The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-17 00:00:00

?row ready, in 2 vols., post Sri, REMLNISCENCES OF PRINCE TALLEYRAND, Edited from the Papers of the late M. COLMACHE, the Prince's Private Secretary. Few particulars of the private history and early life of Prince Tal ley-rand have hitherto been published. The revelations and recollec tions here recorded will be found to exhibit a more interesting por trait of the illustrious statesman than has yet been given to the world. The curious incidents and scenes in the Prince's own career are com bined with extraordinary anecdotes of his contemporanes, and illus trate, in a remarkable manner, the events of the great drama in which he acted so conspicuous a part. awry C•lbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Eit MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The following PROGRAMME for the SEASON 1848 is respectfully submitted to the Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and to the Public, with the confident hope that the arrangements will merit the continuance of the enthusiastic approbation and distinguished patronage which se pre-eminently marked the past season, and maintained the established reputation of her Majesty's Theatre as the oeittre of refined art and of supreme fashion. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA. Mello. JENNY LIND. In addition to the parts personified by this great artiste in the past season, a succession of operas, comprising new as well as established works, have been selected, in which she will appear in several novel and Interesting characters. The admired Soprano, Mdlle. SOFIA CitUVELLI, From the Theatre La Fenice, at Venice.—Her first appearance. Mdlle. LUISA ABBADIA, Soprano of great reputation from La Scala, and other great Theatres of Italy.—ller first appearance. Mdlle. ADELAIDE MOLTINI, The well•known and favourite vocalist. Signora SOFIA VERA, Her first appearance. Mdlle. SCHWARZ, The eminent Contralto, and established favourite of the Imperial Opera at Vienna. Madame SOLARI, Ind the eminent artiste, Madame ERMINIA TA.DOLINI , La Scala, Milan, tke Carinthia, Vienna, and otter great Theatres.—Her first appearance. The favourite ,Tesor, Sig. GIRDONI, The distinguished Tenor, Sig. CUZZANI, Frora La Scala, and other Great Theatres of Italy.—His first appearance. The admired Tenor, Sig. LABOCETTA, Of the principal B Th eth atr His first appearance. The admired Baritone, Sig. the the Opera La Pergola, at Florence, S BELLETTI, Ills first appearance. Sig. F. LABLACHE, Sig. BOUCHE, Big. SOLARI; Sig. GMT, Sig. COLLETTI, and Sig. LABLACHE. Director of the Masic and Conductor. M. BALFE. The greatest exertions ha'e been made to obtain efficiency In the secondary parts, so as to secure in all respects unity and com pleteness. Great attention has also been bestowed in the selection and har monious combination of the ORCHESTRA, In which, amongst other experienced and distinguished artistes, the following have been engaged :- 31. Tolbecque, Leader I Mr. Maycock, 2d Clarinet M. Nadaud, Leader of the Ballet M. Lavigne, Ist Oboe M. Oury, Leader of the 2d Violins Mr. Horton, 2d ditto 31. Deloffre Sig. Tamplini, Ist Bassoon M. Pluys I M. Koessel, 2d Bassoon Mr. Pigott M. Zeiss, Ist Trumpet Mr. W. Watts Sig. Maffei, 2d Trumpet Mr. Collins I M. Seglick. Ist NOM, from M. Jaquin Frankfort Sig. Anglois, Ist Contre-Basso M. Kreutzer, 2d Horn, from Mr. R. Hughes, Leader of the Mayence Tenors M. Ista, Timbalier 31. Ganz Mr.Winterbotham, Ist Trombone M. Remusat, Acaci€mie Royale, M. Marin, 2d Trombone Paris, let Flute Sig. Piatti, Ist Violoncello Biletti, Ist Clarinet, from M. Pilet Bologna &c. &c. &c. The Military Band under tho Direction of M. Boose, Head Band Master of his Royal Highness Prince Albert's Regiment of Scots Fusilier Guards. Poet and Prompter ......Sig. CRIPPA. THE CHORUS Baa been selected with the utmost regard both as to local and dramatic efficiency. Matte de Chant des Chceurs .. 3f. MARETZEK. In addition to the successful Operas produced last season, a selection has been made from the most esteemed works of the Lyrical Repertoire, to display to the utmost, and with attention to their peculiar and remarkable gifts, the talents of THIS POWERFUL COMPANY. ENGAGE MENTS FOR THE BALLET. The Ballet Department will preserve its superior excellence and combination of talent, which will comprise— Mdlle. CARLOTTA GRISI, Mdlle. CAROLINA ROSATI. Mdlle. MARIE TAGLIONI, and Mdlle. C ERIT 0, supported by Madame PETIT STEPITAN, Milieu Ausundon, Julienne, Thevenot, Lamoureux, Emile, Fanny Pascale', ?Lc. M. PERROT. M. PAUL TACiLIONI, M. ST. LEON, M. GOSSELIN, M. LOUIS D'OR, M. DI MATTIA, Supported by MM. VENAFRA, GOURIET, are. With a new and well-selected Corps de iallet. :MITRES DE BALLET. M. PAUL TAGLIONI and M. PERROT. Sous-Maitre de Ballet, and Master of the French School of In. struction, M. GOSSEL 1N la Danse, and M a ster of the English School of Instructiev„ M. PETIT. Composer of the B4et Sig. PIiGNI. Several Compositions for the BALLET DEPARTMENT are In preparation. Amongit others, ♦ NEW AND ORIGINAL BALLET by M. PAUL:TAGLIONI, and another by M. PERROT. Principal ♦rtist to the establishment, Mr. CHARLES MARSHALL. Other arrangements of peculiar interest are In progress. Regiessar HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS THEATRE Will open ea SATURDAY next, the 19th of February, whelk will be presented 'VERDI'S ADMIRED OPERA OF ERNANI. Carlo Y• • .. • • • • Signor GARDONI, his first appearance tb.ls season. Euy Gomel de Silva.. Signor BELLETTI, his first appearance. liruani .... •• • • •• • • Signor CUZZIN I, his first appearance ; and Elvtra .... •• • • • • Mdlle. SOFIA CRUVELLI. After the Opera the National Anthem, by the principal APtistee, supported by the Chorus. After which will be presented An entirely New and Original GRAND BALLET, In Four Tableaux, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled FIORITA, et la Reine des Elfrides, . . The Mule composed by Signor Pugni ; the Scenery (entirely new) by Mr. C. Marshall ; the Appointments by Mr. Bradwell ; the Costumes by Miss Bradley and Mr. Whales, under the superin *andante of Madame Copere. Principal parts by Mdlle. CAROLINA ROSATI, _ Mdllos. Blither Ausunden, Thovenot, Julienne, Lamoureux, and Mdile. MARIE TAGLIONI, &c. &c. Principal Dances. 1. Tableau. La Cosr d'Auberge en Sidle La Fiancée—Millie. Rosati, and Mdlles. Julienne sad Lamoureux, &c. La Palermitana—Mdlle Rosati. 2. Tableau. La Floret des Elfrides, Ballabila et Pas de la Refine des Elfrides—Mdlle. Mar la Taglionl. and Mdlle. Austindon, Thevenot, and Dames de Ballet. Danse Nationale—Corps de Ballet. . _ Pas—Mdlle. Rosati and M. d'Or, Aidlles. Julienne and Lamoureux. 3. Tableau. La Cabane de ILertha. L'lllasioa—Mdlle Marie Taglioni and M. d'Or, and Dames de Ballet. 4. Tableau. Les Jardins Enchantes. L'Animation—Mdlle. Rosati and M. d'Or, and Dames de L'Oubli—Mdlle. Marie Taglioni and M. d'Or, Mdlles Thevenot, Ansandon, Julienne, Lamoureux, and Dames de Ballet. La Chatirnent—Scene Finale. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. I.;ia lett he Mana‘rement of Mr. B. Webster. sole Lessee. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Play, entitled THE WIFE'S SECRET. Lord Arden, Mr. Howe; Sir Walter Amy ott, Mr. Charles Kean ; Jabez Sneed, Mr. Webster; Harrington, Mr. Ben dall ; Brouillard, Mr. Rogers ; Lady Eveline Arayott, Mrs. Charles Sean ; Maud Mrs. Keeley. After which, the new Farce, called DEAREST ELIZABETH. Mr. :Acme' Lax, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Winch, Mr. Rogers ; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with WHO'S YOUR FRIEND ? Viscount Leather head, Mr. Tilbury; S r Felix Lovel, Mr. Howe; Giles Fairland, Mr. Webster ; Countess of Rosedale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lady Bab Blasen, Mrs. Glover. Stale Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. • Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at lialf-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction o Madame Celeste TIIIS EVENING Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEAIL OF THE OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal cilia racters by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Glennaire, Callenford, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, and Madame Celeste. To be followed by a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA TIONAL DEFENCES ; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, Sanders ; Ma tame Celeste, Miss Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Mlss Woolgar. To conclude with a new Farce entitled TUE TIPPERARY LE- Tarnena Green, Mr. Wright; Bob Gills, Mr. 31unyard ; I._anty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullenford ; °ll echlan. Mr. sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. l ' x 'rs °Pen at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Se'ren. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. hole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. Will be performed IL flew and original piece, called ASTOUNDING PHENOMENAk. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Bellingham', F. Cooke, and Meadows. After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN ARANCII. Principal characters by Messrs. 11. Hall, Harley, Ree 1-Are, Madame Yestris, Miss L. Fltzwilliam, and Mrs. Macnamara. To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. TrinciPal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac xamara• Dr oss Upper Boxes, 45. ; Pit , 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No Boxes, r e to any Part of th e e house. The ew Box-office, No. 2, Wellin g to n - street, le *pe a t o th e 7ublic every Y. f h rom Ten till Sta. Xradwell House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. The InteriOrofthe C oseum of t ol FABITCH PLAYS. —ST. JAMES'S THEITRx Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond -street, F ifth appearance of Mademoiselle Nathalle. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be presented CE QUE FEMME VELIT. Agathe Delauna Nathalie, After which, ROSE ET MARGUERITE. Marguerite, wil e . 31Iathalle; Rose, Mdlle. Baptiste. Boxes, stalls, tickets, and season prospectuses, may be had at 24r. MITCHELL'S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Doors open at Leven, to commenc e at a quarter past Seven. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. id.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, DM:I:WU-Street, Portland-place. Madame ANNA TIIILLON. THIS EVENING or,the Will be performed a new Drama, entitled NAIL. ; Goddess of Eldorado. C a pt a i n Fl eurv ille, Mr. C. Fisher ; Latei e, i Mr. Wynn ; Trincole, Mr. Neville ; Marondel, Mr. Cooper ; Sellno, Air. A. Harris ; Salaam, Mr. Compton ; Marchioness de Montauron, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Ilortense, Miss Villars; Zilia, Miss Emma Stanley ; Naida. Madame Anna Thillon. .FLAofter concludewhich, the comi c D rama of " LADIES, BEWARE uz with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD R TIME ; or, Harlem:la and the Fear Seasons. Drees Circle , S Boxes, 48.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Grand ASTLEY'S ROYA L AMPHITHEATRE. Combination of ATTRACTIONS at ASTLEY'S, which con tinues its chain of Magnificent Entertainments. The Management respectfully announces to the public that for the more pdrfect representation of the N ew G eorgeous Spectacle, TIE :BATTLE OF - THE ithhold its producti on f or six ni AMAZON ghts long er , it i s absolutely necessary to w MONDAY, February 14th, p h ositi , ely the last week of Tug CAMP OF SILESIA, followed yan unu.ually brilliant sit ibnenaanskip, concludi ng w ith a fa•ourite Afterplece. display H litex-ollice open fro m 11 till 5. State Manager. Mr. W. Weit. , 1 0 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, STRAND THEATRE. 1 NEW MANAGEMENT, Under the Role Direction of Mr, Oxberry. THIS EVENING, The performances will commence with the Romantic Drama, 1 1 / 4star called THE DENOUNCE ; or, THE SEVEN CLERKS OF MARSEILLES. Principal meters by Mr. E. Laws (his third appearance), Messrs. Oxberry, iffnold,. Rogerson, Huntley, and Miss Love. After which (third time) a New Grand Burlesque Opera, by the Author of the " Adelphi Norma," stalled LEVY OF LAI:111ER , MOOR. Not with Mr. Bann's or M. Jallien's, bat with Oxberry's powerfal east—Lacy, Miss E. Terry ; Qaptain Ashton, Mr. Oxberry ; aid Edgar, Mr. Yarnold. To conclude with the admired Comedietta of A ROWLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Arincipal characters by Messrs. Laws, Rogerson, Montague, Oxberry, Miss Egan and Miss Jane Coleman. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 4d. Half price to Pit and Boxes at a Quarter befare Nine. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE KENT COAST SMUGGLERS. After which, THE VICTIM PATRIOT. To conclude with DOMINIQUE THE DESERTER. i lIE WEATHER.—Strzi OFFICE, FEB. 17. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 32 ; Highest, 41 ; Noon, 39. BAROMETER, 30.35.—W1ND N.N.W.; fine. kil,ll WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning.. 46 minutest after 12. J Evening .. 12 minutes After 1.1 merely a right royal spirit such as that recently syinced by FREDEP_ICE WILHELM of Prussia, 3-ad CARLO ALBERTO of Piedmont—a spirit which prompts him, as sovereign of some millions of the human race, to afford happiness to his subjects by certain judicious and beneficent innovations ; but, combined with this nobility of heart and capacity of intelligence, the POPE has on several occasions exhi bited a determination and a boldness such as were alone compatible with a supreme respect for the authority entrusted to his keeping as an independent potentate, and as the head of a great religion. When, for example, the Austrian forces made their unjustifiable aggression upon his dominions, Pius IX. demanded in peremp tory terms the instant withdrawal of the troops of the KAISER, as well as an immediate and adequate com pensation for this very flagrant violation of his neutrality. When, in like manner, the Cabinet of Vienna suggested the transmission of an army from beyond the Carpathian Alps to the succour of the monarch of the Two Sicilies, it cannot be altogether forgotten that the PONTIFF at once announced his determination to allow no such Austrian armament to pass through the territories of the Church. A resolution quite as dignified and decisive was likewise pronounced by his HOLINESS in reference to the exchange of ambassadors between Rome and Lon don. Never, said Pius, shall a Papal Nuncio be accredited to England while those cruel and inhuman laws are preserved upon the statute-book of that country, subjecting the ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic faith to the penalties of confiscation, trans portation, and imprisonment, and declaring the per formance of the rites of the Roman Catholic religion to be felonies worthy of the most rigorous punish ment. Can any rational man feel astonished at such a resolution as this, coming as it does from one who is not only the Sovereign of the States of the Church, but who is regarded by the Roman Catholics of this country, and of the whole world, as being in his capacity, as Bishop of Rome, the visible Vicegerent of GOD upon earth ? The obstacle to the establish ment of friendly relations between St. James's and the Quirinal is manifestly insurmountable; and it would not be only a flippant provocation and an useless squandering of time to propose to the Government of Rome the acceptance of our Ambassador, and the nomination of a Papal Nuncio to London, at the very time when the Parliament of the United King dom determines upon the retention of the penal enactments against Catholicism. Under all circum stances, therefore, it has become necessary, both upon considerations of religious principle and political expediency, to carry the measure introduced by Mr. CHISHOLM ANSTEY through Committee, and to de clare through the three branches of the Legislature the formal abrogation of the penal enactments. A majority of thirty-two, in a House of 345 Members, rejected the amendment made last night by Mr. LAW, that the Roman Catholic Relief Bill should be committed that day six months. Ac cording to the curt phraesology of Parliament, " the House then went into Committee pro formic: tho Chai rman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again that day three weeks." So far the measure has pro gressed steadily, and we think there can be no longer any doubt that these vestiges of ancient into lerance, these laws (as the Member for Dungarvan happily expressed it) "by which the impuissance of fanaticism is made manifest," will, before the close of the present session, be expunged and forgotten. As ex plaining in a very felicitous manner the uselessness of these laws, and the utter impossibility of their enforce ment, the following passages from the eloquent speech delivered yesterday evening by Mr. SHELL deserve a separate consideration. After alluding to the per fectly harmless position of the Franciscans, the Dominicans, the Carmelites, and the Augustines, the Honourable and Learned Gentleman came to the Jesuits. " The Jesuits !" he exclaimed, with all the fervour of a MONTALEMBERT. " The Jesuits ! Oh, the Jesuits ! By the very ut terance of the word the phantoms of Father PAYSONS, and Father GARNETT, and Father PERRE are evoked. Now the jase I make with regard to the Jesuits is this—l won't endeavour to overcome your prejudices ; I won't tell you that you are in fluenced by a vague, an indefinite and irrational pre judice; I won't tell you that the enemies of the Jesuits were the enemies of Christianity, and that the conspirators against religion conceived that for the achievement of their purpose the suppression of the Jesuits was required; I won't tell you that your own missionaries will bear no comparison with the followers of LOYOLA, and that the Jesuit in the wil derness, lifting up the' cross, his only possession in this world, to the eyes of the red men, who stood awed and humanised before him, offered a far nobler spec tacle than the New Zealand emissaries of Protes tantism, by whom, with a lucrative piety, the tasks of conversion and the enjoyments of appropriation are combined. I will not tell you this. But I will tell you that the enactments against the Jesuits are utterly incapable of enforcement ; that they are worse than worthless ; and as a security to Protes tanism in every regard, more than without avail. In England and in Ireland there are plenty of Jesuits ; the country is full of them. There is a great Jesuit college in the north of England ; there is another in the vicinity of Dublin ; the Jesuits are building a third in this great metropolis ; yet the Attorney General, if he were to institute a prosecution founded on the statute of 1829, would be driven with shouts of derison out of court. Suppose that my Hon. Friend were to prosecute Father LYTHGOE, I should take care to attend the Queen's Bench if it were but to mark the smile of polished disdain with which that eminent ecclesiastic would hear the speech of my Hon. and Learned Friend." Upon the considera tion, therefore, that these monstrous laws are of not the smallest utility whatever to the Pro testant, and that they are a hideous outrage to the feelings of the Roman Catholic, the majority in the House of Commons last night pronounced their opinion in favour of the committal of the Bill; and thus prepared the way for the arrival of a Nuncio from the Quirinal. The trial at bar, in the important case of BunoN v. DENMAN, which has occupied the attention of the Court of Exchequer, affords the strongest illustration of the profound respect for the law, and the deep sense of justice that exists in the heart of every British citizen. Probably in no other country in the world could a similar instance be shown of a trial carried on with such calm impartiality, such even handed justice—where all the national feelings were so deeply enlisted on behalf of the sacred cause in which the defendant was engaged, and in abhorrence of the unholy traffic in which the plaintiff avowedly had been occupied. For more than half a century England has carried on a crusade against slavery in every part of the globe. She has spared neither her treasures, nor the lives of her gallant soldiers and sailors, in advancing the great object of banishing the abomination from the face of the earth. Others might regard her philanthropic labours as savouring of Quixotism, and sneer at the feelings which induced her to sacrifice the advantages that might be derived from the trade, and the blood and wealth which she has poured forth with so lavish a hand in her disin terested exertions for its suppression, but no English man ever regretted what had been done, or hesitated to redouble the national efforts, if the good cause could thereby be advanced or promoted. Twenty millions of pounds sterling were freely granted by the British Legislature in a single vote for this pur pose. What national monuments might have been erected for such a sum! What extraordinary advan tages might have been derived from its expenditure in a variety of ways I What taxation bearing on the comforts and the happiness of large classes of our fellow-citizens might have been remitted by the ap plication of that sum, and the average annual expen diture of 1,200,000/. sterling which has since taken place ! The waste lands of Ireland might have been reclaimed, and three or four millions of acres now lying barren and unproductive, converted into smiling homesteads, the abodes of thousands of happy and contented families, and a considerable surplus would have remained for other purposes, or new colonies might have been founded, and powerful nations created. But the British people never repined or murmured at the outlay when thoroughly satisfied that the principles of immutable justice forbade that man should hold his fellow-man in bondage, or be permitted to retain a property in human beings ; they devoted all their energies to advance the glorious doctrine, to become the benefactors and liberators of the Lelpiess and oppresged in all 'limes. For tilis they incurred the risk of war, for this they conceded privileges to other nations, and when they might have stipulated for great advantages for themselves, they waived every national benefit in order to induce other states to sanction and tolerate their efforts for the extinction of slavery. After such acts it is hardly necessary to say that prejudices must have existed in the minds of the Learned Judges who presided, and the jury who were empanelled to try a case involving so deeply the principle for which we had laboured with such zeal and energy. A verdict for the plaintiff must have had the most injurious consequences, and given a fresh impulse to the hideous trade which the ex penditure of millions would have been inadequate to counteract. What naval officer, in the face of such a judgment, could have ventured to act with that decision and determination that is so essential to success ? Half of that which has already been at tained would be undone, and we should again behold slave factories erected in convenient situations along the coast, and manacled slaves awaiting the hour when they should be consigned to the dark and crowded holds of the slave-ships for their perilous voyage to the markets in which they were to be ex posed for sale; and yet, notwithstanding all these circumstances, and although the case of the plaintiff was based on the assumption put forward by his talented advocate, " that he had as much right to deal with black men as he had a right to deal with black cattle," it cannot be asserted that as much even-handed and unbiassed justice was not ex hibited as if a matter of the utmost indifference was involved in the issue. The facts of the case and the real questions were included in a very narrow compass. The defendant, the Hon. JOSEPH DENMAN, was stationed, in 1840, off the Gallinas, in command of the Wanderer sloop of-war; he was the senior naval officer on the station, and would, of course, have to conduct any proceed ings that might be considered expedient or necessary. In the latter end of that year he received a commu nication from the then Governor of Sierra Leone to the effect that a free woman and her child, inhabitants of that colony, were unjustly detained in custody by a son of the sovereign, King SIACCA ; and he was directed to forward a letter to the King, and to use his best exertions for the restoration to liberty of the persons thus unjustly detained; and, if it should be impossible to effect that object without resorting to force, to do so, as far as might be necessary and the rules of the service might admit. On an island in the mouth of the Gallinas the plaintiff had established factories, or storehouses, where the traffic in slaves was actively carried forward, and a variety of goods were there contained suitable for the trade in which he had embarked ; and it was said that a determina tion had been expressed to prevent any communica tion from taking place between the war cruisiers and the native chiefs, and also to hinder the latter from affording any assistance to the former when in distress. Captain DENMAN felt that there was a necessity for decided action in the dis charge of his duty. He saw that it would be ne cessary to take a force sufficient to bear down all opposition, and to repel any attacks that might be made. He accordingly entered the river in com mand of the boats belonging to the squadron. The Spaniards fled from the factories, having first driven the slaves into the bush, but quantities of guns, mus kets, powder, &c., were found there. These were destroyed, for it would be dangerous to permit such weapons to remain in the hands of persons such as those who are generally engaged in the traffic. A communication was opened with the native chiefs, and the result was a treaty by which, amongst other things, the King SIACIA engaged to destroy the fac tories, to give up the slaves, to send the dealers out of his country within a limited time, and never again to permit white men to settle there for the purpose of slave. dealing. 900 slaves were given up in pursuance of this treaty, the factories, &c., were destroyed, and the goods that were therein were takers possession of by King SuccA and the native chiefs. For the damage thereby occasioned to the plaintiff the action was brought against Captain DENaIAN, the commander on the occasion ; and although several issues were raised in the pleadings, the really important questions were, whether his acts had been fully adopted and sanctioned by the British Government, for if so he could not be held personally responsible, and the demand should be made against the Government itself; and, secondly, whether King SIACCA and the other chiefs had authority to make, and did make, a law authorising Captain DENMAN to take and destroy such goods as he did afterwards destroy, and that he did take and destroy them in pursuance of such law. A verdict having been found on the first point for the defendant, the Attorney- General withdrew the second question from the jury. The Government being now admittedly responsible for what has taken place, we congratulate the public generally on the result of this important trial, and we congratulate Captain DEN MAN on being freed from the annoyance to which he was exposed for conduct which had deservedly ob tained for him promotion in his profession, the appro bation of Parliament, and a pecuniary giant of 4,0001., as a testimony of the high sense entertained of his services. A letter from Venice appears in the Risorgimento of the 11th inst., in which the writer states, that on the preceding evening a splendid demonstration was made by the Venetians is honour of the granting o f a liberal constitution to Naples. The demonstration took place in the theatre of the Fenice. Count PIETRO DEGLI EMILU, lately arrested at Verona by the Austrian police, is the son of Count EMILIJ, who was shot by order of the French General AUGEREAU, on account of his attachment to Austria. At Padua the students of the University had adopted the Italian costume, with the permission of their rector. In the St. Petersburgh Journal of the sth inst. is an announcement that Baron Da KRUDENER, the Russian Ambassador to the Helvetic Confederation, had received instructions to communicate to the Supreme Diet a note from the Russian Government expressing its concurrence in the principles of public law developed in the declaration addressed to Swit. zerland, on the 18th of January, by the Courts of Austria, France, and Prussia. Russia, considering the last events in Switzerland as a violation of the cantonal sovereignty, does not consequently feel itself bound, at present, to defend the neutrality of that country against measures which any of the neigh bouring states might think proper to adopt in its own interest. The news received from Upper and Central Italy is satisfactory. Pius IX. is said to have offered his mediation be tween Sicily and Naples. LEOPOLD of Tuscany evinces every disposition to follow the course recently pursued by the King of SARDINIA. In reference to granting a constitution to his people, the GRAND DOLE lately declared to the Civic Guard of Florence that he merely awaited the result of certain communications with Rome and Turin. It was not known at the time that CHARLES ALBERT had actually bestowed the representative system of legislation upon his people. Immediately that intelligence is received at Florence there is little doubt that Tuscany will obtain a similar constitution from its generous and enlightened ruler. From the Official Gasette of Rome, of the ad, it would appear that Cardinal Burroriur, the new President of the Council of Ministers, had attended a council on the Ist, at which council the POPE himself presided in person. Great rejoicings bad taken place both at Turin and Genoa in celebration of the patriotic beneficence of King CARLO ALBERTO. The Reforma of Lucca announces that Austrian troops are going to occupy Massa and Carrara im mediately ; 2,000 beds have been prepared at the former place, and 1,000 at the latter. The Patria of Florence announces that military preparations are in active operation. Reinforcements of cavalry are concentrating at Leghorn, Pisa, and Florence. The various other garrisons are to be strengthened. Later news from Munich has arrived. The flight of Lott MONTEB is described as having been so precipitate, that she had not a moment to look to her interests. Her house was sacked by the students, and the Kma was compelled to yield before the attitude assumed by his people. At the last mo ment his MAIIESTY consented to the expulsion of the too famous courtecan from his capital—" a con cession," as our correspondent observe, " which possibly saved his throne." Madrid papers to the 10th have been received. They mention a rumoured probability of a modi fication in the Cabinot, by the retirement of M. BERTRAN DE LYS from the Ministry of Finance, and the substitution, in his place, of M. Clanasco, the Count de Santa Olalla. The Duke of VICTORY had arrived at Logi.°ro, was welcomed there with the utmost enthusiasm. The Clamor Publioo says— " The Montmolinist bands continue to invade the towns in the principality of Catalonia. The Cakcille ESTARTUS visited a few days ago Tortella, with two hundred men, and at the same time he was joined with a still larger number of facciosog, by MARsAL, POSAS, and another, called MALSORIO, who lately entered Catalonia from France, carrying with him abundance of money for the Faction." MADRID Boma, FEB. 10.—The Three per Cents. at 281 at 50 days, 27i to 15-16 cash; Five per Cents., 164 to 17 ; Passive Debt, 5i to i ; Coupons, 114 buyers. The Paris papers of yesterday have duly arrived. They are still full of the critical position of affairs in that capital. The utmost excitement continues to prevail respecting the intended banquet, which will, under all circumstances, be held in defiance of the Government. As no building of sufficiently large dimensions could be secured for the occasion, a tem porary structure is being raised in the Champs Elysees. It is expected to be ready by Sunday. Of the Committee of 20 appointed to present the Address of the Chamber to the KING only 12 attended. Respecting the recent acts of the Ministry, the Constitutionnel says- The success of the cause of Parliamentary reform is secured; let the Opposition persist with energy and courage; it reaches the object of its constant efforts. We have no longer before us anything but a vanquished Ministry, its principal organ having, yesterday, solemnly announced its perfect defeat. And yet, what resistance, what anger, what disdain did it not express towards us some months since. M. Guizot judged the measure bad at bottom, and opposed it on principle. Reforms, cried he with irony ; there are some wise, useful, and excellent ones; you shall be overwhelmed with them ; you shall have penitentiary reform; reform in secondary instruction, and in slave regulations ; but there are also some which are senseless, dangerous, and unjust ; these are political reforms, electoral and Parliamentary reforms, and those, you shall not have. While the actual President of the Council dogmatised even against the principle of reforms, the Minister of the Interior affirmed that the country was quite in different to this theme of the Opposition. The Journal des Dibats blamed, as a caprice, those Conservative Deputies who even consented to sanction the reading in the bureaux, and the discussion in the Chamber, of any proposition for reform." At the banquet on Sunday no fewer than GOO guests are expected. From accounts just received at Paris it seems that Lord MINTO reached Naples on the 4th. The Moniteur Algerien of the 10th inst. announces the arrival, at Algiers, of the Prince and Princess DE JOINVILLE, on the 9th inst., in the Cacique steam frigate. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse yesterday at 74f. 30c.; New Loan, 75f. 20c. ; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 90c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,187 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 868 f. 75c.; Havre,42sf.; Great Northern, 541 f. 2.5 c.; Avignon, 532 f. 50c.; Vier icon, 510 f.; Bordeaux, 477 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 361 f. 25c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 2401. ; Basle, 156 f, 25c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 405 f.; Tours and Nantes, 381 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 391 f. 25c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 32k. MARSEILLES, FED. 11.-Marseilles and Avignon, 540 f.; Northern, 541 f. 25c. LYONS, FEB. 14.-Paris and Rouen, 863 f. 75c.; Avignon and Marseilles, 535 f.; Northern, 541 f. 25c.; Orleans, 1,185 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 16. Boulogne and Amiens, 1314—Dutch Rhenish, 1 Tx—North ern of France, 11 1 4—Orleans and Bordeaux 4%—Paris and Lyons, 5 1 4—Paris and Strasbourg, 4—Sambre and Meuse, 6. LATEST NEWS FROM SICILY. PALERMO, FEB. 5. The evaluation of ralertno by the Neapolitan troops looked more like a flight than a retreat. The evacuation was, in fact, hurried on so hastily that no less than three thousand poor soldiers have been abandoned in the open country, without provisions and without ammunition. The main body of the troops embarked at Solente for Naples three days after. It was only on the castle that the banner of the King of Naples fluttered. You are, perhaps, not aware of the attitude taken by the English, an attitude in apppearance of neutrality, but which, however, has made them the arbiters of the struggle, and the re sult of which has been, that yesterday, at the moment when the fire was the most tremendous, when castle, town, and forts were covered with clouds of smoke, two cannon shots fired from the Vengeance have immediately put a stop to the fight, and the presence of the Commodore on the shore, and a few words he has uttered, have like a spell decided everything. A few hours afterwards the castle, this bulwark of the power of Ferdinand, capitulated and surrendered. The interests of England in Sicily are immense —its influence irresistible. I will give you pruof of it. On the mcrning of the 8d instant a Neapolitan frigate brought us the constitution granted by King Ferdinand, the Palermitans refused it, and continued their preparations against the castle. On the 4th instant, at noon, the cannonade began. At a quarter past four o'clock the English steamer fired two cannon shots, raised the English flag, and disposed for a round. The firing ceased on both sides immediately. The Commodore landed. This morning at five o'clock the town knew that the castle had capitulated. The conduct of the people has been superior to all praise. I can bear witness to the number of actions of courage and generosity, which impart the greatest honour to the Sicilian character. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, MANCHESTER RACES, 1848. Acceptances for the Trades' Cup of 300 sovs. &c. Chanticleer, 5 yrs, Bst 1016—Intrepid, aged, Est 1216 —lnfringe, 4 yrs, 6st—lnheritress, aged, Bst 81b—Mar quis of Conyngham, 5 yrs, Est 1216—Sultana, 4 yrs, 6st —Lightning, aged, Bst 4 16—Marietta, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b Lady Hylda, 4 yrs, 6st-I'autasa, 6 yrs, Bst 416—Bing ham, 4 yrs, 6st 1216—Brandyface, 4 yrs, 6st—Lady Wildair, 6 yrs, Bst—Montpensier, 4 yrs, Est 1 216 Deloraine, 4 yrs, 6st— Grimston, 5 yrs, Bst—Gaiety, 4 yrs, Est 121b—Enchantress, 4 yrs, 6st—Giselle, 5 yrs, ist 916—Sutlej, 6 yrs, fist 1116—Smuggler Bill, 5 yrs, sst 131b—Foreclosure, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Magnet, 4 yrs, Est 1116—The Squire of Malton, 5 yrs, sst 81b—Newcourt, aged, 7st 91b—Maid of Mother well, 4 yrs, 6st 111b—Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs, sst 716 The Widow, aged, 7st 81b—Executor, 4 yrs, 6st 1116— King of Kildare, 3 yrs, sst 716—Vanish, 5 yrs, 7st 71b —Black Dwarf, 4 yrs, 6st 1116—Tuscan, 3 yrs, sst 71b —Sheraton, 5 yrs, 7st 716—Malt, 5 yrs, 6st 91b—Mar iner, 3 yrs, sst 716—Joe o'Sot, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Harry, b yrs, 6st 91b—Meaux, 4 yrs, Est 61b—Good Boy, 3 yrs, sst 316—Peep o'Day Boy, 4 yrs, ist 31b—Comme-il faut, 4 yrs, Est 61b—Miss Harrison, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Tom Tough, aged, ist 216—Pantomime, 4 yrs, 6st 516 Swiss Boy, 3 yrs, sst—Woodpecker, 5 yrs, 7st 21b— Chemisette, 5 yrs, 6st 416-6 f by Tory Boy, out of Maid of Monton, 3 yrs, 4st 1216—Administrator, 4 yrs, 7st 21b— Sally Maggs, 4 yrs, Cat 21b—Best-of-Three, aged, 7st— Milliner, 5 yrs, 6st—Glen Saddell, 3 yrs, 4st 81b— Gannet, 6 yrs, 7st—lonia, 4 yrs, 6st—Referee, 3 yrs, 4st 41b. _ I 848. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTI The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday leas quiet. Sales, 4,000 bales, at about previous rates. American sorts realised 4kd. to 6+ll. per lb.—ln Railway Shares there was no improvement. A moderate busi ness was done, but prices rather tended downwards. There are no foreign arrivals with late news of any interest, but it is satisfactory to learn from Havre that the Commercial Bank of Dubois and Co. is expected to resume payments very shortly. In the general mercantile markets there is a moderate business doing, sugar being the dullest article. Indigo and wool have a brisk sale. The quantity of grain sold in the provincial markets last week was 102,448 quarters of wheat, and 99,972 of barley. The payment of a third dividend of ss. in the pound by Messrs. Scholes, the bankers of Manchester, has been announced by circular. Some curious particulars, relative to the inadequate pay of the minor officials in the Customs department, are given by a mercantile writer. He states that— " There is a theory known to mathematicians, called ' the compensation of errors,' by which it is scien tifically contrived that a gross blunder in one di rection is compensated by another in the oppo site direction; and it is upon this theory we suppose, that the Treasury imagine that they repair the inefficiency of the well-paid superior class in this per versely organized department, by securing them the assistance of a very ill paid subordinate class. 'These latter are called weighers and lockers, to the number of 300, and although they must be capable of the same duties, and are open to the same temptations, as the superior class, their good conduct, effici"ncy, and integrity is provided for in a very different way. A weigher commences his career at 251. per year and 2s. 6d. per day when actually employed, and in the course of rising through a list of 180 his salary becomes increased, at two stages, by a reward for long service of an additional ten pounds I The next stage of his promotion is to that of a lecher, commencing at 80/., and finishing at 1001. a year; finally, he may become the superintendent of lockers at a salary of 1101. to 130/. per annum, beyond which all hope of bettering his condition by an active, intelligent, and zealous dis charge of his important duties is prescribed by Treasury practice, which is as if the Treasury were determined to preclude the possibility of the superior class being adul terated by the slightest infusion of ability and experience. As the lauding-waiter is generally supposed to be placed above temptation by good pay and rapid promotion, whether he deserves it or not, so the practised weigher is supposed to be drilled into honesty by inuring him to a stationary condition, let his merits be what they may. Here is the illustration of the ' compensation of errors' to which we have alluded, and how it works for the protection of the revenue may be gathered from the fre quent labours of the Attorney-General, to say nothing of the systematic evasions which do not catch the eye of that sleepy avenger of the law. Why, if every landing waiter could be supposed to become ex officio a paragon of honesty the moment he received his ap pointment, the cruelty practised, and the slight passed upon the subordinate' class would be almost a suffi cient provocation for them to play false ; and they have just the same opportunities of doing so as their • supe• riors.' We can hardly fancy any scheme so well calcu lated to corrupt a class of men as reposing great trust in them, and, at the same time, doing them great wrong, and thus making the sense of injury too powerful for their sense of responsibility." The English Stock market has been very dull to-day, and opened flatter, though a slight improvement has occurred since. Until the Chancellor of the Exchequer makes known his plans it is not to be expected that there will be much doing, Consols have been 89+ k for Transfer, and 89+ to 89k 1, the present values, for Ac count. Exchequer-bills of June have been 245. to 275. premium, and of March 17s. to 21s. Bank Stock is quoted 200. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 90+ to 90k, and are now 90k to 904. The Foreign Securities have been very quiet. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 204, and the Three per Cents. 314 to 32. Mexican Stock is at 18k. Peru vian Bonds have been 35. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 54. In Railway Shares the transactions have been at rather fuller prices. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 200 3 per Ceet. Reduced Annuities 894% 3 per Cent. Consols Arms 89% ti New 3 1 4 per Cent. Amts. 904 1 ,i 1 4 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 9 1-16 9 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 8 13-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 6, 1860.. 8 11-16 India Stock ( Do. Bonds, 1000/... ............... 13 p Ditto under 1,0001 Consols for Account 89 % 1 A 1 A Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1 June. March. 1,000/. 500/. 27 p 17 p Small — 17 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent lB% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 35 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. .. Dividends on the above payable in Londou. French Rentes, 5 per Cent ll6l. 50c. Exchange 2sf. 60c. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild 54 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY iIIIARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PTA SHARI. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 31 — ...... to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. .. dirmingham & Oxford June... 20 Birmingham, \Vol., & Dudley 10 ... . Birnsing., `Vol., & Stour Val. 10/.145.... .. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. Boston, Stamf., & Birming... S Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire.. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 60 Chester and Holyhead 37%..... Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 3 3 / 4 to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 174...... East Anglia, 251. L. & E., aid L. & D., .. 25 Ditto, 181., E. & H Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% ...... to Eastern Counties Ditto, ditto (B) Do. Perpet., 3 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., d 0.... N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarter l 2 l /2 _ .. Do., New Easteron Union. SO Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% — to Ditto., Thirds .. ......... ...13s. 4d — ...... to Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 . — Ditto, ditto ........ ......... 20 .. East Lancashire Ditto, New ... .......... .... • 13 Do., New Quarters East Lincolnshire ... 16% — to Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2 1,E . er. Edinburgh and Northern ... 22 I ,E Ditto, New..... .. ...... ...... 3 3 / 4 — ...... to Ditto, New p0rt..... l2 Ditto, ditto, New 2 14 — ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to Ditto, New ... .. 2% — to Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 65.8 d... .. to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to Ditto, New D 0 . 14 Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% ..... .. ... to Great Northern lO% — ...... to Do. London &I York Exten. 2% — ...... to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 37% — ...... to Great North of England 100 .. 231% to --• Ditto, New 40/. Ditto, Now 301 ... 80 ... .. .. ... to Ditto, New 151.-- .... ..... Oh-- . ... to Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 17% 19%%... to Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 17/. 9 l / 2.. ~. ..._ Huddersfield and Manchester 24 - _. Di tte, Thirds 8 Hull and Selby SO Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2% — .....1 to -- & 87 -- St. Edraunds 171/ Ipswich . Jury, _. -uraunds 2 8 ...... to Do. do. and Norwich Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Camb. and Ely) 2% ...... ..... to Lancaster and Carlisle.... .. 50 ...... 53 ex div to Do., Thirds 1 e .... Lancashire and Yorkshir e .. 98 Ditto, — ditto ............ . ..... 82 Ditto half Shares — 38 ...... 35 Ditto Quarters 14% l3 ... .. to 134 Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths .......... 6 1 4 Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ...i... 101.4 s . Do. Liverpool and Bury... 38 Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 33 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract. and Goole 47% to Do., %Vest Riding Union ...41. 2a..... 2% die to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto Leeds and Bradford Leeds, Dewsbury, k Blanches 42% to Do., Branch % Shares l5 ...... ...... to Ditto, New Branch (blue) 2% — ...... to ..- Ditto, Extension (green)... 21% — Do., New Exten. (pink)... 21 %c — ...... to Leeds and Think ...-... ...... 40 Ditto, New Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent 3%. .... ••••• • to —. Liverpool. Crosby, and South port. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction. ...... ... 2% _ .... to London )3c Blackwell ...181. 6s. Bd. ..... ..... . to Ditto New, No. 2 5l. 13s. 4d.... 7 8 dis. to Do. Extension ........ ..... 1 7 1, e...... ..... to Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50...... 36 1 4% x. ci.. to Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30 ...... _ ..... to Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 - •••• --- -..... to Do ! Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...,.. ...... to Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... ~ . Ices, snd Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... - t:,. l'n-dtrence lB/ 17s 2d... —, ...... tr , Landon la North Weatern.....100...1454 146 14i to 1 4 0 s Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 22 Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths - Do. Quarters ...... ... G. J 25 Do. 40/. Shares L. &M. 15 ...... -.... to -- Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 ...... Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7% ..... - Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 7% — to --- Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 - London and S. Western...—. 50 .. ... to Ditto, New 501. Ditto, New 40/.......... .. - 80 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... 51 1 ,4 to Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirds 11/. gs. 8d ..• 2 die.... :0 Lendon, Salisbury, & Yeovil 114 — .„,... to Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% — ...... Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 ...... - Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 3 - Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto % Shares (No. 1) ... 13 ...... Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 7 1 ,x ...... Do., New 10/. Preference.. 7% — - Ditto Grimsby 25 — - Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto - Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 714...... -.... to -- Ditto, Grimsby Dock Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 4.1.16. ... Manchesterand Southampton 2 1 4 — .. to —., Midiand 100 ll5 ...... to 11E4 Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 40/. Shares Ditto, 50/. 5hare5........... 15 - Midland, Eirna. and Derby...loo .....90 - Midland, Cons ol. Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 122 ex div to -- Midland, Bristol and Gloue. 36 ... — ...... to Ditto ditto 11/. 35.6 d. .. Midland, Lelces. and Swan nington (8 per et. gua.)....100 .... . - Midld. treat Western(lrish) 35 Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... - Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket and Chesterford 181 Ditto Extension Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 ...... ...... to Norfolk lOB - Ditto New 20/. ' 6 ...... to -- Ditto Extension - Do. Guaranteed 5 1 ,4 per et. 5 Do. Scrip, 847, N. of Norflk 2 Do. do. . aveney 'Valley— 2 Newry and Enniskillen - Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor - ..4orthern Counties Union .... 14 - North British - Ditto Half Shares 1 2 14 — -- Do. Quarters Ditto, Extension Ditto Thirds ... ......... - North and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire North Wales 3 14 ..... . .... to North Western 6 .... to -- Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7 1 4 - Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central - Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 20 Ditto. New... lO - Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 6 - Shrewsbury and Birmingham 7 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 4 Shrewsbury and Chester ( Nor. W. MM.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... S ... .. -- • •to --- Ditto, Oswestry - Ditto (New) 1 - Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref li ...... 8% to -- Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 Shropshire Union . 4 ...... to -- South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 - Ditto, Preference 22% .. — ...... to -- South Staffordshire .... 4 ... .. 2%..... to -- South Eastern and Dover 33% ...... 81% - Ditto, New, No. 1 - Ditto, New, No. 2........ ..... 17 - Ditto, New, Ne. 3 2O - Ditto New, No. 4. ..... .... .. 7% — ... .. to -- South Wales - South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole - Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 4 - rhames Have' Dock and Railway 17% - - raw Vale Extension Vale of Neath - ... to -- Waterford and Kilkenny 1 3 14...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 46 ... .. - Waterford, W exford,Wicklw, and Dabiin .. 2 - West Cornwall Whitebaven and Furness l2 ... .. ..... to - 4 ' Windsor, Staines, and South Western—. ............. ....... 525. Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 30 ...... ... to --- York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ... . 34% 3 1 - Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. ~ - Do. North Shields Parchase 25 .. ... - De. Exton. No. 1 (Y. &N. ) 15 - Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 16 •••••• 13 1 ,E to --- Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 3 ... .. 10 1 % ... - York and North Midland .. 50 ...... 74 1 % to --- Ditto, Prefereeco le Ditto East and Westßiding e 1.140 Extension - FOREIGN RAILWAY. Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 13%...... to --- Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) - Central of Spain Ceylon .... ss. - Demerara. Dendre Valley i.... 4 ...... -- Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . - Dutch Rhenish 7 ...... 1% to --- East Indian - Great Indian Peninsular 55. ..... . —. ,„... t o -- Italian and Aastrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 - Louvain it la Sambre ..... .... 6 Luxembourg - Lyons and Avignon (Con ' stituted) - Madrid and Valentia - Namur and Liege... . Northern of France. li - Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel .413s 4d - ..... .to Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans 2O - Pans and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg ........... $ - Rouen and Havre 2O - Sambre and Meuse lB - Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 ..... - Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 6 - Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt - West Flanders B lh — ..... . to -- JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial ..... ......... 25 - Commercial of London 2O — ...... to --- London Joint Stock ~... London and Westminster... 23 - National Provincial of Eagld. 85 . - Ditto, New National of Ireland - Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New JO - - Union of Australia 25 - Ditto, New 2% to -- Union o:' London ....... . ..... 10 Union of Madrid 4O - MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO .... Astrian Mining Company ... 11 ...... - Australian ... 2 ......, - Slaenarron Iron and Coal ... 6* . — - Bolasos Scrip •••=. - British Iron - Brazilian Imperial ..........24 . ...... to Galvanized Iron ... lO - Ditto, New - Real del Monte, Un reg i s t ere d . .. 1%..... to -- LLOYD'S SHIPPINQ--(THIS HAY. LONDON, FEIII. 17.—Wind N.N.W., fresh bred. and fine. DEAL, FEB. 16.—Wind N. to N.N.W.—SId. Graham, Ceylon ; Kandiana, Ceylon. Arrd. from tr k River and sailed, W ara t a h, S y d ney, New S o u*. Wales ; Elizabeth and Henry, Hobart Town ; M Sparks, China ; Cap e P ac k et , S t . H elena ; ca Lachlan, Jamaica. Sld. Ceylon, Aden ; Bangalot* Africa ; Iris, Rio Janeiro ; Cleopatra, Demerara Cumberland, Trinidad ; James Holmes, Barbadoes Neptune, St. Thomas ; American Eagle, New York. TORBAY, FEB. 16.—Wind N . N . E .—SId. Devonshire' Cape of Good Hope. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 16.—Wind 1 10 , 0 2 Butcher, Calcutta ; Ferries, Scott, Madras ; Amelle,7 New Orleans ; St e ph en B a ld w i n, Borland, Mobile. Sr ; Velocity, Rio G ran d e ; M ary W orrall, Rio GGraden d e : Lanercost, Rio Grande ; C a lyp so , Ri o J ane i ro ; simus, ditto ; Unioa Bija, Havannah ; Susqueliann e ' Philadelphia ; Governor Davis, Boston. Off port, Ft senger, Rappahannack, E n t er p r i se , Betsey, and Ipswi c h ' The Pym, Jopling, hence to Rio Grande, has bee n wrecked on the bar of the latter port ; part of the call, saved. The Midas, Begg, from Ardrossan, with te, iron, struck upon Taylor's Bank last n i g h t sen d su n i' ' crew saved. The Clarinda, for Havannah, in I troc eedhl down the river, ran foul of the P. D earo, for S myrns,: d anchor off the Magazines, by whi c h b ot h vessels rect a/ damage. DARTMOUTH, FEB. 16.—S1d. Silvia de Grasse, 14° York. or DOVER, FEB. 15 .—Catharina, Rolfe, Rio Plat s ' for Hamburgh. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 16.—Wind N.W. to N.N . 5...7 ' Sld. Madaga,car, Bombay; Mary Ann, Cape and o' r dras; Lydford, Launceston; Helen, B a hi a . ; Hindl Bermuda; Glappyra, St. Kitt's; Ff.otor, Newport Jamaica; Forester, Tobago; Palestine, Grenada; Cat O r St. Vinc en t ; Sir Charles N ap i er , New Orleans; y e "L' Lifford, ditt o • Pilgrim, S avanna h ; Ri c k eys , S t . Vince% c) with the whole . the outward bound, e x ce pt the lI I ' Palmer, for Valparaiso. 11, COWES, FE B . 16.—Wi n d N. b y W .— Sld . C or n Trinidad; Empress, Ceylon. , gal' PORTLAND ROADS, FEB. 16.—S1d. CRAW on FRASERBUROH, FEB. 15. the Carron of ;Belfast shore on Rattray Head 12th inst. it is feared will b'"" a wreck; crew saved. FALMOUTH, FEB. 16.—A large vessel, bottom up., w e al „, passed Ist ult., in l a t. 30 N., l on . 7 0 W ., b y the r pings, Mintosh, arrived here. nneohue: DUBLIN, FEB. 15.—The Th omas Dempsey, ode' hence to Trinidad, in puttin g b ac k to Ki ngstown , gl this outside the East Pier yesterday, but floated morning, and has arrived here with loss of red tder. r.. 00 i ` Bunn', Fs*. 15. The Janet, of this . i " • mi...- • , ; t • ••••/ „„•• ;74011#1 4 , 4 4k i:\bc, dr b/ rr• , THE THIRD EDITIONS “THE S UN” CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTAItY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun•ojjice, 112, Strand. ''toning ~2')lnit LOND')N, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1648 OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES. In bringing forward the Budget, Lord JoUN RUSSELL is to propound the Government plan for the national defences. What that plan is we know not; but certainly it ought to be a good one, judging by the multitude of advisers—from TIIE Field-Mar shal himself—from commissioned and non-commis sioned officers, naval and military—down to the civil but generous volunteer. Almost everybody has his plan—the fighting captain and the peaceful manu facturer. One would keep the invader at arm's length, while the other would cordially shake him by the hand. With the one expense goes for nothing, while the veriest economy sways the other. " Ten thousand soldiers at each seaport," thunders the Duke —" bales of exports," replies the toiling cotton spinner. The gallant soldier, wrapt in his esprit du corps, forgets that we are essentially watermen ; and the manufacturer overlooks our defences in the inter change of trade. The one seeks security at home, while the other would " Have all the world before him, where to choose His place of sent, and profit still his guide." And so, perhaps, it should be. National wealth is but the aggregate of individual profit. But what is the Ministerial plan ? We would humbly suggest what it ought to be—efficiency based on economy. We are increasing the artillery on land—why not increase it on our natural element, the ocean ? " England's best bulwarks are her wooden mil," and the ocean is our natural rampart. Man that rampart by marine artillery, and the danger of inva sion will diminish in proportion. We have seamen and marines—we have ships and to spare, but we have no marine artillery as a body—we have no organized force bearing the name and possessing the aptitude of a Marine Artilleryman—a man trained to great guns as well as small arms—a soldier and a seaman in one person—a man who could hand, reef, or steer—who could storm a fort or board a ship—in short, a man of all work—an educated man-of-war's man— " Alike to him the sea—the shore, The brand, the bridle, and the oar." Tea thousand such men would be worth fifty thou sand raw militiamen. They could be employed as soldiers on our coasts, as seamen in our dockyards, and as Marine Artillerymen on board our ships. By their knowledge they could instruct more, and by their experience set a good example to all. The application of steam has vastly increased our naval power—in fact, steam dispenses with half the number of seamen usually required in sailing ships. Hence the necessity of more practical knowledge with fewer men. Steam works the ship while science works the guns. Suppose a body of 10,000 Marine Artillery were organized and distributed along the coast according to circumstances, or sent on board ship to acquire their sea-legs ; and suppose a war suddenly broke out, some difficulty might occur, in fact always does occur, in fitting men of war in sufficient number for the emergency ; but a fleet of steamers could be armed and equipped in a few hours by means of the Marine Artillery. It is now well ascertained that the majority of our merchant and mail steamers are capable of carrying a number of guns. These ves sels have a sufficiency of men for navigable purposes, while the Marine Artillery would supply both men and guns at the shortest notice. We should thus have a fleet in the Channel ready for defence or aggression almost with the next tide. In the event of war the same principle would apply on foreign stations; the Marine Artillery could lad transhipped from men-of-war to our merchant steamers in those quarters, and thus protect our property, while they increased our power. As a matter of economy, such a force would cost little more than ordinary men, while its efficiency would be infinitely greater. It would constitute a marine army of reserve, always in employ, and ever ready for action. Such men, from their better and more varied train ing, would acquire a confidence unknown to less disci plined sailors ; they would dare dangers where others might hesitate, as an expert swimmer would brave the breakers where inexperience might shun the spray. The practical value of such men is incalculable — they would form a nucleus which could be enlarged at pleasure. Their motto would be—" Ready, aye ready ;" and come the hour of invasion when it might, their gallant example would inspire others with courage till the ardour of enterprise became electric; and a force moved by such impulses would achieve the most heroic deeds. A Liberal Legislature, like the one now sitting at Westminster, could not, with any consistency, do otherwise than it did last evening. Knowing that a Bill was recently introduced to the Upper House by the President of the Council, and that it is now lying under the consideration of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, which Bill is intended to legalise the project of the Government for the establishment of friendly relations between the Courts of St. James's and the Quirinal, it was manifest that the supporters of the Administration could not possibly regard with indifference, much less with any senti ments approaching to those of oppositionAthe fate of the measure brought before the House of Commons by the Honourable Representative of Youghal. By this time the character of the Sovereign PON TIFF is pretty well known, and we believe, too, with a very few exceptions, tolerably well appreciated. Englishmen recf)gniso in him not ; ~ S. LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE. The following forfeits for this race have been re ceived from Liverpool since our last:— Brunette, aged, 12st 51b— Richard the First, aged, 1 Ist 61b—Prince George, list 61b—Linnet, 5 yrs, list 41b —b g by Ishmael, 6 yrs, list 31b—Pinkeen, 6 yrs, list 31b—Malvina, aged, list 31b—Marengo, aged, 1 Ist Abraham Parke, 1 lst—Camphine, list—Hawkesworth, 1 Ist—Tipperary Boy, list—Fanny Eisler, list—Box keeper, lost 131b—Chieftain, lOst 121 b—La Sylphide, lOst lOW—Farnham, lOst 101b—Now or N ever, 10s; 81b—St. Ruth, lOst 71b. Forfeits for the Spring Cup:— Administrator, Chance, ,Mermaid. Lord Setton's Cup Entries:— Jest, Lucy Ashton, Sylvan, Romance, Fitzcharles, Ballinafad, f by Jerry out of Barbarism, Liston, Samp son, and Administrator. CABINBT DINNER.—The Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Ban., received the following members of the Cabinet to dinner lust evening, at his residence in Berkeley-square :—The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Auckland, Earl Grey, Viscount Palmerston, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hun. H. Labouchere, the Right Hun. T. B. Macaulay, Viscount Murpeth, and Lord Campbell. Lurd John Russell and the Lord Chancellor were prevented from joining their colleagues. El I t