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'II2.ICIPt 4 PLAYUOUSE AND STE.A.ND 'PIiEATE.E Lessee, Mr. W. E. COPELAND, Liverpool. The Warmest Theatre in London. f-tt 01(;, _ . Will be performed THE TWELVE L iBOURS OF HERCULES. After which, The JUVENILE PARTY. To be followed by a new Chinese burlesque, called THE MANDA RIN'S DAUGHTER, or, Willow Pattern Plate. Characters by Messrs. J. Reeve, Rogers, Romer, Attwood, Hudspeth ; Mesdames Marshall, Sanders, Bell, Eglinton, and Maskell. To conclude with MY SIS fElt FROM INDIA. The prices of ahuission are rirrangeu as tonow :—Orchestra stars, 4s; homes (first circle). 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is. i)fors tv be opene at Hall-past Six, and the performances to commence at Seven precisely. A locond price will be taken to the Boxes only at Sine o'clock --Orat circle, is., second circ.e, Is. Private loses Or , e iininca and a Ralt each. Stage Manager Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'ti ILOYAL rttE,Al Under Vlo — Fa.t . r - 011 4 2.4 " .. - 013;e; al,sty wnd his Royal Highness Princv Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The 'Twit and p.t.1,1:a Theatre in I,nrelon Mr. Batty begi to inroilat his patrons that he has entered into an engagement with Muir. FRANTZ 1tEN:•00, the great Rope Dancer, from Vienna, who will make his ”ppcalance every evening. _ . Grand JUT, nile Night. • a; , 1;:41, The Performances rill commence With the in' at popu:ar and onl E,uestrini Vantomlme in Landon, entitled MR. and MRS, BRIGGS; or, lunch's Festival—Minh, Wit, and Jelli , y. Hafequin, Mr. Harvey ; Columbine, Miss Avery ; Pantaloon, .31r. Buckman; Clown, Arthur Nelson, who will in the coarse of each evening play A number of favourite airs on the Eyck Elarmonicon. With !'atty'R Inimitable Scenes; of the Arena, combining talent of the highest or, er, both .:ative ard Foreirn. To conclude witl i a Magnificent Spectacle, e ntitled BLUE BEARD; or, Female Cariosity, in which will be introduced a pair of hi ghly-tralned pi:ants, male and temale, &Lowed to be the most docile pair ever brOught into Europe. Children under 10, half-price. `jl;:.T.et3 to be ban Ai the tox-ortee rrom Eleven tin Four daily. Stage Lia‘tager, Lit, T. Thompson. 1: EETING of PARLIAMENT THE THIRD EDITION OF "THE SUN" will be found highly interk sting during the present extraordinary Session of PArliarnent. The THIRD EDITION will contain the DEBATES of the S 431 E EVENING up to the lIOCTR of POST ; a lp', SPORTING of every de ,, cription, with TATTERSALL'S on Monday and Tt , ursday Evenings in time for Post ; with t.he G'AZETTES of Tuesday and Friday, contain ing Army an d N av y Promotions, Bankrupt s, &c., and ALL NEWS arriving in London up to the Hoar of pose. EXPRESS EDITIONS ON ALL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS. Orders received by till News-agents, and at the Sun- Office, 112, Strand. Sun Office, 112, Strand. FEBRUARY, 1852. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE T a m DAY 1 . 5 ,, °tin' alter 2 Eve ning a 6 min after 3 T %10rt ,,, , min. atter 2 1 Evanlng 20 mm an ., 3 J J t tILY WEATHEtc TABLk.. State of The Wind ana Weather at each o f the tollowin lace s at Nine o'clock yesterday morning. —..Th e g stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLymouru—Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain. P ooLE —Wind W. hard wind —overcast. Bitacarrotf—Wind'S.We strong breeze—overcast. He laTums _vvind strong breeze —overcast. Sonmizirron—Wind S., calm —overcast. Foray:sawn—Wind S.W., strong, breeze—overcast. E.—Wind S. har d wmd—overcast. GREEN w ICH—Wind S. W., strong breeze—overcast. SWINDON—Wind W strong breese--overcast. cloudy. LET " Tc ' N— Wind har d wind — per LeffitBTlC IL—Wind &NV . , hard svind—overcsst. ..ameamc4r.—Wind W IN , gentle breez overcast. YARMOUTH—Wind - • calm--slow ly BIRMINGHAM—.w i n d W. strong breeze—overcast. 'the returns from the following p l aces indicate the statein of th e wind and weather on W e desday morning at ne o'cleek ind. S.W.. hard wind—heavy rain. 6r uu . ) ,___Wind S.W., hard wind 1 PT.:RouTE I W., hard wind—overcast. t. Pcx . :LE Wind. S. W., Wrong breeze—scud,vrcas rain. STl.ooD—Wind W., fresh breeze—rain. Svertui.o—Wir.,l S. ter ~ fresh breeze—. ov reut" I.kaurroN—Wind S.W., strong breeze r e ' ,P.Nc,...e.sre,n—V - -' hid S. W , strong breeze--rel' avy rain, S., strong breeze—rain. Wind S., strong breeze—rain. strong breeze—rain. , strong breeze—rain. Wurruy—Win DAP,LI2IGTO!4 BorAe—Wind S.W BtuaToes.—Wind N. aicE, FEBRUARY 6. TZE BAADR. and tit. lag the night_ HALF Ping!. Dress Circle Tipper Boxes nt Amphitheatre •• . Gallery • •• • . .. Os. 6d. Private Boxes, £3 as., £2 25., and Li us 6d. Orchestra titans, Is Stage Manager, Mr. J. M. MORTON. Director of spectacle, Mr. W. WEST. Thoa whole under the management of Mr. BUNN, LESSEE. .. 28. .. Is. Gd. TILEATICE ROYAL, HAYM.ARKET. Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton, rfils EITKNiNG Will be performed an entirely new comic Opera, entitled AMINTA THE COQUET I . E. Don Tenorio, Mr. Weiss ; Fernandez, Mr. W. Earrison ; Garcias, Mr. H. Corti ; Aminta, Miss Louisa Pyne. To be followed by a DUEL IN THE DARK, in which Mr. Back. stone and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will appear. To conclude with a Fairy Burlesque, called THE PRINCESS RA. DIANP AND THE STORY 01 MAYFLOWER. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, H. Bedford, J. Bland, Caulfield, Clark, Plimmeri, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Buckingham, and Miss Colinas. THEATRE ROYAL, &DELPHI. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. Enormous success of the Yankee Comedian, Mr. Josh Silsbee. THtt' EVEzi'NG, Will be performed the Farce of THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. Lieutenant O'Scapper, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Maxwell, Mr. Worrell ; Emily, Miss Emma Harding. To be followed by a characteristic sketch, called THE YANKEE PEDLAR; or, O'd Times in Virginia. Hiram Dodge, Mr. Silsbee ; Morland, Mr. Worrell ; Miss Naucy Bantam, Miss Emma Harding. After which MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Mr. Bobtail, Mr. Wright. 'le conclude with a new and original Christmas Tale, called LIT TLE REii RIDING HOOD. Wolfram, Baron of I3urliburg (sur named the Wolf of Biberich), Mr. Paul Bedford; Scraggenheim, Mr. Haver; Trudchen (commonly called Little Red Riding Hood), Miss Kathleen b'itzwilliam. TtiEA C.KK, OXFURD-riTREt'. Onde7 Manawetn,i,t it Mr. C. K.eas. TO-MORROW Will be performed TO PARENTS and GUARDIANS, in whi ch Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, Meadows, Cooke, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Mary Kecey, and Mrs. Wigan will perform. After which, the Operetta of the SWISS COTTAGE (as acted at Windsor Cas . le by Royal Command), in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley and Mr. A. Wigan will appear. With a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BILLY T.i,.YLOR ; or, The oVing Dutchman and the King of Ra ritongo. Harlequin. Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore; Panta loon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclercq. Under the iSlaniuteraent or A.adaree Vestris. THIS EVZNING, "v , ll he performed _ ME GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Rokby, 11. Baker ; Mrs. C. Born, and Miss 11. Oliver. To conciwie with A new and original Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled THE PRINCE OF HAPPY LAND ; or, The Fawn in the Forest. Characters by Madame Vestris, Miss St. George, Miss Lanza, Miss Martindale, Miss Grove, Miss Ellis, Miss Rosina Wright, Messrs. F. Matthews, D. Baker, Suter, Horneastie, Butler, and Vernon. ROYAL. OLYMPIC THEATRE. I...k.sce and Mdatt„,er, idr. W. t'arres, THIS EVENING, Will be performed A CONSPIRATOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF. Inigo InMlorn, Mr. Farren : rffin, Mr. Compton ; Hastings, Mr. W. Farren, jun., E ertha, Mai L. Howard ; Margaret, Mrs Bartlett. After which AN ORGANIC AFFECTION. To conclude with RED NUFLIS ; or, Harlequin Fact, Fiction, and Fancy. Red Rufus, Mr. Shalders ; Clown, Mr. Edwards; Harlequin, Mr. Forrest; Pantaloon, Mr. Tanner; Columbine, Miss Lees. 51-1 ighest 42 —lowest this mei 4 4—this day, at, no ~~~~ Biaomrricz, 29.8 g. " N.w.—tine sunshiny weather, With occasional showErs KVONFLIMCiru OF THE A NCIENTS.-"We believe. that the ancients poste, se d t h e k rtG mariner's of the maner's rnpass, air-balloon 3 and locninctive vessels ; for the arrow which Abaris, t he - Scvthian, WEIS enabled to find his way -0 ugh unknow n countries was the magnetic needle. The "" .ri ng ships mentioned is the Odyssey were vessels ith that put in motion cars placed at rnitthed ---,Almon of the moderns is identified with the invention of Da m ad a l h ~. and this the more easily, b eca use he is son bade _ I carus not to fly e ith er t oo hi g h or too low, for fear of dissolving tho " wax" by which the ar ^llcial wings were united to his body. But the " wax" wa s proba bly mentioned by v le w ofte p_ro_oess - fast narrator of the story, did not kno ' still in ris,3 of joining pipes, m a de in the case llelalus to imitate the joints of wings, by m O InCigt IQ oans of uting• K 44 or it compseition of slay, which if too dry 1 iT W" 117 R OYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRA.ID. Couunacus Noveities—Continuous -uccess—Continuous Applause— and Overflowing Audiences. Great Hit of the Bottle Imp. The performances Tula EVENING and during the week will Commence with a new GRATULA. CORY A.DDRESS, written and delivered by Mr. Albany Brown. Alter which, a new -cone of Apropos, e ntit ed the MANAGER'S BOOST, with Signor Bari Tone's new Scena, The French Commenta tor on Shalopere. The grand romantic Spectacle of TH BOTTLE IMP. Ta be followed by a new Neapolita E n grotesque Divertissement, entitled AItLECIIIN 0 FORTUNATO, with the new Italian Mimes. Te conclude with the Musical Burlesque of BOMBASTES FU- ItIOSO. 1 Morning Juvenile Performance To-morrow, at Three o'clock. Doors open at Half-past Two. S e ven, and eommence at Eight o'clock. Doors open at Halt-oast Private Bozes, 11. Is.; Balcony Stalls, 35.; Lower stall 2 Stalls s. ; Balcony, us.; Amphitheatre, Is. Private Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sam Ro 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. TIDIATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, THE BELLE STRATAGEM. Dorricoart, Mr. Anderson ; Sir George Toucbwood, Mr. Cooper; Hardy, Mr. Tilbury ; Flutter, Mr. y. Vining ; Leticia ILLrding, 3liss Fitzpatrick. After which the new Parisian B alet-Pantomime, entitled VERT VEItT ; or, The Pet Parrot Characters by Messrs. W. H. Payne, u. Marshall, Chapino, J. Marshall, and H. Payne ; Madlles. Plun kett, De La Vecchl, Louise, and Annette ; Misses Honey, Browne, CoYeney, and Falser. Box-office open daily from 10 to 4. PRICES OF ADMISSION. The former scale 01 prices has been revised, and a rate of admission adopted suitable to toe convenience of all classes of socfety:— Dr.ss Circle Upper Boxes Pit 29. Bd. Amphitheatre Gallery .. SUN, TO CORRESPONDENTS No communication can be attended to unless authen. ticated by the name and address of the writer. Ro;Pcted communications cannot be returned. IN* Otionimit LONDON, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 6, 1852. Everything the country is likely to learn in re ference to the dismissal of Lord PALMERSTON has now been brought under the consideration of Parlia ment. Anxious to pronounce no precipitate opinion upon a matter of such extraordinary importance, we have refrained from expressing our sentiments upon the subject until the House of Commons had been placed in possession of all the more remarkable facts relating to it, through the medium of the various Ministerial explanations. Such is actually now the case; and we are, therefore, enabled to comment upon the whole of the great question at issue after having weighed it in the balance of a most scrupulous and painful deliberation. It was manifest, we conceive, throughout the principal part of the discussions of Tuesday that the chief orators upon the occasion spoke to the fullest extent of their ability, or at any rate with all the force of rhetoric which was compatible with the difficulties of their investigation. The PRIME MINISTER, more especially, has seldom dis played his skill as a debater to more conspicuous ad vantage than upon this first.night . of the session, when he had to account to the people of England, through the medium of their representatives, for the most rash and unpopular among all the many rash and un popular acts of his Administration. His position on rising to address the House was, it must be acknow ledged, one of almost bewildering embarrassment. He had to argue :down, if possible, a feeling of extended and profound indignation. He had to specify the reasons which induced him to expel from the Cabinet, with unexampled abruptness, the very statesman who, of all his colleagues, enjoyed, in the largest extent, the confidence of the population. Aware that such were the duties and such the responsibilities devolving upon him under these peculiar circumstances, it was but natural to observe the PREMIER concentrating upon his speech of the 3d instant all those rhetorical energies which had so often before proved effective in the discomfiture of his political adversaries. There was, nevertheless, appa rent in the very elaboration of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S address, a consciousness on his own part of the in efficacy and insufficiency of the statement he had to submit to the Legislature, otherwise we should most assuredly have had from him a mare homely and a more succinct explanation, and not an explanation branching off into a multiplicity of evasive and epi grammatic allusions to the different states of Christen dom, sprinkled with clap-trap couplets from the sen timental verse of WALLER, and closed with such a highly exaggerated and exceedingly hyperbolical peroration. It was not thus that Lord PALMERSTON responded to the imputations cast upon his character as an administrator, by the leader of her MAJESTY'S Government. From first to last his speech was un impassioned and argumentative. Beginning with the earliest intimation of the estrangement between himself and the PRIME MINISTER, and concluding with the resignation of his seals of office as Foreign Secretary, Lord PALMERSTON explained with the utmost lucidity, both of expression and of arrange ment, the various stages of the misunderstanding which ultimately led to his dismissal—his sudden and (in the manner of it) ignominious dismissal—from the Cabinet of his SOVEREIGN. The country is by this time, therefore, acquainted with all the details it is ever likely to obtain in referenee to these remarkable and, until now, inexplicable transactions. . . • Inexplicable, it must be added, they would still con tinue to be, but that it is impossible not to recognise a vast deal more than is apparent on the surface eitht r of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S elaborate statement, or of the plain-spoken and straightforward explanation of Lord PALMERSTON, or, in fact, of the whole sub stance of last Tuesday evening's discussion. Ostensibly, Lord PALMERSTON was dismissed from the Cabinet, because of the opinions expressed by him on the 31 of D-cenalwr, in a conversation with Count WaLkArsio, the French Ambassador. In reality, those opinions were only seized upon as a pretext for the Noble Lord's removal from the Go vernwent. That removal, we are persuaded, had been resolved upon not for a week, or a month, or a year, but for four years prior to his conversation with the French Ambassador. Sentiments of displeasure were entertained towards him as far back as 1847, and the only anxiety ever since has been to rid the Ministry of one whose policy bad proved inconvenient (or shall we say offensive ?), as the policy, not of a Russian Minister, or of an Austrian Minister, or of a Portuguese Minister, but of an English Mi nister. But then, as Sir ROBERT PEEL had said so truly and so memorably, we were and ere all " proud of him." There was the difficulty. As the popular favourite, it might be hazardous to dismiss Lord PALMERSTON without some show of reason from the ranks of the Government. Still dismissed from office he must and should be—that was resolved upon, and resolved upon too by an authority that brook s no opposition. It was impossible to tolerate en administrator who showed himself so unaccountably averse to uphold the compact of Germanic alliances and the privileges of Germanic nepotism. The only (ping, therefore, was to discover some plea, to seize upon the very earliest opportunity. During the whole of the period intimated we are satis fied that Lord PALMERSTON has remained under the ban of that cherished displeasure, and that be has now suffered the consequences of one falling under an implacable resentment. The late Foreign Secretary has, in all this, to his own detri ment, sounded the depths of the most enigmatical of all characters— Odia in longumjaciens quce reconderet, auclaque promeret. The pretext fur his removal from the Cabinet was at length discovered, and that pre text was—his conversation with the French Ambas sador. Now, as affording a reason for a step so ex traordinary as the overthrow of a great statesman such as the late Foreign Secretary, no plea could be more shallow, and, upon broad coustitu , ional princi ples, we even add, more preposterous. True, it had been resolved upon, as Lord JOHN RUSSELL re marked, by the members of the Administration col lectively on the occasion of one of the Cabinet Councils, that the Government of this country should, in regard to the internal affairs of France, altogether abst a i n f rom i nter f erence. B u t, th en , th e o pi n i ons express e d b y L or d P ALMERSTON to Count WA LEWS LI could by no possibility be construed into anything at sal approaching to interference ; for, as the former ob served on Tu es d ay even i ng, w h en a dd ress i ng hi mse lf t o the House of Commons, " there is ie diplomatic in teinrceotiuornsea well-k nown and perfectly understo-,cl dis vernments are b ound, and bet ween conversations official, by which Go stations, by which G overnments which represent the opinions of Gov ernments, and those in which the speaker s d o not exparr unofficial ee,,sn ot htebpu i e nn o di n ,o v na e n r od - f Governments, but the opinione ' ' it was they may themselves for the mom.,,,ct entertain." Such an opinion that Lord PALMERSTON expressed i n the course of o I' has expressing been hitherton °Pallowed,everY his pr i va t e conversation with the French Ambassador, iuinn must have resolved ridiculous. , Nay, the disclosures s a ec p r o e ;e irt r yion otherwise the po, itself into Foreigna nd suc h made by PALMERSTON show beyond the Lord 11 denial that, in ex • pressing one both idiotic and of a this opini. n to Count WALEWSRI, h e Was so far from exceedi n g the prerogative s granted to him by his ministerial office, and so far, also, fteen running eouncer to the views entertained up on the matter in question by the rest of the members of the Administ raion, that mein the same dey and to the same individ ua l, one or ot h er of her AI.I.76STT's ad visers—not im me di ate l y connec te d with the Fo reign Department—had declared themselves almost in the same language as that employed by Viscount PALMEIL3TOII. Ilia own account of this rather un fortunate coincidence for the PRIME MINISTER iS altcgetber too amusing and too unanswerable not to ba entitled to perusal an d reperusa l, quo tation A nd requotation. «N ow / avow this 4 / si i • tit t . 1:4--.L. . ir:.: - r -- '' = , .- V r - ... ... , ....,,_ . , 7 • z--- -4, -• -... , ,-_'t a_ Zs.' • .tr., 0 4.- 4 k Et far h,, , • ~ 1. ---`,", , . THE LONDON, opinion to which the Noble Lord has referred to the French Ambassador on the 31 of December ; but," said Lord PALMERSTON, " was I the only member of the Cabinet who did thus express an opinion on passing events ?—(Hear, hear.) lam informed that on the evening of that very day, and under the same roof as I expressed my opinion, the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, in conversation with the same Ambassador, expressed his opinion. —(Hear, and laughter.) I cannot tell what that opinion was, but from what has just now fallen from the Noble Lord this evening, it may be assumed that that opinion was not very different even from the reported opinion which I am supposed to have expressed.—(Cheers.) Was that all ? On the Friday, and in the Noble Lord's own house, I have been informed that the French Ambassador met the Noble Lord the President of the Council and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.— (Loud cries of hear.') The Noble Lord again expressed an opinion—(Hear, bear)—and the President of the Council and the Chancellor of the Exchequer also expressed an opinion—(Cheers and laughter)—and be it remembered, that the charge was not the nature of the opinion, for the Noble Lord distinctly told me, You mistake the question be tween us; it is not whether the President was justi fied or not, but whether you were justified in expres sing an opinion on the matter at all.'—(Hear. hear.) I believe that the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for the Colonies did also in those few days express an opinion on those events, and I have been informed also that the then Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and now the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, also expressed his opinion.—(Cheers and laughter.) Then it follows," said the Noble Lord, with a delightful ap preciation of the reductio ad absurdum, " that every member of the Cabinet, whatever his political avo cations may have been—however much his attention may have been devoted to other matters—is at liberty to express an opinion on passing events abroad, but the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whose peculiar duty it is to watch those events, who is un fit for his office if he has not an opinion on them, is the only man not permitted to express an opinion—(Hear and laughter)—an.id when a Foreign Minister comes and tells him that he has news, he is to remain silent, like a speech less dolt, or the mute of some Eastern Pasha.—(Cheers and laughter.)" The deduction is in every respect too extravagant to admit of one moment's doubt as to the triumphant and undeniable completeness —as far as it goes—of Lord PALMERS TON'S explanation. As far as it goes, we repeat, be cause we cannot believe for an instant that the debate of Tuesday evening comprises the whole of the motives and the reasons for his dismissal which might, but for insurmountable ob stacles in the way of official etiquette, have been re vealed. The d e f ence pu t f orw ard upon that occasion by the late For e i gn S ecre t ar y himself; we believe i n our hearts to have been crippled, and abbreviated, and restricted within very narrow limits by the Noble Lord's known allegiance to the first principle incul cated by our national Constitution. This, we doubt not, will be long remembered to his honour, not only by his fellow-citizens, but in like manner also by his SOVEREIGN : and though we regard him as culpable, as glaringly culpable, in one part of those transactions —as culpable in forgetting the dignity of his office and in forgetting the dignity also of his own elevated re putation in statesmanship—we mean, by not baying at once sent in his resignation on the 14th of December, immediately on the receipt of the peremptory and overbearing letter addressed to him by Lord JOHN RUSSELL—we feel assured that the popular sympathies must still remain on the side of Lord PALMERSTON, a statesman " more sinned against than sinning," and one who, by a splendid career of forty years' duration, has earned for himself the glory of being, to England, among the number of her most chivalrous and patriotic Admi nistrators. We trust that the questions at issue between the magistrates and coroners in some :few districts may be speedily set at rest, and that if the existing law be not sufficient for that purpose, an adequate legislative remedy may be promptly applied. Great inconve nience has occasionally been sustained through the absurd jealousy entertained by some justices, which has led them to cast impediments in the way of the due discharge of the constitutional functions of officers of at least equal jurisdiction with them selves. It is, indeed, difficult to conceive why persons, whose sole object should be the promo tion of the ends of justice, should thus wantonly and unnecessarily interfere with the proceedings of (we will not say a rival, but) a co-ordinate authority, We, however, find that there has beer, and still is, :n some districts, such improper interference, and that it has recently been carried much further than at any former period. It therefore becomes our duty to examine how far the obstructive and vexatious conduct of the magistrates is jus tified by law, and to point out the possible con- SE quences of such impolitic conduct on the part of these justices, and in so doing we are greatly assisted by a very able pamphlet,* in which the points in dis pute are clearly and distinctly explained, and convincing arguments brought forward in favour of the writer's views. Indeed, we have but one fault to find with Mr. HERFORD'S exceedingly temperate and admirable letter, viz., that he does not press the matter by any means so far as he legitimately might on be half of himself and his brother coroners throughout the United Kingdom. He is, however, manifestly desirous of having the vexata quastio amicably ar ranged; he has therefore avoided pressing any argu ment beyond the point at which it must command the assent of all unprejudiced persons. We may here, for the information of those who are not acquainted with the case, briefly explain the nature of the controversy. Some years since a magistrate, for what reasons we shall not attempt to explain (it is not Parliamentary to impute motives). deemed it expedient to lend no assistance to the coroner, who was at that very time holding his inquisition on the body of a person supposed to have met his death by unfair mean.. The alleged murderer was com mitted for trial, and when required to be brought before the coroner and the jury impannelled to decide on the means by which the deceased met his death, the answer was that the prisoner was in Newgate, awaiting his trial. The final committal was an un fortunate contre temps. The sessions at the Central Criminal Court had already commenced, and Lord CRANWORTH (then Baron ROLFE), to whom an appli cation had been preferred for a habeas corpus to bring up the prisoner before the coroner's jury, considered that, " although they had a right to have the prisoner before them, he had no power to order the removal of a prisoner who was liable to be tried any day." 'There, however, the prisoner had been finally committed for trial, and the criminal sessions were actually going on. At Manchester, however, the Justice usually offi ciating in the Borough Court (Mr. MAUDE) has as. Burned an aspect of greater hostility to the coroner's authority. Others have, by refusing to delay the final committal, avoided granting the requisite facilities to coroners, but it was reserved for Mr. MAUDE to take a step in advance, and (we believe for the first time) r o issue an order to the police not to bring before the coroner a ny persons in their custody suspected or charged with felonious homicide. This is " taking the bull by the horns" with a vengeance, and forcing on the conflict of authority so greatly to be deprecated. The magistrate chooses to adi the legislative to the executive and judicial functions, and ex mere motu to supersede one of our most ancient offices—an office, too, be it remembered, not appointed to by the Crow s ,. The coroner is, indeed, the only magistrate who i s p, pularly elected—the representative of a large con oes not hold his office me re l y stituency—and he d se tene geserit; or, in othe r during pleasure, but dum words, he is irremovable, except in case of incapa city, extortion, neglect, or misbehaviour. There are many important duties annexed to the office to which we need not at present allude ; such as the inquiries into " fires," " treasure trove," S ze ., and also th e execut i on o f writs when the sheriff is a party t o t h e su i t ; and t h e re t u rning of the jury - panel, if th e sheriff be in any way interested in the cause, or related to plaintiff or defendant. The prin cipal duty, however, is the holding of inquiries '• super visum corporis" as to the cause of the death of any person, tespectin g which any reasonable doubt Letter from the Coroner to the Council of the Bo rough of Manchester on the subject of the Report of the Watch Committee in relati on s o Coroners' 11194610." EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1852. can be entertained. We shall quote from Mr. HER FORD'S letter on this part of the case :—" It is his ju dicial duty, upon notice that any person has come to an unnatural death, to issue his precept to the con stable to return a competent number of good and lawful' men to appear before him, and make inquisi tion touching the matter. The jury appearing are sworn, and their charge is to inquire, upon view of the body—How and where the party came by his death ; and if any and who were there ? and who are culpable, and in what manner, either of the act or the force ? I: is necessary that the coroner should have before him and hear everybody who can give informa tion material to the inquiry. He has further, as incident to his office, authority to order a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased." He has, therefore, an authority far greater than that of the magistrate, for he may order the exhuma tion of the body, and continue the investigation in the absence of any person accused, and the verdict thus returned will place the party inculpated on his trial before a judge and petit jury, though the grand jury had ignored the bills. He has thus not merely a power of committal like the magistrate, but his warrant is sufficient to ensure a trial at b ar , an d we h ave k nown oases w h ere part i es arraigned on th e coroner ' s i nqu i s iti on were conv i cte d of manslaughter, notwithstanding the rejection of the bills by the grand jury. It is, therefore, of great importance to the due administration of justice that every possible assistance should be rendered " to the ancient tribunal which bath far more extensive powers than ordi nary mag i strates , w h o are no t even aut h or i se d to order a pos t- mor t em exam i na ti on , an d w h o are not bound to hear the evidence on the part of the ac cused. Looking, then, merely, to the protection of the accused, who (until duly convicted) must be deemed innocent, we say that this unseemly conflict, for which, by the way, the coroners are not in any degree responsible, should be brought to a close. Let us, following up the hints given by Mr. HERFORD, suppo se a party, charged with, or suspected of, homi cide, taken into the custody of the police, and by them brought before the magistrate. The coroner, assisted by a jury, is holding a bimultaneous inquiry. The accused is, however, by the new rule, prevented from appearing before the latter, and thus debarred from one of the supposed privileges of every Eoglida man, that there shall be no secret examinations, so far as he is concerned, but that he shall have full opportunity of hearing and replying to everything that may be alleged against him. The coroner's jury, however, listen to evidence respecting matters of a very damnatory character. The accused ought to have it in his power to rebut or explain away the inferences fairly deducible therefrom ; but, thanks to Mr. MAD DE , and such of his magisterial brethren as take the same view of the subject, the opportunity would be entirely lost. In his, compuls or y, a b sence be may be not only subjected to incar cerat i on, unt i l delivered in due course of law, but also, necessarily, given in charge to a jury, the final arbit ra t ors o f h i s fate, although the grand jury may have thought the evidence insufficient to subject him to so serious an ordeal. In the satisfactory settlement of the ques tion the community, in general, are seriously inte rested. It is essential to the protection and security of the subject that it should be set at rest. It merely requires that it should be calmly and seriously con sidered, in order to have it satisfactorily arranged. To all desirous of knowing the data on which it must be decided, we earnestly commend Mr. HERFORD'S dispassionate and able brochure. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris jour na l s o f yesterday- The Illondeur contains the following :—" Lying reports continue to be , malevolently c i rcu l ate d . I t is pretended that the Government has th e i n t en ti on t o touch public establishments, to seize on assurance offices, and to impose taxes on income and stock. Such rumours, as well as many others of a l i k e character, are entirely destitute of foundation." A decree from the PRESIDENT of the Republic de clares that, when it becomes necessary to nomi na t e one or more members of the Council of State to form part of a commission or committee, or to take any part in the execution of a law, such nomination is to be made directly by a decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic. By a decree of February 3, M. BARBLROUX, Councillor of State, is nominated member of the com mittee of surveillance of the colonial banks. M. MACDONALD, Duke de Tarente, comes forward as a candidate in the Loiret, for the districts of Gien and Montargis. M. DE MOrTALEMBEItT who has definitively broken with the PRESIDENT, has announced his intention of starting for the Daubs. Generals Clvaignae, Clmngarnier, de Larnori ciere, Bedeau, L:-flo, Col. Charras, and M. M. Leon Faucher and Braze are to be brought forward for Paris. The Gazette des Trihunaux says—"lt is by mis take that several journals have announced that M. DurfN has caused himself to be inscribed on the lists of the Order of Advocates." The prefect of the Gironde has issued a notice, de claring that the state of tranquillity which the de partment has enjoyed for some weeks past permits his modifying the decree of his predecessor, relative to closing wine shops and cafes at an early hour. For the future, he fixes ten o'clock for ordinary days, and 11 o'clock for Sundays and fete days, as being most in conformity wi t h t h e h a bi ts of the population. Theinstallati on of M. DELANGLE as Procureur- General of the Court of Cessation, in the room of M. DuriN, took place yesterday. The judges and avocats-generaux wore their red robes. The custo mary oath was admi n i s t ere d t o M. D E LANGLE by the First President, M. PORTAL'S. M. DELANGLE then took possession of his seat, the avocats-generaux standing uncovered. He delivered a brief speech, in the course of which he declared " that Prince Louis NAPOLEON had saved society, and that the duty of men of order, and especially of magistrates, was to second him." M. PORTAL'S briefly replied, and the ceremony terminated. The Minister of War has given notice, in the public journals, that the full number of invitations for the b a ll which he i s to give on the 11th inst. , having been attained,to. tended It is stated, 81 3 78 the Moniteur Parisien, that Ge neral CAVAIGNAC is employing his leisure time in writing his memoirs. This historical work, to which the position of the writer in so many great events gives a great interest, is to be published by one of the principal booksellers of Germany. s i ne ss doing, except in Railway shares . The Five per was remarkably firm, with not muc h bu - Ce li nt li s e . openedßourse at 103 f. 15c., fell to 103 f. 100., rose sub sequently to 1 03 f. 30c., and closed at 103 f. 25c. for the end of the month ; the Three per Cents. closed at 65f. 10c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,0921. 50c.; Rouen, 630 f. ; Havre, 2651.; Great Northern, 568 f. 75c.; Avig non, 222 f. 50c, ; Vierzon, 501 f. 25c. ; Basle, 210 f. ; Bordeaux, 435 f .; P ar i s an d Strasburgh, 463 f. 75c. ; ; 287f.1'our #5071; Nantes itenAmiens to Boulogn e , 2961. 25c. and Lyons, 577 f. 50 0. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANG E, Fun. 5 . Boulogn e and Amiens, 11 ex d.—Luxembou rg , 314._ Northern of F rance , 18;x—Orleans and Bordeaux, 73i... Sambre and Meuse, 33,, SPAIIN • graphie dispatches confirm the intelligence which we yesterday published of an attempt to assaa mate th e Queen of S PA IN. Her MA JESTY was wounded near t h e s h o ulder. The assassin, w h o fi red the pistol a t near ly a rm's length from her M AJESTY ' S person, was instantly arrested. The wound is not considered of a dangerous character. MADRID BoLSA, JAN. 31.—The Three per Cents. 'ere done at 37i for time; the New Th ree per Cents. i at 19; t h e D e b t withoutinterest, 5; and th e Con pone, at ili. the organization of the country, and submit them to the States. It is stated in a letter from Vienna that, in conse quence of the discovery of a secret society having a political character among the students of the Poly technic Institution, between twenty and thirty of them have been arrested. BEL GI UM. The Messager des Chambres of Brussels states that the prosecution against the Bulletin Francais, in that city, is pursuing its course. On the first day of the visit of the police at the office of that journal only the proofs were seized, but on the second day the whole publication was seized and removed. lONIAN ISLANDS. The Milan Gazette quotes a letter from Corfu, of the 12th ult., stating that the Italian language has been superseded in the islands as the official language by the modern Grerk, since New Year's-day. LATEST FROM PARIS (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) PARIS, FRIDAY, HALF. PAST EIGHT A.M A telegraphic dispatch from Madrid states, that, according to the bulletin of the physicians, no un favourable symptom had presented itself; and that her Majesty slept a great part of the night.—Times. MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Coastwise only a moderate supply of English Wheat —1,830 quarters—has been received up to our market this week. To day the arrivals of that grain by land carriage were small, and greatly out of condition. Not withstanding that the attendance of buyers was by no means large, the whole of the English Wheat on offer changed hands, at fully Monday's prices. A few trans actions took place for forward delivery. Rather over 6,000 quarters of foreign Wheat have reached us, chiefly from the westward. Good dry samples, ex granary, were in steady request, at full quotations, In low and middling kinds very little was doing. Floating cargoes were held above the limits received from Hol land. We were very scantily supplied with Barley, for which the demand was firm, at fully the late improve ment in value. Malt was in moderate supply, and steady inquiry, at extreme currencies. The Oat trade was firm, and good heavy parcels were held for more money. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour steady, but not dearer. THE SHARE MARKETS. ER.ITISEI RAILWAYS. Railways, Aberdeen.. .. Arabergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Binning., Woiverhamp., and Stonr Valley • Birkenh., Lan., & Ches June., late 331. 6s. Bd.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., . . 50/ &251 Consolidated _ Do., do., 201. .. Bristol and Exeter.. . Caledonian .. Chester and Holyhead . • Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dandee, Per th, and Aber lean Junction .. • • Do., New .. .• •. East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. e 1 - .).)__ ! •_ . Do, (181. E. & II.) •• Eastern Counties .. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shams • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B Z C shares Last Lancashire •• .. D, New quarters • . East & West Ind to Docks and Birm. Jane. .. East & West York. Juno. Edinburgh and Glasp,w Edin., Perth, and Dundee Glasgew and South-West. De. do. G. D. &C.steck Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred ] Do. halves, la, 6 per ct.l Great southern and , Western, Ireland • • Great Western .. • Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds • • • • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and ) orksblre Do. quarter $1 arcs Do. fifths .. • - - Do. West Riding Union Leeds Northern Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport London and Blaekwall Do., Tilbury Eat. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. London and N.-Western Do. do. quarters De. fifths Do. 101. sh., M. &13 (c) London and S.-IV - ester" . Do. new 501. Do. new 401. Manchester, Balton, and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire Do. Manchester and' Lincoln Union Midland .. Do. 50/. shares .• Do. Birming & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle • • Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen.. Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor • • • • • • Norfolk .. • . • • Do. Now 201. shares.. Northern Counties Union North British • . North Devon • . • • • . North Staffordshire • • Nerth-Western •• •• North & Sth.-Wost. Jnne. Oxford, Worcester and' Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. .. Do. new .. .. .. 3hrews...gc Birm., Class A Do. Class 8.. •• • • Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New •• Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) •• .. Do. Halves .. •• Do. Oswestry .. .. Do. New.. :. •• Shropshire Union •• •• Do., A, B, C, & D, Pally paid up at per cent • • South Deven South-Eastern •• South Wales.. • , • • South Yorksh. and River Dun .• •• •• •• theft., Roth., and Geolo, _ . South Division Stirling and Danfermline Stockton and Hartlepool Taff Vale .. • • • • •• I Taw Vale Extension •• Thames Haven Deck and Railway •• •• • • Vale of Neath • • • • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. C D orn ab w lin all W Wh anes it td enaven and FitrneBB York, Nowc., & Berwick' Ditto and Newcastle Extension _ Ditto G.N.E. Purchase, York and North hildlitrulJ LINES Laas Paid. Nominal Prices, 17i 100 13 4 47% [OO 1 100 42% 34 4 3 0 100 100 47 344 3% 25 934 17% 19 3% GERMANY. The G erm an journal of Fra n kf or t s t a t es f rom Rostock, that the theatre of that place has been closed by the authorities for a fortnight, in conse quence of the performance of a piece called Robes pierre, in which the " Marseillaise " was sung, and loudly encored by the audience, who joined in the chorus. A letter from Gotha, on the 30th ult., in the Colog ne G aze tt e , states that, after the dissolution of the Diet, th e deputies, who had voted for the adop tion of th e C onst i tu ti on presented by th e Government waited on th e Duke of SAYE GOTHA, who expressed his regret a t th e resistance that he ha di experienced, and declar e d hi s intention of calling a new Diet , to which he w ill su b m it the Constitution. The N a ti ona l G az ette of Berlin of the 2d sa y s, that among s t the propositions subm itted to the Ger manic. Diet is one calling for some p erem p tory deci moo, respecting the encouragement g iven to p olitical refugees in Switzerland. The Cologne Gazette of th e 4th states from Ber lin, that th e P r ussian Governmen t has ex p ress ed its perfect satisfaction at the explanations ` given by Earl GRANVILLE with reference to the notes that have been addressed to the British Government on the subject of political refugees in England. • A letter from Hanover, 31st ult., states that the Government has resolved to form & commission of Siblio funtionatioof to prepste a USW get of Ism on ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. , Oats. Flour. 1 --,- Qrs. Qrs. Q rs . ! Qrs. Sacks. English ••••••1 1,830 1,740 4,790 ' 1,860 1,110 Irish •••• •••• ' 640 2,430 Foreign •••••• I 6,080 i 1,320 5,210 bls SMITHFIELD. To•day's market exhibited a very limited supply of Beasts, both as to number and quality; nevertheless the demand for all breeds was in a sluggish state at Monday's prices —the top figure for the best Scots being 3s 8d per Blbs. The arrivals of Sheep being on the de crease, the Mutton trade was firm, and late rates were well supported in every instance—the highest quotation for the best old Downs being 4s 4d per 81bs. About 50 Dorset Lambs were brought forward. Calves were in short supply and heavy inquiry, at the late decline. In Pigs scarcely any business was transacted. Mulch Cows were selling at from 141 to 181 each, including their small Calf. Per gibs. to the offal. s. d. to s. d. (Merl or Beasts 2 4 2 8 Second quality •• ••2 10 3 0 Prime large Oxen 3 2 3 4 Prime Scots •• • • 3 6 3 8 Large coarse Calves 210 3 6 Primesmall ditto 3 8 310 Suckling Calves —lB 0 21 0 Lambs .... TOTAL SUPPLY Buts. I Sheep. 504 2,600 FOREIGN I Sheep. 404 s. d. to s. d Inferior Sheep . 2 8 210 Second qual. Sheep 8 0 3 6 Coarse-woolledditto3 8 4 0 Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs • . •• 2 6 3 6 mall Porkers •• 3 8 310 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0 AT MARKET. I Pigs. I 254 Calves. 129 SUPPL Y . Bo was. 129 I Calves. 52 Pigs. NEVTGATE AND LEADENNA.LL. The general demand was inactive, an follows: At per stone by the carcase. s. d. to s. d. j s . d. to s. d. Beef, inferior.- 2 0 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 4 2 6 - middling .... 2 6 2 8 middling.. 2 8 3 4 primelarge .. 210 3 0 - prime .... 3 6 310 - prime small .. 3 0 3 2 Pork, 1arge........ 2 4 3 0 vgai. • •• .... •••• 2 10 8 s- small 3 2 3 8 BOROUGH BOP MA3LBET. New Hops continue to move oft steadily at full prices. Yearlings are held at extreme quotations, but other kinds are much neglected. Sussex pockets, 1123 to 126 s per cwt; Weald of Kent ditto, 126 s to 140 s; Mid and East Kent, 140 s to 250 i. COLONIIII. SETGAM—Less has been doing in British Plantation, and buyers therefore have been enabled to come in more easily as regards price. Barbadoes by auction went at 39s for fine yellow, 34s 6d to 37s 6d for good mid to good, and 30s to 31s fur low. Demerara only partly found buyers, low to mid yellow 29s to 29s 6d, fine brown 28s to 28s 6d, and ord yellow 30s to 325. Refined has been in demand, grocery lumps 43s 6d to 48s for low to fine. EAST INnrs.—Bengal sold at 34s to 36s 6d for good to tine white Benares, 323 6d to 33i 6d for mid to good mid, 31s to 323 for low, and 37s to 353 for fine grainy yellow; mid and good like Mauritius brought 293 to 303 6d. Mauritius was rather cheaper, and nearly all found buyere, good yellow 32a to 323 6d, mid to good mid 22s 6d to 31s 6d, low to mid 233 to 253 6d, and good grainy yellow 355. FOREIGN.—Yellow Ilavannah has been in moderate demand at former prices for exportation; ord white Maceio sold at 345, duty paid. Porto Rico, low to mid grey realised 30s to 32e, and mid yellow 34) 6d to 355. Cuba went at 29s 6d to alb 6d for ord to mid heavy grey and yellow. For home consumption savannah sold at 31s 6d to 35s for ord to mid yellow, and at 35s 6d to 39s fur good and fine. COFFEE.—This article has been dull, and Plantation Ceylon has been is lower; low mid 47s to 48s, and low to good ord 41s to 42s 6d. Native Ceylon was at 385 6d for good ord, and some was taken in at 395. Moc ha has been in small supply and rather wanted. Other de scriptions have been nom i nally at about the previous quotations. Cocos.—The market has been rather heavy. RlCE.—There has been a brisk demand ; mid white Bengal has been sold at lOs 6d, and mid to good Coringa grain Madras at 9s to 10s. SPICES.—Mace has been at steady prices, mid dark to good pale is 10d to 2s 3d, and good bright 2s 4d to 2s sd. Cloves ha ve rea li sed is Id for good, and s,}d for ord. Nutmegs have been in request, small to mid brown at is 61 to 2s 3d, good old 2s 4d to 2s lid. Pimento is wanted; mid and good mid even has been sold at 41d to 4id. White Pepper has had a steady sale at 7id to Bid for good. Cinnamon went at full prices to 2d advance for thirds, but 2d to 4d per lb lower for other sorts. Rux.—There has been a firm market. COTT ON. — Moderate sales have been made at former prices. TEA.—There is not much doing, and nominally the rates remain unaltered. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is quiet at about 35s 9d to 36s on the spot, and 35s for delivery. GREEN FRIIIT.—No improvement to be reported in the market; two cargoes of Oranges from St. Michael, and one from Terceira, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, went at prices barely as goud as last week. Lemons depressed, owing to several cargoes landing out of condition, which are forced on the market. The stock of Chesnuts diminishing. Black Spanish Nuts without alteration. No sale fur Barcelona. Seville Sours in request. DEATH OP CAPTAIN ANDREW C. O'MALLEY.— The decease of this gentleman took place at his residence, Newcastle, on Tuesday last, after a prolonged illness, much regretted by his acquaintances, an d d eep l y mourned by his numerous relations and connexions. Captain O'Malley was the last surviving brother of the late gallant Major-General George O'Malley, C. 8., whose military renown will ever live in our history, and of Major Owen O'Malley, our much regretted friend. The remains of Captain O'Malley were conveyed to the family vault, Murrisk Abbey, on Friday last, accompanied by a large assembly of friends and relations. 11fuyo Constitution. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the monthly general meeting, held yesterday at the society's house in Hanover-square, W. J. Broderip, Esq., Vice-President, in the chair, bliss Burdett Coutts, Messrs. J. H. Gurney, T. Nagh ten, T. Lacey, G. Gillett, and H. O'Brien Jameson, were elected fellows. Lord Garvagh, the lion. G. W. Milles, Messrs. W. M. Bigg, W. Ward, W. Taunton, R. Sayer, and F. G. Rasch, were proposed as candidates for the fellowship. DRURY•LANE THEATRE. —The promised ballet of Vert- Vert is to be produced here this evening, as we under stand, with very great splendour ; and the re-appearance of Mademoiselle Plunkett is, of itself, quite enough to create unusual attraction. The additional title of The Pet Parrot is given to the ballet, the term of Vert- Vert not being quite so familiar to the English as the French public. We are informed that the Bishop of Meath, in con sequence of his late dangerous il lness, has been p rohi b i ted by his medical attendants from attending his Parliamentary duties for some time. The stringency with which the Mint is enforcing its rules, with reference to the receipt of gold ingots inferior to the standard, has caused a slight alteration to become necessary in the rate at which the Bank of England pur chases American and French gold coin. Hith erto the prices paid have been 31. 16s. 2,id. per ounce for American and 31. 163 . 2 d. for French 20- franc pieces, but tlese eagles, and margin (except an insufficient one of 1 / 2 d. in the latt er case ) for the expense of the refining process which is requi s it e sovereigns. before they can be coined intohence,the point oneosp e e f c t o ul f port a mounts to about Id., andunder That exp ense con tinuous arrivals, such as t o render the ance, the purchasing rate for the future will be re d uced to 31. 16s. 1 1 ,0.. which will equally apply to American eagles, French pieces, and Dutch guilders. With regard to the purchase of gold ingots, it is understood also that the Bank will take them ‘ o ` n a i t the rate ratel of W. 17s. lid. pe r ounce o f y when standard gold," the parcel shall i n th e aggregate be of a qu a lit y equal or superior to the standard of 22 carats fine, and be fit for coinage without going through the pro cess of refinage. For the convenience of the sellers, how ever, the Bank will purchase gold ingots quality ts of a not under 21 carats fi ne , on receiving a r n . allowance equivalent to the expense of raising it to standard. We believe that the Cape Screw Steam Navigation Company have obtained the contract for conveying the mails to the Mauritius, Ceylon, and Calcutta, i n opposition to several other tende rs w hi ch have been su b m itt e d to the Government. THE ENROLMENT OF THE It is said that in the Militia Bill to be brought before Parliament on the 13th instant, it will be proposed to enrol this force to the sz• teat of 75,000 me& 11 to 1114 5 -6% 93. 1034 .. -- .. d. 84 —Fe 14},f, 14% 19 1934 20 —le d. 5% -6% 3% -3% - 7% -7% 4% - 15 3% -3% 15% -16% 49 -50 25 -27 4A - 5 •• ... •• IBX - 18% 5X- 6, 13y - 14' 35% - 36 8634 - 87 75 -80 7 - 8 p. 6I -62% 7% —7% d. 5% +N d. 143 16% •• - •• 6% - 7 94% —95%x.d 1 117 —117% 3 1% —1% p. 86% 67% 7 6 dia. 1% —4% dia. 231 , - N 31 .. 31% 31i— 2% clis. 56 —56% 26 —2B 734. 8 4% -4% dis. 23 -25 14 —l2 die . 3 1 -4 3 die. 6 3G 7h a 71 .4 - 654 die, 9 % dis .id dia. %dia. gar 15 1534 14 14% 8% —9% 8% —9% 6% —6% 4%-- 4% 4% —3% dig. 12 -14 6 - 7 9% - 10% •3 3 -3% (1. 18 -15 2034 - 20% 29% -BO 3 —2% d. • • ..• • • 150 - 152 16 —l5 dia. • d. 434 •• ... ~, • .•••• • • 6 5 CUL 17?$ - 17~( -7 d. —a, d. 21 -2.% rxxED 'TAMIL FRIDAY AT Leas B ing usines railways, Conapanies. Paid. Nominal Prices. dose s to-day. Bcdf. & Bletch ley • Lon. & N.W. all Ruining. & Ox ford Junclon, guaranteed •• Gt. Western all 29 —3O x.d 29% x.d Do., without a guarantee .. De .. • • all 28 —29 x.d itirm., Wolver., & Dudley, gua rantee d •• Do .. .. all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • • • all 28 —29 Ruckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 1734 —lB 17% Clydesdale June Caledonian all 43 —45 E. Lin., Guar. 6 Der Cent. •• G. Northern all 333( 33% Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 1 —2 p Efartlepl Dock I - Yrk, New., and Railway and Ber. (lull aed Selby Yk. &N. M. all 106 108 Do. 34 Shares Do .. • • all 83 —54 Do. M Shares D o •• all 25 —26 Leeds and Brae,. Midland •• all 10134 10234 1023 102 Lon. and Gre en . S. E as t ern .. all 11% 124 z.d x.d Do., Fret. .. Do • • •• all 24 —26 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • • Norfolk • • all 15 —l6 De., 6 per cent De Middlesbro' and Rodeo.; 6p. et Stocktis Dar all —••N. Sc East, 6 por Cent. •• E. Conntles . all .. —• • 5734 Do., 5 per cent. Do. .. all 66 —5B Do. New Do .. • • 43 56 —5B Preston and S L. &N. W. WTre • • L &La.& Y.l all 44 —46 D 0.% SharesA Do •• 11 834 9 34 P Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern all 2036 21% 21% 34 Roy. & liltebin G. Northern 64 8% — B % 10. Shep. Ex.. Do all 8% —B% 8% she., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. & York 18 11 6 South Stafford. Mr. Big Clean 9 34 1% —134 dig* Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. • • Stock.& Dar. all 28% 2934 Do. do. •• Do .. 25 .. —•• Do. do. .. .. 25 •• —•• wilts &Somers, Gt. Western 100 9134 9234 'ILEFE: we: 58212,M13 I Railways, Paid. Nominal Prices. Rustiest§ doze to-day. Aberdeen all 1% - 13( dis. dls. Aberdeen, No. 2, 7 pr. et. 2% _ Caledonian 10/. 10 7% 7 14 Chester and Holyhead .. all 1634 —l7 Dund. Per. & Aber. June. all 5 554 d. East;Ang. ( 31 . 103 •) 6 P. c. all 254 2 % Do., (51.) 7 per Bent '" all " Eastern Counties Exton., b per cent. No. 1 a ll P pm DO, No. 2••• • • • all 14 Put Do. New 6p. neat. Stock 10 11% —l2 11% Eastern Union, Scrip guar an. 6 per cent. .. all 9% East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. •. E . &W. York. June. sths all • • —• c ut, Edin. Per. &Dun. 51 P.et. all 1% Glasgow & S.-W. Ceasol. 100 = j a " 36 Gt. Northern, 5 per sent. all 14 Do., sp. e. Redeem. Scrip 634 p 75 ‘ Groat South. & Western 7% 711 (Ireland) eighths all Gt. w e.tern (Barks and Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) 6 Lancashire and York- 6 1 36 die. shire, F. 201... • • • • 100 132 134 Do. 6 per et. Stock • • Leeds Northern, 6 par 13 p cent., No. 1•• 9 .. p Do. quarters, 1848 .. London, Brighton, cr an e d . 100_ S. Coast, guar. 5 Do. pref., s p et. 5k,1851 100 „ Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 140 ••-• 145 Xd Lon. & N. West. (Coy. & X.d Nuneat.) 5 per cent. .. 1334 London ik S.-W.. new • • 254 3 p London. .& Ennis., 54 Sha 10 10% 11% • Ranch., Sheffield, and Line., quer. shill., No. 1 all 11 —l2 Do. Do. no 6/ w, 101. all 12% 12% Midland Con. 6p. o. stock 100 P Do. Consel. Bri s t o l & Birming., 6 per cent... 100 133 —tea D B o p ., e L r e c i e c n . t & . 133% 134% guar. 10 0 Do., Preference ;;• s 54 N orfolk Extension .. 16 16 die. % Do. guar. 5% per cent, a ll 5 North British •• •• 5 —5% Oxf.Wor. &W 01.15 1.6 p.c S die Shrews. & Bir., new guar. all 10 r- 10 % Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. a ll 15% ; 2 6 16 South Devon .. all 11 —.• South-Eastern, 434 p. et. 10 south Yorks., 4p. et. g d. 20 York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. Nof E. Pur. •• a" , 4% 3% York and North Midland :45.34 163 dis. U. and S. Pura. .. 10 134 1 die. roRMIGN. • 3-- all 11 —11 X 11% X x.cl Boulogne and Amiens ft, ) 19% •- 20 Central of FranoBAw., • • 4% 4 &A. 3% % Dutch Rhenish - • • • 1 8 8 2 East Indian • • •• % 3 p . 20 .. do. • • 13 , 0 . do. all •% % • la Samtre .. 7% . Louvain a Luxembourg •: •• 13 3 —354 GrDeauttlondiandiPtthenins..ula.... 4u p. Ditto (RailwaY) 10 8 3 Ditto (Canal) .. .. 56 Maria AntenlB •• 2716 e 8d Ditto, New •• •• 8% N am ur and Liege .. .• au 6% Northern of France .. 16 IEO4 —s % 18% % Orleans and Bordea ux .. 11 —2% d. 84, Paris and Lyons .. 6 a p 9 % Paris and Orleans .. a ll 41 —43 Paris and Rouen .. all 26 •-• 26% 26 Paris and Strasbouzg 18 I % 154 d is. ' Rouen and Havre , g all 10% 10% 103 E Sambre and Menne . all 3% -- 4 St. Andrew's & Quebc.(A , 2 Tours and Nantes .. 17 8% -« die. Tournay, jarbi ae, L an . (Ica. and Rum all WWI nanden fs 6 X eie, 3 me 33,i 100 8 6 8 16 2-3 126 Business done to-day. it A U 6 % % 14% % 19% 7 % 3, 16) % 18% % 19 6 14 % 14 [% 8 7 88 % % 3's 62% 63% 5 % % 6% 7 1 95 9430 955 Z 117 % 1,6 25% 25 15 87% % N % [57% 57 56 3 i % % 5 % % 30% 8 x. 41 scmai 132 14 lble for t intereste w, MOVE Y and COMMERCIAL 141 ' 4 CITY, TWO aci Oa Wer ep The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterdai.rt off, mated at 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 Atne,r l t - e , to taken for export. There was much Cotton ene r rked, prices of American were 1-16 d. in favour IN ~,, ot• The sales comprised 6,000 American, 250 r i e ri t 601 I Xl so ar E an g li y a p m tia a n t a16rid..t0t06129dd..: 5001.50 Bahia to 4 ; fo e 80 Sea Island at is. 2d. to 2s. per lb.—ln trj fps Surat a a t 21 5 1. 3. - d sa d Shares only a moderate business was done , ~ market closed steadily. e ; 4 ire P The amount of Produce brou g ht t o auction fri;verfl, has been a full average ; a n d t hi s h as kept :11, at little in check for Sugar. C o ff ee i s very ° e n in tr holders have not passed s a les. S a ltp e t re has b e . e ,it, 0 quest; Rice is wanted, and Cott on , though c i"l e e 1 0 , been at full rates. Cechineal h a d r i sen 6d. Pe', an s'' month, but has since declined ld. t o 2d., so gre 3 i r d oc4' vance not being justified, as th e s t oc k is largeie'dyeit; siderablo supplies are expe c t e d. Dyes 811° , 0 bee" materials have been in fair d e m a nd. Indigo ' or , bil steady, and Lac Dye at full pric e s for the sup the id' less for the inferior. Taking the past month , e o f iti ports of Produce have been large, and gen e j eitr eril stocks show a corresponding increase, but the ko OOP continue on the same satisfactory scale. T u e os o il nental Markets are below ours, and orders tb not at present executable. 4. sis r Messrs. Walter Howell and Hall state that thf, s oot ket is nearly cleared of th e l ower d esc riptions ° l il acs °I Wines, and we are happy to find that in consel t ee r e : the advance in prices in Spain last year, none ° 01 0 0 P spectable shippers will (and others cannot) n e e O r e ; the importations into this country of Wines, -„ g e te,- regardless of quality. Port Wine its quiet, wi th t o 0 113 : appearance of young wines becoming s leive n r o l oV n b o - 0 The uneasiness in the Douro caused by tb e Ati-Lartage;i trade of last year must ultimately prove agra o bo n i to purchasers in this country. Old ever, are more sought after, and we fear as t"' v ex this description of wine decreases for soma tita r g eo 0 4 , present quotations will be fully realised. -'", t 00 0 shows an increase this year of 1,244 Pipes pee pared with the same p e riod in 1851." jos Cy The honorary secretary, Mr. Francis Lynes to formed a most acceptable service in for w arding f ce General Committee for promoting Tribunals , 000,0 merce a translation of valuable documents recerig.o the President of the Tribunals of Commerce In e l) i 0 " I( and we quite acquiesce in the general opin. ° ba jo° 3 Mr. Lyne mentions as prevailing, that the timo . 4 04 arrived when this subject should be brought V .e/illu eto under the notice of Parliament. A very in te t r atO portion of the letter received from Paris is„t h h ti e v irr o ,,, r describes the functions and organization or t" - a ch, l ll , nals in France, and the commercial public are 133 0 , t a iri' o l debted to the able functionary who has s° (3. --r -furnished the information. It is a strong testini._°,ool the good feeling prevailing between men of busin e o l el both sides of the Channel. The following extra 1 o! well worthy of perusal:— •as l/ j/ " The Consular y tribunals in France are tribe 0 t ee exception, charged with the application of 11 ; r 00' 11 ; especially for commerce. It is to L t i h v i e s r.p P o n o r ia t ls i , e rs u b . gi e . rivu r k e o n i d o e tion, that all the services they are called upon w o ol are reported. If commerce were governed bi on taoli ° o l law, it is at least doubtful whether the int er ou ldbe i j anymtb he merchants u c gt h ffirh a eec n ai e t et s nos i unt d n . vr a t a h ßon e ntua j tuiltelwg; it m iihsn t , an n ts oh t it o au ftantighwe caseas i i r n, soccweo common e a tne ff on a n i a r :: k v : oc e woo3 : 3o :: ero vial transactions; that in contract- wrin fa b csi P erni f, "ginfr( t ) re altbee° l as a consequence, there is something more tutin be sad' literal sense of the agreement, which is alwaY 4 6 t f t oy ve r l e ; the power of certain and particular usages, inu n " _ eu seg i „ ing according to places and circumstances; butthosract, e t i although they cannot be expressed in the o° oo oo ° e , nevertheless, one of the principal causes of the e , tt tve r the contractors ; and, in consequence of being' 6 ",,., to 01) ; a part of the contract itself, it becomes necoseiv't ae i preciate the importance of it, without the aPP r fa e i vel ° f a In that case the intervention of merchants bee; 00 0e, e ' v only an advantage but almost a necessity; fo r 0 f W in o better appreciate those usages ia the m; by C. of they have passed their whole life. The creat' ° . o o l9 sular.judges, which afterwards gave place to tri 0 .06 commerce, was the consequence. law " An important derogation from the comm on at e in France, the first motive for their creation. 00 1 f, a t " In civil transactions written a greement a ho ris o oo admitted; the proof by witnesses must be an t ed ed nOfg fi n;11 the commencement of the case by written Pr - e cog-'i c h inquiry cannot be made, but upon the facts r at tvb by the judge, who determines in the judgree poet° authorises the inquiry. uts-ito " It very soon became recagnised that sti e ' vp plie h u ic e of procedure could not be advantageous l y of ' f ,'" ei commercial transactions, the greater portioo4ooo s , is performed verbally, and can only be cond'ooatrtitc; those who have been present at the stipuhd e for tbei ti e It is necessary then to accord every facility' , tit , of tit tification of these transactions. Hence the rte witb e el f quiry, and proof by the most extended Ine v a L e hie ° the commercial judge would be forced to eO, la w. de. within the conditions recognised by the civi', „ r etie 0 "If in civil affairs prudence can common ` 10 4 5 , 0 1 obstacle, frequently also a cause . elle de lays, it has been found that these o d f ela r y u s in w i e n re c : o, e:: o , business; the consequence bas been such a simP . ia , a i tlm ca o n st be im in me th d e ia p te o l w y. er o l l i : 0 1 : ) : 0 : 0 1 1 p e . : , to in o render the can, contrary to the practice before the civil cou rt tee c l ; a procedure decision that their defence. 'nn e asbe r a o poewanr demands,themselve or r in op p p e o r s so e n in a t the bar, to suPP ° orf l o i of the consulary judges are gratuitous, the ewe op' . members of which each tribunal is composei O r , buyedmirn.to jtawmoesdilst.rivnicnte, cording to the number of cases brought before it' idea", el n Paris the court is composed of one P re i ,boa r i ; ten judges, and sixteen assistant judges. Tbe n. ,ijoo '; that of the audiences, the other that of the ban' a ,, - , r ` I/ I , l h -* sections. One er ee „ - o teie e ; The circular of Messrs. S and alurases ' .-° chreeder, , ei ves er . are lish e d d i v i following particulars of the Cotton Market al ' leans on Jan. 10: .1 5 kei , "Since our our m all,, report of the 27th ultimo, 0 - „ ma llY ~ been marked by continued firmness, and g rei ` -- tr'' ' pectation which is gaining gree f d, proving rates, in consequencelter and us or t e be er quillising ad vices from Fen of and Liver Peel; , o i:fejt / I France t h a t politica. _ a ll in France - will now for a time remain quiet' toe e 0 out orders, the execution of which must other!' doO f h USi a " 6 oo ° been again further suspended. T- 0 b 7 99- 'OO during the past fortnight has amounted to dur ing t a d which 32,300 during the first, and 47,6°° .ddling'e fi sts , week—prices ran g i ng f rom 7 t o 7i-c. for r nl eo ieg "oe closing firm at 7ic. f or t o l er able even . r nu ottes o f which are few on the market; our best c i n e erti en to still more or less leafy, and quite a large P:ir d inati tr i, our receipts is very much so, classing fr° ln , Oa r 01 low middling, and middling of good staP'e• rf ols e' oo d butaries are now partly open, and larger al ,, ro llf ig, re be looked for soon, but considering the g en ' s teri% a feeling for Cotton, we do not anticipate any I X to se tee duction in prices, and would not be surprise ant d to further advance secured under the exe itena o rdine s . r/ ei. present steady, large demand. We vote ;Jelling Isi good ordinary 61- to 6i, low midelitee "il. c°2 B l, 16irse good middling 71 3 - to 7i, middling f air 8 Oboes. oieo to 81. Sales during the fortnight, 79, 9 d ° 2, 672 b lee• ceipts at this port, 575,686 baler, against 4 3 ,74 6 bal es , last year. Increase of receipts at all ports, 6 ' 4,6 60 b lh to Increase of total exports to Great Britain, 6 i e o, aci d Decrease of total exports to France, 10,3 50 ",, al other foreign ports, 17,599 against last year. b een fa r The market for Public Securities has v_ ioca s 117 f buoyant again, and there is an increased htl' 96 i tc d, money. Consols have been quoted 9 6 1 t , r ° l3r ee-s ri ee Transfer, and 961 i for Account. The Newthn t e Tbr o a Quarter per Cents. have been 981 to -1, and be eOP I A per Cents. 971 to I. Exchequer-bills have e72e,, 635. and 645,, and East India Bonds 71s. to and 96 i le' present Consols are 96i i i - f o r Transfer, an March 11. SP° b is f t Foreign Securities have been more buoyant. byes p Five per Cents. are up to 23-1- and 1, and the ''' per Cents Cants. to 40i- and 41. Portuguese Old Five e, being have been at 92 to -I. Equador Stock is doWe' t 6. 1 . 0 , of to 4. Grenada Deferred Bands have been ",sell or i t Mexican there is a further rise, and the r " rett i o , favourable to continued improvement, whet he o f price speculative remains to be seen. The rang e ud „ 3 .os" has been from 321 ito 32-1 1. Dutch Tri °3 has bee n Per Cents. have advanced to 5Si. A bargain ' t 11. , 'ficatn a ea effected iu the Spanish Committee's Certi r ..dot ee Railway Shares are looking up, and rathe ; co bo t : rates have been obtained generally. The bu , _.,„„ bee however, not been large. The French lines Day irrii id also firmer. a & Gold Mine Shares ar© advancing. MILI Angle-Californian are each b•Ster! 5 4 % 21% Agua Fria •• •• •... Anglo Californian ...•.. Asturian ....•• • • •• •• •• Australian . •• •• •• •• Ave Maria ....• •• •• .. Blaeuarvon Iron & Coal British Australian Gold British Iron Brazilian Inap De. Cocaes and Cuiaba Do. St. John del Rey.. Cobre Copper Copiapo ..... Eng. & Australian Copper General.. •.. ........., Gold Mountain Great Polgooth ...• Mexican& S. American Nouveau M0nde........ Santiago de Cuba Tin Croft .. •• • • • • United Mexican........ West Mariposa ........ ZOINI Antraluta .... • • • • • • • • t British North America.. Colonial .............. Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London arid Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. Ncw National of Ireland .. • • Oriental Bank Corporat. Provincial of Ireland.... Do. New .. • • .... Union of Australia Do. N .. -- Now ...• ........ Union of London ...... Union of Li Adria Canada •••.• • • • • ; Gen. Steam Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam. Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam ...... [We cannot be answers will not be influenced by 2,4- 246 P 14- 1p % dis 1 / 4 P par. I, 131. ss. 24% 134 all 14 —1% 15 224 —23% 40 33 —34 14 4 5 2 34 % P X,n all 94 —lO% 1 %—cif P all par P 9 331 4 I% % P 10% 5 7 9 —lO all 2 —2 4 I - P STOCE 11. A NSO all 139 —39% 50 464 —4B 25 113{ —12% 20 24 --25N4 10 18% —17% 20 293 —3O 85 17N 17 30 —31 M 4336 45 157 i 164 35 36% 3 —3% 14% 15} 7 - 7:l4iness"'' i t o -do. , ! 1 1! is 3,1 18% 11 S: .2ANEOI7O. 48 4934 70 718 Z.d 6 9 17 34 18 77 7SN l 0 errors of the Official TAM °I 1 correspondents.] IMEINNB, Paid, Su:u111a1 Prices.