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

• ..Now ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo., REMINISCENCES OF PRINCE TALLEYRAND, Edited from the Papers of the late M. COLMACIIE, the Prince's Private Secrlife etary. rinse Tal- Few Particulars of the pr ivate history and early of P leyrand 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 contemporaries, and ill is trate, is a remaikable manner, the events et the great drama in which Ite acted so conspicuous a pat. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The following PROGRA3IME 1151 - • 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 so pre-eminently marked the past season, and maintained the established reputation of her Majesty's Theatre as the ware of refined art and of sN ENGAGEMENTS FOR TilE OPERA. Mdlle. 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 rand interesting characters. The admired Soprano, 3ldlle. SOFIA CRUVELLL From the Theatre La Fenice, at Venice.—Her first appearance. Millie. LUISA ABBADIA, Soprano of great reputation from TA Scala, and other great Theatres of Italy.—ller first appearance. Mdile. ADELAIDE MOLTINI, The welLknown and favourite vocalist. Signora SOFIA VERA, Her first appearance. 3ldlle. SCIIWARZ, Eta eminent Contralto, and established favourite of the Imperial Opera at Vienna. Madame SOLARI, And the eminent artiste, Madame ERMINIA TADOLINI, La Scala, Milan, the Carinthia, Vienna, a nd other groat Theatres.--Her first appearance. The favourite Tenor, Sig. GARDONI, The distingirslied Tenor, Sig. CUZZAIsII, lIIs From La Scala, and other Gre at Theatres of first appearance. The admired Tenor, Sig. LABOCETTA, Of the principal Theatres of Italy, and of the Italian Opera at first appearance. Tho admired Baritone, from the Opera p La Pergola, at Florence, ig. BELLI, Ilisftrst appearance. Sig. F. LABLACHE, Sig. DOUCHE, Big. SOLARI, Sig. GUIDT, Sig. COLLETT!, and Sig. L &BLACIIE. Director of the Music and Conductor, M. I3ALFE. The greatest exertions have 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:- 3f. Tolbecque, Leader IMr. Maycock, 2d Clarinet 3f. Naciaud, Leader of the Ballet 31. Lavigne, Ist Oboe 31. Oury, Leader of the 2d Violins Mr. Horton, 2d ditto 31. Delollie Sig. Tamplint, Ist Ba&SA011 3f. Ploys 11. Koessel, 2d Bassoon Mr. Pigott 31. Zeiss, Ist Trumpet 31r. W. Watts Sig. Maffei, 2d Trumpet Mr. Collins 31. Seglick, let Horn. from M. Jaquln Frankfort Sig. Anglots, Ist Contre -Basso M. Kreutzer, 2d Horn. from 31r. R. Hughes, Leader of the Mayeuee Tenors 31. Ista, Timbalier _ 31. Gans Mr.Winterbotham, Ist Trombone M. Remusat, Acadienie Royale, 31. aril', 2,1 Trombone Faris, Lit Flute 51g. Piatti, Ist Violoncello Sig. Biletti, let Clarinet, from 31. rilet Bologna &c. &c. & c. The Military Band under the Direction of 31. Noose, Head Band Muter of his Royal Highness Prince Albert's Regiment of Scots Fusilier Guards. Poet and Prompter • . • • .. Sig. CRIPPA• VIE CHORUS Ilas been selected withtKeJjnost - re:'lrd both as to local and dramatic efficiency. 3fAtre de Chant des Chceurs .. M. MARETZEK. In addition to the successful Operas produced last season, a selection has bean 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 TillS POWERFUL COMPANY. ENGAGE %lENTS ma THE BALLET. The Ballet Department will preserve Its superior excellence and combination of talent, which will comprise-- Mdlle. CARLOTTA (tRISI, Millie. CAROLINA ROSATI. MEW. MARIE TAGLIONI, and Millie. CERI ro, supported by Madame PETIT STEPHAN, Mdßes Ausandon, Julienne, Thevenot, Larnoureu.s, Emile, Fanny Pascales, &c. M. PERROT. M. PAUL TAGLIONI, M. ST. LEON, N. GOSSELIN, M. LOUIS D'OR, M. DI MATTIA, Supported by MM. TENAFRA, GOUR[ET, &e. With a new and well-Medea Corps de Ballet. MAITRES DE BALLET. Y. PAUL TAGLIONI and M. PERROT. em-Maitre de Ballet, and -[aster of the French School of In- struetion, M. GOSSELIN. Begin= la Dante, and Master of the English School of Instruction, M. PET( r. Composer 01 the Ballet Music, S:g. PUGNI. Several Compositions for the BALLET DEPARTMENT are in preparation. Amongst others, A NEW AND ORIGINAL BALLET by M. PAUL TAGLIONI, and another by M. PERRuT. Principal Artist to the establishment, Mr. CHARLES MARSHALL. Other arrangements of peculiar interest are in progress, HER. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS THEATRE Will open on SATURDAY next, the 19th of February, when will be pres,nted VERDI'S ADM DIED OPERA. OF ER NAN I. Carlo V• • .... • • NI, his first appearance this season. Buy Gomez do Silva• • Signor ISELLETTI, his first appearance. Ernani .... • • •• Signor CI7ZZAN I, his first appearance;' and _ ...... Elvira .•••••••..•••• N!dlie. SOFIA Clt li VELLA. Alter the Opera the National Anthem, by the pr ncipel Artistes, supported by the Chorus. After which will be prevented An entirely New and Original GRAND BALLET, In Four Tableaux, by M. l'aul Taglioni, entitled FIORITA, et la Reno des Elfrides. The Music composed by signor Pupil ; the Scenery (entirely new) by Mr. C. Marshall; the Appointments by Mr. Bradwell ; the Costumes by Miss Bradley and Mr. Whales. under the superin tt-ndence of Madame Copere. Principal parts by Mdlle. CAROLINA ROSATf, Dldlles. Esther A ustindon, Therenot. Julienne, Lamoureux, and Mdlle. MARIE TAGLIONI, &c. &c. Brinell:al Dances. 1. Tableau. La Cour d'Auberge en Sidle La Fiancee-31(1E0. Rosati, and Millies. Julienne and Lamoureux, &c. La Palermitana —Mille Rosati. 2. Tableau. La Fdret des Elfrides, Ballabile et Pas de la Reins des Elfriles—Mdlle. Mar le Taglioni, and Mdlle. Ausundon, Thevenot, and Dames de Ballet. Danse Nationa:e —Corps de Ballet. Pas-21 , 111e. rosati Ana M. d'Or, !thines. Julienne and Lamoureux. 3. Tableau. Cabane do Hertha. L'llluilon-3fdlle If d'Or, and Dames de - Ballet. 4. Tab'ean. Les Jardins Enehantes. Lanimatlon—Mtille. Rosati and M. d'Or, and Dames de Ballet. L'Oubli—Mdlle. Marie Taglioni and M. d'Or, ai illes Thevenot, Autundon, Julienne. Lamour:Aix, and Dames de Ballet. La Chatiment —.Scene Finale. AUEATIZE. IZOYAL, IIAiMARKET. Uril:rt. he 7, l3ll,,ernent of Mr. 1.. wower: sale Lessee. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENISti Will be performed a new and original Play, entitled THE WIFE'S SECRET. Lord Ardcri, Mr. Howe ; Sir Walter Am' ott, Mr. Charles scan ; Jatez Sneed, Mr. Wvbster ; Harrington, Mr. Brin dall ; Brouillard, Mr. Rogers ; Lady Evellne Amyott, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Maud Mrs. Keeley. After which, the new Farce. called HEARE,q ELIZABETH. Mt% :Jonel Lax, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Winch, Mr. Rogers ; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with WHO'S YOUR FRIENT) ? Viscount Leather head, Mr. Tilbury; S r Felix Love!, M:. Howe; Giles Fairland, Mr. Webster; Countess of Rosedale, Mizs Julia Bennett; Lady Bab Blazon, Mrs. Glover. Sta ;e Manager, Mr. Fart en ; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web ;ter. .T. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, Ss. ; Pit, 3a. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Perwmance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction o'. Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will ba preiiented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEARL OF TIIE OCEAN ; or. the Prince and the Merinablen. Principal cka racters by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Glennaire, Cullenford, 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. PriAcipal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, I'. Beclfor,' Sanders ; Ma eame Celeste, Miss E mma H ar di ng , M rs . L aws , an d "..4liss Woolgar. To conclude with a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE GACY. Turnem Green, Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ; Linty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul B e df or d ; Ch u bbl oc k, Mr. Cullenford ; Policeman. Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar. ilexes, 45.; l'it, 2s. Gallery, Is. Doors open at Halt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM Till:AT RE. Under the 'Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS 'EVENING Will be performed a new and original piece, called ASTOUNDING PHENOMENA. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Bellingham, F. Cooke, and Meadows. After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN Principal characters by Messrs. B. Hall, Harley, Ear ril M ge,Madame Vestris, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Slacnatnara. To conclude W ith a Romance of Real Lite, call e d B OX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Earley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac. neznara. ; Gallery, Is. No .59. ; Upper Boxes, 49. ; Pit, 2s. Dress Boxes, t of the house. hilt-price t...) any pr .r The Da-oft:Cc, No. y 2, Wellington- street, is open t o the Public every day, from Ten till six.c has been e ntirel y re-desi g ned b y Mr. w , The Interior of the Iron s Bradweli of the Cclosseum. FRENCH PLAYS. —ST. JAMES'S ITEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitche ll, 33, 0 d BTond-street. Fifth appearance of Mademoiselle Nathalie. TO-310 1t ROIV EVENING, Will be ' , resented CE QUID FEMME VEIJT. Agatha Delaunay. Nathall, , , After which, ROSE ET MARGUERITE Nathalle Rose, Aldlle Bap Boxes, ; stalls, tickets, and tiste. season prospectuses, may be had at Mr, lidlTCti ELL'S Royal Library, 33, ad Bond-street. Doors open at Seven, to commence at a quarter pa Boxes, 6s.;st Seven. Pit, 3s. C. 1.; An.liitheatte, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s Marguerite, Mdlie PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchosa-street, Portland- place. Madame ANNA TUILLON. Til Di EVENING Will be performed a new Drama. entitled NAIDA ; or, the fioddess of Eldorado. Captain Fleurville, 31r. C. fisher ; Laloll% Mr. Wynn ; Trineole, Mr. Neville ; Marondel, Mr. Cooper ; Selino, lair. A. Salaam, Mr. Cwilpton ; _Marchioness de Montauron, Mrs. Fosbroke; Hortense, Miss ; Zilla, Miss Emma Stanley ; :Takla. Madame Anna Thillon. After which, th e comic Drama of " LADIES, BEWARE! " To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime. entitled OLD TAME It TIME; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons. Dress Circle, 5, Poxes, , 4s• ; Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is. ASTLET's ROYAL AIipIIITHEATRF. Grand Combindtion of ATTRAuTIONS at ASI2LEY'S, which con tinues its chain of lagnincent En ertainments. The Management respectfully announces to the public that for the more perfect representation of the N ew Georgeous Spectacle, THE BATTLE OF THE AMAZONS, it is absolutely necessar withhold its production for six nights longer. y to AE 4' -, , - lia bruary 11th, positively. the last w eek of TILE L .LS, followed by an unusu a lly b rilliant disklay of Oncluding w,th a favourite Afterplece, 1" . " --,-- i,.. , ,,=- - „, IloS-ofnce open from 11 till Z. f r y `Y, -- .. 7-7 --LeiV)V - 4. , \ - 7' , stage bignaaer, Mr. W. West --7 s «' r el-,z,,/ \q'' , 74\ V;74-4 , .• .i.- rk,, , ,, ( ~i 1 ~~'~ TEE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, )848. STRAND THEATRE. NEW MANAGEMENT, Under the Sole Direction of Mr. °sherry. THIS EVENING, The performances will commence with the Romantic Drama, called THE DEIOUNCER ; or, THE SEVEN , LERKS OF )lARSEILLES. Principal characters by Mr. E. Law , (his third appearancell Messrs. Oxlierry, Yarnold, Rogerson, Huntley, and 3liss Love. After which (third time) a New Grand Durlesque Opera, by the Author of the " Adelphi Norma," called LUCY OF LAMMER MOOR. Not with Mr. Burn's or M. Jullien's, but with °sherry's powerful cast—Lucy, Aiss E. Terry ; Captain At hton, Mr. Os.berry ; and Edgar, Mr. Yarnold. To conclude with the admired Comedietta of A ROWLA7.i'D FOR AN OLIVER. Principal characters by M ,. ssrs. Laws, Rogerson, Montague, Oxberry, Miss Egan and Miss Jane Coleman. Private Boxes, 10s. Gd. ; Boxes, Is.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 4d. Half price to I'it and Boxes at a Quarter before Nine. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE KENT COAST SMUGGLERS. After which, THE VICTIM PATRIOT. To conclude with DG v, IS THE DESERTER. THE THIRD EDITIONS OF "TILE SUN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun•ofce, 112, Strand. lib WEATELEtt.—SIIN OFFICE, FEB. 17. CHERMONETER, Lowest, 32 ; Highest, 41 ; Noon, 39. BAROMETER, N.N.W.; fine. 111(111 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Ifornin7.. 46 minutes after 12. Evening .. 12 minutes after 1.7: e 'ld 51111; LONDON, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1848. OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES. In bringing forward the Budget, Lord JOHN 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 THE 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 vent, 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 walls," 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 fbrce bearing the tame 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 1,_...... , ~.. -,... • . t , , j ; .. ? . dam, ~.. 4 . 31 .„ . , . s o: „. " , i; ..., ,, 4). —....0 - 44, 1,....,,,„, l c . (-,.. li• ----;.-,- ,-. 7 z-' AIR% ~ 6,....; ..., i ,.. ..... 4 1,1, ..1.. ee t • 0,,Z, i'' 1-r ........,9 • • . ••-•'• man— " Alike to him the sea—the shore, The brand, the bridle, and the oar." Ten 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 ( f 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 yes 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 be transhipped from men-of-war to our merchant steamers in those quarters, and thus protect our property, IN bile 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 a r t ead pleasure. Their motto would be—" Ready, aye and come the hour of invasion when it might, their gallant example would inspire others with courage till the ardour of enterprise became achieve the most electric ; and a heroicforc deeds. emov c d by such impulses would A Liberal Legislature, like the one now sitting at Westminster, could not, with any i c i onsistency, do o therwise than it did last evening. Knowing that a Bill was recently introduced to theUpp n e o r wi H ug houtseabt a by tlw President of the Council, and itthat is now lying under the consideration of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, whi ch 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 opposition, the fate of the measure brought before the House of Commons by the Honourable Representative of Youghal. By this time the character of the Sovereign Pox- TIFF is pretty well known, and we believe, too, with a very few, exceptions, tolerably well appreciated. Englishmen recognise in him not merely a right royal spirit such as that recently evinced by FREDERICK WILHELM of Prussia, and by 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; buts combined with this nobility of heart and capacity of intelligence, the POPE has on several occasions exhi bited a determinaticn 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. CLIISHOLM 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 forma : the Chair man 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 factly 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 PETER are evoked. Now the case I make with regard to the Jesuits is this—l won't endeavour to overcome your prejudices ; I won't tell you that 3sou are in fluenced by a vague, an indefinite and iri%tional 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 roundel on the statute of 1829, would be driven with shouts of derison out of court. Suppose that my Hon. Friend were to prosecute Father LvTIIGOE, 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 lion. 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 fur the arrival of a Nuncio from the Quirinal. The trial at bar, in the important case of BURON 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 f r om its expenditure in a variety of ways ! What taxation bearin g on th e 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 1,200,0001. 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 helpless and oppressed in all climes. For this 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 succes ? 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 dares 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 rest oration 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 'sets, 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 SIACCA 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 taken possession of by King SIACCA and the native chiefs. For the damage thereby occasioned to the plaintiff the action was brought against Captain DENMAN, the commander on the occasion; and although several issues were raised in the pleadings, the really important questions were, whether his acts had been fuliy 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 gi ant of 4,0001., as a testimony of the high sense entertained of his services. A letter from Venice appears in the Risorgimento of the 1 Ith inst., in which the writer states, that on the preceding evening a splendid demonstration was made by the Venetiar.s ita honour of the granting of a liberal constitution to Naples. The demonstration to(le place in the theatre of the renice. Count PIETRO DEGLI EMILIJ, lately arrested at Verona by the Austrian police, is the son of Count EMILIJ, who was shot by order of the French General AUGI:RBAU, 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. Pctersburgh Journal of the sth inst. is an announcement that Baron DE KRUDENER, the Russian Ambassador to the Helvetic Confederation, bad 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 twein Sicily and Naples. LEoroLD 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 DUKE 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 Gazette of Rome, of the 3d, it would appear that Cardinal BUFFONDI, the ne w President of the Council of Ministers, had attended a council on the Ist, at which council the POPE himself presided in persob. Great rejoicings had taken place both at Turin and Genoa in celebration of the patriotic beneficence of King CARLO ALBERTO. The Reform 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 LOLA. MONTES 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 KING was compelled to yield before the attitude assumed by his people. At the last mo• ment his MAJESTY consented to the expulsion of the too famous courtezan from his canital—"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 Cabinet, by the retirement of M. BE TRAM DE LYS from the Ministry of Finance, and the substitution, in his place, of M. CARRASCO, the Count de Santa Olalla. The Duke of VICTORY had arrived at Logrono, and was welcomed there with the utmost enthusiasm. The Camor Pubtico says— " The Moutmolinist bands continue to invade the towns in the principality of Catalonia. The Cabecille 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 fitcciosoc, by MARSAL, POSAS, and another, called MALLomo, who lately entered Catalonia from France, carrying with him abundance of money fur the Faction." MADRID BOLSA, FED. 10.—The Three pr Cents. at 28-1 3 - at 50 days, 277,- to 15-16 cash; Five per Cents., 164 to 17; Passive Debt, 5i to ; Coupons, 11:1 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. Guizat judged the measure bud at bottom, and opposed it on principle. Reforms, cried he with irony ; there are some wise, useful, and excellent ones; you shall be overvvheltned 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 Debats 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 600 guests are expected. From accounts just received at Paris it seems that Lord MIN TO reached Naples on the 4th. The Moniteur Algcrien of the 10th inst. announces the arrival, at Algiers, cf the Prince and Princess DE JOIN VILLE, on the 9th.inst., in the Cacique steam frigate. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse yesterday at 741. 30c.; New Loan, 75f. 20c.; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 90c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,187 f. 50e. ; Rouen, 8681. 75c.; Havre,42sf.; Great Northern, 5411. 25c.; Avignon, 532 f. 50c.; Vier zon, 510 f.; Bordeaux, 471 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 3611 . 25c.; Troyes and Montereau, 240 f. ; Basle, 1561. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 405 f.; Tours and Nantes, 381 f. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 391 f. 25c.; Spanish Three per Cents , 32i. MARSEILLES, FEE. 11.-Marseilles and Avignon, 5401.; Northern, 5411. 25c. LYONS, FED. 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 Tin LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 16. Boulogne and Amiens, 13 3 4—Duteh Rhenish, 17 8 —North. ern of 1 , ranee; 11 , 4—Orleans and Bordeaux 4 3 %—Paris any Lyons, 5% —Paris and Strasbourg, 4—Sambre and Bleuse, 6. LATEST NEWS FROM SICILY. PALERMO, FEB. 5. The evacuation of Palermo 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 bare 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 m:tde 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 proof of it. On the nit ruing of the 3d 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 sous. &c. Chanticleer, 5 yrs, Bst 101b—Intrepid, aged, fist 121 b —lnfringe, 4 yrs, 6st—lnheritress, aged, Bst 81b—Mar quis of Conyngham, 5 yrs, Est 121b—Sultana, 4 yrs, 6st —Lightning, aged, Bst 41b—Marietta, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b Lady Hylda, 4 yrs, fist—Pantasa, 6 yrs, Bst 41b—Bing ham, 4 yrs, Est 121b—Brandyface, 4 yrs, 6st—Lady Wildair, 6 yrs, Bst—Montpensier, 4 yrs, Est 121 b Deloraine, 4 yrs, 6st— Grimaton, 5 yrs, Bst—Gaiety, 4 yrs, 6st 121b—Enchantress, 4 yrs, 6st—Giselle, 5 yrs, 7st 91b—Sutlej, 6 yrs, Est 111b—Smuggler Bill, 5 yrs, sst 131b—Foreclosure, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Magnet, 4 yrs, Est 111b—The Squire of Mahon, 5 yrs, sst 81b—Newcourt, aged, 7st 91b—Maid of Mother well, 4 yrs, 6st 111b—Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs, sst 71b— The Widow, aged, 7st 81b—Executor, 4 yrs, Est 111 b King of Kildare, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Vanisb, 5 yrs, 7st 715 —Black Dwarf, 4 yrs, Est 111b—Tuscan, 3 yrs, sst 715 —Sheraton, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Malt, 5 yrs, Est 91b—Mar iner, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Joc o'Sot, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Harry, 5 yrs, Est gib—Meaux, 4 yrs, 6st 81b—Good Boy, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Peep o'Day Boy, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Cowme-il faut, 4 yrs, 6st 61b—Miss Harrison, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Tom 'Tough, aged, 7st 21b—Pantomime, 4 yrs, 6st 515 Swiss Boy, 3 yrs, sst—Woodpecker, 5 yrs, 7st 215 Chemisette, 5 yrs, 6st 41b—b fby Tory Boy, out of Maid of Monton, 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Administrator, 4 yrs, 7st 2 1b— Sally Maggs, 4 yrs, Est 21b—Best-of-Three, aged, 7st— Milliner, 5 yrs, 6st—Glen Sadden, 3 yrs, 4st 81b— Gannet, 6 yrs, 7st—lonia, 4 yrs, 6st--Referee, 3 yrs, 4st 41b. LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE. The following forfeits for this race have been re ceived from Liverpool since our last: — Brunette, aged, 12st Mb—Richard the First, aged, I Ist 61b—Prince George, list 61b—Linnet, 5 yrs, I Ist 41b —b g by Ishmael, 6 yrs, list 31b-I'inkeen, 6 yrs, 1 Ist 31b—Malvina, aged, list 31b—Marengo, aged, 1 Ist Abraham Parke, 1 1 st—Camphine, llst—llawkesworth, 1 Ist—Tipperary Boy, 1 lst—Fanny Eisler, list—Box keeper, lOst 131b—Chieftain, lOst 121 b—Ls Sylphide, lOst Mb—Farnham, lost 101b—Now or Never, 102 t 81h—St. Ruth, lOst 71b. Forfeits fur the Spring Cup:— Administrator, Chance, Meitnaid. Lord Setton's Cup Entries:— Jest, Lucy Ashton, Sylvan, Romance, Filzcharles, Ballinafad, f by Jerry out of Barbarian, Liston, Samp son, and Administrator. CABINET DINNER.—TLe Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bart., received the following members of the Cabinet to dinner last 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 Hon. H. Labouchere, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Viscount Morpeth, and Lord Campbell. Lord John Russell and the Lord Chancellor were prevented from joining their colleagues. MONEY and CO MME R CIA I. 1 1 / 4 ‘ EIVS. Leeds and Thirsk ...... 40 Ditto, New .... 22% — ......,.. — (MT Y, ()CARTER TO TO ' ;-t-• Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3;,, — ...• I ••• The Cotton Market et Liverpool yesterday was Liverpool, Crosby and - quiet. Sales, 4,000 biles, at about previous rates. Southport . Livirp., Mancheste,and American sorts realised 4id. to 61-11. per lb.—ln Itiil way - , , ,v.weastle Junction... 2 1 A...... Shares there was no improvement. A moth rate busi- Lon_.len & lilackwall...l3/. 65.8 d.... . ness was dune, but prices rather tended downwards. o. New, .No. 9 5/.135.4d.... % dis % di e. Do. Extension ..... ... 17% There are no foreign arrivals with late newb of any • -• Jlto- id interest, but it is satisfactory to learn from Havre that the Commercial Bank of Dubois and Co. is expecttd to resume payments very shortly. In the general mercantile markets there is a moderate business doing, sugar being the dullest article. Indigo anti wool have a brisk sale. The quantity of grain sold in the provincial markets last week was 102,448 quat ters of wheat, and 99,972 of barley. The payment of a third dividend of ss. in the pound London, Brighton, an, South Coaxt ........ 50 364;y cx diy...:,'6 3 4x.d. Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 ...... Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. ... ......... -- Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 — London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ............... Ditto, Pref-rence... 18117 s 2d... Lon ton and N. Western 100...145 1 / 2 146 145 146% Do., Quarters L. &B. 22 ...... Do., n0., New Ditto Fifths ..... .. .. 2 ...... 10 1 / 2 : l A t ..... Do. 1 4 Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 40iJihares( Lill.) 15 ._ _ .. . by Messrs. Scholes, the bankers of Manchestt r, has been Do. 40/. (M. &'B.) ..: 40 . 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 . . Do. 10/. (111. & B.) A. 7% Do. 10/. (ML & B.) B. i Do. 101. ( & B.) C. 1 Lon I.& S. vr( stem 5O Do. Now 501. ... ..... 37%.. Do. New 401 3O Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto 40 Ditto, Thirds 81.65. 8d.... 2 dis. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ......... ........ 1%...... Londonderry&Coleraino 27%. — Londonderry and Ennis killen.-- ........ ... 25 ...... Lowestoft (4 per et.) ... 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) 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, efficinncy, and integrity is provid e d - forin a very different . . Pdanzhe:ter,BaxtOn,and Matlock.... 3 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (\o. 1) 13 way. weigher 'commences his career at 254 per year and 2s. 6d. per day when actually employed, Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 7!A and in the course Of rising through a lift of 180 his salary becomes increased, at two stages, by a reward for long service of an additional ten pounds ! The next stage of his promotion is to that of a locker, commencing at 80/., and finishing at 100/. a year; finally, he may become the superintendent of lockers at a salary of 1101. to 1301. 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 landing-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 es 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 alight improvement has occurred since. Until the Chancellor of the Exchequ( r makes known his plans it is not to be expected that there will be much doing, Consols have been 891 i t for Transfer, and 891 to 891 3-, the present values, for Ac count. Exchequer-bills of June have been 245. to 275. premium, and of March I7s. to 21s. Bank Stock is quoted 200. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 901 to 901, and are now 90n to 90f. The Foreign Securities have been very quiet. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 201, and the Three per Cents. 31i to 32. Mexican Stuck is at 181. 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. Ditto, New 101. Pref... 7iA — Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . ... Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 714.* ••• Do., Grimsby Dock l 2 l, — ... Do. Man. & Lin. Union 41.2 s — Manchest. & Southampt. 2 1 4 „.... ... Midlan.,l Do. Consolidated Pref.loo D0..40/. Shares Do. 501. Shares l 5 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do.Consol. Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 ......122 ex div ...... Midlnd, b'rist. & Glocstr. 36 Ditto, ditto Midlnd,Leicest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... Midland Great Western Irish NewcastleandCarlisle...loo ...... ... •..... Do. Quarters 25 ..... .. Newmrk et & Chesterford 18% ..... Do. Extension . ..... ...21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ....•• Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .. 12% — .. ...... ...... Norfolk .... 100 Do. New 201. .. 5 -• ••• •••••• velum Do. Extension Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk— Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 .%orth British ... .... ... 25 ...... 26% De. Half Sham 12%••..•• Do. Quarters... ...... 1)o. Extension Ditt , 'Thirds North & South-Westorn 2 ...... 2 3 4 ........ ...... ,Nort' Staffordshire lO ..... 10 3 4 5 h .... ...... North Wales North Western. 6 Ostord, Worcester, and Wolverhampton..... 35 ... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Roystcn and Ilitchin ... 1% Scottish Central Scottish Midland 2 2 12 —• • .„» Ditto, New lO .••••• ........ ••• •• Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole .... 5 - Shrewsbury and Birm... 7 Ditto ditto. Class B. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... 12 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 Shropshire Union South Devon 4O ...... ......... „.... Do. Preference South Stailbrdshire 4 south Eastern & Dover. 33% 31% Do., No. 1 24 Do., Nc. 2. Do., .No. 3 ...,... ...... 20 Do., No. 4 South Wales lB youth Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 3 ONE CLOSING -RILES OF BRITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 2OO 200 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns.. 894% 89% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities. 8 9 1A% ' 893 1 New 3IA per Cent. Anns 9O IA IA IA 90: 3 / 4 Long Anns. to expire J an. 1860 -16 9 9 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 S 11-16 India Stock — India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001... . . 10 5 p 5 p South Sea Stock Consols for Account exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. March .. 1,0001. June 26 27 24 p 241) 500/. March 500/. June ......... Small, March Small, June Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stin. Coal. ... 6 raw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 7 . 2 ., -- Waterford and Limerick 40 Watertd,Wxtid,Wicklw, and Düblin W est Cornwall Nhitehaven & Furness 13 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 525. Wilts, Somerset, & NV ey mouth ... 30 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... Do. Original New and Berwick ...... 25 Do. North Shields Pur. 25 Do. Extensiox No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 10 G.N E.Preference 8 ...... 10t,t ..... York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference Du. East and NV cst Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 ONE CLosES 6 RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ovLocir. nticus. Mexican, 5 per Celt. 1846 lB7 18; Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 35 35 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. 3 per Cent 31:% 32 32 Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent. Exchange 2sf. 6Cc. 25f. 60c. Dutch, 2 per Cent., 12 Guild 54 54 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 844 85 1 1 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRIORS. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 3 1 4 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 1 ,i Belfast & County Down 10 ...... Birmingham and Ox- ford Junction •••• ..• 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... 13irming.,Wolverlepton, and Stour Valley 101. 145... ••• - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Jun"..... 7:3 , ,,i - ••• • ••• ..... • -- Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds ... 2O Buckinghamshire.— 12/. 4s. ..... 2% din... 2% dis Caledonian Ditto, Halt' Shares Di( to,ClyclesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead—. 37 Y 2 —— • - Ditto, Preference l2 ••• •• • — Cl arence Do. let Class, G per Ct. I() Do. 2J Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... ••• — Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mou li - - Dublin and Belfast June. 25 Dundalk & Enniskillen 17 1 / 2 East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 •••••• _ Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18 ...... 7 1 4 7 7 Do., 3/. 10-r 3 l/i •••• ••• --- Eastern Counties........ 20 Ditto (B). .. - 13% 10% 73% 1534 34% Central of Spain Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and illadras Dutch Rhenish 7 1% East Indian ... Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Jamaica S. Ai al.Junetion 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 Luxembourg.... 6 ...••• Lyons and Avignon..... 5 Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege l6 ... ••• ........ Northern of France lO Orleans and I3ore.eaux 6 Over Yssel 413 s Paris and Lyons lO Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen .... 2O Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse lB ..... Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan dau' and Hasselt ...... 16 West Flanders ..... ..... MINES. - WA Ditto,EXtension,s per Cent., No. 1..... 61.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... ... Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters Do., New MI Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 — Ditto, Thirds .......135.4d. . 1)o. (guar. 6 percent.) 10 Ditto, ditto East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 33a...... ... — East Linco:nshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 42 Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 Edinburgh and Northern 2 91 / 2 Ditto, New 33 - Anglo-Mexican lOO Brazilian Cocaes& Cuiba 30 British Iron . l2 ••• - ' Bolonos Scrip . ..... .... -- Galvanized Iron Ditto, New Real Del Monte, Unreg. Ditto, Newport l2' . - ••• — Ditto, ditto, New 2%..... Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2 3 ' — ..... .•..••••• Ditto, New - Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 Ditto, New ... ...... .40 Do. Preference Consol. 16 Great Northern Do., London and York 2% — ..... ........ -- Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of Englantl.loo ...•••2314 2314 Ditto, New 40/ 5 Ditto, New 301..........30 Ditto, New, 15/. Great Western 9O Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares 6O Ditto, 1 2; Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Ditto, New 171 ..... 91/,... .. _ Huddersfield and Manch. 24 _,. ___. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 17.—Wind N.N.W., fresh breeze and fine. DEAL, FEB. 16.—Wind N. to N.N.W.—SId. Mary Graham, Ceylon ; Kandiana, Ceylon. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Waratah, Sydney, New South Wales ; Elizabeth and Henry, Hobart Town ; Mary Sparks, China ; Cape Packet, St. Helena ; Castle Lachlan, Jamaica. Sid. Ceylon, .Aden ; Bangalore, 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. LivEurooL, FEB. 16.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Ruby, Butcher, Calcutta ; Ferries, Scott, Madras ; America, New Orleans ; Stephen Baldwin, Berland, Mobile. Sid. Velocity, Rio Grande ; Mary Worrell, Rio Grande ; Lanercost, Rio Grande ; Calypso, Rio Janeiro ; Otras simus, ditto ; Uniea Hija, Havannah ; Susquehanna, Philadelphia ; Governor Davis, Boston. Off port, Pas senger, Enterprise, B e t se y, an d I psw i c h. TheP itaP m,J P o a p h l a in n r ck hence to Rio Grande, has been wrtcked en the bar of tho latter port • part of the cargo saved. The Midas, Begg, from Ardrossan, with pig iron, struck upon Taylor's Bank last night and sunk crew saved. The Clarinda, for Havannah, in proceeding down the river, ran foul of the P. Dcaro, for Smyrna, at anchor of the Magazines, by which both vessels received . damage. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 16.—Wind N.W. to Sld. Madaga=car, Bombay; Mary Ann, Cape and Ma dras; Lydlord, Launceston; Helen, Bahia; Hindoo, Bermuda; Glappyra, St. Kitt's; Hector, Newport and Jamaica; Forester, Tobago; Palestine, Grenada; Cato, St. Vincent; Sir Charles Napier, New Orleans; Lady Li fiord, ditto; Savannah; Hickeys, St. Vincent, with the whole of the outward-bound, exeept the Ann Palmer, for Valparaiso. FRASERBUEGH, FEB. 15.—The Carron of Belfast, on shore on Rattray Head 12th inst. it is feared will become a wreck; crew saved. FALMOUTH, FEB. 16.—A large vessel, bottom up, Was Passed Ist ult., in Ist. 30 N., lon. 70 W., by the Sep' pings, Mlntosh, arrived here. DUBLIN, FEB. 15.—The Thomas Dempsey, Donohue , hence to Trinidad, in putting back to Kingstown, groundo outside the East Pier yesterday, but floated off this morning, and has arrived here with loss of rudder. D'arASTI ELL The Janet, of Olio port, foul- -- --- Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby •....... 50 •••l••• Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 17 1 ; 2 ...... 8 Do., do., and Norwich 15 Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2 1 / 2 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... 53 ex div. . 53 x. d. Ditto, Thirds Lancat,hire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto - Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares ...... 38 ..... 35 33 Do. Quarter Shares... 14 1 / 2 l3 13 1 % ... 13 1 4 Do.. Fifths.. , 1 - -.. 6! 4 ...... -- Do. Sixteenths ...... ... ,:4 Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/.45...... Do. Liverp. and Bury 38 ...... Ditto 1 4 (late Dud dersti-dcl and Sheff.) 33 Do.(Waketield,Ponte tract, awl G001e).... 50 ...... Do. (W. Riding Union)-11. `25...... 2 1 A dis. ...... Do. (Preston & Pyre) 25 Do. IA Shares (A)... 9 ...... Ditto ditto (13) ... W t .— -- Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds, Dewsbury, &c... 421 2 ...... ... — Do., Half Shares. l5 ...... ...... Do.Newßranch (blue) 2%..... Do. Extension (green) 21 / 2 Do.NewExtegpinii) Ph 14614 7% 10% 4 1 / 2 51% - . sets, 116 1 / 4 4314 264 23 1 1 06 4 1 4 - 814 2 1 ,i 31,a 6 1 4 9 1 ,4 1 14 341 1 3 % 1% 6% 11%