The Sun. — London, England, 1852-01-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY, Coastwise, a fair average supply of English Wheat -3,380 quarters—has been received up to our market this Week; bat the arrivals of that grain fresh up, this morn ing, wore very limited, and in middling condition, owing to the prevailing damp weather. The amount of busi tees doing in all kinds, arising from the thin attendance of buyers, was comparatively small; yet factors in gene t's' were firm, and Monday's quotations were well sup- Ported in every instance. For forward delivery very little , doing. Only 310 quarters of foreign Wheat have come fresh to hand. Fine dry qualities were scarce, and quite no dear. In the middling and inferior kinds, compara tively little was passing. Floating cargoes dull. The supply of Barley was very limited. Malting parcels Moved off freely, on rather higher terms. Grinding and distilling sorts were firm. 11r e had a fair inquiry for Malt at full quotations. Oats, the arrivals of which were small, were in moderate request, at full rates of currency. Beans and Peas commanded very little at tention; but Indian Corn and Flour were tolerably firm. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) SAINSBURY V. PARKINSON. This action was tried before the Chief Baron at the last sitting; iu London, when a verdict was found on the principal pleas for the defendant. Mr. CROWDER now moved for a rule for a new trial on the ground of misdirection. The defendant was sued on a promissory note for 1001, of which he and two others were the joint makers. The defendant pleaded that he did not endorse the note, and that a fraud was committed by Smith, one of the parties to the note, for the purpose of compelling him to pay the amount. It appeared that Smith was desirous of his name not ap pearing in the action, and he went to the plaintiff, who is an extra clerk in the State-paper Office, and asked per mission to be allowed to make him the nominal plaintiff. This the plaintiff consented to do, end the action was brought in his name. The CHIEF BARON said the plaintiff was called at the trial, and ho stated that he allowed his name to be used, but that the bill was neither endorsed to him be fore the action nor at any other time; and that he had nothing to do with the costs. Mr. CROWDER contended, however, that such evidence did not render the plaintiff incapable of bringing the ac- ' , tion and maintaining it. Mr. Baron MA RTIN o b served t h at t h ere was an action in which the circ umstances were precisely the same, where Mr. Baron Rolfe, an d a f terwar d s the Court, held that the plaintiff had no p ro p erty i n t h e bills, so as to en title him to sue upon them. Mr. Baron PARKE said that in order to sustain an ac tion, the plaintiff must have the bills endorsed over to him and delivered to hint. In this way the property in the bills legally passed to a party. The COURT said it would grant a rule for a new trial, unless defendant would consent to a nonsuit being en tered.—Rule granted. Wheat. 1 Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Umiak •• •• •• 2, 3 5 0 1 , 66 0 3 ,740 Irish .••• • • • • Foreign .••••• 310 -- Qrs. 870 2,180 3,140 i Sacks 3,090 830 sks 19,470 Ms SMITECPIELD. -- Although the supply of Beasts on offer here to-day was somewhat limited, and, for the most part, in very middling condition, the Beef trade was in a depressed state, at almost nominal currencies. There was a fair lk , erag e number of Sheep in the market. Prime old bowes sold at full prices, but all other kinds were very till at barely late rates. The Veal trade was heavy, but we have no actual fall to notice in the quotations. In Pigs, the supply of which was moderate, next to no thing was doing, yet prices were mostly supported. leh Cows were selling at from 141 to 181 each, inelud- Qg their amall calf. Per Sibs. to staithe offal. 3. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d ._ l4loll or Beasts..... 2 6 210 I n f er i or Sh ee p •• " 10 3 0 2 - B econd quality •• •• 30 3 2 Second qual. Sheep 32 3 riline largo Oxen.. 3 4 3 6 Coarse-woolledditto3 10 4 0 e Scots •••• •• 3 8 310 Sonthdown Wether 4 2 4 4 verge,._ coarse Calves 3 0 3 6 Ditto exit of the woolo 0 0 0 ,t-riltiestaall ditto •• 3 8 4 0 Large Hogs ......2 6 3 6 !cleating Calves •• 18 0 22 0 Small Porkers •• •• 3 8 310 14ntbs ........ •• 0 0 0 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 21 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. • I Calves. I Pigs. 2,894 205 300 FOREIGN SUFPLY. B , asts. I Sheep. I C a l ves. I Pigs. 300 40) 98 NNVIGATE AND LEADENNALT. A full average business was transacted here to-day, Oa the following terms:-;. Beasts. ,794 At per stone by the Carcase. 8. - d. to I. d. , 1. d. to e. d. b eef; interlor...... 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 6 210 ""--- middling .. •• 2 6 2 8 --- middling" 3 0 3 6 i "-- Pthrtolarge .. 210 3 0 prime •• .. 3 8 310 ,7.- Prime small .• 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge........ 2 6 3 6 "• 1 •••••••• •• •••• 3 0 310 I— small .... •—• 3 8 310 110 11ZOLTGEC 110 P MARKET. fine New Hops a re scarce , an d qu i te as dear 48 last week. Middling qualities, as well as yearlings, 11 ! 0 in fair request at f u l l pr i ces. The stocks held by t', t he leading brewers are by no means large.—Sussex Pockets, perll2s to 1265; Weald of Kent, 126 3 to 1403; Mid and East Kent, 140 s to 1503. GOLONLA.I. B Stinan.—There has been a moderate bu s i ness done in ritian Plantation, and prices have not varied. Barba -11°,06 by auction realised 30s 6d to 31s for l ow yellow, u ti 9 di to 37s for good mid to good, and 37s 6d to 39s for fine. tfined has been in moderate demand, at 43s 6d to 448 or brown lumps. • 1 ? 1 •Ir INDIA.—The demand has not been l arge, and i-, a n d4llritius by auction has brought 29s and 30a 6d f or l ow mid yellow, and 22s 6d to 28s for brown. Bengal ‘' i i . ' 4B Nand buyers to the extent of 12,000 to 13,000 bags ' b y auction, but at is decline; low to mid, 32 s to 345; • 411 e, 36s to 375; fine grainy yellow, 37a 6d to 38s; good kild fine like Mauritius, 31a to 321 6d; Ithaur, 20s 6d to 223 ; and low to fine soft yellow, 24. to 30s. Madras, , !gout 1,500 bags went at 21s to 223 6d for ord to good °town, and at 236 to 24s for low damp yellow. P o/ma:l.—Prices have receded a little, and the trans ' fictions have been moderate. Yellow Havannah has been 4 . 0 . 1 4 at 303 to 32s 6d for low and good brown, 33 a t o 35 s :c 1 for l ow an d m id yellow, and 378 to 40s for good and . 4 ". Java, duty paid, realised 293 6d to 30s 6d f or l ow 64 Yiab. Porto Rico, ord to good brown brought 28s 6d 30s, and low grey and yellow 30a 6d to 335, mid and good 343 to 37s 6d. C °PFEE.—The market has been dull privately, and Native Ceylon offered by auction has been sold at 38s to 9 3 for good ord, being lower prices; other descriptions w ere likewise cheaper. Plantation Ceylon has been sold duoBl to 52s for low mid a nd mid, 45s to 478 for fine and tfor tria • f ine ord, 53s to 59 s 6d f o r pea-berry, and 35s to 39s pod ord, and at ge• Costa Rica sold at 403 to 43s 6d for ord to 46s to 49s for fine to fine fine ord. B ahia brought 36s to 38 s f or com mon kinds, and zahia sold at 353 for ord, and 378 for good. Mysore s old at 38s 6d to 393 for good ord. Madras went at 405 to 465 for good to fine ord, and at 30s for common tri , !Ige. Moch a so l d at 681 6d for mid, 621 for ord pea , be rry, and 358 to 428 for triag e. RICE.—The market has bee n firm, and sales have been mademe at 103 6d to lililsfoar:ad good boll white B enga l, a nd id 8s 6d to 9a for b o ld • 9s 61 for l ow grain, siireken. Moulmein realised maged. Madras, low and l d Ar nd ee nep s in e k t e e y B w s en fe t r at d 7 a s " 6d to 8i 6d. mid so Spices —Mace has realized h a a b s ou h t e p eh revio e tl i s rates, mid dark is lid to 2s. Pepper mid lik e White mid to good, 74d to 8d; and blaelvey lobar, 31d to 3P. Pimento has been firm, and fo e r Nut laid !begs there has been more demand, good at 3d, laid small at is 6d to 2s. Jamaica Ginger sold at 43a to 458 for small. , SaLTPETRE.--Caleutta has been sold at 25s 6d to 26a for 9 per cent, refraction, and at 26s 61 to 27s f or 71 per oent. refraction. ARROWROOT.—St. Vincent's was taken in at 61d f or fine, and Jamaica sold at 31d.; Bermuda at Is, and Brazilian at 31d to 4d per lb. _ Saao.—Fi ne b old white has b een so ld a t 2 2s 6d per cwt. . TEs.—At t h e public sales only 8,000 packages found buyers of the 35,400 offered. Hyson and Gunpowder Wont lower. MlN.—This article is dull. COTTON.—Very little business has been done. TALLOW.—The market has declined, old being about ~ 35 3 6d, and new 36 s 64 f or P. Y. C. , GREEN FRIIIT.—The market has been depressed this /reel, --, owing to the weather being injurious to the sale,_ Rs well es mos t o f t h e cargoes of Oranges landing out of coil .d a • w „f„, n; three cargoes St. Micha e l, sold by Keeling and aunt at public sale, went at a reduction of P er b Ol . Lemo n s h av e declin e d is Is to 2s per barrel Some uln as i 4d _ S has been done in Black Spanish Nuts at an h eld f t nee of is per barrel. Seville sour Oranges are d ,,. for an improvement in price. Grapes of all kinds ""• Chesnuts Is to 2s per barrel cheaper. SECO NDAR/ES —(TELIS DAY.) There was only one casQ, Stace v. Gay, on a bll of exchange. The defendant had pleaded that he did not accept the bill. and was not indebted on the count for goods sold. With respect to the first plea, the defen dant had adm tteci his signature to the bill. The plaintiff's Solicitor put in the Judge's order, and submitted that he was entitled to a verdict. The Learned Secondary (POTTER) said, some evidence ought to be given on the account stated. The Solicitor said that Mr. Baron Martin had held that it was not necessary. The Learned SEC')NDARY said it had been the prac tice to adduce evidence. Plaintiff's Solicitor said that the Learned Judge had decided on . a precisely similar case, where the count for goods was merely to cover the bill. The plaintiff, of course would only take a ver3ict for the one amount. A verdict was entered accordingly. GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.) Messrs. li'olfe and Lyons, lately umbrella and parasol manufacturers in Cripplegate-buildings, were placed at the bar for fraudulent precndings under a bankruptcy- It will be remembered that the bankrupts had, under certain circumstances which appeared at the time to be justifiable, early in October last purchased a quantity of goods of Messrs. Pawson, wholesa'e drapers, of St. Paul's Churchyard. On the applicAtion for the fiat, a complaint was made that the goods were purchased when the bankrupts knew themkolves to be iu a hope'eAs state of insolvency. They were, therefore, charged under the koctions of the Bank rupt Act, and after much testimony had been received, the depositions were taken for their committal to Newgate. There was an immense attendance of persons of the Jewish race, as well as others who are actively engaged in this business. BOW-STREET—(THIS DAY). _ Four young men of respectable appearance applied to to respectable Mr. Jard ine f or ass i stance or advice under the f o ll ow ing nt re c s o p n e s c e t q a u b e le nc y e ooufnag men of good d ver tisements offer ing edu cation, each of th e appl i cants was induced to wa i t u p on the advertiser, M r . Charles Williams, at c h am b ers , in John7street, Adelphi. and, after some negotia tion, he undertook to find each an adequately remune• rated employment within seven days, upon the condition of being paid 101. down. This condition was readily complied with. Before the fulfilment of Mr. Williams's engagement he disappeared; from tho offices in the Adelphi. But yesterday he ray traced to a house in the neighbourhood of Goldeu•square. The applicants went there last evening, when they were told that ho had just taken his departure for Scotland. It was stated by one of the police officers, that Mr. Charles Williams was one, of the company who carried on a like business of agency some time ago, under the names of Stanley, Williams, and Co., and being convicted of fraud, arising out of transactions such as those now charged against Williams, were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. Mr. JARDINE said that Williams had very recently completed a term of six months' imptisonment for obtain ing money under false pretences. He (the Magistrate) could giv e th e app li cants no f urt h er ass i stance a t present, than to ad v i se them, if they should meet w i t h Willi ams , little chanc e o to gi ve him into t h c e u i s r t custody, obtaining , when an t h y e o m t h a e t r t matter d c r o e u s l o. d be fur ther inquired into. But h o f eare d th a t th e re:was very persons, were charged CLERKE N v V - 7 . ---- - Charles and Loui sa th Wells Theamtrea,daenda last night at the Sadlerrsillhairing tiorton, two respectable-looking ELL.—(THIS DAY.) police. he observed ision stated that committed an assault on A policeman of the G div e withd lasti disturbance u havingr night, i a g n h c t e , entrance of large mob of persons ! pie male about half past ten, assembled round the pit nhegroeinfagsedu:and findintgliereSmaodniesrt;rsarinWscoeenleoirsf e ..e s a o w e a b T w e h h a e a y a v t i ci r r e u g ic a i t n n y d , a u b m p u o n t st violent manner. e asked him to go no use, he took hold of him , when his wife rus h ed struck him a violent blow in the face. In the eup and the struggle his hat was knocked off and w a r k r i s a e o d f about and very much injured. He did n ot t h ink the fe male was drunk, but very much excited. The constable of the Sadler's Wells Theatre said the male prisoner during the performance was making a great disturbance, and violently assaulting his wife, H e was very drunk; and fining he would not be quiet ho turned him out, when the policeman coming up the wife rushed at him and .struck him. The male prisoner, in defence, said be was very drunk, and hoped the iklagistrate . would look over it. Mr. %cram stated that he should fine the male pri soner 5 .. and the female, for the assault on the con stable, 11. nttEPRESENTATION OF EAST KENT.—CANTER.,WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Mr. Plumptre, who has .epreeented this division of the county for the last . twenty bars, bred issued an address to the electors, resigning h ts s 11 141 _ 3 , and informing them that as soon as Parliament In t e e e rn ~,nti intends applying for the stewardship of thF Ch . ' ;tit ndrede. He entered the House of Commons in 1832 as b all unflinching reformer " b soon afterwards became, and " s ince been known as ' a " moderate reformer," of the Practical school, a stanch supporter 9 of the institutions of the Protestantrn devotedly attached to his Sovereign and the tares church of England. He states that he now re -1."1:$ from Parliament through " circumstances and conside ki'uns " well of a public as of a domestic nature. Sir . n ward Q. Dering and Sir Brook Bridges, are in the field to `-oest the honour of supplying the vacancy in the repre sentation_ of the county, but the address of the former only ' ll3 Yet appeared. It has been stated that a student and a female, who er for his wife, committed suicide a few days a g o, p mt • at I_,:_elodgings in the Rue du Bac by means of charcoal. As 1", :rmal s h was not known the lin -- 1 Y was taken to the Morgue, t 7 ll . e it been recognised by an American that of a boarder in a convent of N e 00 4 eloped with the student when h e W as hi w York, who, it is sup Galignani. gentleman . a! America last After an appeal from the prisoners, the fine on the female was reduced one half.---The fine was paid. "L ET HER BE."-A Detroit mercantile gentle man, who was travelling eastward a short time since, went to the clerk of one of the Ontario boats to be shown to his state-room. The clerk handed the applicant a key, at the same time pointing to a -door at so me l ittle distance, marked " B." Our f r i e nd wen t in the direction indicated, but opened the next doorto his own, marked " A," where he dis covered a lady passenger making her toilet, who, upon the stranger's appearance, uttered a low scream. " Go away ! go away, " screamed the lady. " Letter B," yelled the clerk. "I am not to uc hi ng her at all:" shouted the inclig malt P2erchauti...GateMead Wang. PARIS, JAN. 15.—The Magdalene, of Marseilles, VI CE-CHANCERY.—(TIIIS DAY.) from Calcutta. to Manion, was on shore on the south (Before the Vice-Chancellor 'I ITRNER.) side of Rochigney, 23d of October, bilged, and full of GRAND TRUNK. RAILWAY COMPANY V. BRODIE AND water. OTHERS. The Maupertius, Lepeur, of St. Maio, from Mauri- In this case, in which an objection was taken yester tius, was driven on the reefs of Pointe des Jaulius, Be- day on the part of the defendants by Mr. Rolt and Mr. union, 23d October, and bilged ; crew acd materials Selwyn to the reading of the depositions, on the ground saved. that they were informally taken, the interrogatories OFF MARGATE, JAN. 15.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Alarm, being headed " In a cause of the Grand Trunk Railway Charleston. Company v. Brodie and others'," naming them, but OFF DOVER, JAN. 15 .—Anna Mary, Sydney , New omitting the name of Harman, ono of the defendants, South Wales. The VICE-CHANCELLOR, on taking 'his seat this SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Ta y morning, said that h e h a d come to the conclusion that steamer ! Brazils. the objection w as a goo d one, and tho depositions were OFF TORB tY.—Florist, Buenos Ayres. in their present form inadmissible. Mr. STUART, on behalf of the plaintiff, suggested that forth,LoSSEIMOT JAN. 15.—The Swallow, of and from Sunderland 'fy, run on the Fi , the course most just and fair fur the plaintiff would be ndhorn Sands 9th inst., an d is fu ll ef water; expecte d off if weather rao- to allow him to amend the title of the interrogatories, derates. and to re-swear th e witnesses, most of whom were close PLYMOUTH, JAN. 15.—Wind S.W.--Sid. Propontis, at hand, an d could be. sworn in the course of half an Cape of Good Hope. hour. The defendants would even then be no worse off, LIVERPOOL, JAN. 15.—Wind S. to W_.N W.—Arrd. f or they would apply on motion for leave to suppress William Large, Demerara. Sld. Iris, Africa; Agnes, the depositions after the alteration had been made. Gualequeyasbue. Off port, Belmont. The Gladiator, Mr. Itoer; for the defendant Brodie, had no objection from Danzig i h a s arrived hero leaky, having been iu t o t h e course suggested by his Learned Friend, provided contact, 9th inst., with the Clarence steamer, for Sydney that the order of the Court included the payment of the New South Wales. ' costs of the hearing of the other side. no should also CROMER, JAN. 1 5 .—The Louisa , of Exeter, New- r equ i re t h at these costs should be paid by the official castle to Portsmouth, got on Haslen Sands this manager out of his own pocket, otherwise if they were morning, settled over into deep water, and sank; crew paid out of the estate it would in fact be the defendants saved. who were paying them. WESTPORT, JAN. 15.—The GI - eel Wright is on shore, Mr. STUART had no obj,-etien to pay the costs of the and must discharge to be got off. day, and ho w ou ld un d e rtake, on behalf of his client, that SCARBOROUGH, JAN. 15.—The Two Brothers, of this the estate should not be diminished by the payment of port, is on the rocks behind the pier, and is breaking th ese costs so far as the defendants' interest therein was up; crew saved. concerned. linen. JAN. 15.—The Blackett and Ridley, of New- After some further discussion, it was ultimately ar castle, has foundered in the North Sea; crew saved, and r ange d t h at t h e plaintiff should have leave to amend the landed here. letter of the interrogatories, and to re-swear the wit- DEAL, JAN. 15.—Wind S.W. by W., fresh; 9.30 PM. nesses, on condition of his paying the costs of the day, W.S.W., strong.—Arrd. Palmer, Sydney, Now South fixed at 501.; and the hearing of the suit then to go on Wales; Albrotb, Lunt, Calcutta; Anna, Nielsen, St. as b e f ore . Vincent, put back ; Achill es , for Syd ne y, new outh (Before Vice-Chancellor PARKER.) Wales•, Glen Huntley, Adelaide, South Australia; Suc- HARRISON v. GOODALL. ( me, Geelong; Merope, Swan River; Science, Cape of In this suit an application had been made yesterday Good Hope; Cybele, Demerara; Cato, St. Vincent; by Mr. Chandless, who stated that an infant a ward of Lady K. Barham, Jamaica; St John, New Orleans; the Court, having seine time ago been apprenticed for Vixen, Leghorn. five years, had recently enlisted himself in the 60th FALMOUTH, JAN. 15.—Wind S.W., strong gale and Rifles, which regiment had been ordered to the Cape, squalls.— Arrd. Fortunato Mimbelle, Marianople ; and was about to sail there in a few days. The guar- Fanny, Sanderson, Odessa ; Neander, Hutchinson, dian of the youth had expressed his willingness to pur- Ismail; Nimeoud, Ivens, Constantinople; Archipelago, chase his discharge, but h e h a d ex p res s e d his deter- Mediterranean. mination if bought off to re-enlist at the earlist oppor- BRISTOL, JAN. 15.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Rothe, tunity. The Vice-Chancellor then suggested that the Morris, Mauritius; Pet, Pierce, St. Michael's; Ada, Gus.. hearing of the case should be taken in his private room, lance, Smyrna. when the ward and his guardian should attend. This morning the young man appeared in the private room of the Vice-Chancellor, in charge of an orderly sergeant of his regiment. Mr. CHANDLESS said that he should relinquish his intention of applying for a writ of 'habeas corpus, as he thought that as the young man was a ward of Court, the Court bad power to deal with him without such autho rity. Ho should therefore merely ask the Court to make an order in the matter. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said that he thought there would be no occasion even for this. Addressing the or derly sergeant, he begged him to accenaint his commanding officers that the young man, being a ward of the Court of Chancery, no person had a right to transport him out of the country, or deal with him in any way except by permission of the Court, which must be obtained in the usual way, either by motion or petition. We understand that to-day was fixed for the de parture of the detachment to which the young man be longs, and but for this application ho would now have been on his way to the scene of war in Kafraria. LONDON, THE BRAZILIAN MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. The Tay steam-ship, Captain Chapman, with the Brazilian mail, has just arrived. She brings mails, and dates from the following places :—Buenos Ayres, Dec. 3 ; Monte Video, Dec. 6 ; Rio Janeiro, Dec. 15; Lisbon, Jan. 11. The Tay brings four hundred pounds of golddust, fifteen thousand pounds worth of diamonds, a tolerable freight list, and thirty-five passengers. We learn by this arrival that General Urquizi was to cross the Parana on the 15th December, to commence hostilities against Rosas. Rosas had collected an army of 30,000 men. The Brazilian army was encamped near Monte Video, but had not fired a shot. Treaties had been concluded between the Brazilian Government, defining the boundaries of the two countries, and binding to assist each other in case of attack. Exchange at Rio, 28 premium. From Lisbon there is no further news of importance. The rainy season had set in. RIO MARKETS. Coffee —Tho impulse given to this market by the adviees received por Teviot (steamer) continued un 'abated till the latter end of last month, when the stock having been considerably reduced, and the receipts, chiefly of the descriptions most in demand, slowly cowing forward, holders gradually drove up prices and forced purchasers to withdraw. Since then little or nothing has been done, the unexpected more favourable accounts from the United States having only excited considerable speculation amongst dealers, who are for the present unwilling to submit to any reduction, not withstanding a stock of 160,000 bags; our quotations must, therefore, be considered quite nominal. Supplies, in consequence of the high prices obtained, are coming in freely. The Serra abaixo districts have concluded sending forward their yield. Sales last month 230,000 bags, this month, so far, 8,000 bags. The clearances in November were 203,400 bags of coffee, of which 75,030 for the United States (against 82,595 bags in the same month of 1850), 9,200 for Al tons, 3,318 for Antwerp, 3,600 for Bremen, 5,845 for the Cape of Good Hope, 8,060 for Copenhagen, 11,450 for Constantinople, 850 for Corfu, 18,605 for the Eng lish Channel, 4,175 for Genoa, 3,377 for Gibraltar, 9,184 fur Havre de Grace, 11,030 for Harnburgh, 380 for Liverpool, 1,091 for London, 4,388 for Marseilles, 3,577 for Portugal, 170 for the River Plate, and 30,170 for Trieste. Sugar—The arrivals consist of 262 cases, 21 boxes, 380 barrels, 600 bags Campos; and the sales of 140 cases, of which 20 for exportation, at 2,400 to 2,600 and 1,500 to 1,700. Stock on hand, 1,200 cases, 1,800 bar rels, and 1,600 bags. Hides—The market continues to be neglected, not withstanding the more favourable advices. The sales since our last are not worth noticing. Stock 58,000 hides, of which 38,000 Rio Grande. The shipments last month were 219,225 bags of coffee (against 159,030 bogs in the c , ,rresponding month last year); 550 cases, 29 boxes, 4,487 barrels, 2,298 bags of sugar, 9,653 hides, 409 tanned half hides, 455 pipes rum, 1,751 rolls of tobacco, 599 bags of rice, 1,293 planks jacaranda, 1,630 barrels tapioca, 19,584 lbs. ipecacuanha, - Freights—England, 355.; English Channel, 405.; Ant werp, 325. 6d. to 475. 6d.; Hamburgh, 303. to 405.; Me diterranean, 355. to 455.; United States, 40e. to 70c., nom. 5 per cent.; Havre do Grace, 40f. to 50f., nom. 10 per cent. r , . l MONEY MARKET, Discounts rule at 4i to 5 per cent. Exchange opened at 38id. at 60 days, 284 d. to id. at 90 days upon London, on 4th ruled 284 d. to id., on sth and 6th at id. at 60 and 90 days, indirect bills having meantime been quoted at 284 d. On 10th and llth, 28 days was the rate, bills having been negotiated both at 60 and 90 days ; at the latter sight business was likewise reported at 28id. to id., and at 281 d. for the River Plate bills. Upon France 334r5. was the quotation, on the 3d, 338 rs. on the 4th, and since 340 rs. at 90 days. Upon Hamburgh, 620, 625, and 630 rs. were respec tively quoted. Stock is shut, but business has been reported at 93f and Small sales of provincial at 93f and 94. Specie—A demand for re-export caused a rise in doubloons from dolls. 30 to 30 500, in dolls. from 1 875 to 1 900 dolls. Shares—Sales of Bank of Brazil at dulls. 40 to 45 prem.; Commercial Bank st dolls. 645 to 650; Omnibus at dolls. 130. POSTSCRIPT, SIX P.M. Coffee—The dealers seem resolved not to accept lower pricos ; purchasers cannot comply with orders at the pre sent nominal quotations, and hence nothing has been done. Shipped since Ist instant, 44,066 bags; stock this day, 160,000 bags. EicHANGE.—Littte has been done at 27i to 28, 60 days, 28 at 90 days upon London; at 343 upon Paris. The business since the departure of the Toviot may be fairly estimated at 3201. upon London, 800,000 f. upon France, &c.; 380,000 mares banco upon Hamburgh. Many deaths still occurred at St. Vincent's, from the disease that has so long ravaged the islands; but tbo medical officer sent out by the Portuguese Government declares that it is neither infectious nor contagious. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 35 to 1 agat Mr. J. Stanley's Confessor—take 40 to 1 40 to 1 agat Mr. Morris's Haresloot—taken 45 to 1 agst Mr. Palmer's Goldfinder—taken DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's HoMie Noble—taken 15 to 1 apt Lord Zetland's Augur—taken 16 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Claverhouse—taken 18 to 1 agst Lord Rtbblesdalo's Kingston—taken 20 to 1 apt Mr. J. Stanley's Orelio—taken freely 1,000 to 100 agst Kingston and Lapidist—taken The two favourites were backed at the quoted odds for 50/ each, Kingston freely at 18 and 20 to 1, Claver house in three or four quarters at 15 and 16 to 1, and Orelio at 20 to 1 to nearly 3001. SPELTHORNE COURSING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The Spelthorne Stakes were divided by Mr. Chan dler's South-Western and Mr. East's Kathleen; the Vic toria Stakes were won by Mr. East's Trotzig; the Nor folk Stakes were won by Mr. Begbie's Regina; the Puppy, Stakes by Mr. Chandler's Fly; the Palace Stakes by Mr. Begbie's Music; the Wolsey Stakes by Mr. Peter's Prima Donna; the Home Park Stakes by Mr. Begbie's Sylva; the Hampton Court Stakes by Mr. Socket's Midmast; and the Albert Stakes by Mr. East's Spel thorne Voltigeur. OLYMPIC THEATRE. A farce called An Organic Affection was produced here last night. The leading idea is new and ingenious. A drudge of a copyist, Mr. Bun, played by Mr. Compton, going to the house of a popular dramatic author in pur suit of his calling, suddenly ascertains that ho is left heir employer—who, although ddeje hi s, iire on the occasion of a recent g dramaticiiirto a nga m agnifi ce nt success, rtlll i a s li very hard pressed—expressing a wish to sell his house, the enrich e d co pyi st b u y s it o f him, then 'and there buys the breakfast, and offers to buy the guests, who sit down to table with their new host. One of their number is a good natured doctor, who, foreseeing the scrapes into which the novas homo will be apt to fall, persuades him that ho has di , ease of the heart, and that it is only by rigid abstinence from all sorts of excitement that he can live. The consequence is, that when an intriguing actress makes love to Mr. Bun, he repulses her by the infor mation that he is her brother; and again, when Pene lope (Miss Julia Glover), a pretty little clear-starcher who is fond of him, wishes to renew their familiarity, be prftends that he is her father. The bewildered and horrified look of Mr. Compton, as, surrounded by every species of excitement, ho endeavours to keep himself quiet, furnishes forth the staple of the piece ; which ends by the Doctor, who knows Penelope, prescribing her to his patient as the best cure for a broken heart in the world. EXETER HALL THURSDAY CONCERTS. The third of these concerts took place last evening, on which occasion the band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance, and performed several pieces with their usual a plomb and accurary. The madrigals were excel. lently well executed, and the audience seemed delighted. The solo performers were Miss Ransford, Mr. Swift, and Mr. Bodda. A Cabinet Council was held at twelve o'clock yes terday at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were— Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Earl Gran ville, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Fran cis Baring, Lord Broughton, the Right Hon. Henry Labots chere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, and Lord Seymour. T he Council sat three hours. COFFEE AND EATING-HOUSE-KEEPERS ASSOCIA TION.—Last night the annual ball in aid of the funds of this most benevolent and useful association took place at the Eagle Tavern, City-road. The assoc iation was established in 1837, and the object of it is to provide a fund for the per manent support of those of their own body, who, from reverse of fortune, might be reduced from a state of comparative prosperity to the alternative of dragging out a miserable existence, immured within the walls of a workhouse. Not only does this institution contemplate the obviating such a degradation to its members, but likewise to extend its bene ficent influence to relieve their widows from the consequences of destitution, and to assist in bringing up their orphans so as to render them good citizens and useful members of so ciety. It is gratifying to find that an institution, in every point of view so praiseworthy, has met with extensive and we .I deserved support, and it is to be hoped that the result of the ball of last night, which was numerously attended, will add considerably to its funds. It is unnecessary to add that a,iutc Lig was kept up with great spirit till an early hour in tne morning. SON," will be published to morrow by Mr. Sh o b er l , 20, Great Marlboroug h- stree t. NOTICE. - -THE cE Tn N E EGI N ,E 7 ED NOVEL, " HORACE GRANT° Orders should be given immediately. Now ready, the new romance of " The Death Flag; or, The Irish Buccaneers," 3 vols., by the popular author of " Geraldine of Desmond." —" A striking and attractive story."—Morning Post. 3. The new volutnes of Lord Castlereagh's " Letters and Dis patches" (5 to 8), e di te d b y the Marquis of Londonderry. 4. Napier's " Southern Africa," 2 vols. 5. Henderson's South Wales," 2 vols. 6. Just ready " O'Byrne's Pocket Post-office Directory to London and its ' Environs, for 1852," 7s. Gd. bound. 7. Second Edition of Lord W. Len nox's " Percy Hamilton," 3 vols. ROYAL AItTILLERY.---.WOOLWICH, JAN. 15. Captain Gambier's company, 4th battalion. left Woolwich, to-day from the Arsenal station, at nine o'clock, A.M., and proceeded to London by the North Kent Railway, en route to Portsmouth, where the company is to be stationed. Cap tain Cheetham's company, 11 th battalion, arrived at the Arsenal station at half-past twelve o'clock the same day, and joined at head-quarters to take th e fi eld battery duty about to be vacated by Captain Harrison's company. An effort is being made to establish a line of nai -1 way between wizzburstt and retblee. FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1852. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The political instruments commonly styled Constitutions which have heretofore fallen under our notice all professed either to define and limit the rights of the Sovereign prerogative, or to establish and secure the rights of the people. The document just promul gated under a similar title by Louis Napoleon Bona parte differs from all such instruments, inasmuch as it omits or extinguishes all popular rights in theory and application, and e s t a bli shes a politica l structure which is a mere engine f or en f orcing the will o f a s i ng l e ruler. It contains, in sh ort , no trace of liberty, an d no check on despotism. The chief bodies in the State are alt either dependent on the will of the ruler, or debarred from the exercise of the independent authority they may - receive from the people; and the general guarantees of public liberty—such as freedom of the press, freedom from arrest, save under judicial process, trial by jury, religious toleration, &c., which have figured in the Frei. ch Charters since the establishment of constitu tional government in that country, have now, as might be anticipated, entirely disappeared. In these re spects even the nugatory, general provisions of the Constitution of the Year VIII. are not revived. Tho proclamation in which Louis Napoleon has attempted to explain to the French nation the method in which he has discharged the duty confided to his care is a loose and rambling address, totally incompreteasibie, we should suppose, to the masses for whom it was written, and totally opposed to the more dignified and enlight ened sentiments of those classes in the nation which may be better able to understand it. The assertions and principles on which Louis Napoleon seeks to establish his dominion and his constituent powers are the same as put forth by him in several former publications, from the Ideas Napoleoniennes of 18 39 to the Revision de la Con stitution in 1851. He observes that France bas retained in her social condition a very large proportion of the in stitutions conferred upon her by the Emperor Napo leon. His centralized administration, his army raised by conscription, his lucid system of finance and public accounts, the University of France, the Concordat, and the Code Civil, are institutions that have survived the convulsions of half a century. Why, then, he asks, should not the political institutions of the First Consul have the same duration ? and on no other ground ho now re-imposes t here upon th e people. In retained whatever was thought sound, useful, or lastin— g in the Imperial institutions, ahe is now to resum e the despotism which other words, because France ha s at the same time gagged her, e xhausted her, and de haelllivtehde ;civil war with , the iete- rights of his graded her. Many of the legal ati nsinistrative concep tions of the Emperor had great meri t . It was not by them that be fell, nor did they fall wi t h him. He fell because, in spite of all the mili tary glory and the energy of his career, his political institu tionseuuut country. He w e res fe d ll enia l of because lect, the ind e pendence, and the honesty o e the nation. He fell because be governed by the army and the police; and n o t a vestige of his political i nst i tutions sur vived him, b ecause they were all studiou s l y contrived so as to plac e th e en tir e power of the stat e i n his single hand. T o rev i ve s i m ilar institutions n ow i s to place a similar power in the bands of one who is neither re spected for his character, admired for his genius, nor dreaded for his power. It is false that "the present state of soci e ty i n F ra nce is nought else than France re generate by the Revolution of 1789 and organized by the Emperor." Between the present time and the dates of events oscillating from despotism to anarchy, it implies a strange want of memory or of candour to omit altogether ;those thirty-five years of constitutional monarchy, which form the freest, the most prosperous, and the most pro gressive era in French history. is it to be supposed, because the nation has been panic stricken in the last few months by sh e alter. nate triumph of a mob of ruffians and a mob of soldiers over the laws and liberties of the kingdom, that every vestige of that long train of her patriots, orators, public writers, jurists, and statesmen has vanished? that nothing remains of France between the pike of a Jacobin or the bayonet of a Chasse*. de Vincennes ? This Constitution is framed on some such hypotheais. It is calculated wholly for a nation that has forgotten to be free; and, although it is possible that the terrors of the past and the illusions of the present may win the tem porary acquiescence of the country to its provisions, the cause of human liberty and representative government is not so palsied and dead in France that it will not one day spurn and shake off restraints which no other people in Europe would submit to, save as the last and most cruel necessity of armed subjugation. It is true, the Imperial institutions have survived in the administration of France, and the remains of those institutions are pre cisely the most active causes of the ruin of public freedom. That centralization which places the whole fate of the provinces within the grasp of any man who is lucky or bold enough to seize the mainspring of the engine.... that enormous standing army, raised by conscription from the Peasantry —and that division of landed pro perty introduced by the Code Civil, which has robbed two generations of their testamentary rights, are tall Im perial institutions. They have perpetuated a slavish dependence of the people on the Government, even dur ing an epoch of constitutional monarchy; and they now hand back to the empire, or its descendants, a race of men more prone to sink under the influence of such in stitutions than to struggle for the liberties of which they have now been deprived. The inference we draw from the series of revolutions through which France has passed is, not that she is incapable of freer and more popular government, but that the liberties she did enjoy were incompatible with that centralization and administrative despotism which are now quoted to justify the subversion of her political free dom. The responsibility to the people on which Louis Napoleon professes to found his dominion is a mere fiction, since every institution by which such responsibility could be enforced is robbed of all strength against the Government and directed with all its power against the people. The Senate and the Council of State, which are the two most important bodies in the Government, both emanate from the execu tive authority. Their deliberations are to he secret, and they have the exclusive power of originating and amending laws. The legislative body does, indeed, aP• pear to retain a more popular character than had been ascribed to it; and, as far as we are acquainted with the propoied mode of election, it may p ossi bl y re turn men of eminence and independence. The vicious principle of Parliamentary stipends is happily discarded, and we hear of no express limitation on the candidates. In these respects it may be hoped that the hypothetical (ha' cuss ion of certain p ropositions connected w i t h the draught of the constitution has not been wholly without e ff ect , No doubt such a n A ssembly, freely chosen , if that be possible, may exercise considerable moral power, and, as the incline will not form part of it, that power will rather to opp os i t i on than to t h e sup port of the Government. But it will be found that the aPPlication of t is power is most jealously guarded, and limited to the narrowest objects. If a legisla tive body favourable to the Government can now be ob tained, its duration will be prolonged by lute for no less than ten years—a lease of political power far beyond the average duration of French Governments or constitu tions. At any rate, if, co ntrary to all probability, such a body should prove refractory, it m a y b e a djourned, prorog he Senateued, or dissolve by the P res i dent; an d in that case t would sd upply its most essentia l f un ctions. Lastly, if all these precautions +should be unavailing, and the voice of the nation should once more be raised against despotic authority, as it was raised during the. 100 Days against the Emperor Napoleon himself, there can be no obstacle to the repetition of a coup d' aril such as we have lately witnessed) and the Councils or Assemblies, which owe their existence to the will of the President, can expect no greater security than an Assembly which had been constituted and elected by the whole suffrage of the people. In short , this system of government, copied ostensibly from the organ i c laws of the C ons ulate and the Empire, is avowedly calculated . to leave the actions of the head of the state " free and without hindrance ;" in other words, absolute. Its most evident purpose is to strengthen the coercise power of the state, and to clear it from all resistance or op p os ition on the part of the nation. The political institutions of the empire were adapted to the indefatigable genius and activity of the man who co mprised in his own person the arbitrary go vernment of France. They a re now renewed with a i poverty of language and p l agiarism of id ea s that suffi ciently denote the difference n th e first actor of this strange dramas They are renewed without the prestige of glory, the terror of a devastating revolution, or the active support of the first men reea mein _ g in the country. They are viewed with indifference or aversion by all that is honourable or enlightened in the nation. They are erected on the ruins of a vast edific e of freedoml ong possessed and enjoyed by Frenchmen; and it requires no spirit of prophecy to foresee that such a "constitu tion, administered in such a spirit and by such men, will afford no abiding restingplace for the people of France. CHRONICLE.—The worst anticipations of those who angured of the new French Constitution from the violent travail of its birth and the apparent passiveness of the nation under the autocratic dictates of its author, will scarcely be found to be realised in the documents which we publish elsewhere. Except so_ far as the unhappy circumstances which accompany h t o p ro mulgation con stitute a suspicious gloss upon its text, th e instrument prepared by Louis Napoleon is, perhaps, not muc h more open to objection than most others of the Constitution which revolutions has imposed on Franco. Th ere is no very conspicuous departure from the spirit of that appeal to the people with which the President commenced bia coup d'etat; and though the Constitution of the Y ear VIII. is expressly referred to, that . colo ssal fraud h as not been made an exact precedent evading pledges which the occasion had once ma d e voting laws and necessary. The privilege of the branch of im posts is lodged with the popular body which n n m e 7 Legislature! and the electoralustituted by universal suffrage. that Assembly i -s constituted by the legisla , suffrage. Contrary to general submitted to it; Live corps is to debate on the b measures under the but the debates are only to published . e e chamber. The allusion sur veillance of the President of the to the permanency of the introductory proclamation s more satisfactory. (inantovibilite) of the judicaturesof this pnciple as ono of the The implied recognition o still surviving institutions . w hi c h bear witness t o th e Emperor Napoleon's genius, is a considerably better t guarantee for its maintenance the body of the Conatitu han would bo any express provision to the same effect i n . flan. The rights of the press receive no such homage. Apparently, this is one of t h e subjects to be regulated in the forthcoming aeries of organic laws. I t is possible. single passage in which however, to construe the in are men tioned as i nc onsistent with an from criticism newspapers altogether intention to debar them and somatic. One principal .novelty is the exclusion ei ation of the the Ministers from par.tui tro p in dueed with the b a cate ness of either Chamber, gorical declaration that in future they are simply to be deemed heads of the depar tmen ts confided respec tively to their directions. The p ractice of the United le in.poitat, and tlo State@ may be pleaded se as exiiinP exception can be taken to the formal reasoning of Louis Napoleon, alleging that the responsibility of the Execu tive Chief renders idle that of his subordinates, if the former be really enforced. What chance there may practically be of calling to account such a President as the existing one, is a question which our imaginations are left to unriddle. Another innovation is the prohi bition against publishing any report of the debates which is not officially sanctioned and certified—a rule which evidently may be turned to purposes of very gross de ception. The most startling change—and it Is one so grave that it my probably require further consideration at our hands —consists in depriving the Lower House of the power of initiative and of the right of amending Government propositions, and in lodging these with the Senate. This is an exact reversal of the arrangements habitual with constitutionally governed countries, and it wears so little resemblance to known prccldent that we can only judge of its operation by watching the actual experiment. To say that these documents are honourable or creditable to Louis Napoleon would be to employ terms which have no application in this connection. At the same time they throw a light on his character which exhibits it as somewhat differing from the vulgarly sel fish idiosyncrasy of a merely successful usurper. From the commencement to the close they bear witness to a mind absolutely enslaved by veneration for the Emperor, and completely, if conveniently, habituated to a confusion between the rights or claims of the mighty dead, and those of the individual who happens to bear his name. No peasant in France could profess the Napoleoniun creed with more astonishing witvele than does the Presi dent of the Republic. And by the side of these con vie, ions—and not in the least iuconsistent with them—there seems to be an equally servile respect for the authority of the democracy in its widest acceptation. His seven millions of votes, end his relationship to Napoleon, ap pear to have inspired the President with a sort of belief in himself as the trustee of a Divine mission. Motives flowing from this belief aro the most respectable that can be assigned fur the many flagrant enormities in his con duct since the 2.1 of December, and for the compara tively few absurdities in the Constitution. Napoleon manacled the press—Napoleon swept the streets of Paris with grape—Napoleon transported Jacobites and Royal ists pell-mell to Cayenne. These examples, together with the poll of the 20th, have probably closed the Pre sident's breast against compunction for the cruelties which are scored against him in the conscience of the world. In the same way, between recollections of the Emperor's continual appeals to universal suffrage and his personal impression of its sanctity, Louis Napoleon has preserved the unlimited franchise against the advice of his most devoted counsellors, whilst ho has engrafted on his new institutions as strange an excrescence as the world has ever witnessed, in the shape of a perpetual right of extra-constitutional appeal to the people against the Constitution itself. Somebody has satirically defined the theory of Socialism as resolving itself into an infi nite succession of strikes. Louis Napoleon's idea of pro gress involves apparently an infinite succession of coups d'etat. The commencing paragraphs of the Proclamation strike us as highly characteristic and illustrative. The President asserts that every single one of the standing institutions of Franco was created by his uncle. " The greater portion," he writes, "of the measures which concern the progress of industry, of commerce, of litera ture, of science, and of the arts, from the statutes of the Thatre Francais to those of the Institute of France, from the institution of prud'honunes' to the creation of the Legion of Honour, have been fixed by the decrees of that [the Imperial] time. It may then be affirmed that the frame of our social edifice is the work of the Empe ror—which e h s resisting r e h , shocks ror—w h of ie t h hr h e a e s re s v t o o l o u d tio fi ns r . m, i since l i t haveh a e n y d th the same origin, should not his political institutions have e the same chance of duration?" This last question dis closes the fallacy which is misleading the President — fatally, we believe, and to his own dishonour. The Political Institutions of the Empire are out of date, because they were comprised in the genius of the Emperor himself, and the Emperor is no more. If Louis Napoleon can still the air at home with the roar of victorious cannon abroad—if he can absorb the in stincts of independence in the pride of domination—if he can tempt the eye which would be inquisitive in do mestic concerns to lose itself in the wide prospect of a conquered continent—he may govern France, though he accord to Frenchmen a much scantier measure of 'reedom than is guaranteed in his Constitution. He who can bend the hero's bow may enter upon his entire inheritance. But if this is beyond his reach—and com pass it he certainly cannot—the people will turn his political contrivances against him as easily as they turned the Charter against Charles X. We are not pre pared to say that rational freedom is impossible under the new institutions; but if Louis Napoleon proceeds a step further in the Imperial career of fraudulent usurpa tion, he may be sure that the mechanical checks he cre ates will last just up to the point—which is always reached eventually—where public opinion becomes stronger than terrorism. POST.—Thanks to the wonderful thought conductor which now link s us w ith th e Continent, an d l et us i n justice add, to the energy and promptitude of the corre spondent who has rendered us before such signal ser vice in the same kind, we were enabled to publish, in our third edition of yesterday—within half-an-hour of its promulgation in Paris—the outlines of the Act by which Louis Napoleon has terminated so much anxious suspense, has silenced so many bitter slanders, and by which, to quote his own emphatic words, he trusts that " Peace wit! be assured at home and abroad— his ardent hopes be fulfilled—his mission accomplished." We also gave (exclusively), at an early hour in the day, the full and exact text of that remarkable proclamation in which the President of the Republic announced this Act to the nation. Our readers are, therefore, able to judge on what kind of foundation the trustee of such mighty interests has undertaken to re-construct the political fabric—to regenerate the social system of France. The Constitution is, as the proclamation of the 2d December announced that it would be—bared on the system and principles on which the magnificence and en during benefits of the empire rose out of the hideous ruin strong action . and comprehensive of those earlier days of revolution. The distinguishing character of this political framework is an Executive of through a Parliament to the country, by whose universal suffrage both are elected. It will be seen that to the Legislative body is secured that great constitutional ile anfdatraelfordmiffi,p ower, prreesspeornvesisbtloe check on the Executive, with which no despotism can co gives them—what is now the chief exist—the exclusive power of voting the supplies of Go vernment.the French people the great principle of Parliamentary government, while it whic h, cil; y o i n f the all fa E c r e e o n f eh a want of France—an acting power in a position to effect progress O f se.. jealous and ill-regulated , Assembly, it could hitherto o. t the only worksp prop ose. government, since the great social disorganisation of half a century sin ce , h as b een the profession to work in theory with materials that did not exist in practice—the continued attempt to govern, first by a throne, from which the only sound Supports of monarchy had been knocked away; then through a re public, which was a mere hollow framework of democratic institutions, the machinery of which, ruined by a long process of centralization, was deprived of all real motive power. It would, doubtless, be presumptuous to an nounce as a certain remedy for the great evils which have so long afflicted France, the plan of her elected chief; but, as far as human loresight and calculatio n can extend, it does appear to us that Louis Napoleon has, in performing his promise of the 2d of December, con sulted those great objects, the permanent attainment of which ho has, from his first entrance on his great mis sion, declared to be the end and purpose of his labours. In thus boldly and frankly adopting the form , and spirit of the imperial polity for the ba sis of the system by which he is to govern, the Presi dent has, we trust, secured to France the best and only guarantee of prosperity within, and of peace beyond her frontiers—a firm and strong Government — trusted by the people on all details of execution—re sponsible to the nation on all great questions of principle To have attempted a new Utopia —a theorised system, on principles elaborated from conjectured expediencies— would have been to fall at a more critical moment, and with less hope of extrication, into the miseries and delu sions which made 1848 a year of rein. To combine tried institutions with the absolute demands of the day was one part of the problem to be worked out; to unite a strong directing Executive with a body that should preserve the essence of the Parliamentary principle, and should represent the people's voice in the State, was the other. The Napoleonic system solves this problem in its powerful but responsible head—its originating Council of State—its controlling senate, and deliberative Parlia mentary Chamber. We have never ceased to combat that black invention, so recklessly originated and so sedulously maintained in certain quarters of the English press, that the three years' struggle of the President has been ono gigantic hypocrisy—his whole conduct and his every profession one enormous mass of falsehood and perjury. No lighter charge than this was involved in the suppo sition that all the efforts of Louis Napoleon to govern the nation which had made him its chief wore directed to the mere establishment of his own personal power in the form of a military despotism, and that such an establishment would bo the sole result of the for cible but necessary acts of the 2d of December, the only manner in which its author would keep the pro mise of a constitution, which he then held forth to the nation as the close of its long era of revolution. We had watched with an anxious and strengthened hope the loyal and patient struggle of the Chief of the State, and the increasing and confirmed confidence of the nation in his power and judgment; we trusted that those qualities, supported by that deserved adher ence, would supply to France the means and the secur ity ot prosperous development, by rescuing the princi pl e of government from the dangers amid which it was perish ing, yet preserving in its full power, and obeying in its full extent, that absolute sovereignty of the na tiona l voice which the course of events has made the_ . only possible foundation and reliance of authority. . We re cognise in the now Constitution—in the reception by the influential classes of the new form of Government.--the strongest guarantee that this hope will not be disap pointed. We look to seeing in the ten years' extension of Louis Napoleon's power, the best safeguard of those interests which have been so long and so fearfully en dangered. ADVERTISER.—We publish to-day an outline of the new Constitution of France, with the proclamation by which it is preceded. Wo shall be able to speak more fully and more confidently as to the p rev i s i ons the important document, when it is before us in ea:lenso In meantime, without expressing any judgment on th • character of this new French Constituti on, we are e sure that not only England, but all Europe, will ei re* • ce to find that the conclusion of the proclamation bre athes the most pacific spirit. "May thi s Constitu tion,says the President, " give to our country calm and pro sperous days—way it prevent the r e t urn of those struggles in which victory, h owever legitimate • intestine dearly bought—may the s a nc ti on which t i l ls always to my efforts be blessed by H eaven. you , ave given . eace be assured at hom e and ab roa d , my ardent hopes will be fulfilled,any Wiiii9loll will be mccuplielied." DAILY NE WS, —The Autocrat of France has pro mulgated the constitution that might have been expected of him. It is precisely that constitution that the fa vourite clown or ch ar l atan of the day might have an nounced with enthusiastic applause to the audience that throngs before any theatre of the Boulevard du Temple. It is the very burlesque of representative government, the parody of every system that ha s b een seriously es sayed in really free countries. Power without responsi bility, debates without publicity, a C ommons House without the faculty of originating a law or modifying a budget, an Upper House without her e dit ary dignity or elective right, a Government which is nothing but a po lice, and an army whose duty is merely that of gen darmes —such is the political system solemnly p roposed for and to F rance i n t h e middle of the 19:h century. The consular constitution of the year VIII., from which the mock system is borrowed, was, it i s we ll known, an un di sgu i sed an d complete distatorship. Th e Council of State were the advocates whom the future emperor paid and consulted. The senators were his valets. The Tribunate, or Lower House, was com posed of his paid talkers, who, when they talked in any way that Government did not like, were peecluded from talki ng at all. Soon alter this constitution was originally granted, the tribunate, as the Howe of Ito presentatives was then called, chose to discuss and criti cise Napoleon's two measures of the code and the con cordat. The First Consul was indignant at their auda city, and withdrew these laws, giving the tribunate nothing whatever to discuss. They had no power by the constitution of originating a law or a motion, conse quently their functions were suspended, their place be came a sinecure, and they themselves became the laugh ing -stock of the Parisians. The same fate awaits the mock House of Commons of Louis Napoleon, if, indeed, he can get any Frenchmen above the rank of village schoolmasters who w ou ld so far demean themselves as to wear the livery, and receive the pay, of popular re presentatives without th e f aculty of doing: anything save what they w ere b i dd en. Why not issue a decree, that the servants who wait behind the chairs of the guests at the Elyass shall take the seats in the morning, and vote the l aws o f the President, including ' his own civil list an d th e i r expenses. It would be just as respectable and genuin e a H ouse of Commons as the va(etaille which the mock constitution summons from the provinces. Odious ,as is a di c t atorsh i p, the least humiliating for m o f i t is that which avows what it is, and which assigns reasons for its necessity. Bona parte, in 1800, was not without these reasons. The country had just recovered from civil war and from foreign war, from both of which be who claimed the dictatorship had saved it. The representative system had in a manner worn it se lf ou t. I ts l ast manifestation was a reckless and exuberant royalism, that threatened to give up every boon and conquest of the great revolu tion. The excuse of Bonaparte was that he wanted to save the revolution, the benefits and the acquisition of this revolution from a reckless and criminal reaction. To maintain the revolution, to uphold in office, influence, and power, the ideas and the generation which it had produced, such was the idea of Napoleon. He was determined to save revolutionary F rance f rom t h e des potic subjugation of Europe, to endow France with new laws an d w i th a social and political organisation in accordance with the state of things and of society that the revolution had created, and that the counter-revolution threatened to destroy. Liberal men admitted that there was some show of reason in these motives. And when Napoleon came forward with the code and the concordat and with his system of mixed education, they understood that he had not grasped power for purely selfish purposes, and that he made use of that power to place France superior to the other Eu ropean absolutisms, and free from the worst abuse of the old French alisolutism. But is there one of these pleas —one of these excuses—that holds good, or can be seri ously brought forward for the present barefaced and inglorious and tricky usurpation ? Not one. There is all the ty ranny , a ll t h e assumpt i on , all theimper tinent dogmatism of setting up as a legislator for a great nation, at a time when that nation has grown to manhood, instead of being, as in 1800, in a political nonage. There i s rea ll y noth i ng to do, nothing to change, nothing to enact. France is not menaced by the foreigner ; an d F rance i s menaced by no priestly or aristocratic reaction, which the present tyranny does no . t rather flatter and yi e ld t o t h an set at nought. There is no disorder in th e p rov i nces, no defects in the admini▪ s tration, which absol u t e power must not aggravate in stead of reform. There was a want of honesty and of a high tone of mora li ty i n public men. Will Louis Na poleon mend that? The provinces have been reduced to nullities, local intelligence and influence crushed: what cau Loui s N apo l eon do but aggravate the evi▪ l? The army weighed on the country: it will weigh hence forth tenfold. Direct taxes took away half the revenue of the landed proprietors, the majority of whom are poor. To increase di rec t taxat i on w i ll b e impossible— yet bow avoid it, if the salt and drink duties be abolished? There is n o re f orm possible, no alleviation feasible in French taxation, except by means of economy. Can Louis Napoleon, or can any m ili tary chief,economise ? There is, therefore, n o t one pretence f or setting up a dictatorship —one reason, save that this mode of go vernment alone suits the nephew of Napoleon. As to the Constitution just promulgated, it is the most auda cious of humbugs, not deigning to take the trouble to corer with even a decent veil the nakedness of despo tism. All that it attempts is not to temper arbitrary power, but to associate and implicate with it all those notable or capable men, who consent to barter independ ence for effice, and who submit to wear the despot's livery in return for liberty, to share with the dictator the spoils of the state. No honest or upright man will take office under such a mock Constitution; and if a sufficient number of Frenchmen of education and capa city be found to do so, all we can say is, that this will stamp indeligiblo disgrace upon France, without adding to the durability or consistency of a government which is an anachronism to the age, and a disgrace to the country, iu whos e hi s t or y i t must surv i ve as an indelible humiliation. COURT CIRCULAR: WINDSOR, JAN. 15. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty last evening;—llis Serene Highsesa Prince Leo pold of Saxe Cobuurg, Chevalier and Madame Bunsen, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and Giantess Granville, the Earl of Mulgrave, and Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance in the Castle during dinner, and played the following selection: — Overture, " Midsummer Night's Dream," Mendelssohn. Cbeear, "La Charii6" ... Rossini. Duetto Buffo "Don Pasquale" Donizetti. Reminiscences from Le Csid ▪ Thomas. Court Beauty Polka • W. Guernsey. Her Majesty's private band attended afterwards is the evening, and played the following.— Overture, " Cantemiro" • Foca. Solo, Violin, M. Sainton, "Adagio and Rondo Mazurka," Sainton. Selection, " Fra Diavolo" ••• ... A über. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Home Park this forenoon. The Royal children did not take their usual exercise this morning, owing to the unfavourable elate of the weather. Invitations have been sent to the following person ages, who are expected to arrive at the Castle to-day:— His Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of Nassau, Baron asideln, Baro❑ Roggenbach, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Normanby, the Marquis of Granby, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, and Lady Clementina Villiers. Mr. Darling, Lieutenant-Governor of St. Lucia, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colcnial office. Sir James Duke had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The Marquis cf Lansdowne, after attending the Ca binet Council yesterday afternoon, left town for his seat, Bowood Park, Wiltshire. The Noble Marquis, as Lord President of the Privy Council, ha s i ssu ed invitations to a grand dinner to the Cabinet Ministers and the great officers of the Queen's Household, on Saturday, the 31st of January, at Lansdowne House, for the purpose of settling the roll of sheriffs for the present year. Earl Granville and the Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yesterday morning from Windsor Ca s tl e for the purpose of attending the Cabinet Council. jji, Lordship and the Right lion. Baronet returned to Windsor Castle in the afternoon. Dispatches were received at the Colonial office yester day from the Governors of Labuan, the Gold Coast, and Gibraltar. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE, OXFORD, JAN. 14.—1 n a Congregation holden on this day, the first day of Lent Term, the following degr ees were conferred:— Masters of Arts—Rev, James Murray Richard R line, Brawn"' ; Rev. J 813156 Lawrenc e , Bra aw- William Frederick Smith, S t. John ' 3 R 6, " ° '" ; ev. Edward Fox, Fellow of New College, The R e gius Pr o f essor of Pastoral Theology intends to begin his course of lectures of the present term on Tuesday, the 17th of February. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. BALLIOL COLLEGE.—Tho Rev. U. W . has beau presented to the rectory of W Yo S x u a l l i l v , a S n' ta M ffo .A rd- 9 shire. EXETER COLLEGE._. The Rev. IL W. Cleave, 8.A., has been appointed to the curacy of Batcombe, Dorset. QUEEN'S COLLEGE. —The vW. • B A has been appointed e • nrie ees, . el to the curacy of Upton Saudamore, Wilts. The Rev. J. O'Brien, M.A., has been presented to the vicarage of lienfield. BRASENOSE COLLEGE.—The Rev. J. F. Brindle, RA., has been appointed to the curacy of Romington, Wilts. The Rev. W. H. Lucas, M.A., Fellow of this College, has been appointed to the endowed lectureship in the church of itodborough, Gloucestershire. ST. JOIIN'S COLLEGE.—The Rev. H. A. Bowles, M.A., has been preented to the rectory of Merrow, Surrey. WORCESTER COLLEGE.—The Rev. L. R. C. Griffiths, ail., has been presented to the rectory of Swindon, Gloucestershire. MAGDALEN HALL.—The Rev. H. W. Brooks, 8.A., has been appointed to the curacy of Lyme-Regis. ST. EDMUND lIALL.—The Rev. F. Cruse, B.A. has been appointed to Inc curacy of Earl Stok e , Wilts. A memorial to the Lords of the Treasury has been agreed to by the Highland Society deploring the want of a museum of economic geology and chemistry i n S co tl an d, an d praying for Government aid for the establi s h men t of a museu m in Edinburgh, similar in constitution, character, and industrial objects to the Irish Industrial Institution, Dublin ; and also that the geological survey should be ex tended to Scotland, THE SPEAKER.—There is not the slightest founda tion for the rumours, alluded to by a weekly contemporary, Of the WIACI4PIAtca ritimmt INSTITUTION OF CIVIL :ENGINEERS. On Tuesday, the 13th Jan. (James Bendel, Esq., President, in the chair), the proceedings of the even ing were commenced by an address from the Presi dent on taking the chair, for the first time, after his election. After thanking the members for the honour con ferred on him, and requesting not only t h eir indul oapnedratthioend,iginnimaintaining tgbeen interest t o h f e itrh the name of the profession, the President pro cee d ed to e i e e tin c g o s, notice the principal works terminated, or in progres s , and even th e new pro j ec t s i n w hi c h eng i neer i ng skill had been employed, or was required. The Great Exhibition was prominently noticed, at tention being drawn to the fact of so much of the raw material, and of the manufactured article being shown, with so little of the means of manufacturing, and thus the greatest portion of the lesson had been unproductive. Turning to the more immediate occupation of the Civil Engineers, which had been styled " Th e Appli cation of Mind to Matter ;" it was sought to be en forced, that all undertakings should be examined, not only with respect to their engineering possibility, but to their social and political influence on society. The vast increase of private communication was noticed, four hundred millions of lettcrs being now delivered annually, instead of seventy-six millions, as before the establishment of the penny post system. Steam alone could have conveyed such a mass of correspondence. The increase of population in England and the decrease in Ireland afforded an opportunity for point ing out the fine field offered by the latter country for the ameliorating effects of engineering works. Claussen's flax process, emigration, cheap branch lines of railway, drainage, and other topics were then discussed and reasoned on. Th e general railway system was examined and traced, g i v i ng the principal statistical facts connected with the railways 9f Britain, the Continent, India, and the United States, in connexion with which latter the name of General Gibbs M'Neill, the pupil of Telford and George Stephenson, was mentioned as having constructed a great extent of lines. The length, direction, a n d purposes of the railways were given, with the princi pal statistical facts connected with them. The principal ports, harbours of refuge, and general civil engineering works in Great Britain were men tioned, with some points of interest connected with each. The electric and submarine telegraphs, with the wonderful effects they were calculated to produce on commerce and the political relations of nations, were descanted on. The strength of the royal steam navy and the won derful progress of the commercial steam-power of England were given, with details of the statistics of several of the principal companies, and the value of auxiliary steam and screw vessels was pointed opt, with the great change now operating in the collier trade of the north. The drainage of land and its influence on rivers, the reclaiming of lands from the sea—new modes of raising water in the fens—the sanitary regulations as applied to all large towns—agricultural engineering, its union with chemistry—increased power for water supplies to the metropolis and the principal cities of Great Britain, and the new mineralogical discoveries of iron ore near Iliddleshro'-on-Tees and North ampton, furnished topics for a brilliant display of statistical research and sound reasoning ; and the President, before closing his able address, thus ex pressed him se lf w ith respect to the strike of the ope rative engineers : "At a period of such regular employment for almost all classes of artisans, and a general absence of complaint, it is unfortunate that any symptoms of dissatisfaction should have been exhibited by a body of men, whose experience, intelligence, and attain ments on most subjects, induced the belief that they would be the last to listen to the evil counsels of de signing agitators. Disunion between employers and the employed must ever be productive of evil to both ; but it invariably ends in permanent injury to the men, whose occupation is the construction of machines by which manual labour is only apparently super seded, whilst civilization is invariably advanced, by affording mankind increased powers over the mate rials of the world. "The result of the present contest between em ployers, wbo have invested several millions sterling, in tools, machinery, and buildings; and artisans, who cannot now execute work without the aid of those machines, whose sphere of utility they seek to limit, cannot for an instant be doubtful; and it must be very pernicious influence that could render a body of such intelligent men so unobservant of the true laws regulating supply and demand as to imagine they could control the prices of the labour necessary to produce those very labour-saving machines of their own manufacture, and which it is evidently their true interest to see multiplied. If their avowed ob jects were attained, the only result would be such an increased cost of machinery, and such uncertainty in its production, that either the trade would be driven to other countries or the factories here must be manned by skilled foreign workmen, whose produc tions are, even now, scare-ly second to our own. "It to be fervently hoped that the men will dis card the erroneous notion that capital is the foe of labour;' and that, as the employers have expressed their willingness to consider any individual represen tations, made in a fitting manner, this unhappy dis pute may be arranged without prejudice to either party." The meeting was addressed by Mr. Scott Russell Mr. Locke, ALP , and General Gibb APNvill, on the topics touched on by the President in his address, which was ordered to be printed. At the monthly ballot the following candidates were duly elected :—Messrs. T. Brassey, E. A. Cow per, P.M. Parsons, and Captain T. Webb, R.E as associates. The followin g paper was announced to b e rea d meetingthe o Tuesday, Janua ry Chan " On the es of 20th . Alluvial Formations and the Local g the t South• Eastern Coast of England. Second section— from Beachy Head to Portland ; " by 111 r. J. B Redman, M. Inst. C.E. THE SPRING CIRC UITS. The Judges yesterday assembled to select their respective circuits. The final arrangement was as follows: NORFOLK.—Lord Ouppbell and Mr. Justice P atteson MIDLAND, — Lord Chief Justice Jervis and M r . J ustly; _Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justic Maul°. IlostE.—Mr, Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Coleridge. r. Justice Wightmun and Mr. Baron Platt. Mr. Justice Talfourd. Cr --v . _.: 211;: • _Jums t r i . e j e E n s r t l i e e asn Williams.d N es o dw ßT e raN u . r i m in to wn and attend W OK E F S O T II E D R I. N NORTLI SOUTH WALES.7nAIivr. will arrow' atrill. The Chief Baron Chambers. DEAN IN IIIS PROSPERITY. I called upon Kean when his benefit was announced. Ido not exaggerate when I say that money was lying about the room in all directions ; the present Li r. C. K l ean, then a fine little boy, g w u i i t n h eas ric ( li th c a u n r a lin r g are ha ca ir i , a - ) w oans heaps on the mantelpiece, table floor; with some score of le a rl ing bank notes were in K. was quite bewildered with plans o n f th a e n h a tions. I remember three ladies being n introduced, ;uaenadi whoap ricras: ap proached Mrs. K. as if she were a divinity. Little Charles- hwooden horse with sti rrups. " What a sweet child, " they wispered, and e y e d hi m as if he had been a young Prince. I think the r ece i pts of that benefit amounted to 1,4501. Mrs. K. was a warm-hearted, affectionate, good woman, and devotedly attached to her husband.—Life of Lees. MATRIMONIAL PROJECTS OP LOUIS NAPOLIION.- For some time before the late coup d'aitut, says a well• in formed contemporary, communications had been going on between the President and Queen Christina of Spain, with a view to a marriage between himself and one of the daughters of her Majesty by her secondhus advancesband,Mu hnoza;d actua lly preceded wIl are not mi s i n f orme d some pecuniary preceded this matrimonial contract. However this may be, the negotiation has now been broken off, the money repaid, and the elect of the 20th of December now looks for a commit among the legitimate issue of the crowned heads of Europe. The court to which the attention of Louis Napoleon has been naturally directed is that of Sweden, for the Queen of Sweden is a daughter of Eugene Beauharnais, married to King Oscar, the son of Bernadotte; and their daughter, the Princess Charlotte Eugenie of Sweden, is said to be the ob ject ofthis proposal. We have gro un d s f or believing that in this instance the negotiation is actuall on foot. The i y r - o e sa ar, bo a t a n d father m ay abned m considered ather. ji t to be ay e Princessntpc a h pe in r i i her n descent her 22 d - - SAMBRE AND MEUSE RAILWAY.—The report of the directors of this company was yesterday submitted to the English shareholders, at their oLces in London, End was unanimously adopted. This line of railway (which is, as regards mineral traffic, one of the most important in Belgium) has been only partially completed, for want of the capital necessary for so doing; a portion has, however, been in work since 1849, and the traffic has, under many disad vantages, more than carried out the anticipations of the pro jectors. With the objcct of completing the entire line and its branches, the directors now propose to raise 400,000/. in the following manner :—The 200,0001. necessary to complete the main line to be raised in 20,000 shares of 101. each, en titled to a preference dividend of 5 per cent. per annum, to be called Class B. The 200,000/. for the branches to be raised in a similar manner, to be called Class B, and to be en titled to a dividend of 4 per cent. , under the gua rantee of the Belgian Government, payable on the comp l etion of each branch. The Belgian Government, in consideration of the large amount of English capital invested in this line, and aware of its importance to the great mining interests of that country, have undertaken not only to guarantee the 4 per cent. on 200,000/., but in every way to assist the directors in carrying out the undertaking, the value of whi c h must en tirely depend upon its completion in those districts from whence the largest amount of traffic will be derived, namely, the great mineral country lying Letween the Sambre and Meuse rivers in Belgium. THE AMERICAN PRESS. —The low estimate placed by foreigners on the New York press is scarcely undeserved. Take their own estimate for truth, and there is not a viler l o t of scamps outside the state prison. According to the Express, the editor of the Herald is "a viper." According to the Herald, George 'Wilkes, of th e P o li ce Gazette, felon." Colonel Webb, o f t h e Courier, says that Willis is "a seducer, and, morally speak i ng, ' a mur d erer; " while the Day Book charges Colonel Webb with being " a rogue Mild A rAAcal." S