The Sun. — London, England, 1852-01-14 00:00:00

CIRCULATION OF THE LONDON MORNING PAPERS—THE MORNING ADVERTISER. T HE recent Stamp Returns of the the circulation of MORNING NEWSPAPERS in 18 5 0, give the following results : MORNING ADVERTISER • • •• 1 ,549,8 43 Daily News . 1 152 000 Morning Herald 1 139 000 Morning Chronicle .. • • 912,547 • .. Morning Post •• •• •• •• 828,080 Omitting the " Times," it will be seen what a proud position the MORNING ADVERTISER occupies compared with any of its morning contemporaries. In the beginning of 1851 the MORNING ADVERTISER was permanently enlarged to a double sheet, since the which time it has met with a me a s ure of success, both as regards extent of its circulation and the nu mber of its advertisements, which has no varallei in the annals of English journalism. Were the Stamp Returns to to given down to the present timeour,fou r tha relative circulation of the MORNING ADVERTISER, o contemporaries, assuming that their circulation had undergone no diminution. would be as follows : 0 MORN-DIG ADVERTISER .. 2,75,000 Daily Mews • • • • • . . , •• •• 1,152,000 Morning Herald .. • • • • .. 1,139,000 Morning Chronicle ~ • • • • • • • • 912, 54 7 Morning Post.. • • .. • • • 8'28,000 It only remains to be added th at this vast addition to the circula tion of libe MORNING ADVERTISER, obtained in less than twelve months, is the result of its progress in all parts of the country, and among all classes of society. and is to be regarded as the best tribute that could be paid to its thorough independence of all parties and Governments and its earnest advocacy of the popular cause. Published every Morning, at 127, Fleet-street, London. ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. The Nobility, Gentry, and Public are respectfully informed that the Royal Marionette Theatre was OPENED on MONDAY last, January 12, for the representation of Operas, Vaudevilles, Burlesques, Ballets and Spectacles, by a TROUPE of MARION ETTES, from the Theatres of Naples, Rome, Milan, and Geneva. The Scenery has been painted by eminent Artists, and the Costumes designed from the most authentic sources. The Orchestra has been selected from the two Italian Opera Houses. The performances THIS EVENING and dosing the week will commence with an INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS by t h e Manager. Aker which, a new scene of Apropos, entitled the MAN AGERS ROOM. To be followed by the Musical Burlesque of BOMBASTES PU RIOSO. To conclude with a new grand Ballet, called PAULINE or, the Pupil of Nature. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes, 1/. Is.; Balcony Stalls, 3.8.; Lower Stella, 25. ; Balcony, 25.; Amphitheatre, Is. Private Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sam's Royal Library, St. James's-street ; Mr. C. 011ivier, New Bond-streeta the prin cipal libraries; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, ll Adelaide street, West Strand. CHRISTMAS AMUSEMENT FOR THE JUVENILES. HUNGERFORD-HALL, STRAND. UNRIVALLED COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS. ANIMAL MAGNETISM —SOIR.F.S LASSAIGNE every Eve ning (except Saturday) at Eight o'clock. Admission Is.. 25., and 4s. Stalls and Reserved Seats may be secured at Mr. Sams's Royal Library, St. James's-street; at Mr. Ebers's, Bookseller to her Majesty, 27, Old Bond-street; and at the Manager's Office, Hunger ord-hall. THEATRE of OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. " SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES," Juvenile Amusements, by M. and Madame Langlois, of Paris, and the celebrated In dian Juggler, Dialma, with Dissolving Views, Chromatrope, &c., at Seven 'clock. Admission Is., Is. 6d., and 2s. 6d. DIORAMA.—Every Day, from Twelve to Three. Prices of Ad mission is. 6d., Is., and 6d. BAZAARS—Open daily from Ten A.M. to Ten p.m. Admission Free. MAGNETOID CURRENTS and the MALINETOSCOFE. Dr. Leger's Philosophical and Experimental Lectures every Saturday ing,at Eight. Admission Is. and 2s. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. This National Establishment, having undergone the most costly repairs and decorations throughout, a series of snperb embellish ments having been introduced, a new gas apparatus laid down, and a new centre chandelier suspended Juvenile PEN for the SEASON. Grand O Night. THIS EVENING, The S ISS COTTAGE. Nantz Tieck, Miss Ellen Bateman ; Lisette, Miss Kate Bateman. After which, HARLEQUIN HOGARTH ; Or, The Two London 'Prentices. The whole produced under the saperintendenee of Mr. W. West. INTRODUCTION. SCENE I. THE HAUNTS OF IDLENESS AND IGNORANCE. How Idleness and Ignorance lay their heads together, and deter mine to check the further advance of Industry and Knowledge by the establishment of a manufactory of " fetters for the human intel lect," " clogs on the understanding," " stumbling-blocks in the way of usefhl knowledge," &c. ; also the School of Idleness, " holyday all the year round," " all play, no work." How Industry and Know ledge suddenly make their appearance in the enemy's camp, and produce SCENE 11. AN EXTENSIVE CHANGE ON THE PREMISES. How the subject of the pantomime is resolved upon, and being re - solved upon, the " work goes bravely on" with the immortal Ho gartia's " Two London 'Prentices." SCENE 111. CITY SIDE OF BLACKFRIARS-BRrDGE, 1751. How the " two 'prentices" made their way to the city of London, and at last arrived at their master's house, the Golden Tea Kettle, on Ludgate-hill. Departure of the Figsby family for the masquerade at nanelagh-gardens, and first introduction of the " two 'pren tices" under the hospitable lid of the Golden Tea Kettle. SCENE IV. DOUBLE -BEDDED - ROOM. How the " two 'prentica" retire for the night, one to his virtuous bolster and the other to his vicious courses. Visions of the future, showing the difference bet •een a pleasant dream and a nightmare. SCENE V. THIEVES' KITCHEN. - - - How the " idle 'prentice" falls into bad company, becomes a high wayman and a gentleman, and takes the " oaths and his seat" accordingly. SCENE VI. TILE SELCP. How the " industrious 'prentice" oversleeps himself, but makes up for lost time by the nearest approach to " perpetual motion" ever witnessed. How the " idle 'prentice" makes his appearance, and not only bolts with his master's till, but with his master's daughter into the bargain. SCENE VII. CELLARS AND VAULTS. Haw the "industrious 'Prentice," at considerable personal Incon venience, saves his master's cheese, then his master's daughter, and finally his own bacon. The result of all this not only proves which is the " better man," but also introduces VIII. the audience to SCENE THE FAIRY BEEHIVE, With the Queen Bee and her Court. How the " industrious 'prentice" receives the battle money, alias the hand of the fair Jemima. Re-appearance of Industry and Know ledge, and introduction of old SCE friends in new characters. NE BELLOWSMAKERLTERMAKES:IIREWORRSE3IAKERS, AND FI. Rockets warranted to go sky high—Balloons ditto—the Water Question debated by the proper Authorities ; a regular Set of Pumps ; Grand Pyrotechnic, Hydraulic, and Aerial display. ScksE X. •' HOCUS FOCUS," AST SUN R, "MOON," OPTICIAN, AND TAVER. Clown turned Conjuror—Consultation with the Stars nightly — Set-to between the Sun and the Moon ; the former gets his " day lights" darkened, and the natural result is a total eclipse of the sun, 1851. SCENE XI. MR S . BUDD'S SEMINARY FOR. YOUNG GENTLEMEN. DOCTOR FROST ACADEMY FOR YOUNG LADIES, &C. Mr. Budd, washerman and nurse ; Mrs. Bloomer, tailor, Pico. The world turned upside down—Flowers " all a blooming, all a blowing "—A change comes over the state of affairs—Ba bi e s taken in and done for—A lesson for ladies. SCENE XII. STREET AT THE WEST END BY MOONLIGHT. Coffee always hot—Admission to the stalls gratis--Clown in his eups—" Set a thief to catch a thie f "—Vegetarians at Christ ma ht s-- Return from the ball—New midnig ht p olka, and a Boxing-nig revel in the streets of Loudon. SCENE XIII. EXTERIOR OF THE BULL AND MOUTH INN. Old English customs—The watch-box on the look-out — The pepper box not to be sneezed at—" Welcome, little stinran a gestrongr " A eh/lamas box that comes only onc e a-year, secured box. • SCENE XIV. THE GREAT FIZ-WHISTLE RAILWAY. Accidents and offences —Cheap travelling—Life Insurance Com- L an _YZ Pa Y i ng dear tor a whistle—" Eallacies of the faculty" —The thrashing machine of great service—Departure of the last 'lawn on the Fix-whistle Extension Railway. SCENE XV. HABERDASIIER'S sllol' AND COFFEETIOTISE. A lesson to shopkeepers—. Cat your coat according to your loth" — How to turn out o f b e d—R ea pi ng m achine—The danger of Paying with loaded firearms (American ones especially) fully illus trated bV a revolution in England—Here we go round, round, round, Sill we arrive at SCENE XVI. AND LAST. TRIUMPH. OF INDUSTRY, One of the most elaborate and extensive scenes ever introduced stage, and which none but the resources of this th tr e e t i u g l l d ish possibly have prepared. theatre To conclude with THE YOU›.IO COUPLE. Henrietta de Vigny, Miss Kate Bate man ; Ch a rles de Blonville, Miss Ellen Bateman. Box-office open daily from 10 to 4. PRICES OF ADMISSION. The former scale of prices has been revised, and a rats of admission adopted suitable to the convenience of all classes of society:— Drs ss Circle Upper Boxes • • • • • • • • • • as. Pit • • Amphitheatre Gallery Dress Circle .. 2s. FIALF PRICE. Upper Bola ;- Pit Amphitheatre •• • • • • • • .. .._, Gallery • • . • • •• •• Os. 6d. Private Boxes, Z 3 35., X 2 25., and XI I Is. 6d. Orchestra Stalls, Be Stage 3lanager, Mr. J. M. MORTON. Director of Spectacle, Mr. W. WEST. The whole under the management of Mr. DUNS, LESSEN. -----_ •• Is. 6d. -- ----- THEATRE ROYAL, LIAYMARRET. Mr. B. Webster, Solo Lessee a nd Manager, Old Brampton. rifts EVENINO. Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled THE MAN OF LAW. Marquis de la Seighere, Mr. Lambert ; Raoul, Mr. L. Murray ; M. Destournelles, Mr. IS. Webster • Bernard, Mr. Howe ; Baroness do Vaubert, Sirs. Stirling ; Helene de la Seigliere, Miss A. Vining. After which a new Fairy Burlesque, celled THE PRINCESS RA DIAN e ANIS THE STORY OF MAYFLOWER. Characters by Messrs. Bnckstone, H. Bedtbrd, J. Bland,Caulfield, Clark, Plimmeri, Airs Fitwilliam, Mrs. Buckingham, and Miss Collins. To conclude with the Farce, called THE TWO BONNYCASTLES. Mr. Bonnycastle, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Bonnycastle, Mrs. DIA- THEATRE ROYAL, &DELPHI. Lessee, Mr. B. W e bster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. Enormous success of the Yankee Comedian, Mr. Josh Silsbee. TH Lel EVEN Will be performed the Farce of TIIE MOTHER Pau CHILD ARE DOING WELL. Lieutenant O'Scupper, Mr. l Bedford ; Mr. Fella Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Maxwell, Mr. Worrell ; Emily, Miss Emma Harding. To be followed by a c haracteristic sketch, called THE YANKEE Silsbee PER LAR ; or, Old Times iti Virginia. Hiram Dodg Morland, Mr. Worrell ; Miss Nancy Bantam, Miss Emma H ard i ng . After which MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Mr. Bobtail, Mr. Wright. Ts conclude with a new and original Christmas Tale, called LIT TLE RED RIDING HOOD. Wolfram, Baron of Burliburg (sur named the Wolf of Biberich), Mr. Paul Bedford ; Scraggenheim, Mr. Butler; Trndchen (commonly called Little Red Riding Hood), m a , Kathleen Fitzwilliam. Eitt.cCE36'S TILEAZBE, CSFORD-SMELT. Under the Si anagsmt:nt J :al'. C. Kerb, 'LNG, Sbalgesbere's Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Principal characters by Messrs. Bartley, Keeley, A. Wigan, Mea dows, Addison, Harley, J. Vining, C. Kean ; Mesdames Winstanley, Keeley, and C. Kean. With a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BILLY TAYLOR; or, The Flying Dutchman and the King of Ra ritongo. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Flextriore,; Panta loon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclercq. AATLEY'S ItOYAL AMPIIITHEA.THE. Under Con Yetroaage of her M.yeety and Ms Royal TliglMenfl Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successtul and popular Theatre in London. Mr. Batty begs to intorm his patro-ls that he hag entered into an engagement with Mons. FRANTZ BE NSOO, the great Rope Dancer, from Vienna, who will make his appearance every evening. Grand Juvenile Fete. THIS ETENII76, On which occasion the Entertainments will commence With the most popular and only Equestrian Pantomime in London, entitled MR. and MRS. BRIGGS ; or, unch's Festival—Minh, Wit, and Jollity. Harlequin, Mr. Harvey ; Columbine, Miss Avery ; Pantaloon, Mr. Buckman; Clown, Arthur Nelson, who will in the soarse of each evening play a number of favourite airs on the Rock Harmonicon. With Batty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena, combining talent of the highest order, both Native and Foreign. A pair of highly-trined Elephants, male and female, allowed to be the most docile paair ever brought into Europe. To conclude with the popular Farce of DOCTOR O'TOOLE. Tickets to be had at the Bea-office from Eleven till Fo ur d a ily. WWI Manager, Air. T. Thompson, THE LYCEUM THEATRE. \ EOYA_L ',gement of Madame VestriS. Under tha Mar.. , EVEEING, THlt ~, u ' performed Wrn " e 'ION. Principal characters by THE GAME OF STEM:MAI R. Roxby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C. Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, .. Horn, and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude wh..l( , • 'I j . R. T l a nche, Esq., A new and original Fairy Extravaganza, L. ~, T h e Fawn in th e entitled THE PRINCE OF HAPPY LAND ; t•- at. George, Miss Forest. Characters by Madame Vestris, Mix Rosina Wright, Lanza, Miss Martindale, Miss Grove, Miss lior 111 s, '—is. ifitler, and Messrs. F. Matthews, B. Baker, Suter, tile, - Vernon. ............. ----- ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W- Ferran. Will be performed GRANDFATHE R THIS EVEDM 4G . - v nIITEIIEAD. Grandfa ther Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren. AN ORGANIC I.FIrECTION. To be followed by conclude with RED RUFUS o Harlequin Fact, Fiction,and To Fancy. Red Rufus, Mr. Shalders ; ; Clown, Mr. Edwards; Harlequin , Mr. Forrest; Pantaloon, Mr. Tan ner ; Coltanbine, Miss Lees. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. The Wannest Theatre in Lendon. TOlre EVENING. Will be performed THE TWELVE LABOURS OF HERCULES. After which. MY SISTER FROM INDIA. To be followed by a new Chinese burlesque, called THE MANDA RIN'S DAUGIITER , or, Willow Pattern Plate. Characters by Rogers, Romer, Attwood, Hudspeth ; Mesdames Messrs. J. Reeve, Marshall, Sanders, Bell, Eglinton, and Maskell. Jude with BREAKFAST R FO TWO. To conclude The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra ms s, 4a; boxes (first circle), 88. ; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the performances to oommenee at Seven precisely. A second price will be taken to the BoY.es only at Nine o'clock __ wi t c ircle, 25.; second circle, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and s Half each. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tzoi DAT —Morning 3 rain. alter 8 Evening 37 min after 8 T...- Mornin g —Morning 13 min. after 9 I Evening 49 min after 9 THE WEATHER.—Snx OFFICE, JANUARY 15. THERMOMRTER, Ix TEM SHADS. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 50—this day, at noon. BARONE'S% 29.66. WIND W.S.W.—cloudy, with sunshine occasionally. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. Pwrmourn—Wind S., calm—overcast. BRIGHTON--Wind S.E., calm—overcast. H a stmos—Calm—overeast. SOUTHAMPTON —Wind S., gentle breeze — overcast. F o nkirsroma—Calm — overcast. T UNBRIDGIC--W ind N.E., gentle breeze--overcast. GREENWICH —Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. ST SOOT. —Wind S.W., calm—cloudless. SWINDON— Calm —hazy. Liciorrrox—Wind N.W., light breeze—foggy. Cot mesTEß—Wind W., strong breeze—foggy. Cameraman—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. Yaustoirre—Wind W., calm—overcast. BIRMINGHAM—Wind S.E., calm—foggy. HoLvrialaD—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. LaNcasTaa—Wind S., calm—partially cloudy. DARLZYGTON—Wind EN.E., gentle breeze—rain. _ . , The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock LatEtticx—Wind S.E., gentle breeze.—partially cloudy. CaßLow—Wind N.W., hard wind —cloudy. POOLE—Wind S., strong breeze—scud, rain. LERarrox—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain. WHITBY—Wind N.W.. gentle breeze—overcast. DAELLNGTON—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless, frost. t;2s GUI .0 * 4 7:,/ a k e :o•A' v • " , r4eo , - trey , 4 •31 0' • . , 4.4,/ subL PORTRAITS OF SOULT AND WELLINGTON , WITH MEMOIRS AND FAC-SIMIL= OF THEIR HAND- WRITINGS. THE MOST SPLENDID LIKENESS OF SOULT EVER TAKEN, BY 'WON, FOR WHICH THE MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES ; TOGETHER WITH A PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED, AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, PRICE ONE SHILLING. ROBBERY OF NEWSPAPERS. TEN POUNDS REWARD. In answer to the complaints of several Subscribers, whose papers are stolen in peric As of political or other excitement, we can only renew the expression of our deep regret. In order, if possible, to bring some one of the robbers to account, we hereby offer a reward of Ten Pounds for such information as may lead to the detection of the culprit, and Ten Pounds more on conviction ‘of the offender. Sun Office, Dec. 1851. TO CORRESPONDENTS No communication can be attended :to unless anthen. ideated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected commtmicationa cannot be returned. elyieenina .7t LONDON,. after these allusions, the Member for Sheffield paid a n oble and generous tribute to the memory of Sir 1 ROBERT PEEL, according to him t he glory to which he is entitled, that of being a really great Prime Minister, although the son of a manufacturer. " Un fortunately," said Mr. ROEBUCK, " Sir ROBERT PEEL died too soon for his country ;" and, continued the orator, " be died too soon also for the it interests of his his own fame, for if he had lived, was in mission to have collected together a na tional administration." That mission is the -ne which, according to Mr. ROEBUCK, now devc,_ res upon the nation at lar g e, the dut y of the that of selecting their own adminis- sin people .. _ t from any single clique, not from any t not from any exclusive class , but p r a a r t t o ic rs u b , cir f the population indiscriminate l y , from an classes k: le, manufacturing, labouring, fr o m classes mercant: ~ ,tic, thereby concentrating ag ricultural, and aristoci their energy, intelli in the service of the countf.,T, Ben ce, sagacity, industry, and inCorrntibility. Id reminded his The Hon. Representativ e of ShelL: g t t ; the House co nstituents of the hopelessne ss of lookin of Com alone, in its present condition, for the carrying out mons of the scheme left as a legacy by Sii,Ro- BERT PEEL to the great mass of his fellow -country , men. In ill us tration of his meaning he thus de ' sc ribed that remarkable branch of the Legislature :-- ‘'‘ The House of Commons," said he, " is made up of peosnle very thrifty—so s are the people of England- They are rather slow to move—so are the people of England. They have a very accurate per ception o S their own personal interests —so have the people of }:agland. They are courageous beyond the power of anybody to frighten them --'l3O are the peo ple of England." In reality he maintained that the House of Common s represe nts not merely the intelli gence, but the prejudices also of the British popula tion. From a more ree: ()lute manifestation of public feeling, therefore, we are told by look for the realisation of the Mr. ROEBUCK to mission devolving upon the nation just now—the e2ormous and vitally important mission of constituting fol. themselves, not as heretofore, a Cabinet created from a !lique, but a truly popular and really national Government,. With a view to the accomplishment of this grand object in the way of administrative improveme nt, the people of this country cannot, we conceive, adopt , u nder pre sent circumstances, a wiser course than that of supporting the patriotic statesman who has so very recently been dismissed from the Ministry, which, associated with his genius, has been thereby alone redeemed from the disgrace of beingitermed the Ministry of Mediocrities. A course like this would be cons onant, moreover, with the views entertained by the Honourable Mem - ber for Sheffield, than whom the House of Commons does not contain a more intelligent, a more honest, or a more patriotic legislator. The first general meeting of the Anglo-Californian Gold Mining Companyi took place yesterday at the Freemasons' Hall. It is satisfactory to find that all our assertions respecting the integrity and bona fides of the highly respectable, although much calumniated, directors of the company, have been fully verified, and that our anticipations respecting its ultimate suc cess have received, and are daily receiving, the strongest confirmation. There is no longer any in disposition to take u p shares in the undertaking, or to execute the deed of settlement. Those who held cautiously aloof, while difficulties were impending and formidable obstacles were to be encountered, are now eagerly coming forward seeking to be rein stated in the position which they had abandoned in the time of adversity. More powerful proof could not be afforded of the position and prospects of the company than that the cautious persons, who declined to participate in the liabilities and responsibilities of the company while there was any risk, should now be clamourous for re-admission, and desirous of sharing in the more fully recognised advantages offered to the public. The advance in the price of shares is 'another but far less convincing evidence of the favourable light in which the project is re garded in the money market. There are few of our friends and subscribers who will not recollect the highly prejudicial reports that were from time to time put forward against the Board of Management, many of which were repeated, with additions and emendations, by a morning contempo rary. These slanders have now been traced to their source, and fully and completely rebutted, wherever they were sufficiently t tangible and direct to admit of distinct contradiction. We say "to admit of distinct contradiction," for the enemies of the company, and the thoughtless and indiscreet, who unconsciously, and without any express or par ticular malice, played the game of the vindictive and malignant slanderers, repeating, endorsing, and giving currency to their frivolous and unfounded charges, were nOt contented with direct accusations. They also resorted to " The whisper'it hint, the shrug, the hum, or ha, These petty brands that calumny cloth use"— and they did the dirty work more efficiently than the strongest and most positive circumstantial statement. We believe it is in one of WASHINGTON IRVING'S books that a panic in the Money-market, and the most disastrous results, are traced to a quotation from SHAISPERE being announced with an oracular nod and Lord Burleigh-like shake of the head to a certain Alderman PorKiNs, then travelling in Italy, that there was " Something r men in the state of Denmark." The worthy citizen, alarmed at what he supposed to be authentic intelligence, although conveyed in a myste rious form, gave orders for the sale of some millions of Danish bonds, and thus occasioned the great monetary and commercial crisis of the day. We be lieve that the fortunes of a company or an individual are frequently seriously injured, if not entirely de stroyed, on equal ly vague and meaningless insinua tions. That the , Anglo-Californian Company have survived the shoals inflicted on its credit by such means, and that they should have arrived at their present position, proves alike the inherent soundness of the undertaking, and an activity, energy, and devotion on the part of the directors, that merits the highest approbation of the shareholders. The report, wt lich will be found in another part of n," - LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1852. During the present lull in politic:al matters, and es pecially during that critical position. of the Ministry which has virtually deprived England of an Adminis tration, it is something more than agreeable to listen to the opinions expressed by Mr. ROEBUCK on the principles necessary to be recognised in the guidance of our future government. At any time it is always gratifying to hear the sentiments entertained by him upon all questions affecting the dearest interests of the community, but under the circumstance of the existing crisis the public attention in reference to those sentiments cannot fail to be very materially enbanced. There is recognisable in the abilities of the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Sheffield a boldness, a candour, and an explicitness, which of all qualities are, to the British multitude, the most congenial, and consequently, of course, the most acceptable. Mr. ROEBUCK is no rosewater pa triot, babbling about the platitudes of the Constitu tion. lie thinks strongly, and speaks strongly, and has, above all, the knack of uttering his views upon language the most readily nacoemnpraehndenstihblien.gs in searing these peculiarities in mind, therefore, we turn with a more peculiar sense of satisfaction than ordinary to the address delivered by him on Tuesday afternoon to his constituents, in anticipation of the fast approaching hour which is to witness the re-assembling of the Imperial Parliament. As might h ave b een rea dily an ticipated, the very first allusions of the orator had reference to the presen t difficulties of th e the situation of her Mas Administration. s sT ys Ministers, m r. Commenting ROEBUCKupo characterised it as at once detrimental to the country at large, and in particular to their own characters as statesmen. He considers the Cabinet as already broken up, and awaits the speedy announcement of its abdication from power with " • • un ri p m l . 1 1 c t t s fconfi possibilityen ce. lie cannot regard it as within th e that its existence can be much longer protracted. Neither can he find it in his heart to lament the fall of a Ministry which his not merely the disgrace of being, composed exclusively of the represen tatives of a single clique, but of betraying so much weakness and culpability amon g the ranks of its m embers. Characterisin g the he ads of most unpalatable feli c it y, of the wh a t various them d e p m a r u t s m t e b n e t Mr. ROEBUCK spok e , w i th " the good-natured imbecilit y " of the President of the Board of Trade, a nd of " the crack-brain e d audacity" of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. An Administration made up of men like those could not, necessarily, but prove in the end the most wretched of failures, more especially when it is remembered that it was a Cabinet gathered together, as the Member for Sheffield correctly phrases it, from the mere offshoots of aristocratic associations. That he should pass over sub silentio the latest evidence of the mingled temerity and weakness of the Govern : ment was scarcely matter of likelihood. Accordingly we find a brief but significant mention of the recent dismissal of Lord PALMERSTON. " There was one man a mong them of great power and capacity," says Mr. Renewers, "and they got rid of him, and now we are to have a session of Parliament with the only member of that Cabinet who ever commanded a European reputation,"or had with him the feelings of the large body of the people of this country, either in the equivocal and most dangerous position of a supposed friend, or in the more open character of an actual opponent of the present Administration." Shortly this day's impression, after alluding to obtacles which are stated to have arisen from the conduct of the late secretary, and spi ,eking in strong, but by no means overstrained, tern Is of the " zeal, intelligence, and judgment" displayed by Sir HENRY VERE HUNTLEY in the trying sits :ations in which he was placed, at tributes the preset' t prosperity of the company in a great degree to his exer Lions. The directors ,declare their full approval of tk to system introduced by the Gallant Gentleman, of crashing and working up the quartz supplied from other quarters, receiving half the pro ceeds. As Sir E:E27ItY " anticipates no difficulty in obtaining a plentiful supply," and as he has at this moment machinery capablo of crushing thirty or forty tons of roc k per diem, and arrangements are making for sending out additional machinery suffi cient for pulveriaing one hundred and fifty tons per diem, it ms‘y easily be conceived that the amount of profit:• which must necessarily be realized cannot fail to Ite very considerable. There has already been a co mmencement, and it is certain that there is at this , moment the products of five or six weeks' wor:kings, either on the way home or in the hands of the agents in California. There was also the satisfactory sinnouncement, that " the company has neither debt xfor liabilities, beyond such liabilities as are accruing from day to day," and that after de ducting from the assets of the company for all ordi nary outgoings both here and in California up to the 24th of June next, there will still be a balance on hand. We congratulate the shareholders on the auspicious e ci s a ,L a d o we e t thaekire so prospects thu s p apps eti afforded. We congratu late the directors n the d conduct eg uc d tev re in e ced by the shar e h o l L i r of credit to ourselves for the realization of our predic tions, and the triumphant acquittal of the parties of whom, in the fn..'l conviction of their innocence, we were the strenuoua and decided advocates. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 14.—The new iron seam-s Lip Clarence, Captain W iseman, sailed from the Mersey at noon yesterday for Sydney, New South Wales. She put back this morning to repo it damage caused by a collision with the ship Gladiator, fron i Dantzic for .Livc-rpool. The Clarence lost mizenmast, qw liter boats stove, d av it s smashed, 81C., b es ides other damag e. The Gladi a t or lost jibboom (whic h fell on the steamer's quarter-deck), and had her bows stove in, causing a consb lerable leak. The ca pt a i n of the ship w i s hed the steamer to take him in tow, but in consequence of the heavy sea it wa: impossible to do so. The collision took place between the Q =heads and reint EVENING, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. I Chamber, containing a report made o t the Chamber of Reputie3 on the interpellation of M. PitELL 00 recent arrests. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. For some days past rumours of further proscrip tions have been current in the salons of Paris. It was said that MM. DARU, DE HAUSSON VILLE, DE SEGUE, and Prince ALBERT DE BROGLIE, would have been included in the list of the proscribed but for the absolute refusal of M. DE MORNY to countersign the decrees. It was also rumoured that a decree had been prepared confiscating the whole of the property , of the Orleans family, and that but for the opposi tion of M. Achieas FOULD, the ]finance Minister, who tendered his resignation, the decree would have been published. It was added, that the publication of these and of other decrees of a similar character had been merely postponed. To these rumors the Constitutionnel, in an article signed by M. VERON, gives an unqualified contradiction. It says— " The President of the Republic has received from a en a nst that weakness w hi c h sacri fices Ms gen erou s h ear t h as b een eight millions of votes the m ot d'ordre, ' Save France,' and he was obliged a few days since to sign a list of trans pobolritgaetdiontoacnlclosbe itsel f anish g Les states, and to resign itself to one of those rigourous decisions, the only object of which is to shelter society from fresh agitations and new conflicts. Already the enemies of all government misrepresent and calum niate the feelings a nd t h e projects of Louis Napoleon. They tell you with t he lo udest injustice, You are not ; and that an attack will be Ministerial o ffi ces, by modify ing the attributi ons of notaries, by doubling the tawarehe fir first list the r o a h f e t d r e n inon s p mfoalldoeweodu btyhemparnoyprottyheorfs num ber of avoue's end of h u i ss i ers, i n suppress i ng re gistrars in changing he d o ne o d ap pointment of magistrates for life will cease to exist.' we t hi n k we can affirm t h at these reports are entirely void o f foundation. These calumnies are the first attacks of t n p revolutions against any new Government which is found ing itself, and which finds itself compelled, before a new constitution and all the organic laws can be promulgated, to take measures of precaution and of safety. We do not wish to recriminate, but we would ask whether the monarchy of July hesitated for dynastic interests to ar rest a princess of the blood royal, who se imprudent actions were only the madness of a young woman with a warm heart and an excited head, and whose /char/go:tree so little rese mbled all the horrors which have just been committed on different points of France by secret sooie ties and armed Socialists? Louis Napoleon is confi dent, he is not intoxicated ; ho shows himself firm , and resolute • but he will re ma i n h umane and generous." The resolute; contains the following communicated note :—" The Minister of the Interior has seen with regret the publication in the English journals of the translation of a correspondence between him and General CAVAIGNAC. He is perfectly a stranger to that publication, which could only have originated in an act of indiscretion." A decree from the PRESIDENT of the Republic nominates as " Majors of the National Guard of Paris, to be attached in that quality and with the emolu ments of their rank to the general staff of the Com mander-in-chief, and to be employed by him in the battalions," the following officers :—CAM. PIONNET, ex-Captain, officer of the Legion of Honour ; VERMEIL, ex-major, knight of the Legion of Honour; POIZAT, ex-adjutant, knight of the Legion of Honour; JACQUOT, ex-major of artillery, knight of the Legion of Honour ; and BROSSET, ex-captain, officer of the Legion of Honour. These officers are to fill the functions of inspectors of arms and outfit; commissioners at the Conseils de igecensement ; and reporters at the councils of ad ministration. They may, in addition, be employed in any work judged useful by the Commander-in-Chief. Another decree nominates to various employments in the general staff of the Commander -in-Chief of the National Guards of the Seine the following persons : In the Intendance : MM. Dabrin, intendant, and Pignel, Mamignard, and de Gaustalls, sub-intendants. Sanitary Service : MM. de Guise, inspector-general ; Filbos, Huguier, and Conneau, principal surgeons ; and Villette, Letalenet, Puche, Chaillou, Philippeau, ifarchappe, Blain de Cormiers, and Tenain, surgeon majors. Colonels : MM. de Persigny and Bacchiochi, attached to the person of the PRINCE-PRESIDENT, and M. de Neuwerkerke. Lieutenant -Colonels—MM. de Caulaincourt, aide-de-camp of the commander-in chief; de Beauval, ItagOn, and de Sage. Chiefs d'Escadron—MM. de Curnieu, Nast, Presbourg, Loysel, Joanne, Courpon , B az ire, Bataille, de Vidil Munster, Chambaud du Lac de Fugares, Arnaud, de' B6rard, Thenon, de Loistal, Jules David, de Cham bray, Gerard, and de Chassiron. Also thirty-nine captains, and the following Jury of Revision—MM. Maine Glatigny, chef-d'escadron reporter, Hemel, captain ; deputy-reporter, Castaignet, captain, secre tary ; and Emile Planard, lieutenant, deputy secretary. The Moniteur publishes a decree from the PRESI DENT of the Republic, granting a full and entire am• nasty for all condemnations pronounced for infrac. tions of the service of the Nati onalonal Guard, antecedently to the date of January 13 ; ise for all the in. fractiona of the same kind liable to disciplinary or correctional prosecution, but not proceeded against. M. THEODORE BAG, whose name appears in the list of exiles, has obtained permission to remain in France through the interest of the Prince DE LA MOSKOWA. M. DUPIN has made his peace with the Elysee, by betraying the excellent Archbishop of Paws, who it appears bad addressed a letter to him, offering the use of Notre Dame for the sittings of the ssembly. That letter M. Duro has given up, and a s s reward he is permitted to retain his office at the Court of Cessation. We read in the Si3cle-4‘ It is said that a letter has been a ddressed Ann•ae-KeDeR to the PRESI DENT of the Republibcy , congratulating him on the act of the 2d December, and renewing his request to be set at liberty. It is added that he pledges himself not to take any part in any attempt which the Arabs may make aga inst French domination." Mine. TRIERS, Male. DosNE, Mdlle. DosNB have returned to Paris. The Independance of Brussels says--" M. TRIERS appeared disposed to remain permanently at Brussels. But having learied that the French Government in tended to deMand his removal from that city, h e would not expose the B el g ian Government to the inconve nience which a refusal, which appeared certain, might have caused, and he resolved to proceed to England. M. T RIERS would only have remained at Brussels on oondition that he should have full liberty to write." MM . MARC Pnr/tAissE NIOT,GREPPO, MATIIE. and RICIJARDET, e x -representatives, condemned to trans portation, have been placed on board the Duguesclin at Brest. An order has been received at Brest by telegraph to pause in all preparations for the transpor tation of MM. ALExalwite MARTIN and MictinT, ex-representatives of Loiret rem is even said that M. M ARTI N is to be a llowed to ain at Paris for the recovery of his health. Three companies of marines have just left Cher bourg, on board the Bertholet steamer, for Cayenne. The PRESIDENT of the Republic appeared at the Italian Opera on Wednesday n i g h t f or t h e first time since the coup d ad- Ho entered his box during the performance of the first act (the piece was Maria de Rohan) almost unperceived by the audience. He sat rather retired in the corner of the box, a nd nearly concealed by the dr a p er y. The tenor G U ASCO was singing when he entered, and some applauded, whe ther in honour of the PRESIDENT or the artiste was not quite clear. During the entre-acte the PRESI DENT left his box, and again returned as the second act was beginning. It became then fully known to the audience that the PRSIDENT was in the house. A cry of " Vive le President !" was at once heard, and the audience warmly and heartily welcomed him with several rounds of applause, and with cries of " Vive le President 1" He advanced to the front of his box, and repeatedly acknowledged the compliment. Public Securities continued to advance in price at the Bourse. The Fi%ea l er Coats. opened at 105 f., full to 1041. 75c., rose subsequently to 1051. 65c. ' and closed at 105 f. 20c.; the Three per Cents. closed at 70f. 25c.; Orleans ltailroad Sha res, 1,1001 Rh Rouen, 700 f.; _Havre, -- 295 f.; Great Northern, 565? • A.; v i gnon , 250 f.; Vierzon, 5201.; Basle, 216 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 437 f. 50e.; Paris and S tr asburg, 472 f. 50c. Tours Tours and Nantes, 307 f. 50e.; Paris and Lyons, 592 f. 50c . BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCIIANGE, JAN. 14. Boulogne and Amiens , ll% Central of France (Orleans a nd Vierzon), 20—East Idian, 21 —Luxembourg, 3—Namur and Liege, 5 /. il4 — Northern of France 181.4—Orleans and Bor deaux, B—Paris an d S trasbourg , 161 —Rouen and Havre, 10 —Sambre and Meus e , 3%_-Tours and Nantes, 8%. TURKE Y. A. , ivices from Conste.atinople of i .,the 27th ult. state that the intelligence from Paris of the coup d'etat bad produced a great sensation, and that M. DE LAVA.* LETTE had redoubled his activity in the matter cf the Holy Sepulchre. SPAIN • Madrid journals of the 9th have arrived. The Gaceta publishes the following decree : " In virtue o f t h e prerogative conferred upon me by thefollowing:_Ldicofthe 26th article o f t h e C ons titution, and conformably to Sole article. The Le g islative Session of my Council of M inisters, I have decreed the 1851 is closed. " Given at the Royal Palace, the 7th Jan., 1859. (Signed) " The QUEEN. (Countersigned) «The President of the Council, " JUAN BRAVO MurtmLo." MADRID & Diu, JAN . 9.—The Three per Cents. were done at 38i for time; the Four per Cents., at 15; the Five per Centr., at 18i; the Debt without Interest, at 5 9.16; and the Coupons, at 9. GERMAN Y• The discuEsion hi the Lower Chamber of Prussia on the motion of censure on the Government for the manner in which they had carried into execution the laws on the Press, commenced on the 13th. The order of the day was moved as an amendment and rejected and the debate was adjourned. On the 18th a Royal decree was published restoring the Council of State, of which the Minister MAN TEUFFEL is nominated President. The members of the Customs Conferences at Vienna have held their sittingss The police of M un i c h, on the 9th, seized at the post-office all the numbers of the Augsburg Gazette which had not been distributed. It is thought that this seizure was made in consequence of an article by Dr. JAEGER, a member of the Eight Centre of the THURSDAY JANUARY l5, 1852, An official publication drawn up under the surveil lance of the President of the ChaiLl;sr will akne be authorised. The legislative body freely discusses the laws — adopts or rejects them—but does not introduce those unforeseen amendments which often derange tha whole economy of a system, and the ensemble of the primitive project; and, for still stronger reasons, it does possess that Parliamentary initiative which was the source of such grave abuse, and which permitted every deputy to substitute himself at every turn, in place of the Government, and to present projects, however unstudied or shallow. The Chamber being no longer in presence of the ministers, and projects of laws being advocated by the orators of the Council of State, the time will not be lost in gain interpellations, in frivolous ac cusations, and in passionate struggles, whose sole object was to upset ministries, in order to replace them. Thus, then, the deliberations of the legislative body will be independent, but the causes of sterile agitations will have been suppressed and salutary delays introduced into any modification of the law. The deputies (mandataires) of the nation will ma turely accomplish things of importance. Another asslmbly bears the name of Senate. It will be composed of those elements which in every country cre:te a legitimate influence ; such as an illustrious name, wealth, talent, and services rendered to the country. The Senate is not—what the Chamber of Peers was —a pale reflection of the Chamber of Deputies, repeating, at a few days' interval, the same discussions in another tone. It is the depository of the funda mental compact, and of the public liberties, com patible with the Constitution, and it is solely with re gard to the great principles on which our society is based, that it examines all laws, and that it proposes new ones to the Executive power. It intervenes either to resolve any grave difficulty which might arise during the absence of the legislative body, or to explain the text of the Constitution, and to secure whatever may be necessary to its operation (marche). It has the right to annul any illegal or arbitrary act, and thus enjoying the consideration which attaches to a body exclusively occupied with the examination of great interests, or the application of great principles, it fills in the State the independent, salutary, and conservative office of the ancient Parliaments. The Senate will not be, like the Chamber of Peers, transformed into a court of justice. It will preserve its character of Supreme Moderator; for disrepute always falls on political bodies, when the sanctuary of legislation becomes a criminal tribunal. The im partiality of the judge is too often questioned, and it loses all prestige with public opinion, which some times goes so far as to accuse it of being the instru ment of passion or of hatred. A High Court of Justice chosen from amongst the high magistracy, and having, as jury, members of the Councils-General of all France, will alone repress all attempts against the Chief of the State and the public safety. The Emperor said to the Council of State—" A Constitution is the work of time. It is impossible to leave in it too large a margin for ameliorations." Accordingly, the present Constitution has only set tled that which it was impossible to leave uncertain. It has shut up, within insurmountable barriers, the destinies of a great people. It has left for change a margin sufficiently large to allow, in great crises, of other means of safety than the disastrous expedient of revolution. The Senate can, in concert with the Government, modify all that is not fundamental in the Constitution, but as to any modifications of the fundamental bases sanctioned by your suffrages—they can only become definitive after having received your ratification. Thus, the people remains master of its destiny. Nothing fundamental is effected without its will. Such are the ideas, such the principles, that you have authorised me to apply. May this Constitution give to our country calm and prosperous days—may it prevent the return of those intestine struggles, in which victory, however legitimate, is always dearly bought —may the sanction which you have given to my efforts be blessed by Heaven. Then—PEACE WILL BE .A.sURED AT HOME AND ABROAD, MY ARDENT HOPES WILL BE FULFILLED Ones meux seront comblas ), MY MISSION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED. LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Palace of the Tuileries, Jar). 14, 1852. (From the Daily News.) (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) PARIS, THURSDAY, HALF-PAST NINE. The Constitution is promulgated, preceded by a proclamation. The President is to preserve his present title; he is responsible before the people, to whom he can always appeal. He commands the land and sea forces. He alone has the initiative of the laws ;be has a right to declare the state of siege, save the re ferring of it to the Senate. He presents one message every year. No accusation can be brought against Ministers but by the Senate. They are only respon. sible for their respective duties. The functionaries take the oath of obedience to the Constitution and fidelity to the President. In case of the death of the President the Senate calls upon the nation for a new election. The President hes the right, by a secret deed, de pokited with the Senate, to designate to the people the citizen whom he recommends to the suffrage, until the election of a new President. The President of the Senate governs jointly with Ministers. The number of Senators not to exceed one hun dred and fifty. It is fixed at eighty for the first year. The Senators are named for life by the President. Their functions are performed gratuitously. How ever, the President may grant a salary not exceeding thirty thousand francs. The sitting of the Senate not to be public. It re gulates the constitution of colonies, and all that has not been provided for by the Constitution. It may propose modifications of the Constitution, but any modification of the bases laid on the proclamation of Dec. 2 will be referred to universal suffrage. There will be a deputy to the legislative body for every thirty. five thousand electors, elected by universal suf frage for ten years, and receiving no emolument. All adopted amendments to be sent, without discus sion, before the Council of State, and cannot be dis cuss,ed if not equally adopted by this one. The sittings will last three months. Reports of the sittings by newspapers will be con fined to the o ffi cial reports of t he proceedings drawn up by the bureau. The president and vice-president are nominated by the President of the Republic for a year. Ministers cannot be deputies. Petitions may be addressed to the Senate, but none to the Legislative body. The President of the Republic convokes, adjourns, prorogues, and dissolves the legislative body. In case of dissolution, a new one to be convoked within six months. The Council of State, composed of 40 or 50 mem bers, is nominated and presided over by the Presi dent, who may revoke its members. They receive an annual salary of twenty-five thousand francs. They draw up the project of laws and discuss them before the Legislature. There will be a High Court of Justice, without appeal, belore which will be tried all attempts against the state or its chief. The may ors are appointed by the executive power. - „ CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council Was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-effice. The Ministers present were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Earl Granville, Earl Grey,BtrhouegChhtoannc, e t l i l l o e r l i t i i f g t h h t e li E o x n c . h H eq e i n ie ry r, Sir Francis Baring, Lord Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. Fox Manic, and Lord Seymour. The Council sat two hours and a half, THE NEW GOVERNOR FOR THE CAPE.—WB under stand that Major-General the Hon. George Cathcart, the newly-appointed Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, will proceed thither in the course of a fortnight. Her Majesty's steam -sloop Hydra will be commissioned at Sheerness for the purpose of conveying the Gallant General to the seat of his government. PROFOSIM REFORM MEETING IN ST. PANCRAS.— At the meeting of the directors of the parish of St. Pancras, on Tuesday, Mr. Stockton communicated the following letter from Sir B. Hall :—" My dear Sir,—lt is almost certain that very important revelations will be made the first night of the sestiion. I would strongly urge you not to have your meeting before that time, and to have a meeting of the whole parish or borough afterwards. Yours, &c., B. HALL.— Llanover, Jan. II." - . 11USELABY BABY.—France is enjoying its Little Nap— 1--,Punch. ITALY. The Sardinian Chamber of Deputies concluded the debate on the treaty of commerce with Austria on the 10th. M. REVEL, formerly of the Cabinet, was the principal orator, and spoke with great weight of argument in favour of the treaty, which was adopted by 90 votes against 38. LATEST FROM PARIS. THE NEW CONSTITUTION, (From the Morning Post) The following is the exact text of the Proclama tion of the President of the Republic to the French people, explaining the spirit, the principles, and the chief points of the Constitut.:n : PRO CL ATION OF LOUIS NAPOLEON, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE, PROMULGATING THE CONSTITUTION OF DECEMBER 2, 1851. FRENCHMEN ! In my Proclamation of the 2d of December, when I loyally explained to you what, according to my ideas, were the vital conditions of Government (pouvoir) in France, I had not the pretension, so common in these days, of substituting a personal theory for the experience of centuries. On the con trary, 1 sought in the past, the examples that might best be followed, what men had given them, and what benefits had resulted. I have thought it reasonable (logique) to prefer the precepts of genius to the specious doctrines of men of abstract ideas. I have taken as models the political institutions which already, at the commencement of this century, under analogous circumstances have strengthened tottering society and raised France to a lofty degree of prosperity and grandeur. I have taken as models those institutions, which, instead of vanishing at the first breath of popula agitation, were only overturned by the might of all Europe coalesced against us. In one word, I said to myself, since France makes progress during the last fifty years, in virtue alone of the administrative, military, judicial, religious, and financial organisation of the Consulate and the Em pire, why should not we also adopt the political insti tutions of that epoch ? Created by the same thought, they must bear the same character of nationality and practical utility. In effect, as I recalled to mind in my proclamation, it is essential to aver that our present state of society is nought else than France regenerate by the revolu tion of eighty-nine, and organised by the Emperor. Nothing remains of the old regime but great souvenirs and great benefits, all that was organised under it was destroyed by the revolution, and all that since the re volution has been organised, and that still exists, has been the work of Napoleon. We no longer possess provinces, or states, or Par liaments, or intendants, or farmers-general, or various customs, or feudal rights, or privileged classes, holding exclusive possession:of civil and military employments, or different religious jurisdictions. To all these things so incompatible with its spirit, the revolution applied a thorough reform; but it founded nothing definitive. The First Consul, alone, re-established unity, hierarchy, and the true princi ples of government. They are still in ♦igour. Thus, the administration of France entrusted to Prefects, Sub-Prefects, and Mayors, who substitute Unity in the place of Directing Commissions (the decision of a f fairs, on the contrary, being confided to Councils—from that of the Commune to that of the Department). Thus, the Magistracy, rendered firm by the immovability of the Judges, and by the hierarchy of the tribunals—justice rendered more easy by the clear definition of attributions from those of the Justice of the Peace, up to those of the Court of Cessation—all this still is still standing. In the same manner, our admirable financial sys tem, the Bank of France, the establishment of the Budget, the Court of Accounts, the organisation of the police, and our military statutes, date from the above-mentioned epoch. For the last fifty years it is the Cycle Napoleon that has adjusted the reciprocal interests of citizens ; it is still the concordat that regulates the relations of the State with the,Claurch. Lastly, the greater portion of the measures which concern the progress of industry, of commerce, of literature, of science, and of the arts, from the sta tutes of the Theatre Fraecais to those of the Institute of France, from the institution of Prud'hommes to the creation of the Legion of Honour, have been fixed by the decrees of that time. It may then be affirmed that the frame of our social edifice is the work of the Emperor —which has stood firm —resisting his fall and the shocks of three re volutions. Wherefore, since they have the same origin, should not his political institutions have the same chance of duration ? My own conviction has been formed for a long time ; and, therefore, it was that I submitted to your judgment the principal bases of a Constitution bor rowed from that of the year VIII. Approved of by you, they are to become the foundation of our foil ical Constitution. Let us now examine its spirit. In our country—for the last eight hundred years Monarchical—the central power, has always existed by increasing—Royalty destroyed the great vassals — the Revolutions themselves caused to disappear the obstacles which opposed the rapid and uniform exer cise of authority. In this country of centralisation , public opinion has invariably referred everything, good and evil, to the Chief of the Government ; so that, to write at the head of a charter that the Chief is irresponsible, is to lie (mentis - ) to public feeling. It is to endeavour to establish a fiction which has three times disappeared at the sound of revolution. The present Constitution, on the contrary, pro claims that the chief whom you have elected is re sponsible to you. That he has the right of appeal to your sovereign judgment, in order that in grave (solennelles) circumstances you may always be able to continue your confidence in him or to withdraw it. Being responsibl e , hi s ac ti o ns must be free and without hindrance. Hence arises the obligation or his having Ministers who may be the honoured and powerful auxiliaries of his thought, but who no longer form a responsible council, composed of jointly re sponsible members (nzembres solidaires), a daily obstacle to the special influence of the chief of the State, a Council, the expression of a policy emanating from the Chambers, and for that very reason, exposed to frequent changes which render impossible a con tinuous policy (esprit de suite) or the application of a regular system. Nevertheless, in proportion to the loftiness of posi tion in which a man is placed, and in proportion to his independence and to the confidence that the people place in him, is his need of enlightened and conscien tious council. Hence the creation of a Council of State, for the future the real (veritable) Council of the Government, the first wheelwork of our new organisation—a reunion, a practical man elaborating projects of law in special committees, then discussing them with closed doors, and without oratorical oaten tations, in general assembly, next presenting them to the acceptation of the legislative body. Thus the Government (pouvoir) is free in its movements, and enlightened in its progress. Now, what will be the control exercised over the Assemblies ? A Chamber, which bears the title of " The Le gislative Body," votes the laws and the taxes. It is elected by universal ;suffrage without the ballot (sans scrutin de lisle). ; The people, choosing each candidate singly, can the_more easily appreciate his merit. The Chamber is composed of about two hundred and sixty members—a first guarantee of the calmness of its deliberations, for too often it has been seen, that iu Assemblies the mobility and ardour of passions increase in proportion to the number of members. The account of the deliberations which is to in form the nation of its affairs is no longer, as for merly, abandoned to the party spirit of each journal. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chanedloi. did no it today. It was un derstood that his Lordship had to attend a Cabinet Coun cil, fixed for an early hour this morning. (Before th,” LORDS JUSTICES LUNATIC PETITIONS.—IN RE LOVEDAY. This was a petitien presented by Mr, Lov e d a y, a ga i ns t whom a cotrann;slon of lunecy had formerly been issued, to compel the surrender of certgin deeds now in the pos session of the trustees in whom the management of his estates had been placed under the commission. It ap peared that immediately after the order of the Lord Chancellor had been issued, directing the issue of a com mission, the trustees appointed under it having begun to act, Mr. Loveday traverced the commission, and on an action at law following obtained a verdict by which the commission was set aside. The committees having, how ever, incurred considerable expense in the management of the estates, refused to deliver up possession of the deeds until they had been reimbursed, whereupon Mr. Loveday presented the present petition. The COURT, in giving judgment, said that the answer which the defendants had attempted to set up, that they had acted under an order of the Lord Chancellor, and were, therefore, entitled to compensation, could not be maintained in opposition to the verdict of a court of law. The Court had no more power now to deal with the estate of the alleged lunatic, after the verdict which had been given, than it had to deal with his person. The opinion of the Court, therefore, was that a decree should be made, granting the prayer of the petition, and order ing tho immediate surrender of the deeds now in the pos session of the defendants.—Decree accordingly. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAN.) His Honour the Master was engaged the whole of the morning in hearing petitions, the chief of which was in the cause IN RE WRIGHT, in which Mr. Busk and Mr. Cooper appeared for the petitioner, and Mr. Humphries for the trustees. It appeared that the petitioner, Samuel Wright, had been entitled to a legacy of 1,0001. under the will of a testator, who died in the year 1820. Three portions of this legacy had been paid, but a balance still remained of 2461. is. 61, which had been increased to the sum of 2621. 103. by interest, less the legacy duty. The legatee inherited under an appointment of the widow of the tes tator, who died in 1849. Previous, however, to his in terest in the testator's property accruing the legatee bad made an assignment, and the question, therefore, arose as to whom should the balance in the hands of tho trus tees be paid; whether to the assignees of the legatee or to the legatee himself; the point of law turning on the introduction of the word " other" in speaking of the personal property devised by the testator, including as it must either one particular property or the whole of the effects of the devisor. His HONOUR suggested that a supplemental order might he given; but it was ultimately decided that the right of the legatee had not been invalidated, and that the costs should be paid out of the general fund. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir G. TURNER.) lIIILNEP. V. HARRISON. His HONOUR gave judgment in this case, which came before the Court on a motion to commit the defendants, Messrs. Harrison, of Liverpool, for breach cf an injunc tion restraining them from the infringement of the pa tent of the plaintiffs, Messrs. Milner, of the same bo rough, for improvements in boxes, safes, or other depo sitaries for the protection of papers or other materials from fire. His Honour observed that in June last, the plaintiffs having brought an action against the defen dants recovered a verdict, and subsequently obtained an injunction, the breach of which was now complained of. The grounds on which the commitment was moved for were, first, the sale ofla safo to a Mr. ,Thoma son, and, secondly, the sale of a safe to a Mr. Cafferate. The delendant by his affidavit stated that the first safe was only lent, and not sold, but the plaintiff contended that if only a loan that loan was a breach of the injunction. His Honour here perused the affidavits, and was satisfied no order for committment could be made on that case. He abstained from making com ments on the affidavits, for such comments would only affect the character of the parties. Competition in trade and heat of litigation had led both parties into conduct of which ho could not approve. As to the second case of cage to Cuff:Jrata, the question arising upon it was wholly different. That safe was proved to have been manufactured according to Taun's patent, and the question was whether the manufacture under Tann's patent was an infringement of the plaintiff's patent. That question had not been tried at law. If the Court were to make an order for committing this defendant, it would opinion, without the aid of a court of law, and n n d its to own affirm that ?,11Iner's patent applied to all cases where the material interposed in the box evolved steam when affected by heat, which was not the con struction of Milner's patent, or the necessary corollary from what had passed at law. Nothing that had fallen from him must be understood as intimating the least doubt that when the Court was satisfied there had been a wilful breach of an injunction it would exercise its power of commitment, and he would not permit any de fendant to protect himself from commitment by saying he was manufacturing under another patent. The question that pressed on his Honour's mind was, whether there was or was not any question to be tried as to the validity or invalidity of Tann's patent, or as to the extent to which the first patent reached it. If any case came be fore him in which ho found a defendant manufacturing under a second patent, which was merely colourable, and as to which there was no bona fide question that it was an infringement, he should exercise without hesita tion the Power of commitment. He should, therefore, order the motion to stand over, with liberty to the plain tiff to bring such action as he might be advised. If the plaintiff proceeded at law on CaUrata's case and suc ceeded, he could renew the motion. GRAND TRUNK OR STAFFORD AND pETERBORoGiI RAILWAY V. BRODIE. The arguments of counsel were then resumed in this case, which was opened yesterday, and which there Is ev ery prospect of lasting a couple of days. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY•) 'WALTON V. FREES. Mr. O'MALLEY moved for a rule to show cause why the nonsuit in this case should not be set aside, and new trial had. The action was brought to recover cora pensation in damages for a false imprisonment commit ted under the following circumstances. The plaintiff was a yeoman, and the defendant is a Colonel in ono of our cavalry regiments. A few months ago, while in a state of intoxication, the plaintiff was enlisted in the Colonel's regiment, but as the enlistment took place on a Sunday it was illegal, and the plaintiff neglected to attend to it. The consequence was he was put under arrest and carried before the magistrate, but the magi!'" trate refused to sanction the arrest, and thereupon the Colonel took upon himself the responsibility of imprison . ing the plaintiff. His friends, however, interfered in his be' half, and he was, after some weeks' incarceration, liberated upon a writ of habeas corpus, and this action was then commenced. At the trial, however, before Lord Camp' bell, it was objected that the action was too late, inns' much as the Mutiny Act, under which the Colonel was supposed to have acted, required that such actions es this should be brought within six months after the cause of action had occurred, which appeared was not the case here, and the Learned Judge ordered a new writ to be entered. It was now contended, however, that the ques tion as to whether the Colonel did really proceed in what he had done ander the Mutiny Act, should have been submitted to the jury, because if it should turn out that his conduct was so unjustifiable that ho could not possibly have imagined that it was sanctioned in any way at this demand ought to have oTnht h h e se Ce wouldu m r fallwwere rt t bo the b t f h e trial, opiniong ro u ndt which b was n o t d one, a nd . t h ere fore they refused to grant this rule. Rule refused accordingly. Q UEEN V. PARISH OF Sr. JAME S ' S, CLEREENWELL: mR ade Mr. PASHLEY applied to the Court for a certiorari to bring up an order of the Pootelaw Board, dated the 4th of July lest, and directed to th e guardians of the par ish of St. James's, Clerkenwell, with the view of having it quashed. One clause of the order required the gna r l diens to divide the p ar i s h i nto three districtslfor me dics' relief, and to appoint proper medical officers to eac h district, a proceeding which the guardians had no power to take, and which the Poor-law Amendment Act sptciully provided should originate with the Poor-lavi Board itself. Another clause is the order called upon the guardians, to nominate and appoint a relieving officer, hut this also the guardians had no power to do. Application granted. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) LOCKWOOD AND ANOTRBR V. YEARSLEY AND ANOTREIT , This action was tried at the last sittings atter term in Middlesex before the Lord Chief Justice, when a verdic t was found for the plaintiff for 451. Mr. Sergeant BILES now applied for a new trial, o flt the ground that the verdict waa against the evidence, and also on affidavits. It was an action for goods 0 1 1 and delivered, and work and labour done, and the plot were never indebted, except as t o 1171. 15 5 ., vvhic' a mount was paid into co ur t. Th e plaintiffs Were brokers and house -agents, in Baker-street, Fortran ° , s quare, and the defendants were wine and spirit We r c h a nts, at Liverpool, and in Baker-street, Portman; bquare. In October, 1850, the defendants took posses; eion of a house in Bak er - s t ree t, b e l ong i n g to a perso" of the name of Oliver, and paid 1001. premium to 0 38 plaintiffs, who acted as housteagents for the own er ; When the defendants entered the house it was undo!: going repairs by th e landlord, and they employed IP ," plaintiffs to make some alterations on their own acco uo ; and the present claim arose ont of the transaction. 01 „ r defence was that the plaintiffs had attributed a lti r g"s portion of the work to the defendants than they OK, to have done, and that the overcharges amounted to 0; sum sought to be recovered. At the trial two survertoo who inspected the premises were called, but the estiar of one was 5 L or 101. less than what the plain tt lo c laimed, and the other, in consequence of the dar kne to of the court and his being ueprovided with spectaele s os . ass ist his vision, could not translate his 1 1 ° t 1,0 This was the ground for alleging that 1",0 ve rdict was against the evidence. The da da ist stated that Yearsley, the defendant , who was a mater ;',O witness, was seized on his way to the court to We, C ep , compelled with a violent attack of lumbago, and compelled to return home. Mr. Sergeant By les COP 7. tended that on these grounds he was entitled to a ru e ' e a The COURT thought no sufficient reason had i v ey shown for saying that the verdict was against the e deuce. As to th e a pp lication, the fact of Mr. Ye°Lte being unable to appear as a witness was known be _ I V the trial commenced , and if his evidence was necess•l4 for the defence an application to postpone the trial ovg to have been inade 10 the Court,—ltitie refused. s " A MAK B• SHIFT EXlsTocn."—Pdgking shirt's sixpence apiece !—Ppch, ~.