The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-03 00:00:00

THE KAFIR WAR. At a public meeting, at Bradford, to petition ,ainst the Kafir war, on Friday , Jan. 30, with 'e Mayor in the chair, and both the Members for e borough present, Colonel Tuoupsors said, there are two reasons y I must speak, with great plainness, on the sub set before me. First, because I ern one of a sus - pected class ; and, seeondly, because you have a right to ask me, and to expect that I shall speak the truth; and the truth is, that, on consid cog tbe whole cir cumstances of this Kafir war, I e to no con clusion but that there has been a bee in the bonnet. It does not accord with the proceedings of rational men, nor of rational nations. Do you know what you have v a for it? I apprehend preceding speakers have taken tco low an estimate. I have been where the subject wee discussed, and never heard less than three mil lie is named as the present amount, with a consider e probability of three millions more. I have not the smallest doubt that the expenses up to this mo ment, with the least imaginable addition for what in'ist of necessity be spent in winding up the busi- I , -es, are more than three millions. And what would , - ee millions have bought you ? It would have bought 3 a- na forty sail of the line, which you may come to want. The common estimate is, that ships of war cost a thousand pounds per gun ; a 74-gun ship therefore r. •sts 74,000!., and forty 74 gun ships would cost— _ is an affair for Walkinghame—naught is naught, ur fours are sixteen, four sevens are twenty-eight d one is twenty-mine-2,960 thousand pounds, a bleb is under three millions. Forty sail of the line ve you run ashore and cast away on the coast of afraria. And what was there to get for it in re ...rn ? A splendid collection of heathe,—luxuriant icimens of pelargoniums ;—but it was not these a -re wanted, it was the bills that were to be drawn - .-ar you to pay. You are at the mercy of anybody who will set a job on foot, and you and yours must ray out of the proceeds of your honest in . dustry. And then the reasons given for it all. Look at the press which takes that side, and see, what its own statement is. Mr. Chairman, in India, after marching from day break, it is a common thing to buy a chicken on the new camp ground and kill it for breakfast, and the sash goes by the name of " Sudden death." The native servants are said to be in the habit of plucking the miserable fowl alive, with the idea of preventing its being tough The story goes that, at an old General's t..ble, somebody remarked upon the cruelty of the practice. To which the General replied, " B-b-b-but, bow is it to be tender, if they don't ?" This is precisely what the press has said. It says, in express words, " How are Englishmen to get lands, if they don't take them from the natives ?" It is the intent of felony avoved." For other reasons given, I no more believe in them than I believe in Dysk prates, though we paid for them. We are miserable wretches, bound to be accomplices in felon y after the fact. Would it not be a brilliant act of providential ;ustice if we were to be attacked by a foreign enemy, we:ecisely because our troops were engaged abroad in .oing wrong ? I see but one way in which we Lre likely to help • ourselves. Take the three millions, divide it as the Levite did his ,encubine, and send the pieces into all cor ners of the land, as proof of the necessity for ex :ending the political power of the honest part of community. Press them on the Government as 7idence of the policy the inevitableness of a wide id immediate extension in this direction, and thus, rhaps, out of evil may be brought good, and 'ugh you cannot recover what has been taken frem and thrown away, you may de something to- Ma preventing the like befalling you again. petition was adopted with unanimity, and ordered prevented by the Members. R ROBERT PEEL AT TAMWORTH. (From the Birmingham Journal of Saturday.) in Wednesday evening the Mayor of Tam,worth W. Knight, gave the customary dinner to the mbera for the borough and others. Alter the usual sts, the Mayon asked them to fill a bumper to " The , alth of the representatives of the borough of Tam , e•th."—((great cheering.) At the latter end of the • eir 1850 the question of the Crystal Palace was agi dog this country. It was thought by some that the • ;ambling together of the products of all countries and 1 men of all climes would be as the inauguration of liversel peace. He confessed that he indulged in no .ch dream, feeling assured that unless human nature ire changed, ambition annihilated, and the selfishness - ,d bad passions which excited men to war abolished, liversal peace was a chimera. The Continent was now -.. armed camp. Where the conflict would begin or -Id it was not for him , o speculate upon; but the gen -men who were charged with representing them -re intrusted with great and important duties; and om them he would not conceal his conviction at they ought to go to the House of Commons with a eep feeling of the responsibility which attached to a re .fteni,itiVe of the people. When he looked at the . embers sent by the lerger constituencies, he felt—and eas sure they would feel—that the representation of a country would not be benefited if such boroughs as smse rib were disfranchised. They would feel that, :e his illustrious ancestors, Captain Towshend was way a ready to do his duty independently and disinte stedly.—(Cheers.) He might, he thought, say that e community of ratnworth were perftetly satisfied ith the mode in which he had discharged his duties.— tenemed cheering.) Of the Hon. Baronet on his right snd they had not any lengthened experience; but they >nld not mention the name he bore without exciting a 'sep interest in the community.—(Great cheering.) He as elected in a manner creditable to them and honour ele to himself, and he (the Mayor) was sure that he ould not disappoint the expectations of those who sent im to Parliament. The toast was drunk amid prolonged cheering. Captain TOWNSBEND, as the senior Member, returned ::auks amid applause. The Mayor had in the kindest ald most flattering manner paid him more compliments . ian he deserved. He had told them that he (Captain ` 'ownshend) stood high in the confidence of the com any ; and he could assure them that nothing could give im more sincere delight than a knowledge of that tact. 'he session would be a difficult one, end he dared say 'hat it would not be long before they were alasnt to the rightabout.—(Laughter.) As it was very pperly de eided that on such occasions as these politics should not he introduced, he would not touch upon them. They all knew what his principles were, and he had seen no reason to alter them. Allusion had been made to the new Reform Bill. His opinion was that nobody knew anything about it; hut he might say that his firm belief 'a the Prime Minister was diet it he knew anything ; n • 'oat the feeling of the country and th e state of p arties "e would be a lone tima before he disfranchised bo- T h tighs like that.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, he e xp ressed ...e delight he felt in being among them, and again made l'ao ac knowledgments amid much cheering. Sir it. pRE L wee rece i ve d w i t h prolonged applause. .A Sir a brief l exordium he remarked that doubtless the y any: eipm e d 0 „ ape _ iio s ome few obs e rvations from their Membsrs that, not only as guests, but as repre : them like in Parliament. He purposed to speak , y; he had no need of concealment. Before, how alluding to a t n o y other subject, he was desirous of ecly referring to permitted which, much to his :et, had been t tt d e to disturb the harmony which , ht to exist berw.e n flwithin the circle ofsa an' others, and which bar y,y should be most desirous the f ir own neighbourhood, cultivating.—(Cheers.) his name had been he would great a s g a i y i much mentioned, his conduct say, witho u t compromising .ch canvassed, - e own views on the .re took the public opportunity o f 2 question, that he , t that a meeting, sanctioned by the local his re ,t that as was alleged, for the sot, and a o authorities, l discussing metters of political import, should ytearpose en violently interfered with. e -(eb eero ~, have of eng—which ivilege—th at all enjoyed, i At was a oyedwhich exe • , e humblest had mast; right to rcise, which the institution sanctioned and which . ought to be Well that . slously guarded. . which - might be misunderstanding ought a result of " to be at e He would say aged.—(Loud cheers.) more before them all - h no the subject; but there, b Cb e , !s held out e right baud of reconciliation—( e rs)--in the h o p e dha been occasioned i ght t at the h eart b urn i o gs which —(Renewed cheerimng.) "iterated from all mesn erieB- Having dismi,s e d that subject, l e t them see what the •st and the pr -sent afforded as food for reflection -Ist were the objects most flcibly brought under their Mice. Were they not the Great Exhiniriou, Kossuth, -ricul , nre, and ref orm ? There was, then, the Great ehibition—the most stupendous, certainly toe most in pious, structure that the canning hands of man, aided • science, ever succeeded in erecting; but when they ok ipso consideration that it was a temple dedicated to e arts and industry of the world—to the promotion of iman progress—callous must that man be who, reading its long drawn aisles and wandering through 3 labyrinth of riches, did not feel his mind expand in . ratitude to the All-wise Dispenser of all things. Well , 'ere was Kossuth. Kossuth Caine from afar, having - tjayed the Oriental hospitality of an enlightened Mo arch, and on h.s way to another place was attracted to . its land of liberty. He came to seek hospitality, an d e he found a trieraph—(Hear)—for what was his reception cut a triumph, or a series of triumphs, from Southamp • ,is to Manchester, and back to the vessel which bore ins to America? He must have been gratified by the °Pular ovation; yet be (Sir Robert Peel) b e li eve d that the people of Eogiand misapplied their enthn 'la"; and overrated Kossuth.--(Cheers.) He was a man of great abilities, great talent, and had wonderful tt e cility of exp ress i on , b ut h e was not what he wished to s m enn .o sidered ; be was not the disinterested and undis )3" g patriot he wished to appear. The star of Washington never illumined his mind; his heart never mat with the austere severe patriotism of an Oliver Cromwell. lint his presence was significant—significant of revelation.—(Ree.) They as Englishmen, were disposed to resist oppressi on oppose and to t y ranny, but to they were also disposed Heresist revolution. He bad witnessed revolution.had seen its birth-day s truggle, il ea meridian expectation , its evening disappoint en( ; and he foam that revolution m ann ihil a tion of existing thibßs o u a t n i d on implied a forcible the foundation of a ;Je w system, most frequently jin ' govern ment, to order, inimical to the rights u of property and to injurious to good the welfare of a nation.—(Cheers.) But while he was disposed to reprobate reforms brought about by he good violent seesns, there wore reforms brought about by - seats of the people, f o r esha dowed by thedev development of 1 t ognaion,,the introduction of which changes, however MOSS filer night Mow that reissi on to "1- et:Almeria , THE causes, were effected without danger, without excite ment, and were established as by natural causes. Such reforms he was disposed to commend. There was agri culture—one of the most important interests, as a etass in the kingdom—and it was precisely from t.e very importance of the landed interest that he lamented the suicidal reruggle which agitated and unhinged the class to which he belonged. He was there to express sym pathy with a class that indeed merited all their consi deration; and so long as he had a seat in Parliament and a voice to raise in the country, so long would he be pre pared to support measures tending to relieve the undue burdens upon land, providing always that that relief did not act prejudicially upon those advantages which had been guaranteed to the great mass of the people. The policy of 1846 could not be rescinded.—(Cheers.) The people of England, he believed, were prepared, from a sense of justice, to accede to whatever might be found to re-adjust the balance should it be found to have slightly deviated from its natural bearings. Now, let him say a word about Parliamentary Reform. After deep consideration, he bad matured what the princi ples were on which henceforth was to be based a political existence, insignificant as yet, but, perhaps, in the progress of event destined to—(The remainder of the sentence was drowned in loud cheering.) Well, the septennial period of Parliament was rapidly approach ing, and the House of Commons, as now constituted must speedily die a natural death, or rather finish an unna tural existence. Let them examine the composition and the constitution of the House of Commons. It vies public property, and was intended to represent the ma jesty of the people. Hitherto it had kept pace with the progressive spirit of the age. Let statesmen who would legislate on the question keep in view the wide differ ence that existed between keeping pace with and over stepping the progressive spirit of the times. Well, then, we are threatened with Reform—a Parliamentary Re form. But whence came the cry for reform? Were the people of England dissatisfied with their position? Were they crying out for enfranchisement? He asked Lord John Russell, " Where is the agitation?" Why, Lord John Russell himself undertook the agitation, avl guaranteed the result—(Hear)—but be seemed to have forgotten the lesson which his experience taught him— that political agitation was a dangerous engine, which the will of one man could set in motion, but the efforts of 10,000 could neither resist nor control.—(Cheers.) If Lord John Russell did agitate the country, they might depend upon it that the people would not suffer the agi tation to cease until those reforms were introduced which were generally admitted to be most needed. There were the colonies, for instance, groaning under maladminis tration. There was the Admiralty. He would say nothing about the Megmra steamer; but he conic tell them about stinking meat canisters.—(Cheers and laughter.) That inefficient service entailed reckless ex penditure of the public money. Then there was the much needed economical financial reform. They must have that before long.—(Cheers.) Then there was ecclesiastical reform, which he held to be essentially necessary for the welfare and maintenance of the Pro testant faith, and also for the due performance of the duties enjoined by the Church. But of these at another time—perhaps before long. At present they were upon electoral reform. Well, was it patriotism which in duced Lord John to bring forward this Bill of Reform? Was he disinterested? No; the secret of his reform lay in a lingering thirst for political importance—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—a mean and shabby truckling for party purposes.—(Renewed cheering.) Here lay the magnanimous self-denial of a tottering Government. Tottering did he say? Why, that which was and ought to be intended as a public benefit was debased into the promotion of personal interest. A family coterie governed the State. And what was the great vic tory they achieved? They succeeded in destroying the only man who gave character anti dignity to their counsels, who alone among them could secure respect abroad and countenance at home.—(Cheers.) The Go vernment ejected Lord Palmerston—let Lord Palmers ton eject them—(Renewed cheering)—and let him seek in the applause of his fellow-countrymen that which the Government could not expect, that respect and support which his talents and courage and manly British heart entitled him to enjoy.— (Great cheering.) And who,. was the result of this measure on the part of the Go vernment? Scarcely recovered from the effects of their own audacity, they would fain bolster up their tottering forces with the assistance of the friends of the late Sir Robert Peel; but he was proud to say that their eenerous offers were indignantly declined. Let them bear in mind how Sir Robert Pcel, on the very last occasion he addressed the House of Commons, spoke of the Government: — " I have not," said he, " the honour of their personal friendship; I never had any political connexion with them."—(Hear, hear.) Let these memorable words animate to a recollection of the past those who might be induced to sacrifice to the hasty dic tates of political ambition their own political antece dents. If the Government had forfeited the confidence ot the country, let them give place to others. Let a Lib era l Conservative policy be inaugurated.—(Cheers.) It would be supported by public opinion; and, surely, there are those who, perhaps, even once colleagues, could now, in the present crisis, forget former differ ences, which, if nothing else had, time and experience must have modified and soothed; and uniting their com mon efforts for the public good, once again rally round the popular standard of a Liberal Conservative policy. But where was the recognised leader? He believed he recognised that leader in the man so well known to them all by the name of Stanley.—(Cheers.) He (Sir Robert) would only add that, whatever might result from pre sent emergencies, his most earnest study should be—un encumbered by factious scruples and unfettered through their liberality—so to shape the conscientious discharge of his public duties as to be in accordance with the wishes of his constituents and to the furtherance of the welfare of the nation.—(Sir Robert resumed his seat amid prolonged cheering ) ASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT— THE ELECTION —MR. GISBO RNE. (From the Derby Reporter.) There seems to be a very general expectation that Lord John Russell will not be able to withstand the opposition which is preparing its weapons for an en counter in the very opening of the session of Parlia ment. The question, "who is to conduct the Go vernment ? was asked and answered last year ; and we remember to what straits the Sovereign was re duced in her endeavour to re-construct her Ministry so as to render it the exponent of the prevailing opi nion. The issue of the doubtful debate was, that either Lord John Russell must be reinstated, or that appeal to the country must be made in order to decide the differences of parties. A dissolution of Parliament was not deemed prudent or expedient. But in the beginning of the forthcoming session it is certain that Lord John Russell will propose his measure of Parliamentary Reform. The consideration of that great change in our poli tical status will necessarily take precedence of all other questions ; and in any possible contin gFucy we take it to be certain that a dissolution of Parliament will occur. Lord John Russell either will, or he will not recommend Parliament to remove the abuses and anomalies of our present representa tive system, and re-construct it on a really popular basis. If he does this in a manner and to an extent satisfactory to the country, his Bill will assuredly be thrown out, either in the Commons or by that admirably prescient body which has ever provoked political agitation by rejecting in the first instance every great and beneficent change in our institutions : the House of Lords will probably not depart from its inveterate habit of obstructing popular progress. On the other hand, if the Bill of Lord John Russell should deal so leniently with the time-honoured ab surdities, with the vices of little boroughs, and with the partial distribution of the elective influence as to satisfy the Commons and Lords, his Bill may pass the ordeal of Parliament, but will provoke the severest censure of the public. If Parliament gives us a Reform Bill, a dissolution will ensue immediately as a matter of course ; it Reform be denied us, the nd that the question be submitted t c o o u i t n s t r a y r b w i t i r l demand a l - - - - - tion. - --- -- - In anticipation of the approaching trial of strength in the constituencies, those who have seats and those who covet them are alike securing their proper in terests ; and Mr. Gisborne has been among the first to give an open intimation of his purpose to test once more the good will of the constituency of Notting ham. He seems to have some confidence that the men Of Nottingham may have had reason to doubt whether in pref err i ng Mr. Feargus O'Connor to him at the last election - theydid what was best for their own re putation for popular cause . We good sense, or for the progress of the partake this confidence ; for how ever DIM love to be consistent in their adhesion to a prin c i p l e, and to Mr. Feargus by an obnoxious asserter of it, s w e e lf i o rn bo g e i :i e ou s to moderate O'Connor has not made him men of Nottingham by erate politicians er pleasing to the to those principlesatoo firm and disinterested ad herenceso generously by the ec which were imputed to him that busy and versatiloeptcilo‘rifsr.iernd The martyrdom which endured from public of the people" has not been won by his services or his sacrifices in has came of Chartism. There are some people exceedi ll the representation, we large extension of the basi s of our fearful lest in any should have Parliament filled: ih r ini k o 'ear . gus O'Con blue is that large rugs, or men like him. The would com of vulgar constituencies of sensible working and would reject wooly be deluded by the specious patriotism the who would and and self-seeking political traders, men of talent, honour, and consistency could serve the real interests of the have no such fears; but rather we agree in people.what We M Roebuck said in hi s s p eech at Sheffield —that larger . and more popular cons tituencies would only ca more of such men as now serve so efficiently til, Popular cause. There is nothit:g which distinguishes the practical turn of the English mind so advan tageously as the keen insight into character com mon to all c l ass es among us . Perhaps the ~ common people" are the best j ud g es of the character co of public men—for they judge them by their fruits, and take little note of the factitious covering by which clever men bide mean motives and base actions. They m beand deceived a time—for who ay m n a o y tby deluded and by one's own judgment-clouding hypocrisy and. artifice,? —but who they do not trust menhave been tried and found wanting. The Chartists have been long seeking, like Diogenes with his lantern, Wort. honest man. There are many among them d the name, but I somehow or other it has happenedthat not one man has arisen from among them who has long retained or I ditervid bis pipe is th . .e . kleader. w e can tell them 1 SUN, LONDON, why this is so. It is because the wiser among them selves believe the cause of the people is more earnestly served by men who rebuke and oppose, rather than by those who foment the passions and prejudices, and the erroneous purposes of the people themselves. The faith of the better portion of the Chartists is in men who have been tried, and are trusted because they have been tried. A man in every way fit to stand beside the recog nized chiefs cf the popular party in the House of Commons, now offers himself to the choice of the electors of Nottingham. In many respects, indeed, Gisborne may well be esteemed the most :ervice able man to the popular cause, and therefore the best ..otitled to the suffrages of the electors of Nottingham. The solid sense of Joseph Hume, the weighty and cutting logic of Cobden, the fire and energy of Bright, the versatile rhetoric of Milner Gibson, are feared and admired in the House of Commons. But in the eloquence of Mr. Gisborne there is perhaps more to distract and discomfort opponents, and to sustain the courage and spirit and decision of friends, than in that of any member of the popalar party. Nobody cuts through a fallscy with a keener wit, or exposes an incon ,istency with more humorous irony ; no one states great political truths in language more easy or terse, or illustrates them with more apt and happy similes and contrasts. He has always clear and distinct views, and expresses them in language as transparent and striking. He is known for his boldness. Con fident in the safety of popular principles, he is never deterred by cold doubts from going heartily with the better aims of the people. He knows that boldness and decision are true caution in stirring times; and tar from dreading a little popular agitation, he rather loves its roughness for the speed it gives to the pro gress of the Liberal cause. Nottingham could not find a more consistent and able man to represent it; and if it could it ought rather to choose him by way of wiping out an injustice done him in the last elec don, and also by way of exhibiting in a more marked degree their desire to repair their false judgment. FRANCE. Prince Jerome Bonaparte, President of the Senate, visited on Saturday the Palace of t he Petit Luxembourg, which is to be his official residence. He was accompanied by the architect, and he went over the apartments intended for him, where repairs are to be made forthwith. A letter from Toulon of the 28th ult, states that, in consequence of a Ministerial dispatch, which leads to a belief that it is the intention of the Govern ment to suppress the galleys, each convict was asked separately whether he would consent to be transported to Cayenne Nearly 1,800, or about one-half of the total number, answered in the affirma tive. It is proposed to form them into agricultural colonies. The convicts are to be chosen amongst those who have not merited punishment during their resi dence at the galleys, and who have not attempted to escape. A strong constitution is indispensable. Fort Lamalgue was so crowded with political prisoners that it became necessary to transfer 100 of them on board the ship of war Le Genereux. 300 more were to follow them. Every day numerous detachments of political prisoners were arriving at Toulon from the neighbouring arrondissements. On the 26th several domiciliary visits were made at Collobrieres and Cuers, and the inhabitants arrested. 42 poll ical prisoners arrived at Toulon on the 28th of January. They are mostly shopkeepers and ope ratives. The President of the Republic was present at the Italian Opera on Saturday night. The house has not been so crowded since the commencement of the season. It could scarcely, however, be owing to the presence of Louis Napoleon, as his intention had n ot been generally known, and he was some time in the nouse before any except those opposite his box were aware of the fact. He was accompanied by General Roguet, who sat in the middle, while the President occupied his usual place in the corner, almost entirely concealed by the velvet curtains. As his visit was without ceremony, his presence remained unnoticed. The Moniteur publishes the following decrees re gulating the courts of justice in the islands of St. Marie and Mayotte, on the coast of Madagascar : " Louis Napoleon, President of the Republic: "Having considered the ordinance of the 26th August, 1847, relating to the judicial organization of Mayotte and its dependencies;—considering that experience has demonstrated the necessity of providing for the various deficiences, and modifying certain provisions of that or dinance; considering that the relative situation of the islands of St. Marie and Mayotte renders the commu nication between them slow and rare, and that the com munications between St. Marie and La Reunion do not present the same difficulties. Inasmuch as the arrange ments necessary for those new regulations are comprised in the budgets of the establishments of Mayotte and its dependencies for the year 1852. On the report of the Minister Secretary of State of the Marine and Colonies, and with the advice of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister Secretary of State and Justice, decrees:— " Art. 1. The organization of the department o Justice shall be regulated as follows, and separately st for Mayotte and Nossiba; 2d for the Island of S Marie. "Section lst.—Mayotte and Nossibe. " Art. 2. When the Council of Justice shall have to decide on special crimes, the conviction shall be valid by five voices out of seven. "Art. 3. A tribunal of first instance is instituted at Mayotte. It is to be composed of a single judge, who must be a licentiate in law. This single judge adjudi cates as a civil and commercial tribunal, when the amount claimed does not exceed the sum of 1,000 f., with liberty to appeal to the Court of La Reunion; and be yond that amount when the civil or commercial disputes are not between two natives. " This tribunal acts as a police court — ":Ist. In cases of offences committed by natives to the prejudice of Frenchmen or foreigners; 2d, offences com mitted by Frenchmen or foreigners, either against each other or against natives. " For ViolationOf - Police Regulations. The deci sions of the judge are never subject to appeal-Ist, in simple po lice ca ses ; 2d, i n c rimi na l cas es it the impri sonment inflicted is not more than 12 months or the fine imposed above I,OOOE " Art. 4 . . A Regi s trar is appointed to the tribunal of premiere i nstance. He performs all the functions dele gated in France to those publio functionaries, and he is bound to exhibit similar qualifications. " In case of the absence of the titular Registrar ho is to be replaced by a person appointed by the judge. " A rt. 5.. Th e A ss istant Commissary shall exercise provisionally, in the chief town, the functions of Attor ney of the Republic. Those functions shall be per formed at Nossibe by the Government clerk. "Art. 6. The functions of huissier are performed by agents appointed by the judge. " Art. 7. The Judge of the Tribunal of premiere in. stance is chief of the judicial service at Mayotte and Nossite `` Art. 8. The Council of Justice established at Mayotte to try charges of rebellion, shall be composed of the Governor of the station as President, the judicial magistrate of Mayotte and Nossita, the Captain of Ar tills ry, the Lieutenant commanding the naval troops, a surgeon, and two Li, utenants. " Art. 9. In case of the absence of any of the mem bers of the Council, the Commander-in-Chief of Ma yotte shall appoint others in their place. " Art. 10. The Commander of Nossit, indepen dently of the functions conferred on him by the 16th article of the ordinance of the 26th August, 1847, shalt likewise perform the functions mentioned in the 3d and 7th articles of the present decrees, reserving the right of appeal to the Court of the island of La 116 anion when the amount of the sum litigated shall exceed 500 f." SPAIN. Queen Isabella had granted a private audience to Don Antonio Santos Caslunede, from Cuba. It was be who effected the capture of Lopez, and contributed in a great measure to the extinction of the pirates. Her Majesty bad held a Cabinet Council, at which it is said the Queen expressed her royal pleasure to grant the Grand Cordon of the Goldon Fleece to Bravo Murillo, the President of the Council, to the Marquis de Malpice, and to Xavier de Isturitz. It is added, that Bravo Murillo bad declined the honour, observing that her Majesty's confidence was a suffi cient reward for his services. Letters from Pampeluna state that numerous French political refugees had arrived in Spain since the events of December. They were well received by th e authorities, and as they ar e chi e fly artisans or engt nears, it is expected that their future residence in Spain will become an advantage to the country. DEATH OF WILLIAM MARKHAM, EsQ , OF BECCA HALL.—We regret to announce the demise of a good and excellent man, one who has rendered his country service, and who during his life was generally respected by all who knew him—we allude to the demise of William Markham, Esq., of Becca Hall, near Aherford, which melancholy , event took place there at eleven o'clock in the evening of Monday last. The family of Markham is essentially a Nottinghamshire one, and undoubtedly derived its patronymic from the vil lage of East Markham, a large and respectable village situate about sin miles south of East Retford, and where many of its progenitors resided for centuries; subsequently, however, a branch established itself at 011erton, and soon afterwards the village which had given to it its distinctive appellation held its name only as an historical record of what had been, but which never could again occur. —Doncaster Gazette. THE A DMIR A L TY AND THE AMAzoN.—While po pular indignation so loudly requires a notice as public as the offence to be taken of the conduct of Sir John Ommanney with respect to the Amazon, justice requires it to be stated Ply mouth, that the proceeding of the Admiralty formed in every par ticular a direct contrast to those of the Port Admiral of Ply h ho pe all but forlor n 1 .11 London the relations of the sufferers met with ianstoant courtesy and attention. The Hecate was sent out on cor diality and hea rtin e ss only two available Admi ralty. Official et" were dispatched by the , and when the last boat turned up, the steamers into the iuette and reserve melte d . Sir John 0 contrary to that of individual zeal—a conduct the direct experienced by Mr. Acton Warburton from -ananney, matter contrived to add • who throughou . in his dealings with the personal contumely to o ffi cial neglect t this unfortunate ca tastrophe.—Chronicle. e relatives of those lost in this sad ca- During the week ending the 24th of January, there were 138 births in the Blanchester union and 104 deaths. Of the deaths, there were five from fever, pie antall-PQXIf9" eaalefh and_two oviramins. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Jan. 29 : ASSETS. Cash in hand ... Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• Bills discounted , but not yet due, of which 16,177,728t.0c. were received from the Branch Banks „, Bills in the branch banks Advances on coins and ingots... Ditto by the branch banks Ditto on French public securities Ditto by branch banks_ Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 'JAW to th. , State on the Treaty of 30th June, IS4B ••• ..• 75,000,000 0 Advanced to the City of Paris on the Previsional Loan of 20,000,000 f. Rentes of the reserve fund Rentes, disposable funds Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds• Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of the branch banks ... Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the Branch Banks ... Miscellaneous . . 1.462,479,096 68 .. 109,814,611 0 171,433 63 65.781.395 1 ... 72,083,810 0 ~. 423.700 0 3 209,956 0 ... 20,845.936 10 2,633,034 0 50,000,000 0 10,000,000 0 ... 10,000,000 0 42,683,040 83 ... 12,952,725 74 ... 4,000,000 0 3,416,771 0 200,000 0 103,000 0 66,340 19 ••• 82,245 0 636,563 52 f. 936,543,658 70 TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, CARDINAL MATHIEU Jacques Marie Adrien Cesaire Mathieu was born at Paris in 1796 His father at first carried on the silk trade at Lyons, and was afterwards a commis sion-agent at Paris. He belongi by his mother to the Montalan family. His bro•her, Captain Ma thieu, is one of the most distingui,heci officers of the French navy. After completing his theological studies, M. Mathieu received holy orders, and became secretary of M. du Chatellier, Bishop of Evreux, who soon chose him for his Vicar-Geneal. He was named Bishop of Langres on the 7th of April, 1833, pro claimed in the Consistcry on the 7th of May follow ing,and consecrated at Paris by Archbi s h o p clo• Qua -1-n. a-sisted by MNi. Cottret and de Frilly, Bishops of Beauvais and Chalons. Oo the 16th of July, 1834, he was transferred to Besancon, and was lately pro moted to the dignity of Cardinal. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1852. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring _ MARCH. Liverpool Spring Coventry 9 Northampton 24 Doncaster Spric Warwick Spring APRIL. Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven ... 12 Malton Abergavenny l5 Newmarket F. S 26 IIAY. Chester Spring Newmarket S. S. Shrewsbury l2 Durham Bath ... .. ....... Liverpool 11. Epsom 25 Manchester ... Ascot . . 8 BevQrley Stockbridge Winchester Knighton 25 Carlisle Ludlow Hampton Newcastle Bibury Salisbury Newmarket 6 Worcester Lancaster Liverpool Stamtord 2O Nottingham 2O Goodwood ,UST. North Staffordshire 3 Brighton Reading York Egham Warwick 7 Doncaster Eglinton Club 2l Bedford OCT, :BER. Chester Yorkshire Union Hunt 6 Wrexham Newmarket S. 0. NOVE: Worcester AuLi Leicester 22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket F. O. IBER. Holywell Hunt Richmond Newmarket Houghton 25 :BETE. IMB 2 FRIGHTFUL TORNADO. Saturday, the 24th of January, 1852, will never be forgotten by the present generation of the people of Nenagh. The whole night the rain descended in torrents, and at nine this morning one of the most foightful hurricanes ever witnessed swept through a portion of the town, carrying away the entire roofs of houses and several chimneys at the same time. The frightful scene did not last more than one minute; had it continued another the entire town of Nenagh would have been a heap of ruins. Alter the storm ceased groups of people were to be seen, gazing in amazement at the wreck before them. The entire roof of she police barrack, a new and substantial building, has been wholly swept away. Had it oc curred at an early period of the morning there is no doubt but many of the policemen would have lost their lives, as several of the men were in the habit of sleeping in the room beneath. Never did Nenagh present such a dismal appearance as it did this morn ing; every pane of glass and sashes smashed to pieces in several houses, the blinds in some pulled down, shutters closed, streets strewn with fragments of timber and immense quantities of slates; in fact, Nenagh looked as if a victorious army had passed through our town and had put the inhabitants to the sword. A few minutes before the tornado made its appearance a heavy wind and strong rain prevailed. This firightful hurricane resembled the noise of distant thunder, and whatever it came in contact with it levelled to the ground, or swept before it with in describable power and velocity. It is a very curious circumstance that it pursued its terrific course through Castle-street and a part of Summer-hill only, where it ceased, after totally unroofing the house of Captain Baldwin. The inhabitants of BArrack-street and many other localities did not hear or know any thing about this tornado until they appeared in the street, when they were horror-struck at the spectacle presented to their view. It is with the utmost de light we have to announce that no life has been lost. The dwelling of Mr. Bolton, solicitor, was made a frightful wreck of. The roof was completely blown off, and the windows, together with all the glass, sashes, &c., were shattered to pieces. The rectory, the residence of the Rev. Mr. Wolse ley, had about thirty panes of glass broken, one window smashed in pieces, and the roof broken in several places. Sever a l ot h ers su ff ered severe ly, the roof and windows of each house being more or less injured. Mr. Jones's coach factory suffered se verely ; the back premises were smashed in, and in the fall completely destroyed a valuable gig. The roof of Mrs. Charles's house was broken by a huge beam of timber from the police barrack ; and the back premises of Mr. Bull, clerk of the union, were completely riddled. Mr. Bolton's garden wall was levelled at one side, and apple and pear trees were torn up. In fact, we may say that n um b ers o f h ouses ex perienced very serious damage. A s an i nstance o f the power of this dreadful storm, we may mention the fact that the mail coach s , w w ep h t ic a h er w os a s s tooptihoesitoethßerruanidde ley's at the time, was of the street , , and very n ear b e i ng driven in through Mr. Clancy 's shop windo w . Th e sudden fright and alarm which this memorable tornado occasioned will not for some days be subdued. An immediate calm ness, accompanied by h eav y ra i n, occurred when t h hurricane terminated.—Nenagh Guardian. TURNER, THE PAINTER, AT HIS STUDIES. One day an invitation was given me by two friends to run along the coast to Borough or Bur Island, in the corner of Bigbury Bay, within the Bolt-head. There was to be a winding-up for the season of a fishing account. The invitation was to a regale of hot lobsters; the fish, just taken from the sea, were plunged into boiling water, and thus dressed served up. Turner was invited to be of the party. The coast scenery was just to his taste; he was an excellent sailor. Captain Nicols, a fine old weather beaten tar--long gone to his account—owned a Dutch boat, a famous sea-going craft, with the usual out riggers. Turner, and an artist named Demaria, Captain Nicols, and a military officer in a new suit of scarlet, made four of the party, which numbered six in all. There was also a stout sailor boy to assist in managing the boat.• The morning did not look very propitious : there was a heavy swell rolling into the Sound, and the wind rising. The sea had that dirty perturbed appearance which is some times the forerunner as well as the follower of a gale. We worked out into the Sound, where the breakwater had been just commenced, keeping towards Penlee and Rame-head, to obtain an offing. As soon as we saw we were clear of the nearer head lands on the east, we got well off the land, and while off still running to the eastward the sea rose higher. part r of Stoke's Point it became very boisterous,s b t u h t a our a boat mounted the ridges bravely. he : s afsu in further up, are the Channel, not broken so much generally We b asuccaed to runssionof aboutregul fifartteuern miles. rowsfromthe Atlantic. 'Turner were looked ere wi th hhonthethWehhenwe most ofge artistic wav e, watchfulness. b .n f o u .w l n eandas.. " That's crest fine I—fine ! Deniaria was very ill, and the soldier was groaning, arti culated to myself—for sitting side by side— art driven out of his head; 'boat. Indeed, he wanted ballast in the bottom o t his scarlet coat, hcoat ex t en ded upon the rusty and spoiling he not been withheld . to fling himself overboard, e and sa w t O w u a ld tc h h a i v n e g d t o h n e e s o had Turner waves and the headlands , " like Atlas unrete sea reamb oved." b When k w e were o ff the island, and saw upon it, there seemed no possibility of our la n di ng, the line of white surf being connected and unb ro k en. There was a river called the Avon within the island, running up the main; w e made towards it, and get ting under the lee of the island, landed without much difficulty, with a little wetting. All this time I could see Turner silently glancing over the boisterous scene. The little island and solitary house or hut upon it, the bay in the bight of which they lay, and the Bolt-head stretching darkly to seaward, against the precipitous rocky shore of which the sea broke furiously—all formed a striking scene, and Turner thought so. While the unfortunate shell fish were preparieg to be seethed I missed Turner, and found him with a pencil and small book near the summit of the island. I observed, too, he was writing rather than drawing. The tumultuous waves boiling be low were seen to great advantage from thence. I imagined he had observed something novel in their appearance, but this, whatever it might be, I did not com pre hend.—Fraser's Magazine. PROFESSORSHIP OF POETRY AT OXFORD.—The tion to the Professorship of Poetry is fixed for next Wed nesday fortnight, viz., February 18, at two o'clock, And not on the 4th, ea annotutced in a local paper• MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Feb. 2. The sittings of this Court, for the January ad journed session, were resumed this morning, at the Guildhall, Westminster, by adjournment from Clerken well. Thy-re are eights -one prisoners for tan.), of whom seventy-two are charged with larceny, and nine wish misdemeanour. The ASSISTANT JUDGE briefly charged the grand jury Patrick Burke, 20, convicted at the last session of picking pocket,, was brought up for judgment. It was proved that he was an old offender, and the Court sentenced him to be transported for ten years. Benry Beeson, 32, was found guilty of having stolen a purse containing a 5/. note, four sovi-reigw, and other moneys, from the person of Marianna Webster, the wife of Henry Webster, at the entrance of the Haymarket Theatre, at the conclusion of the performance on the evening of the 16th of January. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Huddlestone and Mr. Ribton, and the defence set up was mistaken identity. The ASSISTANT. JUDGE said he had no doubt the prisoner was a swell-mobsman, and had there been anything against him the Court would have sentenced him to transportation. Sentenced to nine months' hard labour. James Turner, 35, was indicted for stealing 4811)4. of lead, value 9.., the property of the Governor . and Company of the Chelsea Waterworks. Mr. Douglas prosecuted ; Mr. H. Giffard appeared for the prisoner. The prisoner was a stoker in the employ of the Chelsea Waterworks Company, and on the evening of the day named in the indictment he was stopped on his way home by an officer, who desired to know what he had in a bundle that he bad under his arm. It proved to be a pig of lead, bearing the stamp of the company on it, and in his possession were found several keys, one of which was a duplicate of the key of the store-room of the works, from which the lead was stolen. He had no right whatever to that key. When the officer questioned him about the lead, he said it belonged to his master, a tinman, who carried on business in the neighbourhood. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and recom mended the prisoner to mercy on account of the, good character he had previously borne. The Court sentenced him to four months' hard labour. Joseph Raseiborski, 43, a Polish refugee, pleaded guilty to an indictment in which he was charged with stealing a hat and other articles, value U. 10s., the property of the Rev. Edmund Mortlock, from the residence of Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M.P., 6, Stratford -place, Oxford-street. It appeared that on the evening of the sth of Ja nuary, the Rev. E. Mortlock dined with Lord Dud ley Stuart, and at about seven o'clock the prisoner went to the house with a letter addressed to his Lord ship. It was sent in, and the prisoner was informed that an answer would be returned in the morning. He then went away, taking with him Mr. Mortlock's hat, scarf, and gloves, which were lying in the hall. Information was given to Horsford, the officer of the Mendicity Society, and the prisoner was taken into custody in the Strand. He then admitted that he had taken the property. The Learned JUDGE said he found that the pri soner had been summarily convicted in August, 1850, and in August, 1851, on each of which occasions he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment ; and also that he had been committed for three months for fraudulently obtaining money as a charitable con tribution. The Secretary to the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland stated that, in January last year, the prisoner had three months for stealing a coat from Lord Dudley Stuart, and that he had suffered six years' imprisonment in France for forgery. The Court sentenced him to one year's imprison ment with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, MANSION-HOUSE. William Cochrane was brought before Alderman Cubitt, in the cu s tody of Deady, of the detective police, charged with having obtained goods from several mercantile houses under false pretences. Mr. Joseph Bennet, of the firm of Magnay and Bennet, stationers, of Thames-street, stated that the prisoner obtained stationery at the warehouse, and im mediately afterwards disposed of it to a party who happened to be a customer of the firm, and that the goods were lying on the counter of the customer when the witness went into the shop to make inquiries about them. The officer not having had time to collect the pro per materials of each of the variety of cases, the pri soner was remanded for a week. _ _ Brown and Smith, seamen, were charged by Mr. Pelham, the solicitor, upon the part of the captains of two vessels, with having deserted for heavy wages, and with having thereby caused great expense and inconvenience to the ships they had abandoned. Captain Black, of the Free Trader, trading to Callao, proved that one of the prisoners had engaged with him to go the voyage and return, and that the seaman had with others abandoned the vessel in her great emergency in that port. Captain Myers, of the Wallace, proved that the other prisoner bad played the same most injurious trick upon him. The expense occasioned by the defection of the two prisoners merely for the purchase of substitutes for the voyage back amounted, it was stated by Mr. Pel ham, to 621.; and that gentleman also mentioned that the captains bad lost, by the desertion of eight men, who left them st Callao, the sum of 1971., inde pendently of the charge for demurrage and expenses necessarily arising out of the conduct of those who had so basely abandoned their duty. Alderman CUBITT asked the prisoners whether they had anything like a defence to offer ?_One of them said he objected to his cap t a i n on acc ount of the disposition of that functionary to encourage fight ing amongst the men ; and the other said he was ac tually afraid of going to the bottom, the captain was so desperately attached to strong liquors. Alderman CUBITT said the cases were both ex tremely bad, and in his opinion the Act did not give the magistrate the power of inflicting punishment commensurate with the offence frequently committed by seamen engaged to work vessels. As he had not heard that the prisoners had been guilty of any former cr ime, he would limit the punishment to six weeks' imprisonment with bard labour. The prisoners, upon leaving the bar, said they would not be prevented by the sentence fIOM rPpeat ing the conduct which the Alderman deprecated. Mr. Pelham said, after the judgment was passed, that one of the prisoners had had the impudence to arrest the vessel for wages, under an Admiralty process. VVORSHIP-STREET. Henry Rantenfeld, a German of gen tlemanlike appearance, was charged with havingob taiaed, by fraudulent representation. s from th e goods' department of the Eastern Counties ' Railway, a four horse threshing machine, of the value of 451., the property of the Russian Goverment. Mr. John Nottbeck, Imperial Commissioner of the Ministry of Domains in Russia, at present residing in Dover-street, Piccadilly, stated that towards the latter part of last year he transmitted an order on be half of the Russian Government to Messrs. Garrett and Co, agricultural implement makers, of Sax mundhani, in Suffolk, for a four horse threshing machine, which he requested might be forwarded to town by the Eastern Counties Railway, to the order of their shipping agent, Mr. M'Cracken, of the Old Jewry. Having subsequently received information that the order had been duly executed, but that the prisoner had contrived, by means of a fictiwhich herb oder, to obtain possession of t he machine,ad converted into money, w itness hastened back from Paris, where he had been since residing, and gave him into custody. The prisoner had been in his ser vice for about two months, in the capacity of clerk, the property r'a but his engagement terminated last tb tNov e he had never authori sed him to obtain question or in any manner to dispose of it. Mr. Samuel Saville, clerk at the goods statio n o f the Eastern Counties Railway, stated that on the Bth December the prisoner entered the booking -office at the Brick-lane station, and inquired l if a th res hi ng machine had arrived the re from Mr. Garrett, of Sax mundham. On telling him that it had, but that it was consigned to the order of Messrs. M'Cracken, of the Old Jewry the prisoner said that he had just come from that firm,and would at once give him a written order for it s delivery. The order produce d was then prep are d and signed by the prisoner, accord ing to whose directions the machine was sent on the following day to Mr. Kealy's, an agricultural ma chinist, in Oxford-street. Mr. John Kelly, agricultural implement manu facturer, stated that on the Bth of December the pri soner called upon him at his place of business in Ox ford-street, and, having represented himself as an at taclA to the Russian embassy, and that he had acted as secretary at the Great Exhibition, proceeded to st ate that, having lately indulged in rather improvident habits, wbich had reduced him to temporary embar rassment, he wished to obtain a small advance of money upon the security of a threshing -.machine which he had purchased on account of the G o vernment, but w hich he was un able to ship off in in consequence of the lateness of the sea.on. After som e further conversation witness agreed to take the and having Messrs. subsequently matter into consideration ; en t e red into communication with Garrett, of S a xnatindbarn, from whom he received a letter stating that they had constructed a threshing-machine under the circumstances described, and had received the purchase-money from the prisoner witness ultimately advanced him 251. upon it, the prisoner undertaking e. ouse room until he . was in is to he answerable te r war h condition to for ward'it to Ru-sia. Mr. Nottbeck:th e Russ:an commissioner was here recalled, Bud, in answer to questions from the ma- Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldon .. 41 • ca co 0 4:1 1 - : 0 4 14: 218 - j 945 416 1 133 2411 47 295 2326 i; i d O i P 4 - 183 - ; 356 81 4 45 240. CHELMSFORD, JAN. 30.—Prices to-day were AS f011011:**" Wheat, white, 463 to 51s ; red, 40s to 44s ; barley, 28s to 31 5 ; chevaliei 30s to 35s ; grinding 25s to 29s ; malt 55. to 6 61 ,' chevalier 55s to 58s ; oats 18s to 25s ; peas, partridge/ , 211 , to 30s ; white, 288 to 303 ; boiling, 29s to 32s ; dun, new , 4u. to 2Fs ; beans, tick, 26s to 80s ; harrow ticks, 270 to . 3 11 ; mazagan, 24a to 28s. fiddle 42 6 COLCHESTER, JAN. 31.—Wheat, white 46s to 500; to 45s ; oats, 18s to 21s; bean s , mazagan 26s to 285; DI : : 0 and small 28s to 30s ; pe as , w hit e 28 s to 30s, grey, new 30s ; barley, 30s to 36s per yr. KIRKALDY, JAN. 31.—The following are the quotateons for grain : Wheat. Barley. First 44s 8d 28s Od Second 42s 6d 26s Od Third 37s Od 24s Od Oatmeal, per bag of 28016; HADDINGTON, JAN. 30.—T1 grain at our market to-day : Wheat. pest .....3 ~,, —s ,"" --s vu 3ls CI f prices ° 1 1 Barley. Oats. Qq. Bowl* Od First 4 -3s Od 1 32s Od 238 9d ,T,'; 3d Second ... 418 ld 27s 6d 21s 3d ~ 01 Third 368 Od I 23s 6d 18s 6d 4 01 ° ' , d Total quantity of Wheat in market 656 qrs, 6 7, 8 0 1 1 d Do. Ba r l e y d o. 375 qr s., ac" sold Ag 9 8 00 Do. Oats do. 512 qrs., ‘*,,,, . n yi Do. Beans do. 173 qrs., 16 ' "'" Oats. 23s 6d 21s Od 19s Od imperial, ie followin Beans. —s 04 —; Od 1 - B °d 30s Od to g are the \ COAL MARKET.—Y E grinDer. Prices of Coal per ton at the 'close of the market :•••• Buddle's W. Hartley.. I3s 6d, Belmont l6B Od Burnhope Carr's Hartley ..... ... 13s 6cf Haswell l7s 6d Chester Main l4s 3dteepier Grange Howard's W. H. Neth. 13s 61 Lambton Newcastle Hartley.— 13s 6d Pensher North Percy Hartley.. 138 6d Russell's Hetton .... 6d 8 Od New Tanfield .. Tanfield Moor 6d 128 9dPlummer ........ .. ••• Tanfield Moor Butes l2B 6d; Denison ................ 158 6d West. Wylam 15 s 9d S t O e u l I t 13s Od Heugh Ha 11............ 163 34 Wall's End, &c. Harton Od Lawson l4s 6d Thornley ............... 16s _ A Northumberland l4s 6d Whitworth ............• lb !!! Riddell Eden Main ....• 163 3d ilartley — .... ........... ... 1 , 3 , 5 g j r Hartle ..p"o.0-1—......... 117783 o°o4 Lambton Primrose - Ships at market, 192 ...Sold. 129. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE;, RAILWAY BILLS ON STANDING ORDB I-11 i. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER Renweir.---Yes term ee the standing orders were declared complied with i n • s a s case of this company's Bill for po w er s to run over v arl o railways, and interchange traffic, and make b ran „ „1 h • o pa cost of 13,0001. to th e D u k e o f B r id gwat er's g SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. The stab orders were complied with in the case of this comP an i o f Bill for extension to B ur t on - on -T ren t, a nd as to We - North Staffordshire and Midland Companies. Oft LONDON AND NORTH. WESTERN RAILWAY." o f company's Bill for the amendment of Acts, creationao new shares for debentur e d e bt, and extension frill. Cheater to Birkenhead with branches, complied WO standing orders. BLYTH AND TYNE RAILWAY.—The Bill for ih (3°r Pif; ration of this company and to improve railval complied. LIABILITIES. Capital .• ... ... ... ... f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund ... ... ..„ ... 10,000,000 1 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,750 14 Reserve-immobiliere ... ... ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 462,010,000 G Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 125,760,150 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... ... 6,931,151 63 Account -current with Treasury creditor 80,462,361 46 Various accounts current ... ... 112,606,236 15 Ditto in branches ... ... ... 25,065,049 ( Bills payable at sight ... ... 9,616,000 0 Ditto at branches . .. ... 3,184,981 0 Dividends payable ... . . ... 926,980 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 6,790 0 Expenses anticipated ... ..• ... 118,008 39 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 238,899 53 Ditto of branch banks ... ... ..• 412,612 0 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 468,450 0 Ditto in branch banks .. ... 240,422 0 Interest on protested bills ... ... 171,258 31 kliscellaneous ... ... ... ... 393,248 84 f. 936,543,658 70 Certified by the Governor of the Bank, D'Ana OUT. It appears from the preceding account that the cash in hand has decreased by 5,187,000 f. The commercial bills discounted have increased by 421,000 f. Tho Bank notes in circulation have decreased by 7,305,0001. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has increased by 8,466,000 f. The sundry credits have decreased by 3,571,000 f. THE FRENCH CARDINALS SENATORS. CARDINAL GOUSSET. Thomas Gousset was born on the Ist of May, 1792, at Montigny-les-Cherlien, a humble village of the department of the Upper Saone. His father, *now dead, was a f armer . His mother, who is still living, brought up with the greatest care the numerous fa mily with which the Almighty had blessed her. Thomas Gousset worked in the fields until 1809, when he commenced his Latin studies in a private school, at Amance, a village situated six leagues north-east of Vesoul. In the course of three years he presented himself be fore the Academy of Besancon, and received the diploma of bachelor of letters. He next entered the grand seminary, and soon became the first scholar in an establishment remarkable for the many distin• guished theologians it produced. He had scarcely finished his studies when the directors charged him with the conferences intended to teach the youngest pupils the mode of learning. On the 22d of July, 1817, he was ordained priest by M. de Latil, then Bishop of Amyclea in partibus, whom he was after wards to succeed as Archbishop of Rheims. H e was named vicar at Lure, a difficult post in many respects, which he filled with much success, when the diocesan authority recalled him nine months afterwards to Besancon to profess moral theology. He occupied that chair during 14 years. In 1830, Cardinal de Rohan, who appreciated his merit, conferred on him the title of Grand Vicar, which he preserved under the administration of Messrs. Dubourg and Mathieu— that is, until the period of his elevation to the episco pacy. A Royal ordinance of the 6th of October, 1835, appointed him to the See of Perigueux. O n the Ist of February following he was confirmed by the Pope, and consecrated on the 6th of March, in the Church of the Carmelites, by M. de Quelen, Archbishop of Paris, assisted by two other bishops, MM. de Forbin Jansen and Mazenod. He took possession of the see on the 18th, and during the five years he filled it secured to himself universal affection and admiration. The death of Cardinal de Latil having left vacant the Archbishopric of Rheims, he was elevated to it by a Royal ordinance of the 25th of May, 1840, and solemnly installed on the 26tn of August. His promotion to the dignity of Cardinal took place in 1851. Cardinal Gousset has published a num ber of esteemed works ; namely, lst, An edition of the " Conferences of Angers," with notes and dissertations, in 26 vols., 1823; 2d, "An Exposition of the Doctrine of the Church respecting loans on interest," 1825 ; 3.3, " The Ritual of Toulon," with comments and expla nations; 4, an edition of the "Theological Dictionary of Bergier," with notes; sth, "The Civil Code," with comments on its relations with moral theology, of which three editions appeared in 1827, 1829, and 1834; 6th, " The Justification of the Theology of Saint Lignor i ;" 7 t h, "Letter to Abbe Blanc on the Communion of Individuals Sentenced to Death ;" Btb, " Compendium of the Ritual of Perigueux 9th, " Observations on the Project of Law relative to Liberty of Instruction;" 101,b, "Moral Theology," 2 vols. Bvo. The Academy of Besancon elected M. Gousset one of its members in 1831. He was already one of the directors of the library and museum, coun cillor of the University, and member of the committee charged with examining the manuscripts of Cardinal de Grandeville. He received the Cross of the Legion of Honour on the 3d of May, 1840. CARDINAL DU PONT. J aques Marie Antoine Celestin Du Pont was born on the 2d of February, 1772, at Iglesias, in Sardinia. His father, Benoit Du Pont, was naval commissioner of the first class. His family, on French, settled at Villa F ranca towards the year 1738. IVhen ten years of age he entered the seminary of the Doc trinarian Fathers, Where he studied with so much success that at 17 he was appointed member of the Academy of Arcades. He published at the time some Italian and Latin poetry, which is not deficie nt in charm. Fee l i n g an early vocation for the ecclesi astical life, he entered the Seminary of Nice, w h ere he followed, during four years, lec tures on theology, and thence removed to the Seminary of St. Ireni. at Lyons, w h e re he studied an other year. On the 16th of January, 1813, he was ordained sub-deacon by Cardinal Fesch, deacon on the 2d of July following, and priest on the 24th of September, 1814. Monsignor Colonna d'lstrie, a friend of his father, chose him for his private secre tary. Shortly afterwards, on the 10th of April, 1815, M. Du Pont was received doctor in utroque jure in the University of Turin. In 1817, M. de is Fare cast his eyes upon him, but as that prelate could not take possession of the see of Sens before 1821, it was only then he appointed him canon of his metropolitan church. A year afterwards he nomi nated him Vicar- General, Archdeacon, and and on the 7th of November of the same year Louis XVIII. named him honorary member of the Chapter of St, Denis. When Cardinal de la Fare repaired to the conclave at which Leo XII. was elected, he chose him for his first assistant, and M. de Rohan for the second. During his stay at Rome Louis XVIII. demanded and obtained for him the title of Bishop of Somosate in partibus; and on the 29th of June, 1823, he was consecrated in Paris by Cardinal de la Fare, assisted by the Bishops of Autun and St. Brieuc. Lest the temporary expatriation of his family should lead to any difficulty, he solicited letters of naturaliza tion, which the King granted him on the 23d of June, 1824. After his consecration he continued to reside at Sens, being entrusted by the Cardinal with the direction of the diocese. As preacher to the King he delivered before the Court a sermon on the Last Supper, on the 3d of August, 1828, and another on Pentecost, on the 7th of June, 1829. At the death of the Cardinal, Charles X. offered M. du Pont the bishopric of St. Dia, on the 9th of May, 1830. The good deeds he accomplished in that diocese during nine years are well known. On the Ist of May, 1839, he was elevated to the archiepiscopal see of Avignon,_ which he solemnly took possession of on t he 3d of October. He was subsequently transferred from the see of Avignon to that of Bourgee, after the demise of M. de Villele. He is a Knight of the Order of Malta, Christ, and the Legion of Honour, and was lately raised to the dignity of Cardinal. CARDINAL DE DONALD. Louis Jacques Maurice de Bonald was born at l‘lilhau, in Rouergue, on the 30th of October, 1787, of Louis Gabriel Amboise Viscount de Bonald and Elizibeth de Guibal de Combescuro. He accompa nied his family into exile at the period of the Revo lution, and having returned to France at the close of 1797, he continued, under the direction of his illus trious father, the studies be commenced at the Uni versity of Heidelberg. He afterwards entered the Se minary of St. Sulpice, at Paris. On leNving the semi nary, M. de Pressigny, Archbishop of Besan9on, took him as his secretary, and brought.him to Rowe, where he was charged with the negotiation of the new Con cordat. The Abbe de Bonald had been clerk of th e chapel of the Emperor Napoleon, with MM. de Qu e . len and Feutrier. In 1817 M. de Latil named him Vicar-General of Chartres. The sermons be preach e d there during Lent i n 1822 are cousidered muter pieces of eloquence. On the 27th of April, 1823, he was appointed Bishop of Puy, and consecrated at Chartres by Cardinal de Latil, assisted by the Bishops of Evreux and Amiens. The royal ordinance norm natiug him Archbishop of Lyons Llnd V.ienne, and Prbncte of Gaul, in the room of Clrdin,l Ft...-,eh, ap peared on the 14th of December, 1839, and he was recently invested with the purple. gistrate, stated that he had himself paid 451., th cost price of the machine, into Messrs. Lubbock's banking-house on account of Messrs. Garrett, whose agent h,,d since forwarded him a regular receipt for the monty. The prisoner declined off:•ring any observations in reply to the chargo and was remanded for a week. 'SEABORNE MAILS. LN *ignites that the mails are sent from the General Poe-Office by the ni , :tit—and M by the morning--iispatell.) When made up in I From what When , Genera; Post-office' port dis- due. London. patched. I • Americ3. (by Brit. pkt.)ls Feb. 6 .. !Liverpool Arrived America (by U.S. pkt.) N Feb. 10 .. ,Liverpool • • Feb.i America (by U.S. pkt.) Al• M arch 3 .. .Southampt. Feb.i 14 Africa (West coast).. Nll4th of the month I Plynaoath March 3 Alexandria* Nll9th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Feb. 18 Belgium .. Ni Daily • . Dover .. Daily Brazil .. M,9th of the month Southampt. Feb. 16 Buenos Ayres ( .4.11 of the month ,Sonthampt. Feb. 16 California(via Chagree) M, 25 & 17th of month 'Southampt. Feb. 5 Cape of Good Hope N!l4th of month Plymouth •• March 3 Constantinople* .. • • N.7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Feb. 10 Central America .. Mld & 17th of men. Southampt. Feb. 5 Channel Isles • • .. Mon., Wed., & Fri.' Southampt. Ta. WO. Chili .51'17th of the month ISouthampt. Feb, 20 France •....M & N; Twice daily .. . IDever TwicedallY Greece* .• .. • • Nlth 1 7th 27th of mo . ;Dover .. Feb. 10 Hamburgh N,Tuesday & Friday 'London .. Tees- " 1 " Holland MlWednes. & Satur.lLondon Men. Thur Honduras N 17th of the month' Southampt. Feb. 25 Ireland .. •• M& N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead • . TWicedaill India (via Southamp.) Ml2oth of the month Southampt. Feb, 2 3 India (via Marseilles) N sth& 24th efmonth Dover • • Feb' 17 Mediterranean (via I Southairnton) •• M 20th of the month Southampt. Feb. 23 Mediterianean (via Marseilles) N Bth&24th of month .. Feb. Dover 17 Mexico .. M2d of the month.. Southampt. Feb. 5 Madeira • • .. .24 1 9th of the month Southampt. IFeb. 1 6 Malta* f '7th,l7th,l9th,27th 1 jDover Feb. 10 & 30th of month Naples* .. • • • • 1 , 15 th 15th 25th ofme Dover Feb. 2 Papal States* N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. Feb. 2 Peninsular.. • • .. M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. ;Feb. 6 Peru .• •• • • M 17th of the month Southampt. ,Feb. 26 Tuscany* N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover .. Feb.. 2 West Indies .. M 17th of the month Southampt. 'Feb. 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M 2cl of the month .. Southanipt. Feb. 5 aF The mails to those c ountries thus marked ( 5 ) are convelea by French packet via Marseilles. The direct Havre mail from London via Southampton during this month will be made up three times a week only, instead of daily Camonma.—Mails to and from California, ens the United , are now despatched and due by every American packet THE COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantities 01 corn, &c., received in the port of London f rom th e p o rts in Essex, om the 26th Jan., 1852, to the 31st Jan., lent both inclusive : RAILWAY SHARE MARKET --- • • -- BRISTOL, FEB. 2. nt of STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a very sm all 0 100 in business transacted to-day, without mate r i a l a lteratio n ,d prices. The t ransac ti ons were as follow:—Bristol Exeter, 85—Great Western, 86A—Taff Vale, 152. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 2. . 01' STOCK EXCHANGE. - The transactions to-day wers", - Arx.• low : - Eastern Counties, 7 3.l6—East Lancashire, i .„ 1 ",,"a01 1 Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 7 1146 dis.- -I " — t artl and North-Western, 117—Midland, 557f3—South-Nlbil4 arid Dover, 20 1 4—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole , 2.1 * 20%—Whitehaven and Furness, 5. MANCHESTER, FEB. 2. tiTOCE EXCHANGE The business to-day was very ,or Prices were firm, with a t en d enc y u pwards. The t r , tions were as follow ! —East ern Counties, 6 6- 16— "'d 5 6 shire and Yorkshire, 62 LAU°, Fifths, 7% dis.—Midlau f tb ,, —London and North-Western, New Quarters, 24 Eastern and Dover, 201 A. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending Jan. 31, 1852 •• £lO 823 19 11 ••• 10,037 0 10 Ditto, Feb. 1,.1851 Increase in 1852 ..... ... £786 19 1 London Terminus. Feb. 2.1852. ..-------. _ __ _ ir M r . Thornely , M.P., bad an interview with S George Grey y esterday at the Hume-office. •U' Adair bad also an interview I, —A B ironer. with the Right 1 1°i/. Holloway's Ointment Lieutenant of and _)_ r . a p s PorVEßithTeuTamti2Tb. This officer, who is in the Dutch arm pills and Ointment have cured him or c ored CA states that whichliop7r geared to be incurable, as neither rheumatism, b o, sea bathing, vapour do ed, nor preparations vaunted as sure and the treatment of the doctor, remedies, did him any 0 4, 8 1, was without success. At this ' after several m onths L . , :n , these pills, and rubbing the itnicture he commenced .tal.jl', parts twice a day, which ell ointment into the comp' "_'._ 0 7 six weeks. The truth of thiseually cured him in t l h ,o e uc en 1.3 ` vouched fo r by Mr. J. B. Stratmanof .statement can be a all Drug Lets, and at Professor , Bois-de-Duc.—sol by London. Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strati A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES*,-* A gentleman • •111, residing at Wortham, in Norfolk, named horse, on returning from Harlestone Market, fell from his s and sustained so serious an illness in conse q uence, that allb_i, hair came off. H e was perfectly bald. His friend, the Rev, Mr. Daniel, offered him a wig as a temporary sabstitufe,_, and in the meantime he tried v er y fortunatel y the effects 1,0; Rowland's Macassar Oil. What was the consequence? 1 ?,1 of a bottle produced the re-growth of a thick and lusurl“;, head of hair, with (what the first or original growth bad / 101 / 0 a beautiful tendency to curl. This is a very striking insti ll/ b e . of efficacy from the fact of the debility which preceded t restoration.— Observer •••"°.° BIRTES. OF A 80N On the 29 th ult. , at Canton-gardens, the Viscotal,., Goderich. f Cleats' the 29th ult., at Clapham-common, the wife o nant-Colonel R. Baugh, of the 9th Bombay OF A Regiment- DAUGHTER. f i g the On the 31st ult., at Cumberland -terrace, Regent's - P s ' wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Pass kele y y-square, the lady 0.. rPP On the 30th Martin, Esq , M.P, On the 29th ult., at PotterhanwOrth Rectory , ~T ioc oltto the wife of the Rev. A. H. Anson. ------ MARRIED. es°~ ► On the 29th ult., at the Catholic Church of St• "ortt Spanish -place, Peter Hubert Dolphin, Esq., of Dan e 5 county of Galway, to Antoinette Mac Evoy, second daughter of the late Peter Mac Evoy, Esq., a bledon Surrey. T a t el On he 31st ,at St. Ann's, Wandsworth, George,,L, Esq., of Fulham, Middlesex. to Elizabeth, only daugu"' ° of YorkPilA3l, the late G. G Sams, Esq., of Madeira. DIED. ,-41,Arles At Southampton, on the 30 th ult.. Lieutenant um,,~-1.4., Rainer, R.N., second son of the late Captain P. Rainer, C. 11., formerly of Hamilton-pluce, Southampton. Nye , On the e 30th ult., at Grosvenor-place, Pec kharn g Mr. Joshua Johnston, aged 81. Vdsfa rd On the 31st ult., at Hanover -s t reet, Walwortb, o , l c C. Wilkinson, Esq., for 47 years in the service of th e of England, aged 66. , t ,,,y C• On the 29th ult., aged 78, Martha, the wife of gat"' Wyatt, Esq., of Dudley-grove-house, Paddington. relict of At Trernaton Castle, on the 29 th ult., An n, the Benjamin Tucker, Esq., aged 7 1 . , i n tba On the 30th ult., Count M. de Rose n, Genera' _ _. Swedish service. On the 29 th ult ; at Basin g stoke, M. Workmall, Esc!' London: Printed and Published by 51158130 t "wl5 l .N.c. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , `"" o I Strand, in the Precinct of the savoy, in is 00 ididdleaez, Tueeky, Febriory a•-16§3! ( f 0 'Pt IP* Co tt halt, to ti koz obia at t 1 tent It lett() tary C4 c3 „ "I 1, 3 i a "T roc bier faits Co Fto rt, I‘ll Al Alt, V ti t th e bi tt i lAtto