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CURITT, C.E., of G reat George-street, ' Vrestmin ster having bee as appo i n ted by the Lords Commissioners for execut ing 'he Office of Lord Hig h Admiral, Surveying officer under an Act t ter. thyear of the reign of her present IY 4i j est ., , ,) intituled passed in thei . t for ins ,king preliminary inquiries in certr'„ cases of applica tions " An Ac for Local A eta'" in so far as the said Act relal.es to an intended ap plication to Par' lament for an Act in relation 'cothe Lambeth Water -,,furks (T...xtsas . on of Works and Improver r..ent of Supply of Water), do zusrbbY give 2lotise, that I shall atter_st on Monday, the 7th day of Febrttary.lB4B , at the Mitre Inn, Lis.;•;fer Tooting, Surrey, at the hour of Eleven o'cb ',dein tae Foreno , :n, for the purpose of making such examination rind :arvey of the locality as the proposed Act will affect, and 'of making such inquiries relative to the provisions of the said V .C.:Josoad Act, and of Investigating such other matters relating a stet° as the said Lords Commissioners have by:their order directed T .ae to make and investigate. And Ido hereby require the promet , ire of the said intended Work, to appear before me at tbe t i „me and place aforesaid, and to produce all such sur vey* , plans, sections, estimates, documents, and evidences as will be ' loceosary to rapport such intended application ; and I do hereby far Cher give notice, that all persons desirous of being keard in oppo si" don to such intended application, do appear before me, with wit roasem, plans, sections, maps, books, or other documents relevant to dize said inquiries. As witness my hand this 22d day of January, 1848. WILLIAM CUBITT Surveying Officer. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. /flier the Management of Mr. E. Webster, sole Lessee. MR. AND MRS. CHARLIN LEAN. THIS EY - ENING Will be performed a new and original Play, entitled TAB WIFE'S SECRET. Lord Arden, Mr. Howe ; Sir Walter Amyott, Mr. Charles Kean ; Jabez Sneed, Mr. Webster ; Harringto Ball n, Mr. lariat ; Brouillard, Mr. Rogers ; Lady ETeline Arayott, Mrs. Charles Run ; Maud. Mrs. Keeley. After whi3h, a new Farce, called DEAREST ELIZABEBTH. Mrs Mr.. Lionel Lax, Mr. Keeley; Mr. Winch, Mr. Rogers ; etsy, Keeley. To conelndo with a New and Original liturlesque Spectaele entitled MU WORLD 11:NDIERGR01/1(D; or, the Gilien Flats sad the Baum& Waters. Stage Manager, Mr. F a rren ; A c ti n g Manager, Mr. F. Welder. J. T. Archer, ox-book. keeper. Ilexes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gall ß ery, 2s. ; Upper elsdlery, Is. Doors span at Half-past t o ee Six, Performanee nsetence at Bevel. - - THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Wilt be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEARL OF THIS OCEAN . ; or, the Print), and the liermalden. Principal cha raeters by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Gleanaire, Cullenford, and Worrell ; Miss Weolgar, Miss Emma Hartiag, Mies Ellen Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, aid Madame Celeste. T. be followed b the Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO LB SOLD Fthe property of the y late Wi ll iam Shakspefuo), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messrs. Wright, Culleuford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ferd..7.irs. Laws. &e.. &c. Te conclude with an Italian Pantomime, entitled PIERROT , the Married Man ; ant POLICYHNELLO, the Gay single Fellow. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 23.; Gallery, le. I►oors open at Half-put Six, Performaice to commence at SeYea. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 17nder the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING WIN he presented new Cimie Drama, entitled TIB TRI 411EDY QUEEN. After which, a few fairy EXtriTagßattL, entitled TB'S GOLDBff DRAXCH. To conclude *ith a Reliance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Dackstene, and Mrs. Mac. Samara. Dress Boxes, is. ; Upper Bezels, 4s. ; Pit, se. ; *Sa kt i , ls. Ns balf-price to any part St the house. The New Box-office, No. Vrelli ng t e n-street, la *pea to the tabile every day, from Ten till `lx. The Interior et the House has been entirely re-designed lir Mr. W Itradwell of the Colosseum PRINCESS'S THEATRE. M r J. M. Maddox,solepLoretsisaeneda_pnidaeMeanager, Duchess-street, . Madame ANNA T DILLON. THIS EVENING be presented a new and original Operetta, entitled The YOUNG GUARD. Don Guzman , Mr. B odda ; D o n Alv arez , Mr. Barker; Donna Olmpia, Miss Sara Flower; Estella, Madame Anna Thillon. After which, it new Farce, entitled ABOTE AND BELOW. Frank, Mr. Compton ; Fanny, Miss E. Stanley. To be followed by a new Comic Piece, entitled THE SULTANA. Solyman, Mr. Ryder ; Osmpl, Mr. Compton ; Tuseph, Mr. Henry ; Roxalana, Madame Anna Thillon; Elmira, Miss Villars ; Ismena, Miss Hodson. To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomimic, entitled OLD FATHER TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons. Dress Circle, ii.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. ON MONDAY EVENING, Will be performed a New Vaudeville, entitled LES ItfIrRESSIONii DZ MENAGE. After which ►ill be prodaced, a New Grand Play, entitled, DIODE` E. Diogene, M. Zocage; Alcibiade, M. Fechter ; Wperboles, M. Car ting ; Ispasie, Mad. Rebut Fecktor. A detailed prospectus of the general arrangements, and of tke pieces which will be produced during the season, may be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bend-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily, from 11 to 5. Doors *pen at Seven, to commence at half-past Seven. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 2s. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, Es ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, No. I, Davidge-terrace, Kensington-road, Surrey. Under the Managenteat of Mr. Bus. Tins ETEN LNG, the performances will commence with tite caebrated Ooera of THE DAUGHTER OF TIIE lIE%IMENT. Characters by Messrs. 11. Phillips, King, Ilorncastle, Rafter, Att wood. MlMahon, and Miss Poole. To conclude with a new Pantomime, entitled BATTLEDOOR sad SHUTTLECOCK ; or, Harlequin Trap, Bat, and Rail. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which I.ave been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the irincipal Librarians ; and at the Box-oftize of the Theatre, which is open daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Wi/1 be performed viz LIGHTERMA.N of BAIcKSIDB ; or, tke )rphan of Bermondsey. Characters by Messrs. Dale, Henderson, Hicks, Searle, iforman, Higgie ; Miss Yineent, Mrs. Lee, and Unrroughcliffe. After which, the new grand scholastie and instructive rantomime, Tgr'iliTar: ?): RYT; D OF WONDERS; or, Harlequin Caxton and pointments. Clown, Mr. Paul Herring; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Harlequin, M. Lupino ; Sprite, Signor Molino; Colimblile, Lu'llii. To conclude with THE JACKET or MITE. /loxes, Is.; rit, fxl. ; Gallery, 4d. No Half-price t• any part if Ike house. Doers open at Six, No commence at Half-past Six. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager, sir. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. Tremendous hit of Lavater Lee, the renouned double Leaper, sur named the Bounding Ball.—The greatest Jumper in the world will sppea revery - EveninZ. in hie extraordinary Gymnastic Exercises. in eluding his astounding double leap over twelve horses, &feat unparal since the days of the celebrated Ireland. . THIS EVENING, The Grand S•tectaclo of TILE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entirely new Seems in the Arena, by tLe talented Artistes of vstniilist mesa, in the various modes at equestration. To conclude with a Grand Equestrian Comic Panteinime entitled HARLEQUIN DOCTOR, BYNTAX AND HIS DIPPER GREY MARR, in which theests popular artistes Herr Denlin, Mdlle. Ines as Harlequin, Columbine, sore, My. ......uerson, and p Mr. Mr. Bradbury, vow'', and Pantaloon, which will exceed in splendoar and (feet all former productions at the Amphitheatre, Box-office open from 11 till Actin; and stage Manager, Mr. W Treed. ►HE WEATHER.—Sax OFFICE, JAN. 22, TEERMONETER, Lowest, 29 ; Highest, 82 ; Noon, 29 BeitosixTEß, 30 09.—WIND N.E.; hazy. ilic4ll WATER AT LONDON-P.RIDGE TUN DAY. Morning.. 15 minntes after 3. I 'Evening .. 33 'ninutts after 3 sy,.. .. 449 z ,46„,,, ~,, , -;,:r. 1 ‘ e to -, 7 ~A, - - - :ig0r4 7 .7:4„ rit,..... 0 7, ~ . 4 4. P - , -.7ifirt o .- tr ':. 4, 7 -' 7 ,?' •; , .:Vcit_llt --.,„;;,& k . P I :- , lie +r• • ":' , ~,-„ - " ,',.." ,' ,•7•-,..... . , _ •4:kßtfl .:ui LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, ISIS Such an extravagant amount of enthusiasm has been recently engendered by the controversy about our national defences, that the advocates of precau tionary measures have allowed themselves to become abusive whenever their arguments have been opposed. Some of our Contemporaries have in fact risen into such a delirium of excitement that they hare indulged in scurrilities against one of the most distinguished, and eertal • nly one of the most patriotic statesmen of the age, simply because he depreciated the supposed Ur g en cy of the • case, and placed more reliance upon free trade as a national safeguard than upon a fortified coast, or an extended, militia. Sentiments of grati tude to Mr. c en . t, Eti for what he has already accomplished, o f respect for his character, and of admiration abilities, should have prevented any for his speaking in terms of derision of they might t lar journalist from remarks upon the security of our position as an • his power. Differ with him and maritime degenerating done, em phatically and explicitly, without thinking, p into ookß e. coarseness both of manner and language. Mr. C Ding, we admit, even to our ow n rashly and injudiciou sl y when he ex pressed his anxiety, the other da y , to witness the diminution in stead of the augme ntation of our militar y and naval armaments. He spoke with scarcely any of that pr u _ dential forethought for which his speeches hav e h i _ therto been so remarkable. To be brief—in using such expressions as he did, his inspiration was drawn rather from the gentle voice of the Evangel than from the severe and solemn warnings of Experience; his feelings were born rather of Hope than of Prudence ; he epoke, in short, rather as a philanthropist than as a politician. He committed a grievous error in altogether con temning the late of our movement towards the strengthe nin g bulwarks, but it was an error arising from a glorious misapprehension —it was the illusion of a golden day-dream. Mr. CoBDEN reposed a profound confidence upon the benign operation of unrestricted commerce, influenced andennobled as that operation would be among the different ra the globe by the divine principle s o f Christianity, of too m Y Uch n to is blunderhe ca use t was not so much in a tt r ib ut i ng which his eloquence had rendered triumphant, as i t was in anticipating those beneficent effects He thought Europe less sax He regard s the guinary, because next he g too Soon. him self was more sanguine. ration through an atmosphere p ur ifi e d by the holyene doctrines which his lips have so widely, so nobly, and so often promulgated, and the future good conse quently appears nearer to him than it does to another. From meditating so long upon the grand scheme of mercantile emancipation his ken is wider, his gaze THE SUN,_ LOND ON, SATURDAY EVENING , JANUARY 22, 1848. which he was possessed might be divided amongst those residing in the neighbourhood, and that he him self might have obtained a portion thereof. The state of society in that locality may be gathered from the fact that the prisoner openly and unblushingly ap plied for subscriptions in order to raise the amount required by the assassin. There is another circum stance connected with the case deserving of notice, and which we feel the most sincere pleasure in re cording. It is the conduct of the Roman Catholic clergyman, who by his spiritual admonitions arrested the progress of the conspiracy—preserved the life of the intended victim—brought the criminal to justice—and saved his congregation from the moral leprosy with which they would have been covered if the crime had been perpetrated, and they had been:involved in its commission. The LORD CRIER BARON, when sentencing the prisoner, alluded to this pleasing fact. His Lordship said— "He thought it right to mention that one of the persons to whom the prisoner had applied to lend his aid in hiring an assassin was induced by the spiritual admonition of his cler gyman, not only'to prevent the man from engaging in the crime to which the prisoner had tempted him, bat further to lead to that information which had ultimately brought him to justice. That had been done because that clergyman, under the impression of the most solemn and most sacred duty, felt that if that moral pestilence were to oome within the flock submitted to his charge—against which it was his daily duty to offer up his prayers, and to summon theirs, in communion with his own, to the living GOD—it was a part of that sacred and solemn duty to take those human means which the law afforded for preventing the spread of that dreadful contagion, and saving his flock from the temporal as well as the eternal mischiefs that must result from its introduction. He had no doubt that others were at that moment engaged in similar efforts, and he trusted that they would be suc cessful. It was the bounden duty of all in their different spheres, by their counsel, advice, influence, and authority, to assist in arresting the progress of such frightful crimes." penetrates further into the distance, than those of the majority. In imagination he lives more in the future than any one else among his contemporaries. On no other supposition can we explain that extra ordinary obliquity of judgment which the Hon. Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire has re cently manifested; but upon these very reasonable conjectures the obliquity of judgment is accounted for and comprehensible. From what we have already remarked it will be seen that we can by no means coincide with Mr. COBDEN in rejecting as altogether idle the present agitation about the national defences of Great Bri tain. But it will also be observed that, while we plainly dissent from him in these opinions, we treat with reverential tolerance the splendid fallacy in which his ideas hare originated. That it would be only in accordance with the dictates of wisdom, and in co incidence with the most pacific views of humanity, to prepare ourselves by warlike defences against any emergency in the shape of military or maritime aggression, is proved beyond all question, if only by the " old, old adage " that that nation best ensures its tranquillity which is the best pre pared to do battle. And most especially is this old saying applicable to England—to England so miserably destitute of defences—to England so im mediately contiguous to a warlike, ambitious, and powerful people like the French. "An invasion from France I" exclaims the representative of the West Riding of Yorkshire—" An invasion from France ! Why, what statesman, or party, or news paper, in that great, constitutional, and civilised nation, has latterly been advocating a war with England, or threatening a descent on our shores ?" Softly, Mr. COBDEN! That is not the question. It is not whether France is at this moment in readiness to realise the vision of her great Emperor, it is not whether she is prepared to make an irruption to-morrow into the wolds of Kent, it is not whether she is resolved to plant the tricolour upon the turrets of Windsor Castle before the year of grace 1848 has been brought to a conclusion—it is whether we are not by our apathy, our indolence, and our false economy holding out a gorgeous temp tation to our neighbour—a temptation which in creases with every addition to their naval force, and with every fresh development of their standing army —a temptation which may at this rate become in the end wholly irresistible, and may destroy their friendship by exciting their cupidity, animating their courage, and inflaming their ambition. This consideration, it must be acknowledged, is not only eminently rational, but it is also one of the most vital and stupendous importance. It implies the very preservation of our existence as an independent people—it implies the maintenance of our nationality and the perpetuation of our glory. Shall we, then, laugh such a question as this to scorn ? Shall we not rather investigate it with the most exquisite scru pulosity, and evince the depth of our patriotism by the ardour of our exertions ? Gon forbid that it should be otherwise ! GOD forbid that out of a ♦ain-glorious temerity, or out of an over-sanguine estimate of a generous system like that of free trade, we should deride the present de mands for defensive preparation, and plunge the des tinies of England into an abyss of jeopardy ! We will confess with Mr. COBDEN that it is ridiculously exaggerative to depict this as a crisis, to describe the country as trembling on the brink of destruction, or so to agitate for improvements in our navy, our militia, and our army, as to torment the population with the agonies of a panic. If the Duke of WELLINGTON and the Earl of ELLESMERN have painted the state of the nation in rather too alarming colours, Mr. COBDEN has treated the matter with a great deal too much indifference. There is an extraordinary ne cessity for an increase in our national defences, but there is no danger of our immediate do wnfal by a sudden invasion. Here; then, is an instance of the vast power for good or evil exercised by the pastors of the people Gladly do we acknowledge our belief that the vast' majority exercise that power to preserve those whose spiritual destinies are committed to their charge from the commission of crime. We cannot imagine that any Christian minister would be guilty of using lan guage which might lead to murder, and involve any of his congregation in the awful crime. But some few have been indiscreet, and having suffered feelings of indignation at some fancied or real injus tice to arise in their minds, they used in temperate language, which they would subse quently, when too late, have made any sacrifices to be enabled to recal. Had the clergyman to whom the Chief Baron alluded spoken in angry or excited terms of BOLAND'S conduct, had he flattered the feel ings of the people by speaking of their wrongs and their sufferings, and ascribing them to the acts or in fluence of BOLAND, is it probable that the conspiracy would have terminated until its ebjects had been achieved, the blood of the victim shed, and many of his flock involved in the crime of murder ? No, the result would have been very different; but, happily for his own peace of mind, and for the people with whom he was connected, he spoke temperately and affectionately, and thus obtained the approbation of the community, and, still better, the approval of his own conscience. Copenhagen letters of the lath represent that the KING'S health was greatly improved. The KING has written an autograph letter, giving details m to his state after the bleeding to which he was subjected, and which had caused some alarm. Erysipelas had broken out, but by the attention of the physicians all ill consequences were prevented. The Royal Family had become quite tranquillised with respect to his MAJESTY. We yesterday directed the public attention to the result of the Special Commission at Ennis, so far as the cases of actual murder were concerned. The conviction of JonN CROWE, for the conspiracy to murder Mr. WATSON, is, however, far more important than that of the humble instruments of crime—the professional assassins—who carried into execution , , Letters from Rome, of. the 14th, state that Aus tria has demanded permisSion to march 30,000 men through the Roman States, into the kingdom of the Two Sicilies. It was said that several Cardinals were in favour of granting the permission, but that .* VV GL GLi, .tru . reports had caused great emotion among the Romans, who had demanded the immediate organization of the army, under the command of the brave Colonel FER RARI, who commanded the Foreign Legion in Spain. M. MONCEIIIII, the Minister of Finances, has sub mitte•l to the Consulta a project for a loan of one million of Roman crowns. The Consults has ap proved of it, en condhion—first, that the clauses of the contract shall be submitted to the examination of that body; second, that the sinking fund shall be re-established ; third, that the Government shall at once commence economising its expenses, and more especially that the payment of annuities granted to religious corporations since 1814, without just cause, should be immediately. suspended, as well as all pensions granted as a matter of favour, and not as a matter of right. The Jesuits and the retrograde party, who will be the principal sufferers by these measures, are furious. A crisis is daily expected, which will end either by annulling the powers of the Consulta, or by trans ferring the governmental power from the clergy to the laity. Letters from Naples of the 11th say— " Sanguinary disorders took place at Messina on the Bth. The details have not yet reached us, but it ._ .: C,._ pronounced. Crtows was what is termed in Ireland a " warm farmer," that is, a man in easy and com fortable circumstances. He held sixty acres of ex cellent land, at a fair and moderate rent, which were well stocked with cattle and everything that could be required to cultivate his holding in a proper manner. He had also a shop in a neighbour ing town, by which his resources were considerably increased. No excuse could, therefore, be offered for the nonpayment of his rent. Nor was he driven by poverty to the commission_ of the fearful crime for which lie is about to forfeit his life to the offended laws of his country. Mr. WA:rsox,the agent of his landlord, had insisted on the liquidation of the arrears of rent due by him, and on his non-compliance had distrained a bull and ten cows ; for this act of duty to his em ployer the prisoner cherished a feeling of deadly ven geance, which could only be satiated by the blood of the victim. He was, however, resolved that he would not expose himself to risk, but that he would pur chase the services of the assassins who should commit the crime, conceiving erroneously, that if he was not actually or impliedly present, aiding and abetting in the act, he cou!d not be made amenable to justice therefor. He therefore adopted mea sures which he thought would effectually pre vent any suspicion being attached to him; but, as we repeatedly have seen, the very precautions he had taken were the means of rendering his guilt more manifest, of making him amenable to the laws against which he had offepded, and formed connecting links in the chain of evidence against him. At the very time that the murder was about to be committed he went to the residence of his landlord, thinking that his presence there, which could be proved by indis putable witnesses, would have the effect of exonerat ing him from any charge founded thereon. The result was, however, different from that which he had anticipated, inasmuch as the absence of any reason able pretext for such a visit, combined with the manner in which he remained loitering about the place for some hours, without any apparent mo tive, materially strengthened the evidence against him which was necessarily of a circumstantial character. Convictions of this description have hitherto been exceedingly rare, indeed, we may say, comparatively unknown in Ireland. The present case will strike at the very root of the evil, by instilling a salutary terror into the minds of those who have plotted against the tranquillity of the country, and for their own sordid or vindictive purposes provided the funds required for the hire of the actual perpetrators of the crime, who are generally strangers brought from other localities, in order to diminish the chances of identification. The parties that have formerly been brought to justice have been reckless desperadoes, outlawed for former offences, and living in a state of constant hostility to society. They were, happily, few in number, but their ranks were constantly re cruited by desperate men, who were prepared for any atrocity, so long as those in a superior position were to be found to pay for such services. It was the sanction and connivance of the latter that encouraged and sustained the former in their unhallowed pursuits. When that sanction and connivance can no longer be obtained when the fate of Cxowx, of IPMAHON, and of P alma/4 shall h ave t err ifi e d th e secre t con spirators, we may hope speedily b ecome that the other class will extinct, and that there will no longer be found on Iri s h ground persons willing to accept the wages of guilt, and to sacrifice the life of a human being with whom they had their hands with the blood of no quarrel and fora pecu niary reward to stain the a fellow-creature. is known that the gendarmerie and a part of the gar rison fraternised with the Progressists. Cries of The Constitution for ever !" Long live Pius IX. hare been heard at Messina. There have been some persons killed." The Grand Tribunal of Naples has acquitted the persons charged with having taken part in the riots of the 13th of December, a decision which has so annoyed the Court that they have seised several noblemen and others, belonging to the highest classes of society in Sicily, such as the Duc de, VILLAROSA, the Counts AMAEI, DOIWES FERRARA PEREZ LESSA PIZZATO. Their crime consisted in interfering to prevent the people of Palermo from committing worse excesses. All hopes of reform by the Government had been abandoned. The Gazette de Cologne, of the 19th instant, con tains the following : " KCENIGBEXRG, JAN. 11.—To-day the code Nicholas, instead of the code Napoleon, will be put in force in Poland. It is useless to express with what sentiments the Poles have introduced the Russian laws into their country." _ The Grand Council of the canton of the Valais has come to the following resolution by a majoriiy of forty-six to thirty-four, but subject to the sanction of the people :—" All the property, real and personal, which belonged to the Most Reverend Bishop of Stow, the venerable chapter and rectors of the Cathe dral, the seminary, the convents, and religious cor porations existing in cantons, are added to the do mains of the State, on condition of making a suitable retribution to the abo've-named members of the clergy as well as to the seminary, and providing for the hos pitality at Saint Bernard and the Simplon. The surplus of the said property shall be applied in reduc tion of the public debt." Madrid papers of the 15th have arrived. On the previous day the QUEEN, accompanied by her mother, had gone on a hunting party, at which Cuni STINA had shot a wolf. Dispatches have been received from General SER• BAN°, announcing that he had formally taken posses sion of the Charifina Islands in the name of the Queen of SPAIN. SALAMANCA, who was still confined to his house by illness, has written to the Congress demanding an investigation into the charges made against him by PIDAL. . A no ther capital conviction, of a similar kind, ha s also been obtained. A man named Ivj , found guilty of hav in g cons p ired wi th others to was ro cure the murder of a r es p ectable farm er named p ß: LAND, residing in his neighbourhood. H appily, however, the intended victim escaped from the snar es that had been set for him, chiefly because the stipu. lated price of his blood was not forthcoming wh en the party, who had actually been engaged for the purpose, th attended for the performance of his part of zr .,lc t i o_evunholy compact. In CROWE'S case it was motives _ f geanee that induced him to bribe the assassins oi rl . er of his landlord's agent, but in rfeeeralionygeci—ina ansuypposition it was from a still more degraded that if BOLAND WaS comfortable farm of er, tiv, We learn from Madrid, by express, that in the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, on the 16th, the application of the Ministry for authority to collect the taxes for the six months ending in June, was carried by a majority of 148 to 37. We have already stated that General NARVABZ had declared that he made this vote of confidence a Cabinet question. - MADRID BOLBA, IA N . 15.—The Three per Cents. were done at 26 13-16 for cash, and closed at 27/ at fifty days; they were 261 13-16 cash after the close. The Five per Cents., 161 cash, 161 at fifty days, and were 161 buyers, 1 sellers for cash after the close. Passive Debt, 51 sellers, f buyers. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. Th e Chamber of Deputies wore e h the previous were duli, Cotton and Mbaurtket little a t b L r i a r in er e p s o s ol w y a e s s d te o r n d e a . y was quiet. day engaged in discussing an affair of official and MONEYY and COMIiV lERCIAL NEWS. electoral corruption, in w hich, althou g h the ma j ority CITY, QtI2II?TER TO THREE. came as usual to the aid o f the Ministr y , y et the ex- The posure was complete, and w ill furnish a fresh argil.. Sales, 4,000 bales, at previous rates. Railway shares ment (if any such we re needed) to the supporters of The position of the Bs ,nk of England is more dere- loped each week, and there is evidence of the accumu lation of money and the withdrawal of cash f or di v id en d purposes. The bills under discount are being daily diminished, and there is an indisposition to enter into b us iness transactions. The Bank, solene volens, will be ere long in the field as a competitor for business, at a reduced rate of interest. The weekly return to the 15th inst. gives, :upon a comparison with the previous statement, the foil owing results:— Notes issued Increase Rest Increase . 35,813 Public Deposit a Decrease 1,079,328 Other Deposits Decrease 1112,098 Seven Day and other Bills 902,976 Increase Government Se curities 11,203,353 Increase ... 210,000 Other Securities Decrease Notes ...... • • • •.. 7,152,400 Decrease 162,985 Bullion . Increase 254,241 Active eke elation Increase . 533,215 The total circ tilt:don for England, Scotland, and Ire land during the mo nth to the Ist instant was 32,432,6894 a decrease of 2,1.7246211. In the rates fe r foreign bills of exchange no ma terial alteration on lurred yesterday. There are not a ay arrivals of importance to-day. The market for Consols has been rather firm this morning at 813 1 1 4 - for the account, and at 881 for the first transfer day in the next week. The premium upon E.xchequer•bills is firm at 265. 28s. India Bonds have advanced to 195.. 20s. premium. The Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents.. have advanced to 69f. In the Foreign Stock Market there has been a good deal of business transacted to•day. The Spanish Three per Cents. have advanced to 30, and the Five per Cents. to 19k. Russian Five per Cents. are at 1084 ; the Brazilian Five per Cents. at 83; the Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. at 631; and the Four per Cents. at 851. There has been an improvement in the aspect of the Share learket to -day, although the business done has been inconsiderable. electoral reform. , It appears that M. R I CIIOND DEI. BAIN was MI. autumn the Ministerial candidate for the representa tion of Puy, in the department of the Haute Loire, and M. RICROND DBE BRUS was returned by a large majority; but ugly rumours were in circulation as to the manner in which that majority had beer: ob tained. It will be recollected that in the course of the last summer the department of the Haute Loire suffered severely from inundations, and that subscrip tions were raised throughout the kingdom of France for the assistance of the sufferers. This money was entrusted to the authorities for distribution one of these authorities being a certain prefect named CELOPrIN D'AitNouemma. Now M. Cuorme took upon himself to distribute this charitable fund at his own good pleasure, and just on the eve of the election he awarded from this fund to a clerk in his own office 1,1001., to an elector, a mil lionaire, 600 f., to another elector, whose property was 200 metres above the level of the river, and had not been flooded at all, 1,500 f., and to three electors, the damage to whose properties had been estimated by the commission at 400 f., more than 2,000 f. Moreover, the worthy officer retained in his own hands 23,000 f. of this charitable fund for private distribution, and awarded various sums to his sub-olficials for the same purpose, and this on the eve of an election. Of course, the Ministerial candidate was elected by a large majority. But the Council-General of the department were not satisfied ; they demanded an account of the distribution of the money, and M. Cnorpii replied, "That is no business of yours; that only concerns M. DUCRATEL and myself;" where upon the President of the Committee of Distribution indignantly resigned his office, and the Council- General, by a majority of 18 to 8, persisted in its demand for further information, which was still refused. On Thursday, when the report of the Committee on the election of M. RICIIOND DES BRCS was about to be brought up, M. BUREAUX DE PITSY, M. ODILLON BARROT, and AI. GARNIER PAGES moved that the accounts of Ciropreze should be referred to the Committee before they made their report. This was opposed by RICHOND DES BRCS and by M. DUCUATEL, who blundered and bullied, and denied and spoke, and acted as men conscious of guilt. It was evident, to quote the words of M. GARNIER PAGES, that this election " had begun in corruption and ended in falsehood"-nevertheless, the Ministerialists roared and bellowed, and in answer to the question of M. ODILLON BARROT, " Do you wish to ascertain the truth in this matter ?" characteristically answered, as with one voice, "No!" M. RICHOND DES BRUS therefore takes his seat by the side of M. D UCITA TEL, and is, perhaps, after all, one of the least corrupt members of the Ministerial majority. These constant exposures of corruption are beginning to tell upon the electoral body, and the electors of Villefranche have placed on record their opinion of the virtue of MM. G UIZOT and DUCHATEL by electing M. DE MORTEMAR, the Opposition candidate, by a majority of upwards of 100 over his Ministerial opponent, M. PAYEE, the numbers: being, for Al. MORTEMAR 371, for M. PAYEE 263. This is " a heavy blow and great dis couragement" to the Government, seeing that the late member, 11. TERME, was a Ministerialist. It is the answer of the electors to the ill-judged declaration of M. DI:CRATED that there shall be no reform. It is said that the Prince and Princess of JOIN - TILDE and the Duke and Duchess of MONTEENSIER are about to proceed to Algiers, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess D'AUMALE. It is known that the partisans of electoral and par liamentary reform of the 12th arrondissement lately determined to have a reform banquet, but the Govern ment refused its authorisation. The stewards pro tested against this, and declared that, in spite of the refusal, the banquet should take place. Wednesday was fixed for it, the place chosen being the Rue Pascal, in a building formerly part of the convent of the CordeliZ:res, but now employed as a manufactory, and it was fitted up for the accommodation of 2,000 r,rsons. Ths either of police or soldiers. At seven o'clock the quarter was deserted and silent as usual, and no ban quet was held. It was said in the neighbourhood that the dinner had been postponed to Sunday, the 23d ; but as the Government persists in refusing its authorisation, this statement is probably un founded. The Sentinelle, of Toulon onhe 16th, says :-" We learn with pleasure that, upon the complaint of the Arab prisoners, the excessive rigour with which they were treated has been diminished. For some days past they have been allowed meat, and those of Fort Malbousquet are no longer compelled to lie upon the ground with only chopped straw under them, but have paillasses furnished to there. Several of them, who were severely cast down at being separated from Aon- EL-KADER, have been removed to Fort Lamalgue. And this day again one of the chiefs, a very old man, who would certainly have died of grief if the separa tion had continued, has been conveyed to the presence of AHD-EL. KADER. This old man had crept into a corner of his prison at Fort M albousquet, and from that he would not move until he was told that he was to be transferred to Fort Lamalgue." The proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies yes terday opened with a demand made by M. RICOND DE Bays for the retractation by M. GARNIER PAGES of an offensive expression made use of by the latter, in the discussion of the preceding sitting, rela tive to the election of the former. The latter denied making use of the expression, and the matter dropped in the Chamber, but it is reported that a hostile mes , sage had since been sent on the subject. M. 0. BARROT brought forward his intended motion, or rather inquiry, relative to the affair of M. PETTIT, and demanded from the Government some explana tion on the business. He wished to know whether Al. GENIE, who was said to have been engaged in it, acted as the agent of the Minister ? He called on the Government to give a clear and distinct answer to his questions. Several other members spoke on the affair, which still occupied the Chamber at post hour. PARIS BOURSE, FRIDAY, JAN. 21.-The market opened firm, at a higher quotation than at the close of yesterday. Some absurd rumours soon after wards became current that accounts had reached . Paris of the death of Prince ALBERT, which had some little effect, and a reaction took place, leaving, how ever, the closing prices better than those of yesterday, Threes having been last called at 74f, 15c.; Fives, at 116 f. 25c.; and New . Loan at 75f. 20c. ; the market closed as follows : - Three per Cents. for cash, 74f. 20c. ; for account, 74f. 15c.; Five per Cents. for cash, 116 f. 25c.; for account, 116 f. 25c.; New Loan, for Gash, 751. 20c. ; for account, 75f. 20c.; Bank of France shares, 3,182 f. 50c.; Neapolitan, 99f. 60c. ; Spanish, not quoted. UAILWATS.-The Share Market has well main tained itself to-day, and a further advance has been obtained on many of the lines. For cash, Paris and Orleans closed at 1,183 f. 75c. ; Paris and Rouen, 8921. 50c. ; Rouen and Havre, 445 f.; Strasburg and Bale, 1581. 75c. ; Vierzon, 5121. 60c. ; Nantes, 388 f. 75c.; Northern, 528 f. The.; Bordeaux, 475 f. ; Pari s aid Strasburg, 408 f. 75c.; Paris and Lyons, USE 75c. BUSINESS DONi IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THR LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. JAIL 21. Boulogne and Amiens, 13 1 ,x -Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon), 14 ex int.-Northern of France, 11 ex int.-Orleans and Bordeaux, 4 ex int.-Paris and Lyons, 5%-Paris and Strasbourg, 354. ONS CLOSING .'RICES or “RITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES 3 por Cent. Reduced Anne 88 1 X 881 8 per Cent. Consols Annuities— 88% 88% New 3% per Cent. Anus 8 9 14 89 89 IA 89 u L on g Bonds,Anns. t, o 1 71 000 7 Jan.1860 India 19 20 p 20 p Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,0001. 5001. -- 2 B 2B p 28 p Small ONE CLOSING URICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 83% 84 Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — Ditto, Deferred — 4 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 39 1 4 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — 78 Ditto, 4 per Cent. — Ditto, Account ... 2 5 3 /4 25% Russian Bonds ... ...... .. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Account 19% 19% Do., Coupons Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent 2 9 3 /4 30 30 Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 7 i per Cent — Ditto Deferred ... 10 3 4 10 3 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 54% 53% 53% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 85% 85% Ditto, Account ... 85 84 3 4 843/4 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE C LOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONR O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 45 Amber., Nott., Boston, . and Eastern Junction 2%...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% Belfast & County Down 10 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 .. ... Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 10/. 145... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June,.... 7 % - - Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter BO JJlt,to, 1 Innis Buckinghamshire... 10/. 4s. ... .. ..... — Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 3 3 / 4 — _ _ ___ Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 . Chester and Holyhead... 3 7 1 A..••• ••• Ditto, Preference l2 ...... Clarence .. 78 1 4 - - Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Dublin and Belfast June 25 Dundalk & Enniskillen 17% East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D. .. ... 25 ...... Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 31. 105.,E. &H, 2 .... ••• Eastern Counties........ 20 Ditto (8)... l6 Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. I. 61. 13s. 4d.... par ... ......... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 10 - _ __ , Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters .... ..... 12% — Do., New 23 Eastern Union 50 ®Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 Ditto, Thirds .......135.4d.. .... 7.,,D0. (guar.6 percent.) 10 East Lancashire `Ditto, New mDitto, New Quarters 3%...... East Lincolnshire ...... 12% Edinburgh and Glasgowlso ...... Ditto, — Half Sharei...ls .. .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / Edinburgh and Northern 22% Ditto, New.. 3l,i — ......... ...... Ditto, Newport l2 Ditto, ditto, New 2%..... Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorcb. 2% — ..... ......... Ditto, New ... 2% Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow.Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New ... ...... ... 40 Do. Preference Consol. 12 / - •• ...... • ••• - Great Northern Do., London and York 2% 2 Great South. and West. _ . _ (Ireland) ... 3 7 1,E — ... ... 1— Great North of England.loo Ditto, New 401 5 Ditto, New 30l 3O Ditto, New, 151. Great Western 9o:i — 'Ditto, 14 Shares 5O . 60% 60% Ditto, IA Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O ' Ditto, New 17/. Huddersfield and Manch. 24 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... ... 5l Ditto, IA Shares Ipswich &Bury St. Edm. 17 1 . . . _ _ Do., do., and Norwich 15 Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. &IEly) 2 1 4 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto S2 ..... --- ...... .. •• .. . Ditto, % Shares Do. Quarter Shares 14% 111% ll% Do. Fifths... ........ .... 8 Do. Sixteenths 64 __. _.. ... Do. Thirds (Regelo/.46:-... Do. Liverp. and Bury 38 Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte fract, and Goole).— 47 1 / Do. (W. Riding Union)4l. 25...... .. — Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 D 0.% Shares (A)... 9 Ditto ditto (B) ... 1 1 % Leeds and Bradford SO ...... Leicester and Bedford... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c... 42% ..... ..... — Do. Branch 1 / 2 Shares 12%:..... ... — Do.Newßranch (blue) 2 . ..... Do. Extension (green) 2, Do. New Exten.(pink) 2 _ , Leeds and Thirsk ...... 3G ...... Ditto, New ... 22% ...... Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 % ... . . Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . .......... .... 2 ...... Liverp., Mnchstr &New castle Junction ...•••••• 2% — London &Blackwal l . l6l. 13s. 4d.... 6 Do, New, No. 2 ... 41.135. 4d.... .... London, D E:c ß te Brighton, and . a - n " d " 17% ..,... - - 41 S ou th Coast ......... 50 DO. Consol. Eighths. 30 _ Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.. , 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. .., Ditto, ditto.— 1852 50 .. EXPERIMENTS IN THE ROYAL AREOINAL.WOOL WICIL JAN. 21.—Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas, C.B , Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer, Lieutenant-Colonel Har dinge, K.H., and Major Palliser, :assembled' at two o'clock r.x. to-day at the Butt, to witness experiments, ordered to be made with part of the mast of the Curacoa, sent front Sheerness to Woolwich fp be fired at, to ascertain the adhesive and protective ctialities of:;,blr. Jeffery's marine glue when used in masts. fof trigittei or other large ships of war. Two pieces or the mainmast of that vessel, which had been used in her upwards of four years, and during the whole of the period she was on foreign service, each of the pieces being about eight feet long, and 28 inches in diameter, were set up at the butt and firmly supported. A 32-pounder shot was then fired at one of them at 100 yards range, and went directly through the centre, entering the butt .in the rear. On examining the timber forced from the i nte rior of the mast, it appeared in the most perfect condition and as sound as at the time it was m ade, the marine glue being equally as tenacious as when first applied, and the wood separating in splinters in the vicinity and other parts distant from the joinings. Several other shots were fired, and the experiments were found equally satisfactory— testing the adhesive qualities of the glue. London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... . Ditto, Preference... 18117 s 2d... London and N. Western 100 ......1521/2 . .. Do.,Quarters L. & B. 22 Do., do., New ...,. 2 Ditto Fifths'....... .. 2 Do. I-,i Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 40/.Shares(L. M.) 15 — Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 7 1 / 2 .. Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7 1 / 2 Do. 10/. (AL & B.) C. 1 . Land. & S.Western ...411.:65. 84 - Do. New Consol. Bths 40 Do. New 50/. ... ..... 32V 3 O l /2 3 O l /2 Do. Now 404 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto ...••• .... 40 Ditto, Thirds 81.65. 8d.... 1 1 4 dis... ...... 1 dii London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry &Coleraine 2'i Londonderry and Ennis killen...... ...... 25 Manchester,Buxton.and Matlock... - •• a.. • • ...... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire lOO Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 . Ditto ditto No. 3)... 7% -- . _ Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . ......... 7 Ditto ditto - Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7%••• ••• Mmachest. & Southampt. 2% ...... Mildara. Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 40/. Shares Do. 501. Shares l5 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Consol. Brist. & Birming., 6 per ct. ...100 Midlnd, Brist. & Glocstr. 36 Ditto, ditto ...11/.35. 6d... Midlnd,Leicest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... Midland Great Western Irish 35 Newcastle and Carli51e...100 Do. Qum WI s Newmrk et &Chesterford 18% — --.•... Do. Extension Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 - ..... Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 12% — „„ ••• Norfolk ........• 100 Do. New 201. Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1347, North of Norfolk Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ... ... 25 Do. Half Shares! 12%...... - Do. Quarters 44 Do. Extension Ditto Thirds NortY Staffordshire lO ..—.. 10% ...... North Wales North Western ' oxford, Worcester, and _ 13 3 / 4 27 12% 10% Wolverhamptoa Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 1% — ... — Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole y B Shrewsbury and ina... T __. __. ___ - Ditto ditto, Class B. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) l6 Ditto Ilalyes ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry 12 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref 5 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 Shropshire Union South Devon 8 Do. Preference Fouth Staffordshire South Eastern & Dover 3 3 1 /s — Do., No. 1 24 Do., Nc, 2. Do., No. 3 .. ..... ...... 20 Do., No. 4 South Wales ... .. 18 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. it Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 4 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath ...... 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 — Waterford and Limerick 40 Watertd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall ..... 4 ... hitehaven & Furness 12 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 525. — Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth 3O York, Newcastle, and Berwick..... Do. Original New and -Vick 31%. BCTWICii .. ...... ...•.. 1,.. -- Do. North Shields Pur. 25 Do. Extensiox No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10 Do. U.N E.Preferenee 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain 2 Ceylon Demerara 5 Dendre Valley 4 Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ll4 000000000 ••• Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian. ... 4 Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 1 Louvain it la Sambre ... 6 Luxembourg 6 Lyons and Avignon..... 5 Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege l6 ••• ........ Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4/3s 4d 2 Paris and Lyons lO ..... 5% Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ..... 20 Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den' and Hasselt ...... 16 West Flanders— ...... 8 1 / 2 .. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of London... lO Union of Madrid 40 — National Prov. England. 35 Ditto, New lO London & Westminster. 20 24% London Joint Stock.-- 10 National of Ireland 224.....• Union of Australia Ditto,New ... 2% • MINES. 21 113/4 31 3 / 4 12% 9%xi 76 1 / 4 16% 35 13:,:', Uzi 5 1 / 4 34% 4N, 24% Anglo-Mexican lOO Brazilian Cowles& Cuiba 30 British Iron Bolonos Scrip ...... Galvanized Iron ...... 10 Ditto, New .. Real Del Monte, Unreg. 1% LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 22.—Wind this day at noon N.E., moderate breeze and frosty. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 21.—Wind N.E.--Arrd. Pedang, Zwaurt, Batavia, for Rotterdam. Sld. Margaret, Evans, New York. COWES, JAN. 21.—Wind N. E.—Arrd. Hobe, Von Kohler, Bahia, for Gothenburg. BIDEFORD, JAN. 20.—Arrd. Lady Gordon, Scurr, St. John's, New Brunswick. GLOUCESTER, JAN. 21.—Wind N.—Arrd. Princess, Murphy. St. John's ; Medina, barque, Quebec. MILFORD, JAN. 20.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Clara, Trinidad. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 21—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Hannah Salkeld, Robertson, Calcutta ; Avon, Greenditch, Monte Video ; Elizabeth Beynor, Warne, St. Domingo ; Lord Seaton, Fitzsimons, New Orleans. Sid. Luna, Grenada; Ingleborough, Calcutta ; Herculean, Bombay ; Enri quite, Havannah ; Highland Mary, New York. BELFAST, JAN. 18.—Sld. Lina, Barbadoes. BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 21.—W ind E., fresh.—Sld. Queen Dowager, Matanzas, after repairing. CORK, JAN. 19.—Wind N.—Sld. Glenmore, Barba does ; Veronica, Newfoundland. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 21.—Sld. Hindostan steamer, Alexandria. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 21.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Bengal, Cook, New Orleans ; Tweed, Wihinger, St. John's for Wisbeach. Hum., JAN. 21.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Alma, Meyer, Batavia; John M'Kenzie, Callao. BEUMARIS, JAN. 20.—The Odine, Bangor, for Liver pool, while at anchor in Friars Roads, was in collision with the Raven, Liverpool to Bangor, when the former immediately sunk; crew saved. KIRKALDY, JAN. 19.—The Lord Seaton, Talbot, from Quebec to Aberdeen, which got on shore here on the into harbour. instant, was floated yesterday, and br oug h t harbour. BOSTON, JAN. 20. —The William, of Exeter, when in Hob Hole, caught the British Queen's anchor, and is making a deal of water, and must discharge to repair. SHIELDS, JAN. 20.—The John and Amelia, to this port, from Archangel, has put into Norway dismasted. HARWICH, JAN. 20.--A coppered vessel, bottom up wards, has been seen drifting near the Cook. LEITH, JAN. IB.—Arrd. Prince George, xoung, Quebec. 19th, Robert M'William , M`Queen;ditto. MARKET NEWS.— (THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Potatoes, from 5s 6d to 78 6d per cwt.; Onions, 18 9d to 2s 9d; Apples, is 6d to 3s; and Pears , 33 6d to 6s per half-sieve; Walnuts, 8d to ls; and Oranges, 5s 6d to 12s per 100; Greens, 2s 6d to 3s 3d ; Turnips, 2s 6d to 3s; Leeks, Is to is 6d; and Carrots, 4s to 5s 6d per dozen bunches; Savoys, 10d to is 2d per dozen; Celery, Is to is 8d; Horseradish, 2s to 48 6d; and Brocoli, is 6d to 2s 6d per bundle; Filberts, 8d to 10d; and Cob-nuts, 8d to 10t1 per lb; Spinach, 6s per sieve. NEV7GAILM AND IMADEXCRALL. The supply of Meat was seasonably extensive. Most qualities moved off steadily, at our quotations. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 4s to 58 2d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per 81bs, by the car case. Fair average supplies of Game and Poultry were on sale to-day, and which moved of slowly, at but little variation in prices. Turkeys, 3s to 6s 6d ; Geese, 4s to 6s 6d ; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 6d ; Tame Rabbits, Is 2d to is 10d ; Wild Rabbits, 8d to is Id ; 6d to 10d ; and roasting Pigs, 5s to 8s etch. Surrey Fowls, 5s to 98 ; Chickens, 2s 9d to 4s 6d ; and Barn door Fowls, 2s to 5s per couple ; Eggs, English, Is to And French ditto, h 19 91 6d per 100; Fresh Butter, is Id to 1s 4d per lb ; Pheasants, 2s 3d to Is 6d; Partridges, is to is 9d ; Hares, 2s 3d to 3s ; Le verets, 2s 3d to 3s 3d ; Woodcocks, 2s to 2s 4d ; Grouse, ls to 2s ; Snipes, 4d to 8d; Teal, Is to is 4d ; Wild Ducks, Is 3d to is 94 ; Widgeons, is to is 44 ; and Plovers, 4d to 10d each. HUrTGEIit,PORD. For most descriptions of produce, the supplies of which were tolerably good, we had a moderate inquiry, at full prices. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 8d To4;6th,2:ll4tion, Si 6d to 4s fid ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d; and York, 43 to /is 2d per WHITECIMPIELT.. Beef from Ss 4d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 4s 4d to 41 6d; Teal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d; and Pork, 4s to 5s par Sibs. lIII.X.XNGSGATE. Our market to-clay was well supplied with Fish. In prices we have no change to report. ~SREdD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from lid to id; of Household ditto, Gd to 7d per 41bs loaf. BIDE MAIUMET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to 2d per lb; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, 2d to lid; ditto, 721 b to 801b,2id to 3d; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 3' 4 41; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 3d ; ditto, Allb to 1041 b, 3.fd to aid; Calf Skins (each), 46 to 61; Horn Hides, 8s 6d; Polled Sheep, 36 6d to 41 8d; Konts and Half-breds, 2s 9d to 8s 6d; Downs, 2s 9d to 3s Id. RAT MARKETS. SMITALFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 11/ 15s ; Clover, ditto, 3/ 10s to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 As to 11 10s per load. A fair average supply, and a slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Bay, 21 lOs to •1 lfis Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41125; and Straw, 1/ 5s to 11 les per load. Supply very moderate, and trade firm. WairrEcitA.niaL.—Meadow 'lay, 2/ lOs to 81 lesj Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 16s ; and Straw, 1/ 45 to 11 lOs per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. COAL MARK E To...YESTERDAY. Adair's Main ......... 17s 6d iillingwerth 2l. U Bate's W. Hartley... 19s Od Northumberland Buddle's W. Hartley.. 19. 3d'Eden Main 2ls 3d Carr's Hartley Chester Main lBs 6d 'Belmont 225 Od Dipton Tanfield ...... ... 14s fid Braddyll's Hetton 22s 9d Hedley's Hartley Hasting's Hartley l9s Od Framwell Gate ......... 205 id North Percy Hartley l9. Od Haswell 235 id North Pontop —.. ..... 145 6d Hetton ... 23 3d Newcastle Hartley .. 17s 6dtanabton New Tanfield l6. Od.Lumley Pontop Windsor .... . 15. Sai Russell's Hetton ..„ 22s 9d South Pontop South Peareth 16. Od Stewart'. Tanfield Moor Tanfield Moor Butes... 155 6d Hudson's Hartlepool 22. Od Townley 175 Odilligh Thornlsy l9. Odl Wylam West Wylam Walbottle Hartley Wall's End, &e. Whitworth lBs Od Acorn Close Bewicke and Co 2ls 6dDerwentwater Hartley 184 9d Brown's Gas Gosforth 2l. 6d !Robin Hood . .. Ms Od Hotspur Medley Hilda Arrivals, 294—501 d, 111. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat to-day in his court at Westminster at eleven o'clock. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. TITS BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD RAILWAY COMrANT. The further argum e nts in this part-heard appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England occupied his Lordship the whole day. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) SMITH V. THE BAST INDIA COMPANY. The arguments in this part-heard cause occupied his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England the whole morning. The suit was instituted by the plaintiff, Captain Smith, the captain of an Indisman, against the East India Company, for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of a bond entered into by the plaintiff in respect of certain transactions relating to the sale of a quantity of cotton. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) CADDICK V. SALTER AND OTHERS. Mr Sergeant TALTOURD moved fora rule nisi to remove the indictment in this case, should any such be found at the Staffordshire Sessions, into this court. The defendants were large mining proprietors at West Bromwich, holding mining land as the lessees of the Earl of Dartmouth. In the centre of this property there was a small slip of land, belonging to the plaintiff, and the defendants had unconsciously bored under the surface of the plaintiff's property. Now, under the 7th and eth George IV. it was de• Glared to he a felonious act for the proprietor of a mine to search for ore of any description in the land adjacent to his own property, and upon the plaintiff discovering that the defendants had accidentally vio lated this law he had them taken before a magistrate, who required them to give bail to appear at the Quarter Sessions, and answer the indi c t men t, w hi c h the plaintiff intended to prefer against them. It had since been discovered that the case would involve several important points of law, and therefore the de fendants had instructed the Learned Sergeant to move for a rule to show cause why the indictinent should not be removed to this court. Application granted. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A respectable-looking female presented herself before Mr. Arnold, and complained that she had been defrauded by a wholesale firm in the City. The complainant said she was a capmaker, and was in the habit of furnishing the firm with goods, and it was her uniform practice to send with them the in voice. The last order she had executed was forty eight dozen of caps , w hi c h , as usua l , was accom panied by the in vo i ce . Th e l at t er , h owever , s h e had since discovered, had been altered to forty-five dozen. The invoice alluded to was here handed into the Court, and it was manifest that the figure 8 bad been altered into 6. In answer to a question from the magistrate, the complainant said the principal of the firm was at present out of town. She had seen one of the as sistants, whom she believed to have made the alte ration, but could obtain no redress. Mr. ARNOLD said that if the fraud had been com mitted as alleged it bore a very great affinity to a forgery, and would, perhaps, prove more serious to the perpetrator than he might at present imagine. He (Mr. Arnold) would advise the complainant by all means to lose no time in seeing the principal of the firm. The applicant thanked the magistrate and withdrew. TERRIFIC FIRE IN THE BURLING TON-ARCADE.—(THIS DAY.) One of the most alarming fires that has occurred in the metropolis for some time broke out shortly befota five o'clock this morning, and which, in a compara. tively short period, laid in ruins four or five houses, and materially damaged several others. LATEST PARTICULARS. The dreadful catastroph e occurred first in the shop of Mr. Russell. Mr. Inspector When, of the C division, his superintendent, a brother inspector, and upwards of 100 constables, repaired to the spot at the first outbreak. By five o'clock the West of England and City engines were in full work on the burning mass, but notwithstanding, by six o'clock, not less than six different shops, dwellings, &c., w com pletely destroyed. It is said that 10,0001. will not cover the loss. The following are amongst those who have lost their property, some portion of which is insured in the Sun, Globe, County, and other offices :—Messrs. Russell, Jeffs, Perry (two shops), Beaumont, and Marshall. Towards ten o'clock this morning things appeared to be somewhat more safe, and some of the en g i ne s o f the Brigade and West of England returned to their stations, at which time a most minute inquiry was in progress as to its origin, which was believed by many to have been occasioned through an escape of gas. Fortunately no lives were lost, though some por tions of the buildings remained in a dangerous state. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIO.—The following are the Total Receipts of Ran. ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— NAME OF RAILWAY. Amiens and Boulogne . .............. Arbroath and Forfar Chester and Birkenhead ............. Dublin and Drogheda.. •• .. ......... Dublin and Kingstown •........... •• Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen.. • ..... Edinburgh and Glasgow . ........ Edinburgh and Northern.... ....... • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire ..........., „ „ Eastern Union Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Glasgow and Greenock.. ....... Great Southern and Western Great Western, &c ..... Kendal and Windermere...,„ Lancashire and Yorkshire.... Lancaster and Carlisle Londonderry and truliskillen London sari Nerth Western, &c. London awl Blackwall London tired Brighton London and South Western . Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.. Midland Great Western (Irish) •• Newcastle and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • . • • •• North British .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Paris and Rouen. •• • • • • • • •• Rouen and Havre .. • • • • • • • • • Shrewsbury and Chester • • • • .• South Eastern and Branches South Devon • • 'raft Vale • ..... •• • Uluter . • • • • • • • • Whitehaven Junction ........... York and Newcastle . ......... Yak ma North Aildbag, ....... ... Laat Week. R.. :4; a es 6 ) a 33; 3 Week ending 721 0,161 726 10,905 256 1,044 2,011 880 1,860 16,687 88 11,248 1,043 115 34,313 702 8,967 6,398 2,058 858 16,888 806 1,888 1,736 1,788 6,223 2,737 837 6,856 GM 1,791 li2 9,320 61:64 286 3,068 8,910 457 2,007 006 1,047 16,731 8.236 35,411 695 6,533 6,688 1,731 446 15,692 2,089 1,271 1,839 5,609 296 6,499 769 1,227 710 V,TIS toitg