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THE SUN, 744-'' IV • ' ell 4 , *iv jA TAT TE RSAL L'S.—T HIS EVEN IN G• SIX o'cLocs. LINCOLN TRIAL STASES. 2 to 1 agst High Sheriff 3 to 1 agst Lady Agnes 9 to 2 agst lanthe 6 to 1 agst Maid of Lincoln LINCOLN STEEPLECHASE. 3 to 1 ag,t 11,$EA Monk LINCOLN HURDLE RACE. 2 to 1 agst View Halloo 3 to 1 agat Melford LINCOLN TWO YES OLD STARES. 5 to 2 agat filly out of Horton Yates'a dam 3 to 1 agst Broughton 8 to 1 agat Poetess CHESTER CUP. 17 to 1 agst Nancy 30 to 1 agst Confessor—taken 33 to 1 agst Ariosto 33 to 1 agst Scarecrow 33 to 1 agat Black Doctor 40 to 1 agat Cock-crow—taken 40 agat Merry Bird—taken 40 to 1 agst Neasham 50 to 1 agst Hippolytus—taken DERBY. 8 to 1 agst Hobbie Noble 12 to 1 agst Augur 14 to 1 agst Orelio 14 to 1 agst Clayerhouse 20 to 1 agst Lapidist 20 to 1 agst Alfred the Great 20 to 1 agst Filins 25 to 1 agst Homebrewed 30 to 1 *gat Chief Baron Nicholson FRANCE. Prince Jerome Bonaparte, President of the Senate, visited on Saturday the Palace of the Petit Luxembourg, which is to be his official residence. He was accompanied by the architect, and he went over the apartments intended for him, where repairs are to be made forthwith. A letter from Toulon of the 28th ult, states that, in consequence of a Ministerial dispatch, which leads to a belief that it is the intention of the Govern ment to suppress the galleys, each convict was asked separately whether he would consent to be transported to Cayenne Nearly 1,800, or about one-half of the total number, answered in the affirma tive. It is proposed to form them into agricultural colonies. The convicts are to be chosen amongst those who have not merited punishment during their resi dence at the galleys, and who have not attempted to escape. A strong constitution is indispensable. Fort Lamalgue was so crowded with political prisoners that it became necessary to transfer 100 of them on board the ship of war Le Genereux. 300 more were to follow them. Every day numerous detachments of political prisoners were arriving at Toulon from the neighbouring arrondissements. On the 26th several domiciliary visits were made at Collobrieres and Cuers, and the inhabitants arrested. 42 poli tical prisoners arrived at Toulon on the 28th of J anuary. They are m os tly s h o pk e epers and ope ratives. The President of the Republic was present at the Italian Opera on Saturday night. The house has not been so crowded since the commencement of the season. F could scarcely, however, be owing to the presence of Louis Nspoleoc, as his intention had not been gen&nlly know: , and he was some time in the house before any exc-pt r hos.e opposite his box were aware of the fact. Ile was accompanied by General Roguer, who sat in the middle, while the President occupied his usual place in the corner, almost entirely concealed by the velvet curtains. As his visit was without ceremony, his presence remained unnoticed. The Moniteur publishes the following decrees re gulating the courts of justice in the islands of St. Marie and Mayotte, on the coast of Madagascar : " Louis:Napoleon, President of the Republic: "Having considered the ordinance of the 26th August, 1847, relating to the judicial organization of Mayotte and its dependencies; —considering that experience has demonstrated the necessity of providing for the various deficiences, and modifying certain provisions of that or dinance; considering that the relative situation of the. islands of St. Marie and Mayotte renders the commu nication between them slow and rare, and that the com munications between St. Marie and La Reunion do not present the same difficulties. Inasmuch as the arrange ments necessary for those new regulations are comprised in the budgets of the establishments of Mayotte and its dependencies for the year 1852. " On the report of the Minister Secretary of State of the Marine and Colonies, and with the advice of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister Secretary of State and Justie', dc crees _ _ "'Art. 1. The organization of the department of Justice shall be regulated ;14 follows, and separately -Ist for Mayotte and Nossili; 2d for the Island of St. Marie. "Section Ist.—Mayotte and Nossibe. " Art. 2. When the Council of Justice shall have to decide on special crimes, the conviction shall be valid by five voices out of seven. "Art. 3. A tribunal of first instance is instituted at Mayotte. It is to be composed of a single judge, who must be a licentiate in law. This single judge adjudi cates as a civil and commercial tribunal, when the amount claimed does not exceed the sum of 1,0001., with liberty to appeal to the Court of La Raiunion; and be yond that amount when the civil or commercial disputes are not between two natives. " This tribunal acts as a police court— ":lst. In case's of offences committed by natives to the prejudice of Frenchmen or foreigners; 2d, offences com mitted by Frenchmen or foreigners, either against each other or against natives. " Yor violation of Police Regulations. The deci sions of the judge are never subject to appeal-Ist, in Simple police cases ; 2d, in criminal cases it the impri sonment inflicted is not more than 12 months or the tine i mposed above I,ooo£ " Art 4. A Registrar is appointed tb the tribunal of premiere instance. He performs all the functions dele gated France to those public functionaries, and he is bound to exhibit similar qua lifications. " In cas e o f t h e absence of the: titular Registrar he is to be replaced by a person appointed by the judge. " Art. 5 .1 The Assistant Commissary shall exercise provisionally, in the chief town, the functions of Attor ney of tht , Rep u bli c. Th ose f unct i ons shall be per tor,m, No , vibe by the Government clerk. he functions of huissier are performed by agents appointed by the judg e. Art. 7. The stance is chief the Judge of the Tribunal of premiere in - Nonsit of judicial serv i ce a t M a y o tte and A r t. 8. The Council of J • established ustice at Mayotte to try charge of rebellion, shall be composed of the Governor of the station as President, the j udicial mag i s trate of Mayotte and Nossili, the Captain of Ar tillery, the Lientknant commanding the naval troops, a and two Li , ntetants. surgeon, 4, Art. 9. Iu case of the absence of any of the mem bers of the Council, the Cocomander-in-Chief of Ma yotte shall appoint others in their pl ace. Art. 10. The Commander of Nossite, indepen dentlythe 16th of the functions contelrfdon him b y article of th e ordinance o f the . 26-h August, 1847, sh a ll likewise perform the functio n mentioned in th e 3d and island of La Re in i nn w h en the amount of the su m the I 7th articles of the present decrees, . reservin g t t io right of appeal to the C,,:tirt of hooted shall exceed 5001." Queen Isabella bad granted a private audience to Don Antonio Santos Gasluicede, from Cuba. It was he who effected the capture of Lopez, and contributed in a great measur e to fhe extinctio n of the pirates. Her Majesty h a d h e ld a Cabinet Council, at which it is said the Queen expressed her royal pleasure to gr ant the Grand C or d on o f the Goldon Fleece to Bravo Murillo, the Presid.nt of the Council, to the Marquis de Malpice, and to Xavier de isturitz. It is added, that Bravo Murillo had declined the honour, observing that her Maje s t y ' s con fid e nce was a suffi cient reward for his services. Letters from Pampeluua state that numerous French political refugees bad arrived in Spain since the events of December. They were Well received by the authorities, and as they are chiefly artisans or engi neers, it is expected that their future residence in Spain will become an advantage to the country. DEATH OF WILLIAM MARKHAM , ESQ. OF BECCA HALL.—We regret to announce the demise of a go o d an d excellent man, one who has rendered his country service, and who during his life was generally respected by all who knew him —w e allude to the demise of William Markham, Esq., o f Becca Hell, near Aberford, which melancholy event took place there at eleven o'clock in the evening of Monday last, The family of Markhana is essentially a Nottinghamshire one, and undoubted) y derived its patronymic from the vil lage of Ea st Markmun, a large and respectable village situate about six miles soith of East Retford, and where many of its progenitors resided for centuries; subsequently, however, a branch established itself at 011erton, and soon afterwards the village which had given to it its distinctive appellation held it s name only as au historical record of what bad been, but which never could again occur.—Doncaster Gazette. 'rid' ADMIRALTY AND THE AmAvAi.--VV bile po pular indignation so loudly requires a notice as public as the offence to be taken of the conduct of Sir John Ommanney with respect to the Amazon, justice requires it to be stated that the proceedings of the Admiralty formed in every par ticular a direct contrast to those of the Port Admiral of Ply mouth. In London the relations of the sufferers met with instant courtesy and attention. The Hecate was sent out on a ho pe.all but forlorn, an d w h en the last boat turned up, the only two available steamers were dispatch e d b y t h e Admi ralty. Offi c i a l etiquette a and reserve melted into the cor diality and heartiness of individual zeal —a conduct the direct who throu g h out this unfort una t e contrary to that experien ced by. Mr. Acton Warburton from Sir John Ommanney, matter contrived to add personal contumely to official neglect in his dealings with the relatives of those lost in this sad ca tastrophe..—Chroniele. - - - - The offices of the staff of the National Guard of P aris are, it is said, to be in future at the Palais-Royai. THE KAFIR WAS. At a public meeting, at Braat . ..:• , :. to petition k ag-anst the war, on Fliday, <;0, with the Mayor in the chair, and both the Ivinntea for the brough present, Colonel THOMPSON said, there are two rewohF• why I must speak, w ith g reat plainness, on the sub. ject set before me. First, because lam one of a sus pected class ; and, secondly, because you have a right to ask me, and to expect that I shall speak the truth; and the truth is, that, on considering the whole cir cumstances of this Kafir war, I can come to no con clusion but that there has been a bee in the bonnet. It does not accord with the proceedings of rational men, nor of rational nations. Do you know what you have given for it? I apprehend preceding speakers have taken too low an estimate. I have been where the subject was discussed, and never heard less than three mil lions named as the present amount, with a consider able probability of three millions more. I have not the smallest doubt that the expenses up to this mo ment, with the least imaginable addition for what must of necessity be spent in winding up the busi ness, are more than three millions. And what would three millions have bought you ? It would have bought you forty sail of the line, which you may come to want. The common estimate is, that ships of war cost a thousand pounds per gun ; a 74-gun ship therefore costs 74,0001., and forty 74 gun ships would cost— it is an affair for Walkingname—naught is naught, four fours are sixteen, four sevens are twenty-eight and one is twenty-nine--2,960 thousand pounds, which is under three millions. Forty sail of the line have you run ashore and cast away on the coast of Kafraria. And what was there to get for it in re turn? A splendid c o ll ec ti on o f heaths,—l uxuriant specimens of pelargoniums ;—but it was not these were wanted, it was the bills that were to be drawn for you to pay. You are at the mercy of anybody who will set a job on foot, and you and yours must pay out of the proceeds of your honest in dustry. And then the reasons given for it all. Look at the press which takes that side, and see, what its own statement is. Mr. Chairman, in Indio, after marching from day break, it is a common thing to buy a chicken on the new camp ground and kill it for breakfast, and the dish goes by the name of " Sudden death." The native servants are said to be in the habit of plucking the miserable fowl alive, with the idea of preventing its being tough The story goes that, at an old General's table, somebody remarked upon the cruelty of the practice. To which the General replied, " B-b-b-but, how is it to be tender, if they don't ?" This is precisely what, the press has said. It says, in express words, " How are Englishmen to get lands, if they don't take them from the natives ?" It is the " intent of felony avow'd." For other reasons given, Ino more believe in them than I believe in Dyak pirates, though we paid for them. We are miserable wretches, bound to be accomplices in felony after the fact. Would it not be a brilliant act of providential justice if we were to be attacked by a foreign enemy, precisely because our troops were engaged abroad in doing wrong ? I see but one way in which we are likely to help ourselves. Take the three millions, divide it as the Levite did his concubine, and send the pieces into all cor ners of the land, as proof of the necessity for ex tending the political power of the honest part of the community. Press them on the Government as evidence of the policy the inevitableness of a wide and immediate extension in this direction, and thus, perhaps, out of evil may be brought good, and though you cannot recover what has been taken from you and thrown away, you may do something to wards preventing the like befalling you again. A petition was adopted with unanimity, and ordered to be presented by the Members. SIR ROBERT PEEL AT TAMWORTH. (From the Birmingham Journal of Saturday.) On Wednesday evening the _Mayor of Tamworth, Mr. W. Knight, gave the customary dinner to the Members for the borough and others. After the usual toasts, The MAYOR asked them to fill a bumper to " The health of the representatives of the borough of Tam worth."—(Great cheering.) At the latter end of the year 1850 the question of the Crystal Palace was agi tating this country. It was thought by some that the assembling together of the products of all countries and the men of all climes would be as the inauguration of universal peace. He confessed that he indulged in no such dream, feeling assured that unless human nature were changed, ambition annihilated, and the selfishness and bad passions which excited men to war abolished, universal peace was a chimera. The Continent was now an armed camp. Where the conflict would begin or end it was not for him to speculate upon; but the gen tlemen who were charged with representing them were intrusted with great and important duties; and from them he would not conceal his conviction that they ought to go to the House of Commons with a deep feeling of the responsibility which. attached to a re presentative of the people. When he looked at the members sent by the larger constituencies, he felt—and he was sure they would feel—that the representation of the country would not be benefited if such boroughs as Tamwcrih were disfranchised. They would feel that, like his illustrious ancestors, Captairi Towshend was always ready to do his duty independently and disinte restedly.—(Cheers.) He might, he thought, say that the community of 'famworth were perfectly satisfied with the mode in which he had discharged his duties.— (Renewed cheering.) Of the Hon. Baranet on his right hand they had not any lengthened experience; but they could not mention the name he bore without exciting a deep interest in the community.—(Grea4 cheering.) He was elected in a manner creditable to them and honour able to himself, and he (the Mayor) was sure that he would not disappoint the expectations of those who sent him to Parliament The toast was drunk amid prolonged cheering. Captain ToWNSHEND, as the senior Member, returned thanks amid applause. The Mayor had in the kindest and most flattering manner paid him raore compliments than he deserved. He had told them that he (Captain Townshend) stood high in the confidence of the com pany; and he could assure them that nothing could give him more sincere delight than a knowledge of that tact. The session would be a difficult one, and he dared say that it would not be long before they were all sent to the rightabout —(Laughter.) As it was very properly de cider,' that on such occasions as these politics should not be introduced, he would not touch upon them. They all knew what his principles were, and he had seen no reason to alter them. Allusion had been made to the new Reform Bill. His opinion was that nobody knew anything about it; but he might say that his firm belief in the Prime Minister was that if he knew anything about the feeling of the country and the state of parties be would be a long time before he disfranchised bo roughs like that.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, he expressed the delight he felt in being among them, and again made his acknowledgments amid much cheering. Sir R. PEEL was received with prolonged applause. After a brief exordium he remarked that doubtless they anticipated some few observations from their Members on occasions like that, not only as guests, but as repre senting them in Parliament. Ho purposed to speak plainly; he had no need of concealment. Before, how ever, alluding to any other subject, he was desirous of publicly referring to an occurrence which, much to his regret, had been permitted to disturb the harmony which ought to exist betw en them and others, and which har mony, within the . iticle of their oan neighbourhood, they should be most desirous of cultivating.—(Cheers.) As his name had been much mentioned, his conduct much canvassed, he would say, without compromising his own views on the great agricultural question, that he there took the public opportunity of expressing his re gret that a meeting, sanctioned by the local authorities, assembled, as was alleged, for the sole and only purpose of discussing matters of political import, should have been violently interfered with.—(Cheers.) It was a privilege—that of meeting—which all enjoyed, which the humblest had a right to exercise, welch the Constitution sanctioned, and which ought to be Jealously guarded. Well, that which might be the subject the result of misunderstanding ought to be ar reennged.—(Lored cheers.) He would say no more be obliterated fr om the right batdo f ; but there, before them all, he held out Having dismissendru all reconciliation—(Cheers) —in the hope that the heartburn' g • past and the pres ent affiliore lc _3 which had been occasioned might d rn e o d rie u e s .— fo ( o ß d en f e o w r e d r e cheering.) that subject, let them see what the what were the notice. Were they not th e objects most forcibly brough t . under their Great Exhioinon, Kossuth, agriculture, and reform? T Exhibition—the m ost stn e u rre was, then, the Great nious structure that th e cunning ou certainly the most in genious, by science, ever succeed e d in erecting ; , hands bu o t f m w a b n e , u a t i b d e e y d took into consideration that it was a human progress—callous must that the arts and industry of the world — t o emtlle dedicated to fr m om ind at g e .a x r p , e xp and ni e a prom b otion of threading its long drawn aisles and wanderinn its labyrinth of r t i b c . hes, h d o id siti n c o h t feel cam h e is ge -e through wh Well,o gratitude to the All-wise , Dispenser of all thin there was Kossu his reception hospitality of an eialightened Mc je way to another place was attracted narcb, and on b to He came to seek • hos • pitality, and this land of liberty. for what w as enjoyed the Oriental but a triumph, or a series of triumphs , from Southamp ton to Manchester, and back , to the vessel . which bore him to America? He must . have b een gratified by the h. (Sir Robert Peel) believed popular ovation; yet -- • their enth u that the people of Englan d m i s a pplied e - 'imam, and overrated Kossuth.—(Chee rs.) He was a men of gr e at a bili t i es , g reat talent, and had wonderful he wished to facility of expr ess i on , b u t he was not w hat be considered ; he was not the disinterested and undis sembling patriot he wished to appear. The star of Washington never illumined his mind; his heart never beat will the austere severe patriotism of an Oliver Cromwell. But his preence was significaLlt — sign ificant of revolution.—(Hear.) They as Englishmen, were disposed to resist oppression sod to oppose tyrsonYt,b u l they were also disposed to res i st revo l u ti o n. Ho nau witnessed revolution. He had seen its birth-day struggle, its meridian expectation, its evening disappoint ment; and he found that re vo l ut i on implied a forc ibl e annihilation of existing things, and the foundation of a new system, most frequently injurious to good govern ment, to order, inimical to the rights of property and to the welfare of a nation.—(Cheers.) But while be was disposed to reprobate reforms brought about by violent means, there were reforms brought about by the good sense of the people, foreshadowed by the development of opinion, the introduction of which changes, however stu pendous they might appear without relation to collateral LONDON, causes, were effected without danger, without excite ment, and were established as by natural causes. Such reforms he was disposed to commend. There was agri culture--one of the most important interests, as a class in the kingdom—and it was precisely from the very importance of the landed interest that ho lamented the suicidal struggle which agitated and unhinged the class to which he belonged. He was there to express sym pathy with a class that indeed merited all their consi deration; and so long as he had a seat in Parliament and a voice to raise in the country, so long would he be pre pared to support measures tending to relieve the undue burdens upon land, providing always that that relief did not act prejudicially upon those advantages which had been guaranteed to the great mass of the people. The policy of 1846 could not be rescinded.—(Cheers.) The people of England, he believed, were prepared, from a sense of justice, to accede to whatever might be found to re-adjust the balance should it be found to have slightly deviated from its natural bearings. Now, let him say a word about Parliamentary Reform. After deep consideration, he had matured what the princi ples were on which henceforth was to be based a political existence, insignificant as yet, but, perhaps, in the progress of event destined to—(The remainder of the sentence was drowned in loud cheering.) Well, the septennial period of Parliament was rapidly approach ing, and the House of Commons, as now constituted must speedily die a natural death, or rather finish an unna tural existence. Let them examine the composition and the constitution of the House of Commons. It was public property, and was intended to represent the ma jesty of the people. Hitherto it had kept pace with the progressive spirit of the age. Let statesmen who would legislate on the question keep in view the wide differ ence that existed between keeping pace with and over stepping the progressive spirit of the times. Well, then, we are threatened with Reform—a Parliamentary Re form. But whence came the cry for reform? Were the people of England dissatisfied with their position? Were they crying out for enfranchisement? He asked Lord John Russell, " Where is the agitation?" Why, Lord John Russell himself undertook the agitation, and guaranteed the result—(Hear)—but he seemed to have forgotten the lesson which his experience taught Mill— aliat political agitation was a dangerous engine, which the will of one man could set in motion, but the efforts of 10,000 could neither resist nor control.—(Cheers.) If Lord:John Russell did agitate the country, they might depend upon it that the people would not suffer the agi tation to cease until those reforms were introduced which were generally admitted to be most needed. There were the colonies, for instance, groaning under maladminis tration. There was the Admiralty. He would say nothing about the Megeera steamer; but he could tell them about stinking meat canisters.—(Cheers and laughter.) That inefficient service entailed reckless ex penditure of the public money. Then there was the much needed economical financial reform. They must have that before long.—(Cheers.) Then there was ecclesiastical reform, which ho held to be essentially necessary for the welfare and maintenance of the Pro testant faith, and also for the due performance of the duties enjoined by the Church. But of these at another time—perhaps before long. At present they were upon electoral reform. Well, was it patriotism which in duced Lord John to bring forward this Bill of Reform? Was he disinterested? No; the secret of his reform lay in a lingering thirst for political importance—(Hear , hear, and cheers)—a mean and shabby truckling for party purposes.—(Renewed cheering.) Here lay the magnanimous self-denial of a tottering Government. Tottering did he say? Why, that which was and ought to be intended as a public benefit was debased into the promotion of personal interest. A family coterie governed the State. And what was the great !lc tory they achieved? They succeeded in destroying the only man who gave character and dignity to their counsels, who alone among them could secure respect abroad and countenance at home.—(Cheers.) The Go vernment ejected Lord Palmerston—let Lord Palmers ton eject them—(Renewed cheering)—and let him seek in the applause of his fellow-countrymen that which the Government could not expect, that respect and support which his talents and courage and manly British heart entitled him to enjoy.—(Great cheering.) And what was the result of this measure on the part of the Go vernment? Scarcely recovered from the effects of their own audacity, they would fain bolster up their tottering forces with the assistance of the friends of the late Sir Robert Peel; but he was proud to say that their generous offers were indignantly declined. Let them bear in mind how Sir Robert Peel, on the very last occasion he addressed the House of Commons, spoke of the Government:—" I have not," said he, " the honour of their personal friendship; I never had any political connexion with them."—(Hear, hear.) Let these memorable words animate to a recollection of the past those who might be induced to sacrifice to the hasty dic tates of political ambition their own political antece dents. It the Government had forfeited the confidence of the country, let them give place to others. Let a Liberal Conservative policy be inaugurated.—(Cheers.) It would be supported by public opinion; and, surely, there are those who, perhaps, even once colleagues, could now, in the present crisis, forget former differ ences, which, if nothing else had, time and experience must have modified and soothed; and uniting their com mon efforts for the public good, once again rally round the popular standard of a Liberal Conservative policy. But where was the recognised leader? He believed he recognised that leader in the man so well known to them all by the name of Stanley.—(Cheers.) He (Sir Robert) would only add that, whatever might result from pre sent emergencies, his most earnest study should be—un incumbered by factious scruples and unfettered through their liberality—so to shape the conscientious discharge of his public duties as to be in accordance with the wishes of his constituents and to the furtherance of the welfare of the nation.—(Sir Robert resumed his seat amid prolonged cheering.) ASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT— THE ELECTION—MR. GISBORNE. (From the Derby Reporter.) There seems to be a very general expectation that Lord John Russell will not be able to withstand the opposition which is preparing its weapons for an en counter in the very opening of the session of Parlia ment. The question, "Who is to conduct the Go vernment ? " was asked and answered last year ; and we remember to what straits the Sovereign was re duced in her endeavour to re-construct her Ministry so as to rende r it the e x p onen t o f th e preva ili ng opi nion. The issue of the doubtful debate war, that either Lord John Russell must be reinstated, or that appeal to the country must be made in order to decide the differences of parties. A dissolution of Parliament was not deemed prudent or expedient. But in the beginning of the forthcoming session it is certain that Lord John Russell will propose his measure of Parliamentary Reform. The consideration of that great change in our poli tical status will necessarily take precedence of all other questions ; and in any possible contin gency we take it to be certain that a dissolution of Parliament will occur. Lord John Russell either will, or he will not recommend Parliament to remove the abuses and anomalies of our present representa tive system, and re-construct it on a really popular basis. If he does this in a manner and to an extent satisfactory to the country, his Bill will assuredly be thrown out, either in the Commons or by that admirably prescient body which has ever provoked political agitation by rejecting in the first instance every great and beneficent change in our institutions : the House of Lords will probably not depart from its inveterate habit of obstructing popular progress. On the other hand, if the Bill of Lord John Russell should deal so leniently with the time-honoured ab surdities, with the vices of little boroughs, and with the partial distribution of the elective influence as to satisfy the Commons and Lords, his Bill may pass the ordeal of Parliament, but will provoke the severest censure of the public. If Parliament gives us a Reform Bin, a dissolution will ensue immediately as a mutter of course ; if Reform be denied us, the country will de mand that the question be submitted to its arbitration. In anticipation of the approaching trial of strength in the constituencies, those who have seats and those who covet them are alike securing their proper in terests; and Mr. Gisborne has been among the first to give an open intimation of his purpose to test once more the good will of the constituency of Notting ham. He seems to have some confidence that the men of Nottingham may heve had reason to doubt whether in preferring Mr. Feargus O'Connor to him at the last election they did what wes best for their own re putation for good sense, or for the progress of the popular cause. We partake this confidence ; for how ever men love to be consistent in their adhesion to a principle, and to abide by an obnoxious asserter of it, we imagine Mr. Feargus O'Connor has not made him self obnoxious to moderate politicians er pleasing to the men of Nottingham by a too firm and disinterested ad herence to those principles which were imputed to him so generously by . the electors. The martyrdom which that busy and versatile " friend of th e p eop l e " has endured from public opinion has not been won by his services or his sacrifices in the cause of Chartism. There are some p eople exceedingly fearful lest in any large extension of the basis of our representation, we should have Parnament filled with Feargus O'Con nors, or men like him. The opinion is that large constituencies of sensible working men would com monly be deluded. by the specious patriotism of vulgar and self-seeking political traders, and would reject the men of talent, hotiour, and consistency who would and could serve the :real interests of the people. We have no Such feats; but rather we agree in what Mr. Roebuck said in his speech at Sheffield—that larger and more popular constituencies would only choose more of such men as now serve so efficiently the popular cau se . T here is nothing w hi c h di st i ngu i s h es the practical t urn of the English m i nd so advan tageously as the keen insight into character g com mone— to all c l asses among us. Perhaps the " common people" are th e best judges of the character of public men—for by their fruits, amd take lit t l e note o f t h e f ac titi ous covering by which clever men u m d o g t e ives th an em d base actions. The y maybe deluded and deceived for a time—for who n lay not by hypocrisy and artifice, a nd by one's own judgment-clouding passions ?—but they do not trust .men who ha ve b een tried and foun d wanting. The t.,h artists have been long seeking, like Diogenes with his lantern, an honest man. There are many amon g F them worthy of the name, but somehow or other it has happened that not one man has arisen from a along them who has long retained or deserved his place- as their leader. We call tell them MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, why this is so. It is because the wiser among them selves believe the cause of the people is more varnestly served by men who rebuke .. , nd oppose, rather than by these rwho foment the passions and prejudices, and the erroneous purposes of the people themselves. The faith of the better portion of the Chartists is in men who have been tried, and are trusted because they have been tried. A man in every way fit to stand beside the recog nized chiefs of the popular party in the House of Commone, now offers himself to the choice of the electors of Nottingham. In many respects, indeed, Mr. Gisborne may well be esteemed the most service able man to the popular cause, and therefore the best entitled to the suffrages of the electors of Nottingham. The solid sense of Joseph Hume, the weighty ;and cutting logic of Cobden, the fire and energy of Bright, the versatile rhetoric of Milner Gibson, are feared and admired in the House of Commons. But in the eloquence of Mr. Gisborne there is perhaps more to distract and discomfort opponents, and to sustain the courage and spirit and decision of friends, than in that of any member of the popalar party. Nobody cuts through a fallacy with a keener wit, or exposes an incon sistency with more humorous irony ; no one states great political truths in language more easy or terse, or illustrates them with more apt and happy similes and contrasts. He has always clear and distinct views, and expresses them in language as transparent and striking. He is known for his boldness. Con fident in the safety of popular principles, he is never deterred by cold doubts from going heartily with the "setter aims of the people. He knows that boldness and decision are true caution in stirring times ; and far from dreading a little popular agitation, he rather loves its roughness for the speed it gives to the pro gress of the Liberal cause. Nottingham could not find a more consistent and able man to represent it; and if it could it ought rather to choose him by way of wiping out an injustice done him in the last elec tion, and also by way of exhibiting in a more marked degree their desire to repair their false judgment. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COWiT, Jan. 31. (Moro Mr. C.:;mrnis.sioner Law.) 1N RE ERNEST CHARLES JONES. This insolvent, Lho wt.-11-known Chartist erect., peti tioned under the Protection Act, clebcribing himself us a barrister-at-law. The schedule showed consideration debts to the amount of 8431. The insolvency was stated to be " owing to my having been deprived of my personal liberty as a state prisoner for two years, during the years 1848 to 1850, whereby I was deprived of the means of pursuing my professional and literary labours, and I also attribute my insolvency to the heavy expenses I have been put to consequential on the very severe illness brought on by my imprisonment, and the very severe regimen imposed on me during my confinement." In his balance-sheet the insolvent debited himself with moneys received as sub-editor of the Northern Star, newspaper, and as editor of the Labourers' Magazine. There was also a statement under the date of 1848— " About this time I was acting as one of the Chartist delegates, and was in the habit of frequently attending public meetings, and addressing them on matters con nected with their rights and privileges. I was, on the 6th of June, 1848, in this year taken into custody at the instigation of her Majesty's Government, upon a charge of using seditious language, for which I was tried at the Central Criminal Court, on the 10th of July of this year, and was sentenced to undergo an imprisonment of two years, which sentence was carried into execu tion. DUring my imprisomcnt I endured the greatest privations, arising chiefly from cold, bad diet separate confinement, the silent system, and the rigorous prison discipline, which produced a serious illness, from which lam not now thoroughly recovered. The term of my imprisonment expired on the 10th of July, 1850. On obtaining my liberty it became absolutely necessary that I should go into the country to recruit my health and gain strength, for the means of doing which I am in nebted to the voluntry aid of my friends." In the list of creditors Mr. Charles Kean, the tragedian, was entered as a creditor for 251., money lent and interest. The in solvent also stated that he petitioned the Bankruptcy- Court as an insolvent debtor in January, 1846, and ob tained a final order of protection. His debts were then 9,7431. 13s. 4d., still unpaid. Mr. Dowse appeared to-lay in support of the petition, and a creditor named Jackson opposed. Mr. Commissioner LAW, upo❑ examining the sche dule, said, this is a protection petition. lam told by the papers that there is a protection petition still pending. What am I to do? Mr. Dowse—l am afraid, Sir, you will do that which you have been accustomed to do in all previous cases of this kind—consider that you have no jurisdiction. I have told my client of the decisions of this Court, and that this petition must be dismissed. It was filed through a misapprehension of the law. Mr. Commissioner Lew—Then there is nothing more to be said. I see a statement about property, but it is not necessary to read it, because whatever property this party has, it belongs to the official assignee of the Bank ruptcy Court. The petition was then dismissed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, MANSION-HG USE. Henry Cromwell, who has undergone several examina tions upon charges made against him by wine merchants of having defrauded them, was brought before the Lord Mayor and Alderman Wilson for final examination. Great numbers of the prisoner's customers were present. Alderman WILSON said, the prisoner had written a letter to the magistrate complaining of rigorous treat ment experienced by him from the policeman who had apprehended him, and wished to be further informed upon the subject. The prisoner said the officer had thought proper, con trary to all precedent, to put irons upon his hands on his way from the Mansion-house to the Compter after the last examination. _ Wardle, the policeman who had the care of the pri soner, said—l was obliged to handcuff the prisoner, be cause I knew that he would do every thing he could to escape from me. He would not let me put a hand upon him, or walk with him, and I know his object was to get away. _ . Alderman WiLsoN—Prisoner, we are very sorry when the police are obliged to resort to such measures for the safe custody of those whom they apprehend, but if you had escaped this man would have been sus.. pend ed. Wardle—My dismissal from the force would cer tainly have been the consequence, and everybody who knows the prisoner is convinced that he would have taken every advantage. Ho would not allow me to take him by the arm, so I was obliged to secure his handl , . The prisoner —Well, I would much rather go in irons than condescend to go arm-in-arm with a po liceman. Wardle—He wanted to stop at a public-house to take a glass of ale with a person who stood at the door of it, and who would most probably have assisted him to es cape, if I had been fool enough to permit it. The prisoner—Well, if I am to be sent for trial, the sooner the better. I would greatly prefer a jury to this sort of humbug, and I shall soon make it appear to them that everything that has been done towards me has not only been harsh but illegal. The evidence in several of the cases against the pri soner was then read over by the chief clerk. The prisoner —Now, if I had effected sales for these people (the prosecutors) there would have been none of this sort of persecution, for I shall make it plain to the jury, to their shame, that it is nothing but persecution. But I could not effect sales with spurious articles, for the publicans are too wide awake to be done by suck an imposition. When the prisoner was asked whether ho wished to sign the statement which he had made in answer to the first charge, he said, " Not I. How do I know whet I may be signing? It may be my death warrant, for what I know." When the evidence in four separate cases of fraud and one of embezzlement had been read, The prisoner said—l dare say you can, in the case of an unsuccessful man, easily get up 200 or 300 cases a gainst him, especially if the police run about to get them up, as this officer has been doing. All these things are concocted against me.—(Loud laughter.) I'll show the jury that all those who have appeared against me are perjured. There are several of the fellows I never laid my eyes upon before; and those I do know tried to get me to do their dirty work, and they now come Like locusts to endeavour to destroy me. Wardle—ln every quarter in which the prisoner ap peared he has been sure to take in coffee-houses, public houses, beer shops, grocers shops, and even priv ate houses. He has done everybody ho came near out of some property or other. The prisoner—lf I had not been apprehended I would have paid all my debts; and what he speaks of are debts, and nothing else. But I have been obliged to give up my situation in consequence of this impertinent interruption to my business. —(Laughter.) The prisoner was then commitled to Newgete for _ DEPUTATIONS TO LORD J. RUSSELL. Deputations from the parishes of Marylebone and St. Pancras waited upon Lord John Russell on Sa -1 turday at the Treasury, for the purpose of laying before bis Lordship the views of those two extensive districts on the subject of extramural interments, and to suggest such arrangements as appeared to them most advisable for carrying out this object. The pa rish of S'. Pancras was represented by Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P.; Mr. Baker and Mr. Pierce, churchwar dens ; Mr. W. D. Cooper, Mr. Brettingham, Mr. Healey, Mr. Turner, Mr. Glover, Dr. Gregory, Mr. T. H. Smith, and Mr. Billett. The deputation from the parish of Marylebone consistei of Lord Dudley , Stuart, M.P.; Mr. Soden, Mr. N icholay, Mr. D'lf fanger, jun., Dr. Russell, Mr. A. Daniell, Mr. Swaine, and Mr. Poland. Both the deputations were ushered into his Lord ship's presence at the same time. Lord John Russell received them very courteously, and invited the lead ing members to be seated near the table. Sir George Grey entered the room while the deputation were discussing the question, but took no part in the pro ceedings. Mr. GREENWELL, the vestry-clerk of the parish of Marylebone, then reed the memorial as follows : " To the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury, the Memorial of the Vestrymen of the Parish of Marylebone. " Showeth,—That under the provisions of a certtin Act of Parliament, made and passed in the 13th tit d 14th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled An Act to make better provision for the interment of the dead in and near the metroptlis,' certain powers were given to the General Board of Health to act in the execution of that Act, and from time to time to provide hurial•groueds of sufficient extent for the decent inr ment of all persons dying within the metropolitanburial district. is disgraceful to this country " That the present state of the met ropolitan a y ti a o r n d! ge nerallyin-above re jtuhreiopuesoptloe.public health, and subverstveasofathne morals of ferred to, have not been carriedl out ,s by your menaorial- That the provisions of the Interment Atbcet, whom they were intrusted (main ists humbly conceive, in w i t h a matter apart powers to which it was proposed from local control); and the evils consequence of the incompe to remedy, not only remainnf a ccit b iel a :er t li ed, but continue to pulation, and now loudly immediate and effective d to their permanent removal. proceedings as wi cinacllrefoarseths'e• i t adoption the op t increase tend nu e a f ds and regulated the interment of their " That your memorialists; have hitherto provided their own burial-group sesuchP° dead with a due consideration for the feeli ngs and to t h e entire satisfaction of the parishioner s at large. " your memorialists, therefore, humbly pray your Lordship to bring is a Bill early in the next session of Parliament, allowing parochial authorities to purchase sites for extramural interment under local control, and establishing such a scale of fees and charges as may be sufficient to carry out the object. " And your memorialists will ever pray, &e." Mr. BARER said the parish of St. Pancras had a similar petition t o present to his Lordship. Mr. BRETTINGIIAM then read the memorial. Mr. NICHoLAY had been requested by the deputa tion from the parish of Marylebone to state their views. They were extremely anxious that the Go vernment should bring in a proper measure on the subject; but they were anxious also that there should be some control in the hands of the parish iu car rying out.. its provisions. The local authorities were, they believed, the fit parties for that purpose, and. they objected—and he had no h es it a ti o n in saying that they strongly objected—to any measure of centraliza tion which would place the affairs in the hands of a board or in the beryls of the Government. That very question was at the present "L o m e a t al utlieg an agi tation which his Lordship was probably not aware of. I;e trusted the Government would see the policy of allowing the pros isions of-the measure to he carried out by the local authorities. They had already had experience of what Marylebone, St. Pancras, and other large parishes had accomplished, and how they bad carried on their local affairs, not only with satis faction to the metropolis generally, but to the rate payers themselves. Mr. W. D. COOPER had been requested, on the part of the parishioners of St. Pancras, to point out what situation they were in, and what their wishes were. From the earliest times the vestry had had control ever the burial-grounds of the parish. In a recent Act full powers were granted for the purchase of a new burial-ground ; but they we re in the same condition as the Government itself, they had no power to borrow money, and they had exhausted their funds. It they had the power to purchase land, and to mortgage the rates, to he repaid out of the fees, giving a power to the trustees, jointly with the vestry, to manage the rates for that purpose, he thought they would be able to effect the object they had in view under the regulation of the Government. it would, of course, be advisable to submit their rules and regulations to the Government, but he believed the details would be better carried out by being left in the hands of the local authorities. They had a Bill proposed, with the assent of all parties, to divide the large parish of St. Pancras, with its 170,000 inhabitants, into several parishes, and he could state that churchmen, dissenters, and all sects and parties, were agreed that the object of the present deputation could be carried out with out the interposition of a church-rate. If the Govern ment thought the powers necessary to enable the parish to carry out the regulation of its own burial ground too great to intrust to any one parish, then they might amalgamate with others, and form a dis trict for that common object. He suggested that a board might be formed out of the existing vestries of the parish, not by direct election, as that would be likely to create too much excitement, but that those vestries, by indirect election, should nominate the trustees and managers of the burial-ground. Mr. SODEN also briefly addressed his Lordship. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then said—Gentlemen, I can only state to you in reply that the matter has been for some time under the consideration of the Govern ment ; that the general principle of the measure to be produced has been agreed upon, and that Lord Sey mour has been charged by me with the duty of pre paring the measure and carrying out its details. I believe that we are all agreed on the general principles, and these only I shall touch upon at present. In the first place, we are agreed that there is a great desire, and I think a very just desire, that interments should not go on within the metropolis. In crowded streets it is not fit that there should be burial-grounds, and where the number dying is very large the result must be very injurious to the public health. In the next place I should say that I entirely agree that anything that can be done by the parochial authorities would be better done by them than by the Government, or by a board appointed by the Government. In the third place, it is a matter of no little difficulty to accom plish the object in such a town as this is, considering the vast size of the metropolis. I am told that such things are arranged differently in other towns, and I Can conceive it ; but in this town W 2 have to consider that if the burial-grounds to be provided are to be free from buildings, they must be at a considerable distance. If we go to St. Pancras, we find that soma years ago they provided a burial-ground which was remote from buildings, but by the increase of the town it has now been included in the town itself, and in this way many cemeteries have become surrounded by houses. That being the case, and it being necessary that burial-grounds should be provided at some distance, of course there would be no very great difficulty as regarded the rich or the poor, because the parish undertakes the interment of the poor ; but there is, with regard to a vast mas of the middle class of the people a diffi eulty, as they would have to pay a considerable sum for the interment of their families. And with regard to the working of the plan that has been su ggeste d , there is another difficulty, which does not b e l ong to the locality, but refers to the size of the p ar i s h ; be cause while the new parishes, if I may so ca ll t h em, consist of very large districts —most o f th em im mensely populous—there are in the old part s o f the town very small parishes, which, of course, would be neither able to go to the same expenditure, or take the same large and comprehensive view as those larger parishes ; therefore there are difficulties belonging to the subject; but I trust that the measure under con sideration, when it is produced, may be satisfactory, and, at all events, we shall be ready to listen to any amendments that may be proposed. So far from its being the object of the Government to have any con trol in these matters, they have quite enough to do already, and it is, I assure you, far from their wish to be incumbered with them. Mr. COOPER begged to ask whether his Lordship had any objection to having the proceedings of the deputation published, with his Lordship's remarks ? Lord J. RUSSELL—I have no objection whatever; but I reserve - to myself the right of denying it if anything is attributed to me that I may not have said. The deputation then withdrew. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on J an. 29 :-- ASSETS. Cash in hand Ditto in branch banks"' Bills past due ••• •• ••• Bills discounted, b ut not yet due, of which 16,177 ,728f.0c. were received from the Branch Banks ... 5 Bills in the bran c h b anks 7 5 2, Advances on coin s an d i ngots... 428,700 0 7 0 8 83 1 , 3 8 9 1 5 0 0 1 Ditto by the bra nc h b anks ••• 3,209,956 0 Ditto on French p u bli c securities ••• 20,845,936 10 Ditto by branch banks... ..• *** 2,638,034 0 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto to the State on the Treaty of 30th June, 1848 ••• 75,000,000 0 Advanced to the City of Paris on the Previsional Loan of 20,000,000 f. ... 10,000,000 0 Rentes of the r eserve fund ••• 10,000,000 0 Rentes, dispos a bl e funds ••• " 42,683,040 83 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... Rotel and fur n it ure of the Bank Real property of the branch banks ... Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ... ..• Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the Branch Banks ••• Nliscellanoous ... f. 462,479,096 68 ... 109,814,611 0 171,433 63 12,952,725 74 4,000,000 0 3,416,771 0 200,000 0 103,000 0 66,340 19 82,245 0 636,563 52 £936,543,658 70 LIABILITIES. Capital Ditto of the Branch Banks Reserve fund Ditto of the: branch banks • 1:67,900,000 0 ▪ 23,350,000 0 ▪ 10,000,000 2,980,750 14 ••• 4,000,000 0 ••• Notes to beare r , i n c i rcu l a ti o n ••• 462,010,000 Ditto of the b ranc h banks ••• '•• 125,760,150 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ••• 6,931,151 63 Account-current w ith Treasury creditor 80,462,361 46 Various acco unts current 112,606,236 15 25,065,049 I Ditto in branches 9 616„ 000 0 ... 3,184,981 0 926,980 25 6,790 0 118,008 39 238,899 53 412,612 0 468,450 0 Bills payable at sight ... Ditto at branches ... Dividends payable ••• • • Liquidation of the Algiers Bank Expenses anticipated ... ••• Discounts, interest, and expenses Ditto of branch banks ... ••• Re-discounts of the last six months ... Ditto in branch banks Interest on protested bills Miscellaneous 240,432 0 171,258 31 393,248 84 f 936 • 543, 658 70 • Certified by the Governor of the Bank, D'ARGOUT. It appears from the preceding account that the cash in hand has decreased by 5,187,000 f. Tho commercial bills discounted have increased by 421,0001. Tho Bank notes in circulation have decreased by 7,305,0001. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has increased by 8,466,000 f. The sundry credits have decreased by 3,571,0001. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1852. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring MARCH. Liverpool Spring Coventry... 9 Northampton Doncaster Spring 16 Warwick Spring APR IL . Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven ... 12 Mahon . 22 Abergavenny l5 Newmarket F. S 26 MAY. Bath •• lB Chester Spring Newmarket S. S. Shrewsbury Durham Liverpool 11. . 19 Epsom 25 Manchester ... .......... 2 Ascot .. ................ .. 8 Beverley .................. 9 Hampton .................. 16 Newcastle ................ 22 Bibury .................. 23 JULY. Liverpool Salisbury ............... 1 1 14 Newmarket ............... 6 Stamtord 2O Worcester ...............6 1 Nottingham 20 Lancaster ............... 7 Goodwood AUGUST. North Staffordshire 3 York Brighton .................. 4 E gham Reading .................. 11 SEPTEMBER. Warwick .................. 7 Leicester 22 Doncaster ............... 14 Manchester Autumn Eglintou C1ub............ 21 Newmarket F. 0 2B Bedford .................. 22 Stockbridge Winchester Knighton 25 Carlisle Ludlow OCTO BER. Chester 5 I Rol well Hunt ......... 19 Yorkshire Union Hunt 6 Wrexham Richmond 7 ............... 20 Newmarket Houghton.. 25 Newmarket S. 0. NOVE WOrCe3ter AUtl :LER. Man CAPTURE OF AN ABSCONDED ;BANICRUPT. -- M t. William Wood, the absconded bankrupt, was on Friday taken by Superintendent Mackay, of Bristol the Glasgow police, before t he magistrates, where he Was charged with having ob tained, with a fraudulent intention, 5091. worth of palm oil, the property of Mr. John nt Wood, merchant, o f that city. It appeared from the depositions that he purchased the oil upon pretence that he wan ted it tor a friend. lie refused, however, to disclose that friend's name, saying that he had so much con fidence in him that be would make the purchase on his own credit. lle subsequently sold the oil in London at an average loss of 5/. per tun. The case excited great interest, the court room and streets adjacent were crowded. He was re manded for a week. When captured, 7001. was found in his possession. His luggage has not yet been eyamined. The prisoner was then removed in custody to the Court of Bankruptcy for the Bristol district, where he I-inclement a lengthened examination before Mr. Commissioner Hill, and the examination was still proceeding when our exress left. The following particulars of the capture of the runaway are furnished by the North British e3lail of Thursday last : " Shortly after the departure of the Glasgow, it was ascer tained that Wood had sailed by that ship for the United States. Immediately on its being known in this City yester day morning that the Glasgow had put back by stress of weather, Captain George Mackay, the active superintendent of the detective department of police proceeded to Greenock and boarded the steamer at the Tail of the Bank, and was fortunate enough to get alongside of the vessel in time to confront Wood, as he and his family, consisting of his wife and four children, were preparing to remove themselves and their luggage. Captain Mackay at once took them in charge, and brought them to Glasgow, where they arrived yesterday afternoon, whence, we understand, they will as soon as possible be removed to Bristol. We have heard it stated that the liabilities of Wood amounted to a sum of from 12,0001. to 14,000/. a nd we have also been informed that not nearly s o many hundreds have been recovered by the capture of the fugitives." FACTS FOR SAUSAGE EATERS.—At the Wisbech sessions, last week, a man named Mark Fryer, a celebrated manufacturer of saveloys and sausages, was charged with stealing a pony, Cart, and harness, from a butcher named eox, at Newton, near Wisbech. In his cross-examination of the prosecutor, some of the secrets of the saveloy trade were developed in rather an unfavourable aspect. It ap peared that the prisoner and Cox had for some time. carried un an active trade in supplying the London marl:et with -what is known in the business as "casualty meat." On one occasion, a dead cow, which cost them 11., was dressed and sent up; another, whi c h cost 3 05 ., and was "killed to save its life," ' was forwarded in the same way. The skin was sold in Wisbech for 10s., and they received from the ]London sausage manufacturer 31. Bs. 9d. for the meat. A largo num ber of bills produced in court showed the extent of the trans actions of the firm of Fryer and Cox. After Fryer had taken away the horse and cart, he settled for about three weeks at Grimsby, where he carried on a thriving trade in sausages and savel o y s , b ut h av i ng b een detected in disin terring a dead pig h e was compelled to leave, and t ransferred his trade to Louth, w h ere h e was ministering to the app tites of his custom ers at t h e t i me o f his apprehension. The__ s prisoner addressed the cour t for half-an -hour , and said his h ,, , own character and th at o f the prosecutor boresuc h a other; resemblance that they m i g ht shake hands with each " two ,such a pair never met, and they were made for each other." He was found guilty, and sentenced to four months' hard labour, the first and last week in solitary confinement.-.- Stamford Mercury. During the week ending the 24th of January, there were 138 births in the Manchester union and 104 deaths. Of the deaths, there were five from fever, one small-Ks;four racules, and two scarlatina. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 31.—Not much passing to-day, but a very healthy feeling pervades the trade. MANCHESTER, JAN. 31.—The trade has continued to exhibit an aspect of undiminished firmness throughout the present week, and although rather less active than previously, still for approved marks of flour a further advance of 6d to Is per sack has been realised, whilst oatmeal supported fully former terms. The arrivals from all sources at Liverpool and Runcorn are on a very moderate scale. At our market this morning there was only a moderate amount of business transacted. Nevertheless wheat must be noted Id to 2d per 70Ib, oats ld per 451 b, and flour i s p er sac k d earer t h an on this day se'nnight. In other articles no change was observable. WORCESTER, JAN. 31.—Our market today was pretty well attended by farmers and dealers, and prices were well maintained for all descriptions of grain. English white wheat may be quoted at from 5s 6d to 5s 10d per 621 b.; and red, 5s to 5s 6d. Malting barley, 3s 6d to 4s per bushel; and distilling qualities, from 3s 4d to 3s 6d. Old English beans, 4s 6d to 45 9d per bushel; now, 4s; and foreign, 3s 6d to 4s per bushel. English oats, oe 9d to 3s 6d per 391 b; and Irish, from 2s 8d to 3s 4d. Winter vetches, 4s per bushel. No alteration in peas. At Stourbridge market on Friday wheat was held firmly for former prices. Barley in request, at fully is per qr. for more money. Beans were firm at late rates. Oats and peas were flat, but lower rates than those of the previous market-day were not submitted to. There was an average attendance at Stratford-on- Avon market on Friday, but business was dull. White wheat fetched 16s 6d, and red 15s 6d per bag of three bushels for English. The barley trade was more active, at an advance in price. Best malting sold at 32s per quarter; other qualities about 28a to 30s. • At Wolverhampton market the supply was large, and sales being pressed, millers were able to obtain heat at about the same rate as last week. White wheat, 5s 6d to 5s 10d per bushel; and red, 5s 4d to 6s 6i per bushel. Malting barleys was held for an advance of is Beansper quarter, but the sale was dull at 30s to 32 5. maintained former rates. For oats about 6 d per quarter more money was obtainable. NOTTINGHAM, JAN. 31.—At Newark on NVetiliesdaY on Change, with a there was a good supply of samples fair attendance of both growers and purycehtasnenrs. average was not very extensively in demand , quantity of business was done at an i ncre ased value of Is to 2s, according to qualtity. The barley market was at first rather inacti ve, but rall i ed, and a general clear ance was effected at from n ts to 2s above last week's re port. Oats, beans, d o ther grain were tolerably in de mand, and mainta ined e fully the prices previously quoted. Wheat, white, 47s to 525; red, 41s to 475; barley for malting, 30s to 345; for ! grinding,vvork.sop mar ket 25s to on 30 s; oats, 18s ' to 275; beans, 36s to 39s Wed nesday was very well attended. Wheat sold at from 461 to 538 6d; barley, from 30s to 345; oats, 18s to 235. Very little was done in beans and p eas. Y esterday at Derby a small business was passing i n w h eat, at Is to 2s per quarter advance. Barley was in better supply, and ready of sales at 2s per quarter more money; otit•a ed to is per qdarter dearer; new beans, Is dearer; flour, is to 2s per sack higher. Wheat, re d , 44s to 46s er 36 stone; ditto, white, 48s to 525. Barley, making, 32s to 355, imperial measure ; f or gr i nd i ng, 27s to 29 s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 22s to 26s per 24 stone; ditto, new, 21s to 245. Beane, old, 36s to 39s per 38 stone; ditto, new, 33s to 355. Flour, 31s to 325 ; super, 33s to 34 s per 20stone. W e h a d a moderate supply of wheat at our market to-day; an advance of Fine barley was is to 2a per quarter dearer. Oats and beans maintained their value. GLOCESTER, JAN. 31.—Our market continues exceed ingly firm, and with very short imports prices continue on the rise, and some farmers are holding for a still further advance in prices. English red wheat must be quoted at 5s Oa per bushel, and white 5s 9d to 6s for very superior qualities, though the dampness of the weather cause them to be scarce. Fo reign may be h a d at 5s to 55 6d averag©• In other gra in there is a con tinned firmness. At Cirencester the average price of wheat at last mar ket day was returned at Il 18s sd_ per quarter; barl e y, 117 a lad; oat s, 11 os *I; and beans 119 s 2id . per quarter. Th e e stimated stock of wheat at Glo cester on the Ist inst. was 55,901 quarters. The estimated stock on the Ist o f January, 1851, was 50,200, an d i n 1 850 , 28,500 quarters. READING, JAN. 31.—Wheat, per qr, 32s Od to 52s ; barley, 23s to 35s ; oats, 15s to 22s Od ; beans, 28s to 34s ; peas, 29s to 35s per qr; flour, 34s to 375. Poultry—Turkeys, 6s Od to Ss Od; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; geese, 4s tid to Is 6d ; ducks, 3s 6d to 4s 6d. Butter, is to is Id per lb. Eggs, 14 _to 16 per I s. DALICEITH, JAN. 29.—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 18st 91b, IBst 01b, and I7st 01b. Oats, 12st 81b, 12st 21b, and list 01b. Barley, 16st 41b, 15st 131 b, and 14st 01b. Peas and beans, 19st 31b, 18st 61b, and 16at 31bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 544 Wheat .........£2 5 0 £1 19 0 ael 14 0 1431 Oats 667 Barley.— ...... l 11 0 1 6 3 1 2 6 63 Pea., and Beans 1 I 6 J 1 11 0 1 2 0 Average of wheat 37s 3id. Armin azsr, JAN. 3s)—Grain—Oats leis 6d to 179 311, 401bs per bushel; foreign oats, 00s Od to 17s Od, 401bs per bushe 1 ; barley, 22s Od to 23s i d, 521bs per bushel ; bear, 2480 d to 25s Od, 521bs per bushel; wheat 00s to 425; oatmeal, 14s od to 15s Od per boll; flour, '2.9s to 31s lid per sack. Provisions—Beet, 4d to 6d per lb; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 4d to 6d ; pork, per stone, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; lamb, per lb, Od to Od ; tallow, per stone, Us Od to 3s 3d; potatoes, per peck, 4d to 6d ; rabbits, each, Od to Od; hares, each, Os to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 8d to 9a ; eggs, per doz, lod to Is d ; cheese, per cwt, Os to Os Od • hens, per pair, 25 6d to 38 6d; chickens,ditto, 2s Od to 2s £d; ducks, do., 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducklin g s , ditto, 2s to 2s 6d ; t ur k e y s , per pair, 85 to 9s Od; geese, ditto, 7s to 88; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, Oils to 60s ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, Od to 6d ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b boat, 3d ; pork, per stone of 141bs, Os Od to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork, large 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 5d to Is 6d ; barley dust, 7d to Sd ; peasemeal, Is 7d to Is 8d ; side, Od to 7d ; beremeal, is 2d to ls 3d; flour, Is 7d to is 8d; barley, per lb, lid to 2d; barley flour, ls 4d to la bd. CORK, JAN. 30. The arrivals of grai❑ tram abroad since our last have been few. Those of home grain are only moderate, the receipts for the week being—Wheat, 784 barrels at 185 to 21s per barrel; barley. 1,147 barrels at lls 4d to 12s 6d per barrel; oats, 5,54 i barrels at 9s to lOs 6d per barrel. In the green market the value of each descrip tion has tended upwards, and the samples offering have been taken readily at rather higher rates. In prepared and foreign wheat we have only a moderate consumptive business, but prices must be quoted 6d to is per barrel higher, at which improvement holders are very firm• But for the circumstances before referred te, wo should have had very large sales to report. Barley continues to improve in value. Iloiders of cats are very firm, and the value of the article is fully maintained. We have not, however, any transactions of any moment to re cord. We quote prices as in our last—viz., white, 115 to Ils 63; black, lOs 6d to 103 9d per barrel, free on beard. In Flour we had a steady arid large consumptive trade, at an advance of 6d per cwt on fine flour; the advance asked last week to a similar extent, on coarse flours, being also readily obtained. Indian corn must be quoted 2s 6tl to 5s per ton dearer, at the same time that any sales of this grain are moderate and limited in the extreme, owing altogether to the causes already as signed. We quote the asking value of prime Galata, 71 5s to 717 s 6d per ton. Barrels. Currency. O White wheat 00s Od to 00s Od 00s Od-20 stone 83 Red wheat ns Od to 193 9d 00a Od-20 do 45 Ditto l9s 9d to 21s Od O Ditto 70 Barley lls Od to 12s 4d 26 Ditto l2s 4d to 12s 6d} 12s 4d-16 do O Ditto OOs Ud to 00s Od O Bere oos Od to Os Od Os Od 355 Oats 9s 6d to 9s Did 644 Ditto ...... 9s 10d to 103 2d OOs Od-14 do 335 Ditto ........10s 2d to 10s 7d 101 Pigs. 18s Od to 31s Od 29s 6d per cist Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:- 0 barrels white wheat; 13 red ; 26 barley; 0 bere; 44 o&U' 1 pig. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week t•-• Wheat, 1,337. Barley, 1,485. Oats, 5,079. Pigs, 652. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRINCT. First quality ... 79s First quality ... 7O/ Second quality Third quality ... 66s Third quality 571 Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality oos Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending Jan. 24. Pigs, 784. Sheep, 166. Cows, 140. CORK.—Hour—First 12s OJ to 131 Od ; extra 141 Od; seconds, 10s 6d tolls 6d; households 93 to 10s Od; thirds, 7ste Bl per cwt. Oatmeal 10a 6d to I Is. Indian meal 6s 9d to 7s 3d; whea t : meal, Ps to 103 Od per cwt. Indian corn 61 10s Od to 7121 64: 1 Pe' ton. Bran 87s 6d to 90s per ton. Hay—Farmers 23s to 31s; average , , 28s; dealers 32s to 38 s Od; average 36s per ton. Str aw—Farre 15a Od to 21 s Od ; average l ag Bs ; dealers 30s Od to 38s ,T average Os Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 5d to 81" household loaf 4d to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 10d per lb. Eggs-5s 6d to 63 Od per hundred. Coals-•• Newport 18s Od ; Lydney 1 ; Landore 00s ; Cubits 123 6d per ton. Tallow 38s Od to 404 per oil. Whisky, 25 0. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Most —Beef 4d to bid; mutton 5d to 6fid ; veal 4d to 6d ; pork 4.1 to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 618 s to 910, per cwt. Bangor slates 2117 s 6d to 3/ Os per ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to 8/ Os; Valonia 15/ to 01; French 61 Os ; Spanish 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 14s to 15s per stone. Hemp 291 to 31/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19s to O0s; red ditto, 24s to 003 per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 11/ per ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton ; red pine, 31 53 • yellow ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. Hides—. Market 18s to 255; salted 20s to 26s per owt ; calf skins 31- i d to Od per lb. Potatoes, white 7d to 8d; pinks, 10d to 12d. Guano— Peruvian, 11/ Os; l e haboe, 81 t o 91 01 per ton. Tar—Archangel, 1 9s per barrel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JAN. 31. STOCK: EXCHANGE.—The market continues without ani mation. The only transactions to. day were in Midlands, which were done at 55 LIVERPOOL, JAN. 31. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was more active to-day, with a tendency upw ar d s . Th e t ransa ctions were as follow :—Caledonian, 15 Eastern Counties, 7 3.16-- East Lancashire, 16 e.—Great Northam, 18 9-16—Londo n and North-Western, 116 3 / 4 —Ditto, New Quarters, 3 1 3 ." Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 30 3 / 4 —Midland, 55 ' 74 Shrewsbury and Chest e r, P re f erence , guarantee d 8 r 3. cent., 15j 4 c.—Shrewsbury and Hereford, 3 3 % ~ Eastern and Dover, 20 . 1 . ,f,7-Belfast and Ballymena, 30%. MANCHESTER, JAN. 31. o STOCK EXCHANGE. Th e t ransact i ons to-day were — n 01' low:- Eastern Counties, 7 1 / B —Lancashire and Yorkshire 61% n.—Preston and Wy re , 45 1 A c.—London and Nort h- Western, 11 614—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshir e / 31 ! a North Staffordshire, 9 dis. —South-Eastern O a Dover, 20. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that th e ma il s are sent frons the General Post-od d by the night--and M by the morning --dispatch.] When made up in From what when PLACES. GeneralPost-oil:Ice port die- due. London. patched. ..--• ....------ America (by Brit. pkt.)N Feb. G .. .. Liverpool .. Feb. 1 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Feb. 10 .. • • Liverpool .. Feb. 4 America (by U.S. pkt.) M March 3 .. .. Southampt. Feb. 14 Africa (West coast)... N lath of the month Plymouth March . 3 Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th o f mo . D over . • Feb. 1* Belgium .. .. .. N Daily .. .. .. Doyer .. Dal l .l Brazil .. .. .. M 9th of the month Sonthampt. Feb. 16 Buenos Ayres .. .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Feb. 16 Califonna(viaChsgree)M 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Feb. b Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.• March 5 Constantinople* .. .. N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Feb. 1 0 Central America .. M2d & 17th of men. ISouthampt. Feb. 5 ci .e Channel Isles .. •• N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Tu. Til.'"" Chili .. •• .. • M 117th of the month Sonthampt. Feb, 2 0 Frence .. .. M & NiTwice daily - .. Dover .. Twic Greece* • • .. .. IT 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Feb. 10 s , Hamburgh .. .. N' Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. 0 ••• Holland .. •• .. M W e d nes. & Satur. Louden .. Menai , '" Honduras .. .. . N 17th of the month Southampt. Feb. 2 0 _,, Ireland .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead •. Twiced ,,,, a ° ' India (via Southamp.) M,2oth of the month Southantpt. Feb , r d India (via Marseil le s) N iith& 24th efmonth Dover • • Arriv Mediterranean (via Southair ,, ton) .. 31 20th of the month SouthamPL Fe b * 23 Mediterranean (via _ Arrived Marseilles) .. .. N Bth&24thofmonth Dover I Mexico .. .. .. M2d of the month.. SouthamPptt.. Madeira • • • • .. 21 9th of the month South am p Malta* .. .. I 7th, 17 th,19th, 27 1 I & 30th of month. Dover .. Feb. 2 Feb. Feb . 5 16 th Dover Feb. 10 Naples* • .. .. •• N sth 15th 25th am Dover .. Feb. 2 Papal States* stherm° 7 fmo Southampt. ,Feb. 6 Peninsular.. - •• 7th M - --)7,.th, the m o nth Southampt ',Feb 20 Pere .. ~, .. .. 3,1 17 . 1 - ----e in fru° Dover •.. Feb.. 2 N sth 15th 25th o •• .. 1 , 7 sth 15th 2 Tuscany* .. .. • • ,,,,, of t h e month Southampt.lFeb. 20 wpst trdiips _ .. kt . • ..- Naples* . .. .. N Papal States* .. .. N reninsular.. .. .. M Peru .. .. .. .. m El 4 rinthatti pt. Feb. 5 Tuscany* .. .. .. N, West Indies .. •• M • West Indies (except * The mails to th ose c ountries thus Havanna & Nassau) marked M scl of the month .• (*) are conveyed bi French packet vf ... Marseilles. The direct Havre mailfro m times London via Southampton during thid month will b e made up three_ a Week only, instead of d a ily. 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