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Carriage paid to any part of the country on orders over 20s. Copy the address, PARKINS and GOTTO, Paper and Envelope Makers, 25, OXFORD-STREET. ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. Continuous NoTolties 7 Continnous Sneceso--Continnous ApplauBe _ and Overflowing Audiences. - Great Hit of the Bottle Imp. The performances Taia EVENING and during the week will commence with a new GRATULATORT ADDRESS, written and delivered by Mr. Albany Brown. After which, a new scene of Apropos, entitled the MANAGER'S ROOM, with Signor Bari Tone's new Soena, The French Commenta tor on Shakspere. The grand romantic Spectacle of THE BOTTLE IMP. To be followed by a new Neapolitan grotesque Divertissement, entitled ARLECHINO FORTUNATO, with the new Italian Mimes. To conolcde with the Musical Burlesque of BOMBASTES EU RIOS°. Morng Juvenile Performance To-Morrow and Saturday next, at Three o'clock. Doors open at Half-past Two. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes, 11. Is.; Balcony Stalls, 35.; Lower Stalls, 2s. ; Balcony, %w. ; Anaphilheatre, Is. Private Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sam's Royal Library, St. Atmes's-street ; My, C. 011ivier, New Bond-street ; at all the prin- Opal libraries; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, Adelaide street, West Strand. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS' EVENING, Will be produced the Opera of FRS DIAVOLO. Frs. Diavolo, Mr. Sias Reeves ; Lord Alleash, Mr. Whitworth ; Lorenzo, Mr. Manvens ; Giacomo, Mr. Dehaga ; Zerlina, Mrs. Sims Reeve.; Lady Alleash, Miss P. Horton. _ To iigiclado with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HARLICQL'IN H9GARTH ; Or, The Two London 'Prentices. Box-office open daily from 10 to 4. PRICES OF ADMISSION. The former scale of prices has been revised, and a rate of admission acioptel suitable to the convenience of all classes of society:— Dr.sa Circle Upper Boxes Pit .. • • Amphitheatre Gallery .. U. 6d. MALT Pll6l. Drees Circle rpper Bolles .. • • • • Amphitheatre • • • • .. Is. Gallery 04. 6d. •• •. Relate Boa.qt, 48 34., $2 34., and £1 I ls. 6d. Orchestra Malls, is Stage Manager. M, J. M. MORTON. Director of spectacle, Mr. W. WEST. The whole under the management of Mr. BUNN. LESSEE. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, W/31 be perfbrmed LONDON ASSURANCE. Characters by Memo. Buckstone, Leigh Murray, Lambert, Howe ; Mrs. Stirling. and Miss Reynolds. To be followed by a DUEL IN THE DARK, in which Mr. Back. atone and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will appear. To conclude with a Fairy Burlesque, called THE PRINCESS RA. DIAN AND THE STORY OF MAYFLOWER. Characters by Uesits. Buckstone, H. Bedford, J. Bland, Caultbald, Clark, Flimmeri, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Buckingham, and Miss Collins. THEATRE ROYAL, 4DELPIII. gactaTee.llr. B. Webster • Di r ectress, Madame Celeste. ous success of the YiLikee Comedian, Josh Silsbee. tills EVR.N e I IS G• M OTHER AND CHILD Will )... Derformed Use Farce of THE My. Paul Bedford ; ARE DOING WELL. Lieutenant O'ScllPPer; Mr. Felix Xmosa } larding. g P IfY, Mr. Wri tit ; Maxwell, Mr. Worrell ; Emily, Miss T°bel- "tgied by a characteristic sketch, called THE TANKER PEDLAR; or, Old Times in Virginia. Hiram Dodge, Mr. 611 "7 ' Worland, Wr. vv erreu ; des m a r. li vv ard eg ing ht.. tf . te co r n w ei th e mwivaitnEecwio ss aun N ds a ß u t cy T ß sic antam jur ,.M ß is o s bta Er ILE RED RIDING HOOD. Wolfram,original f LlT namedur- the Wolf of Bibench), Mr. Paul Bedford; Scraggenheim, Mr. Chßnar'stmonasofTalßeu,ricibalurgled o ßutler ; Trudchen (c.. --r amsblY called Little Red Riding Hood), 311 " Kathleen Fitz william. .O.OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STICERT. Under the M anagementot Mr. C. Kasai. THIS EVv.NING. gbakesPere's Play of TWELFTH NIGHT (as acted at Windsor Castle, bY R°Val CMeramadoand). Characters by Messrs. Bartley, Keeley, Hasiey, Ryder, Meadows, ) J. Vining, Cathcart, and Wheatleigh ; Miss uttrray, Mrs. Keeley , and Mrs. E. K ean. V .After which, the Operetta of the S WISS COTTAGE ( as acted at Wigan will appear • dsor Castle by Royal Cow . mand), Which Mr. and Mrs. K ee l e y , i l d n A. — with a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled lIARLEQ U , OR ; or, The Flying Dutchman and the King of Ra !!!1±f: l'i Y ar i eq uin, Mr. Cormack , Clown, Mr. Flexmore; Panta loon, Mr. Paulo ; "''''' • an d Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclercq. ROYAL LYCEW Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal dur.,,a_ Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, B. B aker 3 / 4 1,1 1 ; rs by Horn, and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with 11. C• A new and 6riginal Fairy Extr ava g anza, by J. R. M ~anche, H. Forest Characters THE PRINCE OF nArPY LAN or, The Fawn i n TAZ D ; Characters by Madame Vestris, Miss St. George, Miss Lanza 'm 31118 ,., Martindale. Miss Grove, Miss Ellis, Miss Rosins Wright, - • Matualih, B. Baker, Suter, Horricastle, Butler, and Vernon. ROYAL OLYMPIC TIIEATRE• L ome and manager, Mr. W. Farren. THIS MEKING, Itbe performed A CONSPIWATOE IN SPITE OFnI.IIHMa3StiEELgFa: Mr. Inigo Inkhorn, Mr. Farren ; Tiffin, Mr. Cornpto Mr. W. Yarren, jun., ze rt h t. Burdett. After which AN ORGANIC AFFECTION. Miss L. Howard ; Margaret, Mrs. To conclude with RED RuFus ; or, nariev i n Fact, Fiction, and Fancy. Red Rufus, Mr. Shalders ; Clown, Mr. Edwards; H arle q uin. Mr. Forrest ; s antaloon, Mr. Tanner; Colambine, Miss Lees. dui C Less irS ee pLA lt Y r /TtE c O A.N pE D LA-ND BTRAND Liverp THEA coIf ": The Warmest Theatre in L'endon. T/11- EVKIIINti. INIk be partbrmed THE TWELVE LABOURS OF HERCULES. After which, The JUVENILE PARTY. 20 be followed by a new Chinese burlesque, celled THE mAT.TDA.- /glirS DAUGHTER , er, Willow Pattern Plate. Characters by Velars. J. Reeve, Rogers, Romer, Attwood, Hudspeth ; w ee d er ," Marshall, Sanders, Bell, Eglinton, and Maskell. Zb condude with MY SISTER FROM INDIA. r -e Saices oi admission ate arranged as iollow i—or c b stra ea; 4 8; boxes (first circle), Bs.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is, cx.ors to be opened at Half-pant Six, and the perlonnanees to wirnaa4 nee at Seven predsaly. second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Nine Vela* --rant 25.• ' seoond circle, Is. Private Boxes OraGniuea and a Half each. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Un der .21•P•ratnarge rb r e AL r M Prince Albert. a„IOIt.yandAMPHITHEATRE.hisRoyaI Hlg h n e el ,fie Pr and Man age r, Mr. W. Batty. most successful and popular Th eatre in Lonaon. NIL 84117 begs t o inibraa his patrons that he has entered into an glikokameint with Mons. FRANTZ BENSOO, the great Ropo Danner. from Vienna. who wilt make his appearance every evening. THIS HVENING, win be perreirlead a Magni/lee= Spectacle, Blitp ; or, Female Callosity, inwhich will be intr e o n d t u iti ce ed d a B pa ß ir ß o E f hit y.frahaed Elephants, male and female, allowed to be the moat Witail eV. brought into Europ e . pAtty's Inimitable Seeress of the Arena, combining talent of the htgffest order, both N a ti ve and Foreign. With the mcst popular and only Equestrian Pantomime in London, andulkarareciuinßß:37rGSß; or, Punch's Festival—Mirth, IL., • ' Is...task/A,. ' hied biLR. r. , - • , t, and Jollity . erre). ; Columbine, Miss Avery ; ~.1,,,,,,_;, h . Mr. Buckman; Clown . , Arthar Nelson, who will in the r eac h evening Pia? A number of favourite airs on the ° , Hartslonlaulip -, ... 0 - i . on 'navy', Feb. 6, 4 rV "F"' -'- _-„,,,, - ' "are bn4 ad =Ones Mut io l / 4 4 . _ v , 0 au tal Four daily. r05." k ...„,' ) , ~., ._ _ eta 10 ....„,...0. it. ~, 4 0 OW '" "! Penh tit a S Now ready, THE EARL OF ALBEMARLE'S "MEMOIRS of the MARQUIS of ROCK-DWI:IAM and his CONTE 11PORAKIES. 2 Vols. Bvo., with Portrait. 30s. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). LOND ON and NOR T H-WE STERN RAILWAY.—NOTICE 13 HEREBY GIVEN, that the next HALF-TEARLY ORDINARY MEETING of the London and North-Western Railway Company will be held at the Euston Station, London, on FRIDAY, the 20th day of February, 1852, at Twelve o'clock at noon, for the transaction of the general intsMess of the Company, and also to determine upon the Consolidation into Stock of the Coventry and Nuneaton Railway Shares, the whole of the calls on which Shares have been paid up. Dated this 2d day of February, 1852. 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For economy in fuel it is invaluable ; for sim plicity, cleanliness, and non-liability to get out of order, unrivalled. Testimonials of the highest respectability, and full particulars, to be had on application to the manufacturer, Lyme Regis, Dorset; and at the London warehouse, 53, Watling-street, Budge-row, where stock is kept, and cards given to view :one in operation at a first class hotel at the West-end. Manager, Mr. JAMES ILIFFE. CURE OF HOARSENESS AND SORE THROAT BY DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. " Market-street, Oxford-street, London, January 32, 1852. . . Gentlemen,—l have been suffering from a severe cold and sore throat for some time —lndeed was so bad that I could not speak—l tried all the usual remedies, but without obtaining any relief. lat last tried a Is. I%d. box of Dr. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS, which I 4m happy to say has quite cured me, and restored my voice. —Tours, &c. "31. GIDDY." They have a pleasant taste. Price Is. 1 1 / 4d., 2s. 9d., and I Is. per box. Sold by all druggists. Also, Dr. LOCOCK'S ANTIBILIOUS WAFERS, a mild and gentle Aperient Medicine, having a most agreeable taste, and of great efficacy for re4ulating the secretions and correcting the action of the Stomach and Liver. ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE• Determined, we suppose, not to be altogether behind the other and larger theatres, the management here brought out last night a pantomimic piece that may very safely bear comparison with its more ostentatious companions, although called only a " Divertissement." It is a genuine Italian mime, in which Arlechind, Columbine, Pantalon, and Vierrot, flit about the stage in a novel style; and in which the music and scenery are appropriate, and the tricks, though but few, well done. The chief character, however, as far as amuse ment is concerned, bore the name of Salmello, who really is the prince of pantomimists, and by the aid of a small hoop performs certain feats of agility that would defy the rivalry of Mr. Flexmore and all the acrobats of the best circus in the world. The house was well at tended, and the performances evidently afforded great gratification. The spirited proprietor seems deter mined to keep up the popularity that he has so rapidly and so deservedly secured for this small but elegant theatre. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Last night a most interesting lecture was delivered in the large theatre of the above institution on the " Music of many Nations." The lecturer was a Mr. T. T. Peed, who, we believe, was educated at the Musical Academy, and was in the singing class of Crivelli. He possesses a fine pure tenor voice of great power, and he did ample justice to the many beautiful songs he selected to illustrate his subject. There is too much pressure on our space to permit us to follow him through his instructive discourse ; suf fice it to say, that he brings to his task much taste, ability, and research, with a very happy, agreeable manner of delivery; and we are sure all who listen to him will leave the institution much gratified, and his lecture will be a source of attraction for a long period. DEATH or A VETERAN.—The Windsor Express of yesterday, in an obituary of Mr. Joseph White, of that town, at the age of eighty-four, who was in the Blues during the expedition to Holland, adds that he was once brought before a court martial for a breach of discipline. During a time when the two hostile lines were lying opposite to each other, and watching, it may be, for any opportunity afforded by a laxity of their opponents of which they might take ad vantage, a French colonel, in showy uniform, left the ranks of his regiment and advanced in a mem cing and insulting manner towards the front of the British lines, seeming to wish to be understood to challenge to single combat any one venturous enough to encounter his well-known skill as a swordsman. This lasted some time, until our hero had quietly saddled and mounted his horse, and making a con siderable detour, to avoid the observation of his superiors, at length approached the chivalrous Gaul, whom, after a combat of some little duration, in view of both armies, he overthrew and killed, stopping only to dispossess his fallen foe of watch, purse, epaulets, and such spolia opima , he re turned safe and unharmed to his regiment through a shower of bullets from the French lines. On his arrival he was, of course, arrested and tried for the breach of discipline, in leaving the ranks without orders, found guilty, and sentenced to be severely admonished. OMNIBUS Feass.—Very great dissatisfaction is expressed by the immense mass of passengers on the Oxford street and Holborn line of road at the sudden abandonment of the cheap farm by the Paddington companies. It is urged, and with good reason, that such a mode of proceeding on the part of the proprietors was not warranted, and shows the indifference they feel to the prop er an d un i versa l desire of the me t ro p o litan public in this matter. It is fur ther urged, and with no less reason, that as the numerous residents on the south side of Hyde -park have the oppor tunity of riding from the furthermost part of Pimlico, and even as far as Sloane-square to the Bank, and even beyond that distance, by the whole of the Chelsea and Pimlico om nibus-s, there is no just cause why the same facilities should not be afforded to the inhabitants of Paddington and Bayswat e r, and the vast neighbourhood which has arisen in that locality during the last f ew years. I t may b e (which we very much doubt to be the case) that the extreme dis tance of the journey from Paddington to the City is greater than from Chelsea or Pimlico, but at all events the latter are beyond the three-mile distance from the Post-office, which the Marble Arch is not, and it is considered that the least concession which the public have the right to expect is the adoption of the th reepenny f are f rom th a t s pot to the City, in order in some degree to assimilate the fare to the more favoured route on the other side of the park. An organized opposition on this road is, however, talked of, by the establishment of a new company, with a superior de scription of vehicles to those at present in use, which stand in great need of improvement, and which will probably pro duce the desired effect. DINNER TO JAMES BAIRD, ESQ., M.P.—On Thursday, in compliance with a requisition addressed to him by the electors of Lanark, Mr. J. Baird, M.P., met the con stituents of the burgh. In the forenoon the freedom of the burgh was presented to him, and in the evening upwards of 70 of the electors entertained the Hon. Gentleman to dinner in the Commercial Inn. Drindas M'Queen Gray, Esq., of Crofton-hill, in the chair. Allusion was made by the chairman to the manner in which Mr. Baird had dis charged his Parliamentary duties, and the satisfaction with which these had been regarded by the constituency.—North British Daily Mail. DINNER. TO WILLIAM LOCKHART, ESQ., M.P.-- Friday afternoon Mr. Lockhart, M.P. for the county of Lanark, was entertained at dinner in the Clydesdale Hotel, Lanark, by the gentlemen of the Upper Ward, as an ex pression of the value which they attached to his services as representative of the county. The party, which numbered upwards of 120 gentlemen, many of them of high standing in the county, embraced all shades of opinion, it being un derstood that the demonstration was entirely irrespective of politics. Hope Vere, Esq., of Blackwood and Craigie discharged the duties of chairman.—North British Daily LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Yes terday the dire tors of this company resolved to re commend to the proprietors, at the half-yearly meeting to be held on the 12th instant, that the dividend for the h rate of Sl ott-year ending the 31st of December last, be at the Per cent. per annum on the capital stock of the e k rpa,.. 1, 3%. It appears that this result was arrived at - ; i in i quig aside 10,0001. towards providing new l ast, had been furnished during the past year, leaving, poundsPaYment a the dividend, a balance of several thousand . This lady died a few ll Dun dalk, Ireland. DON. MRS. AIIGII DEATH we T H Hon. Augustus The days since, at the cottage near Dun- Gleoher deceased was the second wife of the STIJS JOCELYN.— the Earl of Roden Macneill, the e nals the eminent jl l yrederick Jocelyn, step brother to died in 1847, second daughter of Sir John January, 1851. Mr. Jocelyn': so n recently as the Bth day of years of age. She was in g l arr e i n e e r. Mrs. Jocelyn was but 22 e. daughter of Gen. Sir Neil Douglass, R.C.8., BUILDING.—On Saturday the building Passed f ormally OPENING OF THE E XHIRITio3 Com mission into the hands of Messrs. from the Royal FoxCora con tractors, and all the articles remainingand Hende rson , th e pro p er ty of the Royal Commission, and side such°ut became the qui " d for the purposes of a national museum, will be sold and their proceeds added to the general fun ~ u The 8 : r ' tuitous admission of the public commenced yesterday, by ; ticket, to be obtained on application from the Royalaeo b missioners, or the contractors. The number will be limited until until after the visit of the Queen and Members of Parliament. At a Reform meeting held in St. Pancras, last night, Sir B. Hall announced his intention to bring ou t, in the House of Commons, this evening, " the truth of th e matter with respect to Lord Palmerston." THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. —It is understood that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will remain in command of the Dublin district until March next, when he will enter upon the duties of Inspect or -General of Cavalr y . His successor in Dublin has not yet been appointed. Major- General C a th cart, now appointed to the Cape, was to have been the Royal • Com man d er in his Highness stead. The outgoing Inspector of Cavalry was appointed on the occasion of the Brevet of 1846. BOULOGNE, FEB . I.—France is recruiting her navy from the fishermen in every port, and it is an excellent always an extra num b er of men, for w hi c h Government way of manning the n avy . The fiehing-boats are obliged to allows carry a certain remuneration, and the immense number of sailors they have at their command is astonishing. How far they will bear out the character of sailors I will not presume to say . , for these men know nothing about going aloft, always being used to their small fishing craft ; but they are, neTertheleas, a fine race of men , Skippini Gazette. ( ftt• 11 L i) Mina • ) 1t LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1852. Important changes may now be reasonably ex pected as the certain consequence of the Royal cere monial which this afternoon accompanied the re assembling of Parliament. It will be perceived at once that, according to an invariable custom, the Royal Speech consists of nothing more than vague generalities—generalities so vague that it must in fallibly be contemned, as a mere collection of plati tudes, but that it comes before the nation ostensiblyAs the personal utterance of the SOVEREIGN. Nothing can at any time be conjectured with certainty as to the future policy of the Government merely from the hints thrown out through the medium of this minis terial document. It is merely from the discussions which have ensued in reference to the usual answers to the Speech from the Throne that the public can obtain the first glimpse of what are in reality the veritable designs of the Administration. Seeing that this is no toriously the case under ordinary circumstances, it cannot be surprising that upon the occasion of a po litical crisis like the present there should be a more than customary indistinctness thrown by the Cabi net over the intentions of its members, and that the debates should be left more peculiarly to unfold the labyrinth of their embarassments. This considera tion may account in a great mea sure for what mi g h t otherwise be matter of surprise as we ll a s of d isap. pointment. A s h a dowy promise of a Reform Bill, in which there will be no mention of th e b allot, and no adequate political purgative in of ai the wa y . stranchi semen t s , cannot by any means satisfy the multitud e . O n the contrary, t h e ve ry veil cast over the po s iti on the l on g excited curiosity of ever for the result of of faffars rality to watch with a more unwinking vigilance than thei mus only t forthcomingim pedlistchuesgsieoune: Out of those discus s i ons must come forth a variety of r a ther startling disclosures consequent upon the in quiry which will be forth w i t h i nst i tute d as t o the c auses of the dismissal of L or d Palasafproat. diately the investigation touches upon that point the eyes of the House of Commons will be directed simultaneously and unanimously upon the late Foreign Secretary. Not_ only the representatives of the people, but the people: themselves, will look to Lord PALMERSTON for some explanation. Confident of the integrity of the course pursued by him during the whole period of his continuance in office, and equally satisfied at the suns time of the insecurity and weakness of the rest of the members of the Admi nistration, the community demand at the hands of the Noble Lord a statement such as cannot but prove at once exculpatory of his own conduct, and damna tory of the conduct of his ministerial colleagues. It is anticipated, therefore, that within a very brief interval from the opening of the present session of Parliament, the late Foreign Secretary will render an account of his stewardship. In doing so, in showing that he has maintained peace with the rest of the world during these years of revolutions in show ing that he has upheld meanwhile the dignity of the English Government throughout the whole of the va rious states of Christendom, in showing all these as the fruits of his foreign policy, and in revealing, at the same time, the ingratitude with which his patriotic course of administration has been at length followed up by the head of the present Cabinet.—Lord PAL MERSTON must inevitably pron o un ce th e d oom o f t h e Whig Ministry, necessarily driving his recent col leagues_into the dilemma either of a disgraceful dis missal or of an ignominious resignation. Every thing, in fact, assures the country that, if the Whigs have still remaining amongst them the feeblest and faintest sense of decency, they will at length tardily, but ultimately, resign. Should they, however, still en deavour to brazen out their position, as they did during the whole of last session clinging with inexhaustible tenacity to place and power, notwithstanding a suc cession of the most degrading defeats, they must speedily, we feel assured, be driven from the Trea sury benches by the odium in which they are held by the population, an odium which will inevitably be wrought to an irresistible climax by the dis closures expected from the lips of Lord PALMERSTON. Long before the original construction of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Government, it had grown into a sort of political axiom that the Whigs are best in opposition. The policy they have generally pursued during the whole period of their administration has, unfortunately for the country, only served to afford to this saying a new and crowning illustration. They will consequently be driven from the Treasury benches without any seriots regrets on the part of the coin. munity, or rather, we should say, with the exultations which cannot but be felt at the debasement of men who have so very grievously disappointed the national expectations. The secret of the failure of the Whigs, when in office, appears to be that they cannot in any degree recognise the wisdom of that noble thought of SAL LUST—imperiurn facile its artibus retinetur quibus initio partum est—they cannot perceive that power is effectually maintained by the very means by which it 13 acquired. They seem to imagine that the country will remain satisfied with the fair promises held out by a Party whenever it happens to be in opposition, and that those promises are not to be looked upon as any real assurance from the Party on its acquisition of the prerogatives of Government. Not so was it with her MAJESTY'S Government when presided over by Sir ROBERT PEEL—rather, we should say, the contrary. For, with regard to the PEEL Cabinet, the most valuable and the most liberal reforms hinted at by the MELBOURNE Cabinet where by it actually real ized—insomuch that the people recognisin g this before the close of its career greeted the fall of Sir ROBERT from power with an enthusiasm never perhaps excited to a similar extent by the rise of any other statesman. Very different will be the fall of Lord JOHN RUSSELL from that of his great pre decessor. The contrast presented by the two events will be matter worthy of record on the pages of their future biographies. One reflection, more especially, will tend to embitter th e t h oughts of the present Prime Minister on the occasion of his speedy retirement from the direction of the affairs of Government, and that reflection, it is scarcely ne cessary to observe, will be one to the effect that he can never hope to resume the position he will then vacate as First Lord of the Treasury. The perish able nature of terrestrial greatness will again be exemplified—quidquid in altum fortuna tulit, ruitura levat—only in this instance the illustration will be the more melancholy from the consideration that the downfall will be one unredeemed by any attributes of dignity. The desperate efforts made by Lord JOEN RUSSELL to retain power in his hands at all costs have altogether weaned from him the sympathies of the general multitude. His Coquet ting with politicians of another school from his in several essential particulars, with a view to patch to gether his decayed and tumble-down Administration, betrayed on his part a lamentable preference of place for principle—a preference none the less conspicuous from the circumstance that those coquetries were un successful. Facts liee these cannot be overlooked—. neither can they, 'when once seen, be very readily forgotten. Besides which, the people are not by any means likely to lose sight of the jealousy evinced by the Prime Minister at the eleventh hour for the most notable amon g a ll th e statesmen of his Administration, one whom he was glad to rid himself of upon any pretext, and perhaps not the less eagerly, from the fact that upon him was con centrated all the popularity yetremaining to the Whig Government. The circumstance that the GREY• RUSSELL Cabinet will owe to the fact of the dismissal of Lord PALmEusTori its own ultimate disruption, will 44 point a moral," if it cannot also " adorn a tale," evidencing, as it will do, a very noble and striking retribution. In the tempest of indignation which the recent rigorous proceedings of the PRESIDENT of the French Republic have evoked on the part of divers of our public journalists, the barefaced political swindling tyranny . of certain of the " anointed heads" of the continent ap pears to be all but forgotten. Writers who can de claim in sounding phrase against the coup d itat of the anniversary of Austerlitz, and its consequences are affected with a happy indifference to the whole sale despotism of the KAISERLING of Austria, who seems resolutely bent on manifesting to Christendom the most odious phases of irresponsible autocracy. This spirit of iron rule has extended even outside the actual limits of his empire, and the insolence of his armed slaves has polluted the peaceful soil of Tus cany. The recent outrage committed in Florence on a British citizen Would not, we feel well assured, be suffered to let pass with impunity, were Lord PAIr MERSTON still our Secretary for the Foreign Depart ment ; but, although a solemn investigation has been promised, and is even in the course of proceeding in that city, as to the circumstances of the ruffianly assault of which Mr. ERSKINE MATEIER has been the victim, we have grievous misgivings as to its satis factory issue under the existing Ministerial regime. It will turn out, we apprehend, to be but a solemn farce, played with all due gravity and mystification, The police magistrate of the district had been en gaged for three weeks in taking the deposition of wit nesses with closed doors. The testimony of the Austrians had been received by him ; but before that on the part of the aggrieved person could be com pletely given the case was suddenly removed to one of the civil courts. Whether during that time any means were resorted to for the purpose of intimidat ing Mr. MATRER'S witnesses may be readily con jectured by those who know anything of the exquisite police system of Austria and her neighbours. The result is pretty sure to be an exculpation, most likely a laudatory one, of the officer who cut Mr. MATHER dawn, and very probably an order to the latter to quit the country. But much as we sympathise with that outraged gentleman, to whom even an apology, or the offer of com pensation —supposing such an eventuality —ca n but poorly atone for such gross bar barity, we view the matter as involving much graver considerations. Are the persons of civilians, foreign or domestic, to be in any country of Europe at the mercy of unchecked Janissaries ? Of course in such a case as that to which we have alluded, the ruffianism strikes us the more glaringly, because per petrated on a fellow -countryman, but the in terests of civilised society, nay, of common humanity, demand the most indignant reprehension of military licentiousness in time of peace. Other amiabilities of the Austrian soldiery quartered in the Tuscan capital have likewise trans pired, fully corroborating the rampant exaltation of armed violence over the rights of civil life, which signalises the paternal principle of government propa gated by the Boy-EMPEROR. Yet this systematic disregard of the ordinary principles of humanity which was first prominently developed in the flogging of Hungarian females, and has now been " fined off' to the mere stabbing and maiming of street-passengers, is passed by as if it were only the display of some amiable weakness not worth commenting on, whilst the acts of Louis NAPOLEON are held up as the quintessence of unscrupulous cruelty and execrable violation of all honour and honesty. Making every fair allowance for the immense difficulties of his dizzy position, and believing that he feels conscientiously convinced of the soundness and applicability to the French nation of the principles on which his system of government is based, we hare not hesitated to con demn his extreme and unwarrantable stretch of power relative to the property of the OR LEANS family, nor can we contemplate without disapprobation his severe repression of the press, and several features in the constitution of the legislative bodies. But whilst cut-throat violence, w mton and unprovoked, is tolerated and encouraged by our " ancient ally," who rules agree ably to the principles of those " elder statesmen of Europe," whose susceptibilities have been so conside rately soothed by Lord JOHN RUSSELL within the last few weeks, it strikes us that some of the contents of those vials of virtuous wrath that are continually being poured upon the head of that " novus the French PRESIDENT, might be laudably directed to the freaks of Austrian despotism. Prince Louis NA POLEON may or may not turn out an AUGUSTUS ; at all events he is not a NERo. However, as even on the tomb of the Roman tyrant flowers were flung by some anonymous hand, so to the Red EMPEROR and his myrmidons is accorded, in certain quarters, so much measure, at least, of countenance and approval as may be inferred from the consenting silence wherewith their deeds are regarded in contrast to the brute ful minations levelled at the head of the princely occu pant of the Tuileries. By way of postcript we annex the following ac count of a fresh instance of Austrian clemency, fur• nished by the Times' correspondent in his communi cation from Vienna, dated the 28th ultimo : " The sentence passed on the youth for not taking off his hat when the EmPEitoß passed, as related in my letter of the 26th, is thus mentioned in the Wiener Zeitung of yesterday Louis DANZMAYER, shop man, 20 stripes with a rod, and eight days' arrest in a military prison, for inflammatory demonstrations in a public place.' As my report was true to the very letter, you may suppose what indig nation the wording of the sentence has occa sioned. In the list of those tried and condemned by the military court during the last week I find EYE DEMMELHART, for inflammatory expressions, 20 stripes with a rod and eight days' military arrest (irons on both feet), during two of which she is to have nothing but bread and water.' About a fort night ago you were informed that several ringleaders in a strike' had been arrested. Six have received 25 blows each with a stick, one 20, and fourteen 15 blows. Four persons are sentenced to punishment with the stick for opposing the police, and 13 others, whose names are not even mentioned, are sentenced to short terms of imprisonment or less severe cor poral punishment.' " THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. General LAWCESTINE and Colonel VIEYEA are pro ceeding actively with the reorganization the National Guard of Paris. Although there will be no more legions, five bands of music will be formed, so that there may be one for every four or five battalions. The mounted National Guards will have a separate band of music. It is said that the officers of the infantry will retain their present tunic with the addition of facings, and will also have a separate full dress uni form, with dress sword and cocked hat. It is added that the uniform of the mounted Guards will be con siderably changed, and that that of the officers will be much more rich than hitherto. M. LIREUX, formerly editor of the Chiravari, who was arrested a short time since, has been liberated, and has taken refuge in Belgium. M. Durix, ex-Procureur of the Court of Cessation and ex-President of the National Assembly, has just inscribed his name on the list of advocates at the Court of Appeal. The new Council of State has not yet held any general sitting. Some of the sections have merely met to forward current affairs which called for haste. The section of war and marine will not meet until after the arrival of Admiral LEDLaric, its president, who is still at Brest acting as maritime prefect. Marshal JEROME BONAPARTE, President of the Senate, went yesterday to visit the Palace of the Luxembourg. A considerable number of the new senators have also gone to the hall where the sittings are to be held, in order to mark their place. Several of them are to be seen also each day in the library. Fresh arrests have just been made in the depart ment of Mayenne of persons connected with secret societies. Among them are M. GODARD BEAU. CHENE, ex sub-commissary under the Provisional Government ; B. DELAYE, a manufacturer at May enne, and AUGER of Chateau Gothier, who have been lodged in the prison at Laval ; and LELONG and LE LASSEUI, who have been taken to Angers. The Emancipation of Brussels says—" The diplo matic communications of the French Government are drawn up in the mildest terms. It is impossible, we are told, to imagine anything written in a more friendly spirit, more reassuring for the KING, or more friendly to the Ministers, than the letter by which M. QUINETTE is recalled. It is also very flattering to M. QUINETTE himself." "N. PROUDHON," says the Union, "is to be dis charged from the prisoa of St. Pelagie in a few days, as his condemnation to three years' imprisonment, pronounced at the commencement of 1849, is on the point of expiring. The author of 'La Propri6.6, c'est le Vol, underwent the first part of his punish ment at the Conciergerie. On various occasions he obtained permission to leave the prison for brief pe riods, particularly when about to be married. Lately, also, he was allowed to go out to visit his wife when ill." The Five per Cents. closed at 102 f. 35c.; Three per Cents., 64F. 30c. ; Bank of France, 2,650. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 2. i Boulogne and Amiens, 11 ex div.—Central of France (Orleansand Vierzon), 19%East Indian, 20%—Namur and Liege, s %—Northern of France, 18—Paris and Lyons, 8% —Paris and Rouen, 26—Tours and Nantes, 8%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 28th ult. have arrived. The Herald() says— " We believe we can positively announce that the English Government has refused to accept the resigna tion offered by Lord Howden of the post of ambassador at Madrid, which he sent when Lord Palmerston left the Ministry. This is an additional proof that the Eng lish Cabinet will follow the same line of policy as that established by Lord Palmersten. For our part, we con gratulate ourselves that Lord Howden remains in our capital; for it would be difficult for England to find a more proper agent to represent her at Madrid, and to preserve and draw closer the ties of friendship and good intelligence so advantageous to the two countries. " It is stated that M. Bravo Murillo, President of the Council, has definitively declined to accept the order of the Golden Fleece offered by her Majesty. He repre sented to the Queen that, on retiring from the Cabinet, his position would be too modest to enable him to sup port in a becoming way the rank attached e t e o n su e c r h d a high dignity. The Golden Fleece has beenconferred on M. X. de Istnritz, Spanish Ministerted Minister in London. Marquis de Vilu o m iw a . h o as sie ber es. s Pleni potentiaryth Minis terial changes had entirely c e a sed." appointed rum n r i s st o e in M ADRID BOLSI, JAN. 28.—Three - per Cents. 38i; Exchange on London, 50 90 money. PORTUGAL. Accounts have been received from Lisbon of the 29th ult. 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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tali DAT —Morning 0 min. after • I Evening S min after 12 T.,-Moitsow—Morning 36 rain. alter 12 I Evening 2 min after 1 THE WEATH onion, FEBRUARY 3. Tfuramoarergn, LK THE SHADE. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.13. WDTD W.—fine breeze and mild sunshiny weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the Mowing places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning. —The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLYMOUTH—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. POOLE—Wind S.W., hard wind—scud, rain. iIASTIEGS—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—foggy. SouTHAXPTON—Wind S. W., strong breeze—rain. FourksroNE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—scud. Torraurnon—Wind S.W., hard wind—cloudy. UREENWICH—Wind S.S.W., gentle breeze—overcait. Smoon—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SwmpoN—Wind S.W., light airs--overcast. Colzmirrza—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. CemsEwe/F.—Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudy. YABBtourn—Wind W., calm—cloudy. MEETING a PARLIAMENT THE THIRD EDITION OF "THE SUN" will be found highly interesting during the present extraordinary Session of Parliament. The THIRD EDITION will contain the DEBATES of the SAME EVENING up to the HOUR of POST ; also, SPORTING of every description, with TATTERSALL'S on Monday and Thursday Evenings in time for Post ; with the GAZETTES of Tuesday and Friday, contain ing Army and Navy Promotions, Bankrupts, &c., and ALL NEWS arriving in London up to the Hour of Post. EXPRESS EDITIONS ON ALL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS. Orders received by all News-agents, and at the Sun-Office, 112, Strand. Sun Office, 112, Strand. FEBRUARY, 1852. TO CORRESPONDENTS No communication can be attended to unless authen ticated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. GERMANY. The Diet of Gotha on the 28th ult. rejected by 13 votes to 11 the propositions of the Government for establishing a commom Constitution fur the two duchies of Coburg and Gotha. The Diet was immediately dissolved. The German journals state that the Ministry employed all its efforts to pre vent the hostile vote of the Diet ; they even went the length of promising that the existing diet should re main in power until after the Duke should have taken an oath in the new Constitution, which is more liberal than that of any ether German state. The journals announce that the Constitution which has been re jected will be promulgated by decree. According to the Cologne Gazelle the Germanic Diet has commenced deliberations on the introduc tion of uniform princip:es in the Constitution of the German States. The Second Chamber of Prussia on the 30th ult. continued to ?lebate on the motion of ➢i. -ESELER, declaring that the decrees of the Germanic Diet shall not have force in Prussia without the sanction of the Chambers. The Government opposed the motion, and eventually it was rejected, and the order of the day was adopted by 139 votes to 133. The First Chamber on the same day rejected by 95 votes to 45 the order of the day proposed by the Left for the revision of the Constitution. It also rejected by 77 votes to 57 the motion for declaring that public functionaries should not be allowed to sit in the Chambers without the authorisation of the Chambers. The motion for fixing the duration of each legislature at six years, having them convoked only every two years, and having the Budget voted for two years at a time, was likewise rejected. Another motion, which had been presented for suppressing the indemnity of Members of the Second Chamber, was withdrawn by its author, the Minister of the Interior having declared i 6 in opportune. A letter from Berlin states that the expectations which for some time past have been entertained of a Ministerial crisis, are at an end. Still it is considered probable that M. DE WESTPHALEN, Minister of the Interior, may shortly have to retire, on account of ill health. The Hanoverian Chambers were prorogued on the 29th ult. to a period not fixed. The reason assigned was the necessity of preparing measures to be sub mitted to it. The Independence of Brussels says that it has learned from Vienna, under date of the 29th ult., that orders have been sent to withdraw the Austrain corps of observation from Holstein, but that a regi ment continues to occupy Hamburgh. The Cologne Gazette asserts that the prohibition to export arms and ammunition from Austria has been removed. The Customs Congress at Vienna, which is con • tinuing its deliberations, has adopted with some slight modifications the propositions made by Austria. It has now to examine reports on several minor mat ters made by some of its members. The Bank of Vienna has just published its ac counts for the year 1851. It was by means of the great efforts made by this Bank that the Austrain Government was able to support in 1848 and 1849 the wars of Italy and Hungary. The specie had in a great measure disappeared, and the notes were rendered obligatory. This forced cur rency still exists, and the notes lose from 15 to 20 per cent. against specie. The following are the principal items of the returns just made as compared with those of 1850. 1850 1851 ASSETS. mil. flu. (1) mil. flo. Specie in hand 32 42 State debentures . . 47 24 Bills discounted ... ... 36 44 Advances on public securities ... 20 15 Advances to the State ... ... 150 120 Reserve in State securities ... 6 8 Sundries ... ... Ile. ... 8 7 ... 255 216 8 9 6 5 ... 30 30 -299 -260 LIABILITIES. Notes in circulation Reserve fund ... ... ~. DiVidendS, &c. Capital (50,621 shares) (2) -299 —260 It will be seen that the specie has increased 10 mil lions, that the circulation of notes has diminished 39 millions, the State debentures 23 millions, and the advances to the State have diminished 30 millions. These results, obtained in a single year, are consi dered satisfactory. The Bank of Vienne, which had branch establishments at Buda and Prague, has just formed similar establishments at Gorz and Agram. (1) The florin in ordinary times is worth about 2f. 52c., but is now much lower. (2) Those shares, which at first were for 600 florins, are now bought and sold at the Bourse of Vienna for upwards of 1,200 florins. DENMARK. The following statement relative to the crisis in Copenhagen is inserted in the Hamburgh papers : " The re-organization of the Danish Monarchy is de termined as follows:—There is to be a Ministry common to the kingdom and to the duchies of which the King is President; two princes of the blood are to take part in it—viz., the Hereditary Prince Ferdinand and Prince Christian of Glucksberg. The Ministry will be com. posed as follows :—Von Bluhme, Foreign Affairs; Count Sponneck, Commerce and Finance; General Hansen, War; Rear-Admiral Zarthmann, Navy; and Schele, Religious Affairs. Messrs. Bary and Claussen are to be Special Ministers for the Home Department and Justice for Denmark; Count Chas. Moltke, Speci a l Minister for Schleswig, and Count Reventlow Criminal, for Holstein. It is reported that Rear-Ad m i ra l Zarth mann has refused the portfolio offered to him, and that it will probably be filled by Mr. Steen Bille. The chief point is the nomination of Count Ch ar l es M o l t k e, as . Minister of Schleswig. It said that personally the King had much difficulty in consenting to the urgent representations of the German p owers, especially on t h e subject of the appointment of Count Charles Moltke, which involves the dismissal of Generals Von Barden fleth and Von Villiach. Count Mensdorff Pouilly will resign his post of commissioner in the duchies, having been appointed Austrian Ambassador at the Court of Sr. Petersburgh. The report, which has gone the round of the papers, that an Austrirn brigade will he stationed at Hamburgh on the evacuation of the duchies, is unfounded, as such a measure would be contrary to the existing treaties, and would be an in fringement upon the right enjoy e d by H am b urg h i n virtue of its being a free city, and the less likely to take place in consequence of its amicable relations with Austria. The Borsenhalle states that the new British Minister for Foreign Affairs has notified privately to the Danish Cabinet the great importance of the immediate settlement of the Danish and Schleswig- Holstein question, because England, in conse quence of the attitude assumed by the PRESIDENT of the French Republic, no longer stands in the same position as heretofore in regard to the Continental powers. LATEST FROM PARIS. (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, NINE A.m. The 2lfoniteur publishes the new Electoral Law. The number of Deputies to the Legislature will be 261 The Electoral Colleges are convoked for the 29th of February. Another decree authorises the formation of reli gious congregations of persons of the female sex, who devote themselves to the education of the south, and the relief of the poor sick people.—Chro nicle. MONEY and UOMMERUIAL NE IV ciTy, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales, of which 500 American and 500 Surat were taken for export. The market was quiet, but closed steadily. The sales comprised 4,000 Ameri can, 140 Pernam and Maranham at 4id. to sti, 200 Bahia at sd. to 6d. 500 Egyptian at 51d. to 9d., 1,000 Surat at 3d. to 4d. and 100 Sea Islaud at Is. ld. to Is. 7id, per lb.—Railway Shares were firmer. The Funds open with rather a flat appearance, chiefly from paucity of business, so many parties being absent to witness the procession upon the opening of Parliament. Consols are 96* -I, Reduced Three per Cents. 968 to 97, and the New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents. 988 k. Foreign Securities are generally good. Mexican, 31i to 32; Peruvian, 938 to 94/; Portuguese Four per Cents., 31/- to 32}; and Spanish Threes, 40/ to 41; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 57/ to 58/; Sardinian, 871 to 888; Grenada Deferred are 6/ to 7. The opening prices of Shares are in part nominal. Caledonian 15 to A t, Eastern Counties 71 B,Great Northern 18i to 19, Great Western 86/, Brighton 47/ to 4, North-Western 117/, Midland 561 to /, York and North Midland 21i to -14-, Northern of Franco 178 to 188, and Paris and Rouen 25:1 to 261. These quotations are generally firm. O CRIMINA URT COURT..-(THIS DAY.) :17 - t OLD Margaret Tennant, aged 38 , who was conv i cted last session 121= of having cut and wounded an old who had seduced her, was this morning brought up before the Recorder and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. The Learned Gentleman in passing sentence, remarked that since the last session he had had an opportunity of inquiring into the prisoner's character and past mode of lice, and he had reason to suppose that sho had received great provocation from the man upon whom she com mitted the injury. At first it was thought necessary to inflict the severe punishment of transportation upon her,, but it appeared s h e was not yet lost to all sense o shame, and he s h ou ld simply pass a nominal sente nce t CO upon her, in th e h ope that something could b e ne restore her onc e more to society.—The wasprisoner in tears while the sentence was being passed. IVEW COURT. The Court was occupied the whole of the morning !Pug Mint oases, none of which were of sufficient public interest to justify a report. , IMPOR TATION OF ORANGES. —Application h aving been made to the revenue authorities by an eminent import ing firm, comp.aining of the mode in which the duty bad been assessed by the officers on a cargo of oranges, and re questing that in order to give satisfaction to the trade and prevent the disputes between them and the officers, they should be allowed the benefit of the under -measurements being placed against the over-measurements, it had been ar ranged that, in all future cases in which the packages are of the same import mark and description, au average of this nature be ascertained, provided the excessive difference in either of the dimensions does not exceed one inch, but that on such as are more than one inch, the high rate of duty is to be charged, and the proper officers have received directions to repor,, the effect of this regulation at the expiration of three months, or sooner if necessary. A Swedish merchant in London, Herr Kiernan, has proposed to the Swedish Government to open a weekly communication between Lowestoft and Gottenburg, touching at some IN orwegian harbour. The vessels are to be large steamers. It is supposed that this offer will be accepted, in which case this route will be kept open about ten months out of the twelve, THE OPENING PARLIAMENT. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, The period has arrived when, according to usage, I can again avail myself of your advice and assistance in the preparation and adoption of measures which the welfare of the country may require. I continue to maintain the most friendly relations with Foreign Powers. The complicated affairs of the Duchies of Hol stein and Schlesvig have continued to engage my attention. I have every reason to expec t that the treaty between G e r man y an d D enmar k , w hich was concluded at Berli n i n th e year b e f o re last, will, in a short ti me , b e f u ll y and comp l e t e ly exe cuted. I regret that the war which unfortunately broke out on the eastern frontier of the CsPe of Good Hope, more than a year ago, still continues. Papers will be laid before you containing full information as to t he progress of the war, and the measures which have been taken for bringing it to a termination. While I have observed with sincere satisfaction the tranquillity which has prevailed throughout the greater portion of Ireland, it is with much regret that I have to inform you, that certain parts o f the counties of Armagh, Monaghan, and Lout'', have been marked by the commissioa of outrages of the most serious decrir tion. The powers of the existing law be" been promptly exerted for the detection of the offenders, and for the repression of a system of crime and violence fatal to the best interests of the country. My attention will continue to be directed to this important object GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, I have ordered estimates of the expenses of th e current year to be laid before you. I rely with confidence on your l oya lty and zeta to make adequate provision for the public service. Where any increase has been made in the eats mates of the present over the past year, such en' s ' nations will be gi ven , as w ill, I trust, sat i s f y y ou that such increase is consistent with a steady adherence to a pacific policy, and with the dictates of a /vise economy. MT LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, The improvement of the Administration of Justice in its various departments, has continued to receive my anxious attention, and in furtherance 01 that object, I have directed Bills to be prepare d ' founded upon the reports made to me by the resPec . tive Commissioners appointed to inquire into the practice and proceedings of the superior Courts o' , Law and Equity. As nothing tends more to the peace, prosperity and contentment of a country than the speedy and impartial administration of justice, I earnestly re commend these measures to yo ur d e liberate attention The Act of 1848, for suspending the operation of a previous Act conferring representative institu tions on New Zealand, will expire early in the nex t year. lam happy to believe that there is no neces sity for its renewal, and that no obstacle any longer exists to the enjoyment of representative insti tutions by New Zealand. The form of these institutions will, however, require your con sideration, and the additional information which has been obtained since the passing of the Acts in question, will, I trust, enable you to arrive at a de cision beneficial to that important Colony. It gives me great satisfaction to be a ble to l state to you that th e l argo re d uc ti ons o f taxes w hich have taken pl ace o f l a t e years, h ave no t b ee n atten ded with a proportionate diminution of the nations' income . The Revenue of the past year has bee n fully adequate to the demands of the public eelviel' while the reduction of ta x ati on has tended g reatly to the relief and comfort of my subjects. I acknowledge with thankfulness to Almig ht y God, that tranquillity, good order, and willing ° be : dience to the laws continue to prevail genet: llll throughout the country. It appears to me that thi s i s a fitting time fot calmly consid er i ng w h e th er it ma y n ot be advi sable to make such am en d men t s i n th e A c t of the late reli c relating to the r e p resen t a ti on o f the Con3ll l ° l3a Parliament, as may be deemed calculated to carry into more compl e t e e ff ec t th e pr i n ciples up3 ll w l3l that law is founded. cu h I have the fulle s t confidence that in any 3 consideration you will firmly adhere to the ack"vi ledged principles of the Constitution, by which the prerogatives of the Crown, the authority of both Houses of Parliament, and the rights and liberties of the people, are equally secured. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—The h a lf- y ear l y' 1 4 tra ffi c receipts of this com p an y are made u p to January 3 .„ an d July 31st in each year. rile receipts for the balf-Ye l " ending the 3lst of January, 1852, amounted to 400,248/, And tioBrsl l :eto co 3 r 4 r 3 e . s 4 p l o ri d „ in s g ho p w e i r n io g d an en in d c h r t e g a the 31st of Januari, se of 56,837/ or ratio' ~ more than 10/ 2 per cent. gthoefthis NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD B 41 1: A p V o A in Y t . e — d r t i o h b e e half d -yearly rd m ay ee a ti t n accordance with a subsequent notice, bat, h i-- 6 company T WO 11 4"; 20th inst., to be held at the same it was a place. London adjourned 10 t _ RAPID PASSAGES. —The Steele commander, arrived •in the ,after A accounts from Pernambuocrod:Tarlr run from New York of clipper-ship Linda, Green clipper packet ship litiCe r t Mersey on that port on the ' later commander, with 12 clays f She le 4 i if e d d ay o s n , nauticalsd trine. . ~ .. 24 day 2d of January, and made the run in . The Refuge, Wilson commander of Liverpool, that arrivea at this port on Tuesday from New ' Orleans, sailed on the 2 ,1 4. 30, of Ja nuary, crossed the bar on the 4th of January, at , P.M., and arrived in the Mersey on the above day, at 2, r."''' h aving performed the passage in 22 days and 16 hours' This is the shortest passage on record between the two ports. The Crisis, Gibson commander, a ship that carries pearl' double the quantity of cargo to her reg istered burden, arrive. on Wednesday in the short space of 109 days from Shangb el :y having sailed thence on the 9th of October.— Liverpou' Albion. FATAL RESULT OF MORMON FANATICISM.—Duri v f severa l successive days a number o f me n have been engsg .. in searching the Trent between Nottingham and Beeston re; the purpose of finding the body of a young man naffed Will i am Barnes, recently a resident in the last named Pl aca ' Barnes having latterly distinguished himself as a zeale°' art i zan among the Mormonites, who unhappily are b o e ; om ic n g rather numerous in and around the c ounty Of `. iN7-° r t i ng ham, had been elevated to the rank of a priest , prophet. In this capacity he was about to receive a cc u Pf. of converts into the bosom of " the church" on W e b , nesday night, at ten o'clock. The " priest," 1 , ( - 1 candidates, and a numbe r o f " b re th ren " approa c . e d, the left bank of - the T ren t a t th e time ne °lo o the spot selected being in a place known 0 . the Rye-fields, near Beeston. The converts, both V u r ri 'l fu women, hesitated about going into the water, being 1 0 1 . . 0 . I of danger, but Barnes bravely led the way, assuring ti).. that no harm could beta! the faithful. He bad scarFV, uttered some expression to this effect, and was stepping 1!..,`" the stream, which was unusually high and the current y_el/s strong, when in a moment he was carried off his legs l''' con sank directly. One of the " brethren" with him, who .., s s swim well, plunged after the unfortunate man, but . 7 .8. unable to reach him, and his body has never been seen rt.,. The enthusiasm of these wretched fanatics is astoni tn_tb ci They are constantly engaged in making proselytes, _44, many families have Lalready been induced by their sgefiL, to leave this neighbourhood for the Mormon settlemen, ' , proee_ii, California. On Tuesday morning, about nine o'clock,, t : schooner in the roads of Scarborough signalled for aP, to to bring her into the harbour, when a coble, belonginf,ed George Douglas, manned with six fishermen towards the schooner, and when within a compars.ren:l3'd short distance of the pier end, a sea struck the co o b! _,' els upset her, throwing all the men into the sea. Three ,Zio. were seen directly afterwards clinging to the boat, bu t_,, i3 o .. ther sea came and washed them off, and, melancholy to late, all the poor fellows were drowned. Th e Highland road to Inverness, after havingeobneseen rendered impassable fo r u pwards of a fortnight ju nd the a que nce of the severe snowstorm, is again openliearant ma ils are performing their journeys s usual.-- Ad ve rtiser. Wag --. An extensive sugar refinery at Greenock 000 d &owl) , cleitmod 4 Alo 9U 111411dai lag! .D. 4411 --' 44 , :