions, although called only a " Divertissement." Ic is a genuine Italian mime, in which Arleclaind, Columbine, Pantalon, and Vierrot, flit about the stage in a novel style; and in which the music and scenery a-e appropriate, and the iricke, though but few, well done. The chief character, h ow ever, as far as amuse ment is concerned, bore he name of Salmeilo, who really is the prime of pantornimiste, and by the aid of a small hoop performs certain fea:s of agility that would de:y the rivalry of Mr. Flexmore and all the acrobats of the b'st circus in the world. The house was well at tended, and the performances evidently afforded great gratification. The spirited proprietor seems deter mined to-keep up the popularity that he has so rapidly and so deservedly secured for this small but elegant theatre. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Last night a most interesting lecture was delivered in the large theatre of the above institution on the " Music of many Nations." The lecturer was a Mr. T. T. Peed, who, we believe, was educated at the Musical Academy, and was in the singing class of Crivelli. He possesses a fine pure tenor voice of great power, and he did ample justice to the many beautiful songs he selected to illustrate his subject. There is too much pressure on our space to permit us to follow him through his instructive discourse; suf fice it to say, that he brings to his task much taste, ability, and research, with a very happy, agreeable manner of delivery ; and we are sure all who listen to him will leave the institution much gratified, and his lecture will be a source of attraction for a long period. DEATH Or A VETERAN.--The Windsor Express of yesterday, in an obituary of Mr. Joseph White, of that town, at the age of eighty-four, who was in the Blues during the expedition to Holland, adds that he was once brought before a court martial for a breach of discipline. During a time when the two hostile lines were lying opposite to each other, and watching, it may be, for any opportunity afforded by a laxity of their opponents of which they might take ad vantage, a French colonel, in showy uniform, left the ranks of his regiment and advanced in a menacing and insulting manner towards the front of the British lines, seeming to wish to be understood to challenge to single combat any one venturous enough to encounter his well-known skill as a swordsman. This lasted some time, until our hero had quietly saddled and mounted his horse, and making a con siderable detour, to avoid the observation of his superiors, at length approached the chivalrous Gaul, whom, after a combat of some little duration, in view of both armies, he overthrew and killed, stopping only to dispossess his fallen foe of watch, purse, epaulets, and such spolia opima, he re turned safe and unharmed to his regiment through a shower of bullets from the French lines. On his arrival he was, of course, arrested and tried for the breach of discipline, in leaving the ranks without orders, found guilty, and sentenced to be severely admonished. OMNIBUS FARES.—Very great dissatisfaction is expressed by the immense mass of passengers on the Oxford street and Holborn line of road at the sudden abandonment of the cheap fares by the Paddington companies. It is urged, and with good reason, that such a mode of proceeding on the part of the proprietors was not warranted, and shows the indifference they feel to the proper and universal desire of the metropolitan public in this matter. It is fur ther urged, and with no less reason, that as the numerous residents on the south side of Hyde-park have the oppor tunity of riding from the furthermost part of Pimlico, and even as far as Sloane-square to the Bank, and even beyond that distance, by i the whole of the Chelsea and Pimlico om nibus's, there s no just cause why the same facilities should not be afforded to the inhabitants of Paddington and Bayswater, and the vast neighbourhood which has arisen in that locality during the last few years. It may be (which we very much doubt to be the case) that the extreme dis tance of the journey from Paddington to the City is greater than from Chelsea or Pimlico, but at all events the latter are beyond the three-mile distance from the Post-office, which the Marble Arch is not, and it is considered that the least concession which the public have the right to expect is the adoption of the threepenny fare from that spot to the City, in order in some degree to assimilate the fare to the more favoured route on the other side of the park. An organized opposition on this road is, however, talked of, by the establishment of a new company, with a superior de scription of vehicles to those at present in use, which stand in great need of improvement, and which will probably pro duce the desired effect. DINNER TO JAMES BAIRD, ESQ., M.P.—On Thursday, in ccmpliance with a requisition addressed to him by the electors of Lanark, Mr. J. Baird, M.P., met the con stituents of the burgh. In the forenoon the freedom of the b urg h was presented to him, and in the evening upwards of 70 of the electors entertained the Hon. Gentleman to dinner in the Commercial Inn. Dundas M'Queen Gray, Esq., of Crofton-hill, in the chair. Allusion was made by the chairman to the manner in which Mr. Baird had dis charged his Parliamentary duties, and the satisfaction with which these had been regarded by the constituency.—North British Daily Mail. DINNER TO WILLIAM LOCKHART, ESQ., M.p.— Friday afternoon Mr. Lockhart, M.P. for the county of Lanark, was entertained at dinner in the Clydesdale Hotel, Lanark, by the gentlemen of the Upper Ward, as an ex pression of the value which they attached to his services as representative of the county. The party, which numbered upwards of 120 gentlemen, many of them of high standing in the county, embraced all shades of opinion, it being un derstood that the demonstration was entirely irrespective of politics. Hope Vere, Esq., of Blackwood and Craigie '....ischarged the duties of chairman.—Nortli British Daily LONDO N AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Yes terday the directors of this company resolved to re commend to the proprietors, at the half-yearly meeting to be h e l d on the 12th instant, t h at th e dividend for the h a lf- year ending the 31st of December last, b e a t the rate of 5 company, l per cent. per annum on the capital stock of the It appears that this result was arrived at afterwh ich p a _ hadym laying aside 10,0001. t owar d s providing new plant, payment teorai thefurn di is v h i e d d en d d u , ri a ng baia th n e ce pas of t se y ve e r a al r, th le o a u v s i an ng d , pounds. few daysN. MRS. AUGUSTUS JOCELTN.--- DEATH OF TR ] ; R o and was the Dun dalk, Ireland. The deeaselce This lady died a , at the cottage near Dun otlL Jocelyn, step brother to second daughter of Sir John Hon. Augustus George Frade was the second wife of the the Earl of Roden, Macneill, the eminent engineer. e, daughter of (xen. a s l Corn years of age. She was married so recently Jocelyn was but 22 January, 1851. Mr. Jocelyn's first wife, and i tl i ie n,d B:ll ; day of Sir Neil Douglass, K.C.8., died in 1847. OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION Saturday the building passed formally from the PIOG.—On Com mission into the hands of Messrs. Fox an Royal Coni- . contractors, And all the articles . remaining outside becanln'etttee such as are not re quired for the purposes of a national museum', will be sold, property of tie Royal Comnau-sicn, and sue and their proceeds added to .. the general fund. The gra tuitous admission of the public commenced yesterday, b 3 applicationTh enu fr m o b n er the . t m ic i k v e i t o , n t e o rs, be or ob o ta a in c will be limited until after the visit of the Queen and Members of Parliament. At a Ref ,rm meeting he;d in St. Pancras, last night, Sir B. 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Rejected communications cannot ba returned. . -, 0 11 . • Z . , ~.,1#30.,:i s . .. .• , v. , ,, , ... -- ...ew ..-...%. .... , ,7 - • 4 . .7 , ' —... , _ . „ . etTtnitt aims LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1852, Important changes may now be reasonably ex• pected as the certain consequence of the Royal cere. monial which this afternoon accompanied the re. assembling of Parliament. It will be perceived a once that, according to an invariable custom, the Royal Speech consists of nothing more than vague generalities—generalities so vague that it must in fallibly be contemned, as a mere collection of plati tudes, but that it comes before the nation ostensibly,as the personal utterance of the SOVEREIGN. Nothing can at any time be conjectured with certainty as to the future policy of the Government merely from the hints thrown out through the medium of this minis terial document. It is merely from the discussions which have ensued in reference to the usual answers to the Speech from the Throne that the public can obtain the first glimpse of what are in reality the veritable designs of the Administration. Seeing that this is no toriously the case under ordinary circumstances, it cannot be surprising that upon the occasion of a po litical crisis like the present there should be a more than customary indistinct ness thrown b y the Cabi net over the i n tentions of its membev, and that the debat es s h ou ld b e l e ft more peculiarly to unfold th e labyrinth of their emharassraen ts. This considera tion may account in a great measure for what might otherwise b e matter o f s urprise as well as of disap. ballot, and no ti d e pointment. A shadowy promise of a Reform Bill, in which there will be no mention of th e the wayf qua . e p ofohs ranchisements, cannot by any means satisfy the Hate olitical purgative in over the position l ong excited cur iosit y of the multitud e . O n the contrary , of affairsa more vigilance the very veil cast 'atch with the result o f t h e forthcoming discuss i ons . Out t o those discussion s must come forth a var i ety o f impelthe g than ee ever ralityu t o ffo rather startling disclosures conse quent caus es of the dismissal of Lord P Az,tEa T u o p z : n the e in quiry which will be forthwith instituted as to the EVENING, TUE SDA Y distely the investigation touchc , s upon that point the eyes of the House of Commo❑s will be directed simultaneously and unanimously upon the late Foreign Secretary. Not only the representatives of the people, but the people themselves, will look to Lord PALMERSTON for some explanation. Confident of the integrity of the course pursued by him during the whole period of his continuance in office, and equally satisfied at the same time of the insecurity and weakness of the rest of the members of the Admi- nistration, the community demand at the hands of the Noble Lord a statement such as cannot but prove at once exculpatory of his own conduct, and damna tory of the conduct of his ministerial colleagues. It is anticipated, therefore, that within a very brief interval from the opening of the present session of Parliament, the late Foreign Secretary will render an account of his stewardship. In doing so, in showing that he has maintained peace with the rest of . . he world during these years of revolution, in show- ing that he has upheld meanwhile the dignity of the English Government throughout the whole of the va rious states of Christendom, in showing all these as the fruits of his foreign policy and in revealing, at the same time, the ingratitude with which his patriotic course of administration has been at length followed up by the head of the present Cabinet.—Lord PAL MERSTON must inevitably pronounce the doom of the Whig Ministry, necessarily driving his recent col leagues into the dilemma either of a disgraceful dis missal or of an ignominiou s res i gna ti o n. Every- thing, in fact, assures the country that, if the Whigs have still remaining amongst them the feeblest and faintest sense of decency, they will at length tardily, but ultimately, resign. Should they, however, still en deavour to braz:m out their position, as they did during the whole of last session clinging with inexhaustible tenacity to place and power, notwithstanding a suc cession of the most degrading defeats, they must speedily, wa feel assured, be driven from the Trea sury benches by the odium in which they are held by the population, an odium which will inevitably be wrought to an irresistible climax by the dis closures expected from the lips of Lord PALMERSTON. Long before the original construction of Lord Joule Russsu.'s Government, it had grown into a sort of political axiom that the Whigs are best in opposition. The policy they have generally pursued during the whole period of their administration bas, unfortunately for the country, only served to afford to this saying a new and crowning illustration. They will consequently be driven from the Treasury benches without any serious regrets on the part of the com munity, or rather, we should say, with the exultations which cannot but be felt at the debasement of men who have so very grievously disappointed the national expectations. The secret of the failure of the Whigs, when in office, appears to be that they cannot in any degree recognise the wisdom of th It noble thought of SALLLST — imperium facile its artibus retinetur quibus initio partum est—they cannot perceive that power is effectually maintained by the very means by which it is acquired. They seem to imagine that the country will remain satisfied with the fair promises held out by a Party whenever it happens to be in opposition, and that those promises are not to be looked upon as any real assurance from the Party on its acquisition of the prerogatives of Government. Not so was it with her MAJESTY'S Government when presided over by Sir ROBERT PEEL—rather, we should say, the contrary. For, with regard to the PEEL Cabinet, the most valuable and the most liberal reforms hinted at by the MELBOURNE Cabinet where by it actually real ized—insomuch that the people recognising this before the close of its career greeted the fall of Sir ROBERT from power with an enthusiasm never perhaps excited to a similar extent by the rise of any other statesman. Very different will be the fall of Lord Jour; RUSSELL from that of his great pre decessor. The contrast presented by the two events will be matter worthy of record on the pages of their future biographies. One reflection, more especially, will tend to embitter the thoughts of the present Prime Minister on the occasion of his speedy retirement from the direction of the affairs of Government, and that reflection, it is scarcely ne cessary to observe, will be one to the effect that he can never hope to resume the position he will then vacate as First Lord of the Treasury. The perish able nature of terrestrial greatness will again be exemplified— quidquid in aLtum fortuna tulit, ruitura levat—only in this instance the illustration will be the more melancholy from the consideration that the downfall will be one unredeemed by any attributes of dignity. The desperate efforts made by Lord Joan RUSSELL to retain power in his hands at all costs have altogether weaned from him the sympathies of the general multitude. His coquet ting with politicians of another school from his in several essential particulars, with a view to patch to gether his decayed and tumble-down Administration, betrayed on his part a lamentable preference of place preference none t h e l ess consp i cuous for principle—a from the circumstance that those coquetries were un successful. Fac is like these cannot be overlooked— neither can they, when once seen, be very readily forgotten. Besides which, the people are not by any means likely to lose sight of the jealousy evinced by the Prime Minister at the eleventh hour for the most notable among all the statesmen of his Administration, one whom he was glad to rid himself of upon any pretext, and perhaps not the less eagerly, from the fact that upon him was con centrated all the popularity yetremaining to the Whig Government. The circurar,tance that the GREY RUSSELL Cabinet will owe to the fact of the dismissal of Lord PALMERSTON its OWn ultimate disruption, will " point a moral," if it cannot also " adorn a tale," evidencing, as it will do, a very noble and striking retribution. In the tempest of indignation which the recen rigorous proceedings of the PRESIDENT of the French Republic have evoked on the part of divers of our public journalists, the barefaced political swindling tyranny of certain of the " anointed heads" of the continent ap pears to be all but forgotten. Writers who can de claim in sounding phrase against the coup d itat of the anniversary of Austerlitz, and its consequences are affected with a happy indifference to the whole sale despotism of the ie• —AISERLING of Austria, who seems resolutely bent on manifesting to Christendom the most odious phases of irresponsible autocracy. This spirit of iron rule has extended even outside the actual limits of his empire, and the insolence of his armed slaves has polluted the peaceful soil of Tus cany. The recent outrage committed in Florence on a British citizen would not, we feel well assured, be suffered to let pass with impunity, were Lord PAD MERESTON still our Secretary for the Foreign Depart ment; but, although a solemn investigation has been promised, and is even in the course of proceeding in that city, as to the circumstances of the ruffianly assault of which Mr. ERSKINE MATHER has been the victim, we have grievous misgivings as to its satis factory issue under the existing Ministerial regime. It will turn out, w e apprehend, to be but a solemn farce, played with all due gravity and mystification, The police magistrate of the district had been en gaged for three weeks in taking the deposition of wit nesses with closed doors. The testimony of the Austrians had been received by him ; but before that on the part of the aggrieved person could be com pletely given the case was suddenly removed to one of the civil courts. Whether during that time any means were resorted to for the purpose of intimidat ing Mr. MATHER'S witnesses may be readily con jectured by those who know anything of the exquisite police system of Austria and her neighbours. The result is pretty sure to be an exculpation, most likely a laudatory one, of the officer who cut Mr. MATHER down, and very probably an order to the latter to quit the country. But much as we sympathise with that outraged gentleman ,to whom even an apology, or the offer of compensation—supposing such an eventuality —c an but poorly atone for such gross bar barity, we view the matter as involving much graver considerations. Are the persona of civilians, foreign or domestic, to be in any country of Europe at the mercy of Of course unchecked Janissa ries ? in such a case as that to which we have alluded, the ruffianism strikes us the more glaringly, because per petrated on a felleiv- c ountry wen, but the in terests of civilised society, nay, of common humanity, demand the most indignant reprehension o f ' military licentiousness in time of peace. Other amiabilities cf the Austrian soldiery quartered in the Tuscan capital have likewise trans pired, fully corroborating the rampant exaltation of of civil life, whi c h armed violence over th e rights signalises the paternal principle of government props gated by the Boy-EmPERoa. Yet this systematic i disregard of the ordinary principles of humanity which was first prominently developed in the flogging of Hungarian females, and has now been " fined off ' to the mere stabbing and maiming of street-passengers, is passed by as if it were only the display of some amiable weakness not worth commenting on, whilst the acts of Louis NAPOLEON are held up as the quintessence of unscrupulous cruelty and execrable violation of all honour and honesty. Making every fair allowance for the immense difficulties of his dizzy position, and believing that he feels conscientiously convinced of the soundness and applicability to the French nation of the principles on which his system of government is based, we have not hesitated to con demn his extreme and unwarrantable stretch of power relative to the property of the OR LEANS family, nor can we contemplate without disapprobation his severe repression of the press, and several features in the constitution of the legislative bodies. But whilst cut-throat violence, wanton and unprovoked, is tolerated and encouraged by our " ancient ally," who rules agree• ably to the principles of those " elder statesmen of Europe," whose susceptibilities have been so conside rately soothed by Lord Jousi RUSSELL within the last few weeks, it strikes ,:s that some of the contents of those vials of virtuous wrath that are continually being poured upon the head of that " novus homo," the French PRESIDENT, might be laudably directed to the freaks of Austrian despotism. Prince Louis NA POLEON may or may not turn out an AUGUSTUS ; at all events he is not a .NLito. However, as even on the tomb of the Roman tyrant flowers were flung by some anonymous hand, so to the Red EMPEROR and his myrmidons is accorded, in certain quarters, so much measure, at least, of countenance and approval as may be inferred from the consenting silence wherewith their deeds are regarded in contrast to the brute ful minations levelled at the head of the princely occu pant of the Tuileries. By way of postcript we annex the following ac count of a fresh instance of Austrian clemency, fur. Dished by the Times' correspondent in his communi cation from Vienna, dated the 28th ultimo : " The sentence passed on the youth for not taking off his hat when the EMPEROR passed, as related in my letter of the 261, is thus mentioned in the Wiener Zeitung of yesterday LOUIS DA.NZMAYER, shop man, 20 stripes with a rod, and eight days' arrest in a military prison, for inflammatory demonstrations in a public place.' As my report was true to the very letter, you may suppose what indig nation the wording of the sentence has occa sioned. In the list of those tried and condemned by the military court during the last week I find EVE DEMMELBART, for inflammatory expressions, 20 stripes with a rod and eight days' military arrest (irons on both feet), duri❑g two of which she is to have nothing but bread and water.' About a fort night ago you were informed that several ringleaders a strike' had been arrested. Six have received 25 blows each with a stick, one 20, and fourteen 15 blows. Four persons are sentenced to punishment with the stick for opposing the police, and 13 others, whose names are not even mentioned, are sentenced ' to short terms of imprisonment or less severe cor poral punishment.' " THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday, General LAWCWiTINE and Colonel VIEMA are pro. ceeding actively with the reorganization , the Nationd Guard of Paris. Although there will be no more legions, five bands of music will be formed, so that there may be one for every four or five battalions. The mounted National Guards will have a separate band of music. It is said that the officers of the infantry will retain their present tunic with the addition of facings, and will also have a separate full dress uni form, with dress sword and cocked hat. It is added that the uniform of the mounted Guards will be con siderably changed, and that that of the officers will be much more rich than hitherto. M. Liwaux, formerly editor of the Chiravari, who was arrested a short time since, has been liberated, and has taken refuge in Belgium. M. Duns, ex-Procureur of the Court of Cassation and ex-President of the National Assembly, has just inscribed his name on the list of advocates at the Court of Appeal. The new Council of State has not yet held any general sitting. Some of the sections have merely met to forward current affairs which called for haste. Tne section of war and marine will not meet until after the arrival of Admiral LEBLANC, its president, who is still at Brest acting as maritime prefect. Marshal JEROME BONAPARTE, President of the Senate, went yesterday . to visit the Palace of the Luxembourg. A considerable number of the new senators have also gone to the hall where the sittings are to be held, in order to mark their place. Several of them are to be seen also each d a y i n t h e lib rar y. F res h arrests have just been made in the depart inept of Mayenne of persons connected with secret societies. Among them are M. ,AODA RD BEAU' CEIENB, ex sub-commissary under the Provisional Government ; B. RELATE, a manufacturer at May enne, and AUGER of Chateau Gothi er , w h o h ave b een lodged in the prison at Laval ; and LELONG and LE LASSEUX. who have been taken to Angers. The .Emancipation of Brussels says—" The diplo matic communications of the Fre nc h G overnment are d r awn up in the mildest terms. It i s i mposs ibl e, we a re told, to imagine anything wr itt en i n a more friendly spirit, more reassuring for the K ING , o r mo re friendly to the Ministers, than the letter by which M. QUINETTE is recalled. It is also very flattering to M. QUINETTE himself." "M. P RO UDHON," says the U n i on , "i s to b e dis charged from the prison of St. Pelagie in a few days, as his condemnation to three years' imprisonment, pronounced at the commencement of 1849, is on the point of expiring. The auth o r o f La Propri6:6, &est le Vol,' underwent the first part of his punish ment at the Co nciergerie. On v a r i ous occas i on s he o btained permission to leave the pris on f or brief pe riods, particularly when about to be married. Lately, also, he was allowed to go out to visit his wife when ill." The Five per Cents. closed at 102 f. 35c.; Three per Cents., 64f. 30c. ; Bank of France, 2,650. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FED. 2.1 Boulogne and Amiens, 11 ex div.—Central of France (Orleansand Vierzon), 194 East Indian, 20%—Namur and Liege, 5 34—Northern of France, 18—Paris and Lyons, 8 1 4 —Paris and Rouen, 26—Tours and Nantes, 8%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 28th ult. have arrived. The Herald') says— " We believe we can positively announce that the English Government has refused to accept the resigna tion offered by Lord Howden of the post of ambassador at Madrid, which be sent when Lord Palmerston left the Ministry. This is an additional proof that the Eng lish Cabinet will follow the same line of policy as that established by Lord Palmersten. For our part, we con gratulate ourselves that Lord Howden remains in our capital; for it would be difficult for England to find a more proper agent to represent her at Madrid, and to preserve and draw closer the ties of friendship and good intelligence so advantageous to the two countries. " It is stated that M. Bravo Murillo, President of the Council, has definitively declined to accept the order of the Golden Fleece offered by her Majesty. He repre sented to the Queen that, on retiring from the Cabinet, his position would be too modest to enable him to sup port in a becoming way the rank attached to such a high dignity. The Gulden Fleece has been conferred on M. X. de Isturitz, Spanish Minister in London. The Marquis do Viluma has been appointed Minister PleT poteniiary in the Two Sicilies. The rumours of Minis terial changes had entirely ceased." MAD on B ll s d i o i n 50 90 JAN. 28 nToney. Three per Cents. 38 k; Exchange PORTUGAL. Accounts have been received from Lisbon of the 29tn ult. A recons truction of the Ministry in a Septembrista sense was considered probable. G , MAN AN Y • vo t es to Cons uf the Gover nment f or 11 the propositions The Diet of Got ha on. the 28th ult. rejected by 13 a commom Constitution fur the two and Gotha. The The a• German journals Diet was immediately ed s u t e a h b i l:si s hin e i t ; sta te that the C : db iEt i r v y edl' employed all its efforts to pre vent the hostile vote of the Diet ; they even went the promising that th e ex i s ti ng di et should re fpower until after the, Duke should h ave t a k en Imaennaoignatthi o h n in the new Constitution, which is more liberal than that of any other German state. The journals announce that the Constitution which has been re jected will be promulgated by decree. According to the Cologne Gazette the Germanic Diet has commenced deliberations on the introduc tion of uniform principles in the Constitution of the German States. The Second Chamber of Prussia on the 30th ult. continued to debate on the motion of M. B ES ELER,, declaring that the decree; of the G e rmanic Piet is_h% not have force in Prussia without the sanction of andt b Chambers. The Government opposed the motion, eventually it was rejected, a n d the order of the day was adopted by nChambero votes to 133, The First FEBRUARY 3, 1852. on the same day rejected by 95 votes to 45 the order of the day proposed by the Left for the revision of the Constitution. It also rejected by 77 votes to 57 the motion for declaring that public functionaries should not be allowed to sit in the Chambers without the authorisation of the Chambers. The motion for fixing the duration of each legislature at six years, having them convoked only every two years, and having the Budget voted for two years at a time, was likewise rejected. Another motion, which had been presented for suppressing the indemnity of Members of the Second Chamber, was withdrawn by its author, the Minister of the Interior having declared it in opportune. A letter from Berlin states that the expectations which for some time past have been entertained of a Ministerial crisis, are at an end. Still it is considered probable that M. DE WESTPHALEN, Minister of the Interior, may shortly have to retire, on account of ill health. The Hanoverian Chambers were prorogued on the 29th ult. to a period not fixed. The reason assigned was the necessity of preparing measures to be sub mitted to it. The Indepenflance of Brussels says that it has learned from Vienna, under date of the 29th ult., that orders have been sent to withdraw the Austrain corps of observation from Holstein, but that a regi ment continues to occupy Hamburgh. The Cologne Gazette asserts that the prohibition to export arms and ammunition from Austria has been removed. The Customs Congress at Vienna, which is con• firming its deliberations, has adopted with some slight modifications the propositions made by Austria. It has now to examine reports on several minor mat ters made by some of its members. The Bank of Vienna has just published its ac counts for the year 1851. It was by means of the great efforts made by this Bunk that the Austrain Government was able to support in 1848 and 1849 the wars of Italy and Hungary. The specie had in a great measure disappeared, and the notes were rendered obligatory. This forced cur rency still exists, and the notes lose from 15 to 20 per cent. against specie. The following are the principal items of the returns just made as compared with those of 1850. _ _ 1850 1851 mil. il ). (1) mil. fib. 32 42 47 24 36 44 20 15 150 120 6 8 ... 8 7 —299 —260 ASSETS. Specie in band State debentures ... Bills discounted ~. Advances on public securities ... Advances to the State ... Reserve in State securities Sundries ... LIABILITIES. Notes in circulation Reserve fund Dividends, &c. Capital (50,621 shares) (2) 255 216 8 9 6 5 -299 —260 It will be seen that the specie has increased 10 mil lions, that the circulation of notes has diminished 39 millions, the Sate debentures 23 millions, and the advances to the State have diminished 30 millions. These results, obtained in a single year, are consi dered satisfactory. The Bank of Vienna, which had branch establishments at Buda and Prague, has just formed similar establishments at Gorz and Agram. (1) The fbrin in ordinary times is worth aoout 2f. 52c., but is now much lower. (2) Those Shares, which at first were for 600 florins, are now bought and sold at the Bourse of Vienna for upwards of 1,200 florins. DENMARK. The following statement relative to the crisis in Copenhagen is inserted in the Hamburgh papers : " The re-organization of the Danish Monarchy is de termined as follows:—There is to be a Ministry common to the kingdom and to the duchies of which the King is President; two princes of the blood are to take part in it—viz., the Hereditary Prince Ferdinand and Prince Christian of Glucksberg. The Ministry will be com posed as follows:—Von Bluhme, Foreign Affairs; Count Sponneck, Commerce and Finance; General Hansen, War; Rear-Admiral Zsrthmann, Navy; and Schole, Religious Affairs. Messrs. Bary and Claussen are to be Special Ministers for the Home Department and Justice for Denmark; Count Cbas. Moltke, Special Minister for Schleswig, and Count Reventlow Criminal, for Holstein. It is reported that Rear-Admiral Zarth mann has refused the portfolio offered to him, and that it will probably be filled by Mr. Steen Bille. The chief point is the nomination of Count Charles Moltke, as Minister of Schleswig. It is said t h at personally the King had much difficulty in consenting to the urgent representations of the Getman powers, especially on the subject of the appointment of Count Charles Moltke, which invtives the dismissal of Generals Von Barden /tell and Von Villisch. Count M.ensduiff Pouilly will resign his post of commissioner in the duchies, having been appointed Austrian Ambassador at the Court of St. Prtersburgh. The report, which has gone the round of the papers, that an Austrirn brigade will be stationed at Hamburgh on the evacuation of the duchies, is unfounded, as such a measure would be contrary to the existing treaties, and would be an in fringement upon the right enjoyed by Hamburgh in virtue of its being a free city, and the less likely to take place in consequence of its amicable relations with Austria. The Borsenhalle states that the new British Minister fur Forf•ign Affairs has notified privately to the Danish Cab►net the great importance of the immediate settlement of the Danish and Schleswig- Holstein question, because England, in conse quence of the attitude assumed by the PRESIDENT of the French Republic, no longer stands in the same position as heretofore in regard to the Continental powers. LATEST FROM PARIS. (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, NINE A.M. The Moniteur publishes the new Electoral Law. The number of Deputies to the Legislature will be 261. The Electoral Colleges are convoked for the 29th of February. Another decree authorises the formation of reli gious congregations of persons of the female sex, who devote themselves to the educatio❑ of the youth, and the relief of the poor sick people.--Chro nicle. MONEY and UOLVIMEKCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales, of which 500 American and 500 Surat were taken for export. The market was quiet, but closed steadily. The sales comprised 4,000 Ameri can, 140 Pernam and Maranharn at 4id. to sid., 200 Bahia at sad. to 6d. 500 Egyptian at 54d. to 9d., 1,000 Surat at 3d. to 4d. and 100 Sea Island at ls. ld. to ls. 7id. per lb.—Railway Shares were firmer. The Funds open with rather a flat appearance, chiefly from paucity of business, so many parties being absent to witness the procession upon the opening of Parliament. Consols are 96* 4, Reduced Threo per Cents. 96k to 97, and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 94 I. Foreign Securities are generally good. Mexican, 314 to 32; Peruvian, 93i to 94i; Portuguese Four per Cents., 31i to 32i; and Spanish Threes, 40k to 41; Dutch Two-and-a -Half per Cents. have been 57i to 5 7 8 i; Sardinian, 87i to 88i; Grenada Deferred arsettquotmo inal. The opening prices of Shares are in p Great Caledonian 15 to Eastern Counties B6i, 7i Brighton 47 Northern 18i to 19, Great Westenrdn 561 to York and to 1, North-Western 117 i, Midla nd North Midland 211 to Norther of Franco 17 1 1 to and Paris and Rouen 251-, to 264. These quotations axe generally CRIMINAL C UKT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Margaret Tennant, aged 38, who was convicted last session of haviug cut and wounded an old man who had seduced her, was this morning brought up before the Recorder and sen t e nced to one month's imprisonm en t. Th e Learned Gentleman in passing sentence that since the last session he had had an opportunity remarked inquiring into the prisoner's character and past mode of lite, and be bad reason to suppose that she had received great provocation from the man upon whom she com mitted the injury. At first it of transportation thought necessary to inflict the severe punishment o but it appeared s h e was not e tran t sp ion upon ioorttattoall sense uh of e shame, and he should simply pas a nominal s entence upon her, iu th e h ope that aomethit g could be done to restore her once more to society.—The prisoner was in tears while the sentence was being passed. PIEW COURT. The Court was occupied the whole of the morning trying Mint eases, now:, of which wer e of cufficient public interest to justity a report. IMPORTATION OF ORAN GEB.—Applicatioo having been made to the revenue authorities by an eminent import ing firm, comp alining of the mode in which the duty had been assessed by the officers on a cargo of oranges, and re questing that in order to give satisfaction to the trade and p re vent the disputes between them and the officers, they s h ou ld be allowed the benefit of the under-measurements being placed against the over-measurements, it had been ar ranged that, in all future cases in which the packages are of the same import mark and description, an average of this nature be ascertained, provided the excessive difference in either of the dimensions does not exceed one inch, but that on such as are more than one inch, the high rate of duty is to be charged, and the proper officers have received directions to report; the effect of this regulation at the expiration of three months, or sooner if necessary. A Swedish merchant London, Herr Kleman, has proposed to the Swedish Government to open a weekly communication between Lowestoft and Gottenburg, touching at some ~ N orwegiau harbour. The vessels are to be large steamers. It is supposed that this of will be accepted, in which case this route will be kept open about ten months out of the twelve, THE OPENIN PARLIAMENT. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, The period has arrived when, according to usage, I can again avail myself of your advice and assistance in the preparation and adoption of measures which the welfare of the country may require. I continue to maintain the most friendly relations with Foreign Powers. The complicated affairs of the Duchies of Hol stein and Slesvig have continued to engage my attention. I have every reason to expect that the treaty between Germany and Denmark, which was concluded at Berlin in the year before last, will, in a short time, be fully and completely exe cuted. I regret that the war which unfortunately broke out on the eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope, more than a year ago, still continues. Papers will be laid before you containing full information as to the progress of the war, and the measures which have been taken for bringing it to a termination. While I have observed with sincere satisfaction the tranquillity which has prevailed throughout the greater portion of Ireland, it is with much regret that I have to inform you, that certain parts of the counties of Armagh, Monaghan, and Loutb, have been marked by the commission of outrages of the most serious descrip tion. The powers of the existing law have been promptly exerted for the detection of the offenders, and for the repression of a system of crime and violence fatal to the best interests of the country. My attention will continue to b 3 directed to this important object GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, I have ordered estimates of the expenses of the current year to be laid before you. I rely with confidence on your loyalty and zeal :o make adequate provision for the public service. Where any increase has been made in the esti mates of the present over the past year, such expla nations will be given, as will, I trust, satisfy you that such increase is consistent with a steady adherence to a pacific policy, and with the dictates of a wise economy. MY LORDS ♦ND GENTLEMEN, The improvement of the Administration of Justice in its various departments, has continued to receive my anxious attention, and in furtherance of that object, I have directed Bills to be prepared, founded upon the reports made to me by the respec tive Commissioners appointed to inquire into the practice and proceedings of the superior Courts of Law and Equity. As nothing tends more to the peace, prosperity and contentment of a country than the speedy and impartial administration of justice, I earnestly re commend these measures to your deliberate attention. The Act of 1848, for suspending the operation of a previous Act conferring representative institu tions on New Zealand, will expire early in the next year. lam happy to believe that there is no neces sity for its renewal, and that no obstacle any longer exists to the enjoyment of representative insti tutions by New Zealand. The form of these institutions will, however, require your con sideration, and the additional information which bss been obtained since the passing of the Acts in question, will, I trust, enable you to arrive at a de cision beneficial to that important Colony. It gives me great satisfaction to be able to state to you that the large reductions of taxes which have taken place of late years, have not been attended with a proportionate diminution of the national income. The Revenue of the past year has been fully adequate to the demands of the public service, while the reduction of taxation has tended greatlY to the relief and comfort of my subjects. I acknowledge with thankfulness to Almighty God, that tranquillity, good order, and willing obe dience to the laws continue to prevail general', throughout the country. It appears to me that this is a fitting time for calmly considering whether it may not be advisable to make such amendments in the Act of the late reign relating to the representation of the Commons in Parliament, as may be deemed calculated to carry into more complete effect the principles upon which that law is founded. I have the fullest confidence that in any Mo b consideration you will firmly adhere to the acknow ledged principles of the Constitution, by which the prerogatives of the Crown, the authonrdit Y lib o e f rtie b s ot o h f Houses of Parliament, and t he rights a he people, are equally secured. —_,------ SOUTH-EAsTBIIN RAILWAY.—The half-yearly traffic receipts of this company are made up to January 31st July 31st in each year. me receipts for the half-year and ending the 31st of January, 1852, amounted to 400,2481., and for the corresponding period ending the 31st of January, 1851, to 343,4111., showing an increase of 56,837/., rather more than 16 1 h per cent. NEWFORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD RAID N a v c A c o Y r . d — a n ' t f o : e t ew h hi t a ch l l half-yearly lseyer subsequent yesterday it notice,n g t h of f Lu. t t h n v r i d s uans nd company jnnr n was ap pointed 20th inst., to be held at the same place. Tavern, but, RAPID PASSAGES.—Th e clipper packet ship Bacer Steele commander, a G rr r i e v e e n d c ru li n pp fr e o r m . p ew Li Y ucl o a r , k of only 14 days, nautical time. , lat er clipper-ship accounts from Pernambuco,She lef that port on the 2d of arrived on Tuesday. 24 day The Refuge, Wilsonarrived coin • January, and made the run in A rrive commander of Liverpool, that a at this purl T the 2d having on uesday from ti A. ew Orleans, sailed on .. ,, 0, of January, crossed commander,in t h eers ey w on uh Mie2n ddasyydr,s afterrtao hiae the bar on the 4th of January, at 4 o in the Mersey on the above day, at 2, r.g. , performed the passage in 22 days and 16 hours. This is the shortest passage on record between the two porta• The Crisis, Gibson commander, a ship that carries nearly double the quantity of cargo to her reg istered burden, arrived on Wednesday in the short space of 109 da y s from Shanghai having sailed th en ce on the Dth of October.— Liverpoli Albion.. FATAL RESULT OF DIORMON FANATICISM.—DUriII several successive days a number of men have been engag ed in searching the Trent between Nottingham and Beeston fol th e purpose of f in ding the body of a young man J am Will i am Barnes, recently a resident in the last cedenamd place' Barnes having latterly distinguished himself as loub artn among the Mormouites, who unhappily are be comingcin rather numerous in and around the county of Not. tingham, had been elevated to the rank of a priest or prophet. In this capacity he was about to rec eive a couPle of converts into the bosom of " the church" on Wer nesday night, at ten o'clock. The " priest," ,1 1. candidates, and a number of " brethren " aPProacael the left bank of the Trent at the time naln et " as the spot selected being in a place known 131 , the Rye-fields, near Beeston. The convert s, both 9 fe 01 women, hesitated about going into the water , being 31111"" of danger, but Barnes bravely led the way , assuring them that no harm could befal the taithtul. He bad scarcello uttered some expression to this effect , and was stepping into the stream, which was unusually high and the current itui strong, when in a moment he was carried off his legs tor t sank uirectly. One of the " brethren" with him, who ce l l o swim well, plunged after the unfortunate man, but v unable to reach him , and his bod y has never been seen si_ l?_C°',. The enthusiasm of these wretched fanatics is astoiaisbi% They are constantly engaged in making proselytes, r,., many families have talready been induced by their age?.`";•,7, to leave this neighbourhood for the Mormon settlement ." California. On Tuesday morning, about nine o'clock', t li o schooner in the roads of Scarborough signalled for a pli n c L bring her into the harbour, when a coble, belong' g_i-d George Douglas, manned with six fishermen, proc.ec_,B7., towards the schooner, and when within a come a id short distance of the pier end, a sea struck the cobrf ~, upset her, throwing all the men into the sea. Three but o w; they sea came and washed themand, melancholy t ' late, all the poor fellows were drowned. • been Thu Highland road to Inverness, after baviDg s ,, rendered impassable for upwards of a fortnight, in f, th e, quence of the lievere snowstorm, is again ope,sir mails are performing their journeys as u.sual.--r Advertiser. .1, A n extensive sugar refinery a t Gteenook t I v °• - ' otally cloiltroYed by are GC Thurotlay last, ~........—.. Ex Ar; cons